Chapter 35 The First Snow

It has been four or five days of light snow, the sky is still continuously gloomy, although it has come to the best time to hunt weasels, Liu Zixuan's patience is getting more and more, he is not in a hurry to enter the mountain, but calmly stays on the rabbit hill, calmly waiting for the first snow to fall in the mountains and forests. For hunters, there is no better weather than snow, and the snowflakes in the sky will cover many things that can be seen, but they can show the traces that were originally invisible.www.biquge.info In contrast, weasel after snow are more active and leave unconcealable marks on the snow, and by observing their footprints, hunters can choose more targeted locations to lower their bow clips in order to improve their hit rate. In the process of searching for traps in the first few times, Liu Zixuan accidentally found several places where weasels were relatively concentrated, and the favorable terrain was already occupied, as long as he waited for the arrival of the day, the opportunity to show his skills was close at hand.

In the afternoon of that day, Liu Zixuan stayed in the east wing for three or four hours, busy cleaning up the more than ten yellow wolf bows left by his father. These hunting gears made for weasels were made with great care by Zixuan's father, and they were not only delicate in shape but also well-made, and in the previous years, the family of three on the gang had relied on the income brought by this tool to make a living. Today, those life-support tools have not been used for three years, and they are already old and decayed, and some key parts must be replaced in order to get them back into battle. Liu Zixuan checked the performance of the bow clamp one by one, polishing the rusty thimble and the pedal on the pins one by one - these are the core parts of the whole mechanism, and only if they are polished smooth enough can they ensure that they can control the prey sensitively and steadily when triggered. Holding the bows in his hands one by one, Liu Zixuan not only felt their weight, but also seemed to feel their vitality, they had been waiting in this east wing for three years, waiting to serve their new masters, waiting to go to the mountains and fields to continue to complete their mission.

After sitting for a long time, Liu Zixuan felt that his legs were numb and his neck was sore, not to stop and rest for a while. When he turned his head to look out of the door, he saw Gu Nanyan standing straight in the middle of the courtyard, looking at the south with his eyes.

"What are you looking at?" Liu Zixuan asked while stretching his waist.

Gu Nanyan still stood there motionless, as if she hadn't heard Liu Zixuan's voice at all.

got up and walked out of the east wing, and when Liu Zixuan stood beside Gu Nanyan, he found that snow flakes were falling from the sky.

"God finally can't hold it back......" Looking at the snowflakes in the sky, Liu Zixuan's heart instantly brightened: "This snowflake came down inadvertently." ”

"It's so beautiful in the snowy field, I haven't seen the snow seriously for many years......" Gu Nanyan said softly slowly, and that tone also expressed her calm heart. As he spoke, his eyes were still looking ahead, as if he was afraid of missing a certain snowflake.

Hearing this, a warmth immediately descended from the top of Liu Zixuan's head, passed through his body and spread directly to his feet, and then spread from his feet to all around, and he seemed to see the snow under his feet slowly begin to melt, followed by the entire Rabbit Gang, and the entire Niutoupo mountain forest...... The snowy mountains turned out to be so beautiful, you know, this is the first time that Gu Nanyan said that this mountain forest is beautiful! She even said today that the mountains and forests are beautiful...... Liu Zixuan hopes that Gu Nanyan can love this rabbit gang like him, love this mountain forest like him, and now, all he can share with Gu Nanyan is this small high hill, if she really likes here, he will have enough psychological comfort, and there is a possibility of living here for a long time.

Liu Zixuan also cast his affectionate gaze on the Niutoupo mountain forest in front of him, and through a layer of snow curtain, he seemed to see two happy futures.

The little couple stood on the rabbit hill like this, quietly listening to the sound of falling snow. After a long time, Gu Nanyan said slowly: "Don't you think, this snow is very beautiful?" ”

"Not as good as you......"

Gu Nanyan listened to this brainless answer, slapped Liu Zixuan on the shoulder, and said, "Don't stand like a stump, it's snowing, don't go into the house quickly!" ”

After Gu Nanyan finished speaking, she entered the house by herself, leaving Liu Zixuan still standing there, still looking at Niutoupo, with a smile on the corner of her mouth. The long-awaited snow has an extraordinary meaning for Liu Zixuan, a long mist sighed from his mouth, and sighed for a long time, and couldn't help but think of the shopkeeper's words: A real man, let the woman who was willing to suffer with him not regret it secretly...... Gu Nanyan is such a woman, she deserves any kind of good day.

