Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Today we have roasted hare, and two more chickens will be enough. Lin Xia peeled off the yellow mud, and the blackened chicken feathers that were electrocuted really fell off along with the hardened mud. Don't mention it, this process is quite relaxing. Put the two beggar chickens on the plate, and put the chicken heads, chicken feet, chicken necks, chicken butts, etc. on Ah Huang's plate.

Ah Huang was eating happily and wagging his tail. At this time, Da Zhuang on the side was unhappy and kept surrounding Lin Xia and calling out "oh oh" anxiously.

Lin Xia was sweating profusely: "No way, Da Zhuang, we are from the same root, why are you so anxious to hurt me?"

Da Zhuang ignored him and tried hard to bite Lin Xia's hand. But Lin Xia didn't dare to let him bite her hand. Not to mention his sharp mouth, even the messy things he ate, Lin Xia didn't want to touch them!

"Okay, okay, I'll tear some rabbit meat for you later. Don't eat the chicken. They're all the same species. The key is, there's not much. Oh, and there are a lot of delicious mushrooms and chestnuts in the chicken's stomach. They're delicious. I'll give you some!"

Then, Lin Xia dismembered the roasted rabbit. As usual, she kept the hard-to-chew parts such as the rabbit head and rabbit feet for herself. She tore off the easy-to-tear meat on the rabbit's neck and gave it to Da Zhuang, while the hard-to-tear part was given along with the bones to Ah Huang.

"Let's eat!" The chicken is tender and juicy, the rabbit meat is crispy and delicious, and the mountain products such as mushrooms and chestnuts are also roasted and delicious. Paired with the delicious mushroom, spinach and fish ball soup, life is perfect. One person and two pets enjoy this sumptuous dinner happily, and laughter echoes in the valley at night.

The aroma of the food did attract some carnivorous animals, but because of the electric fence, the firelight, the lights in the tent, and the fearlessness of the man and his two pets, the animals only dared to peek from a distance and did not dare to come forward.

Lin Xia would not go out to make trouble. The gains from this trip into the mountains far exceeded Lin Xia's expectations. After getting up tomorrow, he would go back out of the mountains as planned. On the way, he would mainly collect mushrooms, chestnuts and other mountain products, which would never be too much.

The next day, when I emerged from the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain, it was already past 3 p.m. After giving gifts to the kappa and the goddess, I headed to the ranch. When I got home, it was already evening.

As soon as he got back to the ranch, Da Zhuang couldn't wait to rush to the chicken and rabbit hut, but Lin Xia grabbed the chicken's tail and pulled him back: "Go to the river to wash yourself first. You are not allowed to enter the hut until you are clean. Don't bring back any pests and diseases from the mountains, otherwise you will pollute a large area. Do you hear me?"

Da Zhuang also knew how powerful he was, so he turned around angrily and went to take a bath in the river beside the pasture.

Dazhuang can barely be considered a bird, so cleaning its feathers is no problem for it and it can take care of itself. Back then, when it lived alone in the mountains, it always looked bright and beautiful.

Ah Huang was not doing well, so Lin Xia had to wash it. She first let Ah Huang stay in front of the door and not run around. Lin Xia inspected every corner of the ranch and went to see Bai Long.

It really is true that a day apart feels like a long time. Bai Long was extremely excited to see Lin Xia. He kept rubbing his head against Lin Xia. Lin Xia comforted him, fed him pet snacks, and brushed his fur: "Grow up quickly. When you grow up, I will take you out to play, okay?"

Bai Long rubbed Lin Xia's palm affectionately.

These days, with the care of the dwarfs, the crops at home were watered and harvested on time; the animals were also well fed. Lin Xia took Ah Huang back to the house with peace of mind.

By the time the man and the dog were both cleaned, the moon was already at its zenith. Ah Huang automatically returned to the doghouse at the gate, where there was an automatic dog food feeder, so there was no need to worry about it starving.

Lin Xia picked some food for dinner, and after eating, she went to bed. She was very tired these past few days, not only physically but also mentally. After all, she was out in a forest full of dangers. When she returned home, she relaxed immediately, and the fatigue suddenly swept over her.

The harvest of this 3-day autumn hunt is summarized as follows:

A total of 19 deer were harvested, one of which was electrocuted by an electric fence, and the other 1 were shot, including 18 male deer, 2 female deer, and 6 young deer.

