Chapter 4 - The Law of the Jungle (Crossing)

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Jiang Yan took the bottle full of water back to the cave, took the dirty clothes to the stream to wash, and hung the washed clothes on a ventilated platform in front of the cave before sunset.

This platform is airy and spacious, and the sun can fall straight down, suitable for drying the site, if he really can not leave, later have the opportunity to do several wooden frames specifically in the platform to dry things.

After busy for a while, Jiang Yan straightened up his waist and did not stand firm, suddenly a black eye, quickly held the stone wall, ease the state.

His physical consumption is too large, and ill, only when awake to eat a few fruits, although the sugar is supplemented, but with the fruit can not be full, but busy for a while almost consumed.

The orange sunset disappeared completely from the mountains to the west, and the boundless jungle was completely engulfed in darkness.

The dome on the original obscure twinkle star more and more dense, Jiang Yan stared at for a while, can clearly see each shining star, and even a little dazzling.

The wind was very strong at night, and it was only a little cold during the day. Now Jiang Yan was standing on the platform at the mouth of the cave for less than half a moment, and his fingers and legs felt vaguely stiff with cold.

He hid in the cave, his arms crossed, touching in the dark to avoid hitting rocks or touching things he shouldn't, like the giant python.

A little starlight leaked into the gap above the cave, and after adapting to the dark environment, Jiang Yan slowly walked away in the cave with the faint light.

He sat in the place where he had slept during the day, looking away from the place where the python was often coiled.

The python did not know where to go, and the silence around the cave was disturbing, not even a murmur of insects.

Excessive silence made Jiang Yan feel a little stifled, he knelt down and sat on the stone, across the cloth, the cold stone wall stung the skin, the heart struggled several times, Jiang Yan walked out of the cave again.

The moonlight is cold and the mountains are clearly dark.

He picked several broad handfuls of grass along the sides of the platform, and as soon as he stepped into the hole, the cold feeling of climbing on his ankles nearly made him throw them away.

The feeling of the thin and hard scales sliding against the skin was very obvious. Jiang Yan froze patiently in place and whispered, "What's wrong?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a smell of blood wafted into the lungs, and the python returned with a hanged beast.

Jiang Yan realized that this should be the other party's "feed", inexplicable, the snake scale from the ankle suddenly reduced a little let his scalp tingling fear.

"I picked some leaves outside the cave," he explained. "The stone is cold to lie down on. It makes me sick when I sleep."

While he was still a little short of breath, he covered his lips and coughed a few times. The python seemed to know what he meant, and the tail wrapped around his ankle was loosened, allowing him to walk around freely.

Jiang Yan smiled with relief. "Thank you."

Lay down the leaves and spread them over the stones. The tentacles are still a little cold, but it's better than nothing.

Then he went to the source of the blood smell, and by the moonlight, he could faintly distinguish from the outline that the python had strangled must be a wild boar.

The wild boar's death was horrific, its internal organs appeared to have been punctured, and intestines and bile and blood flowed from the damaged holes.

Jiang Yan stretched out his hand and pressed it several times. The smell was so bloody that he had to cover his mouth and nose and put his other hand on the wild boar to pick it up. After a while, he felt a piece of meat.

He washed the meat with water, hesitated for a moment, and opened his mouth to bite.

His teeth had not yet touched the flesh of the boar, and his face was hard to see.

Over such a large piece of bloody raw pork, Jiang could not say anything.

Suddenly, the back of the cold, turned to look at each other, the light of the light of the snake pupil is staring at him, as if from his reaction to feel some interest.

"The meat is too raw," Jiang Yan explained.

He wanted to know if there was anything around that could make a fire, and if so, what could the python be expected to do for itself?

Jiang Yan gave up the idea, put down the pork in his hands, and turned to take some fruit left during the day.

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The tree trunks were brought back to the cave by the python, destroyed by the roots, and the branches bore a great deal of fruit, and the ripe skin was rotten, and the juice was rich and sweet.

He picked out three or four unexploded fruits, washed them with water a little, went to the place where the grass and leaves were laid, sat cross-legged, and slowly chewed the wild fruits.

The flesh is soft and rotten, and Jiang Yan can only rely on the juice with a high sugar concentration to wrap his abdomen. A few ripe fruits are under his abdomen, slightly full. Let go of the rest of the fruit, and Jiang Yan turned his head to look at the giant python, which was not moving, and silently lay on his side in the same place.

It was cold at night, and his autumn clothes did not play a role in keeping out the cold in the mountains, so he curled up and slept through the night.

As soon as the sky became misty and bright, Jiang Yan immediately shook his dizzy head and got up. Just as he did so, he found that the road was tightly blocked, and a piece of the snake tail covered with dark and dense scales was attached to his side.

With a tight voice, Jiang Yan looked up at the python's head and was relieved to see that it was still sleeping.

Stone cave is too cold, see will usher in Asahi, Jiang Yan want to go out to bask in the sun, let the hands and feet restore some warmth.

He walked down the temporary "bed" around the snake tail, and then looked up, and as expected, he crashed into the light and quiet snake eyes that had been opened.

"I... I want to go out in the sun."

Jiang Yan made a shivering posture: "It's too cold in the cave, okay?"

When the python did not move, Jiang Yan took it as a yes, and slowly walked out of the cave and stood on the platform of the entrance.

