The next day, Sun Chen stayed at home all day and didn't go out.

He practiced with stones over and over again, so that he could basically point where to hit before stopping, and even the meal was a simple solution. Because the selection of stones is always angular (Sun Chen believes that such stones can cause more damage to the prey), his hand holding the stones is already red. Afraid that his hands would hurt and get in the way the next day, he stopped a little unwillingly and boiled hot water to soak.

Aunt Zhu said that she didn't have to prepare the dry food for going up the mountain this time, so when it was just getting dark, Sun Chen went to bed early.

Tomorrow is an important day, and he has to conserve his strength and face it in the best condition.

……

Before dawn, Sun Chen got up.

As soon as they were freshened up, Da Zhuang and Uncle Tie Li came over.

"Here, my mother's steamed buns." Da Zhuang gave Sun Chen a cornmeal steamed bun. "It's stuffed with pickled crispy cucumbers, and it's delicious."

Sun Chen took it and ate it unceremoniously.

The two of them laughed at each other, and before they knew it, they had come to the foot of the mountain. Sun Chen is no stranger here, most of the firewood to be burned in the village is picked up from here, and most of the wild vegetables that he usually eats are dug here except for those in his own fields.

Lin Tieli searched at the foot of the mountain, found more than a dozen insect-repellent herbs, chewed them and rubbed them on the bodies of several people, and then began to climb up. Sun Chen also chewed a few trees, so bitter that he didn't slow down for a long time, and his tongue was as if it was not his own.

Lin Tieli held a long wooden stick in his hand, and beat around as he walked, afraid that someone would accidentally step on the snake coiled on the side of the road.

Sun Chen and Da Zhuang followed closely behind, looking at the slightly unfamiliar vegetation on both sides of the road from time to time.

"There's a stream not far ahead, let's go there and rest first."

Uncle Tie Li's words made Sun Chen and Da Zhuang very happy, after walking for so long, they were already sweating, and they were already thirsty.

"I hear running water!" Da Zhuang cheered, and needed to run forward over Lin Tie Plow, but was pulled by a hand.

"There's a trap ahead, be careful!"

Seeing Da Zhuang looking at himself with a puzzled expression, Lin Tieli explained with a smile, "The animals in the forest will also go over to drink water, and I and the hunters in several nearby villages have set traps here. ”

"Hehe, second uncle, you know the location of each trap, right?" As soon as he heard him say this, Da Zhuang didn't know which foot to step on first, for fear that he would be unlucky enough to be hit by one foot.

"Of course, we hunters make traps, and of course we will make special marks, otherwise it is not a joke to be stepped on by mistake." Lin Tieli pointed to the broken branch in front of him and said, "See, there is an iron clamp under this branch, you must bypass it, even if the wild boar is caught in it, you can't escape." ”

"I can't escape, I won't run away with a clip!" Sun Chen laughed with Lin Tieli and said, "Uncle Tieli, you can hunt wild boars with a clip, this is too simple, right?" ”

"What do you know? The bite force of this clamp can clip off an adult man's leg, not to mention being tethered to a tree, and the more the prey tries to break free, the tighter the clamp will be, unless the clamped leg is cut, don't try to escape. ”

"So powerful?" Sun Chen couldn't help but stretch his neck, wanting to see what kind of clip it was.

"Don't look at it, in our place, only Yaozhuang's big black has the ability to install such a big clip, and someone once wanted to install one, but an arm was clipped!"

Seeing Sun Chen and Da Zhuang's eagerness to try, Lin Tieli hurriedly poured cold water on the two of them on the side.

"How much ability you have, how big a bowl you serve, don't think about good things."

"Oh." Da Zhuang pursed his lips and glanced at the clip again.

"Look at the one on the left, if you don't look carefully, you can't see that a pit has been dug here, right? If one of them accidentally falls, they will be pierced into a honeycomb by the wooden thorns laid underneath! Lin Tieli continued to popularize trap knowledge to the two, and Da Zhuang and Sun Chen also learned very seriously.

"Look! Something was caught in that trap," Lin Tieli pointed to the two of them, "Ho, one roe deer, two rabbits, the harvest is not small!" ”

Sun Chen and Da Zhuang stretched out their heads to look, the rabbit was fine, but it was pierced in the leg, and it was still struggling there to escape, but the roe deer was pricked in the stomach by the wooden thorns, and the blood flowed a lot, motionless, it should have died a long time ago.

Such a bloody scene made the two of them tremble.

After bypassing several various traps, the three of them finally came to the stream.

They washed themselves happily with the stream, and drank with their hands before they continued their way up the stream.

"Uncle Iron Plow, where is your trap? Why isn't there here? ”

"It's still ahead!" Lin Tieli replied while quickly pulling out the bow and arrow behind his back, setting up the arrow, aiming, and releasing the arrow, all in one go, and the sound of 'poof' was the sound of the skin and flesh being penetrated.

"Baa~" The cry sounded a little panicked.

"Da Zhuang go pick it up!" Lin Tieli was obviously very excited, he didn't expect to be able to hit the prey so quickly.

"It's a big goat!" The second uncle let him go, which means that it is safe, and Da Zhuang ran over to check, and he was happy to see it. I saw the goat lying on the ground, the tip of the arrow pierced the goat's buttocks, it tried to get up, but its hind legs could not be strengthened, and it tried several times without success.

Lin Tieli walked over, pulled out the rope in the basket on his back, tied the goat, and even wrapped its mouth around.

He buried the goat's blood with soil, and took out the herb and wiped it on its wound, "The smell of blood attracts beasts, and this herb not only stops the bleeding, but also masks the smell." If you don't go down immediately, you can't forget to do this. ”

Sun Chen nodded, taking his words to heart.

"Let's go, go to my trap and take a look, and let's go down the mountain first after taking the prey!"

I know that Uncle Tie Li is thinking about their safety, but

Sun Chen is really reluctant to go down the mountain like this, he and Da Zhuang are still empty-handed, even if they can catch a pheasant!

Obviously, Da Zhuang also thought so, and on the next road, the two of them walked very slowly, looking left and right from time to time, trying to find something.

Luckily, a gray rabbit suddenly popped out of front of me. Lin Tieli was carrying a goat on his back, and his movements with bows and arrows were not so fast, and Sun Chen and Da Zhuang, who had been preparing, threw out the stones in their hands almost at the same time at this time.

"Hit!" Da Zhuang was a little off, and was about to be disappointed, but found that the rabbit was lying there and did not move, and he was about to jump up with joy.

He hurriedly ran over to pick up the rabbit that was still struggling, and looked at the rabbit's drooping hind legs with a bright smile, "Ah Chen, you are so powerful, you hit it with one hit!" ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect to hit it~" Sun Chen touched his head, it seemed that his practice yesterday was not in vain.

"Well, yes, it's good to try to be as strong as possible in the future." Lin Tieli inspected the rabbit's injuries and nodded with satisfaction.

"Got it." Sun Chen nodded, his strength was indeed a little small, on the one hand, he had just recovered from a serious illness, and on the other hand, he had not yet found the technique, which would take time.