Chapter 42 Traveling Thousands of Miles to Discover People

The two horses ran for a long time, Xiao Ye estimated that he might have walked more than 300 miles, and he didn't see anyone living there, so he told Cao San to stop and let the horses eat grass and rest. All four of them dismounted, and let the horses graze in the grassy place, and everyone sat down on the grass, and also ate dried beef, fruit, and cigarettes in turn. Xiaoye looked around, and found the nameless river on the right, the river is not urgent, the river is wider, the water is relatively clear, and it still flows slowly to the southeast, and the left is woods, some small grass, and some small animals are moving. He thought, the environment here is okay, how can there be no one to live in, which makes him a little puzzled.

He returned to Sister He and sat down, after Sister He ate the dried beef, she ate another fruit, the sun was shining in early April, it looked like Sister He was a little tired, he said bitterly: "Sister He, you can rest for a while." ”

Sister He said coquettishly: "I just want to sleep in your arms for a while." As she spoke, she fell into Xiao Ye's arms, used Xiao Ye's thighs as a pillow, and took a comfortable nap. Sister He saw Sister He fall asleep in Xiao Ye's arms, and she also fell asleep in Cao San's arms.

At this time, both men like their beloved woman to sleep in their arms. Xiao Ye took a puff of cigarette, slowly spit out the cigarette, felt very comfortable, he looked at Sister He carefully, her beautiful ruddy face, under the sun, looked extraordinarily beautiful, compared to her who was only a teenager a few years ago, her face, figure, and breasts looked plump, mature and charming, he couldn't control his excitement, he hugged her tightly, and kept kissing her face. Sister He felt that Xiao Ye was still infatuated with herself as before, and loved herself deeply, she was still asleep there, hugging Xiao Ye tightly, they both felt too happy, too happy!

An hour passed, the two horses were full, Xiao Ye let go of Sister He's hands, took a deep breath of cigarette, and slowly spit out the smoke, he woke up Cao San and Sister He, and said: "Now that the horses are full, let's go again, walk for a while, let's find a safe place to sleep." ”

Cao San said, "Okay, let's walk a little more and find a better place to rest." The four of them rode forward again on two horses.

After about 200 miles, I came to a hilly area, and there was still no one living there. Xiao Ye called to stop, the two women led the horse to eat grass, Xiao Ye and Cao San smoked a cigarette to find a place to sleep at night, they did not find a cave along the river, so they picked up hay and dry firewood in the hills and forests, there were too many hay and dry firewood here, and they picked up a lot of them after a while. Xiao Ye took a puff of cigarette, thought for a while and said: "We don't know the situation here, whether there are big beasts or not, we don't know, for the safety of people and horses, we burn two fires, the two fires are ten steps away, the four of us sleep between the two fires, and the horses are also tied not far from the fire, the three of you sleep boldly, I have little sleep, but pay attention to the movements around me, and start lighting the fire now." ”

The three of them all agreed with Xiao Ye's approach. So everyone divided the hay and firewood they had collected into two piles, and lit a fire for each of the small leaves and the three grasses, and soon the small fire was ignited. Xiao Ye was afraid that the dry firewood would not be enough, so he asked the three of them to pick up a large pile of dry firewood together for preparation.

As the sky gradually darkened, the four of them sat between the two fires, happily eating dried beef and eating fruit. Xiao Ye said: "Today we ran about 500 miles, and we didn't find anyone inhabited, tomorrow we will walk slower, pay more attention to the situation nearby, and stop to help them as long as we find people inhabited." "The three of them all said that Xiao Ye's decision was right, so they did what Xiao Ye said.

Late at night, there was movement around, and the cry of the beast, the running sound was getting louder and louder, and even heard the howl of the wolf and the roar of the tiger, Sister He was frightened into Xiao Ye's arms, and kept saying: "Scared to death, scared to death!" ”

Hemei was even more scared and hugged Caosan tightly. I don't know how many wolves and tigers, but they did not dare to approach the terrible fire, and at a distance from the fire, a pair of eyes glowing with a terrible green light looked at the strangers, and howled low and high, and the two horses also neighed in fright, and all four of them did not dare to sleep again. Xiao Ye said: "No wonder, there is no one living around here, so many ferocious beasts, it is simply scared to death, who dares to live here, if there are not two fires, we will not be able to survive tonight." Cao San, let's go and bring the horse to us, otherwise it will be even more difficult to frighten it. ”

