The weather is really sunny today.
The river is also very calm, very quiet, and there is no wind. A few days ago, the water on the bank of the river would wash the shoal wave after wave, but today, this is not the case.
It's so peaceful, a little weird.
The water in the river is not clear, but the shallows are fine. If you go one meter further out, you will not be able to see the underwater situation in a slightly deeper place.
In such a crisis-ridden world that cannot be rationalized, one cannot underestimate any detail, and ignoring it is death. What's more, this river is regarded by the tribes as a high-risk area like the Black Marsh. The smooth fishing in the past few days does not mean that it is safe.
Seeing Shao Xuan like this, the boy who was in high spirits stopped his movements in confusion and stepped back. They are greedy, they are not smart, but they are not stupid, and they cherish their lives. Besides, the events during this period made them trust Shao Xuan a lot. After stepping back, they all looked at Shao Xuan.
Shao Xuan stood on the bank, looking at the calm river in front of him, thinking.
The river is still calm, except for this, not much different from usual. The water did not change color, and nothing suspicious appeared.
Is it too suspicious
Suddenly, white and translucent creatures appeared in front of them. They were like upside-down shuttlecocks, and they also had many whisker-like tentacles, which swam with the swing of the tentacles.
With the previous experience, Shao Xuan knew that such a situation would not happen for no reason. It should be because there are such creatures in the water, and this thing is very dangerous.
Shao Xuan took the straw rope tied with the stone worm and threw it into the water. The place where the stone worm fell into the water was only two meters away from the shore. After the stone worm fell into the water, Shao Xuan did not feel the violent pulling of the piranha's bait through the straw rope.
The black lump floating on the water was shaking slightly. If you didn't look carefully, you would only think that the stone worm below was struggling, but after fishing for a few days, Shao Xuan was very familiar with the struggle of the stone worm. But now the fact is that the black mass on the water vibrates slightly less than before, and there is a trend towards smaller vibrations.
Shao Xuan pulled the straw rope back, and when he saw the appearance of the stone worm, all the little cubs who had been staring at this side came over.
The stone worm was not bitten off, but the entire body of the worm turned white and shrunk in a circle, still stiff, maintaining the twisted state when struggling underwater.
Putting the deformed stone worm on the ground, Shao Xuan tapped the worm's body with the back of the stone knife.
click!
After a slight crunch, the stone worm was broken, and it was broken brittlely, and it did not have the soft body of a normal stone worm at all.
The little cubs standing beside them looked terrified. If this person goes into the water, will it also become dry, hard and brittle, and it will break when you break it
No one dared to try, not even the water, and avoided it far away.
Shao Xuan threw a few more stone worms into the water, and the same situation happened every time. After a few seconds of throwing them, they would turn into crunchy worms, and there was not a single fish biting the bait in the water for a long time.
"It's not that the fish are not interested in the worms, or that there are no fish around today. There are terrible things in the water now, and the fish may have all run away. Probably, the fish will not come back until the creature leaves." Shao Xuan retracted the straw rope. , said.
"Then... when will the fish come back?" a child asked. Now they are not afraid of the hideous-looking piranhas at all, but they are looking forward to seeing them, and they are not panicking in one day.
"I don't know, I'll see you tomorrow." Shao Xuan shook his head, and briefly talked to the two soldiers who were responsible for guarding the riverbank, telling them to be careful not to let the tribesmen go into the water, leaving a worm for them to study.
"Go back, weave more straw first, and use it next time." Shao Xuan advised. If the straw rope is not woven well, it will not be strong, and it will not work if you use it twice, so it consumes a lot of money. Today is just a break, and Shao Xuan thought about letting them pull enough grass and sit in the hole to weave straw rope.
Although seeing the appearance of the stone worm made these little brats very scared, they were more unwilling in their hearts.
If you could fish normally today, how many would you have to catch? There must be four, right? If Caesar could dig more worms, they might catch more. For the sake of his life, he can't be caught today. According to what Ah Xuan said just now, he will come and see him tomorrow. But what if it's the same tomorrow? The day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or even the day after, you can't fish
It's scary to think about!
The children in the cave were anxious, and they were all absent-minded when they returned to the cave to weave straw.
Shao Xuan sat at the entrance of the cave, basking in the sun, while recalling the kind of creature he "saw" just now, and by the way, thinking about the coming winter.
On this day, many people who went to the river bank to fish were chased back by guard soldiers.
