At the end of January, the temperature began to rise sharply.
Both sides of the river are covered with red flowers and green willows, and the surrounding mountains have swept away the withering desolation of winter. In just a few days, they are as green as new.
After a few moderate spring rains, the river water became much larger, and the dry river beach in winter was slowly submerged. Under the abundant rainwater, the vegetation on the river beach became more lush, and the weeds grew like crazy.
A large number of insects began to appear among the dense flowers and plants. Butterflies and bees were busy collecting nectar for pollination. Reptiles such as turtles and snakes that had hibernated for a long time also began to appear one after another.
A large number of waterbirds migrated from the south, flying and playing in dense numbers on the river beach. Mallard ducks, bar-headed geese, white cranes, gray storks, and various types of waterbirds that you didn't recognize were roosting and nesting in the grass on the river beach in groups.
Start laying eggs to raise offspring.
Xu Chen, Gu and Ju, both of them holding bows, arrows and spears, hunkered down and searched slowly among the thorny bushes that were half a man tall.
Wild birds have recently started laying eggs, so naturally it’s a good time to feast on them.
Food has been relatively scarce in the past month or so, and the main food is wild vegetables. Although fish and meat are supplemented every day, overall it is the lightest life he has lived since time travel, which can be said to be a bird's eye view.
Ever since he discovered that wild birds were laying eggs a few days ago, Xu Chen became obsessed with the taste of bird eggs.
In addition, due to lack of nutrition, Aunt Thirteen, who had just given birth, had a serious lack of milk. Sheng Ga could not eat enough and was crying and screaming from hunger all day long.
There is another baby who is only eight or nine months old. He has also been weaned due to lack of milk. He can only rely on fish soup and fish soup to satisfy his hunger every day. In order to enhance nutrition, Xu Chen had people pound milk nuts and oats into powder to make
Feeding mixed rice cereal temporarily solved the problem of fullness, but it lacked fat and protein, and the thin arms and legs of the same length looked weak.
In addition to the two children, the tribe also has two pregnant women, one of whom is about to give birth, probably in February, and needs timely nutrition.
Therefore, bird eggs are not only to satisfy his craving, but also to enhance nutrition for pregnant women and babies.
Although there are many wild birds and bird nests on the river beach, they are all hidden in the deep grass and it is not easy to find them.
After several days of searching near the compound, there were very few eggs, so they had to search farther downstream on the river beach.
However, the farther away from the foot of the mountain, the less traces of human activities, and the thorns and weeds naturally become more lush. Walking inside is like a maze. When encountering large bushes of thorns and shrubs, it is difficult to move forward.
"Shh..."
While searching carefully, Xu Chen suddenly saw a slight swaying in the grass and a rustling sound. Xu Chen quickly turned around to remind Gu Heju and he squatted down immediately.
Soon, through the thick weeds and thorns, I saw a mallard sneaking out of a clump of weeds half as tall as a man. Then it quacked a few times, flapped its wings a few times, and headed straight for the river not far away.
And go.
"Sigh!"
The three of them had expressions of surprise on their faces almost at the same time, and then they used their bows and spears to slowly open up the grass. Sure enough, they saw a bird's nest with three gray-brown duck eggs lying inside.
Nice!
Xu Chen instantly laughed from ear to ear.
Recently, a large number of wild ducks, wild geese, white cranes and other large water birds have migrated to this small valley with rich water and grass. They build nests and lay eggs only ten days ago, so they don't lay many eggs. In the first few days, each bird's nest is basically just one.
I could find one. I found two the day before yesterday. I didn't expect to find three today.
Mallards are the most common wild ducks, with the largest number. There is no difference at all from domestic ducks. They spend all day quacking on the river beach in search of food and mating. However, the biggest difference between wild ducks and domestic ducks is the laying of eggs.
, Wild ducks lay very few eggs, and they are divided into seasons. Basically, only in the spring some eggs will be laid to hatch the ducklings. When autumn comes, the family will fly back to the south.
Now that these duck eggs are taken away, the mallard ducks will continue to lay eggs, and it will not affect the ducklings this year. However, after losing the eggs, the mallard duck couples will usually find another place to build a nest and lay eggs.
Therefore, if you want to remember that sitting in a bird's nest and waiting for the rabbit will not gain much, this is a one-shot deal.
Looking at the three duck eggs, Xu Chen felt his saliva drooling down his face. He couldn't wait to reach out and grab them out. They felt a little warm in his hand.
"Okay~"
Suddenly a strange and subtle sound sounded in my ears.
Xu Chen didn't pay attention, or he was so excited that he didn't hear it at all. When he turned back to show the harvest to Gu and Ju, he saw Yu suddenly pointing behind him and shouting in fear.
