146 Wilderness Survival
◎Which devil is harming me?◎
Ye Zhizhi brought the wolves out mainly because he wanted to spend more time with them, but because of the incident of Big Bear being injured, he has neglected the wolves a lot these days.
Big Bear's body was covered in wounds, large and small. The shallow ones healed quickly, while the deep ones still left bright red scars. The most serious was on his side, where Ye Zhizhi had gouged out a large piece of flesh. She had been so busy digging out the rotten flesh that now a large chunk was missing. She sprinkled it with medicinal powder, then applied herbs, wrapped it with snake skin, and tied it up with vines.
Because he was unsure whether the inflammation and pus would recur, Ye Zhizhi had to open the wound every one or two days to check if there was no problem before reapplying the medicine.
Although Big Bear appeared energetic in front of her, he was essentially in a deep sleep, rarely waking. He was severely injured, his vitality severely damaged, and sleep could also help the body recover quickly.
Because of this, Ye Zhizhi couldn't leave, and the wolf pack kept moving around near the big bear's territory. Ye Zhizhi felt guilty and tried to make time every day to accompany the wolf pack.
The wolves didn't think it was a big deal. They seldom came to this area. Now they used the cave as a temporary shelter. They wandered around to familiarize themselves with the terrain, helped to eliminate potential threats, and caught some rare prey species near the territory to change their taste.
After Ye Zhizhi confirmed that Big Bear's injury would not recur, she prepared to find the wolf pack. They had to go back quickly.
Big Bear's injury had delayed him for quite a while. Ye Zhizhi had originally planned to stay for only six or seven days, but it had now far exceeded expectations. If he didn't return, he wouldn't have enough time to store food for the rainy season.
Although Yin Yi and the others were guarding the nest, they should be able to prepare a lot, but the time of the rainy season could only be estimated. She saw that the clouds had begun to gather, and it was obvious that heavy rain would fall soon.
If they were delayed any further, it would rain heavily on their way back, which would be bad.
Ye Zhizhi looked at the big bear squatting beside her. He had not slept much in the past two days. His bear eyes looked at her eagerly.
The bear's wounds had healed well, and it looked much better. But it wasn't completely healed yet, and Ye Zhizhi was worried about the bear. If another predator came to take its territory, she wouldn't be able to stop it.
The big bear is strong, but not the best. There are countless strong ones in the jungle. For example, many of the predators they encountered along the way required the wolf pack to cooperate in fighting and even had to use strategies.
Ye Zhizhi was worried about the weak Big Bear being alone.
It’s a pity that there is no suitable place for the bear to hibernate near the tribe’s territory, otherwise we would take it back.
Ye Zhizhi thought about it and simply set a few traps in the big bear's territory. The big bear had been with Ye Zhizhi for a long time and naturally participated in setting traps and ambushes for hunting. When he saw Ye Zhizhi wandering around its territory and taking it to place green thorns in the deep pits and ditches of the territory, he understood what she meant.
Ye Zhizhi patted the big bear's hairy legs and warned him seriously that if he couldn't win the fight, he should lure the bear into these traps. He should learn to use the terrain flexibly and not just fight blindly!
Ye Zhizhi already knew the big bear very well. When the big bear was fighting, it would not think about any tactics, but would simply rely on physical strength to charge forward. Unlike a wolf pack, it was more tactical.
After Ye Zhizhi finished giving her instructions, she met Daxiong's silly eyes. She wasn't sure if Daxiong understood.
The big bear pounded his chest and roared a few times to show that he understood.
Ye Zhizhi: “…” She became even more worried, but she could only leave with the wolf pack with a worried mood.
At this time, Xiaohua also had to part with Ye Zhizhi and return to her own territory.
Ye Zhizhi really wanted to tell Xiaohua not to go through so much trouble to find her, but she couldn't bring herself to say it as she looked at Xiaohua who was so happy every day by her side. She thought of how Xiaohua would search all over the mountains and fields looking for her every spring following a little smell, and she felt that it was very hard for Xiaohua, and she would not even know if she encountered danger on the way.
