The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

With a kitchen knife in his hand, Zhong Wen picked up a basket from the stove, walked towards the forest behind with his calves.

Xiaohua doesn't doubt that she has him, as long as her brother is normal, don't get in trouble anymore, let alone hurt his head again.

Zhong Wen walked in front, holding a basket in his hand, and there was a kitchen knife in the basket.

Xiao Hua followed behind, looking as if she was out on a green trip, staring at both sides of the path.

The basket is made of ordinary Vitex twigs, and the kitchen knife is not a good kitchen knife, it is already worn out and out of shape.

According to my father, this kitchen knife was handed down from Zhong Wen's grandfather's father. It has been around for many years, and it is the only thing in the family that has some commemorative value.

The two brothers and sisters walked towards the edge of the forest, without saying a word all the way, until Xiao Hua behind him muttered something, as for what Xiao Hua said, Zhong Wen didn't know, and his mind was not on Xiao Hua.

When he came to the edge of the forest, Zhong Wen took out the kitchen knife from the basket, held it tightly in his hand, and began to look around nervously.

Although there is no danger nearby, Zhong Wen still remembers that a man in the village was attacked by a wild beast when he went into the forest to cut trees. According to his mother, the man's neck was bitten off. .

And Zhong Wen is so nervous now, he is not as calm as he was in the morning, just like two people.

Although Xiaohua was also scared, seeing her brother in front of her holding the kitchen knife in her hand, she thought that her brother would protect her, but according to Xiaohua's memory, the brother in front always seemed to be the first to run away whenever there was danger.

Stepping on the weeds and dead leaves, I walked slowly towards the place where I put on my sling in the morning.

In the silent mountain forest, birds chirping, insects chirping, and the sound of Zhong Wen's brothers and sisters stepping on dead leaves could be heard from time to time.

"Flop, flap, flap" the sudden sound startled both Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua, but fortunately it was just a bird startled from the bushes around them and flew away.

"Brother" Xiao Hua was nervous and scared at the back, approached Zhong Wen, and grabbed the corner of Zhong Wen's clothes.

"It's okay, Xiaohua, follow me." Zhong Wen tightened the kitchen knife in his hand, turned his head, and looked at Xiaohua behind him.

In the morning, the place where the slings were placed was some distance away from the edge of the forest. Although it was not very far, there was a place nearly a thousand meters away, and there were few people in the forest.

People in the village who want to collect some firewood are basically near the mountains and forests. Even if they want to cut down some trees or something, they just cut them back and rarely go into the mountains and forests.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua had only traveled less than three or four hundred meters in the forest.

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The big snake opened its mouth wide, and rushed to Zhong Wen with the momentum of thunder, as if it wanted to swallow Zhong Wen in front of it.

Zhong Wen was taken aback by the sudden big snake, and quickly stepped back, knocking the little flower behind him to the ground.

Even Zhong Wen himself fell to the ground and rolled in a circle, the basket was already detached from his wrist and rolled to one side.

But the big snake didn't stop the body of the snake that was flying over, still opened its mouth wide, and continued to run towards Zhong Wen.

"Xiao Hua, hurry up and get behind, there is a big snake." Seeing that the big snake was about to bite his little sister, Zhong Wen shouted anxiously.

"Brother, brother." Xiao Hua also saw the big snake's open mouth, and called Zhong Wen anxiously, crawling behind Zhong Wen with a rolling and crawling movement.

Fortunately, Xiaohua's speed is faster than that of the big snake, and there is still a distance of nearly one or two meters. Otherwise, Xiaohua might be buried under the mouth of the snake at this time.

"Xiao Hua, back up, back up." Zhong Wen stood up, quickly pulled Xiao Hua up from the weeds, and backed away towards the way he came.

Xiaohua was already terrified by the scene just now, and she backed away following Zhong Wen's command.

Zhong Wen protected Xiao Hua and retreated, holding the kitchen knife tightly in his hand, as long as the big snake came over again, he would definitely slash it, even if the kitchen knife in his hand was weak, he had to fight the big snake.

The big snake was not willing to let the two people in front of him leave, and swam over quickly.

"Hoo..." Big Snake's heart at this moment would never let Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua go, and ran towards Zhong Wen who was holding a kitchen knife again.

"Chachacha..." Zhong Wen was completely startled by the speed of the big snake, holding the kitchen knife tightly with both hands, and slashed forward.

The big snake was blocked by the humans in front of it, coiled up its body, gathered strength, and launched an offensive towards Zhong Wen again.

"Hiss, clang" the snake's head flew over and bit the kitchen knife Zhong Wen was waving.

Zhong Wen held the palm of the kitchen knife and was almost bitten by a big snake, and Xiao Hua, who was not far behind, lost himself in shock.

"I'll go, I don't believe it, I can't kill you."

