Chapter 5 Small fate is the fate of fate
The grass rustled, and after a clear whimper, a slightly familiar figure appeared in front of the vigilant Lu Xi.
It's the wolf cub I met on the first night.
"Is that you?" Lu Xi blinked, and suddenly changed his tone before his voice fell, "How did you become like this?!" ”
The wolf cub's appearance at this time was quite miserable, the beautiful fox's face was full of dried blood stains of clotted pieces, one eye was still tightly closed, as if it had been injured, and the silver-gray hair was covered with blood and dirt, all of which were tied into knots, which was very different from the original appearance.
After seeing Lu Xi, it was obviously a little excited, and its tail shook quickly behind it, but it did not pounce directly towards Lu Xi, but from a safe distance, it bowed down weakly, and looked at Lu Xi pitifully with only one open eye, waiting for Lu Xi to take the initiative to approach.
Sensible than a dog, Lu Xi sighed, if it was her family's rebel who weighed more than fifty pounds, she would have pounced directly regardless of it, and she had broken her feet three times because of this.
Seeing that the wolf cub really didn't have any bad intentions, and his appearance was really pitiful, Lu Xi sighed, couldn't bear the pity of the faint pain in his heart, and resigned himself to stepping forward to check the wolf cub's physical condition.
The wolf cub was very cooperative throughout the whole process, even if Lu Xi accidentally touched the wound on its body, it was just a pitiful whimper, without any struggle.
After inspection, Lu Xi found that there were six bites and more than a dozen scratches on the wolf cub's body, and the wound marks were different, which were left by a number of creatures of the same size as the wolf cubs.
"So, there is some kind of animal that is teaching its cubs to hunt, using you as a teaching aid to teach their cubs to hunt, and you escaped because of their unfamiliar hunting skills?"
Lu Xi gently wiped the blood stains and soil on the wolf cub's body with water, and when it was almost clean, he re-fetched water and cleaned the wound.
The only good news is that the wolf cub's eyes are fine, but they have to be closed after some sand and soil, some swelling and inflammation, and Lu Xi is estimated to be able to recover on its own after washing out all the sand and soil with clean water.
"Woo......" The wolf cub lay in Lu Xi's arms and whispered, and he didn't know whether to agree with Lu Xi's words or refute it, but the truth should be very different.
The blood dried up for more than a day, and the wolf cub didn't look like he was in a hurry to leave, so he should have thrown off the enemy he was tracking, and then he followed the smell or other things to catch up with Lu Xi.
There is no danger, Lu Xi is not in a hurry to leave at this time, there are still four large pieces of barbecue under the fire that she has not eaten, and she has been busy for so long, and her stomach is already growling.
"Huh?" Lu Xi touched his stomach and found that the cooing sound actually came from the wolf cub.
It's also true, the wolf cub just experienced a life and death escape a day ago, and the injuries on his body have not been treated at all, and he has to chase the traces left by her, I am afraid that he has not eaten for a long time.
But even if the hungry stomach screamed, the wolf cub still lay on the straw mat woven by Lu Xi, and let Lu Xi treat the wounds on its body, although she could only use it as a cushion for herself, it was just right for the wolf cub to use.
"Hungry? Wait until I get you something to eat. Patting the wolf cub's head, Lu Xi stood up, got water to douse the fire extinguisher, and pulled out four pieces of dirt and barbecue meat underneath.
The wolf cub looked at it curiously and suspiciously, not knowing how a few clods of soil were eaten, thinking that Lu Xi had eaten grass before, and his crystal eyes showed some worry - he wouldn't eat that unpalatable thing again.
Lu Xi looked back and saw this scene, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, it's meat, it's delicious." ”
After thinking about it, Lu Xi was not sure that the meat would definitely be delicious, so he added, "It must be better than grass." ”
Meat? The wolf cub looked sideways at the clods of dirt for a long time, but he couldn't see where the meat was.
After finding two stones of the right size to open the box, Lu Xi looked at the wolf cub, "Speaking of which, you and I have a lot of fate, obviously we have only met once, and you are still willing to come to me with an injury, do you trust me so much?" ”
"Shall I give you a name, in the future, you will be called Xiaoyuan, the fate of fate."
"Whew~" Xiao Yuan blinked, called softly, and recognized the name.
"Good little edge."
Lu Xi found a good angle, his hand rose and fell, and he knocked open the outermost layer of the barbecue shell at once, and the roasted brown and soft mustard grass was softly wrapped around the barbecue.
