vstars Chapter 274 Going down the mountain and going home
Chapter 274 Going down the mountain and going home
After returning to the cave, everyone cleaned the cave, lit a bonfire, boiled water and cooked.
Due to limited conditions, we could only grill meat and cook some broth.
After eating and drinking, perhaps because they were too tired during the day, everyone decided on the night watchmen and went to bed.
Liu Jingxue and Monkey had a brief chat while changing shifts on the night watch, and agreed that he would go to her place to get the medicine after going down the mountain.
Silent all night.
The next morning, everyone got up, washed up, had breakfast, and started patrolling the mountain again.
Of course the prey has to be taken along, after all, we won't be able to return the same way later.
They were going to go down the mountain today. Liu Jingxue walked along the way, searching with her spiritual sense.
If she found prey that was not in the direction they were moving, she would use her spiritual sense to drive them over.
After all, with so many people going into the mountains, they have to bring back some prey.
Everything is in short supply in this day and age. Even these soldiers probably don't have much meat to eat on a daily basis.
This time when they go into the mountains, the villagers will keep some of the spoils they get, hand them over some, and the soldiers will take some away.
Although their current harvest seems to be a lot, if it is divided among the three parties, it will not be much.
Therefore, Liu Jingxue could only try her best to help them gain more.
On the high mountains in the space, many of the animals she collected have multiplied.
Liu Jingxue was worried that if she drove too many animals over, she would kill too many and destroy the ecological balance of the forest. So she deliberately released some prey from time to time in places covered by rocks.
As a result, when they finished patrolling the area and were ready to return, each of them was dragging a lot of prey on a sled or a makeshift sled.
Fortunately, they were numerous and Liu Jingxue was using her spiritual sense to investigate, otherwise they would have been worried about encountering danger.
When they arrived at the wolf's den and met up with another group of people, that group was stunned.
"Did you go out of your way to rob someone's nest? Why are there so many prey?"
A soldier from Liu Jingxue's team said proudly, "We don't have that much time.
I don't know why, but these animals just wait for us on the road we pass by.
They seem to be frozen silly, and they don’t know how to stay in the cave during the cold weather, but walk around outside in groups.”
"Why don't we encounter such stupid animals here?" said the warrior on Lei Gong's side enviously.
Liu Jingxue said that she understood and would arrange it on the way back.
Seeing the big cat on the sled behind, Lei Gong was surprised and said, "You actually encountered this thing."
Uncle Ji shook his head and sighed, "I don't know how serious the food shortage is in the deep mountains, even this thing has run to the outskirts.
If we hadn't come this time to deal with it, if it ran down the mountain one day, who knows what kind of trouble it would cause to the village."
Lei Gong comforted them, "You don't have to worry about it now. We have checked around and there are no other ferocious beasts.
As long as nothing escapes from the mountains, your production team is safe."
"I hope nothing else will run out to the periphery." This is the only way Uncle Ji could comfort himself.
"Okay, it's getting late. Let's take the prey and prepare to go down the mountain."
Liu Jingxue changed the route down the mountain and followed the same pattern, occasionally catching some prey or releasing some from the space.
We stopped and walked along the way. We set out at around three o'clock and it was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening when we reached the foot of the mountain.
With so many people walking in the mountains with torches, the flames illuminated the forest red, which had already alarmed the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and they quickly sent people to notify others.
Many villagers rushed over upon hearing the news. After all, the main purpose of going into the mountains this time was to hunt the wolves to prevent them from coming down the mountain to take revenge.
The villagers naturally want to know what the final outcome will be.
When the team entered the mountain dragging their prey to the foot of the mountain, the captain was already waiting there with a number of villagers.
The captain hurried forward and said to Lei Gong, "Comrades, thank you for your hard work.
It's getting late today, how about we rest here for a night and go back tomorrow?"
Without waiting for Lei Gong to speak, the leader of the warriors said, "There's no need to rest for a night. We have to hurry back. We have a new mission tomorrow."
"It's already this late and we haven't eaten yet.
If you don't rest for a night, you still need to have a meal and rest your feet." Uncle Ji said on the side.
The captain said quickly, “Yes, yes, we have to eat.
I have already asked someone to arrange it, and we will be able to eat soon."
"There's no need to eat. It's too much trouble. We have prepared dry food. We can just eat the dry food."
The captain advised, "Comrade, you have been eating dry food for two days in the mountains, you can't eat anymore.
Coming down from the mountain, I was tired and hungry, so I had to eat something hot to relax.
We have already made arrangements here and it will be very quick.
Besides, it takes a certain amount of time to count the prey, so you can take this time to eat something and rest."
"We are in the countryside, so we don't have much to offer. We only have simple meals and tea. We won't let you break the rules."
The soldiers were indeed tired and hungry now. The leader looked at Lei Gong beside him to see how he would make arrangements.
Lei Gong made the decision, "Then I'll trouble you, Captain. We'll have a meal here, and I'll leave some money and food coupons for you when the time comes."
“There’s no need for money or food coupons, they’re all from the land, so they don’t cost anything.
You guys have helped us so much, and we don't have much to say. It's just a meal, it's not appropriate to charge you." The captain quickly refused.
Lei Gongdao said, "We have to accept the money. If you don't accept it, we can't stay for dinner.
The captain is a veteran, so he should be familiar with the rules of the army."
"Okay, then it's up to you." The captain had no choice but to agree to accept the money.
The captain called out to the villagers who were watching, "Why are you still standing there? Help drag the prey to the canteen.
Don’t let the comrades who have entered the mountains take action. Let them take a break.”
"Let Accountant Li go over and count and divide the prey."
The soldiers followed the captain to the canteen to eat, and the villagers who had entered the mountains went home.
Considering that Liu Jingxue was the only one at home and no one had prepared dinner for her, the team leader asked her to go eat with them, but she refused.
"Captain, I won't go. There's food at home that I can just heat up and eat.
It just happened to burn the kang at the same time.
I am tired after a day's work and I want to go home and rest early. "
When the captain heard her say that, he nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, then you can go back first."
When Liu Jingxue went out, she put out the fire, fearing that the fire might start when no one was around.
When I got home, I found that the house was as cold as outside.
She quickly put some water in the pot and turned on the fire.
We can't not heat the kang. We can't have a cold house. If someone comes to visit unexpectedly, we'll be exposed.
It was not easy to smuggle food and accommodation through space when going down the mountain with the main group, and she was very hungry now.
After lighting the fire, she hurried into the space, got food from the warehouse, and filled her stomach first.
Just after finishing the meal, Tuanzi reminded us that there were monkeys outside.
Liu Jingxue hurried out of the space, took the medicine prepared for them, and ran to open the gate.
He opened the gate and handed the medicine bag to the monkey, "This is the medicine I prepared for you. Instructions are written on each medicine."
"Thank you, Comrade Liu.
Dinner is about to start over there, so I won’t stay any longer and will leave right away.”
After sending the monkey away, Liu Jingxue used her spiritual sense to check the cowshed and found that they were still awake and were talking about her.
I guess he's worried about her.
Liu Jingxue ran to the cowshed again to report that she was safe.
Knowing that she was exhausted after running in the mountains for two days, the uncle and his friends did not keep her to talk much after they made sure she was safe, and asked her to come back and rest quickly.