Chapter 100: Ordinary Life
On a sunny autumn morning, the red sun threw its first rays of sunlight, and after the rain last night, a faint mist still filled the eaves of the house. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info hung on the air-dried bacon with a little oil, a few spoonfuls of rice in the pot, a fragrance accompanied by water vapor. Although the ordinary life is simple, it also has its unique charm.
The deer in the forest quietly poked their heads out, cautiously observing the elves and humans drinking tea by the river. During these months, Bert learned to drink tea with the elders, a leisure life that was unimaginable in troubled times. Autumn is the harvest season, and after drinking tea and breakfast, it's time to go out and farm. After the harvest of this ripe rice, it is time to start sowing the next crop, and the village seems to be a little busy these days.
But Bert needs to follow Culent into the forest to hunt today and prepare some meat for the winter, after all, it will be difficult to find animals in winter, and the Spring Festival is the time for wild animals to breed, and the kind elves know that they should not dry up and fish, and spring is also the time when the elves are forbidden to hunt. So this autumn they need to catch all the meat for the winter in the whole village.
Bert was curious about the fact that the elves were still in need of hunting to maintain meat. When discussing with Kalente about the gentle animals that humans have been keeping in captivity for a long time, the elves' eyes gleamed. The elders of several villages immediately voted on the plan, and sent a few young and strong men to follow Bert into the forest to catch the animals.
It's much harder to capture an animal alive than to hunt it. Especially for the archers elves, the elves are not suitable for long-distance running, and wild animals have always been afraid of people, and it is really difficult to capture them alive without hurting the animals. Early in the morning, the elves from other villages had been waiting at the entrance of the village for a long time.
Out of curiosity, Wendini also wanted to follow them into the forest, and Color, who was not in danger, agreed anyway. In the elven race, the female archery skills are much better than the males, and the male elves focus more on cultivating magic. Therefore, in many cases, female elves can better reflect the elves' good shooting. Even on the continent of Shusyari, most of the hunters of the elves are composed of women, and most of them are beautiful elven sisters who walk in the forest on elk.
After breakfast, the group set off on an elk. However, because he was not an elf, Bert couldn't ride an elk, so he reluctantly gave up after a few attempts, and could only follow behind with a deer cart loaded with a cage.
In autumn, the forest has begun to accumulate leaf litter, and a large number of leaves cover the ground and store nutrients for the trees to survive the winter. The noon sun pierced through the thinning branches and scattered them on the ground, and the elk in a row kept stepping on the leaves, making a rustling sound. The people had been walking in the forest for most of the morning, and the elves had a lot of harvest, and the deer cart that Bert was driving was piled up with the carcasses of animals such as wolves and rabbits. These animals are not very easy to keep in captivity, so they are simply shot and brought back for the winter.
There is only one scar on every animal, and that is the eye, whether it is a medium-sized animal as large as a wolf or as small as a roe deer, it is fatal with one arrow.
The elves have very good eyesight in the forest, far surpassing Bert, who grew up in the forest. If he hadn't caught some animals that he could bring back today, Bert really didn't know what he was doing today.
Bert simply picked a horsetail from the side of the road and put it in his mouth, and the man half leaned on the car, following the elves to drive the car slowly and leisurely.
Wentini, who was walking in front, suddenly raised his hand, and the team immediately stopped. Wendini leaned over and said a few words to the elk, who could understand her, and turned to Bert.
"There's a chicken nest over there, can you keep it?" Wentiny's human language is still being learned, and he is not yet proficient.
As soon as Bert heard that there were chickens, he immediately jumped out of the car, "Yes, I want to catch chickens." With that, Bert patted the elk's horns and walked to the front of the line with a smile.
They were a little far from the coop, and Bert could only squint. Sure enough, there were a few chickens strolling leisurely in the backlight.
"Brother Calent, are these animals afraid of people? We have almost no wild chickens and ducks, and we don't know what about your animals. Bert asked, looking back.
Culent muttered for a moment, "Hmm...... Larger animals are okay, but the animals of this kind of flying birds are small in size and have no ability to defend themselves, so they are still somewhat afraid of people, and they are estimated to fly away if they are scared. ”
Yes...... Flying...... Bert was stunned, as if he had heard that chickens and ducks used to fly, but they were kept in captivity by humans for a long time and slowly lost the ability to fly. It's embarrassing now, I didn't think of this layer before, wouldn't it be embarrassing if I failed to capture it.
Bert had an embarrassed look on his face, Lunar might not have communicated with other races for a long time, thinking that Bert was afraid that the chickens would lose something if they flew away, so he comforted him and said, "It's okay, if they fly, we'll shoot them all down, don't worry, none of them can escape." ”
"Don't, don't. Bert hurriedly waved his hand and refused, "Don't shoot, if we shoot them to death, we will have to find other animals that can be raised, you give me a chance, don't fire arrows within three seconds of the chickens flying." If I can't catch them in three seconds, you shoot again. ”
Kalente thought about it, and although the chickens could fly far in three seconds, it was not difficult for them, so he agreed.
Bert unloaded a net from the carriage and put it on his back, and crept in the direction of the chicken. For this wild animal, the slightest noise can be alarmed, and the sound and smell are even more exposed than the figure, so Bert simply does not use "stealth". Bert carefully observed the direction of the wind, and now that they were in the downwind, they did not have to fear that the smell would be smelled.
Bert approached them step by step, but even if he was very careful, it was useless, there were so many leaves on the ground, and although it had rained last night, there were still some noises. Several wary roosters turned their heads several times to visit.
Bert, who was hiding behind a tree, looked very nervous, never before when he had infiltrated an alien camp. It's close to the flock now, and if you get close like this, you're sure to be spotted.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration occurred in Bert's mind, and he recited a spell silently, a yellow light flashed under his feet, and his body slowly flew up the tree behind him.