44 Wilderness Survival
◎The third winter.◎
There are some minor flaws, but overall it's perfect.
Ye Zhizhi took off her entire set of fur coat with great difficulty. She wiped the sweat off her face, and her little face, which was purple and red from the heat, smiled brightly.
Next, it’s time to test the results.
Ye Zhizhi even couldn't wait for winter to come sooner.
She continued to work, making another set for herself. Now, she had two sets of winter clothes. She suddenly felt so wealthy. From having no warm clothes at all, she could now live a life with plenty of clothes!
Not long after that, the rainy season ended.
Ye Zhizhi felt that this rainy season was not long at all and passed quite quickly.
As soon as the rainy season ended, the temperature dropped almost drastically. Ye Zhizhi could feel the temperature drop even in the cave, but it was not to the point where he had to wear animal skins in the cave.
Ye Zhizhi was concerned about his breeding and planting industries, and wanted to go out and take a look after the wolves went out hunting.
But the old wolf wouldn't let her go out.
In the wolf's impression, the cub is still a little kid who can't stand the cold.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it, picked out a fur cloak from his set of fur clothes, put it directly on his head, and put his hands out from the hole on the side.
"Ah~" Look! I have hair!
The old wolf: "..." It walked forward and sniffed, as if to confirm whether the fur could keep the cub warm, and then lay down in front of the cub.
Ye Zhizhi grinned with joy instantly, and she climbed up quickly. However, before she could walk out, Yin Xiaohui ran over and circled around the old wolf, and raised his claws to scratch at it. It was unclear whether he wanted to get up too, or wanted to push Ye Zhizhi down.
Ye Zhizhi howled at Yin Xiaohui a few times, telling it to stay in the cave obediently, and she would be back soon.
Silver Gray's big eyes are rolling around, and it's obvious that he's not well behaved. If he's not watched carefully, he'll probably sneak away.
Ye Zhizhi was worried that it would sneak away, and was thinking of a way to deal with it when Aunt Brown Wolf came over.
The cave was not deserted. The old wolf could not take care of so many cubs alone, so Aunt Brown Wolf did not go out hunting and also stayed in the cave to look after the little wolf cubs.
It just lay down at the entrance of the cave, and no matter whether the wolf cubs were big or small, they had no chance of getting out.
Ye Zhizhi howled at Aunt Wolf in gratitude. When Yin Xiaohui saw this, his ears folded down instantly and he lay on the ground whimpering in grievance. He also wanted to go out with Aunt Wolf.
Ye Zhizhi soothed it with a cry, but still had no intention of taking it out. She finally understood why the wolves hadn't let her out in the first place. It was really too dangerous for a cub with no ability to protect itself.
As for why the wolf was willing to take her out now, Ye Zhizhi felt that it was because she had fought with the wolf before and believed that she had the ability to protect herself.
The old wolf carried Ye Zhizhi out of the cave.
The moment he went out, Ye Zhizhi felt a cool breeze blowing towards him, with a hint of chill.
Ye Zhizhi shuddered, but quickly adapted to the sudden drop in temperature.
The sky was still gray at this time, and the mountains in the distance were shrouded in mist, their outlines looming, mysterious and quiet.
The old wolf walked on the wet ground, occasionally jumping over obstacles, walking neither fast nor slow.
It didn't take long for Ye Zhizhi to discover that this animal skin cloak was quite windproof. Although her limbs and little head were exposed, her little body was warm, so she didn't feel cold. It seemed that she didn't have to be afraid of the cold even in winter.
The survival rate of the medicinal plants planted by Ye Zhizhi was less than 10%. Even though the Wolf King father and Wolf mother went to find some more later, not many of them survived. But every plant counts, at least some survived.
She observed carefully and found that the plants were a little wilted from being beaten during the rainy season, but their branches and leaves were lush and green, and they were still quite vibrant.
Ye Zhizhi felt relieved and went to see the farm.
The farm plays a vital role during the rainy season.
