The moon is full and waning, and the autumn mood becomes more and more intense.
The vast ridges in the mountains began to be dyed red and yellow.
The green thorny weeds on the river beach also slowly withered.
According to Xu Chen, the development of the tribe has now entered a relatively good stage of development.
Although I am still busy running around for clothes and food all day long.
However, the food reserves and hunting harvests this year are enough to ensure that the entire tribe can survive the winter safely.
As for clothes, with the increase in fabrics every day, coupled with the increasing number of animal skins, and the reserves from previous years, we can basically guarantee that we can keep out the cold.
With basically no worries about food and clothing, the tribe had extra energy to support Xu Chen's plan.
As late autumn approaches, the woods become increasingly empty.
Although he has missed the best time to search for mountain products, Xu Chen has been a little idle recently and took Gu Heju around in the mountains and forests all day long.
There are many Tianqi and many heavy buildings in this mountain forest. In addition, in the process of continuously expanding the search scope, he successively discovered several medicinal materials such as Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry, Gastrodia elata, Platycodon, etc., and also found a lot of yams, wild yams, etc.
Jujube, hawthorn, acanthopanax and other edible wild fruits.
In addition, under the guidance of Gu Heju, he also got to know many plants and animals, including aphrodisiac fruits that are loved by men and women, and some wild fruit roots that can be collected for food, etc.
Xu Chen would pick some of the familiar medicinal materials and wild fruits he met and take them back. Some of them can be dried and stored as snacks or soaked in water to drink as tea. The medicinal materials can be dried and used for later use, especially those like Tianqi, Gastrodia elata, and Codonopsis pilosula.
These once precious medicinal materials.
However, many precious Chinese medicines that were hard to find in the past are now growing like ordinary weeds in the barren mountains and wild mountains. Especially Tianqi, there are so many of them that he is basically too lazy to do it. After all, this stuff is medicine, so dig it back
It can't be used as food either. There are several trees in the cave that are as thick as an arm and have been dried in the sun.
Therefore, what Xu Chen is curious about now is not medicinal materials, but more delicious things, such as Hericium or bird eggs.
A few days ago, the three of them took out some bird eggs, and Xu Chen took them back and made a steamed egg.
When I saw a few bird eggs stirred into a bowl of soup, steamed with water in a clay pot for a meal, it turned into a bowl of solidified golden food.
Xu Chen's magic was once again greatly enhanced, and this magical food also conquered all the savages.
Especially a group of women.
Currently, the tribe has a baby who has just learned to eat, about seven or eight months old, and is held in his arms all day long.
The mother's milk supply was low, so the baby became thin and malnourished, and had no strength to cry.
Although pregnant and lactating women will have significantly more food distribution, under this severely unbalanced nutritional standard of living, the mortality rate of human cubs is extremely high.
Lack of milk is the first to suffer, followed by malnutrition after learning to eat, and then various injuries and dangers encountered after running.
And this baby, the only one in the whole family who is still in his infancy, is facing a situation of lack of both milk and food.
Fortunately, Xu Chen started cooking porridge and stews after making pottery, so the child had easy-to-swallow food, and he has become a little stronger recently.
The emergence of steamed eggs suddenly gave babies a better nutritious meal.
The child loves to eat and eats a big bowl in one go. He even doesn’t want to suck the milk after eating.
Because with his weak strength, he couldn't suck it out at all.
However, wild birds do not lay eggs much in autumn and winter, and bird nests are generally found in some big trees or in places with complex environments, so even if they are found, they are difficult to find.
Therefore, Xu Chen's biggest wish is to find some delicious nuts or monkey mane mushrooms.
The few Hericium mushrooms found by the tribe were near the top of the mountain.
Gu Heju also said that there are more birds on the top of the mountain, so it should be easier to find bird eggs.
So after two consecutive days without much harvest, Xu Chen decided to go to the top of the mountain to have a look.
If we say that below the mountainside is human territory.
Then up the mountainside is the territory of the monkeys.
While Xu Chen and the others were climbing up the mountain, they heard monkeys fighting and roaring all the time. After finally climbing to the top of the mountain, they saw several bird nests on the top of the tree and were about to climb up and dig them out. However, they attracted monkeys.
However, they didn't get the eggs, but they were chased by a group of monkeys and smashed their faces with wild fruits, so they had no choice but to flee back with the mice in their arms.
I heard a few days ago that a tribesman shot a monkey with an arrow while picking Hericium mushrooms, which caused the two groups to form a grudge. In recent days, whenever the monkeys see people, they will become extremely jealous, chasing after wild fruits and even throwing them away.
It's stones, and shameless peeing and poop.
Facing such a brotherly tribe with no martial ethics, the three of them could only consider themselves unlucky and run as far as they could.
