Chapter 050: The Boss Calls the Shots
Leaving three dogs and three little wolves to keep watch around, the rest of the ten little ones went hunting, and the people here were also divided into three groups, the eldest son and the eldest uncle were responsible for building the house, the second son and his cousin and cousin were responsible for cutting down trees, the third son and his cousin were responsible for finding water and wild vegetables nearby, and the cousin and two cousins were responsible for carrying wood and finding dry firewood.
After the arrangement was made, the people of several groups were busy, and the sound of "bangbangbang" cutting trees was heard in the mountain nest, and some birds standing on the branches were so frightened that they fled quickly.
The more people there are, the quickest the work. After an hour, the eldest son built the house, and the house was built close to the stone wall, and made three walls, and the wood on the top of the roof penetrated directly into the soil layer above the stone wall, and then the thorny leaves of the cedar tree were densely spread on it, and it was safe.
The three surrounding walls are all made of logs, and a layer of small branches with leaves is erected on the outside, and between the branches and the logs is a thick layer of moss and dry leaves, so that the house is not only strong, but also protected from the wind.
After the house was repaired, the fire began to burn, and the newly built house had to burn the fire for at least an hour to warm the house.
There was a big pile of firewood piled up outside the house, both dry and wet firewood from the trees that had just been cut down, and these just needed to be shortened and moved into the house.
Now it's time to wait for food and drink, and if you can't find water nearby, just use a pot to melt some snow water.
After waiting for a while, the third son and his cousin who went out to look for water came back, they really didn't find water, maybe the spring in the mountain nest froze in winter, maybe there was no water spring here at all, but it didn't matter, there was still thick snow on the mountain to use.
They did not find a spring, but they found a lot of wild vegetables during the great winter - they had been arranged to go out to look for wild vegetables. I didn't have much hope, I didn't expect to find it, this wild vegetable has winter bamboo shoots, they found it in a bamboo forest below, as well as Lei Gong feces, wild grapes, dried gray cabbage, incense burner grass, lantern vegetables and tender green dandelions, these are enough for everyone to eat two meals.
The dogs and wolf cubs did not return until it was dark. It seems that they did not run easily in the snow, and brought back an elk as tall as a human shoulder.
These little ones are so clever that they bite off the top of their necks to prevent the elk's forked horns from hanging in the branches or something else on the way back, and they come back so late that they probably came back after eating the meat on their heads there.
When it was dark, a fire burned outside the house, and a fire burned inside the house, so that the whole mountain nest glowed red. It shines brightly in a world where it's white everywhere.
Today's dinner is made with elk meat and wild vegetable soup.
As usual, after taking turns to eat, they began to arrange the work of standing guard.
The uncle said let him stand on the first shift, he was not tired today, and his spirit was fine.
The eldest son asked the eldest uncle and the second son, the cousin, the two cousins, and the cousin to stand at the head of the shift, changing two people in each shift, and changing the shift every hour. After the arrangement was made, the eldest son made another draft to check the torch around the house, and explained to everyone about standing guard at night. I started sleeping.
But when he fell asleep, he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. I didn't think about anything, I just couldn't sleep anyway, and it was really strange, I used to fall asleep as soon as I lay down like this.
Looking at the rest of the resting people, they are all sleeping with their eyes closed.
The eldest son thought that maybe today was his first time in charge. There is a burden in my heart.
Thinking about it like this, his heart was relieved, he knew that as long as he was calm and discussed with everyone if there were any difficulties, he would not make mistakes. Even if there is a mistake, it can't be wrong.
I thought that I would be able to sleep peacefully after letting go of my worries, but I felt that after a long time, my mind became more and more awake the more I slept.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt bad, and when he looked at the other people who were resting, he felt that it was not like he was asleep, but he closed his eyes and rested - didn't they fall asleep either?
He tried to whisper to the third son, who was sleeping next to him, and the third son really opened his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"
Seeing that this was the case, the eldest son knew that the others must be like this, so he simply woke everyone up one by one and told everyone not to sleep. The cousin, who was sleeping uncomfortably, hurriedly turned over and sat up when they heard the call.
