Chapter 56 Must Find Him

The first snow of early winter fell quietly half a month later.

But in just half a day, the desolate forest became even more desolate, the grass and treetops were covered with a thin layer of white snow, and even the lake was covered with a thin layer of ice.

After eating the last bit of camel meat left over from the previous few days, Ye Yunian and his party embarked on a winter migration journey.

The cold wind howled, blowing the cold snowflakes randomly.

The experienced Song Yi walked in the front, Ye Yunian followed behind him, and Ju Zi was pushed to the middle by Sang Ren, so she came to cover the rear.

The wolves walked very fast, and they did not stop for a whole day, so in just one afternoon, they walked twenty or thirty kilometers in the southwest direction.

The further they went in this direction, the more Ye Yunian could feel that the temperature nearby had risen a little.

But even this forest would become desolate when the real winter came.

So they couldn't stop yet, they had to find a forest with abundant resources even in the coldest winter.

But the more food resources there were, the more predators there would be.

Finding a suitable territory is not an easy task.

So this time they migrated for almost half a month, stopping and starting.

Finally, when snowflakes fell from the sky again, Song Yi and Ye Yunian found a group of camels quickly passing through the coniferous forest not far away.

Ye Yunian raised his head and sniffed the air. He felt that there seemed to be a water source nearby.

Ye Yunian turned to look at Song Yi.

Song Yi determined a direction and called out softly, motioning everyone to follow him.

The four wolves ran towards the coniferous forest ahead. Even before they passed through the dense forest, Ye Yunian saw a lake with rippling waves.

Ye Yunian's eyes were filled with surprise.

They quickened their pace and passed through the woods.

The first thing that came into view was a patch of low shrubs, and further ahead was a lake whose other side could not be seen at a glance.

No, it cannot be said that the other side could not be seen.

It was because of the weather that a layer of white mist floated on the water, so the other side was a little blurry.

There were still fine snowflakes floating in the sky, but even so, the lake in front of them had not frozen yet.

Where there is water, there are animals, and this is a coniferous forest where the leaves do not fall even in the coldest winter.

In the season when food is scarce, countless animals will come here to forage for food.

In other words, this is the most suitable territory for them to live in!

Mulberry and Orange are very happy.

Only Song Yi still has a serious look on his face.

Ye Yunian knew what he was worried about, so he came over and rubbed his chin with his head.

Maybe because he was well raised by Song Yi, Ye Yunian's size is now the same as that of two-year-old Song Yi.

But even so, Ye Yunian still likes to lower his head slightly and rub his head against Song Yi's head.

Song Yi also likes Ye Yunian's closeness, and lowered his head to lick Ye Yunian's face.

The richer the resources, the more intense the competition.

When passing through the woods, Ye Yunian also smelled several scents belonging to predators.

It should be the smell left by the lynx.

But there should be more than just lynx in this forest, there are other large predators.

Long before they arrived, these predators had already occupied this territory.

So it is not easy to live here peacefully.

But now is different from the past, now Ye Yunian, Sang Ren and Ju Zi have grown up!

They are in their prime and are not afraid of the threat of other predators.

Even if they really encounter a Siberian tiger that they can't beat, they can run away immediately!

And more importantly, Ye Yunian raised his head and motioned Song Yi to follow him to look at the opposite side.

The fog on the lake is still a little thick, but if you get a little closer, you can vaguely see the situation on the opposite side.

The opposite side is the same as here, with such a dense coniferous forest.

If the situation here is really bad, then they can cross the lake and go to the forest on the opposite side to find a suitable place to live.

Song Yi turned his head to look at Ye Yunian.

Ye Yunian looked at him.

After a long time, Song Yi came over and rubbed Ye Yunian with his head, then stretched out his tongue to lick the snowflakes from the corners of Ye Yunian's eyes.

That's right.

They still have a lot of options. Even if this forest is no longer suitable for living, they can change to another territory.

After a short rest by the lake, the four wolves got up and set off.

