I was a hunter in ancient times

Ever since Chen Qingshan was handed over the work of repairing the house, Zhou Du has been completely free. He only needs to go around the house every day to see the progress, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest, so he has the energy to sit down Think about something else.

Zhou Du was sitting on the stone bench in the courtyard of Shen's house, just thinking about something, Shen Xi brought a dustpan full of vegetables to Zhou Du, and asked him: "What are you thinking about?"

"Thinking about making money." Seeing him carrying a dustpan, Zhou Du hurriedly put the teapot and water cups on the stone table aside so that he could have free hands.

Shen Xi put the dustpan on the stone bench, continued to choose the vegetables in it, and chatted with Zhou Du one by one: "You don't have enough money now, why are you still thinking about making money?"

Zhou Du helped him choose the green vegetables in the dustpan together, without hiding them, and said bluntly, "Earn money to marry you."

He calculated that his 96 taels of silver, after deducting the 30 taels of silver spent on repairing the house, left 66 taels, and after deducting some miscellaneous expenses, he only needed to earn about 50 taels of silver.

This amount is not very difficult for him, as long as he goes to the mountains and works hard, he can save it within a month or two.

--only.

Zhou Du is not very sure now, whether he can hold it for two months.

It’s okay if you don’t open the valve for something, but if you open it, the old house will catch fire, and it’s hopeless. He has tried his best to restrain it, but Shenxi is fanning the flames by his side every day, killing him.

Shen Xi paused when he was choosing vegetables. At first he was very happy when he heard Zhou Du say that he wanted to marry him, but then he thought that if Zhou Du wanted to earn money, he had to go to the mountains, and going to the mountains was very dangerous, so he couldn't help asking: "Then why do you want to marry him?" Aren't you going up the mountain again?"

Zhou Du originally had this intention, and he didn't plan to go up the mountain alone without telling him, so he said, "I have nothing to do in the afternoon, let's take a look around the mountain."

Shen Xi disagreed and said: "In winter, all the wild animals in the mountains have gone to hibernation. If you want to find them, it may be difficult to find them. It's better to wait until the beginning of spring. Anyway, it's not long since we left spring."

The Bashu area is not cold at all, but after the twelfth lunar month, it will warm up as soon as spring begins, and the wild animals in the mountains will start to multiply frequently.

Although Shen Xi wanted to marry Zhou Du very quickly, but when he thought that it would be so hard for Zhou Du to marry him, and all the people wandering around in the mountains in winter, he couldn't bear it, thinking that he had waited for so long, and waited a few more days It doesn't matter.

Shen Xi rolled his eyes again as he spoke, remembering what Shen Mu ordered him, and said to Zhou Du by the way: "It just so happens that my little uncle said that he would take me to the county town to do some errands in two days, so why don't you come to our Taoyuan Village?" It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the county seat, why don’t you go to the county seat with us, just as Chinese New Year is coming soon, you can relax and buy new year’s goods.”

Zhou Du doesn't care if he relaxes or not, and he doesn't care whether he buys new year's goods or not. Anyway, he is the only one who spends the new year every year, so it doesn't matter how he spends it.

But he saw a strong interest in Jincheng from Shen Xi's eyes, so he asked: "Do you really want to go to the county seat?"

Shen Xi said unabashedly: "Of course, when I didn't come to Taoyuan Village before, I also saw the prosperity of the county town. After I settled in Taoyuan Village, I rarely went to the county town. It's rare that I have some money this time. Uncle also agrees, let's go for a stroll together, shall we?"

Zhou Du has always been tolerant of Shen Xi's request, not to mention that this is not a difficult matter, he immediately nodded and said: "Okay."

I agreed, but I still have to enter the mountain: "Just let me know when I go, I still have to go to the mountain in the afternoon."

Whether it's marrying Shen Xi or going out for fun, he needs money to support him. He doesn't have much money at hand now, so it's good to earn a little more.

Seeing that Zhou Du was sure, Shen Xi knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he simply stopped, blinking, and simply said: "I don't have anything to do in the afternoon, you take me with you."

Zhou Du glanced at most of the vegetables in the dustpan, and knew what they were for, so he asked with a raised eyebrow, "Aren't you rushing to get these vegetables into the jar?"

Seeing that Zhou Du knew that he made these vegetables to pickle sauerkraut, Shen Xi raised the corners of his lips and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I suddenly thought of a new method, I plan to dry these vegetable leaves for another two days, then Put it in a jar, and the taste will be better."

