At noon, Lawrence took Sophia to the stronghold on the mountain.

It's a necessary thing for Lawrence to let Sophia know what she's doing and what she expects "us" to do.

If Sophia does not support, or resists these things, then the matter of building a stronghold in the mountains will be much more troublesome.

"The hill ahead is." Lawrence walked ahead and explored the path with a stick.

Sophia in the back led the Dom sheep, and behind the Dom sheep carrying blankets, sacks, stones and other supplies, was Saliel, who followed.

Sariel didn't have anything to do these days, and she didn't want to stay in a quiet home, so she came over to help.

Sophia said happily: "Let's hurry up!" ”

Lawrence looked at the uneven hills and rock mounds around him, "Let's gather some dirt here first." ”

Sophia looked at the hillside in front of her, and the grass area full of stones, "What are you doing collecting dirt here?" ”

Lawrence had already stepped forward, and slowly crouched down after looking around to make sure there were no snakes or strange things lurking.

"We need to collect some dirt in advance, and this soft dirt and dust can come in handy in many places, and those small rocks are just fine, there are a lot of them on them, and there is no need to look for them here."

"Good!" Sophia didn't ask too much and began to collect dirt in the neighborhood at Lawrence's command.

Saliel walked over and stood, she looked at the blue sky and snow-capped mountains in the distance, this place was extremely empty, and the view was extremely wide.

After observing for more than ten seconds, Sariel said in a serious tone: "Lawrence, I advise you not to spend the night on the mountain, it may rain tonight. ”

Lawrence looked up at the sky, he had no experience in this kind of thing.

The only known weather forecasts in my memory are ants moving and swallows flying low, or the air is dull.

Lawrence wasn't sure what was going on, and quickly said:

"It's okay, my shack should be able to keep out the storm, is it stormy here? If it's too violent, I'd better go back and stay. ”

Sariel thought for a moment, then looked at the sky again and said, "It shouldn't be too big, but it will be very dangerous to spend the night in the rain, and you will get sick." ”

Lawrence smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, you are such a good girl, but Sophia and I have spent the night on rainy days several times when we came over, and we all have experience in this area." ”

Salyl nodded, "That's fine, I haven't slept outside the house, my father won't let me do that, and he won't let me go out on rainy days." ”

Lawrence understands Andrew's approach very well, and there are countless dangers hidden in this kind of mountain.

However, Lawrence was still a little strange, Andrew's fatherly love was not at all like what hunters in the mountains would have.

The children of normal mountain families are in charge of their families early, and they can't avoid the dangerous things they should do, even if they are dangerous and troublesome, they have to do it in order to survive.

Andrew protected Saliel very well, to the point of being outrageous, and it didn't seem like an ordinary person's behavior at all.

The father and daughter seemed to be hiding something, and Lawrence didn't want to ask about these troublesome things, so he kept silent sensibly.

Maybe when the relationship is better and they spend more time together, they will take the initiative to tell the truth.

After all, everyone has only been getting along for more than half a month now, and they are actually not acquaintances.

Soon two baskets of dirt were loaded, each with a third of it, and any more would affect walking.

The Dom sheep are already carrying heavy loads, and they are not constantly stressed unless they are not necessary.

Lawrence carried a basket on his own back, and Saliel helped carry it.

"Sariel, I'm coming!" Sophia wants to perform, she wants to do the same thing as Lawrence.

Salil didn't give it to her, "I'll just come, it's not serious, you continue to be in charge of the investigation." ”

Lawrence walked quietly, and he didn't look back, but noticed that Saliel might have inherited Andrew's brute strength in terms of strength, and that he might not be as strong as the mountain girl.

Sophia was a little depressed, her body was still a little thin, and a lot of hard work was not suitable.

However, Sophia also has a great talent, and she quickly walked to the front of the group with dexterity and watched left and right as a sentry.

Lawrence and Sarriel were not talkatives, and even their movements were relatively slow and quiet, but Sophia ran around and soon reached the hillside first.

Just a few seconds up, Sophia noticed something.

"The hosts! There's prey in the trap! I'll see what it is! ”

Lawrence looked up at the top and sped up to the top of the hill for the last dozen or so meters.

Sariel reached the hillside faster than he did, and from the side she could see the slightly sloping pine forest ahead, as well as a few sloppy branches and a shack of weeds.

Sophia was crouching outside the pine forest, where there were many rocks the size of bread, and some stones that looked buried in the earth.

Lawrence gasped and came to Sariel's side, quickly seeing the collision trap he had set up here.

An improvised trap of stones and sticks has been triggered, and a small gray creature with its tail baring is crushed under the twenty pounds of stone.

It was clearly a mouse, and judging by the curved tail and the blood stains coming out of the cracks in the stones, it had been dead for a long time.

Sophia quickly moved the stone away, grabbed the rat's tail with her hand, and lifted the rat that had been smashed into a round cake.

"My host, this is a good sign! You've got your dinner done! ”

Lawrence quietly looked at the small creature that had been frozen overnight, processed into meatloaf rats by the cold winter and stones, "Maybe not good news, if there are rats here, then my shack will not only face the cold, but also a group of rats that come to my house to escape the cold and eat by the way." ”

Catching prey is a good thing, but catching a mouse only proves that your new home is in an area where rats are active.

At night, you will encounter rats, you will hear the chirping of rats, your farm tools and reserve food will be gnawed by rats, and even you will be at risk of being bitten by rats in the middle of the night.

Sophia said directly: "Then catch them all and eat them!" ”

Lawrence didn't have that much confidence.

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.

Like flies and mosquitoes, these rats will wear down human patience and reserves, and strike at both spiritual and material aspects.

They definitely don't sneak away with food, and it's really torture to encounter these rats when they're in a bad mental state.

Uproot? Lawrence quickly dispelled the idea, and this place was the most suitable place to be after searching for days.

And as long as you are in the mountains, you can't hide from the prying eyes of these rats.

Even if you go down the mountain, you can't hide from it.

"Looks like we're going to have to hunt some more rats." Lawrence looked at the round cake in his hand, and the originally fat autumn mouse was as flat as a persimmon cake at this time.

The temperature in the mountains is low, so food can be stored for more time.

"Alright, put things down and set up some traps by the way." Lawrence was quick to act.

As for the mouse cake in his hand, Lawrence quickly found a branch and hung it.

"I hope these rat cakes won't be stolen by rats."