Chapter 21: Monkey Valley
At the end of the valley, there is a cave, and there is a large forest inside, and depending on the size of the trees, it must be at least a hundred years old.
The most important thing is that every big tree is full of monkeys, and there are dozens of them on one tree, and there are tens of thousands of so many trees.
And there is also a cave inside, and from time to time a group of monkeys will run out of the cave.
It's not that he hasn't seen monkeys before, but it's the first time he's seen them when they've gathered so much, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a monkey kingdom.
I'm afraid the whole mountain of monkeys is here!
Looking at the monkeys frolicking in the trees, he didn't understand what the bear was bringing him here for.
Seeing Xia Li looking at it, the bear that was quickly curled into a ball pointed to the pile of dead wood pushed at the entrance of the hole.
"You mean there's good stuff there?" Xia Li confirmed.
The bear nodded, and then made a move, this time Xia Li understood it.
"You mean, you went and lured the monkey away, and I went to steal it?"
The bear nodded, happy that Xia Li could understand what he meant.
Xia Li didn't expect that this guy brought him here to steal something.
He remembered that when he was a child, he heard from the villagers that bears were typical "thieves" in the forest, who would not only come out to steal farmers' rations, but also steal honey made by bees.
This time he really saw it, but what he didn't expect was that he would become its accomplice.
Xia Li glanced at the clumsy bear and said worriedly: "There are so many monkeys, can you run away?" Although you have rough skin and thick meat, you can't stand the large number of them! ”
The bear patted his chest to signal that he was fine, and then made a gesture to drink water.
He understood the first half, but he was a little confused in the second half.
"What's in there that is worth the risk?" Xia Li was puzzled and curious.
Suddenly, the bear rushed inside as if he had gone mad, and dragged out with lightning speed by the leg of a monkey that was catching lice.
Even Xia Li on the side didn't react: "Holy shit, I haven't said yes yet." ”
Seeing this scene, Xia Li shrunk his body even tighter, hiding in the crack of the stone and scolding.
The bear's action was like poking a hornet's nest, and the monkeys were like wolves, and the trees and the underground immediately stopped what they were doing to chase the invading bear.
Some of the monkeys even opened their mouths and raised their heads to the sky to make a high-pitched sound, apparently calling out to other monkeys in the cave who were unaware.
He was stunned by this scene, nearly 10,000 monkeys chasing a bear.
When the monkeys walked through the valley, fortunately, the bear in front of them attracted their attention and did not notice Xia Li in the gap.
Fortunately, the system could sense the state of the bear, and he was not very worried, seeing that the monkeys inside were basically almost out, Xia Li secretly got out.
After entering the Monkey Valley, he was just feeling the spaciousness of this place, and he realized that it was really a cave, no wonder it could attract so many monkeys to gather.
The trees here are very tall and can hide from most of the natural predators, and there are some wild fruit trees next to them, and now the rest of them are basically some old, young, sick and disabled monkeys, which can be said to be basically no threat to Xia Li.
The old, weak, sick and disabled monkey saw that a human had entered the territory, and bared his teeth at him, trying to scare the human in front of him away.
Xia Lili ignored them, the monkey seemed to know that it was not an opponent, and none of them dared to take the lead in attacking.
As soon as he walked to the place where the blind bear pointed out to him the dead wood, he smelled the smell of wine.
Xia Li wondered: "How can there be the smell of wine in this place, could it be that monkeys still like to drink?" ”
This pile of dead wood varies in length, about four or five meters long, one or two meters short, about fifty centimeters in diameter, and there are openings on it.
He couldn't figure out how the monkeys had brought the pile of wood here, or what they had done for it.
The closer he got there, the more he realized that the smell of wine seemed to come from the pile of wood.
I couldn't guess, so I simply went up to find out, the opening of the tree was not small, and his hand could put it in very easily.
"There's water?"
Xia Li took out his hand, put it under his nose and sniffed it, and said in surprise: "It turned out to be wine, it's monkey wine." ”
It is said that the monkeys in the mountains picked a hundred fruits in a cave, and began to store overwintering food.
But if there is no shortage of overwintering food during the season, the monkeys will forget that they have stored a hole of fruits, and then the fruits will gradually ferment and then make a hole of fruit wine.
Monkey wine is the best when it is first fermented, and gradually dripping is the essence of fermented fruits, which has not spoiled, but only fermented.
But after dripping, the liquor has a talking point, the first drop is the fruit juice, the gathering is called the hundred fruit brew, and when there is no juice dripping, there is a wine taste after collecting all the fermented juice, it can be called monkey wine.
Although the monkey is a primate, he has never believed that monkeys can also make wine, and has always believed that it is just a legend.
Knowing the preciousness of the monkey wine in front of him, he didn't prepare a bottle for the wine, so he could only watch it with his eyes and couldn't take it away at all.
He looked around, but he didn't find anything suitable for wine, so he couldn't just carry a piece of wood, although this wood was not big, but the amount of wine and fermented pulp in it was really not light.
