The cold wind whistled and the snow fluttered.

More than a dozen tourists are gathering by the fire pit to bake the fire, shivering and worrying about the problem of hunger in the future.

Although after it snowed, at Jiang Xuan's suggestion, they used the method of splashing water into ice to block the cracks in the wall with ice, but the cold was still everywhere.

"Open the door, I'm back!"

Just then, a rough voice came from outside.

A tourist leaning against the door reluctantly left the fire pit, then removed the wood supporting the door and opened the heavy door.

"Whoosh..."

After the door was opened, a gust of cold wind rushed into the house, blowing away all the heat that had finally gathered in the house.

Those tourists shivered one after another, actually complaining a little inside.

However, when Nepeta was holding a heavy one-horned bird, her eyes were straight.

"Come and see, what is this?"

Nepeta intentionally held the unicorn with both hands, so that they could see more clearly.

"Unicorn!"

"food!"

"Meat!"

Those tourists were already hungry, and when they saw the plump unicorn, their eyes flashed green, and they drooled wildly, eager to jump up and take a bite.

Eating meat is what the tribes desire most, because most of the food they usually eat is wild vegetables, wild fruits, insects and other foods.

The jungle is dangerous, and every prey is precious. It is the dream of most tribesmen to be able to eat meat every day.

Nepeta continued: "This one-horned bird, the leader of the vine tribe took me to hunt just now, he didn't lie to us, he really has a way to let us get food in winter!"

Jingjie looked around for a week and said, "That is to say, all of us don't have to worry about starving to death!"

"it is good!"

"Great!"

"We have food!"

When the tourists heard this sentence, they were immediately excited. They didn't even care about the cold, and they all cheered with their necks pulled.

For these tourists, the most fearful thing is that there is no hope of living, and they are worried that they will starve to death.

At this moment, the one-horned bird in Nepeta's hands is not just a prey, but a hope for their survival.

This kind of excitement, it is difficult for people who have not experienced despair to understand.

After Jing Ji finished speaking, he said again: "I'll go and tell the good news to the other clansmen."

Nepeta turned and left the room, and the door was closed again.

But those tourists are no longer panic, no longer decadent, their mental state has undergone great changes.

They surrounded the fire pond, watching the beating flames, their eyes became full of hope, and even began to look forward to the future!

This is a good sign.

Afterwards, Nepeta walked from room to room, first showing the one-horned bird, and then saying similar things.

Every time I went to a room, cheers would definitely come from that room, covering up the sound of the wind and snow outside.

Jiang Xuan stood under a tree not far away, and with his excellent hearing, he naturally heard the conversation between Nepeta and those tourists clearly.

Jiang Xuan chuckled: "I didn't expect that this guy is really talented."

Just relying on a prey, plus encouraging words, makes more than a hundred tourists cheer for it. This is not something ordinary people can do, and it requires a certain talent.

After Nepeta had walked around, the unicorn had even its feathers condensed with a layer of snow, its head was drooping, and its face was unrequited.

Jing Ji came to the bottom of the big tree and stood in front of Jiang Xuan, hesitating to speak.

"Boss, this unicorn..."

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Simmer it in a pottery cauldron. Everyone will give them a bowl of broth."

Words are inspiring, but short-lived, and only real benefits can motivate those visitors.

"Thank you boss." Jing Ji thanked Jiang Xuan gratefully.

"But..." Jing Ji hesitated for a moment, then said: "By catching birds, I'm afraid everyone will not be able to survive this winter. After all, the snow is so heavy, we can't go very far, and the nearby birds and beasts will always be caught."

"Don't worry, I have already thought of this issue. I have other ways to get you more food."

"Enough for everyone to eat a winter's food." Jiang Xuan was full of confidence.

"Really? That's great."

Nepeta breathed a sigh of relief, the leader of the Vine tribe looked young, and his work was still very reliable.

Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow, bring the ten strongest tourists to come to me, and I will take you to find food."

"it is good."

"I'll go back first. Go and stew this unicorn, and let everyone drink a bowl of hot broth."

Jiang Xuan turned and left, Jing Ji stood in the same place, looking at Jiang Xuan's back, he began to have a good impression of Jiang Xuan and the Teng tribe in his heart.

