Chapter 46: The Hunter's Trap
Back at Uncle Li's house, the old woman was already cooking, and Liu Man'er sat and chatted for a while, and the meal was already on the table.
Knowing that Uncle Li and Ye Yuan recognized a distant relative, the old woman was more kind to the two of them, and kept serving vegetables to the two, and the enthusiasm almost made Liu Man'er a little unbearable.
At night, the old woman cleaned up the room of her former son and daughter-in-law and gave it to Liuliu Man'er and the two of them to live in.
The next day, before dawn, the whole village had begun to wake up, the rooster began to crow, the dog began to bark, after all, it was someone else's house, Liu Man'er also had some unstable sleep, and woke up early.
After washing up, they had breakfast at Uncle Li's house, and after that, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan submitted their resignations.
Yesterday I stayed in this mountain for a day, if I didn't go back early today, the Fang family at home should be worried.
However, before leaving, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan also asked Uncle Li if there were any monkeys on this mountain, but Uncle Li said that there were fewer monkeys now, and it was rare to see them.
But Liu Man'er was not discouraged, and finally came back, even if she didn't take these monkeys back, at least take a look at our senior brother, and it would be regarded as a tour of the mountains and rivers.
Therefore, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan still decided to go to the mountain to have a look, and the mountain is more dense, presumably there will be more prey.
Before leaving, the old woman filled Liu Man'er's rattan basket full of loquats, saying that she would let Liu Man'er take it to eat on the road.
Liu Man'er was a little embarrassed, so she told the two old men where they lived, so that they could go to their house to rest their feet next time they went to the market.
Uncle Li and the old woman both nodded, saying that they would definitely go next time they were free.
Liu Man'er felt that when she came to pick loquat ten days later, she must bring something delicious to these two old men, after all, she and Ye Yuan were guests at Uncle Li's house, and they were warmly welcomed, and the rice and eggs that she was reluctant to eat on weekdays were used to entertain Ye Yuan and herself.
And this time, if it weren't for these two old men, he and Ye Yuan might have to sleep in the mountains, where could they still eat such delicious food and live in such a warm and comfortable house.
When Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan left, the old woman personally sent the two of them outside the village, and then waved her hand with the two, looking reluctant, this Uncle Li was going to work in the mountains anyway, so he simply walked with Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan.
It wasn't until he was in his own mountain that he stopped, asked Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan to pay more attention to safety, and stopped to see the two of them go away.
After resting for a night, Liu Man'er's foot strength also recovered a little, all the way to the top of the mountain, and did not see a monkey, maybe her luck was not good, but she hit two roe deer on the mountain, Ye Yuan said that this roe deer is quite valuable, so this is also a good thing.
"You're really my little lucky star." When going down the mountain, Ye Yuan was happy, "In the past, when I went up the mountain to hunt alone, it would be good to be able to catch a rabbit a day, but this time I went around the mountain with you, but I didn't expect to get so many prey." ”
"Of course." Liu Man'er smiled arrogantly and said, "My ears are smarter than yours, so next time I go up the mountain, I will come with you again, so that you can go up the mountain once and be worth twice." ”
"Yes, but I don't want you to be so tired." Ye Yuan looked at Liu Man'er and said, "You can't walk again." ”
"I can't walk? Oh, I walked so far yesterday, you don't want to think about it. Liu Man'er said, "Usually we climb that mountain, for me, it's not a problem at all, okay, I'll let you carry it, you still dislike me, right?" ”
"Nope." Ye Yuan shook his head and squeezed Liu Man'er's hand, "Are you tired now?" Do you want me to carry it? ”
"No, let's go over this mountain."
The two continued to walk forward, and this time Liu Man'er finally saw the monkey on a tree, but unfortunately, after these monkeys saw Liu Man'er and the two, they jumped long in a smoke.
"Look at you, you look so fierce and vicious, you scared my monkeys away." Liu Man'er complained.
"Can I be blamed for that?" Ye Yuan felt that he was really a little aggrieved, this person was quite unreasonable in what he did.
"Who don't blame you?" Liu Man'er looked up.
"And I'll help you get it back?" Ye Yuan asked tentatively, he pulled out his bow and made a look like he was going to shoot an arrow.
"No, no, no." Liu Man'er hurriedly shook her head, "How good is this family's carefree life in the mountains, why do you want to catch it?" ”
"But didn't you say you wanted to catch monkeys all along?" Ye Yuan felt that this woman really didn't understand.
"I've always said that I'm going to kidnap a monkey and go back, and I'm going to kidnap those poor monkeys and keep them, not to catch them, not to shoot them, you know? You use this violence against this monkey, how can I tame them in the future? ”
"So what do you say?" Ye Yuan asked seriously.
