wild trail

Chapter 57 Death Forest?

People didn't harvest half of the millet on the ten-odd mu of land until dusk, and the cut ears of grain were piled up on mats woven with straw ropes. Adding up the grain ears on seven or eight straw mats, Wang Lang estimated that it weighed seven or eight hundred catties. Compared with the high-yield millet yield of four to five hundred catties per mu in the original world, this output pales in comparison.

More than 100 catties of seeds can only harvest less than [-] catties of grain. This yield can be said to be very low. Wang Lang can only hope that after the conditions improve in the future, the yield can be increased through intensive cultivation.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, people dragged straw mats filled with grain ears back to the tribe.

At night, by the light of the fire, with the joint efforts of the people, four to five catties of grain ears were quickly threshed and peeled, and the golden grains were put into a pottery pot, which made people feel good when they saw it.

The women washed the rice and cooked porridge, and the men took out the deer that was used as a sacrifice during the day. After skinning the deer, they selected the fattest part of the deer, cut it into small pieces with a dagger, rinsed it, and threw it into the porridge. inside the clay pot.

People sat in front of the fire, watched the bubbling millet porridge, smelled the fragrance in the air, and swallowed hard one by one.

It has been more than three months since they ate this kind of food for the first time, but the taste remained deeply in their memory.

The advantage of farming civilization is that with enough food, humans can have time to do other things instead of being busy every day to catch prey.

After enjoying the benefits brought by agriculture, people quickly accepted this new way of life. They don't need to fight with wild animals, and they can fill their stomachs just by farming and harvesting. This kind of life is called life.

In the next few days, people took back all the millet left in the field, left part of it as seeds after threshing, and put the rest on straw mats to dry. After the millet is dried, it can prevent mold and deterioration, and the sun can kill Insect eggs in dead seeds.

Tropical areas can be planted all year round. Wang Lang and the others burned more than ten acres of grassland. After a light rain, people planted this season's millet.

With enough food, Wang Lang's previous idea of ​​building a residence in the Salt Lake area reappeared in his mind.

In the evening, after people finished their meal, Wang Lang told them about his plan.

"I said before that after the corn is harvested, we need to build a settlement in the salt field. Now we have enough food, so it's time to do this," Wang Lang said.

Everyone remembered this incident, and no one came out to object at this moment. The grove by the river had been cut down by himself. The lack of wood also let them know the importance of the forest.

"Lang, when shall we go there?" Huo asked.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow I will take people on a raft." Wang Lang said.

Huo nodded, and asked, "How many people is appropriate to bring there?"

Wang Lang thought for a while and said, "You don't need too many people, five warriors and three women are enough."

Then people discussed the itinerary for tomorrow, and then hurriedly rested.

Early the next morning, Wang Lang set off with five men and three women on a raft loaded with grain and some clay pots.

Drifting down the river is much faster than walking. Although Kong Yi and Kong Er on the raft have been rafts before, they are still very excited this time, sitting on the side of the raft and staring at the fish passing by underwater. .

On the river bank, occasionally some animals came to drink water. They were frightened by these monsters in the water and fled in panic. There were also some ferocious beasts standing on the bank and roaring at Wang Lang and the others, eager to pounce on them and kill them. The guy who broke into his own territory, but the river is very deep, these beasts can only watch Wang Lang and the others go away unwillingly.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, the deep forest in the distance appeared before people's eyes, and the lake in front was glowing faintly red in the sunlight.

Wang Lang didn't intend to get close to that lake. In such a seemingly calm place, there are often ferocious beasts lurking under the water surface. Wang Lang docked the raft a few hundred meters away from the lake.

After people moved their things down, they set up a fire on the bank of the river, preparing to spend the night here, and the rest of the things had to wait until dawn.

At night, the jungle in the distance was unusually quiet. In the dark woods, Wang Lang felt as if there were countless pairs of cold eyes hiding in the dark and watching people's every move, which made him shiver subconsciously.

The flocks of birds flying up from time to time in the forest and the faint howling of animals remind Wang Lang of the danger of this forest.

For the sake of safety, people take turns to eat, and there are people holding weapons all the time, watching every move around them. In such a dangerous place everywhere, you must be [-] points, and any negligence will bring the price of death.

While resting, Wang Lang looked at the forest in darkness, and asked Kong Yi beside him, "Kong Yi, have you been in that forest before?"

Kong Yi shook his head. Since he was not fluent in language, he could only stumble and say, "Dangerous, over there, there are monsters."

Although what Kong Yi said was awkward, Wang Lang still understood. Hearing that there were monsters in the forest, he couldn't help being curious, what was the thing that could be called a monster by a fierce man who stole a bird's egg, and this aroused him. curiosity.

"Have you seen that monster? What does it look like!" Wang Lang asked.

Kong Yi shook his head and said: "I have never seen it before. In the stories circulating on the grassland, it is said that this place is a place of death. People who walk into this forest will be lost in the darkness, and their souls will be destroyed by the people in the forest." The monster eats it up, and those who go in don't come out again."

Hearing that the monsters were just unfounded rumors, and sounded more like a trick used by adults to scare children, Wang Lang lost interest in this matter, and looked back at the dark forest, but no matter how he looked at it, It's just a very ordinary primitive jungle. Wang Lang doesn't believe in the place of death that Kong Yi said, these gods and ghosts. He guessed it might be some ferocious beasts. There is nothing to be afraid of as long as you are careful.

And with the backwardness of these humans on the grassland, the dark jungle is indeed an extremely terrifying place for them.

The first night was spent peacefully, but the next day, people began to get busy.

Men use stone axes to cut down trees at the edge of the forest where there are few trees and a wide view. Women hold spears and stand guard nearby.

Now Wang Lang doesn't plan to go too deep into this jungle, he can only wait for the residence to be built, and explore along the edge of the jungle bit by bit.

　Toothache, head dizzy.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)