So Xiaoye and Caosan went to the tree where the horse was tied to lead the horse to be with people, Xiaoye and Caosan kept stroking the horse's head and kissing it, and the horse had a sense of security and no longer frightened and neighed. But none of the four dared to sleep, and Xiaoye and Caosan smoked cigarettes, and added a lot of dry wood to the two fires, and the fires grew bigger and bigger, and the big and small beasts did not dare to approach the fire, and continued to howl. Xiao Ye said bitterly: "Sister He, don't be afraid, I will protect you, the beast doesn't dare to come, you can sleep in my arms for a while." ”

Sister He said: "With you by my side, I am not afraid of anything, I am too tired to sleep for a while." She fell asleep in Xiao Ye's arms.

Xiaoye smoked a cigarette, and saw that the river girl was also sleeping in Caosan's arms. He whispered to Cao San, "Don't fall asleep for the two of us, tomorrow when the beast is gone, we will leave this terrible place quickly." ”

Kusan replied, "I have the same thoughts as you, and I will find a safe place to rest after leaving here tomorrow." At this moment, a frightened tiger cry woke up the two beauties, and they hugged their beloved tighter.

Sister He asked, "What kind of beast is roaring?" It's scary. Xiao Ye replied: "This is the roar of the tiger, don't be afraid, the sky is almost dawn, after dawn, these beasts will leave." ”

The beast tossed and turned all night, and finally waited until dawn for the beast to gradually leave. The four of them began to eat dried beef, eating fruit, and small leaves and grass were grazing near the fire with their horses led. The sun had risen in the east, and the beasts had gone, except for a few small animals that were still active. Xiao Ye said: "Let's quickly pack up and prepare for the hair." The four of them quickly laid their baggage, mounted two horses, and galloped away to the southeast.

About 300 miles of running, came to a large grassland, the right is still a slow eastward flow of the nameless river, the left is a hill forest, behind the hill forest is the forest, between the nameless river and the hill forest is the grassland, looking forward is the grassland that can not be seen, I saw a lot of cattle and sheep grazing on the grass, there are also a lot of rabbits in the activity, pheasants, wild ducks flying around, it stands to reason that this is a place where people live, but there is no human activity. Xiao Ye and Cao San's horse has been walking slowly, Xiao Ye and Cao San discussed: "We have walked more than 800 miles, still no one is seen, I think this place should be a place to live, maybe go forward, there will be people, today is still early, let's walk a little longer before resting." ”

Cao San replied: "What you said makes sense, listen to you, let's go a little longer." ”

The two horses galloped forward again, and the two beauties hugged their beloved's waist tightly, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides, although they were a little tired, but their hearts were happy and happy. The two horses probably ran more than 100 miles, and Xiao Ye, who was running in front, saw that there were many bison, horses, and sheep in the grass in front of him, and suddenly saw a lot of bare men and women chasing hares, he asked the horses to stop, and said happily: "Look, there are many people chasing prey in front!" ”

Caosan's horse also stopped, and everyone saw many people chasing the hare with wooden sticks, although the upper body was ****, he was still tired and sweaty, and he shouted unintelligiblely. Xiao Ye said: "It seems that the people here are going to be a little behind, both men and women are bare with a lot of hairy upper bodies, the lower body is only covered with animal skins, and the way of hunting is also very stupid, I want to go a little further and stop, the people here need our help." ”

Cao San also said happily: "We have run such a long way, and we finally found someone, I agree with Xiaoye's opinion, so let's start here." The two beauties preferred to stop and rest.

They went on a little further, and when they were chasing the hares with sticks in the meadows, they saw four uninvited guests, who dared to run on horseback, and they screamed in fright, and ran away. Xiao Ye shouted loudly: "Don't be afraid, don't run, we are here to help you!" ”

These people didn't pay attention to Xiao Ye's shouts, and they ran faster, and they ran away without a trace after a while. made Xiao Ye cry and laugh, Xiao Ye still said with confidence: "It seems that the people here don't understand our language, it's more difficult, and after a long time, they will understand us." We just found a safe place to settle down in the neighborhood and find a way to reach out to the people here. The three of them agreed with Xiao Ye's opinion, so they dismounted to find a safe place to live.

