Chapter 594: Tiger Roars at Midnight



A long line appeared in the snow.

The team consists of many deer and people.

Unlike the deer that are common in this era and run and walk freely, most of these deer are pulling a wooden frame, and some of the sleds have people sitting on them who are tired of walking.

Mao sat on one of the sleds. He could move forward without moving. This way of traveling was extremely rare for Mao, and he was as curious as a child.

In fact, before the trip, Mao was already prepared to endure hardship and cold.

He had taken people and carried goods out to trade before the snow melted. This was something he had done more than once, long before he joined the Qingque tribe.

It is certain that the harvest is abundant, but it is also true that you suffer.

Some people in the tribe had their toes frozen off after such a walk.

This is not the most painful thing. The most painful thing is that sometimes when you walk for a long time, your eyes will become red and swollen, and you will always have tears. Sometimes you can't see clearly.

He was ready to endure these hardships again, but after following the team out, he found that things were completely different from what he thought.

There would be no more freezing toes because they all wore thick fur socks over warm shoes.

The hats on their heads, gloves on their hands, and antifreeze "snow cream" protected their sensitive and cold-prone parts.

Not only do you no longer have to carry anything on your back, but when you get tired you can sit on the sled and let the deer pull you.

As for the problem of eyes becoming red, swollen and dry due to walking for a long time, it will no longer happen.

Because before leaving, the Son of God gave each person a piece of gray-brown linen and asked them to cover their eyes with it.

At the beginning, Mao did not know the Son of God's intention and did not understand why people had to be covered with linen cloth dyed with smelly mud.

Because when you cover your eyes with such linen, it is really uncomfortable to see things and it affects your vision.

However, such doubts completely disappeared after walking for a few days, because his eyes were no longer as red, swollen and uncomfortable as before.

This was not the most surprising thing for Mao. What surprised him most were the snow houses.

If he had not experienced it himself, he would never have believed that these snow houses built with snow and tents could be so warm.

Thinking back to when he took people out on snowy days before, he only put hay and animal skins under their bodies and covered them with animal skins and hay. Mao now felt very cold.

Compared with traveling during the current snow season, my previous behavior of taking people out was really too simple.

As dusk fell, the team stopped.

The tent was set up, and Mao and another group of people skillfully piled snow on the tent.

Tietou and others who followed out quickly started a fire using the firewood loaded on the sled.

Part of this firewood was brought from the tribe when they set out, and the other part was dead branches picked up from the snow while they were walking.

This subtle move saves the tribe from having to go through the trouble of looking for firewood after camping.

The large vat was propped up and filled with the accumulated snow that was common in this season.

As the flame burned, a lot of warm water gradually came out.

The people in the warm water tribe did not use it first, but put some salt in it and then let the deer in the tribe drink it.

Dozens of sleds gathered around, forming a circle that enclosed the deer and the tents where people lived.

After drinking the warm soup which drove away the coldness in my body, the sky gradually darkened.

On a snowy night, the sky won't be very dark, because the white snow will make the surroundings appear whiter.

A few people were left to keep watch, while the rest of them went neatly into the snow house that had been built to sleep.

Mao was assigned to guard the second half of the night, so he got into the snow house just as fast as the others.

Lying in the warm snow house, shaking a few times, changing into a comfortable position, and then praising the usefulness of the snow house for a while, Mao soon fell into a dream.

There was complete silence all around. The deer were resting there quietly, sometimes even snorting.

Fu followed them out and made them lie down beside the fire or snuggle up with the deer and began to sleep.

After spending a long time with others, Fu's schedules for these guys have become noticeably disrupted.

Next to the fire, a few people who were keeping watch were sitting there quietly warming themselves by the fire, and no one was willing to speak.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the silence continued. Just when everyone thought that this silence would last until dawn, it was interrupted unexpectedly.

The silence was interrupted by a tiger's roar.

The tiger's roar came extremely suddenly, without any warning.

The few people sitting there on guard were surprised. They picked up the weapons at hand and protected themselves. Then, they looked around nervously in panic, looking for the source of the tiger's roar.

The quiet herd of deer suddenly became panicked, and many of them quickly stood up from the ground, making uneasy noises.

If the deer had not been in human contact for a long time and were not tied up, they would have already spread out and scattered in all directions by now.

Fu Jiang and his descendants felt threatened. These guys in the tribe, who were often kicked in the butt by Han Dashenzi, showed their ferocious side at this time.

Each of them pressed their front paws on the ground, lowered their bodies, and huddled slightly backwards, with their hair standing up, and made low, demonstrative cries towards the left rear of the makeshift camp.

"Get up! Get up!"

Among the few people who were on guard, someone reacted and shouted loudly to the sleeping people.

The people in the snow house were awakened one after another. After a brief period of confusion, those who reacted began to quickly crawl out with weapons in hand.

The tiger's roar continued, but it was not majestic, but rather miserable.

The primitive people's bravery was clearly revealed at this time. After a brief panic, the few night watchmen did not run around. Instead, they identified where the tiger was and headed towards there with weapons in hand.

After getting away from the fire, their vision immediately became clear and they could see farther.

Not far from the herd of deer, a large fellow was swaying there, roaring as he swayed, and it looked like he was heading towards the outskirts of the camp.

Four night watchmen, one holding a large shield and three holding long bronze spears, ran over.

Because they remembered that before dark, the leader and his men had tied strong ropes around the camp and inserted long, sharp bamboo thorns sharpened with copper knives into the snow pits near the ropes.

The tips of the bamboo thorns were fried in oil until they were charred and extremely sharp.

At this moment, this guy had obviously been tricked, otherwise he would not have exposed himself before he could pounce on his prey.

The tiger, whose sneak attack failed and who was instead wounded, had to endure the pain and quickly escape after missing the target.

But then I found that something was already catching up from behind.

This guy turned around and started roaring loudly, and made a gesture with his teeth and claws as if to grab the guy who was rushing over, hoping to use this method to scare away these damn big monkeys.

In the past, this method was always effective, and almost no animal dared to ignore its threatening posture.

But tonight was obviously different. Its threat not only failed to scare off the big monkeys that came over, but the big monkeys also stabbed it with three sharp long spears...

The fire around the camp grew bigger, and next to the fire lay a large creature that was somewhat similar in color to snow, its fur stained red with blood.

The eldest brother and others looked at the dead ferocious guy, and while they were relieved, a strong sense of self-confidence also rose up.

In the past, they always avoided such big guys, but now, with the traps taught by the Son of God and sharp bronze weapons, they can easily kill the creatures that they dared not to provoke before!

After watching for a while, the eldest brother asked people to cover the bloodstains with snow to avoid attracting other ferocious beasts.

It is true that they are powerful now, but with enough food, the eldest brother does not want to lead people to fight too many ferocious beasts. After all, the main purpose of their coming here is to mine copper and tin mines.

However, this night was destined to be not too peaceful. Just as the excitement brought by the tiger's attack had subsided, a new danger came, which was much more terrifying than the tiger's!


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