Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Hunting rabbits or setting traps by just two people is not very effective, and they can't control the rabbits in such a large meadow.

To control the number of rabbits, it is best to have some carnivores to balance the ecology. Currently, the carnivores that prey on rabbits on the meadow include jackals and wolves seen before, as well as foxes, lynxes, eagles, etc.

One or two foxes can still be seen from time to time. The lynx that appeared last year and then disappeared has never been seen again. This year, after the weather warmed up, the eagle has not appeared yet. I don't know if it is because it has not returned from migration or for other reasons.

The two of them couldn't think of any other way, so they could only try to place more traps first.

Nearly twenty days have passed between sowing wheat, corn, rapeseed sweet stalks and transplanting rice seedlings. The corn in the cornfield has sprouted. Mu Xi stayed at home to thin out the corn seedlings, while Zhao Yeqing took a spear and Bow and arrow ready to go hunting.

She thought that now that there were more rabbits, it would be a good opportunity to practice her archery skills. She just used those overpopulated rabbits as targets to practice her archery skills.

In fact, ever since the wolves came in the winter, she had thought about exercising her skills again. After getting the spear, she didn't have much space to exercise, so she could only do some exercises on her own from time to time to improve her physical fitness.

Now that spring has begun to warm up, the first wave of crops has been planted, and during this free time, she happens to go hunting and practice.

Hunting on the meadow is not like what is shown in the TV series. A group of people ride horses into the woods and draw their bows and shoot arrows when they see animals. In fact, animals living in the wild are very smart. The sound of horse hooves is so loud that they You might have pricked up your ears and alerted yourself if you heard the noise coming from far away.

Zhao Yeqing arrived near the location where she had previously noticed a lot of rabbit activity. He dismounted a long way in advance and asked Xiao Hong to look for food nearby while he quietly walked over.

I walked to the top of the hill with ease, and lay down directly in the grass above, using the grass as a cover, waiting for the target rabbit to appear.

From Zhao Yeqing's many years of experience in the mountains, she concluded that in addition to excellent hunting skills, the most important thing for a good hunter is patience.

She just lay on the top of the mountain, resting her head on her hands and staring at the grass at the foot of the mountain boredly.

Rabbits are quite obvious. The rabbits in the mountains are either white, gray or yellow. Except for the yellow ones, which may be easier to ignore on the grass, the other two colors are very conspicuous as soon as they appear.

After thirty or forty minutes, Zhao Yeqing finally saw the first rabbit. She stood up slowly, fully pulled the bowstring in her hand, aimed at the ground, searched for it, and shot it out.

As expected, the shot missed, and when the rabbits heard the sound of bows and arrows, they immediately straightened up and looked left and right with their ears raised.

At this time, Zhao Zhao Yeqing didn't know whether to be happy or sad. Her arrow's accuracy was too far, and it was inserted into the ground five or six meters away from the rabbit.

If she had been more accurate, the rabbit might have been frightened away if the arrow had been any closer. It was precisely because it was too inaccurate that the rabbit raised its head and did not notice the existence of the bow and arrow.

Zhao Yeqing breathed a sigh of relief and placed another arrow on his bow. Now he had the parabola of the last arrow as a standard. He had a little idea and shot another arrow at the rabbit.

This one was an improvement compared to the previous one. It was inserted straight into the soil next to the rabbit. The rabbit was instantly startled and ran forward. Zhao Yiqing did not want to let go of the prey that was finally found, and immediately went down from the top of the mountain. run.

While running, he didn't forget to put his finger in his mouth and whistle. Xiao Hong, who was not far away, heard the whistle and quickly caught up with Zhao Yeqing.

The rabbit on this meadow couldn't dig holes by itself. Zhao Yeqing held the saddle and turned on the horse. He squeezed his legs and Xiaohong caught up with the rabbit in a short time.

But her shooting skills were too difficult to hit a stationary target, let alone shooting from a horse. She chased the rabbit and disappeared into the woods. The arrow in Zhao Yeqing's hand also missed.

He could only pull Xiaohong back and pick up the arrows he had shot along the way.

Although he didn't catch the prey, Zhao Yeqing thought it was quite fun, so he didn't get discouraged and returned to the previous hilltop to continue waiting.

It wasn't until Zhao Yeqing got home at night that he finally got his first harvest.

The rabbit was very close to her at that time, and it was motionless with its back to her. It was so fat that it was shot by her with one arrow. This time, Zhao Yeqing was very happy and felt a great sense of accomplishment. He walked home with his bunny ears in his arms.

Many people first start a hobby because it gives them a great sense of accomplishment at first, or because they find that they have a talent that exceeds that of others.

From that day on, Zhao Yeqing became very interested in archery and hunting.

He had to go out and try every day. From the beginning, there was almost no harvest, to being able to bring home two or three rabbits every day. Later, Zhao Yeqing started to increase the difficulty for himself. The rabbits he found were chased on horseback and shot on horseback. .

This sudden increase in difficulty was indeed a bit high, and she began to gain nothing all day long again.

Riding Xiao Hong to chase for a day without harvesting a single one, but Zhao Yeqing enjoyed it endlessly. By the time the vegetables he had raised at home were almost ready to be moved to the ground for planting, Zhao Yeqing's hit rate while chasing on horseback had already reached 50%.

After Mu Xi was busy with things at home, he would occasionally go to the meadow to watch the game. Whenever he saw Zhao Yeqing's progress, he would respond immediately and make delicious meals at home to encourage her every day.

He also made her a beautiful red riding outfit. Mu Xi liked to watch her galloping and hunting on the meadow in his spare time. His long black hair was tied into a high ponytail, and the wind blew up when she was galloping. It was a rare sight. It's flamboyant and bright.