As the last hunt ended, the temperature gradually dropped.

Shao Xuan dragged his last hunting prey this year and walked down from the top of the mountain.

The weather is getting colder, and winter will begin in almost thirty days. I put some food in the tribe and the cave, and took the rest down the mountain.

Another hunting team is ready to go out, and they have to hurry up and wait until they come back, and believe that winter is about to officially arrive.

Lao Ke made friends on the mountain, and Caesar stayed there and carried him down the mountain later. As for Zhazha, when Shao Xuan returned to the tribe, he saw it flying in the sky. After going to the top of the mountain to attend the knife washing ceremony, he did not see its shadow.

As soon as he entered the door, Shao Xuan saw an eagle lying on the stone table. The eagle's head was tilted on the edge of the stone table and did not move. Shao Xuan was so scared that he thought the bird's head was broken. Fortunately, the guy quickly turned over and jumped off the stone table. When he flapped his wings, several wooden chairs around him were slapped.

As she grew up, Zhazha still retained her childhood habits. She slapped on the stone table without any trouble and lifted all the things that were originally placed on the stone table. After being slapped by Shao Xuan several times, she still refused to change it.

Looking at the eagle that was squeezed over, Shao Xuan cut a piece of animal meat and threw it over, "Go out and eat!"

Even if the house has been expanded, it cannot withstand its flapping wings in the house.

After Zhazha left with the meat in his mouth, Shao Xuan planned to process the beast meat and marinate it. He looked at the stone jars in the kitchen, which were all filled.

The kitchen is a room specially separated by Shao Xuan. It is made of a simple stone stove, which is more convenient than setting up a stone pot.

I remember there was an empty stone jar in the corner. Shao Xuan walked over and took a look. There was an old stone jar there, which was brought by Lao Ke. It was relatively old. The mouth of the jar was cracked and there was not much water at all. It was just put here temporarily and planned to install something else.

There is a wooden lid on the stone jar that has not moved for a while and it has been covered with a layer of dust.

Shao Xuan opened the wooden cover and looked in, but saw a guy as big as a washbasin staying quietly inside, with many zigzags on his back. The water in the stone jar only slightly covered its back.

Seeing it, Shao Xuan remembered it.

This turtle was caught in the fish fence when the tide was rising in the two months. Shao Xuan asked Lang Ga to keep the soup for him. Later, Lang Ga brought it to him and Shao Xuan threw it directly into the stone jar of Lao Ke's former home. Later, due to a series of things such as hunting, building houses, moving, etc., it was put on hold. Shao Xuan almost forgot about it, and Lao Ke didn't eat it, and he kept it until now.

After all, it’s already the end of the year, and it’s been half a year since I’ve been in it, but I haven’t starved to death!

Maybe he was hungry and had no energy. Shao Xuan poked the wooden stick twice, but it just moved slightly.

How about stewing it today? Shao Xuan thought.

Just thinking about whether to stew it today or raise it for a few days before stewing it, Lao Ke has already brought Caesar back.

Seeing Lao Ke come in, Shao Xuan asked, "You said, should we eat it today, or raise it for a few days before eating it?"

"Hmm? This is still there!" Lao Ke said in surprise.

When Lang Ga brought the turtle here, he didn't say that Shao Xuan wanted to slaughter it and eat it. In addition, there were Caesar and Zhazha in front. Lao Ke thought that Shao Xuan wanted this thing back to raise it for fun. After all, he had two of them in front, so it was not new to have one more.

So after putting it in the stone jar, Lao Ke just added some water every now and then and threw some meat residue when he had time. He thought Shao Xuan would take care of it, but he didn't know that Shao Xuan had forgotten it. Later, after the house was expanded, he moved it over. Lao Ke asked about the turtle again, and only realized that Shao Xuan had no intention of raising it. He just kept it as food, so he didn't continue to feed it. Food is treated differently from pets.

In the past, Lao Ke thought that pets were spare food, but later he had been with Caesar and Zhazha for a long time and became a little emotional. Caesar carried him around every day, so he naturally couldn't bear to let Caesar starve. However, the food was different. From the perspective of a tribal person, since it was food, why did I waste things to feed it?

