Chapter 66: Predation

In this world, there is no currency yet.

By bartering things, it is not easy for people to think about it, and it is not easy to want to die.

Yinshui Town has more than 5,000 households.

It is surrounded by acres of fields, and there are crops in the fields.

Naturally, people could not stay in the fields, so they had to set up sheds on the outer edge of the fields, not far from the stream, where the terrain was higher and there was no stagnant water.

For the past two months, because of hunger, because of the cold, because of the plunder, because of the wild beasts, because of the terrain.

And for many various reasons, thousands of people lost their lives.

The depletion of food has actually driven everyone to the point of exhaustion.

If Yougen and Lao Gong do not reach an agreement, then more people will die on a rainy night.

Lao Gong asked the townspeople to bring some millet, and everyone collected the damp firewood.

Relying on the existing shacks, several open spaces were enclosed.

Pitch-black smoke rose from the fire.

The smoke was washed away by the rain and thinned.

Under the shack, thick smoke blinded the eyes.

Outside the shack, the smoke is faint.

The light gruel that can reflect the reflection cannot satisfy people's parched stomachs.

But for the hungry, the taste of porridge is extremely tempting.

At night, the straw mat is spread on the thin mud stained with rainwater, and the muddy water seeps out and soaks into the dead grass on the mat.

The dense rain fell under the shed, and everyone hugged each other on the straw mats.

One lay down in front of the carriage, lying on the board, rolling up the quilt.

The spring rain continued to fall, and the water in the pool had overflowed the shore, but the rain still showed no signs of stopping.

It wasn't until late at night that the rain gradually stopped.

The wind blew in the middle of the night, and the breeze blew over the corner of the thick cloth in front of the car.

The light moonlight, through the thin dome, fell on the face of the root through the thin gap where the thick cloth was blown open.

A six-inch-long scar, slanted to the left, pierced the slightly thinner lip and split in two by the open flap.

The transparent liquid slid out from between the corners of his lips, and he turned sideways in the direction of the carriage.

The man in charge of the night watchman at the carriage re-covered him with a thick cloth that had been blown away by the wind.

The gentle wind brought the long howl of wild wolves in the distant wilderness.

The whistling sound is high-pitched, from far to near.

The whistling ended with the crow of chickens, and the sky turned white.

When he opened his eyes, Yougen sat up, lifted the quilt on his body, and someone next to him handed over a bowl of soup residue in a timely manner.

Yougen smiled and gently pushed away the bowl that had been handed to him.

Put on straw sandals and get out of the carriage, dripping with mud.

Yougen walked around casually with an indifferent face.

The sky was not yet bright, the morning sun in the east had not yet risen, and there were snoring sounds around the shack from time to time.

There are many old people who have been in ancient times for a long time to wake up, and the old people move lightly.

But the subtle sound still woke up some strong men.

Then there was a shouting and scolding.

More and more people woke up, and countless voices rang out.

Calmly observing the noisy surroundings, Yougen left the crowd without stopping.

The cool and clear flowing water flows down the shallow waterway to the depths beyond the reach of the eye.

One walked over to the waterway and looked down at his own reflection on the water.

There were several potholes, and many brown scars had begun to peel off on the distorted and deformed face.

The scars that have fallen off have stark scars in place.

Within two months, the hair grew at an astonishing rate, and the hair was fluffy and scattered on the top of the head.

The soft hair lying on the scalp and yellowing on the edge looked unusually weird, but it covered the vertical and horizontal cracks on the top of the head.

This is something to be thankful for.

Raising his hand, he brushed away the messy hair tangled in front of his forehead, and a mocking smile appeared on Yougen's face.

In the middle of the day, people are building shelters to live in, and dozens of children are playing by the running water, not far from Yougen.

Yougen was still staring at the flowing water under the scorching sun.

Children playing with the mud in the distance, playing with each other, will look at the river bank from time to time, and the direction in which they are standing.

The damp silt falls into the water, and the mud mixed with the stems and roots scatters in the water.

The yellow mud spots that stick to the roots of the stems are carried downstream in the continuous dissipation.

The shrinking mud spots fall into the sight of the roots with the flowing water, and the reflection reflected in the water also breaks down into countless pieces.

Frowning, he gritted his teeth, and with a single kick kicked a large cloud of soft dirt into the water.

"Boom. ”

Countless circles rippled on the surface of the water, and the scene on the surface of the water became fragmented.

"Forget it!" put his hands towards the undulating water surface and stretched out his middle finger, and said sharply: "If you don't see anyone in the future, just find a beggar, it's always okay!"

After speaking, Yougen turned around, put his hands behind his back, and strode away very freely.

Only dozens of immature children on the riverside were left, looking at each other for unknown reasons.

The continuous drizzle is a gift to the farmers in spring.

It is also a relic left behind by spring.

After spring, it is naturally summer.

Anyone who knows the field knows that summer is a hurdle of the year.

In the summer, the fragile stems and leaves of the crops will face hot temperatures and scorching sunshine.

and the menacing torrential rain that seems to drown everything.

Yougen stopped the people who weeded in the dry fields, and the people who missed the spring ploughing but still planned to plant millet.

The pestle mud was used to build houses, dead grass was collected, soil was built into kangs, and trees were cut down for beams.

Tens of thousands of people, under the command of Yougen, built their new homes with great enthusiasm.

There are nothing in the mud house and the grass roof, but the earthen kang is a rare item.

Although everyone was puzzled by this, they still did what Yougen said.

At sunset, more than 40 earthen houses standing on the high ground can already be seen in rudiment.

A team of hunters, who had just been formed, brought back prey from afar.

Yougen looked at it, except for the six people who had a lot of gains, the rest of the teams had only hunted one or two animals, and some teams had not even caught anything.

Nodding to Shi Nao and the others, Yougen took someone to pick up the corn sent from Yinshui Town.

In the curling smoke, the hungry people finally ate a little oily.

The next day, most of the people stayed on the high ground to continue building mud houses.

Arigen led the hunting team into the far side of the field.

Around the dry fields, there is water but no river.

There are no gaps in the soil, and weeds with lush grass and leaves up to waist high make up the green and soft meadows.

A few white clouds, stopping in the windless blue sky.

Under the white clouds, on the meadows, there are several green hills.

The sound of apes in the green mountains is endless, and the sound of insects in the meadows is continuous.

The townspeople of Yinshui Town, like the townspeople of Caoyun County, are not very proficient in hunting.

They don't set complicated traps, don't know how to use bait, and don't know how to raise fire to drive smoke and enclose one.

Moreover, the townspeople of Yinshui Town will not be like the beggars in the shack areas such as the naphthalm, who exhaust manpower for their livelihood and hunt all the prey around them like fishing.

So, there are many wild things in the meadows.

Yougen led a hunting team of several people in groups and shuttled through the meadow.