Here here is a hill forest on the left, a forest bamboo forest in the back, an unnamed river on the right, and a meadow in the middle and in front of and behind. They tied their horses to graze in a grassy place, and the two beautiful women were responsible for collecting hay and firewood, and Xiaoye and Caosan smoked cigarettes, and went to the river to look for caves, and they found that there were many caves here, but they were all short and not suitable for the inhabitants, and they went down to the river to find a very tall cave, about four people high, six steps wide, and he went inside, and only walked more than twenty steps to the bottom of the cave, and there was no hole in it, but there were several small forks. Xiao Ye said to Cao San: "This big cave is not ideal. However, it can still live in people, two steps away from the entrance of the cave, you can burn a small fire, it will not rain on the fire, and the smoke can flow from the top of the cave, because the cave is high, the smoke will not suffocate people. ”

Cao San also looked at the situation at the entrance of the cave repeatedly, took a long puff of smoke, nodded and said: "Your opinion is right, you can try to burn a fire later, if the smoke from the fire can rise from the top of the cave, we can sleep in the cave at night, it is really safe." ”

The two of them went back to the meadow and looked at the terrain, above the big cave, there was a meadow, near the river there were many trees, just enough to tie the horses, if you burn a big fire on the grass, you can not only barbecue meat to eat, but also the horse is very safe. At this time, seeing that the two beauties were tired and sweating, and had picked up two large piles of hay and dry firewood, Xiao Ye said happily: "The two beauties are really capable, they will pick up two large piles of dry firewood in a while, take a rest, you are hungry, eat something." ”

Sister He said: "There is too much dry firewood here, and it is everywhere. Xiao Ye said: "After eating, pick up more dry firewood, there are large and small caves by the river, put more in the caves, in case it is easy to use in rainy days." ”

So, everyone was sitting on the grass eating dried beef and fruit, and at this time, they saw many people hiding behind trees in the distance to peek at them. Xiao Ye said: "After we eat, we will light a fire, and it will attract a lot of people to peek, or we will get to know each other in a few days." Xiao Ye just finished eating a piece of dried beef, and took a deep breath of smoke, couldn't wait to choose a place, grabbed a handful of hay, lit the fire with a cigarette butt and quickly lit the hay, constantly add dry firewood, the fire was lit, everyone kept adding firewood, the fire burned bigger and bigger, those who were hiding behind the tree and peeking, saw the fire burning, a little panicked. At this time, Xiao Ye wanted to talk to them, so he smoked a cigarette and slowly approached these people, who knows, these people saw Xiao Ye coming, so they fled in a panic.

It turned out that this was a tribe in the east of the river, and the tribal leader was a woman named the proprietor, who was only in her 40s, of medium stature, with gray hair up to her waist, with big eyes on her rectangular face, a big nose and a big mouth, her upper body was bare, her complexion was yellow, and her lower body was wrapped in animal skins, and she lived in a large cave by the river. He gave birth to four sons and two daughters, the eldest son is named Da Dongzi, 23 years old, tall and strong, with a big face and big eyes, black hair, usually holding wooden sticks, stone axes, hunting goats, rabbits, pheasants, wild ducks, etc., without a fixed wife.

The second son's name is Er Dongzi, 21 years old, medium height, garden face and big eyes, black messy hair, infinite strength, usually hunting with the eldest brother, and no fixed wife.

The third son's name is Sandongzi, taller, rectangular face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, smart and capable, very good at hunting, using wooden sticks, stones to beat rabbits, pheasants, a dozen and a quasi, in the summer of 15 years old, the weather is hot, he and his two brothers are by the nameless river, soaking in the water to play, feel so cool, so comfortable, accidentally washed away by the river, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

The two daughters are the fourth sister of the east, 18 years old, and the fifth sister of the east is 17 years old, both of them are of medium stature, with a rectangular face and big eyes, black hair up to the waist, usually catching pheasants, wild ducks, picking fruits, no fixed husband, each has 1 child.

The youngest son's name is Xiaodong, 15 years old, weak, with a big face, black hair, very smart, many ways to get into trouble, lively and capable, and is an errand runner beside the proprietor, like a herald.

The proprietor led 250 people, a large tribe, men and women, all of whom were naked, and children of several years old were naked. Some of them live in caves by the river, and some live in nests in trees. Under the leadership of the proprietor, they hunted goats, rabbits, pheasants, wild ducks and other weak animals for a living, and did not dare to hunt big wild animals. Usually, they are also injured by tigers and wolves, and every year two or three people are eaten by tigers and wolves. They are surviving in this extremely difficult and dangerous environment.