The family sat around the table. Chen Fan stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to chew. It was very chewy.
"Is it beef?"
He said in surprise.
"It's beef."
Chen Guodong explained, "The wolves ate a lot of the bull this morning, and the remaining portion is less than 100 kilograms. Our family got a bigger share, 4 or 5 kilograms, and it's all here."
As for the meat eaten by the wolf, I plan to make blood sausage together with the wolf's intestines, which can be regarded as a flavor.
"We also divided up several dozen kilograms of wolf meat, and the wildebeest meat you brought back yesterday. Together, I estimate it to be over a hundred kilograms." The woman's eyes narrowed into slits as she smiled.
In all these years, there has never been a day like today when we have so much stock. If we only eat it, it is enough for the family to eat for a month.
"Is that so?"
Chen Fan also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he wouldn't have to worry about food in the short term. However, he still had to continue hunting. He couldn't just sit there and eat all the food.
After swallowing the beef, a message appeared in my mind.
"Potential points +0.2."
"It's worthy of being called beef. One slice is equivalent to two slices of rabbit meat." He thought secretly, picked up the second piece, put it in his mouth and tasted it carefully.
Chen Guodong and his wife also started eating.
As they were eating, the woman suddenly said, "Guodong, the rice at home is almost gone, and the salt jar is almost empty. Do you think we should take some meat to Songjiabao to exchange for some?"
Chen Guodong stopped using his chopsticks, nodded, and said, "I need to go change some."
Chen Fan's ears moved slightly, and certain memories in his mind slowly emerged.
This Songjiabao, like Zhaojiabao, is also a relatively large camp with one or two thousand people. The leader of the camp is said to have some connections in Anshan City, a hundred kilometers away, and can get some precious daily necessities, such as rice, flour, grain, oil, cigarettes, tea, and even medicines and weapons.
There seemed to be guns and ammunition available, but they were very expensive.
In some small villages around, you can exchange gold and silver jewelry, beast meat and other things for what you want. I heard that some villages will even exchange women and children.
Of course, you can't enter if you want to. A special area is set aside in front of the fort for simple use. If you want to set up a stall, you will need to pay some stall fees, and the other party will guarantee your personal safety.
Therefore, Songjiabao is much more famous in this area than Zhaojiabao.
"Dad, is Songjiabao very far away?"
He asked curiously.
“Somewhat.”
Chen Guodong thought for a moment and said, "It's about 15 kilometers, 30 miles round trip. If you want to go, it's best to leave at three or four o'clock. If you are delayed on the way and can't return by dark, it will be dangerous."
The woman remained silent after hearing this.
But there is no way around it. If we don't have rice, we can still have meat, which is okay. But if we don't have salt, it will be very serious.
"Isn't that dangerous?"
Chen Fan's heart was in his throat.
"How can this not be dangerous?"
Chen Guodong smiled bitterly. "In this world, even if there is enough food, it is dangerous to stay in the village and not go out. In fact, it is not so bad. We have been there before. Except for a few times when some accidents happened, in most cases, if we don't cause trouble, nothing will happen."
"Then I'll go with you guys." Chen Fan thought for a moment and said.
"This, let's not use it."
Chen Guodong hesitated for a moment and said, "We are just going to exchange some things, not to go hunting. It is not as dangerous as you think. Besides, we have experience in this matter, so nothing will happen."
"Yes, Xiaofan."
The woman nodded as well.
"Dad, I mainly want to go and see it." Chen Fan smiled.
He actually didn't want anything to happen, but human hearts were hard to predict.
If he guessed correctly, in the past, people in the village would use gold and silver jewelry to buy things, such as a few kilograms of rice, a bottle of salt, etc., and hide them so that they could not be seen at all. Even if they were seen, it would not attract much attention.
This time it was different. Everyone was exchanging their prey for dozens of kilograms of animal meat. According to my father, one kilogram of the most common animal meat could be exchanged for two or three kilograms of rice, which meant hundreds of kilograms of rice. For ten people, that would be several hundred kilograms of rice. It would be hard not to attract attention.
In this situation, with him present, he can help if danger really occurs.
As for why the price is so high, it is because the rice and wheat in the past have mutated and cannot produce ears. Although substitutes have been found, the price of the seeds is extremely high and the small village simply cannot afford it.
The most important thing is that if it is planted outside the city, it may be fine during the day, but it will definitely attract ferocious beasts at night, so it is very difficult.
Scarcity makes things valuable, and this situation is caused by deliberate control by some people.
Besides, he really wanted to go over and see for himself.
"Well, okay, wait a couple of days, when we have some more prey, you can come with us."
Chen Guodong also felt that what Chen Fan said made sense. In his mind, if Chen Fan wanted to lead everyone to survive, he would definitely have to deal with these things.
"Well, then you must be careful." The woman's heart tightened again.
"Don't worry, Mom. Didn't Dad just say that there wouldn't be any danger?" Chen Fan said with a smile.
"Yeah, don't worry, nothing will happen. It's not the first or second time."
Chen Guodong also spoke out to comfort him.
Not knowing whether Chen Fan was going to go with them, he suddenly felt that this trip might not be as simple as he had thought.
But what can we do
I still have to go.
After a quick meal, the whole pot of meat was eaten up by the family of four.
Chen Fan ate about two kilograms of meat by himself, and his belly was round. It was not easy for him to finally eat a full meal after being here for a few days.
Not only that, the potential points also increased from 6 points to 28 points. It should be enough to strengthen the body twice.
"There are still two or three days left. It would be best if I could reach the third level of Body Tempering. If that's not possible, the second level will also be fine."
He secretly thought that if he could reach the third level of body tempering, he would be able to use the bow with a pulling force of 200 kilograms. The limited range was estimated to be more than 200, close to 300 meters. No matter if he encountered a ferocious beast or was followed by someone, with such a strong bow in hand, the team's chances of escaping unscathed would be much greater. They could even venture into the "danger zone" mentioned by Uncle Liu and others.
If you reach the second level of body tempering, you can still only use a bow with a pulling force of 100 kilograms. Of course, the effective range of 200 meters is actually not bad. It is more than enough to deal with ordinary people and some intermediate ferocious beasts.
In addition, it is best to upgrade the basic archery level by one level. For the level 3 horse archery feature, the hit rate has not reached 100%, so upgrade it to level 4 to ensure that there is no risk of error.
In short, I hope everything is safe and sound, but I also need to be prepared for emergencies.
"Dad, I'm going to practice martial arts with Uncle Zhang."
"ah?"
Chen Guodong was startled. When he looked up again, Chen Fan was no longer in sight.
“This child…”
A wry smile appeared on his face.
“He’s working hard too.”
The woman had a distressed expression on her face.
"yes."
Chen Guodong sighed. It was no exaggeration to say that now everyone in the village depended on Chen Fan's archery skills for their survival.
Even for him, it's the same.
Chen Fan walked on the loess road, looking at the attribute panel.
Strength attribute: 18.51, just a little short of 20.
He had originally planned to use it when his physical strength was exhausted, but looking at this situation, how about strengthening it first
Because after the strength attribute reaches 20 points, you can use a 100-jin bow normally. If you practice archery with this bow, your proficiency will increase faster, right