Dogs and monkeys, just wait, I will definitely come back for revenge.
Xu Chen cursed and ran all the way up the mountainside, as if he had entered human territory. At the leader's greeting, the monkeys proudly threw a bunch of stones and wild fruits at Xu Chen and the others, and then roared away.
The three of them finally stopped to rest out of breath.
Since we can't go up the mountain, we have to go down the mountain.
However, he had almost finished exploring the nearby forests below the mountainside, so the three of them decided to check out the nearby canyon. They might be able to find bird eggs or other harvests in it.
After going up and down for more than an hour, the three finally arrived at the mouth of the canyon.
In autumn, the stream in the canyon is obviously much smaller.
The gurgling stream flows between large and small rocks. The water is crystal clear and there are some transparent shrimps and fish shells in it.
The huge plants that resemble the Dripping Guanyin are still lush and lush, and the entire valley looks green.
The steep cliffs on both sides are not bare, but are covered with ancient vines and various strange plants. Many plants are even still blooming, completely different from the mountains.
This is definitely a Feng Shui treasure, but unfortunately it is too narrow.
The three of them walked slowly along the clear stream.
Looking at the tropical rainforest scenery in front of him, Xu Chen was very surprised and regretful.
It was also the first time for Gu Heju to enter the valley, and he was also stunned by the scenery here.
Although they live on the mountainside not far away, very close to this canyon, this place used to be the habitat of a den of wild wolves, and they have been warned not to come into the valley since they were young.
Therefore, the most they could do was follow a group of hunters to the vicinity of the valley entrance.
In fact, the further you go, the fewer the large dripping Guanyin you see, and the terrain gradually becomes flatter. Finally, a gourd valley of seven or eight acres appears, with a small waterfall hanging down the cliff and washing at the bottom of the cliff.
There is a water pool about half an acre in size.
"Wow!"
Gu Heju was completely stunned by the scenery in front of him.
Xu Chen did the same. After staying for a long time, he looked up and saw a huge tree crown vaguely visible on the steep cliff.
"Plop~"
A purple-red fruit the size of a fist rolled down the cliff and landed just on the edge of the pool.
The three people's eyes stayed in the pool, and then watched a wild fruit slowly surfaced from the water, rippling gently with the water waves washed by the waterfall.
"valley!"
With a face full of surprise, he threw away his bow and arrows and jumped into the pool. He quickly picked up the fruit, took a bite eagerly, and screamed with excitement.
Gu Ye came up and took a bite, also shouting with surprise, and then the two of them presented it to Xu Chen like a treasure.
Looking at the bitten wild fruit that was full of saliva, Xu Chen's face twitched a few times but he still took it, turned it over and found an unbitten place to take a bite, and then he was stunned.
It's so delicious, soft, glutinous and juicy, and it even has a faint smell of wine.
If the milk nut is the most delicious nut he has eaten since time travel.
Then this fruit completely subverted his perception of the taste of wild fruits.
In fact, although there are many wild fruits in the mountains, most of them are unpalatable.
What impressed him most was the green fruit Ye gave her on the first night of time travel.
He has also seen this kind of fruit, it is exactly what the green fruit looks like after it is ripe.
However, this fruit grows on a large tree with a crooked neck halfway up the mountain. It is a fruit from an ancient vine.
And the whole tree with a crooked neck almost hangs outside the cliff. It is full of fruits but can only be seen but not eaten.
But I didn't expect that when it matured, it would roll down the hillside and into the pool of the canyon.
And the taste is so wonderful, there is no astringent taste at all, the wonderful taste is simply irresistible.
So Xu Chen didn't care about the saliva of his two companions, and ate it up after a few mouthfuls. Then, with Gu and Ju's drooling expressions, he looked up at the big tree on the mountainside.
If you guessed correctly, that big tree is the Crooked Neck Tree.
There should be the piece of milk fruit on the cliff.
This waterfall may be formed by the gathering of spring water at the entrance of the cave.
"Look again!"
After a while, Xu Chen withdrew his eyes, and the three of them began to search near the water pool. After searching, they found that there were quite a few, but most of them were rotten. Occasionally, they found one that was still intact, but it had been soaked in water for too long.
It is no longer edible.
So the three of them looked up at the big tree on the mountainside and collectively drooled, hoping that another five, six, seven or eight would fall down and have a good meal.
It's a pity that after waiting for a few minutes, my neck was sore, but I didn't see the second one falling.
"Ouch~~"
Suddenly a low roar came from behind.
After a brief silence, the three of them turned around almost at the same time, looking for the sound with their hairs on end.
I saw a wild wolf grinning at the three of them among the rocks and thorns not far away.