Traveling in the snow is a very uncomfortable thing for people and horses. For example, last winter, if it weren't for the pressure of survival, Ding Qi would not have been willing to take people on a snowy day at all. Fortunately, he scraped a layer of powder from the birch tree and rubbed it under his eyelids to prevent snow blindness from occurring, otherwise they would have been tortured to death by snow blindness in such a thick snow.

The invention of snowwalking shoes and snowboards can be regarded as alleviating everyone's difficulties in snowwalking, and the speed of travel is also greatly accelerated.

It has snowed heavily for three days, and the snow depth is more than 30 centimeters, which does not cause too much difficulty for Ding Qi's team, mainly because some deep pits are buried under the heavy snow, which is easy for people to fall into. But fortunately, we have walked the road from Tongcun directly to the South Lake many times, and the terrain on the road is also clear, so be careful when walking.

Everyone did not wear snowwalking shoes, but still wore warm animal skin boots, and the trouser legs were all tucked into the boots, and then tied with a rope to keep warm, so that there was no need to worry about the snow going in.

Since there were no mass-produced carriages on wheels, horses were used to transport small quantities of goods. In winter, if you want to transport a large amount of goods, you can only choose a sled or a snow plow. To be on the safe side, all the liquor is piled up in the middle of the snow plow, and next to it are kudzu vermicelli, kudzu powder, and everyone's food and cooking utensils.

The horses were first covered with a layer of hides to keep warm, and then they were stacked with leather bags containing sake residues, kudzu dregs, and untreated kudzu. These will be used as food for the horses, as it is not easy to find suitable forage under the snow along the way. At most, you can find some poplar branches and cut them down to make extra food for them.

Ding Qi had already put a sweater woven by the deer on his body, although there was a smell of sheep gizzard and lime mixed with lime, but the thought that it was woven by Nan Nizi herself, a warmth welled up in his heart. The current level of wool processing is still average, which is also related to the Tinch religion. Ding Qi taught the method of boiling wool in lime water, boiling it and then cleaning it, but it was impossible to remove all the flavors, and there was still a smell of lime.

But Ding Qi is very satisfied, in a primitive society where the foundation of industrialization is zero, it would be good to have a woolen jacket to wear, what else do you want to do? The improvement of production level depends on the accumulation of time, experience and knowledge, and of course, under today's production conditions, Ding Qi is also needed as a jack of all trades.

Since it was the first snow, there were still small animals in the forest that had not stored enough food, which made the cutie very active. The little gold above his head flew in the air, relying on the air to lift, and he didn't need to make much effort, alerting to the movements around him. Every once in a while, it swoops down, catches a snow hare or grouse, fills its belly and flies into the air.

Ding Qi, who was at the front of the line, ignored the two little ones, and pulled a snow plow to make a second trip to the snow after Xiaohong and the other two horses, so that the people behind could make the second trip. The width of the entire procession is only about five people, and the length of the procession is shortened, so as not to be attacked by enemies or predators, which will cause everyone to be careless and unable to respond in time.

Thanks to the hunter's huts they built along the way, the party was able to take a lot of unnecessary things off their evening break, especially in the snow. The wood stored in the hunter's hut allows everyone to enjoy its warmth for the first time, and when it is warm, you can cut down other wood to replenish it.

There are about twenty hunter huts around here, enough for this team. Everyone rested in ten huts on the edge, and after dinner, people who had been tired from a long day had already laid down to sleep in the warm and dry huts.

Beep-beep-boo

In the sound of the bonfire, Ding Qi snuggled up to the little cutie, and was polishing a deer bone by the light of the bonfire. This deer bone is shaped like a toothbrush, with one end slightly two centimeters wide and the rest 0.5 centimeters wide. The wider one was dotted with holes, twelve in all, less than three millimeters in diameter, made by Tinch with the help of a multi-purpose Swiss Army knife drill.

He polished the deer bone to make a toothbrush. The toothbrush he'd been using still had some hair on it, but it was estimated that he wouldn't be able to use it again after a while. During this period of time, when there is nothing to do at night, the deer bones will be polished, just to smooth the edges and corners of the deer bones, etc., and it will be more comfortable to use.

Blowing off the ashes on his hands, Ding Qi got up and took out a bunch of horsemane from the bag on the side, red one, obviously from the head horse Xiaohong. Tinch, whether it wanted it or not, cut it off its neck with the scissors from the Swiss Army knife. These horsehair have been preliminarily cropped and are three centimeters long.

Take a needle from the glove box in your backpack, separate a small strand from the horsehair, fold it in half, and plug the bottom into the first hole of the bony toothbrush. Due to the slightly more horsehair, Dingqi used a needle to pound the horsehair into the hole and then compacted it during the plugging process to ensure that the mane would not loosen easily. The holes are thick, so there are many horsehair stuffed into it, and the three holes in a row look quite dense.

Soon, all the holes were stuffed with horsehair and made sure they were all firm, he took out the little scissors and began to trim the brush heads. At this time, the exposed part of the brush head is about 12 mm, cut off 2 mm with scissors, and the rest is the part used.

The toothbrush was successfully made, but it looked a bit like a small shoe brush, which looked ugly enough, but the whole was okay. You can try it tomorrow morning and see how it works, the horsehair is still a bit hard.

