Wolf King

The waning moon hidden in the clouds coldly reflects the earth, under the dim moonlight, the vast grassland looks like sleeping ancient beasts.People walking on the ground can't feel its pulsation, and occasionally hear a slight breathing, and regard it as an untimely monsoon.

The snow wolves dragged trawl nets made of vines and grass through the weeds. The trawl nets with big bellies and narrow mouths and long drag ropes on one side were full of acorns, and the load of each trawl net was several More than [-] kilograms, such a heavy burden, even the snow werewolves will feel tired, and the heavy panting mixed with the white mist from the mouth harassed this lonely and primitive beautiful night from time to time.

"Huh... it's more tiring than dragging a wild boar, and you have to be careful not to go too fast and knock the acorns out." The bull's horn stretched out its tongue and panted, "Ah Yun, you have no good way to let us transport it quickly." Are you done with the acorns?"

"Is there any good way I can do it, or take the ox with the curved horn to carry it?" Xiao Yun, who only dragged half the weight of the clansman, was about to vomit from exhaustion, "Even if I use the ox to carry it, there are not so many leather bags, I still have to drag it. Uh, oxen hauling seems to work too."

"The next trip will be dragged by an ox." The patriarch said, "Let's lead the ox and walk slowly."

I thought that transporting acorns was similar to transporting wild boars, but when I dragged them, I realized that it was completely different. One is that the acorns in the trawl net have a probability of falling while walking, and they cannot be dragged with brute strength; the other is the quantity. The difference in height, the acorns piled up in the oak forest is at least a hundred tons... After only two back and forth, the patriarch began to feel desperate.

The third team hauling acorns returned to the tribe, and it was already dawn... The tribesmen who had been walking all night were too tired to get up.Seeing that this was not going to work, Xiao Yun forced himself to wake up the housekeeper cubs, cooked a few big pots of broth for the clansmen to eat before going to bed, and then told them to weave the trawl net for the cows, and he also climbed to the bottom of the net. On the kang.

After sleeping for a long time, the whole clan continued to work on hauling acorns. The trawl nets made by the cubs were put on the backs of the benthorn cattle, and dozens of the strongest male benthorn cattle were driven to the jungle. Walk.

The strength of four-legged animals in terms of grip and drag is not comparable to that of two-legged intelligent creatures. No matter how strong the snow wolf is, it is impossible to carry the charge of a wild boar head-on. This is the reason; The cow can drag at least one ton of acorns at a time, and the rattan grass net can even drag more if it is wear-resistant. This is completely incomparable to the snow werewolf... Relying on the strength of the cow, I worked hard for two days and one night. Finally, all the acorns in the oak forest have been moved back, and no more wild beasts and rodents are thrown into the wild.

Nearly [-] tons of acorns have been dragged back, and storage has become a big problem... Fortunately, the temperature has dropped to close to zero at this time, so Xiao Yun asked his clansmen to dig a few big pits and bury them. Even if it's over.

The whole clan's mobilization of acorns exhausted everyone, and they didn't even have the strength to eat fried fish... The big guys slept for a whole day to refresh their spirits, and then they came back to life one after another, and went straight to the jungle to pick mushrooms , Cutting oak trees - when it snows, there will be no mushrooms and enoki mushrooms in the wild.

Whether deformed or stunted, the shiitake mushrooms that can be seen with the eyes have all been picked... The snow finally fell.

"Heh...yawn(~O~)...his~~"

Ah Shan lifted the animal skin curtain and halfway through yawning, he poured a mouthful of snowflakes into the oncoming cold wind, quickly put down the curtain, hugged the wood next to it to press the curtain, turned his head and lay on the kang The clansmen shouted, "It's snowing!"

"It rained a little last night, so I thought it was going to snow." The patriarch who was occupying the position on the kang got up slowly, and pulled the animal skin to cover his legs, "Fortunately, we finished picking the mushrooms yesterday, so we don't have to go again today. Walking in the snow is so uncomfortable."

"Obviously I didn't go hunting this year, but I feel more tired than in previous years." Hongye sat against the wall, rubbing her arms with a tired face. Bone Grinding Arrow.

