Chapter Eighty-Nine: Hunting the Black Bear

This time, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan came to this mountain again, and it was the villagers of the old mountain col who specially asked Ye Yuan to help deal with a blind bear.

This bear blind man is also a black bear, Liu Man'er thinks that this tiger leaf can be handled far away, and the bear blind man should be no problem, so the two of them happily went.

Some time ago, Ye Yuan gave himself a stone lock, and he would exercise in the yard every morning, and he was not afraid of the cold in winter, so Liu Man'er felt that it was not easy for people to practice martial arts, it was really a winter practice and a summer practice, and Ye Yuan's strength and archery skills were not overnight.

For a while, Liu Man'er's favorite thing was to lie on the bed, wrapped in the quilt, open the small window, and watch Ye Yuan exercise in the yard, he was shirtless and shirtless, looking heroic.

This strength is to be practiced, Liu Man'er felt that her strength was quite big in the past, but since Ye Yuan came back, she has hardly done any heavy work, so her strength has decreased a lot.

She sometimes wants to practice, but Ye Yuan's stone lock weighs a hundred catties, and it is really difficult for her to lift it, well, the most important thing is that she is lazy.

To get back to the point, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan went to hunt this black bear, mainly because many people on this mountain were injured by this bear, and they didn't know what was going on, there were hunters on this mountain, but they all returned several times, so the people in the village thought of Ye Yuan.

After Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er arrived at Lao Shan Ao, they still lived in Uncle Li's house, and Uncle Li's family was hospitable, but Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er hunted their own prey, and every time they came, they brought their own vegetables, so they were not afraid of troublesome Uncle Li's two old men.

It's almost the New Year, Uncle Li's son hasn't come back yet, and Liu Man'er and the others have never seen his son since they got acquainted with Uncle Li's family, but this year is when he is busy, and his son shouldn't come back.

Liu Man'er came this time, in addition to beating the bear blind in this village, but also sent two pieces of deer skin to Uncle Li's family, this deer was hunted by chance by Ye Yuan last time, and it was also the harvest of going to the mountains with Liu Man'er, and now Liu Man'er's family has put on comfortable deerskin shoes.

These deerskin shoes are waterproof and soft, and they are very comfortable to wear, and Liu Man'er thought that she often came to this mountain to disturb Uncle Li's family, so she also sent them two pieces of leather.

In this winter, now Liu Man'er no longer wears shoes made of mille-feuille soles, in addition to deerskin shoes, she also has rabbit skin shoes, in winter, she also has clothes made of rabbit fur, Mao Mao's collar, which is beautiful and comfortable to wear.

Well, this is all the credit of the hard-working hunter Ye Yuan.

Every time he went to sell these small animals, Ye Yuan would peel off the skin, he would dispose of the skin, and then save the skin, at first Liu Man'er didn't know the use of these for him, but now that winter is coming, the leather he saved before will be useful.

Fang used this leather to make shoes for the family, and Liu Man'er made gloves for the family, this rabbit skin glove is very soft, no matter how you work, you are not afraid of freezing your hands.

Liu Man'er also made half a glove for Ye Feng and Liu Fusheng, so that it was convenient for them to write, Fang Shi saw it, and said straightly, how could she have so many strange techniques.

Liu Man'er smiled and said, "When our feet are cold, we can wear socks and thick shoes, and when our hands are cold, we can naturally wear gloves, and it's okay to wear these gloves." ”

In addition to this rabbit skin gloves, she also made cotton gloves, so that when doing different things, wear different gloves, although the rabbit skin is soft, but sometimes it is not so flexible, cotton gloves are different, close to the skin, very flexible.

It's just that Ye Yuan, as a hunter, can't wear gloves when he goes up the mountain to hunt, so Liu Man'er made him a palm protector, exposing his fingers and only covering the back of his hand, although it doesn't have much effect, but it's better than not wearing anything, it's Liu Man'er's intention, of course he won't refuse.

In fact, Ye Yuan is not cold at all, in winter, he is as warm as a stove, Liu Man'er must be warmed up first when he sleeps at night, in summer, she dislikes his body heat and hides far away, but in winter, she can't help but keep him tight.

Well, Ye Yuan felt that winter was really his happy time.

Liu Man'er used to hate winter, but now she doesn't hate it so much, winter is coming, it's just to wear two more clothes, and the rest is okay.

After staying at Uncle Li's house for one night, the next day Ye Yuan took Liu Man'er to the mountains to catch bears, and the hunters in the village walked in front and helped Ye Yuan and the two show the way.

However, they can only know the location of the blind bear, but they do not know where the bear's nest is.

When everyone stopped in this place where the blind bear often haunted, Liu Man'er began to listen carefully to the location of the blind bear, Ye Yuan raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet.

The sound of talking and arguing gradually stopped, Ye Yuan motioned to everyone not to move, when they all quieted down, as if everything was quiet, Liu Man'er could only hear the rustling sound of leaves falling, gradually, this sound became louder and louder in her ears, and she heard it farther and farther.

The sound of breathing fell into her ears, which was the sound of everyone abandoning their gaze, and gradually, the slight sound of breathing entered her eardrums, and Liu Man'er motioned for everyone not to move, she identified a direction and went that way.

