The hunting team at the Xindu camp, whose weapons had been upgraded, was eager to try their luck, but it wasn't yet the season when animals were most active. Although they had better weapons, their hunting efficiency remained almost unchanged.
"I want to hunt wild boars, wolves, or even just a mongrel if you can't catch any more. I'm going crazy from catching chickens and shooting birds all day," Li Su'er complained.
Not only her, but all the members of the hunting team were the same.
The hunting group is now surprisingly showing a situation where women outnumber men.
Because Hong Gui went to work as a blacksmith, the hunting team only consisted of Ye Wu and Yun Hu, two men, while Li Su'er, Xiao Qi, Xiao Qing, and Ye Wen, four women, clearly had a numerical advantage.
It was Yun Hu who noticed this. He was a bit of a chauvinist and felt awkward working with so many young women. However, when he brought up the issue with Ye Wu, Ye Wu's answer left him speechless.
"You've classified Xiaoqi as a woman?"
Left with no other choice, Yun Hu had to raise the issue with Chen Yang. After thinking about it carefully, Chen Yang realized it was true. Not only that, but Lini, whom he was about to recruit, would also be going out with the hunting team. She would need to go out and would definitely need protection, so going with the hunting team was naturally the best option.
"Let Yun join the hunting team. He can continue designing the bamboo rafts after dark," said Grandpa Yun with a smile as he overheard their conversation.
Yun Hu nodded in agreement. In fact, he wanted to express this idea to Chen Yang. As a father, he naturally hoped that his son would be more manly, and joining the hunting group was indeed a good way to train him.
Chen Yang looked at the old man and said, "That way, no one will be watching you, right?"
The old man smiled without saying a word, while Yun Hu was somewhat puzzled.
"Let Xiao Chenliu follow you; you can teach him some boxing when you have time," Chen Yang said. Children are more effective at dealing with the elderly; Chenliu is smart and will surely be able to perform the supervisory task well.
Grandpa Yun said it was no problem; he didn't think a child could control him.
And so, Yun Shi joined the hunting team. To be honest, he was unwilling, but he had no choice. It was the decision of his father, his grandfather, and Chen Yang, and Chen Yang had asked Jiang Yining to inform him of the news.
Can I lose my manliness in front of Jiang Yining? No way!
Chen Yang also began preparing for the brewing process.
He decided to start by brewing fruit wine. They lacked the materials to make yeast, making it impossible to produce many types of wine. In particular, they didn't have suitable distillation equipment, so brewing fruit wine was the best option.
As for fruit, Chen Yang doesn't have many options; the most abundant and suitable one at the moment is kiwi.
The kiwifruit that Chen Yang found when he first entered the Microverse can still be found today. The different climates in various regions of the Microverse cause the kiwifruit to ripen at different times, so even after several snowfalls, they can still find kiwifruit.
Hou Yu was also very interested in brewing wine, so he made a special trip from the island to brew wine with Chen Yang.
"I wonder if we'll be able to find peach blossoms when spring comes. If we can make peach blossom wine, that would be perfect," Hou Yu said.
It's surprising that Hou Yu actually knows quite a bit about wine. According to him, he even has experience in winemaking and wants to make wine in the micro-world, but the grapes aren't ripe yet.
"There used to be a senior colleague at the gym who owned a winery, but he doesn't go to the gym much anymore, and we've lost touch. I'll go ask him about it tomorrow and get some advice," Hou Yu said.
Hou Yu is a fitness enthusiast, but after spending a long time on the micro-world, he has grown to dislike the environment and atmosphere of gyms, and now he exercises more outdoors.
"A man should have muscles." Hou Yu showed off his biceps to Chen Yang.
Chen Yang was the kind of person who was slightly thin, but after acquiring wolf-like blood and starting to practice Xingyi Quan, the muscle lines on his body gradually became visible. They weren't very large, but rather streamlined and looked quite comfortable.
"By the way, I heard that a female disciple from Shaolin Temple is coming to challenge you?" Hou Yu suddenly asked.
Chen Yang nodded. The other party had already contacted him and would be coming tomorrow.
"He used to be from Shaolin, but now he seems to be working part-time as a fitness instructor. He likes to travel around."
"A female fitness instructor?" Hou Yu's eyes lit up. This was extremely rare, especially since she was from the Shaolin Temple.
He knew that those who dared to challenge Chen Yang were true martial artists, not the kind who had studied for a few years, claimed to be experts, and then opened a martial arts school.
"Let's not discuss that now, let's continue processing the kiwis," Chen Yang said.
The essential ingredient for making kiwi wine is sugar. Fortunately, there is still sugarcane in the micro-world. Chen Yang had the foresight to make some coarse sugar from sugarcane, which everyone occasionally eats. There is still some in stock.
Everyone is looking forward to brewing wine, but brewing wine takes time, and we don't know if we can brew it before spring.
Alcohol is best enjoyed in winter, especially high-proof alcoholic beverages. Although fruit wines can't be made to achieve a high alcohol content, they're still good for warming you up.
Just as Chen Yang and his team began brewing wine, an accident occurred at the ironworks on the island.
The iron smelting furnace cracked and then became completely unusable. Guo Zifeng decided to make a better one. He asked people to find information and prepare to manufacture a durable furnace.
The iron smelting project was temporarily put on hold, and during the casting process in the new furnace, they focused more on the construction of the island.
Hong Gui spotted several leopards, and Yun Hu rushed over with Yun Shi to join Yun Gui in a leopard-hunting operation.
These highly aggressive large carnivores on the island must be eliminated in advance so that they can use the island as a backup base and develop in peace.
Yun Hu took this very seriously, believing it to be a good opportunity to train Yun Shi. Therefore, he specifically asked the other members of the hunting group to let him take Yun Shi to the island.
When the kiwi wine began its fermentation process, Chen Yang went to help collect feed for the animals.
Jiang Bo then began to build more fences. A deer jumped over the fence and was injured by shards of pottery used for defense. In the struggle, it was cut by more shards of pottery. By the time everyone arrived, it had already lost too much blood.
In addition to increasing the height of the fence, Jiang Bo also added a simple fence around the outside of the fence. This way, if the deer jumps out, it will be trapped between the fence and the fence, without enough distance for it to jump.
After the weather started to warm up, the two rascal bears finally woke up.
Chen Yang led the little black bear to the entrance of the cave, then stuck two thick logs inside, letting them slowly crawl out on their own.
The little black bear had wandered off with its parents, but Chen Yang knew it would return. For their own safety, Chen Yang and the others observed from the lake; if the two bears went berserk, it would be a real problem.
However, now that they have iron weapons, they are even more emboldened.
The fact that two black bears have awakened from hibernation is good news, as it also indicates that other animals will soon emerge from hibernation as well, and even those that don't hibernate will begin to move more frequently.
(End of this chapter)
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