Section 15 Survival in the Barren Mountains
We have encountered countless dangers along the way, shortly after entering the Kunlun Mountains, we were attacked by grizzly bears, and then we were chased by wild wolves and hyenas countless times, and several times we almost fell off the cliff. Fortunately, along the way, there was the protection of the ancestor Tizi Clan's Nine Heavens Xuannu, and the two of us arrived safely in a strange and uninhabited territory.
I hadn't eaten much for a few days, and I walked weakly at the bottom of the valley, flanked by towering barren mountains and mountains, and there was no one around.
The valley is densely shrubbed and overgrown with weeds, and the ground is full of gravel. Fortunately, I wore straw sandals knitted by my sister on my feet, and they were made of sturdy grass bark, so I wouldn't hurt my feet when I walked on this kind of ground.
But I was so hungry that my legs became weak as I walked, and I accidentally fell under a boulder, and knocked a bloody wound out of my forehead.
Looking at me bleeding all over my face, Sister Ju was distressed. She carefully helped me to sit on the rock, then went around and picked a handful of herbs and put them in her mouth to chew, and finally evenly applied the chewed herb residue to the wound.
I only know that my master is the best at collecting herbs, but I didn't expect Sister Ju to do this, and her skills seem to be more proficient than my master. The herbs soon took effect, and the blood was immediately stopped. I reached out and touched the residue, then put it on my tongue and sweetened it, and the taste was extremely bitter.
When I went to taste the taste of the herb, the main reason was that I saw Sister Zhu chewing so calmly, and I thought that this thing tasted good and could quench hunger. When I tasted the bitter taste, I was moved to tears, and I couldn't help but hug Sister Ju and cry.
Sister Ju stroked my back and said, "What's the matter, why are you crying, are you hungry?"
I'm very hungry, and even though I grew up without parents and don't know what it means to be loved, I'm never going to spoil her at this moment.
In a few months I will be thirteen years old, and for our tribesmen a thirteen-year-old man can go to war, how can he be so childish.
Soon I stopped my tears and replied very strongly: "I'm a little hungry, but I'm moved to tears because Sister Ju is so kind to me, this is not crying." You wait for me here, I'll get something to eat. ”
My answer surprised her a little, and she asked very uneasily, "Grain, you still have a wound on your forehead, so let me find something to eat." ”
"It's not hurting your hands and feet, it's not in the way. This time I was very strong and no longer listened to her arrangement.
When Sister Ju saw me walk away directly, she didn't say anything more, just sat on the big stone and silently watched me leave far away.
This is a wilderness area, there are no tribal hunters in and out, and there must be a lot of beasts inhabiting here. The valley floor was open, and I couldn't catch up with the nimble beasts at the bottom, and the only way to find food was to go up the mountain.
The mountains here are relatively tall, and I can only climb up the mountain, and if I can find prey here, the prey will not be able to escape quickly.
Climbing is not a unique skill for me, but everyone who lives in our tribe knows this kind of climbing skill. A large part of our Lieshan tribesmen rely on hunting for food, and although I am not very good at hunting, I am also familiar with these hunting techniques. I haven't eaten pork, so I've also seen pig runs, which is a truth.
After a lot of hard work, I finally came to a gentle slope on the mountainside. A group of wild monkeys roared in the trees overhead, frightening the grazing beasts on the gentle slope to disperse.
"Damn monkey, ruined my good deeds. I walked down the gentle slope in disappointment, scolding to myself.
At this moment, a flock of birds suddenly awoke the woods in front of me, and then there was a violent tiger roar, which frightened me into turning around and leaving.
This is the king of all beasts, fierce and cold-blooded without mercy, my first reaction when encountering such a beast is to flee quickly.
Unlike other beasts, tigers are good at jumping on the mountain, and I naturally become clumsy in front of them. In the blink of an eye, I felt a behemoth approaching behind me, and before I could look back, the giant tiger leaped in front of me, blocking my path.
The sight made me despair, and I looked very weak in front of the tall tiger. Originally, I was here to look for food, but I didn't think that I would become a delicacy in the eyes of the tiger, what an ironic thing.
But I didn't give in so easily, Sister Ju was still hungry and waiting for me at the bottom of the mountain, I couldn't just die.
