Chapter 111 Wild Boar
A week later, Sariel and Sophia had forgotten about the bees.
Lawrence took the stick and set off alone to the place where the beehives had been stored.
"It's almost March or April now, and the plants are growing very fast."
Lawrence looked at the forest path with dense weeds, and then continued walking forward.
"In the summer, you can set fire to this place, and then scatter some grass seeds, so that you can harvest some grass in the fall." "
With Salil here, set the fire three or four hours before it rains, so that the rain will directly extinguish the fire. , don't worry about the fire being out of control."
"It's best on a cloudy day."
"After I go back today, I will remove all the weeds near the house. All the plants in the pine forest have been dug up, and all the plants beside the river except sisal Plants must also be dug up to maintain visibility and cleanliness."
"Mosquitoes and flies are troublesome, as well as small bugs attracted by sheep dung and chicken excrement."
Lawrence sighed, "It must be impossible to prevent it, so let the women weave a mosquito net. Right."
Lawrence thought about various things and quickly arrived at the location of the first beehive.
The beehive hanging from a large tree did not attract bees, and Lawrence quickly moved on to a second one.
The ruined beehive did not attract bees. Lawrence opened the beehive and took a look and found that there were some crawling bugs inside.
"It must be because of the humidity. Bees don't like such cool and humid places, preferring cool, dry and ventilated places." Lawrence did not
recycle the wooden box, but just left it alone and went to check the remaining beehives.
"It's not just a matter of moisture. The beehive on the big tree didn't attract bees just now. It may be because of the road." "
Although the bees fly crookedly and don't follow a straight line, they return to the nest, and the scout bees choose the nesting location. When they are young, they will choose a place with clear bee tunnels." "
Even if they build a nest in a tree, they will choose a place that is convenient for taking off." "
Small bee nests will still be among the leaves, but many large bee nests will It is directly exposed. After all, there are many bees in a hive, and it is impossible for every bee to take a detour and enter the house."
Lawrence felt more confident about the remaining beehives.
Wooden box No. 3 is also on a big tree, and closer to a place without the cover of leaves and branches, but there is still no sign of bees.
When approaching wooden box No. 4, Lawrence saw little bees flying under the steep mountain wall.
More than a dozen bees were flying around in the air, making a buzzing sound, and more bees were lying in the small opening of the wooden box, crowded and orderly taking turns to enter the wooden box.
"That's good." Lawrence felt much more relaxed and left the work point politely without disturbing these hard-working bees.
The No. 5 wooden box placed on the ground near the wild flowers was broken into pieces.
Lawrence walked to the ground and squatted down, examining the fragments of the wooden box.
There were trampled marks on it, and Lawrence picked up a chip.
There is a lot of dew in the mountains and there is a lot of humidity at night, so the wood chips are relatively soft.
There is half a pig's hoof mark on the wood chip. Not long ago, a wild boar with six-centimeter hooves passed by here and used its nose to overturn the wooden box, causing the wooden box to hit the stone and lose the lid. Then it stepped on it with its feet. Chew the wooden box with your teeth and leave tooth marks.
"Half a pig's trotter, the front toes alone are six centimeters."
Lawrence frowned and stood up, putting the wood pieces with the pig's trotter prints into his backpack.
"Go down the mountain to see how big a wild boar with a trotter of six centimeters is. I'm not sure how big it is, so I'll compare it with the pig I raised." "There happens to be a lack of prey right now. Since it has entered my territory, it is prey
. !"
Lawrence also went hunting these days, and also relied on various traps to increase his success rate.
However, it may be that he has passed the novice protection period and has gradually fallen into the old path of Andrew. Nowadays, it is rare to find prey when hunting, and the harvest of traps depends on luck, so basically I don’t count on it.
The main problem with hunting isn't the weapons, it's not finding the prey.
There must be small prey. It would be too troublesome to look for it. If you don't look for it, it will easily pass by. By the time you want to catch it, the prey has already run away.
Large animals are more difficult to encounter, and because of the difficulty of encountering them, we usually don’t worry much about the threats of wild animals.
For safety reasons, Lawrence also had to kill the intruding wild boar as soon as possible, otherwise it would attract higher-level predators.
There are three predators higher than the wild boar.
People, bears, wolves.
Lawrence walked towards the house down the hill, thinking about the potential threat posed by the wild boar.
"Mr. Lawrence!"
The village girl picking wild vegetables on the hillside spotted Lawrence and greeted him warmly.
Lawrence looked at the young girl in a gray wool skirt. During the previous celebration, this girl sang enthusiastically and had a cheerful and enthusiastic personality.
"Bull, it's nice to see you. It looks like you've had a good harvest." Lawrence looked at the vegetable basket in Bull's hand and saw that he had picked a lot of wild vegetables.