That night, the one-horned bird and other food were stewed into a broth with several pottery dings, and each visitor was given a bowl.

When they drank the steaming broth, many people burst into tears with excitement, not because it tasted so good, but because they not only did not starve to death, but also ate meat.

This night, many people had beautiful dreams, instead of having nightmares every day like before.

Early the next morning, Nepeta selected ten of the strongest tourists and found Jiang Xuan with simple hunting tools.

Jiang Xuan got up early, not only that, but all the clansmen of the Teng tribe were ready.

According to Jiang Xuan's request, they each brought a bundle of firewood, a rattan basket, ropes, their own weapons, and a piece of dried horseshoe-shaped wood ganoderma as a fire.

After this kind of wood ganoderma is ignited, it will smolder for a long time, which is very suitable for fire.

"I'm going to stay outside for a little longer today. Put on these animal skin coats and animal leather boots first, and return them to me when you come back."

Jiang Xuan threw eleven sets of old animal skin coats and animal skin boots to Jing Ji and others.

In fact, the Vine Tribe has accumulated a lot of animal skins, and the Vine Tribe has relatively few real clansmen, so they can't use that much at all.

However, Jiang Xuan could not directly give these animal skins to tourists, because these tourists have not joined the Vine tribe, and they have not created any value for the tribe for the time being, but have been consuming food.

Therefore, only when these tourists really joined the Vine tribe, or created the same value, Jiang Xuan would consider giving them animal skins directly.

Jing Ji and the ten tourists looked at Jiang Xuan gratefully, and then quickly put on those animal skin coats and animal skin boots.

"Are you all ready? Go, go to the river."

Jiang Xuan held the bone spear and the fire, and walked along the road that had been opened before, walking towards the river first, followed by the Veng tribe and the tourists.

The snow on the ground is very deep and it is difficult to walk, but everyone is very excited, because they have not had winter hunting experience, and the unknown is exciting.

Next to the witch's house, the giant eagle squatted in the huge nest. It shook the snow on its body, and then tilted its head to look at Jiang Xuan and the others. Obviously, he didn't know what these people were doing with such a big snow.

The old witch, who was surrounding the fire, was also very curious, but he didn't go out because it was too cold outside, and at his age, he couldn't stand it.

It didn't take long for Jiang Xuan and others to brave the heavy snow to the beach by the river.

The severe cold and heavy snow have froze the surface of the river more than 20 meters wide, and the freezing is very strong. At first glance, it feels like flat ground. com can't see where the river is.

Jiang Xuan chose a place that was relatively sheltered from the wind and said to the others: "Clean up the snow here, and then light a bonfire, the more vigorous the fire, the better."

"it is good."

Although everyone didn't understand why they wanted to set fire to the fire, they had become accustomed to obeying Jiang Xuan's orders.

Soon, the snow on the ground was cleaned up, the dry wood was piled together, and then the bonfire was lit with the kindling brought by the horseshoe-shaped wood Ganoderma lucidum.

"Huhuhu..."

Under the blessing of the wind, the bonfires burned more and more vigorously, and even the snow next to them was melted and the ground was dried.

Later, Jiang Xuan asked them to pick out a lot of stones from the snow and throw them into the bonfire to burn them hot.

After doing all this, Jiang Xuan used the bone spear to poke into the river bay little by little, and finally found a better position to remove the snow on the surface and reveal the hard ice below.

"It's here."

"Pick out the red-hot stones and carry them here."

Jiang Xuan shouted, and Chi Shao and others immediately started to use a wooden stick to pull out the red-hot stone, and then put it into the rattan basket. The rattan basket touched the hot stone, and the part that had been in contact for a long time was burned black.

They were afraid that the rattan basket would be burned through, so they walked quickly to the position designated by Jiang Xuan, and then poured the stones in the rattan basket onto the ice.

"Chichichi..."

The hot stone continued to emit heat, and the hard ice melted quickly and dented.

Until then, everyone finally understood why Jiang Xuan asked them to light a bonfire to burn stones.

If it weren't for these red-hot stones, I don't know how much and effort it would take to cut through the hard and thick layer of ice.

Congratulations to the book friend "Qingtang l" for becoming the helmsman of this book, and thanks to Qingshi.