In the blink of an eye, another two years passed and Wang Yang was five years old.

At the age of five, he has grown to be seven or eight years old. He doesn't know exactly how tall he is. There are records in books that the ape-men of this period were generally between 1.4 and 1.6 meters tall.

According to Wang Yang's height, which is about to reach his father's shoulders, he should be about one meter tall.

This means that in one year's time, he will enter the vast forest outside the canyon.

In this regard, he was already ready to fight and was not afraid.

Due to long-term and unremitting training, his agility has reached an unprecedented state, his body is stronger, his muscles are bulging, and he is extremely explosive.

Of course, there are more and more training programs.

For two years, he practiced sprinting so that he could increase his speed in a short period of time, and practiced long-distance running to increase his physical fitness for chasing.

He has also mastered "Xiao Li's Flying Knife" to a great extent. If he is given a stone at random, he only needs to weigh the weight in his hand and he will know how much force he should use to hit the red heart.

The ancients said that if a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools!

Thinking that he was about to enter the forest, where he could find rattan, which could be made, which could improve everyone's hunting success rate and reduce unnecessary casualties, he felt excited.

In the past two years, with the fire for warmth in winter, there has been no fever, and the number of tribe members has reached a record high of thirty.

Wang Yang also had a little sister. Since he couldn't speak, he chose a name in his mind, Wang Yingying. It had no meaning or elegance, it was just simple and catchy.

With the emergence of a large number of new lives in the tribe, the burden on the adults' shoulders became heavier, and the burden on Wang Yang was equally heavy.

The increase in population means an increase in the demand for food, especially in the labor force. The food that these dozen adults can obtain every day is the same as usual, and they can still have enough food and clothing on weekdays.

It's just that meat is divided equally again, and relying solely on the nutrition of fruits is not enough.

Seeing their faces that were always thin despite being busy every day, Wang Yang was heartbroken.

He could hardly help but want to go into the forest, find rattan, and make better props.

But he understood that he couldn't rush. He had to wait for another year to develop better and become stronger and faster, so that he could have the capital to save his life.

But God was not kind to us, so all of this was brought forward in winter.

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This year's winter was about to pass and spring was about to come, when an accident happened.

The ice and snow had just melted, and it only warmed up for a few days before heavy snow fell again. The world, which had just recovered a little, once again entered the white world of death.

All the stored meat had been eaten up long ago, and only a few dozen fruits were left, which could only last for a few days at most.

I originally thought that this year's spring would arrive like in previous years, but unexpectedly it was delayed.

Moreover, due to the increase in population, food is used up at the end of winter.

Wang Yang didn't need to make any further judgments to know that the cold air moving south was causing the embarrassment.

He understood very well that in this day and age, forests can only appear in tropical and subtropical places. In the north, it is absolutely ice and snow.

Even here, there is no real summer, the hottest time is only 16 or 7 degrees Celsius.

It wasn't until tens of thousands of years BC that things got warmer and the modern climate formed.

Before that, the earth was very cold.

The adults were very anxious. They planned to take torches and go to the lonely forest to find food.

Wang Yang wanted to go, but was stopped.

For several days, the adults found very little food. They rarely brought back a rabbit, dug up some tree roots, and picked up some completely frozen fruits.

How can this food be enough to live on for nearly thirty people?

Today, several adults are already hungry.

The source of food was imminent, and Wang Yang couldn't wait any longer. Regardless of the adults' dissuasion, he joined the food search team. After all, with one more person and more strength, the chance of finding food would be greater.

He packed a dozen small stones with bone spurs, covered them with layers of animal skins, and got ready.

There were only a bunch of children left in the cave, with no one to look after them and no way to look after them. All they could do was burn the fire brighter so that wild animals would not dare to come near.

As soon as I got outside, I was suddenly hit by the north wind. The biting cold wind got in through several small gaps and blew all over my body.

Wang Yang shuddered and trembled all over. He had no intention of admiring the beautiful scenery of white ice and snow. He stepped deep into the snow and followed the adults.

In this era, there were no shoes yet, so Wang Yang and others caught the rabbit, made a small opening in the rabbit just enough to accommodate the ankle, hollowed out the internal organs, dried them, and put them on the feet.

They walked and walked into the woods in front of the canyon.

This forest is located at the foot of two green mountains and is covered by tall unknown trees.

There are some trees that Wang Yang is familiar with, the relatively easy-to-recognize coniferous trees, and some other trees from the cold zone.

But since there is no human logging, this is a paradise for plants, and competition is extremely fierce.

In order to be illuminated by the sun, every tree grows crazy and tall. Some trees require four or five people to hug them, which shows how strong they are.

