Qin Yao got up before dawn.

She boiled a full pot of water in a bamboo tube and cooked ten taro as big as children's fists. She put these two things in a bag woven with straw ropes and began to prepare her travel.

He poured out more than half of the salt in the jar and put it into a small bamboo tube, and put the flint in his pocket to carry with him.

He rolled up a ten-meter-long bundle of straw ropes and tied it to his side, carried the bow and arrow on his back, wrapped the handle of the dagger with rags again, held the knife in one hand and carried water and food in the other, and put out the fire in the stove.

Everything was ready. As the sky began to turn pale, we headed towards the mountains in the north.

As soon as she left, the door to the side room opened gently.

Dalang and Erlang held their younger brother and sister's hands and watched the gray figure gradually walking away in the thick morning mist. They wanted to chase it but forced themselves to hold back.

The stepmother told them last night that she was going to the mountains to hunt, which would take at least three to five days, or at most seven to eight days. She told them to take good care of themselves at home, and that they would have meat to eat when she came back.

Sanlang and Si Niang were still young, and when they heard that there was meat to eat, they were just happy and didn't think about anything else.

However, Dalang already knew some things. Hunting is not something that ordinary people can do. The mountains are deep and dense, and they are full of ferocious wild beasts. Every winter, the villagers dare not let their children go out because the hungry wild beasts will come down the mountain to eat people.

They really do eat people. Last winter, a family who lived in a remote area of ​​the village lost their daughter to a wolf. When she was found, only a few broken bones were found.

During the brief time they had spent together, Dalang only vaguely knew that his stepmother was stronger than an ordinary person, acted decisively and was very imposing.

But he also didn't know whether his stepmother could handle it if she encountered a ferocious beast.

In fact, compared to this, Dalang has a darker idea in his mind.

He always felt that his stepmother was looking for a reason to abandon these four burdens and leave alone.

But seeing the expectant looks in Erlang, Sanlang and Si Niang's eyes, he couldn't bear to say this guess.

Maybe he was overthinking it.

Because of Qin Yao's instructions, Liu Bo and Liu Zhong dragged the reluctant Liu Fei to the third brother's house at dawn, took the remaining wheat seeds, and went to the fields with hoes.

At the same time, Qin Yao had entered the outskirts of Beishan.

She first found a sunny place, sat down, drank some water and ate something, rested for a while, and then walked towards the depths of the forest with all her strength.

Hunting is a matter of luck. If you are lucky, you will come back with a full load.

It's just bad luck, so it's not surprising to return empty-handed.

However, for professional hunters, finding traces of wild animals is a basic skill.

Few people come into this deep mountain. Occasionally, someone wants to hunt for some meat to satisfy their hunger, but they only go around the outer circle. There is no road deeper into the mountains, so Qin Yao had to carve out a path for it.

She did not hide her movements, her goal was clear, and she was looking for a stronghold.

Qin Yao felt like a fish in water after entering the mountains. The environment, which was similar to the mutated jungle in the apocalypse, allowed her to quickly enter the hunter state.

Birds and small animals in the forest ran past Qin Yao from time to time. Qin Yao put the knife on his waist and took out the bow and arrow.

Once again, when a bird flew over his head in fright, he put an arrow on the string and shot it into the sky!

All I heard was a bird's scream, and then a gray shadow struggled and fell from the bushes.

Qin Yao pushed aside the wild grass in front of her that was as tall as a person and hurried towards the direction of the fall. A gray bird with an arrow in its wing was struggling and wailing in the fallen leaves.

"I still need to practice my accuracy." Qin Yao pulled out the arrow with a little regret, picked up the fat gray bird that couldn't fly, tied its wings with a rope, put it around her waist and continued to move forward.

As she walked, she used the animals and birds she encountered to regain the familiar feel of her hands. By the evening, her body was covered with all kinds of half-dead animals.

There were pheasants, wild birds, baby squirrels, and a nest of rabbits.

This nest of rabbits was really an accident. She was originally chasing a squirrel running on a tree, but unexpectedly a rabbit head suddenly appeared on a small mound in front of her. When Qin Yao saw it, she thought, how could she let go of this prey that had come to her door?

With lightning speed, he found several rabbit holes nearby, blocked them with stones, leaving only one exit, burned a handful of wet fallen leaves, and when the thick smoke came out, all seven rabbits in a nest ran out and were captured alive.

The rabbits in this litter are all quite big, and it’s obvious that they are a family. The two bigger ones are almost as big as two-year-old children.

The five little ones are also white and plump, with shiny gray fur.

Qin Yao doesn't like eating rabbit meat, but she loves rabbit skin very much. She can make clothes, gloves and scarves from it to keep her warm in winter.

Because she had to carry this litter of rabbits, Qin Yao could only stop in a nearby sheltered valley.

The taro they brought had been eaten, and only one third of the water was left. A stream was seeping out from the rocky walls of the valley. Qin Yao used a stick that could be found everywhere in the woods to dig a small hole. After waiting for a while, the water accumulated and formed a small puddle.

It was already dark, so she built a fire and killed the bird, which was already exhausted from struggling, and roasted it for food.

Qin Yao had consumed a lot of energy today, and one bird was far from enough to replenish her energy, so she roasted the pheasant as well.

The roasted meat was covered with a layer of fat, and it was full of freshness and fragrance when you took a bite. Qin Yao, who hadn't eaten meat for a long time, ate it voraciously, and soon finished a bird and a pheasant.

After eating, Qin Yao added a few more pieces of firewood to the fire and rested. She wanted to conserve her energy.

There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the mountains, so Qin Yao can only cover herself with dead leaves. This can both keep her warm and hide herself from being discovered by large beasts foraging in the middle of the night.

Fighting at night is full of disadvantages for humans who cannot see at night, so we should avoid it if possible.

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