Chapter 50 Winter Hunt (Part 2)

After breakfast the next morning, Lu Xiaoxiao locked the gate and walked towards the threshing ground. She had heard from Aunt Cauliflower and the others yesterday that the hunting team would gather there.

As soon as Lu Xiaoxiao arrived at the threshing ground, she heard someone calling her name. She looked in the direction of the voice and saw that it was Aunt Cauliflower calling her, so she hurried towards Aunt Cauliflower.

When Lu Xiaoxiao came to Aunt Caihua and saw that the whole family except the captain was here, she asked curiously, "Aunt, why are you all here so early? Are you here to see the winter hunting team off as well?"

"How could that be possible? If that were the case, I would definitely not let my children come here so early in the morning. The reason we are here is that your eldest brother Liu, second brother, and third brother are all going up the mountain to hunt this time, so we are here to see them off."

"Why are all three brothers going? Is there a rule on how many people from each family can go?"

"That's not a rule. The three of them are the leaders of our team. Your uncle is too old to go, so the three of them will take over your uncle's role to lead our team."

"A large group of hunters, gather here." The captain shouted from the platform.

After hearing the captain's words, Lu Xiaoxiao saw dozens of people walking towards the captain. Their ages ranged from seventeen or eighteen to thirty or forty years old, but they had one thing in common: they were all relatively big in build.

When the captain saw a group of people walking towards him, he picked up the notebook and read out the names and counted the number of people. Finally, when he confirmed that there were forty-eight people in the first group, he nodded.

When Lu Xiaoxiao came to a place not far from the high platform, she saw that the weapons carried by the hunters included hunting logs, bows and arrows, hatchets, axes, ropes, and many other weapons she didn't recognize. In short, there were all kinds of weapons.

The captains of the three teams gathered everyone together, a total of 112 people, and the team was quite spectacular.

The captain waved his hand for everyone to be quiet. He looked at the other two captains and only started speaking after they nodded at him.

"I am the captain of the first team. I will represent you in this winter hunt. There are a total of 112 people in our three teams. The team is very large. Don't separate too much when you go up the mountain. You must gather together so that if there is any movement or danger on one side, others can quickly go over to help.

The most important thing to remember is that everyone is hunting for their lives. I hope that the same number of people will come back as when we go. That's all I have to say. Everyone, get ready and go up the mountain."

After hearing the captain's words, many people on the scene told their family members who went hunting to be careful and come back alive. There were also some extreme people who only told them to hunt more so they could get more meat, without considering the safety of their own family members.

The huge hunting team set off. The villagers stood at the foot of the mountain and watched the team leave. Many of them had tears in their eyes, and some were sobbing quietly.

Lu Xiaoxiao saw that Aunt Cauliflower standing next to her also had red eyes. She felt very uncomfortable seeing everyone like this. She couldn't help but think silently in her heart that this was just a joke of the world!

Everyone turned around and went home when the hunting team was no longer visible. When Lu Xiaoxiao saw Aunt Caihua like this, she didn't know how to comfort her. She could only say hello to her and went home.

After Lu Xiaoxiao returned home, she still felt unhappy. She was listless and had no energy, so she just sat on the kang, empty-headed, thinking about nothing and doing nothing.

About half an hour later, Lu Xiaoxiao shivered from the cold. She then realized that she had not heated the kang since she returned home. So she patted her cheeks and told herself that everyone would be fine and not to scare herself anymore. Then she got off the kang, put on her shoes, and lit a fire to heat the kang.

(End of this chapter)