Chapter 49: Free Food and Drink
After drinking a few sips of water, Bifang stuffed some snow into the kettle and continued to hold it in his arms. He looked at the direction of the sun and estimated it in his mind.
"In extremely cold regions, we consume more calories, which means we need more food . If we can't find food in time, it will be very dangerous."
"It's almost two o'clock in the afternoon now. I've been walking for nearly five hours since I set out at nine in the morning, so I want to try to find some food."
Seeing Bifang looking for food, many old fans became excited. Last time they saw Bifang catching a rabbit, so what is he going to catch this time?
[But I only see snow. I can’t see any rabbits or even any bugs.]
【Didn’t you say before that the Xing’an Mountains are rich in resources? 】
[But that was in the summer, right? It's all snow, where can we find food? Eat tree bark?]
"That's not the case. The potential of living things is endless. Even in the colder Arctic, there is still a rich enough food chain to support top predators like polar bears, not to mention the Xing'an Mountains. At least, there is still a forest here."
Bifang panted and stood on a high slope again to look into the distance. Finally, after searching all the way, he saw some different colors in the white world.
It is a cluster of attractive bright colors, clustered on the branches of tall and low bushes, surrounded and pressed by thick snow, but it can always stubbornly lift up a corner of the snow blanket, using the severe cold and ice and snow as a foil, reflecting its crystal clear beauty like red agate.
Bifang strode forward, raising a puff of white snow with his feet. He ran straight to the bush, plucked a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. The audience in front of the screen didn't see clearly and thought Bifang had eaten a handful of leaves. They were all shocked.
[What the hell is this? I just ate it. Aren't you afraid it might be poisonous?]
[Is Fangshen so hungry that he is eating grass? 】
[That is, what should I do if I get sick from eating? ? ]
[I feel sorry for Fang Shen. I feel sad every time he broadcasts live. I want to give some meatballs to the anchor. ]
[Wanhua Valley presents the anchor with meatballs*1.00—isn’t this a takeaway? ]
[Prince Mu gave the anchor Big Bone*1.00—Every time this time comes, I know it’s time to give gifts again. 】
[I can see that the host just wants to cheat people into eating and drinking (funny)! ]
On the other side, Bifang, who was mistakenly thought to be eating grass, put on a mask of pain after just chewing a few bites, and his facial features wrinkled together.
"Huo, this is too sour!"
Enduring the sour and bitter taste, Bifang swallowed all the fruit in his mouth. Enduring the urge to vomit, he pulled what he had just eaten out of the bushes and showed it to everyone.
"I'm not eating grass because I'm starving. I'm eating its fruit, the northern red beans."
In the camera, Bifang picked up a bunch of fruits from the bushes and spread them on the palm of his hand. These fruits were only the size of soybeans, bright red all over, and looked like a red version of blueberries.
"The local Oroqen people call this fruit Yageda. When ripe, it is often bright red and has a very high yield. Moreover, Yageda has a very strong vitality, can tolerate barrenness, and is suitable for growing in high and cold places."
"Yageda contains a lot of vitamins, amino acids and plant alkaloids, which is very nutritious and has obvious health effects. Regular consumption can also relieve neurasthenia."
"But I only have this one cluster here, not a lot, and the taste is terrible, very sour, but I still want to pick them all. You know, in the wilderness survival, taste is a luxury, and our only goal is to survive!"
As Bifang spoke, he picked the red fruits and put them into his backpack.
[I feel this anchor is more professional than Shark's. ]
[You just discovered that Fang Shen's wilderness survival is absolutely at the master level! ]
[That’s right, Lu Wentao is just a plagiarizing clown. No one really watches his live broadcast, right? It looks so fake.]
[Just now someone was shouting that Lu Wentao was awesome, why are they gone now? ]
[They were all navy troops, but Fang Shen was too powerful and crushed them directly. ]
[Oroqen, why do I feel like Fang Shen has mentioned it before? 】
"It seems that some viewers have a good memory, but the last time I mentioned the Ewenki. Although these two ethnic groups are very similar, there are still differences. The Oroqen are a hunting ethnic group, while the Ewenki are mainly a group of people who have developed from nomadic to settled, and are engaged in animal husbandry production."
"Both are native residents living in the Greater Khingan Range, but they are rarely seen now. They have basically moved from the mountains to live in towns."
[I feel like Fang Shen really knows a lot and knows everything]
"That's not the case." Bifang scratched his head. "Everyone has their own expertise. If you ask me about programming architecture, I don't know anything about it."
The bushes are not big, and all the fruits picked from this patch would not fill up a kettle, but it is enough for a day.
After replenishing the food and rushing back home, Bifang suddenly stopped, covered his forehead with his hands, looked up at the sun, and found that the sun had moved towards the west.
"It's getting late. I estimate that it will be dark in two hours. It's the same as what we said in the Qinling Mountains. Once it gets dark in the mountains, it gets dark very quickly."
"It is mid-October now. Even at noon when the sun is at its brightest, the temperature in Mohe is below zero degrees. Once it gets dark and there is no sunlight, I estimate the temperature may drop to minus 15 or even minus 20 degrees! So the task of setting up the camp is very difficult."
[Damn, we have only seen minus ten degrees Celsius here a few times throughout the year...]
[Twenty degrees below zero? Is this a place where people can stay?]
[Brother, have you ever been to Heilong River? In our winter, minus 20 degrees is normal, but we have heaters. I don’t know what the anchor will do. Minus 20 degrees, ears can be frozen off. ]
[Did the anchor bring a tent? ]
[No, but I saw the video on Island B. Are they going to build a shack?]
[I feel like the shack is useless. It’s so cold, how can it be useful? ]
[It’s useless, and this temperature can easily freeze body tissues.]
Through the drone, the audience could only see a world covered in white, and had no idea how they would get through the upcoming cold night.
Everyone was worried about Bifang.
Faced with the audience's doubts, Bifang shook his head.
If it were in a forest or rainforest, building a shack would be more than enough, but this is Mohe, and a small shack cannot withstand the severe cold.
"I wonder if anyone has heard of the Eskimos? The Eskimos live in the Arctic region, where the cold is even worse than in Mohe. Although their bodies and metabolism have been able to adapt to such extremely harsh conditions, their lifestyle is still very worth learning, and that is building snow caves!"
"This is a shelter built with snow, which is very good at keeping out the wind and cold."
"To build a snow cave, you have to find the right place. The snow here must not only be solid, but also at least 6 feet deep, and it is best to have a steep slope, such as a snow pile. Of course, the premise is that there is no danger of avalanches."
"The reason why I just stopped here is because this place meets our requirements very well."
Bifang pointed at the snow in front of him and patted it, but the snow didn't move at all.
This is a great place to build a snow cave!
