The sun sets in the west.
Smoke from cooking fires has begun to rise in the village at the foot of the mountain.
Liu Xiaojun didn't have a watch, so he could only judge the time based on the height of the smoke from the village.
Nowadays, meal times in the countryside are based on the season.
During the busy farming season, everyone is busy with the double harvest and eats three meals a day. Dinner is relatively late, probably after it is completely dark.
It's winter now and there's nothing to do. Everyone only eats two meals, and the second meal is usually later, around four or five in the afternoon.
He had a good sleep and when he woke up he found a lot of grass clippings on his back and legs.
He brushed off the grass debris on his body and walked towards the mountain.
As they got closer to the trap, Liu Xiaojun began to feel uneasy.
I don’t know what happened to the trap I set?
Did they catch any wild game?
"Chuckle."
Liu Xiaojun's eyes lit up, as if he heard the screams of a pheasant.
He walked quickly towards the trap he had set, and when he looked closely, he saw a skinny pheasant making its last struggle in the trap.
Well, at least I gained something today.
Liu Xiaojun opened the iron clamp, clipped the pheasant's wings behind its back, and then found a rope to tie it up.
This pheasant was not as fat as Liu Xiaojun had imagined. It was not like those domestic chickens, which were all fat and strong.
But this is understandable.
In these wild mountains and wilderness, even the bark of the few trees that grew there had not been completely stripped off and eaten.
People have not had enough to eat in recent years, and even pheasants have become thin and hungry!
Liu Xiaojun sighed, it’s really not easy to survive.
Especially in a few years, a great famine is about to come. When the disaster comes, people will be so hungry that they will even eat dirt!
Be sure to stock up on enough supplies before then to keep the whole family alive.
Liu Xiaojun weighed the pheasant in his hand, which was about three or four pounds. He picked it up and started checking other traps.
I picked up things along the way but got nothing.
It seems that it is really difficult to catch prey in this famine year.
However, he found something else in the woods, some fresh rabbit droppings.
Rabbit droppings are easier to identify. They are oval in shape and about the size of a pea. Fresh droppings are usually darker in color, dark brown, and become lighter over time.
That’s not all.
Liu Xiaojun also found a hare's burrow, but unfortunately there was no hare inside.
It seems that there are hares roaming around in the mountains.
Then next time I go hunting, I can find a way to make some tools to catch rabbits.
This rabbit can not only be used for meat, but also used to make two pairs of rabbit fur boots for Tangtang.
When Liu Xiaojun thought about it, he became a little excited.
After checking all the traps and making sure nothing was missed, Liu Xiaojun went down the mountain in the sunset.
When we passed Xizhimen, it was already completely dark.
The bright moonlight shines on the earth, illuminating the entire city.
Liu Xiaojun walked towards the courtyard in the moonlight. As soon as he turned into Nanluoguxiang, he saw Liu Huizhen and Tangtang in the moonlight.
Liu Huizhen stood at the entrance of Nanluoguxiang, looking anxious and with traces of crying on her face.
Tangtang hung her little head and followed Liu Huizhen obediently, looking very depressed.
When Liu Huizhen saw Liu Xiaojun walking towards her from the night light, she immediately ran towards her.
"Xiaojun, you're making me so anxious!!!"
Tangtang followed behind Liu Huizhen, tears streaming down her face. "Wow, brother, why did you come back so late? Tangtang thought you would never come back!"
Liu Xiaojun looked at the two of them and was speechless for a moment.
It was indeed I who forgot the time and made the mother and daughter worry.
Moreover, he had no sense of keeping others waiting.
Although he was not an orphan in his previous life, his parents were very busy and he was alone at home most of the time. He was the only one waiting for his parents, and they did not exist, so he had to wait for him.
Now, he could fully appreciate the concern that Liu Huizhen and Tangtang had for him. This concern was genuine and without any falsehood.
Looking at the worried expressions on their faces, Liu Xiaojun felt more truly that he had completely integrated into this family.
Liu Xiaojun spoke gently, fearing to frighten the anxious mother and daughter. "The hunting mountain is too far from here, and it delayed us a bit. I won't make you worry next time."
Liu Huizhen circled around Liu Xiaojun, carefully examining her son and asking anxiously, "Are you tired? Are you hurt?"
"Is the backpack on your back heavy? Let Mom take it. You can rest for a while."
As she said that, Liu Huizhen wanted to reach out and grab Liu Xiaojun's backpack.
"No, no need, Mom. Let's go back first."
Liu Xiaojun dodged it, knowing that he was a man enough to carry it.
"Brother, what is this?" Tangtang asked, staring at the pheasant in Liu Xiaojun's right hand.
"This is a pheasant. I caught it with my brother. Am I awesome?" Liu Xiaojun handed the pheasant in his hand to Tangtang and said proudly.
"Wow, brother, you're awesome! This pheasant's tail looks so beautiful."
Liu Xiaojun laughed. A little girl is a little girl. She only cares about appearance.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, the third uncle was standing at the door.
The third uncle stared at the pheasant in Liu Xiaojun's hand and said, "Xiaojun, you, you, where did you get this?"
Liu Xiaojun said indifferently: "How else can I get it? I have to hunt in the mountains."
The third uncle couldn't believe it: "Really? You have this ability? Xiaojun, your third uncle is an expert at killing chickens. Can I help you with it?"
"Third uncle, please take a rest. If I really leave it to you, I'm worried that this pheasant will be nothing but a chicken butt in my hands."
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