"Woohoo!!"

"Wang!"

"Wow!"

Lawrence was surveying the environment near the forest, and the three sled dogs that ran out seemed to have noticed something, and kept barking.

It didn't sound like he was in trouble, and Lawrence approached with a stick in one hand and a branch in the way.

"Wow! Whew......"

Lawrence emerges from the forest and sees Tim in a place where small trees, dead grass, and vines grow, and the rabbit surrounded by three sled dogs.

The white rabbit was motionless and shivering in place, fat and cute.

It is estimated to weigh seven or eight pounds.

Lawrence stepped on the roots of the stones and trees, crouched down slowly, and raised the stick in his hand as he approached the rabbit.

Bang!

The fat rabbit quickly kicked his legs and lay on the ground, and Lawrence quickly made up for it a few times when he saw this.

"Well done." Lawrence whispered his appreciation, and quickly picked up the rabbit with a bleeding mouth and stood up, "I'll give you broth to drink in the evening." ”

"Maybe a small piece of meat should be given more, not more."

Lawrence looked satisfied, continued to walk outside, and also said to the three cheerful big dogs, "Good luck today. ”

"You must know that the rabbit will hide in the hole after the winter, although I don't know why the rabbit came out, but this kind of thing does not happen very often."

"Hunting is too much of a matter of luck, and if you can catch a deer, of course you can eat it for a winter, but you also have to take into account that there are many times when there is no harvest."

"The more winter you get, the more likely you are to get hungry, the faster you consume energy, and it's easy to have problems just eating meat."

Lawrence and the sled dogs talked, and although the three dogs didn't understand what Lawrence meant, they were both thinking about the same thing.

Food problems.

Small animals such as squirrels and mice have also been caught these days, and Lawrence has discovered a key problem as he eats them.

Fat.

If you don't have enough fatty meat, it's not easy to accumulate fat just by eating those lean meats.

The energy consumed by going out hunting, combined with the energy lost at an accelerated rate by the cold winter, will only get thinner and thinner if the final harvest is some lean meat and fatless fish.

Fish meat is much lower in fat and calories than the rest of the meat, so it's okay to eat as a side dish, but it's troublesome when used as a staple food.

"If you can't get extra prey, then Andrew's survival is more advanced."

Andrew's way of survival is to live honestly, not to catch fish, to hunt only by traps, to rely on farming for staple food, and to collect protection money from the bottom of the mountain.

In this way, unnecessary energy loss and risk can be reduced, and more energy can be accumulated smoothly.

Lawrence spent some time surveying the surrounding terrain before taking the three dogs back to the rockhouse on the hill.

Today's work is to fill the holes and use stones to stabilize the foundation.

Lawrence picked up suitable stones from the nearby ground and carried them one by one to the edge of the pit.

The stones are not thrown into them, but are piled up like puzzles according to their shapes and sizes.

The three sled dogs were accustomed to everything around them, and while Lawrence was working, the three sled dogs slept on the grass.

The movement of going up and down the mountain is enough to consume the exuberant energy of these sled dogs.

Mechanical labor is torture for these sled dogs.

But Lawrence was busy from morning to afternoon, constantly collecting and carrying stones.

When you are tired, you sit down and rest, carving out your own survey map on a smooth wooden board.

"If I build a mountain road, I can cut the time I go up and down the mountain by more than half, and I have more time to do other things."

"But building a mountain road is much more troublesome than building a house, and it can't be completed in a few years."

"There are no farmland buildings or anything like that, and I used to walk wherever I could, but gradually I got used to the same road."

"Now you can plan the nearest road specifically according to the distance and terrain, and if you keep walking from here in the future, you can step on a sturdy road a little, so there is no need to go far."

In the absence of timekeeping tools, it is not easy to distinguish which of the two roads is closer.

But if you have a map, you can get out of the habit and scientifically work out a shortcut.

These things were not difficult, and Lawrence deliberately took a new path when he came down the mountain.

When he came across the dense haystacks at the bottom of the hillside, Lawrence would throw it out with a stone tied with woolen thread.

If the stone falls to the ground and makes a solid sound, it means that the place under the cliff can be stepped on.

When the stone falls down and the rope is tightened, it means that the grass is deeper than you see!

The sticks have a limited range, so Lawrence needs to use flying stones to determine the path ahead.

As he walked down the mountain, he pulled back the flying stone in his hand and threw it into the dense grass.

When the house appeared in view, the road was much easier, and Lawrence approached the hut with three excited dogs eager to go home.

"Master!"

Sophia, who was shepherding sheep, spotted Lawrence and waved happily in greeting.

Lawrence noticed that he had come back early today, probably an hour earlier than usual.

Sophia had already run over and was even happier when she saw the rabbit in Lawrence's hand.

"The hosts! Did you catch a rabbit? ”

Lawrence smiled and said, "Of course! Good luck today! ”

In fact, you can put the rabbit in the back basket behind you, which saves time and effort.

But Lawrence's vanity made him willingly endure a little more, and walked for a long time with an eight-pound rabbit in one hand.

The hard work was worth it, and looking at the cute little girl who looked up at him with excited eyes, Lawrence walked out in a happy mood.

"Give this rabbit's fur to Sophia for you to use, make you a pair of rabbit skin gloves, and if you are rich, you can make another pair of socks to protect your little feet."

Sophia followed Lawrence in the direction of the house, and asked with concern, "Master, don't you keep it for yourself?" ”

Lawrence confidently said, "I'll catch more rabbits, and rats and squirrels are good, and their skins can be used." ”

"The master is amazing!" Sophia adoringly praised Lawrence, and quickly took out an iron object from the pocket of the apron in front of herd, "Master, I picked this thing up when I was herding sheep today!" ”

"You picked up something again?" Lawrence looked at Sophia curiously.

After receiving the things handed over by Sophia's little hand, he said casually: "Oh, it's a sheep's hoof, this thing is not needed for the time being, keep it for now, and take it to the blacksmith shop to exchange something next time you go to the town." ”

Sofia picked up a rusty sheep's hoof, which was supposed to have landed nearby when the Dom sheep was running.

The people of this era have mastered the technique of nailing the hooves of sheep and cows, so this thing is common in many places, but this rusty one is of little use.

"Hmm!" Sophia also felt that this thing was useless, and when she saw that Lawrence had arrived at the door, she said, "I'm going to herd the sheep." ”

"Okay."

Sophia soon ran back to herding the sheep.