There were now twenty wolves in their pack, five in total including the cubs and herself, and one old wolf. The rest were all adults with big appetites. During the rainy season, there was a serious shortage of prey, and in the end, the pack ate up all the prey she had raised.
It was the rabbit she raised. Ye Zhizhi clearly raised it for the wolf pack, but for some reason the wolf pack thought it was Ye Zhizhi's prey and would never think of eating her prey no matter how hungry they were.
Ye Zhizhi thought of the increasing number of rabbits: "..." She also wanted to change her taste occasionally and didn't want to eat rabbit all the time. Finally, after some communication, the wolves finally realized that the cubs allowed them to touch her prey, so they ate some rabbits.
Therefore, after the rainy season, the wolf pack did not become much weaker.
When Ye Zhizhi arrived at the valley, it was completely silent, with no prey moving around. However, she could smell the scent of rabbits from the moisture in the grass and trees; they were all hiding in the holes they had dug themselves.
Ye Zhizhi smelled the mottled scent and nodded with satisfaction. There was still a lot left, so he didn't have to worry about starving in winter.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw a gray rabbit cautiously poking its head out of the hole, sniffing with its nose, as if sensing whether there was any danger nearby. After a while, it seemed not to notice the danger, and hopped out, ran to the lush green plants, bit off the tender green branches and leaves still wet with rain, and prepared to take them back to the nest as food reserves.
It turned around and jumped a few times before seeing two wolves, one big and one small, standing downwind.
Snap!
The food in its mouth fell out instantly, and the rabbit didn't care about anything else. It jumped up and rushed into the nest quickly.
Oh my god! This damn wolves ate so many of its companions, and now they come back again! It has to hide quickly, hide deep, and don't let it get eaten like its companions!
Ye Zhizhi blinked. She remembered this gray rabbit. How could it be so chubby that it wasn't eaten by wolves? It was quite lucky.
After Old Wolf showed Ye Zhizhi around, they headed into the cave.
Aunt Wolf was still lying at the entrance of the cave, motionless as a mountain.
The big wolf cub in front kept poking its head out and then hiding in the rocks. Soon, it was lying on the ground and moving towards the cave entrance along the rock wall. It kept looking up to see if the adult wolves noticed it. It seemed that it was trying various ways to get out of the cave.
Ye Zhizhi: "..." The forgotten memories suddenly surfaced, and those dark histories turned into attacks, dealing her a fatal blow.
Ye Zhizhi shook her head and quickly forgot about it. As long as she didn’t remember it, no one would know her dark history!
Silver Gray seemed to be too focused on crawling stealthily, and only discovered Ye Zhizhi and the old wolf after they entered the cave. It instantly forgot to hide its tracks, and rushed forward with its tail wagging and its round body rolling.
“Ooo ...
Silver Gray looked up at Ye Zhizhi and whimpered aggrievedly, as if complaining that she hadn't taken it out and had come back so late.
Ye Zhizhi slid down from the wolf's back and landed on the ground. He raised his hands to hug the silver little gray who pounced on him, touched his head and smoothed his fur soothingly, and earnestly soothed him.
Yin Xiaohui was coaxed into being very happy and followed Ye Zhizhi happily.
Ye Zhizhi returned to the small base and boiled water for himself to take a bath.
The shell of the unknown fruit that Wolf King's father got for her was hard and contained a large amount of water. When she opened the second shell, she did not split it in half. She placed the larger half in a corner and used stones to form a circle to stabilize it. It became her fruit shell version of a bathtub. As for the smaller part, it became a small water tank for her to store water for boiling soup.
After she was able to wipe her body and take a bath, she soon enjoyed the happy days of taking a hot bath.
Ye Zhizhi guessed that she wouldn't be able to take a bath or wipe her body in winter, so she took advantage of the few days when she could wash herself and was more diligent.
The heat was rising, and Ye Zhizhi was sitting in the fruit shell, with his wet head exposed.
