Early the next morning, A Ze was called out by A Zhang. When he came back, his handsome face was flushed, and when he glanced at Chen Qi, he still dodged a little. Chen Qi asked strangely: "Ah Zhang is so early What are you looking for?"
"Nothing." A Ze waved his hands in a panic, "Uncle A Li said he would help me make a new quilt, so I'll send the animal skin over first."
Looking at A Ze who picked up the animal skin and left without looking back, if he read correctly, it was the two quilts that were covered last night, right? Is it necessary to do it all over again? Chen Qi looked at the empty kang bed and shook his head. There was nothing to do in winter, so they could do as much as they liked.
After breakfast, Ah Jing came back with the little wolf cub in his arms. The little wolf cub was very lively after he didn't sleep, and started running around as soon as he got home. Chen Qizhen was worried that it would accidentally jump into the fire.
"Chen Qi, I can also help clear the snow." Ah Jing followed closely behind Chen Qi.
After a continuous week of blizzards, a thick layer of snow has accumulated on the fence. Aze is watering the fence, and Azhang is following behind to help flatten the snow. The snow below has been frozen. Ice, Chen Qi tried to poke it with a wooden stick, but only a layer of snowflakes on the surface could be scratched. Of course, if it was Aze, it might poke a big hole.
Chen Qi took a look at Ah Jing's small body. The snow in the yard is so thick that he could submerge half of his body if he stepped on it. Chen Qi pointed to the little wolf cub who was testing by the fire , "It's going to run into the fire."
Ah Jing turned his head, and ran over to pick up the little wolf cub in fright. The little wolf cub looked at him innocently with his big round eyes, and then stuck out his tongue to lick A Jing's slightly cold fingers.
"You are responsible for taking care of the little wolf cub. How about you help clear the snow when the little wolf cub grows up?" Chen Qi patted Ah Jing's little head and coaxed patiently.
Ah Jing frowned tightly, and finally nodded reluctantly, "Okay, I will take care of the little wolf."
"It's so cute." Chen Qi praised with a smile.
The height of the ice fence is no longer enough to stand under the fence and pick up the snow with a wooden shovel. Chen Qi made a few wooden ladders. This kind of wooden ladders are directly tied with ropes, and they don’t need to be like a table. Wait until the pectin is dry before using it.
Chen Qi disliked that the animal skins were too heavy, so the props to hold the snow were big bags made of cloth. Carlo and A Li stood on the fence and poured out the snow, and then flattened it neatly with wooden shovels. Responsible for packing and transporting the snow in the yard to the fence. Chen Qi packed the melted snow in wooden barrels at home, and then took it to the newly built fence and sprinkled it again, which was beneficial to reduce the space in the snowflakes. , making the wall stronger.
Ah Jing, who was helping to watch the fire, suddenly moved his ear tips, and the little wolf cub lying in his arms also stood up and arched his body, his snow-white hair exploded into balls, and then Chen Qi heard There was a dull rumble.
Chen Qi hurriedly put down the wooden barrel in his hand, opened the door curtain and went out, and saw other people standing by the wall looking out solemnly.
Seeing Chen Qi coming out, Ah Zhang hurriedly silenced him. Chen Qi comforted Ah Jing and told him to stay in the room with the little wolf cub, and then walked over. "What happened?" Chen Qi asked Aze in a low voice, his height was just at the same level as the wall, even if he stepped on his feet, he could only see the snow on the top of the wall, so he could only ask.
Aze moved the wooden ladder next to him and motioned Chen Qi to climb up the two ladders and look outside. Chen Qi climbed up suspiciously and looked outside. There were several tall trees outside the fence. Except for the fig tree which was always green, all the other trees had become bare, but it was easy to see the situation outside.
About a few hundred meters away, a locust tree pole nearly 20 meters high collapsed. A newly grown locust dragon was gnawing on the roots of the tree, and the other female locust dragon, which was about half a meter taller than it, was dissatisfied with its tentacles. Wrapped tightly around its forelimbs, signaling it to hurry up, and around them, there are hundreds of locust dragons slowly moving forward.
Chen Qi quickly retracted his head under the fence, lowered his voice a little worried and asked, "How did the locust dragons come here? Aren't they vegetarian? There should be enough food for them to survive the winter in the forest."
Aze shook his head, "I don't know why locust dragons appear here, but they are not heading towards our side, so there should be no danger."
Chen Qi nodded, although he was still a little uneasy, there was nothing he could do about it. With so many locust dragons, a newly grown-up one could easily knock down a locust tree tens of meters high. If they charged directly at them, the fence probably wouldn't be able to hold them back. Their footsteps.
The locust dragon's speed was very slow, and it didn't take long for Chen Qi to hear another dull bang. It should be another unlucky tree that happened to be in the way of the locust dragon and was pushed down.
The process of waiting for the group of locust dragons to leave is anxious. A small locust dragon saw the tall green fig tree here and wanted to leave the team and walk this way. The female orcs in the fence all tensed up. , Be prepared to pick up the people around you and escape as soon as the locust dragon breaks through the wall.
