Survive in the beast world

Chapter 36

When Li Shizhen returned to the bamboo house, he devoted himself to the vigorous research of wheat. He brought back at least a schoolbag of this plant that he temporarily named wheat.

First, he clumsily removed the seeds from the spikes by hand, and after working for several days, he only managed to save a handful, which was very inefficient.And how to get rid of the shell is really a problem.He used bamboo to make a set of mortar and pestle used in the laboratory. These two things were also very rough. The mortar was directly used for a thigh-thick truncated bamboo tube, and the pestle was found for a relatively heavy grinder. smooth sticks.

Put these hard-fought wheat seeds directly into the mortar, and use the pestle instead of grinding, but hammering. In fact, this is rice pounding. However, Li Shizhen, who grew up in the city, has never seen it before. He just relied on experiments and observations. My intuition is that I used such a set of rice pounding equipment correctly.

Seeing that the husks were almost removed from the mortar, he was also very tired, and planned to make a dustpan tomorrow to see if he could sift out the husks.

When he finished his research and stopped to rest, he found that the white tiger had been a little sleepy for some time.He thought back, it seemed like it had been several days, and in the evening, it didn't go down to swim in puddles like it used to. Instead, it was lying on the bamboo hut, playing with its paws lazily, on the uneven floor. Rolling around.

He knew that he had neglected cooking recently because he was busy researching wheat, probably Baihu was a little unhappy because of this neglect.The two of them are the only ones living together here, and it is right to care about each other. This kind of neglect and lack of good food probably really makes Bai Hu feel down.Although, Li Shizhen is more inclined to the latter, which is the main reason for his unhappiness.

I'll make something delicious later, maybe it will appease this big cat who seems to be a bit grumpy.Finally, when he walked in front of it, he was amused and annoyed to find that it was those tyrannosaurus eggs rolling around there.

You must know that these are good eggs, the genuine future local tyrants, I really don’t know what evil they did. First, they were kidnapped from their mother by two immoral and heartless people, and then became one of the kidnappers’ toy rolling balls. Forced to play with.

Baihu looked up at him innocently, then lowered his head and continued to push the egg bones back and forth, making a crisp sound.

Li Shizhen sat next to it and touched its sagging ears. It didn't feel hot, but was it uncomfortable elsewhere?He stretched out his hand and gently scratched its neck, and the white tiger gently rubbed against his hand, but it didn't respond positively as usual with a "snurling".

Li Shizhen moved its big head, looked at its eyes carefully, opened its mouth, and carefully inspected its teeth, tongue, and mouth. The big cat didn't know whether it was too lazy to struggle or it didn't matter, it cooperated like a big toy Li Shizhen's behavior was unclear, but he didn't find any special symptoms, that is, there was no inflammation or swelling.So, it could be a psychological problem?

The big cat is also an intelligent life like him, and probably has many troubles that he can't understand, and he can't understand its troubles like listening to his friends in modern times. What he can do is probably just sit quietly and accompany it .After all, they are not the same race, and maybe not only in language, but in many other aspects, there is no way to fully understand each other.

After a while, he took out the Swiss Army Knife, opened the nail file on it, and said softly, "Do you want to sharpen your claws?"

It seems that since Li Shizhen realized the problem of getting along with the tiger on an equal footing, he never sharpened its claws again. It probably grew a lot in such a long time. I don't know if it has sharpened itself.

The big cat gave a lazily "woo" sound, as if it didn't want to move much, and the big snow-white plum blossom was lazily placed on the ground.

Li Shizhen put its claws on his knees, popped out its claws like the first time, observed carefully, and then began to sharpen it carefully.

The half-closed eyes of the big cat reflected the focused side face of the young man opposite, drooping eyelashes, bright eyes, and the slight and regular movement of its paws made it exhale gently, slowly closed its eyes and fell asleep.

Li Shizhen sighed softly when he saw the sleeping big cat after grinding his paws, what happened?Isn't it just a psychological reason, the body was really exhausted that day, and it never recovered?

He thought about it carefully, and it seemed that the big cats he saw on the earth rarely hunted at noon, and they would never keep running at high speed for a long time, because their hearts couldn't bear it, so sometimes they would rather give up their prey.Normally, this big cat would never move around at noon, and if it could be avoided, it would be avoided. From this point of view, although the auspicious clothes blocked part of the direct sunlight that day, the long-distance running under such huge psychological pressure still brought pain to its body. The damage, hopefully not irreversible.

