Chapter 176: Spotlight with Ice
With the passage of time, the big cold still came, the sky was cold, everything was killed, the cold north wind whistled from time to time, the snow on the ground did not melt, the temperature that was already as cold as the bone marrow dropped again, and the pottery placed in the outhouse of each family even began to explode by itself, and the specially made pottery water tank was not left, the water in the outhouse of each household flowed to the ground, and the upper layer of the cracked water tank was still hung with a full ten centimeter thick ice layer, which was sticky and tight
People can't live without water, but the big river has long been all frozen, and can no longer be smashed, whether it is fish or water, can not be taken up, but fortunately, this year's snowfall is very abundant, and the dragon tribe is located in the mountains and forests, firewood is very sufficient, and finally everyone began to turn snow into water, difficult to live
This can only be regarded as a trivial matter, and what bothers Wang Yuan the most is that there is a further shortage of food, but he still has not come up with any way to get a little food in this climate that is almost minus 30 degrees
Because of the shortage of food, the tribesmen were dizzy from hunger, their limbs were weak, and even most of them had edema, nausea, etc., and the lack of nutrition caused a decrease in resistance, even if everyone was hiding in the house, there were still a large number of colds, fevers, etc., which made Wang Yuan, who was also hungry and dizzy, and his face withered, had a large blister at the corner of his mouth because of the fire
Early this morning, Wang Yuan found that Mao Tu, who usually wakes up and whists, is actually shrunk in her arms, her legs curled up, her eyes closed and shivering, and her body is extremely hot, and even the exhaled air is amazingly hot
Wang Yuan, who was shocked, quickly touched Mao Tu's forehead, and chuckled violently in his heart, Mao Tu, I have a fever!
Nuwa sat up and looked at Mao Tu who was lying next to Wang Yuan, her eyes were a little sunken because of hunger, she couldn't help but tremble, covered her mouth, and tears instantly filled her eyes
She had seen this happen too many times for as long as she could remember, her whole body was hot, her breath was short, she was babbling gibberish, and eventually, she would die in her sleep, and only a small number of her people would survive
"Damn, what to do! What the hell to do! β
Wang Yuan panicked and wrapped the whole body tightly with animal skin** Mao Rabbit roared, hugged him in his arms, trembling and muttering to himself, there is no fever medicine in this world, let alone a drip, nothing!
"Nuwa, you go and boil all our rice and feed it to Mao Rabbit, and then boil a pot of hot water and wait for me to come back!"
Now there are only two kinds of people in the whole tribe who can cool down, one is wormwood, and the other is fruit wine, Yinhu relied on these two things to survive the inflammation at the beginning, and now he can only rely on these two things temporarily
When he went to the warehouse where the wormwood was stored, he was stunned again, obviously stored half a room of dried wormwood, at this time there was only a small pile in the corner, because wormwood is not food, as long as everyone needs it, you can take it away, he didn't expect that wormwood was not so fast, and then he suddenly sounded, the original seemed to have told himself, the number of sick people in the tribe is too much, wormwood is used a little fast, but he was thinking hard about how to get food, and he didn't care
But now is not the time to think about this, Wang Yuan grabbed a bundle of wormwood and left, and then went to carry a jar of fruit wine, and hurried home again
When she got home, Nuwa was boiling rice porridge, rice and millet were mixed, and when she saw Wang Yuan coming back, she nodded in disappointment, and continued to boil porridge, while Wang Yuan handed over the wormwood to Nuwa, and walked to the back room with the fruit wine, first soaked the silk cloth and wrung it out and put it on the forehead of the rabbit, then opened the fruit wine, lifted the animal skin, and wiped it off the body of the rabbit
Mao Tu slowly opened his eyes and saw that Wang Yuan was hurriedly rubbing wine on himself, and muttered a word of fate softly
"Mao Rabbit, don't talk, rest well, Nuwa will make porridge for you, don't worry, with me, you must be fine, rest well after eating porridge"
When Mao Tu heard this, he looked at Wang Yuanqiang and comforted himself with a calm smile, and reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth and nodded lightly
Finally, Nuwa came in with the porridge, Wang Yuan hugged the rabbit who was wrapped in animal skin again, carefully blew the porridge and cooled it, and gave it to the rabbit to eat little by little, while the little white tiger was lying next to the rabbit, and looked at the family members who still gave it milk once a day even now, and looked at the rabbit very humanely, and did not drink it for the first time, but pushed Wang Yuan with a fluffy little meat paw, and then gently moved the wolf milk bowl to the side
"This. β pineβ β said β. β
Not to mention that Wang Yuan was stunned, even Nuwa was stunned, and the shock was beyond measure, this white tiger is too smart, right?
"The rabbit didn't hurt you in vain! When we have enough food in the future, Lao Tzu will catch a female beast with milk for you, so that you can drink enough! β
Looking at the wolf milk, Wang Yuan gritted his teeth, after all, milk is extremely nutritious, and the rabbit needs nutrition very much now, and it really needs this thing
The rabbit, who was still sober, was lying in Wang Yuan's arms, and after looking at the little white tiger, a trace of emotion flashed in his eyes, and he stretched out his hand hard, wanting to touch the little white tiger, and the little white tiger took the initiative to hand the head to the rabbit's hand and closed his eyes
Finally, after drinking the rice porridge and wormwood juice, the rabbit fell asleep again, while the little white tiger lay quietly beside her, like the most faithful guard, silently guarding his hostess
"Yuan, there are some more, you can eat it too"
Nuwa brought a bowl of rice porridge again and handed it to Wang Yuan, but Wang Yuan looked at the rice porridge and finally shook his head
"Good, you eat, Mao Rabbit is already sick, you must not fall down again, I am a man, it's no problem to be hungry, be good, be obedient, eat!"
