Chapter 6: The Winter Hunt Begins
After Lin Tian's beautiful misunderstanding was resolved, Lin Tian also restored his harmonious relationship with his friends. These days, the friends took Lin Tian to play in the Li area, and saw various animals and plants and the surrounding terrain, as well as the beauty of Mirror Lake.
The name of the mirror lake comes from the fact that there are many crystal stones in the lake, which is before the coming-of-age ceremony, the youth of the clan will find a crystal stone to throw into the lake, pray for themselves and the tribe, and each crystal represents a wish. When the sun shines into the lake, these stones refract the sunlight and sparkle beautifully.
Lin Tian didn't know the size of the Mirror Lake, but he heard that the Mirror Lake was huge, and more than the Li people lived by the Lake. Speaking of which, Lin Tian also felt strange, even if the tribes around Mirror Lake threw spars into the lake all year round, they could not cause a large area in the lake to shine. Lin Tian tasted the water in the lake and found that it was salty, but it was not too salty, it should be a brackish water lake. At this time, Lin Tian understood that the reflective crystals in the lake should have salt crystals in addition to the spars that were dropped.
The drinking water of the Li people is the spring water in the mountains, there are many springs in the mountains, these waters eventually flow into the mirror lake, think that the terrain by the mirror lake is gentle, the mirror lake is an inland lake will not produce any harm, and there are fish in the lake to hunt, so many tribes live next to the mirror lake.
A few days after the coming-of-age ceremony, the five-day winter hunt began. The season where Lin Tian's current situation is located is autumn, and there is still a period of time before it will go into winter. Lin Tian's Li people once heard the fat man say that they are in the north, and the north is also known as Yidi, which is divided into east and west, and the Li people are located in the north of Dongyi, and Yidi is already sparsely populated, and it is basically a no-man's land when it comes out of Yidi.
Winters in Yidi account for about one-third of the year, so it is necessary to have sufficient food and wood reserves to survive the extended cold winter. Timber is all over the mountains, easy to solve, difficult to solve is food, so there will be an annual winter hunt. Hunting in winter is basically hopeless, most of the animals will not come out at will in winter, most of them are hibernating, so the end of the autumn before the winter is the best hunting period, and most of the animals at this stage are full of fat ready for winter, very plump.
The young and strong men of the Li tribe brought their equipment into the mountains to hunt, while the rest of the tribe was responsible for collecting firewood. Lin Tian and his newly grown companions were included in the firewood team, because this hunt was not only on the periphery of the mountain forest, but also deep into the mountains and forests.
In the depths of the deep forest, there are countless animals, wild beasts are often infested, the most is the wolf, in the area of the Li nationality, there are often snow wolves infested, after entering the winter mountain forest can not find food, the snow wolf will go out on a large scale to find food. In the forest, the most powerful thing is not a wolf, nor a bear, but a wild boar, and one pig, two bears and three snow wolves are the folk proverbs of the Li people. The little fat man Tiewa chattered with Lin Tian about this.
When collecting firewood, Lin Tian asked Tiewa about his behavior, which aroused Gesang's doubts. "Brother Lin Tian, aren't you also a hunter's child, your hunting skills are so good, why don't you know these common sense?"
Lin Tian said: "My hometown is not the same as here, I have never seen a snow wolf, I heard that the snow wolf is very beautiful, and the hair is also very soft, I just chatted with the fat man for nothing." ”
Lin Tian really succeeded in diverting Gesang's attention, and when it came to the snow wolf, Gesang was full of interest. "Snow wolves generally don't come out, they are usually deep in the mountains and forests, and they only come out when they are hungry in winter. The snow wolf is beautiful, the whole body is snow-white, the hair is very soft, and the snow wolf can change a lot of things with one skin." Gesang was full of fun and talked to Lin Tian about the beauty and value of the snow wolf.
"But snow wolves generally come in groups, at least dozens of them, and hungry snow wolves are particularly ferocious, they can eat people." Gesang's words made Lin Tian immediately lose interest in the snow wolf, and the man-eating snow wolf was not beautiful at all.
The fat man interjected: "The snow wolf is very cunning, and often steals our livestock and food in winter, but we can't catch them, and the snow-white snow wolf can't be found when he hides in the snow." It's really disgusting, I haven't touched the fur of a snow wolf when I'm so old, but I've only heard that clothes made of snow wolf skin are very warm, and it would be nice if I had clothes made of snow wolf skin one day. ”
Lin Tian thought to himself: No matter how cunning the little snow wolf is, it can be as cunning as a human, and I will not worry about the snow wolf if I put a few traps.
Lin Tian made up his mind that in winter, he must get a few snow wolves to try them, make a set of snow wolf skin clothes, and also make a set for Gesang and the fat man.
The firewood gravitating team returned at sunset, and the men who had gone hunting had already returned, for the mountains were more dangerous at night. Seeing everyone talking about today's harvest with joy on their faces, Lin Tian thought to himself: It seems that everyone's harvest is not bad, since their hunting methods are very good, there is no need for me to teach them to use a sleeve to hunt. Lin Tian originally planned that if the Li people had a bad harvest, he would tell them the next day about his last hunting method, so that the Li people could hunt enough food for the people to survive the winter.
After returning to the tribe, the men assisted in slaughtering the prey, drying and salting, and the women cooked on the fire, everything was so peaceful and orderly. Lin Tian recalled the video of the earth in the past that he saw from the electronic device when he lived in the dungeon, the earth was so beautiful in the past, and the residents who used to live on the earth were also working in such a peaceful and orderly manner, living a beautiful and happy life.
The life that Lin Tian once longed for was realized here, and at the same time, he was also touched by the sadness in his heart, and he felt a lot of emotion, especially worried about his grandfather and other dungeon partners, I don't know if they can feel such a life.
After dinner, Lin Tian was called by the fat man to help dry the meat. Lin Tian took the meat to the lake and hung it on the drying shelf, looking at the meat on it, the Li people working next to him, and the surrounding environment, Lin Tian suddenly felt extremely satisfied.
This is the life I have been longing for, both come and go, the past cannot be traced, grasp the present!
At this moment, Lin Tian's mentality has undergone a fundamental change, and he thought of integrating into the life of the Li people wholeheartedly, seeing the difficult living conditions of the Li people these days, Lin Tiansheng used his knowledge to help the Li people change people's lives under the limited conditions of the contemporary world, so that the life of the Li people is better, at least to ensure that food and clothing are not worried. I hope that my meager strength will be useful, and it will not be in vain for the Li people to save themselves.
After figuring it out, Lin Tian worked very hard to do things, and worked enthusiastically and laughing with the clansmen. It was only after the moon raised its head that everyone finished packing up today's prey and fenced off the drying rack to prevent any animals from taking it away, and then everyone went to rest.
Lin Tian had worked hard all day, both fulfilled and satisfied, and fell asleep after returning to his tent.