The voice became louder and louder, and Liu Man'er was sure, so she said to Ye Yuan: "Xianggong, come here to take a look." ”

Ye Yuan walked forward, and everyone also moved, the footsteps of stepping on the dead leaves were very chaotic, and soon overshadowed the sound of breathing, Liu Man'er said, "Everyone wait in place now, back to back just in case, please don't move, let's go and go back." ”

Walking towards the front with Ye Yuan, Liu Man'er only heard the footsteps of the two, however, it seemed that there were always bursts of breathing coming towards her ears, and she stopped from time to time to determine the direction, and then chased after her.

After walking a short distance, Liu Man'er saw a big tree, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said, "The black bear should be sleeping in this tree hole." ”

Ye Yuan saw that the tree was intact.

Liu Man'er took him around, and sure enough, he saw a tree hole, Ye Yuan drew his bow and shot arrows, and shot them into the black rumbling tree hole, and an angry roar came out of this tree hole.

The villagers who heard the sound also looked over here, and when they arrived, the black bear had already come out of the tree hole, and when they saw Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er, the two culprits, the black bear rushed towards Ye Yuan angrily, Ye Yuan pulled the bow and shot the arrow again, hitting the throat of the black bear.

The poor black bear, who slept well at home, suffered an unwarranted disaster, and now he is even more dying.

Seeing that the black bear had been shot by Ye Yuan, the villagers were overjoyed, and when they saw Ye Yuan, they felt as if they had seen a marksman, and everyone carried the black bear to the village, Ye Yuan was originally invited to expel the black bear for them, and when they saw that they were so happy, they did not monopolize the prey, but just let the chief of this old mountain col distribute it.

The chief gave Ye Yuan the black bear skin as an honor, and then said that he wanted to give Ye Yuan money, but Ye Yuan refused, so the chief here asked Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er to stay and eat. Then they carried the carcass of the black bear to worship their ancestors and bless the coming year.

Next, the villagers held a banquet, as if it were an amazing festival.

In the afternoon, the villagers were busy, they set up tables outside the ancestral hall, and each family brought bowls, killing chickens and cooking sheep, which was very solemn.

Liu Man'er had never seen this kind of scene before, everyone was dressed in bright costumes, eating together, and it looked very lively.

After eating, it was the bonfire party, and they danced together, although Liu Man'er couldn't understand it, but generally men went up to show their talents, and women went up to show their bewitching figures.

Liu Man'er found that there were still a lot of young women in this village, but they all wanted to lean on Ye Yuan, what was going on? Do you want to compete with yourself for a husband? This was something that Liu Man'er couldn't tolerate, so she sat next to Ye Yuan and showed everyone her sovereignty.

But all the girls who were ashamed to agree to toast to Ye Yuan were all snatched from the cup by her, "Come on, come on, this girl, I'll drink with you!" ”

In the end, Liu Man'er drank a lot of wine, and Ye Yuan looked at her worriedly, but she was not the slightest drunk.

Gradually, everyone paid attention to Liu Man'er, thinking that Liu Man'er was a heroine among women, no wonder she could match a young hero like Ye Yuan, and those who came to toast with Liu Man'er were also frightened by Liu Man'er.

This girl is good, but she is a little jealous.

The chief secretly commented on Liu Man'er in his heart.

However, what Liu Man'er is most afraid of others saying is that she is jealous, she is jealous, and it is best for her things and her people not to come over and get involved.

Because the bonfire banquet was quite late, Ye Yuan and Liu Man'er could only live at Uncle Li's house at night, and the old aunt wanted to cook sobering soup for Liu Man'er, but Liu Man'er said that there was no need to bother.

Although it felt very good to watch Liu Man'er be jealous for him and help him block the wine, in fact, Ye Yuan had been worried about whether Liu Man'er would fall down, but Liu Man'er's spirit was very good, as if she was drinking water, not wine.

"Man'er, why are you so good at drinking?" While sleeping, Ye Yuan couldn't help but ask.

"What is this!" Liu Man'er laughed, but the original owner was also a girl in the mountains, and she was afraid of drinking?

Liu Man'er's family has been poor since childhood, and those in the mountains have to go up to work every day, and there are no warm clothes in winter, what should I do when it gets cold? You can only eat the dregs left over from the roasted wine, but the sorghum left over from the roasted wine still has a bit of wine flavor, and if you eat more, it will be like wine, and the whole body will be hot.

After all, wine is a precious thing, the mountains are barren, many things can't be grown, only some sorghum can be planted, this sorghum is the main source of income for Liu Man'er's family, sorghum can be roasted and sold.

But in the peasant family, the dregs left over from roasting wine are never thrown away, or given to chickens, or when the poor have no way to eat, people also eat them.

Liu Man'er doesn't like to drink, and she doesn't like to eat such sorghum, the wine smells strong and rough, and the throat of the person who cuts it hurts, but there was no way before, after eating too much, and then drinking, it was like water, and I didn't feel it.

These memories are deeply engraved in Liu Man'er's mind, even if the original owner was a fool in the past, but these can't be forgotten, after all, she has all the memories of the original owner.

"Drink less alcohol next time, it's not good for women to drink too much, and spirits hurt their bodies." Ye Yuan said.

"It's not because of you, a bunch of women are looking at you, I have to tell everyone, you are mine, they can't look at it, they can't even think about it." Liu Man'er said angrily.

"You're going to blame me for that." Ye Yuan was a little helpless.

"Of course you blame it." Liu Man'er is unreasonable.

Ye Yuan could only compromise: "Okay, it's all my fault......"