The eldest son asked everyone if they couldn't sleep, and everyone said that the more they slept, the more awake they became, but they were too tired to do it.
The eldest son understood that there must be something wrong, and hurriedly shouted at the people standing guard outside.
Hearing the shout, the uncle hurriedly stepped into the house and hurriedly asked what was the matter.
The eldest son told the uncle about the situation that everyone couldn't sleep, and the uncle also said it was strange, how could it be like this?
Thinking that there is a thick layer of snow all around, but there is no snow at all here, and it seems to be verdant everywhere, but there is no water spring, there must be something wrong with this place.
The eldest son then divided the men into two groups, six of whom were responsible for the safety of the house and four little wolves and two dogs, and three of them followed him up to the top of the hill, and took the rest of the little ones to see what was going on above.
With that, everyone grabbed the guys and kept their eyes glued to the dark night sky around them to prevent danger.
The eldest son led the people and the little ones along the way down, came to the top of the mountain, and when they looked around, it was white and vast as if they could not see anything.
Just when he couldn't see anything famous, the second son who was standing beside him pointed to the mountain nest where they lived with his hand, and saw a thick and faint mist, staggering upward.
When you look closely, it seems that these fogs do not come from any part of the nest, but the whole nest is bubbling, but the temperature may be higher during the day or you are in a hurry to find a place to live, and you don't care about this phenomenon, no wonder there is no snow at all in the nest.
When the eldest son took people to the top of the mountain to see the situation, the uncle asked people to look at the surrounding situation, he picked up a hoe, and began to dig in the nest, at first he felt that the soil layer was still a little wet, and then slowly felt that the soil layer below was getting drier and drier, and finally the head turned out to be a dry hard clod.
Seeing this, the uncle hurriedly asked everyone to pack up their things and prepare to leave here.
When the eldest son realized that the situation was wrong, he shouted loudly above and told the uncle in the nest below what they had seen, and the uncle also told him about the change in the soil layer.
The two phases are mirrored. This place must not be lived in anymore, and you have to get out of here quickly, if you are late, there may be big problems.
As for where to go in the middle of the night, I don't care about it now, so I'll leave now.
A bag of cigarettes. Everyone had packed up all their belongings and started to climb up the mountain.
The eldest son also came down to help everyone, as long as they can get out of here as soon as possible, whatever they want.
Before leaving, the eldest uncle and the second son put all the firewood in the nest on the fire, and the fire of the nest immediately rose to the sky, illuminating half of the mountain.
After reaching the top of the mountain, the eldest son asked everyone to trot forward while holding torches. Have all the dogs and wolf cubs spread around their owners to keep an eye on them.
I left in a hurry, and I didn't bring half of the venison with me, although it was a pity, but there were no problems with the people and the little ones, which is the most important thing.
After running forward for half an hour, everyone felt the ground under their feet tremble, and then there was a loud "bang", and they saw a red thing like burning coals dozens of feet high behind them. It rose from the direction of the mountain nest where they had just lived, and then slowly turned black, red, and black.
Look at the strange things in the world. Everyone was stunned.
Although the eldest son had never seen this thing, he knew that it must be extremely powerful, and yelled "Run!" and everyone, including the little one, quickly ran forward, only the farther the better.
As he ran forward, he heard something "crackling" behind him, and no one dared to look behind.
Until I ran for almost an hour. After changing a few drafts in a row, the eldest son told everyone to stop, but in fact, the spraying behind him had already stopped, leaving only a dark night sky reflecting the starry sky.
After taking a breath, the eldest son hurriedly counted the number of people and the number of little ones. Fortunately, they were all there, and I didn't lose anything I brought.
It is estimated from the time that at this time, it is about two hours after dark, and the night is long, no matter what, you have to find a place to spend the night, otherwise the manuscript will not last until dawn, not to mention that so many people are in the snow, even if they don't freeze, they can't stand standing all night.
When I asked everyone's opinion, everyone thought of going together. The eldest son then arranged for everyone to scatter around, look at the surroundings, and decide whether to move forward or camp nearby.
