doomsday survival

Chapter 55 Hunting
"What's for dinner today?" Shi Jian pushed open the door and walked in, stomping his feet and asking Xia Qing.

"Stewed wolf meat!" Xia Qing was busy cooking without even raising his head, "How's the harvest today?"

"Wolf meat again?" Shi Jian complained before answering Xia Qing's question, "Nothing, these animals have learned how to be smart now, those who should be entangled have already been entrapped, and those who haven't will run away The mountains are far away, and the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, so there are fewer animals coming out to look for food, so I haven’t caught anything for several days.”

Xia Qing turned around and asked, "Then what should we do, let's set the trap farther away?"

"Traps should be set farther away. We don't just stay at home during the day, but go hunting to exercise ourselves," Shi Jian said.

"Hunting? Okay!" Xia Rou cheered loudly from the side, "I want to go too!"

Xia Qing heard that Xia Rou also wanted to go, and hurriedly said: "Xiaorou, you can't go!"

Xia Rou said dissatisfiedly: "Why? Didn't I say that I want to exercise with you too, I just want to go." After speaking, she came over and shook Shi Jian's hand back and forth, looking at Shi Jian pitifully , let him agree.

Shi Jian thought for a while, and said to Xia Qing: "Let Xiaorou go, and she can't always be left alone at home, it's not safe if something happens."

Only then did Xia Qing agree.

Shi Jian said again: "Don't eat wolf meat these two days, I'm a little tired."

Xia Qing nodded and said, "Okay, let's have something else tonight."

Only then did Shi Jian feel relieved. To be honest, the wolf meat was too much, and he couldn't take it anymore.After eating wolf meat for several days in a row, Shi Jian got nosebleeds every morning when he woke up. Facing Xia Qing's concern, Shi Jian couldn't say it was caused by wolf meat. He could only say that the air was too dry. Xia Qing was skeptical However, seeing that Shi Jian was serious, and put a basin of water on the stove every night to call it "humidification", I believed Shi Jian's words.

After dinner, everyone got ready, dressed and went out to hunt. They should have brought Xiaomeng and Serena, but in the battle with the wolf king, the two lynxes were somewhat injured, so they left food for them. Let them rest at home.

To say that there are quite a lot of prey in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, but none of the three had much experience, and they couldn't find any prey after wandering around for a long time. Shi Jian was a little discouraged, but he still persisted and did not give up.

The three of them walked down the mountain, gradually drifting away. Along the way, they saw towering giant trees covered with white snow, standing proudly in the howling north wind. From time to time, a large piece of snow was swept off by the wind, making a "beep" sound. .The three of them had seen too many snow scenes in the surroundings, and they didn't intend to appreciate them, but they all looked for traces of birds and beasts carefully.

Suddenly, Shi Jian stopped, pointed to the front left, and motioned for sister Xia Qing to look.Following the direction of Shi Jian's finger, Xia Qing saw two pheasants digging in the snow, probably looking for food like grass seeds under the snow.

Xia Rou wanted to yell, but suddenly stopped, covered her mouth, and asked Shi Jian in a low voice, "Brother Jian, what should I do?"

Shi Jian took off the bow, thought for a while, then hung it up again, and whispered to Xia Qing: "You should come, your arrow skills must be more accurate."

Xia Qing was very happy to hear Shi Jian's praise, and immediately picked up his bow and set up an arrow, aimed at one of the pheasants and shot it.The pheasant was directly shot through and fell into the snow. The other one fluttered its wings in fright and wanted to escape. Xia Qing shot another arrow, but it missed.

Xia Qing was regretting, but found that the pheasant plunged headlong into the snow, shivering outside with its butt exposed.

"What's going on here?" Shi Jian asked puzzled.

"Oh, I heard from people in the tribe that pheasants often ignore their heads when they encounter danger, and they can't see the danger if they plunge their heads into the snow." Xia Qing explained to Shi Jian.

"Is this a pheasant or an ostrich?" Shi Jian complained as he walked towards the pheasant.

