Fairy Hunting

Chapter 2
The screaming sounded particularly penetrating in the silent night, and Lu Yan couldn't help but think of the crazy woman's words during the day, and his skin got goosebumps.

At this time, the screaming sounded again, and after a few consecutive screams, it fell into silence.

"It seems to be the voice of that crazy woman, are you going crazy again?"

Lu Yan pondered.

Then he tightened his clothes, pushed open the door and walked to the living room, and saw that Lu Qingshan and Wang Cui were already in the living room.

Lu Qingshan was still calm, but Wang Cui was a little nervous.

The three of them didn't speak, and waited in the living room for a while, but they didn't hear the screaming again.

"It should be that crazy woman who went crazy, it's okay, Yan'er, go to sleep, and call us if you need anything."

Lu Qingshan said.

"Father, mother, go to bed early, too."

Lu Qingshan responded, walked into the room, closed the door, and lay down with his clothes on.

This time, it was even more difficult to fall asleep, the crazy woman's words kept lingering in her ears, and it was difficult to dispel them, until finally she was too sleepy and fell asleep again.

All night.

The next day, Lu Qingshan went hunting in Wo Niu Mountain early in the morning, and Wang Cui took a hoe to dig the ground, preparing to plant potatoes, and let Lu Yan rest at home to take care of himself.

After Lu Yan ate a bowl of porridge, he walked around the village and saw several old villagers chatting together.

"Uncles, do you know where the aunt who went crazy yesterday lives?"

Lu Yan stepped forward to inquire.

"If you want to find Aunt Niu, you don't have to go. I live next door to her house. Aunt Niu went crazy last night and ran out of the village. His family chased him out of the village and hasn't returned yet."

said an old man.

"The whole family ran out? No one came back?"

"no!"

The old man said.

"strangeness!"

Lu Yan thought about it.

Generally speaking, even if you want to chase a crazy woman, you should leave one person to watch the house. Why did the whole family chase them out and didn't return all night.

The wilds of this world are not safe at night, poisonous insects and wild beasts are infested, on the way to exile, he saw many people being bitten to death by wild beasts and dragged away, and he himself almost died in the mouth of a ferocious beast.

Regardless of whether the mad woman was caught or not, he should return to the village as soon as possible. How could he not return all night?
Could it be that after the family chased them out, they were all bitten to death by wild animals?

Or is there another reason?

The powerful Liu family.

Lu Yan's heart skipped a beat.

Yesterday, the crazy woman yelled in front of everyone. Today, the whole family disappeared, which is too coincidental.

If it was really done by the aristocratic Mr. Liu, why did he do it?
What Aunt Niu said yesterday?

Just because of a crazy woman's crazy words, why is it so?
On the other hand, if Mrs. Liu really did it, it proves that what Aunt Niu said yesterday is true.

Thinking of this, a chill rose from Lu Yan's heart.

The villagers in the vacant houses in Kaoshan Village all died, but they didn't die from the plague, but from ghosts.

Lu Yan didn't believe in ghosts killing their lives before, but such outrageous things happened in time travel, what's impossible?
What's more, in this world, there is such extraordinary power as martial arts, and it is normal for other outrageous things to happen.

"Uncle, was Aunt Niu crazy before?"

Lu Yan took a deep breath to calm himself down and asked.

There was an unnatural look on the faces of several villagers, but it was quickly covered up.

"I wasn't crazy before, but in the previous plague, her two sons and daughters died of illness. Since then, she has been crazy, talking crazy all day long, baby, don't take it to heart."

It was the same old man who answered.

"Uncle, did the plague really happen here before?"

Lu Yan asked suddenly.

"Of course it's true, many acquaintances have left."

The old man sighed.

Lu Yan asked a few more indirect questions, but did not get any useful information.

But Lu Yan always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell exactly what was wrong, because he had too little information.

"If you come, you will be safe, let's take a step and watch, and be more careful in the future."

Lu Yan secretly thought.

As for moving away from the mountain village, it is not realistic.

Their family has been registered, and they belong to the villagers of the mountain village, and the other villages are full. Even if they want to move to other villages, they will be turned away.

As for Changfeng City, it is even more unrealistic. The price of any flat in the city is astronomical to them.

Afterwards, Lu Yan walked around the village again and observed carefully, but found nothing unusual.

In the evening, Lu Qingshan came back from the mountains, bringing back a small basket of wild fruits and six or seven wild sweet potatoes.

Lu Yan weighed it, and each wild sweet potato weighed more than a catty.

Wild sweet potatoes are widely distributed, and there were also in the mountains of the original owner's previous hometown, but since the natural disaster, even the turf has been dug up.

However, the area around Changfeng City was not affected by disasters, and the people had surplus food, so they seldom went to the mountains to look for food, so this place was regarded as "abundant in products", wild vegetables, wild fruits, and wild sweet potatoes were not difficult to find.

"you see"

Lu Qingshan opened a bundle of dry firewood and took out a pheasant.

The pheasant is very fat, about three catties.

"Boss, you really caught a pheasant, you can give Yan'er a good rest today."