Even Xiao Yuan, who was watching from the side, suddenly widened his eyes and was strongly impacted by the smell of meat.
This is a roasted meat that has not been seasoned with gourd fruit, and the fat of the meat itself overflows during the roasting process, and is blocked by the leaves of mustard grass, and after being heated by the flame, the meat is fried again, and the juice of mustard grass is immersed in the flesh.
When mustard grass is eaten raw, the grass flavor is obvious, but after being fried in the oil on the meat, there is no unpleasant grass smell, some unique slightly bitter, inexplicably harmonizing the taste of the barbecue, not greasy.
"Do I eat too much grass, and I think it's delicious if I eat anything, or do I ......" Lu Xi tentatively tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, and soon lowered his head in doubt, looking at the whole piece of golden and brilliant roast meat, "...... This stuff is so delicious?! ”
Xiao Yuan got up and slowly approached Lu Xi, and rubbed her arm flatteringly, the meaning was very obvious, it also wanted to taste the taste of the barbecue in Lu Xi's hand.
Lu Xi glanced at the amount of barbecue in his hand, and generously divided half of it to Xiao Yuan, looking at its cheerful appearance, he confirmed in disbelief that it was the latter possibility - this barbecue meat is quite delicious.
"So why the hell did I eat the grass for days?!" Lu Xi was heartbroken, heartbroken, turned pain into appetite, and took a big bite of barbecue meat and swallowed it.
Xiao Yuan quickly ate his share of barbecue, staring at the remaining three pieces of soil with bright eyes, and with its intelligent intelligence, he immediately understood the equation of "soil bags = delicious meat".
"Woo~" Xiao Yuan looked at Lu Xi with a pitiful coquettish gaze.
The piece of meat in Lu Xi's own hand was enough for her to eat, but she also wanted to know what the barbecue with gourd fruit would taste like, and whether it would be so delicious, so she took advantage of Xiao Yuan's coquettishness to open another piece.
An obvious fruity aroma came out along with the aroma of the meat, obviously eating the gourd fruit as spicy as white wine, but after being roasted, it turned out to be as sweet and slightly spicy as fruit wine, and even the barbecue meat also brought this fruity aroma.
After giving most of the second piece of barbecue to Xiao Yuan, Lu Xi looked up to the sky and sighed, wanting to cry...... The saliva flows first.
In fact, Lu Xi also knew that what she was thinking about was useless things, the dragon's breath had not dissipated a few days ago, she had not even seen the living creatures on the grassland, and she had no other choice but to eat grass, but she suddenly felt very unwilling.
When he came back to his senses, Xiao Yuan had already eaten the second portion of barbecue, and Lu Xi was just about to persuade Xiao Yuan to keep the remaining two portions for the next time, but he found that Xiao Yuan did not continue to beg for money.
Xiao Yuan glanced at the two earthen bags with a salivating gaze, but he was extremely restrained and did not do anything else, as if he knew that the food should not be eaten at one time, but should be saved for the next meal.
Thinking that Xiao Yuan's parents had left themselves in the cave and disappeared, and that it had lived on its own by relying on its rotten and deteriorated prey for so long, it must have known how to eat it in parts, Lu Xi couldn't help but feel distressed.
But this did not prevent Lu Xi from making the right decision, and after eating the food, he packed up all traces and left here immediately.
She stayed here for too long, and she didn't have to leave in a hurry, but who knew that the smell of barbecue would be so fragrant, even Xiao Yuan couldn't help but be attracted, let alone other animals with a keen sense of smell.
Fortunately, the remaining two pieces of barbecue meat did not have any taste before the outer layer of clay shell was cracked, so there was no need to worry about whether it would attract anything.
Although Xiao Yuan is covered in injuries, its mobility is not affected, otherwise it will not be able to catch up with Lu Xi in a short time, not only can it walk on its own, but it can also help Lu Xi carry something with it, if it doesn't have a lot of wounds on its back, it is not a problem to carry something.
Lu Xi is not so desperate to squeeze the injured "child labor", she puts all the things on her body and holds it herself, and she doesn't have many things, and there are enough containers to carry, just pull a few pieces of cloth is a cloth bag.
Xiao Yuan, who had nothing to do, was not injured and fragile at all, and Lu Xi's speed was not fast, so it helped Lu Xi explore the way in front, drove some small animals away, and reduced the existence of threats to Lu Xi.