Zhou Du knew that this was just an excuse that Shen Xi was determined to follow him into the mountain. If he refused, he could find more reasons.

Forget it, there is no prey to be seen on this Tianshan Mountain, even the snakes, insects, rats and ants have gone to hibernate, it is much safer than going up the mountain in summer, and Shenxi is not a playful child, so taking it with him It doesn't matter.

Zhou Du changed his mind and agreed, "Okay."

Shen Xi was happy, his eyes were crescent-shaped with a smile, and he immediately stood up from the stool: "I'm going to cook now, we can go to the mountain earlier if we eat earlier."

Zhou Du had no choice but to let him do it.

After lunch, Shen Xi greeted Shen Mu, and followed Zhou Du and Dou Bao into the mountain.

The mountain was as empty as they had imagined.Although the environment in the Bashu area is still lush and lush in winter, there is no trace of wild animals in the bushes deep in the grass.

The two of them searched for a long time in the mountains, not to mention pheasants, but they didn't even find a wild rabbit, which is the most common sight on weekdays.

After Doubao entered the mountain, he kept his head down and sniffed the scent. After sniffing for a long time, he didn't smell anything, so he could only follow Zhou Du disgruntled.

Shen Xi said helplessly to Zhou Du: "Look, let me say that there is nothing in the mountains."

Zhou Du's eyes swept across this familiar mountain forest one by one, and he was not surprised that he couldn't find his prey.

Since he came to Taoyuan Village, he has been hunting around this forest, and the prey are not stupid. Knowing that this area is dangerous, they will deliberately avoid this place. Now it is winter, and it is normal to have no prey. but.

His eyes darkened slightly, and he looked to the other side, the forest that he had never stepped into before. After pondering for a moment, he proposed to Shen Xi: "Would you like to accompany me to the forest over there, it may be dangerous."

Shen Xi followed Zhou Du's line of sight, and the vegetation under the forest over there was still very lush, and it was clear that no one had trampled on it at a glance, which was different from the place where Zhou Du often came to.

He didn't even hesitate, and immediately said, "Okay."

Zhou Du raised his eyebrows slightly: "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid," Shen Xi replied very positively, "With you here, I'm not afraid of anything."

"En." Zhou Du responded, with no expression on his face, but took the initiative to pull Shen Xi's hand, half a step faster than him, and firmly protected him behind him.

The reason why Zhou Du didn't step into this mountain forest before was because the mountain where he was originally had a lot of prey, which was enough for him to live on, and he had to leave a place for the prey to recuperate.

Moreover, breaking into a dangerous mountain forest in an unfamiliar situation is undoubtedly asking for trouble for oneself.

Now, there was no prey in the mountains he was familiar with, and it was in a less dangerous season, so he could just explore this unknown mountain forest.

With a bow in his hand, Zhou Du was not afraid of large prey. Instead, he was afraid of those poisonous insects, snakes and ants that bows and arrows could not touch. This day, the poisonous insects, snakes and ants disappeared, so it was very convenient for him to do things.

The two stepped into the mountain forest here together, and after being vigilant for a while, as expected, they did not encounter any danger, and gradually relaxed their nervous hearts.

Shen Xi held Zhou Du's arm all the way, and was even in the mood to search for useful herbs in the grass. After finally going into the mountains, even if he couldn't catch the prey, he didn't want to return empty-handed.

He was looking for herbs, and Zhou Du was on the sidelines to help him keep an eye on his surroundings. The two cooperated perfectly, it didn't look like they went into the mountains to hunt, but rather like they went into the mountains for a tryst.

Suddenly, there were a few rustling sounds of digging in the bushes in the distance, and I saw a gray prey with a pointed head, long snout, and a piece of soil under the mountain at an extremely fast speed.

Zhou Du glanced at it, but didn't see it coming towards him and Shen Xi, and it didn't pose any danger, so he ignored it.

On the contrary, Shen Xi heard the rustling sound, glanced at the source of the sound, and asked Zhou Du curiously: "You come into the mountain to hunt prey, do you not hunt when you see the prey?"

Zhou Du glanced at the wild thing here, and said with some disgust: "It's so ugly."