Zhong Wen didn't care about Sanqi 21 any more, and directly swung the kitchen knife, using all the strength in his body to chop at the snake's seven inches.

It was too late to say, but it was so fast at that time. I don't know how Zhong Wen did it. He swung the kitchen knife vigorously, just like this.

The "wiping" kitchen knife was chopped off by Zhong Wen a few inches from the snake's head and fell on the weeds.

Although the place where the big snake was chopped has been cut off by a kitchen knife, the snake's skin is still attached.

"I'll go, you're an animal that still wants to eat me. If anyone gave you the guts, you won't inquire about it. Who am I, Zhong Wen? I dare to serve you a snake's nest."

After Zhong Wen looked at the big snake whose head had been cut off by himself, his body relaxed, but he began to despise the big snake in his mouth, and he didn't know who was rolling and crawling just now.

"Brother, brother." Xiao Hua walked over from not far away, wondering if her brother had been bitten by a big snake, and the worry in her eyes didn't look like something a four-year-old child would have at all.

"Xiaohua, look, this big snake is big, our family will eat the meat of this big snake today."

At this time, Zhong Wen looked like a villain who was successful, so he didn't notice Xiao Hua's nervous and flushed face.

After Xiao Hua approached Zhong Wen, she pulled her brother by the corner of his clothes and began to look at her brother.

In the past two mornings, when her brother woke up, he seemed to have changed. In Xiaohua's heart, although she didn't know why her brother had changed so much.

But my elder brother, after seeing a snake before, always ran much faster than himself, and left him to run away, but today he tried his best to protect himself.

Xiaohua is very happy at this time, seeing the snake in the future, she no longer has to worry about her brother leaving her behind, and her brother will protect her in the future, the little person is so happy that she doesn't know what to say .

Chapter 9 Harvesting Prey

"Xiaohua, this big snake is very big, today our family can improve our food."

Although Zhong Wen was so tired that he collapsed on the weeds, it was difficult to hide the excitement in his eyes.

Xiao Hua stared blankly at the big snake on the weeds, feeling lingering fear in her heart, if this big snake really wanted to bite her brother and sister, it must be dead.

At this time, the big snake's snake head was still moving, and even the snake's body was rolling on the weeds.

"Brother, this big snake is poisonous and cannot be eaten."

Although Xiaohua is also afraid of this big snake, the snake meat is basically not eaten by the people in the village, so they just kill it and throw it aside.

"Xiao Hua, snakes are edible. The snake's poison is in the head, but the body is not poisonous."

Zhong Wen also thought about carrying it back for a while, so that he could make food for his parents, but if he really wanted to throw it away, it would be a waste.

Listening to her brother's words, Xiaohua thought that the big snake should not be eaten, but she really wanted to eat meat, and the family seldom ate meat all year round, and she hadn't tasted meat in half a year.

People in the village, except for catching a mouse or occasionally hunting a hare, can be excited for several days, not to mention that there is such a big snake around now.

Although Xiaohua refused in her heart, she was very slanderous in her mouth, at least she could take it back and show her parents to see if she can eat it.

Zhong Wen, who collapsed on the ground, panted heavily, and after resting enough, he picked up the kitchen knife and chopped off the snake's head. He picked up a dead branch and threw the snake's head into the distance. .

Then, put the snake body directly into the basket.

"Brother, there will still be snakes ahead."

Xiao Hua watched Zhong Wen's series of movements and reminded Zhong Wen in a low voice.

"Xiaohua, it's okay. I'll chop a branch and beat the snake away."

Zhong Wen cut off a branch and held it in his hand, holding the basket, and continued to move forward. The branch in his hand kept beating in front of him, scaring away many small animals.

It was quite difficult to travel along the way. In the mountains and forests, weeds and thorns were densely covered, and it was very inconvenient to move. In addition, Zhong Wen and Xiaohua were short in height, so it was even more difficult to move.

The brothers and sisters, after a lot of effort, finally came to the sling.

"Brother, there is nothing." Xiaohua's eyes looked at the sling she made this morning, it was empty.

"Well, it's okay. We have made so many slings, and we will always get something."

Zhong Wen didn't really care, even though the sling did not catch any prey, there was still a big snake in the basket, and it was not light, at least enough for the family to eat.

The siblings continued to walk towards the next sling. Fortunately, there were more trees here, which blocked the sunlight, and the weeds and thorns were not so dense.

When Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua hadn't approached, there was already a lot of movement from the sling.

"Hahaha, there is something, Xiao Hua, listen, is there a loud noise?"

Zhong Wen approached a pine tree with Xiao Hua, and laughed loudly when he heard the noise not far ahead.

"Brother, brother, there is something, let's be careful."

Xiao Hua still looked around nervously, although her little hands never left Zhong Wen's clothes, but to Xiao Hua, any noise was a sign of danger.