She wanted to tell it a direction, but she didn't even know where she was going. There were too many uncontrollable factors. Even if she had originally decided on a direction, some factors along the way might cause her to take another unfamiliar road. She was worried that if she misled Xiaohua, it would be even worse.
Ye Zhizhi was thinking of taking the wolf pack to the canyon cave next year. When they pass through Xiaohua's territory, they should be able to meet Xiaohua.
Ye Zhizhi felt relieved when he thought about this.
Xiaohua did not go back through the wolf pack's territory, but took a shortcut and said goodbye to Ye Zhizhi halfway.
“Hiss—”
Xiaohua hissed at Ye Zhizhi, meaning that she would come to see her next year, and then dived into the quiet river. There was only the sound of water for a moment, and Xiaohua's figure quickly disappeared in the water.
After Ye Zhizhi and the wolves bid farewell to Xiaohua, they continued on their journey.
The journey was smooth and they even encountered a group of prey on a hill. After the wolves had a full meal, they hunted a lot of prey and carried them back to their den.
Fortunately, they were very close to the territory at this time, and they also met Yin Yi and others who were also chasing a group of prey.
In the absence of the wolf elders, Yin Yi had organized the young wolves to start hunting. Ye Zhizhi no longer sat on the wolf's back. He also hunted a deer and then carried it back to the den with the wolf pack.
The deer's body, which was four or five times larger than Ye Zhizhi's, almost covered her entire body. From a distance, the deer's body, with its four limbs on the ground and its head drooping, seemed to have grown two short legs, which flexibly jumped and shuttled through the mountains and forests.
The wolves running back and forth also had a great harvest.
Ye Zhizhi easily carried the prey into the cave. As soon as he put the prey down, he saw that there were already a lot of prey piled up in the cave. It was obvious that Yin Yi and the others had caught a lot these days.
After that, the wolves concentrated on storing food. Each wolf was a strong and capable laborer. As long as they found prey, they would not return empty-handed. Soon the entire cave was filled to the brim.
The only drawback here is that the prey will migrate away, and they have to run farther and farther to find prey.
Ye Zhizhi also started roasting the dried meat.
It's not easy to keep fire burning all day in the winter, and there isn't enough firewood, so she has to make more dried meat.
Ye Zhizhi calmly welcomed the upcoming rainy season and winter.
She has been through this so many times and has already adapted to it. She knows exactly what to do.
During this rainy season and winter, Ye Zhizhi didn't sleep alone.
To be honest, even though she had her own den, she rarely slept alone. Her mother wolf would separate her from the den, and then her brother wolf would bring her back to the den.
Ye Zhizhi has also become accustomed to sleeping with the furry baby in his arms, and feels uncomfortable without it.
Ye Zhizhi ignored the dark face of his father, the wolf king, and lived with his brother wolf in the rainy season and with his mother wolf in the winter.
In the rainy season, when it wasn't cold, the wolf king father would be so heartless as to drive her away. But in winter, it was different. She acted pitifully towards her wolf mother, saying she was cold and wanted to be close to her, but her mother couldn't bear to let her go. In such matters, the wolf king father had no say.
Ye Zhizhi rolled around beside the wolf mother, then crawled under her belly, wrapped himself tightly, and then poked his little head out from between her limbs like a cricket pupa.
Beneath the wolf's head, a beautiful face with a healthy blush was revealed amidst the messy, frizzy hair.
Ye Zhizhi bared his teeth and laughed at the silver wolf, his eyes curved as if they contained stars.
The silver wolf's eyes were kind. It lowered its head and licked Ye Zhizhi's head.
This cub looks like it has grown up yet hasn't grown up yet.
I will also act coquettishly with it.
Ye Zhizhi felt like she had returned to her childhood. Although she often worried about whether there would be a tomorrow after today, she remembered every day of that period.
