Wei Ling was a duke's son in his previous life. Putting aside the problem of his vision, it took him a long time to accept the incredible fact of traveling through time. Over the past year, he has actively learned and absorbed all kinds of knowledge from future generations, and his silence has prevented him from revealing any clues.
But if he got married, he was a little unsure if he could keep the secret.
At first, he requested to be transferred to the frontier in order to avoid the family of this body. Family members must be most familiar with each other, so after receiving the original owner's memory, he fled quickly. He fled for a year. Just when his life was getting better and better, his family actually arranged a blind date for him.
A female educated youth from Beijing who came to support the border areas.
Although his marriage was definitely arranged by his family before he traveled through time, after more than a year of being influenced by new ideas, Wei Ling really did not intend to follow his parents' orders anymore. He did not want to expose his secrets, nor did he want to marry a strange girl.
If he really wants to get married, he wants to marry the one he likes.
But does he have a girl he likes in this era?
As Wei Ling asked himself this question, a face that was weak yet strong flashed through his mind. It was the girl he met in the state-owned hotel in town last time.
The girl was not the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, but she was the girl who left the deepest impression on him. With his keen intuition, he felt that the girl had a secret, a secret that deeply attracted him.
After thinking for a while, Wei Ling finally left the barracks and rode up the mountain.
The cold air in the mountains made his mind extremely clear, and the heavy snow on the trees also made him feel bright and cheerful.
This is the future world after time travel, not the original feudal dynasty. Although filial piety is also emphasized in this era, marriage is free. As long as he disagrees, even his relatives in this body cannot force him to get married.
At worst, I won’t return to the capital for the rest of my life.
Wei Ling thought about the capital city, which had changed a lot because of the changes in the world, and he calmed down.
When your mood improves, you will find the surrounding scenery more pleasing to the eye.
They thought that since they were already out of the camp, they might as well hunt some prey and bring it back for the canteen to add to their meals. Although their regiment was self-sufficient and raised pigs, there were many soldiers in the camp and it was impossible for them to eat meat to their heart's content every meal.
General Wei Ling, who was a master of martial arts in his previous life, began to distinguish the traces in the snow.
He planned to bring back a wild boar...
On the other side, Qin Qingman was also trying hard to keep up with the team. This was her first time going into the mountains in the snow and ice. There was no wind, the sun was shining, and it was not too cold, but the road under her feet was very difficult to walk on.
The thick snow on the mountain is high enough to cover your calves.
If you are shorter, the water won't reach your thigh when you step in. That's why I didn't bring my children with me when I went up the mountain this time.
Qin Qingman tried her best to walk on the footprints of the people in front of her, which made it much easier to walk.
We set out from the village at 7:30 in the morning, and the team ahead of us stopped at almost 10 o'clock. Zheng Anguo, the team leader, spoke, "Ladies and gentlemen, this place is not far from our mountain village. There are many oak and hazelnut trees around. You will definitely get something by digging holes in the trees here, and it will also be convenient for you to go down the mountain earlier."
"Got it, Secretary. You can go without any worries!"
Auntie Ayun and her friends waved goodbye to Zheng Anguo and his group of gay men.
Hunting is different from going up the mountain to dig tree holes. Hunting requires looking for footprints, traces, and tracking of prey. A big hunt cannot be completed in one day. They may stay in the mountains for three or four days and then go down the mountain after a big harvest.
Qin Qingman and the others who dig tree holes are different.
As long as they found large areas of pine, oak, hazelnut, and hickory trees, they would find tree holes. Tree holes meant a harvest, so they only had to dig tree holes for a few hours before they could go down the mountain and go home.
"Comrade Zheng Guihua, you are the director of the Women's Department. Please take good care of the female comrades and pay attention to safety."
Zheng Anguo solemnly warned the female comrades who were leading the team.
"Comrade Anguo, don't worry. I will keep an eye on you and bring you back safely." Such mountain hikes are held in the village every year. Zheng Guihua already has experience in this and assured Zheng Anguo.
"Secretary, let's go. This place is not far from the mountain village. Generally, no large predators will approach. In addition, there are tree holes that our comrades are familiar with here. There is definitely no danger. We should go deeper into the mountains as soon as possible. Every family is looking forward to getting more meat before the New Year."
Li Yang, the captain of the production team, glanced at the sun in the sky and reminded Zheng Anguo.
Zheng Anguo nodded, waved to Qin Qingman and the other female comrades again, and led the hunting team away. As they walked, the hunting dogs at the front of the team hummed excitedly as they ran.
After watching the hunting team leave, Zheng Guihua also reminded the female comrades: "There are many tree holes in this forest. Hurry up and don't go too far. I will blow the whistle to gather at two o'clock. No matter how much you have taken, you must go back. If you are late, we will not be able to get home before dark."
"Director, I understand."
These are projects that are carried out every year. Everyone knows the seriousness of the relationship and no one dares to ignore Zheng Guihua's words.
In this kind of weather, the safest way to go up and down the mountain is to move forward and backward together.
"Hurry up." Zheng Guihua saw that everyone had taken her words to heart, so she waved her hand for everyone to disperse and then hurried to dig the tree hole that had been marked last year.
I don't know whether the squirrels and chipmunks have moved.
There were many people who had the same idea as Zheng Guihua. No one formed a group, but acted alone. After all, it was a matter of interest, and the things in the tree hole could not be divided equally, so they simply acted on their own.
