Chapter 7: On the Road
When he woke up, the sky was already dark, and Zheng Jun, who came out of the tent, found that there was a thick fog around him, and the sun was already quite high, but he could only see it faintly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Yucheng has always had the reputation of the fog capital, and this fog is not an industrial haze like London and Beijing, but a real water mist.
If the Ba people are the predecessors of the Ba people, the fog we see now may be because of the location near the ancient location of Yucheng. Speaking of which, is the river on the side the Yangtze River? When I think about it this way, I feel that the whole world is intimate.
Thirteen and the hunters seem to have been up for a while, where Zheng Jun lit the fire yesterday, the new bonfire was burning vigorously, a few branches formed a simple barbecue stool on the fire, and half a deer was skewered on it, and Thirteen and the hunters were roasting while cutting small pieces of meat with small stone knives and tasting them. Next to the fire was the remains of another half of the deer. Seeing Zheng Jun get up, Thirteen beckoned to him with half a piece of venison.
"Zheng, you finally got up, come and taste it, this is the deer we hunted yesterday. ”
Zheng Jun took it, but he didn't want to eat it. In fact, he had hunted a strange-horned deer during the previous crossing, and after tasting it, he knew that the venison tasted quite hard. This is because the deer run a lot, so the muscles become very strong, and it is very difficult to eat. If it weren't for the time when he was tired of eating dry food, Zheng Jun didn't want to bite this thing hard.
However, at this time, Thirteen and several hunters all looked at him with the expressions of elementary school students begging for praise, and Zheng Jun was embarrassed to refuse their kindness. Maybe it's the relationship between the deer species, or maybe it's because of the heat, and it doesn't rule out the factor of the thirteen people's eyes. Anyway, after Zheng Jun tasted it, it felt softer than what he had eaten before, and it wasn't too difficult to taste.
"It's not bad, it's delicious, how did you make a fire?
Thirteen spent more time with Zheng Jun, and he was already a little used to Zheng Jun's "lack of common sense", unlike a few hunters who looked at each other with an expression that Lord Wu was teasing us.
"We make fires and have flints. ”
As he spoke, Thirteen took out a swarthy stone from his clothes and showed it to Zheng Jun.
"But this fire was born yesterday, and if you pay a little attention to it during the night vigil, it won't be so easy to extinguish. ”
Zheng Jun was a little embarrassed when he heard this, it was said that everyone should take turns at the vigil, but he slept until dawn. Looking at the expressions of the thirteen of them, they didn't show any dissatisfaction, as if Zheng Jun shouldn't have kept vigil in the first place. This made Zheng Jun even more uncomfortable.
A few people couldn't eat a whole deer, and the excess meat was cut off one by one and put in the clothes, Zheng Jun realized that the fur clothes of the thirteen were quite particular in this era. In fact, the lower part has a double-layered structure, and it is sewn into several small compartments to make a suggested pocket, in which the hunters carry flints, some stone tools, and uneaten food are placed directly in it. Although it doesn't feel hygienic, it should be considered very advanced in the era when stone tools were used.
When a few people finished eating and packed up and prepared to go on the road, the fog still hadn't dissipated, but it was already very light, and the warm sunlight was scattered on the ground through the fog. In such sunshine, Zheng Jun and his party set off again.
For the first few hours it was still a stretch of fields, but slowly it began to diminish until by the afternoon, when there was no sign of civilization anymore, and the group entered a forest.
According to Thirteen, when he first followed the mammoth herd, he did not follow the river, but took many twists and turns, except for the final hunt by the river, and then returned to the tribe downstream along the river. In other words, they are now on the road back to the original journey. It's a pity that almost a month later, the road that was once carved out has long been gone, but fortunately, Thirteen still remembers the campsites used to spend the night, and does not need to spend too much time looking for suitable places to camp.
Zheng Jun: The forest where they were walking was quite dense with shrubs, and even when they were on the shore, they had to reopen their debut through the thorns.
The thirteenth opening road uses a large stone knife, and it can be seen that one side is carefully sharpened very sharp, but no matter how quietly it is made, it is also a stone knife, which is not as good as Zheng Jun's modern mountain opening knife. Zheng Jun took out his mountain knife and handed it to Thirteen.
"Use me this one, better than yours"
Thirteen took it and tried it a little, and he was so happy that he should have jumped up if he couldn't say it in normal times, but now he obviously wanted to maintain his image as a hunter, so he barely suppressed it. After replacing Zheng Jun's knife, the forward speed was obviously much faster.
To say that in the forest, the bushes are not a big trouble, the most dangerous are the various snakes and insects lurking, the general insect Zheng Jun has modern insect repellent, and he is not too worried about applying it to his body, and the Ba hunters are not bad, they take out some sap from a tree whose name Zheng Jun does not recognize at all, and apply it to the body is no worse than the effect of modern products.
