Border Cook

Chapter 563 Hunting
Eat some to your heart's content, leave some for Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji to eat when they come back, and put the rest in a jar and seal it so that you can eat it anytime in the future.

After finishing all these, Xia Mingyue ate the delicious yellow peaches with relish, and couldn't help looking up into the distance.

I don’t know whether Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji have hunted any rabbits at this time, but she has already prepared all kinds of seasonings for braised rabbit in the evening!

Here, Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji, who were being talked about, were in the orchard. Following the instructions of Guo Kanglai and others, they came to the place where rabbits frequently appeared.

Carrying a quiver and holding a longbow, he bent over and observed, holding his breath, for fear of missing any chance of spotting a rabbit.

After careful observation by the two people, they found the rabbit.

They should be rabbits from the same litter. There were four or five of them gathered together, nibbling on the weeds on the ground. They were eating with gusto, but at the same time they were very alert, standing up completely straight and looking around from time to time.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji did not dare to step forward. They only held the bow in their left hands, and pulled out an arrow from the quiver on their backs with their right hands and put it on the bow.

He aimed at one of the rabbits, pulled the bow as far as he could, waited for the right moment, and released it quickly.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Two feather arrows cut through the air and flew towards the same rabbit in unison. Almost in an instant, they pierced the rabbit straight through its abdomen and nailed it to the ground.

Fan Jinglan, "..."

Xia Yunji, "..."

Both of them were very confident in their archery skills. They knew that once they shot the arrow, they would never return empty-handed. But this time, they both shot the same rabbit, which was beyond their expectations.

The two men were a little embarrassed for a moment, but their expressions immediately became serious. They quickly took out arrows and put them on their bows to shoot the other rabbits that were frightened and running away.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

The two men shot their arrows again, but this time, by coincidence, they hit the same rabbit.

The two men frowned and drew their bows again.

And this time, the two people were obviously targeting the same rabbit!
In order to avoid the embarrassment of shooting the same rabbit again, the two men each turned the direction slightly and released the bowstrings.

But in this way, the two men did not hit the same rabbit again. Because of misjudgment, they both missed. The arrows hit the fruit tree, which made a "rustling" sound and two almost ripe pears fell off.

Fan Jinglan, "..."

Xia Yunji, "..."

"It seems like we have to hunt separately." Xia Yunji couldn't help but touch his nose.

"Indeed." Fan Jinglan nodded. "Then you go east and I go west. We'll meet here in an hour to see who catches more rabbits."

"Okay!" Xia Yunji agreed immediately, threw one of the two feather arrows pulled from the trunk of the pear tree to Fan Jinglan, and then went west with the quiver on his back as Fan Jinglan said.

Ying'er wanted to follow Fan Jinglan to the east, but was stopped by Fan Jinglan. "If you follow me, I'm afraid it will easily disturb the rabbits. If I can't defeat Xia Yunji, I will be very embarrassed. Why don't you stay here and count them for us later?"

Although she was a little worried, she took into account that this was an orchard, which was usually taken care of by someone, there would be no ferocious wild beasts nearby, and her young lady was very skilled in martial arts, so there should be nothing wrong. She also hoped that her young lady could come out on top, so Ying'er thought for a moment and agreed to just stay where she was.

It was useless to wait, so Ying'er gathered the pears that had just fallen and the two rabbits hunted by Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji together. The pears were fine, although they hit some hard lumps of soil on the ground when they fell, breaking the skin a little and leaking some juice, but they still looked emerald green and very tempting.

And those two rabbits...

They were all shot by arrows, and there were two arrows on them. Their bodies were covered in blood, which was unbearable to look at.

Ying'er really couldn't bear to watch it, so she turned away and tried not to look at it, but it was very boring sitting there, and she could still see it when her eyes moved around.

Tsk, this rabbit is so pitiful...

I just don’t know what kind of delicious rabbits Madam Xia will make if she takes these rabbits back.

If possible, she would like to eat something slightly spicy, but spicy is also acceptable, and braised food is also acceptable...

After Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji acted separately, they no longer had to worry about shooting the other's prey. They both felt much more relaxed and focused on looking for hares.

It was early autumn and a sunny day, so the rabbits were active and out looking for food, and their tracks were soon discovered.

Draw the bow and shoot the arrow, the arrow never misses its target...

One rabbit after another was shot and fell to the ground, and soon a rich harvest was obtained.

Fan Jinglan looked at so many rabbits piled together like a small hill, and felt a great sense of accomplishment. She tied the rabbits together with the rope she carried with her and carried them back.

When she returned to the agreed place, Xia Yunji happened to be there, carrying a bunch of rabbits just like her.

Both of them threw the rabbits on the ground and then counted the number of rabbits on the spot.

"One, two, three..."

"Eight, nine, ten, eleven!"

"I hunted eleven rabbits!"

Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji shouted in unison. When they realized that they said exactly the same thing, they were stunned at first, and then they burst into giggles.

There was no clear winner in yesterday's boxing competition, and yet in today's rabbit hunting competition, the number of winners was exactly the same. It was such a coincidence.

"What a coincidence." Xia Yunji couldn't help but sigh.

"Yes." Fan Jinglan also smiled, "As the saying goes, there is no coincidence in the world. This shows that we are destined to be together."

Destined?

Xia Yunji was slightly startled. When he looked up and saw Fan Jinglan's calm gaze, he exhaled, "Yes, we are destined to be together."

Madam Fan is good friends with his sister, and he is a subordinate of Madam Fan's brother. Such a relationship, in such a vast sea of ​​people, is simply a matter of fate.

Xia Yunji smiled brilliantly, much brighter than the sunlight at that moment. Fan Jinglan looked at him for a moment, then looked away and looked at the pile of rabbits on the ground. "We have a great harvest today. I will definitely enjoy a feast when I go back home tonight. But I have to find a way to bring them back now."

This is the edge of the orchard and is quite far from the houses in the orchard. It would be a problem to carry so many rabbits back.

The rope tying method just now is a bit crude. It is okay for a short distance, but on the way to the house, a rabbit will definitely slip off, and I'm afraid I will be busy picking up rabbits all the way.

"I'll go call someone over." Ying'er volunteered.