Passing a bag to David, who was sitting next to him, Laura's face was full of anticipation. But David always felt that Laura's expression was abnormal, as if she had some fun waiting to watch.
He didn't think too much. Anyway, it was impossible for Laura to send him a bomb or something. At most, it was just a prank.
He took the bag into his hand and when he opened the mouth of the bag, he saw a mass of red: "What is this?"
Reaching out to pull out the contents of the bag, David stood up and saw clearly what he was holding in his hand with just a slight shake: "A cloak?"
A cloak with a hood, this is not a strange thing, it can even be said to be a very practical thing, but this color...
"Yes, a cloak, let's put it on and have a look." For fear of David rejecting it, Laura stood up and put the cloak on David, and even put the hood on David's head: "Isn't it nice?
"
David looked at the red cloak with white fur edges, and he wanted to say a thousand words in his heart: "It feels good, but this color..."
"Oh, in my world, only the best hunters can wear red cloaks." Laura explained seriously, without a smile on her face: "This is an honor."
"Is that so?" David looked at Laura and then at Mark... Mark covered his mouth and nodded seriously - now both David and Fording know that Laura and Mark are both from the earth.
They live in a similar place and in a similar era, except that there is no Mars exploration plan in Laura's world, thus confirming that the two are not from the same earth.
"Okay, thank you very much for the gift!" He said secretly in his heart: I have remembered this! David took off his cloak and carefully put it back into the bag: "I will keep such an important gift well.
!”
After waving to Mark, David and Laura headed towards the forest to the north. After passing through an open plain area and a not-so-steep slope, David and Laura officially entered the forest.
"No." David answered Laura's question quickly: "I used to move around the edge of the forest. I would even go around the forest looking for prey, and would not go into the depths of the forest."
"I didn't expect you to be such a cautious character." Although they have known each other for a while, Laura felt that her understanding of David was not detailed enough, and it was not even as good as her understanding of Fording - yes, Laura searched after going back
Passing Tirion Fordring, you will gain a lot!
But searching for David didn't turn up any useful information. The name David was so common that she couldn't determine which of the search results corresponded to the young man next to her.
According to the plan discussed by David and several people, after the completion of the residences for several people, the temporary wooden houses will be demolished one after another, and the kitchens and warehouses will be rebuilt into more durable ones. These tasks are not urgent. In the following days,
It's better to build it up slowly.
At this time, I was very happy to get a handy weapon. After expressing my gratitude to Laura, I also started to think about what kind of gift I could give in return?
After thinking about it, it seems that he has nothing to offer except knowledge related to the Holy Light. Maybe he can consider going back to Azeroth to get some other knowledge? I just don't know what kind of things Laura is interested in?
Get up and wash up!
When David walked out of his cabin, he found that everyone had already gotten up, and Mark had already prepared breakfast: "Hi, David! It's so rare that I got up so late today."
The real meaning of Laura’s words is not that the cloak will not be used for the time being. The point is that David should wait until it gets cold to wear it: “It’s a pity. In my world, the legendary hunters wear red cloaks to kill people.”
The evil wolf died, which is a pretty good metaphor considering what you're about to do."
Sitting at the square table, everyone decided what they were going to do while eating breakfast: Fording would stay in the village and be responsible for demolishing two of the four previous temporary wooden houses, and the remaining two would be used as warehouses in the future.
.
"Well, it's no longer needed now that the weather has gotten warmer. You can wait until it gets colder to take it out." As time goes by, the temperature gradually warms up, and there is no need to light a fire to keep warm when sleeping at night.
Since he traveled through time and came to this backward world, this was the first time he had the idea of staying in bed. The new bed was so comfortable, and the sealing effect of the quilt was enhanced countless times, and he almost couldn't break free.
After walking quietly for a while, when I looked back, I could no longer see the Winter Village in the distance. All I could see were huge trees that had turned green.
David nodded. With Fording's strength, he felt that there should be no enemies near Winter Village that he couldn't deal with!
They quickly cleared the table, kept the remaining food properly, and then returned to their wooden houses to rest.
In the end, Laura gave Fording a finely crafted two-handed heavy sword. Although she had sent some cold weapons made with modern crafts some time ago, they were basically one-handed swords, short knives, daggers and other weapons.
After using them, Ding felt that the quality of these weapons was very good, but they were too light and difficult to use.
