NOVEL NEXT Chapter 20 Watching Rabbits at Night
Therefore, most people in the village will not choose to catch rabbits when they go to the Tooth Festival, because when the rabbit enters the hole, you no longer know where it went.
Rabbits move quickly and their running ability is exceptional. When you made a sound, the rabbit had already jumped far away with its super-bouncing hind legs and disappeared into the jungle.
Therefore, catching rabbits is not only physical work but also requires skills. Only experienced hunters can catch a few rabbits by setting traps in the mountains.
Just like in the novel, the hero and heroine go up the mountain, and when we are deeply in love, we find the rabbit and catch the rabbit with nothing... That is simply impossible, unless the rabbit is lame!
It’s not like domestic rabbits were raised in later generations. Today’s wild rabbits in the mountains have much stronger reaction and athletic abilities than domestic chickens.
Besides... Lin Yu complained: It took half an hour for these educated youths from the city to catch chickens in the yard... let alone catching rabbits in the wild.
After complaining, Lin Yu discovered that strange memories appeared in his mind. It looked like stories he had often seen before he lost his memory.
She didn't think it was strange. Anyway, she had completely forgotten about herself. But other memories would pop up little by little once she remembered something that could be related.
The rabbit slope is very close to Hongqi Village, just around the back corner.
There are huge boulders and lots of gravel. It is precisely because of this that the rabbits in their Hongqi Village are difficult to catch, resulting in a somewhat overpopulated situation.
Dig a trap nearby and you'll probably catch a rabbit nine times out of ten. So once someone in the village was short of meat or in trouble and went there to catch a few rabbits, the captain and the villagers would turn a blind eye. After all, everyone had done such a thing.
However, in recent years, due to the large number of people, the trap has been removed.
"It's so late now..."
Lin Yu waved his hand: "I can't aim at the rocks and chase them. Besides, I can't catch them either..."
Old man Zhou knocked the stick in his hand: "Okay, I'll go with you."
"...No need?"
"Why not? I don't know about you little girl! What if I don't follow you and you like more than just rabbits?"
Lin Yu was a little embarrassed: "Okay then."
Fortunately, the Rabbit Slope is not far from here, or in other words, they live very close to the bottom of Hongqi Mountain, so they are not far away.
An old man and a young man walked on the forest path with the moonlight on their backs. Lin Yu held a long wooden stick and knocked on the weeds or piles of rocks in front of him.
If there is a snake out of hibernation and coming out to bask in the moonlight ahead, they can learn about it as soon as possible, which is better than stepping on it. These are all little things to know about survival in the wild.
Due to limited time, Lin Yu did not sharpen many wooden arrows. Including the one he just tested, there were only ten.
And among these ten, she must hit at least two rabbits, the kind that can kill in one hit.
Old Man Zhou lent himself the crossbow and accompanied him up the mountain, so he couldn't let him return empty-handed, right?
After all, Old Man Zhou's eldest son and second son are both serving in the military, and he has taken great care of himself and Lin Fei in these years. If it is like in the novel that until Old Man Zhou dies and the eldest son and second son do not come back, then it may be Something happened.
The money and letters sent by Yueyue were just created by their comrades in order not to be called Old Man Zhou and feel sad.
Lin Yu has made preparations to provide for Old Zhou in his old age. As the old saying goes: Master, master, is both master and father.
The gentle moon broke away from the clouds and spread its light over the entire mountain. Occasionally, I would meet people with the same purpose on the road. Everyone would nod in tacit understanding and then go away.
Lin Yu lay down on a high rock, squinting slightly at the rabbit that came out to look for food under the light of the moon, looking for prey.
He kept turning a square button in his hand, trying to tighten the bowstring at the back. She was weak, so naturally she couldn't draw the crossbow to the full string like a tall man.
But it doesn't matter if she has little strength. She has a smart brain. It's just a matter of adding a few more gears, so why bother?
As she turned, the bow and arrow stuck in the wooden groove retreated to the top, and the string was already stretched to the limit. It seemed that as long as the switch was pressed, the wooden arrow could fly out and hit the target.
But what makes people a little distressed is that those rabbits always hide in sheltered places, which makes it difficult for Lin Yu to start. When Old Man Zhou saw it, he picked up a stone and threw it far away, startling a bunch of rabbits and scattering in all directions.
After finding that the rocks fell and there was no movement, the rabbits settled down and ate while moving.
Lin Yu gave old man Zhou next to him a thumbs up. Why didn't she think of this method? On rocky slopes like this, rocks often roll down and startle these rabbits. Rabbits should also be accustomed to it, and they will not deliberately return to their original location to eat grass after being disturbed.
A big rabbit in the distance twitched its ears, lowered its head and continued to eat grass, then raised its eyes and looked around warily, fearing that some giant snake would come out to hunt hidden in the moonlight.
People who often hold carving knives cannot have bad eyesight. In the blink of an eye, Lin Yu had already aimed at the rabbit. Making sure that his accuracy was not too far off, the wooden arrow was so fast that he could not see clearly in the theater under the moonlight, and in the blink of an eye it had been inserted into the rabbit's head.
The little blood that spilled dyed the somewhat gray fur red. The rabbit's body stiffened, his legs kicked off, and he fell to the ground without much struggle.
The movement was so small that the rabbits nearby were not disturbed.
Lin Yu secretly cheered, "Very good, a good start with the first shot!"
However, she was not a professional sniper, let alone a professional archer, and the next few shots missed without exception.
Old man Zhou's hands were itchy and he lowered his voice and said, "Erya, give Grandpa a try too." He thought he was not old enough to hold a crossbow and his hands would shake and his eyes would not be able to see clearly!
Lin Yu looked at the two rabbits underneath and happily handed him the remaining two bows and arrows. With these two rabbits here, it is enough to do business. I will take one to the town tomorrow and leave the remaining one to Old Man Zhou. As for my parents, I will come over another day and give them two.
The adults would have to go to work during the day anyway, so no one would notice her little moves.
At worst, she brought a basket and said she was here to cut pigweed. Recently, the little guys in the village even took away Lin Fei's task of cutting pigweed in order to play puppets with Lin Fei.
Seeing this, Lin Yu had no choice but to get a few more little people for them to play with, which made the small group even happier.