obligatory love

After a day of snow pattering, it stopped falling, but the sky was very gloomy, and the sun was covered with dark clouds as far as the eye could see.Cheng Yuan didn't like to move much these days, he just went out for a little walk every day to get some air, and then went back to the house to bake the stove.The north wind seems to be able to get in from any inconspicuous corner and wantonly lower the temperature in the house.The temperature dropped so badly that I could feel my hands freezing even when I was writing.The physical fitness of the two students was much better than his, and they didn't feel anything, but Cheng Yuan was already so ashamed that he hugged the stove.

"The temperature has dropped too much." In just a few days, the autumn wind turned into dripping water and ice.

"It's pretty much the same in previous years, but this year is indeed stronger." Ling Rou helped grind the ink with warm water, and put the grinding disc in a basin of warm water to warm it.

"It will be better on the mountain." Cheng Yuan wrote the song "Jiang Xue" in response to the occasion.After studying for so long, the two children have made rapid progress, and they have almost mastered the commonly used words.

Lingrou replied, "It's much better. There is no such strong wind in the cave, and the stove has been repaired. Teacher, when are you coming?"

Cheng Yuan thought for a while, "Let's talk about it, there's no rush."

He really didn't like that kind of claustrophobic environment, even if it was illuminated by the night pearl, it still made people panic.Although it's cold right now, it's not too much to endure.It can be delayed for a while.

"How long has Yellen been out, why hasn't she come back?" Seeing the sun setting outside, Cheng Yuan couldn't help feeling a little worried.Because Yellen is also an adult orc now, he was also included in the hunting team.They were supposed to go hunting in shifts, but for some reason, only two groups of people were left to guard the tribe and the cave, and the others went out to hunt.And the time to go out is getting longer and longer. In the past, I just go out around noon and come back in the afternoon, but today it is almost sunset and I don’t see anyone.

"Maybe it's because I went too deep and haven't come back yet." Ling Rou comforted. "Hunting is becoming more and more difficult now, and there are fewer animals that come out to move around. In addition, it is not conducive to hiding the body when it snows. It is also normal."

Just as he was talking, there was a sudden noise outside the courtyard, and Cheng Yuan hurried out to greet him. It was Suokeer who had returned.

"Something happened to Yellen's group, let's go and have a look." Sokel was still panting when he spoke, and his hair was messed up, which was rare. "At the witch doctor's."

Cheng Yuan was taken aback when he heard the words, but Ling Rou who rushed over behind him turned around and ran out without saying a word.

"Lingrou! Coat!" Cheng Yuan shouted, hurried back to the room to get clothes for someone, and followed quickly.

The wizard's pharmacy was full of people, everyone looked tired, with more or less wounds on their bodies. The witch doctor was busy going in and out with bandages, but his hands were still neat.

"The two of you are fine, the wound is not deep, just go back and take some medicine and rest for two days." Ning Luo threw two packs of things over without raising his head, "Next."

"Where's Yellen?"

"Huh?" Ning Luo looked up and said with a smile, "It's you. Neng, the person is in the back room..."

Before the words finished, Lingrou had already turned around and entered the back room.

"Really..." Ning Luo shook his head, what's the rush, he hasn't finished speaking yet.

Ling Rou hurriedly opened the door and looked, only to see Yellen sitting there with her arms crossed, but there was a big unconscious tiger lying on the bed, wrapped around her body, looking very pitiful.

"Are you okay?" Ling Rou stared blankly at Yellen in front of her, with a hint of anger in her tone.

"Ah? Ah." Yellen touched her nose, feeling a little ashamed. "I'm fine, it was Leo who got hurt."

Their team walked for a long time without seeing any suitable prey. Yellen was inexperienced and accidentally broke into the territory of a black bear.The berserk black bear rushed out with a slap, if not for Leo pushing him, he would have died under the bear's paw.

"Leo was scratched by a bear on the back in order to save me." Yellen lowered her head as she spoke, not daring to look into Lingrou's eyes.

