Chapter 1123 The Returnee's Notes 197
Even though she was only staying for two days, Xie Ning didn't do nothing. Instead, she got up early in the morning to help with the work, even though she knew in her heart that it was all fake.
However, when Xie Ning saw the little children carrying baskets on their backs following behind the older children up the mountain to cut grass, he couldn't just stand by and watch.
Besides, she can't find a breakthrough right now, so why not go around looking for opportunities?
Xie Li also went out, but she went out with the old man's second daughter-in-law. She did some work and then went into the old village chief's house.
They had to stay here and wait for their chance.
Actually, there is a very direct way to leave: to go on a killing spree here and cause this fake world to collapse. But neither Xie Li nor Xie Ning would do that.
The girl who led the group of children up the mountain to gather grass was a twelve-year-old girl named Xuancao, who was also the daughter of the old man's eldest daughter-in-law.
The small village was so poor that even a sickle was scarce, so in the small team, the older members would cut the grass and then the younger ones would carry it back.
Or some children would bundle up the grass their parents had cut the day before, then gather some sticks, tie it together, and carry it back home.
Children without baskets use a thick, long wooden stick to carry their loads. The paths here are not easy to walk on, they are all narrow trails, but they are familiar with them and rarely fall.
The larger ones can walk faster, while one person leads the smaller ones to walk slowly.
Seeing that Xie Ning had no knife and was only picking up some firewood nearby, Xuan Cao handed over the knife she was holding, saying, "Sister, here you go."
Her skin was tanned dark, but her smile was exceptionally bright. Unlike the others, she carried a wood-chopping knife instead of a sickle, because she was the oldest and could use it to fight off wild animals.
Of course, they usually don't go too deep.
They would cut grass nearby, dig up some wild vegetables, and pick some fruit to take home.
Xie Ning handed the firewood to Xuan Cao, took the wood-chopping knife, shaved off a bamboo stalk, split it open, and sharpened it to a point to use as a weapon.
"You guys keep cutting here, I'll go take a look inside."
Xuancao tugged at Xie Ning's sleeve, "Sister, don't go too far. Mother said there are big tigers in the deep mountains."
"We won't go very far." Xie Ning ruffled Xuan Cao's hair. "Xuan Cao, do you want to eat meat?"
"I want to!" But we can only have meat at home during festivals.
"Then cut more grass, maybe we can have meat for lunch."
After saying that, Xie Ning turned and walked deeper into the area. This "realm" felt very real. It was said to be the old man's memories, but everyone here seemed to be real. So Xie Ning wanted to continue trying.
If it were a deep mountain like this, there would surely be wild animals. Xie Ning had no intention of catching large animals; he was only thinking about whether he could catch some pheasants or rabbits.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, Xie Ning spotted a pair of gray pheasants. He slowed his pace and, after getting a certain distance away, the stone in his hand flew out instantly, hitting the wings of both pheasants. Unfortunately, one of them, which was less injured, managed to fly away.
Her archery skills were quite good, but she didn't have a bow and arrows at the moment, and it wasn't convenient to take out the ones from her spatial storage. However, she could use these thinner stone shards, though her accuracy might not be as good.
The bamboo in her hand was meant to be used as a weapon; if she threw it directly, it wouldn't be heavy enough, and her aim would be even worse.
Xie Ning picked up the pheasant that was thrashing on the ground and used a long weed to tie its legs together.
Staring at the pheasant in her hand, Xie Ning seemed to be thinking. This thing looked somewhat familiar, as if she had seen something similar before.
One was clearly not enough, so Xie Ning simply waved his hand behind him, "Come here."
It turned out that Xuan Cao was worried about Xie Ning and secretly followed him. Xie Ning saw her but didn't say anything.
"Sister...older sister."
She seemed quite embarrassed, but when she looked at the pheasant in Xie Ning's hand, she couldn't hide her amazement. Her eyes sparkled as she stared at Xie Ning, "Sister, you're so amazing! You can even hunt!"
"Here you go. I'll look for something else. Don't follow me too closely." She didn't let the girl go back, after all, this place was still quite deep, and it wouldn't be safe for the girl to go back alone.
Xuancao nodded vigorously, then patted the pheasant's head to stop it from flapping and squawking, lest it scare away the other prey.
But the pheasant clearly didn't understand her warning and just kept flapping its wings frantically.
In the end, she covered the pheasant's beak.
It's noisy.
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