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Because of the thin clouds overhead, the sunlight reflected back from the snow is less dazzling. The sky and the earth are clean, and people's eyes can see farther in the snow. The little wolf Ganluo couldn't bear it anymore, let out a long howl, and rushed out first. Li Xu, Xu Dayan and others riding horses? , the wind generally swept through the snowy fields.

The air that has been washed by the snow has a sweet smell when breathing, and although it is cold, it is very refreshing. The surrounding scenery is very beautiful, with the little wolf that has just grown silver stiff hair, and a group of young hunters, and a girl with purple and red colors, the scenery can already be used in the painting. The only fly in the ointment is that there is no prey in the hands of young people. It wasn't because of their poor archery skills, no prey was in their sight from the moment they left the camp gate until they ran and Ganro began to stick out his tongue and gasp.

"Maybe it's been a hunt lately, and the beasts around the tribe have been scared away!" Eru twisted her nose slightly, and the smile on her face was as bright as the sun after the first snow.

"Thousands of people take turns to hunt, and even the most daring beasts will move quickly!" Xu Dayan made a joke that was not very clever. In the presence of Eru, his wisdom always faded rapidly. Sometimes the degree of "stupidity" shown can even be compared with Li Xu.

"Why don't you guys go farther away and try your luck at Crescent Lake. The lake doesn't freeze in winter, and when it's cold, there are always wild beasts going to the lake to find grass roots to gnaw! Sudor suggested loudly. If so many people return empty-handed, they will definitely be secretly laughed at by the clansmen. Besides, there is not much dried meat in your own house, and if you kill sheep indiscriminately, you will be scolded by the old people in the family for making bad things.

"There is already a distance between that side and our camp, once you meet Suotou Xiren, it will be a little troublesome!" Among the group, Aslan is the oldest, and his ideas are the most serious.

Tao Kuotuosi, Duer and the others stopped talking, and they all focused their eyes on Xu Dayan's face. This man is recognized as a wise man in the clan, and his advice is the most influential in the entire team.

Xu Dayan saw the expectation in everyone's eyes, especially Li Xu, this good brother must have held back for a long time to wash away the shame of falling back from the horse. Looking back at the gentle and considerate Eru, her heart gradually softened, she thought about it, and said hesitantly: "There shouldn't be any trouble, the distance between their camp and Crescent Lake is several times that of ours." Even if they meet Xi Ren who came out to hunt in the snow by the lake, the two sides don't know each other's details, and reasonable people will not easily provoke trouble! ”

"Okay, let's go to Crescent Lake and try to rush back before dark. Padet is pregnant again, and I just happened to go to the lake to collect some Star Iron (Note 1) and make a scimitar for him when the baby is born! Ah Silan groaned for a moment and replied briskly.

The wife has a good time to get pregnant, and if she gives birth to a boy, I hope he will be as smart as her husband and as lucky as a separated brother. Ah Silan, who is going to be a father again, has the same fierce eyes as when he heard that his wife was pregnant for the first time.

The harsh and changeable climate on the grassland has led to the lack of prosperity among the tribesmen, so the conception and childbirth of a woman is more important in the eyes of the herders than marriage and birthday celebrations for the elderly. When everyone heard that Asilan's wife was pregnant, they gathered around him to congratulate him. After congratulating him, he blamed him for not telling everyone earlier, otherwise he should definitely stay at home to take care of his wife on such a cold day, who would dare to be cheeky and pull him out to shoot hunting!

"It's only been twenty days? It doesn't stop her from moving. Besides, Pa Dai's body and bones have always been strong, and she will be more active, and she will endure less pain when she has children in the future! Ah Silan waved her hand and replied with a happy face.

"It's only been more than 20 days, no wonder I didn't see Sister Paddy's belly growing. Aslan, how do you know that it's only been more than twenty days, have you already shown it to Elder Eto? Tao Kuo Tusi clapped his hands and asked with wide eyes. Elder Eto was the oldest wise man in the entire tribe, and he was in charge of all the complex and mysterious tasks of the Susibu tribe, such as sacrificial services, medical treatment, and dispensing medicine for livestock. Ah Silan said that his wife was pregnant for more than 20 days, and in the eyes of the girl, this must have been the conclusion reached by Elder Eto after communicating with Changshengtian.

"This? Don't bother Elder Eto, I'll figure it out! Ah Silan was a little embarrassed by the question, and began to scratch her scalp incessantly.

"How did you figure it out?" Tao Kuo's curiosity was aroused at once, and his two eyes were bigger than Xu Maogong's eyes.

"Haha!" Dür, Calyx, and Ba Ximi let out an uncontrollable burst of wild laughter, and while laughing, they asked Aslan to answer the question seriously.