People who lived near the foot of the mountain discovered a few days ago that the children who lived in the cave usually ate, slept, slept and ate, and seldom walked out of the cave and robbed things everywhere, became more diligent! Those children would go out every day, returning from the river bank after lunchtime in the afternoon, and every time they came back, they would use a straw rope to drag back a strange big head fish with long arms and full of fangs.
Some curious people followed, and wanted to learn how to fish, but first, it was difficult for them to dig up stone worms, and they couldn’t bring anything to replace them. They couldn’t catch fish just by throwing the grass rope. Even if you catch stone worms or use other substitutes, it is difficult to catch fish as easily as Shao Xuan and the others. There are a few times when you catch a creature that you don't know what it is. boss.
In the end, those people noticed that Shao Xuan used a black thing that would float on the water. Compared with Shao Xuan, the fishing equipment in their hands was only that one. When you don't use that thing, the harvest is really not ideal.
Shao Xuan analyzed the reason, probably because those piranhas don't like to move underwater. When the grass rope is tied with the bait, it sinks. The use of floating objects such as wooden blocks does not last for a long time. creatures are dragged down. And once the stone worm touches the bottom of the water and encounters the soil and gravel in the ground, it is easy to escape. The combination of these two factors leads to an unsatisfactory harvest.
In the past few days, Shao Xuan asked Caesar to help catch some bugs in the black swamp, and made a lot of black pieces. He used this person near the foot of the mountain to exchange some meat and fur. There was not much meat. children ate. As for the fur in exchange, even if it's not good fur, it will make the coming winter a little easier.
Therefore, apart from these children in the cave, some people in the area near the foot of the mountain who did not go out for hunting are also fishing. No one thinks that there is not enough food. Winter is coming, so don’t stock up on food, and feel at ease.
But today everyone is very disappointed.
Shao Xuan looked at another group of people returning from the river with their heads drooping in the distance, and sighed.
Suddenly, Caesar, who was lying beside him, stood up and stared in one direction.
Shao Xuan looked over.
There are a few large rocks about 20 meters away from the cave. On weekdays, if the weather is good, there are children lying on the top to bask in the sun. At this time, there was no one on those big rocks, but Shao Xuan could see a little bit of exposed animal skin on the edge.
Even Shao Xuan could recognize it from a corner. It was Sai, who used to rob Shao Xuan of things, and was beaten down by Shao Xuan at the training ground a few days ago. Normally, the two boys, Ye and Zhan, would follow next to Sai, but today they came again.
The day before yesterday, when Shao Xuan took Caesar to the edge of the black swamp to catch bugs, the three blocked Shao Xuan in the gravel, trying to grab the small black pieces that could float on the water. The two sides fought, but at that time the hole There were children in the house, and the three of them ran away quickly. Today, the three of them probably didn't give up, and they wanted to steal something from here.
They did not dare to grab the fish. The tribe had regulations against grabbing the food of the children in the cave, but other fishing tools were not included in the food list.
Shao Xuan touched his chin, patted Caesar, let him wait for a while, and then turned around and entered the hole.
"Little ones," Shao Xuan said to the people in the cave, "Everyone's performance has been good recently, and they have also hunted a lot of prey, which is very good. If this goes on, plus the food distributed by the tribe, we will not be able to do this this winter. I'm going to starve. But what if someone comes to snatch our stuff at this time?"
When I heard Shao Xuan's voice, I thought I could go out to fish. The eyes of all the shy people brightened, but when I heard that they were not, their eyes darkened again. His eyes were replaced by anger.
robbing
beat! !
Do not steal fish but only tools
Tools don't work either! !
But what is "stealing"? What, you say that taking it without telling it is stealing? Doesn't that mean stealing? ! Hit it! !
Shao Xuan said that for these little brats, "eat" is the most beautiful and pleasant word in the world, and food is the specific interpretation of this word. Whoever wants to grab their food is to touch what they care about most. Fight with anyone.
At this moment, he took his two servants and hid behind the big boulder outside the cave to discuss how to take some black lumps while the people in the cave didn't pay attention. He was talking in a low voice, and Caesar suddenly jumped down from above. , pounced on the three of them.
It was so sudden that the three of them were startled and jumped away reflexively.
Sai, who was dodging, was still in shock, clenching the stick in his hand, staring at Caesar, thinking that if the wolf took another step forward, he would swing the stick.
Thinking so deeply, Sai didn't pay attention to his surroundings until Ye and Zhan poked him.
"Poke what poke? Didn't see me..."
Sai turned his head and shouted, but before he could finish speaking, Sai followed the direction Ye Hezhan pointed, and saw more than 20 people standing at the entrance of the cave, holding sticks, rocks, etc., full of anger and fierce eyes. Stare here, lads.