The wind and snow lasted only one night, and when I woke up the next day, although the sky had not cleared, the snow had already stopped. The layer of snow left on the ground is no more than the instep of a person's foot, but for Liu Zixuan, this gift from God is generous enough.

After lunch, Liu Zixuan left the rabbit hill with the prepared yellow wolf bow and a small shovel. The big black dog was going to follow him, worried that its appearance would arouse the vigilance of Huang Pizi, so Liu Zixuan pushed it back.

As a descendant of Orion, Liu Zixuan's truly meaningful hunting activities did not kick off until this moment. He knows better than anyone the far-reaching significance of this hunting, if he has a bumper harvest this time, he can let Gu Nanyan continue to live on the rabbit hill; If this gain is little or even in vain, he will permanently lose the foundation that has been on this land for a long time. This piece of woodland, which has raised two generations of the Liu family, still depends on it to continue to live, if there is indeed any mountain god, Liu Zixuan at this moment really wants to be a faithful believer and worship sincerely.

Stepping on the snow, Liu Zixuan stepped into the mountain forest, and saw a few rabbits and pheasants along the way and didn't pay much attention to them, but just rushed to the foot of the western slope ********.

Identifying the basic condition of animals by observing their footprints is one of the basic skills that hunters need to master. Fortunately, Liu Zixuan learned some experience from the experience of following his father into the bow clamp under the mountain, at least he has a good understanding of the footprints of this specific species, and in his father's years of teaching and deeds, he has already mastered how to distinguish the direction of the yellow skin, the size of the body, and even the male and female through the footprints.

Walking through the sour jujube tree, Liu Zixuan soon came to his destination. His previous judgment was correct, and there were indeed a large number of yellow skins living in this location, and it didn't take long for him to find strings of plum blossom-shaped toe prints on the snow. Finding the location where the toe prints were densely intertwined, and determining that it was the passage that the yellow skin was accustomed to passing through, Liu Zixuan took out a shovel, pushed aside the snow to place the bow clip, and after the bow clip was ambushed, he carefully sprinkled a layer of fine snow on the mechanism as a camouflage.

In cloudy and snowy weather, blocking the bow clamp at the mouth of the weasel cave is a more effective method, and if the cave is found, Liu Zixuan also set up mechanisms at the entrance of the cave one by one.

When Liu Zixuan saw the entrance of the cave that had been destroyed by the sunspot a few days ago, he couldn't help but be happy, there were actually two toe prints extending from the snow not far from the hole, and the yellow skin dared to live here? Liu Zixuan squatted down to check the snow surface on the edge of the cave, and saw that the footprints were one out and one in, and the footprints in the hole were pressed on the footprints out of the hole, indicating that there was a yellow skin hiding in the hole at this time; Looking at the size of the individual toe prints and the distance between the front and back footprints, it can be concluded that this is a sturdy male weasel. The situation in front of him was much more than Liu Zixuan expected - or, the cave was inhabited by a stupid and stubborn fellow, and the sunspot digging the hole failed to arouse its alarm, and still insisted on staying here; Either that, or the weasel that lived in this cave before has been scared away by the sunspot, but another unaware weasel has moved in to settle temporarily. In either case, if it dares to live here, it will soon become a bag.

This weasel cave, which once impressed Liu Zixuan, because there was a bush growing above the ridge where it was located, and the snow last night was blocked by the shrubs, so that the ground at the edge of the cave about 40 centimeters away from snow did not cover the ground, and such a bare surface was just convenient for burying the bow clip. Liu Zixuan looked at it and took out the bow clip without hesitation. While arranging the clips, he thought to himself: Since you are looking for death, today will fulfill you! If it just so happens that this hole is inhabited by the red weasel who wants to be bold, give it a hundred today, and since it is blocked in the hole, see how it unclamps the bow. In just a few minutes, a seemingly perfect trap was laid in ambush outside the entrance of the cave.

(To be continued)