"Yin, Yincang..."
Long Ling'er opened her heavy eyelids, and what she saw was Yincang's cold and worried face.
Seeing her wake up, Yincang's heart finally settled down, and he quickly helped her sit up.
"Where are we? Where are my brother and grandma?"
Long Ling'er looked around and found that the scene here was very unfamiliar, and her small and delicate eyebrows tightened unconsciously.
Hearing the question, Yincang shook his head, his face a little heavy.
When he woke up, he only saw Long Ling'er, and did not see any trace of other beastmen. He was afraid that they had been separated from the team.
Seeing the gloom in Yincang's eyes, Long Ling'er roughly guessed their situation.
"No, we have to find big brother and the others as soon as possible. We don't know how they are doing or if they are okay. Yincang, let's go back together." Long Ling'er did not give up and stood up firmly from the ground.
As soon as she stood up, a gust of cold wind blew, making her teeth tremble.
"Hiss... so cold..."
Long Ling'er shivered all over and hugged her arms.
She realized that it was getting dark. Winter nights are the coldest time of the year. If there is no warm-up measures, it is very likely to be frozen into ice in the wild.
Yincang held her shoulders and let her sit back on the stone.
He pointed at the dark sky, shook his head at her, and then turned around to find some wood.
Long Ling'er understood what he meant. It was dark, and it was dangerous for them to go look for people now. Maybe the people would be frozen to death before they found them.
While thinking, Yin Cang was already half-kneeling on the snow, cushioned by a clean stone, and placed the wood on it, rubbing it with both hands.
There was still childishness on his serious and cold face, and he was staring at the wood meticulously. Although he was just a cub, he inexplicably made Long Ling'er feel much more at ease.
"Do you want to make a fire?" Looking at Yin Cang's actions, Long Ling'er asked.
Yincang nodded, but his hands did not slow down at all.
If there was no fire on a winter night, not only would he be frozen to death, but he would also be eaten by wild animals.
He used to wander in the forest with his brother, and he was very skilled in making fire, but now it was winter, the wood was very damp and cold, not dry at all, and it was very difficult to make a fire.
After a while, beads of sweat appeared on Yincang's forehead.
But soon, they were blown away by the cold wind.
"Why didn't you tell me if you wanted to make a fire? I have a fire starter!" Long Ling'er took out a small brown wooden stick from his arms and glanced at Yincang with crooked eyes.
Then he broke the small wooden stick and blew on the long side. After a while, a string of red flames came out of the small wooden stick.
Yincang looked at her in astonishment.
"This was made by my mother before you came. I never had the chance to use it in the tribe. I took it secretly when my mother wasn't paying attention. It just happened to come in handy now. It's much more useful than flint, hey..."
Long Ling'er explained with a smile.
After that, she handed the fire starter to Yincang, stomping her cold feet lightly and urging her: "Use it quickly, otherwise the fire will go out, and I will secretly take this one, and it will be useless if it goes out."
Yincang came back to his senses from the surprise, quickly reached out to take the fire starter, quickly ignited the haystack for kindling, and started a fire. He
also piled a layer of stones next to it to prevent the fire from being blown out by the cold wind at night.
The two of them sat in front of the fire with stones as cushions.
There is nothing else in this valley, but there are a lot of rocks.
The scorching flames were like elves dancing, warming the blood of the two people.
Long Ling'er's pale face also turned a little red, and at this moment, her stomach made a rumble.
"Gurgle..."
Yin Cang turned his head to look at her. Long Ling'er smiled embarrassedly, "I'm a little hungry, but it doesn't matter. When we find big brother and the others tomorrow, we will have food."
She was already starving, and these words were also to comfort Yin Cang. She knew that it was good enough not to freeze to death in this environment, so how could she cause trouble for him again.
Yin Cang turned his head without saying a word, and suddenly stood up and walked into the darkness.
"Yin Cang, where are you going! Come back..." Long Ling'er's eyes widened and she hurriedly followed him.
After following him for more than ten meters, Long Ling'er found Yin Cang squatting on the ground, digging something in a small hole.
"Yin Cang, what are you doing? There is no food here. You should go back and rest. I'm really not hungry..."
Long Ling'er was worried that he had encountered some wild animals and wanted to persuade him to go back.
Who knew that after a while, Yin Cang turned his head to look at her, and then pulled out a gray, furry thing from the hole.
"This is...a rabbit!" Long Ling'er's expression suddenly changed from worry to surprise, "It turns out this is a rabbit's nest!"
She was still worried that it was a snake hole or something, it would be terrible if Yin Cang was bitten.
Long Ling'er had been bitten by a snake before, and had a deep shadow and aversion to this kind of animal.
Yin Cang also showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. He saw a rabbit running by when he was looking for wood just now, but he was not sure. He didn't expect it to be real.
"Great, we have meat to eat, Yin Cang you are so awesome!" Long Ling'er praised happily.
Yin Cang's ears blushed, and he twisted the rabbit's neck with his backhand and handed it to Long Ling'er.
Rabbits bite people, and their teeth are very sharp.
Long Ling'er took the rabbits, and Yin Cang continued to dig in the rabbit den, apparently wanting to catch all the rabbits in one fell swoop.
She waited quietly on the side, and soon, Yin Cang had emptied the rabbit den.
In total, he caught two large rabbits weighing 20 kilograms, and four small rabbits the size of a palm.
In Long Ling'er's eyes, the soft and cute little rabbits were all delicious meat. She had no pity at all, carrying the four little rabbits back to the fire, and took out a knife from her pocket.
While excitedly processing the rabbits, he said to Yincang:
"Yincang, you take a rest first. I will kill the rabbits and grill them for you later."
Yincang originally wanted to do it herself, but seeing that Long Ling'er's technique was skillful and precise, she withdrew her hand awkwardly and put the two 20-jin rabbits next to her as her tacit agreement.
There was no water here, only snow. Yincang was not idle either. He found a stone and polished a rough pot. He placed it on the fire to melt the snow into water for Long Ling'er to use to wash the rabbit.
Soon, Long Ling'er killed the rabbit and skewered the whole rabbit with the wooden sticks Yincang found.
The two roasted the rabbit meat while roasting the fire. The cold air was soon filled with the aroma of meat and the sizzling sound of oil.
Winter had just begun, and the rabbits were still fat, with a lot of fat and oil on their bodies.
If it was the end of winter, all they could eat was dry and flat lean meat.
The two had just escaped from an avalanche and had been busy for so long. They were already tired and hungry. They couldn't wait for the rabbit meat to be fully roasted, so they started to feast on it.