The arrogant little husband is desperately flirting with the hunter

Basically no one would come to the deep mountains, and the mountain is really huge. Even if someone accidentally entered, they might not be able to find the way.

Even if Chu Xiao goes up and down the mountain alone now, he might take the wrong path.

Therefore, Chu Xiao usually never locks his door when he goes out. He just locks it and leaves.

He was going to pick some chestnuts today. If the squirrels weren't so industrious, he might also pick up some pine nuts and hazelnuts that had fallen from the trees.

The weather is getting colder day by day. Winter will probably come soon. Once the first snow falls, they will not go up the mountain again.

The most dangerous time in the mountains is probably winter. Without abundant resources and covered with snow, the beasts need more food to keep warm, so they will naturally become particularly ferocious.

Yan Zhenshen never told his family about the dangers of hunting over the years, but in the past hundred years, among the men in the village who wanted to go into the mountains to try their luck during the slack season, nine out of ten never came back.

People who are not familiar with the mountain road will inevitably go around to the west. The servants in the Marquis' Mansion were like this, and the same happened to Chu Peng and the man from Li Village last year.

After picking up a few baskets of chestnuts and some scattered pine nuts, Chu Xiao looked up at the sky. The sun was already at its zenith, and without the obstruction of leaves, the sun could shine directly on his body.

People who bask in the sun in the early winter weather feel warm all over, which makes people feel comfortable, but also inevitably a little drowsy.

After walking a short distance forward, Chu Xiao heard dogs barking. He raised his foot and looked forward, and saw Taxue running towards him, followed closely by Dahei. However, the wolf cub was limping and couldn't run at all, and his whining voice was full of grievance.

Neither the man nor the dog had expected to meet each other outside. Taxue ran over and rubbed against Chu Xiao, then used his head to push him towards the wolf cub, looking much more anxious than usual.

"Brother Shen, why are you coming here?" Chu Xiao asked as he walked.

"I guessed you were here, so I came straight over."

Chu Xiao approached and saw the wolf cub, and asked inexplicably: "Did the wolf cub suffer injustice?"

"Woo woo woo..." When the wolf cub heard Chu Xiao say his name, he didn't move forward. He just lay down on the ground and raised his front paws.

Yan Zhenshen rolled his eyes at it in anger, and then answered his husband's question: "The wolf cub was chasing a rabbit and fell into a trap that was dug a few years ago. Its front leg was injured. I checked and found that the bones were not broken, but it didn't dare to land directly on the ground, and it was howling all the way."

He usually likes to pretend. Although he looks quite pitiful now, Chu Xiao doesn't know whether he is really injured or just pretending to be pitiful.

I just squatted down and checked it, but couldn't figure out what it was. Although plant powers can convert vitality, its main function is equivalent to the vitality in the body. It may have some effect on internal injuries, but it is useless for external injuries.

So he had no solution to the problem of the wolf cub.

As long as the bones are not injured, there should be no problem if you take care of it for a while.

"Hold on. It's your fault for being so careless." Chu Xiao touched the wolf cub's head and let it lie there.

It was still early, so there was no need to go back. Yan Zhenshen thought so too, so the two continued picking chestnuts.

These mountain products are the staple food in winter. Even in a year of bumper harvest, people will go to the mountains to find some and bring them back as long as they are not lazy. However, they can only look for them in the mountains near the village. Those who can spend a whole day to get one or two baskets are considered lucky.

It's not like in the deep mountains. The whole chestnut forest belongs to Chu Xiao. The chestnuts on the ground are not densely packed but almost there. He squats down and picks them up in a circle, and there are basically a whole basket.

It's inevitable that your legs will feel numb if you squat for a long time.

The two of them talked while they worked, and some of the topics were even ones they had discussed before, but that didn't stop them from talking about them again. When they heard something interesting, they couldn't help laughing.

I spend most of the day searching for treasures in the mountains by myself, and fall asleep after a few words at night. Of course, I still have to do some exercise sometimes, but I fall asleep as soon as I am tired.

It's not often that they go into the mountains and chat like this, so Chu Xiao can't help but feel happier than usual.

As the sun was setting, it was time for them to go home. Chu Xiao then went to look at the basket that his brother Shen had carried out. Inside was three dead rabbits with blood stains on their fur.

Yan Zhenshen put the backpack on his back and said with a smile, "I wanted to catch it alive, but the wolf cub fell into a trap and was busy going over, so Taxue and Dahei bit it to death. I took it back and stewed it for the wolf cub to eat. Don't they say that what you eat replenishes what you need?"

"If two legs won't work, give it four." Chu Xiao said as he looked at the wolf cub, who had recovered and was jumping happily on three legs.

It was obvious at first glance that the injury was not serious. He was just trying to gain sympathy. From this point of view, he was no better than a ball. At that time, he had directly dislocated the little guy's hind leg.

Chu Xiao sighed when he thought of Piqiu. To him, birth, aging, sickness and death were all natural laws, but he still felt angry every time he thought of Piqiu being hacked to death.

"What are you thinking about?" Yan Zhenshen noticed that her husband was suddenly distracted, so he asked.

Chu Xiao smiled and said, "I'm just wondering if we should keep a few more dogs. When my second brother finishes building his house next year, there will surely be a lot of wood in the yard. We can then bring Baiyun and Baixue over to him. Xiaohui and Meiqiu will follow my third sister every day. We can't let Dahuang stay in the old house forever. A hound is a hound, how can it guard the house all the time?"

The wolf cub came closer, and Chu Xiao kicked it aside to prevent him from accidentally stepping on its injured paw again, which would make it scream even louder.

Yan Zhenshen nodded: "Then go back and buy two more."

Now the family has enough food and money. Besides, the guard dogs don't need to eat well. They can usually be fed with brown rice and black flour. Occasionally, they can have some scraps or wild animals that cannot be sold at a high price, so they can have a meal of meat.

"You go and choose this time. I have poor eyesight."

Chu Xiao really couldn't tell the good from the bad dogs. At most, he would look at which one was cute, but after choosing so many, he couldn't train any of them.

But his brother Shen must have experience, and he might be able to pick out a hunting dog like Taxue.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiao said, "Isn't it said that there are hunting dogs of the same breed as Taxue for sale in the city? If we see one there, we can buy two for Taxue as his sons."

Yan Zhenshen looked at Taxue who was walking in front of him and nodded: "Yes, it's just that this kind of hunting dog is a bit expensive. It was the old hunter who paid for it when I bought it."

"How much is that?"

"Three taels and five cents." Yan Zhenshen said with a sigh and a laugh: "Before I could earn enough money to pay back the old hunter, he left."

Chu Xiao had asked about the old hunter before, and knew that Brother Shen didn't know where this man's hometown was, and he couldn't find it even if he wanted to: "It depends on whether we are destined to meet. If we are destined to meet, we will still return the silver."