Pushing open the door, Wu Qi unexpectedly saw Gao Yuan chopping firewood in the yard.

Gao Yuan held the axe and went down with an axe against the round wood that was placed on the stake platform, and the round wood cracked in half in half, just the right size, and could be put into the fire and burned very vigorously.

Gao Yuan no longer wears the original sniper combat uniform, he has changed into a bearskin clothes and pants, and thick and warm bearskin boots on his feet. Judging from the attire, it is very much in line with the style of the villagers, especially the adult men of the team of hunters.

"Boss, you're back." Gao Yuan smiled at Wu Qi. From the first day of the three of them living in Xujiazhai, Wu Qi asked Gao Yuan to change the title of "head of the regiment", Gao Yuan thought for a moment and decided to replace it with "head". This sounds very close and familiar, and it does not let the villagers know that they were originally mercenaries of the mercenary group.

"Hmm." Wu Qi nodded, then found a wooden bench in the courtyard and sat down, using a long knife to handle the corpse of the huge iron-cracked brown bear on the spot.

Cutting bones and meat, Wu Qi has done it since he was a child. Even the villagers of Xujiazhai, who rely on the mountains and live primitively, are not as skilled as him in handling the corpses of huge beasts.

The smell of bear meat wafted through the yard, and the little red fox, resting on the threshold of the house, smelled the food in his sleep, opened his eyelids, stood up, wagged his tail and slipped over. Walking around the small bench where Wu Qi was sitting, showing eagerness without disturbing Wu Qi's work.

The little red fox wants to eat raw meat, and that's how it grew up. However, since the little red fox followed Wu Qi, he often ate pet food or canned cooked meat, and after living in the cottage, Wu Qi did not have so much time to spend on fighting, took more care of the little red fox, and trained it to only eat cooked meat.

Before the meat of mutant animals is made into mature meat, the abnormal viruses in the meat still maintain a high activity, although letting the little red fox eat raw meat can subtly urge the abnormal viruses in its body to devour and evolve, but the little red fox, as a first-order mutant animal, ingests a large number of compound first-order or even second-order abnormal viruses, which will have a huge impact on its own development and health.

The little red fox circled around the bear meat, and just as he wanted to take a bite, Wu Qi stomped on the spot. At this time, the little red fox was emphasized by Wu Qi that it must eat cooked meat, so it had to wait obediently, it stepped on a slow pace, returned to the threshold of the house, and continued to lie on the steps and squint its eyes to rest.

Wu Qi shook his head and chuckled. This little red fox has been getting lazier and lazier lately. Two months ago it could sleep 16 hours a day, and now it can sleep 20 hours a day if you don't call it it. is obviously a fox with sensitive movements, but it is the same as a little pig that eats and sleeps and eats, and even Guo Baibai began to call it a little fat fox.

Five minutes later, Wu Qi finished cooking the 800-kilogram iron-cracked brown bear carcass, stripped off the thick bear skin that could be used as a bed quilt and clothes, removed the internal organs, and piled the deboned and cut large pieces of bear meat on the wooden cutting board, and piled up large snow-white bones on the side.

The big yellow dog of Aunt Li's neighbor followed the smell to the door of Wu Qi's house, stood on all fours at the entrance of the yard, looked at the bear bones piled at Wu Qi's feet, wagged his big fluffy tail, and spit out his tongue longing for bones.

Wu Qi grabbed a big bone with an expressionless face and threw it at the gate of the courtyard. The big yellow dog puffed up, stepped into the threshold of the yard with two front legs, bit the bone, wagged his tail a few times, and then left contentedly.

This kind of daily life is basically experienced by Wu Qi every day.

After cooking the bear meat, Wu Qi shouted towards the kitchen: "Guo Baibai! ”

The crisp sound of footsteps came from the kitchen with smoke from the chimney. Guo Baibai trotted out of the kitchen. Because it is smoked when cooking, Guo Baibai's clothes are very ordinary cloth clothes and aprons.

She walked over and carried more than 20 catties of sliced bear meat on the tray in her hand, and then said, "Then I'll go to make the last dish." ”

"Well, go ahead." Wu Qi lowered his head and replied.

Guo Baibai went back to the kitchen to continue cooking, Gao Yuan chopped firewood and transported it, while Wu Qi planned to transfer the extra bear meat to a low-temperature cellar for storage for a period of time, and it would be used to send it to neighbors or exchange daily necessities in the future.

Twenty minutes later, the three of them sat down on the wooden table in the hall of the house, Guo Baibai, who had taken off his apron, served four dishes and one soup she had carefully cooked, and the three of them began to enjoy today's dinner quietly.

The little red fox, who had slept by the threshold for most of the morning and afternoon, also had a plate of two catties of roast bear meat in front of him, and he had already begun to feast on it.

The sun sets over the mountains, and instead of the orange sunset, the dark blue sky is silent. The sky in the valley is full of stars, and the bright white moon hangs high in the sky. The mountain breeze blowing from the east blew to the entrance of Xujiazhai, and in a blink of an eye, it swept through the intricate paths and passed in front of the courtyard gates of every household, and the temperature was just right.

In other words, the villagers who rest at sunset will nest at home, and it is rare to see the villagers swaggering away on the small road of Xujiazhai, at most they are men in the shade, but tonight is different.

Tonight, there are many villagers dressed in gorgeous clothes on the road, men and women will wear sericulture and silkworm silk as the material, and walk along the Bafang Road with bright lanterns all the way, and walk to the bonfire square in the center of Xujiazhai. The square is full of colorful lights, bonfires, endless barbecue meat, and endless wine.

Tonight is the custom of Xujiazhai: a bonfire party. All the preparations were completed by the owner of the village, Xu Haoqing's family, and the lanterns, wine and barbecue, and service of the party were provided by the owner's family. Every year on this day, the villagers will relax and enjoy themselves in the bonfire square, dancing and singing, and it is also a good time and place for young men and girls who have never met to fall in love with each other.

Wu Qi, Guo Baibai, and Gao Yuan are new members who joined Xujiazhai two months ago, and they have to follow the customs. And they all have friends in the village, and they are not lonely.

On weekdays, in addition to cooking and housework, Guo Baibai will go to work in the textile workshop in the cottage, so he got to know a group of young wives from the neighborhood. They were very interested in Guo Baibai from outside. Guo Baibai told them about the outside world, taught them the skills they knew, and learned a lot of cottage crafts from young wives; After getting acquainted, they will talk to each other about their parents, as if they have known neighbors for many years.

Takato spends most of his time mingling with the adult males of the hunters' ranks. When he entered the cottage, he hid his sniper. Hit. guns, learn primitive archery skills with the villagers' hunters, save 20 mm caliber bullets that are difficult to replenish, and also reduce the vigilance of the villagers. At first, the hunters felt that Gao Yuan was thinner than them, and he definitely had no hunting ability, but after Gao Yuan showed his keen perception and good combat effectiveness, he was favored by the hunter captain. When a group of hunters were drinking, they didn't forget to call Gao Yuan.

Wu Qi is "rain and dew" to release kindness to the neighbors, and there are not a few villagers who feel that he is a good neighbor, but because of his solitary style, naturally there are no particularly good friends of the villagers. However, Wu Qi didn't care, the main purpose of his bonfire party was to meet Xu Haoqing, the owner of the village.