A total of 9 wild ducks and 97 duck eggs were harvested; 3 water birds were shot, one of which was a goose and the other two were cormorants; a total of 15 unknown birds were shot in the mountains.

A total of 8 pheasants were harvested, all of which were electrocuted by the electric fence. 5 of them were made into beggar chickens, two of which were eaten, leaving 3, and the other 3 were not yet cleaned up.

There were 36 wild rabbits in total, 5 of which were electrocuted, 28 were caught by Lin Xia and Ah Huang in the mountains, and 3 were caught in traps set by Lin Xia. One was roasted and eaten, leaving 35.

They also caught a silly roe deer, which was also caught in the trap dug by Lin Xia.

There are 6 wild boars. We didn't plan to hunt them this time. Lin Xia's own pigs have successfully given birth to 10 piglets, which can be eaten on the 10th of winter. The pigs raised at home are much more delicious than wild boars.

So when Lin Xia was in the mountains, he tried to avoid wild boars as much as possible. However, when he was going back, he didn't keep an eye on one, and Ah Huang got too excited and actually ambushed a little wild boar!

Well, beating the small one attracted the big one. A fat and healthy old sow rushed over like a small tank, followed by four other piglets. . .

What could Lin Xia do? She could only draw her bow and shoot the eagle, no, the wild boar!

Due to time constraints and the wild boar's thick skin and tough flesh, Lin Xia used the mithril arrow for the first time. The arrow pierced through the wild boar's skull and continued to shoot straight backwards, carrying away a little wild boar that was following closely behind.

The pierced old wild boar continued to run forward for a few meters due to inertia before falling down. The few little wild boars following it didn't understand what was going on. They saw their mother pig fall out. Except for the one that was carried away, the remaining three surrounded the old sow's body and screamed.

Lin Xia showed no mercy and used three more golden arrows to kill them.

The little wild boar that was ambushed by Ah Huang first was also slowly worn down to death by it. Ah Huang still needed to hone his hunting skills. His attacks were disorganized and he seemed to have no idea where to attack the opponent's vital points.

Every attack seemed disorganized and chaotic. This way of attack not only failed to cause effective damage to the enemy, but also put himself in a passive position. However, Lin Xia could not give any advice, as the hunting skills of animals were acquired through actual combat every time.

But there are still some things that need to be said: "Ah Huang, don't attack wild boars in the future. They have thick skin and meat, and they are not tasty. It's a waste of energy and time. Do you understand?"

"Wang Wang~"

"For rabbits and roe deer, you can pounce on them if you have the ability, but try to bite their necks. These places are more vulnerable and can be killed with one blow. Do you understand?"

"Wow~"

While teaching them a lesson, Lin Xia put the wild boar family of six into the space and continued on his way.

There was one python and four poisonous snakes. In addition to the small black snake at the beginning, Dazhuang later caught three more, two green ones and one red one. If it weren't for Dazhuang's help, Lin Xia would never have dared to even think about it.

These venomous snakes are small in size, fast in speed, and their twisting postures are really creepy. Lin Xia is most afraid of these twisting cartilaginous animals.

There were 6 centipedes, 2 spiders (both were the size of a fist, when Lin Xia saw them, his scalp went numb and he dared not move), no scorpions were seen, and 3 other suspected poisonous insects (Lin Xia didn’t recognize them, but Da Zhuang handed them in voluntarily, so they must be poisonous).

5 mysterious poisonous butterflies and several unknown flowers, branches and leaves.

In addition, there are various mountain mushrooms, wild fruits and nuts.

The mountains were densely covered with trees, blocking out the sun, and were humid, so the deeper one went, the more rampantly the mushrooms grew, and Lin Xia picked them more crazily.

Various edible mushrooms were packed into three large boxes, which were the same large wooden boxes that Gotz had commissioned to make. They were super large wooden boxes that were 3 meters long, 2 meter wide, and 1 meters high!

I found a whole wooden box of chestnuts and half a wooden box of walnuts, but they were all in shells. After I go back and peel them, I estimate that about half of them will be lost.

Lin Xia also found some wild fruits, including delicious ones such as wild kiwi, barberry, and mulberry. Lin Xia picked about ten pounds of them. As for the unpalatable ones, such as wild persimmons, which were nothing but skin and core, Lin Xia gave up decisively after trying one.