Chapter 14: Hold Me Tight
Li Qi is looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon can be regarded as looking forward to the hunting day, but the first thing everyone gets up is to pray, but they don't use the turtle shell.
After the prayer, they ate food, like supper, fruit and roots, but in much more quantities than in the evening, and yesterday Litch knew that they did not have meat to eat, but mostly by picking, so that the white rhizome was their staple food.
"Can I go?"
Finally, by the time they finished eating, Li Qi was already impatient.
"Wait!"
Taba waved his hand unhurriedly, and then took a stone bowl and brought it over, only to see that it was crushed grass, and Taba grabbed a handful of black ash from the fire pit, threw it into the stone bowl, stirred, and then dipped his finger in it and drew it on Chi's face.
What's going on? Li Qi saw it in the clouds.
After Taba finished painting, Li Qi hurriedly leaned over to take a look, only to see that Chi's left face was painted with a strange pattern, some like a turtle, but not like a turtle, it looked a bit like the word "Xuan".
However, the murals in the cave have made Li Qi realize that most of Taba's paintings are a bit similar to words, and Li Qi even guesses that this is how the words originated.
Just as Li Qi was stunned, Taba suddenly appeared in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned, and saw the black thing in the stone bowl, and resisted: "I... I'll forget it. ”
"It will bless you."
Taba said reverently.
Believe it? I'd rather trust my weak chicken-like body. That's right! It seems that the totem of belief in the primitive era, is this the totem of the Black Stone Valley? Even so, of course Li Qi was still unwilling, he didn't believe this, but he had no choice but to let Taba paint on his fair face, in order to go out hunting early, he could only endure it now.
After each hunter's face was painted, the ceremony was finally complete.
The hunters took their weapons and headed for the valley mouth, a total of eighteen men, about two-thirds of the young men in the Blackstone Valley.
Although Li Qi came from outside, when he came, he was unconscious, which can be said to be the first time Li Qi saw the scene outside the valley.
Out of the valley, and the situation in the valley is really a world of difference, outside is a Gobi-like terrain, scattered with some green shrubs, in addition to the strange shape of boulders, not to mention the inaccessible, birds and beasts are also extinct.
But this is a very favorable terrain for Blackstone Valley, where there is no food or water, and wild animals do not come here to feed, which is equivalent to a natural protected area.
Bang!
I saw that the uncle named Rumble, who was always sleepy-eyed, suddenly fell to the ground, pouted his big smooth buttocks, and laughed out of his mouth, and saw him slowly stand up, shaking his right hand and saying, "Look, what did I catch?" ”
In the end, Li Qiding looked at it, and it was a black, sleek lizard, and then looked at the rumbling, and said in his heart, he wouldn't be... This... It's horrible!
There was a soft snap.
Rumble just twisted off the lizard's head, tossed it aside, and ate it.
Depend on! Li Qi almost didn't spit out, and quickly covered his mouth with his hand.
Lie said with a look of envy and jealousy: "Why didn't I see it." ”
Nong Dao: "Rumble, you are so stupid, this four-legged worm should be handed over to Li Qi, Li Qi can make it even more delicious." ”
Rumble looked back at Richie.
"I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. ”
Li Qi hurriedly waved his hand to affirm that he was about to die of nausea. I saw other people searching on the ground, and they wanted to cry without tears in their hearts, and they also accelerated civilization, add your sister, why don't I overturn the car even if it is a success.
"Richie! You hurry up. ”
Chi shouted dissatisfied.
"Oh....!"
Li Qi was stunned, and found that he was getting farther and farther away from the team.
Before the hunt began, Li Qi was already a little breathing, not because it was very far, but because they were walking too fast, Li Qi felt very difficult, and desperately came to the farmer's side, and asked in a low voice: "How far is this?" ”
Nongdao: "It's not far! ”
But it turned out that he walked for a while before he walked out of this Gobi, and Li Qi's legs were already trembling.
Out of the Gobi, they immediately became very cautious, observing the ground and paying attention to their surroundings.
Li Qi didn't understand at all, and asked curiously, "What are you looking at?" ”
Nongdao: "Beast's footprints and feces and urine." ”
Li Qi almost fainted when he heard this, and said, "Such a large piece of land, I have to find when to go." ”
Chi suddenly asked, "How did you hunt before?" ”
"I'm much simpler, if the beast eats meat, we throw the meat in the place where the beast may be infested, and lure the beast to eat it, and then hide it on the side, and when the beast comes, we go up and kill it." ”
After speaking, he saw that Chi and Nong were all looking at him blankly, and said a little nervously: "Am I wrong?" ”
Nong said excitedly: "Yes! Such a good way, how did we not think of it before. ”
Chiya frowned and thought.
