The hunting team is divided into three teams and goes out every ten days. But this is only temporary, and the three teams will go out together when the weather gets cold.
Under the propaganda of Nika and others, the arrow in Niti's hand was proclaimed as a weapon of the gods. So Nico led the team to hunt, and wanted to borrow his bow and arrow.
Nity didn't borrow the bow and arrow to Nico. The reason was simple. Nico was not familiar with the bow and arrow. Can't use weapons skillfully, even if the bow and arrow are good, they can't be used. Furthermore, he didn't think how powerful this set of bows and arrows was.
Niguo listened to his explanation and felt that Niti made sense, and immediately dispelled the idea. He didn't tell outsiders about this.
But Nissan didn't borrow the bow and arrow, so he told the villagers that Niti was stingy and hid the good things privately.
As a result, this word reached Niti's ears, and he ran directly to Nissan's house and beat him severely. But after the fight, I told Nissan's family that he would replace Nissan in hunting.
The people in Nissan's family didn't say much.
It was October in a blink of an eye, and it was the day when the villagers went out for the fair. However, this time is different from the past, because a large amount of salt has to be purchased, so this time it is divided into three batches.
Qi Xuan followed to town, met Su Qi and told him that he was going to pawn the gold necklace for paper, brushes and paint.
After listening, Su Qi looked at him and said, "There are papers for sale in the town, but there are no brushes and paints as you mentioned."
Qi Xuan was dumbfounded. I don't even think about it, in such a poor place, who can't even read books, who would learn to paint.
Su Qi said: "Even if these things are sold in the county, they will be very expensive. You can't buy so many things for a few taels of silver." Although he has never seen brushes and paints, they are not sold in the town. , Think about it, the price is definitely not low.
The paintbrush Qixuan often uses is carved from the finest ivory hired by the best craftsmen, and is worth several hundred taels of silver. He usually treasures this brush very much. The brushes used on weekdays are enough for ordinary people's daily expenses for a few months. With just two or three silvers, I can't afford a paintbrush. Don't even think about paint and rice paper.
After hesitating for a long time, Qi Xuan finally gave up buying paintbrushes, but bought 16 kilograms of cotton and other necessities. In addition, I bought another 20 kilograms of salt more than expected.
It has reached the peak of hunting, and all the meat that cannot be eaten must be marinated. And this is why the village has to come to the town to purchase three times.
This time, Qi Xuan also picked a hundred and twenty catties back. Fortunately, after this period of exercise, I can keep up with everyone.
When he got home, Qi Xuan was so tired that he didn't want to move at all, so he fell on the bed.
When she woke up, Aunt Dou had already prepared the food and waited for him to eat.
This time the dishes are very rich, including stir-fried beans, stir-fried potatoes, braised pork, and an egg and wild vegetable soup.
Qixuan asked, "Where did the eggs come from, did the village chief's family give them?"
Aunt Dou nodded and said, "Sister-in-law Yijia gave me two eggs." It is cold now, and she is going to wait for a brood of chickens to be raised next spring.
Qi Xuan nodded, without speaking.
After eating, Aunt Dou asked, "Didn't you say you want to buy brushes and paints to paint? Why did I just pack my things and didn't see them?"
Qi Xuan said sadly: "There is no in the town, so I have to go to the county seat. Su Qi said these things are very expensive, and they can't afford even a paintbrush for a couple of dollars." The longer I stay in Ajia Village, the more profound my experience will be. How extravagant he was before.
Aunt Dou said: "If we don't have a paintbrush, we can do it ourselves, or if we don't have paper, we can paint on the ground. Without paint, we will go to the mountains to pick flowers and squeeze them."
Qixuan laughed after hearing it, and said nothing. The layman said such naive words. What is drawn on the ground is at most an outline. But this painting can only be seen as an outline. However, he did not tell Aunt Dou. Interlaced is like a mountain, not to mention Aunt Dou, who doesn't even know the word.
"I want to make a painting and sell it for money, how can I sell it on the ground." This statement is a bit more euphemistic.
Aunt Dou looked at her, then she smiled and said, "We don't have to worry about food and clothing now, and it doesn't matter if we can't sell it." In fact, before, she didn't understand many things about Qi Xuan. And this is the gap.
Now I am busy with my livelihood and I don't have a moment to rest. Naturally, I don't think about anything else. When there is nothing to do in winter, let him stay in the den and do nothing.
Qi Xuan sighed and said, "Let's take one step and see one step!" There is no way. In winter, I really paint on the ground, which is like practicing basic skills.
After a few days of rest, Qi Xuan followed Nige and Niti up the mountain to hunt. After walking for two days, I only saw small animals such as the robe and pheasant hare, not even a wild boar.
In the morning of the second day, no prey was seen. Seeing that everyone was tired, Nigel said, "Sit down and rest." This time, he was afraid that he would return without success.
