nucmednet Chapter 170 External Conflict 10
Chapter 170 External Conflict 10
The appearance of this tribe was something Aqing had never imagined.
A strange cave, a strange yard, and a few cats standing on a pile of noodles in the middle of the yard. There seemed to be mice inside, and they were having a lot of fun grabbing here and digging there. The children were all wearing things he had never seen before, with fur around their hands and necks, which looked very warm. Even the dogs they raised looked very friendly, unlike the animals of the trainers, each of which was irritable and ferocious.
His mother-in-law, who had just taken him to a bath, also brought him some clothes and animal skins that children wore, but he didn't know how to wear them, so he just picked up the thick animal skins and wrapped them around himself.
Now, touching the soft fur on his body and his warm stomach after eating, for a moment he wondered if he was dead and had come to the place where the mountain god lived.
Aqing drank two bowls of porridge in a row. I don't know if he was really full or just embarrassed to eat more. Seeing him shaking his head, Li thought that he couldn't eat too much at once after being hungry for a long time, so he didn't persuade him to eat more.
After eating his fill, Aqing became more cooperative and answered whatever everyone asked.
There are not many animal trainers occupying the Yanshan Tribe, less than twenty of them, but the herd is huge. There are not only wolves and apes, but also wild boars, bears, and some large herbivores. Although they are all very afraid of the animal trainers, there are constant conflicts within the herd. Moreover, these animal trainers will regularly feed the herd with a special food they make, and after eating this, the herd will become much quieter.
Ji Lang frowned. This seemed to be different from the animal trainers he had imagined. These people were not like Xiaoman, who had a natural physique that attracted animals.
"Where did this child come from?" Zhou put down the basket on his back and asked curiously. Ye came over and gave him a brief explanation.
Ah Zhou took out the grass roots he dug out from the basket and said, "Grandma Xue said that if we boil this herb in water and give it to father to drink, he will feel better." He was not arranged to go out today and was a little bored, so he simply went down the mountain to help Grandma Xue dig some herbs.
"Okay, then I'll cook it for Father later." Ye felt happy and a little guilty, as he himself had not thought about these things.
The ground was frozen, and there were too few herbs to dig. This basket was a bit big, so Zhou poured the rest into the small vegetable basket beside him and said, "Then I'll take the rest to Grandma Xue."
There were quite a lot of people injured last time, and most of the herbs that Grandma Xue had saved were used up, and the ground medicine powder was almost used up. These days, she has either been looking for herb roots in the mountains or grinding medicine at home.
Ji Lang stopped Zhou who was about to leave and said, "By the way, ask Grandma Xue if there are any herbs that can make the beasts more obedient after taking them."
Grandma Snow didn't know which herb made the beasts obedient, but she had heard of a flower that could make both humans and animals feel energized and not afraid of illness after eating it for a short period of time. However, after eating this flower once or twice, people would become addicted, and if they couldn't eat it, they would become irritable and aggressive.
Isn't this a drug?
Ji Lang was a little dazed. He didn't expect that in such a primitive world, someone would actually start using this kind of thing.
However, at this time, we cannot be 100% sure that this is the method they used.
It was completely dark, but the team that went out, including Sa Shi and his friends who went out after sending A Qing back, had not returned yet. Ji Lang looked outside several times with a flashlight, but there was not a single person at the foot of the mountain. He couldn't help but feel a little worried.
I heard from Aqing today that there were probably over a hundred wolves and apes in total, not to mention other wild animals.
If this really happens, it will be a fierce battle.
A Qing had been living in fear for many days, and now he had been arranged to live with Old Man Shi.
This was Ah Hua's idea. She felt that since Old Man Shi failed to poison Ji Lang, although he was still eating and drinking normally, he had no hope and looked like being alive would be fine, but being dead would be even better.
This afternoon, when she heard Ji Lang muttering about where to arrange Aqing, she took the initiative to bring it up.
The cave that was dug for Old Man Shi was a little small, and the kang was also small, but it was completely enough for two people to live in. As for food, Ji Lang said there was no need to worry, because when everyone came to exchange clothes, quilts and some small items with him, they gave him a lot of food, and some of it could be shared with Aqing.
Of course, Ji Lang was not being kind-hearted. He also had his own plans. There were only a dozen people left alive in the Yanshan tribe. It would be difficult to guard such a large salt mine. It was not that he was blindly confident, but they had to win the war against the animal trainers.
After that, he wanted to use the salt mountain for the tribe.
It only takes a few days to transport the salt back and forth, which is much more convenient, safer and faster than going to the seaside.
Oh my god, with this salt mine, more tribes can come here to exchange salt and supplies, gradually expand the tribe, and building a city can be put on the agenda.
The sound of dogs barking could be heard faintly from the foot of the mountain. It was particularly obvious in the silent night, and Ji Lang, who had been dozing off by the stove, immediately woke up.
Xiaoman was lying on the kang, holding the cat and falling asleep.
He came back so late, something must have happened.
Ji Lang hurried out with a flashlight.