Lian Xiaomin asked as she warmed herself by the fire: "Where is our destination? How far is it?"
Zhang Wenyong said, "It's not far. We will be there soon if we walk a little further tomorrow morning. We will enter a valley called Yulong Valley. There is a river beach over there. The Quling River is flowing. It is a good place for hunting. If you want to hunt big prey, you have to go there. They will go there to drink water and rest."
Everyone roasted the fire for a while and then went to bed.
Lian Xiaomin put on a loose leather jacket and carried her military coat, and in a few seconds she climbed up the tree, which was so thick that it took four people to hug it.
The branch above was also thick, so she spread out her military coat, sat on it, and hugged it to sleep.
In order to prevent himself from falling while sleeping, he tied his waist and the tree branch with a prepared cloth rope.
The four people under the tree were happy. "Xiao Min, you are really great. You don't have to climb the tree. The four of us can take turns to keep watch. We can also do it on the ground." Wang Xintian said with his neck raised.
Lian Xiaomin grinned, "It's okay, I just want to see something new. It's really exciting here, and it's still far away, Brother Xintian."
"What can you see in the dark at night?" Doubao muttered, and lay down first, cushioning himself with the firewood and hay he had picked up.
Each of them had thick padding under them. Zhang Wenyong was the first to take the night shift, and they changed shifts every two hours. The others lay down and fell asleep quickly.
In order to stay alert, the people on night duty would chew some peanuts or something, eat something, and have something to do.
Zhang Wenyong sat alone, leaning against a big tree. He took out a piece of wood and started carving with a knife so that he would not be too sleepy. Everyone has his own way of doing things.
Lian Xiaomin felt very comfortable lying on the big tree. The hole in the tree was just right for her. In fact, it would be fine without tying a rope.
Her little face was pressed against her military coat as she quietly looked at the people lying under the tree. She was so tired that she could not move, only her eyeballs moved back and forth.
Because she was sleepy, her mind was empty and she was unable to think. Her eyes moved here and there and finally locked onto Zhang Wenyong's profile. She saw Brother Sanyong carving a piece of wood seriously. She really wanted to see what he was carving. He seemed quite serious.
The last words Lian Xiaomin said were: "Brother, I'm on the fifth shift." Then his head buzzed and he lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.
The night passed exceptionally peacefully, without even the howl of a wild animal.
Lian Xiaomin set an alarm in her space and woke up at five in the morning. She slept so well, having slept for a full eight hours.
She removed the cloth belt around her body, clasped her military coat under her clothes, and climbed down the tree.
The one who was awake under the tree on night duty was Hu Zi, who was reading a picture book.
Lian Xiaomin whispered, "Brother Huzi, take a nap for a while. I'll watch over you and make something to eat later."
Hu Zi looked at his watch, which was Zhang Wenyong's. Then he nodded and lay down again and closed his eyes.
Lian Xiaomin slowed down her movements, took out the kettle from her backpack, poured water to rinse the pot, and then cooked another pot of sorghum rice porridge. When it was almost ready, she put some dried meat in it and cooked them together.
She took out five pickled goose eggs, which were not salty at all and had just the right taste. She loved eating them.
At about 6:30 in the morning, everyone got up, and it was still dark. I saw five lunch boxes lined up, all filled with meat porridge, and each of them contained a peeled goose egg.
The pancakes and steamed buns are also heated and placed in the pot next to it.
Everyone rinsed their mouths but didn't wash their faces. They decided to wash properly when they got to Quling River.
After thanking Lian Xiaomin, everyone started eating together. Dou Baoer said as he ate, "This goose egg is really big, and it tastes like salt."
Everyone nodded.
At daybreak, the five of them had already cleaned up everything, made sure the fire was out, and then poured water on it one last time. This was a big deal.
We set out again, this time using up a lot of stuff, so we felt more relaxed and walked faster.
The main reason was that the water was almost used up, and we calculated that we would reach the valley soon.
At about ten o'clock in the morning, the group finally arrived at Yulong Valley. The valley was filled with a moist air, which was quite comfortable.
They came to a high slope and looking ahead, they could see a large river beach two or three hundred meters away in the distance. There were bushes beside the beach. This was the time when the wild boars liked to bask in the sun and drink water after coming out to forage.
They went down the slope, walked forward about a hundred meters, and then climbed a lower slope. This time they were closer to the river beach and had a wider view.
Several people put down the things they were carrying, piled them up behind the slope, and lay down on the slope, ready to observe here and wait for prey to appear.
Huzi and Doubaoer were using crossbows, which were useless at this distance, so they sat down at the foot of the slope to rest.
Bows and crossbows can only be used within a range of about fifty meters, so the two of them sorted out the arrows first.
Xiaomin didn't even have a crossbow or a hunting rifle. She had put away the hatchet and put it in her backpack. She only had a long dagger in her hand.
In fact, she had a crossbow, but she didn't show it with her. Where could a child who had just settled in Sandaogou get such a good crossbow?
She thought to herself that it would be so great if she was alone here, so she took out the tranquilizer gun from the space.
She quietly crouched beside Zhang Wenyong and whispered, "Brother Sanyong, can you let me be the gunner?"
Zhang Wenyong looked at Lian Xiaomin from the side, who was staring at his hunting rifle with a greedy look, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
Before he could say anything, Wang Xintian, who was lying on the other side of him, winked at Lian Xiaomin and asked, "Are you okay?"
Girls can't say no!!
Lian Xiaomin puffed her cheeks, her eyes wide open, and continued to put pressure on Zhang Wenyong with her eyes: "I have no problem! I promise to complete the task!"
At this moment, she was like a young soldier in a movie, so eager to get a broken gun. A broken gun is still a gun.
Zhang Wenyong glanced at Wang Xintian, and said in a long tone and with a ruffian look: "Brother Xintian, the time to show the truth will come soon, so don't do anything yet." As he said that, he handed the shiny hunting rifle in his hand to Lian Xiaomin.
Lian Xiaomin looked at this outdated hunting rifle in 2023 and felt disgusted. She thought that she should have gone to that country before traveling through time and got some good guns to bring with her into the space. Who knew that she would be through time in such a short time.
She took a few more bullets handed to her by Zhang Wenyong and said to herself again, I will refresh your knowledge later.
The bullets are loaded and the wait continues.
About half an hour later, suddenly a large prey approached the riverbank from a distance. Everyone got nervous and shrank back, leaving only a little of their head exposed.
The prey moved slowly, lowering its head to drink water, then slowly moved along the riverbank towards the direction of their ambush.
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