Ancient Eden Chapter 33:
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On the seventh day, they reached the head of the river.
In fact, it’s not the end, but when the river reaches here, it is suddenly cut off. With no way to go, it leaps down from the high section, plunges thousands of miles, and continues to move eastwards.
The sun is directly overhead.
Mu Qing stood in front of the cliff, listening to the roaring sound of water, and felt a slight chill in front of him. It was the coolness brought by the water mist blown up by the wind.
She was already a little hot after walking, but now she felt relaxed and happy.
The little thing she kept holding in her arms already had its own name. She called it Xiao Hei. Xiao Hei, who was sleeping lazily with his eyes squinted, seemed to be awakened by the noise. He suddenly opened his eyes and raised his head, looking around curiously.
There is no road ahead. Going down is the cliff.
Mu Qing looked up at Li Mang.
He smiled at her, then turned around and walked to the side.
Mu Qing followed him, and saw that he was holding a spear and a stone ax he had just made a few days ago, separated by overlapping branches and vines in front of him, and opened the way forward.
This was a gentle uphill hill, and it was a bit difficult for them to walk.
After walking like this for more than an hour, the terrain gradually leveled off and then went downhill.
The descent was easier than at first.
They climbed over this small hill.
Li Mang continued to walk forward, Mu Qing followed her closely.
Xiao Hei in his arms seemed to sense that she was tired, and whined uneasily. He stretched out his tongue and licked her chest through her clothes.
Li Mang turned around, glanced at her, squatted in front of her, and motioned for her to come up.
He wants to carry her away.
Mu Qing refused.
Living in the jungle for two months, she has gradually learned to be patient. When the time comes, she will of course act coquettishly in front of Li Mang to win his love and affection. But in a situation like this, as long as she still had the last bit of strength, she knew she should grit her teeth and follow instead of becoming a burden to him. In addition to clearing the road in front of him, he also had her bag on his back. In addition to the original contents, it also contained some dry food left over from the previous few days and a few coconut fruits that she used to quench her thirst.
Seeing that she refused to come up, Li Mang stood up and stretched out his hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead. She lowered her eyes and saw Xiao Hei still lying in her arms with her legs hanging down. She frowned slightly, pinched the skin of its neck, and picked it up.
Mu Qing thought he was going to let it walk on its own. Although Xiao Hei's wound was almost healed and had scarred over, he might still have difficulty walking on the ground to keep up with them. Just as he was about to hold it back again, he saw that he had already lifted it and placed it on his free right shoulder.
Xiao Hei suddenly left Mu Qing's arms and stood up much higher than the ground. He looked a little scared. He grabbed Li Mang's shoulders with his four paws and looked at Mu Qing, wailing. The ground screamed non-stop.
Mu Qing couldn't bear it and wanted to hold it down, but Li Mang had already reached out and scratched the little black head. Xiao Hei screamed, as if he knew that the male master was not as easy to mess with as the female master, and he didn't like himself, so he didn't dare to scream anymore. He just grabbed his feet to prevent him from falling. He looked at Mu Qing with a little look in his eyes. Wronged.
Mu Qing looked at the two guys, the older one and the younger one, who didn't get along with each other when they met. He suppressed his smile and reached out to touch the little black head as a sign of comfort.
Li Mang smiled at her, took her hand and continued moving forward.
Poor little Hei grabbed his shoulder and staggered, but miraculously he never fell off. When he arrived, he seemed to be having fun, wagging his tail and rushing behind him, followed by Mu Qing and howling.
At dusk, after walking through a canyon, Mu Qing's eyes suddenly opened up. He never expected that behind this canyon there was a beautiful land like a peachland hidden.
On the ridge in the far reaches of the canyon, a waterfall meandered down, converging into a wide stream that curved and gurgled past her feet. Across the stream, there is a large flat valley, now covered with all kinds of wildly spreading surface vegetation and wild flowers, swaying gently in the wind. The air is filled with a faint earthy smell, but this smell does not make people feel uncomfortable. Instead, it makes people feel that the land here is fertile. Going further, there is still a vast jungle not far away, until this scene is cut off by distant mountains.
At this moment, the setting sun's slanting afterglow is shining on this land, covering everything with a faint golden glow.
Mu Qing hooked his hands around Limang's neck almost in surprise, and jumped on him with cheers.
Xiao Hei was caught off guard and fell to the ground. He squatted at her feet and whimpered with his head hanging down.
Mu Qing was so happy.
After trekking for seven full days, Li Mang finally brought her to a stop, stopping in this peach land with water flowing through the valley.
Li Mang was also infected by her excitement. He picked her up and waded through the waist-deep stream to the other side.
Xiao Hei wanted to follow him, but he didn't dare to go into the water. He was so anxious that he kept spinning on the ground and howling.
Mu Qing looked back and saw, smiled and poked Li Mang's chest. Li Mang had no choice but to put her down, picked up Xiao Hei and threw her on the ground.
As soon as Xiao Hei landed on the ground, he immediately spread his legs and started dancing, and the dense ground vegetation disappeared in an instant.
Mu Qing was a little worried and called her name after her, but Li Mang grabbed her hand and led her forward.
She couldn't help but secretly laugh at herself for being too mother-in-law. Xiao Hei is a primitive animal in the jungle, not a pet she kept at home in the past.
