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

Chapter 497 Hunting (Please subscribe and vote)
There is a water source here, and animals in the mountains will come here to drink water. Of course, this is limited to wild animals that are active outside during the day. Nocturnal animals will definitely not come. In this way, it would be safer if only ordinary people were here.

After all, there are some small nocturnal animals, most of which are snakes, insects, rats, ants, etc. They are more or less poisonous, and being bitten by them can be dangerous.

They didn't hide very secretly. They just hid behind a big rock by the pond. To be honest, anyone who is alert would find them quickly.

For example, there was a fox not far away. It spotted them from afar and disappeared in a few seconds.

There was also a pheasant. It had originally landed on the branch of a tree, probably wanting to fly over here to drink water. However, as soon as it landed, its head was facing this side, and its two little big eyes blinked twice at them from above. It must have noticed them at once, and didn't even bother to come down. Instead, it flapped its wings and flew to another tree.

They looked at each other and Qingyan shrugged. There was nothing they could do. With the Yang siblings, they couldn't use their spiritual sense to hunt directly as usual. To be honest, she hadn't hunted personally for a long time.

Normally on the road, it would be Chouchou or Jinyang who would directly use their spiritual sense to collect the prey into the space. On the surface, it was Huangjin who took action. Huangjin was very agile and could easily catch a chicken.

But now that they are with the Yang siblings, they cannot act too aggressively. Even if they want to take action, they have to wait until the prey comes to them. They can't just fly over the eaves or walls.

Or they could also shoot from a distance by picking up some small stones and shooting them. They did have some accuracy, but when they encountered two of them, they just ran away before they could react.

Yang Qiaoer probably knew that it was her and her brother who were holding the team back, so she lowered her head in embarrassment.

They had seen Huang Jin hunting pheasants and rabbits on the road before. He could really catch them as long as he saw them. It seemed that the pheasant just flew by, but Huang Jin reached out and grabbed the pheasant's neck.

They couldn't see clearly how the other party made the move, or maybe they didn't know what was going on, but the other party came back with the pheasant, and they didn't really see it carefully.

So before they came along this time, they were very confident, thinking that they could learn from them. If they could learn some hunting skills, even if they and their siblings couldn't go up the mountain, they could still teach their fifth uncle and two cousins.

But what should they do now? They can't just go back first, right? First, they don't dare to walk on the mountain road. Second, although Qingyan and her friends brought them up the mountain, this is their territory. They should accompany the guests. It can also be said that they accompanied the guests up the mountain, so they must be together.

Fortunately, we did encounter a less vigilant wild animal afterwards. It was a black muntjac. To be precise, it was a half-grown one, about 20 to 30 kilograms, and it had not yet fully grown.

Qingyan knew that this was a mammal of the genus Cervus in the family Cervidae, also known as the green muntjac, red-headed green muntjac, black-gold muntjac, and shaggy-headed muntjac.

When fully grown, it is only about one meter long and weighs about 40 kilograms. The male has short horns, usually with a small fork at the base. The female is hornless and has a long tail. The fur on the body is dark brown, with tufts of brown-yellow fur between and around the two horns of the head. The tail and back are black, the abdomen is pure white, and the edges of the buttocks and the underside of the legs near the hooves are also white.

This is a first-class protected animal in later generations. Due to the many natural enemies and excessive hunting by humans, its number has decreased sharply.

But not yet. At this time, the number is still large. The main reason is that people do not have so many hunting methods and hot weapons. Also, transportation is not convenient at this time, and there is no large-scale capture of wild animals for sale.

Black muntjacs are usually very timid and alert. They usually come out in the morning or evening to drink water and look for food. They usually find a place to lie down and sleep.

I don't know if this black muntjac was born with developmental defects or mutated later to become bolder, but it actually ran out in the middle of the afternoon without any vigilance at all.

I saw it run straight to the water, lowered its head and drank water without caring about anything, without even looking around. It really had no vigilance at all.

Qingyan and the others didn't care too much. No matter whether he was a mutant or just naturally brave, they would never miss the prey that came to their doorstep.

