Crossover in the Jungle Chapter 10

The weather has not been good recently, with a layer of haze. If there is no sunlight at noon, the autumn frost formed at night can cover the vegetation in the jungle for most of the day.

So the first fox skin that Jiang Yan peeled and cleaned took a long time to dry.

During these few days, he did not go anywhere and concentrated on peeling the remaining wild fox and rabbit skins.

Rabbit skin is not as large and thick as fox skin, so it can be dried by roasting it over a fire overnight.

In order to speed up the progress, he first peeled the hare skin, washed it and dried it over fire, used vines to make thread, used a coarse-toothed needle to punch several holes in the hare fur, and sewed each dried fur together.

Jiang Yan used all the wild rabbit skins to sew a fluffy blanket that was just big enough to cover his body, and a short grey rabbit cloak that reached halfway to his waist. The last bit of wool was used to make a scarf that just fit around his neck.

The rabbit skins were sewn just averagely. Jiang Yan tried them on and although they were not very aesthetically pleasing, they were warm.

Everything was quiet, as if winter had already arrived. No matter day or night, there were fewer and fewer wild animals in the mountains. Jiang Yan had not seen any other wild animals in the past few days, and it was very quiet when he slept at night.

The temperature in the jungle was getting colder, and the white autumn frost would last for half a day.

Later, as the frost took longer and longer to condense, one day Jiang Yan was warming himself by a fire in the cave when he was startled by the sudden sound of wind outside.

He lifted the thick grass leaves covering the cave entrance. Without the warmth of the fire, the cold wind was blowing, and his ears were hurt by the wind. The sky was gray, as if heavy snow or rain was about to come.

"It's winter now..."

Jiang Yan murmured softly. It was too cold outside so he didn't stay for long. He went back to the fire and picked up the flint to deal with the unskinned foxes.

There were two pots on the fire and a bowl on the stone, which was filled with a white solidified substance. It was lard that had cooled and solidified into lumps.

Pour some lard into the pot on the fire, and while Jiang Yan was peeling the skin, he was also frying the rabbit meat that he had cleaned during this period.

He has a limited appetite, and although the food can be preserved longer after the weather gets colder, he still fries the meat and stores it to prevent it from spoiling too early.

He looked at the oil and meat burning in the pot, turning them over from time to time with a long wooden stick, then lowered his head and cut the fox skin with a flint.

Behind him, the giant python's animal eyes occasionally opened, looked at him, and then closed again.

As the weather got colder, the giant python began to become lazy, but it did not hibernate as Jiang Yan had expected.

After the rabbit meat was fried, Jiang Yan took the meat out of the pan piece by piece, let it cool down, wrapped it in large leaves, and stored it in the corner where he stored food.

After frying rabbit meat in the oil pan over high heat for a whole day, he had packed up more than a dozen bags of rabbit meat. The aroma of fat and fried meat wafted through the cave.

The fire was still burning. Jiang Yan woke up in the morning and started cutting fox skins in the cave. He spent the whole day on this task. Being able to peel off one fox skin every day was already the fastest speed.

He washed his hands with hot water, ate half a piece of fried rabbit meat, and saved the other half for the next morning. He boiled another pot of water, drank two bowls of water, and used the rest of the water to wash his face. He soaked his feet before going to bed to warm them up and prepare to rest.

Jiang Yan wrapped the deerskin tightly and covered it with the first piece of fox skin that had been peeled and dried for six or seven days.

Fox fur is soft and warm. Two pieces of animal skin plus a fire source can barely cope with the cold in the mountains, but this can only deal with the cold at the current stage.

The climate is changeable, and Jiang Yan doesn't know if it will snow in the future. Before the coldest season comes, he dares not slack off. He starts peeling animal skins non-stop as soon as he opens his eyes every day, trying to prepare more warm clothes and bedding.

As for food, the two wild boars and the pile of rabbits brought back by the python were enough for him to eat for two months.

The current solar term can keep the meat for a longer time. If it snows or freezes in the future, you can chisel some ice and snow and freeze the meat for storage.

He mentally thought about what he was going to do, and quickly closed his eyes, waiting for sleep to come, so as not to waste his energy on other things.

After a while, just as he turned to the side, he felt a heavy and slightly cool touch through the animal skin.

Jiang Yan tried his best to ignore the oppressive feeling brought by the giant python, and mentally told himself that the other party was like a piece of cabbage pressing on him.

I felt a chill behind my ears, then on my cheeks, then my neck, and then down...

Jiang Yan's eyelids twitched, he could no longer bear it, he could no longer treat such a huge python as a cabbage. He pulled his hand out and covered his neck tightly, trying to block the touch of the snake's tongue.

"Don't... I want to rest."

He whispered: "I've been very tired lately."

Jiang Yan felt very uncomfortable knowing that the giant python's intention was not simple.

In the past, he had never imagined having that kind of feelings for someone else, someone who was a different species...

