Ershuang glanced at his watch and said, "Really? Time flies by so fast. If I don't have to go to work, I'll stay at Grandpa Chen's house for two days. I can help you with more work."
"It's not a big job, I can handle it slowly by myself. Do you want to come up the mountain with me or wait at home?"
She wanted to go up the mountain to see if she could get some more meat for Ershuang to take back to eat. Ershuang always brought a lot of food with him every time he came, and she didn't want to let Ershuang go back empty-handed every time.
Shuanzhu was the first to raise his hand: "Sister, can I come with you?"
Ershuang's eyes lit up as well: "I'll go too, I'll go too. I've never really gone hunting in the mountains before."
"This isn't hunting at all. I'm just going up there to check the traps, but I'm not going to go any deeper."
"That's fine, just take us with you."
Cui Zheng went up the mountain with his boss early this morning. He knew there were a lot of good things in the mountain. "I'll come with us, too. Let's see if we can get some meat back."
Gao Yuan also nodded: "Together."
"Then let's go together. I'll get ready and we'll go into the mountains."
He tied one up and jumped up: "Sister, wait for me, I'm going home to get a slingshot," in case he could catch prey too.
Chen Ye gave the hatchet from home to Ershuang: "Use this to protect yourself."
Gao Yuan and Cui Zheng also took the tools they needed, and the five of them went up the mountain together. Fortunately, the villagers here did not come over, otherwise if they saw the five of them seeking death, they would not know what to do to them.
Chen Ye comes to Xishan almost every day. She knows where the safe places are. She leads the way in front and checks the traps she has set first. If she sees any small animals on the way, she will kill them. If not, she will walk a little further inside.
I was lucky today. Before I reached the place where Chen Ye set the first trap, I saw a pheasant. Chen Ye was walking in front and discovered it first. He just raised his hand and hit it with the small stone in his hand.
The pheasant didn't even flutter its wings for the second time before it fell headfirst to the ground. The tied-up girl happily ran over to pick up the pheasant and said, "Sister, it's still alive. You hit the pheasant on the butt."
Chen Ye…it’s such an awkward position, you don’t have to say it so loudly.
"Sister, sister, there are pheasant eggs here."
The grass was quite dense, and Chen Ye didn't know whether Shuanzhu had brought the herbal bag with him. He was a little worried, so he walked over quickly and saw Shuanzhu squatting happily, concentrating on picking pheasant eggs.
There was a snake as thick as a child's arm next to him, tied up and spitting out its tongue, but the silly boy didn't feel it at all.
"Hold on, don't move, just stay in this position."
Shuanzhu, who always listened to Chen Ye, stretched out his hand to pick up the eggs, but it just stopped in mid-air and he dared not move. It seemed that he just remembered what his sister had said at this moment.
His sister said that if he went up the mountain, he must bring the medicine bag his sister gave him, otherwise he would easily encounter snakes. He seemed to be too anxious and forgot about this.
The people behind also became nervous when they heard Chen Ye's words, and walked towards this side quietly. When they got closer, they saw this thrilling scene.
Ershuang swallowed nervously. It was the first time he had seen such a thick snake. It looked to be more than one meter long. He didn't know if it was poisonous or not.
Cui Zheng and Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the snake. Fortunately, the snake was not poisonous, otherwise the boy would have been in great pain if bitten. The two of them slowly walked towards the rope from two directions.
Chen Ye breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw the snake clearly. If the snake was poisonous, it was only mildly venomous, and the locals treated it as a non-venomous snake.
If you get bitten, it will only hurt for a few days, and the mild toxin will be automatically cleared within three to five days.
This way she dared to act boldly. Chen Ye pulled out a small knife from her waist that she had sharpened with iron sheets. It was used for self-defense. After taking out the knife, she flew directly towards the snake without any hesitation.
Before Gao Yuan and Cui Zheng reached the best attacking position, they saw a flash of light before their eyes, and a large gash had been made at the seven-inch position of the black snake.
Gao Yuan reacted very quickly. He took a few steps forward and pulled the snake up, moving it away from the dying snake.
The snake's vital point was attacked and it struggled violently, smashing the remaining pheasant eggs into pieces.
There was no fear on Shuanzhu's face. He looked at the broken eggs with regret. If only he had moved faster, so many eggs would have been wasted.
Cui Zheng chopped the snake in half with a hatchet, then stepped back. The snake would not be unable to resist immediately, it would still fight back.
Ershuang pulled Chen Ye back and looked him up and down: "Oh my god, you are so fierce. You should go up the mountain less often in the future."
To Ershuang and Dashuang, Ye Zi is definitely more important than others. In their hearts, Ye Zi is like their own sister.
"I'm fine, don't worry."
She turned around and looked at Shuanzhu, who was looking at the broken eggs with a look of pity. She knew that the boy was definitely not scared. That was good, because children can easily get sick if they are scared.
"Did you forget to bring your medicine bag?"
Shuanzhu then looked at his sister: "Well, I was too anxious and forgot. Sister, I will definitely not forget next time."
"Just remember, snakes are out and about at this time. If you don't have a medicine pack, it's best not to go up the mountain. Are you scared?"
He looked at his sister with sparkling eyes: "No, sister, you are so awesome." He saw the knife dropped on the ground. That belonged to his sister. It must have been his sister who saved him.
"Flatterer, follow us closely later, but don't dare to dive into the grass like you did just now."
"Sister, I'll remember this and I won't dare to do it again next time."
“Oh my god!”
Several people looked at Shuanzhu. Wasn't this kid scared?
When I saw the yellow and white sticky liquid falling out of the tied pocket, I realized that all the eggs in the pocket were wasted because they were accidentally broken.
Shuanzhu looked hopeless and said, "What a waste! What a waste! I could have taken these eggs home to make a big plate of scrambled eggs."
Several people looked at Shuanzhu with a mixture of laughter and tears. This kid had just escaped from Shekou and started thinking about eating.
"Hurry up and take them out. We have to hurry and clean them up."
"Brother Cui, take the snake and let's go back and make some dragon and phoenix soup. We just shot a pheasant and we'll stew it."
Cui Zheng raised his hatchet and chopped off the snake's head, then put the rest of the body into the bag. "Sister, you can make dragon and phoenix soup. I've only heard of it but never tasted it."
"I've only seen the recipe, but I've never made it. Besides, authentic dragon and phoenix soup isn't made with ordinary pheasants. It's best made with young chickens. It also has a lot of ingredients, so I have to go home and check if everything is complete."
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