Survival In the World of Beasts - Chapter 71

The workload of picking the next day was much less. Yu Amu and the others basically completed it in one morning, but Li Shizhao somehow did not send out any more males and cubs. Just tell them that the little sign that was given to them that day will have surprises in the future.

Even the females who had passed the ritual sent Li Shizhen back to the hot spring area and did not participate in the morning picking. After all, there are a few pregnant females left in the hot spring area. Li Shizhao is not relieved, these females will be replaced after returning.

Drying starts in the afternoon. There is a special rake in the valley to turn the pine fruit. I don’t know how many generations of the steps have been passed down. The eminems do it year after year. They are so familiar with them and don’t need the participation of young people.

This is so that the young man who has been tired for a long time can finally rest for a while. Both Li Shizhen and Bai tacitly did not arrange other tasks.

It is precisely because they are doing the work of picking and processing fir fruits every year. Although the eminems have no concept of counting, they can obviously feel that although there are a lot fewer fir fruits on the tree this year, they finally collected them. It’s not much less than last year! You can tell by looking at the drying area. The border that we have reached in previous years is almost that border this year.

The wish of Ah Zhao’s holy fir really worked!

This time was different from the oolong that Bai and the others came back that day in Xuedong, it was a wish that was truly fulfilled. For a time, Li Shizhen’s three wishes were repeatedly mentioned in the valley. The eminems seemed to let go of the deepest worry in their hearts and smiled. Obviously reduced yields can be harvested so much more, so the males must be able to bring their prey back from the south!

Unexpectedly, the rumors quickly stabbed Li Shizhao. There are a lot of young females who are close to Li Zhizheng. Everyone pushes each other around. In the end, Ah Man was the most courageous and asked Li Shizhen this question: “Ash, are you blessed by the Holy Spirit? Is it all your wish? Can it be realized? Eminem said that there are really as many fir fruits as last year, and the Holy Spirit told you the place where the fruits are stored.”

Li Shizhao was a little bit dumbfounded for a while. He didn’t expect that yesterday’s story was so outrageous. It shouldn’t be. Those cubs should all know that they didn’t explain it clearly to the family.

In fact, there is nothing surprising to put it bluntly. Of course, this is not the blessing of the Holy Spirit circulating among the people. Li Shizhao only thought that the holy fir fruit in his hand seemed to be pushed down by squirrel-like animals. It can be seen that the fir fruit did not mature at the same time until this time, but should mature one after another, because of the squirrel-like animals in his hand. Although it is slightly green, it is obviously about to mature.

But they have never seen it on the tree nor found it under the tree. If you think about the active little animals in the woods, it is not difficult to imagine where these fir fruits have gone. Li Shizhao knew that animals have the instinct to store food for the winter. He just asked the cubs who have more free time and are curious to carefully observe the habits of the little animals and see what their recipes look like. They Where did Congguo hide?

Li Shizhao has reason to believe that these pre-matured and hidden fir fruits are not a minority. After all, the fruits of a tree must be ripened differently. In modern times, he has heard the saying that he has to pick several times. It is a picking, and it will definitely use the method of ripening under the tree. At least for most fruit trees, fir trees are unlikely to be accidents.

The food of the little animals picked up by the cubs shows that these little animals live in warm valleys. In winter, there is actually plenty of food. There is no kind of little animals that only live on fir fruit. Their recipes Quite mixed, insects, fruits and vegetables, fewer fir fruits, and only a few spare grains, which will not endanger survival. What is really affected should be the number of fir tree seedlings that sprout from these forgotten fir fruits in the coming year.

Because of this, Li Shizhao did not ask the males to collect these fir fruits again this morning. Even if this heavy snow season seems to be long, their food seems to be plentiful at the moment. This is the ancient motto of the Chinese, and Li Shizhao dare not forget it in another world.

So he will remember not to cut down the big and small fir trees, nor allow the orcs to over-fishing, even the small animals in the forest will not use up their spare food. Leaving some leeway, from a materialistic point of view, is the so-called sustainable development, and from an ideal point of view, it is a respect for nature.

Li Shizhen doesn’t care about idealistic materialism. It’s just that in this world where the laws of survival are extremely fair, the survival of the orcs should not be based on the exploitation of the living space of other species. The development of the earth has gone through a fork in the road. Li Zhizhen only hopes the orcs. No need to go through it again.

At this time, I thought about the blessing of the Holy Spirit mentioned by the people in the valley, and Li Shizhao thought of the holy fir fruit that reminded him of these things. Maybe there is an inexplicable providence, and the will of the Holy Spirit may be true. Does it exist? It’s just that it is not simply the will of the Holy Cong, it should be the will that allows all species to grow and survive fairly under the laws of nature.

