After dressing up as a stepmother, I transformed the whole family into working in the fields

Qin Yao got up before dawn.

She boiled a full pot of water and put it in a bamboo tube, boiled ten taros as big as a child's fist, put the two in a bag woven with straw rope, and started to prepare her luggage.

Pour out more than half of the salt in the jar and put it in a small bamboo tube, and stuff the flint into your pocket to carry it with you.

A ten-meter-long bundle of straw rope was rolled up and tied to his side. The bow and arrow were slung on his back. The handle of the short knife was re-wrapped with a rag. He held the knife in one hand and water and food in the other to put out the fire in the stove. .

Everything was ready, and with the white fish belly exposed on the horizon, we walked towards the mountainous mountains to the north.

As soon as she left, the door to the side room opened slightly.

Dalang and Erlang held hands with their younger siblings and watched the gray figure getting further and further away in the thick morning fog. They wanted to chase after them, but they forced themselves to endure it.

The stepmother told them last night that she was going to the mountains to hunt for as little as three to five days, as long as seven or eight days, and told them to take good care of themselves at home so that they would have meat to eat when she came back.

Sanlang and Si Niang were still young. When they heard that there was meat to eat, they only cared about being happy and didn't think about anything else.

But Dalang already knows something. Hunting is not something ordinary people can do. The mountains are deep and full of ferocious beasts. Every winter, people in the village dare not let their children go out because the hungry beasts will come down the mountain to eat people. .

It is really cannibalism. Last winter, a family in the village lived in a relatively remote place, and their daughter was snatched away by a wolf. When she found it, there were only a few broken bones.

During the short time they got together in the past few days, Dalang only vaguely knew that the stepmother was stronger than ordinary people, acted vigorously and vigorously, and was very powerful.

But he didn't know whether the stepmother could handle it when encountering a ferocious beast.

In fact, Dalang had a darker thought than this.

He always felt that the stepmother wanted to find a reason to leave the four burdens behind and leave alone.

But seeing the expectant looks in Erlang, Sanlang, and Si Niang's eyes, they couldn't bear to express this conjecture.

Maybe, he was overthinking it.

Because of Qin Yao's instructions, Liu Bai and Liu Zhong dragged the reluctant Liu Fei to the third son's house at dawn, took the remaining wheat seeds, and went to the ground with hoes on their shoulders.

At the same time, Qin Yao has entered the outskirts of Beishan.

She first found a sunny place, sat down to drink water and eat something, rested for a while, and then headed deeper into the forest with all her strength.

Hunting is a matter of chance. If you are lucky, you will come home with a rich harvest.

If you're not lucky, it's not unusual to come back empty-handed.

However, for professional hunters, finding traces of wild animals is a basic skill.

Very few people come into this deep mountain. Occasionally, some people want to hunt some meat for ivory sacrifice, but they are only in the outer circle. There is no road in the deeper areas, so Qin Yao forced himself to find a way inside.

She does not hide her movements, has a clear goal, and is looking for a stronghold.

After entering the mountains, Qin Yao felt like a fish in water. The environment was similar to the mutated jungle of the apocalypse, and she quickly entered the state of a hunter.

Birds and small animals in the mountain forest would run past Qin Yao from time to time. Qin Yao put the knife on her waist and took off the bow and arrow.

Once again, when a frightened bird flew overhead, the arrow was nocked on the string, and an arrow shot into the sky!

Only a scream of a bird was heard, and then a gray shadow struggled and fell from between the trees.

Qin Yao pushed aside the tall weeds in front of her and hurried towards the direction of the fall. A gray bird with an arrow in its wing was struggling and wailing in the fallen leaves.

You still need to practice your accuracy. Qin Yao regretfully pulled out the arrow, picked up the fat gray bird that couldn't fly, tied its wings with a rope, pinned it to her waist and continued moving forward.

