Bianshanhan [farming]

The velvet antler Li Qingwen found was seriously damaged. After wiping off the mud, you can see that the layer of fine fluff on it has been scraped to pieces, and there are many broken marks. I don't know if it was caused by a fight or was broken by sitting.

Everyone held up torches and went to the place just now to search, and found several broken antler horns in the snow, which were more than a foot long when put together, with short branches and blunt roundness.

After the fight, there were a few extra pieces, which looked like both sides were hurt, but there were no traces of deer nearby, as if they had fallen before.

Fortunately, it was winter, and the velvet antler fell into the snow after falling off. If the weather was hot, it might be moldy and rotted.

Although it was not properly preserved in time, and its appearance was slightly worse, it is a precious medicinal material after all, and it is worth a lot of money.

Because of this surprise, dinner was delayed a bit, but the meat was stewed in a pot, and good meat was not afraid of being late.

The wild pheasant chicken is firm, and with only salt, the taste of the chicken is very delicious. Some people even swallowed the skin together. Li Qingwen couldn't eat this, so he wanted to peel it off, but the chopsticks were not in his hand, so he couldn't do it a few times.

Sitting opposite, Jiang Cong reached out to take his chicken leg, picked off the outer skin and put it in his bowl, before returning it to Li Qingwen.

Since leaving the village, Li Qingwen's appetite has grown steadily, and now he doesn't feel full after eating two bowls of meat.

Of course, I couldn't let go of my stomach like this when I was at home, and I didn't know how much meat I could eat every meal in the past.

The wild goat smelled very strong, so I didn't have anything to remove the fishy smell, so I just cooked mutton soup. It's best to drink mutton soup to warm up in such a cold day.

After dinner, a vigil was arranged, divided into three shifts, except for special times, Li Qingwen and Li Qingzhuo were not on duty at night.

Li Qingrui was not queued today, so he could sleep soundly, spread his luggage, lie down under the blanket, and wave to Li Qingwen.

Li Qingwen hesitated for a moment, and got into the bed of his elder brother.

He was like an ice egg, as soon as he came in, Li Qingrui shivered several times.

Li Qingrui used an old quilt, which was short and hard. The two brothers were lying together, and there was some air leakage from the side and under the feet.

Seeing them like this, Jiang Cong stuffed a cloth under his quilt and called Li Qingwen over.

The cloth is filled with hard nut shells. After the nuts are eaten up, these shells are fried on the fire. After boiling hot, they are poured into the nest made of multi-layered cloth. It will not be cold, and it is most suitable for warm quilts.

It was really difficult to spend the night in the wild on the way here, so Jiang Cong used this method to keep Li Qingwen and Li Qingzhuo warm, but he didn't expect to bring it out this time.

Li Qingwen changed from his elder brother's cold cellar to a warm blanket, threw his clothes at Li Qingrui's feet, and pressed under the blanket to prevent him from getting up.

Jiang Cong took off his coat and shoes a few times, warmed his hands and feet by the fire before getting into bed.

Li Qingwen immediately kicked the cloth tazi to Jiang Cong's side.

Walking in the snow was exhausting, Li Qingwen kept yawning, couldn't open his eyes, and still told him, "Call me when you get up, I'll watch the night with you."

Before Jiang Cong could respond, Li Qingwen's eyelids were already glued together.

It was windy at night, and they stayed in the valley, only to hear the humming outside, and the blowing snow fell on the tent, making a lot of noise.

Jiang Cong had long been used to being on duty at night, so he woke up early without being reminded. He got up quietly, while Li Qingwen was still sleeping soundly.

Take out the cold cloth from under the quilt, untie the opening, pour the fruit shell inside into a clean pottery basin and roast it on the fire, put it back when it is warm, and put it back under the quilt.

This time it wasn't so hot, Li Qingwen rubbed his calf against the heat source in his sleep, with a satisfied expression on his face.

Outside, the strong wind whirled and whistled with snow, but the night watchman was nowhere to be seen. Jiang Cong's eyebrows twitched, and he strode to the nearby tent.

The two people who had originally arranged for the night watch were asleep inside, and Jiang Cong's brows were tightly knit together.

Jiang Liping yawned, and when he saw Jiang Cong striding over, he asked in confusion, "Where are Lao Hu and Gao Yubao, did you let them go to bed?"

Jiang Cong said with a sullen face: "They fell asleep before I got up. I didn't see anyone when I came out just now. I thought I was taken away by wolves, but it turned out to be a false alarm!"

Jiang Liping yawned halfway, and blurted out: "These two dogs dare to play with such a big thing as the night watch, they are really tired of work!"

If a wild animal came into the tent in the middle of the night, they would sleep soundly, and they might die without knowing how to die!

Jiang Liping was about to rush into the tent to arrest people and teach him a lesson. Jiang Cong stopped him, "I'm going to tell you about this. Not only the two of them, since they were convicted, many people have begun to slack off. If they continue like this, let alone gain a foothold , I'm afraid I can't keep my head."

Jiang Liping also knew that since being exiled, many people felt that there was no hope for the rest of their lives, and began to give up on themselves, talk nonsense, and behave lazily.Let’s talk about today’s events. In the past, if you were lazy during the night watch, you would be served by military sticks to death. If you dare to go to sleep, if you make such a big mistake during the march, you will lose your head!

The fire in the tent flickered on the faces of the two of them, Hu Ming suddenly dimmed, and Jiang Cong said: "There are already ten missing, and I don't want to send them away one by one in the future, so we have to take care of them now."

