At noon, the sun hung motionless high in the sky, scorching everything in the world, scorching hot...

Walking along the mountain path during the flowering season, everything is quiet except for the chirping of birds on the branches.

Passing through a forest in the mountains, the warm sunlight shines through the treetops and branches, and golden rays of light jump.

Standing on the mountainside and looking back, the houses of Shoushan Village, with their pointed yellow walls, orange-yellow straw and dark-black tiles overlapping, are shrouded in smoke and sparkling in the sunlight.

If you have good eyesight, you can see that the clotheslines in the yard are full of clothes of all sizes, dancing like butterflies in the gentle breeze...

Hua Shi stood on the mountainside for a rest, looking at the huge Shoushan Village, and vaguely counted the number of houses. There were hundreds of them, some of which were hidden in the bushes and countless.

Looking further ahead, apart from Shoushan Village, there are only dense forests, surrounding mountains, and endless green hillsides...

On the hillside, under a blue sky and green fields, a shepherd herds sheep. The woods to the west appear to be a vast pond, its waters emerald. The combination of the mountain scenery and the cabin in the woods creates a breathtakingly beautiful painting.

No matter how many times I see it, I will still be attracted by the beautiful and pleasant scenery in front of me when the flowers bloom, and I will stop and appreciate it quietly.

I also have some vague understanding of this remote village...

For example, within a radius of dozens of miles, there are no other nearby villages except Shoushan Village, which has a population of nearly a few hundred households.

The village is closed and emphasizes clan names. The most prestigious person in the village is the old village chief. In addition to the village chief, there are several old clan leaders in their seventies and eighties who are the leaders in the village.

Although there was only one village, it was not considered poor. As far as she knew, there were large sheep farmers, fish farmers, and cattle farmers in the village...

To put it bluntly, these wealthy families were similar to the landlords she knew.

But there are some differences. The landlords own a large amount of land, do not participate in labor, and rely on renting land and exploiting farmers as their main source of livelihood.

Most of the wealthy families in the village are self-sufficient. Whether it is herding sheep or raising fish, they do it themselves and are rarely willing to ask outsiders for help.

So, although they are a wealthy family, they are all run by their own family. They are only considered rich families in the village, and cannot be said to be landlords.

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"Swish..."

The deeper we went, the denser the bushes on both sides became. From time to time, we could hear a burst of tiny noises in the dense and sparse grass, as if something was moving around inside.

At first, there was a sound and Hua Shi was startled. He poked it a few times with a stick, but nothing came out.

After being alert for a long time, I only heard the voice but didn't see the person.

With a "swish", a gray-haired rabbit jumped out from the bushes and dived to Hua Shi's feet. It seemed to have drunk fake wine and was dizzy. After a while, it lay on the ground motionless.

Hanashi's eyes widened, and she looked down at the hare that suddenly bumped into her feet, clicking her tongue.

For a moment, I couldn't help but sigh, this golden finger is really powerful...

Hua Shi put the gray rabbit he had picked up into a small basket and continued walking up the mountain.

Afterwards, although there were some faint noises coming from the bushes on both sides, no other small animals came out and bumped into her feet.

She knew that this spring had a strange attraction for animals...

That's why she planned to use the spring water as bait to set traps and lure her prey.

If all goes well, I won't have to worry about having no meat to eat in the future...

However, there was an exception like the first gray hare, which was attracted so much that it jumped out and knocked itself unconscious. I never encountered it again after that.

This was quite reasonable. She had never imagined that just by standing at that station, small animals would keep jumping over for her to catch.

Pies don't fall like this.

She was also afraid that the spring water was a double-edged sword. While attracting small animals, it would also attract poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts in the mountains. That would be very dangerous.

Hua Shi was also constantly on guard, alert to his surroundings, not daring to go too deep into the mountains. He circled into a small dense forest and didn't go any further...

As for hares, roe deer, and pheasants, there should be plenty of them in the small dense forest, so there is no need to go too deep into it. She cannot control the attraction of the spring water to animals, so she can only be cautious.

After looking around and deciding where to place the trap, Hua Shi placed the bamboo tube he had prepared long ago, half filled with spring water, into the trap pit, and covered it with branches and hay...

Everything was ready. Hua Shi crawled into the dense grass nearby, hid far behind a tree trunk, and carefully observed the direction of the trap.

A few minutes later, sure enough, one, two, three hares hiding in tree holes in the bushes poked their heads out, sniffed the scent, and moved closer to the trap little by little.

With a "click", the three hares fell into the trap.

The traces covering the trap were destroyed, and Hua Shi almost jumped out, with an unconcealable look of surprise on his face.

Hahahaha...God help me, it really works.

She seemed to have seen a bright future for herself!

Hua Shi was not greedy. He stuffed three fat rabbits into a small basket, picked it up with one hand, shook it, and walked down the mountain happily.

A mountain breeze blew, and the treetops swayed. On the branches, unseen by anyone, towering high into the forest, a cunning black shadow quickly passed by, running in the direction of the perception...

"Meow--!"

A familiar cat's meow rang out in the silent forest. Hua Shi turned around and looked at the tree behind his head.

The black cat was squatting on a branch in mid-air, walking in a cat-like manner. It blinked its dark blue cat eyes and meowed at her again.

If it weren't for the meowing sound, the black ball standing on the treetop would look like an owl.

"Meow……"

Seeing that he had attracted Hua Shi's attention, the black cat hopped down with a nimble figure, and rubbed Hua Shi's calf affectionately with his cat steps...