survival in the wilderness

Chapter 23
Huahong couldn't tell when the cold season came. Lin Yan checked it and found that 250 days had passed since the last cold season.

So many days have passed.

There had long been rumors in the tribe that the cold season was coming, but seventy or eighty days had passed, and Lin Yan always thought it was still early.

She thought about it. Although people were busy doing other things, they did not forget to store meat. There were always strips of air-dried meat, and later they used smoked meat.

It turned out that they had been preparing for a long time.This is their experience, having been busy storing food for the cold season.

The cold season is coming, and she suddenly felt that there were still many things to do.

Lin Yan didn't go out, he was seriously thinking about what to do as the winter season was coming.

Hua Hong soon finished packing and went to find Cao Zhi, and asked Lao Hei to look at Lin Yan.

Lao Hei had just eaten and was about to burn pottery, so he happened to take Lin Yan with him.

"Old Hei, is the cold season really coming?"

Old Hei thought for a while and said, "Yes, it's coming soon."

"How many more days?"

"It's hard to say." Although Lao Hei can count and count days now, he may not have this concept at all, and he doesn't know how many days the cold season will come.

Lin Yan was silent. Is it really going to be the cold season again?

These days have been the hot season, although the temperature is high, but it does not affect anything.But the cold season is different. In order to resist the severe cold, people hide in caves.

The last cold season had a total of [-] days, and this time it is estimated to be similar.

It's such a waste of days to do nothing.You have to find something for people to do.

With the fire pile, people discovered the magical effect of fire, and they all baked the caves they lived in, so that they were no longer humid, and after baking with fireworks, there were fewer insects and ants.

The burned plant ash is sprinkled in the cave, which can prevent moisture and insects.After paving with straw mats, the walls are also covered with straw mats so as not to drop soil.

It's okay to live in the cave today, but I have to find a way to light a fire in the cave to survive the cold season.

This is the first thing to do. As long as there is a fire and pottery, eating hot soup and drinking hot water will solve the problem.Also prepare more firewood.

Thinking about all kinds of mess in his mind, Lin Yan didn't have the energy to do anything this day.

When he went back, Lao Hei looked at her worriedly, "What's wrong with you, what's the matter?"

"I'm afraid it's too cold in the cold season."

"What are you afraid of? With the fire, the cold season will not be difficult to survive." Old Hei is still very optimistic. "When there was no fire before, you can get through it. Now you don't have to worry."

Lin Yan nodded, "I just can't come out."

"Just bear it and it's over. It's too cold outside in the cold season, so don't even try to come out, just stay in the cave."

When Hua Hong came back in the afternoon, she held a pile of leather and kept moving, and soon made a suit of clothes for Lin Yan.

The upper body is a T-shirt with sleeves, and the lower body is paired with trousers, which is the style that Lin Yan told Cao Zhi.

Putting it on and trying it on, Lin Yan praised: "Aniang, your craftsmanship is really good, and it's also warm to wear. I'll make you a suit of clothes too."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it tomorrow." Huahong was very satisfied. Putting on clothes was much better than being wrapped in leather, and her body activities were not restricted, and she was not afraid of the cold.

"The tribe is making clothes, and there is not enough leather. The hunting team has gone out to hunt pikas, and the harvest is not bad."

"The leather is not enough, isn't there still linen?"

"Sackcloth can be worn in the hot season, but not in the cold season. It is useless without thick and warm leather, and the linen is not windproof."

Lin Yan hasn't thought about this yet, the current linen is still very rough, it can't really block the wind, and wearing it can also hide your ugliness.She said: "It's better to wear linen under the leather, like me."

When she was trying on clothes just now, she didn't take off the linen gown inside, she just put it on.

Huahong looked at it and thought it was okay.

I am going to make a few more sackcloths to wear inside. The leather is not easy to clean, but the sackcloth is easy to clean.

"Aniang, there are twelve pikas at home, are they enough to eat in the cold season?"

"Not enough, there are bacon and jerky, which should be enough. Auntie will go hunting again and stock up on more meat. Just stay at home obediently."

"Aniang, I still need to prepare firewood and hay for the pika. There are many things to do."

After Lin Yan said this, Hua Hong remembered that the cold season was coming, and he needed to store some hay for the pika, otherwise there would be nothing to eat.

"Don't be in a hurry to make clothes, just wear what you have. A Niang will go get some grass first." Huahong said and hurried away with Ye Zi with a basket in hand.

While making baskets, Mu Shi took care of Lin Yan and Ye Ya.He is very good at weaving baskets, and some people exchange things with him.

He seemed to have discovered a way to survive, and he worked even harder on weaving baskets.

Now that there are many novelties, people in the tribe began to barter, which gave many old and weak people a chance to survive.

As long as you are not lazy, willing to work hard, and master a skill, you can get food in exchange.

A division of labor began to appear in the tribe, and it was no longer the same as before. Except for the strong, everyone else lived a difficult life.

Lin Yan also noticed this phenomenon, she thought it was pretty good, and it would get better and better in the future.

With a tribe of nearly ten thousand people, the needs are no longer single, and various people will naturally be differentiated.This is an inevitable process for the development and growth of a group.

Mu Shi is in poor health and could not do anything before, but now he is busy weaving baskets, twisting hemp rope, and weaving hemp nets every day. Others in the tribe come to him to change them if they need them.

Lao Hei is a lame man with a thin body, and it is very difficult to live alone.Now he has full experience in firing pottery and is good at researching, and has fired all kinds of pottery, which is in short supply.

There are many people like them, who used to be able to linger on their last legs, but now they can live on their own.

With hope in life, I work more vigorously.

Ye Ya whispered to Lin Yan quietly: "My dad is busy now, he doesn't have time to take us out to play."

Lin Yan glanced at Mu Shi who was weaving baskets, nodded, and sighed: "I really want to grow up quickly."

Looking down at his short figure, he became even more sad.She wants to grow up quickly, get out of here, find more resources, and improve living conditions.

Ye Ya also sighed, "I also want to grow up and go hunting. Lin Yan, does the world you mentioned really exist?"

Ever since Lin Yan said that she didn't want to live anymore, and she gave up on herself and complained, all the smart children knew that she had seen the world and knew everything.

They are very yearning for the world she said, and they also want to see such a world.

Ye Ya was no exception, he often followed Lin Yan's ass to ask these questions.

Lin Yan nodded affirmatively, "Existence, although unimaginable, is true. It is a world built by human beings over many years."

"Let's build a world like that too, shall we?" Ye Ya looked at Lin Yan staringly, he wanted to see that kind of world.

Lin Yan looked at the rudimentary living conditions in front of her. She also wanted that kind of world, but she could only think about it.

There is no infrastructure, everything is lacking, and what is used to create a new world.

But looking at Ye Ya's bright eyes, she nodded in a mysterious way, and said firmly: "Okay, let's create a new world together."

Lin Yan knew it was difficult to say such bold words, but Ye Ya didn't know, so he smiled happily.

(End of this chapter)