The pheasant that got into the snow hadn't come out yet, Shi Jian grabbed the wings and lifted it out. At this moment, it wanted to escape, but it was powerless.

Shi Jian took a rope and tied the pheasant's wings, put it behind his back, and said: "It's still a hen, take it back and raise it to see if it can lay eggs."

Xia Rou clapped her hands happily when she heard it, and shouted: "Okay, there are eggs to eat!"

Xia Qing gently stroked his sister's head, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Hitting two pheasants greatly boosted the confidence of the three, and they unanimously decided to move forward.Shi Jian scouted the road ahead to prevent snow pits, and the two sisters followed behind, chatting as they walked, but Shi Jian was the one talking most of the time.

"The Northeast used to be a desolate place. At that time, there were a lot of wild animals. Here, there was a saying of 'beating roe deer with a ladle to scoop fish, and pheasant flying into the rice pot'. I don't know how long it has been since the end of the world. , the sparse population has allowed wild animals to multiply..." Shi Jian was talking about the virgin forests in Northeast China that he knew.

Of course, Shi Jian didn't bother to talk to them, his eyes kept searching, hoping to find prey.The sun was shining brightly now, and the temperature was warmer than the previous few days. Many animals came out to look for food. Along the way, the three of them saw many birds and beasts, but they only caught one hare.The others were discovered before the three of them approached. Even though the three of them were chasing after them, they couldn't catch up.

It was getting late, Shi Jian proposed to go back, Xia Rou still hadn't had enough fun and didn't want to go back, Xia Qing said a few words before agreeing to go back.As soon as the three people turned around, they made a new discovery. A red deer with beautiful six-pronged antlers came out from the bushes on one side. When it saw the three people, the red deer was startled, and then went Turn around and run.

Shi Jian couldn't let it run away, so he and Xia Qing took the arrow and shot it, but they missed, and the three of them chased it all the way.Seeing them chasing after them, the red deer ran faster and disappeared after a while.

"Brother Jian, do you want to chase him or not?" Xia Rou looked at Shi Jian with eagerness in her eyes.

Shi Jian also wanted to chase after it. After all, red deer are not easy to come across, so he looked up at the sky and said, "Chasing, we should chase for a while before it gets dark. If we can't catch up, we'll come back."

The red deer had just run not long ago, and the hoof prints on the snow were very obvious, but it was accidentally lost. However, the place where the red deer walked was not easy, except for the bushes and rocks, so the three of them had to be careful with their steps, for fear that one of them would be accidentally injured. feet.

The three of them tracked for an hour, and it was getting dark, but they hadn't seen the red deer yet, and they were a little frustrated, so they stopped chasing and returned home.

"Hey, if we chase for a while, maybe we can catch up." Xia Rou muttered, still a little unwilling to give up.

Shi Jian shook his head and said, "No, it's too unsafe to be in the forest at night, and we can't even find our way back after dark. We can't put ourselves in danger just for the slightest chance."

Xia Rou heard Shi Jian's tone was too firm to be refuted, so she stopped talking and walked forward with her mouth pouted.

Seeing that she was still a little unconvinced, Shi Jian said, "Do you still remember when I was injured in Linshan Town last time?"

Xia Qing and Xia Rou didn't know why Shi Jian brought up this matter again, they nodded and looked at Shi Jian suspiciously.

"That time was actually very dangerous. I have killed a few zombies before. I was bleeding for a while, and I didn't take those zombies seriously. I just thought that I had a weapon in my hand, and I couldn't kill a few zombies with the help of the terrain. The problem, at least you can get out of the body. As a result, I don’t need to say, you all know, and you almost confessed there.” Shi Jian recalled the battle in the supermarket, and he still has lingering fears. It was the biggest challenge he faced. Dangerous, more dangerous than wolves.

"Since then, I've told myself that I can't fight uncertain battles, and I can't be in unnecessary danger." Shi Jian said every word, not only reminding Xia Qing and Xia Rou, but also reminding himself.

　Sorry, I got up late, the automatic update has not been updated, everyone forgive me!
　　
　
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