Because he met the hyena dragon at noon, Aze took a detour and stopped by a river in the evening. This is a tributary of the Sanchen River, the largest river on the Dora Plain, the Chishui River, and a group of wildebeests are busy crossing the river.
Most of the places with water sources are gathering places for animals. All kinds of predators are ambushing around looking for their own dinner. Aze caught two hares that suddenly rushed in front of them on the road, but there is no need to hit the river The ideas of the animals.
The two chose a place with a relatively wide view and no animals around the river to drink water. Aze quickly peeled the skins of the two rabbits and removed the internal organs. Just after throwing the internal organs into the river, a group of fish quickly surrounded them, and instantly took the internal organs and even the internal organs. The bloody fur is eaten clean. Chen Qi, who was about to go to the river to wash his face and clean himself up, immediately stopped, leaning towards Aze with lingering fear. Even the fish are so cruel, this world is really not friendly at all.
A Ze smiled, and handed Chen Qi two green leaves like bananas, which were picked from the nearby fig tree when he was catching rabbits. A Ze knew that males love to be clean, and his younger brother used to Every day I have to send myself to fetch water for him to wash and pick fig leaves. Although he is now dispatched by Ake every day, I also thank my brother for giving me a gift. Aze knows that males like to use figs to clean themselves, so I saw on the road It's time to prepare some.
"Don't be afraid, these fish don't dare to attack the orcs." Of course, Aze didn't say that the only ones that the fish didn't dare to attack were the female orcs, and the males were not within the scope of their wariness.
Chen Qi smiled, not wanting to admit that he would be frightened by the fish, so he took the strange leaf that Aze handed over and asked, "What is this?"
"The leaves and fruits of the fig tree, the leaves can be used to clean the teeth, and the fruit can be used to clean the body." Aze explained.
The fig tree here is different from Chen Qi’s cognition. The reason why it is called fig is that you can’t tell whether the leaves or fruits grow on this kind of tree at any time. They are not in the state of flowering. It produces a fruit that is exactly the same as the leaf, and when the fruit falls off, it will re-grow exactly the same leaf.
Chen Qi picked up two banana-like leaves, looked left and right, but didn't see any fruit in one of them.
Aze pointed to one of the pieces and said, "Look here, the darker stem in the middle is the fruit." After speaking, stretch out two fingers and twist it lightly, and a trace of green juice will flow out, "Rub it and see."
Chen Qi heard that he rubbed his hands, and saw white foam appearing from his hands, it seems that the fruit of this fig is equivalent to the function of soap.
"Walk along Chishui for another day to reach the tribe." Aze said to Chen Qi while twisting off the rabbit's head and throwing it into the river.
"Does your tribe depend on this river?"
"Well, the location of our tribe is not very good. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers. It is not as strong as the lion wolf tribe. But there are many fig trees outside our tribe. Its smell can cover up the breath of the orcs, so that the hyenas cannot find us."
Chen Qi wiped the foam on his face and rubbed it, leaned against Aze and quickly washed his face, but the fish didn't come here, "Is this river called Chishui because of the color of the soil? ?”
"Well, the soil in this river can be burnt. Every year at the gathering of the Lion Wolf Tribe, we use clay pots to exchange things with other tribes. The flint and salt stone are exchanged."
"Can you burn Tao?" Chen Qi asked in surprise, he thought this world would be more primitive.
Aze nodded, the two rabbits have been dealt with, Aze filled the milk fruit with water, and saw that Chen Qi had cleaned up almost, and said to Chen Qi: "Let's go."
Seeing that the sun is about to disappear behind the horizon, the Dora Plain will get dark quickly if there is no sun. The night vision of the orcs is not as good as other night predators on the plain. It is not wise to stay by the river for too long choose.
The place Aze chose to rest was the acacia tree not far from the river, perhaps because it was close to the river, this acacia tree was much taller than the ones he had seen before. A Ze still tore some semi-dry branches from the locust tree, and Chen Qi didn't want to just stand aside, so he took the initiative to gather some hay, cleared an open space, and took out a lighter to start a fire.
Aze sprinkled the juice of two ghost needle flowers around the roots of the locust tree. Today, I didn’t meet the ghost needle tree. Fortunately, I left two on purpose yesterday. When I turned around, I saw that Chen Qi had put the fire on the tree. Well, go over and add the broken branches to the fire, "Chen Qi, your flint is so powerful, it can make a fire in no time."
Chen Qi looked at the lighter in his hand. It was silver-white metal with a wolf logo on it. The shape was very unique. Chen Qi didn't know how to smoke. This lighter should belong to the original owner of the coat. Chen Qi handed the lighter to Aze, "Do you like it? Here it is for you."
A Ze was stunned, and quickly waved his hands and said: "I can't accept such a precious flint, Chen Qi, you can keep it for yourself." His two flints cost more than a dozen animal skins in exchange, and Chen Qi's flint A fire can be produced in a flash, I am afraid it is more expensive than my own.