The terrain of the cave is high, Jiang Yan put away the clothes that were dried last night, and then put them on his body, and the effect of this thin fabric on keeping out the cold is still small.

He found a spacious place to sit, and between his views he could see the mountains, which were becoming clear in the gray light of the sky, and everywhere there was only jungle and valley, as if there were no end in sight, as if this was a world of its own.

Jiang Yan circled his knees in a bit of a daze, until the rising sun in the east fell behind him, and the hands and feet that had been frozen all night gradually recovered.

He moved his fingers, stood up and did some postures to stretch his body, his body recovered its temperature, and his stomach felt hungry immediately.

Remembering the untasted pork in the cave and the few bunches of uneaten fruit left, Jiang Yan returned to the cave and approached the giant python curled up asleep in the sunlight.

The inky scale of the snake was dazzling in the light, and Jiang Yan's eyes were pricked. He lowered his eyelids and said, "I want to go to the river for a walk. I wonder if I can find flint that can make fire."

When he was a child, he often found flint near the river, and if he was lucky enough to find flint and make a fire to cook the meat, he would not have to eat raw meat.

And at night can also make a fire to warm, Jiangyan is in urgent need of finding a stone that can make fire.

After "discussing" with the python and not being stopped, Jiang Yan left the cave and approached the river bank where he had been yesterday.

Already in autumn, there is no shortage of dead branches to burn in the mountains, Jiang Yan picked up a bundle on the way, tied it with vines to the river, and continued to search around the river.

Luckily, he did find a few pieces of flint.

Picking up the dead branches and flint, Jiang Yan walked back to the cave and caught a glimpse of the python still closing his eyes inside. He made careful movements with his hands so as not to disturb it.

Jiang Yan has flint, can temporarily solve the problem of food and clothing, because there is a python, as food meat should not be short.

He glanced at the boar, huge enough to sustain him for a month.

He took out flint and prepared to make some tools.

After the flint is broken, it is easy to grind out a peak-like peak, with this, you can make some simple stone tools to use, which is more convenient than what you can grasp now.

He sat on the ground and picked up two pieces of flint and kept hammering, and in the process turned his head to look at the python, and the python ignored himself before continuing.

A little spark from the flint, Jiang Yan mouth floating smile, busy with the dead branches of a simple fire triangle pile, then picked up a handful of dead grass, gathered around the edge of the flint, began to rub and knock two flint.

Soon after, two pieces of flint were knocked out, and the withered grass gradually ignited. Jiang Yan pushed the burning withered grass under the pile of firewood, and the fire rose.

The firelight reflected Jiang Yan's deer eyes, dark as stars, and he could not help but open his mouth to the python behind him with joy: "The fire is lit."

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The python poked his head close. Jiang Yan was nervous and quickly forced himself to calm down.

He took the pieces of pork wrapped in tree leaves, sandwiched them between branches, and turned them over the fire.

The python was a little puzzled and curious about his behavior, and stared.

The pork is gradually ripe, the surface of the fat, the aroma of the air.

Jiang Yan could not help swallowing his throat, poked open several parts of the roast with a stick, and when he found that the meat was cooked, he took off the branches and put the meat on the leaves to cool.

While the fire did not abate, he cut another piece of flint cut out of the peak of the boar, cut several pieces of the shape of the unbearable meat, with the rest of the water roughly washed and preserved.

As he prepared the pork, the python stuck out its end and poked at his cool piece of meat.

Jiang Yan busily put the roast that was about to be poked on the ground to press steady, and when he felt that it was not hot, he tore a few pieces into his mouth.

The meat is thick and fragrant after roasting, but it has a fishy smell due to lack of seasoning.

But he could not be choosy about the present conditions, and it was good to have food to fill his stomach.

The first piece is used to fill hunger, and when he is not so hungry, Jiang Yan's eating action is slow and even some enjoyment.

How easy it is to get tired of roast meat, so he picked up the fruit next to him and took a few bites.

The sweet, rich fruit pulp spreads from the lips and teeth into the mouth, easing the greasy taste in the throat.

Jiang Yan breeding 7/8 full, put the remaining pieces of barbecue one by one on the fire roast.

He explained to Python: "People like me have to eat cooked food, if you eat raw meat, you may grow bugs in your body, or get infected with germs, and eventually get sick."

After baking a piece, Jiang Yan put it on the side to dry, and when it was almost dry, he asked the idle python: "Do you want to try it?"

The python really understood what he meant, and with a poke at the end, he brought the roast to his mouth, which was unusually small compared to his size, and the snake licked it along the roast.

The meat is swallowed whole by the python, who seems to wonder why the little creature in front of him needs to eat such a tasty food.

Jiang Yan lips lips and smiles: "There is no spice on hand, if there is something to remove the smell, the taste of meat will be better."

The python was not interested in the roast meat, but watched the little creature go about with great interest.

Jiang Yan picked up the bottle and went to the river to take the water again. As soon as he entered the hole, his waist was immediately swept up by the dark long tail.

He steadied himself, his cheeks cold, the snake just licked him, itchy, slightly stinging.

Jiang Yan suddenly said, "My name is Jiang Yan."

He was suspended in the air by the snake's tail, one hand holding it tight for fear of falling, the other pointing at himself.

"Jiang Yan is my name, Jiang Yan."

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