It turned out that the father had just diverted everyone's attention, especially his youngest son, and took this opportunity to poke the edge of the stone crack, because the poking process would definitely squeeze the poked stone into the already swollen and hard foot or even the bone of the foot, and pain was inevitable.

Seeing that the younger son was temporarily out of danger, the father hurriedly went over and picked up a few more flat stones, and put the whole ore block steadily, so that the eldest son and the second son could free their hands and feet, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

The father asked the eldest son and the second son to take three dogs to cut four maids nearby, and they wanted hardwood, the thickness of their arms, the same height as the height, and the length of the shoulders. So he said yes and set off.

The father hugged his little son, laid him flat on the ground, took off his tight boots, rolled up his trouser legs, exposed his purple feet, and rubbed them slowly.

At this time, the father was worried about the safety of his mother and Manmei, so he asked the little wolf to go over to see where they had gone, and to keep them company. After the wolf was gone, there were only two dogs left by his father's side, and he told them to stay away from each other at a distance of about ten feet, to be on guard at all times, and to shout loudly when they were in danger.

When the youngest son's feet turned slightly redder, the father found a few sheep lettuce thorns nearby, and pricked a few holes in the five fingertips, instep and calf of the swollen foot, and black blood immediately came out of the mouth.

After a while, the blood that came out was no longer black, it slowly turned red, the amount of bleeding was not so big, it still needed to be rubbed and squeezed slowly to bleed, and the feet were not so swollen. The father knew that there was nothing wrong with his youngest son's feet.

After doing this, the youngest son himself felt that his feet were slowly moving, so he tried to move a few times, and sure enough, there was no stagnation feeling before, but it was not as flexible as before, and he might need to let some blood go again.

But my father said that he couldn't let blood anymore, and the blood in his body would not be enough, and it would not be easy to grow some blood in his body, so it would be almost enough.

The youngest son hurriedly smiled mischievously.

The father saw that his son was almost better, so he asked him to slowly stand up and walk a few steps to try, and he could walk normally after trying, but he didn't dare to work too his feet, maybe he had just sprained his ankle bone, which was not a day or two to be good, and the child was stronger, and it would take ten days and half a month to be completely well.

At this moment, the mother and the full sister came at a distance panting and trotting, and asked what was wrong. Three steps and two steps, the mother quickened her pace and ran over, hugged her little son distressedly and asked the long and short questions, saying that he was still seeing a good thing just now, why did he suddenly sprain his foot.

The full sister also ran over, her eyes were red, tears were rolling in her eyes, and she gently rubbed the soles of her feet for her brother. The youngest son pretended to be relaxed and said, it's nothing, it's just that his foot twisted. At this time, the eldest son and the second son also came back, carrying four maids on their shoulders.

Father told everyone that these maids are used to support their shoulders, if you encounter this situation just now, you can replace the burden on your shoulders with a maid at any time, and gently put the burden on the maid, so that you can not only have an emergency, but also let people rest on a steep slope and in a place where it is inconvenient to unload the burden.

Today, because I was in a hurry, and because I was too happy to find iron ore, I forgot to prepare this tool. The father said that when one shoulder is tired, one end of the maid can be left on the other shoulder, and the other end of the maid can be lifted from the burden on the other shoulder, and the burden on the other shoulder can be shared.

Seeing that it is not early, and there is a person who has difficulty walking, it is impossible to go home today.

After discussing with the mother and the children, the father decided to spend the night in the pit house where they had stayed the other day, and to find a way to do it tomorrow.

The eldest son and his father picked up the younger son and gently sat down a little farther away from the entrance of the cave, and then carried the ore down from the stone platform with everyone, and found a place with a shallow nest to put it.

The stone pit house was still in front, the father and the two sons took turns carrying the younger son, and the mother and the full sister took other things and continued to walk forward.

After walking a few steps, my father called five dogs and two wolves and told them to return to where they had stayed last night and bring the rest of the snow leopard meat to eat. Accompanied by the three dogs brought by their mother, the group walked slowly forward.

It seems that my father and they carried the ore for most of the day, but in fact they walked very slowly, and the main thing to climb was that it was time-consuming and laborious, and they also delayed a lot of time in the place where they sprained their foot just now, but in fact, they did not go far from the distance.

The father estimated that the dogs and the wolf cubs should be able to run back and forth in an hour or so and catch up with the team.

Why do the dogs have to take the risk of going back to get meat, not to think about human consumption, mainly for dogs, now there are a total of eight dogs and two wolf cubs, and they have to eat a lot of things for dinner.

Seeing that it is getting dark, the dogs should not be able to catch animals, so it is better to go back and retrieve it to save trouble.

People don't have to eat this, and it's okay to make do with the food they bring.

Originally, they planned to go home today, and considering that it was better to be lighter on the road, they didn't think of bringing food, in fact, they had only eaten a meal until now, and they were already hungry and rumbling, but the people in the mountains were used to being hungry, and they didn't care too much.

When it was still about an hour before dark, they finally reached the stone pit house, and saw that everything was fine in the house, but there might not be much firewood to burn in the evening.

Mother and Sister Manmei were busy cleaning up the place, and the sassafras light the fire and light the fire.

The father, eldest son, and second son hurriedly chopped firewood nearby, and they had to prepare enough firewood for the night before it got dark, otherwise not only would the cold at night freeze people, but it would also be very likely to be unsafe. In the mountains, fire is not only a good helper for warmth, but also an infinite power to defend against animals.

It was slowly getting dark, and the fire in the stone pit house was burning very hot and warm.

The mother saw that the dogs who had gone back to get the meat had not yet arrived, and she was a little anxious, worried that there would be some accidents, so she stood at the door and shouted loudly, telling her father to come back quickly, and the father replied loudly, "I will be back soon, you can cook well."

After about half a bag of cigarettes, the father and the children came back and asked the mother if the dogs had returned.

Mother said, "Not yet."

The father and eldest son were a little anxious, and deeply regretted that they should not have been allowed to go back, even if they didn't eat tonight, they could endure it all night or eat more evenly, and everyone would be able to get over it.

By the light of the fire in the house, he cut all the firewood back into a span and moved it to the house, where the smell of fragrant rice had risen from the pot on the stove, and the dogs had not yet returned.

At this time, neither left nor right, thinking of setting off to find the dogs immediately, but also worried about the family here, so anxious that my father walked around the house and fidgeted.

For hunters, dogs are family, part of a family.

When the meal was ready, my mother served one bowl to each of them, and there were two bowls missing, so everyone took turns to eat.

The dog didn't come back, life had to go on, and the father waited anxiously while eating.

As soon as he put down the bowl, my father faintly heard a few dog barks coming from the mountain above him, so he hurriedly told everyone to stop talking, and opened their ears to listen--it was indeed the barking of a dog! It was his own dog!

Hearing this, the father did not hesitate at all, picked up a killing knife, called the two sons and went out, looking at the top of the mountain. (Thank you for your support and recommendation!)