Bull said happily: "Yes, there are a lot of vegetables here. We caught a big wild boar this morning. We need to pick more vegetables to eat." Lawrence quickly asked: "Wild boar? Where did you catch it?
"
Bull said: "In the forest, there was a very tall wild boar and a group of piglets who went into the woods to destroy our pine trees and dropped all the pine sap we wanted to use on the ground. Doug was very angry!" Wild boar, Pine oil, pine sap to repel insects, itchy skin during the spring moult...
Many accidental events happen in nature, but there are also many inevitable events.
Wild boars have been at war with humans since the Pumixiu people used pine trees in the forest to collect rosin.
But those wild boars were unlucky and encountered the Pumixiu people first.
"Did you only catch one wild boar?" Lawrence felt that there were other wild boars nearby.
Bull said: "We caught the biggest wild boar. The big wild boar rushed up when we saw us passing by, and the other little pigs ran away." At this point,
Bull said in a low voice: "Let me tell you, during the battle, Emma Her husband, Queeg, was of no use at all. He stood there without daring to move, and was beaten hard by Doug!" Lawrence
felt that he would not dare to hit a particularly big wild boar, so he asked, "Big wild boar." How big is it?"
Bull said with a smile: "You can see it when you go there, you can see it soon." "
Then I'll go and have a look. See you next time, Bull." Lawrence said goodbye to Bull and walked another ten meters over. On the hillside, I quickly saw a clear wooden house.
Outside the house, more than ten people were surrounding a large wild boar that was about 1.67 meters tall when lying down.
Lawrence walked over under the gaze of a group of savages. Although these people were killer robbers, they were very friendly to Lawrence.
Lawrence stood near the boar and looked at the large boar, calculating its approximate weight.
This wild boar is about five and a half meters long, with a shoulder height of nearly two and a half meters. It can allow a dozen people nearby to stand on it at the same time.
It must have weighed more than two tons. At this time, Doug was leading people to use jars and tubs to bleed blood.
Animal blood is a good food, and savages like to drink raw blood.
Lawrence didn't like it, so he said in advance: "Doug, is anyone injured?"
Doug said happily: "Lawrence, you came just in time. Two people had their legs and hands bitten off by wild boars. One just died and the other was watching. Are there any rescues?"
Kate quickly took Lawrence to the house to check on the injured.
As the only doctor in the village, Lawrence has a high status in the hearts of the nearby savages.
Even Kate, who had had some unpleasant experiences with Lawrence, recognized Lawrence's special status at this time.
Lawrence saw a dead man in the house and an unconscious wounded man with a broken hand.
It may not be possible to save him, but if he doesn't save him, he will basically die.
Kate asked: "Mr. Lawrence, can he still be saved?"
Lawrence touched the unconscious man's neck, and there were signs of beating on it.
The dead do not need treatment, but those who need treatment are the tenacious people who have survived on their own.
These people have a very strong will to survive, and their physical fitness is much stronger than normal people. They are pure savages.
"Let me try. If he can open his eyes and see the sun tomorrow, then he will be saved."
The injured person lost a lot of blood, but the wound stopped the bleeding temporarily. There was not much Lawrence could do.
While speaking, the unconscious man opened his eyes, and the blue eyes quickly focused on Lawrence.
Lawrence smiled and said: "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat?"
Mandekru said slowly: "I want to eat, thank you Mr. Lawrence for saving me."
Lawrence did not do anything, but maintained a good confidence Also a good thing.
"There will be food after a while. There will be meat, soup, and sweet and sour berries and wild vegetables. Don't sleep and stay awake. It's not the time to die yet." Mandekru didn't want to die, so he tried his best to stay awake
. , and soon said in a cold sweat: "My hand... hurts!"
"Drink some wine." Kate suggested: "It won't hurt after drinking." Lawrence
quickly said: "No, you can't drink, anesthetize yourself. This is not the behavior of a warrior, you have to hold it back!"
Drinking will make you die quickly. Lawrence knew that these barbarians were physically strong, but when he was treating them, he did not recommend committing suicide like this.
Under the protection and guidance of Lawrence, Mandekru could only endure the pain and chatted with Lawrence while waiting to eat despite the extreme torture.
During the meal, Lawrence asked Bull to feed soup with a spoon and cut meat slices with a knife.
After chatting for another hour after the meal, Lawrence stood up and put his hand on Mandekru's forehead after making sure that the wound was not broken.
"Go to sleep and rest quietly. God will judge what you have done in this life and decide whether you go to the Kingdom of God or continue to experience in the human world."
Mandekru quietly closed his eyes.
Doug, Kate, Friesen, Vip and others all looked at Lawrence quietly.
Although Lawrence was not physically strong, at this moment he gained the awe of all the Pumixiu people present.
(End of chapter)