"This year is also more harvested than previous years." Ah Shan smiled triumphantly, and proudly looked at his eldest nephew who was still sleeping with his head covered. "We have a lot of meat, a lot of fodder, a lot of acorns, as well as houses and kangs."

"It's getting cold, add more firewood." The patriarch urged him with his hands, without bragging about cooperating with Ah Shan.

"Oh." Ah Shan squatted down and grabbed a few handfuls of firewood and stuffed them into the big stove, and then lifted the lid to look at the blunt broth on the big stove...Anyway, it's a waste to use no firepower. After the kang was started, the clay pot was placed on the big stove for a long time .

The stew in the pot is soaked wild pork and shiitake mushrooms that have been shredded and seasoned. As soon as the aroma spread, the horns that were still snoring sat up like springs: "Meat!"

Ah Shan & Patriarch & Hong Ye: "..."

"This guy, he remembers looking for food before he even opened his eyes..." The patriarch staggered down the kang with a dark face and stared, touching the big stove like a wandering soul, and took the horns of the broth in a pottery bowl, "He used to That’s not the case, it’s because Ah Yun spoiled him.”

"In the past, I wanted to eat but I didn't have to. The horns could only be caught and grilled. He can eat a lot of grilled fish without salt." Hongye said, "Ah, Ah Shan, help me make a bowl too. Did you add bean sprouts to the soup?"

"No, I'll get some bean sprouts to add." Ah Shan walked back to his sleeping position, picked up the animal skin clothes that served as a quilt, and put them on.

"Then take some Flammulina velutipes by the way, remember to wash off the mud." Hong Ye said.

"Hmm..." The patriarch wanted to add shiitake mushrooms, but suddenly remembered that Ayun said that shiitake mushrooms are too scarce to be used as seasonings, and they can't be cooked and eaten like Flammulina velutipes, so he didn't have the nerve to say so.

Ah Shan removed the wood that pressed the animal skin curtain, opened the curtain and walked out, and saw...the outside of the house has become a world of ice and snow: the pork mountain piled on the wicker and grass mats has all frozen, and the tents that have been eliminated into small warehouses have all been thrown away. The heavy snow covered it tightly, and some of the ones that were not built strong enough were collapsed by the snow. Even the huts specially built for bean sprouts in the tribe were a bit shorter (it is always inconvenient to grow bean sprouts on the river bank, and it is difficult to burn out the water tank After it is convenient to fetch water, it will be transferred to the tribe to send).

"Is this year's first snow bigger than in previous years?" Ah Shan was a little surprised. Last night he felt cold even after sleeping until midnight, but it was not very cold, so he didn't take it seriously... Now it seems that the heated kang It was really good to sleep. If there was such a heavy snowfall in previous years, he would definitely wake up from the cold.

"...It's broken!" Ah Shan frowned, and rushed towards Sal's tent.

Sal’s tent is a square-top tent, with two slopes left, so it is relatively solid, but it was not crushed by the heavy snow, but... the insulation performance of the wool felt tent is really not good. The only difference between the inside and outside of the tent is that the wind is not so strong. Da; Ashan rushed into the tent and saw that Sal was wrapped in animal skin and curled up by the fire for heating. Eyes are out of focus.

Ah Shan quickly picked up Sal ​​and rushed out of the cold tent, and ran back to the warm mud brick house. Without saying a word, he pulled the patriarch who was occupying the bed of the kang, put the frozen Sal on it, and then grabbed the patriarch The particularly warm animal skin wrapped him up.

"...I almost forgot about leather making." The patriarch slapped his head, "Oh yes, he never came to sleep on the kang... It's strange, is there anyone who wouldn't let him come?"

"Eh? Is there?" Ashante was surprised, and Hongye also had an inexplicable expression.

"No, it's because the leatherworker refused to come." Wool was woken up, rubbed his eyes and sat up, "I've called him several times... yawn, did someone drink broth just now, it smells so good."

"Snoring..." Niujiao, who had fallen asleep again, swallowed his saliva.

"Maybe it's because humans can't sleep on the kang?" Hongye guessed.