David could only express his gratitude again: "Thank you for your trouble."
Looking at the two people's attire, it's impossible to tell whether they are going on an adventure, hunting or fighting - Mark Watney's words.
"Fortunately, my mental will is strong enough."
"Yeah, the new bed is so comfortable that I almost don't want to get up."
"If you run into trouble, send out a flare!" Fording gave the final instruction, asking David and Laura to notify him when they encountered an unsolvable danger, and he would rush over as quickly as possible to provide support.
Opening his eyes and lying on his comfortable new bed, David didn't want to get up at all.
This project is quite troublesome in the early stages, so Mark will spend most of his time on Mars these days and will only come back to eat and sleep.
"The two of us will go to the forest to the north and wipe out the wolves if we can." After putting the last bite of potatoes and homemade bacon into his mouth, David reminded Laura: "Bring enough weapons, because
I don’t know what else can appear in the forest besides wolves.”
Similar to her own situation, Laura was also fully armed. In addition to a bow and arrow and a pistol, she also brought an additional shotgun. She had more climbing picks and fewer hand axes in her waist than David.
"If a hunter is not careful enough, he will have died in the mouth of a wild beast." This is not David's sentiment, but a sentence that the old hunter who raised and taught him kept saying, and he also recognized it.
"So, you are now the head of Winter Village, a hunter, and a priest of the Holy Light." Laura found this career combination quite novel: "You are learning fighting skills from Tirion every day, and you also want to work part-time.
A warrior?"
"Hahaha! I thought it was because you drank too much last night." In Mark's eyes, David is a young man living in a backward world. His living conditions are difficult and he has little opportunity to come into contact with modern alcoholic beverages. His body is not adapted to it.
It's a very normal thing.
"clear!"
But there was an unexpected gain: "These should be ores?"
Maybe it was the new bed that was countless times more comfortable than in previous years, or maybe it was because he drank a lot of wine. David fell asleep quickly after lying down, and even had various sweet dreams, such as
Laura wearing only a red cloak...
The meal lasted until the moon rose high. For those who are used to going to bed early and getting up early, it was already very late today.
"Have you been here before?"
"Then how could ordering a drink possibly knock me out?"
"It's quite cool here..."
Looking at the hill ahead that was not as high as the surrounding trees, David carefully looked at the stones on the ground with various metallic lusters.
"Anyway, there are no restrictions. It's always good to have more things, so that I can deal with various situations calmly." David carefully observed the surroundings, but never saw any traces of wild beasts, let alone a pack of wolves.
signs of activity.
After Mark inspects the potato fields, he will go to the Mars base to start his own Mars potato project - not relying on any resources from the Winter Village, but completely relying on the resources from the Mars base. As a botanist, Mark
A research project arranged for myself.
The last time he was attacked by a pack of wolves was the deepest he ever went into the forest. That encounter proved that David's previous caution was correct.
After confirming that he could pull out the arrow just by reaching his lower back, David turned to look at Laura.
Of course, she did not rule out the possibility that David did not exist in any records in her world, and such a completely unknown existence made Laura even more curious.
The originally comfortable temperature seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, and the cool feeling invaded the body from all directions. It seemed that the entire forest was greeting two outsiders.
Laura nodded with satisfaction, and then gave Mark a mobile hard drive that stored a large number of songs - he could finally get rid of the pile of disco music left by Captain Lewis.
After changing into new clothes that were easy to move around (the training clothes Laura bought), he made sure that he had all the emergency medicine, ropes, water, and ammunition, and put his backpack on his back. David also inserted a Furious Hunter Swivel on both sides of his waist.
He picked up a revolver and hand axe, picked up a brand new hunting bow, and hung the quiver on his waist.
"This is really great." During this period, Mark only complained to Laura about his captain's bad taste, because he felt that neither Fording nor David could understand his pain. He didn't expect Laura to really
saved him.
Laura squatted down and identified it for a while before giving the answer: "It's copper ore and iron ore. This should be good news for you?"
"Of course!" The discovery of easy-to-excavate metal mines near the village is certainly a good thing for the development of the village: "With these ores, today's visit will not be in vain."
After walking half a circle around the hillside, David and Laura discovered a naturally formed cave. Just when David was about to light a torch and go in to have a look, he glanced at Laura next to him in confusion.