The Survival of the Wild Tribe

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Luo Zhen didn't mind, so he drank all the remaining goat's milk in a wooden bowl. It had been a long time since Luo Zhen squinted his eyes happily. When he was a child, he was obsessed with drinking milk every day. Once he couldn't drink it anymore, he would miss the unpleasant taste in his memories.

"You should drink more if you are so weak."

Luo Zhen glanced at Lu Zhan unexpectedly and asked quizzically, "Did you hear that?"

Lu Zhan sat upright. "Of course, my ears are sharp. Tomorrow I will catch two ewes back for you, so that you don't have to fight with those cubs for food."

Luo Zhen was full of black lines. Rushing for food? What exactly did he do to make the other person have this idea? Although he was not clear about Lu Zhan's brain circuit, Luo Zhen still had to say to stop it, "No, we have two ewes, which is enough."

"Why?" Lu Zhan puzzled.

"None of us can raise these animals for the winter. When we are short of food, or when they have no fodder to eat and start to starve, they are all killed. If you catch all the ewes back, then where will this flock of sheep come from in the future? Where will we go to catch the ewe next year?" Luo Zhen patiently explained to Lu Zhan the idea of sustainable development.

Lu Zhan nodded thoughtfully and reached out his hand to wipe a handful of goat milk that Luo Zhen accidentally got on the corner of his lips. "You make sense."

The matter of catching the ewe again was settled in this way.

In fact, keeping animals in captivity is not such a simple thing, especially these wild and untamed animals. Even though there are few large predators around the basin, there are many birds with wings that can climb over the mountains. There are foxes and wolves on the mountain, and these peaceful appearances are still full of various dangers.

The instinct of animals to escape from the claws of natural enemies is carved into their genes. At the beginning, it was a wild boar, probably a docile and harmless domestic pig. When Luo Zhen saw a wild boar knowing how to make holes and escape the fence, Luo Zhen looked dumbfounded. Fortunately, for safety, soldiers took turns to guard nearby day and night, and the wild boar was caught back before it could go far.

Then there was the little lamb that was trembling with fright. I don’t know if it was because of the ewe by its side. The little lamb became bolder and even stepped on the ewe when no one noticed it. After passing the high fence, it is a pity that the little lamb is too attached to the ewe. Even if the ewe drove the little lamb out loud, she still hesitated to wander nearby, and was naturally caught back into the fence in the end.

In addition to the various ways to escape, these animals are dissatisfied with being locked in a small enclosure. They can call from morning to late at night as if tirelessly. You must know that their current house has not even had the wooden door installed, and the sound insulation effect is very poor. After being called for a few days, everyone wanted to kill them all at once.

Luo Zhen looked at the animals in the enclosure with a headache. In two days, there were not many animals that he could catch, but he obviously thought of captive animals too simply. "Tie all these animals' necks with ropes," Luo Zhen tiredly ordered. At least this can make these animals less likely to escape.

As for the prey caught later, Luo Zhen let the soldiers slaughter all of them to make smoked meat. Now the weather is getting colder and colder. Even if it can’t be kept for too long, it should be ten days to a half month, no problem.

In addition to hunting, Luo Zhen also spared a day to take other people around the basin to pick wild fruits. Of course, he would also bring a few soldiers along with him. Otherwise, if they encounter beast attacks, it would be impossible to rely solely on ordinary people like them. There were no casualties.