Crossing the famine: The hunter's wife has good farmland

Fu Cang also found it miraculous. He was so full before that he felt he would vomit if he ate one more dumpling. But now Mo Xiaonian brought a bowl of dumpling soup in front of him. He drank it all slowly and felt warm in his stomach, which was extremely comfortable.

After the meal, Yuelu asked about the project that Fucang was currently working on to divert water down the mountain.

"It's OK. Although it's snowing now, the ground hasn't frozen yet, so the soil is still relatively easy to dig. We'll go out and dig for half a day tomorrow, and then the water will be able to reach the entrance of our cave, which will make it convenient to get water. I'll do as Xiao Nian said. After digging a certain distance, I'll lay a layer of bark on the ground. After everything is dug, I'll cover it with blocks of bark and thatch, so that it won't freeze in the winter, and we won't have a problem getting water."

Yuelu breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great. This way, no matter what kind of bad weather we encounter in winter, we can guarantee that we have water to drink. This solves half of the problem of survival. Previously, you and Xiao Nian bought furs from hunters, and they also bought some food, so these people will not starve to death. Now we just have to see if this winter will be too cold!"

Yuelu said this and bowed in the direction of the moon.

"Please bless us, Moon God. Please let us spend this winter safely. My Moonfall Tribe will serve the Moon God forever!"

This was the second time that Mo Xiaonian saw Yuelu worshiping the Moon God, and she thought that this Moon God might be their belief.

This is also good. If you have faith in your heart, you will not collapse easily.

The weather before the big freeze is mixed, with rain and cold weather followed by a few sunny days.

This kind of sunny day is especially cherished.

The canal leading to the cave entrance has been dug, and now people in the tribe don’t have to go out to fetch water.

After this collective work was completed, it was time for each family to prepare for the winter. Everyone went into the mountains to hunt before the snow closed the mountains, and to store up furs and meat, as they were counting on these things to survive the winter.

After Mo Xiaonian's menstrual period was over, she became particularly energetic and went out every day to pick pine cones with Yue Lu Luhua.

However, the process of hunting pine cones today was not very smooth. The Chief Hu we met before appeared in the red pine forest with the people from their tribe.

After they arrived, they started cutting down trees, including those red pines that took hundreds of years to grow to such a height.

Yuelu walked over with a frown on his face.

"Chief Hu, what are you doing?"

"Oh, isn't this Chief Yuelu? What a coincidence! The weather is getting colder and colder, and we still don't have a place to stay. We have no choice but to set up camp in this forest. I plan to clear a piece of land here and use these red pine trees to build a house. With our strength, we will be able to finish it before the heavy snow.

We won't build too many. There are only about a hundred of us, and there are not many women. We can build ten wooden houses. Ten people can squeeze into one house, and it will be warm. I want to see what you can pick up in this forest. "

Although Yuelu usually looks very kind, she is very alert when dealing with outsiders.

She couldn't tell Chief Hu that the pine nuts here could be used to make money.

"Pick up some pine cones to start fires in winter. But this place is so big, why don't you settle down anywhere else? Why do you have to come to our tribe? This will easily cause misunderstandings!"

"What misunderstanding? It's already this time, let's not talk about misunderstanding or not. You see, in this deep forest, there are not many people in our two tribes. If anything happens, our two families are closer and can look after each other.

Chief Yuelu, I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, our Huqin tribe is not the kind of tribe that likes to harm others. When you were in our territory before, we have always been kind to others.

That great flood brought great harm to our tribe. Our tribe was much larger than yours before, with more than 300 people. But look at us now, there are only about 100 people left. The elderly and children with disabled legs and feet, as well as many women, all died in that flood.

I think your tribe must have suffered a lot of losses. You said that we are already in this situation now, so we should stop shouting and killing each other, support each other and get through this difficult time. Besides, if we have more people, it will be easier for us to live in a place where we can settle down in the future, right?"

Hu Mu spoke from the bottom of his heart. Yue Lu thought of Xiong Ben and others who also lost their homes and loved ones in the flood, and couldn't help but sigh.

"No matter how strong a man is, he can't defeat the heavens! Forget it, just camp here and be neighbors. Maybe we can really take care of each other in the future! If you want to build a house, hurry up. The weather is getting colder day by day. You don't know when the heavy snow will fall. Once the snow falls, you may not be able to build your house. Without a house, no one can survive this winter."

"Okay, thank you, Chief Moon Deer. Let's get started. By the way, you guys need pine cones, so come and pick up the trees we cut down. We'll pick up some too, so they can be used to start fires in the winter!"

With such a neighbor, the area suddenly became lively.

Most of the remaining men in the Huqin tribe worked very quickly. It took them five days to build all the wooden houses.

At this time, the first heavy snow of winter also fell.

The heavy snow covered the sky and the earth as soon as it came. Hu Mu was very grateful that they had finally built the house before the heavy snow came. Otherwise, most of them would have frozen to death in the ice and snow.

Fu Cang finally had some free time.

They had stored enough food and firewood and coal, but they couldn't go out because of the heavy snow, so the hunters stayed in the cave.

Fu Cang couldn't sit still, so when he had some free time, he started roasting pine cones and picking pine nuts, filling the cave with the aroma of pine nuts.

Now everyone in the tribe is regretting their decision. In the beginning, they were only concerned with hunting in the mountains and did not even take a liking to these tiny pine nuts. As a result, no one can go out now. Fu Cang's family still has work to do, and even if they cannot sell them, they taste good when they eat them!

Mo Xiaonian can't eat pine nuts now. She ate too many before and felt sick of them all of a sudden. Others simply can't bear to eat them, so her family has more and more pine nuts piling up.