The traps set around the house had been unable to catch prey for a long time, so Chen Qi removed all the traps. The Dora Plain began to become silent, and the migrating fauna that could be seen everywhere disappeared, and even the chirping of night insects gradually disappeared at night.
Chen Qi always worried that Aze would tear his wounds if he moved too much. He was unwilling to let him go hunting in the past few days before winter. Anyway, there were many things to be busy at home, and the food stored before was enough for two people to eat for a month or two. In order not to let Aze mention the matter of hunting, Chen Qi handed over the two big bags of salt stones exchanged to Aze, and asked Aze to refine the salt stones.
In addition to the two newly made slate beds, the new home only has a few large bags of wild fruits brought back during this period. Chen Qi melted a jelly fruit and glued several wooden boxes with wooden boards. The threads were tied several layers and fixed, and Chen Qi had picked all the roots of the banyan tree near the house.
In the utility room, a row of wooden shelves was made by Chen Qi, with only one floor, and thick wooden piles were used underneath to bear the load. A shallow fixing groove was dug on the top of the wooden piles with a sword angle knife, and glue and fruit juice were applied. Then embedded the wooden planks. Although the production was rough, it was very practical. Chen Qi even climbed up and jumped a few times to test its bearing capacity. After feeling good, he made a small one for his own room and Aze’s room. Yes, but these two are much more refined, the wood boards are polished, and wood boards are added to the bottom and back of the shelf, which looks more like a cabinet.
Chen Qi cleaned out the animal skins from A Ze's original house, stayed in the same room with the bacon for too long, the animal skins smelled of bacon, Chen Qi disgustedly made a few drying racks outside the house, While the sun is still good, put the animal skins on a hanger to dry to get rid of the smell. In order to exchange for more salt stones, a lot of animal skins were used before, and now there are only less than twenty usable animal skins left, all of which are the softest and warmest animal skins specially left by Aze. The touch is also very good.
"Woohoo." The little wolf cub stumbled out of the house. This little thing grew very fast. It only slept in its nest for the first two days when it was picked up. Now it can run a few steps on the ground.
Chen Qi squatted down and wanted to catch the little wolf cub running towards him. The little wolf cub was still about the size of a palm, but his hair was a little longer and fluffy. The round golden eyes seemed to be filled with mist and wet, as if a few golden peas would drop at any moment, Chen Qi's whole body turned cute.
However, the little wolf cub was obviously not interested in Chen Qi's actions, stopped outside his reach, whined twice, twisted his little butt, and ran back home.
"Chen Qi, it's time to eat." A Ze came out of the house, saw the little wolf cub running back, squatted down and picked it up, the little wolf cub tilted his head contentedly, stretched out his pink tongue and licked it Azer's fingers.
Chen Qi looked at the little wolf cub's obsequious face, and ground his back teeth.
Today is the fourth month without sun after the first snow. The morning sun is still shining brightly, and the temperature remains warm and pleasant as usual. It is hard for Chen Qi to imagine that it will be winter here tomorrow. He will take the last picture After the animal skins were finished drying, he followed Aze into the house.
Aze first carried the little wolf cub back to its special small wooden dish, and poured half a milk fruit into the small wooden dish. The little wolf cub happily wagged its tail, and then couldn't wait to eat it.
Chen Qi saw the corners of his eyes twitching, and couldn't help complaining: "Is this guy really a giant wolf god and not a dog?"
"Dog?" Aze was a little puzzled, "It looks different from a dog, and the giant wolf god is not as cruel as a dog. They only hunt prey that they can eat. Unlike dogs, all creatures that can eat want to bite Take a bite. Although the cub is a little smaller now, the size of an adult is not comparable to a dog."
There are wild dogs and hyenas on the Dora Plain. They are different from domestic dogs. They are so ferocious that they can even challenge lions. attack power.
Chen Qi didn't explain much, and sat by the fire to see what food A Ze had made in the morning. Breakfast is a small plate of rice noodles and a few boiled sweet potatoes. The rice noodles are boiled from the rice berries picked before. There are only two of them. After this meal, they are all cooked.
A Ze secretly took a look at Chen Qi taking a sip of rice porridge contentedly, hesitated for a while, and then took an extremely smooth wooden stick next to him and handed it to Chen Qi, "Chen Qi, the prototype of the wooden bow I've polished it off."
The previous wooden bow was lost while being chased by the locust dragon. When Chen Qi was making wooden shelves, Aze always wanted to come over to help. After all, most of the time when boiling salt stones is just waiting for the salt water to be boiled dry. stare. Chen Qi saw that he couldn't stay idle, so he asked him to make another wooden bow. This time, he had more time, so naturally he needed to polish it carefully.
Chen Qi took the wooden bow, it was smooth in his hand, and the grip was more than a little bit better than the previous one. Seeing that Chen Qi was satisfied, A Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "Chen Qi, the rice berries have been cooked. Although there are still rice berries after winter, the taste of rice berries picked after winter will be unpalatable. At that time, dragons will appear outside the forest, and it will be difficult to find rice berries. .”
