Chapter 14: Danger Everywhere
Xilu looked at the chopsticks that were turning flexibly in Mo Lan's hand, looking surprised.
At this moment, Mo Lan's stomach was already growling with hunger, so she was not polite, picked up the minced meat on the animal skin, and ate it slowly with chopsticks.
Xilu looked at Mo Lan without blinking, and felt that her eating movements were very beautiful! She never knew that eating could be so pleasing to the eye!
Mo Lan looked at Xilu's new face, and couldn't help laughing: "Do you want to try it?" ”
As he spoke, he handed the chopsticks to Xilu's hand.
Xilu holds the chopsticks in the palm of her hand, but she doesn't know how to use them at all!
I copied, shoveled and pricked the food, and made a mess of a bag of minced meat, but I didn't pick up a piece!
"No, that's not how you hold your chopsticks! It should be held with the thumb, middle finger and index finger, so that the ...... Slowly and firmly, pick up the object and put it in your mouth...... Be careful, the strength of your fingers must be well controlled, otherwise the food will fall! ”
Mo Lan patiently corrected Xilu's posture of holding chopsticks, but after several attempts, Xilu failed to pick up the food.
She couldn't help but put down her chopsticks in frustration and said, "This is so difficult!" Forget it, it's more convenient to use your hands! ”
Mo Lan smiled and encouraged: "It's okay, take your time, you will learn soon!" ”
"It's so hard! I'm sure I won't learn! ”
Xilu handed the chopsticks back to Mo Lan, and a look of ridicule appeared on her face.
Mo Lan thought about it, too, chopsticks are not difficult to use, but it is not easy to say. For these orcs who have never touched the tableware, it is not easy to master it for a while.
"Don't be afraid, I'll make you another fork, it's the same as chopsticks, it's just as hygienic and convenient!"
Mo Lan picked up the bone knife, picked a slightly thick Yuli branch, peeled it and made one end into a three-pronged shape, forming a simple wooden fork.
"Is this a spear?"
Silu looked at the spear-like thing, but much smaller, and became even more curious!
"It's not a spear, it's called a fork. The pointed side forks the food. Ah, give it a try! ”
Mo Lan handed the fork to Silu.
Xilu took it and carefully removed the minced meat. This time, it didn't take much effort, and soon picked up a small piece of minced meat and put it in his mouth smoothly.
"Hmmm! It smells so good! It's delicious! ”
Xilu's excited eyes narrowed into a line! This is the first time she's eaten with utensils!
"Come on, let's eat together!"
Mo Lan picked up her chopsticks and began to feast.
The same is a big gulp, using tableware is different from not using tableware, and the image is more beautiful with tableware.
Xilu secretly rejoices that in the future, she will have another ability to be superior to other females! I don't know if the patriarch will look at her differently after being as beautiful as Mo Lan?
"Ouch!"
While eating, Mo Lan suddenly groaned. Xilu hurriedly put down her fork and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Mo Lan touched the corners of her mouth with a bitter face: "The chopsticks are not polished well, and the barbs are pierced into the mouth!" You be careful, there are more barbs on the fork! ”
"What then? Won't this cutlery be used in the future? Xilu couldn't help but ask.
"Of course not, just find something rough and polish the Yuli branch smooth!"
"Rough stuff? Mo Lan, do you think this thing can be used? ”
Silu thought for a moment, put down her fork, took out a small oval honeycomb stone from the leather bag she carried with her, and handed it to Mo Lan.
When Mo Lan saw it, she was immediately surprised!
This is...... Pumice!
Mo Lan stared at the stone in Xilu's hand, and the alarm immediately turned up in his head!
There are actually pumice stones in the Kumo Snow Plain?
"Silu, where did you get this stone?"
Mo Lan grabbed Xilu's arm and asked eagerly.
"Soria gave it to me."
"Who's Soria?" Mo Lan asked.
"It's a strong male in the clan, and he picked up this stone from a high ground."
Xilu looked at Mo Lan and didn't understand why she looked so nervous?
"The Highlands? Where is the highlands? Where is the location? ”
Mo Lan was eager to find out, she had to quickly figure out what was going on? Pumice stone is not an ordinary stone, with this thing, the creatures of the Kumo Snow Field are dangerous!
"Uh, I don't know!" Silu shook her head awkwardly.
The stone was a novelty that Soria had picked up and given to her as a gadget. Just to mate with her and win her favor.
She has always used this rare thing as capital, showing off her exploits to other females, but she has never asked where it came from.
"Listen, Siru, the origin of this stone must be clarified! Go and call Soria here! ”
Mo Lan anxiously urged Xilu.
"But Soria went out with the patriarch, and it will take three or four days to come back!"
Xilu hurriedly replied.
"What? Out of the house? When Mo Lan heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.
"Mo Lan, why do you care so much about this stone? Is there anything special about this stone? ”
Silu asked suspiciously.
"Nothing."
Mo Lan waved his hand and returned the pumice stone to Xilu without explanation. Because she knew that even if she explained, Silu wouldn't understand. Wait a minute, she's better to talk to Su Yi, after all, this thing has a big origin!
"Here, give me the fork and I'll polish it for you."
Mo Lan could see that Silu liked the fork very much, but in order to avoid barbs and injuries, she still had to polish it carefully.
After thinking about it, there were no good grinding tools, so I carefully sharpened the Yuli chopsticks with the back of the bone knife and polished it.
"By the way, Xilu, what are they doing when they go out?"
Mo Lan asked casually while polishing.
"Of course you're hunting!" Silu replied.
Mo Lan was stunned when she heard this, and then raised her head and said, "Didn't the Snow Antelope Clan agree to offer food?" Why go out hunting? ”
This time, where did he go again? Qinglu Clan? Or the Rabbit Cultivators? This cold chase, can't you do less killing?
Xilu shook his head and said, "The food offered by the Snow Antelope Clan is limited, which is not enough to support our tribe's needs in the cold season, so the patriarch took people out, hoping to hunt the head of the yak again." ”
"Going to hunt yaks?"
When Mo Lan heard this, he was shocked again.
How dare this guy! Yak skin is rough and thick, and it is not easy to hunt! Do they know that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountains?
"Well, the yak is full of treasures, and it has many uses, but it is not easy to hunt. More than a dozen strong men are on the same page, and they have to deal with him for a long time to win. Moreover, the yak must be slaughtered on the spot, otherwise it will not be able to bring it back to the tribe, but it will take a long time to slaughter the yak, and once the bloody qi attracts the gathered beasts, the patriarch will be very dangerous! ”
Mo Lan's polished hand eased, she didn't expect that hunting yaks would be so complicated and dangerous. Then Han Che, why do you want to bring your clansmen there?
"Isn't there any other way to get food than to hunt yaks?"
Mo Lan asked.
Xilu shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "In the past, every cold season, the patriarch would take the strong to the small tribe with plenty of food to collect food. But this year, the patriarch made peace with the Snow Antling clan, and the Qinglu clan and the Xiutu clan followed suit one after another and came to Nagong, and the patriarch did not embarrass them again. However, the offerings they sent were far less than what we took the initiative to obtain, and the wolf clan had many males and a huge amount of food, so the patriarch took people to hunt yaks to supplement their needs. ”
In this way, the current predicament of the wolf clan is all because of her?
Mo Lan couldn't help frowning. Danger is everywhere in this desert snow field, she saved the Snow Antelope Clan, but she harmed the Wolf Clan!
Is it true that peace can only be exchanged for human life?