February 5th, the first year after the establishment of the Vine Tribe.
"Boom!"
"Crack!"
In the sky, the first thunder of the year exploded, and thick lightning pierced the sky from time to time, illuminating the ground.
"Huhuhu..."
The wind has also picked up. If you look at it from the sky, the new leaves in the primitive jungle are like a green ocean, with undulating waves.
"Tick...tick..."
The raindrops fell, initially just a few sporadic drops, but gradually became heavier and heavier, turning into a curtain of rain, washing the earth in all directions.
Jiang Xuan stood under the eaves of the bamboo house, looking at the heavy rain outside, and felt very happy.
When it thunders and rains, it means that spring has truly arrived.
He went back to the house and found the bamboo tube used as a calendar, and carved two simplified Chinese characters next to February 5th: Jingzhe.
Jingzhe is a very important solar term. It represents the sudden thunder of spring, the increase of rain, and the gradual warming of the climate.
As the saying goes, "Spring thunder scares hundreds of insects." After the wake of hibernation, the sound of thunder will wake up all hibernating animals, including all kinds of insects underground.
The warm and humid weather also provides favorable conditions for spring plowing and sowing. If you are planting trees, you should start planting after the Waking of Insects.
Chi Shao came over curiously and asked Jiang Xuan: "Xuan, what are you carving?"
Jiang Xuan thought for a while. There was no way to explain the fact that he was a time traveler. In order to avoid future trouble, he decided to tell Chi Shao a story.
"Sister, let me tell you something, but I don't know if you believe it or not."
"What happened?"
"Didn't I fall into a coma on our way to escape?"
Jiang Xuansha said matter-of-factly: "Actually, I had a dream at that time. I dreamed of an old man wearing linen clothes and holding a cane. By the way, he also had very complicated lines painted on his face."<
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After listening to Jiang Xuan's description, Chi Shao said with a serious face: "What you dreamed about should be a shaman from a certain tribe."
As soon as they heard that it was about "witchcraft", Uncaria, Stone Loach, and Nan Xing all gathered around and listened carefully to Jiang Xuan's story.
"This old man taught me many things in my dream, such as fishing, farming, taming wild animals, building houses, etc."
Jiang Xuan handed the bamboo tube to Chi Shao and said: "He also taught me a special writing that can be used to record things, such as this calendar."
Chi Shao looked at the words on the bamboo tube curiously and said, "What is a calendar?"
Jiang Xuandao: "The calendar is used to record the days. You can also record the events that happened that day next to the days. For example, it thundered today and the bugs came out, so I recorded 'The Wake of Insects'."
Chi Shao couldn't understand the words on the bamboo tube, and she didn't know what "Jingzhe" meant. She only had an unclear feeling.
Uncaria, Stone Loach, and Nan Xing also came over to take a look, and they also had a strange feeling.
"What happened next?" Uncaria couldn't help but ask.
"Later, the old man told me that he was actually dead and his soul would soon dissipate. The reason why he taught me so many things was because he hoped that I could pass them on so that he would have no regrets."
"Since then, I have never dreamed about that old man again, but I have firmly remembered what he taught me in his dreams."
Chi Shao looked like he suddenly realized it and said: "So that's it. No wonder you know so many things."
To the tribesmen, witches are very mysterious and possess many incredible abilities. Therefore, Chi Shao and others did not doubt what Jiang Xuan said.
Jiang Xuan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Whatever new things he comes up with in the future can be pushed to the old man in the dream, which can save a lot of trouble of explanation.
Jiang Xuan put the bamboo tube back in place, and then said to Chi Shao: "The old man in the dream also told me the method of planting the land. He said that as long as you cultivate the land according to his method, you can get more food than gathering in the wild.
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Chi Shao nodded and said: "Then let's give it a try."
Jiang Xuandao: "We have opened up a lot of wasteland. We can plant polygonatum, sweet potato, and yam. If we find other seeds, we can also plant them."
Since the ice and snow melted, in addition to hunting and gathering, Jiang Xuan has focused mainly on reclaiming wasteland. Now he has reclaimed seven or eight acres of land, and the front of the bamboo forest is wider than before.
"In addition, if you find small saplings of wild fruits outside, dig them back with the roots and soil, dig them out completely, and plant them near our tribe, so that we don't have to travel too far to pick wild fruits." Chi Shao said: "You are the leader, everyone listens to you."
The three teenagers also nodded. Anyway, the leader is the biggest in the tribe, so they will do whatever the leader says.
"Okay, when the rain stops, we'll go up the mountain!"
After Jiang Xuan finished speaking, he waited with everyone for the rain to stop. He couldn't wait to plant all the cultivated land with food and vegetables.
In order to enter the mountains, he polished several bamboo spears to use as weapons.
Bamboo is old bamboo that has grown for many years and is very thick.
After breaking the bamboo, choose a thick bamboo strip about three centimeters wide, polish it smooth with a stone, grind the end into a sharp point, and then bake it again with fire to dry out the water.
After the spear tip is baked, the hardness will be greatly increased, making it very sharp and can be easily penetrated into the body of the prey. There is only one shortcoming, that is, the overall body is relatively soft, but the flaws are not concealed.
