Lord Helanza

Surdak was riding on a horse, with a very exaggerated salamander head hung from the saddle, and followed the lizard hunting group into the village.

The members of the lizard hunting group have a joyful smile on their faces. Even the injured Val followed the team all the way, but also stood up his chest, preferring the wound to burst rather than When walking, he stooped down like a late old man.

Everyone huddled beside the dead tree at the entrance of the village, their eyes were all attracted by the iron cage walking in the forefront. People curiously watched the cage almost full of limestone iguanas, and the villagers were enthusiastic. Cheering, everyone knows that this winter will not be too difficult, and the joy in the eyes spread to the face, making the dark old faces full of folds.

In the past, the lizard hunting group in the village walked into the Paglos mountain range, and the hunting cycle would never exceed one week, because the villagers carried only enough dry food and drinking water for one week, which was also doomed The lizard hunting group impossible left the village of Wall too far, but this year’s situation is different. The lizard hunting group actually entered the Paglos Mountain for nearly two weeks. If it weren’t for the four villagers to bring two iron caged limestone iguanas in advance Return to the village, bring back all the news about the safety of the lizard hunting group, I am afraid the village will be fried.

The reason why the lizard hunting group can stay in the mountains for one more week is that in addition to the "Water Condensation Technique" scroll in the hands of Surdak, the old village chief cooks a big pot of rice. Every dinner Before, the members of the lizard hunting group threw their share of food into the pot. Everyone felt that they didn’t eat much, and the food thrown into the pot was also the smallest amount. These chestnut rice cakes would quickly expand and become A pot of porridge often has a strong feeling of fullness.

The members of the lizard hunting group brought dry food for a week, and actually ate it for two weeks.

At the end of the day, when I was hungry, Surdak brought back hundreds of pounds of salamander meat, so that the villagers had a delicious barbecue on their way back to Wall Village. Regarding the eating of salamander meat, although the old village chief had some complaints, he thought that Surdak should not give such high-end ingredients to the villagers to eat. This salamander meat is more valuable than the limestone iguana meat, if it can be sold. If you do, you will make a fortune.

But after some of the salamander meat was handed in, the remaining part belonged to Surdak and the other five youngsters. As to how they distributed the salamander meat, the old village chief had nothing to do with this matter. The right to speak, but Surdak only took out the part of the barbecue he had shared with everyone, and the salamander meat shared by the rest of the members was back to the village.

The villagers who had eaten salamander meat gathered together to discuss afterwards, and some villagers rubbed their stomachs and groaned and said: "In fact, salamander meat is not much better than yellow lamb, it’s just tender. , Very tender..."

But now everyone has walked out of the Paglos mountain range. The lizard hunting group entered the Paglos mountain this time, so it only went out to hunt once. The limestone iguana is enough.

The women in the village welcomed the men back with a smile, and almost everyone in the village ran to the entrance of the village to greet them.

For Wall Village, hunting limestone iguanas every year is a big event. This is related to whether the villagers have enough winter supplies in winter. Everyone sells the limestone iguanas. The money was used in exchange for some food for the winter, such as sour pears, pickles, ham, and lard in Helanza.

The villagers in Wall Village know how to control the hunting of limestone iguanas. They think that these iguanas are gifts from the mountain, so that the people in the mountain can survive the harsh winter. Therefore, they obey the laws of nature. The old village chief will stop hunting if he leads people to hunt enough limestone iguanas, and will never kill and hunt indiscriminately.

The mountain people here all know the truth. This year they will catch more. Maybe next year they will go farther to hunt.

The villagers are hostile to foreign hunting groups, but the limestone iguana crawls out of the deep crevices in the rock only in September every year, and immediately after autumn it will become disappeared without a trace. Therefore, the foreign adventure group will not go to this Desolate Land just to hunt the limestone iguana.

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Old Sheila and Natasha stood in the crowd.

Rita pulled the little Peter out of the crowd. She didn’t want him to run wild at the entrance of the village with other children in the village. Little Peter was only four years old, and behind the older child, she could only eat ashes. Seeing Surdak riding a horse and following the lizard hunting team, little Peter would no longer accept the control of aunt, forcibly breaking free of Rita's hands, moved towards Surdak and ran over.

Surdak also immediately jumped off his horse, took two steps forward, lifted little Peter high above his head at once, turned on his horse amidst the cheers of little Peter, and took little Peter out of the village. After a big circle, he returned to the entrance of the village.

Only old Sheila, Rita and Natasha are left at the entrance of the village.

The other members of the lizard hunting group have happily reunited with their families and returned to the village.

Rita cocked her feet and pushed little Peter from the horse. Surdak followed behind Old Sheila. The family walked into the village. She saw the salamander head hanging on Surdak’s saddle. , I just heard about Surdak hunting and killing a salamander in the words of the villagers. She just took a faint look and asked: "Are you injured?"

"No!" Surdak was a little distracted, and then said: "It's the Varna boy who has suffered a little injury, but he should get better soon."

Old Sheila was just nodded and stopped talking.

Only Peter in the entire group was so excited that he shrank into Natasha’s arms and kept talking about the beautiful feelings of riding a horse. Natasha did not even dare to look at this nominal husband. , Just hugged little Peter tightly and walked with his head down.

Rita walked at the back, a pair of bright lake blue eyes fell on Surdak. The arrival of Surdak not only changed the embarrassing life in the family, but also the atmosphere in Wall Village. , Everyone laughed obviously much more than before.

After the caravan came this year, everyone took out some agricultural products in exchange for daily necessities, much more than in previous years.

This time the lizard hunting group only used half a month to complete the hunting goal ahead of schedule. In previous years, the lizard hunting group would go out for nearly a week each time, and then rest for two more days, usually There are at least four round-trips between Wall Village and Paglos Mountain. It will stop hunting until the harvest festival in early October, and prepare to return home to grab wheat and trees. When it is really free, almost everything The members of the lizard hunting group will be thinner.

Last year was quite miserable. The lizard hunting group failed to complete the planned hunting goal. The old village head rushed to the mountain before the heavy snow and took the village's strong labor to log wood in the mountains near Helanza City. When he came back, Many villagers suffered frostbite on their hands and feet.

There was a lightly smile in Rita's eyes, as if she had a very beautiful longing for tomorrow.

Stepping on the muddy road in the village, my body seems to be a lot easier. When I walk, I can’t help but point my toes and involuntarily want to jump up...

Like a forest fairy who wants to dance on the petals...