In a hurry, I quickly picked up a stone and began a brief confrontation with the giant tiger. The tiger roared and jumped around me in circles, and it seemed that it was looking for another opportunity to strike.
In between jumps, I reached out and touched a second stone, one in each hand, which was the only weapon I had now.
The giant tiger didn't know what to hesitate about, and after lingering for a long time, he didn't attack, and always kept barking at me. Finally I lost my patience and grabbed a rock in front of it and smashed it down.
I struck too suddenly, and chose the opportunity for it to turn its head and carry me, and the stone slammed into its front shoulder blade, and then the tiger roared at me. I hurried and struck the rock again, hitting it right on the head, causing it to tumble on the ground in pain.
I quickly bent down to pick up the stone and kept throwing it at it, so frightened that it retreated more than ten meters.
It was at this point that I had won myself a chance to escape, and as soon as I turned around, I fled towards the edge of the gentle slope and began to enter the steep mountain wall.
The giant tiger still didn't give up, roared and rushed down, and then pounced on me viciously.
I had no way to escape from the steep mountain walls around me, and I was about to be pounced on by it, and the crisis had arrived. Out of the conditioned reflex of survival, I was forced to choose another dangerous path and jumped off the cliff.
As I fell into the valley, I saw the giant tiger standing on a tree branch, roaring at me. Watching my mouthful of food thrown away like this, it seemed very unwilling and reluctant.
The cliff side was densely wooded, and I was thrown on the branches of the trees, and from time to time I felt severe pain all over my body. Finally I hit the bottom hard, my eyes blackened, and I lost all consciousness.
When I struggled to open my eyes again, I saw Ju Zheng looking at me with tears streaming down his face, and at that moment I felt extremely guilty.
I don't know when I found me in a coma, I woke up and found that my leg had been severely fractured, and I had many serious injuries all over my body, and it seemed that it was difficult to live, so I cried very sadly.
But she didn't give up on me, she kept busy, helping me collect medicine to bandage my wounds, and helping me tie up my broken leg with branches.
For the next few days, I was just dying, relying on some wild vegetable soup that Zhu had brought me to keep alive, and death was so close to me that I saw Zhu washing his face with tears every day.
Late one night, in the haze, I saw that she still hadn't fallen asleep, she added firewood to the side, and kept wiping the beads of sweat rolling on her forehead. It may be that she is not too tired from taking care of her day and night, or it may be that she is too hungry and her body is too weak, I saw her figure flickering, and she was tired and collapsed by the fire.
She has fallen down, she is working too hard, and she needs someone to take care of her at this time.
I endured the pain all over my body, barely supported my weak body, and crawled on the stone floor and slowly moved towards her. Inch by inch, I tried to persevere, and with great effort, I finally came to her side.
I took her in my arms, dragged her away from the scorching fire, and laid her on the straw mat on which I had just laid. Then I took the wild vegetable soup she had cooked for me and fed her little by little. I knew that she had made this soup with great difficulty, and she didn't get a drop of water on it, so she left it all for me to drink.
It turned out that my injuries were not so serious, and the movement was a little more natural. In the firelight, I accompanied her as she fell asleep, picking up a stone and slowly cutting a branch.
I stayed up all night that night, guarding her as if she were guarding me. I took advantage of this time to sit down and learn from my tribesmen to make a simple bow and sharpen arrows made from more than 20 branches.
She was so weak that she was still unconscious the next morning, and now she urgently needed food to replenish her strength, otherwise she would be dying.
Holding on to a branch, I walked with a bow and arrows to the forest on the edge of the cliff. I stayed under the woods on the edge of the cliff for more than two hours, and with the humble bow and arrow in my hand, I finally hunted a few birds. Fortunately, a wild boar fell from the mountain and was killed by an arrow from me.
Although the boar was not large, it was enough for the two of us to eat for several days.
When I handed the roasted game to her mouth, she finally woke up to the smell. Her first reaction was to stare at me, tears of emotion burst out of her eyes, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Grain, are you feeling better? Why don't you lie down and rest?"
I comforted her and said, "Okay, you're very weak, don't talk, eat something first." ”
He looked at me and nodded, then took the roasted piece of bird meat and ate it slowly.
She looked a little weak in the sun, but her face showed happiness and joy, and with her gentle figure, it made me feel that everything was worth it now.