Return of the Swallow

It's really a no-brainer way!

With this piece of land warmed by underground hot springs, you can no longer cover up your footprints!

Qin Yining ran along the road for a while in the snow, deliberately leaving a series of footprints in the other direction, then stepped on a bush and jumped this section of black soil covered with pine needles, taking a few steps forward carefully.

There was a steady stream of white gas coming out of the ground, and the soles of the feet were a little warm. Qin Yining was afraid of leaving footprints, and there would be snow on the way further, so she simply tucked her cloak into her belt, and climbed a sturdy and tall pine tree neatly. Sturdy branches are seated.

With her movements, the tall tree crown swayed slightly, and snow rustled down, but it immediately melted as soon as it touched the ground.

Qin Yining dared to take a few deep breaths quietly.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps.

Qin Yining hurriedly held his breath and calmed down, his whole body stiffened into a piece of wood, he didn't dare to move at all, and regarded himself as a part of the big pine tree.

Two masked bandits walked not far away, one holding a steel knife and the other holding a wooden stick as thick as a wine cup.

Not long after, the two came back due to broken footprints. After searching the land covered by the warm spring for a while, no other footprints were found, and the two of them just wandered around to investigate.

The two looked at each other and both scolded their mother.

"How can a little girl run like this!" The person who spoke was a northern accent, obviously from Dazhou.

Another person said: "Master Hou told us to find the Qin family and kill them. I don't know if we are chasing someone with the surname Qin!"

"Whether it is or not, since she is chasing, she can't let her run away easily."

"I don't believe it can really disappear, continue to search, what tree hole is it hiding in?"

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The two began to look for tree holes and natural caves and underground holes nearby.

As a result, they really found a snow cave not far away. There was a large puddle hidden under the snow. The puddle should be a warm underground spring, and the water had a faint smell. I don't know how deep it is, but I can only see the mist coming out.

Turn the surrounding white snow into smooth ice.

The two did not dare to move forward, for fear that the snow under their feet would loosen and accidentally fall into a puddle of unknown depth. This mountain is really in danger everywhere, and it is already deep in the mountains and old forests, and even hunters don’t come here to hunt.

Therefore, the two bypassed this dangerous area and searched nearby again.

Qin Yining was not in a hurry to leave, she still hid in the tree and waited for an hour to make sure that the two of them didn't intend to go and return, and then she carefully slid down the tree.

She didn't dare to stay here any longer, she deliberately ran to the depths of the uninhabited dense forest in the deep mountains, and even broke off the branches of the shrubs with dead leaves hanging on it, paying attention to clean up the traces she had passed along the way.

Running into the mountains so cautiously, until the sky darkened, Qin Yining really couldn't run anymore.

She propped up a tree and panted heavily, and when she looked around, the scenery around her was the same, and the only thing she could tell was whether she was on a "slope" or a "downhill".

The cold wind in the northern night is biting, and once it stops, the body starts to get cold. The cold Qin Yining shivered as the wind blew his sweat-soaked back.

She looked around, dragged her tired body and chose a leeward slope at the base of a big tree.

This place is in a semi-concave state, with a "canopy" with abrupt roots on the top of the head, and two large rocks on the side, which can barely block some cold winds, and there is no snow on the ground.

Qin Yining went to look for firewood, hay and pine needles, shaking his hands to find a fire stick from his arms, first igniting the hay and pine needles, and then choosing a dry tree branch to build a small bonfire for himself behind the big rocks.

Qin Yining's body was very tired after recovering from a serious illness, and he couldn't help coughing.

But she knew that she could only take a short rest, because if she didn't take any measures to guard a bonfire that could burn out at any time, she would freeze to death here.

Qin Yining hugged his knees, wrapped himself tightly in the cloak and baked for a while, feeling that his hands and feet were flexible, so he went to look for firewood, pine needles and dry grass. Then I went to find some bushes, and with a great deal of power, I removed many branches from scratch.

Qin Yining couldn't help but smile.

When she was eight years old now, the mountains were not as good as the mountains. At least at that time, she still had some handy tools in her hand, and she didn't have to rely on a pair of fleshy palms to do anything.

Fortunately, she has experience in dealing with these.

Qin Yining was busy for an hour, and used the branches of the bush to weave an arc-shaped shed for herself, which could allow her to get in and sit on her knees alone, the size of a fire.

She dragged the shed to a slightly warm place where the bonfire was burning in the lee of the big stone, took off the sweat towel, took off a robe, wrapped the snow with these two things, and baked it in the fire.

The snow melted, soaking the blouse and sweat towel, Qin Yining hurriedly put these blankets on the simple shed she made, just to cover the shed.

Qin Yining didn't dare to delay, and immediately went to Yunxuelai, while the smock and sweat towel were still wet, she sprinkled a layer of snow on her face.

When the snow meets the wet cloth, it immediately sticks tightly and is frozen into ice by the low temperature.

Qin Yining spent half an hour firmly covering the shed made of branches with snow. Sprinkle a layer of snow, pull out some very hot branches from the bonfire to build, the snow melts into water when the hot branches meet, and the water freezes into ice, slowly forming a very strong small snow shed.

Qin Yining rubbed his hands that were freezing red and almost lost consciousness, covered his mouth and coughed a few times, thinking that it was getting late, and it was impossible to hunt in the mountains with bare hands. , he didn't think about it, he picked up a lot of dry wood and pine needles nearby, added pine needles to the bonfire outside the hole, and lit a bonfire in the shed.

Finally, Qin Yining took off his padded jacket and hung it upright at the hole, the size was just right.

Wrapping himself tightly with the cloak, and wrapping the cotton skirt around his feet, Qin Yining faced the bonfire, tucked his knees against the branches and napped peacefully.

Although the wind would still get in through the gap, and there would be smoke from a fire in the shed, but the smoke just emanated from the gap.

Qin Yining slept lightly all night wrapped in a cloak. As her hands and feet gradually warmed up, she also felt that starving was not so hard anymore.

The night in the mountains is full of dangers, and wolf howls can be vaguely heard in the distance.

Qin Yining didn't dare to relax, but she wouldn't treat herself badly. She had a good night. When she woke up the next morning, her bones were sore from sitting and sleeping, but the rest was fine.

Qin Yining began to analyze whether he should go down the mountain now or continue to hide in the deep mountain.