Chapter 29: Deep into the Swamp (Part 2)
Watt?
Are you here to take a bath?
Obviously, no one would take a bath in a place like a swamp, and the people in the water are just a tribe living in this swamp, the Ling Tribe.
The Ling Tribe has a small population, only more than 50 people, and the Ling Tribe's gathering team is also collecting their winter reserve food - water chestnuts, which are nuts with a black shell shaped like a bull's head and white fruits inside.
Many people have eaten this thing, but few people know that water chestnuts actually grow in water, especially in shallow water swamps. Water chestnuts have a high starch content and are rich in protein. They are also easy to store after drying, so this is also the daily staple food of the Ling Tribe.
At this time, the Ling Tribe's gathering team was floating in the water with a piece of driftwood in their arms. Everyone was working hard to turn over the "water grass" floating on the water. Grabbing the leaves on it and turning them over, several water chestnuts appeared on the roots of the "water grass".
While they were busy, a fellow suddenly appeared in their sight. They saw a young man with a hair tied up on his head and a bone hairpin, sitting on a magical object floating on the water, slowly drifting towards the "forbidden land of death" mentioned by the elders.
Out of kindness, the leader of the Ling tribe's collection team, a young adult woman named "Lingcao", hurriedly shouted to Luo Chong, hoping that he would not continue to float over there, but unfortunately the young man could not understand the language of her tribe.
She saw only surprise and curiosity in Luo Chong's eyes.
In a hurry, Lingcao quickly swam towards Luo Chong, shouting at him while swimming.
Luo Chong was confused, not knowing who these people who suddenly appeared in the water were, and what the woman who swam towards him wanted to do.
Just when Luo Chong was stunned, Lingcao had already swam to Luo Chong's boat as fast as a fish, grabbed Luo Chong's boat with one hand, pointed at the reeds with a lot of rice and shouted with one hand, with anxiety and fear in her expression.
Seeing that the other party had no intention of harming him, Luo Chong was relieved, but looking at the expression of the woman, it seemed that she didn't want him to go over, as if there was a monster in the reeds.
Luo Chong gestured, opened his mouth and bared his teeth, grabbed his hands in claws, imitated the cry of a beast, and then pointed at the reeds.
"Is there a beast in there?"
Lingcao shook her head, pointed at Luo Chong, then pointed at the land, then put her hand on the water and made a slowly sinking motion.
"You will sink when you get there."
Good! This wave of gesture communication deserves full marks.
Oh, it turns out to be a swamp, that's okay, I'm prepared, I'm not afraid of anything.
Luo Chong understood Lingcao's meaning and was very grateful for the other party's kind reminder, but he was still prepared to go, the rice was right in front of him, how could he turn back at this time?
Immediately, Luo Chong smiled at Lingcao, indicating that he had no problem, and then paddled the boat towards the reeds without hesitation.
Lingcao was startled, and immediately shouted at Luo Chong again, but she did not continue to swim forward. She could warn this stranger, but she could not help Luo Chong. She still had her own tribe and her own children who had not grown up.
Lingcao stared at Luo Chong's back, and then suddenly, she was stunned.
The boy tied two board-like things on the soles of his feet, and then held a square rattan board that was as big as a person, and then leisurely stepped onto the "forbidden land of death".
Lingcao, who saw this scene with her own eyes, exclaimed.
"God, it must be God, the boy walked into the forbidden land of death, but did not sink."
As Lingcao exclaimed in her own tribal dialect, the collection team of the Ling tribe also turned their heads to look, and then all became stunned.
You have to know that this forbidden land of death was explored at the cost of countless lives of the tribe. The Ling tribe has never seen anyone who can walk in the forbidden land of death without sinking.
Luo Chong, who seemed to be relaxed, knew his own business. Walking in this swamp was not as easy as he had imagined.
There was mud under the reeds. Although Luo Chong would not sink when he stepped on the flippers, the suction of the mud under his feet was very strong. Every time he moved a step, he had to use a lot of effort to lift his feet.
As a last resort, Luo Chong had to take the second plan. He spread the rattan board directly on the mud in front, then stepped on the rattan board to the other side, and then put the rattan board in front of him, and moved forward step by step towards the rice.
The people of the Ling tribe seemed to have seen the door at this moment. The boy always stepped on the board to move forward, so he did not sink into the mud, but this was enough to surprise them. After all, no one had ever thought of this method before.
After all the efforts, Luo Chong finally came to the "reed" with rice ears, and observed it with great surprise.
These rice and the meadow and reeds in the mud were mixed together. If there were no rice ears growing on them, it would be easy to miss them.
Each rice plant is about two meters tall, and the largest one is even taller than sorghum and corn. It can withstand the wind and is very water-resistant. Each plant is covered with rice ears that are more than one finger long, and the grains are plump and full.
At this time, the rice has just reached maturity, and 95% of it has turned golden yellow, which is convenient for Luo Chong to pick.
Taking out the snakeskin bag prepared in advance, Luo Chong went up and pulled it wildly, directly pulling off all the rice ears that he could touch in front of him, and stuffed them into the snakeskin bag.
Seeing Luo Chong busy in the "Forbidden Land of Death", Lingcao no longer wasted time and hurriedly collected water chestnuts with his tribesmen. From time to time, he turned his head to look in Luo Chong's direction, his eyes full of curiosity.
What is that blue man doing?
"Lingcao, what is that person doing? Is he also collecting food? Is there anything to eat in the forbidden land?" A girl who looked like she had just reached adulthood asked curiously.
Lingcao frowned, his eyes flashed coldly, and he taught her sternly: "Don't worry about it. Even if there is food in the forbidden land, we can't take it. Have you forgotten how your brother died?"
The girl was frightened by Lingcao's stern tone and felt a little wronged. But suddenly she remembered her brother who fell into the swamp to dig out bird nests, and tears could not stop flowing down.
That day, they went to collect food together. The younger brother saw many bird nests on the ground of the meadow. The bird eggs inside were big and round. The girl's younger brother walked towards the meadow with a smile, saying that he would take a few bird eggs for his sister to eat.
But when he walked to the meadow, he suddenly sank down. The mud was over the boy's waist in an instant. The boy panicked and struggled hard while asking his sister for help, but the girl was held by several tribesmen and watched her brother sink into the meadow helplessly and desperately.
Since then, the Ling tribe has added another forbidden land.
Seeing the girl crying, another middle-aged woman hurried to comfort her.
"Don't cry, your brother is a good boy. Without him, we wouldn't have found the forbidden area. He is a hero of the tribe."
Lingcao also felt that she had said something wrong and shouldn't have mentioned her brother. She glanced in Luo Chong's direction and quickly changed the subject.
"Look at the thing he's sitting on. Why can it float on the water? It looks so magical. Otherwise, let's go ask him later and see if he is willing to tell us how to make that thing, so that we don't have to stay in the water all the time."
When everyone heard this, they turned their heads and looked towards Luo Chong's boat to
ask for tickets, ask for tickets, ask for tickets. Important things should be said three times.
(End of this chapter)
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