Her hair was getting longer and longer, and could only be combed by hand. She had not yet mastered the art of making a comb, so it hung down her back in a mess all day, tied with a vine.
If possible, she would like to cut her hair because it is too cumbersome, and without shampoo, her hair always feels dirty.
Yin Xiaohui squatted aside, as if keeping watch for Ye Zhizhi.
The wolves came back twice. They no longer had to worry about the cubs in the cave, so they went hunting farther away. They came back four or five days later, and each wolf was carrying prey of varying sizes.
The wolves quickly filled the food storage hole in their den.
Ye Zhizhi was not idle either. She was busy roasting dried meat to store food for herself during the winter.
The wolves that had just returned went out again not long after. Ye Zhizhi estimated that this was their last hunt before winter.
The third winter is about to come.
Ye Zhizhi was on full alert.
Sure enough, within two days, Ye Zhizhi noticed the sudden drop in temperature. Fortunately, she was sleeping under a fur blanket with Yin Xiaohui's warm quilt next to her, so she did not freeze to death without knowing it, but was just woken up by the cold.
Ye Zhizhi put on animal skin clothes, but worried that it would not be effective in keeping out the cold, so he dragged the animal skin blanket step by step to the fire, half lying and half covering himself, wrapping himself tightly, thinking that he could hold on until the wolves came back.
Yin Xiaohui didn't dare to get too close to the fire. He lay down not far away and looked at Ye Zhizhi and howled, trying to call her over.
Ye Zhizhi felt sorry, but for the sake of her life, she could only temporarily let Yin Xiaohui down. As a result, after a while, she was illuminated by the fire and her forehead was red with sweat.
The fire made the animal hide warm. Ye Zhizhi tried to push the hide away and crawled up with difficulty. Although there was still a biting chill that seeped into the gaps of the leather coat from under the animal hide cloak, it was still warm overall and he could get used to the cold quickly.
It seemed that even if she was not by the fire, she could wait for the wolves to come back, so Ye Zhizhi asked Yin Xiaohui to help carry the animal skin back to the den, and she moved towards the den step by step with difficulty.
Who wants to sleep on the cold ground when you can lie down comfortably in your bed?
Yes, even though she was extremely strong, she couldn't even drag the animal skin blanket, and even she had a hard time walking.
Silver Little Gray had already dragged the animal skin cloak up. He ran down and saw the chubby Wolf Sister who had just moved a little distance. He couldn't help but open his mouth and bite the animal skin cloak, wanting to help Wolf Sister walk faster.
When Ye Zhizhi was pulled like this, his round little body instantly lost balance and fell to the ground, rolling several times.
She raised her head dizzily and was quite happy to find that she had moved. This way, she could go faster. So Ye Zhizhi asked Yin Xiaohui to help push the ball while she rolled all the way to the bottom of the slope of the boulder nest.
This place made it difficult for Yin Xiaohui to push, so she waved her hands and feet for a while before she struggled to get up and slowly moved up.
After finally getting up, Ye Zhizhi stuffed himself into the animal skin blanket, and Yin Xiaohui also got in with his chubby little butt twisted.
Before, when Ye Zhizhi was by the fire, Yin Xiaohui couldn't overcome his instinctive fear and didn't dare to go over and stick to Ye Zhizhi. Now in the boulder nest, Yin Xiaohui stuck to him and refused to leave.
There were many wolf cubs in the animal hide den, and she felt good about it, and it could also warm her hands.
During the days when the wolves didn't return, Ye Zhizhi slept in the den with Yin Xiaohui.
Silver Gray is carefree and always wants to play with Sister Wolf.
This made Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but sigh, he was worthy of being a brother to Brother Wolf, their personalities were not exactly the same, but they were almost the same.
But as soon as Ye Zhizhi lay down, the whole cub seemed to be sealed and could only make sounds to give Yin Xiaohui emotional feedback.
Ye Zhizhi was very worried about the wolves that had not returned yet, and was always paying attention to what was happening outside.
