He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

A few days have passed since the stall was set up, and it is already mid-November. In previous years, the prince would rush back after delivering food, just in time to celebrate the New Year in the capital. This year I originally arrived late due to the weather, but now it has been delayed for half a month, and the prince has no intention of going back.

His great work has not yet been accomplished.

A few days later, it was time for General Yuan to send soldiers to patrol the mountain. Lu Yan, Lu Sheng, and He Wenjing were finally able to go up the mountain together.

Because the snow on the mountain has not melted yet, this time it was still a few big dogs pulling the sled up the mountain. It was the first time that Lu Yan saw the big dogs raised in the military camp. They were about the same size as a silver coin. When they stood up, they could put their paws on Lu Yan's shoulders. Because it was cold in Liaozhou, they had long and dense hair. The dog looks fluffy and very cute.

Perhaps because they have dogs at home, the dogs particularly like Lu Yan and Lu Sheng, wagging their tails and approaching them. The two hugged the dogs and rubbed them, their eyes gradually blurred.

Four dogs pulled the sled and ran very fast in front. Six soldiers, Lu Yan, Lu Sheng, and He Wenjing were walking behind the sleigh.

Of these six soldiers, three were top-notch in archery, two were excellent in martial arts, and one was a military doctor.

The military doctor's surname is Tu, and his nickname is Little Rabbit. He is the apprentice of the old military doctor. He has been with him in the military camp for many years. The old military doctor is getting older, and military doctor Tu comes with him on all kinds of tasks during mountain patrols.

The youngest here is an archer named Wu San. He is only fifteen years old, but his archery skills are first-rate. One of the two skilled men, Wu Da, is his elder brother. He is the oldest here at twenty-four years old. I heard that this time I was going to take people into the mountains, and it happened to be my brother's turn. I was afraid that my brother would mess up the job, so I just came in personally to keep an eye on the team. He was the default captain of the entire team.

He Wenjing and Wu Da walked at the front to clear the way, another skilled Jiang Li walked at the back, and everyone else walked in the middle.

Lu Yan and Lu Sheng chatted with Wu San, who has a lively personality. In the mountains and forests in winter, there are no fruits on the trees, and there are no wild vegetables or mushrooms. If you want to eat, you have to hunt animals, and they have to be animals that have not hibernated.

At noon, Wu San came back from hunting three hares, peeled off the skins, put them away, roasted the meat, and several people ate them with cakes.

In winter, hares are relatively easy to hunt. On the one hand, rabbits do not hibernate, and on the other hand, hares do not have burrows. The little white rabbits we usually see are also called cave rabbits. They are burrowers and live in caves. But hares don't dig holes. They usually live in the woods, and their only way to escape is to run. Moreover, its fur is brown, and it is easy to spot when it is flying in the pure white snow.

In the evening, a few people finally reached the specially built cabin. The others were tidying up in the wooden house. While it was still dark, the three archers went out for a patrol and hunting by the way.

There are no beds in the wooden house, just bunks on the floor. It can accommodate a large number of people or a small number of people, and it is also easy to clean up. The house was almost tidied up. Lu Yan took out all the pots and pans stored in the house. Several people also returned from hunting.

This time we hunted a lot more things, including two hares, three pheasants, and two roe deer. We also hunted a nest of wild eggs, which was enough for several people to eat for a while.

The roe deer was not dead. One of the roe deer was shot in the hind leg. There was not even a wound on the body of the roe deer. Driven by curiosity, it followed the shot friend and ran to see who shot the arrow. Get caught.

If it's still alive, put it in a bamboo cage and raise it. In the evening, Lu Yan cooked a pot of chicken soup. She ate the chicken separately and soaked the chicken soup with pancakes. Everyone's bellies were full and they fell asleep with satisfaction.

The next morning, Lu Yan used the leftover chicken soup from yesterday to cook a few pieces of dry noodle cakes. Each person had a bowl of steaming chicken noodle soup with a wild egg lying in the noodles.

A few people were eating noodles, and Wu San couldn't help but sigh: "This is the best meal I've had during my many trips to the mountains."

Others nodded in agreement.

After breakfast, a few people officially started to patrol the mountain.

The snow has not yet melted in the mountains and forests in winter, but it is much safer than in summer. Snakes, insects, rats, and ants are all hiding underground. Although there are no fruits to pick, there is less danger of being bitten by insects and snakes. Only occasionally a few small animals that are not hibernating come out to jump.

A few people were walking and talking, and Lu Yan glanced over with her peripheral vision, and immediately pointed ahead and shouted in surprise: "A squirrel just passed by!"

Wu San responded to her: "Squirrels are not uncommon in this forest, but that thing runs fast and has little meat. There is no need to catch it. If you want to eat meat, I will hunt two rabbits later."

Lu Yan shook her fingers and said excitedly: "Of course I'm not going to eat it! Let's go over there, look for its tree hole, and raid its home!"

Squirrels are particularly good at hiding food. They will use tree holes or dig holes in the ground to hide all the food they collect. They usually hide in several caves, and sometimes they even forget about it.

Several people came to the direction where the squirrel ran away, and sure enough they found a big tree hole filled with acorns, chestnuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts and other nuts. The people emptied the squirrel's home and filled a bag full of it. , all lamented that they could really hide.

Lu Yan couldn't let the squirrel starve to death. She had made preparations before coming and packed a bag of her own food. She prepared it according to the hamster food of later generations. It contained sorghum rice, wheat kernels, corn kernels, buckwheat, and some dried vegetables. A bag was not worth much. Lu Yan poured the prepared food into the tree hole for the squirrel, completing a forced exchange.

Several people dug three more squirrel holes and conducted three forced exchanges of high and low-quality food. They stopped after emptying out all the food Lu Yan had brought, and harvested three large bags full of nuts.

Wu Da laughed while pouring the food: "Just finish it and leave. Why do you want to exchange it with it?"

Lu Yan: "In order to achieve sustainable development, Hui Hui will not leave any hair left after being robbed by others. It moved in anger, where are you going to collect the nuts from?"

Wu San agreed very much: "That's right!"

Wu laughed and said, "You're only here once. It won't move. We won't raid its home when we come here."

Nuts are only eaten as a side dish and cannot be used as a staple food. They are not suitable for hunting in the military camp.