Ding Qi put all the tools he had just taken out into place, yawned, and prepared for bed. But before he could put his arm down, he stopped in mid-air. And the cutie at his feet immediately stood up from the spot, and his radar-like ears turned around, listening carefully to the movement outside. Just now, there was a sound of stepping on the snow, very soft, but it was loud in the silent night, which was keenly captured by Ding Qi and the little cutie.

The team is relatively large, and the larger predators that are smarter will stay away. Coupled with the fact that the surroundings have long been cleaned up and expelled by their own warriors, the number of large predators and herds of predators is very small. The voice was very soft, and Ding Qi thought that it was not a large predator such as a saber-toothed tiger or a bear, but that it should be a predator such as a wolf or a fox lurking in, so he should not be too worried.

But to be on the safe side, Ding Qi still pulled out his mountain knife and walked out of the hunter's hut, looking around, the little cutie moved more quickly, and rushed directly in one direction. When a night watchman saw Ding Qi coming out, he immediately came over to inquire, but was stopped by Ding Qi's gesture.

Soon, I heard a low roar from the direction of the deep forest, not the cry of the little cutie. Immediately after that, there was the sound of fighting, and then I saw two black shadows running from that side, one after the other. Looking at the body type, the black shadow in front is relatively small, and the figure in the back is cute.

Ding Qi was ready to fight, but before he could make a move, he saw the little cutie suddenly accelerate and pounce on the black shadow in front of him. During the rolling, the snow mist rose, and a mournful cry sounded, and I saw the little cutie lying on the neck of the black shadow, whining twice, and the black shadow kicked twice with its hind legs, and then stopped moving.

After taking two breaths, the cutie withdrew her mouth from the other person's neck, came to Ding Qi's side, and circled around his legs, asking Ding Qi for credit like a cat. Ding Qi patted it on the head in appreciation, and then hurried to the dark shadow, early

The man of the night watchman brought a torch for light.

Finally, Ding Qi saw what had sneaked into the camp, and it was a golden cat. It hadn't eaten for two days in a row, and it wanted to enter the human camp to steal food, but it didn't expect that there would be a lynx in the camp that was fiercer than a large leopard, so it could only lament that it didn't look at the yellow calendar when it went out today, and became a dead soul under the mouth of the lynx.

Ding Qi was very happy, and he was really excited to get a golden cat skin without too many wounds. This golden cat's fur is dense and smooth, making it a good choice to make a scarf.

The Golden Cat was destroyed, not attracting the attention of the rest of the team at all, and it was over quickly. And such a small episode can only be regarded as a spice in the journey, and the next day they quickly set off to continue home.

In the rest of the journey, Ding Qi and his party traveled very fast, and they were not hindered in any way, and it took nine days to return to Ningcheng, which was also a relatively fast speed, which was also due to the fact that the snow was not too thick.

Ding Qi's return was once again warmly welcomed by all the people of the tribe, and the deer was the first to throw himself into Ding Qi's arms to express his longing for him, which caused the people around him to applaud. Ding Qi left the tribe this time, and the total number of days before and after was nearly fifty days, which can be regarded as a long time.

At the gates of the city, the horses were brought back to the city by the Ben arrangers, and the things on the snow plows were unloaded and carried back to the tribal storehouse, where they were registered by the grass and stone and stacked in the storehouse for preservation. In particular, the wine jar given by the leader is stored separately to prevent anyone from touching it, even though he can't stop the fragrance wafting from it.

Entering from the main entrance, you can see that there is no snow on the central avenue except for the snow on the roof, and the stone road is dry and free of clutter, which makes people look extremely comfortable. All kinds of voices came one after another and came into Ding Qi's ears, making Ding Qi feel that this was life. Inside and outside the city, the two worlds made Ding Qi feel a trance, not as if he was in the world.

Seeing that this city managed by Bucks and Ben was so orderly, Ding Qi was very relieved and relieved. They already have the quality and management level that a city manager should have, and can manage everything as a whole without conflict or waste.

When the group returned, they took a haircut and bath together under the leadership of the leader. Now there are special barbers in the city, and they are all people who have tried to stand out in the process of haircuts, and they are more skilled in haircutting skills than others, and they also dare to innovate.

Therefore, Ding Qi specially cast hair scissors, wooden combs, and razors for these people, and asked them to give everyone a haircut according to his own instructions. Not to mention, the words practice makes perfect are for them. Ding Qi's requirements are to have short hair, and those who need to have a bald head also meet the conditions, such as strong. However, they innovated on the basis of Ding Qi's requirements, and there were really a lot of tricks. If you don't think about the animal skin clothes you wear, Ding Qi thinks that he has returned to the twenty-first century.

In the evening, the refreshed Ding Qi made a meal of cabbage and pork stewed vermicelli for the elders and the medical witch group, which was actually a big stew. The upper echelons of the tribe, who had never known what vermicelli was or where it came from, actually called for a big stew and nothing else, which startled Ding Qi and hurriedly returned to his courtyard with the deer snack goods.

Fortunately, I held back just now and didn't let people bring the wine, otherwise everyone would ask for wine every day, it would be a big deal, and the blame is that the materials at hand are still too few!

Ding Qi decided that after the beginning of spring next year, he must vigorously plant more rice, at least two crops of rice, to increase grain production. As for millet, soybeans and kudzu, that's not to mention, full development!