As she walked, she used the animals and birds she encountered to find familiar touch. By the time it was evening, her body was covered with all kinds of half-dead animals.

There were pheasants, game birds, baby squirrels, and a nest of rabbits.

This nest of rabbits was an accident. She was originally chasing the squirrels running on the tree. Unexpectedly, a rabbit head suddenly appeared on the small mound in front of her. Qin Yao took a look and saw that the prey that came to her door could not be let go. reason?

With lightning speed, he found several rabbit holes nearby, sealed them with stones, leaving only one exit, burned a handful of wet fallen leaves, smoked them, and all seven rabbits in a litter ran out and captured them alive.

This litter of rabbits is quite big. It can be seen that they are a family. The two eldest ones are almost as old as a two-year-old child.

The five little ones are also white and fat, with shiny gray fur.

Qin Yao doesn't like to eat rabbit meat, but she loves rabbit skin very much. She makes it into clothes, gloves and scarf, which makes it warm in winter.

Because with this nest of rabbits, Qin Yao could only find a nearby mountain col with leeward wind to stop.

The taro he brought had been eaten, and only one-third of the water was left. There was a trickle of water seeping out of the stone wall of the mountain col. Qin Yao dug a small hole with a stick that could be seen everywhere in the woods. After waiting for a while, the water flow accumulated. It became a small puddle.

It was already dark, so she built a fire, killed the struggling bird and roasted it.

Today's physical exertion was very heavy, and one bird was far from enough to replenish the energy. Qin Yao also roasted the pheasant.

The roasted meat was covered with a layer of fat, and when you took a bite, it was filled with delicious flavor. Qin Yao, who had not eaten meat for a long time, was so voracious that she ate a bird and a pheasant in a short time.

After eating and adding a few firewood to the fire, Qin Yao took a rest. She wanted to conserve her strength.

There is a big temperature difference between day and night in the mountains, so Qin Yao can only cover her body with dead leaves, so as to keep warm and hide herself from being discovered by large beasts looking for food in the middle of the night.

Fighting at night is a disadvantage for humans who cannot see at night. If you can avoid it, try to avoid it.

It was not quiet in the deep mountains. The sounds of wild beasts came from time to time, as if they were nearby or in the distance. Qin Yao's body instinct was very alert and she would wake up from time to time.

In the middle of the night, it started to rain.

The fire was put out and a gust of cold wind came over. Qin Yao was so cold that she suddenly woke up.

Seven live rabbits were tied together by their feet. When it rained, they became all kinds of anxious.

Afraid that they would attract large beasts looking for food, Qin Yao had no choice but to kill them all. Break the neck directly and preserve the good fur as much as possible.

As for whether the meat tastes good or not, Qin Yao no longer cares.

After taking care of the rabbit, the rain became heavier, and the mountain col could no longer block the rain.

Wild animals don't like to come out on rainy days, so Qin Yao left in the rain and continued to look for the cave.

Finally, when the sky was bright, we found a natural cave hidden in the weeds.

The body was soaked. Qin Yao was tired and sleepy, but she didn't dare to rest. She put the dead rabbit and other debris in the cave. She immediately went out to find the broken branches that were not so wet under the fallen leaves, and returned to the cave to light a fire.

With the fire, the temperature in the body that had disappeared sharply finally slowly recovered. Only then did Qin Yao have the time to observe the cave where she was now.

This is a naturally formed cave. The entrance to the cave is low and narrow. You need to bend down to enter. It is very concealed. If you didn't feel the wrong direction of the wind when you walked through, you almost missed it.

The space in the cave is not big, about five or six square meters, but the height is good, barely enough for standing.

And there is no animal excrement here, indicating that this is not the home of some kind of animal.

Apart from the small space, this is simply an excellent base. Qin Yao decided to stay here for the next few days.

After drying her clothes and hair, Qin Yao covered the tracks at the entrance of the cave and took the time to catch up on her sleep in the cave.