If it is in the mountains, if you spread out at this time, you can't see how far you can't go, but standing on the top of the mountain is completely different, not to mention that the sky is clear after the snow at this time, the view is excellent, and under the reflection of the fire, you can see the ravines and ravines below the top of the mountain, and you can see the trees clearly.
As I walked and looked at it, I had already walked through several valleys, about seven or eight, and of course the height of these valleys growing to the top of the mountain was not large.
In the end, it was unanimously decided to camp again for the night in a larger ravine, because it was not far from the top of the mountain, and it was surrounded by branches that had lost their leaves, and such trees often had less water and were easy to burn, and the kind of trees with green leaves in winter looked beautiful and eye-catching, but they had a lot of water and were not easy to burn, except for camphor trees, of course.
Another reason why they chose this place is that although the branches are bare, the snow layer is full of dry leaves, so it is easier to start the stove and start the fire, and if an animal approaches, it can quickly ignite a pile of dry leaves to scare the animals away.
As for the rest, I can't take care of it in the middle of the night.
After deciding that, in order to ensure basic safety, the eldest son first arranged for four little wolves and two dogs to go down to have a look, and then drove the surrounding woods away to drive the animals away, so as to save a while and be scary. After a bag of cigarettes, the little ones ran back, snorting white gas from their mouths, wagging their tails into a semicircle, and rubbing their cheeky trouser legs in front of their masters.
Looking at the relaxed appearance of the little ones, everyone knew that there was no danger in this ravine, just go down.
Considering the leaves under the snow, the eldest son picked up something in the way with his spear as he walked down, and the spear passed through the leaves and poked straight into the mud to prevent him from accidentally falling into the leaf pit and causing trouble.
Descending to the bottom of the ditch, four men were on guard at the same time, and after the six men had put down their things, they began to clean up, and they were going to clear all the leaves under the snow and make a clean ground.
When the place was cleared, everyone went their separate ways, some people directly lit a pile of dried leaves that had just been piled up, and suddenly the fire light illuminated the entire ravine, far away, near, blurred, clear, all very distinct, some people began to cut down trees, even in the middle of the night, to build a simple shed, when in danger, it is better than direct contact with animals.
There is no rope, and there is no cow cable vine, so I directly use slender and slender branches, twist the branches a few times, and the branches become filamentous, so that the branches can be bent and bundled at will, and will not be broken.
After working for a while, everyone's sleepiness gradually hit, and the young men couldn't even open their eyes a little.
Also, they were busy for half the night and didn't rest, and they were scared all the way, the young men were already sleepy, and the two cousins and cousins were hunting for the first time, and they were really not used to this kind of hunting life that changed time and reversed day and night, and they were also the youngest.
But no matter what, the work still has to be done, and the uncle saw that this would not work, so he let the little ones start shouting loudly to refresh everyone, and sure enough, it had some effect.
About half an hour passed, and the new simple shed was erected, and the eldest son and uncle spread a large hut on the ground, and then put the things they brought on it one by one, beckoned everyone to sit down around the fire and rest for a while, and arranged for six dogs and four little wolves to be on guard outside the shed.
In a short time, the cousin and cousin were already sitting on the big and fell asleep, and everyone laughed happily at their naughty appearance.
My cousin was about to wake them up, but the eldest son said let them sleep, and we were on the first shift, and it was the same.
He simply let the uncle sleep too, and the others stood guard.
From time to time, a bright light crossed the night sky outside the shed, dragging its long tail, and disappeared all at once.
Under the night sky, the hillsides near and far appear gray and gray, both mysterious and strange, and there is a little incomprehensible in the intimacy.
The eldest son sat in the shed for a while, and then called the second son to come out and patrol the outside of the shed to see what was going on outside.
After sitting in it for a long time, my cousin couldn't stay still, and felt a little sleepy, so he simply came out to breathe in the air conditioning, and he was still more energetic.
Looking at the scenery outside, Uncle Cousin said, this half of the night, we can still live in another place, it is really not easy. (To be continued.) )