There are many wild animals in the mountains. Zhou Du didn’t specialize in being a hunter before, and he seldom even participated in outdoor activities. It’s impossible for him to recognize all the wild animals in the mountains, so he only hunts when he thinks he looks good. We know each other again.

After hearing this, Shen Xi widened his dark eyes, opened his lips, and said in surprise: "That's a badger, you think he's ugly!"

"Badger?" Zhou Du snorted, obviously never even heard the word before.

"Honey badger," Shen Xi said anxiously, "Have you heard of eight catties of honey badger and seven catties of oil? Not only is its meat delicious, but the oil on its body can also be used as medicine. It can clear away heat and detoxify, reduce swelling and pain, and treat burns..."

Before Shen Xi finished speaking, Zhou Du raised the bow and arrow in his hand at some point, and before Shen Xi could react at all, he shot an arrow silently, the honey badger who was digging the soil, With a kick, his feet turned upside down, and he died immediately.

Seeing that Zhou Du had caught the prey, Doubao rushed out, wanting to bring back the honey badger with the arrow. Maybe this honey badger was a bit fat, and it didn't move for a while, and was running around in a hurry .

Shen Xi was talking eloquently, seeing this scene, his voice stopped abruptly for a while, and he winked at Zhou Du: "You don't think it's ugly and refuse to hunt, why are you hunting again now?"

Zhou Du raised his eyebrows at Shen Xi, and said without any embarrassment: "It's fine if you can eat it."

Shen Xi snickered, looked at Zhou Du knowingly and asked: "You don't know this kind of wild thing, do you?"

Seeing the playfulness in his eyes, Zhou Du said stiffly, "I know."

Shen Xi didn't believe it: "Really?"

Zhou Du turned his face away uncomfortably: "Really."

Shen Xi knew that Zhou Du had made a mistake of being stubborn and refused to admit it again, so he chased after the victory and kissed Zhou Du on the cheek that was leaning away, and said with a smile: "Zhou Du, you are so cute."

After finishing speaking, he grinned and walked towards the honey badger that Zhou Du killed, preparing to pick up the fat honey badger that couldn't hold the bean bag.

Zhou Du was caught off guard by Shen Xi's sneak attack. He slightly touched the place where he was sneak attack with his fingertips. Just as a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he glanced at the place where Shen Xi was from the corner of his eyes, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat. .

But not far from Shen Xi, there was a black bear with a thick body, strong limbs, and shiny black and long hair standing in the shadow of the tree bottom, staring at Shen Xi unblinkingly with gloomy eyes. Xi and Doubao seemed to be staring at the enemies who invaded his territory.

Since it was standing in the shadows and covered by leaves and trees, Zhou Du didn't notice it at first. It wasn't until he realized that Shen Xi had picked up the honey badger and stood there without daring to move. Clue.

At this moment, Shen Xi was already scared out of his wits the moment he saw the black bear, and now his feet were weak and his whole body was stiff, let alone moving, he couldn't even report to Zhou Du. Her lips trembled slightly, she didn't dare to make a sound, she was afraid that the black bear would stare at Zhou Du, and she only hoped that Zhou Du would notice something was wrong sooner.

Not to mention him, even the beanbag under his feet was full of hair standing on end, looking serious, not daring to attack or retreat, one man and one wolf seemed to be still, motionless.

Fortunately, Zhou Du lived up to everyone's expectations. He had already seen the black bear at the moment something was wrong with Shen Xi. Although he broke out in a cold sweat, it was not caused by fear of the black bear, but by worry about Shen Xi.

Fortunately, Shen Xi is smart. When he saw the bear for the first time, he neither ran for his life in a hurry, nor yelled in fright, but stayed where he was without saying a word, which gave him a chance to escape.

Zhou Du slid his Adam's apple, and said softly: "Keep calm, don't run, don't roar, give it a sign, and slowly back up."

Shen Xi was so nervous and frightened that his hands and feet were cold, and his body was covered with cold sweat. He kept swallowing to prevent himself from being stupid. It was not until he heard Zhou Du's voice that there was a trace of warmth in his body, which gradually made him wander. Thoughts pulled back to reality.

He swallowed hard again, trying to tell himself not to be afraid, put down the prey in his hand, hugged the bean bag instead, and backed away very slowly.

Hei Xiong was attracted by Zhou Du's voice at this time, and instead of caring about Shen Xi in front of him, he looked at Zhou Du.

Black bears are very sensitive to smell and hearing, but their vision is poor, so they are called black blind.

