Chapter 3: Hunting
If Zhao Yu didn't know about Xu Menglan's poisoning, he might think that she was used to being abused.
And now, Xu Menglan's move, Zhao Yu can see it at a glance, she should want to delay time, afraid that she will attack her third sister.
Zhao Yu shook his head and helped Xu Menglan up, "I'm tired, let's go later!" ”
Now what I say I won't abuse you in the future is empty, and it's been a year, so people don't believe it, so they can only slowly change their concepts.
Xu Menglan stood in place, her face cloudy, as if she was guessing whether Zhao Yu was really tired, or holding back some bad thoughts.
She turned her head and gave Xu Xiulan, who was watching from afar, a look.
Xu Xiulan understood in seconds, got up quickly, quietly came to the door of the third sister's room, and knocked lightly on the door in a way of three long and one short.
When the same response was given in the room, Xu Xiulan breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the side of the bicycle and started to generate electricity.
There is a pressurized water well in the shelter, which Zhao Yu used when he was a child, and he is quite proficient in using it.
Pour a spoonful of water into the pressurized well, press the handle up and down, and in a few moments, the outlet gushes out of the water, cold groundwater.
"I'll do it......"
Xu Menglan was still very weak at the moment, so she took the initiative to take over the job and scooped some water into the kettle.
Ten minutes later, the rice and two stir-fried vegetables are served.
There were still two catties of rat meat in the shelter, but Zhao Yu was a little difficult to swallow, so he simply didn't make this dish.
"Have you eaten?"
Zhao Yu was about to move his chopsticks, remembering that Xu Menglan was still standing next to him, so he asked casually.
"After eating, we consume less, and we are not hungry......" Xu Menglan smiled as if flattering.
"Where's Su Lan?"
"She fell asleep, she was too tired from the previous shift to generate electricity......"
"Hmm!"
Zhao Yu didn't ask too much, and ate by himself.
The rice is okay, except for a musty smell, the taste is normal, but the greens are a little too light.
The condiments at home have long been used up, and most of the rest have expired and have no taste.
After eating briefly, Xu Menglan was quick and quickly came up to collect the bowl.
Zhao Yu wanted to wash the dishes by himself, but looking at Xu Menglan's appearance, after thinking about it, he still forgot it.
I checked the reserve food, and there is indeed not much left, it can last for three days at most, this is still the case where the other three women eat very little, if they let go and eat to their full, they can be consumed in one day.
Zhao Yu pursed his lips, the most important thing at the moment is to go out to find food.
Back in his room, Zhao Yu took out the two guns, the bullets were loaded in turn, the gun sleeve was pinned to the waistband of his trousers, and the pistol was adjusted to a position that could be easily taken out.
"Husband, are you going out?" Xu Menglan had already finished washing the dishes, and when she arrived at the door of the master bedroom, she poked her head out and asked cautiously.
"Well, I'm going out to find food!"
When Xu Menglan heard this, she seemed to remember something, and hurriedly trotted all the way to the end of the corridor.
Zhao Yu came to the entrance, opened the patio, and was about to climb up, when Xu Menglan ran over again, carrying an iron bucket with a lid on her back, and there was a stench, wafting everywhere.
Zhao Yu glanced at her, didn't say anything, took the first step, and crawled along the patio towards the ground.
Xu Menglan was carrying a tin bucket on her back and followed closely behind her.
The patio is only a dozen meters deep, and there is an exit that looks like a manhole cover when it leads to the ground.
Outside the exit is an abandoned house that was built by the original owner.
Coming to the exit, Zhao Yu looked around at the lookout to make sure that there was no danger, so he opened the lid and got out.
In the patio, Xu Menglan also climbed up the ladder, and Zhao Yu stretched out a hand when he saw this.
Xu Menglan was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Zhao Yu to think about pulling her, she had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't dare to refuse.
"Husband, I'm going to deal with this......"
After coming up, Xu Menglan didn't dare to stay longer, and ran towards the door with an iron bucket full of feces on her back.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu followed.
In the past, Xu Menglan did this kind of thing alone, and she had to run into the woods more than 100 meters away from the house on the ground and fall down.
When I went out, the outside world was still bright, there were three moons overhead, and although there were no lights, I was at least not afraid of tripping over stones when I walked.
The ground was overgrown with weeds, no one had cleaned it, and the few houses scattered in the distance were also silent and looked desolate.
Farther away, all kinds of nocturnal beasts and mosquitoes are constantly crying.
Listening to these voices, the two of them felt a little more at ease.
Compared to the beasts, the obvious mutant beasts are more terrifying, and where there are mutant beasts, the mosquito beasts retreat, and the sound of screaming means that there are no mutant beasts around.
The two of them went one after the other, and soon arrived at the target area, and Xu Menglan fell down the filthy things one by one.
Not far away, more than a dozen pairs of green eyes were staring at this side, making her body tremble and hurriedly turn around.