They are still in the process of using their strength to fight the power of the beast, and they don't have the concept of trapping, but Li Qi is a person who can't play without trapping.
"Red! This way. ”
At this moment, one person suddenly shouted.
Chi was slightly stunned, and hurriedly walked over, only to see a huge footprint on the dirt ground.
"Wow! These are elephant footprints! ”
Richie was surprised, wondering if it was a mammoth. I couldn't help but feel a little excited in my heart.
They immediately followed the footprints to trace the past, and after a while, they came to a small hill, but they were very cautious and creeping, although this small hill is not high, but at a glance, the scenery in front of them is in full view, only to see a wide grassland in front of them, but it is not the kind of grassland in later generations, the grass is at least more than one meter high, most of them are about two meters high, and it is gray and white, I don't know what kind of grass it is, it is very dense, this wind blows, undulating like a huge wave.
A river meanders through the side of the meadow, and behind the meadow there is a green forest, and there is no end in sight.
Woods?
Li Qi looked at the forest excitedly, and then looked at Nong, who also happened to look at him, and nodded his head very entangled when he saw Li Qi.
While Richie focused on the woods, Chi's eyes searched the river area, and soon they spotted their prey.
I saw a brown beast drinking water by the river.
Li Qi also noticed, although it was far away and he couldn't see it very clearly, but it was definitely not a mammoth, and he muttered in his heart, wow! Taba's prayer seemed to be really spiritual. Oh my God, then you have to bless me to get my backpack back, you've played me like this, you've got to give me a way to live!
Red immediately set out for them, but instead of going directly over the hills, they went down the same path, in order to prevent the prey from spotting them. However, Li Qi did not think it was necessary, so far away, the prey would not be able to be found.
The group stealthily bypassed the hill and entered the meadow, and quickly moved towards the prey under the cover of the grass.
When they came to the edge of the grass, everyone except Li Qi spread out very disciplinedly, forming a semi-encirclement, and then prostrate on the ground and gently pushed the grass in front of them.
Li Qi followed the farmer closely, but when he saw the beast by the river clearly, he couldn't help but be surprised, because of the distance, he couldn't see it very clearly, now at this close look, I saw that the beast looked a little like a wild boar, but it was huge, two meters high, the body length reached four or five meters, and the jaw had a pair of long fangs, flowing with a hara, very disgusting.
The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
The wild boar stood by the river, still drinking, but also very cautious, and from time to time it raised its head to look left and right.
After observing it for a while, it relieved itself and continued to bow its head to drink, but the moment it looked down, its two large ears suddenly stood up, as if it had replaced its eyes with ears.
I finally understood why they were so bullish and so cautious, because the beasts out there were even more bullishness. Li Qi couldn't help but wipe a cold sweat.
The opportunity was fleeting, and Chi began to crouch up and move forward slowly, but as soon as he got out of the grass, Chi suddenly started to rush towards the wild boar like a cheetah.
The wild boar also seemed to hear the movement, and did not look back, but turned and ran.
It was too late, but it was fast, and Chi jumped up, jumped directly to a certain height, and threw out the stone spear in the air, which turned into a white light and shot at the wild boar.
But the huge boar made a sharp stop, dodged, and then turned around and continued to run.
Li Qi's eyes almost fell out, and he couldn't react at this speed, so he never expected that the huge wild boar would be so agile and able to dodge.
However, they seemed to anticipate it, because the rest of the men were outflanked from the left and right, blocking the escape route of the wild boars.
"Wait!"
Nong subconsciously wanted to rush out, but Li Qi grabbed him by the shoulders and dragged him in the direction of the woods, he didn't plan to hunt, because going out was no different from sending him to death, he waited for this opportunity, because only at this time no one would pay attention to him.
Nong also reacted, although he did not resist, but his eyebrows still seemed a little hesitant, but soon, his desire still prevailed over reason, he pulled Li Qi with his backhand, and ran frantically in the direction of the woods, since he wanted to go, he had to hurry.
The two of them walked through the meadow to the woods, and when they stood outside and looked inside, it seemed to be dark and gloomy, and no tree seemed to have a top, and the lush foliage was obscuring the sky.