This coniferous forest is very large, but this does not mean that they can mark this territory as their territory at will.

Song Yi took them around the forest for a long time, and finally found a piece of woodland that had not been marked by other predators.

This piece of coniferous forest is a bit sparse, and the low shrubs are not as good as the previous forest.

That is to say, there won't be too many herbivores coming here to look for food, but this is also good.

In the winter when food is scarce, animals will come wherever there is food.

So they don't need to worry too much.

The only thing that makes Ye Yunian feel a little dissatisfied is that there are no tree holes nearby.

When Ye Yunian was a giant panda, he particularly liked caves. Now that he has become a wolf, this habit of being accustomed to a fixed residence has not changed.

On the first night of rest in the new territory, Ye Yunian didn't sleep well.

Because his body shape is now almost the same as Song Yi, he can't sleep under Song Yi's belly every day, so in the past period of time, they have been sleeping close together.

Summer and autumn are not cold, and the tree holes can protect us from wind and rain, so sleeping here is very comfortable.

But now it is different.

Instead of finding the tree hole, they only found a tall rock.

With this rock, there is no wind behind, but it can only block the back.

The severe winter has come. Although Ye Yunian has thick fur and a sheep blanket brought by Orange, he still feels very uncomfortable!

Song Yi obviously noticed Ye Yunian's mood.

So the next morning, Song Yi got up first as soon as it was light.

Realizing that the source of warmth beside him had left, Ye Yunian suddenly opened his eyes and howled at Song Yi.

The meaning was: where are you going?

The snow was not heavy yesterday and stopped in the evening.

There was even a ray of sunlight rising slowly in the early morning, but even so, the chill in the air should not be underestimated.

Song Yi walked over, lowered his head and licked Ye Yunian's head. He

hummed twice.

This was the sound he learned from Ye Yunian, meaning to wait for him here and he would be back soon.

Ye Yunian didn't sleep well last night and was feeling sleepy now.

He nodded slowly and called to Song Yi again, asking him not to go too far.

After all, they had just arrived in this territory and didn't know who the neighbors were nearby.

Song Yi responded and walked towards the dense forest not far away.

Ye Yunian closed his eyes in a daze, turned over, and leaned towards the oranges not far away.

It's so cold in winter, let's sleep together!

When he opened his eyes again, Ye Yunian felt something holding his neck.

Who else could hold his neck except Song Yi?

Ye Yunian smelled the familiar scent at the tip of his nose, but did not struggle, until Song Yi pulled Ye Yunian's neck to distance him from Juzi, and then he was put down by Song Yi again.

Ye Yunian hummed twice in his throat, opened his eyes, turned his head and did not see Song Yi first, but a big rock.

Yes, it was a big rock.

Ye Yunian blinked and turned over after a long while.

Sang Ren had woken up a long time ago.

When Song Yi went out, Sang Ren heard the noise. She watched Song Yi walking towards the forest with the bag in his mouth. After hesitating for a while, she followed him.

Song Yi noticed that Sang Ren followed him, but he did not stop her.

Sang Ren followed Song Yi around in the forest for a while, and saw Song Yi suddenly stop in front of a stone.

Sang Ren tilted her head slightly, a little confused.

She thought Song Yi went out so early to find food for her brother.

After all, the last time they had dinner was two days ago, so she wanted to follow.

But why did he want to dig that stone?

The stone was almost half the size of Song Yi, and a small part of the stone was embedded in the soil. It was not an easy task to dig the stone out.

But Song Yi did not hesitate at all, and began to dig the soil with his two front paws.

Sang Ren stared at him for a while, hesitated for a long time, and decided to come over to help.

Although it was unclear what Song Yi wanted to do, Sang Ren had already regarded Song Yi as one of the leaders in their pack of four wolves.

Why one of them?

Of course, it was because the other leader was his brother!

Since it was what the leader wanted to do, the other members of the pack didn't need to ask too much, they just followed.

So the two wolves worked together, and soon, the flat stone was dug out of the soil.

