Chapter 49: Life goes on, and express delivery continues

We came to the stream and saw that it had become much narrower. Although the water was still clear, it had become much shallower.

There seemed to be no changes around the stream, except for a lot more paw prints of unknown wild animals, both large and small. It seemed that the water source in the forest was becoming less and less.

But there were still traces of Zhang Xingwang hunting wild boars. He walked skillfully to the edge of the rocks, searched for snakes or scorpions, and then began to wait patiently for the prey to come.

Until noon, no animals came. It seemed that the creek was still busier in the morning than at night. It was time to consider spending the night here. Opportunities and risks coexist. If you rely solely on luck, there will always be times when you come up empty-handed.

In the middle, he took some dry food and water from the space to replenish his energy, and waited until the sun was setting, but no prey came. From the initial nervousness to the idleness later, Zhang Xingwang almost fell asleep.

We waited until about four o'clock, and first a squirrel ran to the stream and played for a while. Then a pheasant flew over, drank some water, and flew away again.

Looking at the two preys, Zhang Xingwang did not make a move. He thought that he had waited for such a long time, the two of them were too small, and once the bloody smell of the prey spread out, it would disturb other animals. After all, animals have very sensitive noses.

He waited silently until about five o'clock, when two wild sheep appeared hopping at the edge of the woods. Zhang Xingwang did not notice them at first, because he had just taken out water from the space and was drinking it.

When he looked up and found the wild sheep, they had already lowered their heads to drink water. There were two adult wild sheep standing almost side by side by the stream, one lowered its head to drink water leisurely, and the other looked around vigilantly.

In autumn, the abundant food in the mountains makes them look fat and strong. When Zhang Xinwang found out, he quickly adjusted his posture and prepared to shoot.

The two wild sheep seemed to be frightened and began to flee into the woods near the stream. Wild sheep are very docile and timid creatures, so it seemed that they had sensed some danger.

The stream also splashed with water as the wild sheep fled in panic. No one cared to see what animal had caused the wild sheep to flee and panic.

Zhang Xingwang stared at the wild sheep's escape route, raised his hand to aim, and then bullets flew out in the direction of his finger.

After firing more than a dozen bullets in succession, he heard the painful cries of a wild sheep and the sound of animals running on the right. Following the direction of the sound, he turned his head and looked to the right side of the stream.

A huge wild boar was found with red eyes rushing towards the place where the wild sheep escaped.

After seeing this, Zhang Xingwang felt that he was really lucky today. Such a big guy didn't rush towards him, but ran along the empty bank of the stream. This was a combination of good timing and location.

He quickly turned around and adjusted the direction of his shooting, aiming at the wild boar and starting to shoot as it moved forward. He saw at least two bullets hit the wild boar's belly from the side.

Zhang Xingwang immediately stood up and rushed towards the wild boar. He continued to shoot bullets at the wild boar while running, but unfortunately Zhang Xingwang's swollen head was not very good when he was running, and he didn't hit any bullets.

Feeling the pain, the wild boar ignored Zhang Xingwang who was running towards it, and instead went around the wild sheep and headed into the woods.

Zhang Xingwang ran a few steps before he reacted. He ignored the wild boar that was running towards the woods, turned around and ran towards the woods where the wild boar came from.

As soon as I ran to the woods, I vaguely saw a few little wild boars running away in the distance.

After chasing them for about 200 meters, Zhang Xingwang, who was out of breath, still couldn't catch up with the remaining wild boars.

After the little guys ran into the woods, they turned around and disappeared, probably hiding in a hidden cave or tree hole. They rested for a while with their hands on their hips, and then returned the same way.

He went to the stream and washed his face. The mountain road was not easy to walk on, and the rapid sprint just now also consumed a lot of his physical strength. He then walked over calmly and put the two wild sheep into the space.

Following the direction in which the wild boar entered the forest, we walked about 30 meters and saw the big guy who had already died.

This wild boar was much bigger than the one we encountered last time. It was estimated to weigh nearly 290 kilograms. No wonder the timid wild sheep ran away immediately when they saw it.

If there was no space, if an ordinary person was on such a flat place by the stream and encountered it crashing into him, you would be considered very brave if your legs didn't cramp.

After packing up the prey, it was almost six o'clock and the sun was gradually setting. Zhang Xinwang looked at the packed space and did not dare to stop and started his return journey quickly.

When they were halfway through their journey, a small gray animal suddenly jumped out from the tree. Zhang Xingwang was startled and his first reaction was to reach out and take it into the space, but he failed.

When the little animal ran away, Zhang Xingwang realized that it should be a hare. But why didn't it receive the space when the distance was so close?

The previous fish would be enough. As it was starting to get dark, I didn’t go after the hare and continued to go down the mountain.

As I walked, I thought about it and thought that it was probably the hare's panic or resistance that caused the space collection to fail. As for the fish, it was because it was swimming in the water and was collected together with the water.

This was the only explanation he could think of, because when he used the space to collect lake water, he never received any fish that were broken by the cutting of the edge of the space.

He groped his way out of the mountain in the dark. As soon as he came out of the woods, he saw the old man waiting for him at the foot of the mountain.

It seemed that they had been waiting for quite some time. When they found that he was holding a shotgun with empty hands, they just smiled and didn't ask any more questions. Then the father and son went home.

The old lady was very happy to see that he didn't catch any prey. She thought that he didn't go to the mountains, so she comforted him with a smile.

"My dear grandson, you have the skill of fishing and the livelihood of selling prey for you, so there is no need to venture into the mountains. If you want to go into the mountains, just stroll around the periphery like today."

Zhang Xingwang was touched and helpless when he heard this. He really wanted to tell his grandma, "As long as life continues, express delivery will continue! No matter what craft or business you have, your grandson has to go and buy the goods."

However, so many things have happened recently, and not only do I have to increase the frequency of hunting and fishing, but I also have to prioritize them. At the very least, I have to make the marriage of my eldest and second sisters the top priority.

I'm destined to be a hard worker. I had planned to stay here for two more days to rest, but now I have to go back to the city.

My mother was the same. She just took some time to come over and talk to me, saying that she was worried about the little chicks at home and was afraid that the three stupid girls wouldn't be able to take good care of them.

Zhang Xingwang thought: I won’t talk about my eldest sister or second sister, but my fourth sister is so smart. If she takes care of the chicks, the chicks will probably be able to do math problems.

The little girl has been very well behaved these past two days. According to her mother, she has become friends with the other little kids in the village today.

Together with a few runny-nosed little guys, they ran around the village like crazy for a whole day. It is said that they have become the leader among the kids thanks to a few pieces of fruit candy.

In order to become the big sister, she almost became sworn brothers with a slightly older kid at his suggestion, which made Zhang Xingwang laugh and cry.

I wondered if my little sister had been too outgoing recently, and how come she was becoming more and more like my fourth sister in terms of cleverness. Looking at the little girl giggling at the side, I suddenly felt that my future life was bleak.