Chapter 227: Peaceful Coexistence with Foxes

Li Wanqing took out everything in the box, admired them one by one and put them in her space. From now on, these would all be hers.

"Wife, this valley is nice. It will be our territory from now on. I'll go take a look from a distance later to see if there are any other exits." Gu Yan was very satisfied with the valley and wanted to stay here when he had time in the future.

"Yeah, that's what I thought. The medicinal herbs here are very old. I'll go collect what needs to be harvested and prepare what needs to be prepared.

New medicinal herbs are planted in the empty space.

There are also fruit trees, some of which still have fruit hanging on them. I don’t know why this is happening. I want to pick all the fruit.

The stone house also needs to be cleaned up. We will live in the stone house when we come here from now on.

"When Xuanxuan and Hengheng grow up, I'll bring them here too." Li Wanqing said happily, pointing to the fruit trees in the distance.

"Well, I think that although the weather is good now, there may be natural disasters or man-made disasters. We can clean up here properly.

If that day ever comes, this place can also be our secret base." Gu Yan thought a lot. He thought it was important to have a few more places like this at home. They could save lives at critical moments.

"Is that so? That's fine." Li Wanqing had never experienced what Gu Yan said. After all, in modern times, when one side is in trouble, all sides will come to its aid.

Even if there are natural disasters or man-made disasters, the government will respond quickly.

Even if they saw it on TV or on the Internet, they would donate some money when they were rich. After all, they had a country and a government, so ordinary people didn't have to worry about it.

In addition, in the past few years since Li Wanqing traveled through time, the Great Shun Dynasty has always been prosperous. Li Wanqing has never thought about what to do if a natural disaster or man-made disaster occurs?

Now, after hearing what Gu Yan said, Li Wanqing suddenly realized that this was ancient times. It was an ancient time when people were bought and sold, and human life was worth less than grass.

It would be fine if nothing happened, but if there was a natural disaster or man-made disaster, they really had no other choice but to run into the mountains.

Therefore, Li Wanqing wholeheartedly agreed with Gu Yan's precautionary measures.

"If you really want to avoid disaster, this is a good place. I'll go see if there are other exits later.

If not, as long as we block this cave entrance, our family can live a completely self-sufficient life in this valley." Li Wanqing said with satisfaction as she looked at the valley.

Just do it. Since you plan to use it as a shelter in the future, you have to plan it carefully.

The place where medicinal herbs and fruit trees were planted would not be moved, and Li Wanqing did not plan to move the flowers either. After all, they had a farm and were not short of food.

The stone house is too small and needs to be expanded, after all, there are two sons in the family.

But my son is getting older day by day, he can’t live in the same room with them, right?

But there is no rush. I can do it next year or when I have time.

In the next few days, Gu Yan inspected the valley inside and out, and actually found a small path.

However, this path is hidden at the bottom of a cliff, and most people don't go down to the bottom of the cliff. So it's the same as if it exists.

However, Gu Yan still made some disguises and cut some thorns and inserted them on the path.

This thing is easy to grow, but after a year the field will be covered with thorns.

Li Wanqing was not idle either. She first collected all the medicinal herbs, which were several decades old.

For example, ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum are better the older they are, so Li Wanqing picked out the thick ones and let the others continue to grow.

For example, some herbs had medicinal properties that were sufficient for decades, so Li Wanqing dug them all out.

What needs to be dried should be dried, and what needs to be cooked should be cooked.

The empty space where the medicinal herbs were dug out was replanted with them.

It took the two of them several days to finish the work.

"Okay, let's pack up and leave tomorrow. We haven't caught any big prey this time.

I promised Xuanxuan that I would make beef jerky for him when I got home," Li Wanqing said.

“Okay, this valley might be too secluded, even the animals in the mountains don’t know about it.

They had been here for several days and hadn't seen any large animals come to drink water.

There were quite a few pheasants and rabbits. Gu Yan caught all the ones he saw and asked Li Wanqing to put them away.

It is worth mentioning the white fox. The white fox family may be the indigenous people here. Li Wanqing has counted them in the past few days. There are a total of sixteen foxes, big and small.

After a few days of observation, we found that these foxes lived in caves on the right hillside. They usually caught their own prey and did not harm the medicinal herbs in the valley.

It is said that foxes are spiritual animals, and Li Wanqing thinks this group of foxes should be one of them.

So Li Wanqing stopped Gu Yan and prevented him from hurting these foxes.

While Li Wanqing was observing the fox, the fox was actually also observing them.

Only after they were sure that Li Wanqing and the others would not harm them did the foxes dare to come out cautiously.

Now Li Wanqing and her friends can coexist peacefully with this group of foxes.

The next day, Li Wanqing and Gu Yan left the valley. This time they did not stop halfway and went directly to the place where they had hunted before.

This time, two people worked together again. They dug a trap first, and when the cattle and sheep came over, two people each made a noise to lure the cattle and sheep into running towards the trap.

The two of them do this every year when they come here. This way they can hunt more prey and it is also safer than Gu Yan using a bow and arrow.

The two men hunted for three days and killed a total of ten bison, twenty-four wild sheep, and six sika deer.

Li Wanqing felt that this was enough, so she went to the pond again to catch wild ducks and pick up wild duck eggs.

This is what they do every year.

Even though they catch a lot of wild ducks every year, the number they catch is still not as many as the number of wild duck eggs hatched.

There are still a lot of wild ducks in the pond, and Gu Yan can catch a lot of them without much effort.

For the next two days, Gu Yan and Li Wanqing stayed by the pond and didn't go anywhere.

Gu Yan catches wild ducks and Li Wanqing picks duck eggs.

"Wife, is it almost done? I have caught more than 200 ducks in the past two days." Gu Yan came to Li Wanqing with five ducks in his hands.

"Well, it's a lot, but we need to pick a few more baskets of duck eggs. Didn't the owner of the Four Seasons Restaurant say last time that we should send them more salted duck eggs this year?" Li Wanqing stood up and patted her waist.

Li Wanqing is willing to pick up duck eggs to relieve stress, but whether she is squatting or bending over, it is okay for a short time, but she really can't stand it for a long time.

Seeing that Li Wanqing's waist ached from exhaustion, Gu Yan felt sorry for her. He quickly put the duck in his hand on the ground and went over to help Li Wanqing sit on the stone by the pond.

"Wife, please stop picking them up. If they're not enough, I'll pick them up later." Gu Yan said with concern.