Song Yi spread a black cloth bag on the ground, and then began to use his nose to push the stone, trying to move the stone into the bag.

It must be said that without hands, it was indeed a laborious task to move this big stone into the bag.

Sang Ren turned around for several times but couldn't think of a good solution. Finally, he could only follow Song Yi and use his head to push the stone.

Fortunately, the weight of the stone was not particularly exaggerated. The two wolves finally succeeded in pushing the stone onto the cloth bag.

Although the stone still couldn't be put in, as long as the stone was on the bag, it could be moved.

So next, Song Yi and Sang Ren, each wolf holding one side of the bag, slowly dragged the stone back.

It was not easy to drag such a big stone back.

Sang Ren was so tired that she lay on the ground and gasped as soon as she came back. She looked at Song Yi and didn't understand where Song Yi got the strength to drag her brother back from Ju Zi.

Ye Yunian looked at the big stone in front of him and was really a little confused.

He turned his head to look at Song Yi, and found that Song Yi walked to the side, holding the bag in his mouth, and pulled the cloth bag out from under the stone.

Then, Song Yi turned around and prepared to leave again.

At this moment, Ye Yunian suddenly understood something.

Song Yi wouldn't want to build a stone cave for him!

Ye Yunian likes fixed caves that can withstand wind and snow.

But living in the wild, not every luck is so good to find a suitable cave to live in.

When he was a giant panda in his previous life, there were one or two times when he couldn't find a cave in the territory.

Ye Yunian was very dissatisfied with this at the time, especially on rainy days.

He really didn't like getting wet in the rain!

So Ye Yunian, who was still a little bear at the time, moved a few stones over by himself, and used stones and branches to build a simple shelter.

Although giant pandas are bears, their front limbs are quite flexible, so it is not difficult to build a simple tree shed to shelter from the rain.

But they are wolves now!

Ye Yunian hurriedly called Song Yi.

Song Yi heard Ye Yunian's call, stopped and looked back at him.

Ye Yunian walked in quickly and howled at Song Yi several times.

It's not that he has to sleep in the tree shed. If there's no tree shed, then there's no tree shed. And although there's no tree hole here, they can look for it somewhere else. What if they're lucky enough to find a place with a tree hole?

Song Yi probably understood what Ye Yunian wanted to express. He lowered his head and licked Ye Yunian's eyes.

His eyes were as gentle as ever. He didn't interrupt Ye Yunian, but Ye Yunian still saw his persistence through Song Yi's eyes.

Song Yi still wanted to build a beautiful and warm windproof shed for the little white wolf.

Although he couldn't remember exactly when this memory came from, he just remembered that the little white wolf had built a shed for him before.

That shed was very good and could block a lot of wind and rain.

Winter has come, and it will start to snow in the next period of time.

The little white wolf doesn't like sleeping on the ground in the open air, so he must build it before then.

Song Yi insisted, and Ye Yunian frowned and thought for a long time before he couldn't help but let out an "aw".

A little angry, but more happy at the same time.

Song Yi really understands his preferences and is so good to him.

In this case, let's build it together!

Although it is difficult for wolves to move large stones, they have black bags.

Thinking of this, Ye Yunian couldn't help but thank his brother who sent the fish again in his heart.

Sure enough, tools change the wolf's life!

When Orange woke up from a nap, he found that the weather seemed to have changed.

It was not because the weather really got worse, but because his brothers and sisters, and their leading wolf became a little strange.

Why do we have to move stones?

And move so many stones?

Wait, after filling the ground with these stones, will they sleep on the stones in the future?

Also, sister, why do we have to bite the branches of the tree? Awooo -

Orange was confused, but he never slacked off while working. He just worked while growling.

Mulberry was confused by his noise and jumped up to bite Orange's ear.

How should I know?

Can't you work quietly?

Also, there are many predators around here. Do you want them to find us quickly?

Mulberry's teachings were still very effective. Orange stopped making any sound immediately, but made a wronged hum in his throat.