Chen Qi grinned, not knowing how to explain to Aze that this thing is not flint, but anyway, it is something that can light fire. "This is a gift for you. Not only did you save me, but you also helped me so much along the way. I will ask you to take care of me when I get to the tribe. Just a small flint is really not valuable."
"Gift?"
"Well, I'll teach you how to use it." Chen Qi stuffed the lighter into Aze's hand, held Aze's strong and slender fingers, and adjusted the other's gestures, "Hold it like this, open the lid here, look, the lighter Come out, isn’t it very simple? In the future, you won’t have to worry about regenerating the fire.” Last night, I saw A Ze use flint to make a fire, and it took more than a dozen hits before sparks would come out.
Chen Qi let go of his hand, and Aze felt that the place touched by Chen Qi was hotter than the temperature of the fire, "Thank you." Aze thanked in a low voice, feeling warm in his heart, how could Xiongzi in front of him be so good, like Carefully put the lighter into his pocket like a fragile treasure.
Chen Qi built a shelf according to A Ze's appearance last night, and put the water-filled milk fruit on it. The outer shell of the water milk fruit has been burned to black, and it is estimated that the water will reach the limit when it is boiled again. Chen Qi Qi really missed the kettle at home that he hadn't used a few times since he bought it.
While A Ze was roasting the rabbit, Chen Qi walked around the fire, but this time he didn't find any edible plants, mainly because Chen Qi himself didn't know much about plants.
The taste of the rabbit was obviously better than that of the warthog, so Chen Qi ate one by himself this time.
The sky was completely dark, and the moon tonight was much darker than yesterday. After all, the two were by the river. After eating, A Ze added some firewood to the fire, and climbed up the acacia tree with Chen Qi in his arms. Perhaps it was because Aze was sleeping on the branch on the next floor tonight, Chen Qi felt at ease and had a good night's sleep.
When I woke up in the morning, the sun had just climbed out of the horizon. The herd of wildebeests I saw yesterday had disappeared. Today, a herd of stone gazelles crossed the river. Pounced on the first male saiga to cross the Chishui River, the group of saiga fell into a panic, and those who had not set foot on the shore changed directions and fled. It was not until the tiger dragged the prey away that the calm was restored.
Chen Qifeng was confused, why did tigers appear on the grassland
"Are you awake?" Aze tied up the unwanted viscera and head with freshly peeled animal skins, and planned to throw them into the Chishui River later, wiped his bloody hands with acacia leaves, and climbed to where Chen Qi was. on the branches.
"Well, did you hunt for food so early?" Chen Qi looked at the prey that had been processed under the tree. It was impossible to tell what species it was after peeling the skin, but it looked a bit like a deer.
"When I got up, I saw an elk nearby, so I caught it. Let's go to the river to wash." Aze bent down and said to Chen Qi. Chen Qi lay on A Ze's back familiarly.
The two still cleaned the prey at the place yesterday, and the milk fruit could no longer be roasted on the fire, so this time Chen Qi didn't worry about whether the water hadn't been boiled.
After cleaning up, the two returned to the acacia tree with the prey, and the fire had been rekindled by Aze, as long as they put the prey on it and roasted it.
After the two finished eating, there was still half a deer left for lunch at noon. Aze buried the fire with soil, tied his luggage in front of him, carried Chen Qi on his back, and ran towards the tribe along the bank of the Chishui River.
As the sun rose, more and more animals lived on the banks of the river. Most of them crossed the river from the other side. Chen Qi guessed that their migration route should be in the direction of Chishui River. Due to the increase of river-crossing animals, the predators on the Dora Plain began to gradually surround him, and Azer had to take a detour away from the river bank.
After finishing the remaining venison in a hurry at noon, the two continued their journey until the sun went down and Aze did not rest. Chen Qizheng wanted to ask Aze if he would not find a place to rest at night, but Aze suddenly slowed down and turned back. Said to Chen Qi: "It's almost here."
Chen Qi looked ahead, and could vaguely see a rocky mountain.
"We won't be resting in the wild tonight, we will go straight home, can you persist?"
The corners of Chen Qi's mouth twitched, he was lying on A Ze's back all the time, and if he wanted to ask, he was asking if A Ze could persist in running with him on his back. "Well, I'm fine."
A Ze handed a green fruit to Chen Qi, "If you are hungry, you can eat this. This kind of fruit is not delicious. If you are not used to it, you can bear it. I will prepare food after I go back." There are not many plants with fruits. If it wasn't for worrying that Chen Qi would be hungry, Aze would not have given Chen Qi such unpalatable fruits.
Chen Qi took the fruit and looked at it, but couldn't recognize what kind it was, A Ze accelerated again, Chen Qi kicked the fruit into the pocket of his coat, and didn't eat it.