At night, Lu Xi found a place to rest, and Xiao Yuan turned into a hand warmer again, warming up with Lu Xi and spending the cold night, and Lu Xi couldn't wake up in the "sleep" for a few hours, Xiao Yuan guarded for her, and the safety level suddenly increased a lot.
Only the disadvantage of a significant increase in food consumption.
Xiao Yuan doesn't have to eat every day, just eat once every two or three days, but every day when Lu Xi eats, looking at Xiao Yuan's pitiful eyes, he can't help but give it a little.
One meal is a whole round rabbit, thanks to Lu Xi's ability to refresh himself, except for trying to eat at noon, breakfast and dinner are just a simple two bites, and the food is served.
It's not that Lu Xi hasn't changed the recipe, but on this grassland, it's easy to hunt round rabbits, find a plant that round rabbits often eat, dig a pit around, arrange a simple trap, and it won't take long to catch one or two.
Since Xiao Yuan knew that the fragrant barbecue came from the round rabbit, he had also tried to hunt many times, but the speed of the round rabbit, Xiao Yuan couldn't catch up at all, and he could only watch them run away behind him every time.
If it weren't for the low IQ of the round rabbits themselves, which are often given in vain, it is estimated that there are not many animals that can catch them.
"Didn't catch it again?" Lu Xi looked at Xiao Yuan, who ran back dejectedly, and took out a fat round rabbit from the trap with a smile, anyway, she didn't miss it once, which was great.
It was now the tenth day that she appeared on this grassland, and it was also the seventh day that Xiao Yuan began to follow her.
In seven days, all the wounds on Xiao Yuan's body have recovered, and there is enough food recently, so he looks much more energetic than at the beginning, and his hair is smooth and beautiful, Lu Xi can't help but take two handfuls every time.
is that every time he can't catch the prey and comes back, Xiao Yuan will be extremely low, and Lu Xi will coax him for a long time every time.
Lu Xi can also understand that when Xiao Yuan's parents left, it had not yet learned hunting skills, at most, when it was hunted before, it learned a little fur from the group of creatures that were also cubs, and with a guardian as big as her to provide food by the side, there was not enough danger and stimulation, and the progress was naturally slow.
But Lu Xi is really reluctant to let Xiaoyuan suffer, it is really too well-behaved and cute.
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Yuan is a younger sister.
"Come on, I'll make you a new trick to eat today." Rubbing Xiao Yuan's head, Lu Xi couldn't help but look in the direction outside the grassland while comforting Xiao Yuan.
It was an extremely tall mountain, Lu Xi saw the top of the mountain three days ago, and after walking for three days, she finally reached the foot of this mountain, and was about to walk out of this grassland where she had survived for ten days.
There is a forest at the foot of the mountain, and Lu Xi can walk into the forest tonight if she wants, but she is a little worried that she will not find suitable food in the forest, so she stays for an extra day, preparing to catch a few more round rabbits and bring them.
Except for the one to be eaten later, she had already caught three as reserves.
The straw mat woven with grass stalks is woven to a length of one and a half meters, which can barely be used as a bed at night and spread on the ground.
These days, the fur taken from the round rabbit, except for the first two made into water bladders, the others are enough to make a "rabbit fur blanket", add a few caught today, a blanket one meter wide and two meters long becomes.
Lu Xi looked at these miscellaneous things in her hands, and it was hard to imagine that she really survived when she landed alone on this grassland.
In the past ten days, she has not encountered danger, when walking through the dense grass, she was bitten by an unknown poisonous snake on the arm, if she hadn't made a quick decision, tied her arm, cut the wound with a knife, and released poisonous blood, she would not even have lasted until four o'clock in the morning the next day.
There are also large creatures like lions that are attracted by the smell of barbecue, it is Xiao Yuan who is alert, discovers the smell of the other party from a long distance, and sends the barbecue out far away, leading the other party away, which protects Lu Xi from being attacked, and that day, they were hungry all day and did not dare to eat.
If it weren't for the existence of the golden finger and Xiaoyuan, Lu Xi might not have been able to hold on here, but anyway, she survived.
"The sun is fine today, let's try a slate barbecue." The barbecue called the flower chicken method must have mud, the water source is difficult to find, and Lu Xi is reluctant to use the dew collected and drunk every night to mix the mud, so he thought of other barbecue methods.
"Uh-huh!" Xiao Yuan's tail flicked wildly, looking forward to it.