When Wang Xiaoxiao saw that I was carrying a basket of things, she quickly came over to distract me.

"You went out so early this morning to find fruit? There's so much! But what kind of fruit is this? I've never seen it before."

Xiao Qiang stretched and got up from my straw bed, glanced at the fruit in the basket, and didn't react.

But when she saw the potato-like spheres at the bottom of the basket, her face lit up with joy.

"Jigg? Where did you find it?"

After saying that, he quickly came over, a smile appearing on his face.

College students are different, especially those who have switched careers in their field.

"Is this thing edible?"

I took one and handed it to Xiao Qiang, who nodded.

"Of course we can eat it, and it's really good. We haven't been consuming any carbohydrates, but we don't have to worry about that now. With this, we don't have to eat meat every meal."

Xu Wei, who had been sitting to the side somewhat annoyed, frowned and leaned over upon hearing this: "What is jicama? Is it a type of potato?"

Hsiao-Chiang rolled her eyes and gave us a quick lesson.

Jicama contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, and some trace elements such as calcium, iron, zinc, and copper, which can enhance immunity. However, the leaves and seeds are poisonous and can be fatal if ingested.

That made me happy too.

This is truly an unexpected delight.

Lunch was stewed bear paw with jicama, with some salt powder extracted from seawater.

To be honest, this stuff tastes similar to potatoes, but it's a bit juicier.

We ate all the jicama we brought back.

Wang Xiaoxiao suggested that we go and dig some more, but since Xiao Qiang was unable to, I took the other three people to the grove of trees.

Before they even reached the woods, they heard a rustling sound coming from inside.

I immediately became alert and waved my hand to stop the girls following me.

"There might be danger here, you should step back."

This grove is quite far from the sea. When the girls heard what I said, their expressions immediately changed, and they all grabbed their baskets and ran quickly toward the sea behind them.

I picked up a stone from the edge of the woods and ran quite a distance before throwing it into the woods.

If there are indeed wild animals inside, then they will definitely make a commotion if they are disturbed.

But to everyone's surprise, after the stone was thrown in, there was a series of crackling sounds coming from the woods, and then it became quiet again.

I didn't see anything come out of it, which made me even more puzzled. Could it be that the thing inside ran out from behind the woods?

After a stalemate of about ten minutes, an animal covered in black and gray feathers suddenly emerged from the woods.

I was startled at first and took a few steps back to keep my distance. When I looked at it more closely, I realized that the thing actually looked a lot like a chicken.

Its two very thin claws made it walk very steadily on the ground, and its head bobbed up and down as if it were eating insects in the grass.

I threw a stone at it, and it was startled but didn't fly away. Instead, it quickly ran to one side on its two short legs.

My mouth is watering! Isn't this a pheasant?

Seeing that the thing was not dangerous, I immediately called to the women who were running away behind me.

Wang Xiaoxiao and Xu Wei ran over quickly, and were stunned when they saw the bird that had run away on the ground.

What is this?

I shook my head. I didn't know what kind it was, but I did know that it was definitely edible!

"Let's catch a few and take them home; we'll have chicken stew with mushrooms for dinner!"

That day, I was bragging to Xiao Qiang, and I almost got killed by a lynx.

I never thought it would actually happen today. How could I let them get away?

When Wang Xiaoxiao and the others heard that it was edible, they became interested. The women each picked up a stick and surrounded the woods.

These birds seem a bit dim-witted, because they don't run away when they hear a noise; they just stare at it with their somewhat dull eyes and then continue pecking at things in the grass.

I gestured to a few people while waiting for an opportunity to approach.

I thought it would be very difficult, but to my surprise, I could grab it accurately every time.

I pounced on it and grabbed one, then grabbed another with my other hand.

When Wang Xiaoxiao and the others saw that I had hit the target with one shot, smiles appeared on their faces.

Xu Wei then tore several strips of bark from a nearby tree branch and used them to tightly bind the legs of the two chickens.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Liu Jiaojiao put the chicken directly into the basket, used a branch to hold the chicken in place, and came over to help.

After the chicken was caught and put in the basket, it began to struggle desperately, but by then it had already lost the initiative and was already ours.

Seeing their companion being captured, the surrounding chickens finally reacted and tried to escape.

However, their legs are too short and their bodies are too bulky, so they can't even run as fast as chickens.

Wang Xiaoxiao and I used wooden sticks to hit things here and there, and somehow we caught three or four more.

I originally came here to find that jicama, but I didn't expect to unexpectedly get several pheasants instead.

We quickly dug up several baskets of jicama, cut some of the red berries I had brought back that morning, and happily dragged the chicken back home.

To their surprise, they found Wang Ping with several people at the bottom of the cave, carrying items in their hands, clearly there to make another exchange.

When they saw that we had come back with so much stuff, Wang Ping and the others looked rather grim.

I felt a little uncomfortable, after all, these pheasants are slow-moving and dull-witted, even an idiot could catch them.

If Wang Ping and his group can find food on their own, then we won't have the opportunity to trade with them.

Wang Ping's eyes flickered when he saw the fruit and chicken in our basket.

Several of the male colleagues behind me were quick to ask where the chicken had been caught.

"What are you here to exchange this time?"

I handed the basket to Xu Wei and looked at Wang Ping.

Wang Ping took two pieces of clothing from Wang Xiaoxiao's suitcase, but Bai Wei and his group had already taken them.

"In exchange, you can have the chicken and fruit in your hand."

I looked at Wang Ping and burst out laughing.

"It took a lot of effort to catch this chicken, so two pieces of clothing are obviously not enough. How about this, if you're really willing to trade, I'll give you two chickens and a basket of fruit in return, how about that?"

After the last exchange, this one went much more smoothly. However, when they came, only Wang Ping brought a small dagger, which was much better than the one I was given back then.

With the clothes, the girls finally had something to change into.

One chicken was killed and a pot of soup was made, but the remaining two chickens were too much to eat.

I was a bit tired, so I tied the two chickens by their legs with vines and threw them by the hot spring, planning to deal with them tomorrow.

But to my surprise, when I got up the next day and went up to the top of the mountain, I found that the two short-legged birds had laid two blue eggs!