Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chapter 496 Going up the mountain (please subscribe and vote)
So they went back and told Yang Ping'an and his wife that it was impossible to take them into the mountains secretly, and they must let the parents know about this. In case they don't let them go and they insist on taking them there, who would be responsible if something happened?

Of course, they will not let anything happen to the children when they bring them up the mountain. It is their responsibility to protect them.

Yang Ping'an and his wife had seen Qingyan and her friends hunting, and knew that they were skilled in martial arts, so they did not refuse. They just told the siblings to listen to their older brothers and sisters, follow closely, and not run around. They also prepared water bags for them.

In this way, Qingyan and her group took Yang Qiaoer and Yang Zhenxing, brother and sister, up the mountain.

It is said that the location of Yang Ping'an's house is relatively good. Coming from the main road, his house is right after entering the town. Then walk a little to the right and you will find the river, and walk a little to the left and you will find the mountain.

When they entered the town before, they came from the west. The right side is the south, and the left side is the north, which is the mountain where there is another way out of the town.

Many people go to that mountain to hunt, and they are going to that mountain.

However, if you want to go there, you have to pass the main road. There are also houses on the other side. After all, Yang Pingan and his family only live on the right side of the road, and there are also people living on the left side of the road.

Moreover, there are more courtyards over there than here, with six families living side by side. Except for the first family's courtyard which is separated from Yang Ping'an's by a road, the other five families' courtyards are tilted further to the east, forming an oblique triangle shape with this side.

And because of these families, there is a road going over there. Not only is there a road going this way, there is also a road going to the other side, that is, up the mountain in the north. There is also a road going that way.

You can't go up the mountain directly from the town. Going directly out of the town is a paddy field, and then walking to the foot of the mountain is a high stone wall.

According to Yang Qiaoer, the stone wall was built to prevent wild boars from rushing down and destroying crops.

Although there is a lot of food on the mountain and there are rarely any natural disasters such as floods and droughts due to its geographical location, wild boars cannot help but come down the mountain to have a buffet when they see the crops.

This large area of ​​food is definitely more convenient than looking for it here and there in the mountains, so we still have to be careful.

The first reason is that people would feel sad if the crops they worked so hard to grow were destroyed by them. Another reason is that if there are people in the fields, the wild boars might hurt them if they rush down.

The stone wall was not actually very high, only about three meters high. Most importantly, it was not built flush with the mountainside. In that case, people could easily jump over here from a high place.

Instead, it was a little distance away from the mountainside, not far, only about four or five meters away, which was like leaving a groove in the middle, and the stone wall was very thick, about one meter thick, so even if the wild boars wanted to ram it with brute force, they couldn't knock down the wall.

It is said that this stone wall was built almost a hundred years ago and was built by their ancestors.

It was because wild boars had come down to destroy crops every year in the past that people became aware of the need to prevent it, and organized people from nearby villages and towns to build it.

Due to the long distance and the large amount of materials used, this wall was not built in one year, but was built slowly over three years.

It is said that when the wall was almost two meters high, wild boars could still jump over it. Later, after some discussion, they simply built it to three meters high, which is its current height. The wild boars really can't get over it.

However, while the wild boars were blocked, people could no longer go directly through the town and could only take a detour on both sides. Although it was more troublesome, safety was not as important as anything else, so they could only walk a few hundred meters more.

If people in the town center want to go up the mountain or go out, they can either go from this side, which is the road on the Yang family's side, or go to the other side of the town, which is also a road going north on the east side of the town.

Now there are only these two main roads for driving out, but there are also several small roads for walking into the mountains. For example, Qingyan and her friends are now going to the north side of the mountain from a small road.

That's why she said before that the Yang family's location is very good. Not only is it close to the river, but there is no need to take a detour to go to the mountains. Both the west and north mountains can be entered directly.

Oh, to be honest, there is only a wall on the north side. There are no walls on the west, south and east sides. The east side has a canyon, which can be considered a natural moat.