The wolf king on the side: "..." He shook his ears, put his head on his front legs, and turned away as if he couldn't bear to look.
I've never seen such clingy wolf cubs.
Ye Zhizhi didn't care about the wolf king's father's dislike. She felt sore all over after lying down that she crawled out to stretch her arms and legs. She asked each wolf to spar a few times, and when the ice in the valley became thick, she rushed out with a large group of wolves to skate.
Although none of the wolves except Ye Zhizhi are cubs, every wolf has a playful childlike heart.
This winter has been colorful.
Before Ye Zhizhi could react, only the tail end of winter was left.
By the time she noticed it, she could no longer catch the lingering traces of winter. Ye Zhizhi quickly put away her playful mood and went to look for the worrying big bear before the ice and snow began to melt.
After more than half a year, I wonder how the big bear is doing now. With such harsh weather during the rainy season and winter, there shouldn't be any predators coming out to grab its territory, right?
Ye Zhizhi originally thought about going out alone, but the temperature was still very low and she was wearing thick clothes, which made it inconvenient for her to travel, so she once again begged Wolf Mother to accompany her out.
The silver wolf couldn't resist the cubs' coquettishness, so he continued to accompany them. This time the wolf king didn't go with them, but Silver Little Gray and Little White followed happily.
They traveled during the day and rested at night, and soon arrived at the big bear's territory.
After the silver wolf delivered the cub, it just circled around nearby and did not enter the bear's territory.
Ye Zhizhi howled at the silver wolf a few times and then ran in.
Silver Gray and Little White had spent quite some time with the big bear and still remembered its scent, so they followed it.
However, when they arrived at the entrance of the big bear's cave, they did not go in, but wandered around outside.
Ye Zhizhi entered the dim cave.
Although the temperature was low and the smell dissipated slowly, her extremely keen sense of smell still detected the stronger body odor of the bear.
Ye Zhizhi's little face was wrinkled and twisted, which was really pungent. She had to let Daxiong take more baths when she had the chance.
Ye Zhizhi rummaged through the snakeskin bag, took out a piece of snakeskin, wrapped his nose with it, and tied it at the back of his head, leaving only a pair of bright big eyes exposed.
After the smell was isolated a little, Ye Zhizhi felt much more comfortable and went closer to see the big bear who was still sleeping soundly in the nest.
She checked carefully and found that the wound on the big bear's body had almost healed. However, the piece of flesh she had scraped off had not grown any hair, but had become a thick and hideous scar.
It's over, the big bear has become a bald bear.
She shaved so deeply that she removed the hair follicles.
Ye Zhizhi touched it again and again. The wound had already formed a scar and had not spread to the surrounding area. It seemed that it would remain like this in the future.
She felt sorry. If she had known how to treat the wound, and not been so rough, it might have healed better. But there was nothing she could do. She didn't know pharmacology, and she knew only a little more than the animals that waited to die after their wounds and infections hadn't healed for a long time.
The herbs and other things I remember now were all learned from animals.
Compared with life, life is more important.
Da Xiong was checked over and over by Ye Zhizhi. Perhaps because she had no hostility, or perhaps because he was already familiar with Ye Zhizhi's breath, Da Xiong did not wake up the whole time and his snoring was deafening.
Ye Zhizhi did not wake her up, but put the honey he brought with him into the cave so that the big bear could eat it when she woke up.
Ye Zhizhi didn't wait for the big bear to wake up. After she made sure that the big bear was fine, she left with the wolf mother and the others.
On the way back to the territory, the ice and snow had just begun to melt, and it was wet everywhere.
When they returned to their territory, wolves were active nearby.
Ye Zhizhi went to re-manage the three farms.
During the rainy season, there was plenty of prey to hunt, so they didn't have to touch the animals on the farm much. But this was not the case in winter, as the prey groups outside had already migrated away before the rainy season, and they had to run a long way to find prey.
How does the saying go, a good cook cannot cook without rice.
