After getting ready, the three of them began to enter the mountains. Li Quanfu walked in front, and from time to time he used the bow and arrow in his hand to slap the weeds under his feet and the grass on both sides. The so-called road was actually a path trampled out by the hunters in the village. The mountains were covered with lush vegetation, and this path was covered with weeds, but it was slightly shorter than the ones on the side. Li Xiaoxiao was a girl, and it was her first time to enter the mountains, so Li Quanfu asked her to walk in the middle, and Li Dazhuang at the end.

After walking for a long time, they saw a pheasant. Maybe all the prey nearby had been hunted out, so the three of them continued walking forward.

Li Quanfu looked back from time to time to remind them to pay attention to their feet, while observing the movements around him. The sounds of insects and birds chirping were heard everywhere on the mountain.

After a long time, they came to an open space. There were no trees in a large area around, only some short weeds. There were a few protruding stones in the middle. The surface of the stones was smooth. It looked like a place where hunters usually rest. When people are resting, they will unconsciously relax their vigilance. If a large wild animal appears, it can be discovered in time. Li Xiaoxiao nodded silently in his heart. This is the wisdom of the ancients.

Li Quanfu shouted to stop and take a rest. Li Xiaoxiao was already tired, but she didn't say anything because she knew there was still a long way to go.

Li Xiaoxiao just sat on the stone, and Li Dazhuang next to him handed him the water bottle, "You must be thirsty, have a drink of water."

When Li Dazhuang first went up the mountain, he took the initiative to offer to carry the water bottle for Li Xiaoxiao. Li Xiaoxiao did not refuse. She was not in good physical condition and it would be best if she could reduce the burden as the mountain road was rugged.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Dazhuang." Li Xiaoxiao took the kettle and gulped down several mouthfuls.

"It's okay. Are you tired, Xiaoxiao?" Li Dazhuang said nonchalantly.

"I'm not tired. Uncle Quanfu, how long do we have to walk?" Along the way, I saw a pheasant from a distance, but I didn't chase it because it was too far away.

"We are still at the outermost edge. If we want to hunt wild animals, we have to walk for another half an hour." Li Quanfu is an experienced hunter and is very familiar with this area.

After resting for a while, they set off again, with Li Quanfu still walking in front.

The further you go in, the more lush the vegetation becomes. From time to time, pheasants and rabbits appear. Li Quanfu has already hunted a pheasant. It is not big, with shiny feathers, and is not yet dead. Li Quanfu simply processed it and put it in his backpack, which made a humming sound from time to time.

Li Quanfu no longer went inside, but took the two of them around.

Suddenly Li Xiaoxiao heard a rustling sound. She looked up abruptly and saw a large snake with red stripes and a body as thick as an adult's wrist, tightly wrapped around the tree trunk. The snake's head was raised high, and its pair of snake eyes stared at her sinisterly. It spit out its tongue at her, suddenly opened its big mouth, leaned down, and attacked Li Xiaoxiao.

In a flash, Li Xiaoxiao stretched out his hand and grabbed the snake's neck. With his other hand, he quickly pulled out a bamboo arrow from the backpack behind him and inserted it accurately into the snake's seven-inch position. In a flash, the snake was pinned to the ground.

The big snake struggled desperately in pain, its body dancing wildly, and grass debris on the ground flew everywhere. Li Xiaoxiao used all his strength to hold down the big snake and shouted Li Quanfu.

Li Quanfu was originally very close to her. When he heard the noise, he turned around and saw this scene. Without caring about being surprised, he took two quick steps and subdued the big snake together with Li Xiaoxiao. Li Dazhuang was walking at the back. He witnessed the whole process with his own eyes. He had never seen such a thick snake before, so he subconsciously took a few steps back and did not dare to move forward.

With Li Quanfu's help, Li Xiaoxiao was not so strenuous. He did not move the hand that was holding the snake's neck, but quickly pulled out a bamboo arrow from behind with the other hand and stabbed the snake's body fiercely. Streams of blood spurted out. In an instant, Li Xiaoxiao was covered in blood. The bamboo arrow in his hand did not stop and quickly pierced several bloody holes in the snake's body.

Slowly the big snake stopped struggling. Li Xiaoxiao let out a long sigh, almost exhausted. It was only a few minutes.

Li Quanfu couldn't help but look at Li Xiaoxiao with admiration. She was so young but had such courage and aura. She didn't look like a village girl at all. If he hadn't watched Li Xiaoxiao grow up, he would have thought she was a child from a big family.

He looked at his disappointing son again and shook his head.

Li Dazhuang walked over at this time and scratched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed. A little girl dared to kill a snake, but he was so scared that he hid far away.

"Xiaoxiao, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, Brother Dazhuang, I must have scared you. I don't know what happened to me at that time. I was so brave. Now I think about it and I'm really scared," Li Xiaoxiao deliberately pretended to be scared. It was normal for Li Dazhuang, a teenager, to be afraid. If she had seen such a scene when she was a teenager, she might have been scared and cried.

Li Dazhuang felt relieved after hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said.

After this little episode, Li Quanfu lost interest in hunting and came back after a while. Li Xiaoxiao shot a pheasant and Li Quanfu caught a nest of wild rabbits. The harvest was pretty good.

When they got home, it was around three or four in the afternoon. Li Xiaoxiao only asked for half of the snake meat. Li Quanfu was her master, and he had helped too. Li Quanfu said no, so Li Xiaoxiao took half and left.

Li Xiaoxiao carefully held the snake gallbladder in her arms. Li Quanfu had just taken it down and gave it to her. He said that it could be used as medicine and could also be sold in the county town. Seeing that there was no one around, she immediately put it away and put it in the refrigerator. The weather was hot and this thing couldn't be kept away.

When he got home, Li Huawen saw Li Xiaoxiao from a distance and ran over happily. When he saw the pheasant in her hand, his eyes were filled with excitement, "Sister, did you shoot this pheasant?"

Li Xiaoxiao went up the mountain with Li Quanfu. She had told Li Huawen about it before she came back, so he knew about it.

"Yes, we will have meat to eat tonight." Li Xiaoxiao was quite satisfied with today's harvest. If it weren't for the father and son of the Li family, she would have gone further. She discovered today that the further in she went, the more prey there were. The animals on the outskirts were all small animals, and hunters usually hunted them all down. She decided to go to the mountains after she had recovered her health.

Sun heard the noise and came out of the straw hut. It was Li Xiaoxiao who came back. She was holding a pheasant in her hand and carrying a coarse cloth bag on her back, but she couldn't see clearly what was inside.

Li Xiaoxiao was not afraid of scaring people, so she borrowed it from Li Quanfu on purpose.

Sun took the pheasant and also went to take the coarse cloth bag from Li Xiaoxiao.

"Mom, the things in here look scary. I'll take care of it. You kill the chicken." After saying this, Li Xiaoxiao picked up a large iron basin, picked up a kitchen knife, and went directly to the river to wash it.

After taking two steps, she saw Liu, the matchmaker from the next village. She was in her forties, twisting her fat waist, wearing a bright red double-breasted jacket, walking towards this side. She smiled and greeted Sun from a distance.

"Big sister, you are busy."

"Yes, my daughter just hunted a pheasant from the mountain, and now she's thinking of boiling water and killing the chicken." Sun responded with a smile.

"This is your second daughter, right? The little girl is really capable. Why is your eldest daughter not here?" Matchmaker Liu looked Li Xiaoxiao up and down with a pair of sharp eyes, with deep meaning.

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