nucmednet Chapter 127 Accident
Chapter 127 Accident
Soon the crops in the fields could be harvested, and the tribe became busy again. Every day, people pulled carts back and forth between the tribe and the fields.
A whole pumpkin can be stored for more than a year without going bad. For the pumpkins collected this time, Ji Lang asked everyone not to dry and grind all of them into powder, but to keep some for eating slowly. Since they planted a lot this time, they naturally harvested a lot as well. There was no place to store them, so Dashu and his friends dug two large caves to store the pumpkins and potatoes.
As the food in the cave increased every day, the smiles on everyone's faces grew bigger.
The corn has to be placed outside to dry first. These people are much smarter than Ji Lang imagined. They use corn husks to tie the corn together and hang it on racks in the yard to dry. From a distance, it looks golden and particularly beautiful.
Xiaoman has been busy these days, either helping his family to tie peppers or helping to pick pumpkin seeds. He doesn't have much strength to chop the pumpkin, but he likes to pick the seeds. He thinks it's fun, muddy and slippery, and he has a lot of fun while working and playing.
"Father!" Xiaoman, who was sitting under the shed playing with pumpkins, saw Jilang coming back from outside and rushed over happily. Someone tied a little hairy head on him, and it looked very cute as it swayed when he ran.
Ji Lang saw his dirty little hands and quickly stopped him, "Stop, stop, stop." This guy grabbed his pants, and the pants needed to be washed again.
There was half a cart of potatoes he had brought back outside. He opened the door and asked Xiaoman and the dogs who were blocking the door to go play aside while he moved the cart in.
Xiaoman didn't dare to touch Jilang, but she was sensible enough to help push the cart.
"We've dug up the rest. These are all small potatoes. I'll make them into snacks for you later." Ji Lang pulled Xiaoman's hair and coaxed them to play.
When they heard that there was going to be something delicious again, the little guys became excited and followed Ji Lang around to help.
After washing the potatoes, steam them in a pot, fry them in a pan, sprinkle them with seasonings, and a plate of spicy potatoes is ready.
Each of the children took a bamboo skewer with a few golden potatoes on it, which looked tempting.
Ji Lang ate two at a time. They were very good. If it were in the past, with his skills, he could set up a stall and become an internet celebrity store in minutes.
Maybe it was due to some influence of the climate. The potatoes grown this time were not as big as the previous ones. The largest one was only as big as an adult's fist.
But it’s enough to eat.
Uncle Lin's health has improved a lot. He can now go out to work in the fields, and he doesn't cough or get sick again because of excessive activity. He is happy every day, and sometimes he picks some fruits or wild vegetables from the fields and brings them back to the farmers. He always gives them to them.
After so many times, everyone noticed that there seemed to be something fishy between the two of them.
Ji Lang was not vague either. After dinner, he asked curiously, "Aunt Li, are you and Uncle Lin going to be a couple?"
Before Uncle Lin could speak, Li waved his hand and said, "We are all old. There is no such thing as being a partner or not. We are just companions when we are together." They knew each other well. They talked about the past and had some common language, so they naturally got together.
Uncle Lin also said, "Last time when Dashu and the others exchanged tokens, we also exchanged. I thought that since we are two old guys, no one else would come to be our partner, so I didn't tell you. Just know about this."
Uncle Lin and Li became a couple, and Zhou and Ye also became a couple. It was not a good thing for them to sleep separately all the time, so they discussed it. Now that Sa's two children have grown up and are not so noisy at night, there is no need to worry about them. So Li moved to Uncle Lin's room, Ye moved to the same room with Zhou, and Xiaoying moved to the room next to the kitchen and slept with Feng and Wu.
Qing Jiu suggested several times that Xiao Man should also live in the same room with Xiao Ying and the others. Xiao Man pouted to express her protest, but Ji Lang ruthlessly refused. His son was still so young, how could he be separated from him? Besides, don't think he doesn't know what Qing Jiu'an is thinking.
He still wants to live two more years, he can't stand the daily torment.
Ji Lang held the unhappy Xiao Man on his lap and pinched his pouting mouth, "Oh, how come my lovely son turned into a little duck."