Wang Yang followed the adults to the edge of the forest and squinted his eyes to look carefully.

The depths of the forest are very dark, and the weak sunlight cannot shine inside. The depths are like evening, and the visibility is very low.

The ground is covered with thick snow, and underneath the trees, there is rare uncovered ground. The color is mostly dark soil, with small stones and trees mixed in.

After walking for a while, he didn't see any animals, and there was no danger. Unfortunately, Wang Yang didn't see any canes, which made him very disappointed.

Suddenly, the adults' movements slowed down, and they let out two whining sounds. Everyone went on alert, tightened their weapons one by one, and walked slowly inside.

Wang Yang couldn't help but feel nervous.

He had never even killed a chicken in his previous life, and he had only killed a few fish during this period. He had never experienced real hunting. Thinking that he would soon face extremely ferocious beasts from ancient times, he couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.

There are not many weeds and thorns at the edge of the forest, and there is a path that has obviously been opened by humans, and everyone is heading towards this to enter.

After walking cautiously for a while without encountering any danger, the adults breathed a sigh of relief and waved their hands, signaling everyone to look for food nearby.

Wang Yang followed his parents. His father took a flat stone tool and walked to the foot of a big tree. He dug up the snow on the ground and dug down a few centimeters. His eyes lit up and he found a pile of chestnuts.

These chestnuts fall to the ground in autumn. Due to their shells, the fruits inside are not easy to spoil. After a long winter, they are completely frozen. They are one of the main foods to fight against the long winter.

He muttered happily, indicating that he had found dozens of them, which should be the nests of a certain mouse. The mouse did not come back and was probably hunted by other things.

The mother used the rabbit fur as a bag and put it in it.

Wang Yang looked around carefully, paying attention to the wild beasts that might appear at any time under his dim sight.

He didn't see any wild animals, but he did see that the soil was dug up under several trees, both large and small, to reveal the tree roots inside. He wondered what the benefit of digging like this was.

But after a while, he understood the benefits.

His father dug under one of the plants and soon reached the root. At the root, there were fruits the size of soybeans.

Wang Yang took one and took a bite. He found that the meat inside was pure white and tasted bland and sour. Almost immediately, he almost screamed with excitement!

He recognized the plant, called thistle! The roots bear fruit, are cold-resistant, can be found everywhere, and most importantly, this plant is medicine!

It has hemostatic and anti-inflammatory effects, which means that if you accidentally open a wound in the future, you don’t need to get infected!

Wang Yang was extremely excited. He looked around and saw more than thirty plants everywhere.

He was so happy that he didn't recognize it at first because he had only seen it in textbooks and never seen it before. Moreover, its branches and leaves were similar to those of a coniferous tree. At first glance, he thought it was a small coniferous tree.

Unexpectedly, this is a treasure!

Seeing how happy he was, his parents thought he liked to eat this kind of fruit, so they gave him ten of the fruits they picked.

He packed it up carefully without being greedy, and at the same time filled it back with soil to cover the roots of the thistle.

His parents didn't understand his thankless behavior. You have to know how long it has been. What does this rotten plant do? Covering it back with soil is simply a waste of energy.

Wang Yang didn't care. This was the only medicine he had discovered so far. It was equivalent to life-saving straw. How could he waste it? He buried them one by one. It would be of great use in the future.

After doing this, Wang Yangcai and his parents set off on the road again.

They were in an area outside the forest and had been raided some time ago, so it was difficult to find food.

So everyone gathered together and decided to go deep into the forest.

The deeper the forest, the darker the light. The trees grow very densely, blocking a lot of snow. You can see the black soil on the ground, making walking less strenuous.

But everyone's footsteps became even slower, staring closely at their surroundings.

I have to say that in this era, there is no need to read books all day long, there is no radiation from computers and mobile phones, and the eyesight is very good.

Everything is clearly visible. Wang Yang likes this feeling of seeing everything clearly, but now is not a happy time.

Everyone came to a halt between some big trees.

After calling each other a few times, everyone decided to collect any food they could find here.

Wang Yang did not dare to walk alone in the dark forest and still stayed with his parents.

Suddenly, the team of more than twenty people dispersed.

Wang Yang dug everywhere and found nothing. Knowing that he had no skills, he simply watched his parents dig.

My parents were very experienced. They first looked at the ground nearby to see if there were any signs of fruit rot. If there were no signs of fruit rot, it meant that they had been eaten or hidden by mice or the like.

At this time, my father saw a faint trace. It was a small footprint. It was not any large animal, but looked like a rabbit or a mouse.

Following the trail, they found a thin layer of snow, pushed it aside, and discovered a cave entrance.
Chapter completed!