Section 8 Deer Hunting ()

The wind and snow outside were getting heavier and heavier, and according to Alos, there had never been a time in the past few years when the winter snow had fallen so hard, and the howling of the north wind was even sharper than the sound of a cannon piercing the sky when it was discharged, and I wondered if Sairu's convoy had reached the city of Miraba.

Chen Jinyang sat by the fireplace in the cellar, cutting a sleeping bag with a dagger, preparing to make a pair of boots for each of the three people. Two of the three brothers and sisters wore straw sandals made by themselves, which were wrapped in broken linen, and when it was warm, it was good to say, as soon as the weather was cold and the cold wind drilled straight into the skin, and when they stepped into the snow, they directly soaked the linen pieces, and Xiao Sha'er was even bedridden all the year round without shoes, and it was fatal to want to be active in such weather; Chen Jinyang didn't expect the winter here to be so cold, even in the winter of Siberia in his previous life.

The fire in the fireplace burned brightly, the foot-long pine wood burned quietly and persistently, the incandescent with a pale blue flame licked the black iron pot and tumbled. The cold cellar has been transformed into a paradise of warmth and fragrance. The top of the cellar was several feet deep from the surface, and consisted of several small storage rooms and a large basement of fifteen feet in length and width, and the cellar had three exits, one in the kitchen of the tavern, one near the stables, and one leading directly to the outside of the village, but the exits outside the village were usually not used, they were usually sealed, and the exits were very hidden, and it was difficult for those who did not know the situation to find them. Now the only thing that can be used is the exit next to the stable, and it is also this exit that needs to be protected.

The two little ones slept soundly in their sleeping bags, covered with hides and blankets. The body of the two children is too thin, especially Xiao Sha'er, almost everyone thinks that she can't survive this cold and long winter this year, Chen Jinyang also thinks that if you don't want to do it, it will be difficult for Xiao Sha'er to survive this winter, if there is no animal skin protection he brought back, the little girl is likely to not even be able to survive the first snow; three days ago after the picnic, both of them have frostbite to varying degrees, especially on their feet, if they want to survive the winter, they need to do a lot of preparations, the first is to take care of their bodies, Chen Jinyang is ready to wait until tomorrow to make boots and go to the forest to hunt deer。

In the final analysis, the frailty of both children was caused by malnutrition, and Xiao Sha'er was even more damaged by cold last winter. If we talk about nourishing vitality, ginseng, bird's nest, and deer antler velvet should be the most; ginseng is too violent, bird's nest is peaceful, and it is difficult to find both under the current conditions; only deer antler velvet is easy to obtain, deer antler velvet is a kind of precious Chinese medicinal material, which has the effect of nourishing sperm and marrow, nourishing blood and yang, and strengthening muscles and bones. The whole body of the deer is a treasure, even if there is no antler velvet in this season, deer antlers, deer bones, deer fetus, deer heart, deer blood, deer tendons, deer whips, deer tails are all valuable nourishing raw materials, venison meat is delicate, delicious, lean meat, less connective tissue, tonifying the spleen and invigorating qi, warming the kidneys and aphrodisiac, it is a good tonic food, and it has a good warming effect on people who often have cold hands and feet.

There is nothing else in the forest, but all kinds of deer can be found everywhere, especially a fierce elk, fierce and aggressive, with a body covered in dark fluffy hair, sharp bone plates extending from the shoulders, back, and sides of the legs, and the stag's huge antlers can exceed twelve feet and carry a weight of up to three tons. Chen Jinyang had seen this ferocious creature before, a gigantic heavy creature that was six feet tall at the shoulders and more than ten feet long, and its antlers were almost as big as its body.

The heavy snow stopped on the third night, and the howling wind disappeared on the morning of the fourth day, Chen Jinyang pushed open the baffle of the cellar hard, and a cold chill came to his face with a lot of snowflakes, he couldn't help but shiver, wrapped in a thick blanket and walked out of the cellar; the snow on the ground was more than two feet thick, and one foot stepped on it directly over his knees, the cold sunlight reflected magnificent colors on the snow surface, a few unknown birds and birds were jumping in the stables, and Chen Jinyang came out and chirped without a trace, and the two goats were lying in the haystack and chewed and ruminated for a while。

When Alos and Mi Sha'er woke up, Chen Jinyang had already cleared a path in the village and cleared the snow from a small clearing; Little Alos rubbed his eyes and stretched his waist to sit up, and saw Mi Sha'er lying in his sleeping bag fiddling with a strange boot, and there were three of them, one large and one small, he swore that he had never seen such strange and ugly boots, the flames of the fireplace were still so strong, and the iron pot was full of the fragrance of blue lettuce stewed sausage.

"Misha, where's the big brother?"

"William is out. Alos, look, look!" Mi Shar reached into her boot and reached for Alos. "This glove is so ugly!"

Chen Jinyang, who had just pushed the door and was about to come in, almost fell, although he knew that his craftsmanship was terrible, but Xiao Sha'er's words were too shocking, and the boots he had worked so hard to make were actually considered gloves, he pretended to walk in as if nothing had happened, ready to criticize Xiao Sha'er's aesthetic vision fiercely.

"William! look! your set is so big!" Seeing Chen Jinyang come in, the little girl who was about to offer a treasure noticed the "set" on his feet and couldn't help but let out a shocking sigh. Chen Jinyang was really defeated by the little girl's childlike words.

Little Alos shrugged his shoulders helplessly at Chen Jinyang, although he knew that the eldest brother had been busy with this thing for the past two days, he had to admit that Xiao Xiaosha'er's boots were really like gloves without fingers. Hand-crafting boots, especially with a hard material like the bottom pad of a sleeping bag, is definitely a tough test, and it's okay to make it bigger, like the smaller the smaller the Millet Sha'er, the less it is.