"I haven't changed into a little duck. I'm still Xiaoman." The little guy said vaguely, and hugged Ji Lang's neck with his backhand, "Father, I don't want to be separated from you. I want to sleep with you." After saying that, he cautiously glanced at Qingjiu, whose face had become even darker.
Ji Lang was so overwhelmed by the cuteness of his own son that he didn't care whether Qing Jiugao was happy or not. "How could father bear to let you sleep outside? You are still so young, you must stay with father."
"Yeah, I can't sleep if I don't sleep next to dad~" Xiaoman said coquettishly.
Qing Jiu snorted, "How can you fall asleep while listening to Wu telling a story?"
Xiaoman: “…” This stingy adult.
The others laughed too.
Sa Shi also smiled and said, "Lang, since you like puppies so much, then I will let you raise these two of mine." She was really tired of raising puppies. They would either be hungry or wet in the middle of the night. Sometimes they would do nothing but refuse to sleep, and would keep yelling, making it difficult for her to sleep.
"You raise them yourself. I can't stand your two." Not to mention Sa Shi, Ji Lang was also afraid. They were really noisy. They ran around in the yard and made trouble everywhere during the day, so much so that Miaozi didn't even take the two kittens out to play recently.
There was no other way. Tao An and Tao Rong chased the kitten every day and wanted to touch its butt. At first, the kitten didn’t react, but later he found that these two guys were a bit too harsh, so he never took the kitten out again.
"By the way, I'll go bring some food to the two kittens. They can eat food soon. Last time, I don't know what kind of bird the kitten brought back. If the two kittens were to eat it, they would definitely not be able to bite it." Ji Lang said with a smile. The kittens can now eat some chopped boiled meat, which will allow them to grind their teeth and taste the deliciousness of the meat.
As he said that, Ji Lang stood up and took out the chicken's innards that were cooking in the pot and cut them into small pieces. The meat of the chicken had been eaten up by this group of people, after all, there was only one chicken.
This bird was injured when its feathers were clipped, and it had been eating and drinking poorly. There was no choice but to eat it as it became thinner and thinner.
The other pheasants were noisy at first, hiding in the chicken coop and refusing to come out, making a mess of the food put in. Later, Ji Lang decided to teach these guys a lesson. He didn't feed them for two days and only gave them water. On the third day, he gave them some chopped wild vegetables, and each one ate them with more relish than the other.
They can occasionally be let out for a walk these days. It is said that after being frightened, the chickens will not lay eggs properly for a while, but they will be fine after a while. Maybe soon they will be able to harvest eggs and even hatch chicks.
Ji Lang brought the meat soup into the woodshed. The two kittens had grown into plump and were playing with a small branch on the floor of the woodshed. When they smelled the meat soup, they quickly ran over, grabbed Ji Lang's clothes and climbed on him, rubbing his hands randomly and meowing.
Putting the ceramic basin on the ground, Jilang "torn" off the kitten that was stuck to his body and placed it in front of the broth.
The two little guys smelled the scent and rubbed against it. They first licked it with their little tongues, then sniffed it for a long time, and then they picked up the small piece of meat in an unskilled manner and began to chew it with great effort.
"Okay, you two take your time eating. Grow up quickly and show us food. There are so many foods in this yard, mice will definitely run in." Ji Lang squatted in front of them, talking to himself.
After looking around, I thought the kitten had probably gone out to look for food and was not in the woodshed.
The snake skin that was peeled off last time has been cleaned up and is now hung in the woodshed to dry. The originally bright golden color has become a little brown and is not so eye-catching, but Ji Lang couldn't help but shudder when he took a look at it. He got goose bumps all over his body and hurried out.
It was still daylight and people were a bit bored after having just finished their meal, so Ji Lang took a wooden board and a small burnt wooden stick and took a few kids to count in the outer yard, preparing to check how they had learned arithmetic recently. Although they didn't have to go to school or take exams here, they at least had to count and write to convey information. Ji Lang hoped that they would learn it and that it could be passed on in the future.
After checking them one by one, he was quite satisfied. When he was about to reassign some tasks to them, several dogs that were originally in the doorway suddenly rushed out, barking at the bottom of the mountain in a somewhat agitated manner, and Xishi also came out.
"Someone is coming." Xi Shi finished speaking, frowning again, "There is also a strong smell of blood."
"Are they coming up?" Ji Lang asked.