"Let's go!"
Zhao Yu's pistol was already in his hand, staring at those eyes vigilantly.
Although the beast is not as terrifying as the mutant beast, it often attacks humans, and if there are few of them, he can deal with them with his bare hands, and if there are many of them, he has to shoot.
But after the shot, it is very likely to attract large beasts or even mutant beasts, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Xu Menglan was taken aback by Zhao Yu's voice, but she didn't expect him to follow.
But at this time, she couldn't think too much, and hurriedly ran towards the house.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu took a few steps back with his back, and then turned around and quickly followed.
Not long after they were gone, the owners of a dozen pairs of green-eyed trees swarmed up and pounced on the pile of filth.
A wolfdog-like creature, larger than the one on the Blue Star's side, with sharper teeth and sharper claws, it is one of the most threatening beasts in existence.
Fortunately, Zhao Yu had killed a few heads before, so that these creatures knew that he was not easy to mess with.
escorted Xu Menglan all the way back to the house, opened the patio, and waited until she went in, and then covered the patio.
Lying on the iron ladder, Xu Menglan looked at Zhao Yu through the lookout, and only then did he come back to his senses when he disappeared from view.
"He, how does he feel different......
Xu Menglan was a little dazed, Zhao Yu today always felt weird, not only was she too polite, but she also escorted her back and forth.
"False, he must be pretending!"
Xu Menglan recovered quickly, and she felt that this must be something bad that Zhao Yu was holding back again.
After all, a year of getting along has made her see this person clearly.
After leaving the house, Zhao Yu put away the pistol, took out a dagger, and quietly touched towards the woods.
As he approached, a dozen pairs of eyes suddenly appeared in the place where the filth had fallen before.
Zhao Yu looked at the owner of these eyes for a while, and then slowly walked to the other side.
The target of his trip was not the wolves that lived in packs, but another beast in the woods, an omnivorous creature that resembled a wild boar.
After going deeper into the woods for more than ten minutes, Zhao Yu walked and stopped, squatting in front of a piece of animal footprints from time to time, observing and continuing to move.
The original owner knew how to hunt, but he was afraid of getting hurt, so he hardly touched these large beasts.
The only time, also a few months ago, was to kill a couple of wolves with guns.
As a result, the mutant beast was attracted, not only did the wolf meat not have to eat, but even he himself narrowly escaped and lay at home for a week before relieving.
Since then, the original owners have basically only picked small animals.
In addition to hunting, another way to obtain food is to go to the city to scavenge for supplies and then go to human settlements to exchange food.
But now, the county town closest to the town is occupied by a few mutant beasts, and there is no room for trading for the time being.
Further afield, there is another county seat more than 50 kilometers away, the road is far away, and it is inconvenient to go back and forth.
In this era, even if there is a car on the side of the road, no one dares to drive it, so you can only rely on your legs to hurry.
Fifty kilometers or so, you can't walk down in a week, and you have to be careful of wild beasts that come out at night.
When the gathering place was still there, only some big forces could go back and forth between the two counties like this.
In the last days, a few people like Zhao Yu occupied the mainstream, but some people chose to hold a group, as few as thirty or fifty people, and as many as even hundreds.
Because the original owner had three flower-like women in his hands, and the shelter was relatively safe, he never had the idea of joining these teams.
After walking for a few more minutes and seeing a footprint that looked like flower petals, Zhao Yu stopped.
I found a big and stout tree, used my hands and feet together, and climbed it easily.
Sitting on a fairly strong branch, Zhao Yu rolled up his sleeves and lightly scratched his arm with a dagger.
"Tick~!"
Three or four drops of blood had fallen, and he took out the gauze from the improvised medical bag pinned to his waist and bandaged the wound.
After waiting for about four or five minutes, there was some movement around.
A moment later, a wild boar approaching a height of one and a half meters appeared, walked towards the place where the blood was dripping, and walked over with its head down and sniffing.
Zhao Yu got up slowly, took the dagger in his hand, and jumped directly when the wild boar reached directly under the trunk.
"Poof~!"
The dagger hit the nail on the head and plunged it into the boar's head on the spot.
"Hmph~~!"
The boar screamed in pain as it slammed in all directions.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu hurriedly lay on the body of the wild boar, his limbs entwined, and fixed his body.
"Bang~!"
"Bang~!"
"Bang~!"
The boar completely lost its mind, and kept ramming, breaking several small trees with the thick mouth of the bowl.
After rushing for a few more minutes, it seemed to be unable to hold on, and its movements gradually slowed down, and after stumbling a few steps, it fell completely and remained motionless.
Zhao Yu pulled out the dagger, stood up, looked down, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
At this moment, his body is also full of holes, with abrasions everywhere and bloodstains, no better than a wild boar.
"Careless......"
It was also the first time for Zhao Yu to hunt such a large-sized beast, thinking that this body was so strong, it should be no problem.
