Siheyuan: The Final Winner

  Chapter 16 Hunting in the mountains, a lot of harvest

  The mountains are undulating and covered with white snow.

  In the deep mountains, it is extremely difficult to walk.

  Fortunately, Jiang Ping'an was wearing water shoes, but even so, the soles of his feet were covered with thick yellow mud, making them extremely heavy.

  Walk a few steps, you have to rub your feet on the dry grass a few times to wipe off the mud, otherwise it will slip.

  Don't look at the outer area of ​​the mountain, even if there are prey, they are very rare.

  So Jiang Ping'an went straight to the mountains.

   After walking for two or three hours, the sightings of animals gradually increased.

   Footprints, feces, hair, etc.

   But Jiang Pingan still didn't stop, and continued to walk for nearly an hour before slowing down.

  When he came to a boulder, Jiang Ping'an walked to the leeward place, rested his feet, drank some hot water, and ate a few big buns.

  After recovering physical strength, he raised his spirits and began to look for prey.

  Jiang Pingan today cannot escape his detection within a radius of 100 meters.

   Not long after, Jiang Ping'an found a nest of hares in a bush.

  He was overjoyed, and quickly put the musket into the space, intending to capture the hare with bare hands, and then put it in the space to breed.

  Rabbits are nocturnal animals, they generally rest during the day and come out at night.

  Hares’ nests generally have at least three exits, just in case, and that’s how the three caves of the cunning rabbit come from.

  Jiang Pingan first stood in the distance and looked around carefully, and soon found five exits one after another. It seems that there should be a lot of rabbits here.

  Then, he took a deep breath, and rushed to the grass at the fastest speed, and his figure instantly turned into a shadow.

  As soon as he got close, a gray shadow flashed out from an exit.

  Jiang Ping'an's eyes were quick, and he caught the hare in his hand in an instant. After weighing it, it should be three catties.

  Jiang Ping'an smiled, but before he could be happy for too long, another rabbit ran out.

  He fished left and right, and within a short time, he caught seven hares in a row, and all of them were thrown into the space.

   "Is there another one too scared to come out?"

  Jiang Ping'an listened carefully for a moment, then quickly took hay from the space, lit it, put it in the hole and smoked it.

   "Poof!"

   With a muffled sound, the remaining hare finally couldn't help but fled, and was caught by Jiang Ping'an.

   "Caught by me, raised in the space, no shortage of food, no danger, why run?"

  Jiang Pingan murmured softly, turned around and continued walking.

   Next, Jiang Pingan gained a lot.

   This is indeed a deep mountain and old forest, with many kinds of prey.

  Plus Jiang Ping'an has master-level martial arts and space blessings.

  As long as he meets prey, very few can escape.

  In just two hours, he hunted five pheasants and sixteen hares one after another.

  Looking at the time, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon.

   Today's hunting went even smoother than Jiang Pingan expected.

  Compared to sleeping comfortably at home, he really doesn't want to spend the night in the wild.

  Furthermore, one should not be too greedy. There are so many prey in this world that it is impossible to catch them all.

  So without hesitation, Jiang Ping'an immediately returned the same way.

   "There is still a fish farm that is not used. I am afraid that I will go to the market to buy it after returning to the city." Jiang Ping'an thought as he walked.

  Although the mountain road is difficult, it is still much faster to go back.

  Even so, Jiang Ping'an hurried to Liangjia Village in the evening.

   Instead of going home, he took a detour.

   And took out three hares and two pheasants from the space, carried them by hand, and went to Qin Jingru's house.

  He planned to send a hare and a pheasant to Qin Jingru's family.

  For Jiang Pingan, no matter whether he wants to marry Qin Jingru or not in the future, the relationship with her family cannot be broken.

   After all, they are neighbors. Every time Jiang Ping'an returns to the city, it is Qin Jingru's father who comes to help him guard the house.

  As for why the hares and pheasants were brought out, they were naturally for show.

  The sky was dark, and some could not see the road.

  The cold wind rustled, scraping his face like a knife.

  Qin Jingru's house was very quiet, and there was no sound of anyone talking.

  Since the year before last, drought has continued in most parts of the country, farmland harvests have plummeted, and food is in extreme shortage.

  In the past few months, Jiang Ping'an has been to the countryside many times, but he rarely sees people cooking in the morning and evening.

   Most of them only eat polenta for lunch, which is clear soup and little water.

   During the slack season, people huddled in their rooms without speaking or moving, trying to save energy.

  Jiang Pingan came to Qin Jingru's house, knocked on the door, and shouted loudly: "Uncle Qin, is Uncle Qin at home?"

   "Here we come!" A rough voice came from the room.

   Soon, the door opened, and Qin Jingru was standing behind the door with a smile on her face.

  Jiang Ping'an was about to speak when Qin Jingru's father, Qin Dingguo, stood up from behind and pulled his daughter aside.

   "Ping An came back from the mountains? Hey, the harvest was good today, so many prey!"

  Qin Dingguo grinned, looked at the prey in Jiang Ping'an's hand and said with a smile.

  Jiang Pingan handed a pheasant and a hare forward, smiled and said:

   "Uncle Qin, today is indeed quite fruitful, so I brought some to feed my sister-in-law and nephew."

  Qin Jingru has three brothers and sisters. Her elder sister is married, and her elder brother has two children after her marriage.

  The little one was born a few months ago and is still breastfeeding. It is the time when nutrition is needed.

  Qin Dingguo shook his head and refused: "It's too expensive, I can't take it!"

   "You can take it back safely, thank you for your kindness, even if you don't eat it yourself, you can exchange it for food!"

  It is no joke that food is expensive these days. If you marry a daughter-in-law, three liters of wheat will be more respectable.

  Of course this is the countryside, the price in the city is slightly higher, but the bride price is usually only three to five yuan.

   As for the three turns and one sound, most families are not fully equipped.

   It's not just about money, it also needs tickets.

  Jiang Ping'an frowned and said, "Uncle Qin treats me as an outsider, right? Your family has helped me a lot."

   "I gave you a chicken and a rabbit as a token of my gratitude. Uncle Qin, you can't refuse, or you'll be alienated."

  After several pushes and pushes, Qin Dingguo finally accepted and invited Jiang Pingan to sit in the room.

   "It's getting dark now, so I won't sit down. We're so close, we can come over anytime in the future."

  Jiang Ping'an smiled, said goodbye and left.

  Qin Dingguo couldn't keep it, so he asked his daughter Qin Jingru to give it away.

  Back home, open the kitchen, Jiang Pingan threw the remaining two hares and a pheasant on the ground.

  Light the oil lamp, turn around and smile at Qin Jingru who is holding the flashlight and say:

   "It just so happens that you come over, kill the hare and pheasant quickly, and let's have a good meal!"

   "Eat it all? It's too wasteful! Isn't it good to keep it for food?" Qin Jingru frowned and said distressedly.

  Jiang Pingan smiled and stepped forward to take the flashlight in Qin Jingru's hand, and said:

   "What's the waste? Eat it in the stomach and supplement the nutrition, so it won't be wasted."

   "Look at you, what a beautiful girl, but her face is sallow and her hair is withered and yellow, which affects her appearance too much."

  Qin Jingru gritted her teeth, and said hesitantly: "I haven't seen meat for a long time, if I eat meat like this, I will have diarrhea."

   "A few days ago you invited me to eat fried eggs, so I went back and waited for a day, but it tortured me terribly!"

  (end of this chapter)