I was a hunter in ancient times

After Shen Xi finished reading, he looked a little tangled.

Zhou Du added some firewood to the fire, and gradually calmed down: "It doesn't matter how you die, why bother."

Hearing this, Shen Xi stood up from the grass, and patted the dust on his hands: "You are right."

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he was about to go down the mountain, Zhou Du stopped him: "I roasted your chicken, what compensation do you want?"

Shen Xi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I also picked up this chicken on the mountain, and it only took a few days to raise it, and it didn't cost me any food. You don't have to pay for it."

"En." Seeing that he refused affirmatively, Zhou Du stopped arguing with him and let him go.

"Then I'm leaving." After such a delay, the sky had already darkened, Shen Xi reluctantly glanced at the fire in front of Zhou Du, and ran down the mountain with a pale face.

Zhou Du didn't even raise his head when he was far away, his eyes stared directly at the jumping flames in front of him, and he sighed softly, too good-looking is also troublesome.

Shen Xi rushed down the mountain with the last bit of light, until he returned to the village and saw Li Yu standing at the head of the village holding a torch and waiting for him, his face was so pale and bloodless, that he gradually eased up.

"Why did you come down now." Li Yu took Shen Xi's hand, it was so cold that his face wrinkled together.

Shen Xi's hand holding Li Yu was trembling, but he still shook his head, "It's okay, I'm not afraid when I see the light."

"Go home, it will be bright when you go home." Li Yu led Shen Xi by the hand, holding a torch to illuminate him.

It wasn't until he returned to the brightly lit courtyard of the Shen family that the blood on Shen Xi's body gradually warmed up.

Shen Mu stood at the door, his face darkened again and again, but he still didn't say any harsh words, he only taught one sentence: "It's getting dark, don't run around."

Shen Xi knew he was wrong, and obediently admitted his mistake: "Understood, uncle."

Tonight, because of Shen Mu's depression, the Shen family had an extraordinarily silent dinner.Shen Xi and Li Yu looked at each other, both of them were at a loss, not knowing what happened.

Shen Xi wanted to ask, but was afraid that he would get into trouble and make Shen Mu unhappy.

In the end, when she was clearing the dining table, Shen Mu explained the reason herself: "Mr. Zhang from Xinghua Village next door is dying, and it's only been a matter of the past two days. Xiaoxi, you can go there tomorrow to discuss the funeral with their family." How should the banquet be held?"

Both Shen Xi and Li Yu were stunned, and murmured: "Why can't it work."

"The oil is exhausted and the lamp is dry, so am I..." Shen Mu paused, and said sadly, "I can't do anything."

"Understood." Shen Xi lowered his eyes, and his heart became gloomy. When he and his uncle first arrived here, thanks to Mr. Zhang's guarantee, they were able to settle in Taoyuan Village. In the blink of an eye, after years, there will be a difference.

After this happened, Shen Xi didn't even remember the food box he left on the mountain.

It was only after Shen Xi ran down the mountain without looking back that Zhou Du realized that his food box hadn't been taken away, so he shook his head helplessly.

The next day, Zhou Du woke up facing the morning dew, and with some shredded sweet potatoes and boiled tofu left in the food box for breakfast, he went wandering in the mountains and forests with his bow and arrows on his back.

What Shen Xi said yesterday was good, since he has come to this world and decided to settle down here, he has to start to make plans for himself, he can't always be a savage in this mountain forest.

Since the beast could be bartered, he might as well start with that.

It's just that the wild animals that were randomly encountered two days ago were hidden today like all the prophets. Zhou Du wandered around in the mountains and forests for a long time, but he didn't even encounter a snake.

This mountain forest is wide and wide. Zhoudu used a jackknife to carve guide signs on the passing trees along the way to prevent getting lost.

I don't know how long I have been walking in the mountains and forests. At the beginning, I could still see the sun through the gaps in the trees. As I walked further in, I couldn't even see the sun. It was completely blocked by the trees that blocked the sky.Zhou Du, who originally felt a little hot, tightened his clothes as soon as he came in. Even so, he still felt a chill down his back.

The fallen leaves under the feet are spread layer upon layer, and it is as soft as stepping on clouds when you step on it. If you don't fall to the ground, you always feel flustered.

From time to time, some insects that Zhou Du didn't know crawled under the leaves. Following the traces of their crawling, Zhou Du's eyes fell on a tree that was as strong as a man, and the wriggling insects on that tree were densely packed. , Provoking scalp numbness.

"Cuckoo, cluck, cluck."

Zhoudu used a branch to push aside the thick leaves, picked up two stones and threw them into the forest, intending to scare the snakes out of the grass, but who would have alarmed the family of pheasants nesting in the grass, and they didn't expect to make their home so far away. There were also human beings visiting, flapping their wings, screaming for help and fleeing from their pointed mouths, intending to fly away from Zhoudu's nose.

They are fast, and Zhou Du is even faster. Three arrows are stored on the fully tensioned bowstring at the same time. Zhou Du listens carefully and predicts where they will land. When they land, the three arrows charged on the bowstring All at once, the sharp arrows passed through the thick blades of grass, knocked down a blade of grass, and aimed accurately at the family of pheasants who were about to escape.

