Chapter Thirty-Five Accumulation (Revised)

  It is said that people must have something to look forward to in life, whether it's a car, a house, a beauty, or a rich and powerful person. As long as there is hope, motivation will be endless.

  Wang Yang was just like that, at this time he was like a warrior falling off a cliff, unexpectedly caught by the old pine tree in the sky, holding on tightly and not letting go.

  Everyone was thrilled to see him bring back so many prey, and they surrounded him with excitement, expressing their emotions with a chorus of "Woo!"

  Someone had already taken the prey, opened its belly and was ready for a big meal.

  Wang Yang was also straightforward, pointing at their waistbands, wanting to exchange them for nuts.

  He didn't even bother to skin and bleed it himself, leaving it to others, he had more important things to attend to.

  He came out onto the platform outside the cave, where two newly made wooden barrels were placed, and Zhang San was making a third one.

  During this time, Zhang San has been doing this in his spare time, and it is estimated that it has become a kind of pastime for him.

  It's fortunate that I didn't stop him earlier, now it can be used.

  He took a wooden bucket and walked back to the cave, picked up the stone drill and started drilling.

  After tasting the sweetness today, he plans to set another trap.

  Zhang San saw this and learned from it in a proper manner, watching how Wang Yang did it while imitating him.

  Wang Yang looked at him and thought about whether to leave a complete wooden barrel. After thinking for half a day, he still decided not to, now getting more food was more important.

  It doesn't matter, can be done again later anyway.

  After working for several hours, Wang Yang finally finished making two wooden barrels and fell asleep with sweet dreams.

  The next morning, he came to the White Bone Forest with the nuts he got yesterday.

  Due to carrying issues, he only brought two wooden barrels. After putting down one, he came to the fruit forest with one, set up the trap and returned to the White Bone Forest.

  Carrying another wooden bucket back to the fruit tree with "one" carved on it.

  He has explored both sides here, and on the left side, there are no fruit trees.

  There is none on the right side either, and it's a black bear's territory.

  He naturally wouldn't go to the right to provoke the black bear, so he went left instead.

  Although there are no fruit trees on the left side, there must be small animals that can set up an ambush here.

  It's just that it makes him feel very uncomfortable here, there are many snakes and lizards, and they look very painful.

  After hiding well, he returned to the mountain cave, brought another wooden barrel, and came under the fruit tree with "one" carved on it, setting up a trap.

  This territory belongs to the saber-toothed tiger, but Wang Yang is no longer afraid of it, knowing that it won't climb trees.

  After setting up, they returned to the White Bone Forest.

  He dug open the thin mud, opened the lid, put the nuts in, and then buried them again. The action was very quick, plus the time spent before, he had been in the forest for an hour.

  In an hour, there should be prey on the hook.

  He ran to a dozen or so fruit trees and found that a wooden bucket had fallen down, trapping a small animal inside.

  No nonsense, just a bunch of random stabs, opened it up and surprisingly it's still Guo Zi Li.

  Wang Yang sighed, this is what he rushed to give me to eat, we can't not accept it.

  He loaded himself up and quickly came to the left side of fruit tree "one", discovering that the wooden bucket had been lowered, but a large wild cat was circling around it.

  That wild cat is indeed big, comparable to a general lynx, with a great difference from domestic cats. The hair is particularly long, whether it's the mane or the tail. Notably, its tail looks very large due to the long hair, similar to a squirrel, dragging a broom.

  It looks like wearing a thick down jacket overall.

  The hair color is smooth, with a yellowish-brown back that gradually transitions to yellow, and the belly's underside transitions to off-white.

  Its eyes are very bright and its appearance is lovely, making Wang Yang think of the Siberian forest cat, in fact, it's also possible that it's this breed.

  Wang Yang saw it turn two circles, then pushed forward against the wooden bucket, wanting to push open the bucket, and suddenly became very dissatisfied, making a "woo woo" warning sound.

  It sprang back and turned its head to glance at Wang Yang, then immediately jumped aside and hid.

  But Wang Yang always felt that it had not left, and was watching him secretly all along.

  He didn't dare to be careless, who knows if the big cat this year would attack him like a leopard. He pressed down on the wooden bucket and slowly retreated to the side of a large tree, leaning against it before lowering his head to take a look at the prey in the bucket.

  "Chirp chirp!"

  This is a small-headed mountain mouse, with brown fur all over its body, and when it moves, it looks like a running sweet potato, full of humor.

  Wang Yang smiled and ended its life with a smile.

  With two prey in tow, he came under the fruit tree "one", where there was also a prey in ambush.

  This is a squirrel.

  After resolving the sharp thing, Wang Yang didn't dare to stay in the forest for long. The bloody smell on his body was very strong and he feared causing more trouble, so he turned around and ran back to the mountain cave.

  The little buddies were bored, but when they saw Wang Yang catch three small animals so quickly, they all cheered and rushed over, staring at him with their bright, shining eyes.

  "Don't be greedy, whoever dares to steal my food, I'll break their legs!"

  Wang Yang yelled at them and then handed over the prey to let them go by the stream to clean it.

  This job doesn't require special arrangements because adults are doing it every day and they often participate in it as a game, so no guidance is needed.

  It turned out to be Zhang San, who actually put down the production of wooden barrels and also went to process the game.

  Wang Yang directly pulled him back to the wooden barrel, patiently explaining to him how important the wooden barrel was. After pulling several times, he finally understood and honestly started making the wooden barrel.

  After finishing what he had to do, Wang Yang arrived at the stream, washed the bag containing three game several times, and then grabbed some mud to wipe it off, eliminating the bloody smell before continuing on his way.

  But he had just reached the entrance of the valley when he stopped again.

  His goal is to make everyone aware that food is not enough, and actively seek more food instead of exhausting themselves to help them.

  Help for a moment, but cannot help for a lifetime.

  If they are not allowed to understand that there is a shortage of food, perhaps this winter can be endured, and the population will increase next year? The year after next? The year after that?

  One cannot solve everything alone.

  He returned to the depths of the cave, took an equivalent amount from the dried meat section, put it in his waist bag, and went back to the White Bone Forest.

  When he got there, he dug away the thin layer of soil again, put the dried meat into a wooden barrel, covered it and buried it.

  Then he went to each trap to get the prey.

  That day, he harvested thirteen small animals, including rabbits, pheasants, fruit bats, moles, mountain rats and so on.

  In addition to more and more nuts, he alone obtained a day's intake for all people.

  Of course, this is calculated based on frugal eating.

  According to this calculation, for the next dozen or so days, as long as his luck is normal, he can get a dozen or so days of food. If he works hard again in winter, he should be able to barely make it through.

  As long as we get through this, it will be spring!