"Are you going to be stupid? How dare you disturb a hibernating bear." Ling Rou was expressionless, and every word she uttered was a knife.

Yellen pursed her lips and remained silent.

This time it was indeed his fault, and he won't justify anything.

"I'm asking you."

"What?" Yellen was puzzled.

"Why did you break in so suddenly?" Although Yellen looked arrogant on weekdays, she was actually as careful as a hair and never acted recklessly. How could she inexplicably break into the bear's territory.

"This..." Yellen thought for a while and hesitated. "At that time, I saw a gray shadow, which was not big, and it looked like a fox, so I followed it."

"Are you sure you saw that?"

Yellen frowned, "I'm sure." But for some reason, the thing was gone when he chased after it.In any case, he was not careful enough.

Cheng Yuan and Sokel who came later also rushed to the pharmacy. Seeing that Yellen was fine, Cheng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly asked what happened.

After Yellen finished speaking, Sokel frowned and remained silent.

The door was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and Ning Luo came in while wiping his hands, not knowing how much he heard.

"It's not that simple." Ning Luo poured himself a glass of water, "Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's not. Anyway, it happened, you just need to learn from it."

"Yeah." Yellen usually doesn't listen to other people's words very much, but she is particularly obedient to the witch doctor.

I thought this matter would end here, but in the next few days, similar situations happened repeatedly.Because of Yellen's lesson, there were no major casualties, but the situation has made everyone nervous.

"It's a wolf!" Finally, during a certain hunt, an orc who was once again seduced by the figure firmly said, "I'm sure, it's a wolf! I can see it clearly! It's a wolf!"

As soon as the news came out, it immediately spread, and it didn't take long for the whole tribe to know that the wolf was coming.

The tiger is the king of beasts, and there are almost no natural enemies.However, no matter how ferocious a tiger is, it is also afraid of the siege of wolves.From that day on, the two groups of teams merged into one group to hunt together, and were never allowed to act alone.In this way, the risk factor has been greatly reduced, and there has never been a wolf again. However, the low efficiency also makes the orcs helpless. They can only increase the frequency of going out to make up for it, but it is still too tight.

Meat is mainly provided to orcs, especially young orcs have a great demand for meat during their growth stage.While the strong orcs had to hunt enough food for themselves, they also had to provide for the young children and old orcs in the tribe. For a while, the atmosphere in the team was oppressive.

However, the wolves did not stop after several times of harassment.

On a certain afternoon when a few rays of sunshine were barely exposed, a miserable cry pierced the silence of the entire tribe.

When the orcs rushed over after hearing the sound, they didn't even find the body, only a pool of blackened blood on the ground and a trail of blood that faded as it got farther away.

"It's a wolf." Hearing these two words again was even more shocking than the last time.

"About three to five horses. They should have sneaked in to investigate the situation, but accidentally... bumped into this female who just came down the mountain."

The crowd was silent.

Five wolves, one unarmed female.

Cheng Yuan listened in a daze, without recalling it for a long time.

"Now, do you know what the winter I was talking about was?" The cup made a dull sound when it was placed on the table, Cheng Yuan nodded as if returning to his senses, and then shook his head again.

Ning Luo didn't force him or comfort him, he just said, "What do you think a pack of wolves is? A zoo, or an animal world? Or that idiot on TV who can never catch a sheep?"

"I..." As soon as Cheng Yuan opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was very hoarse.

"A living person, just died like this?"

"Dead. Not only dead, but there are no bones." Ning Luo said, not forgetting to sprinkle salt on the wound. "Do you know where the corpse went? It was eaten by wolves, and it was eaten clean, leaving no bones left."

"Cheng Yuan," Ning Luo turned Cheng Yuan's face, forcing him to look at him. "Do you now understand what kind of world you live in?"

All the previous joys were illusions. When the blizzard hits, hunger, cold, threats, these are the true colors of this world.

In the following days, the guards of the tribe became stricter, and females were not allowed to go out without the company of orcs.However, no amount of defense can resist the fear in people's hearts, and the howling of wolves becomes more and more clear in the night.