Chapter 45: Should the Animal Skin Skirt Be Made Longer?

Bai Er stared intently at Cang Yan’s back and noticed that Cang Yan’s gait was a little different, and he was immediately happy.

This barren mountain ridge was even more difficult to walk on and wider than the grassland, and after walking for a day, they hadn’t found anything to eat. If they hadn’t brought food with them, they would probably be starving.

After two days, they had already eaten half of the fruits they brought, and everyone started to worry again.

What if they ran out of food before they got out of this place? And could they guarantee that they would find food as soon as they got out? Maybe there was no food ahead either?

Everyone walked with their heads down, not daring to eat any more fruits, enduring their thirst.

After crossing the long mountain ridge, they reached the top of the mountain, tired, thirsty, and covered in sweat.

“There’s a forest ahead! Everyone, come and see!” Man Da screamed in surprise. “Ahhhh, we made it out!”

Bai Er took a deep breath and smiled.

Standing on the mountaintop, they could see a vast and dense forest not far below, towering trees rising from the ground, lush vegetation, and a river flowing through the forest, the source of the river was in the mountains where they were. Most importantly, there seemed to be many wild beasts here, and there were five or six wild beasts drinking by the river!

“So much meat!” The warriors’ faces were filled with surprise.

“I wonder if there’s a lot of food to gather here?” The women hugged each other tightly, full of joy.

There was water and prey.

Clearly, everyone was very satisfied with this place.

“It would be great if there was a cave.” Wu Lin put Ma Nu down from his back, held Ma Nu’s hand, and said gently.

Cang Yan, carrying Bu Ji, who wasn’t light, still stood tall and straight, overlooking the vast forest below, his eyebrows handsome and his gaze determined, like a king surveying his territory, his aura powerful.

“There are many prey here, so there must also be many ferocious beasts.” Cang Yan’s indifferent words calmed everyone down.

Everyone fell silent, biting their lips.

Yes, there was a lot of food here, but such a large forest, and so many wild beasts, ferocious beasts must also often come here to hunt, not to mention such a good water source…

Bai Er sat on the ground, hugging his knees, a blade of grass in his mouth. “If there’s a cave, we can make some traps in front of it, dig large pits, and put sharp wooden thorns at the bottom. As long as the wild beasts or ferocious beasts fall in, they will be pierced, and we can take the opportunity to kill them, will that work?”

Wu Lin and Hei Shi became excited. “Bai Er, you’re so smart, why didn’t we think of that?!”

Yeah, why had they never thought of doing that? Although they didn’t understand what a “trap” was, after Bai Er explained it, they knew it was a large pit for prey to fall into.

They had never done this in their previous camp!

Before, during the Cold Moon, they would hide in the cave, and if ferocious beasts came, they would let the warriors fight in front, and often people were bitten to death by ferocious beasts.

But…

Da He’s young, dark face showed a hint of embarrassment, he scratched his head. “Bai Er, then how do we get out of the cave? We’ll also be pierced to death if we fall in…”

“That’s true.” Man Da also scratched his head, looking at Bai Er blankly.

Bai Er glanced at Cang Yan inconspicuously and found that his brow was furrowed, lost in thought, as if he was also seriously thinking about this matter, so he didn’t keep them in suspense and shared his thoughts.

“My idea is this, we can make a ladder and put two in the pit in front of the cave, one near the cave and one at the exit. We can climb up the ladder, but wild beasts and ferocious beasts can’t use ladders. Even if they can, we can knock the ladder over when they climb up and kill them. Just in case, we should also put a ladder inside the cave, so if the ladder in the pit is destroyed by wild beasts or ferocious beasts, we can still get out.”

Bai Er knew they didn’t understand, so he drew on the ground as he spoke.

Although the drawing was very crude, everyone roughly understood, only the “ladder” was something they didn’t know.

“A wooden ladder is made like this, using wood tied together…” Bai Er patiently explained, drawing a diagram as well.

Everyone suddenly understood. “We got it!”

Cang Yan thought for a moment and nodded. “It should work.”

Even if this method didn’t work, they didn’t have time.

Cang Yan looked up and into the distance.

Even standing at such a high place, the forest stretched as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight. If they wanted to get out of this forest, not only would they have to risk being attacked by ferocious beasts, but it would also take a long time.

They weren’t even sure if they could get out of this forest alive.

This place was much more dangerous than their previous hunting grounds!

“We have to find a place to settle down quickly, then the warriors and I will go to the edge of the forest and see what kind of ferocious beasts are here.” Cang Yan’s brow was furrowed, his face grim, his gaze never leaving the forest.

“Okay!” Wu Lin and the other warriors also knew that this forest wasn’t simple, and they nodded solemnly.

Bai Er chewed on the grass stem, thinking that climbing a ladder was too troublesome. He wondered if they could make a suspension bridge first, which would be more convenient for daily access, and then destroy it when there were wild beasts, just by untying the ropes.

And it was quite cold during the Cold Moon, they probably had to store a lot of charcoal and firewood, and carry them back to the cave, so this big pit trap had to be dug after they had enough firewood, otherwise, it would exhaust everyone.

But if they didn’t make the trap now, it would still be very dangerous at night…

Bai Er chewed on the grass stem, thinking absentmindedly.

Suddenly, Man Da yelped and covered his eyes. “Bai Er, you, you, you, how could you do this!”

Hmm?

Bai Er came back to his senses and saw Man Da’s flushed face, his hands covering his eyes, stamping his feet.

“What—”

Bai Er stopped mid-sentence, realizing that his sitting posture was perhaps too unrestrained, so much so that after his sweat cooled down, there was a breeze blowing in, making him feel chilly.

A gaze swept over him, then indifferently turned away. Cang Yan, carrying Bu Ji, walked forward, and everyone started going down the mountain.

Bai Er blushed and quickly sat up, adjusting his animal skin skirt, and followed behind Cang Yan.

It seemed that he had to make the skirt longer in the future, so that it wouldn’t be so breezy and cool, or maybe make it into pants, so his legs wouldn’t be cut by the grass when walking.

But if he lengthened the skirt, there would be no reason for Cang Yan to accidentally see him like that…

What should he choose… sigh, what a dilemma.

Halfway down the mountain, Hei Shi’s five-year-old daughter, Wu Shu, suddenly tugged on Hei Shi’s hand and said timidly, “Father, there’s a cave over there.”