Chapter Twenty-Nine: The first step for dinner is to hunt a fawn
The sunlight is no longer as scorching as it was at noon, and now it shines like a color paste mixed with ripe persimmons, making people feel tired.
"It's all this hour," Fengyuyun looked up at the sky, "Now that the light is so weak, I'm afraid it won't be possible to dive again." ”
"Well, we have to wait a while for all the muddy water to settle down, otherwise we won't be able to see the surroundings clearly if there is light. Zhuang Ze stood up, stretched, and said with a grin: "Don't think about this yet, I've been waiting for this dinner for a long time, isn't this time just enough to prepare?"
When Gui Qingchen heard this, he couldn't wait to run to the carriage, picked up the cauldron and took it to the lake to wash it. The scarlet girl also took the bow and arrows on his back, and thought of the little deer that appeared leisurely by the lake in the morning, and said, "Then let's go, the first step in preparing dinner, deer hunting." ”
Half an hour later, Zhuang Ze, Yuan Shanghan, and Scarlet were still wandering around the forest looking for their target prey.
"Logically speaking, I won't find it. Zhuang Ze pondered.
"If you can't find it, just hunt some rabbits. ”
"Ahh
Zhuang Ze hurriedly vetoed Yuan Shanghan's compromise plan, anyway, it was still early before nightfall, so let's look for it again.
"In this way," said Scarlet, "let's split up, it's not very likely to encounter wild beasts here, and it's more efficient to find ingredients separately." ”
The three of them walked in the grass together, and even the slightest step could make a rustling sound, especially in this forest where they were accustomed to quiet, and even the slightest sound would be amplified, probably because they hadn't seen a deer yet.
"Oh also, don't be so obvious about the murderous spirit of the two of you, there are frightened birds on the other side, and you are usually in your heart. Scarlet added.
After hearing this, Zhuang Ze and Yuan Shanghan looked at each other awkwardly and smiled, maybe it was really that he was too anxious, and the murderous aura was obviously revealed.
After a few words, the three of them decided to continue in different directions according to what Scarlet said. Scarlet put the idea of deer hunting behind her and plan to pick some accessories for the stew first. That being said, she still kept a little mind to pay attention to the surrounding atmosphere.
As I walked, the branches of the dwarf trees with wild fruits in front of me became more and more dense, and those were the small berries that were common in the deep forest, sweet and sour, and the scarlet people especially liked to use them to make rich dishes in the wild.
Oh, this area has grown so much, looking at the bushes that have been bent by the slow fruit, Scarlet thought to herself. She carried the cloth she wrapped in one hand and picked the tiny berries in the other.
Digging all the way to the depths, Scarlet's hand suddenly stopped. On a branch beside her, there was a half-cut leaf, and she followed the leaf all the way to the side, and the amount of berries on the tree suddenly decreased, and there were some fallen branches and broken leaves on the ground.
The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she wrapped the berries in her hand and put them into her rucksack, she walked around the dense branches and walked lightly in the direction of the berries decreasing.
On the other side, Enjohan picked up a moderately sized branch as firewood as he walked, and during this time, the deer did not meet but met a rabbit. Thinking that meat is better than no meat, after Enjohan caught the rabbit, he had no time to get anything else. Half an hour later, he returned to the lake with a large pile of firewood and a rabbit kicking and kicking.
"Oh, Shanghan, you're back too. Zhuang Ze squatted on the ground and surrounded the stone circle.
"Well, I didn't see the deer, so I picked up some firewood and this rabbit. ”
"Coincidentally," Zhuang Ze pointed to the side, where a bunch of wild vegetables was wrapped in sackcloth, next to a rabbit whose fur was red with blood. "I said I didn't hunt rabbits, but I was still afraid that I wouldn't be able to eat a bite of meat. ”
“...... Did you rush up and cut it, such a large amount of blood. "For Enjohan, who uses a sword, it is very difficult to hunt nimble and agile things with a sword. After experiencing either constantly waving the air, or cutting it in two, the intestines of the little thing were scattered all over the ground...... He finally mastered the art of catching hares alive.
Zhuang Ze looked at the long sword at his waist, "I threw the sword as a gun, and mine is a thin sword, which is much lighter than yours." ”
“... It's you, this skill of capturing alive... Hmmm, remarkable. Zhuang Ze couldn't help but laugh out loud as he imagined him squatting on the ground with the rabbit and pounced on it.
"Hey, I have to say it first, I don't catch rabbits by squatting on the ground," you can know what he was thinking from Zhuang Ze's reaction, Yuan Shanghan explained: "I approached quietly, and then bent down and fished, do you understand, the whole process is fast and handsome." ”
In fact, it was bent down to pounce and catch it again, but the word 'flutter' had to be omitted to make it look less stupid.
"Oh, and such a 'handsome' rabbit hunting pose?" Zhuang Ze looked at Yuan Shanghan in disbelief.
"Of course, hahaha, but if the scarlet hasn't come back now, I guess we'll be able to eat venison. Engami stiffly diverted the topic and looked at the forest. "Huh?"
The branches of the trees not far away swayed, and a figure faded out of the dark green. The scarlet man carried the prey on his shoulders and slowly walked out of the forest.
"Really," Zhuang Ze tilted his head and shouted at the scarlet man, "Speaking of deer, it seems that you are still good at hunting food, Xiao." ”
"I grew up on this, I have to be amazing. With that, Scarlet came over and put the deer on his shoulder on the ground, crossed his legs and began to peel and cut the meat.
"Where did you find it? We only saw rabbits, not deer hairs. ”
"Huh, I walked to an area where a lot of berries grow, oh berries. Scarlet pulled out the bag of berries from his backpack and placed it next to the wild vegetables, "and then followed the traces that seemed to have been eaten a little bit. ”
"And then?"
"Then I saw the deer, maybe the two at the lake in the morning, and then I shot the smaller one, and the other one ran away, and then I came back, and it was over. ”
"You say it so lightly and easily, doesn't it seem that we are very useless. ”
"It's easy, but if I hadn't picked the berries, I probably wouldn't have eaten this venison. So it's a matter of luck, it's not that you're useless, don't worry. ”
Scarlet comforted Qi Yuan Shanghan seriously, "Look, didn't you bring the rabbit back, you can add a meal of roast rabbit meat." With that, he took away the live rabbit that was curled up in his hand and didn't dare to move, and wiped the rabbit's neck with a dagger, and as the hot blood flowed, the tense rabbit's body also relaxed.
"......" Zhuang Ze swallowed when he saw this, "You are the only girl I have ever seen who does not blink an eye to the cute furry except for our group leader." ”
"Just get used to it. Scarlet and Yuanshang Han spoke in unison. Yuan Shanghan was stunned for a moment, and looked at Scarlet, who was still dealing with the ingredients with a blank face.
Wow, these two people definitely didn't mean the same thing, Zhuang Ze thought to himself.