"Do we really want to go in?"
Nong looked a little uneasy.
Li Qi smiled: "If you can only eat those boring things in your life, then what's the point, life is just to eat." ”
As soon as he said about eating, Nong's eyes lit up, he licked his dry lips, immediately tied the stone spear to his back, and then trotted and jumped onto a big tree.
Li Qi looked up at him and said, "What are you doing?" ”
Nongdao: "It's very dangerous in the woods, down there. ”
Of course I know it's dangerous down there, but the problem is that I can't get there! Li Qi wanted to cry without tears and said: "But I can't go up!" ”
The corners of Nong's mouth twitched, as if he had an urge to slap Li Qi, everyone is the same kind, why is this guy so weak, he didn't say a word, and suddenly jumped inside.
Li Qi was stunned, and was about to shout when Nong suddenly fell from the sky, only to see him holding a vine in his hand, he tightened the rattan, took a few steps back, and then said with great disgust: "Hold me tight." ”
"Hold... Hold you tight? Li Qi was stunned, then reacted, and said in his heart, you still dislike me, I don't think you are dirty. But this seems to be the best way, Li Qi can only hold Nong, with his legs clamped, you must know that Li Qi is a head taller than Nong, and at this time, the little bird is holding Nong, no matter how you look at it, it is not coordinated.
Richie's own face turned red.
After Li Qi hugged him tightly, Nong ran one by one, then jumped up, kicked a big tree in front of him, and the two of them swung into the air.
Li Qi was so frightened that he closed his eyes tightly, and his feet were tightly clamped between the peasants, but he did not dare to scream, for fear of disturbing the beasts in the woods, and he could only hear the wind whistling to his ears.
Suddenly, Wennong said anxiously: "Don't close your eyes, where did your delicious food fall?" ”
Yes! I still have to know the way, it's really a life. Li Qi endured fear and opened his eyes, and suddenly saw the two of them crashing towards a huge tree, so frightened that he took a sharp breath of cold air, and suddenly felt that his body was light, and they landed steadily on a branch of the big tree.
Nong is face looked at Li Qi angrily.
Li Qi hurriedly whispered: "Wait a minute, I'll see, let me see." ”
He looked down, there were all dense grass and shrubs below, where to recognize the way, he was running for his life at that time, it was impossible to have the heart to remember the way, but he knew that it must not be in the depths of the woods, otherwise he would not be able to escape, suddenly, his eyes fell on a bush, and said excitedly: "Blood, blood, follow this blood." ”
Nong looked down, and then said, "Hold it tight!" ”
Richie hurriedly clamped his legs.
Nong shook his head depressedly, and then swung down.
Li Qi wanted to close his eyes, but he couldn't close his eyes, so he could only bite his lip and try to keep his eyes open, every time Nong went to grab another tree vine, Li Qi was so frightened that he almost urinated, because Nong flew out to catch it, and he was going to fall, Nong Xing was probably fine, he was estimated to be half paralyzed.
Suddenly, Li Qi felt that his body fell suddenly, and the inertia almost made him get out of his hands, and he subconsciously wanted to scream.
It was too late, it was too fast, a hand tightly covered his mouth, Li Qi was already frightened, and after a while, he found that he had landed on a very thick branch, and looked at Nong tremblingly, only to see that Nong's eyes were full of fear, and he couldn't help but hand over two inquiring glances.
Nong suddenly raised his trembling hand and moved a huge leaf in front of him down.
Li Qi looked curiously, and after the leaves moved away from his eyes, his pupils gradually dilated, and he took a sharp breath of cold air, oh my God! What is that?
But I saw a golden python lying lazily in the grass, even the lush grass could not hide its body, the whole body was golden, and exuded a faint brilliance, the eyes were as big as goose eggs, the eyes were like turquoise gems, and they were diamond-shaped, at least at least more than twenty meters long, and the torso was thicker than him.
Nong was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he was holding Li Qi with one hand, and he was about to run, and his life was at stake.
Li Qi grabbed him and pointed to the tail of the python.
Nong froze and looked over there, only to see that the tail of the python was erected, and a camouflage oval object was gently swaying with its tail, and moving up and down, and the giant python seemed to be having a great time, and did not notice the arrival of Nong and Rich.
Damn, take my backpack as a toy. Li Qi saw that the python was playing a lot, and he couldn't help but be depressed, what is the difference between going down and sending him to death.