Chapter 226: Millennial Ginseng
Xiaobai gained the respect of the snow monsters, and the snow monsters did not attack the crowd. After a short pause, they went out into the forest, led by the largest snow monster.
The big snow monster walked into the forest first, and the two snow monsters that were not much different from Xiao Bai's body size turned around and greeted Xiao Bai, and followed into the forest.
Leave it at that, it's probably the best. But Xiaobai reluctantly glanced at Lin Ji, but resolutely followed.
Lin Ji stretched out his hand, a little overwhelmed.
I just came out to dig up a few ginseng trees, and I lost the children I had raised for a few years, what is going on? Do they accept Xiaobai into the group, or are they just curious to follow them for a few days?
"Keep up." Riding a white horse, Lin Ji was the first to step out of the crowd and keep up with the snow monsters.
He didn't want to leave Xiaobai. It must be difficult for Xiaobai to survive in the wild. If they are willing to accept Xiaobai and let Xiaobai live with them, presumably Xiaobai also needs a transition period to adapt. If Xiaobai was just curious to play with them more, it would be impossible for Lin Ji to leave Xiaobai alone.
The big snow monster in front saw Lin Ji and the others following, and rushed back and roared at everyone.
Xiaobai was quite happy to see Lin Ji following, rushed over to confront the big snow monster, and then habitually followed the big snow monster to compare simple sign language. The big snow monster on the opposite side was of course confused in sign language.
Xiaobai was helpless, so he could only wave the machete to signal, and the big snow monster could only be unwilling to roar at Lin Ji and the others, and turned around to walk on his own.
Lin Ji and the others saw the snow monster's vigilance, so they could only follow from a distance. Anyway, they just want to keep a certain distance from Xiaobai and take care of him, and this distance is basically enough.
The snow monsters in front of the group have the meaning of getting rid of the forest trails behind, and they rush away. However, after walking a few kilometers, they found that the people behind them had no influence on them, so they went about their own work.
For wild animals, eating and playing are the main daily activities. I didn't know if they were going hunting just now, but they were interrupted by Lin Ji and others. Now, as soon as they relax, they look around for something to eat.
In terms of Xiaobai's habit of eating everything, snow monsters are omnivores. Lin Ji and the others looked through binoculars while walking behind, and found that this was indeed the case.
They first dug out a sika deer from the snow and ice, which was supposed to be the one they had hunted before, and the snow monster tore it apart, and they ate it. The deer was so small that after a few bites of the snow monsters, they swept away the snow and dug through the stems and roots underneath and stuffed them into their mouths.
Xiaobai didn't get the venison, but when digging up the roots, a snow monster of about the same height as him stuffed a handful of black roots into Xiaobai's mouth.
"That looks like a she-snow monster, right?"
The snow monster almost stopped, and Lin Ji and the others also stopped, and when they saw this scene with a telescope, they gossiped and discussed.
The crowd struggled to discern the snow monster's size from under the thick fur on its body, but it was as difficult as looking at the figure of a person in thick clothes. However, Lin Ji could see that the face of this snow monster was obvious, and his eyebrows were clearer.
"So Xiaobai, this is considered love?"
"Do you want to give the little white daughter-in-law a name?"
"How about calling Xiao Hei?"
"What a broken name, people are white."
"The name is a code name, and she's black-eyed."
Lin Ji Fu Wolf Dunmu Chen Li and a few people joked, but found that Xiaobai didn't like his girlfriend very much, and the roots that were stuffed into its mouth were spit out after just a few chews.
Then, in Xiao Hei's somewhat dissatisfied gaze, Xiao Bai turned around and left.
"Xiaobai may not be able to endure hardship." Lin Ji put down the telescope and explained.
The roots are almost always bitter. Xiaobai has been raised at home since he was a child, and he eats the same things as Lin Ji. Even if you steal what you eat, it's crisp and sweet fruits and vegetables, where have you ever eaten things like tree roots?
Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Lin Ji knew what Xiaobai was doing when he turned around and ran back, and asked people to take out a few bags of jerky tortillas and other things as dry food. After Xiaobai came over, he ran back happily with these things.
The food that Xiaobai got back was naturally very popular, and several snow monsters surrounded Xiaobai, and after a while, the food in Xiaobai's hands and even the leather bag were eaten.
After a few snow monsters finished eating, they chatted from time to time, obviously a little underfed. Xiaobai's appetite is better than that of five or six adults. These snow monsters foraging in the wild are hungry and full, and their stomachs are more like bottomless pits.
Seeing this, Xiaobai ran back again, and compared with Lin Ji, asking for such a big pile of food.
The dry food brought by everyone was obviously not enough to cope with this scene, so Lin Ji entered the small city, took out bags of corn, carrots, potatoes and the like from it, and handed them to Xiaobai to carry over.
A few snow monsters ate nearly 300 catties of things before they puffed out their stomachs and stopped their mouths.
When the snow monsters were full, they began to play in the snow and no longer rejected Xiaobai. Lin Ji and others camped nearby, fed horses and elephants, and by the way, also looked for ginseng nearby.
Humans are profit-oriented, and animals are not much different.
Foraging is difficult in winter, even for snow monsters. Therefore, in the next few days, Xiaobai kept getting food from the forest trails to feed the snow monsters, and they stayed nearby and did not go far.
In the past few days, Xiaobai has learned to roar with them, played with them, and taught them some simple sign language.
A few days later, the snow monster known as Xiao Hei by everyone dared to come over and compare with Lin Ji and the others to eat. Later, it saw Lin Ji and others digging ginseng, and he followed suit. It is more careful than Xiaobai, and the ginseng dug up is relatively complete. Later, when it comes to begging, it will bring a ginseng or two.
Naturally, Lin Rui was very happy, and every time he came, Lin Rui would give it some sweets such as cookies and candies alone. When Xiao Hei gets these, in addition to eating some of them himself, he will also take some back to share with other snow monsters.
The snow monsters have a high IQ, which makes other snow monsters also start digging ginseng for food. In just one or two days, the crowd had obtained more ginseng than they had in previous days.
After digging the surrounding ginseng, the snow monster moved with everyone. On this day, the biggest snow monster came to the outside of the camp, threw a tree root at the crowd, and then waited there like a big man.
Lin Ji picked up the roots on the ground and looked at them, almost crying with joy. This is a large ginseng, the thickness of a child's arm, with hair-like roots and clear branches, almost turning into a human shape.
This is exactly the thousand-year-old ginseng he was looking for!
As long as he has this ginseng, he feels that his trip is not in vain. With this participation, maybe it is equivalent to a few more lives.
The Great Snow Monster's credit cannot be buried, so Lin Ji gave the Great Snow Monster a lot of sweets.