What use do I want in this troubled world

Chapter 36

The episode is over, let's continue on our way.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the team stopped by a stream, preparing to spend the night here, rest for a night to recharge their batteries, and start hunting tomorrow.

After finalizing the camp, the team spontaneously divided into three groups, one group cut branches to build a simple shed, one group searched for root food around, and one group went to the periphery to survey the terrain to eliminate potential dangers.

After all, he is a person who has been in exile, and he is familiar with the process of sleeping in the wild.

Everyone was busy, and Xu Wenfeng was not idle, so he simply cooked some herbs. Fresh herbs take up space and are heavy.

Yu Hongyi went to the stream to take care of the snake meat, and when he came back, he cut it into pieces and threw them into an earthen pot to stew snake soup with wild vegetables.

"Uncle, how long will it take for us to reach our destination?" After traveling through mountains and rivers for a whole day, he would not be able to return home for seven or eight days. Xu Wenfeng missed his kang very much.

"Soon, it will take more than an hour to set off tomorrow morning." Yu Hongyi had a very clear goal for this trip, hunting antelopes, turning over the mountain depressions on the back, and there is a wide meadow, where the antelopes inhabit.

He knew exactly how much he weighed, so he didn't dare to rush to hunt tigers and leopards, and avoided the beasts all the way.

You can only attack the docile animals, ponder over, ponder over, and finally target the antelope.

The antelope's fur, fur, and horns are extremely valuable. If this trip goes well, most people in the village will be able to straighten their waists and catch their breath.

There are currently 43 households in Yantan Village, [-] households have lost their heads, and a few households have lost their males. Thinking about having fun in the bitterness, it saves the pressure of corvee.

In short, this trip concerns the entire village, and we must not return empty-handed.

When it was getting dark, Tieshu and the others dug up a basket of yams and cassava, and put them in the fire. After the snake soup was stewed, each of them scooped up a bamboo tube and ate the hot roasted cassava with the broth.

There is only so much meat in a snake, and everyone gets less than one piece on average. Everyone only eats soup and does not eat meat, and they are full of relish and look satisfied.

Xu Wenfeng looked at the snake meat in her bamboo tube and sighed, "Damn it, what should she do if her heart softens in the face of these lovely people.
After eating, Ermao snatched the bamboo tube from Xu Wenfeng's hand, took it to the water and washed it clean.

For the convenience of traveling, apart from the necessary things, each of them only carried two bamboo tubes, one for water and one for food.

The guy who eats has to wash up.

"Erya, you go to sleep in the shack. You have to go early in the morning, so go to bed early." Along the way, Erya was listless, probably because treating Dayong had consumed too much energy, and Yu Hongyi regretted it a bit. Drag people into the mountains.

As a temporary shelter, only one hut was built for Xu Wenfeng's own use. She was the only girl in the team, so it was impossible to squeeze together with a group of rough men, and the rest of them lay around the fire.

In the morning, the dense forest canopy leaks light.

Simply eat and go.

After turning over the mountain, the view becomes wider, and the meadow has a panoramic view.

A group of people lay quietly in the dense grass.

200 meters ahead, a group of antelopes are grazing leisurely.

Yu Hongyi turned his head, put his middle finger on his mouth, and made a gesture. The whole body crawled and moved closer to the antelope bit by bit.

Marching very carefully, but still 30 meters away from the antelope, alarmed the antelope herd.

The antelope has slender legs and a deer-like body. It is good at running. When it senses the danger, it panics for a moment. The leader leads the herd and flees towards the hills. Yu Hongyi patted his forehead annoyedly: "Chasing!"

There were 23 people in the team including Xu Wenfeng, and they moved out in unison. There was a lot of movement, and the herd of antelopes ran faster and faster.

On the meadow, animals and humans launched a fierce pursuit battle, but the humans lacked stamina, and after all they couldn't run away from the sheep. The antelopes quickly rushed into the dense forest and disappeared.

Seeing that the money in their hands flew away, everyone was of course not reconciled, and continued to follow the flock of sheep along the footprints.

It took half a day to rediscover the traces of the antelope at a water source. Not far away is a pool of water with a small waterfall on the stone wall.

Yu Hongyi was overjoyed, the sound of water can cover up the movement, this time it should be done, a group of people held their breath, quietly touched the upper reaches of the water source, and successfully approached the flock of sheep.

Yu Hongyi raised his hand silently.

Everyone rushed out. They seemed to be running out of order, but in fact they were chaotic and orderly. After the flock was dispersed, the four of them formed a team to encircle one of them.

"Iron tree, hurry up, block the left side, and drive it to the side of the stone wall."

After fierce resistance and being crushed, Iron Tree tightened the neck of an antelope, wiped the sweat from his face, and couldn't help cheering: "I caught it! Run for me, and try again."

On the opposite side, Yu Mingde and the others also managed to pin down one, proudly asking his father for credit.

"It's not bad, as expected of my species." Yu Hongyi praised his son and himself, and then asked: "Count, how many were caught?"

"6 heads."

"The harvest is good!" Yu Hongyi tried to figure out that an antelope was worth at least 50 taels.

These antelopes are in such good condition, they will definitely fetch a good price.

After a rough calculation, the family can get about 15-20 taels, and when they go back to the village to organize another fishing trip, the exemption fee will basically come out.

"Don't move!" In addition to being happy, everyone had no time to sit down and take a breath, and their joy turned into sorrow.

Hearing the sound, Yu Hongyi was startled, squinting his eyes to follow the sound, and saw a group of uninvited guests wearing animal skins and holding heavy black bows suddenly appeared above the waterfall.

The strings are full and ready to go.

Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked and looked at Li Zheng in surprise.

Yu Hongyi waved his hand to signal everyone not to be impulsive, and bowed his head towards the person who came, "I don't know what kind of heroes you are. We are nearby villagers. We go to the mountains to hunt for food. If there is any offense, we will leave immediately."

The situation is stronger than people, so I have to bow my head.

They also carry bows on their backs, but they are crude bamboo bows with short range and low accuracy. Compared with other people's heavy black lacquered bows, they are just children's toys.

Even if he tried his best, it would be too late to take out the bow and shoot, and if he moved a little, he might be shot into a hornet's nest.

"Stop talking nonsense." A strong man who looked like a leader threw down a bundle of ropes: "If you are sensible, just tie yourself up obediently. If you don't want your life to grow, you'd better not play tricks."

Yu Hongyi's face was serious. Judging by the momentum, these people must have ambushed behind the rocks early, waiting for them to relax and take them down in one fell swoop.

I'm afraid that when they were chasing the antelope, this group of people had already spotted them, followed them, and waited for an opportunity.

The mantis catches the cicada and the oriole is behind.

After a little analysis, there was no other way but to find another time to get out, Yu Hongyi picked up the rope with a sullen face, and tied up his youngest son first.

"Father!" Yu Mingde almost burst into tears, this tie-up is like a knife and a fish for me.

Also, why did you tie him up first?
(End of this chapter)