“It’s damn cold!”
Soon, Li Yuemin arrived at the mountain forest where the north wind was howling.
At this moment, everything as far as the eye can see is covered with snow.
Although he was wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, he was still shivering from the cold, and the hot air he exhaled instantly turned into icy white mist.
"It seems we have to hurry up, otherwise we won't be able to catch the prey and we will be frozen first."
After thinking about it, Li Yuemin quickened his pace, and searched for his target along the hillside against the howling north wind.
As a former special forces soldier, search and rescue training has long been ingrained in his blood.
As he walked, he carefully observed every detail around him.
Based on their past life experiences, voles prefer to build their nests in underground passages, at tree roots, and in cracks under rocks.
These locations all have one common feature, that is, the terrain is high, which can prevent flooding and conceal traces.
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In this vast snow forest, the voles' hiding places are extremely secretive, and even the slightest trace cannot be missed.
Li Yuemin walked forward for a long time, and suddenly his eyes were attracted by a rock crevice in the distance.
He slowly squatted down and saw several long "raisins" wrapped in snow.
If my guess is correct, it's fresh vole droppings.
"Judging from the moisture and shape of the feces, this group of voles should be quite large, and we can do something big!"
Li Yuemin couldn't hide his joy, knowing that there must be traces of field mice nearby.
He approached the rock crevice cautiously and observed the surrounding environment carefully.
Although the ground was covered with thick snow, traces of vole activities were still faintly visible.
He noticed that there was a slightly concave area under the rock, where the snow layer was thinner than other places, as if it had been compacted by something frequently entering and exiting.
“This is it!”
He used a small shovel to gently push away the snow and found a hole the size of a fist.
Li Yuemin was extremely excited after determining the activity range of the voles.
He knew that voles were extremely cunning and would not just dig one hole but multiple holes that were interconnected.
Usually, voles return to their burrows through the main entrance, so the main entrance is larger than other entrances.
Through careful observation, Li Yuemin quickly confirmed the larger main entrance.
According to his memories of learning in the special forces in his previous life, he decided to use the most convenient fire fumigation method to catch voles.
That is, by creating smoke, the voles that feel uncomfortable are driven out of the burrows.
After thinking about it, Li Yuemin took out the prepared tools from his bag, including a small shovel and some dry straw.
He first urinated to wet the dry straw, then wrapped the wet straw in the dry straw, lit it, and quickly stuffed it into the main entrance of the vole hole.
Then use stones and branches to block other possible exits, leaving only another hole closer to the main hole leading to the mousetrap.
After completing the arrangement, Li Yuemin stepped aside and waited quietly for the harvest of voles.
The whistling cold wind felt like a knife cutting into his face, but his attention was completely focused on the cave entrance.
Soon, there was a rustling sound in the cave. The voles were forced to flee from the cave because of the smoke.
Li Yuemin held his breath and stared at the cave entrance, not daring to move.
He saw voles rushing out of their holes one after another in panic, trying to escape, but they ran headfirst into his carefully arranged mousetrap.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Yuemin quickly tightened the rope in his hand, and the mechanism was activated, trapping the vole tightly.
"Hehe, it's done!"
Li Yuemin was delighted when he saw the figures flying around in the cage, and he hurried forward to check the mechanism.
Inside the homemade mousetrap, there were nearly a hundred voles running around and struggling frantically, but they could not escape.
"My goodness, this is a family of three that has been wiped out!"
Seeing the spectacular sight before his eyes, Li Yuemin suppressed his inner excitement and killed the voles one by one with wire, secretly thinking about their uses.
After settling the vole, his eyes did not leave the snow.
He knew very well that voles were well-known "food hoarders" and their burrows often contained food that they had accumulated for a long time.
In this age of material scarcity, these are extremely valuable resources and must not be missed.
So he took a deep breath, gripped the shovel tightly in his hand, and began digging down along the vole's hole.
The soil beneath the snow was frozen hard, making digging difficult.
Li Yuemin's hands were frozen red, and he gritted his teeth, struggling to hold on.
At the beginning, there were only layers of ice debris under the snow.
However, as the shovel went deeper, Li Yuemin suddenly felt as if he had touched something.
My heart tightened involuntarily, and I immediately sped up the digging.
As the shovel dug deeper and deeper, the things originally hidden in the vole hole gradually appeared.
Accompanied by a rustling sound, the round beans gushed out like a flood breaking through a dam.
“This is… soybeans!”
When Li Yuemin saw this, his eyes lit up instantly.
He immediately squatted down, grabbed a handful of soybeans and looked at them carefully.
But seeing that these soybeans are plump and golden in color, it is obvious that they are the winter food carefully stored by the voles.
"Great, this is fucking lucky!"
Seeing this unexpected harvest, Li Yuemin couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
He quickly estimated that the pile of soybeans weighed about 40 to 50 kilograms.
In those days of material shortage, food was more precious than gold. These soybeans were a timely help to their family.
It can not only solve the food shortage problem at home, but also be used to exchange for other urgently needed supplies.
After making sure that all the holes had been dug, the excited Li Yuemin immediately started to put the soybeans into another cloth bag.
“Ouch, ouch!”
Just as he was concentrating on packing the soybeans, he suddenly heard a low whimpering sound in his ears.
Judging from the volume of the sound, it should be on his left and right.
Li Yuemin immediately became alert, stopped what he was doing, quickly picked up the crossbow beside him, and glanced around with sharp eyes.
As an experienced special forces soldier, he is extremely sensitive to the sounds of wild beasts.
He judged that the sound should be the cry of a wolf cub.
This place is very close to the village, so it is unlikely that there will be groups of wolves appearing here.
It is most likely a mother wolf with her cubs who were attracted by the bloody smell of the vole.
Li Yuemin's heart moved, and the idea of hunting wolves flashed through his mind.
With this homemade bow and arrow, dealing with a female wolf would be no problem.
Wolf skin can keep people warm and wolf meat can satisfy hunger. If they can successfully hunt a wolf, it will be a great gain for their family.
After thinking about it, Li Yuemin held his breath, held the bow and arrow in his hand, and moved carefully towards the direction where the sound came from.
His footsteps were light and made almost no sound, for fear of alarming the she-wolf that might be lurking nearby.
As the distance shortened, the low whimpering sound became clearer and clearer.
Li Yuemin noticed that the sound seemed to come from a bush not far away.
He quickly approached there, squatted in the bushes and looked inside.
Unexpectedly, the scene before him made him slightly stunned.
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