The will of the Holy Spirit is the sacred fir that allowed the ancestors of the valley to survive in the ancient story, and it was also the sacred fir that fell into the palm of Li Shizhen’s hand not long ago. Regardless of whether the Zhien Illustrated Report or the room left, these are all choices made by the ancestors of the valley and Li Zhixun in obedience to the will of the Holy Spirit. Nature has given them a glimmer of hope for survival, but they must not abuse this hope to deprive other species of hope.

Li Zhizhen recovered from his contemplation and smiled slightly. Perhaps the blessing of the Holy Spirit really exists, but it is not Li Zhizhen alone who is blessing him, but the kind and industrious ethnic group in front of him.

Seeing that Li Shizhao did not answer for a long time, with a subtle expression, Ah Man worried that his question was offensive to the Holy Spirit, so he hurriedly said: “It doesn’t matter if you don’t say it, Ah, I just want to know if my Apa can Come back safely?”

For a while, the young females who had their relatives went to the south all held their breath and looked at Li Shizhen. Even the young males who were playing around stopped and turned their heads to stare and listen.

Fortunately, the previous question is that Li Shizhao really couldn’t answer this question, but saying that he didn’t know was too much of a blow to everyone’s confidence that it was hard to recover. Li Shizhao smiled bitterly. It seemed that he could only do it again. He smiled slowly and said, “Don’t worry, everyone will have arrangements for the Holy Spirit.”

The evasive responsibilities and ambiguities are really magical professional skills. Li Shizhen drove the ducks to the shelves, but unexpectedly taught him nothing.

“No matter how dangerous the south is, all the appars are experienced old hunters. They will not be easily knocked down. The patrolling team will pay attention to catching them. The most important thing at the moment is our preparations for the heavy snow season. Now The snow season has just arrived. Although we have fished and picked pineapples, we cannot relax in planting and breeding. After all, fish and pineapples are limited, but the planting and breeding can always produce output. If the aps come back, When they find that we have enough food, they don’t have to go out hunting anymore.”

The young females were soothed by Li Zhizhen, and realized the importance of their work, but calmed down.

Bai did not have time to stop Aman’s questioning, but just listened to Li Shizhao’s words. Li Shizhao did not, as he always did, open the door to the facts and tell the facts, but first used the Holy Spirit to appease the people with facts. Speaking, obviously also carefully considered everyone’s tolerance.

White nodded, he looked at the group of young males who were obviously energetic and willing to listen to the gossip of the females. This group of guys, rest or something, forget it, they are not suitable for rest by nature!

Bai originally wanted to pull these guys out for hunting, but recently he didn’t find a large group of prey. Once he went out, he was afraid that it would take many days. Li Shizun would not be able to plant it for a few days because he was afraid that he would need manpower.

He moved in his heart, thinking that on weekdays everyone would talk about things on the open space by the lake, and even have dinner together. If it snowed or something, it would be inconvenient. It happened that the reclamation in the north had saved a lot of small timber, and the warehouse also had it. There are some big trees, it is better to build a big house at this time, any big gatherings in winter can also be held here.

Bai walked up to Li Shizhao and said, Li Shizhao glanced at the males who were “unavailable” in his mouth in surprise. As expected, several of them were helping the eminems to dry. Since they don’t take a break, it would be a blessing to everyone. .

The two quickly negotiated and decided. Li Shizhao considered that it was a place for people to gather for dinner, and it was not good to sit cross-legged on the ground when the weather was getting cold. He also thought of a stool. This kind of stool is simple in shape, although it is not comfortable. However, many people can sit, which is more suitable for the current environment.

Everyone in the valley has done things like building houses, and this group of young males is just when they can’t run out of strength. This kind of manual work is also handy. Under Bai’s command, it didn’t take long for the whole big house to be at the bottom of the house. The frame was built up little by little.

The females first watched. Li Shizhen, who had experienced a labor shortage some time ago, felt it shameful to waste labor. The females were pulled aside by him and started to make benches. The females were clever and dexterous, and after each division of labor, It’s not too slow to make with stone tools, but the conditions are limited, the stools made are not all the same.

Thinking that there are still some elderly people in the valley who will participate in these activities when the time comes, the stools are probably too crude, so Li Shizhao took the lead in making some tables and chairs. It was cold in winter, and the chairs would have to be covered with animal skins.

It is Ying Emu who is in charge of the animal skins. He is drying it now. Li Shizhen is not in a hurry. He plans to go to Ying Emu for help someday when the Eminems are free. In fact, Ying Emu is not very old in the valley. It seems that he should be about the same as Yu Emu and others. It is the age that Li Shizhao met in modern times called Uncle, and somehow he was also with Shi Emu and the others at that age. Staying in the valley, it seems that he also followed Yang Apa and the others into the snow cave.