Her increasingly keen hearing had already picked up the sound of falling snow and the incessant howling of the cold wind, but she still hadn't seen the wolves return.
As if they heard Ye Zhizhi's anxious call, the wolves finally came back covered in snow on the second day of heavy snow!
Originally they could have returned in time, but on the way they encountered a predator trying to steal their prey. They fought and won that time, but soon the wolf king noticed that a predator with a strong breath appeared on the road they had to pass.
The most important thing for the wolves was to get back to their den as quickly as possible. They didn't want to waste time in one fight after another, so they took a detour. This delay extended the return journey by a day and a night.
The first thing the silver wolf did when it returned to the cave was to follow the cub's scent and run straight to the cub.
The silver wolf was very anxious on the way, fearing that when he returned he would see his cubs frozen stiff.
Ye Zhizhi had noticed the wolves returning early on and wanted to run to greet them, but she was covered in layer upon layer of animal skins, making it very difficult for her to stand up. She stood up in a cricket-like manner and moved step by step to the side of the slope of the boulder nest. At this time, the silver wolf had appeared in front of her.
Ye Zhizhi raised his head with difficulty, revealing his light purple little face under the heavy musk fur hat.
Ye Zhizhi howled at the silver wolf, very happy that it came back, then she showed the silver wolf her musk ox suit. Look, it can keep out the cold!
The silver wolf lowered its head and licked Ye Zhizhi's exposed little face.
Ye Zhizhi was extremely excited. This musk ox leather suit was warmer than she had imagined. Apart from being a little heavy and hard, there was nothing wrong with it.
The wolves put down their frozen prey and walked towards the boulder nest one after another.
The wolf pack knows that the cubs have covered themselves with the fur of their prey. In the wolf pack's mind, the cubs have fur, which means they can keep out the cold.
But after all, it is not the main body, so they come to take a look at the situation.
Then the wolves all stood beside the boulder den and looked up at the cubs.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the wolf pack, slowly walked around, and let out a roar with full energy.
This winter, she can keep warm with fur coats!
Ye Zhizhi no longer had to cause trouble for the wolves, and they could finally spend the winter comfortably.
The first two winters were a tribulation for Ye Zhizhi, but now is the time for him to have a normal winter.
The wolves basically stayed in their dens to rest all day long. Ye Zhizhi lay there for two or three days. The animal skin quilt was very warm, and it was not bad when the wolves kept her warm. Moreover, she was sandwiched between the wolf king and the wolf mother, and their tails were always covering the animal skin, not to mention the warm big wolf cub Yin Xiaohui who was always close to her.
But she was so alert that she couldn't lie down. Even if she slept for sixteen hours a day, she was still awake for eight hours. In the temperature that dropped once, she still didn't feel much cold, so she couldn't help but get up and walk around.
Seeing that the cub was not affected by the weather and was still very lively, the silver wolf did not stop her.
Ye Zhizhi is now walking slowly in the bed, making sure that he can get into bed in time if he starts to feel cold.
Silver Little Gray swung his tail and ran around Ye Zhizhi. Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but be drawn in and turned around. Although she fell backwards after a while, she laughed a lot while having fun.
Both cubs are very happy.
The silver wolf was in a good mood looking at the two cubs.
Only the wolf king was very depressed when he saw the new silver-gray cubs in the den and the cubs that never grew up. When would the cubs be able to leave the den?
However, the Wolf King soon got what he wanted to some extent. After Ye Zhizhi played for a long time and no longer felt particularly cold, he wanted to go down from the boulder nest.
It was too troublesome to move by himself, so Ye Zhizhi summoned Brother Wolf and asked him to carry him back to his den.
The long winter cannot trap a group of energetic young wolves and their cubs. The entire cave becomes their playground.
After Ye Zhizhi slowly adapted to the animal skin suit, he began to jump around everywhere, and his speed became more and more agile.
Throughout the winter, the whole cave could see the round figure of a young musk ox rolling by, accompanied by big and small wolves.
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