Xishi nodded and arranged for Feng and Wu to go in and call Qingjiu and the others to come out and bring their weapons. He didn't know what the other party meant by coming up like this because of the strong smell of blood.
The family waited outside with weapons for a while, and finally heard some movement. After a while, the door was knocked, and Ah Hua's voice came, "Ji Lang, Qing Jiu, open the door and save us."
Xishi went to the door and saw through the crack that it was indeed someone from the Baiyun tribe, then he opened the door.
But no one knew what they had been through. Ah Bai had fainted with a piece of animal skin tied on his head. Ah Hua also looked very weak, and it was unclear where she was injured, but she definitely did not look healthy. Moreover, Dayan did not walk very well and limped. The people following behind them were also more or less injured, and there were even two children who were carried in.
"What happened to you?" Ji Lang was a little surprised and asked quickly, "Forget it, go in first and put the injured down first. Qingjiu, go and ask Grandma Xue for help."
He hurried in and found some moisture-proof mats and spread them in the yard. He helped put several people who had not yet woken up on the mats to lie down. He then went to look at Ah Bai who had been laid down. He had a serious head wound, and it was not known whether he was hit or bumped. There was also a wound on his stomach, which was very long but not deep, as if he had quickly dodged a knife attack.
Although he had a lot of questions to ask, seeing how miserable Ah Hua and Dayan looked, not only were they injured but they were also very tired, he decided to check on their injuries first.
Grandma Xue came very quickly. She was very good at treating external injuries. Soon the wounds of several people were bandaged. Ah Bai had a problem with his head, so it took some effort.
They lit a fire nearby and boiled some medicine. Li and Lan went to the kitchen to cook porridge and served each of them a large bowl. The ten or so people were very hungry, so they took the porridge and started to eat it with noisy mouths.
Xiaoying looked at Abai who hadn't woken up yet with some concern and said, "What happened to you two? You were fine when we came back from the beach together and separated."
Dayan sighed and told everyone what he knew bit by bit.
After they returned to the tribe, they found something was wrong. None of their family members were in the cave, and the tribe was very quiet. They didn't know where everyone had gone. They immediately became alert. After all, there had been conflicts and divisions in the tribe not long ago, so they had to be careful about everything.
But when they came back, they did make some noise. Just as they were about to retreat outside the tribe, they were surrounded by a group of people they had never seen before. Most of these people were thin, but had fierce expressions. The way they looked at them was not like looking at living people, but more like hunters looking at prey.
Although Dayan and his men were fewer in number, they were able to fight back because of their more powerful weapons.
After running out of the tribe, a few people hid in the old tiger cave, but there was no sign of their family members and it was impossible for them to hide forever, so Dayan and his companions went back under the cover of night.
Those people didn't know what was going on. Although there were people patrolling at night, the geese were very close, but the man didn't notice them at all. So he killed one and tied the other one back to the cave with his companions.
After a long period of interrogation, they finally learned that these people were from the tribe who suddenly broke into the Baiyun tribe while hunting outside. They drove the old, weak and sick people left in the tribe into a cave, ambushed them, and waited for the hunters to come back and catch them all in one fell swoop. However, they also underestimated the ability of the hunters in the Baiyun tribe, and after several people were killed in the counterattack, they were able to subdue those hunters.
It turned out that these people were a cannibal tribe. They killed the entire tribe in the previous place, and after eating the carrion, they began to look for new targets. Finally, they found the Baiyun tribe by the side of a small river. They kept watching for several days before waiting for the opportunity.
After they captured the hunters, they did not lock them up like they did before with the old, weak and sick. Instead, they killed them directly and ate them before the geese returned.
After hearing this, Dayan's eyes were red with anger and he wished he could strangle to death this cannibal who looked like a human but behaved like a beast.
He thought his partner and cub were also dead, and he strangled the cannibal's neck fiercely.
Although the cannibal was weak, he was smart enough to tell them immediately that there were still some children and women who had not been killed. As long as they didn't kill him, he was willing to tell them where these people were.
The reason why they left the women and children behind was not because they couldn't bear to do so, but because these cannibals preferred to eat fresh offal, so they wanted to keep them and eat them slowly. This was also the reason why Ah Hua and Ah Bai were able to survive.