"Follow me and don't run around." Xue Huan was carrying a bamboo basket on her back and holding a long stick with a sickle tied to the bottom, leading the way in front. Pei Ji followed her closely.
whoosh!
A rabbit darted past from behind the bushes. Before Xue Huan could remind him, Pei Ji had already drawn his arrow and shot it. The arrow pierced one of the rabbit's hind legs, pinning it to the spot. This prevented it from escaping while keeping it alive.
Xue Huan walked over quickly and picked up the rabbit. It was a big gray rabbit, weighing about four or five pounds and very furry. She tied the rabbit up and threw it into the bamboo basket.
"Well done, Akang. Here, I'll give you a candy as a reward." Xue Huan took out a small piece of square sesame candy from the jar and fed it to Pei Ji.
At that time, sugar was a rare commodity. Ordinary people would just buy some malt sugar to sweeten their mouths. Real sugar like this was sold in shops like a luxury item.
The small porcelain jar was beautifully packaged with exquisite simple drawings on it. The sugar inside was neatly cut and not much in quantity, but the price was extremely high. Just this small jar cost five cents of silver.
What does five qian of silver mean? This is probably the average family's monthly living expenses.
People in the countryside don’t have much to spend money on, and they may not be able to spend this much money in half a year.
But this was nothing to Xue Huan. After all, she was the one who once sold a house with just a pot of flowers.
Since she has enough money, she will of course make life more comfortable for herself and her family.
It's just a can of candy, what's the big deal?
If she has the chance in the future, she will make more delicious food herself.
Pei Ji obediently took the candy from her hand, and Xue Huan also ate one.
Sweets always make people happy, and since they had a good start not long after entering the mountains, Xue Huan was even more looking forward to the upcoming hunting trip.
After a morning, Xue Huan's bamboo basket was already full, and Pei Ji also had a prey hanging on his body.
Two rabbits, a pheasant, and a deer.
This is what the two of them gained in half a day.
Of course, this is when you are lucky. In addition, Pei Ji is an extraordinary archer. Basically, as long as he sees you, you can't escape.
If you are unlucky, you may not catch any prey.
This place was quite close to Xue's father's hunting lodge, so Xue Huan and Pei Ji hurried over.
After entering the house and putting down the prey, Xue Huan took out the dry food she brought - steamed buns, heated them on the stove, and made an egg and wild vegetable soup with the picked wild vegetables, and had a simple meal with Pei Ji.
Although simple, it is very delicious. The steamed buns are sweet and chewy, and the surface becomes a little crispy due to reheating. It tastes amazing with the braised pork and a sip of delicious wild vegetable soup. Even Xue Huan ate two big steamed buns in a row.
You have to know that she made the steamed buns bigger to fill her stomach, as big as Pei Ji's palm. In the past, she might have been full with half of it.
Now my appetite has increased several times.
But this is also because she is exercising a lot now and is at the age of growing up, so her body's needs are naturally increased.
In fact, this is also a good thing. She eats a lot and is healthy, and exercises a lot. She feels full of energy and in good spirits every day.
Instead of being in a sub-healthy state like in the previous life, all kinds of problems such as headaches, insomnia, loss of appetite, etc. have come up.
Now she sleeps soundly every day.
She doesn't deliberately control her diet, let alone lose weight. Anyway, she is still growing, so the first thing she needs to do is to ensure adequate nutrition.
Losing weight is something you do when you have nothing to do after eating a full meal.
After dinner, the two took a nap and continued hunting with full energy.
However, their luck was not so good in the afternoon. They wandered around for a long time but didn't encounter any prey.
Seeing that it was getting dark in the mountains, which always gets dark earlier than outside, Xue Huan estimated that it was already three or four o'clock and thought it was time to go back.
At this moment, a fishy wind suddenly blew from behind. Before Xue Huan could react, Pei Ji had already taken her away.
Before she could see clearly what attacked them both, Pei Ji pushed her away and faced the attack himself.
Xue Huan staggered to steady herself, and when she looked, she was shocked to find that it was a blind bear!
He was a burly and powerful man, standing at least two or three meters tall! Pei Ji, who was originally tall, looked petite in front of the bear, and was nearly swept by the bear's big paw several times.
Blind bears are called blind bears because they have poor eyesight, but their sense of smell and hearing are extremely sensitive. Seeing the blind bear rushing towards Pei Ji, Xue Huan hurriedly called out to it, "Hey! Big Black One!"
As expected, the blind bear looked towards her. Xue Huan threw a wild fruit at it. The blind bear roared and ran towards her. Every hit caused an earth-shaking effect.
If you were caught up by such a big guy, just being touched by it would probably be enough to hurt.
Xue Huan was also very nervous. When the blind bear was about to catch up, she sank to the ground, swam away quickly, emerged from behind a big tree, and ran to Pei Ji, "How are you? Let's leave quickly."
Although Pei Ji is an extraordinary archer, he has to be well prepared when shooting. When facing a guy like Blind Bear with thick skin and flesh, his arrows will not be very powerful.
But she herself did not have the confidence to fight against a blind bear.
Unfortunately, before the two of them ran far, the blind bear caught up with them.
Don’t think that this guy can’t run fast just because he looks bulky. In fact, that’s not the case at all. He can actually run very fast!
Xue Huan and the others had to avoid the grass and bushes, which affected their speed, but the blind bear was charging forward recklessly, violently crushing all the bushes and grass, and they were unable to stop it at all.
The sound of the wind whistled past my ears, and the trees on both sides flashed by. At first, Xue Huan was running with Pei Ji, but later it became Pei Ji running with Xue Huan.
Suddenly, Xue Huan tripped and fell forward.
Pei Ji hurried to pull her, but the blind bear had already caught up with him.
Xue Huan yelled at him: "Don't worry about me, go first!" She had the Five Elements Pearl and could hide at any time. The blind bear couldn't hurt her at all, but she didn't want to show it in front of Pei Ji.
However, Pei Ji thought that she didn't want to implicate him, so instead of running away, he took the hatchet in his hand and took the initiative to confront the blind bear!
He jumped up and chopped at the blind bear with the hatchet in his hand.
At that moment, time seemed to be stretched infinitely, and his movements became slow motion frames in Xue Huan's eyes. His profile was cold and stern, his aura was shocking, and a cold murderous aura came with him.
It’s simply awesome!
It’s a long story, but in reality it only took a moment.
When Xue Huan reacted, the hatchet in Pei Ji's hand had already pierced the blind bear's eyes!
The blind bear let out a long roar in pain, then fell to the ground with a thud, crushing countless plants.
Pei Ji, who hit the target with one strike, stood there holding his head with a look of pain on his face.
"Akang!" Xue Huan ran over and supported him.
Pei Ji suddenly raised his head, his eyes were blood red, and his gaze was as sharp as a knife, shooting straight at her. Xue Huan was so scared that she subconsciously took a step back.
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