"Go, Xiao Hua, there must be something trapped in front of it. It doesn't seem like a large prey or something. It shouldn't be in any serious danger."

Zhong Wen didn't doubt that he was there, and took Xiao Hua directly to the place where the noise came from.

"Hahaha, Xiaohua, look, it's such a big hare, it still wants to run, but unfortunately it's caught around its neck by my sling, no wonder there's such a big movement."

After the two brothers and sisters came to the position of the sling, a big hare was suddenly caught in the sling, with the sling around its neck, and it kept struggling there.

"Brother, brother, catch it, don't let it get away."

Xiao Hua let go of Zhong Wen's clothes, pointed at the big rabbit that was trapped and shouted, this is a huge hare, this is meat, the corner of Xiao Hua's mouth was dripping with water, it must have been slanderous .

"Xiao Hua, you stand aside first, I'll catch it."

Zhong Wen put the basket at Xiao Hua's feet, and went over with a kitchen knife, and took a few shots of the hare, killing the hare directly.

"Hahaha, it's quite heavy."

Zhong Wen untied the hare from the sling, and weighed it in his hand. This big hare weighed five or six catties anyway.

"Brother, brother, give it to me, give it to me." Xiao Hua looked anxious and excited, insisting that Zhong Wen carry it for him.

"Here, this rabbit is not light."

Zhong Wen handed the hare to Xiao Hua, saw the little girl's excited face, opened her mouth slightly, squinted her eyes, looked at the hare in her hands, and fantasized about the hare meat stewed by Auntie tonight.

"Brother, you are the best, Dad can't even hunt such a big hare."

Xiao Hua stared at the hare in her hand for a long time, then came to her senses, looked at Zhong Wen adoringly, and praised Zhong Wen a little embarrassedly.

"Okay, Xiao Hua, let's look at other slings, maybe there are wild rabbits."

Zhong Wen picked up the basket, threw the hare in Xiao Hua's hand into the basket, and continued walking to the next sling.

Xiao Hua, who was following Zhong Wen's ass, could only be happy at this moment, her eyes never left the hare in the basket, and she even licked her tongue from time to time, maybe in her heart, she was dreaming of hugging a piece of rabbit meat and biting it stand up.

Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua walked in this relatively quiet mountain forest, and the chirping of insects and birds came from not far away, which made the two brothers and sisters feel a little nervous.

After walking three or five slings in a row, they were all empty.

"Why is there nothing? It seems that there is not enough time. If you come back tomorrow, there should be something."

After Zhong Wen looked at several slings, he never wore a hare, and felt a little bit unsatisfied.

"Brother, we have already hunted a big hare today, if there is no one, let's go."

In Xiaohua's eyes, there is only the big hare in the basket. As for whether tomorrow is not tomorrow, it can only be tomorrow's business.

But this matter is unacceptable to Zhong Wen. Today's meat is settled, so tomorrow he has to fill his stomach. Otherwise, why would he go to so much effort to make so many slings?

Maybe the brothers and sisters had good ideas, but they forgot that there were parents on top of them. Only a little bit will be cut, and the rest will be basically dried for emergencies.

There were no prey for several slings one after another, so Zhong Wen had no choice but to continue walking towards the next location. Although it was not very far, it was still somewhat difficult to walk in this forest covered with weeds and thorns, and he had to pay attention to it at all times. Are there any snakes.

"Hahaha, there is another hare, Xiao Hua, look."

After arriving at a sling, Zhong Wen saw a hare covered by a sling again. Although it was not as big as the previous one, it was not small.

"Hee hee hee, brother is the best."

Xiao Hua looked at the place Zhong Wen pointed to, and there was a dead hare lying on the ground with its neck wrapped around its neck, and its little hand was counting how many pieces of rabbit meat it wanted to eat with its fingers.

Zhong Wen approached, untied the hare, threw it directly into the basket, and set off again.

Along the way, more than a dozen slings covered three hares, all of which were quite big. Of course, only the first one weighed about five or six catties, and the next two probably only weighed four or five catties.

For Zhong Wen, these are all meats that can be added to his home, no matter how heavy it is, some are good to eat.

At home, from my father and mother to myself and my younger sister, all of them look thin and thin. They eat two meals a day, and the meals are porridge with wild vegetables. There is no nutritional supply, and it is impossible to gain weight. It is not an exaggeration to be weak.

"Xiao Hua, let's go, let's go home and show my parents, we have to have a big meal today."

Zhong Wen was a little excited. It had been two or three days since modern times until now. Every day, porridge with wild vegetables, for a carnivore like himself, lacked meat, and it was tasteless to eat anything.

"Okay bro, let's go home."

Xiaohua also couldn't hide her excitement, staring at the three hares in the basket, she was so happy that she didn't know what to do.

It took another two or three quarters before the Zhong Wen brothers and sisters walked out of the forest.