He was shocked and scared. How could this be possible?

But he couldn't leave, let alone walk out of the jungle, even if he walked out of the python's territory, there might be no way out.

Jiang Yan suppressed the urge to panic and escape. Let's just leave it this way for now. At least now he had food and a place to sleep.

The giant python wrapped around his legs tightly. Jiang Yan did not struggle but obeyed and begged in a low voice. The giant python then just wrapped around him with its tail and stopped licking him with its tongue.

He breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he would have to go to bed in fear again, but he was so tired that he fell into a deep sleep quickly.

The next day, the sky cleared up, the sun was shining brightly, and colorful rays of light were scattered on the clouds.

Jiang Yan, with a strange look on his face, took the pottery jar to the stream to wash it, and took some water to wipe his legs.

The stream water was so cold that he shivered, but the lingering slippery feeling made him feel more bitter than eating coptis chinensis.

After cleaning the legs/roots, Jiang Yan picked up the clean pottery jar and went to the place where he collected mushrooms last time.

The mushrooms were almost gone, and he wanted to pick some more for later use.

Searching along the road, we didn't find many mushrooms this time.

Jiang Yan shook the half-jar of mushrooms he had harvested. The mushrooms in this area were sparsely distributed, so he collected them one by one. Suddenly, he didn't realize that he had walked far away.

When he was ready to return contentedly with the full jar of mushrooms in his arms, he looked around and a hint of hesitation flashed across his face.

He had walked around the area around the giant python's lair several times, but had never been to this area.

There were no paths in the jungle, and he had to slowly clear the weeds to create the few paths around the cave.

At this moment, the weeds all around were at least half as tall as a human being, half green and half yellow. There were also a few tree trunks that were thicker than a human being. The half-yellow trees had very high tops, like open umbrellas.

He walked back for a distance, observing his surroundings vigilantly with his peripheral vision. He didn't dare make too much noise for fear of attracting other things that shouldn't be attracted.

Obviously, Jiang Yan overestimated himself.

It is very cold at the beginning of winter, and the wild animals are resting in their caves. Now that the weather is clear, many mountain animals come out to look for food.

Jiang Yan had just gone around the tree trunk when several gray wolves with shining eyes blocked his way.

The color of the gray wolves' fur was similar to that of half-dead grass, and they were deliberately hiding themselves, so Jiang Yan initially failed to realize that he had entered their hunting circle.

He was in a dilemma, as he had no tools to defend himself except the clay pot.

Jiang Yan suppressed his voice, and cold sweat rolled down his slender nose.

He half-crouched down slowly and cautiously, quietly grabbing a stone at his feet.

The moment the gray wolves leaped towards him, Jiang Yan was prepared to fight back even if his arm was bitten.

At the same time, several gray wolves that were supposed to pounce on him were thrown away by the force of gravity. They fell in a straight line towards the tree stumps, making a heavy noise.

The giant python's long black tail was like a mountain range in front of Jiang Yan, glowing darkly under the sunlight, giving it the majesty and intimidation of a jungle king, yet also a bit of low-key beauty.

Before Jiang Yan could react, the gray wolf was strangled to death by the giant python with unpredictable force. Its pair of snake eyes stared coldly at the wolf lying on the ground bleeding.

Jiang Yan was rolled up by the giant python and brought back to its nest. Just like the first time he was taken away by it, everything around him was shaken back with a devastating force. His eyes blurred and he was thrown onto the bed covered with animal mattresses. A jar of mushrooms fell to the ground.

At this time, Jiang Yan was still thinking about protecting his jar and mushrooms, but the tail wrapped around his waist and abdomen made him suffocate.

The python is angry.

"Please calm down..."

Jiang Yan tried to break free from the restraints on his body, and used his hands to push away the snake tail that was tightly around him.

When he lowered his head and struggled against the snake's tail that was tightly wrapped around his waist, his wrists tightened and were firmly held in two broad and powerful palms. The finger bones of those hands were large and slender, and they could easily leave bruises on Jiang Yan's wrists.

Jiang Yan's head buzzed and he looked up in disbelief.

The man in front of me actually overlapped with the figure I dreamed of a few nights ago, and at this moment his face was no longer blurry.

The man had deep facial features, thick eyebrows, a high nose, and very light-colored pupils. His pupils seemed to flash with a dark gray silver light, making people feel as if they were on the verge of an abyss.

The other person was staring at him with his eyes downcast, his long hair as dark as black iron falling down. Jiang Yan couldn't see anything clearly, he just felt that the hair didn't reach deep into his body.

His throat tightened, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of the man's well-defined, firm and tight waist and abdomen, and further down, the bottomless black snake tail that was wrapped around him.

Jiang Yan's pale lips moved.

"you..."

He cried out in surprise as his wrists were restrained by the other party and he was pressed down on the bed.

In deliberate confusion, Jiang Yan subconsciously turned his face away. He closed his eyes tightly as the man was licking his cheek.