No matter how powerful the wolf pack is, if they can't find prey, it will be difficult to catch them. And each wolf is in its prime. The more powerful the wolf is, the bigger its appetite is. They need to replenish their energy from fresh blood and flesh.
Since the prey they bring back from hunting outside is not enough to eat, they turn their attention to farms.
After a winter, the wolves became fat and strong, and the prey on the farm was almost completely cleared out.
At the beginning of spring, Ye Zhizhi re-fenced the fences of the three farms and then went to look for plants to plant.
Ye Zhizhi discovered that when she found prey and plants to bring into the farm at the same time, the plants were pulled out and eaten by the prey before they had even grown fully, causing the farm to appear increasingly bare.
Ye Zhizhi learned his lesson this time and transplanted the plants first, especially in high ground, and then pressed stones around the roots to prevent the prey from eating them prematurely.
She started by planting in one farm, and then went to plant in another farm. After she had planted a lot of plants in all three farms, the plants in the first farm were almost grown, at least the roots and stems were gradually becoming firm, and the branches and leaves continued to grow.
It was at this time that Ye Zhizhi and the wolf pack came back to capture small prey alive, first filling the first breeding farm, and then slowly filling the rest.
When Ye Zhizhi looked again, the plants she transplanted were all fine.
In this way, the wolves will not have to go out and get so many plants to feed their prey.
Because these two things were not carried out at the same time, Ye Zhizhi wasted a lot of time. After they were completely completed, she thought of her previous thoughts and couldn't help but encourage the wolf mother and the wolf king father to go out together.
However, perhaps because Ye Zhizhi had always been sticking to Yinlang, Yinlang no longer cared about her. This time, no matter how much Ye Zhizhi begged, he refused to go out with her.
No matter how Ye Zhizhi threw a tantrum, Silver Wolf remained unmoved.
Ye Zhizhi looked at Yinlang aggrievedly. As expected, love has a time limit.
Ye Zhizhi seriously doubted that Wolf Mother was fully aware of her inner thoughts. Indeed, she had some tricks up her sleeve. She thought about tricking Wolf King Father, Wolf Mother, and other wolf elders over there first. Once they got used to the canyon cave, she would wait for the younger wolves from the Silver Range to join her.
This completes the migration in disguise.
Unfortunately, this plan died before it even started.
Ye Zhizhi tried every method she could think of, but nothing worked, and several months passed by unknowingly.
Ye Zhizhi squatted on the ground and turned into a puffed-up little mushroom.
The wolf king dad is so stubborn. If he can go to a better place and occupy a better territory, why not go?
The cave was once spacious, but now that all the wolves have grown up, each one is enormous, making it very crowded. For example, just look at that open space. It was a place where the wolves could chase and play when they were young, but now that they are all big, only two wolves can fight in it, and the onlookers stand huddled outside.
Compared with the big cave with a platform in the canyon cave, this is nothing.
When more wolf cubs are born in the future, this place will be even more crowded.
Not only is there not enough living space, there is not enough prey either.
If they move to the caves in the canyon, they can not only live in single rooms, but also in suites. It will be more than enough to double the number of members in the group, and they don't have to work hard to raise prey. There will be many prey groups as soon as they go out.
Ye Zhizhi has already determined that they will not migrate during the rainy season and winter, and there are many places nearby where prey groups can spend the winter.
The more Ye Zhizhi thought about it, the angrier he became. He then grabbed the wolf king again, pulling out a handful of hair that covered his entire hand. It was obvious that there was a bald spot on the wolf king's thigh.
Now is the time when wolves shed their fur.
It was quite easy to pull out, and Ye Zhizhi couldn't help but pull another handful.
The wolf king: “…” It lowered its head and glanced at the daring cub, releasing an aura of majesty.
Not only was Ye Zhizhi not afraid, he also raised his head and glared at it angrily.
Ye Zhizhi had been pestering the wolf mother and the wolf king father for a long time, but they didn't change their minds. She had no choice but to give up in despair, and this important task could only be handed over to Yin Yi.
