Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Former Royal Gardens
After deciding to settle his home in Bumrungrad Village, Xu Zhengdao learned more about the surrounding situation in Bumrungrad Village from the villagers. Among them was the mountains he was going to explore today. To his surprise, it was still a royal garden in its early years.
In addition, nearby residents also told him that many people from the city come to this mountain every autumn to enjoy the autumn leaves. Combined with some information he learned in his previous life, Xu Zhengdao confirmed what the location of the Kangmin Village where he is currently settled.
If nothing happens, the mountain he is setting foot on now will become a famous tourist attraction in Kyoto in the future. As for whether there is prey on the mountain, Xu Zhengdao feels that there are so many mountains and the vegetation is also very lush, so I think there should be some wild beasts inhabiting here.
After entering the mountain, Xu Zhengdao walked to places where no one had set foot, especially those places where the ice and snow melted, which were the target areas he focused on searching. If there are hares in the mountains, these grasses that are not covered with snow are also the feeding grounds of the hares.
During the day, when the temperature is high, the hares that nest in the burrows will also run out to forage for food. Even though it is rare to see budding grass in the mountains, for the hares who have been hungry for a winter, the grass roots are also their food for hunger.
In order to ensure safety, while searching for wild beasts in the forest, Xu Zhengdao will also pay attention to the surrounding movements. Even from time to time, he releases his spiritual power to ensure that no one is spying on him in the dark. It didn't hurt to see it, but he still felt that it was better to be careful.
As a royal garden in the past, Xu Zhengdao has heard some stories and secrets about this mountain range. Even though the area he was in at the moment was open to the public. But who can guarantee that there are not some people hidden in the shadows?
Xu Zhengdao, who searched all the way along the valley and walked a long mountain road, finally found the prey that he wanted to hunt this time when he entered the mountain not far ahead. A gray-haired hare, weighing four or five pounds, was squatting in a cluster of bushes to feed.
From time to time, he looks up vigilantly and observes every move around him. It's a pity that for Xu Zhengdao, who often hunts in the mountains, he is naturally very clear about the habits of some wild beasts.
During the search, he deliberately slowed down. If you use the Dragon Walk, there will be less movement during the journey. But hunting in this mountain, he felt that there was no need to use the dragon walk, and it was more appropriate to be an ordinary hunter.
Finding a hare foraging, Xu Zhengdao immediately took out a feather arrow inlaid with an iron arrow from the quiver, put it on the compound bowstring left by the previous master, and aimed the arrow at the hare that probed his brain.
Locking on to the target, the feathered arrow pulled the string and released the arrow, and when the feathered arrow flew out, the locked hare seemed to sense the danger, and just as it was about to spin and jump, the feathered arrow with a sharp arrow had already arrived, and the hare was quickly knocked to the ground by the feathered arrow.
Seeing that the arrow shot hit the target accurately, Xu Zhengdao was also very satisfied: "Not bad! I haven't used a bow and arrow for a while, and I'm worried that archery has regressed. Now it seems that my archery skills are okay, and I finally didn't lose my face as a Xuan Xiu! ”
Although he had many ways to hunt this forest hare. But since he decided to be an ordinary hunter, he naturally had to hunt with the means of an ordinary hunter. Otherwise, picking up a stone will kill the hare.
The hare, which had been shot through the abdomen by a feathered arrow, twitched a few times on its short legs, and soon stopped breathing. Xu Zhengdao, who picked it up from the ground and confirmed that it was a male hare, was also slightly relieved.
In fact, through his psychic powers, he had previously checked whether the hare was male or female. If it is a female hare, then Xu Zhengdao will also decide whether to kill the killer according to the situation. Even if it is hunting in the mountains, it is necessary to hunt selectively.
If it is a female hare with cubs, Xu Zhengdao will definitely not hunt it. Because he couldn't bear to hunt this kind of female hare that had just given birth to cubs or was pregnant with cubs. As for the male hare, he will not have any burden to hunt.