After speaking, I was afraid that Nuwa would not eat it, so I took the bowl and fed Nuwa spoonful by spoon
Nuwa, on the other hand, looked at Wang Yuan, whose hungry cheeks were sunken, and tears couldn't help falling, but she slowly opened her mouth and ate in small bites while crying
"Good, Nuwa doesn't cry, believe me, I will definitely find a way to get food, I will never let a person starve to death! Never! β
Looking at Wang Yuan's firm eyes, Nuwa wiped her tears, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, nodded, hugged Wang Yuan tightly, and said softly
"Nuwa believes that because my fate is a divine envoy, a divine envoy who has come down from heaven to help us, so I will definitely do it!"
After leaving Nuwa at home to take care of the rabbit, Wang Yuan walked out of the room, grabbed two handfuls of snow from the ground to satisfy his hunger, and went straight to the river, now, hunting is simply impossible, the weather is on the one hand, and on the other hand, the snow is too thick, human beings can't walk at all, the only direction is to find a way to break the ice again to catch fish
But when he looked at the river in front of him, he didn't know how thick it was, but he was silent
With salt, how much does it take to dissolve a hole? And with hot water, I am afraid that as soon as I pour it, it will condense into ice again, and it is impossible to set firewood directly on it
"How can we have a steady stream of heat to melt this thick layer of ice?"
Wang Yuan scratched his head irritably and sighed
Suddenly, he looked at the sun in the sky and was stunned, then at the big river covered with snow in front of him, and slapped his head violently
"! How did I forget that thing! β
Then he ran quickly into the tribe
"Anyone who can still move, give it to me!"
When he arrived at the tribe, Wang Yuan didn't go out of his way to find anyone, but directly raised his head, used all his strength, and roared
Hearing the voice of the divine envoy, one by one the hungry clansmen with yellow faces and thin muscles and straight eyes walked out of the room and looked at Wang Yuan suspiciously
"Quite white, go, open the warehouse, let everyone eat enough, and then, all the pottery that can be used, go to the empty house, remove a few clay pots that have not been frozen, and move them to the river!"
Although I don't know why the oracle gave such a strange order, hearing that the oracle actually asked Captain Manbai to open the warehouse and let everyone have a full meal, it made everyone jump with excitement
It has been almost a month since the divine envoy ordered the reduction of food distribution, and the clansmen have finally experienced what it is like to be full again, and even some of their stomachs are round, and they are still eating, so frightened that Wang Yuan hurriedly scolded and stopped, if it goes on like this, not to mention whether the stomach is bad or not, this can force people to death!
After eating, Wang Yuan let everyone rest for an hour, after all, he also knew that he had been hungry for so long, and it was not good for his body to eat so much suddenly, but he had no choice, who knew if he would suddenly change his face on this day, and there would be a heavy snow again to cover the sun, or a cloudy day or something, if that was the case, it would be all over
"Quick, set up the pot, quickly light the fire and put snow inside, yes, just take it from the ice, and save us from cleaning it up"
"You guys, keep holding firewood, keep hugging, this is not enough"
"As for the few of you who come with me, here, here, and here, after the snow is cleared, pour the snow water for me here, it doesn't need to be too hot, as long as the snow is water, you can pour it up, you know? Pour me an ice cube out as soon as possible! β
Wang Yuan kept commanding, and all the clansmen who could still move were mobilized by him, and as everyone acted together, they saw three huge ice blocks standing on the river in an arc at a short distance, and the ice was only one person high, and I don't know why, it was not straight up and down, but there were some inclinations, which Wang Yuan specially requested
"Alright, bring the water to a boil and give it to me"
After speaking, Wang Yuan, who had been in command for a long time, glanced at the sun in the sky that was slowly crawling towards the middle, and hurriedly ran to the ice
After the hot water came, Wang Yuan poured it while ignoring the cold, and smeared it with his hands, trying to make the surface start smooth, and after the front was finished, he began to make the back, and soon, a strange ice cube that was a little tilted, thin on both sides, and bulging in the middle
What's even more peculiar is that when the sun shines on it, the river surface on the back becomes much brighter than other places, which makes everyone look at Wang Yuan in shock
But Wang Yuan frowned, after looking at the sun, he asked for some hot water, continued to water and rub the mirror, and then, everyone found that the bright light on the ice surface of the river slowly shrank, and with the contraction it became brighter and brighter, and finally, it was so bright that people looked very dazzling, and quickly turned their heads and didn't dare to look at it again
Wang Yuan took a deep breath and looked at the huge magnifying glass, his eyes were full of excitement, but then he sighed
"Anyway, think of another way at night, get them right before the sun moves there"
Then, Wang Yuan began to polish the other two large ice cubes, and the clansmen looked at Wang Yuan in a daze, and then looked at the extremely bright place in front of them, which was rapidly turning into puddles of ice, with shock and confusion in their eyes, and more... A feeding frenzy!
I would like to introduce you to a movie with an original theme: "Alpha: The Return of the Wolf", which will definitely not disappoint everyone, people and wolves rely on each other and never abandon each other, which is really moving
(End of chapter)