Auntie Ayun said hello to Qin Qingman and turned away into the woods.
In winter, many trees in the forest have lost their leaves. Instead of the gloomy and eerie feeling of summer, the forest is bright under the sunlight and accumulated snow, and it is easy to see the villagers scattered in the forest.
Qin Qingman glanced at the figures of the aunts and chose a direction to move forward.
Possessing the original owner's memories, she certainly knew how to dig a tree hole. She also remembered where the tree holes were in the forest and which tree hole had the most food stored last year.
Qin Qingman rubbed her hands in deerskin gloves, adjusted the scarf around her neck, and took bigger steps after noticing that her ears were not exposed. Last year, the original owner had found a good place, and now she was going to see if the granary was full.
Following the memories in her mind, she walked further and further away.
Twenty minutes later, Qin Qingman stopped. In front of her was a very large pine tree. There were obviously several tree holes on the tree more than one meter above the ground. The edges of the tree holes were extremely smooth, and it was obvious that they were traces formed by small animals frequently entering and exiting.
Qin Qingman carefully observed the tree hole and did not climb the tree. Instead, she squatted down and started digging snow.
As the snow was dug up in large quantities, thick layers of withered yellow leaves were revealed.
Digging through the fallen leaves, a dark tree hole appeared in Qin Qingman's eyes.
When the tree hole appeared, the large amount of nuts inside the hole also appeared. Qin Qingman smiled, took out a cloth bag and quickly picked out edible nuts such as hazelnuts, pine nuts and pecans.
I sighed in my heart while installing it.
It is said that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. I didn't expect that the squirrels and chipmunks in the forest have also learned to deceive humans. Although there are several tree holes on the tree, there is very little food inside. This was discovered by the original owner by accident last year.
After taking away one-third of the nuts in the tree hole, Qin Qingman restored the tree hole to its original state.
Although the snow is newly covered, with the arrival of the next snow, the traces of human activities here will disappear without a trace under the kiss of wind and snow, and the stored food will also wait for its true owner.
Having successfully completed the mission, Qin Qingman put on a satisfied smile on her face and then walked towards the next tree hole.
Of course, it went further and further astray.
The original owner was timid and thin-skinned, and could not rob other villagers. She usually tried to avoid people and look for things on her own. Today, Qin Qingman was no exception. She didn't want to compete for the best, and didn't want to be robbed of nuts by Zhu Hongxia and other ill-intentioned aunts.
But what you fear will come true. Less than a hundred meters away, Qin Qingman heard the voices of Zhu Hongxia and others.
"I noticed that Qingman was walking in this direction. Look, there are footprints on the ground. Let's follow them."
Zhu Hongxia led the team with full confidence.
"I didn't expect so many tree holes to be empty this year. What bad luck."
This is the voice of Qin Qingman’s third aunt Li Meina.
"If you ask me, it's because everyone is digging too much. Last year, there were several families who were in serious food shortage. They didn't follow the rules when digging tree holes, and they even hollowed out several of them. Once they did this, the consequences would appear this year. The squirrels and chipmunks all ran away, and they still dug up a lot of food." Fourth aunt Yao Chunying was very angry.
Because the cloth bag in her hand was empty.
After listening to the complaints of her three sisters-in-law, Qin Xiang's face became very ugly. She had just dug several tree holes, but they were all empty. It could be said that she had gained nothing.
"I see that other people in the village haven't gotten anything either. They're all walking away together. Let's follow Qingman. She had a good harvest last year, so maybe she'll be lucky this year too."
Zhu Hongxia, who is used to plotting against Qin Qingman, has evil thoughts.
Qin Xiang rolled her eyes and agreed with Zhu Hongxia's words, "Qingman avoids everyone and goes to remote places every year. She is so timid that she must have dug the tree holes strictly according to the regulations. The squirrels in the tree holes she dug will definitely not move away."
"Come on, hurry up and catch up."
Having wasted more than half an hour without much gain, Zhu Hongxia and the others followed the footprints more urgently.
In the snow, footprints cannot be hidden unless it snows again.
Qin Qingman, who had heard the words of the aunties, was not in a hurry to leave. There was no point in leaving. If she didn't deal with these people, she might become someone else's puppet. She could not win against four people alone in terms of force.
"Wait, Qingman took it from here."
Zhu Hongxia and the others stopped at the place where Qin Qingman had taken out the nuts before.
"Underground?" Qin Xiang's voice was surprised.
"Of course there is a hole under the tree. Let's dig it up and have a look." Zhu Hongxia squatted down greedily and started digging up the snow. The others quickly joined in.
In less than a minute, the tree hole that had just been buried by Qin Qingman was exposed to the eyes of Zhu Hongxia and others.
Looking at the large number of nuts in the tree hole, Zhu Hongxia and others laughed.
They laughed as they packed up all the nuts in the tree hole. They knew to divide them equally, but they didn't leave any for the owner of the nuts.
Not content with just picking up these nuts, Zhu Hongxia and the others turned their attention to the tree.
There are several holes in the tree.
Looking at Zhu Hongxia and others fishing in the dried-up lake, Qin Qingman's face turned cold in the distance.
Looking at the cloth bag in her hand, Qin Qingman carefully distinguished the traces on the ground which were gradually getting farther away. At the same time, she also grabbed a handful of nuts. She planned to teach Zhu Hongxia and the other greedy guys a lesson.
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