"Come back next time, forget it this time."
"Then you don't have monkeys?"
"Not for the time being."
"That's good."
Hearing Liu Man'er say this, Ye Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief, he never wanted Liu Man'er to raise monkeys, raising monkeys, what is this, eating like a human, and being naughty.
"Look at you, it seems that you have never liked me to raise monkeys, in that case, why are you still coming up the mountain with me?" Liu Man'er asked puzzled.
"I don't like it, but if you have to raise it, then it's up to you, after all, I like you." Ye Yuan replied casually.
When Liu Man'er heard him say this, she felt a little sweet in her heart, okay, who said that this honest man can't talk about love? This guy, with such a serious face, even she was moved.
"Also, I am such a beautiful, smart and capable person, and you can't help but dislike it."
Liu Man'er said arrogantly, and then followed in front.
Ye Yuan also chuckled and hurriedly followed, after all, this mountain is not fun.
"Man'er, you go slowly, be careful of the traps set by others on this mountain." As soon as Ye Yuan's words spoke, Liu Man'er stepped on a clamp.
"Hiss......"
She was so painful that she couldn't even speak, Ye Yuan hurriedly walked over and helped her loosen the clip.
"What kind of lack of virtue is this, why do you pretend to be this on this mountain." Liu Man'er scolded angrily, she took off her shoes, and her feet were broken and bleeding.
Thanks to the fact that her shoes were made of wood, otherwise her feet would have been broken.
"It's all dressed up by hunters on the mountain, so be careful when walking on the mountain." Ye Yuan ran over, quickly tore off a strip of cloth from his clothes, and bandaged Liu Man'er as he spoke, "You endure a little pain." ”
"And you're often trapping, too?" Liu Man'er said.
"I haven't started yet, I'll make a few clips and put them on tomorrow." Ye Yuan said.
Liu Man'er stretched out her hand to hit him, "You're specifically trying to anger me, right?" ”
"No, in fact, there is a skill in pretending this." Ye Yuan said, "Generally, hunters will put this kind of trap in the deep forest and dense places where animals often walk, I just thought that if it were me, I would put the clamp in this place, but you stepped on it." ”
"Okay, that's my bad luck?" Liu Man'er smiled bitterly.
"Well, in general, who would come to this mountain except for experienced hunters?" Ye Yuan said with a smile, "And some people will dig deep pits in this mountain, if you fall into this pit, it will be really troublesome." ”
"It's okay, you can pull me up anyway." Liu Man'er thinks it's better to fall into the pit than to get caught in her foot, and now she can't walk at all because of the pain.
"Some hunters put bamboo in the pit, and it's not fun to fall down." Ye Yuan had a good eye to put things down and prepare to carry the willow vines.
"Forget it, I'll go by myself." Liu Man'er sighed, and felt a little sorry for Ye Yuan, "It's still so far away from going out here, how long can you recite my words?" I rested for a while, and it didn't hurt so much. ”
The main reason is that the two of them have hit a lot of prey along the way, the back basket is almost full, and there is a rattan basket of loquats, these weights are on Ye Yuan's body, and Liu Man'er is afraid that he will not be able to bear it.
"Okay then." Ye Yuan nodded and said, "You sit here to rest, come, eat loquat?" ”
He took out a loquat from the basket, wiped it on his clothes and handed it to Liu Man'er, Liu Man'er also took it and ate it, going up and down the mountain is indeed a little tired, and the most tiring thing is that there are still two mountains to climb to get home.
At this moment, she admired her courage yesterday, how could she have been able to go so far back to her mother's house, and then come to this small village again?
Today, I can't do it anyway, I'm tired, and I don't want to move at all.
"I don't want to go." The more you sit, the more you don't want to leave.
"Then let's go to Uncle Li's house to rest for the night?" Ye Yuan said tentatively, "Anyway, I hit some prey today, and I can give them some as a reward when the time comes." ”
Liu Man'er shook her head, "No, tomorrow is the Guanyin Temple Fair, and I still have to rush to sell lotus flowers." ”
"Let's go back early." Thinking of money, he instantly had motivation, grabbed Ye Yuan's hand, Liu Man'er got up from the ground, and limped down the mountain.
As I walked, my feet didn't hurt so much, and at noon I finally crossed a mountain and saw that victory was in sight.
There was a stream in the middle of the col, where Liu Man'er washed her face, drank water, and then sat down and rested.
Fortunately, there are loquat trees around to satisfy her hunger, otherwise she will starve to death.
But just eating loquat is not hungry, she has been walking all morning, but she is tired and hungry, Ye Yuan put down the things and asked Liu Man'er to wait for him here, while he himself found some stones on the side and built a simple small stove.