"Nothing much, just a sickle, a pot of water, and some food."
"I've prepared your share of food, so don't be polite to me when the time comes."
"I don't eat this for free. You have to teach me how to trap rabbits and dig traps..."
"If you can't teach me, you have to refund my tuition, so you have to pay more attention to me."
Shi Tou found it quite amusing to see her chattering non-stop.
So I thought of teasing her: "What if you are too stupid and I can't teach you no matter how hard I try?"
Shen Siyue immediately retorted: “Impossible, back then, I stood out from thousands of troops, I…”
At this point, Shen Siyue suddenly shut up.
I almost blurted out my experience of taking the college entrance examination accidentally.
Shitou saw that she suddenly stopped talking, so he asked her curiously, "Where did you get all these troops from?"
Shen Siyue stared at the road with a guilty conscience and said perfunctorily: "Well, I'm just making an analogy. It's a metaphor for the myriad difficulties. It's not easy for everyone to come to this world, right? Hehehe, hiccup..."
The words were so roundabout that Shen Siyue couldn't help but hiccup.
Shitou raised his hand and wanted to pat her on the back, but he was afraid that Shen Siyue would dislike it, so he had to put it down silently.
Then he returned to the topic of hunting: "It's definitely no problem to teach you, but what about after you learn? Go into the mountains alone?"
"There are all kinds of things in the mountains. If you're unlucky, you might run into a wolf. Are you sure you can do it?"
When Shen Siyue heard this, she was shocked: “Wolf? There are wolves in the mountains?”
Shen Siyue thought that there were only some small animals like rabbits and foxes in the mountains?
Shitou was very confused by Shen Siyue’s reaction: “Yeah, isn’t it normal to have wolves in the mountains?”
Shen Siyue wanted to cry: "You still took me there when there were wolves? If we encounter a pack of wolves, how can we, with two legs, outrun them? Wouldn't we become a delicious meal delivered to our doorstep?"
She didn’t intend to be a snack for the Wild Wolf Family!!!
"Haha, don't worry, wolves are not that easy to deal with."
"Besides, unless you encounter a very hungry wolf, they generally won't attack you unless you attack them first."
Wolves are not stupid either. Humans have many weapons, and unless they are really hungry, they will just give in.
Seeing that Chen Siyue still didn't believe it, Shitou used himself as an example: "I go into the mountains every winter and have encountered this a few times. Am I not still alive and well now?"
"So you can rest assured that we won't run into each other in the place we're going today."
"I set up a few traps before, and today I just want to see if there is any harvest. It's very safe."
Seeing Shitou's solemn promise, Shen Siyue could only choose to believe him. Anyway, if she encountered a pack of wolves, she would hold him tightly and not let him go, even if she died, she would have to drag him down with her.
Then he asked him as they walked: "How far is the place where you set the trap from here?"
Shitou raised his hand, pointed to the mountain in the distance and said, "It's not far. We'll get there after we climb over two mountains."
Siyue Shen followed his gesture and took a deep breath.
"How far? Say it again? Two mountains?"
Looking at the two mountains in the distance, Shen Siyue felt her legs go weak, let alone going over them?
Shen Siyue stopped and looked at the stone in disbelief.
Shen Siyue’s wide eyes reminded Shi Tou of the big black eyes of a rabbit, which was particularly lovable.
"It's not far. Once you get used to it, it will be fine."
"It won't take more than a morning to get there, and I'll definitely be able to bring you back before dark!"
Shen Siyue stood there and thought about it again and again, and finally decided to go on. In the end, no matter what the situation was, she had to put it into practice.
But I couldn't help but ask him: "Can't you set the condom closer?"
Most of the day was wasted on the road.
"You think so, and so do others! In the surrounding villages, every winter, anyone who knows a little about this will go to the mountains to look for something."
"As time goes by, all the creatures in the mountains can only run deeper into the mountains. There's nothing to catch outside!"
Shen Siyue thought so too.
Now is the planned economy period, everything is public property.
Moreover, each household was not allowed to raise large livestock privately, and meat could only be exchanged from the village office by using work points.
There is not enough delicious food to eat, how much meat can we exchange for?
At least this winter, the Shen family has not seen meat.
Although the things in the mountains are public property, generally no one cares about them.
Catching some prey from the mountains is the only chance to improve the food.
In other seasons, everyone has to work in the fields and has no time to go up the mountain often.
Looking at the mountains in the distance, before Shen Siyue came here, she thought that she could go up the mountain and hunt by herself after she learned it, but now it seems that it is just a daydream.
Not to mention how far the journey is, as Shitou said, if she encounters a large carnivore, she won't be able to handle it.
Thinking of carnivores, Shen Siyue turned to ask Shitou: "Besides wolves, are there other large beasts? For example, tigers or something."
"I have never encountered a tiger, but I heard from people in the past that someone had encountered one, but that person did not come back."
Shen Siyue was about to ask what "didn't come back" meant, but suddenly realized that it probably meant dead.
But the man is dead, how can others know that he encountered a tiger?
Shen Siyue felt that the authenticity of this statement needed to be verified!
Stone on the other side continued: "The only other large-sized creatures are probably wild boars!"
"If we can catch a wild boar, we'll have enough meat for the whole year."
When Shitou mentioned wild boar, his eyes lit up.
Wild boars not only have a lot of meat, but their skins can also be exchanged for some money.
But at the same time, wild boars are not easy to catch.
Wild boars are very alert and live in groups. They have thick skin and the homemade wooden arrows made by ordinary farmers cannot penetrate their skin.
If you fail to defeat the enemy with one move, the wild boar will chase you and take revenge crazily.
Even wolves don't dare to provoke them easily!
On the way, Shitou slowly explained to Shen Siyue the animals that might appear in the mountains, how to catch them, how to clean them up after catching them, and which parts of the prey to pay attention to, etc.
The two of them talked as they walked, and time passed by unknowingly as they rested from time to time.
When we finally climbed over two mountains, the sun was almost overhead.
Shen Siyue couldn’t walk anymore.
Her legs felt like they were filled with lead and her entire legs ached.
It was freezing cold outside, but I was sweating inside my clothes.
She was afraid that she would catch a cold again after this trip.
"Let's rest here for a while and have something to eat."
Shitou noticed Shen Siyue’s condition and spoke first.
Then he took a piece of leather out of the basket and handed it to Shen Siyue: “Use it as a cushion, the ground is cold.”
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