Wang Cuixi smiled, and Lu Yan's stomach grumbled a few times.

"Damn, clean up the pheasants. Be careful not to be seen by others. I'll cut down some stinky trees."

After Lu Qingshan finished speaking, he went out with the hatchet in hand, and soon came back with a large bundle of emerald green branches, and spread them around the kitchen.

The smelly tree, a plant that does not exist on earth, can emit a pungent smell, spread around the kitchen, and can well cover up the smell of stew.

Others in the village can't even eat enough brown rice, let alone meat. Once they know that they have hunted pheasants, they will definitely be envious and jealous, and they may do some sneaky things, so it's better to be careful.

It wasn't until it was completely dark that Wang Cui chopped up half a chicken and stewed it with wild sweet potatoes. The rich aroma made Lu Yan salivate crazily.

"Yan'er, eat more, the head of the family, if you want to go hunting in the mountains, eat more."

After cooking, Wang Cui served Lu Yan and Lu Qingshan a large bowl, which was mostly chicken, while he had only a small bowl, mostly wild sweet potatoes.

"Mom, here's the drumstick for you, it's too much, I can't finish it."

Lu Yan wanted to give Wang Cui a chicken leg.

He knew that Wang Cui worked very hard digging the ground during the day, and he didn't do anything for his family.

The main reason is that he just had a serious illness and his body is weak, so he can't do anything for the time being.

"Yan'er, you have not recovered from your serious illness, it is time to replenish your body, you should eat more, mother is enough."

Wang Cui pushed Lu Yan's chicken leg back.

"Yeah, Yan'er, eat more. Dad has eaten wild fruits in the mountains, and he's still not hungry. Give some to your mother."

Lu Qingshan took a few pieces of chicken from his own bowl and gave it to Wang Cui.

Lu Yan couldn't hold back the elders, so he could only eat. The only thing he could do now was to take care of his health as soon as possible, so that he could share some of the burden for the elders.

This meal was the most delicious meal Lu Yan had in this world.

The village is very quiet tonight, nothing unusual.

In the early morning of the second day, Lu Qingshan still went into the mountains to hunt and pick wild fruits and vegetables, while Wang Cui still went to dig the ground.

On this day, Aunt Niu's family still did not come back, as if they had evaporated out of thin air.

Time flies like a white horse, and in the blink of an eye, ten days have passed.

In the past ten days, the village has been very peaceful and nothing unusual has happened. The unease in Lu Yan's heart has gradually dissipated.

Lu Qingshan does not harvest every day, but on average two or three days, he can always bring back a wild animal, or a pheasant, or a hare
With the nourishment of meat, Lu Yan's health recovered very quickly. After ten days, he had fully recovered, and his mental outlook was completely renewed.

At this time, Lu Yan had the idea of ​​learning how to hunt with Lu Qingshan.

If you want to survive in this world, you can't do without skills.

Temporarily unable to practice martial arts, learning to hunt is also possible.

Hunting includes archery, which can protect itself at critical moments. On the way to exile, Lu Qingshan relied on a hunting bow many times to deter other malicious people.

After breakfast that day, Lu Yan was about to speak when he heard crying not far away.

"It's Mrs. Hai's voice."

"what happened?"

"Go and see."

Lu Qingshan took the hunting bow and pushed the door out, followed by Lu Yan and Wang Cui.

Mrs. Hai's house was next door to them, more than ten meters apart. When they walked outside, they saw a few big men coming out of Mrs. Hai's house, carrying a few bags in their hands. They could tell at a glance that they contained food.

"Leave us some food, you take it all away, how will our family live."

A woman chased out, crying loudly.

"Go away, shout again and break your leg."

A big man slapped Mrs. Hai's face with a slap, causing Mrs. Hai to stagger back, and she sat down on the ground, half of her face was already swollen.

"Mother, mother, what's wrong with you, woo woo woo."

A thin, seven-eight-year-old girl ran out, holding Mrs. Hai's arm and crying helplessly.

"It's them."

Lu Yan gritted his teeth secretly.

These people, he knew, were notorious scoundrels and robbers on the road to exile.

The three were named Wu Chaofeng, Li Shi and Li Mu.

It is said that the three of them had been apprentices in the martial arts hall for a few years. Although they didn't learn anything, they were very capable, especially Wu Chaofeng, who was the leader, possessed brute strength and sharp boxing skills.

On the way to exile, they were lazy and never went to find food by themselves. Once others found food, they would take it by force.

Some people were robbed of food by them, and finally starved to death.

The three of them also wanted to rob Lu Yan and the others of their food, but were scared off by Lu Qingshan's hunting bow in the end.

Now it is obvious that the borrowed food has been squandered, and it is starting to focus on other people's food.

Wu Chaofeng also saw Lu Qingshan, Lu Yan and Wang Cui, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, with a strong malice flashing in his eyes, and strode towards them.

"Yan'er, back off."

Lu Qingshan stopped Lu Yan behind him, holding a hunting bow, ready to fight.

(End of this chapter)