It is also said that the wild animals on that mountain never run down the mountain. I don’t know if it is because of the canyon.

Many people have only explored the terrain there but have never actually gone down into the canyon. After all, that place is quite dangerous. If you fall down, you will end up with no body left.

The higher mountain in the south is also a place where no wild boars have ever come down. It’s just that there is no way up or down the mountain near the town. The stone wall is straight up and down, and it is a naturally formed stone wall.

This low-lying town is like a cliff on the mountain over there. The distance from the top to the bottom is estimated to be several dozen meters. This is quite high. Not to mention going up, even if an animal comes down from there, it must be the kind that can fly over the eaves and walls, otherwise it will die if it falls down.

The west side is different from the north side because there is a main road passing through it. There are more people coming in and out of the west side than in the north, so there are fewer prey on the mountain.

Prey also seek good fortune and avoid harm. They know it is unsafe when people are around, and having been hunted so many times, they know to hide. A big reason why there are so many prey in the north is probably that the prey here have hidden in the mountains over there.

As for why there were no traps or snares here, Qingyan asked directly. Since the topic of hunting in the mountains came up, it seemed normal to ask this question.

Yang Zhenxing looked confused at this question. It was obvious that he didn't know this. Yang Qiaoer said, "I do know this. Although my father doesn't go up the mountain, our fifth uncle often goes up the mountain with others. He mentioned this to me and Brother Zhenning of the Zhen family when he was telling stories together."

Yang Zhenjia is Yang Wu's eldest son. I met him at dinner. Yang Wu has four sons, namely Yang Zhenjia, Yang Zhenning, Yang Zhenfeng and Yang Zhenguang. The name means a peaceful and prosperous family.

Then Yang Qiaoer continued, "Uncle Wu said that some people had dug traps in the mountains to catch prey before, but they never got any harvest. They said that the prey in the mountains were too smart and would not fall into the traps. Not only that, some people were fooled by wild animals and fell directly into the traps they dug. Some people said that they were pushed into the traps by wild animals.

He said that he saw the trap was destroyed and thought a wild animal had fallen into it. But when he went to check, he suddenly felt a push from behind and fell into the trap instead.

It's okay for those who just dig a deep pit. If you fall in, you just need to climb out. At most, the unlucky ones will break their hands and feet. But if there are bamboos stuck upside down underneath, there is a possibility of death if you fall in.

From then on, no one in our area dug traps anymore. Not only would they not be able to catch prey, but they might also get themselves killed. The weirdest thing is that no one else would get hurt by stepping on a trap by mistake. The traps that hurt us were all dug by ourselves.”

Qingyan and the others were stunned after hearing what they heard. This was really weird. Could those wild animals have become intelligent?

Of course, it is also possible that someone is harming people from behind, and it is the people who dug the traps who are being harmed. After all, it does not say what animal pushed them from behind, so it is also possible that someone attacked them from behind.

If it were a wild beast, it might become intelligent if it stayed in a place with abundant spiritual energy for a long time, just like those in the Jinyang space. Now, except for the pheasants and rabbits in the mountains, the beasts in the valleys, and the horses, cattle and sheep by the lake, almost all of them have become intelligent after staying there for a long time, and can really do such a thing.

Moreover, the reason why pheasants and rabbits did not become intelligent was not because they were eaten by them early, but mainly because they did not have the conditions to become intelligent.

Although the spiritual energy in this space is richer than that in the outside world, it still takes time to develop intelligence, just like the monsters. If they are not born with good blood and inheritance, they will have to practice for a long time.

Although pheasants and rabbits reproduce quickly, their lives are too short. They may die before they can even become intelligent. Of course, most of the food ends up in their stomachs.

This is even though they don't often eat food from the space. If they only rely on wild animals in the space for meat, they will probably have to replenish it several times. After all, the number they caught before was not large, and they ate a lot in the middle.