"Aslan, how did you figure it out? Don't hide your secrets, hurry up and teach everyone how to calculate! Dur clutched his stomach as he winked at Aslan.

"Immortal God!" Ah Silan was asked so much that she wanted to hit the wall. After a while, he blushed and explained, "This, this is a bit difficult. When you grow up, you'll understand! ”

"Looks like you're a lot older than me!" Tao Kuo spat at a bite, and a red cloud floated on his face. From the expressions on everyone's faces, she guessed that she must have made an extremely childish mistake. Otherwise, the smiles on the faces of Dur and the others would not be so weird. She remembered this expression vividly, and the smile on her face was no different when Sister Eru heard that she had gone to drill the guest's tent and had frightened her into running away.

Thinking of his embarrassment in front of his sisters that morning, Tao Kuo's "anger" was in a state of prairie fire. turned his head to find trouble with Li Xu, but found that the dizzy young man and Xu Dayan were pestering Eru, and kept asking him questions about Xingxingtie.

"Star iron is the iron stone given to the shepherd by the immortal heaven, you don't understand this, it's so stupid!" Tao Kuo interjected angrily.

"The master is erudite, and the boy is taught!" Li Xu clasped his hands together in front of his chest, posing as a young scholar accepting the guidance of a wise man. This is the trick he summed up through many days of practice to deal with Tao Kuo's detachment. As long as he puts out the scholar's poor and sour energy, and drags a few more sentences, the barbarian girl will definitely run away.

Sure enough, Tao Kuo saw that Li Xu suddenly became a scholar, and all his anger was instantly frozen in his body. His eyes widened, and his teeth itched with hatred, but he couldn't think of a good word to deal with it.

"The ground by the Crescent Lake is warm, and the snow has always melted with the fall. As soon as it has been washed with snow, the natural color of the stone is easily revealed. So today is a good time to look for the stars and iron! Let's go faster, let's help Asilan find it! Seeing that Tao Kuo was so angry that his eyes were red, Dur hurriedly diverted the topic elsewhere.

Ah Silan was wondering why Tao Kuo's face changed color in an instant, and when she saw Dur suddenly beat her horse and go first, she suddenly remembered the joke about attachment that had spread all over half of the tribe recently, and knew that her sentence "Wait for you to grow up" had caused trouble, stuck out his tongue, and rode after Dur.

Seeing several other people fleeing, Tao Kuotuosi felt even more embarrassed in his heart. He had the intention of giving the angry stupid guy a blow on the head with a horsewhip, and he was afraid that the blow would be heavy, so he never paid attention to himself again. Thinking about it, I was so aggrieved that my eyes began to blur.

"We don't always live in the same camp. Therefore, the ancestors did not leave the wisdom about mining mines, and the herdsmen did not have time to mine iron ore! Eru looked at the boy in front of her who was messing around like a kitten or a dog, and smiled and lifted the reins of the horse, separating the two of them.

"Aslan is now starting to accumulate star iron, and by the day Sister Patai gives birth to a son, it is estimated that he will be able to hit a scimitar almost enough. The man of the steppe has a good knife, like an eagle with wings! Let's speed up, don't be left behind by Aslan! ”

That's why Aslan wants to look for Star Iron. The herders did not open mines, and all the iron tools were either bought from the Central Plains or collected by grazing iron and stone scattered on the grasslands. The black stone, which the ancestors of the people called Star Iron, was small, and it took dozens or even hundreds of pieces to make a scimitar. However, the quality of the sword is excellent, the blade is sharper than that of a scimitar made of ordinary iron, and the toughness of the blade is better.

The only fly in the ointment is that the little thing is so hard to come by, and many herders who wander the prairie all year long may not be able to pick up enough material to make a scimitar.

The group laughed and ran for more than 70 miles, and the horses and people were sweating, but they did not feel tired. Running and running, the sound of horses' hooves in his ears was gradually replaced by the sound of running water, and everyone knew that the Crescent Moon Lake was in front of him.

It was an extremely beautiful lake, whether it was the lonely Li Xu or the well-informed Xu Dayan, the moment they saw the lake for the first time, they didn't open their mouths and let out a soft sigh of admiration.

Beauty, not ordinary beauty. The river in the upper reaches is frozen for thousands of miles, and the river surface in the lower reaches is covered with snow, but the lake with a radius of more than 20 miles lies between the snowfields like a blue jewel. The cold wind blows, and the smoke on the water surface is oblique and foggy, lingering and disturbing, as if there are immortals burning incense and playing strings in the blue waves.

Li Xu jumped off the horse, rushed to the shore of the lake in three steps and two steps, and stretched out his hand to copy it on the smoke wave. A bone-piercing chill immediately penetrated into his bone marrow.

"Ah, it's so cool!" Li Xu, who had been preparing to touch the warm water, shook his fingers and jumped to his feet and shouted.