But he thought about it, with the big cat's strong physique, probably after a few days of eating well, it would return to its previous lively appearance.

In the evening, Li Shizhen hosted a feast for local tyrants ==

He used the fruits and vegetables he went out to collect in the afternoon and the prey in the trap to make all kinds of eggs, steamed, scrambled, and egg rolls. For the things he usually likes, he has no way of knowing which kind of egg is more suitable for the big cat, or in order to let it recover physically and psychologically, Li Shizhen prepared many kinds.

Lured by the aroma, the big cat woke up with its nose fluttering. When it saw all kinds of delicacies on the table, its saliva was about to drip... It lowered its head and rubbed its big eyes on its paws, oh, isn't it just a dream?No, definitely not, it didn't dream so much in the past few days as it did today!Not to mention there are many other kinds, it has never eaten, let alone dreamed of.

Li Shi held his forehead and looked at its big bright eyes. Is it really a foodie? He found a large bowl and placed it in a row in front of it. Seeing that it hasn't gone hunting today, it should be able to eat it.

After eating, clean up the things, wash what needs to be washed, and put what needs to be put away. Li Shizhen starts to clean up the house. Eggshells and the like can be thrown away as soon as they should be thrown away. , the eggshell is not particularly hard, which disappointed Li Shizhen, who was still looking forward to the material.

Fortunately, there are still egg whites and yolks in these eggs, otherwise he really doesn't know what to do with them.Not to mention the idea of ​​wanting to hatch and then observe. I feel that eating half-hatched eggs is already a crime, and I feel a little disgusting when I think about it. If the hatched dragon comes out, he doesn't know what to do.

The big cat who was full was very satisfied. This was the first time it was fed to its fullness. It could be regarded as the realization of a long-standing dream, but that appearance was completely different from its usual appearance of being satisfied and licking its paws.Although it looks very satisfying, there is always something missing.

After Li Shizhen finished tidying up, he sat next to it, and he sighed: "Why were you unhappy just now?"

Baihu tilted his head, as if he didn't understand.

Li Shizhen stretched out a small charcoal stick and drew it on the wall next to him. The first Q version of the little tiger stood majestically with its ears, its tail flicked, and its eyes were bright. The second little tiger had its ears and tail hanging down. When he got down, his eyes were listless, and even the king character on his forehead was a little listless.

Li Shizhen's charcoal stick pointed to the first upright ear: "Happy", and pointed to the second drooping ear: "Unhappy."

Then I looked back at the big white cat and asked again: "Why are you unhappy?"

Very rarely, Li Shizhen took the initiative to stare solemnly into the white tiger's blue eyes.

Baihu lay down on his stomach all of a sudden, turned his head to the side, and carried Li Shizhen on his back, as if he didn't want to answer, but also seemed to be thinking about the answer.

Li Shizhen gently touched its slightly moving ears: "Are you also homesick like me?"

Bai Hu turned his head, his bright blue eyes blinked suspiciously.

Li Shizhen drew a stick figure of a house on the wall, and wrote the word "home" next to it. Baihu blinked and said nothing.Li Shizhen suddenly thought of the living environment of the Leopard Clan. He patted his forehead and drew a mountain next to the house, and a cave under the mountain. He turned his head and added a tree beside the cave. Under the tree, there is a picture of a young tiger in good spirits.

Baihu gradually sat up, his blue eyes staring at Li Shizhen's charcoal bar without blinking.

After Li Shizhen put down the charcoal stick, its eyes were still fixed on the simple "home" on the wall, as if it was staring at the cave, and it seemed that its mind had drifted to an unknown distance.This is the first time he has seen such a dumb big cat. It seems that it has always been able to grasp its own life situation very well, and rarely has Li Shizhen's inexplicable cranky thoughts.

Li Shizhen didn't bother it, he understood this kind of thing called longing too well, the place that can't be reached is called distant place, and the place that can't go back is called hometown.Perhaps, this white tiger also has a place it can't go back to.