Li Mang searched carefully along the foot of the mountain wall, as if looking for something. Finally, he pushed aside a pile of hay and dense vines that were higher than her head, and a large hole suddenly appeared in front of her.
Mu Qing understood that for a long time to come, before building their own house, this cave should be their shelter from wind and rain.
She felt that Li Mang's searching behavior just now seemed as if he knew there was a cave here, so she couldn't help pointing to the entrance of the cave and looked up at him curiously.
Li Mang noticed her doubts and said succinctly: "I came here when I was a child, so I came here."
Mu Qing understood what he said. It's just that his expression is a little dull, as if he doesn't want to talk more about this topic. Then he shut up. Just watch him move.
He did not go in immediately, but gathered some dry branches and leaves nearby, rolled them into a bundle, lit them with flint and tinder in his bag, and then threw them into the depths of the dark cave, and then pulled her Flashed to the edge of the hole.
Mu Qing didn't react at first, but soon understood his intention. Probably he wanted to use the firelight to see if there were any wild animals hiding inside.
The fire pit burned normally, and nothing came out of it. This shows that the cave can be entered.
Mu Qing followed Li Mang and moved forward slowly, shining the flashlight on the four walls constantly, looking at where he would live in the future.
The cave does not go all the way to the bottom. About seven or eight meters into the cave entrance, it turns a slight corner, and then there is a large hole of dozens of square meters, about two stories high.
Mu Qing used to study various cave formation methods when he was working as a tour guide. Both the cave walls and the roof here looked relatively flat, like an earth cave. That is, when there is a sandy soil layer with good water permeability at the bottom of a steep cliff, due to the action of groundwater or atmospheric precipitation, the sandy soil is dissolved and washed away, gradually forming a cavity. It is more suitable for people to live in than humid caves.
Although it is not a cave, it is just closed by vegetation at the cave entrance all year round, and the air inside still has a strong smell of mold. Mu Qing pulled Li Mang outside and found a lot of burning objects. He lit several fires in the corners of the cave to let the air flow to drive away the smell.
Li Mang spread a thick layer of hay on a flat piece of ground near the cave wall, and then looked back at her apologetically.
He found that he didn't even have an animal skin that could protect her delicate skin when she slept at night. The only one Naduo sent was also used as a quilt.
Mu Qing pretended not to see his expression, and just put his pillow on the end of the hay bunk, lay down on it, stretched out, looked at him and smiled softly: " Our family is very nice. I like it very much."
Li Mang didn't speak, he just squatted beside her and touched her hair, his eyes flashing.
He always liked to touch her hair during the day, just like he lingered and caressed her body at night.
She knew this was his way of expressing his feelings.
Li Mang used the edge of a stone ax to chop down more than a dozen small trees as big as a bowl, cut off the branches and leaves, and peeled off the bark of the trees and tied them together tightly to make a wooden raft.
At this time, the sunset had already set over the mountain, the sky was quickly turning dark, and a golden moon rose into the night sky.
The first night they arrived in their homeland fell quietly.
Wooden rafts were used to block the cave entrance. It's like installing a door. This made Mu Qing feel much safer.
Li Mang rekindled a fire, took out pieces of meat from his backpack, roasted them over the fire, cut them into small pieces with a wooden knife, and handed them to her.
Mu Qing ate the meat, drank a few sips, and fetched water from the stream with coconut shells. Although it tasted sweet, she still wished she could boil it before drinking it. It’s just that there is no container that can be used to boil water.
The fire was still burning brightly, illuminating the whole cave with red light and making it look warm, even the chill of the autumn night had been dissipated a lot.
When Mu Qing was being held by Li Mang and lying on their bed, she was still a little immersed in the excitement of arriving in her own home. She slowly talked to him and looked forward to the future.
"The weather is getting cold, Li Mang, aren't you still naked all the time? I have to think of a way to get you some clothes; well, next time you catch a pheasant, don't break your neck in a hurry. , bring it back and raise it for me, let the chickens lay eggs, and the eggs lay chickens, and they will keep laying. Then when spring comes, cultivate all the land outside, plant the millet I brought out, and plant something else. . By the way, Li Mang, let me shave off all your beard for you someday. I can’t even see clearly what you look like..."
Li Mang responded casually at first, then gradually became silent, leaving only his slight snoring in Mu Qing's ears.
Mu Qing stared at his peaceful sleeping face beside him through the flickering light of the fire, and couldn't help but press a light kiss on his lips.
He is too tired. These days I have to go hunting during the day and keep vigil at night, so I hardly get a sound sleep.
Let him have a good sleep and finally relax this night.
When the fire gradually extinguished, she curled up next to Li Mang and closed her eyes.
She actually knew very well that waking up tomorrow would be another hard day for Li Mang.
Winter is coming. He was preparing for their first winter after arriving home.
This is certainly not going to be an easy winter.
She was a little lucky that they left the settlement at this time. Fortunately, it was now. If it had been later, it would have been difficult for them.
She was thinking this, and just when she was feeling drowsy, there was a low whining sound coming from the entrance of the cave, and then there was a chirping sound from claws digging at the wood.
It was the little guy who finally found this place following their scent.
There was another squeaking sound, and Xiao Hei had already squeezed in through the gap in the corner of the wooden door, and ran to Mu Qing's feet, lying motionless, only occasionally making one or two low grunts from his throat.
Tomorrow may be difficult. But tomorrow will definitely be a new day.