The two old men took the tools and walked away together. Li Dafang didn't stop them when he saw it, but just told them to be careful.
Although these two children are a bit noisy, they are not people who mess around. They usually go up to the mountains to hunt and only move around the outskirts of the mountains. Now that the flood has just come, the wild beasts in the mountains must be abnormal. She believes that they will definitely not change their past. Rush into depth.
Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan did not live up to Li Dafang's trust. They stopped at the junction of the deep mountain and the front mountain.
The so-called Qianshan is the area where villagers from several villages around Wubei Mountain have been active on Wubei Mountain for many years. Since people have long gone up the mountain to collect firewood and pick wild vegetables and fruits, they have already made obvious mountain roads. Therefore, the danger is relatively high. It is relatively low. Every year when the wild fruits are ripe, there are many children who come in groups to pick wild fruits to satisfy their greed.
But it's different in the deep mountains. It's a dense forest, with fallen leaves piled up on the ground and weeds growing in disorder. It can be said that it is completely different from the previous mountain. The danger is straight up compared with the previous mountain. Most villagers dare not go in, and they have repeatedly issued orders to strictly prohibit children from entering. In addition to greatly increasing the chance of encountering snakes, insects and beasts in the deep mountains, it is also easy to get lost in the dense forest.
Even experienced hunters may not be able to come out safely every time they enter the mountains, let alone ordinary farmers. However, there are also some who take risks. Most of these people are also trapped inside. Usually they are looking for hunters to lead people. When people go in to look for people, most of them don't even find their bodies, and even if they do find them, most of them are dead without complete bodies.
The legends of monsters and snakes, insects and beasts may not scare people away, but the tragic sight of the dead bodies is frightening to most villagers.
Li Ping'an and Zhang Xiaoshan were walking in the direction Li Erlin and Zhang Yu had just gone up the mountain. In front of the place where they stopped, they could clearly see fresh footprints on the piles of fallen leaves extending deep into the mountain, and some weeds were also covered in the mountains. I stepped into the fallen leaves and couldn't straighten myself up after bending down.
The two of them took the branches they had broken off from the trees on the road and walked carefully on the footprints, tapping the branches on the grass on both sides. It is summer at the end of May, and there may be some kind of snake hiding in the grass. It is relatively safer to take the path taken by the person in front of you. Hitting the grass on both sides with a stick can also scare away some snakes and insects hiding in it.
It rained heavily all day the day before yesterday, and it was cloudy all day yesterday. The thick fallen leaves were soaked and turned soft. After walking a certain distance, Li Ping'an looked back and felt that it was almost done, so he turned back to Zhang Xiaoshan in front and said, "Don't leave, Xiaoshan. Just do a few things around here."
Although Zhang Xiaoshan is a little reluctant, they usually hunt deeper, but he also knows that not only people are panicking now, but also the wild beasts in the mountains. Compared with the past, the danger in the deep mountains at this time is greatly increased. It cannot be said that There are big guys wandering to the periphery.
So he stopped and looked around to see where there were traces of wild beast activity and where it would be more appropriate to lay the trap. Many people know how to dig traps, but there are many ways to improve the success rate of hunting.
Li Ping'an was not good at this. Although he had learned some hunting knowledge from his uncle, he was just curious to learn about it and had never thought about hunting as a craft to make a living. These days, skills are not spread and knowledge is not widespread. Although the memory of his past life cannot make him rich, at least it is not a problem to maintain food and clothing.
Living is already not easy. I just need to learn a little bit about hunting to get addicted. I am always running to the mountains, and I might not be able to survive one day. I am nervous, and my family is also worried.
He was responsible for being Zhang Xiaoshan's bodyguard and taking a look at the wild vegetables and fruits nearby so that he could pick some and take them back.
After a short time, Zhang Xiaoshan found the place to dig the trap, and the two old men threw off their arms and started swinging their hoes vigorously. The rain the day before yesterday had softened the soil, and they spent a lot of effort digging four holes in a row. The two of them were sweating profusely from exhaustion.
"One of these four can always gain something, right?" Zhang Xiaoshan's tone was full of uncertainty. He had never doubted his skills, but he was very unsure of his luck.
Li Ping'an comforted him: "It's okay. It's best if you have it. Forget it if you don't have it. It's better to work in vain than not to work at all. Didn't you see that people in the village collect firewood, pick wild vegetables and find wild fruits? Everyone is trying to survive. We are working hard. We have done everything we can, and after doing our best, we will leave it to fate."
This is the situation, what else can we do?
Zhang Xiaoshan took a deep breath, stood up and dug a hole again, "I'll dig a few more holes, I won't believe there won't be any that can't be filled."
"Enough, enough, Brother Shan, that's enough!" Li Ping'an quickly stopped him. It was not a good thing to tire himself out here. It was really unlucky to encounter a wild boar or something, and he didn't even have the energy to run.
He forced Zhang Xiaoshan to sit down and rest. When they were almost done resting, the two of them buried bamboo thorns in the pit. After finishing, they made a camouflage mark at the entrance of the pit. Li Ping'an went to pick some wild vegetables, and then the two of them left the deep mountain forest. .
Seeing that the two old cousins had all come back, everyone in the family breathed a sigh of relief, and then started preparing for dinner.
"Don't you wait, dad?" Li Ping'an took the bowl handed over by Chen Dajuan. He couldn't eat dry rice. He had to save food and could only eat porridge with rice soup that could reflect the silhouette of a person.
He sighed inwardly. He had not eaten like this for several years. He had worked really hard for several years and returned to the pre-liberation period.
"No wait, I don't know when they will come back." Chen Dajuan said, looking towards the mountain with worry.
When Li Ping'an saw this, he said nothing and drank all the thin rice porridge in the bowl without leaving a grain of rice. After he finished eating, Chen Dajuan made porridge for Fugui Jixiang and the others. He took a look and found that the porridge in his brother and sister's bowls didn't have a few grains of rice at all. It could be said that it was all water, and he was immediately unhappy.
"Mom, no matter how much you save, you can't just let your younger brothers and sisters drink rice soup. They are still growing, so they are always hungry now, and they will easily get sick when they are weak. My little sister has just recovered from her illness, so we can't give it to her. Just let her replenish her body, why not let her eat enough?"
"They don't do anything. They just sit here and play and talk. How can they get hungry? On the contrary, you are busy and you should eat more to be full." Chen Dajuan knew that Li Ping'an didn't want him to feed his younger brothers and sisters. But she ate less, so she let Li Pingan finish eating first and then let Fugui and the others eat.
Little Ruyi patted her belly and said, "Big pot, a little bit is enough for us. We are not hungry. Sister Taohua just gave Ruyi some candy."
Seeing the smile on Xiao Ruyi's face, Li Ping'an sighed and said to Chen Dajuan: "Mom, come out with me. I have something to tell you."
There is almost no food left at home. While the food is still yours, what if you don’t eat more to feel full?