Li Shizhao thought about it here. The eminems over there are doing almost the drying process. They have to put them away at night, and they will be dried again tomorrow. If you look at your face, it should be almost ready for storage in a few days. The frame of the young male’s house is almost built, only to make up the walls of the room.

The young females are doing a good job. So many people are working together. Now that they are assembled, they have assembled a few stools of different lengths and shorts. Li Shizhao looked at them one by one. Although they are not very smooth, they still look good. Reliable, let’s just do it for the first time. They all rely on stone axes and stone hammers. The efficiency and accuracy can’t be improved. It’s good to make it like this.

Within a few days, a pretty decent assembly hall was built. Bai’s aesthetic was good. This was Li Shizhen’s first impression after looking at the hall frame. It was not built into a square like the big wooden house in Yangapa. The assembly hall was actually built in a round shape, with a door open, and a cone at the top. From a distance, it is very distinctive and easy to identify.

In the hall, Li Shizhen led the women to make tables, chairs, stools and everything. The big animal skin used for decorating work was also moved into the hall by Li Shizhao.

The first time I had a morning meeting here in the morning, young people sitting on benches and chairs were very fresh. Li Shizhen and Bai sat on the top and waited for everyone’s excitement to pass before they began to arrange their work.

The first thing is that Li Shizhao announced that Congguo can be put into storage, and he calculated that this year’s output is not much different from last year’s. This news drew everyone’s excitement and cheers. After all, the former is speculation and the latter is confirmation, and the meaning is naturally different from the official statistics. This also means that the staple food of the heavy snow season that everyone is most worried about can basically be assured.

Li Zhizhu pointed to the big animal skin by the way and said: “In the future, our work will be placed on this animal skin. If the fruit picking work like this is done well, a leaf will be drawn.” After that, he was on the animal skin. A whole leaf is drawn next to the icon of fir fruit on the skin. The cheers of the crowd rose again.

After everyone calmed down, Bai poured some cold water in a timely manner: “Although fruit picking and fishing are going well, don’t forget that there is still a long snow season. None of us knows this snow season will be. how long.”

The crowd calmed down completely, and Bai Cai said unhurriedly: “Planting and breeding are still the focus of recent work. Don’t relax.”

Then he turned his head and glanced at the leaders of the hunting team: “The patrol is still the same, but the distance is farther, to see where Apa and the others are, whether they can be picked up, and pay attention to the traces of the prey, not just the big animals. Some small animals lay eggs regularly and can also provide a lot of food.”

Up to this moment, Li Shizhao had subtlely realized something. Bai didn’t know if it was intentional about the design of the hall. A platform was built opposite to the gate, 20 or 30 centimeters higher. He and Bai are sitting here now. On the stage, although I can’t say that I looked down, it was also far away from the people underneath.

And the seating arrangement at the bottom is that the heads of each group are sitting on the chairs in front, and the other young people are sitting on the benches behind the heads. The formation of this order was natural, but it was subtly accepted by everyone for the first time. It may be because the height of the table is limited, and the chair is surrounded by a large spliced ​​table. The communication between everyone is very smooth and there is no obstacle.

Sitting in the crowd like this, with a white tone and tone of work, there is no sense of disobedience. Although the first time he saw Bai’s appearance, he faintly realized that this person’s facial features were too sharp and aggressive, but probably because of the two people getting along day and night, after getting familiar and close, this feeling was greatly weakened, and the big cat was still in his heart. That big cat.

But now that Bai has returned to his own ethnic group, this look, such a posture, and the conviction of the people around him make Li Shizhao a little distracted. Maybe this is what the big cat should look like when he grows up? The king of the jungle, back in the race, is also the leader of the crowd?

Seeing that Li Shizun was wandering, Bai smiled secretly in his heart, not knowing what strange corner the female’s thoughts had floated to. Since Li Shizhen didn’t return to his senses, Bai continued to arrange the work for him. Anyway, they communicated with each other every day, and he was also very clear about the hot spring area and the North Forest.

“In the North Forest, the fertilizer has been almost ready in the past two days. The team that did not patrol today went to fill the fertilizer with the other females. After a few days, when the weather is clear, the transplantation of corn seedlings will begin.”

The young women wrinkled as soon as they heard that they were going to fill up. If Li Shizun was doing the arrangement, although everyone would definitely do it, it would be inevitable to mumble a few words quietly. It was just that Bai said these words with a bitter expression on his face, the females’ voices all swallowed back secretly, and even Ah Man didn’t say anything.

Li Shizhao came back to his senses, and saw that the females were a little conscientious, and thought it was a bit funny. The big cat beside him hadn’t been stern and didn’t raise his voice. Why did everyone have a surrender expression.

