Chapter 2: The Year of the Snow Mega
Chaocun, located between 100,000 mountains, is surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, and the peaks are towering into the clouds.
In the early morning, the red sun is in the sky, like flowing gold, bathing in the warmth of people's bodies and taking away the cold.
"Patriarch, this little fellow, staring at you. A group of people next to him looked at the child in the patriarch's hand with a smile.
"Haha, these big black eyes, looking at me without blinking, haha......" The sturdy old man holding the child laughed heartily, and then reached out to play with the baby's little face, "Little cutie, come and call grandpa!"
But the child didn't seem to appreciate it at all, so he narrowed his eyes, closed his eyes, and continued to sleep.
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The first winter that the little fat man came to this world.
The goose-feathered snow is falling wantonly, and the whole world is dressed in a thick layer of silver.
"Little fat man, look good outside!" said a little boy with a tiger's head and big eyes excitedly to the child in his mother's arms.
"Hmm... The child in the woman's arms seemed to agree, and kept saying things that no one could understand.
"Stones, does it look good in the snow?" said a woman with a kind face, admiring the snow.
"Well, it's beautiful!" Stone blushed, "Mother, I'm going out to have a snowball fight with my brothers and sisters!" Stone laughed and ran out.
Outside the house, there was laughter and the sound of children chasing each other.
After a while, a middle-aged man with a strong body like a tiger and leopard walked over, wearing a thick coat of animal skin, a bronzed face, black hair scattered, and bright eyes swept over every child, and said loudly, "The snow covers the mountain, everything is silent, the cold is the most strong at this time, at this time you should get up early and practice more, strengthen the muscles and bones, and invigorate the blood and muscles.
A group of children, ranging from five or six to teenagers, numbering dozens of people, quickly assembled in a team on the snow. "Understood!" the children replied loudly, full of breath.
"Don't exercise yet!" the middle-aged man shouted, "The boy took off his animal skin coat, what is this cold wind, and his life in the future will be much harsher than this!"
There are many prehistoric beasts in the mountains, and the remnants of the flood are infested, and from time to time there is a huge roar that resounds through the sky, causing bursts of avalanches. There are also huge wings that cover the sky and the sun and swoop down from the mountain peaks, covering the large woods below. Among them, what is even more frightening is all kinds of poisonous insects, which cannot be prevented, and together with the xenomorphic poisonous snakes that are not afraid of the cold, they will die if they touch it.
"Babble, babble!" a crisp cry came from the doorway, and it turned out to be the milky cry of a child in the woman's arms.
"Babbling babbling ......" the little guy made a sound in his mouth, and the young little hands kept slapping in the woman's arms, as if imitating the movements of the big children, but unfortunately he was too young, and his movements were crooked, so that he looked like a mother begging for milk. The woman was puzzled, and hurriedly picked up the hot animal milk in the stone bowl and brought it to the little one's mouth, but the little one did not refuse, and played with half a bowl of animal milk with a grunt, laughing.
After eating and drinking, the little one had to get out of the woman's arms and walk alone. However, he was too young to grasp his balance, and he walked staggering and staggering, and the woman hurriedly supported him behind him, and the older children who watched laughed nonstop.
When the little guy saw other people laughing, he naturally laughed happily, and the milk stains left between the corners of his mouth were cute. Even the middle-aged man with a serious face couldn't help but snort a few times.
The little guy is white and clean, and his big black eyes are still as smart as when he was born. Especially the slender eyelashes, coupled with the cute little nose, it is like a beautiful little girl. The babbling and babbling seemed to melt the whole winter, filling people's hearts with warmth.
After a while, the hearty laughter of the men in the martial arts arena next door came, it was some tall and burly men with only underwear in winter, with high chest muscles and well-defined abdominal muscles. It is the main force guarding the entire village, and it is all exercising at the moment. Some people wield giant axes, majestic, and some people hold sharp and hard long swords, and the cold light hits people.
Farther away is a group of young people in their twenties, all armed with bows and arrows, practicing archery under the guidance of the elders. The gaze is sharp, as if the target in the distance is a dangerous prey, and the arrow must hit the prey if the bow is out.
