My aunt put on a thick padded jacket, and when she went out, she saw Mu Yangling playing with the mousetrap and asked, "You want to go into the mountains?"

"Go into the mountains and set a few traps." Mu Yangling put the things in the back basket and put them away, then picked up a machete and a bundle of ropes on his back, stood up and said, "Anyway, there is no work in winter, so I will leave after I set the traps." Go get some firewood."

On the day of the winter solstice, the Mu family moved into a new house. Now Mu Yangling lives in a house alone, and Bo Wen also lives in a house alone. Xiuhong and Xiulan originally lived separately, but it was too cold these two days and they lived together again. The firewood burned in this way is twice as much as before, so the firewood they prepared before was not enough.

In the past few days, Xiuhong took Xiulan and Bowen to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood with the children in the village. But two days ago, a wild boar ran out of the mountain and almost injured the children. It happened that there were adults nearby. Throwing stones to drive away wild boars saved a few children.

But Mu Yangling forbade them to collect firewood any more.

The climate in this winter is a bit abnormal, and the beasts in the mountains are restless. Who knows what will come out of the mountains next time?

Just as Mu Yangling was about to go out with his things on his back, old man Sun rolled up his sleeves and came to look for her, bumped into her head-on, and hurriedly asked, "Ah Ling, you want to go into the mountains?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "Grandpa Sun, what do you do?"

"There is something, there is something. Isn't this about the wild boar going down the mountain two days ago? I heard that someone in the next village was killed by the wild boar going down the mountain." Old man Sun frowned, and said, "God doesn't know what happened, It’s been almost a month since the winter solstice, there hasn’t been a single snow, and the mountains are not flat anymore. The weather is getting colder every day, and everyone doesn’t have enough firewood. Frozen to death."

My aunt heard it in the yard, so she paced out with a handful of green onions, leaned against the wall and said, "Brother Sun, just tell me if you have anything to say, and you don't have to say these things in advance to hold my family Ah Ling hostage, no matter what your name is. What does she do, the first thing, our Mu family will not suffer."

"Yes, yes, how can I let the big sister suffer," Old Man Sun said with a smile: "Isn't Ah Ling the only one in the village who can hunt and set some traps? So I want to ask Ah Ling to set some traps on the outside of the mountain." The trap, so that you won’t be afraid of big prey coming out, everyone can safely chop some firewood outside, of course, if you work hard in the village, the things in the trap will still belong to Ah Ling, what do you think?”

The aunt looked at Mu Yangling and asked, "The hunting trap is not difficult. You can learn it after watching it a few times. You won't steal A Ling's craft later, right?"

"That's definitely not possible. Everyone knows that the Mu family is a hunter. How can they steal your ability to survive?" Old man Sun patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, if you have anything to do later, just tell them to do it. They shouldn't look at it." Yes, they will definitely not read it."

Mu Yangling said with a smile: "Actually, it's nothing for them to learn my skills. Learning one more skill will also guarantee your survival. I have nothing to hide. You don't want to set a trap in the woods in a day or two. It’s done, how about this, first you ask them to cut down a few sections of trees, as long as three feet long, I still have something to do today, and I’ll teach you tomorrow.”

The aunt pulled Mu Yangling, and Mu Yangling patted her hand reassuringly.

Old man Sun said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll go and talk to everyone."

"A Ling, I have no objection to you teaching these skills to your cousins, but why are you still teaching them to the villagers? In the future, everyone will be able to hunt. How can our family earn money?"

"Don't worry, Auntie, even if I want to teach them, they won't be able to learn if they want to. Moreover, our family is now less and less dependent on hunting income, so it's okay to teach them."

The aunt looked at her suspiciously, "That's definitely not the reason. To be honest, my aunt can still let you go."

Mu Yangling just smiled, and said frankly: "Auntie, the craftsmanship is not the last only if you hold it in your own hands, but it is best to spread it out, let everyone learn it, improve it, and then give it back to us. Of course, I It’s not about hunting, it would be bad if everyone learned how to hunt, and the wild animals in the woods should suffer.”

"Then what do you want to do?"

Mu Yangling was silent for a while, and said: "I have always felt that hunting and war have something in common. We live in the border now, and wars happen almost every year. Maybe the barbarians will rush to us at some point. I just hope that everyone can More capital to survive. And as Grandpa Sun said, this year is too cold, and everyone’s firewood is not prepared enough. If we don’t replenish it, we may really freeze to death.”

"How can it be so fast? Before winter, every household has prepared enough firewood for the winter. Even if it is colder this year, there must be a lot left now. Where will it be used up?"

"A person without long-term considerations must have near-term worries. Auntie, we can't wait until we run out of firewood before thinking about going up the mountain to collect firewood. Don't Xiuhong and I go up the mountain to collect firewood every day now? We still have a room of firewood in our house." .”

The aunt was silent.

Mu Yangling said again: "Because it's not snowing now, everyone naturally transports firewood as much as possible to their homes. When the snow falls, the forest will be closed, and everyone will not be able to enter even if they want to."

"Okay, okay, I know your kindness, go, go, but you have to be tougher, don't let them think that our Mu family is easy to take advantage of, and don't be as sexual as you used to be in Linshan Village."

"Don't worry, Auntie, I know. Then I will go to the mountains first, and I won't come back for lunch at noon. I will eat in the mountains."

There was no snow in the mountains, and there was a "squeak" sound when his feet stepped on the dry leaves. Mu Yangling went directly to the depths of the mountain forest to set up traps, and when they were done, it was almost noon.

Mu Yangling raised his head and looked around for pheasants, wanting to grab one to fill his stomach.

It's just that this kind of prey is a little hard to find in winter. This spring, the rabbits may be caught too hard, and even wild rabbits are rare in the forest.

In the past, after winter, Mu Yangling could find prey as long as he was near the water source, but this year it has not snowed since winter. The water source in the forest is occupied by large animals, and many weak animals dare not go there. I didn't dare to go there, I don't know where they hid.

To the south is the middle section of Mount Chu. Mu Yangling often hunts there. After thinking about it, she goes to the northwest. It is close to Luocong Mountain. Because there is not much vegetation on the mountain, she never goes there. Maybe she can go there today.

Mu Yangling carried the basket on his back and walked there, when a pheasant flapped its wings and flew to the branch. Mu Yangling's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to draw an arrow to shoot it, the pheasant flew into In the dense forest, Mu Yangling had no choice but to give up shooting with arrows, and ran to catch up. She held her breath and wanted to catch up with all her strength and then use the bow and arrow, but she felt that the dantian in her lower abdomen was slightly warm, and her steps were faster. He leaped forward lightly, but he didn't see the heaviness before.

Mu Yangling's heart agitated, and she vaguely understood something. She ran after the pheasant, and when she encountered an obstacle, she leaped over and drove it from the depths of the kitchen mountain to the edge of the kitchen mountain.

If that pheasant had any mental activity, it must have regretted it to death. This man just chased it and turned a blind eye to the passing roe deer and rabbits. This is how much hatred he has for it.

Qi Haoran was lying on the ground staring at the deer salivating not far away. Hearing the movement, he sneaked over and saw Mu Yangling chasing a pheasant. Qi Haoran burst out laughing and stood up. He asked, "Why don't you shoot it? Do you have the leisure to chase it?"

Mu Yangling stepped directly on the ground, jumped onto the branch where the pheasant was standing just now, bent his waist, dodged the branch blocking the way, and jumped down to continue chasing the pheasant.

The smile on Qi Haoran's face paused, looking serious, he threw the bow and arrow in his hand to Fei Bai, got up and chased after the man and the chicken.

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