After transmigrating into a stepmother, I transformed my whole family to work on farming

Chapter 18 Auntie Doesn't Want Us Anymore

When Qin Yao woke up, the rain had subsided, and the forest was wet. At a glance, it was full of white mist.

In such weather, no one, let alone animals, would go out.

Qin Yao recalled what old man Liu said earlier that it was going to rain for the next two days. It seemed that this old farmer was quite good at seeing the sky.

I just don't know if the shadow will affect the planting of wheat.

But she didn't care about it now, so she picked a rabbit first, peeled the skin, took the meat and roasted it on the fire, and ate it together for breakfast and lunch.

After filling his stomach, he continued to pack up the remaining six rabbits.

In one morning, Qin Yao cleaned up all seven rabbits. The skins were peeled to a high degree of integrity. They were briefly treated with plant ash, and all the meat was roasted together.

If you want to eat it later, you can heat it directly, and it is more convenient to carry it on your body.Fortunately, the temperature has dropped, and these roasted rabbit meat should be able to be stored for two or three days, just as her rations for these few days.

Qin Yao has a big appetite, and physical exertion is directly proportional to her food intake. If she eats with her belly open, these seven rabbits will be enough for her for two days.

At noon, the rain stopped completely, a little sun came down from the clouds, the water vapor on the ground evaporated, and an unpleasant smell was brewed in the forest, mosquitoes also flew out, and small animals also tentatively left their nests. Walking in the woods.

Qin Yao covered the cave, took weapons, and went to find the water source.

Along the way, Qin Yao found traces of many wild beasts, among which wolves and monkeys were the most common. There was at least one monkey group and one wolf group nearby.

Monkeys are not worth much, because this kind of animal is similar to human beings. People in Shengguo are very taboo, and they don't eat monkeys and don't take the initiative to hunt monkeys.

Most of the wolves are gray wolves, the meat is not tasty, and the fur is more valuable.

But wolves live in packs, and provoking wolves without complete weapons and equipment is no different from sending them to death.Qin Yao avoided walking all the way.

In this season, snakes don't come out of their holes very much, and they are rarely encountered.

Qin Yao didn't even bother to touch the little snake passing by, but the snake spotted her, got into the grass in fright, and swam fast.

On the way to the water source, Qin Yao shot two arrows and hit a weasel and a roe deer.

After yesterday's practice, she is very accurate in shooting arrows now, and she deliberately left them a breath, but they missed their vital points. In order to chase these two little guys who were staggering and fleeing for their lives, Qin Yao also ran for a long distance.

Especially the weasel marten, it was small, nimble and very fast. If it hadn't been for the arrow dragging on its tail and being blocked by branches, Qin Yao would have had to chase it even further.

After being captured alive, the little thing showed his teeth and grinned very fiercely. He wanted to bite Qin Yao, but was slapped unconscious by her.

The roe deer is not stupid, but because few people set foot in the deep mountains, it concentrated on gnawing on the leaves and didn't notice the hunter approaching. Qin Yao shot an arrow at its front thigh, and it started to run wildly in pain and fright.

But it was big in size and had a big target. It was much easier to catch than the squirrel. With a long rope, it fell upside down and was tied back by Qin Yao.

There is no shortage of poles in the forest. Qin Yao cut off a thick branch, tied the two prey to the branch, and carried them to the water source.

This is a small pond naturally formed in the central depression on the top of the mountain. It should be mountain spring water seeping from groundwater. The water is very shallow and clear, and there are actually fish in it.

There are many traces of small animals drinking water by the pond. Qin Yao put down the burden, found a clean place to wash her face, and tried to catch fish. Unexpectedly, the fish here would not hide, and the movements were slow. .

After a while, Qin Yao caught six fish weighing two to three kilograms. They were all strung up with straw ropes and hung on the other end of the pole. They also filled a bamboo tube with water. They could have extra meals tonight.

At dusk, when the wild beasts in the mountains were most active, Qin Yao left the water source ahead of time, picked today's prey and hid nearby to observe the situation.

Two kilometers away from the water source, a pile of fresh feces was found, which was left when they came out to swim after the rain stopped.

Qin Yao may not be able to identify all the crops in the field, but she can tell which animal they belong to at a glance from the feces of various large animals.

This is the feces left by a black bear, and judging by the size of the feces, it should be an adult black bear.

Qin Yao was ecstatic in her heart, but also a little worried.

Bears have very sensitive hearing, and in this season, food is plentiful, and black bears that are fattening up for hibernation generally do not appear, so it is not easy to squat down on them.

But now that it has been found, Qin Yao has no intention of letting it go.

It was getting dark, and Qin Yao returned to the cave with today's harvest. While grilling fish for a snack, she thought about how to lure the black bear to appear.

But God was not kind and it started to rain again in the evening.

And this time, it has been played intermittently for two days.

Qin Yao lay in the cave, looking at the struggling spores, weasels, and a few pheasants and squirrels he caught casually, unwilling to just go down the mountain like this.

Without hesitating for too long, she decided to stay in the cave and continue to wait for the opportunity.

Four days have passed since Qin Yao entered the mountain.

For the past four days, the rain has been on and off.

Fortunately, Liu Bai and his two brothers had finished planting the wheat seeds left by Qin Yao on the first day.

If it's even half a day late, the wheat in these two acres of land will be useless.

There was an autumn rain and a cold spell. In just four days, the temperature dropped several degrees.

In the thatched house at the back of Liujia Village, Liu Dalang and Liu Erlang lit a fire in the house, but there was always wind leaking into the house, and it was still cold despite the fire. In the end, the four brothers and sisters, who were wearing thin clothes, moved directly to the bed and wrapped themselves in it. Putting on the quilt and lighting the fire, it felt a little warmer.

The taro left behind by Qin Yao was gone after a half full meal this morning.

It had been raining outside the house, and the ground was extremely muddy. Da Lang and Er Lang wanted to go out to dig some wild vegetables, but they couldn't get out.

If they get caught in the rain or catch cold, they will have no money to buy medicine and will be dead.

It had been several days since she had seen Qin Yao. Si Niang counted the days on her fingers and asked every day:

"Brother, when will Auntie come back?"

Today, after breaking off all four fingers, she asked again: "Brother, why hasn't Mommy come back?"

Saburo asked the second brother in a low voice: "Is she not coming back?"

Erlang glared at him, "Don't talk nonsense, she will be back when the rain stops."

Sanlang was quiet for a moment, then couldn't help wrinkling his small face and worried: "Second brother, do you think she has been eaten by wild beasts?"

When the words fell, Si Niang cried out with a "wow": "Woooooo, Si Niang doesn't want A Niang to be eaten by wild beasts!"

As soon as she cried, the other three people in the room fell silent.

After three seconds of silence, Saburo didn't hold back, and wept too, raised his little hand to wipe away his tears, choked up and said, "Auntie doesn't want us anymore, she must have run away."

Erlang looked at Dalang worriedly, "Brother, did she really run away?"

Dalang looked at the twins who were crying miserably, and then at Erlang who was full of panic, his suspicions for many days seemed to be confirmed, a sourness and anger of being deceived and abandoned came to his heart, and he was about to grit his teeth and scold him. The younger siblings said not to miss her.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

(End of this chapter)