Jiang Liping sighed and was about to speak when he noticed a shadow on the ground. Looking back, there was a thin figure standing at the door of the tent. It wasn't Li Qingwen or someone else.

Li Qingwen hadn't woken up yet, and found that there were few people in the bed. Knowing that it was time to change shifts, he got up in a daze.

Jiang Cong walked to the entrance of the tent and said in a low voice, "It's still early, I'll go back later, you lie down first."

Blown by the wind outside, Li Qingwen's sleeping disheveled hair trembled along with his body, "Don't sleep, I woke up... Hey, the fire outside went out, I'll go get some firewood to start it."

The firewood was piled up in the open space, and the fire was lit from the tent. The small flame that started was blown to the point of collapse. Li Qingwen squatted on the ground to protect it with his hands. The bigger the fire, the more it burned.

When the fire started, Jiang Cong tied Li Qingwen's trouser legs tightly, otherwise the wind and snow would pour in and turn into water, which would be very uncomfortable.

Li Qingwen himself didn't tie it firmly, and it loosened as he walked. The same rope, Jiang Cong's technique seemed simple, but it wouldn't come loose after a day.

Jiang Liping added more firewood in silence, and Jiang Cong took out the bow that had been broken during the day, and began to change the strings.

Li Qingwen said he wanted a bow, so Jiang Cong retuned the bow, and when he was done, he gave him the one in his hand.

Fiddling with the bow in his hand, Li Qingwen asked, "Is this bow not strong? It will break if you shoot an arrow during the day."

"This bow is a thing in the army. You can use it enough. Your big brother Jiang is used to pulling a hard bow with more than two stones. This kind of bow is too light in his hands." Jiang Liping explained.

Two stones is more than 200 catties, Li Qingwen's eyes are full of admiration, "When I have money in the future, I will make a bow and arrow for Brother Jiang!"

What he said was not just casually. The exiles would be dragged to fight. On the battlefield, the sword has no eyes. It is life and death. Without suitable weapons, how can it be done.

If a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

Jiang Liping smiled, "You have to collect money to redeem your brother Jiang, and you have to make bows and arrows. You have a lot to do, can you do it?"

Knowing that these people like to tease him, the more embarrassing they are, the more energetic they are. Li Qingwen said bluntly, "Whoever lives is not good, it is up to people to plan things, and God to make things happen. Just don't leave regrets for yourself. If you don't succeed in the end, then I will I'll be here with you."

Jiang Liping was taken aback for a moment, and immediately said: "Oh, oh, don't say that, your elder brother Jiang can't bear you to suffer here."

The two were teasing, Li Qingzhuo stooped and came out of the tent, holding a clay pot with shredded mutton in it.

Jiang Cong piled a stone beside the fire, sat on the clay pot on the stone, and began to cook mutton soup.

When the sky turned pale, the four of them had already shared the mutton soup. Li Qingwen thought the taste was too strong, so he only took a small sip. It was so smoked that he began to miss the various seasonings.

Everyone woke up to eat, and Jiang Liping told everyone that they would not hunt in the morning, because he had something important to say.

Hearing what he said, Hu Lichuan and Gao Yubao avoided their eyes with guilt.

After eating something casually, Li Qingrui and the others used an excuse to go out to find something, leaving only Jiang Liping, Jiang Cong and others.

It was windy last night, leaving only a thin layer of snow on the hillside. They used wooden sticks to pull the withered grass on the ground, and found that there were many rotten mushrooms mixed with the black soil.

Li Maoqun clicked his tongue in distress, "The soil here is really fertile, how much food can be produced by growing crops."

Li Qingwen immediately continued following the conversation: "When we get back, we can find someone to ask if we can open up wasteland here. It doesn't make sense to leave so many lands empty."

Li Maoqun glanced at Li Qingrui and said nothing, afraid that Li Qingwen's thoughts would be aroused again.

Li Qingzhuo didn't pay attention to this end, he found two long-dried grasses under the snow, pulled them out close to the ground, put the brown roots in his mouth and chewed, there was a sweet taste, no doubt it was licorice.

The roots of this kind of medicinal material are extremely deep, and it is difficult to dig when the weather is warm, and it is even more difficult to think about it in winter, and two more are useless.

There are many small frozen fruits in the bushes, various colors, I don’t know what they are, I don’t know if they are poisonous, Li Qingrui told me not to taste them casually,

Looking at the brightly colored fruit, Li Qingwen's mouth moved uncontrollably.

Except for half a hawthorn, he seemed to have never eaten any fruit.

After looking around for a while, Li Qingwen didn't remember where it was, and said, "It's not the right time for us to come this time. When we come next autumn, there should be quite a lot to eat."

He has an unyielding foodie heart, and he must have a way to verify whether these fruits are edible and which ones are delicious.

Hearing his words, Li Qingrui looked over, but didn't ask him what he would do next year.

Jiang Liping yelled for a long time, and his roar could be heard from far away.I thought I could leave in the afternoon, but I didn't expect to talk about it for a day. On the way, Jiang Cong called them to go to the tent to shelter from the wind. When I came back, I saw that those people were all slumped, and many of them had red eyes. They must have been taught a lesson. .

At this time, it was still dark, and a group of people hurried out to look for firewood.

Along with Jiang Cong, Li Qingwen didn't find much firewood, but they killed more than a dozen snow rabbits, big and small, so he might have taken the whole litter.

Of course, all he had to do was hold his breath and not move to scare the rabbit away. Even if he didn't make a move, it didn't affect his excitement.

Rabbit fur is the thickest in this season, making gloves and hats comfortable and warm.