I fell through the tunnel and brought my family to live a good life

Since Xu Congyi woke up completely, Hunter Xu rarely went into the mountains to hunt. He just caught wild rabbits on the hillside near the village to improve his meals. Early in the morning, the Xu family had just finished breakfast when Master Li, who was in charge of purchasing food at the restaurant in the county town, came to the Xu family to look for Hunter Xu. The restaurant had contracted a banquet for a rich man who hoped to buy a whole wild boar. The price was negotiable.

After listening to Master Li's request, Hunter Xu thought about it for a while and agreed. Apart from the money his father earned from digging ginseng in the mountains, the family had no extra money. Moreover, he had spent a lot of money on burning incense at the temple and buying things in the county town in the past few days. He also had plans to go up the mountain. Moreover, he had been at home with Xu Congyi every day for the past half month. Seeing that his daughter was recovering better and better, he had nothing to worry about and could go into the mountains with peace of mind.

Going up the mountain to hunt is not an easy task, let alone hunting wild boars. In the past few years, there was a drought, and many wild boars came down the mountain to look for food and attacked villagers. He hunted a lot of wild boars with his skills. But in recent years, there has been plenty of rain, and wild boars like to live in places with rich vegetation and water sources. Therefore, deep mountains have become a place where they often gather. There is abundant water and grass in the deep mountains, and wild boars don’t often go down the mountain. If you want to hunt wild boars, you have to go to the deep mountains. In recent years, Xu Congyi’s illness has become more and more serious, and he cannot do without someone to take care of him. It is Xu the hunter who has to ask for a doctor, so he only goes up the mountain when Xu Congyi’s condition is stable, and mainly catches rabbits, pheasants, wild deer, roe deer, etc. He hasn’t caught a wild boar for a long time.

Hearing that her father was going up the mountain to hunt wild boars, Xu Congyi also wanted to go along. After all, she knew that her family was not rich now, and her grandfather didn't make much money from selling ginseng in the mountains. She thought that if she went up the mountain with her father, she could also fish in troubled waters. She could use Taobao to buy two wild ginsengs in her space and put them in the space as if she had dug them herself, so that she could supplement the family income. After all, the wild ginsengs on Taobao were very large now, so she would definitely get a good price if she sold them.

As expected, when Hunter Xu heard that his daughter wanted to go hunting with him in the mountains, he refused without even thinking.

"How can you do that? There are wild animals in the mountains. How can a little girl like you do that? That's ridiculous!"

Xu Congyi had expected her father's refusal, but this method of selling ginseng didn't work, so she had to find other ways to make money.

Hearing that his son was going to hunt wild boars in the mountains, Old Man Xu was worried and planned to go up the mountain with his son. Although Old Man Xu was not as flexible and strong as he was when he was young, he was an old hunter who had hunted in the mountains for most of his life and had hunted many wild boars. Moreover, this time they had to go deep into the mountains to hunt wild boars, and Old Man Xu also wanted to see if he could dig some ginseng. After all, if they could dig good quality ginseng and sell it for money, it could equal their annual income.

After deciding to go up the mountain the next day, the family began to prepare things for the two of them. In addition to the tools needed for hunting, such as iron picks and traps, iron kettles and fire starters were indispensable. Although there were streams in the mountains, there might be small insect eggs in the water, so it was safer to boil it and drink it. Fire starters were easy to light a fire. Although it was not necessary to light a fire to keep warm, there was a lot of moisture in the mountains, so you could dry your clothes when you rested, and it was also convenient to cook food with local materials. Speaking of cooking food, you had to bring salt. If you could catch pheasants, rabbits, or wild fish, you could roast them and eat them directly.

Xu Congyi put the chestnuts that he had peeled but not eaten a few days ago into the pot and cooked them all, and took them to his father and grandfather. These chestnuts have a strong sense of filling, and more importantly, they are easy to eat. Li Dahua and Xu's mother also brought a large bag of fried golden brown rice for the two of them. When going up the mountain to hunt, everything was kept simple, and taste was not considered. What mattered was that it should be filling, convenient and easy to carry.

Xu Congyi took out several boxes of sugar in the warehouse and found that the sugar had solidified. It was similar to the sugar made from sugarcane. The sugar made from beets also had a crunchy texture, but the color was much lighter. Xu Congyi cut the five boxes of sugar into small pieces with a knife and handed them to Li Dahua. Li Dahua understood what Xu Congyi meant, found oil paper, wrapped some sugar cubes and put them in a backpack for the father and son to take. Although the sugar was not filling, it was very good for replenishing energy. The sugar cut into small pieces by Xu Congyi was also very convenient to carry. He could just take a piece and hold it in his mouth on the way.

The next morning, before daybreak, the whole family got up. In order for the two men to go up the mountain, Li Dahua took out the little white flour at home and rolled two full bowls of noodles for them, and also boiled two eggs. After the two men ate their fill, they filled the water bags with hot water, put on their backpacks, and set off towards the mountains.

Li Dahua was a little worried and her eyes were slightly red. The children were also worried about their grandfather and father and kept silent. It was Xu's mother who broke the sad atmosphere.

"Just go and do your own thing. It's okay. They will be back in a few days!"

It’s not that Xu’s mother isn’t worried, she just tries to act as if she doesn’t care in front of her children.

After finishing the housework, everyone was not idle. With the sugar cubes, Xu Congyi wanted to try more ways to cook chestnuts, so she called her eldest and second brothers and went to pick the thorny chestnuts with backpacks. This time the two brothers were very active. They directly peeled off the thorny shells on the spot and put the chestnuts into the backpacks. This saved space and they could fit twice as much chestnuts.

The three of them returned with a full load. This huge pile was enough to last them for a long time. Xu Congyi thought about researching a few more ways to eat the chestnuts, so that when his father and grandfather came back, he could let them eat the chestnuts in new ways.