The grass rustled, and after a clear whimper, a slightly familiar figure appeared in front of the alert Lu Xi.
It was the wolf cub I met on the first night.
"Is it you?" Lu Xi blinked, and his tone suddenly changed before he finished speaking, "How did you become like this?!"
The wolf cub looked quite miserable at this time. The beautiful fox face was covered with clotted dried blood. One eye was still tightly closed, as if it was injured. In addition to blood stains, the silver-gray fur was covered with mud. , all tied into knots, completely different from how they looked at the beginning.
After seeing Lu Xi, it was obviously a little excited. Its tail swung rapidly behind it, but it did not pounce directly towards Lu Xi. Instead, it leaned down from a safe distance and showed weakness with only one eye open. Look at Lu Xi and wait for Lu Xi to take the initiative to approach.
Lu Xi lamented that if this was her treacherous dog, which weighed more than fifty pounds, it would have pounced on it without any care, and she had sprained her foot three times because of it.
Seeing that the wolf cub did not have any bad intentions and looked really pitiful, Lu Xi sighed, unable to hold back the aching pity in his heart, and stepped forward to check the wolf cub's physical condition.
The wolf cub was very cooperative throughout the process. Even if Lu Xi accidentally touched the wound on its body, it would just whimper pitifully without any struggle.
After inspection, Lu Xi found that the wolf cub had six bites and more than a dozen scratches on its body. The wounds had different marks. They were left by multiple creatures about the same size as the wolf cub. From the deep and shallow marks, it could be seen that The hunting skills of the group of creatures that came out were very unskilled. They were probably cubs, but I didn't know what kind of creatures they were.
"So, there is some kind of animal that is teaching its cubs to hunt, and they use you as a teaching tool to teach their cubs to hunt, and you escaped because of their unfamiliarity with hunting skills?"
Lu Xi gently wiped the blood and soil on the wolf cub with water. When it was almost clean, he filled the water again and cleaned the wounds. For shallower wounds, just leave them exposed and wait for it to recover naturally. For deeper wounds, just wait for it to recover naturally. Wrap it with a clean cloth to help healing.
The only good news is that the wolf cub's eyes are fine. It's just that some sand got in, and it became swollen and inflamed, so it had to be closed. After Lu Xi washed all the sand out with water, it probably won't take long for him to recover on his own.
"Woo..." The wolf cub lay in Lu Xi's arms and let out a low cry. He didn't know whether he was agreeing with Lu Xi's words or refuting, but the truth was probably quite different.
It had obviously taken more than a day for the blood to dry up, and the wolf cub didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave. It was likely that he had already lost track of the enemy, and then followed Lu Xi's scent or something else to catch up.
There was no danger, so Lu Xi was in no hurry to leave at this time. She still had four large pieces of barbecue burning under the fire, and her stomach was already growling after working for such a long time.
"Huh?" Lu Xi touched his belly and found that the cooing sound actually came from the wolf cub.
On the contrary, the wolf cub had just experienced a life-and-death escape a day ago. His injuries had not been dealt with at all, and he had to chase the traces left by her. I am afraid that he had not eaten for a long time.
But even though her hungry stomach was growling, the wolf cub still lay down on the straw mat made by Lu Xi and let Lu Xi treat its wounds. Although she could only use it as a cushion for herself, it was just right for the wolf cub to use.
"Are you hungry? Wait until I get you something to eat." Lu Xi patted the wolf cub's head, stood up, got water to put out the fire, and dug out four pieces of clay barbecue from the bottom.
The wolf cub looked at it curiously and doubtfully. He didn't know how a few clods of soil could be eaten. Thinking that Lu Xi had eaten grass before, his crystal eyes showed some worry - he would not eat that unpalatable thing again. Something.
Lu Xi turned around and saw this scene, and couldn't help laughing, "Don't worry, it's meat, it's delicious."
After thinking about it for a while, Lu Xi was not sure that the meat would be delicious, so he added, "It will definitely taste better than grass."
Meat? The wolf cub looked sideways at the dirt for a long time, but he couldn't see where the meat was.
After finding two stones of suitable size and preparing to open the box, Lu Xi looked at the wolf cub and said, "Speaking of it, you and I are quite destined. We have only met once, but you are still willing to come to me with all your injuries. Do you trust me so much?"
"How about I give you a name? From now on, you can call me Xiao Yuan, the fate of fate."
"Ouch~" Xiao Yuan blinked and called out softly, recognizing the name.
"Good boy Xiao Yuan."