Guchao Village in the mountains, the living environment is extremely harsh, in order to survive, food is indispensable to the wild beasts, hunting is essential, but also beware of poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, many men died in the mountains. And the only secret to survival is to have a strong physique, have a careful habit, and avoid dangerous giant beasts and poisonous insects. Therefore, everyone in Chaocun practices martial arts, everyone is good at martial arts, and at the same time they are bold and careful.
Morning exercises like today's are a compulsory course for the whole village on 365 days of the year, regardless of the elderly and children.
"Alright, get the credit!" shouted the man who supervised and guided the children. But it woke up the sleeping little guy, and inevitably babbled again, causing the big children who were rubbing their legs and feet to laugh.
The tireless snow falls, and everyone is happy and happy. Even though the children and adults had snowflakes all over their heads, everyone was still jumping and jumping, not caring about the cold outside.
Everyone was in a good mood today, because it was raining a heavy snowfall, and with this snow, it was possible to better track small animals when catching prey in the nearby mountains, avoid encounters with fierce beasts, and reduce bloodshed and sacrifice.
Moreover, snow is good for the growth and development of crops. Snow is a substance with a good thermal insulation effect, which can protect plants from frostbite in the cold winter, and the melting of snow water in the spring of the next year can provide a good water supply for vegetation.
It is no coincidence that the power of nature is not a coincidence, because the heat conduction of snow is very poor, and the soil surface is covered with a layer of snow cover, which can reduce the transfer of soil heat and block the invasion of cold air on the snow surface, so that the crops protected by snow can survive the winter safely. Snow also stores water for crops.
And it guarantees a good harvest in the coming year, with enough food, the number of hunting trips to the mountains will be reduced, and the happiest time for the people of Chao Village will not have to fight with fierce giant beasts.
The snow in the mountains can protect vegetables and wheat, kill insects and locusts, if it is used to soak grains, it is drought tolerant and does not grow insects, and it can also seal the altar of pickles. According to the medical skills passed down from generation to generation, Laxue can also clear heat and detoxify, rub it on the affected area to relax the muscles and invigorate the blood, and can treat scalds and prevent frostbite.
Therefore, the people here love snowy days the most, and the so-called Ruixue Mega Year probably refers to this meaning.
After the morning exercise, it was naturally breakfast, and this morning the whole village gathered together with multigrain porridge. A child who is a beginner and a child who learns to call his father, a big child who will go out to exercise, an old man with a lot of white beards on his mouth, when it comes to porridge, who doesn't have a sweet and greasy feeling in his mouth.
Put millet, rice beans, dates, chestnuts, maltose, and peanuts together and boil them into a pot, let it boil in the pot, just look at its sigh, smell the fragrance, it is enough to swallow more than three mouthfuls of saliva, not to mention, a big bowl of big bowls, big gulps to stuff it!
The stone that lived in the patriarch's house was now going crazy with joy. A person went in and out of the stove room, and saw the big pot of steaming porridge, and the pottery bowls had been neatly prepared and placed on the stove for a long time, but his mother always said that it was still early.
His mother was picking up a bone shovel and stirring it in the porridge. The porridge in the pot also seemed to be thickening.
"Mother, mother, when will it be ......" Shi asked anxiously, "the little fat man has been hungry for a long time!"
"It's time for everyone to come!" Stone's eyes turned red when he heard this kind of relaxation. In the pot, a weak sigh continues.
"Then I'm hungry!" the stone looked like he was about to cry.
"I'm hungry, and I'm not allowed to eat until everyone comes. ”
The other children next to him were laughing, but their eyes were constantly looking into the pot.
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In this way, the little guy began to grow up day by day in Chao Village, and he became more and more handsome day by day, and in a blink of an eye, the little guy was already able to walk and talk, and his body was not as fat as when he was breastfeeding when he was a child.
But the nickname of "Little Fat Man" has always been on everyone's lips, but the little guy is happy to accept it. Every time I hear "little fat man", I always have to answer with a milky voice, "Hey, I'm here!" and laugh again.