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Chapter 38 The Gift of Nature
Before setting off, Zhang Tian got a notebook from Lin Yu.

He didn't look through it in a hurry, put the notepad into the folds of his coat calmly, and followed the hunting team into the mountain.

The division of the territory is usually calculated according to the footsteps. With the center of the cave and the distance of a day's round trip as the radius, several or dozens of nearby hills are all owned by the tribe.

According to the rules of the tribe, people of the tribe must go back on the same day when they go out, and it is useless to assign them to you no matter how far away.

As for how many mountains there are, no one can say for sure. The clansmen don't have the concept of natural numbers. They only know that from a certain mountain in the upper reaches of the river to a certain mountain in the lower reaches of the river, this forest is their own hunting ground.

According to the standards of later generations, the tribe's territory is not too small, and it is a proper landlord and old fortune.

There are forests all over the mountain, and now with Lin Yu's help, the types of plants that can be collected have increased several times. Those flowers and plants that were not dared to touch before, because no one has picked them for a long time, have grown luxuriantly. and reaped.

Men say they are hunting, but they are actually gathering most of the time.

The animals in the foothills are completely different from the animals on the grasslands that feed on abundant grass. The latter usually live in groups and often move in groups. Moreover, the grasslands are open areas, where animals have nowhere to hide and are easier to spot , and easier to hunt.

In contrast, most of the animals in the mountains and forests are solitary or live in small family lives, so they are not easy to come across.

So most of the time, the men were collecting insects, pounding nests, and shooting sparrows.

"Don't collect ants. They don't have much meat and are unpalatable. Some ants will bite people, which is extremely painful. Don't collect those bugs that feed on carrion and animal excrement. They will make us sick..."

Along the way, Tigerpaw patiently taught the novice hunter a lesson.

Zhang Tian repeatedly nodded in agreement.

In fact, he knows more than Tigerpaw.

He knew that not all ants were unpalatable. There was a kind of honey ants or sugar ants. They had big bellies and their stomachs were filled with sweet juice, which tasted very good.

He also knew that brightly colored insects, including their larvae, are usually poisonous, and that the larvae found on the underside of leaves probably also contain venom...

These are all common senses necessary for survival in the wild. In his view, they are common sense, but in the eyes of the clansmen, they are precious knowledge that can only be obtained at the price of life.

The hunting team headed towards the upper reaches of the river, crossing mountains and ridges, and climbed slopes and ridges. They were lucky. They harvested three squirrels and seven birds on the way, and nearly half of them were shot and killed by Zhang Tian.

He is experienced in many battles, and his archery skills are naturally better than those of the savages who have just learned how to use bows and arrows.

The men were amazed at his hunting talent, and couldn't help but look at him differently, and no longer underestimated him because of his young age.

"Come and see! Is this a hoofprint?"

Zhang Tian's heart skipped a beat. When someone mentioned the hoof prints, his first reaction was to suspect that there were traversers. He himself thought it was funny.

The soil beside the stream is soft, leaving a series of shallow hoof prints, which look like sheep's hoof prints, obviously left when drinking water by the stream, the prints are very new, maybe they haven't gone far.

Everyone immediately followed the footprints, but they didn't chase very far, and the footprints disappeared in the fallen leaves covering the ground.

In terms of tracking ability, humans are probably the bottom of all predators.

Hu Li lay down on the ground like a dog and sniffed for a long time, and finally pointed at him casually and said, "Go over there!"

Zhang Tian suspected that he was pointing in a random direction.

In the end, he did not catch up.

The men stood on the bare ridge, looking at the mountain and sighing.

This is the border, and it's time to go home.

Hu Tou said firmly: "That sheep just passed by here! We are one step late!"

The men sighed regretfully, but their faces showed excited expressions.

Zhang Tian knew that when they returned to the cave at night, they could brag about it again, saying that they were only one step away from killing a sheep!Not even wool in sight.

Although he missed the sheep, he took a litter of hares and shot a weasel on the way. Even if he found nothing on the way back, it was enough.

Everyone is in a good mood.

Zhang Tian looked far away, the farther he went, the slope of the mountain became gentler, and the trees became sparser, and finally turned into a smooth grass slope. In the distance, although he couldn't see clearly, it must be the prairie that grandma said .

After walking through the mountains and forests all morning, everyone was a little tired, so they went to the stream to drink water and take a rest.

Zhang Tian took out the notepad from his arms and turned to the latest page of messages.

"To Savage Days:
I did something stupid...thanks for the relief!How did you explain it to them?Let's make offerings~
(cross out)
We can roughly judge the geographical location from the type of vegetation. The distribution of vegetation is closely related to the climate. Although the current climate is different from the climate 1 years later, it is not so great that it can completely change the landform and ecology.

The vegetation in this area of ​​the hills belongs to the coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest. According to what you said, there are grasslands nearby. These two vegetation areas are almost between 40 degrees and 60 degrees north latitude. The three northeastern provinces of our country are located in this latitude range. Inside.

Of course, these two types of vegetation are common in Europe and North America at the same latitude, so there is no way to tell where we are.

Do you have a plan for moving south? "

There was a line in the middle that was crossed out by her, but Zhang Tian could still see that the line was not deep enough. It read: "How long have I been missing? Are my parents okay?"

In fact, why didn't Zhang Tian want to know?
Lin Yu is wearing the body, which appears to be missing, and he is wearing the soul, so what will happen to his physical body, will he die directly?
He had never been a parent, so he had no way of knowing whether disappearance or death would hit his parents harder.

He has always avoided thinking about these things, and thinking about them is useless, it just adds to his troubles.

The reason why Lin Yu wrote and crossed out must be in the same mood.

Perhaps stimulated by Zhang Tian's performance in the morning, the men were extremely active on the way back, shooting more than a dozen birds and pikas, and collecting three big bags of insects and bird eggs. There was enough food for tonight.

On the contrary, Zhang Tian deliberately withdrew his edge and gave up the opportunity to perform to his clansmen.

As dusk approached, we arrived home after turning over the last mountain.

At this time, Zhang Tian suddenly heard a buzzing sound.

He followed the sound and his eyes lit up immediately.

bee!

Honey is the best gift of nature. It has many benefits. It can be eaten, used as medicine or used as a spice. It has high nutritional value and is easily absorbed by the human body. When you are tired, a spoonful of it can immediately increase your physical strength.

Autumn is the season when wild bees collect honey more intensively. Although this autumn is colder than before, not only are the bees not spoiled, but they work harder to collect honey. They can be called model workers in the biological world.

Worker bees, like humans, work at sunrise and return at sunset.

Zhang Tian followed the bee and soon found the hive, which was in a hollow tree hole.

The men also followed, and when they saw that it was a bee, they all dissuaded them, saying, "You can't catch this thing! It can sting people to death!"

"I have a way."

Zhang Tian collected a pile of fallen leaves and weeds, set fire around the hive, and the billowing smoke instantly enveloped the hive.

Bees are most afraid of fire smoke, after a while, they can't bear it anymore, and fly away from the tree hole.

In order to prevent the bees from chasing the nest, Zhang Tian held up a torch and smoked the inside and outside of the tree hole until the hive was filled with thick smoke.

Finding that there was smoke in the house, the bees didn't miss it any more, abandoned the nest, and left without looking back with the queen in their arms.

Without waiting for Zhang Tian to greet, the men immediately swarmed up to take out the hive, smiling from ear to ear.

(End of this chapter)