Lu Xi found a good angle, lifted the stone with his hands, and suddenly cracked open the outermost earth shell of the barbecue. The roasted brown and soft mustard grass was softly wrapped around the barbecue. After opening it, a strong smell of meat came out. It almost overflowed, and Lu Xi was instantly shocked.
Even Xiao Yuan, who was watching from the side, suddenly opened his eyes wide and was hit by the strong smell of meat.
This is a barbecue that has not been seasoned with gourd fruit. The fat of the meat itself overflows during the roasting process and is blocked by the leaves of the mustard grass. After being heated by the flame, the meat is cooked again, and the juice of the mustard grass is brought with it. Immersed in the flesh.
When eaten raw, the mustard grass has a distinct grassy smell. After being fried in the oil on the meat, the unpleasant grassy smell is gone, and it has a unique and slightly bitter taste, which inexplicably blends in with the taste of the barbecue, without being greasy or greasy.
"I've eaten too much grass. Whatever I eat tastes good, or..." Lu Xi tentatively tore off a piece of meat and put it in his mouth. He quickly lowered his head in doubt and looked at that A whole piece of golden roasted meat, "...is this thing so delicious?!"
Xiao Yuan stood up and slowly approached Lu Xi, and rubbed her arm flatteringly. It was very obvious that she also wanted to taste the barbecue in Lu Xi's hand.
Lu Xi looked at the portion of the barbecue in his hand and generously gave half of it to Xiao Yuan. Seeing how happily he ate it, he was incredulously convinced that it was the latter possibility - this barbecue was quite delicious.
"So why did I eat grass for several days?!" Lu Xi was heartbroken and heartbroken. He turned his pain into appetite and took a big bite of the barbecue and swallowed it.
Xiao Yuan quickly finished his portion of the barbecue and stared at the remaining three pieces of earthen buns with sharp eyes. With his smart IQ, he immediately understood the equation of "earth buns = delicious meat".
"Oh~" Xiao Yuan looked at Lu Xi with a pitiful and coquettish look.
The piece of meat in Lu Xi's hand was enough for her to eat, but she also wanted to know what the barbecue with gourd fruit would taste like and whether it would be so delicious, so she took advantage of Xiao Yuan's Acting like a spoiled child, I opened another piece.
An obvious fruity aroma comes out along with the aroma of meat. The gourd fruit is obviously as spicy as white wine when eaten raw, but after being roasted, it is as sweet and slightly spicy as fruit wine. Even the barbecue also brings this fruity aroma. .
After giving most of the second piece of barbecue to Xiao Yuan, Lu Xi looked up to the sky and sighed, wanting to cry... his mouth watered first.
In fact, Lu Xi also knew that all her thoughts were useless. The dragon's aura had not dissipated a few days ago. She had not even seen any living creatures on the grassland. She had no other choice but to eat grass, but she I just suddenly felt very unwilling.
When he came back to his senses, Xiao Yuan had already finished the second portion of the barbecue. Just as Lu Xi was about to persuade Xiao Yuan to save the remaining two portions for next time, he realized that Xiao Yuan had no intention of continuing to act coquettishly.
Xiao Yuan glanced at the two dirtbags with salivating eyes, but was extremely restrained and did not do anything else, as if he knew that the food should not be eaten all at once, but should be saved for the next meal.
Lu Xi couldn't help but feel sad when he thought that Xiao Yuan's parents had left him in the cave and disappeared. He had survived for so long relying on rotten prey and must have known how to eat it in batches.
But this did not prevent Lu Xi from making the right decision. After eating the food, he packed up all traces and left here immediately.
She stayed here for too long, and she didn't have to leave in a hurry. But who knew that the smell of barbecue would be so fragrant that even Xiao Yuan couldn't help but be attracted, let alone other animals with sensitive senses of smell.
Fortunately, there is no smell coming out of the remaining two pieces of barbecue until the outer earthy shell is cracked, so there is no need to worry about attracting anything.
Although Xiao Yuan is covered in injuries, his ability to move is not affected, otherwise he would not be able to catch up with Lu Xi in a short time. Not only can he walk on his own, but he can also help Lu Xi carry something with him. It’s not that it has a lot of wounds on its back, so it’s not a problem to carry something.
Lu Xi was not so crazy about exploiting injured "child workers", so she kept everything on her body and carried it by herself. Fortunately, she didn't have many things, and she had enough containers for easy carrying. She could just pull off a few pieces of cloth to make a cloth bag.
Xiao Yuan, who had nothing to do, did not look injured or fragile at all. Lu Xi was not rushing on the road very fast, so he helped Lu Xi explore the road ahead and drove away some small animals to reduce the threat to Lu Xi.