So in the dark forest, even though it heard Zhou Du's voice, it couldn't see Zhou Du's expression clearly.

Zhou Du restrained the fierce aura on his body, made his whole aura milder, and calmed down his mentality, making people feel as if he was not afraid of black bears at all, but the bow and arrow that he had been holding tightly in his hand was stuck on the ground. with an arrow.

Since the bow and arrow were controlled by humans, Zhou Du did not show any intention of hurting the black bear at the moment, and there was no dangerous aura on the bow and arrow in his hand, so the black bear did not respond for a while.

"crunch-"

Shen Xi, who was slowly retreating, did not know when he stepped on a dead branch, and made a crisp sound in this silent and empty mountain forest, directly turning the black bear's gaze back.

Shen Xi, who was already in high tension, was so frightened that he trembled all over, completely forgetting Zhou Du's calm words.

When the black bear came back to his senses and saw that the two prey he was looking at were about to run away, he immediately became angry, roared, raised his two paws, and walked towards Shenxi standing up, looking as if he wanted to tear Shenxi to pieces appearance.

Shen Xi still remembers whether he is calm or not, holding the bean bag, using his legs that have been so weak that they are trembling, he moved back vigorously.

However, his body has long been frightened to the point of disobedience. No matter how he moves his body, the two legs below him will not move.

Seeing that the black bear was about to come and tear him apart, and he had no chance to escape, he was so frightened and overwhelmed that he could only close his eyes instinctively, waiting for the death to come in despair and loneliness.

At this critical moment, a sharp wind brushed against his ear, directly cutting off a strand of black hair next to his ear, and as the black hair fell, the black bear approaching in front of him felt a thorn in his chest. Arrows from the chest.

The black bear raised its paws and was about to grab the prey in front of it. Suddenly, it felt a pain in its chest. It paused with its paws, and looked down at its own chest, only to see an extra arrow protruding from the chest that was originally covered by hair.

The arrow pierced through its chest, causing its whole body to twitch and ache. In an instant, a roar resounded through the forest, and it immediately aimed at Zhou Du who was shooting at it.

But as soon as he moved a step, Zhou Du shot it into its heart accurately while moving down, and his body twitched in pain again, and the crazy black bear rushed towards Zhou Du regardless.

At this imminent, life-and-death moment, Zhou Du glanced at Shen Xi, only to see that he had already been so frightened that he sat on the ground, completely at a loss as to what to do.He pursed his lips tightly, and the speed of shooting arrows with his hand was getting faster and faster.

He shot three arrows in a row, only turning the black bear into a black hedgehog.

Even when the black bear ran up to him and was about to slap him, he didn't dodge. He shot the last arrow stored in his hand before he moved and ran to the side.

The black bear's paws raised in mid-air froze, unable to pat down completely, his body leaned forward, and there was a loud bang, shaking the ground like a sky crashing.

Zhou Du was standing not far from the fallen black bear, panting slightly in fear, and he didn't care about the sound that the black bear made at the moment it fell, which shook his ears.

He walked towards Shenxi, squatted down, hugged him who was paralyzed to the ground by his shoulders, supported his back with his palms, and slowly comforted him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it has been resolved."

Shen Xi was quite frightened this time. After Zhou Du had said something for a long time, his eyeballs, which could not move in a daze, slowly began to turn, and then tears, big and small like beads, flowed violently one by one, two by three. Outflow from the eye socket, forming a series of beads.

"Wow--"

The next moment, he hugged Zhou Du's neck tightly, and wept directly, the cry was desolate and loud, which made people feel heartbroken.

Zhou Du closed his eyes, covering the deep distress in his eyes, hugged him tightly, kissed the back of his neck again and again, and comforted him: "Cry, it will be fine if you cry out."

With Zhou Du's permission, Shen Xi kept crying as if she wanted to vent all the grievances and fears in her heart.

It wasn't until he cried until his cheeks turned red, suffocated that he couldn't breathe, and coughed, his unconscious body slowly began to recover.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo."

"No way," Zhou Du wiped his tearful and snotty face with his sleeve, and said confidently and forcefully, "You have to trust me, I will protect you."

"Yeah." Shen Xi burped, and was comforted by Zhou Du, sniffed, and looked at the black bear who was shot like a hedgehog by Zhou Du, and then he felt like he was alive after a catastrophe .

