Chapter 39 Returning Empty-Handed from Hunting
Liu Ye, who was not asleep, clearly heard the commotion outside the space. She sat up from the ground. There were quite a few people who came. It seemed that they all wanted to steal her food. Well, the meat she and Brother Bai smoked was so fragrant that the aroma could be smelled from two miles away.
She hadn't had enough, so she grabbed a basket from the side, took out a smoked chicken, and ate it while listening to the sounds outside.
Bai Shuisheng curled his lip, too lazy to pay attention to the Liu brothers. He looked around the woods, but it was too dark to see anything. It seemed they hadn't found the big idiot either: "Let's go back. A man doesn't fight with a dog!"
Liu Lao Er immediately became angry and put his hands on his hips, chasing after the Bai couple and cursing, "Damn it, who are you calling a dog? I think you two are the dogs, the kind who turn around and sit back on their shit. As soon as you saw that Bai Zilin's leg was healed, you begged him to come back and continue to support your lazy family. You're really shameless. Have you forgotten how you kicked him out in the first place? Is there anyone more dog-like than you, you bastards!"
Bai Shuisheng snorted coldly, turned around, and said with a sidelong glance, "You guys aren't dogs, you came in looking for Big Fool, huh! The meat in Big Fool's basket is all game hunted by my son, if you're so capable, then don't even think about it, huh! You call others shameless, but you are the most shameless of all!"
Liu Laoda grabbed Liu Laoer's arm and whispered, "We still have to go hunting with Bai Zilin tomorrow. What if that bastard Bai won't let us come? Don't argue with him."
Bai Wangshi also pulled Bai Shuisheng towards the edge of the woods, saying, "Husband, don't argue with them, let's go!"
When Village Chief Zhao came in later, he saw them arguing and didn't see the silly girl: "What are you doing? I saw the silly girl come in. Where did she go?"
Liu Lao Er snorted coldly and didn't say anything. Liu Lao Da hurriedly said, "We didn't see her. We were just worried about Da Sha Zi, so we came in to check, but she disappeared as soon as we came in. She probably went into the mountains. Lao Er, let's go back quickly."
Bai Shuisheng flicked his sleeves and, along with Bai Wangshi, slipped out of the grove and returned to their resting place. They didn't see Bai Zilin and assumed he had gone to urinate.
The Liu brothers returned to their resting place, and Village Chief Zhao also came out of the woods, wondering where the big fool had gone.
After they left, Bai Zilin emerged from behind a large tree, his brows furrowed with worry. Where had Liu Ye gone? Had she really gone into the mountains?
No, no, the cart can't go into the mountains. She must be hiding. He quickly searched the surrounding area, but he couldn't find Liu Ye after searching for a long time. He had no choice but to give up, crawl out of the woods, and return to the place where the Bai family was resting. He leaned against a tree and pretended to sleep. That silly girl is clever. She should be fine.
Liu Ye ate half a smoked chicken in the space, put the remaining half into her basket, washed her hands, wiped her mouth, and then smeared her hands with soot from the bottom of a pot. When there was no more noise outside, she had to go out. She stopped pushing the cart and carrying the basket. She took a bag from the side, filled it with a dozen apples and two water pouches, picked up her wood-chopping knife, and slipped out of the space.
He emerged from the woods and sat down by the roadside to rest. As if sensing something, Bai Zilin suddenly opened his eyes and looked at where Liu Ye was resting. The silly girl was back. He knew she would be alright. He closed his eyes with a smile in his eyes and went to sleep this time.
The Bai couple naturally saw Liu Ye return and noticed that her cart and basket were gone. They were very puzzled. How could this silly girl go into the grove and have nothing left? There didn't seem to be much in the bag she was carrying. She must have hidden it.
Bai Wangshi muttered softly, "That big idiot must have hidden it in the woods. Shall we go look for it again?"
Bai Shuisheng snorted coldly and said, "Find my ass! We couldn't even find the big idiot when she hid, let alone what she hid. I'd rather sleep than waste my time. Why don't you go instead!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Wangshi shook her head vigorously: "I'm not going either, I'm afraid of the dark..."
The Liu family members also saw it, and the Liu brothers were so angry that they gritted their teeth. The second brother immediately stood up and said, "Big brother, that idiot hid the things, let's go find them!"
The eldest brother nodded, and the two brothers walked up to Liu Ye, ignoring her completely, and disappeared into the woods behind her. Some of the bolder and more cunning villagers followed them into the woods in groups of three or five, hoping to find the food that Liu Ye had hidden.
As a result, they searched in the woods until late at night, and it was almost dawn, but they still hadn't found anything. One by one, they emerged from the woods in a disheveled state, and as they passed by Liu Ye, they felt as if they wanted to tear her apart alive.
The Liu brothers, in particular, were so angry they wanted to slap her and grab her by the neck to ask where she had hidden the things. But they held back and returned to their resting place in a huff.
Old Liu, who was lying on the ground sleeping, opened his cloudy eyes and muttered under his breath, "Useless!"
Liu Ye hadn't slept and sat by the roadside until dawn. She took an apple out of her bag and ate it while looking at Bai Zilin. She saw Bai Zilin holding a bow and arrow, followed by dozens of men from the village. Among them were the four Liu family members: the eldest brother and his two brothers, the second brother's two sons, Liu Baozhu and Liu Baotian, and Zhao Shuanglin, the village chief's son. They had all gone into the mountains with him.
Liu Ye rolled her eyes speechlessly when she saw so many people coming. Going hunting in the mountains with so many people is not like going to a temple fair. What prey wouldn't run away when it sees them? She guessed they wouldn't catch anything.
With those troublemakers around, Brother Bai probably wouldn't be able to catch anything. Sure enough, an hour later, the people who went hunting with Bai Zilin came out of the mountains empty-handed, their heads drooping and their faces full of disappointment.
Someone else muttered, "What a disaster! We can't even see a bird in the mountains. I was hoping to catch a pheasant for a treat. What bad luck!"
Liu Ye pouted. "With such a large group of you going into the mountains, even birds would be scared away. You think you can catch pheasants? You won't even be able to catch a mouse!"
She looked at Bai Zilin, who happened to be looking at her too. He waved the bow and arrow in his hand at her, while Liu Ye shook the apple in her hand, as if to say, "Come and get it if you want."
Bai Zilin shook the bow and arrow in his hand again. Liu Ye nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll eat it myself."
The family members, craning their necks to wait for their hunt to end, were also filled with disappointment when they returned empty-handed. This included the Liu family and the Bai family of three. When Bai Shuisheng saw Bai Zilin return empty-handed, he angrily turned his head away and ignored him, saying, "What a waste!"
Bai Wangshi took a handful of fried rice from the bag and stuffed it into Bai Shuisheng's hand: "Husband, let's eat."
Bai Shui angrily took the fried rice, rolled his eyes and said, "Zilin, you're healthy, so you can eat the tree bark. We don't have much food left, so let the two of us old folks have our turn. You young people, your turn is yet to come!"
Bai Wangshi took out a handful of coarse rice and handed it to Bai Zimei. Bai Zimei took it and quickly stuffed it into her mouth. While eating, she looked at Bai Zilin with schadenfreude.
Bai Zilin's lips curled into a wicked smile. He snatched the bag from Bai Wangshi's hand, grabbed a handful, and started eating. In the blink of an eye, he had eaten two handfuls. Bai Shuisheng and Bai Wangshi, seeing this, were in for a surprise. The couple bared their teeth and claws and tried to snatch the bag back.
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