Remembering that in his previous life, people often said that 'rabbits are so cute, how can they bear to hurt them', Xu Zhengdao, who took off the feather arrow and put the hare into a cloth bag, said with a smile: "After eating rabbit meat, I'm afraid they will say that this rabbit is so spicy and fragrant!" ”
Continuing to search the valley, Xu Zhengdao also saw some birds on the way. Even if there was a chance to shoot him, he still chose to let it go. In his opinion, more birds in the forest will also bring more life and vitality to the jungle.
In contrast, hares that breed in large numbers in the jungle are likely to cause damage to vegetation. Therefore, occasionally coming over for a hunt is actually beneficial to the jungle ecology.
Doing something and not doing something is also the hunting principle that Xu Zhengdao adheres to!
After walking for several hours over the mountains and mountains, seeing the scorching sun hanging high in the sky, Xu Zhengdao was also ready to go home. Continuing to explore, he could find more prey, but he felt that it was completely unnecessary.
In this mountain range, an area that is truly uninhabited, he has no interest in setting foot in it. The area he explored today really allowed him to find traces of wild boar herds. But today, he doesn't follow those tracks.
As long as there are wild boars in this jungle, then the next time you find an opportunity to go into the mountains, I believe there is still a chance to hunt them. But judging from the footprints left by the wild boar herd, the scale of this wild boar herd does not seem to be large.
It's normal to think about it carefully, compared to the wild boar herd he hunted in Yunwu Mountain before, this kind of wild boar in the near mountain area is often hunted by hunters. For ordinary hunters, they will not hunt in a targeted manner like Xu Zhengdao.
Even if a newborn wild boar cub really wants to be caught by an ordinary hunter, it will represent a dozen catties of meat or a dozen yuan. The meat and money that are hard to come by, who is willing to give up ordinary people?
From the other side of the mountain beam, Xu Zhengdao, who began to walk back, found that the situation in this mountain range was really very different from the cloud mountain range where he had lived in seclusion before. One has a very strong primitive atmosphere, and the other has too strong a fireworks atmosphere.
In the jungle of Yunwu Mountain, it is difficult to find a mountain road for passers-by to move forward smoothly, even if there are not many sheep intestine trails. However, in this jungle, you can sometimes see sidewalks made of stone or gravel.
"An old forest in the deep mountains, a former royal garden, it is normal that it will be different!"
Xu Zhengdao, who was relieved to himself, no longer stopped to admire it too much, but accelerated his pace and walked down the mountain. Leaving the mountain, looking at Bumrungrad Village not far away, I could no longer see the smoke rising from the village.
took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, Xu Zhengdao couldn't help but smile bitterly: "As soon as you enter the mountain, you will always forget the time!" ”
Knowing that at this point, the villagers had already had lunch, Xu Zhengdao still quickened his pace and returned to the village with the results of today's hunting. Unlike in the past, when he hunted large game in the mountains, today he only showed it slightly.
The only prey that really carried it in hand was two hares and a pheasant. Of course, in his storage ring, there is also a surplus of hunting fruits. It's just that Xu Zhengdao feels that these three prey are enough to make the villagers envious.
In recent years, even people in the city have not eaten meat much, let alone rural people in more difficult conditions.
Judging from today's hunting in the mountains, there are not many wild beasts in the mountain range opposite Kangmin Village. As for the beasts, they have not been seen in the mountains. This also means that it is difficult for ordinary people to get food from the mountains.
As for the hares and pheasants he hunted today, if he really wanted to sell them in the city, he would probably be able to sell them for a dozen yuan. How could the villagers not be envious of such a harvest? It's a pity that Xu Zhengdao didn't plan to sell these prey at all.
I made an appointment with Liu Daneng to come over for dinner at noon tomorrow, and by the way, I invited the village party secretary to talk about settling in Kangmin Village. With these two hares and pheasants entertained, I believe the village party secretary will also feel very happy!
Even as a village party secretary, his living conditions may be better than those of other villagers. But a table full of meat dishes for the reception banquet, presumably Sun Dazhuang has never eaten it a few times in his life. After eating Xu Zhengdao's food, shouldn't it be reasonable to help out?