"Huh, what kind of bird is this? Why is it so small?"
Looking at the small gray bird she had caught, Yue Jiuxing said with some disappointment, "It's so small, not even enough for me to eat."
"Then let's catch a few more; that will be enough to eat."
Under the tree, Yue Jiuyue also caught a large rat. This rat grew up in the mountains and was not small. When Yue Jiuyue held it upside down by the tail, it tried to bite Yue Jiuyue fiercely, but it was slapped unconscious before it could bite her.
"Hey, what the heck is this?"
After throwing the small bird and the large rat she had caught under the tree, Yue Jiuxing was about to process the food when she suddenly discovered a new creature. Under the tree, she saw a tree hole with a small animal inside, which looked like a squirrel.
"Hey, you look a little small, but you should be able to eat it."
After staring at the little squirrel inside the tree hole for a while, Yue Jiuxing reached out and grabbed the squirrel.
However, this little squirrel was quite clever. When it was held in someone's hand, it kept putting its hands together and begging for mercy, and kept pointing to its tree hole and squeaking, as if it wanted to tell Yue Jiuxing what was inside the tree hole.
"Hmm, what's in your tree hole? Let me see."
After understanding what the squirrel meant, Yue Jiuxing put the squirrel down and went to dig into the tree hole again.
After being put down, the little squirrel didn't dare to run away, probably because it knew it couldn't escape anyway. So it just stood there watching Yue Jiuxing dig into its hole.
Yue Jiuxing reached into the tree hole and touched a lot of small things. She grabbed a handful and took them out to look. They turned out to be chestnuts and pine cones that the squirrel had hidden away for the New Year.
"Wow, you little rascal, you're quite the hider! You've managed to hide so many things!"
After catching quite a few things, Yue Jiuxing called out to Yue Jiuyue, who was still in the tree, "Jiuyue, have you finished raiding the bird's nest? There are lots of pine cones and chestnuts here."
Then she said to the little squirrel, "Alright, since you're so good at this, I'll let you off the hook. I don't need many chestnuts from you, just take a little. You can keep the rest for yourself."
"Squeak squeak squeak~"
Hearing Yue Jiuxing's words, the little squirrel was very happy. It jumped back into its tree hole and brought out a lot of chestnuts for Yue Jiuxing until Yue Jiuxing said it was enough, then it stopped bringing them.
"Okay, that's enough, that's about enough. You can keep the rest for yourself, I don't want them."
Yue Jiuxing carried a large handful of chestnuts and then began to use the available materials to start a fire and process the food.
In September, Yue Jiuyue was still searching for bird nests in the tree. She had just caught a baby bird and found a nest. She then began using magic to test the eggs inside the nest to see if they were still alive. If they were, she would take them back to hatch; if not, she would roast and eat them.
"Tsk tsk, two of them are half-hatched, and four are not yet hatched. They must not have been born in the same batch."
Yue Jiuyue came down carrying a bird's nest made of grass. She said, "Let's take these two back to hatch baby birds for Xiaojuzi to play with. We'll eat the rest."
"Okay, but be careful and protect the egg, don't drop it."
Yue Jiuxing has already roasted the chestnuts, the big rat, and the little bird, and is now adding seasonings.
"Luckily, I brought some seasonings with me when I came out, otherwise it would have been tasteless."
"Hehe, these were all contributed by that little squirrel. Pretty good, right? Kids who know how to do things will have a chance to survive!"
As Yue Jiuyue put the bird eggs she wanted to eat into the firewood to roast, she said, "We'll eat them before we go back. They definitely won't notice, and they won't smell the aroma like they did last night."
"Hehe, yes."
Thinking back to last night when they secretly ate the roast chicken and the other night watchmen smelled it, it was quite embarrassing. But now they weren't afraid anymore because they ate it on the mountain before going back.
"Come on, flip it over. Put some cumin powder on this side too, and chili powder too!"
Wow, it smells so good!
Because the mice and birds were very small, they were cooked in no time. After eating the wild game, they ate chestnuts and bird eggs. After finishing everything, they even walked around the mountain to let the smell dissipate before going down.
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