This was the first time Qin Suyun knew that there were deer in their place!
It is true that there are mountains behind Wanxi Village, and it is also true that the vegetation in the mountains is lush, but she has never heard that there are deer here before!
"When I was a child, I only heard my grandma say that there were wolves and wild boars in our area, but I never knew that we also have deer here... These wild deer should be protected animals, right? Dahei and the others brought back two deer, what should I do..." Qin Suyun swallowed, looked at her Xiaoqi and the others who were wagging their tails happily at her, and turned to look at He Zhennan.
This person is from the army and should know much more about this than she does.
Qin Suyun stared at He Zhennan. Would this guy go out and report her dog?
If Dahei and the others had only seen the deer when they dragged it back, it wouldn't have been a big deal. The world is in chaos anyway, and no one would know after it was eaten. If things really got out of hand, even if someone ate a panda, let alone a deer, the police wouldn't likely come knocking. But right now, things weren't completely chaotic, and the man in front of him was a soldier.
Qin Suyun was a little worried. Could it be that this man was so righteous that he wouldn't even let her dog go?
"Ahem." Seeing the woman across from him was very nervous, He Zhennan coughed twice and said politely, "These two deer are definitely farmed. You can eat them without worry. We're not in a nature reserve here. There's no way these wild deer would appear."
"You're right." Qin Suyun nodded, and immediately continued with a smile, "I remember someone in neighboring Donglin City raising sika deer. This deer must have escaped from them during the earthquake."
In fact, God knows whether there will really be farmed deer running here from Donglin City, more than 300 kilometers away?
Dahei and Xiaoqi didn't quite understand the confrontation and testing between Qin Suyun and He Zhennan. They just excitedly wagged their tails and dragged two deer, one big and one small, into the yard. This was the first time they had hunted two such large prey. The biggest prey they had caught before was just a rabbit or a pheasant.
Qin Suyun checked the wounds of the two deer. Seeing the wounds on their necks where their throats were bitten off, she seemed to have a new understanding of Xiaoqi and the others' bite force.
The wounds on the two deer had long been frozen, and even their bodies were frozen stiff. Therefore, after Xiaoqi and the others dragged the two deer back, there was no blood left, only two long drag marks on the snow.
Perhaps feeling guilty after being exposed today, He Zhennan needed to show off, so he was much more active in helping than usual. He Zhennan handled the two deer that were frozen stiff, and he didn't even let Qin Suyun intervene.
"Deer blood and antlers are both good things, but the two deer have been frozen like this and the blood can't be taken out. The antlers can be kept, though." He Zhennan skillfully used the knife to skin the two deer.
Qin Suyun was stunned by the other party's skillful knife skills. She didn't expect that the other party's skinning skills were even better than the butcher she had seen in the slaughterhouse before!
"Did you often skin animals in the past?" Qin Suyun asked as she sat aside.
"Not often, but I do this kind of thing quite often. I've stayed in the wild for a long time in the past to complete missions." He Zhennan had quickly dealt with the larger of the two deer and started to deal with the other fawn.
This time, Dahei and his friends brought back two deer, one big and one small.
The larger one weighed about 10 kilograms, while the smaller one looked to be only about 40 or 50 kilograms. It was unknown where they had hunted these two deer.
After dealing with both ends, Qin Suyun decided to make venison rice for Dahei, Xiaoqi and the others tomorrow.
It was too late today, and she had already prepared other food for them, stewed beef with rice!
Ever since Xiaoqi and the others started to eat more and more after the earthquake, Qin Suyun found that she could not just feed them meat. She had to feed them dog food, rice, vegetables, and fruits together with the meat that the family had bought before.
Otherwise, if she only eats meat, she will hardly be able to support herself.
Dahei and Xiaoqi eat with great relish. An ordinary adult German shepherd only eats about one or two kilograms of food a day, but these ones in her family have to eat a large bowl of food every time, which is six or seven times the amount of food of an ordinary dog.
She raised her hand and touched Dahei's head, and received a tongue lick from the other party that tasted of beef. Qin Suyun patted Dahei with a smile and told it to eat well.
