The sun was warm, and the snow fox and Ren Kuo were frolicking in the yard.

"Why don't you play?" Ren Kuo looked at the snow fox that was bouncing and suddenly stopped, and asked suspiciously.

The snow fox rubbed on Ren Kuo's body, and then looked in the direction of the barren mountain, two lines of tears sliding down his cheeks.

"Why are you crying? Are your eyes in the sand?" asked Ren Kuo with concern.

Snow Fox shook his head.

"Miss your mother, right?" Ren Kuo also looked in the direction of the barren mountain, as if he understood what Snow Fox was thinking.

The snow fox was silent, and after a while, it was bouncing around Ren Kuo again.

One person and one snow fox, in this quiet and peaceful Tujia village, carefree and happy life.

...

Six months later.

"Ren Kuo, shall we go catch hares?" shouted Tumen as he stood at the gate of the courtyard.

Since Ren Kuo saved Tumen's mother, Tumen has contracted three meals a day for him and Snow Fox, and the food is much better than before.

In the past six months, the snow fox's hair has become more and more white, Ren Kuo is no longer yellow and thin, and his body has been as tough and upright as a normal teenager.

Moreover, the mother Ren Kuo recognized treated him like his own son, and originally hoped that Ren Kuo would move in with them, but Ren Kuo was used to living by himself, and he swore to die, so he didn't do.

However, every few days, Tumen's mother slipped Ren Kuoti home, washed him, and cleaned him up, more carefully than she did with Tumen.

It's just that every time he washes, Ren Kuo pulls his throat, like a ghost crying wolf, because it is Tumen's mother, and she is an out-and-out temperament.

Now, Ren Kuo is already a young man, Tumen's mother has to rub his back, and the brush to rub his back, according to Tumen, is used to brush horses, Ren Kuo knew that he couldn't let go for a long time.

However, today's Ren Kuo is like being reborn, bidding farewell to his previous sloppy image, in his words, because he is now a child with a mother.

Tumen is even more enthusiastic, almost every day to find Ren Kuo, at first he insisted on calling Ren Kuo "big brother", and later under Ren Kuo's coercion, he changed to a direct name, because Ren Kuo is two years younger than Tumen, he is worried that he will be called old.

Since Ren Kuo recognized his mother and had a snow fox, he has been very concerned about his image.

At this time, Ren Kuo and Snow Fox were playing ball in the yard, and they stopped when they heard the shouts of Tumen.

"Where?" Ren Kuo asked curiously.

"In my wheat field, I saw a row of hare footprints in the morning, and I asked Uncle Orion Wang to make a rope noose. Tumen raised the rope in his hand and replied excitedly.

"Let's go!" Ren Kuo picked up the snow fox and followed Tumen to his wheat field.

Ren Kuo is very interested in this, and since he was a child, he has envied those hunters, who can see all kinds of strange animals, and is full of curiosity about strange things in nature.

I have no choice but to be young and can't get out of the vast Gobi, but that restless heart has been trying to find it.

So when he heard that he was going to catch a hare, Ren Kuo was naturally very excited.

The wheat field is located on the east side of the barren mountain, not far from Tujia Village, where all the wheat fields of Tujia Village are located, and it has always been the source of most of Tujia Village's grain.

In winter, more than 1,000 acres of wheat fields are covered with snow, and the green wheat seedlings are still watching, waiting for the arrival of spring.

"This is it!" said Tumen, pointing to a series of footprints in the snow in the wheat field.

"How to do this?" Ren Kuo asked curiously.

"I heard Uncle Wang say that the footprints of the hare are two rows back and forth, and the hare generally returns along the same path, and you see that there is only one group of footprints here, which means that the hare has not gone back yet. Tumen explained.

"All we need to do is bury a noose as a trap in this set of footprints, and when the hare returns the way it came, it is likely to step on it, and then the noose will trap its legs, and we will succeed!" continued Tumen.

"I see, then hurry up and bury the rope sleeve!" Ren Kuo nodded and urged excitedly.

"Good!"

As he spoke, Tumen followed the set of footprints, burying the nooses one by one in the snow, and if the hare stepped on one of them, the noose would catch its legs, and if the hare struggled, the noose would become tighter and tighter.

After Tumen had done all this, the two of them quietly hid behind the mound not far away, quietly waiting for the arrival of the hare.

Time passed slowly, but the feeling of excitement could not realize how long they had to wait, Tumen and Ren Kuo poked their heads out from time to time to see if the hare had appeared, and the snow fox often poked his head out curiously to take a look.

"Gollum..."

Ren Kuo clutched his stomach, the sun had already set, the western sky was already dark red, and it was time for dinner.

At this moment, Tumen gently pulled Ren Kuo's sleeve and pointed to the wheat field.

Ren Kuo looked in the direction of Tumen's finger, and sure enough, there was a fat hare, jumping along the group of footprints, stopping from time to time to nibble on a mouthful of wheat seedlings.

Every year, a large number of wheat seedlings are eaten by hares, and a long time ago, the hares were flooded, and the grain harvest in Tujia Village was greatly reduced all year round.

The hare did not seem to be on guard, and had been grabbing the wheat seedlings as he walked, and when he approached the noose, the hare looked down and sniffed, and then froze.

Tumen and Ren Kuo waited anxiously, but the hare was reluctant to take that step, and seemed to be alert.

At this moment, the snow fox broke free from Ren Kuo's embrace, crawled his body, and slowly walked not far behind the hare.

Then the snow fox suddenly howled and ran towards the hare, and the hare, frightened, stepped into the noose, and saw that the noose immediately entangled one of its legs, and the hare struggled hard, but the noose became tighter and tighter, and firmly grasped it.

Tumen and Ren Kuo's eyes widened, they glanced at each other, and immediately ran towards the hare with excited shouts.

Ren Kuo first happily hugged the snow fox and kissed it on the face, and the snow fox also squinted and rubbed on Ren Kuo's face.

"Haha! I've finally caught you! I'm going to let you eat my wheat sprouts!" Tumen grabbed the hare's long ears and muttered.

"Ren Kuo, we have a good mouth tonight, and the little snow fox has the greatest credit!" Tumen said excitedly as he looked at the snow fox.

Tumen put the hare into the bamboo basket, then packed up the rope noose, and the two of them jumped in the direction of Tujia Village.

However, they did not notice that not far away, a pair of vicious eyes were staring at them closely, and then looked at the fat hare in the bamboo basket, leaving a string of saliva, which should have been its dinner tonight, or so it thought.

So, it crawled, whispering and approaching them quickly.

The snow fox seemed to notice something, climbed onto Ren Kuo's shoulder, looked back, and looked around with vigilant eyes.

Finally, the snow fox spotted it, and then hurriedly rubbed Ren Kuo's cheek, raised his front paws, and motioned for him to look back.

"Mom! something!" Ren Kuo looked in the direction pointed by the snow fox, and was really startled.

"It's an iron beaver! Run!" Tumen also looked behind him, and immediately shouted in panic.

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