"Then put him down quickly." The patriarch said hurriedly.

"Wait, he's frozen like this." Ah Shan said, but Ah Shan wasn't sure whether human beings could sleep on the kang, so he reached out his hand between Sal's butt and the animal skin on the kang to feel the temperature, and then He turned Sal over and pulled open his pants to see if he was burned. "It's not burnt...forget it. I'll watch him and turn him over. Nothing will happen."

"Is there a lot of snow outside?" Hongye asked, "Last year the leather was not frozen so early."

"It's so big, your tent has collapsed." Ah Shan said casually.

With a groan, Hongye jumped off the kang and rushed out...but she still remembered to put on her shoes.

"Oh, the bean sprouts shed is fine." Wool hurriedly got off the kang and went out to check her exclusive thatched shed.

"Ayun said that when the snow is too heavy, remember to clear the snow from the roof, otherwise the roof will be crushed." The patriarch sat on the edge of the kang and put on his shoes, "Ashan, you watch the leather, and I will remove the snow."

"I still remove the snow, patriarch, you look at the leather, Ayun taught me how to do it." Ashan said hurriedly, the house is too important, he is a little worried about others.

Many people woke up in this room, and someone woke up in the other room.

"Uh... huh!"

Qing Yan, who was sweating profusely, opened his eyes with difficulty, and found that...the left thigh was lying across his chest, and the right half shoulder and an arm were tightly hugging his stomach.

"... No wonder Ah Yun would rather squeeze into another room with a lot of people, and never sleep with the two of you."

Qingyan struggled to push away the green grass and Dahe, who were in poor sleep, and sat up wiping his sweat... Then he saw Dahe, who had been pressing him with his thigh all night, tightly holding a snow werewolf cub in his arms, the cub The hair on the top of his head was drenched with sweat.

Silently rescuing the sleeping cub, Qingyan avoids the charming sleeping Dahe to put on his shoes, adds some firewood to the stove, and then lifts the curtain to look outside: "—Eh? Big snow?!"

Outside the thick animal skin pressed by wood, one step away is the thick snow covering the calf. Qingyan, who has slept all night without knowing anything, is shocked.

"...The kang and the house are really good things. If you sleep in a tent, you will be frozen to death under such heavy snow. How can you sleep so soundly without noticing. Sigh, I don't know what's going on in the clan..."

Qingyan sighed, he likes the life in the Snow Wolf Tribe very much, but he still can't forget his clansmen.

Ah Shan, who took a long branch to clear the snow off the roof, saw Qingyan, and waved quickly: "Qingyan, come and help remove the snow."

"Oh, what am I going to do?"

Ah Shan looked at Qingyan's small body, stretched out his arms to hug him and lifted him up: "Well...you are only a little heavier than the cub, the roof should be able to bear your weight, you just climb up and push the snow down. "

Caught off guard, Qing Yan, who took a move to kill his sister, stared blankly at Ah Shan for a few seconds...

The two cleared the roof of two kang houses and a prefabricated house that hadn't been heated, and the clansmen woke up one after another.In previous years, when there was such a heavy snowfall, everyone was so cold that they could only shiver and drowsy in the tent; this year, they ate enough and slept well, and everyone was full of energy. The adult tribesmen began to clear the snow in the tribe. , the cubs cheered and rushed outside to play and roll on the white snow field.

Xiao Yun slept until he woke up naturally, and it was already half the morning when he opened his eyes.He stretched himself and lay down in the animal skin, and found that...the number of clansmen who are still on the kang today is much more than before.

"No grazing, no patrolling and hunting... Phew, it's really a relaxing winter." Xiao Yunmi stared at him and slowly sat up, the clansmen who chatted or weaved vines and grass in twos and threes made the atmosphere in the room very relaxed, even he was infected, He didn't worry about the livelihood of the tribe as soon as he woke up like usual.

"Is it still snowing outside?"

"Well, the snow on the roof has been cleared once. Ah Yun, do you want some broth? I still have the bean sprouts and enoki mushrooms that I added just now." A Shan, who was sitting with Hong Ye to grind bone arrows, said.

