According to Chen Xiaoman's guidance, we got our wish and found an empty kiln in a mountain village fifty miles away from the county seat, Chen Xiaoman said that this is her ancestor's hometown, and later moved into the city, and it is so vacant.

I am very fortunate to have met Chen Xiaoman, who was able to provide so much help to me, who was unfamiliar with the place, and prepared some food and rice to settle down here temporarily.

I only eat white rice every day, and there are not too many green vegetables, of course, I will occasionally go into the mountains to hunt some game to improve the diet, although the life is a bit hard, but also worry-free.

"Brother, can you take me with you on this hunting, you see that I haven't been up the mountain when I'm so big, how pitiful" Chen Xiaoman pretended to be pitiful and said.

Now that we are quite acquainted, I don't need to be polite, "No, I don't feel at ease when your sister is alone at home in the poor countryside here, so you better stay with her." ”

Chen Xiaoman pursed his mouth, revealing an unhappy look, Xiaoyue "giggled" and laughed a few times and said, "Forget it, you better take her there, you don't have to worry about me being so powerful." However, there are a lot of twists and turns on the road in the mountains, and you are not worried about it."

Xiao Yue's words are not unreasonable, but she must condense her soul if she wants to use force, and she always wanders away for a period of time without possession on weekdays. In her words, it's called recuperation, otherwise it would be very difficult to concentrate all the time.

So I was still a little uneasy, glanced at Chen Xiaoman and said: "Originally, my kung fu is not good, self-protection is already stretched, isn't it more of a drag on me to carry this little burden?"

When Chen Xiaoman heard that he put on some of the steps of the workers and horses I taught her on weekdays, he said indignantly: "Who said, I have been training hard for the past few days, and you dare to say that I am a little burden."

I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw her stance, because what I taught her was just a few simple moves of women's self-defense, which was not enough to deal with some strong jackals, tigers and leopards.

Of course, these are not my imaginations, let's just say that last time I was chasing a hare that had been injured, and in the blink of an eye, I ran head-on into a big black bear. At that time, I was fortunate to have a quick reaction and climbed a big tree, otherwise I would have been left with few bones digested

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Xiaoman asked with an eyebrow.

I coughed twice and replied, "Ahem." Nothing, anyway you can't go. ”

"Nope"

Chen Xiaoman was a little angry, and his voice was very resolute. I don't know if Chen Xiaoman's character is like this, or if he has trained his wildness in this deep mountain valley these days.

Of course, Chen Xiaoman was still a little afraid of me, perhaps realizing his gaffe and lowering his head in a panic, but he still didn't have the slightest intention of admitting his mistake.

"Okay, okay, I think you better take her there, you don't know that in the past, when you went out hunting, she was about to go crazy every time, pulling and pulling me to tell me about the beasts in the mountains." Xiaoyue dotes on her as a girl, and even Xiaoyue's treasured jewelry on weekdays almost runs to Chen Xiaoman's body.

I didn't dare to go against Satsuki's wishes, I always felt that it would make her unhappy, and this was the only thing I could do for her at the moment. nodded in response, and said to Chen Xiaoman: "Okay, just this once, not for example." ”

Chen Xiaoman smiled in the blink of an eye when he heard this, and said excitedly: "Chengcheng, let's go." ”

After saying goodbye to Xiaoyue, I picked up my homemade hunting tools, led the lively Chen Xiaoman out of the house, and went straight to the mountains along the winding mountain road.

It is full of flowers and plants, towering trees, and all kinds of insects and birds are like a beautiful concerto. In addition, the small animals that can be seen everywhere poke their heads out from time to time, looking around at the two strange humans, like clowns who amuse people on the stage.

Chen Xiaoman still retains the playful nature of a child, and from time to time picks some small flowers that she thinks are beautiful and perfect and holds them in her hands, and her little hands are full of a handful after a while.

I didn't go any further, because the big trees in the back mountain sheltered me from the sun, and the flowers and plants were overgrown, and it was very difficult for pedestrians to avoid being ambushed by wild beasts. Besides, there are already a lot of hare activities here, so there's really no need to venture ahead.

I designed a few traps near where the hare might pass, and then sat on the ground from a vantage point and watched from afar.

At this time, Chen Xiaoman was still collecting wild flowers, and unlike just now, his head was also filled with small flowers by Chen Xiaoman, who loves smelly beauty, and it really looked like a spring girl.

The comfortable atmosphere made me take a nap unconsciously, and when I woke up, it was already sunset, and Chen Xiaoman, who was tired of playing, slept next to me at some point, and the wildflowers I collected were firmly tied into small bunches and put aside.

I rubbed my sleepy eyes and watched for a few traps. One of them had collapsed, and it looked like it had caught a small hare.

I patted Chen Xiaoman's cute face to wake her up, and then went over to harvest the prey together, when Chen Xiaoman heard that he had caught a rabbit, he was very excited, and ran to the collapsed trap in a few steps and exclaimed: "Wow, what a big black rabbit." ”

I also quickened my pace and rushed over, only to see a big black rabbit weighing three or four pounds shrunk in horror in the corner of the trap.

I found the noose, dragged the hapless creature out and put it in a small woven bamboo basket, and we surveyed a few more traps, but they didn't work well and didn't catch a single mouse.

"Let's go, it's getting late, let's go home." As I spoke, I said that the bamboo basket was on my back.

"Oh."

Chen Xiaoman let out an awkward sigh and followed, not knowing what he was thinking in his head, and suddenly said, "Hey brother, you haven't collected those trap tools yet." ”

I looked back at her and said, "No, don't you see a lot of hares here, I plan to come and check them every day, so maybe we will have rabbit meat for a long time." ”

"True"

Chen Xiaoman looked a little excited, swallowed his saliva, and reluctantly said: "Brother, can't we not eat rabbits, you see how cute they are?"

I smiled, "Hmph, you say the same every time I kill a rabbit, but every time you eat meat, you eat more than anyone else." ”

Chen Xiaoman scratched embarrassedly, "Then I won't eat it this time, you see that this big black rabbit is so cute, let's raise it." ”

"No" is my answer.

"Why" Chen Xiaoman did not relent.

"Eating some rice all day is not nutritious, and after a long time, we will be malnourished, and then we will easily get sick, and then we will be very troubled." I voiced my concerns.

Chen Xiaoman's words changed: "In this way, then we will buy some rapeseed and plant some vegetables, so that we can eat fresh vegetables every day and are not afraid of rotting vegetables." ”