Fortunately, after the little locust dragon walked tens of meters, its mother pulled it back to the team in time, and arched its body with its huge head, arching the little locust dragon to the middle of the team before stretching out its tentacles to wrap around it. On the little tentacles of the little locust dragon, lead it forward. Everyone in the enclosure secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but still did not dare to relax their vigilance.
The locust dragon group walked for almost four or five hours before finally passing this not-so-far distance. Seeing the locust dragon going away, Carlo relaxed his tense body, not afraid of the cold snow under his feet. He collapsed directly on the snow, "I was scared to death, this is the first time I saw so many locust dragons, I almost forgot to breathe just now."
"I'll go and have a look." A Zhang thought for a while and said to everyone.
"You have to be careful." Ali warned a little worriedly. The locust dragon is almost a solitary creature, so it is really abnormal for a large group to leave the forest and appear on the plain.
Azhang nodded, and then chased in the direction Locust Dragon left.
Ake looked at the ice wall that was already one person high, "I'm afraid this wall can't stop the locust dragon."
Chen Qi looked up and saw that the width of the wall was only about half a meter. Previously, he only considered the defense of small dragons like hyenasaurus. Giant creatures like adult locust dragons, which can be as high as four or five meters and are extremely powerful, It is not within the defensible range of the wall at all.
"Let's expand the wall, and then install some defensive weapons on it." Knowing that this world is dangerous, he still underestimated the degree of danger here.
"Weapon?" Ake and Aze looked at each other, but he didn't expect that he just raised a question, and Chen Qi would find a solution immediately.
Chen Qi sent Aze to bring some wood over and sharpen it for later use. Because the half-built fence has been frozen solid enough, the only way to insert wood into the fence can only be expanded outwards.
Worried that the locust dragon would notice the movement here, they opened the wooden door and went out until they could no longer see the locust dragon at all. There was more snow outside the fence than in the yard. This time the expansion added another meter and a half. Width, every time the snow is raised by a certain height, a sharpened wooden stake is buried in it. The wooden stakes are thick and thin. Chen Qi was worried that it would not be enough, and asked A Ze to give the trees that Locust Dragon pushed down. dragged back.
When several people were busy in the evening, Azhang, who followed Locust Dragon to check, finally came back.
"Why have you been here for so long? How's it going? Did you see where Locust Dragon is going?" Ali asked worriedly as he went up to him.
Azhang shook his head, his face was a bit ugly, "They crossed the Chishui River, and then kept going. I followed to the river and watched them all cross the river before returning."
"At least you don't have to worry about them coming here." Carlo patted his chest and said.
Ake continued: "If you cross the Chishui River, I'm afraid they will go in the direction of the lion and wolf tribe."
Several people fell silent when they heard Ake's words. Azhang smiled and comforted him: "There is no need to worry about this. In winter, the lion and wolf tribe will arrange guards to guard against the attack of the hyena dragon. The speed of the locust dragon That's slow enough for the guards to find them." After a pause, "And if the Locust Dragon really attacks the Lion Wolf Tribe, we won't be able to help much with our abilities."
The few people didn't answer any more, and took advantage of the last light of the setting sun to continue to raise the ice wall.
It’s just that the wooden stakes used for the defense of the wall about one meter high consumed a lot of firewood, and some of the porpoise dragon bones that had been saved before were also used by Chen Qi, but it was not so easy to polish the bones. Ali and Carlo directly took over the job.
The wall needs to be further raised, and the firewood stored before is not enough, and the winter will get colder and colder. A Zhang and A Ze plan to get some firewood back when there is no snow these days.
After a busy day, Ali naturally didn't have time to sew a new quilt for Aze. Even for dinner, Chen Qi planned to directly roast or stew the meat and settle it hastily. I don't know where Carlo got the energy, so he insisted on making a fried meal. After finishing his dinner in a hurry, he was so tired that Ake carried him home and went to sleep.
A Ze dug out two new animal skins and put them on the heated kang bed. He looked up and saw that Chen Qi had taken a pottery dish to dye the fruit.
"If you're so tired today, don't practice calligraphy. Let's rest for a night." Recently, Chen Qi has to practice calligraphy for a while before going to sleep. Ze is worried that he is too tired.
"Well, I'll go to sleep after finishing this." Chen Qi dipped a little bit of the prepared fruit dye solution onto the white cloth, and the white cloth was quickly dyed a small piece of light red, and Chen Qi added a little more to it dissatisfied. Thick red fruit.
Seeing that Chen Qi didn't want to practice calligraphy, A Ze made the bed and leaned over, "What are you doing?"
"I'm going to make a new quilt."
"New quilt?" What does the new quilt have to do with dyed fruit? Shouldn't it be sewn with animal skins
"En." Chen Qi responded vaguely, and dripped the newly adjusted fruit dye solution on the other side of the white cloth. Put the used white cloth aside, pick up a piece of cloth that has been cut and dip it into a pottery dish filled with dyed fruit liquid, and stir it constantly with a wooden stick so that the cloth can be fully colored.
Chen Qi smiled mysteriously at Aze, "You'll know when I'm done."