She packed her bags and prepared to set out again to find a way out.
She has been delayed for so long this year, she can't delay any longer.
This time, Ye Zhizhi also packed a set of animal skin clothing. She plans to spend the winter outside when she goes out this year.
Ye Zhizhi felt that if she made sufficient preparations, she could be alone outside.
If she returned to the wolf pack's territory every year, the round trip would take too long, leaving her with little time to actually find her way. After much thought, she decided that she should find a cave nearby and spend the winter there, waiting until the next spring to continue her search.
With this plan in mind, she spent a long time packing her bags.
The animal skin clothes, cloaks and quilts were rolled up, wrapped in long snake skins, and then tied with rattan.
Xiaohua's snake skin is very durable. It gave her two complete ones, which are enough for her to use in various aspects.
Ye Zhizhi packed the animal skins. When the thick fur rolled up, it was actually much taller than her and took up a lot of space. After she carried the fur package, she couldn't carry anything else, but this didn't bother her.
She hung the other odds and ends on the vines and tied them up, then put the two vine straps that had been reserved specially on her shoulders and tried to carry it.
Ye Zhizhi could easily carry it on her back, but she was too short, and the bottom of the package was only a little bit off the ground. From the back, even Ye Zhizhi's legs could not be seen.
Ye Zhizhi tried to walk and found that he could walk, so he decided to leave.
Although she was furious with her father the Wolf King, she was still reluctant to leave.
Ye Zhizhi looked at each wolf with reluctance, trying to engrave every hair of them into her memory. After this separation, she didn't know when she would see them again. Perhaps by then she would have found a way out and left directly...
Um?
Where did Yin Yi go again?
Ye Zhizhi felt that Yin Yi had gone even further this year, disappearing every other day. Even now, when they were about to say goodbye, Yin Yi still hadn't returned.
...Forget it, it doesn't matter if he's not here. Why bother to feel sad about him?
Ye Zhizhi looked at the wolf mother and the wolf king father again, then turned and walked towards the cave entrance.
She suppressed her reluctance, said goodbye silently in her heart, and moved out step by step with heavy steps.
The wolves lay around, watching Ye Zhizhi busying around for a while, and finally making such a huge package.
From their perspective, they could no longer see the cubs, only a giant package floating on the ground, slowly moving forward. It was quite magical to watch, and seemed quite entertaining.
The wolves were ready to move, but before the other wolves could make a move, Scar came up first. It followed curiously, then raised its paw and pushed forward. There seemed to be no response, so it pushed harder.
Ye Zhizhi, who was already trying to lift the package by bending his upper body forward, was pushed forward by a force from behind. He instantly lost his balance and fell to the ground. The next moment, he was buried under the package.
The wolves heard the thud: "..."
Scar's claws were still raised high, his animal eyes drifted away, and he silently put down his claws and blended into the surrounding wolf pack as if nothing had happened.
The silver wolf walked around the package, lowered his head and pushed the package, looking down with concerned eyes.
Baby, are you okay?
Only Ye Zhizhi's two hands were exposed from under the package.
The huge package shook, and Ye Zhizhi crawled out from under the package, spat out a mouthful of dust.
Who is it? Which vicious wolf is harming me?
Ye Zhizhi stood up, turned around and looked towards the wolves, his knuckles crackling as flames burned behind him.
Who pushed her? Stand up quickly, she promises not to beat you.
Scar quietly stepped back a few steps, trying to hide among the wolves.
However, the wolf in front of Scar looked around, and under Ye Zhizhi's angry gaze, walked away to the sides, revealing Scar who was trying hard to hide behind him.
Scar: “?”
Ye Zhizhi's gaze fell on Scar, locked firmly on him.
Great, found it.
Ye Zhizhi bared his teeth.
Scar looked at the wolf king with a pleading look, winking desperately: "Brother, help! Your cub is going to attack the wolf."
The wolf king looked away, turned around and walked away silently.
Scar: “…” My life is over.
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