But now, this wild boar is stronger, at least, he punches out, and he can smash a small tree with a thick bowl mouth.
"Wow~~!"
The howl of a beast in the distance made Zhao Yu's face change, and he hurriedly leaned down and tried to pull the wild boar.
"Up!"
His face was flushed, and he barely pulled the boar a few points.
"This is special, I don't think about it......"
So far, if you don't carry this wild boar back, I'm sorry for his injury.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Zhao Yu wants to eat meat and doesn't want to eat rat meat.
After a brief try, with his strength, dragging the wild boar back should be no problem.
Zhao Yu took off the rope around his waist, tied one end around the boar's body, and wrapped the other end around his waist.
It was easier to walk in this way, and it didn't take long for him to walk more than ten meters away, and then Zhao Yu stopped.
In front of him, more than a dozen pairs of green eyes stared at this side.
"Is meat that you can eat if you eat?!"
Zhao Yu was angry when he saw these guys, and couldn't help but scold.
"Wow~~!"
After a wolf howl, the owner of more than a dozen pairs of eyes spread out, completely surrounding Zhao Yu and the wild boar.
"Tear~!"
Zhao Yu loosened the rope around his waist and took out the dagger and pistol.
The moment he saw the pistol, one of the one-eyed wolves clearly showed a frightened look.
The pace of the wolves' progress suddenly slowed down, and dozens of meters away, they began to circle around Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu stopped in place and waited for a while, and found that the wolves did not attack, so he hit the road again.
Who knows, after walking a few meters away, the wolves approached more than ten meters away from him.
This caused him to lower the rope again, take out his pistol and start confronting them.
"Damn, if you want to fight, you can fight, if you don't fight, get out, see you paralyzed?!"
Zhao Yu was very angry, and scolded unceremoniously.
It took a lot of effort to get such a wild boar, but I was targeted by these-eating guys.
Do you have the ability to hunt wild boars by yourself?!
When Zhao Yu was cursing, one was not paying attention, and there was a wolf behind him, who had quietly touched the wild boar and took a bite towards the pig's hind legs.
As soon as Zhao Yu turned around, he found that the wolf had picked up a piece of flesh and ran away.
"Gan!"
Zhao Yu really wanted to raise his head and give it a shot.
But he didn't dare!
At this moment, the forest where they stayed, no matter how they fought, it was a small fight, and the pork still had a point, once the mutant beast was shot, no one would eat it.
However, this also gave Zhao Yu some inspiration, he raised the dagger, cut at the boar, pulled off a piece of meat, shook it under the gaze of the wild wolves, and then threw it high towards the rear.
"Wow~~!"
In the next second, more than a dozen wild wolves heard the wind and ran after the piece of pork, just to get out of the way.
Seeing this, Zhao Yu quickly grabbed the rope and pulled the wild boar forward.
After walking a few steps, the pork that was thrown out was eaten by the wolves, and it didn't take long for Zhao Yu to block Zhao Yu's way again.
"!"
Zhao Yu took out the dagger, cut a piece of meat again, this time cutting more, and threw it towards the rear with all his strength.
Taking this opportunity, he dragged the wild boar for more than ten meters.
Looking at the wolves that surrounded him again, Zhao Yu was depressed, although he was very unwilling, he still concocted the same method, cut a piece of pork, and walked for a while.
A good whole pig was cut off nearly half of its flesh before wild wolves began to retreat.
But there are also those who have not eaten enough, and they are still staring at Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu turned his head to take a look, and found that there were only three or four emaciated wolves left, and the other wolves had already left.
"How dare you follow?!"
Zhao Yu sneered, ignored them directly, and dragged the wild boar forward quickly.
Wild boars have less than half of their meat and are much lighter.
A few wild wolves were still blocking the road at first, but as Zhao Yu approached a distance of a few meters, they all let out a 'whoop' and scattered in all directions.
Apparently they also know that those who can hunt wild boars will be easy to kill.
After the wolf dispersed, it didn't go far, still following behind Zhao Yu, licking the blood scattered on the soil from time to time.
After several wild wolves tried a few times, they still didn't dare to make a move, and at the moment when Zhao Yu left the woods, 'Whew! After a few sounds, they retreated.
Looking at the wild boar that was missing half of the flesh and blood, Zhao Yu felt a pain in the egg, looked back at the fleeing wild wolf, and said viciously: "Sooner or later, I will kill you all and kill the ...... who eat meat."
With that, he returned to his house and knocked on the manhole cover.
After a while, Xu Menglan climbed up along the patio, and after seeing that it was Zhao Yu, she opened the manhole cover.
"So much meat?!" The moment she saw the wild boar, Xu Menglan's eyes turned green.
Seeing her throat squirming, Zhao Yu smiled slightly, only feeling that he had worked hard, and he was not tired, "Let's go, eat pork tonight!" ”
(End of chapter)