The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

In the bamboo forest, the women were digging bamboo shoots. Li Jingshu had just dug one when suddenly there was a noise coming from the bushes nearby.

A gray, round object suddenly jumped out, ran into the woods, and flashed past her eyes.

Li Jingshu's hair stood up and she screamed, attracting the attention of everyone around them. This was the third son's wife, they had to protect her well.

"Third brother's wife, what's wrong?" Song was the first to ask.

Li Jingshu's voice was a little trembling: "Something jumped out, I couldn't see clearly what it was, it was too fast."

When the pockmarked wife heard this, she became excited and said, "It must be a bamboo rat. That thing runs very fast and can burrow into holes."

Although Li Jingshu is afraid of mice, bamboo rats are edible, and Lao Shen said that they should try to save food during this season, otherwise they would have to continue on the road after the coldest days. At that time, if there is nothing to eat, they would probably have to eat wild vegetables.

She thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we look for the hole? I think I saw a hole before, but I'm not sure if it's a bamboo rat's hole."

After saying that, she took a few women to check the entrance of the cave. Shen Mazi's wife had caught bamboo rats before, so she could tell at a glance that this was indeed the entrance of a bamboo rat's cave.

The entrance to the cave is very large, and it should be a fat bamboo rat.

After a few people cleared away the bamboos that were in the way, Ma Zi's wife grabbed a thin bamboo and put it into the hole, trying to test the depth of the bamboo rat hole.

As a result, the thin bamboo hit the branch less than one meter after it was inserted, and could no longer push forward.

So Li Jingshu was left to guard the cave entrance, while Ma Zi's wife took Song to look for other entrances to bamboo rats' caves.

They blocked all the bamboo rat's escape routes with stones and began to dig holes.

The three people took turns digging the bamboo rat hole, digging a deep pit until they reached the branch of the cave.

When he first started digging, Li Jingshu was cautious, wondering if a big fish would suddenly jump out. But when he thought that this was something edible, he became more determined.

Her ability to endure has increased dramatically. Look at Li Jingshu, who is a delicate girl no matter in modern times or ancient times. Even now she is in such a state. One can only say that fleeing from famine is really a test for a person.

The cave has two branches, upper and lower. Generally speaking, according to the living habits of bamboo rats, they live in the upper branch.

So they continued to dig the soil in the bamboo rat hole that extended sideways, and the excavated soil soon piled up into a small mound behind them.

"Mrs. Mazi, we dug so deep, is there no bamboo rat in this hole?"

Li Jingshu put down the hoe in his hand somewhat disappointedly and sat down on the pile of earth.

The pockmarked wife did not stop her actions, digging with the shovel again and again, and said confidently: "It's not too deep, it should be fine, dig a little longer."

After hearing this, Li Jingshu didn't know what to say. She grabbed the water bottle and took a sip, then stood up and continued to clear the soil in the pit with a hoe.

She was really exhausted from all this busy work, but she was unwilling to give up now, so she asked just to give herself some reassurance.

Song, who was nearby, dug the soil vigorously while saying, "This bamboo rat can be made into smoked meat and can be preserved for a long time. If we get more, we can hang it up and smoke it slowly after the cave is ready."

When Li Jingshu heard about fumigation, his eyes lit up. If you catch rabbits, they will usually dig multiple holes nearby like bamboo rats. You can find their holes and use smoke or water to force the rabbits out. Another person can hold a bamboo basket and wait for the bamboo rats to come out and catch them.

The only thing she was not sure about was whether this method would work, as she had never caught a rabbit when she was a child.

However, I still told everyone about this method. After a group of women discussed it, they decided that this was feasible, but they had to pay attention to fire prevention.

Just at this time, when the digging was almost chest-deep, we heard a sharp "whooshing" sound from the bamboo rats in the cave. This was the bamboo rats demonstrating.

Several people's faces were filled with joy, and they were secretly happy in their hearts: "There must be something in here!"

Their originally exhausted bodies were instantly filled with strength, and they couldn't wait to continue digging.

The pockmarked wife shouted excitedly, "Dig it quickly, it will come out soon!"

After about another half an hour, we finally finished digging out most of them, but it was still not easy to get them out.

There was a loud noise coming from the cave, as if the bamboo rats had sensed the danger.

They carefully blocked the entrance of the hole and then slowly dug it open, leaving only a small gap to prevent the bamboo rats from escaping.

At this moment, the bamboo rat was facing the cave entrance, realizing that it was in a dangerous situation, and it let out bursts of frightened cries.

Their sharp yellow teeth are intimidating and can easily bite through hard bamboo.

Therefore, no one dared to reach out and catch them rashly. Fortunately, Shen Mazi's wife had some experience. She found a bunch of hay and prepared to use the hay to hold down the bamboo rat as soon as it showed its head, so that it could not escape.

After some twists and turns, we finally succeeded in driving out two big bamboo rats. These two bamboo rats are not small, one weighs six or seven pounds, and the other is slightly smaller, but also weighs four or five pounds. From their plump bodies, we can see that these guys must have eaten a lot of bamboo and are fat and strong.

The second one was only caught thanks to the rich wife. She was just passing by after digging a basket of bamboo shoots. The pockmarked wife pressed down one, and another jumped out.

Before anyone else could react, the bamboo basket carried by the wealthy daughter-in-law pressed down on the bamboo rat. The bamboo rat let out a miserable "squeak" and stopped moving.

"It's quite big. Jingshu, why don't we try the method you mentioned?" Shen Mazi's wife suggested.

Li Jingshu nodded in agreement: "Okay, catch more and show those men that we women can also hold up half the sky and not just enjoy the fruits of their labor."

"Women can also hold up half the sky. I like this statement. Jingshu is indeed the wife of a scholar. She is very knowledgeable."

"Yes, let them know that we can hold up half the sky!"

The other people were already quite tempted. If they could catch more bamboo rats, they could dry them and preserve them. After all, meat is definitely better than bamboo shoots during the winter.

After hearing this, I became even more excited. I had to catch more no matter what, so that I wouldn't have to worry about my husband asking me when something happened.

If I don't work, what will you eat and drink? It's as if they don't make any contribution, as if taking care of children, taking care of the elderly, cleaning the house, chopping wood and cutting grass are not work.

Li Jingshu listened to their discussions. It turned out that no matter in ancient times or modern times, there are quite a lot of male chauvinists who think that work at home is easy and these efforts are not efforts. Women must have their own careers no matter when.

Her family used to be well off, and she even opened a small supermarket. Although she didn't really keep an eye on it and hired waiters, she would still go and check the accounts and such.

It's easy to go astray when you are emotional. Li Jingshu retracted his thoughts. It was useless to think about it. All the property in his family was gone.

But she thought that in ancient times, Old Shen in their family could also make a name for himself. That man has always been like this, with a character that never admits defeat.

After some discussion, the few people made a decision, but they didn't catch bamboo rats. After all, bamboo shoots can be dug quickly and are definitely something that can be obtained, and there is a possibility that bamboo rats will run away.

Some women continued to dig bamboo shoots. With the occasional "crunching" sound coming from the forest, the tender white bamboo shoots were thrown into the bamboo baskets.

There were also a few women peeling bamboo shoots. A breeze blew through the forest, and the bamboo leaves rustled.

It’s no wonder that there are quite a few bamboo rat holes in this forest. Perhaps because of the underground river, these bamboo rats have survived and have not migrated to the mountains like other animals.

Soon they found another bamboo rat hole. Since Li Jingshu had no experience in finding holes, she was responsible for guarding the opening.