Once shelved, it’s time now.

"Yes, this is the time when the river water rose after the full moon. I set up a fish fence by the river to catch it. I asked Langga to keep it for me and cook it. Later, when I got busy, I forgot it." Shao Xuan said.

"I haven't fed it for a long time, and I'm still alive!" Lao Ke sighed. After all, they are not short of food. They haven't eaten up the stone jars in the front, and the stone jar in the corner hasn't paid much attention to it.

"This kind of creature has a long lifespan and is not easy to die." Shao Xuan said, throwing a piece of newly cut animal meat into it.

The originally wilted turtle bit it immediately. When the eagle hooked his mouth and bit the meat hard, it was too hard and then pecked on the wall of the stone jar, making a thud.

Shao Xuan looked at the inner wall of the stone jar inside and found various scratches and pecking marks on the inner wall. If it weren't for the thick wall of the stone jar, he would have been pecked through long ago. Perhaps most of the cracks on the stone jar were also due to it.

"Why don't you eat it today?" Shao Xuan turned to ask Lao Ke, but found that Lao Ke was staring at the turtle in the stone jar, not knowing what he was thinking.

"A Xuan." Lao Ke said with his eyes fixed on the turtle inside.

"What?"

"Didn't you say that you have to go to the mountains to learn from witches in winter?" Lao Ke asked.

"That's the plan, Wu agreed," said Shao Xuan.

"You can offer it to the witch." Lao Ke raised his hand and pointed to the turtle that became active after eating the meat in the stone jar, and said.

"Dedicated to the witch?"

Wu is not short of food, so how could he care about this?

But soon, Shao Xuan also reacted. Lao Ke felt that the meaning of this turtle was very good, just as Shao Xuan said just now, "Longevity" and "Immortality".

Shao Xuan didn't know what the meaning of the turtle here was, but in his previous life, many people did regard the turtle as a symbol of longevity and immortality. Moreover, the turtle has indeed strong vitality. After leaving it here for so long, it was so hungry that it had no strength to peck at the jar. Otherwise, such a stone jar might not be able to trap it.

Think about it, when he caught it, Lang Ga tossed the prey trapped by the fish fence for a while, and then brought it over and hungry it for a long time. In the past six months, it really didn't eat much, but it still survived tenaciously, which also made Lao Ke believe what Shao Xuan said about "longevity and immortality".

The residents of the tribe always think that they should be dedicated to the people they respect, and Lao Ke is naturally one of them. In addition, Shao Xuan wants to learn from the witch, which is a kind of glory in his opinion. It is natural to offer this turtle that symbolizes longevity and immortality to the witch.

Seeing Lao Ke persisted so much, Shao Xuan would not insist on eating it, as there was no shortage of food anyway.

"Okay, next time I go up the mountain to find the witch, I will take it there." Shao Xuan replied.

Upon hearing this, Lao Ke smiled, "Before this, you have to keep it well."

Lao Ke felt that the things dedicated to the witch must be in excellent condition, otherwise they would not be able to show their sincerity.

So, after serving delicious food and drink for more than ten days, Shao Xuan grabbed the turtle's back with both hands, turned its abdomen outward, and half held it up the mountain.

On the mountain.

Wu was sitting in the stone house, holding an animal brush and recording something on the animal skin roll. When he heard Shao Xuan coming to offer food, he was a little curious. After all, Shao Xuan’s hunting team has been back to the tribe for so many days, so what can he offer now?

After putting down the pen, Wu looked up and was about to say something when he saw the turtle in Shao Xuan's hand.

Wu's old face twitched his skin, and he held back what he had originally planned to say.

In the past, when other people from the tribe came to offer food, they were cut pieces of meat and processed them cleanly. When they arrived at Shao Xuan, they moved a turtle directly over, but they were still alive. The turtle had a hooked mouth and had broken wood chips on its mouth.

Obviously, this turtle has a great destructive power. When she was brought in by Shao Xuan, she looked murderous intent, and she wanted to bite anything she saw.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

====================================================================
Chapter completed!