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As the end of April, the weather gradually changed somewhat differently.

The rainstorm began to become much less, and it only lasted every two or three days. Moreover, the rainfall was relatively short and concentrated, and the amount of rain was not as fierce as that in April, and it seemed to have entered a relatively stable state.

This may be related to atmospheric circulation.

When summer begins, it is the time when the hot and cold air strongly meets here, so the rainfall is abundant. As the cold air is completely dispersed, the rainwater further moves to the northwest.

Although it was just his speculation, the changes in the river seemed to confirm this conclusion.

At the end of April, the river water in the valley was no longer too big or too small, and the water volume disappeared a lot. After entering a relatively abundant but stable period of year, hunters could already wade out of the valley and reach the river beach.

At this time, the river had completely changed, which was completely different from the situation that Chunqiu saw twice.

The turbid flood tides spread across the sides, almost completely submerging the vast river beach where wild animals usually feed. Many places even submerged directly to the foot of the mountain, and the road to the Wu tribe was completely blocked.

In the turbulent river water, you can occasionally see huge trees floating and undulating along the river water. You can even see many wild beasts drowned by the flood drifting with the flow and sweeping to the southeast by the flood.

Xu Chen stood at the entrance of the valley and watched the peaceful and peaceful river turn into such a violent appearance, and a cold air burst out.

He has seen the big rivers. He has seen the Yangtze River, the Yellow River and the Pearl River during the flood season, and he has also seen the flooding situation. However, the current water volume of this river is definitely not smaller than that of the Yangtze River. The turbid waves are rushing down, roaring like thunder in the strong sunlight, and the sound shocks the world.

Looking at the big trees and animal corpses floating in the water like a rushing field, he could imagine what kind of catastrophe was going through under the terrifying rainstorm at this time.

The river beach outside the valley where the Wu tribe lives downstream is probably also flooded.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but make a big move.

If I don’t know, if I really build a city there, it will probably turn into flat ground overnight.

At the same time, he began to understand why primitive people of this era liked to live on the mountainside.

It is not mainly to prevent wild animals and insects and snakes, but mainly to be safe.

The climate of this era is completely different from the times he knows, far beyond what humans can change and resist.

He even felt a little scared. He had built a house at the foot of the mountain before he could figure it out. Fortunately, the valley was very small and the river flow was not large. Otherwise, this time he would have to collapse and move it back to the mountain to sleep in the cave as a savage.

This kind of flood in front of us is just a normal state.

Thinking about the legend of floods in the history of the earth, he felt even more chilling.

Because the water of the big river skyrockets, the water of the small river appears to be extremely clear and calm.

At the intersection of the two rivers, a clear dividing line is formed.

A large number of fish enter the river from the big river, which also attracts countless wild birds.

Therefore, at the estuary, what you see is the scene of thousands of birds flying in the sky foraging.

Wild ducks, geese, swans, cormorants, white cranes, gray storks, herons, long-legged short-legged, pointed-mouthed, flat-mouthed, colorful birds gathered, overwhelmingly overwhelmingly.

And above the higher sky, hundreds of goshawks were hovering.

This is a paradise for ordinary animals and plants, and it is also a paradise for birds.

There are countless species of wild birds living here, and the number is even more incalculable.

Xu Chen was saliva filled with saliva when he saw it.

But he could only sigh.

The water is too big to get close.

Also, he didn't plan to catch birds today.

Yesterday, Feng was waiting for a group of hunters to fish and hunt, and brought back a grape-like berries. The taste was very good. I heard that it was in the low jungle near the foot of the mountain outside the mouth of the river, so he planned to come and see if he could pick more and go back.

I ate all the vine fruit wine brewed in the autumn and winter season last year, and the tribe members were obsessed with it, and he was obsessed with it.

Now is the ripening period of a large number of berries. If you can successfully brew a fruit wine, it will greatly improve your quality of life.

I am used to eating a few bites of fruit wine every day, but suddenly it feels like it is not tasty.

Several hunters began to lay nets and fish at the estuary.

Xu Chen followed Feng and three men to search among the bushes.

Among the dense weeds and thorns, there were piles of snakes, rats, insects and ants, all driven from the river beach due to the rising water.