He stopped shouting, so could his ear be bitten?

It hurts!

Sang Ren snorted and let go of his stupid brother.

So for the next half day, Ye Yunian and Song Yi were responsible for transporting stones, while Sang Ren and Ju Zi kept biting branches.

The branches of spruce and fir trees are covered with fine and dense needles, which can easily prick the skin if you are not careful.

But as the saying goes, practice makes perfect, and after half a day, Sang Ren and Ju Zi also brought back a lot of branches.

Looking at Ye Yunian and Song Yi again, their harvest was even richer.

Under the rock where they slept last night, there are now all stones of different sizes.

Song Yi stood by, and Ye Yunian was carefully picking from the pile of stones.

He put the stones with flat surfaces together at the bottom.

As the temperature drops, sleeping in the snow is the most unwise choice.

So in order to isolate the cold soil, the first thing to do is to put a layer of stones on the soil.

After the flat stones are laid on top, it can become a large platform, and because the stones have strong heat absorption capacity, sleeping on these stones will be warmer.

But sleeping only on stones will definitely be uncomfortable.

So the next step is to lay a few layers of fur on it.

Last year's white wool blanket, after being slept on for a whole year, now looks a little dirty.

So this blanket is placed at the bottom, as for the blanket on top - after

Ye Yunian finished doing this, he looked back at Song Yi: "Woo woo woo woo ow——"

Hungry.

Song Yi also felt that it was time, so he called them to follow him.

Song Yi noticed it as early as when he was moving the stones.

Not far from their territory, there were several moose moving around.

The four wolves are now in perfect harmony.

Sometimes, Song Yi doesn't even need to give orders, Sang Ren and Ju Zi know what they should do next.

In an hour, they successfully hunted a moose.

Ye Yunian also caught two snow rabbits nearby.

After filling his stomach, Song Yi tore off the fur of the moose.

Ye Yunian also peeled the fur of the two snow rabbits, and then distributed the meat to Sang Ren and Ju Zi.

The peeled fur couldn't be taken back immediately, so Ye Yunian and Song Yi carried the fur to the lake.

The lake is very large and will not freeze in a short time.

Throwing the fur in the water and pressing it with two big rocks will not only soak away the bloody smell on the fur, but also attract a lot of fish.

Fish are naturally not interested in the fur; they come to peck at the scraps of meat remaining on the fur.

After the fish have finished eating the minced meat, Ye Yunian and the others can come back and collect the fur.

After doing this, the sky gradually darkened.

But Ye Yunian and Song Yi did not rest there.

There is still half the work of building the tree shed. Now that you have decided to build a tree shed for sleeping, let’s build it in one go!

After returning to the big rock, Ye Yunian and Song Yi went to pick up two pieces of long wood and came back.

Although there are no large tree holes in the conifer forest, there are still many fallen trees.

By bringing back these tree trunks and inserting them into the soil on both sides, a simple triangular frame can be formed.

Ye Yunian and Song Yi were responsible for inserting the tree trunks into the soil, Sang Ren supported the tree trunks to prevent them from falling, and Ju Zi was busy digging.

One after another, holes were dug, tree trunks were inserted into them, and then buried with soil, and other stones were used to support the sides, so that even if there was wind and snow, the frame would not be blown down.

Ye Yunian couldn't remember how many tree trunks they brought back before they barely built this bare tent.

The rocks behind the tree shed were two or three meters high. Although the tree trunks that Ye Yunian and his team brought back had undergone a simple screening, the tree trunks were still somewhat different in height.

Therefore, the top of this tree shed looked particularly strange and did not form a perfect triangle.

But the impact is not big. Tomorrow they will lay the fir tree branches on top and use some stones to hold down the branches, and then their tree shed will be completed!

But now the four wolves are really exhausted.

Ye Yunian was the first to walk in and take a look around. Because it was built next to the rock, the innermost part of the tree shed was against the rock wall. There were also many branches sticking out in the air of the tree shed. Fortunately, the height inside the tree shed was very high and would not affect their daily entry and exit.

