For Shen Yun, survival is the first priority, he and his grandfather left their hometown in order to survive, and now, he also chose to leave Jia Yuan City in order to stay away from danger and live better.

For Shen Yun, survival is equivalent to eating and sheltering.

He is not worried about eating, more than a mile to the east of the mountain temple, there is a large pond with a few acres of water surface, and he can definitely catch fish.

In the mountains and forests north of the mountain temple, there will be no shortage of hares, pheasants and the like.

In the nearby dry land, although there are many fruits, vegetables and vegetables, Shen Yun's subconscious does not want to steal, he really can't find anything to eat, he would rather take the silver to the town to buy.

Because he didn't want to be chased and beaten for stealing things, in case it affected him to join the Jade Hall half a year later, he would cry even more.

Similarly, in the territory of the Jade Hall halfway up the mountain, Shen Yun did not plan to show his face in the past, so as not to be recognized by the concierge who looked down on people with dog eyes, and it would affect the future.

Still, I was worried.

The gatehouse of this Jade Hall can't just be the one who knows himself and Guo Long, right?

But this matter is not up to him, so he can only resign himself to fate.

In order to solve the problem of housing, Shen Yun was busy for half a day.

Cover your nose first and clean up all the moldy grass and scattered mud left by the original residents. He even repaired the three-foot low wall with some new mud, and even repaired some holes in the wall.

Then he went to the nearby haystack, dragged some straw handles, and spread clean hay in the "compartment" behind the idol, and then spread the quilts and straw mats he had brought, so that a warm and airtight floor was formed.

In the midst of his hecticism, Shen Yun forgot about the pain in his leg, of course, the most important thing was that the injury was not serious, and it had been seven or eight days, and the bruises began to dissolve.

On the hill behind the mountain temple, there are overgrown crooked pines, and the breeze blows, and there is a rustling sound.

It is mixed with the chirping of all kinds of small animals and insects, one after another.

Although Shen Yun felt very tired, he also sat comfortably on the threshold to take a nap, watching the green smoke rise everywhere in the town in front of him, and he also took out a piece of bread to satisfy his hunger.

After the sun penetrates into the mountains, night falls.

Shen Yun got up and closed the temple door, only a few holes in the dim mountain temple revealed a glimmer of light, and after a while, he gradually adapted to the light inside.

In the gloomy environment, the mountain god is even more terrifying.

He exhaled, walked behind the idol, and lay down.

"Brother Long should have arrived early, right?"

Thinking about Guo Long's sturdy physique, and without dragging himself down, it is estimated that he would have returned to Jiayuan City a long time ago. What I'm more worried about is whether Xu Heitou will trouble Guo Long if he leaves.

Maybe he was too tired during the day, although the musty smell around him had not yet dissipated, Shen Yun fell asleep in a daze not long after lying down.

......

Guanshu Town.

There is only one east-west direction, which runs through the main street of the town, and the street is only about a zhang wide, and the ground is paved with uneven hemp stones, which looks very old.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and there is also a small vegetable market in the town.

It can be seen that there were originally several villages adjacent to each other, but later there were more people living here, and such a town was automatically formed on both sides of the road.

Although it was still early, the streets were already bustling.

There are people selling groceries with a rattle on their loads, there are people selling hot buns, and there are several children in simple clothes playing and playing, and the vegetable market is even more noisy.

In addition, there is a special manor house in the town, which is different from ordinary houses, the attic is tall and eye-catching, and it is obviously new, only a few years old.

On both sides of the gate stand two mighty stone lions, and the door plaque reads "Jade Hall" in three crimson characters.

Shen Yun, who was walking slowly on the street, saw this building, and his eyes immediately stared, obviously this is the place where new disciples are recruited every year, but at this moment, the gate is closed, and the courtyard is silent.

Shen Yun had long been determined not to act like a beggar again, so as not to be looked down upon.

So I washed up early this morning, and I specially changed into the gray robe that was eighty percent new, and I didn't even have a patch, so I came.

Nearly half an hour later, Shen Yun smiled and walked towards the mountain temple with a small cloth bag on his back and a hoe.

Before leaving, he turned around again, looked at the manor, and muttered: "Half a year is very soon, Brother Long and I will definitely join." ”

After spending more than half a tael of silver, he didn't feel distressed.

On this trip, I not only bought silk thread for fishing, ropes and nets to make traps, but also hoes and firewood knives, and of course some condiments.

With these, you can not only fish, but also set traps in the mountains, catch some hares, pheasants, etc., so that you have enough confidence to survive well.

Back at the mountain temple, leave the temple door open first, giving off a musty smell.

He hid some items that he couldn't use for the time being behind the statue, and then he got up and headed for the back mountain.

The mountain behind the mountain temple is called Fengjian Mountain, which is not a high mountain, but a large continuous and vast mountain range, composed of many hills.

