The sound of firewood burning in the fire was particularly loud in the night sky, which made the peaceful atmosphere even stronger.

Since the children went out, the mood has never been so relaxed, the more they talk, the more spiritual, the more the topic is more and more open, from the ugly look and naughty mischief when they were a child to grow up, from the grandfather's grandfather to the children of several families, from the simple and simple life when they were children to the strange animals, thousands of plants and novel encounters along the way, from the meat and vegetables along the way to the pineapple that I have never seen tonight and did not expect to take this thing as dinner, it is really like a dream, many things seem to happen yesterday, An hour or two ago.

They savored the meaning of life, lovingly looked at their father sleeping beside them, and tenderly touched the squinting dog and the little wolf who were sleeping, and the thousands of flavors and wonders of life suddenly came to their hearts.

The more they talked, the more excited they became, the better they were, and they didn't fall asleep at all, until a long time passed in the middle of the night, and they woke up their father to take shifts.

Generally, at this time, the father's drowsiness is about to wake up, even if he doesn't get up, that is, lying down to nourish his mind, basically he doesn't fall asleep.

The father got up and saw that the children did not want to sleep, and they were in good spirits, so he asked them curiously what was the matter, and the children said that they were not sleepy at all tonight.

Look at the dog and the little wolf, usually tired and lie down and squint for a while before falling asleep, today but has been squinting, as if sleeping and waking up, it is estimated that it is not very sleepy, the father feels even more strange, suddenly remembered whether it was because of eating pineapples, my heart suddenly tightened, I don't know what to do.

If it's just a simple mental foot, it's not a big problem, but if there's something else, it's troublesome.

Even if you are full of energy, tired after a day, and don't sleep all night, you will definitely not be able to stand it the next day.

The children were a little surprised to hear their father's question. I also think there is some truth, the two brothers are not sleepy at all tonight, is it really because of eating pineapples?

At this time, everyone was up and down, and they didn't know what to do. The only way to do this is to wait and see what happens.

At this time, his father was thinking of a way, and he suddenly remembered that when he was a child, he ate pineapples with the old people, and he had to drink some salt water after eating pineapples.

At that time, the old people didn't say why, and he took it for granted and didn't ask. That seems to make sense today.

Thinking of this, the father set up the pot, boiled the water, and told the children as he made it.

After drinking the salt water, everyone really felt better, sleepiness slowly hit their bodies, yawning one by one, and the dog and the little wolf gradually closed their eyes and fell asleep.

The eldest son endured the sleepiness that came on him, and let the second son sleep first, and he and his father continued to stand guard.

By this time, it was already the second half of the night. It is estimated that it will not be long before the sky will dawn, and the food eaten last night when it was dark has almost melted, and the stomach "gurgles" and has a feeling of hunger, but in addition to firewood in the stone cave, it is firewood, even those pineapples that make people excited have been eaten last night.

Bear with me, maybe it'll be dawning soon.

After an hour, my stomach became more and more hungry, and I couldn't help but feel a faint pain.

The eldest son lay on the lookout, looking at the dark mountains and the bottomless night outside the cave, hoping that the sky would soon light up. But the sky seemed to be against them, and they couldn't wait for dawn.

The father saw that the eldest son's expression was wrong, and hurriedly asked him what was wrong, whether he was sleepy or had an upset stomach.

The eldest son said no. It's a very hungry stomach, but the sky is just not bright.

Father said you should sleep for a while, wake up your brother, and you won't be hungry when you fall asleep.

The eldest son fell asleep when he thought about it, but it was even more uncomfortable to sleep, where could he sleep. The stomach is like a cat's claw, which is really not a taste.

The night was surprisingly peaceful, and there was no movement in and out of the cave except anxious waiting and unbearable hunger, and at last it was dawn, when everyone packed up their things and continued to walk down.

On the way, my father found a few sheep candy in the sand on the side of the road, the pole of this thing looks a bit like a gold fire, and the tuber is also about two cards underground, generally the size of a palm, the big one has a big face, it looks a bit like ginger, it can be roasted and eaten, it tastes nothing, it is powdery, and it can fill the stomach.

With yesterday's experience, everyone walked vigilantly at the dangers that might arise around them at any time, and also paid attention to what could be eaten, so they picked it up and took it away.

Along the way, they picked up some rock whiskers, fairy wood, and red mushrooms, and packed a large basket of enough for them to eat at night.

By noon, they had reached the opposite side of the waterfall on the edge of the cliff, and the sound of water echoed through the valley, and even on the other side they could not hear anyone clearly.

The smoky vapor drifted through the valleys, making it wet everywhere. It seems that you can't stay overnight here, and you must walk through it as soon as possible, or go back some, otherwise you won't find firewood, but you won't be able to find food.