Moreover, the reason why this wild animal is on the verge of extinction is because its meat is delicious. You should know that many delicacies in ancient and modern times have been eaten to extinction.

There would be no chance in the future, as it would be a beast that would spend the rest of its life in prison. But that is not the case now. Since we have met it by chance, we must not let it escape. We must have a taste of it.

Not only that, she also sent a message to Chouchou, asking it to see if there were other black muntjacs in the mountain. It would be best if there was a group of black muntjacs. If there were many, she would ask it to catch a few pairs and put them in the mountains of Jinyang Space to allow them to reproduce more.

The black muntjac was given to Huang Jin to catch. Huang Jin nodded, looked at the black muntjac and then looked around him, trying to see if there was anything useful. Finally, he picked up a stone the size of a ping-pong ball under his feet.

He held the stone in his hand, gestured towards that direction a few times, and then threw it over there with all his strength!

In a flash, the stone shot out at a rapid speed, leaving only a residual image. Then there was a "plop!" sound, and the black muntjac fell directly to the edge of the water without even having time to scream, with its head still immersed in the water.

It turned out that the stone hit the black muntjac directly on the head. With the force of gold, it would almost kill it instantly, so the black muntjac fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Qingyan and the others all ran out from behind the stone. Yang Qiaoer and her brother were originally at the outside, so they ran to the black muntjac first.

They did not act rashly, but squatted down and pushed the animal with their hands. Seeing that it was indeed dead, they dragged it away from the water.

After killing this black muntjac, they didn't plan to wait here any longer. Although this black muntjac weighed only about 30 pounds, after removing the fur, bones, and internal organs, they could get at least 10 to 20 pounds of meat. Even if they were big eaters, they could eat it in exchange for other food for two days.

Another reason was that Chouchou found a group of black muntjacs in a valley not far away. He carefully picked out two males and two females and brought them into his space. Moreover, the two females were already pregnant.

After all, it is spring now, which is the breeding season for animals. It is normal to carry cubs. We can save this step and just bring them into the space to breed directly.

Qingyan also specifically told Chou Chou about the general habits of the black muntjac and asked it to stay on a more suitable hilltop. After doing this, they started to walk back. Although they had recognized a lot of herbs and mushrooms before, they didn't actually collect them. After all, they were on the way here. If they picked these, they would have to carry them back and forth, which would be very heavy. There was no need.

They can pick some on their way back, since they already know the place. If they kill too much prey and cannot carry all the food, they can come back next time.

Of course, we can leave mushrooms and herbs for next time. There is no rush. We need to get some seasonings this time, such as Sichuan peppercorns and cardamom, which can be used to stew black deer meat.

On the way back, Huang Jin and Chouchou also killed two pheasants and a wild rabbit. These three guys just ran to them and wanted to die.

They were walking along peacefully when two pheasants suddenly started fighting. One of them was perched on a tree they were passing by, and fell down while fighting. It would have been unreasonable if they didn't catch it.

Besides, Qingyan and Huang Jin love eating chicken and they never get tired of it.

Especially Huang Jin. As a weasel, pheasant is its favorite. It will feel like something is missing if it doesn't eat it for a day.

These two pheasants and the rabbit were all shot on the main road out of the town. When they were carrying the prey to the previous road, they happened to meet a group of people returning to the town from outside.

There were more than a dozen people in this group, some were driving ox carts, some were pushing wheelbarrows, and some were walking with lists on their shoulders. They looked like they had just returned from outside.

Among them there was someone who knew Yang Qiaoer and her brother, and was quite close to them. The first thing they asked was why the brother and sister came up the mountain, whether they came up secretly, and whether their parents knew about it.

Yang Qiaoer and her brother hurriedly called out, "Fourth Uncle, Mom and Dad know we are here to accompany our guests. This is Sister Qingyan, Sister Qingzhu, Brother Huangjin..."

Through their conversation, Qingyan and the others also learned the other party's identity. It turned out that this man was Yang Wu's brother, Yang Pingwen, the fourth child of the Yang family.