He choked twice, and asked Zhou Du tearfully, "Are you injured?"

Zhou Du showed him his whole body, shook his head and said, "No."

"That's good," Shen Xi was relieved, and asked again with red eyes, "Aren't you afraid just now?"

Zhou Du said to himself again: "Don't be afraid, I believe that the bow and arrow in my hand will definitely beat it."

Perhaps it was Zhou Du's strong self-confidence that infected Shen Xi. After sobbing for a while, Shen Xi recovered by himself. He wiped away the tears on his face, stood up tremblingly from Zhou Du's arms, leaned against a tree, and After regaining some strength, he was about to pack up and go down the mountain. When he saw the big black bear that died beside him, he immediately asked, "What about it?"

Zhou Du didn't answer, but asked instead: "Is anyone in the town collecting this?"

Shen Xi tilted his head and thought for a while: "The people in the town may not be able to eat it. It just so happens that we are not going to the county seat. We will transport it to the county seat to have a look. Maybe someone will want it, and it can be sold at a better price than in the town."

Zhou Du nodded.

"It's just that it's hard to get down the mountain now." With such a big black bear, it's obviously unrealistic to rely on him and Zhou Du to get down the mountain. Shen Xi thought for a while and said: "It's better for you to guard here, I'll go down the mountain call someone."

Zhou Du glanced at Shen Xi's legs that were still slightly trembling, and refused, "No need."

As he said that, he glanced coldly at Doubao who was hiding under a tree and shivering. Not only was Doubao just frightened, but he also felt the aftermath of being strangled to death by Shen Xi's arms.

At this moment, Zhou Du glanced over, and it immediately stood up with a frightened body, watching Zhou Du who was slightly approaching.

"Do you have any tokens on you that you can pass on?" Zhou Du asked Shen Xi after seeing Dou Bao approaching.

Shen Xi saw what Zhou Du meant, and hurriedly removed the blue ribbon tied around his right wrist, and handed it to Zhou Du: "My little uncle will definitely understand what I mean when he sees this."

Shen Xi's right wrist has always been wearing a ribbon, and Zhou Du rarely saw him take it off, but seeing him take it off now, he saw that the wrist with the ribbon was extremely fair, and the skin color of other places was very different , I didn't see any scars or anything like that, although I didn't understand what it meant, I didn't ask much.

After taking this ribbon that looked smooth but felt hard to the touch, it was tied to Doubao's body, and he kicked him downhill a few times.

At first, Doubao couldn't understand Zhou Du's meaning, but after Zhou Du kicked it a few more times, it gradually understood, and it rushed down the mountain with a ribbon.

The speed of the bean buns was very fast, before dusk, Zhou Du and Shen Xi, who were guarding the black bear, saw Shen Mu walking towards them with a group of people.

Holding the ribbon tightly in Shen Mu's hand, she followed closely behind the bean bag, and after seeing Shen Xi and Zhou Du who were crouching under a tree warming up in safety, she let out a breath of relief.

Stepping forward hurriedly, he asked Shen Xi: "Who told you to come up the mountain!"

Shen Xi's whole body shrank, and the eyes that hadn't disappeared were red again: "I came here by myself."

Zhou Du put his arms around Shen Xi, and said to himself: "Don't blame him, I'm the one who dragged him up."

Shen Mu glared at them both, and threw the ribbon to Shen Xi: "Tie it yourself."

Glancing at the black bear who was beaten to death, he said angrily, "You are not children anymore, I have no control over what you do, I just hope that I won't let you collect your corpse next time."

"No, Zhou Du will protect me." After tying the ribbon, Shen Xi held Zhou Du's hand in the firelight and said with absolute certainty.

Zhou Du also made a strong promise: "En."

"God—"

"Good guy a big black bear."

"How did this kill you?"

"..."

As the villagers arrived one after another, they all exclaimed in amazement when they saw the black bear beaten to death by Zhou Du.

Shen Mu didn't have time to talk to Zhou Du and Shen Xi anymore, he called the villagers to help carry the black bear down the mountain, turned around, saw Shen Xi secretly wiping tears by the tree, thought it was because he spoke too harshly just now , scared him.

My heart softened, but I couldn't hold back my face to say soft words, knowing that Shen Xi just likes to rub his nose on his face, he is going to say soft words today, next time he can do something more extreme, so he said helplessly to Zhou Du: " You can stay with him tonight."

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