Eating melons

Unexpectedly, the three of them actually found silkworm pupae halfway up the mountain. It was Jiang Qi who discovered them.

Jiang Qi saw that the leaves on a small tree next to him were tangled together, and when he pulled some off, he found that they were actually silkworm pupae.

Jiang Qi himself didn't expect to be so lucky, and quickly handed it to Wei Wei, "Weiwei, look."

Wei Wei took it, removed the leaves and took a look. Unexpectedly, it was really a silkworm pupa.

After scanning the system, Wei Wei's eyes lit up when she saw the price.

"Oh my God! Fifty yuan a pound."

Jiang Qi's eyes lit up when she heard the price. She looked carefully and saw that there were several of them on the tree.

I immediately pulled Wei Wei to pick them. We were lucky and saw a lot more within two minutes of walking forward.

After knowing what silkworm pupae looked like, their eyesight improved and they could see silkworm pupae on the trees after walking a few steps.

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu looked back after hearing no sound, but there was no one there.

Li Zhibin didn't know what to say. "No, where is he? He just hasn't been seen for a while. Did he not catch up or get lost?"

After all, they have also witnessed the two people's poor sense of direction.

Xiao Xuemu: "They probably haven't caught up yet. This is the only road, and it's so wide, they shouldn't get lost. So they must be behind and haven't caught up yet. Let's take a break first! Wait a minute."

After saying that, he put down the backpack and sat down to drink water.

I have to say, yesterday's soup was quite effective. They felt much more energetic even after not sleeping all night.

After waiting for about five minutes, the two finally saw Wei Wei and Jiang Qi.

Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin both breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the people. Although they thought that the two people probably didn't catch up and were not lost, they were not sure.

After all, they were following him not long ago, but he disappeared in just a few minutes. It has been five minutes and he still hasn't caught up. The two of them planned to wait for another two minutes. If they still didn't see anyone, they would go look for him.

Li Zhibin couldn't help but ask, "Are you counting ants?"

As soon as Wei Wei saw the two of them, she showed them the basket covered with silkworm pupae. "Look, these are all picked up by the two of us. Jiang Qi has so many in his basket too. Isn't it huge? I didn't expect there would be so many on the roadside that no one had picked up."

Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin didn't expect that the two people actually went to pick up silkworm pupae, and picked up so many.

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu didn't know what silkworm pupae were and didn't eat them, but seeing that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi liked them so much, they helped them pick them up now that they knew them.

The place where Xiao Xuemu set the trap was already deep in the mountains. He had no choice but to choose a place far away. If it was too close, the people in the team would find it, and they would not be able to catch prey even if they had one.

Because there were silkworm pupae to pick up, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi didn't feel tired even after climbing deep into the mountains.

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu brought sacks. The four of them actually picked up a whole sack along the way. Although the shells outside took up a lot of space, it was still a lot.

Not only that, they also picked up a lot of mushrooms, which Wei Wei and Jiang Qi planned to put in the beggar's chicken later.

When they reached the deep mountains, Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu stopped picking up things and remained vigilant at all times.

Xiao Xuemu: "You guys have to be careful. Don't pick anything you see, and don't fall behind."

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were not the kind of people who didn't know the difference between the important and the unimportant, so they nodded honestly.

Li Zhibin was worried and walked to the end of the team.

The four of them went to the farthest trap first, which was next to a small river. They planned to go to that one last so that they could clean up the prey there.

The first trap was full of rewards, including a rabbit and two pheasants.

They were all injured and weren't struggling much anymore, but they weren't dead yet.

Wei Wei and Jiang Qi were both very curious as they were experiencing this kind of scene for the first time.

After Xiao Xuemu brought up the prey, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi looked at the rabbit which was still breathing but not moving much.

Wei Wei: "Rabbit is so pitiful!"

Jiang Qi: "Rabbit is so pitiful!"

Xiao Xuemu: ...

Li Zhibin: ...

When did you develop this compassion? How come they don’t know it?

Wei Wei: "Of course it's suitable for braised dishes."

Jiang Qi: "Of course it's suitable for spicy food."

Xiao Xuemu: ...

Li Zhibin: ...

I knew they couldn't have any sympathy.

Jiang Qi patted Wei Wei and said, "It's okay. This is just the first one. There will definitely be more to come. We'll have both braised and spicy dishes ready by then."

Wei Wei shook her head, "Forget it! Keep a low profile. We eat meat often, and Wu Mei and the others eat it often too. If word gets out, it will be said that we, the new educated youth, eat meat every day.

Moreover, the meat that Wu Mei and the others had looked like wild game, probably hunted by Yu Xi in the mountains.

Let's not be too arrogant or high-profile. Some time ago, everyone was busy picking mountain products, but now everyone is slowly relaxing.

Besides, we've been eating meat every day these days, so we should be quiet for a while, and even if we need to eat, we should stay away from it."

Jiang Qi thought about it and said, "That's true. Alas! I can only eat it cold. I'll eat the rabbit cold later, but it's okay to roast it today."

Li Zhibin and Xiao Xuemu, who were standing by, were a little surprised when they heard what the two said. They didn't expect that the two were so sharp-eyed and knew that the meat of Wu Mei and the others was obtained by Yu Xi in the mountains.

They only found out about it when they accidentally ran into Yu Xi once, and they even knew the speculations of the people in the team.

Thinking about their diet, although they often eat meat and fish, it seems that they rarely encounter it.

If they didn't eat with them often, they wouldn't know that there was meat on Wei Wei and Jiang Qi's table almost every day.

Because Wei Wei and Jiang Qi both secretly stewed the meat they ate in the middle of the night, and it was all stewed into soup.

I used to think that Wei Wei and Jiang Qi liked to drink soup, but now it seems that they just didn’t want to be discovered.

Wei Wei/Jiang Qi: No, although there is a reason that we don’t want to be discovered, a big part of the reason is that we like to drink soup.

After collecting the prey, he continued to move on to the next trap.

In Wei Wei and Jiang Qi's opinion, Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin must have halos or bugs.

Because there is no empty trap, each trap contains no less than two prey.

When only the last trap was left, Wei Wei and Jiang Qi's backpacks were filled with the things they brought up the mountain, while Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin's backpacks were full of prey. Because they could not fit them all in, they used sacks to put a lot of prey in.

The closer they got to the last trap, the deeper Xiao Xuemu and Li Zhibin's frowns grew.

Xiao Xuemu suddenly stopped, and Wei Wei almost bumped into his backpack without noticing.

"Ouch! My god, I have a nose ache. I was so scared. What happened? Why did it stop suddenly?"

Li Zhibin looked around and said, "There are signs of large animal activity."

When Wei Wei and Jiang Qi heard this, they immediately stayed still and didn't say anything.

This is not something they can solve. They can't carry anything on their shoulders or lift anything with their hands. They just need to listen to them, stay put and not cause any more trouble.

Xiao Xuemu put down the backpack and said, "You watch over them. I'll go check ahead."

Li Zhibin nodded, "Okay."

Wei Wei quickly said, "Be careful."

Jiang Qi: "Be careful."

Xiao Xuemu nodded without saying anything, took out the small axe and walked forward cautiously.

Xiao Xuemu followed the traces of pressed weeds and was relieved to find that they were heading towards the trap.

Keep walking in this direction and you will hear a faint puffing sound.