The increase in insects and snakes has also attracted a large number of carnivorous animals, such as weasels, weasels, martens, badgers, foxes, leopards, bobcats, and a large number of small animals that they don’t know at all. They run and fight among the grass, thorns and woods. Occasionally, there are many predatory birds, sometimes dive down from the big trees, pick up snakes, rats, or small animals and go out in the air.

Xu Chen followed four hunters holding bows and arrows and spears, constantly disturbing the thorns and weeds. He listened to the sound of squirting from all directions, and carefully searched in the jungle.

“There’s a ga here!”

The hunter exploring the way ahead stopped with joy and pointed the spear in his hand at a cluster of vines wrapped around thorns not far away in front of him.

Xu Chen went up and saw that there were indeed clusters of fruits like grapes growing on the dense leaves and vines.

This fruit is not a grape, because there are no grape-like grains inside. Instead, it is a bit like a larger wolfberry or a miniature tomato. It is half a finger and has a color of green, yellow, red and purple. The green ones are very sour, the yellow ones are slightly sour, the red ones are ripe, and the purple ones are completely ripe.

Many birds were pecking at the top, and when they saw people coming, they all flew away in a hurry.

A few people picked some near the vines, picked them off first and ate them all, and then started to put them in the basket he brought.

There are very few purple ones, most of them are eaten by birds, or they fall directly into the grass and are no longer eaten. Therefore, Xu Chen reminds you to pick red fruits as much as possible, and don’t pick yellow ones first.

This kind of wild fruit that has not been domesticated basically has no fixed maturity time.

Some of the vines are still blooming, while others are already mature, so picking is still a bit troublesome.

In fact, what is even more troublesome is that this kind of vine climbs on the thorny bushes, with weeds growing below, and there are thorns everywhere on top, so there are almost no place to get the feet in it. You can only use some branches with branches to hook it down and pick it slowly.

The only thing that satisfied Xu Chen was that there was a river at the foot of the mountain, and there seemed to be a lot of this kind of fruit. He saw two more places not far away, and the scale of the vines seemed to be larger.

The advantage of having fewer people is that you find something delicious, no one can compete with you.

Xu Chen remembered that every time he found some edible wild fruits when he was a child, he basically grabbed them all in one go.

They picked and ate, and a few hours passed by. At four o'clock in the afternoon, several people picked two baskets of bags, and their mouths were still lying on purple-red juice, like a group of vampires sucking blood, looking savage and terrifying.

The fishing hunters also had a good harvest, and they were also heavy and had a few baskets of fish and shrimps, which looked like they were seventy or eighty kilograms.

Summer and autumn are the seasons with the richest food.

Especially in the midsummer season.

After the big and small rivers rise, the number of fish can knock people over if they wade, but if you don’t have the right tools, it is not easy to eat them.

However, since Xu Chen invented the fishing net, fish have gradually become the most stable source of meat. They can be caught in spring, summer, autumn and winter, just look at the number.

Now is the golden age of fishing.

Almost every network will not fail.

Xu Chen believes that the other five neighbor tribes, including the Wu tribe, should also feed on fish in large quantities this year.

As the saying goes, relying on the mountains and water to eat water. At present, the habitats of several tribes are both based on the mountains and water, which means that they can eat all the mountains and rivers.

If the farmland sown in the valley can also increase the harvest, the tribe's food will become more and more abundant.

Unfortunately, there is no salt. Otherwise, these fish will be marinated and dried into salted fish after being slaughtered, and they can be kept until winter and spring to eat slowly. In addition, some bacon can be smoked, and various tender wild vegetables can be marinated and dried for a longer time.

The sun sets, and a group of people return with a full load.

After returning home, the women had already started cooking, while the men took the fish and shrimps to clean them and put them in a net to repair the net.

Xu Chen brought out the jar of wine, took a group of children to clean up the rotten fruit impurities in the wild fruits, then crushed them and put them in. Of course, a group of children must also have a full meal.

In the next few days, Xu Chen followed a group of hunters to go out early and return late, and went to the foot of the mountain by the river to pick wild fruits every day.

In fact, there are many kinds of berries at present, but this one is the largest in number. It can be seen everywhere within two or three miles in the jungle at the foot of the mountain near the mouth of the small river.

However, because the environment is too harsh, I can only make some in some places that are easy to pick. I only make five jars one after another seven or eight days.

In fact, the number of picks is far more than five jars, but Xu Chen didn't quite confirm that these berries can really make fruit wine, so after taking them back every day, adults and children shared a lot.
Chapter completed!