After that day, the white tiger seemed to gradually recover a little bit of energy. Li Shizhen guessed that it was indeed a little tired. The fragility of the body inevitably aroused the weakness of the emotion. gaps and weaknesses.

Li Shizhen just made some delicious food for it in rotation, so that it could relieve the emotion of longing, and at the same time, he also supplemented his nutrition to restore his body and spirit.

He also sifted out the wheat that day and ground it. To be honest, he really didn’t know how to deal with it. He could only mix it with some water based on his feeling. It feels better.

This wheat pancake is a bit rough and dry, but it does have the sweetness of the grain that Li Shizhen is familiar with. The white tiger likes to eat it when the meat is sandwiched. Don't be too carnivore.

One person and one tiger resumed their usual routine, and Li Shizhen no longer required it to recognize the words on the menu or calculate correctly before giving "snacks". After all, the white tiger has learned enough literacy and counting now, and Li Shizhen also hopes that it will eat more recently to make up for the previous physical exertion.He thinks that learning needs to satisfy normal communication, and higher-level learning depends on Big Cat's own interests.

Bai Hu also seemed to leave the situation of that day behind, and gradually recovered his former spirit.

Li Shizhen, as usual, is going to continue to stockpile some durable food such as sweet potatoes in the bamboo house. At the same time, the appearance of wheat makes him think that maybe he can try to plant around the bamboo house, so that he can have more stable food source.

But Li Shizhen and Baihu tacitly did not touch the houses and caves on the wall, as if they were treasured in their hearts, they carefully kept them on the wall.

The weather is getting hotter day by day, and even herbivores will hide in the shade of trees and water sources to cool off at noon, and no longer dare to bask in the sun.Li Shizhen silently observed them a few times. They all had bulging stomachs, but they were still eating silently and desperately. They seemed to be silently trying to store up, planning for what was coming, for fear that this kind of reserve was not enough.

Li Shizhen was keenly aware of the unusual atmosphere in the jungle and grassland.

The news was affirmed and confirmed in the heavy expression of the white tiger looking into the distance one day. It is obvious that the large-scale preparations of herbivores are not accidental, but something is really going to happen.

"What happened?" Li Shizhen couldn't help asking.

The white tiger didn't answer it directly, but jumped from the window to the table next to it. It stretched out its claws and knocked over the bamboo cup Li Shizhen placed on the table, and the water flowed slowly from the cup. onto the tabletop, dripping onto the bamboo floor, and penetrating through the gaps in the bamboo.The water traces disappeared little by little, from a puddle of water to scattered water droplets, and finally the water droplets evaporated without a trace in this extremely hot weather.

Li Shizhen only felt a thunderbolt explode in his mind. The weather was getting hotter and hotter, there had been no rain for many days, and the herbivores who were working hard to eat, and then contacted the water that could no longer be recovered, everything had the answer: The dry season on the grasslands is coming.

He tried to think about the effect of drought on the jungle, but he couldn't understand it.But one thing is certain, if there is a drought, the water source of plants will be reduced, and the food source of most animals must be a problem, and their food source must also be a problem.

Li Shizhen calmed down, the drought was not so serious now, he silently calculated the food he had stored in his heart.Fortunately, he has been hoarding a lot of food due to his sense of crisis and his cautious nature.

He stared at the slowly drying marks on the ground, but without water, it would really be a big problem.

He sighed, he should have thought of it long ago, in this tropical region, the alternation of rainy and dry seasons is definitely an eternal melody.When he first came here, those frequent rainy nights, and the recent reduction in rainfall is hot, which is a typical tropical monsoon climate.

On the grasslands of the earth, herbivores will migrate during the dry season, so what about here?

Li Shizhen turned his attention to Baihu.

He and Baihu came to the bamboo forest again next to the "sand table" they used to prepare for the salt cliff last time. This time, the terrain simulated by Li Shizhen was quite vast. The jungles, grasslands, and rivers he had seen were all on it. Far away, he didn't know, so he could only hope for Baihu's solution.

Baihu first removed the bamboo tube that Li Shizhen used to intercept the water flow to form the river, and then the water seeped into the sand, and the river gradually dried up.Then the green fruits that Li Shizhen used to represent herbivores, large and small, were swung across the river by the tail of the white tiger, and the red fruits representing ground carnivores were also swung behind the green fruits.

That direction is north.