Don't look at Thirteen is only 20 years old, and he is usually quite out of step in front of Zheng Jun, but the other hunters on this trip are all listening to him, obviously not only because Thirteen is the son of the leader. The familiarity of the forest that Thirteen showed when he opened the road was completely worthy of the title of survival master in Zheng Jun's opinion. All kinds of hidden dangers could not escape his eyes.
Since entering the forest, Zheng Jun has become a key protected animal, with Thirteen opening the way in front, and the other three hunters each occupying a position to protect him tightly in the center. If you want to say that compared to the ability to survive in the wild, Zheng Jun still has this self-knowledge, and he must be willing to bow to the wind, and it is not hypocritical to be caught in the center.
No matter how fast he advanced in the forest, he was limited, and Zheng Jun, who was being protected, obviously felt much better than the day before, and he was not too tired when he camped in the afternoon. This time the camp was a cave halfway up a hill by the river.
Strictly speaking, caves in the wild are not suitable campsites, not because they are bad, but because they are too good, these caves are generally occupied by wild beasts, and the result is not very suitable.
This cave is a bear cave, which was once occupied by a black bear, but this unfortunate bear hibernated for a winter, and only woke up to meet the returning hunting party of the Ba tribe, and lost his life very neatly.
The entrance of the cave has a simple shield, it is left by the hunters of the Ba tribe before, the mouth is not too big and only enough for people to enter half-bent over, enter 2 or 3 meters and suddenly open up, the interior is about the size of two basketball courts, there is a small gap on the top, covered by dense plants, only a few rays of sunlight penetrate.
There are traces of a bonfire near the entrance of the cave, and the dry part of the cave is still covered with dead branches and weeds, and it is completely unrecognizable that it was once a bear cave, and there are quite obvious traces of human beings. The environment in the cave must be humble by modern standards, but in this day and age, it is considered very luxurious.
Zheng Jun didn't need a tent this time, he was going to find a flat place and just put on the sleeping bag.
Thirteen lifted the stone spear to hold a few people and drove them aside, and then he went in and stabbed the stone spear east and west, and drove out four or five snakes, and watched them slip out of the cave before nodding to them.
"Now it's OK"
Zheng Jun subverted the image of Thirteen in his heart while preparing his sleeping bag. There were simple straw beds in the flat area of the cave, so he put the sleeping bag on top of it, tried it, and it felt quite comfortable.
Thirteen took out the flint at the entrance of the cave, and in just a few strokes made a fire, turned his head and said.
"I was the first to come to the vigil"
Zheng Jun didn't want to enjoy any more privileges this time, so he immediately took it.
"I'll keep a second vigil. ”
Several hunters looked at him and didn't refute in the end.
After setting the order of the vigil, the venison was again roasted for dinner, and the taste was even better. Because he had to keep vigil, after a full meal, Zheng Jun went to bed early.
When he woke up again, Zheng Jun was woken up by Thirteen. He opened his eyes in a daze, saw Thirteen, remembered that he was on the second shift, nodded his head, got up, and walked to the campfire at the entrance of the cave and sat down.
There was a slight breeze at the entrance of the cave, and it was still a little cold on his body, Zheng Jun shivered, and drove away all the remaining sleepiness. Tighten the clothes on his body and sit closer to the fire.
There were already some dead branches piled up on the side of the bonfire, Zheng Jun picked one up, dug it in the fire a few times, and threw the dead branch into it directly, feeling that the fire was bigger, so he got closer and roasted for a while, and it was very comfortable and warm.
The entrance to the cave is very easy to cover, and you can clearly see it when you sit by the fire. The entrance to the cave is directly across the river, and there is also a hill, which is covered with various plants like this side. The forest at night is actually very active, and quite a lot of creatures only come out at night, but except for the occasional wolf howl or two, Zheng Jun's ears are only left with the sound of insects outside the cave.
There was a little moonlight on the roof of the cave, and a few hunters slept soundly, and they could not hear the sound of snoring, except for the occasional movement of turning over.
Such nights are quite quiet, and in modern times, even late at night, it is inevitable that all kinds of cars will pass by, and the night will be full of singing. At that time, I wanted to live in isolation, and the farther away from the ground, the better. Now I can't help but feel nostalgic.
Why the hell do I have to ask for all this hardship on my own? I exercise every day, I leave my parents, I don't have time to read novels, I just keep learning all kinds of useful and useless knowledge. What is it for you to give up all the conveniences of modern times and to suffer these sins in an era when you can feel comfortable keeping vigil by the campfire in a cave with light on the top?