Chapter 8: Traces

A middle-aged man in a straw hat bent down to look around the food in the basket, touched, pinched, tasted, and then shook his head and sighed.

As the head of a village, what he has to consider is the survival of the whole village, the village is located in the mountains, and the grain of these ten acres of land is the guarantee of their survival.

"Alas, the hunters of the village can only venture into the mountains." Su Zimo stood up and hammered his sore waist behind his back with his hand, his face full of firmness.

"Village chief, I've picked up everything I can, and all the food is here."

A middle-aged man walked over bare-chested carrying a woven basket, his body was full of muscles, and he looked full of strength, especially a 30-centimeter scar on the side of the navel.

Guan Yue put the basket on the ground and said fiercely: "This group of beasts is running so fast, otherwise they have to peel the skin and stew soup to relieve their hatred." ”

He is the best hunter in the village and the captain of the village guard, and it is his duty to protect the villagers.

"Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to draft the water, natural disasters and man-made disasters are also no way to do it, it is useless to blindly complain, let's sum up, how to solve the problem of villagers eating."

After all, Su Zimo is the village head, and wisdom is the only magic weapon that can make the village peaceful for many years, and he has more issues to consider.

"Village chief, then let me take someone up the mountain, with me, it's not a problem to beat a few blind bears, it's enough for us to eat for a winter." Guan Yue took the initiative to ask.

Su Zimo waved his hand and was about to speak, when a crisp voice suddenly sounded in his ear: "Old man, we will help you find the real culprit and vent a bad breath for the villagers." ”

"You guys?" Su Zimo looked up and saw Yu Bei and the three of them coming towards him, and he paused for a moment.

"Don't look down on us, three stinkers have beaten one Zhuge Liang, old man, we promise to find the 'murderer' and give an explanation to the villagers."

Su Ling'er pointed at Yu Beidao: "Qibao has made a discovery just now, I believe it will be found soon." ”

Su Zimo looked at Yu Bei and said in surprise: "Found? Tell me about it? ”

"I just checked that the soil was very wet, it must have just been dug for a short time, and I guess they didn't run far, maybe they were around here."

was pushed to the front by Su Ling'er, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, Yu Bei smiled helplessly, so he had to stand up and say his guess.

"Can you find them? I'm going to slaughter them! Guan Yue stepped forward and said angrily.

"Give me time, it shouldn't be hard to find them, but I have a problem that I can't figure out right now." Yu Bei held his chin with one hand, thinking as he walked.

"Whatever the problem, tell you whatever I know." In order to catch the red-tailed weasel, Guan Yue was quite cooperative.

"Weasels eat meat, when did they change to vegetarian diet?" Yu Bei looked at everyone and asked questions in his heart.

"Maybe it's tired of eating meat and wants to change its taste!" The monkey spoke.

Yu Bei glanced at him, but his heart moved: "The weasel's habits will not change for a while, unless it is suffering a major change and needs to save food to hide, and rice is their first choice." ”

"No, the red-tailed weasel is very fast, and it is a social animal, and when it is angry, its tail turns red and shoots flames at the enemy, and the fierce beasts in the mountains will not easily provoke them, which is simply impossible. The murderer is the murderer, and if labor and management catch them, they must destroy their family. Guan Yue exuded a murderous aura all over her body, and her eyes were fierce.

"Guan Yue, don't be impulsive, listen to what Qibao has to say first."

Su Zimo signaled Guan Yue not to be impulsive, looked at Yu Bei and smiled: "I guess, you should have an idea, right?" ”

"Yes, the red-tailed weasel left many traces in a hurry, and we only need to follow the trails to find the red-tailed weasel's den, and if we are lucky, we can find the food they stole from them. As long as we find food, we don't have to go up the mountains to risk hunting. Yu Bei nodded.

This matter is about doing tasks, according to the routine of the elven angels, there must be something different in the first task of the novice village, Yu Bei thought about what he found just now and paused and continued: "The soil dug up by the weasels is dry and wet, let's find the moist soil pile, and follow the soil pile to find the traces of the weasel." ”

"It's that simple? Weasel is one of the fastest in the mountains, can we find it? The monkey questioned.

"Little monkey, what are you talking about, Qibao is making suggestions for our village, don't make trouble, okay!"

After Su Ling'er finished speaking, she raised her fist and punched him in the head, and the monkey held his head with both hands in pain and wailed: "Sister Ling'er, it hurts." ”

"It's right to hurt, sister will let you sober up, don't you know if you don't talk less?" Su Ling'er glared at him, her eyes were fierce.

One thing drops another, and the noisy monkey saw Su Ling'er getting angry, and immediately shut up, not even daring to pant loudly.

"The red-tailed weasels must have encountered a problem, and had to make holes from time to time to confuse the enemy, in fact, they didn't run far, they were not far away, could it be that their leader had a problem?" Yu Bei both answered the monkey and questioned it.

"As soon as you say it, I think about it, the red-tailed weasel and their race, the status of the queen is very high, and this season is almost the breeding period of the red-tailed weasel, is it difficult to ......"

Guan Yue is a veteran of hunting and has a detailed understanding of the habits of wild beasts, and at this time, he suddenly thought of the characteristics of red-tailed weasels and vaguely realized the main reason for the theft of grain.

"Possibly, it's very likely, red-tailed weasels are social animals, and they will never easily leave their territory to harm the village, and there must be a reason for this. Without further ado, let's find something to find them while the soil is not completely dry, and we can recover our lost grain and reduce the loss for the village. "Yubei Road.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go, when we find the red-tailed weasels, we'll have to cut them with a thousand knives." Guan Yue can't wait.

"Okay, but be careful not to break their tracks, and be light on your feet, I guess they're not far from here." Yu Bei looked around and guessed.

Everyone discussed, the village chief Su Zimo stayed behind to direct the villagers to prepare the harvested grain into the grain depot, Guan Yue is an experienced hunter, he put on an animal skin coat, and carried a bow taller than him to lead the way for Yu Bei and the others in front.

Along the way, Yu Bei squatted down from time to time to sniff the smell of the soil to see if it was wet, so as to determine the direction of travel.

This is mainly due to the small knowledge that I usually take in geography class, but I didn't expect to use it here.

Yu Bei and his party walked and stopped, and walked for about fifteen minutes, the monkey is an impatient master, it's okay to let him be honest for a while, if you really want him to be honest all the time, it's more uncomfortable than killing him.

At this time, I don't care who the team leader is, I trotted all the way to the front, looked around, picked the wildflowers on the side of the road from time to time and sniffed them, and I didn't know that I thought he was out for an outing.

"Alas, I said monkey ......"

Su Ling'er was furious when she saw the impact of him jumping up and down in front, you must know that they are here to find the 'murderer', not to go on an outing, what is it like to jump up and down in front all the time.

Guan Yue can not care and play with it as a child, but she can't not care, after all, the monkey was brought out by her.

Su Ling'er was about to open her mouth to reprimand her, when the monkey walking in front of her suddenly sighed.

Guan Yue, who was on alert, ran up with an arrow and drew the bow behind him, thinking that he had encountered an enemy, and he was helpless and speechless when he saw the monkey's condition clearly.