"Have you washed the enoki mushroom?"

"I added it and washed it." The rattan-grass wool looked over, "I know you, Ayun, don't like mud in soup, and now everyone wants to drink broth with mud, because the taste will become bitter. "

"Ah Yun, do you want to eat fried fish?"

"... Niujiao, can you tell me something else?"

"Oh." Niu Jiao swallowed, "Ayun fried beans? I want to play chopstick war game."

Xiao Yun got off the kang and put on his shoes with a dark face... Then he was very surprised to find that Sal was actually nestled on the top of the kang. When he cast his gaze over, Sal still turned his face away in embarrassment.

"This guy..." The corner of Xiao Yun's mouth twitched, "Could it be that he treats me as a monster and refuses to enjoy the benefits I bring to the point where he thinks he's self-righteous and fights against me... and now he can't hold on anymore Now, have you forgotten why you disliked me in the first place?"

Thinking about it this way, Xiao Yun was a little annoyed and a little funny, and said in a drawn-out tone: "Sarah~~"

Sal glanced at him guiltily, his head drooping.

"It's so cold, and it's snowing again, so it's not easy to sleep in a tent?" Xiao Yun said deliberately.

"Cough, cough cough!" Thrall fake coughed twice, still bowed his head and did not speak.

"Could it be Ayun that you don't let Zhipi sleep on the kang?" Hongye disagreed, "Ayun, don't bully Leatherworker, human beings are very fragile. If Ah Shan didn't find out early in the morning, Leatherworker might freeze to death."

"Huh?" The patriarch who was chatting with the tribe looked over sharply.

"Fuck? Where is this going!" Xiao Yun didn't take the blame, "I've never done this kind of thing before, it's Sal who has a problem with me."

The eyes of the clansmen in the room immediately focused on Thrall.

Sal insisted on not eating bean sprouts or sleeping on the heated kang these days, and he was under a lot of psychological pressure. He was much thinner than when Xiao Yun first came, and his beard was scumbag and his cheeks were sunken. It's red and red, like opening a dyeing workshop, and I can't even lift my head.

"Leathermaking, why don't you like Ayun?" Hongye couldn't understand, and Ashan frowned even more.

"..." Thrall felt bitter and couldn't say anything. Your own people don't think the cub Ayun is weird at all. What can he say as a human being?

Xiao Yun didn't really want to force Thrall to do something. First, he was too childish, like a child. Second, it was unnecessary. Third, Thrall was a human being with a certain level of education. If he could cooperate , Wholeheartedly devote themselves to the cause of improving the living environment of the snow werewolf, which can be somewhat useful-the so-called pair of underwear and toilet paper have their existence value, right?

With this in mind, Xiao Yun took out his experience in working as a trainee in the modern society, first waved to the clansman to signal him to handle it, then sat on the kang at Sal's feet, and said earnestly: "Sar , you say, what is the most important and precious thing in this world?"

Thrall: "..."

There is no way to answer this kind of big proposition, and Xiao Yun doesn't need him to answer it, he just uses this kind of empty big proposition to heighten the force of the conversation... Bosses like to fool their subordinates into selling chicken soup like this: " It is life. There is infinite hope in life, and nothing in death. You were wanted by the nobles of the human kingdom, and you escaped all the way to the prairie and almost became a slave in order to survive. You are sure of this Have a deeper feeling?"

The first step in persuading others is to affirm the other party, open the topic from the other party's success, and give others a hint of "I understand you, we are our own people". This is the basic skill of speaking - go up It’s too late for people to hate you if you just say a fart if they completely deny it.This is the reason why some parents who deny their children always fail in disciplining their children. Even if they take advantage of the natural convenience of direct blood relatives, if they can't draw others into their camp first and then discipline them, their own sons will have to turn against you.

Sal raised his head and glanced at Xiao Yun, his facial muscles twitched. Obviously, Xiao Yun's words touched him. He already felt that it was not easy for him... The sacrifice he made to survive was too great.However, Xiao Yun's words seemed to threaten him, which made him even more afraid to express his opinion easily.

