Chapter 24: Escape from the Troubled Times 22
The wild boar struggled for a few rounds and then lay down pretending to be dead. Lin Xia would not be deceived by the illusion before him anymore. He took out a big knife and chopped the wild boar to death with two cuts.
After it was completely dead, Lin Xia pulled it out with force.
The wild boar was not big, weighing about 100 pounds, half the size of a domestic pig. It was dark brown in color, with a top layer of hard bristles, two sharp fangs, and a small cut on its abdomen. Except for the two cuts inflicted by Lin Xia, the rest of its body was uninjured.
It seems that the bamboo strips are not very lethal, and the anesthetic has a certain effect on it, but the effect is not strong. However, it may also be that the trap has been left for too long and the powder has become ineffective.
Anyway, she has a good meal today.
The trap was emptied and restored to its original state. The bloody soil inside was dug out, bamboo strips were inserted, branches were covered, and the wild boar was dragged to the water pool.
The blood flowed into the pool, causing waves to splash. The fish scrambled to the surface to grab the food. Lin Xia simply chopped it down with the back of his knife and knocked out a two-pound fish at random.
Oh~
Lin Xia thought thoughtfully that catching fish in the future would be like feeding them, and the fish would be caught when the fish is least prepared.
Bring the prey back to the cave and have a delicious meal.
In fact, wild boar meat is fishy and has a dry texture, so it needs to be cooked with lots of spices to be delicious. Unfortunately, due to the poor conditions, we can only make do with it.
I put half of the wild boar meat in the space to keep it fresh, and the rest I couldn’t fit in was placed in the newly woven bamboo basket at the door. Fortunately, the weather was cold, so the meat didn’t spoil easily.
In this way, except for not being able to eat rice, Lin Xia's other food was pretty good, except that there were fewer vegetarian dishes available.
Just two days after the wild boar was caught, heavy snow began to fall. The snow kept getting heavier and heavier. In less than a week, the door was covered with a foot of snow, reaching Lin Xia's knees.
She had a feeling that this heavy snow would be worse than the previous heavy rain, so she had already prepared to hibernate for two or three months.
*
The mountains were covered with snow, and the white world was surrounded by silence. The thick snow covered the peaks like a quilt, and all things seemed to be asleep.
Halfway up the mountain, smoke curled out of a stone house.
After a rustling sound, a fat figure walked out of the stone house with a burning fire behind him.
This person was Lin Xia. She walked out of the house, took out a homemade broom, and started cleaning the snow in front of the door.
Lin Xia didn't expect that this snowfall would be so horrible. It lasted for a month without interruption. The snow in the forest was more than one meter high, and if you walked deep into the forest, it would instantly cover your head.
Lin Xia was a southern girl in her previous life. She had never seen such thick snow. She ran out to play on the snow. Unexpectedly, she missed a step and fell into the deep snow, with only the top of her head exposed.
Being buried under the snow was not a pleasant feeling. It was like suffocating from nowhere. Fortunately, Lin Xia did not fall down at that time and could see the sky above his head. Otherwise, it would have been easy for him to get stuck in the snow and lose his life in vain.
After this incident, Lin Xia would at most play with the snow at the door and build a few snowmen for company, and then he would never go out again.
No matter how novel something is, you will lose interest in it after a month. Lin Xia's daily routine became sweeping snow, exercising, practicing with a sword, and throwing stones.
I don't ask for invincibility, but I ask for the strength to fight.
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On this day, the heavy snow that had lasted for a month finally stopped. According to calculations, it was only the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. Given the extreme weather, the snow would probably continue for another two months.
In the original owner's memory, there had never been such heavy snow in the north, let alone in the south.
In ancient times, common people were not very good at keeping warm. In addition, there was a drought for more than half a year, heavy rain for a month, and plague and hail in between. The upper nobles were busy fighting for power and profit and didn't care about the lives of the people.
The number of civilians who died across the country in that year is unimaginable.