Qingyan and the others had always thought that Uncle Yang Wu's name was Yang Wu, which is the five in one, two, three, four, and five. But it turns out that his name was not that. Instead, his name was Yang Pingwu, which is the Wu in civil and military. He happened to be the fifth in the family, so everyone called him Fifth Brother and Fifth Uncle.

Yang Ping'an and his generation all have the character "Ping" in their names, and they all use the character "Ping" in the middle of their names. They are usually called by their family's ranking. For example, Yang Ping'an is the second male in the family, but in fact, if he is ranked among the current generation of the Yang family, he should be the seventh.

Yang Pingwu's family has five sons in total. Yang Pingwu is the youngest among the men, and he actually has two younger sisters.

He has four older brothers. Yang Pingwen is his fourth brother. The others are the eldest brother Yang Pingzhi, the second brother Yang Pingyong, and the third brother Yang Pingren.

Among them, the two elder brothers Yang Pingzhi and Yang Pingren have passed away. It was not because of any accidents, but because of illness. In ancient times, catching a cold could be fatal. It was already very good to be able to raise them to adulthood. However, although they grew up, they did not have time to get married, so they have no descendants.

Yang Pingwen greeted them with a smile, then said something to those people who came back with him and left with them.

In fact, even if he hadn't met them, he would have separated from those people here. He was not driving a car, but walking with a load on his shoulder. It would be closer to take this fork in the road, so he wouldn't have to go around the town.

Yang Qiaoer naturally reached out to take a bag hanging on his shoulder pole to help him share some of the weight. Yang Zhenxing also wanted to take one, but was rejected by his fourth uncle, who said that he was still young and could help him carry things when he grew up.

Chouchou and Huangjin were carrying prey, so they did not move forward. Qingyan and Qingzhu, on the other hand, were carrying baskets and picking some delicious mushrooms from time to time.

Qingyan curiously glanced at Yang Pingwendu's shoulder pole. Both sides were covered with oilcloth. It looked heavy, like a shelf, but she didn't know what it was.

After looking at it, I found that there was a small stove and a small pot on one side, and a few wooden boxes, a bench and some charcoal on the other side. The wooden box looked very familiar and looked like a mold.

The reason why she felt familiar with him was because she had seen him at a temple fair before. He was the kind used to make sugar figures. Could this Yang Pingwen be a craftsman who made sugar figures?

At this time, Yang Qiaoer said, "Fourth Uncle, why did you come back from there? There shouldn't be any market fairs now, right?"

Yang Pingwen replied with a smile: "It's from Yuanyang Town. A few days ago, I heard from someone who came back from there that the mayor saw that there were more and more merchants buying mandarin ducks in the past two years, so he wanted to hold a temple fair for mandarin ducks. So he started to make arrangements after the Chinese New Year and directly organized the people in the town to hold a temple fair.

This temple fair is a bit like the Lantern Festival and the Chinese Valentine's Day. I went there with someone yesterday. There was a lantern festival there at night, right by the Yuanyang Lake. There were quite a lot of people. I stayed in the town for one night and sold things all morning this morning. I returned home at noon."

Zhang Qiaoer and Yang Zhenxing's eyes lit up. "There is a temple fair over there too! Will it be held every year in the future? We also went to the temple fair at my grandparents' place during the Chinese New Year. There were so many people, including performers and monkey showmen..."

Yang Pingwen nodded, "It should be. There are quite a lot of people coming this time, not only from the surrounding areas, but also from the county town. There are also many people who come from far away because of the reputation of Yuanyang. I think it will be held every year in the future.

Business has been quite good these past two days, especially since I was thoughtful enough to order a custom-made mandarin duck mold specifically for the temple fair, and it was just right for the occasion, so I sold a lot..."

After Qingyan listened to him, she was sure that he was indeed making sugar figures. She thought that there should still be people there as the temple fair had just ended, so she extended her spiritual sense to the north, only to find that she could only reach some villages over there and could not see the town at all.

Yes, it would take two hours to walk. Even if the mountain road is difficult to walk on, the distance covered in four hours is beyond her detection range.

I thought it was okay if I couldn't see it, I was just a little curious, but in fact, all temple fairs are similar.