Jiang Xuan polished one long bamboo spear and three short bamboo spears. The spearheads were all blackened by fire, making them very hard and sharp.
At noon, the rain stopped.
Jiang Xuan and others had breakfast, brought weapons, rattan baskets, animal skin bags and other things, and carefully painted totem patterns on their faces.
Tribal people believe that if they draw a totem pattern before going into the mountains, they will be protected by the totem god.
After all preparations were completed, Jiang Xuan and others walked to the forest to the south.
The sun rises from the other side of the creek in the morning. Therefore, the east side of the creek is east, the west side is behind the ancient vines on the stone mountain, the north is where the deer tribe was originally, and the right side of the bamboo forest is south.
The north is a sad place, so they prefer to go to the forest in the south.
It rained in the morning, and the jungle floor was very wet. Fortunately, there were thick layers of dead branches and leaves on the ground, which kept it from getting muddy.
The air carries the fresh smell of vegetation, mixed with the smell of decaying branches and leaves after the rain, forming the unique smell of the primeval forest.
After entering the forest, the five people all concentrated their attention. Their eyes were always paying attention to the abnormalities on the ground and trees, and their ears were always listening to the movements around them.
Jiang Xuan was holding a bamboo spear in his hand and carrying a rattan basket on his back. Three short bamboo spears were also placed in the rattan basket. He felt a little nervous but also a little excited because he didn't know what he would encounter in the jungle. "Crunch, crunch..."
There was the sound of sawing wood from a huge rotten dead tree that had fallen to the ground. Jiang Xuan walked over and used a bamboo spear to open the bark of the dead tree. He saw a fat white insect that had bitten through the dead tree.
Show your head.
The body of this bug is as big as a teacup, and its head is brown, with a pair of large black teeth that can bite through wood easily.
"The protein content of bugs of the same grade is four times that of beef!"
Jiang Xuan whispered, then pierced the insect's head with a bamboo spear, and then threw it into the rattan basket.
All kinds of bugs in the jungle, as long as they are edible, are basically food for the tribesmen.
Because they are numerous and large, they are easier to catch, and they taste good after roasting.
Not only Jiang Xuan, Red Peony Root, Uncaria and others, when they encounter edible bugs, they will kill them first and then take them away.
They continued walking forward and saw many birds and animals along the way.
As the weather gets warmer, various animals come out, and the jungle becomes dangerous and lively.
Jiang Xuan was walking when he suddenly stepped on some brown vines spread out on the ground.
These vines are in a grid shape and look quite weird. After Jiang Xuan stepped on them, he felt quite fresh. The vines looked really weird.
"Xuan, be careful!"
Chi Shao next to him suddenly exclaimed, but it was too late.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The grid-like vines under Jiang Xuan's feet suddenly rose up like a big net, quickly encircling him and turning into a circular cage, trapping Jiang Xuan inside.
"What the hell!"
Jiang Xuan was shocked and wanted to pull the vines apart, but found that the vines were very flexible. With his current strength, he could not stop pulling them apart!
At the same time, some smaller vines, with barbs, extended towards Jiang Xuan from all directions.
The barbs of the vines contain a paralyzing toxin. Once stung, the trapped prey will lose its ability to resist, and will eventually be strangled, rot, and become nourishment for the vines.
The space inside the cage is too small, and Jiang Xuan is tearing up the vines. The situation is very critical.
At this critical moment, Chi Shao rushed over with a stone knife in hand, squatted on the ground, quickly opened up the dead branches and leaves, and then slashed the trunk of this strange vine that was close to the ground.
This kind of vine is called cage vine. Its upper part is in the shape of a circular network, like a spider web, and the lower part is the trunk, which is relatively short and close to the ground.
It is very scary. Once trapped, it is difficult to escape alone unless you are strong enough.
Only those who understand it and are outside the cage can accurately find its trunk and cut off the trunk in time to rescue the trapped people.
Chi Shao's stone knife was sharpened, and she quickly cut off the main trunk of the cage vine with all her strength.
After the main trunk of the cage vine was cut several times, the vines that were attacking Jiang Xuan slowed down significantly. When its main trunk was cut off, the vines immediately lost their ability to attack and stopped moving.
Uncaria, Loach, and Nanxing ran over and hurriedly tore apart the entangled vines and rescued Jiang Xuan inside.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister, what kind of vine is this? It's really scary." Jiang Xuan looked at the vines and asked with lingering fear.
"This is called the cage vine. Its barbs have a paralyzing venom that can trap the prey. After paralysis, it will slowly strangle it to death. If you see this kind of vine on the ground in the future, be sure to take a detour."<
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Jiang Xuan, Uncaria and others nodded, they have already seen the horror of this kind of vine.
"However, its juice is a good thing. Apply a little on arrowheads or spearheads. After hitting the prey, the prey will be slowly paralyzed and its movement will slow down."
Chi Shao took off his long spear, short spear, and stone knife, and covered the spearhead and blade with the juice of this cage vine.
Jiang Xuan, Undou and others also coated their weapons with this paralyzing toxin juice.
Afterwards, the five people continued to move forward. After what happened just now, they became more cautious.