After thinking for a moment, the Snake King realized that if He Tiantian lied to him, she would only lie once, and he would not believe her again.

Furthermore, He Tiantian, this little girl, is timid but a bit clever, yet she would never deceive it.

"Since that's the case, then I'll agree to go to the back mountain tonight." The Snake King agreed, feeling uncomfortable all over because he hadn't been in the water for a long time.

He Tiantian prepared all the tools she could use and put them in her basket, so she could carry them away at night.

That evening, He Tiantian suddenly remembered what to do if Grandma Qi San got up in the middle of the night and went to her room, only to find no one there.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" the Snake King asked. "If you don't leave soon, you won't be able to get back by midnight."

He Tiantian thought for a moment and said, "I'll sleep in the first half of the night and go out in the second half. That way, Grandma Qi will be sound asleep and won't find out that I've gone out."

"Alright then, go to sleep, I'll wake you up later." The Snake King rubbed his hands together, eager to try.

After midnight, the Snake King woke up He Tiantian.

He Tiantian carried a bamboo basket on her back and climbed over the wall to go outside.

To avoid encountering the villagers, the Snake King made He Tiantian invisible.

He Tiantian ran to get to the back mountain as quickly as possible, and arrived at the secret base on the back mountain in less than an hour.

The Snake King had already sensed the passion inside, so he jumped off He Tiantian and climbed into the pool inside the cave.

He Tiantian followed them down and found that the pool inside was larger than before. It was still on the higher ground to the west of the cave and had not been flooded by the spring water.

The snake king swam around in the pool, sometimes swimming on his back, sometimes swimming in an S-shape; sometimes he was completely underwater, and sometimes his head was above water.

"Snake King, what happened to the hunting trip?" He Tiantian reminded the Snake King cautiously, seeing that he seemed to be having too much fun to leave. They weren't just here to play; they also had to work!

The Snake King ignored him until he was tired of playing and He Tiantian was almost asleep. Then he lay down on the big rock and said lazily, "Get up, get up, the prey has come to our door."

He Tiantian woke up groggily and saw a row of wild rabbits in front of her as soon as she opened her eyes, dozens of them.

"So many?" He Tiantian was dumbfounded. "Snake King, although I want to catch more, I can't catch all the rabbits on the mountain at once."

After his exercise, the Snake King was in a particularly good mood and continued in a gentle tone, "The back mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are countless rabbits inside. This is just a small number. Even if you catch fifty a day, you'll only catch a little over ten thousand a year. It's nothing at all. Hurry up, or we'll have to go down the mountain."

Upon hearing this, He Tiantian didn't hesitate for a moment, took out her tools, and began to process the rabbits.

After skinning and gutting the animals, they were washed at the outlet of the pool, and all the filth was washed away.

Inside this cave was the rack that He Tiantian had previously set up for drying rabbits. After He Tiantian had marinated them, she simply tied a small rope around the rabbit's neck and hung it on the rack.

Seeing that it was getting light outside from the open area of ​​the cave, He Tiantian stopped and counted the wild rabbits on the shelf; there were actually twenty-two. She also cleaned up the rabbit skins on the ground and hung them on the other side; these could also be sold.

"Let's go, or the villagers will wake up," the Snake King urged. He was tired too and wanted to take a nap.

The man and the snake returned home and had just hidden inside.

Grandma Qi got up, and He Tiantian changed her clothes inside and got up too.

Now that she's healthier, she feels bad asking Grandma Qi to cook for her every day.

Two days later, Grandma Qi finally let He Tiantian go to the back mountain.

Zuo Li and Xiang Rong were delighted to see He Tiantian arrive. They said, "Sweetie, you're finally back! We dug a few traps in the back mountain and were just about to go check them out today. Why don't you come with us? With someone as lucky as you around, we might be able to catch even more prey."

"I was just kidding when I said I was lucky, Uncle Zuo and Uncle Xiang actually believed me!" He Tiantian joked, not wanting everyone to place their hopes on her, even though she intended to help.

“Don’t disbelieve these things. When we fought wars, we had our own methods. We preferred to promote people who were capable and lucky. Such people could inspire those around them and make them believe that as long as they followed them, they could win the battle and come back alive,” Zuo Li said. “You are our hope now. Come on, hurry up. It’s too cold today, and we desperately need fur to keep warm.”

He Tiantian then noticed that their clothes were very thin and could not keep out the cold wind.

“Okay, let’s go now. If we don’t get much, you can’t blame me,” He Tiantian said, following behind Zuo Li and Xiang Rong up the back mountain.

Although Zuo Li and Xiang Rong were not seasoned hunters, they were skilled at observation and knew where animals passed through. They would dig traps in those places and usually had a good catch.

Seeing how pitiful they were, He Tiantian softened and had the Snake King drive over a lot of wild rabbits.

Even if you catch a tiger or a bear now, you can't sell it. And you're not allowed to catch rabbits or pheasants. Not only can you eat their meat, but you can also skin them to make clothes, which is the most profitable thing to do.

"Xiang Rong, look! There are six rabbits in this trap!" Zuo Li shouted. "My God, I can finally wear a fur coat!"

"Not bad, not bad, if we're frugal, we could make two fur coats," He Tiantian said. "Uncle Zuo, Uncle Xiang, how many traps did you dig in total?"

In fact, He Tiantian already knew from the Snake King that they had a total of seven traps. Each trap should contain two or three rabbits and one or two pheasants, just enough to keep them from being empty.

The Snake King was very generous; he actually released six wild rabbits. I wonder how many were in the other traps.

“Seven! If we had this many of each, we would have a much easier time this winter,” Xiang Rong replied. “We put in a lot of effort to dig these traps; we even broke the livestock team’s shovels. Luckily, Uncle Qi was there to help us cover them up.”

"Hehe, you guys worked really hard too." He Tiantian said with a smile. Luckily, these people had set a trap, otherwise He Tiantian would have been racking her brains about how to help them.

When they reached the second trap, He Tiantian exclaimed in surprise, "Oh dear, there are not only rabbits inside, but also goats!"

He Tiantian only had the Snake King drive away the rabbits; the sheep must have fallen off on its own.

Zuo Li looked down in the direction He Tiantian was pointing and was overjoyed!

"Oh my, look at that ewe's belly, it looks like she has lambs inside!" Zuo Li exclaimed excitedly. If the lambs were alive, they could raise them, and after they gave birth, they'd have lamb milk to drink. (To be continued.)