Just as everyone was eating dry food, they suddenly heard a roar. Nika exclaimed excitedly: "It's a big bug. Brother, it's the roar of a big bug." If they can catch the big bug, then they can have a prosperous year.
Nig's face changed drastically: "You shut up." Such a loud cry might attract a big bug.
Nika dared not speak anymore.
As a novice, Qi Xuan can only stand aside and listen, and has no right to speak yet.
Nig and Niti walked slowly towards the place where the tiger roared, while the others waited in place.
After walking for a while, the two climbed up the tree and saw a colorful tiger next to a puddle.
The two came back soon and told everyone what they had discovered: "Niti and I are going to hunt this big worm." The two of them will basically have no objection to the decision.
After knowing that everyone had decided to capture this big worm, Qixuan worriedly said to Niti: "A tiger is a cannibal. If you want to capture it, you will pay the price of your life if you are not careful."
Niti said, "Do you know how much silver a large worm can sell? Only tiger skin and tiger bone can sell for hundreds of taels. The things our villagers sell in a year, add up to not so much silver."
Qi Xuan's lips squirmed, but he didn't say a word. In order to live better, sometimes it takes one's life to blog.
Everyone discussed a plan for hunting big bugs, and Qi Xuan listened quietly beside him.
If you want to introduce a tiger into a trap, you must have a bait. Niti as the archer and Nie Ge as the leader, neither of them can act as the bait. No one else took the initiative to take this risk. The final decision, the lottery decision.
In the end everyone decided to draw lots.
Seeing Qixuan was among them, Niti frowned and looked at Nig. But in the end, he did not speak.
Fourteen small wooden sticks, whoever grasps the shortest one will act as the bait. When Qi Xuan stretched out his hand to grab the small wooden stick, his heart was about to jump out.
As a result, it really was Qi Xuan clutching the shortest wooden stick. It is equivalent to saying that he is going to introduce the worm into the trap.
The others were relieved to see that it was not the shortest stick they had drawn.
In fact, Qi Xuan didn't want to go, but he couldn't talk about it. Not only would the people in Ajia Village look down on him, but even his parents and brothers and sisters would be disappointed when they knew it.
Nity glanced at Niger again, and then said to Qi Xuan, "Be careful."
Qi Xuan gave a smile more ugly than crying: "I will."
Seeing that gorgeous tiger from a distance, Qi Xuan's hand trembled. But at this point, he didn't think about it and flinched. While approaching the tiger quietly, she cheered herself up: "The eldest sister was able to retreat alone when she single-handedly killed into the bandit's den, but she was a tiger, no big deal."
If Qixuan knew this was all boasting, he didn't know what to think.
Suffocating himself enough, then Qi Xuan cautiously searched for a favorable position. After standing firmly, he pulled the crossbow and shot at the resting tiger.
I have to say that Qixuan has played for a long time this time. Even if he was far away, he shot this time, and he shot the tiger in the butt. Because it was so far away, even if the shot was shot, it just scratched the skin.
As the old saying goes, the tiger's butt can't be touched, not even touched, let alone shot.
Qixuan saw the tiger rushing towards him, so he ran quickly. But two legs, where can I run four legs.
Qixuan felt that the tiger was approaching him. When it rained, Qi Xuan fell into the thorn bushes when one of them tripped over the root of a tree without paying attention.
Qi Xuan lay on the ground and turned his head, and happened to see the tiger leaping towards him. My life was over, and then rolled his eyes and fainted.
It was also because of fainting that Qi Xuan did not see the tiger passing over his head.
After running a few steps, the tiger stopped and looked around, with a puzzled look in his eyes. At this moment, Gu Jiu hit a stone on the tiger's back.
It didn't have much strength, and it just scratched the skin, but once again angered the king of the jungle.
After a long time, Qi Xuan woke up. When I opened my eyes, I saw thorns all around.
Raising his hand, the thorns tore through his clothes, leaving a red scar on his body.
At this moment, ignoring the pain, Qi Xuan took a big knife and split all the thorns on his head.
When I remembered it, I didn't expect a heartache from my left leg. Then, the whole person fell to the ground.
Qi Xuan looked down and saw that his left leg was bloody. The trousers were all soaked with blood.
Thinking of getting up, he fell to the ground before he got up. A panic flashed in Qi Xuan's heart, and he shouted: "Niti, Nig..."
The voice echoed over the woods for a long time, but it was a pity that no one responded to him.
Qi Xuan waited for a long time without waiting for a figure, and now he muttered to himself: "Didn't they say that they would never give up a teammate? Why didn't they come to me for so long?" He was only three or four minutes away from the place where the trap was set. Distance. As long as you have the heart, you can definitely find him.
These words really wronged the Niti people. After catching the worm, Niti brought a few people over to find Qixuan, but unfortunately he searched all over the site and found no one. And because several people were injured during the round up of the worm, among them Nika was seriously injured. Therefore, Niti had no choice but to return to the village with the worm and all the team members.