If he carries it out openly and encounters the monkeys that come back, it will be too late to run and beat the master to death, but he doesn't have the rough skin and thick fur of a bear.
After thinking about it for a while, I had no choice but to give up helplessly, thinking that the next time I had the opportunity, I would definitely bring the wine jug over.
He was very curious about what was in the cave, and since he had come here, he planned to go in and find out, so as to prepare for the next visit.
As soon as Xia Li stepped into the cave, he felt that there was something unusual about this cave, the temperature inside the cave was usually slightly lower than outside, but this cave was significantly higher than the outside.
At this time, he suddenly felt that the bear had stayed in one place and did not move, and he was afraid that the monkeys would return, so he immediately quickened his pace.
The cave is not as bare as the one I took Shiyi to before, and there are a lot of dried fruits and other foods stored in this cave.
He couldn't help but think to himself, "This can't be the granary of the monkeys, right?" ”
Continuing to walk inside, I finally found that the monkey cave was divided into several branch caves, just like a small room inhabited by humans, and there were small monkeys in some branch caves.
These little monkeys looked at the human in front of them curiously, they seemed to be seeing humans for the first time, and they didn't show hostility towards Xia Li.
"Hulu?" As soon as he walked to the door of a branch hole, he saw that all the gourds were stored inside.
Each one is about the size of a ball, and I don't know what is inside.
He took out one and shook it, and found that what was shaking inside turned out to be liquid, and when he opened it, he smelled wine.
"I see." Xia Li looked excited, this gourd turned out to be wine, and he estimated that the dead wood outside was made of wine, and it was put in this gourd when it was full.
He had to sigh that these monkeys were so smart that they knew how to hollow out gourds to store wine.
"Squeak ......" A monkey's angry cry came from behind Xia Li, and a monkey that was significantly larger than the others stood behind him.
There were more than a dozen adult monkeys next to this monkey.
Xia Xuan secretly screamed "Oops", he felt strange at the beginning, there was no monkey king in this group of monkeys, who knew that there were others, but they didn't come out of the cave.
At this time, he couldn't manage so much, so he could only go with thirty-six plans, and he didn't forget to bring two jugs of wine before leaving.
casually clamped the two gourds closest to him at the squeaky nest, kicked away the monkeys blocking his way, and before the group of monkeys could react, they directly smeared oil on the soles of their feet.
The one who was kicked to the ground was the Monkey King, who rolled and climbed up, screaming angrily, and then commanded dozens of monkeys behind him to chase.
"Squeak"
While chasing and shouting, the monkey's movements were so nimble that one monkey jumped on the tree first, and then jumped on him with a bounce along the branch.
Xia Li had no choice but to roll over, and rolled twice on the ground to shake off the monkey on his body.
Throwing off one followed by the second jumping up, he suddenly thought of a solution.
He hurriedly took out a bottle of animal nutrient solution from the space backpack, and then opened the bottle with his mouth, according to the feedback from the local dogs and bears at home, this thing has an indescribable attraction to animals.
He hoped that with this thing he could hold the monkeys back for a while, and if he was given a little time, he would be able to escape.
Sure enough, as he expected, as soon as the bottle was thrown, two or three monkeys stopped to fight, and even the monkey king hesitated when he smelled it.
Taking advantage of this time, Xia Li ran directly to a hundred meters away, and when the monkeys reacted and wanted to chase them, they found that they couldn't catch up.
After running for ten minutes, seeing that there was no monkey chasing behind him, he stopped to catch his breath, and he sensed the position of the bear.
What puzzled him was that he didn't know why this guy didn't move, but the system showed that his vital signs were normal and he wasn't in danger.
"That guy can find me, find a place to hide for the time being." Xia Li felt that now was not the right time to find the blind bear.
In case this guy is hiding somewhere, and a group of monkeys around him, he won't be a living target in the past.
Moreover, this place belongs to the depths of the mountains and forests, and Xia Li is not familiar with the place at all, for fear of straying into the territory of some powerful beasts.
Towards evening, the bear finally moved, seeing that it was coming in this direction, in order to quickly meet and leave this place, Xia Li also got up and ran in its direction.
One person and one bear, finally met by the river before, Xia Li saw that the bear was not injured at all, and secretly praised this guy for being professional.
It seems that the previous worries were completely superfluous, and the blind bear must have thought of a way out before doing it.
"Here's for you." Looking at the blind bear who had been staring at the gourd on his waist with his tongue sticking out, Xia Li threw one directly.
After taking it, the bear opened it and sniffed it with a look of intoxication, it first licked the mouth of the gourd, and then immediately closed it.
Seeing this scene, Xia Li couldn't help but feel funny, and felt that it was a little inconsistent with its previous style!
"Alright, send me back first."
Seeing that the night gradually covered the forest, especially the sound of a beast or two in the distance, he thought it was better to leave quickly.