He smiled and added: “I’ve been to see it. The fermented product is almost the same. The taste is not as great as before. You can rest assured. And the corn seedlings are planted, which means that maybe we will have a harvest in a while. Hard work like this is not in vain.”

After such a remark, the expressions of the females were relaxed a lot, and it turned out that Ah Zhao was still the gentlest!

Li Shizhao had never planted any ground, but seeing the fermented material that had completely turned black, he knew that it was time to toss these things. So he only said it was groping. As for the amount of fertilizer, he could not grasp it well, but if the concentration is too high, it will burn the seedlings. He guessed that fortunately, there are not many fermented fertilizers, which are distributed per unit area. There won’t be many.

So he just confessed that he would evenly mix the fertilizer into the soil, turning over the soil again by the way, and be careful not to use too much, etc. I am afraid that the specific problem will still be seen on the spot.

After the explanation, everyone still received the farm tools according to their respective groups. The females covered their mouths and noses with animal skins in advance. Because there were males this time, the arduous task of transporting organic fertilizer to the farmland was not completed by the females. .

For Li and Yong, who often hunt down their prey in blood and blood, let alone now, the smell of unfermented fertilizer is nothing. Sometimes in order to hide and hide, they have nothing on their bodies. The male smells. Although they are naturally more sensitive than females, they are also much more resistant to harsh environments.

What caused trouble at the beginning was the new tool introduced by Li Shizhao. Picking up the heavy objects at both ends with a flat wood really requires skill. Li Shizhao finally saw that the males couldn’t play with the flat wood before switching to the trailer. He said he had picked it himself, and he couldn’t pick it, and soon his shoulders were worn out. It can be seen that copying the experience from one’s own impression may not always be possible. As for the trailer, the males have a lot of strength, so it is easy to drag this fertilizer.

Some time ago, everyone has accumulated a little experience in digging the soil, knowing that at least it is better to dig the soil softly, and it is the same now, but it is not difficult to mix the fertilizer while digging. And the females found that, as Li Shizhu said, after these fertilizers turned black, they really didn’t taste much, there was less resistance in their hearts, and everyone’s movements were faster.

Seeing that Li, Yong, and Ache’s organization is still organized here, Li Shizhao pulled out and went to the nursery area. The corn had all sprouted at this time, and two or three long strips had grown one after another. The tender green leaves are very gratifying at first glance.

Ahu took care of these fragile seedlings very well. Li Shizhao took a closer look and found that the foundation of these seedlings was pretty good. After a rough look, the germination rate was quite high. At least they buried the corn seeds horizontally and vertically. Now they have grown into rows of neatly arranged seedlings, and only one or two missing positions can be seen occasionally.

The seedlings also seem to be healthy, there are no sick seedlings, and no insects. Moreover, Ahu and the others are very strict, and they have built a fence to enclose the nursery area. The small animals that like to eat the sprouts can’t come and harass.

The seedlings can be transplanted in warm weather. Fortunately, the soil in the hot spring area was moved in the beginning. In order to prevent the soil from being penetrated by the hot water in the hot spring area, wooden boards were used for transplantation. Even the dirt can be moved by a trailer at the same time.

Li Shizhao and Ah Hu talked a few words, and probably discussed the specific matters of transplantation at that time. After discovering that there were no problems or omissions, Li Zhizheng went to the breeding area again. Asha’s belly did not change much. It was just that Li Zhizheng’s eyes were slightly different from the females’ eyes. They were more cordial and more. Up respect.

Before, everyone just thought he was gentle and capable, but now that he deserves to be a person blessed by the Holy Spirit, there are always so many wonderful ideas. Look at the clever ideas of planting and breeding are all brought up by him.

And after the yield of Congguo was guaranteed, the rumors in the valley even said that Ah Zhao’s three wishes will definitely be fulfilled. Then, wouldn’t his male be able to return safely? In any case, I have to thank Ah Zhao for his three wishes.

Li Shizhao didn’t pay much attention to this change. He focused on the animals in the fence, focusing on the lack of feed in the valley, the growth of the animals, and so on.

The rabbits in the cage reproduce very quickly. The little rabbits can already start eating grass. Asha and the others are more careful. They have divided the female rabbit and the little rabbit into separate cages. Some of the cages nearby were caught by the males who had nothing to do while building the hall some time ago. According to this trend, Li Shizhao estimated that the food for the children in the valley could be completely contracted by the breeding area.

The food intake of a few herbivorous dinosaurs still made Li Shizhen entangled. However, depending on their size, four sturdy hooves landed on the ground, and their mouths resembled duck bills. Unlike brachiosaurus, which swallowed food directly, they also had to chew. The largest one is estimated to be almost three meters tall, and it would be a waste to only serve as a meat provider. Seeing these animals with very gentle temperaments, Li Shizhao felt as if he had some other ideas.