"In fact, all people, all races, and all intelligent creatures are the same, and they are all doing their best to survive. If you can live a better life while saving your life, and you can see the hope of a better life, then all People will go all out. After all, only water flows to low places, but people will always try their best to go to high places, right?" Xiao Yun said.

What he said was vague, for example, the patriarch who was watching didn't understand what he was talking about at all, and only understood the superficial meaning, and nodded there; but Xiao Yun believed that Sal could understand what was hidden in his words. Profound meaning—a human being with complex thoughts like Saar is actually much easier to deal with for Xiao Yun, who lives in the era of information explosion and has worked hard in the workplace for many years, than the straight-line snow werewolf... because the former is more selfish. Stronger, clearer desires.

"People go to...high places?" Thrall chewed the meaning of this sentence several times, and repeated it softly.

Xiao Yun moved his sitting position slightly, turned his back to the clansmen in the room, and showed a pure smile that only Thrall could see—this was persuasion and threat, as a weak human being living under the protection of the Snow Werewolf, what the hell are you doing? Who is the awkward gesture of a good woman for?I'm too busy to give you psychological training. If you want to kneel and lick, you have to be stubborn and choose one yourself!

Big things are not as important to you as your own life, so think about it before answering!

On the surface, Xiao Yun still had a completely gentle and persuasive attitude. The threats were all hidden in the depths. He believed that Thrall could understand, and Thrall did understand—this guy’s tense facial muscles collapsed, and he used A compelling way to say it is that the psychological defense line has collapsed.

Thrall felt an inexplicable fear, snow werewolves all had a pair of beautiful emerald green eyes, and the eyes of simple-minded snow werewolves were always very pure; but this cub was different, there were too many things in his eyes, too much Miscellaneous, just like human beings... For Thrall, who has a deep understanding of human beings, this is the greatest fear: a snow werewolf with human eyes is infinitely more dangerous than a pure snow werewolf.

"You..." Thrall's mind went blank, it's ridiculous to put it bluntly, but he is indeed afraid of humans, exiled by human society, compared to those who want to use his head to earn bounties, those who Seeing him as a commodity of the same kind, the snow werewolves of other races can give him a sense of security; at this moment, he found that such a alien with human eyes appeared among the snow werewolves, and the sense of security he got from the snow werewolf tribe instantly collapsed and collapsed. He could no longer use what he believed in to give himself courage. After a moment of silent murmur, he lowered his eyes tremblingly, "...you are right."

"That's right." Xiao Yun patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "You are an educated human being with a good brain and a smart person who can remember things. Take a good rest for a few days to take care of your body. I will build a mushroom house later. , come and learn how to grow mushrooms together, and come out with a variety of shiitake mushrooms and Flammulina velutipes, everyone likes to eat them.”

"...Okay." Thrall returned with a stiff smile.

The snow wolves, who had no idea of ​​the confrontation between them, looked at the two of them shaking hands and making peace, and the innocent and lovely wool happily said to Thrall: "If you go to grow mushrooms, you can't ask you to make leather. It's not very nice, we will call you Sal like Ah Yun in the future?"

Sal...Saar felt even more sad because of this, why did the cub Ayun appear among the Snow Werewolves!How wonderful is the original snow werewolf!

Xiao Yun didn't have the time to understand Sal's grief and indignation, he still had a lot of things to do - so many acorns could not be used after being moved back, at least they had to be shelled before they could be used as feed or ground into starch to eat; Acorns need to be dried in the sun for shelling. Now that it is snowing and there are no conditions for drying in the sun, the only choice is to dry them in the floor heating room... The clansmen have not had time to enjoy relaxing in the room with floor heating, but the acorns should enjoy it first. arrive.

When the snow stopped in the afternoon, the adult clansmen carried wooden snow-plowing tools to the place where the cattle and sheep stayed to clear the snow and check whether there were any frostbitten livestock. Xiao Yun led the cubs to start acorn processing... ...Qingyan, who was despised by the adult snow werewolves for his strength, was also included in the team of cubs.

Qingyan: "..." Glancing at Thrall who was cultivating in the room, okay... at least his role is greater than that of humans.