Crossing to Live in the Wilderness Plains

It was getting dark very quickly, and the moon tonight was obviously much dimmer than last night. Chen Qi could no longer see the rocky mountain clearly, and even the surrounding plants became blurry. Azer’s speed was not as fast as at the beginning, but his footsteps were still steady, and he didn’t seem to be affected by the darkness at all.

After Azer slowed down, Chen Qi could also talk to the other party, “Azer, do you think the moonlight tonight is dimmer than the previous two days?”

“Well, there will be no light at all in two nights.”

“Why?”

“The light of the moon is a cycle from half the brightness of the sun to the complete loss of brightness. There are seven days in total. We count the days in a cycle of seven days, which are called the first month of the month to the seventh day of the month. The seventh day of the month has no moonlight at all. It’s called the moon without the sun.” Azer explained.

“Oh, I didn’t expect that the way you calculate the days is similar to ours.” It seems that there are still many things in common between the two worlds, not only the names of many animals and plants, but also the names of the sun and the moon, and the calculation of seven days a week. The same way.

The shadows of the surrounding trees gradually grew taller, and Chen Qi couldn’t see the appearance of the trees, but they were slightly shorter than the acacia trees on the plain, but they were thicker.

Going around this tall and sturdy tree, Aze put down Chen Qi in front of a square shadow, “Here it is.”

Because the light was too dark, Chen Qi could only see a dark outline in front of him, and asked uncertainly, “Your home?”

A Ze nodded, worried that Chen Qi wouldn’t be able to see his movements, and replied again. A Ze took a few steps forward and opened what looked like a door curtain, revealing a darker hole with no trace of light at all. Chen Qi always felt inexplicably terrified about this kind of place.

Perhaps feeling Chen Qi’s unease, Azer took Chen Qi’s hand, took out the lighter Chen Qi sent from his arms, opened the lid, and a cluster of firelight appeared, which reflected in Azer’s dark pupils, as if Bring on the flickering life, “Don’t be afraid.”

A Ze’s voice was low and full of magnetism, and it had the power to soothe people’s hearts, which calmed Chen Qin’s unease, and followed A Ze’s steps into the room.

After entering, Aze came to a fire in the middle of the house and quickly lit the fire. When the fire lighted up, Chen Qi finally saw the situation here. The long arm can reach the roof, but the space is large enough. The four walls look like they are made of mud mixed with large slates. With two thick cut hides for the door curtain. Chen Qi’s mind is full of black lines. No wonder this house is so dark when there is no light, and burning a fire in such a confined space will not cause carbon monoxide poisoning?

The house is very empty, the only furniture is a not too big slate bed in the corner, there are several pottery plates and pots of different shapes and a mess of animal skins. Aze rummaged through the pile of animal skins, pulled out a piece of animal skin with a unique animal pattern and spread it by the fire, and said to Chen Qi, “Chen Qi, take a rest here.”

Chen Qi sat down, the animal skin was very soft, he couldn’t help but reach out and touch it, the fluffy feeling made people want to bury the whole person in it.

After setting up Chen Qi, Aze opened the curtain and went out, and came back after a while, holding a handful of firewood and a bulging animal skin in his hand. Aze first piled the firewood by the fire, and then opened the animal skin in his arms. From the inside, he took out a milk fruit as big as two fists, cut the top of the milk fruit with his fingernail, and handed it to Chen Qi.

Chen Qi took it, and he was welcome. He took a sip and frowned. How should I put it, this water milk fruit is a little different from the one I drank before. Not only is the taste lighter, but it also has a bit of bitterness.

Chen Qi raised his head and saw that A Ze was holding the animal skin in his arms a little embarrassedly, “What’s wrong?”

A Ze opened and closed his mouth a few times. He doesn’t usually like to eat fruit, but he collected them when he went to find Mao Xuexiong before leaving. There were signs of decay, and Aze was extremely regretful at this moment for not carefully selecting some fruits that could be stored for a long time.

“Chen Qi, can you stay alone for a while?” Aze re-tightened the animal skin and asked a little nervously, how could such food be given to Chen Qi to eat.

Chen Qi was stunned, “Are you going out?”

Azer nodded, “I’ll be back soon.”

“Are you going to hunt?” After spending a few days together, Chen Qi can be considered to have a little understanding of the character of the person in front of him. “It’s very dangerous to go outside that late. I’m not hungry. You can go tomorrow.”

After he finished speaking, he dug out from his coat pocket, took out the blue fruit that Aze had given him before, and handed it to the other person, “If you are hungry, eat this fruit. Just bear with it, you will get a good night’s sleep soon. will light up.”

A Ze didn’t answer, and was a little moved, and explained: “I’m not going hunting, I’m going to my brother’s house to borrow some food.”