In this way, everyone trotted all the way, and when they turned two corners, the sound of the water gradually became so small that they could not be heard, and the dense deep forest gradually recovered, and the forest and grass were very dense, and the road was difficult to walk, and there was almost no road.

They walked forward and came to a stop in a col.

A clear spring flows down the ravine, quiet and serene, and is a good place to spend the night, but the fly in the ointment is that there is no ready-made hole or anything.

The children knew what they had to do without waiting for their father's instructions, and everyone hurried to get busy.

The father was responsible for finding a flat and safe place to build a shed, the children were responsible for cutting trees nearby for firewood, the four dogs were responsible for keeping watch around the area, and the rest of the dogs and the little wolf went out hunting, they had not eaten meat for two days, and they were all hungry.

My father looked around for a while, but found no suitable place, either too far from the water source or too close.

When he looked up and down, he suddenly felt that the mountain bay below was a little different, and then he looked closely and found that the mountain bay was not naturally formed, but layer by layer, like artificially excavated terraces, but the crops had been covered by thick trees and vast green grass.

My father felt that there must be a stone cave or a stone house nearby, and even if there was only one stone to build on, it was better than building a grass hut in the wilderness.

The father asked two dogs to look for it nearby, and sure enough, it didn't take long for one of the dogs to find a stone house in front of them, only a dozen feet away from their mountain bay, and the children quickly put down their work to help investigate.

This stone house is different from the ancient houses they found along the way, the others are built up one stone at a time, and this house is built with five big stones, to be precise, it should be five big stone slabs erected, after thousands of years of wind and rain to stand still, it is really amazing.

The floor of the house is also slate, without a trace of weeds and debris, and the front of the house has a small hole, only as high as a man's waist, and there are two fist-sized lookouts on the wall, and the other sides are a whole stone slab that is impermeable.

The slate is as thick as a dozen calories, and there are peeling in some places, but it is still very strong and safe, and the ancients thought it really well.

It's a great place to spend the night.

The father put his things in the stone house and chopped wood with the children nearby. After having some firewood, my father started a fire in the stone house, so that the things that were placed would be safer. It took less than an hour to chop firewood, and the rest of the time was to find wild vegetables to eat and fetch water.

There are a lot of wild vegetables here, not only wild vegetables, they found a lot of water chestnuts in a mud pond, that is, a swamp, digging them out and washing them can be eaten, but this thing can not be eaten more, eating too much stomach pain, some people will feel pain, so everyone did not eat more, and wanted to wait for the night to stand guard and then use it slowly.

It is estimated that there are still vegetables and grain varieties left by the ancients in the terraces below, but I don't have time to look for them today, so if possible, I can only go to the neighborhood tomorrow to take a closer look.

Next to the stone house, they also found several orange trees and grapefruit trees, all of which bear green fruits, and it is estimated that they cannot eat them now.

The father said that the thing was sour, and that it was a good thing to stand guard at night, so the children took two of them down, and when they tasted it, they were so sour that they lost their teeth, and stuck out their tongues and made a naughty appearance.

When it was almost dark, the hunting dog and the little wolf came back and took a duck, a guinea fowl, a little fragrant pig, and two civets.

After fetching a few bamboo tubes of water, the father hurriedly set up a pot to make dinner, and the children found a strip of stones nearby to block the half-man-high hole door of the stone house, so that everyone would be safe inside.

At supper, both the father and the children decided to stay here for another day tomorrow to see what kinds of vegetables and grain crops the ancients had left here, not to mention that they could not eat all of them, and of course it was not convenient to take them with them.

After everyone took turns to eat, it was time to stand guard.

My father was arranging his standing guard when he heard heavy footsteps outside the house, and when he came near, there was a swishing sound, then a creaking sound, and then a creaking sound, and then the creaking of the walls, and this series of noises frightened everyone.

The sound came from the outside of the stone house across the wall, listening to the footsteps I don't know how big an animal is, scared everyone does not know what to do, the one who takes the steel drill takes the steel drill, the one who holds the killing knife takes the killing knife, the one who carries the axe carries the axe, the stone house is suddenly in chaos, the dog and the little wolf are also panicked, never so frightened.

When everyone calmed down a little, there was a rumbling sound at the door.

This haste made the dog and the wolf howl violently, and frightened the animal that was arching at the doorway to turn and run, but the animal behind the wall remained unmoved, and continued to grind and grind until an hour later it went slowly.

It didn't take long for some animals to come, either itching or arching everywhere, and some even wanted to get into the stone house through the doorway, raising everyone's hearts so high that they couldn't get out, and there was nothing they could do to stay inside.

This is repeated over and over again, until the end of the day, and there are no animals to come and scratch the itch, which means that everyone accompanied the animals outside the stone house this night, and there was almost no rest, until this time everyone fell asleep, and the tense nerves were relaxed. (To be continued.) )