Two arrows passed through the pheasant's belly and died on the spot, the other one hit the wing, and was about to drag Zhoudu's arrow to escape, but the arrow was nailed to the ground, making it unable to move.

Zhou Du calmly pushed aside the grass that had been pierced by the arrows, and collected the three pheasants. A big red and green pheasant with a damaged wing was still flapping, and he tied the wings with tougher long wild grass.Putting away the arrows, he turned around again, and found the pheasant nest just now, and there were still five small wild eggs lying in it.

It can be regarded as a full harvest, Zhou Du did not go further into the depths of the forest, put away his prey, and left the forest without looking back.

Back to the top of Taoyuan Village, it was past noon.Zhou Du glanced at the food box that was still in place, pursed his lips, picked up the food box and prey and walked down the mountain.

When I came to Shen Xi's house again, the gate of his house was closed tightly, even the fence was tightly closed, and there was no one at home.

Zhou Du put the big red and green wild rooster that was tied up with five flowers together with the food box into the fence, and then took the remaining two pheasants and wandered aimlessly in the village.

It will be just after noon, the sun is scorching like fire in the sky, and the farmers working in the fields have all returned, or they are taking a lunch break at home, or they gather together in groups of three or four, waving fans and setting up dragon gate formations. Zhou Du is carrying two fat The pheasant passed in front of them twice, and the farmers looked like a pheasant.

"Xiaosheng, do you want to sell this pheasant?" Finally someone couldn't stand it anymore, and asked aloud with a cattail fan.

Before Zhou Du paused, another person said: "I'm afraid he can't understand, I heard that he is from the West, and his speech is different from ours."

Zhou Du stopped, turned to the person who asked the question first, nodded and said, "I can understand."

The man didn't expect Zhou Du to understand. He was stunned for a moment, and then he became proud again: "Did you hear that? Not only can he understand, but he can also speak our Daqing official dialect."

But soon no one paid any attention to him, and everyone turned their attention to Zhou Du, and asked Zhou Du in one go: "Young man, you want to sell your chicken, and it will cost you a lot of money."

"I don't have any money, can I exchange it with something, whether I want wheat or rice, or anything else, it depends on what you need."

Because the villagers in Taoyuan Village depended on farming for their livelihood, and they didn't have much money on hand, Zhoudu's pheasants were not sold in the end, but they were used to rent an earthen house far away from the village.It was originally heard that the official road was going to be built here, and thoughtful people in the village built it to occupy the space. Who knew that this matter would be left behind, and the house was vacant.

Zhou Du went over to look at it, and was very satisfied. The house was built in the past two years, and no one lived in it. It looked new, and the point was that it was far away from the village.

The owner of the house was very enthusiastic. Seeing that Zhou Du didn't show much respect, he even borrowed a set of quilts for free.

Zhou Du sniffed it, it was clean and had no peculiar smell, so he thanked him and took it.

Zhou Du didn't keep those five wild eggs either, and exchanged them for three steamed buns that were not too big or too small.

After the bedding was arranged, Zhou Du sat on the threshold slowly, gnawing on the three dry and hard steamed buns.

They are all from the same village, so why is there such a big difference in the taste of the food?

Zhou Du looked at the steamed buns in his hands silently, and even suspected that the food last night and this morning was a dream, and only in dreams could he eat so well.

After struggling to eat a steamed bun to satisfy his hunger, Zhou Du couldn't eat it no matter what. He fetched water to wash off the sweat stains on his body before lying back under the covers to rest.

After several days of fear, Zhou Du soon fell asleep as soon as his mind relaxed. On the second day, before dawn, he was woken up.

It turned out that the rented house is close to the grass market, and some people who are far away have come here early to sell their goods.

Zhou Du fetched a basin of clean water, washed up, and headed for the mountains with a bow and arrow.

I was lucky today, Zhou Du hunted a lot of prey before he entered the deep mountain, but when Zhou Du took them back to the grass market, the grass market was gradually disbanding, and there were only three or two unclosed stalls left. .

Zhou Du went over with the prey, followed them and found an empty seat, put down the prey, and waited for the customers to come to the door.

At this time, there were no customers, the three or two people who had not closed their stalls, but no one came after waiting for the meeting, they all shook their heads, packed their things and left.

Zhou Du prepared to leave after they left.

Before he could bend down, there was a rushing clear voice in front of him: "Wait, I want all of these."

Shen Xi stayed at Zhang's house last night. Firstly, he wanted to discuss with Zhang's younger generation about organizing the funeral banquet, and secondly, he also wanted to send Zhang away. A group of people kept watch all day and night until Zhang closed his eyes.

Shen Xi had no choice but to get out of his grief, and ran to the grass market to see if there were any unclosed stall owners, so that he could buy some meat and vegetables and go back to collect the guests who would come to help collect funerals and condolences.

In the end, it was still a step too late. Fortunately, there was still a stall owner selling livestock that hadn't closed the stall yet. Shen Xi didn't see the person clearly beforehand, so he bought it first.

Hearing this familiar voice, Zhou Du paused, and an unnatural look appeared in his low-set eyes.