Chapter 116: The Great River Blocks the Way
Two months later, a mighty river stopped in front of them. They could see the green ground on the other side, but they couldn't get there, the river was too wide.
In the past, when there were flying machines, it was hardly a difficult task. But not now. The river rushes forward in the depths of the channel, and its roar can be heard from far away.
Some people say, do we have to cross the river? I saw an oasis on this side of the river that could feed us all. But Fauci said, "Now is possible, but what about later?" We won't always be so many. ”
On this side of the river, you can still see traces of the automatic mining trucks that once visited the area, and the oases are just low-lying areas that are not easy for the mining trucks to enter.
Some remained, having already suffered from the long journey, and did not want to move forward to a goal that could not be seen clearly, where they could have carved out a small piece of land and built a hut to live in.
They also had a good reason: it was so close to the Earth Laboratory, what if the leader of Jerod came to him? Fosse couldn't force them, his leader was a temporary product.
There is a large number of people who choose to continue to follow Fusse, they do not want to be alone. In a silent night where the roar of wild beasts, insects, wind and rain, and the sound of forest waves are everywhere, only more companions will bring a sense of security.
Fossey took the men and walked south along the west bank of the great river, where Fossey knew that the south was the source of the river, and that only there would they find a suitable place to cross it.
So they went into the mountains. Sometimes the lush trees block the view of the river, and you can't see the river, only hear the sound of the river rushing. Sometimes they go to the shore and see that the river is roaring under the deep cliffs at their feet, and they still can't see it.
In order not to get lost, they spent the night by the river. Some people's clothes had been scraped by branches and sharp rocks, and Fauci used the bone spurs of large fish to make rudimentary needles, extracted inferior fibers from the skin of plant stems, and kneaded them into threads to connect the tattered parts of the clothes.
After all this was done, and after eating wild fruits and roasted meat, people quietly gathered around the campfire and looked up at the moon in the sky.
Now it looked like a plate, a golden plate, and the tail vent on top of it had melted and adhered as it ascended, and it looked like freckles at such a distance. But the freckles seemed to be facing the Fauci all the time, in the same position on the moon every night - a gesture of escape.
Little Nezha once asked Fosse, "Why did the moon fly away?" Our Great Leader is also on the Moon, or why can't we see him? ”
Fosse intuitively believed that Yelu Zhousheng would not leave them behind, because by the time he had settled his men, the moon would fly away shortly after, and such a short time would not be enough for him to return to the moon.
That night, people saw a bright meteor in the sky. It dragged its long tail behind it and plunged straight into the earth, extinguishing it as it approached the earth. No one knew that it was the star of Mycomalen that scared away the heirs of the illustrious Hobbit.
Sometimes the moon is not visible in the sky at night, but it is visible during the day. At this time it is silvery white, and people are walking in the mountains, and it also moves in the treetops and mountain tops. The co-workers once watched it walk, accidentally tripped over several big heels, and broke a small tree on the side of the road.
The weather is slowly cooling down, and many trees on the mountain have lost their leaves, which is colorful. Only Fosse knew that the legendary autumn had arrived. And those who are accustomed to living in a constant temperature room on the moon, and the new humans who have just arrived on Earth, do not know anything about it.
Fusse asked Hou Yi to shoot the animals with soft fur as much as he could, keep their skins, and let Nuwa, Gui Mei and others sew warm clothes for everyone as he went. By the time the leaves had fallen, everyone had a set of animal skin clothing. But this still can't stand up to the rapid cooling of the weather.
Fossey decided that they were going to stay for a while and spend the winter here.
The able-bodied men were divided into two parts by Fusse: one part was led by Hou Yi to hunt animals and store more meat for wintering. Some of them dug holes in the leeward area behind the hill to serve as shelters for these people.
The women, under the leadership of Nuwa and others, went to the hillside to collect wild fruits, and now it is the season when wild fruits are ripe, and they are everywhere in the mountains. To make it easier to preserve, they dry the fruit in the mild midday sun.
Faucy's study of plants was of great benefit to this group, and he often went alone to the corners of the mountains to collect plants that no one else knew, sort and preserve them. Then, one day, when someone feels unwell, they give them a soup of one or more of these plants.
Soon winter came.
The first gift of winter is a white snowfall, which is the first time for everyone, including Fosse. They ran around, and someone reached out to catch the falling snowflakes from mid-air and watched them melt quietly in the palm of their hand. Someone like Hou Yi found the footprints of small animals on the snow and tracked them all the way.
In the evening they each brought their harvest back to their chief of Fosse, and after supper they went into the cave they had dug beneath the surface, and the entrance of the cave was covered with compacted snow like a transparent window.
It was very warm in the crypt, and even the cold wind outside the cave seemed much weaker. There are no lights, so the winter nights are very long and boring, and people rest in groups of threes and twos, and tell what they know, and then fall asleep unconsciously.
The girl is now the leader of the women, and they are willing to listen to her in many things. Not only because the girl was the main member of the Tarim Seaside Garden from the beginning, but also because of her friendship with the head of Fuxi.
In the evenings, Fosse and the girl were together, and they had to think about the distribution of food each day, the sewing of the animal clothes, and many other questions about the livelihood of the people.
Yamada and Dalena are together, and now Yamada is getting smaller and smaller, and I don't know why.
The only person who feels uncomfortable with burrowing in the ground is only one - Nezha. In the cave, no matter how he lies or leans on, at least one face is against the ground or the wall of the cave. He is in stark contrast to Yamada, whose stature is suitable for burrowing into almost every hole.
Fusse comforted Nezha and said, "Winter will pass quickly, and it will pass when you lie down." As soon as the weather warms up, I'll still let you go back to the trees to keep watch. ”
In the middle of the night, Jiang Ziya woke up hungry. He knew where the cave where the dried fruit was stored, so he crept out of the cave and went there to catch two handfuls of dried fruit, only to find that the cave where he had easily grilled the warm with his body was cold again.