After Dahei and the others came back from hunting two deer, it was as if they had suddenly turned on some kind of talent or skill. Basically, they would bring back some prey every day. They would go out after breakfast in the morning and would not come back until dinner time at night. Sometimes they would get some rabbits and pheasants, and sometimes they would get a wild boar.
I really don’t know how there can be so many prey in this jungle that looks insignificant on ordinary days?
Qin Suyun looked at the white forest with some worry. Before the earthquake, the most Dahei had hunted was two rabbits. But now in this snowy and icy place, the trophies Dahei and his companions had obtained were far more than before.
Although the time spent in the mountains was extended, Qin Suyun always felt that the number and size of prey in the forest began to increase.
I don’t know if this has anything to do with the fact that Dahei and the others have become taller before?
The changes in Dahei and the others were very obvious, and they even woke up earlier. Qin Suyun and other people in the village also began to change slowly as time went by. It was more than a month after the snowstorm that everyone first noticed changes in their bodies. Everyone's body's ability to resist cold seemed to have become stronger.
People who used to have to hide in their rooms wrapped in quilts and warm themselves by the fire can now come out of their rooms and walk around. They are no longer as cold and hesitant as they were at the beginning. Some people who are not afraid of the cold simply don’t go to those three houses. Every day, they just light a small charcoal fire like before and can stay at home comfortably all day.
At first, everyone thought that the surrounding temperature had changed and increased.
However, after everyone looked at the temperature on the thermometer, they realized that it was not that the temperature outside had increased, but that their ability to resist freezing had become stronger.
"Hey! I said that a few days ago I had to wear two big cotton-padded jackets every day to feel a little warmer, but now I don't need to go to Zhu Dahai's house to warm myself by the fire with others... The change is really huge. Fortunately, I don't look like I have reverted to my ancient state of growing hair. It's just that my ability to resist cold has become a little stronger. Otherwise, I would not have time to cry!" Tang Miaomiao said to Qin Suyun while sweeping the snow.
Qin Suyun glanced around and saw that most of the people who were clearing the snow at the same time as the two of them were young people, and there were even a few teenagers around fifteen or sixteen years old.
Among this group of people whose ability to resist cold has increased, young people are improving at a significantly faster rate than children and the elderly. Tang Miaomiao's parents-in-law now have to report to Zhu Dahai's house every day.
Qin Suyun was young, and thanks to her daily intake of Jade Dew, her transformation was actually greater than Tang Miaomiao's. With just a sweater, she could walk back and forth through the blizzard without feeling cold, while Tang Miaomiao and the others more or less needed to wear a down jacket and sweater combination to maintain a normal body temperature.
But in order to avoid looking so out of place, Qin Suyun still wore the black down jacket like everyone else.
"We don't know when this snowstorm will stop. We have to quickly clear the snow on the village roads. This is the number one task the village chief gave us." Qin Suyun worked hard to clear the snow on the ground, trying her best to restore the entire village to its original appearance.
"Well, the roads in the village have obviously been cleared very cleanly. I don't know what's wrong with the village chief? He insists that we clear all the snow we see." Tang Miaomiao shrugged and said unhappily.
The blizzard lasted for so long that a thick layer of snow fell everywhere in the village except the main roads. It was not an easy task to clear the entire village.
"Maybe it's because the village chief doesn't want to see the snow melt and the water flow into other people's homes..." Qin Suyun said casually, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
In fact, she didn't know the specific reason.
"You're right. There is so much snow in the village. Maybe once it melts, it will submerge our village. That's not good!" said Tang Miaomiao.
Looking at the snowdrifts over a meter high beside her, Tang Miaomiao hurriedly shoveled them all into the barren fields nearby. She thought it would be great if the snow melted and turned into water, which would then melt in the fields.
The blizzard came and went as it pleased. Just the day before He Zhennan couldn't wait any longer and decided to leave, the blizzard suddenly stopped!
As the blizzard stopped, the sky around seemed to become a little brighter.
"It seems that I am lucky, Miss Qin. We will have the chance to meet again in the future." Carrying his luggage, He Zhennan left Wanxi Village almost without stopping.
At this time, Wanxi Village also held another meeting because of Cao Shufen's incident.
Everyone agreed that since everyone's physical fitness has improved and their ability to resist cold has also increased, there is no need to wait for the ice and snow to melt, and they can let the family leave now.
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