Chen Qi looked amusedly at A Ze who was beating around the bush and wanted to go out. In fact, A Ze didn't want to go out at this time, but a large number of plants collected by the two of them were lost when they were chased by the locust dragon. He knew that Chen Qi I don’t like the fact that every meal is meat. All the animals that can migrate on the Dora Plain have almost left. Even if Chen Qi stays at home alone at this time, there will be no surprises. Aze wants to take advantage of the last day to go The forest picked some food and came back.
"Let me take a look at your wound." Chen Qi didn't reply, and put down the pottery bowl in his hand and said to A Ze.
Aze pursed his lips, and obediently sat down in front of Chen Qi and took off the animal skin coat. Chen Qi carefully unwrapped the bandage, the previous plantain had been used up, and at this time, the broken pieces that were applied to the wound were replaced with thistle. Chen Qi cleaned up the little thistle that had been covered all night, and had to lament the orc's incredible healing ability. Chen Qi ran his finger across the pink scar, "Does it still hurt?"
Aze flinched, feeling that the place where Chen Qi's fingers passed was numb and itchy, he shook his head, afraid that Chen Qi would not see him, and said again: "It doesn't hurt, it's all right now."
Chen Qi helped him change a new bandage, and said helplessly to A Ze while doing it: "You can go if you want, but you must come back before the sun goes down."
Aze's eyes lit up, and he turned his head suddenly. Chen Qi was bowing his head to tie the bandage. The distance between the two was too close, and Aze's forehead just hit Chen Qi's. The sound of "dong" scared Aze all the way. Jump, "Chen Qi, are you okay?" Ze asked nervously.
Chen Qi rubbed his brow that was flushed from the bump, his eyes mist from the pain.
"Chen Qi, does it hurt? I'm sorry, don't cry, or I will let you bump back."
Chen Qi looked at A Ze's bewildered look, and suddenly felt a little funny, "I'm fine."
"Really? Don't lie to me, you are crying in pain." Ze didn't believe it.
The corner of Chen Qi's mouth twitched, it was obviously physical tears. Fearing that Aze would hold on to this topic, he quickly changed the subject and said, "It's really fine, aren't you going to the forest? If you don't leave, you won't be able to make it back in the evening."
Aze repeatedly confirmed that Chen Qi was really fine before he went to get some animal skin backpacks and went out. After eating and drinking, the little wolf cub nestled back into its den to sleep. After sending Aze away, Chen Qi felt that the place was terribly quiet, except for the occasional rustling of the grass blown by the wind. the voices of other creatures.
"Little wolf cub, if you sleep again, you will turn into a pig, do you want to get up and play?" Chen Qi asked, patting the little wolf cub on the forehead.
The little wolf cub didn't buy into him, let Chen Qi do whatever he wanted, but he didn't open his eyes, and still fell asleep on his back.
Chen Qi had no choice but to find something to do to distract himself.
He first pulled the prototype of the wooden bow to a suitable arc and fixed it. Thinking of the lactulose that he had forgotten in the corner after making half of it, he quickly dug it out and found that the colloid that was still in the state of syrup turned into a solid at some point. Chen Qi broke off a small piece and looked at it. It has a certain degree of hardness, and the milky white one has no tendency to deteriorate. Chen Xing licked a little bit with his tongue and tasted it. It was very sweet and the taste was normal. Chen Qi was overjoyed and used a bamboo tube to collect the candies together, and there was a third of the bamboo tube There are still two or three milk fruits at home, Chen Qi boiled all the remaining milk fruits into syrup and put them aside to wait for the sugar to separate out.
On the day when A Ze was away, Chen Qi felt that time was so long for the first time. His coat had been torn by himself before, but A Ze brought back the two sleeves he tore off, and Chen Qi took a few The cloth was moved to the fire, and a few large animal skins were spread on the ground, and the cloth was placed on it, planning to make a few new shirts after sewing the tattered coat.
Sure enough, Aze came back before the sun went down. Apart from the few backpacks he brought out from home, he brought back the two backpacks they had lost before. He didn't even know where he found the rough wooden bow. Yes, he also brought them back together. He tied so many things together with vines and picked them up with wooden sticks as poles. Fortunately, Aze was strong enough to carry things that were several times heavier than him without difficulty.
Chen Qi didn't fall asleep at night, the fire in the house was burning brightly, Chen Qi sat in front of the door, intending to see how winter would come.
When it was close to midnight, A Ze took two pieces of animal skins and put them on Chen Qi's body. He also changed into a thicker animal skin coat. A little coldness fell on Chen Qi's nose. He reached out and touched it, and found that it was a drop of water.
A Ze sat next to Chen Qi, looked at the dark night outside, and whispered: "Winter is here."
Chen Qi suddenly realized that the drop was not water, but snow.