Looking at the edge positions, those places also need to be filled with some stones.

After these positions are filled, the area of ​​their tree shed will double again!

Now, let alone four wolves, there will be enough space for another four!

Ye Yunian lay down on the wool-covered stone block, not wanting to move at all.

Looking at Juzi and Sangren, they were also really tired.

Usually Juzi treasured this wool blanket very much. Whenever he slept on the blanket, he would definitely lick his feet clean first.

But today, there was still a lot of mud on his feet, and he didn't care about that. He lay down on the blanket and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.

Sangren was even more tired. She returned to the tree shed and fell asleep as soon as she closed her eyes. She didn't even notice that Juzi was pointing his paw at her face.

Ye Yunian turned his head and looked at Song Yi again.

It was rare to see fatigue on Song Yi's face. He should want to lick Ye Yunian's fur, but he only licked it twice with his tongue and didn't move.

Ye Yunian looked up again and found that Song Yi had fallen asleep.

Ye Yunian really couldn't help it, his eyes narrowed, he stuck out his tongue and licked Song Yi's eyes.

Go to sleep, let's all have a good night's rest!

The next day, as expected, the four wolves all slept until noon.

Even after waking up, they didn't want to get up immediately.

Orange rolled around on the wool blanket. Now he almost understood why his brother had to build this tree shed.

Apart from anything else, it was really warm to sleep in this tree shed. There was no wind on the left or right. If the front was also supported by tree trunks, there would be no wind at all.

Orange turned around and called out "sister".

Sangren glanced at Orange and nodded in agreement.

At the same time, she was really wondering why she was so tired when she didn't walk too far yesterday. She just kept biting branches and holding the tree trunks. It seemed that she didn't do anything.

Sang Ren closed her eyes and planned to take another nap.

If Ye Yunian knew what Sang Ren was thinking at this time, he would definitely say seriously: Of course, working is more tiring than rushing!

The four wolves rested together until the afternoon, and Song Yi got up.

When Song Yi got up, Ye Yunian naturally followed him. Juzi and Sang Ren didn't stay in bed anymore and started to complete the final work of their tree shed.

Just blocking the two sides can of course block a lot of cold wind, but the entrance is equally important.

So today's task is to use tree trunks to prop up the entrance, and then use leaves to cover the trunks.

The entrance does not need to be too big, just enough for two wolves to pass through.

With yesterday's experience, the four wolves were much more efficient today.

Before dark, Ye Yunian put the last branch on the trunk.

Done!

Ye Yunian was very excited and took the lead in entering the tree shed and taking a look around.

The mulberries and oranges were all picked from fresh branches, so the tree shed was filled with a unique fragrance of trees.

It smells good.

And it's really warm in here!

Ye Yunian was very satisfied with this.

With this tree shed, they no longer need to fear the coming cold weather.

Mulberries and oranges were equally excited, rolling around on the ground happily.

Ye Yunian came to Song Yi's side and threw him happily.

Song Yi was thrown to the ground, allowing Ye Yunian to rub against him.

Inside the tree shed, the temperature was slowly rising because of this relatively closed space.

Another gust of cold wind blew through the woods outside the tree shed, and a new wave of cold air was coming.

"Buzz buzz buzz--"

The drone flew quickly across the sky above the forest and then quickly descended.

The person operating it seemed to be looking for something, but they just circled the forest again and again, and they still found nothing.

The drone didn't land slowly until it was completely dark.

The three of them sat together around a fire, looking particularly ugly.

"… We have been looking for three days, but still haven't found the second brother. Professor Guan, are we going to continue looking tomorrow?"

In the extremely cold season, even with such a big fire, it is difficult to resist the cold.

Guan Wen's ungloved fingers trembled for a long time, and he wiped the moisture off the drone.

After a while, he looked up at the night sky.

His voice was firm: "Search, no matter where he goes, we will find him."