I hope she doesn't fight before she leaves for Xiangzhou next year.
After the snow stopped, Lin Xia didn't want to go out, but she was very bored staying in the cave, so she quietly ran out to test the bearing capacity of the snow, as if she could walk on the snow as if it were flat ground by sneaking around.
Although it is impossible to walk on the snow as on flat ground, the layer of snow underneath has melted and become hard, so you only sink up to your thighs when you step on it.
It was extremely cold to walk in the snow, and her shoes and pants were soaked in no time. Lin Xia returned home disappointed after only ten minutes.
After returning to the house to dry it, Lin Xia soon felt eager to try again. Thinking about the modern skis used in snow, she decided to make her own skis.
Choose a bamboo of appropriate thickness, split it in the middle, roast it over high heat to soften it, smooth it out, and curl the front end up. Now you have a pair of simple skis.
Lin Xia carefully went down the mountain, walked to the flat ground, and put on her skis. However, she had never skied before and could not control her speed on the flat and gentle slope, and she crashed straight into the tree.
Seeing that Lin Xia was about to hit the tree, she turned quickly, brushed past the edge of the tree and reached out to hug the tree. Then the snow on the tree was shaken and fell down, covering her under the tree.
Lin Xia was not convinced. She thought that she would definitely master the simple task of skiing.
Then there was a thud, a scream, and a string of curses from the forest...
After careful selection and bold attempts, she has initially mastered the skill of melting snow, understood the methods of acceleration and deceleration, knows how to turn, and can even park independently when the speed is not fast.
Lin Xia was high. She loved the extreme feeling of adrenaline rush, the freedom of dancing with the wind, and the process of improving control over every muscle in her body.
In the next few days, the occasional light snow in the sky did not stop Lin Xia from going out skiing.
She goes out in the morning and returns in the evening every day. Her gray figure flexibly shuttles among the woods, occasionally causing the snow on the trees to fall.
The joy of skiing is beyond words. With frosty eyelashes and a smile in the corners of her eyes, Lin Xia skis boldly in the mountains.
Just when she wasn't paying attention, she disappeared while paddling. It turned out that she had fallen deep into a snow pit.
Lin Xia skillfully adjusted his body position and took out a small hoe to dig himself out. Then continue to adjust your position and go deep into the forest.
For a week, Lin Xia practiced skiing every day. Later, when the equipment was limited, he gradually calmed down and no longer acted like a crazy person who had never seen the world before.
After that, it started snowing heavily again. Lin Xia didn't want to go out and step on the fluffiest upper layer of snow, so she stayed in the stone house. It was then that she discovered that her hands and feet were covered with frostbite.
Looking at the frostbite, Lin Xia warned herself in her heart that she should be restrained when playing, as her health is more important.
She didn't want to get frostbite every year, so she didn't go out unless necessary in the following days, and took strict precautions to prevent her hands and feet from getting cold. She kept herself warm every day, and after half a month, her frostbite was finally healed.
The scar healed and the pain forgotten, this is exactly what Lin Xia is talking about.
She saw that the heavy snow outside had stopped again. The cave was indeed boring and there was not even a book to read. Sitting there in a daze would easily make her depressed. Lin Xia finally couldn't resist the temptation of skiing and took her newly made skis out to have fun.
But this time she didn't dare to get carried away. She played for an hour and then came back to add firewood to the fire. It happened to be that she could bring back firewood every day when she went out.
One day, Lin Xia went out to ski and chop wood. Looking at the steep slope in front of the door, which was covered with snow, an idea suddenly occurred to him. He took a wooden board, sat on it and started sliding.
A quick slip.
Oh~
The remaining sound echoed in the air.
There was no human figure in the snow, only a pair of feet waving in the air above the snow pile at the bottom.
Afterwards, Lin Xia became addicted to the new type of skiing and built himself an extra-long slide according to local conditions, which was like a large amusement park. However, he did not remember his previous self-warnings at all and ended up with frostbite on his hands and feet.
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