Bypassing the nearby stream, Shen Yun found a relatively gentle area and walked up slowly.

The weather in September is very cool, and the pine forest is full of mountain winds and rustling pine needles. From time to time, small squirrels can be seen jumping around, and the sun shines through the pines, sprinkling countless lights.

Looking at the small bamboo forest in front of him, Shen Yun stopped, rubbed his thighs that were faintly painful, and grinned.

Probably because I climbed the mountain too fast just now, I accidentally caused a bruise.

After a pause, he waved his hatchet.

In the sound of "click", a few green bamboos were chopped, and they were finely cut, and after a while, several bamboo sticks and small bamboo sticks were made.

With everything ready, Shen Yun shuttled through the mountains and forests again, looking for a more gentle shrub, intending to start laying traps. Speaking of which, his father and grandfather's family have all been hunters, which can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's business.

Hunting for prey, he learned only two kinds:

One is to tie a rope to a tree stump, supplemented by a bamboo stick, to make a looper. As soon as the hare gets in, the looper will immediately lassoze the hare's head.

This trap must be placed on the path of the hare, because the hare all follow the same path every day when they come out of the nest to feed. Over time, a faintly recognizable path will be created in the grass, which takes time to look for.

After the looper is tied to the stump with a bamboo skewer, the height should also be adjusted.

The rabbit will come out of its hole after dark to feed, and because its eyes are long on both sides, it does not have enough observation of the front, and it does not notice a looper guarding the front.

As soon as the head gets in, it will be trapped, and the rabbit that is trapped only knows how to move forward, but does not know that taking a step back is the sea and the sky, and the more it struggles, the tighter it is, and finally knocks itself out.

The second method is to dig a pit, sprinkle a little food in the pit, and use a small wooden stick to support the net on it to lure pheasants and other small animals to enter.

Perhaps it was because there were few people hunting nearby, but after careful searching, I finally found a few faintly recognizable rabbit paths.

Shen Yun was overjoyed, and laid down a few loopers full of hope.

Then he found several more shrubs, dug a pit, and put a net on top of it.

All you have to do now is wait for the next day to go up the mountain to pick up your prey.

After tossing around all morning, I calculated in my heart that a total of five rope sleeves and four traps were laid out. Only then did he resist a few long bamboo poles and hum a minor tune and walked down the mountain.

Returning to the mountain temple again, the smell inside has been much more refreshing after a morning of emanation.

After another afternoon of hard work, the entire mountain temple took on a new look.

Almost all of the dust and cobwebs were cleaned, and an earthen stove was built on the ground to support the pot.

After all, if you want to live here for half a year, it is still convenient to have a pot, and you can eat hot things at any time in winter. Anyway, on the back mountain, there are many scattered pine needles, so there is no need to worry about firewood.

There were even three lumps of earth piled up around the stove, the larger one was paved with a flat bluestone on top of it, which was considered a table, and the smaller two were also pasted with stones, which were stools.

Behind the gate are two fishing rods, the silk thread was bought, and the hook was made of sewing needles that were burned red and bent.

Looking at the completely changed mountain temple, Shen Yunzhi felt a full sense of accomplishment, floating in his heart.

......

Half a month later, Shen Yun had adapted to this kind of life.

Every day is very comfortable, get up in the morning, practice for half an hour, I don't know whether the posture is correct or wrong, then go up the mountain to check the traps I have arranged, and pick some pine nuts and other foods by the way.

Probably because there was almost no one hunting nearby, the first time Shen Yun's looper, he harvested a hare.

This made him extremely excited, and the few loopers that didn't succeed were summed up as inexperienced, high or low positions.

The results of the trap are much worse, and I am not discouraged, and after a few days, I also began to obtain prey.

Set up new traps in the morning and fish by the stream in the afternoon.

Shen Yun held a weed in his mouth, and jumped towards the back mountain, the morning sun sprinkled on his face, feeling warm.

Today is another good weather, if you do this every day, you don't have to steal things, you don't have to hand over stolen goods, you don't have to worry about being beaten at every turn, Shen Yun feels that this is the best life!

The rising sun brings ten thousand golden lights.

In the rugged mountain road, a staggering young woman in a blue shirt walked with a little girl carved in her arms.

"Mother, I'm hungry. At this time, the little girl woke up, swallowed her saliva and called softly.

The young woman in the blue shirt stopped when she heard this, her face was very pale, she patted the girl lightly, and it seemed that the strength to speak was almost gone: "Good ...... Wait a little longer......"

As she spoke, the young woman looked up.

Through the dense pine forest, not far from the bottom of the mountain, there seems to be a looming mountain temple.

There was a faint hint of joy on her face, and she took a deep breath, as if she had exhausted all her strength, and then she hugged the little girl and staggered towards the mountain temple.