“Your brother?”

“Yeah.” A Ze remembered that he hadn’t told Chen Qi about his family, so he explained it again, and even explained the whole thing about his brother’s partner’s pregnancy without concealment.

Chen Qi nodded after listening, “Then go, be careful on the road.”

“Well, I’ll be back soon.” Azer repeated before leaving.

After Aze left, Chen Qi walked around the room and found nothing special. The pots and plates were made very solid, but the shape was not aesthetic at all. He went back to the fire and watched The beating flames always feel a little panic. I have never seen the news of burning charcoal fire in the room and being sent to the hospital due to carbon monoxide poisoning. After thinking about it, I picked two thicker pieces of firewood, walked to the door curtain, picked up half of the gap, and fixed the position with firewood, and then I felt a little more at ease.

When Aze went out, he picked out two of the best animal skins, both of which were soft and warm, suitable for children to wear. Originally planned to hunt a fur snow bear for his brother’s new born child, but because Chen Qi had been in a coma during the first snow, in order to take care of Chen Qi, he could no longer find Mao snow bear.

Aze’s house is only a few minutes away from the tribe. Of course, this is calculated at the speed of the female. There are many vacant houses in the tribe. In the past three years, there are many houses that have not been repaired and collapsed. The younger brother still lives in His father used to be in the house in the center of the tribe.

“Carlo.” Azer shouted while standing in front of the door. He felt that he was an ominous person, and he never took the initiative to enter his brother’s house. Of course, his brother Carlo didn’t care about this. gas.

A thin man with a little baby fat on his face raised the animal skin curtain and walked out, “Brother?”

Carlos had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he became a partner with Ake not long after he became an adult. Two years later, there is still a little childishness between his eyebrows and eyes. When he saw Azer standing outside the door, he habitually picked it up. He raised his eyebrows, “Where have you been these past few days? Ake said that he couldn’t find anyone when he went hunting for you. I thought you weren’t coming back.”

A Ze knew that he disappeared for a few days without telling the other party. The younger brother was angry, and handed over the two animal skins in his hand, “Sorry, I originally wanted to hunt a fur snow bear.”

Carlo shook the two animal skins in his hand, “This doesn’t look like a fur snow bear.”

A Ze pursed his lips and whispered hesitantly, “I met a male.”

Carlo stopped, “Did you take him back to the tribe? Or did you send him back to his tribe? Did you tell him about you? My dear brother, even if there is no male willing to choose you, I will always follow you. You are together, Ake and I have considered, if our second child is a female, we will give it to you to raise, so…”

Looking at Carlo’s appearance after a cracking question and then hesitating to say anything, Azer patted Carlo’s thin shoulder with emotion. Even if Carlo never said anything, Azer knew that the other party chose to stay in this place. In a dilapidated tribe, the other party formed a partner as soon as they reached adulthood, all because of themselves, the elder brother who was rejected by the tribe, had no pregnancy marks, and was abandoned by the beast god.

“Chen Qi is different from other males. He knows about me, and he came back with me voluntarily.”

“Does he voluntarily return to the tribe with you or voluntarily stay with you?”

Azer didn’t answer this question, “We came back too late today, we don’t have time to hunt, I’m here to borrow some food from you.”

The thick animal skin door curtain was opened again, and a tall figure came out carrying a duiker. The female’s hearing was very good. Ake had already heard the conversation between the two inside. He handed the duiker to Aze, “No need. Lend it, take it.”

Carlo returned to the room in silence. Azer thought that the other party was still thinking about the past and was angry, and smiled at Ake a little embarrassedly.

Ake knew Carlo, a partner who had grown up since childhood, and comforted Azer: “He was mad when he couldn’t find you for a few days, thinking that you would never come back, and he almost ignored it. Run out of the tribe, or I told him that when the first snow arrives, you might go hunting for snow bears to appease him.”

“Sorry, I’ll tell you next time if I leave for too long.”

Ake nodded, and at this time Carlo came out of the room again, holding a piece of animal skin in his arms, which was wrapped in brightly colored red berries. “The males like this stuff. Ake picked it in the morning, you can take it back.” After a pause, he added fiercely, “If the male is too aggressive, you must drive him out of the house, understand.”

“Chen Qi is different from other males.”

Carlo was furious, his brother was really not an ordinary elm head, he shoved the animal skin into Aze’s arms, snorted heavily, and pulled Ake back to the house. Ake shrugged helplessly, gave Azer a sympathetic look, and followed Carlo’s footsteps and disappeared behind the curtain.

A Ze smiled helplessly with a pile of food, turned and left the tribe, Chen Qi was still hungry, he had to go back quickly.