After breakfast or maybe lunch, the couple discussed hunting.
Just now when Chu Beichen was taking some snow, he saw the sky outside was full of flying snowflakes. Everything was hidden in the snowflakes. The wind was howling, changing its tune from time to time.
In this kind of weather, as soon as you step outside, snowflakes will hit your face from all directions, making it impossible to open your eyes and see anything.
As soon as you open the door, the crazy flying snowflakes will be blown into the door frame by the wind.
Even the cabin seemed to be shaking in the blizzard. Tiny snow particles piled up at the door, poured in through the cracks, and rolled onto the floor.
After sitting in the house for a long time, Su Nian and Chu Beichen felt that the wooden house was not well sealed. The cold air kept seeping in from the cracks in the house. Although there was a strong flame in the stove, it was only warm near the fire.
In such weather, let alone going out hunting, even if you stay in the house, as long as there is no fuel, the people inside will soon freeze into popsicles.
"It seems we can only wait patiently in the house until the snowstorm passes before we can go out."
After saying this, the couple sat together by the fire, quietly listening to the sound of the wind and snow outside. The sound of the wind and snow changed its tone from time to time, sometimes it was a violent roar, sometimes it was a shrill scream. The whole cabin was shaking, and snowflakes hit the door.
The strong wind blew fine snow particles in from the gaps in the doors and windows from time to time. After a long time, the floor was covered with snow particles as fine as powdered sugar.
Su Nian had originally taken off her thick winter coat, but now she had to pick up the winter coat and put it on. In other words, although she and Chu Beichen were indoors, they were wearing clothes for outdoor activities.
"Su Nian, if I can catch any prey, I will make you a pair of fur slippers so that you can take off your winter boots in the house." Chu Beichen loved his wife, and even though they were in such a simple place, he immediately thought about helping Su Nian improve her life.
The couple snuggled quietly by the fire and fell asleep before they knew it.
The wind and snow outside the window gradually died down. In the afternoon, a guest came to the door of the cabin. The guest knocked on the door loudly, which woke up Su Nian and Chu Beichen.
The bearded man followed the strong wind and snowflakes into the cabin. He exuded a chill. When he saw Su Nian and Chu Beichen, he smiled brightly. "It's cold in the cedar forest, right?"
Su Nian and Chu Beichen nodded together and answered coldly in unison.
The bearded man put the thing in his hand on the fireplace and said, "Try it. This is our Cedar Forest's specialty, mushroom pie!"
Big Beard received the sugar cubes from Chu Beichen yesterday. After tasting them, his family members were all impressed by the wonderful sweetness of the sugar cubes. They felt that Big Beard had received a precious gift and it would be rude not to reciprocate, so Big Beard's wife baked a lot of mushroom pancakes this morning.
When Su Nian heard about mushroom pancakes, she immediately walked over and opened the bark bag on the fireplace. She carefully examined the slightly dark pancakes and touched them with surprise. "This pancake is baked with flour. Do you have any flour here?"
The bearded leader smiled and said, "You're not from here, are you? Well, I don't have anything to do today, so I'll tell you about our village!"
Su Nian and Chu Beichen were overjoyed. They immediately found a piece of animal skin and asked the bearded leader to sit down. Su Nian boiled snow water and prepared to make a pot of honey black tea for everyone.
The black tea was brought by Su Nian and Chu Beichen, and the honey was given to them by the old hunter when they set out this time.
The room was filled with the aroma of tea, and the bearded leader slowly began to talk about the cedar forest.
At this time, the roar of the storm outside could no longer be heard, and the hut was no longer shaking, but the temperature was still very low, and Chu Beichen threw several pieces of firewood into the fireplace, but it was of no avail.
The snow outside was blown by the wind like waves. The sky was blue and cold, like a piece of frozen blue ice. Although the sun slowly penetrated the clouds, there was no warmth at all.
From the narration of the bearded village chief, Su Nian and Chu Beichen understood that they had traveled to a place called Pros, or perhaps Pros was the name of a country.
The cedar forest is located just north of Pros, and further north is the border.
The lake next to the cedar forest is called Silver Lake. There are hot springs in the cedar forest area, and Silver Lake is the outlet of the hot springs, so everyone who wants to take a bath will go to the Silver Lake to solve the problem.
The village ruled by the bearded chief is called Wales, which is considered to be a relatively large village in this area.
These villages are independent and each village is ruled by a chief.
All the villages in this area are under the management of Beining Town, but Beining Town has very loose control over the villages. As long as the villagers pay taxes on time, Beining Town basically will not interfere with them.
According to the bearded man, the Welsh village is quite powerful and no one nearby dares to provoke them. Of course, they also have a strong enemy.
Speaking of this powerful enemy, he can be regarded as the arch-enemy of Welsh Village.
For some unknown reason, the birth rate of girls in the north is particularly low, which creates a problem: many adult men cannot find wives.
In addition to normal marriage arrangements, many men use marriage kidnapping as a way to find a wife.
The reason why Wales and its powerful enemies became enemies was because of a marriage robbery. A young man from a village in Wales fell in love with a girl, but on the eve of her wedding, his sweetheart was kidnapped by a powerful enemy village.
This resulted in the first major conflict between the two villages.
Since that great battle, the fighting between the two villages has never stopped.
"But we usually don't have conflicts in winter. In weather like this, a blizzard might blow up at any time, and we won't even be able to go home," the bearded man said after he finished talking about the conflict. He was afraid that Su Nian and Chu Beichen would worry, so he quickly explained.
Chu Beichen smiled knowingly, "Men are inherently aggressive wherever they are. By the way, what weapons do you like to use when you have a conflict?"
Weapons were another major problem that puzzled Su Nian and his wife. The two had already briefly checked the cabin but did not find anything that could be used as a weapon.
"Bows and spears, of course. You should take a look at this attic and this cabin. The original owner was an excellent hunter, and he must still have new weapons." The bearded leader pointed to the roof. "Now that old Ganshu is gone, you can use his things as you please!"
Bow and arrow, spear... Chu Beichen's heart sank when he heard these two terms. No wonder he couldn't find any weapons after looking around. It turned out that the weapons used nowadays are so primitive. Aren't these things used only in the era of cold weapons?
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