Chapter 739: Hot Commodity (1)_1
The Tatars were quite resourceful, setting up their tents wherever they could find shelter from the wind. The so-called tents were in fact simply a structure of timber with animal hides for walls. Despite the tent’s small interior, it was spacious enough for Lin Ziyin to lie in.
In contrast, their own circumstances were harder. They had managed to erect a few tents, but were forced to crowd together in them. In addition, some of them had to take turns standing guard in the severe cold. Guard duty in such freezing conditions was a challenge to both their willpower and physical endurance.
Lin Ziyin had no intention of making things more difficult for herself and honestly crawled into one of the erected tents. She was covered with a thick animal hide blanket, and there was even a down comforter inside. A bonfire was already burning in the midst of the tents.
From these indications, Lin Ziyin deduced that they must have now moved well beyond the vicinity of Border City. Were that not the case, these Tatars would not have dared to casually light a bonfire in the mountains for warmth. For the past few days, they had been surviving solely on cold food.
Firewood was plentiful in the icy desolation, and within a short period, the Tatars had gathered quite a bit.
The collected firewood was piled around the periphery of the tents. With this setup, the wood pile could serve as a windbreak, and they could easily grab pieces to burn, thereby killing two birds with one stone.
The sheltered space was quite all right, at least the piled up snow and frosty wind couldn’t blow in.
Quickly enough, Lin Ziyin soon fell into a state of drowsiness, her eyes tightly closed.
"Get another blanket for her." Bayan, seeing her state, marveled at how composed Lin Ziyin appeared to be. He had come to respect Lin Ziyin for her resilience throughout this whole ordeal and it dawned on him why Chu Suifeng was willing to marry this common farmer girl as his queen.
"Bayan, we don’t have many blankets." Tana responded with slight displeasure.
Women of the Northern Land were as tough as men, seeing Lin Ziyin, frail and sensitive to the cold, reminded Tana of a scrawny chicken. Even though the second prince told her that the queen was different, a woman of intelligence and ability, Tana still disliked Lin Ziyin.