A burst of frolic put on boots or "foot covers" for Mi Sha'er, wrapped in a thin soft blanket, and the cuffs of the boots were tightly tied with thin strips of blanket cut to the width of a finger, and the little girl walked with small steps, which was indeed very warm.

After breakfast, Chen Jinyang told little Alos to close the door and stay at home to take care of his sister, and he walked out of the village with an iron sword at his waist, two wooden javelins in his hand, a backpack and rope on his back, and a blanket wrapped in a blanket. The whole land outside the village is vast and thousands of miles of silver, and the sky is boundless, and the snow in the forest is difficult to straighten the green pines, and last night's wind made this generation of birds and beasts silent without a trace.

Stepping on the knee-deep snow, Chen Jinyang headed towards a valley where he could shelter from the wind, where there should be sheltered animals nearby, and there were also various monsters hunting there to shelter from the wind, but Chen Jinyang, who was a master of art, did not take them seriously, and did not know whether to say that he was arrogant or fearless from the ignorant. After a long day of hard walking in the snow, Chen Jinyang found animal footprints on the snow near the sheltered valley, which seemed to be a toe-walking predator, and he looked up at the wind direction, which was a small headwind; the terrain in the jungle is complex and the wind direction is unpredictable, if you want to hunt animals with a keen sense of smell and high alertness, hunters need to always pay attention to the position of the wind outlet they are in.

Chen Jinyang followed the footprints, not far in front of a jungle gray leopard was slowly approaching a group of snow guinea fowl, heard the creaking sound of stepping on the snow behind him, and found that there were predators approaching the snow guinea fowl scattered in all directions, and the jungle gray leopard who failed to sneak attack roared at Chen Jinyang who appeared from behind him, and walked away in disappointment. Chen Jinyang, who was not ashamed of his rude behavior of disturbing others to "eat breakfast", continued to advance towards the edge of the valley, he climbed a dirt slope, and a group of different kinds of herbivores appeared in front of him, some picking up the snow, some tearing the bushes next to them to feed, there were various deer, muntjac, antelope, bison, wild sheep, hairy rhinoceros, gray mastodons, and even a few razor boars.

Chen Jinyang's target is the swollen deer, which is the size of a light horse, with quite large and thick horns; the eyebrow branches are vertically flattened, the distal end of the main branch is palm-shaped, and the fur is delicate and silky; it has a gentle and cautious temperament, foraging for moss, small shrubs, branches and conifers, and can also be domesticated and raised; there is a lot of hay in the village to feed live, and he plans to catch a few of them alive, and the swollen deer in captivity will shed their old horns next spring, grow new antlers, and they can be harvested more reliably than hunting in the wild, and fresh deer blood can be obtained at any time.

Chen Jinyang took off the rope on his body, made a looper and held it in his hand, and slowly approached the location of the swollen deer. There was a sudden chaotic and noisy shouting and roaring sound around, a group of goblins and two ogres rushed out, the beasts were suddenly in chaos, screaming and jumping and running in the deep snow, Chen Jinyang, who was just close to preparing to act, hurriedly threw out the rope, and the two swollen bone deer who couldn't dodge were entangled in the antlers and fell together, he stood up to avoid the rushing beasts, grabbed a muntjac running by him and pressed it to the ground, tied his limbs with a rope and dragged it to the swollen bone deer and the first three tied together.

A dozen or so old and weak little creatures ran on the snow for a while and then stopped running, and the goblins rushed up and beat them to death, scrambling with each other and dragging their hooves away. As soon as the two ogres who were chasing the beasts saw Chen Jinyang, they immediately abandoned the beasts and ran towards him one after another. Standing on the hard snow that was trampled by the beasts, Chen Jinyang pulled out a javelin, the whole spine turned like a python, and his feet sank and threw it out with the help of a flash, and the sound of "boom" was inserted into the big mouth of the ogre running in front, and he came out of his brain and inserted a stream of dirty blood into the snow.

The ogre running in front was grinning and rushing excitedly, only to see the arm of the prey that was about to arrive shake, and the ogre instantly felt the same thing enter his mouth and suddenly hurt violently, and his eyes fell into the snow and fell into the boundless darkness.

Chen Jinyang, who was pulling out another javelin in his hand, cheered in his heart: "Damn! It's so powerful! Anyway, I originally wanted to shoot it in the chest, but I lost the slip of the soles of my feet." ”

The ogre a little further back began to see the accomplice in front of him running a few steps and wailing to the ground, thinking that it had accidentally slipped, and secretly proud that he had come to the opportunity, and ran more energetically; after running a few steps, he found that his companion fell to the ground and could not twitch unconsciously, which made it feel that something was wrong, and then saw the bloody javelin inserted in the snow, and finally reacted that his companion had been killed, and it saw Chen Jinyang holding another javelin and wanted to throw, and the terrified ghost howled, stopped and fell to the ground and slid out more than ten meters away, and looked up to see that it was closer to Chen Jinyang, and the frightened remnants of the ogre rolled and crawled and fled in the direction away from Chen Jinyang。

The goblins who had gathered around to see the excitement were stunned and watched the battle end in an instant with the ogre brothers dying and fleeing, so frightened that they dragged their prey and ran away without a trace.

Chen Jinyang, who originally thought that he was going to fight a vicious battle, also looked at the departing monster dumbfounded, he didn't know how to describe it, he ran away before the fight started, although he was dead, but even hand-to-hand combat has not yet begun, doesn't it mean that all powerful monsters are fighting to the death? This ogre's courage is too small.

Chen Jinyang, who couldn't figure it out, didn't think about it anymore, cut a few branches to build a tow frame, and dragged the prey around and went home.