At night, Lu Xi found a place to rest, and Xiao Yuan transformed into a hand warmer, keeping warm with Lu Xi and spending the cold night. During the few hours when Lu Xi could not wake up from his "sleep", Xiao Yuan also had some Yuan was guarding her, and the level of safety suddenly increased a lot.
Except for the disadvantage of greatly increased food consumption.
Xiao Yuan doesn't have to eat every day, just once every two or three days. But when Lu Xi eats every day, looking at Xiao Yuan's pitiful eyes, he can't help but give some to him.
One meal was a whole round rabbit. Thanks to Lu Xi's ability to refresh himself, except for trying to eat enough at noon, he only had two simple bites for breakfast and dinner, so the food was supplied.
It’s not that Lu Xi never changes the recipe, but that round rabbits are the easiest to hunt on this grassland. Find a plant that round rabbits often eat, dig a hole around it, and set up a simple trap. It won’t take long to catch them. To one or two.
Since Xiao Yuan knew that the fragrant barbecue came from Round Rabbits, he has tried hunting many times. However, Xiao Yuan could not catch up with the speed of Round Rabbits, and every time he could only watch them run away from behind.
If it weren't for the fact that the Round Rabbits themselves had a low IQ and were often given away for free, there probably wouldn't be many animals that could catch them.
"Didn't catch it again?" Lu Xi looked at Xiao Yuan who ran back dejectedly, and took out a plump and round rabbit from the trap with a smile on his face. Anyway, she had never missed it once, which was great.
It is now the tenth day since she appeared on this grassland, and it is also the seventh day since Xiao Yuan started following her.
In seven days, all the wounds on Xiao Yuan's body have recovered. With plenty of food recently, he looks much more energetic than at the beginning. His hair is smooth and beautiful. Lu Xi can't help but stroke it twice every time.
Every time Xiao Yuan came back from hunting without catching any prey, he would feel extremely depressed, and Lu Xi would have to coax him for a long time every time.
Lu Xi could also understand that when Xiao Yuan's parents left, it had not learned hunting skills. At most, it had learned a little bit from the creatures that were also cubs when it was hunted before, and it was as old as her. There is a guardian nearby to provide food, and there is not enough dangerous stimulation, so progress will naturally be slow.
But Lu Xi is also really reluctant to let Xiao Yuan suffer. It is really too well-behaved and cute.
It is worth mentioning that Xiaoyuan is a younger sister.
"Be good, be good. I'll make you a new snack today." Lu Xi rubbed Xiao Yuan's head and comforted Xiao Yuan while he couldn't help but look in the direction outside the grassland.
It was an extremely tall mountain. Lu Xi saw the top of the mountain three days ago. After walking for three days, she finally reached the foot of the mountain and was about to leave the grassland where she had lived for ten days.
There is a forest at the foot of the mountain. If Lu Xi wanted to, she could walk into the forest tonight, but she was a little worried that she would not be able to find suitable food in the forest, so she stayed an extra day to prepare to catch a few more round rabbits and take them with her.
Except for the one she was going to eat later, she had already caught three of them as food reserves.
The straw mat woven from straw stalks was woven to a length of one and a half meters. It could barely be used as a bed at night and spread on the ground. Xiao Yuan liked this straw mat very much and would lie on it every time Lu Xi stopped to rest.
These days, except for the first two furs that have been made into water bladders from the round rabbits, the rest are enough to make a "rabbit fur blanket". Adding in the few I caught today, A blanket one meter wide and two meters long is enough.
Lu Xi looked at the miscellaneous things in her hands. It was hard to imagine that she actually survived when she fell alone on this grassland.
In the past ten days, she had not encountered danger. When she was walking through dense grass, she was bitten by an unknown poisonous snake on her arm. If she had not made a prompt decision, tied her arm tightly, cut the wound with a knife, and released Due to the poisonous blood, she couldn't even persist in refreshing at four o'clock in the morning the next day.
There was also a large lion-like creature that was attracted by the smell of barbecue. It was Xiao Yuan who was alert and noticed the smell of the other party from far away. He carried the barbecue in his mouth and sent it far away to lure the other party away. Only then did he protect Lu Xi. They were attacked, and that day, they were hungry all day without daring to eat.
If it weren't for the existence of Golden Finger and Xiao Yuan, Lu Xi might not have been able to survive here, but no matter what, she survived.
"The sun is nice today, let's try the slate barbecue." The barbecue made using the beggar's chicken method requires soil, and water sources are hard to find. Lu Xi was reluctant to use the dew collected for drinking every night to knead the mud, so he thought of something else. BBQ method.
"Uh-huh!" Xiao Yuan swung his tail wildly, looking forward to it.