This also gives them time to reproduce, especially rabbits, which may have one litter a month, or even two litters a month, because rabbits have two uteruses and can give birth to another litter after one, so the number will be a little larger.

For example, in the case of pheasants, because they would occasionally pick up some pheasant eggs and save them for eating, the number of eggs hatched would be smaller.

Qingyan and Huang Jin both like to eat chicken. If they are really hungry, they will catch some and bring them back to make beggar's chicken. If they don't catch them outside often, the pheasants in the space will be consumed the fastest, even faster than rabbits.

The group chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at the foot of North Mountain. There was a special road leading up the mountain. The road was very flat and the steps were paved with stone slabs. Even if it rained, it would not be as slippery as muddy ground.

They walked up the mountain on the stone slabs, and after about an hour they reached a road. Yes, a road, the road leading in and out of the town from the north.

They had been walking on a small road, which was also a branch of this road. Although it was paved with stone slabs, cars could not pass through it. If they drove in and out of the town, they could only take this main road from the east side of the town.

You can see a lot of tire tracks on the road surface. Yes, there are also tire tracks on the gravel slabs. These are traces left by cars passing by over the years.

Yang Qiaoer said, "Go straight along this road, and you will reach Yuanyang Town after you get out of the mountain. However, I have never been there, I have only heard about it from my father.

Many people would go there to buy some mandarin ducks and raise them at home, especially some wealthy families. It is said that they look very beautiful when placed in a lotus pond.

I saw some in a roadside pond when I went out this time. They look no different from wild ducks. I don’t know why people would spend a lot of money to buy them and raise them. They might as well raise some koi.”

Qingyan found it funny and said to her, "What you saw should be a female. The male is very beautiful, with colorful feathers. The female is gray and really looks like a wild duck."

"Really? I'm so unlucky that all I saw were females. I really need to go and see them if I have the chance. My dad said that it only takes two hours to walk to Yuanyang Town from here, but we don't have any relatives there, and we don't have anything to do there, so we've never been there."

It was fine for Qingyan and the others to just listen to it, as they were not that interested in mandarin ducks. They were not edible and were just ornamental birds. They were really useless. Anyway, if they were asked to buy them, they would not buy them because they did not have the appreciation level to do so.

After they passed the main road, they continued to move forward. Don't think that they covered a long distance in the hour they walked. Why didn't they hunt some prey during the hour? In fact, they didn't walk far at all. They just walked and stopped.

And Qingyan and the others had also looked there. Although there were quite a few small prey, such as rabbits, pheasants, and foxes, there were just a lot of thorn bushes there, making hunting quite inconvenient.

If it were just Qingyan and the others, they could just use their spiritual sense. But for ordinary people, it should be difficult to hunt there, as there are not many wild animals. After all, small animals are unwilling to drill back and forth in the thorn bushes, and it will hurt if they are pricked by fur. That's why they have to walk so far to come here.

Along the way, they also taught Yang Qiaoer and her brother a lot of knowledge about animals and plants. After all, neither of them had been to the mountain before. Although they had passed by before, their parents would not let them move freely. At most, they would tell them which mushrooms and wild vegetables were edible and which were poisonous.

Qingyan was different. She had read the herbal medicine catalog and studied it for a period of time. She knew some herbal knowledge very well, and she spoke very knowledgeably. The brother and sister were full of admiration for her, with stars in their eyes.

I didn’t expect that the weeds that can be seen almost everywhere on the roadside, as well as some nameless small wild flowers, can be used as medicine to cure diseases and save lives.

What's more, they never knew that they were guarding a treasure trove. The pieces of pepper and grass fruit could not only be exchanged for money at the pharmacy, but also sold to restaurants as seasoning for cooking.

Just that patch of pepper trees, how much can they produce? I'll talk to my parents about it when I get home, maybe it'll be a way to make money.

They walked all the way to a pond before stopping. This was what Qingyan and the others had explored using their spiritual sense. There was a small waterfall here, and they could enjoy the scenery and wait for prey to come to them by the pond.