"Baga...Baga..."
Dogs, this bad habit of quacking should really be changed...
Xu Chen felt something was wrong at the moment when he was cursing. He suddenly turned around and saw a big snake with green stripes all over its body hanging from a small tree nearby. It had a long forked tongue sticking out from its mouth, less than half a foot away from his face.
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And almost at the same time when he saw the snake clearly, the big snake launched an attack.
"Chen Ga..."
Xu Chen didn't have time to react at all. He only felt a bang and was knocked over with his bow and body. When he turned over and got up, Gu was lying on his back on the ground and grabbed the big snake's belly with both hands. The big snake had already bitten him.
his arm.
"Guga!"
This movement was as fast as lightning. From when Xu Chen got the duck egg and stood up to when he was knocked to the ground, it only took two or three seconds in total.
While he was getting up, Zhou had already pounced on him, grabbed the big snake's neck with both hands and pulled it off Gu's shoulders. The snake's thin body quickly wrapped around Zhou's neck.
"Chen...ga...help..."
While fighting with the big snake, he turned pale and shouted in fear.
Xu Chen's mind went blank at this time.
When he turned around and saw the snake, his body almost instantly lost the ability to move.
Although it was just a sudden encounter, he could clearly see that it was a venomous snake. The triangular head was very obvious, especially the forked tongue sticking out of the snake's mouth, which carried a strong and dizzying breath, which seemed to have been added to his face.
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"Morning... uh..."
At this time, the big snake had wrapped around Zhou's neck several times, almost locking it. Zhou didn't dare to let go because he was holding the snake's head with both hands. At this time, his face was so red that he could no longer speak.
Xu Chen shuddered for a few times and suddenly woke up. He rushed forward, grabbed the snake with both hands and pulled it down hard.
Although the snake was not small, it could not withstand the strength of the two semi-adult savage boys. It was finally pulled away by the two and pushed to the ground. They stepped on the snake's neck with their feet and tremblingly picked up a stone and banged it several times.
Then, he smashed the snake's head into pieces. After a few twists and turns, the snake's huge body lay motionless in the grass like a green rope.
"Gu, how are you?"
Seeing that the snake was dead, Xu Chen quickly turned around and helped Gu Cong up from the ground.
Gu rolled up his sleeves tremblingly, and saw two clear blood holes on his arms, blood was leaking out, and the surrounding skin had obviously begun to swell.
"Poison... poisonous g..."
Gu's face instantly turned pale.
"do not move!"
Xu Chen quickly held him down to prevent him from getting up. He untied his belt and tied it tightly above the ancient wound. Then he turned around and searched in the grass. Finally he found an unbroken duck egg and tremblingly squeezed it open.
Then he poured it into Gu's mouth, and then started searching around.
At this time, Zhou also dropped the snake and turned around. Looking at the wound on Gu's arm, his face turned pale with horror. He tremblingly grabbed Gu's arm and sucked hard on the wound.
"Pooh!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood.
Xu Chen heard the sound of spitting, turned around and saw that Ji was helping to take the blood, and quickly grabbed him: "Don't take it, it's poisonous!"
"Poison, death..."
He shook his head vigorously, lowered his head and sucked in a few more breaths, and the blood he spat out began to turn black.
Xu Chen knew that sucking out the poisonous blood was indeed the best way at the moment.
But if he rashly sucked out the venomous blood when he didn't know the poisonous snake's toxicity, he might also be poisoned. But after he had taken a few puffs, he could only resign himself to his fate. He lifted Gu up and pointed at the river and said, "Go quickly."
Wash by the river!”
The two people quickly helped Gu to the river. They used bone knives to forcefully open the wound and then immersed the entire arm in the water. At the same time, they squeezed the surrounding areas of the wound with their hands. Blood continued to emerge from the wound and flowed along the river.
It flows and is instantly dyed red.
After soaking and squeezing for five or six minutes, Xu Chen loosened the belt, moved it up to his shoulders and tightened it again, and continued to soak and squeeze to clean the wound.
After the wound was almost no longer bleeding, he stopped and helped Gu sit down on the river beach. He loosened the cloth belt slightly and told him to look at it carefully. Then he returned to the grass and searched for a while. He pulled back a few pieces that looked like
It is a wild herb of Lobelia and Polygonum. Rub it into a ball with your hands, put it into your mouth, chew it and apply it on Gu's wound. You also pull off a sleeve and wrap it tightly.
"Let's go home quickly!"
Although it had been dealt with urgently, Xu Chen still did not dare to take it lightly. After picking up all the bows, arrows and spears, he quickly walked back with the dead snake and Gu on his back.