Chapter Forty-Four: Excellent Tradition

  He hid behind a large tree not far away, without getting too close, and stuck his head out to observe.

  He carefully observed the characteristics of the withered wood, which would be beneficial for finding new prey in the future.

  Then just observe the number of squirrels from afar.

  Squirrels are social animals and are family-oriented, with a whole family living together, which can have several individuals.

  It's just unknown whether they will leave after growing up. Wang Yang only remembers that when he was on the internet, a friend who raised squirrels wrote a memoir, two males put together would fight, and they would fight to death.

  So it's also possible that there is one.

  Before long, a little squirrel popped out. It had brown fur and two long hairs on its head. Its small eyes were black and shiny, curiously observing the outside.

  Wang Yang quickly withdrew his head, not daring to let it see him, and secretly worried in his heart whether he had gotten too close and triggered their alertness.

  Won't it be smelling its own smell? How good is a squirrel's nose anyway? Can't winter reduce the diffusion of smells?

  Nowadays, with food greatly reduced in quantity, we have no choice but to be frugal.

  After ten minutes, Wang Yang cautiously poked his head out again. The entrance of the tree hole was no longer being watched by the little squirrels, and there were no signs of them coming out nearby.

  Wang Yang didn't dare to rush over and catch them, fearing that they might have other holes to escape from.

  "Achoo!"

  Shrunk his body, calculated the time, and came out for about four or more hours. The sky was gray and gloomy, starting to darken, and the temperature also dropped sharply.

  Wang Yang could no longer bear the temperature of unknown degrees below zero, and he had the idea of going back. Anyway, their nests were just here, they couldn't run away, so he simply caught one by one to ensure that he got as much food as possible.

  He turned around and hurriedly ran back along the original path, reunited with the adults and returned to the cave.

  The adults' harvest was pretty good, two squirrels and a long-eared owl.

  The chipmunk is just a little bigger than a mouse, with black and gray stripes on its back, often seen.

  The long-eared owl is a second-class protected animal in China.

  Generally speaking, such a rare name should be some kind of unknown animal, at least rarely seen, and it is also a national second-class protected animal.

  But actually, it's an owl...

  It was said that when I first saw an owl in the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, there were too many birds and I didn't dare to identify it, so I asked a young man who was dressed neatly and wore glasses.

  Those guys were having a hot conversation with the chick, seeing an outsider interrupting, they gave Wang Yang a glance, raised their head nonchalantly and said in a drawn-out tone: "Long-eared owl~."

  At that time, I didn't think much about it. Seeing that guy use Pantene with a confident tone, I thought it was some new species.

  When others asked him, he also said owl. An old man couldn't bear it anymore, pulled him aside and whispered: "Kid, don't bully people, if you say cat head, that's enough."

  My face turned red at that time, let alone how embarrassing it was. I didn't do it on purpose either, I was also deceived by others.

  Later, Wang Yang called a few friends and angrily waited at the Temple of Heaven for several days, just to wait for that young man who loved to show off his low IQ to appear and tell him why the flowers were so red. As a result, the other party had long since disappeared.

  "Hey, how can girls nowadays fall for that scumbag? It's so tragic."

  King Yang sighed and came back to his senses.

  Adults were able to catch several small animals today because when winter just arrived, many animals still appeared frequently.

  It should be said that early winter was still okay.

  By mid-term, due to long-term predation by large animals, a very large part will be lost.

  However, these small animals are not the main source of food, fruits and nuts are the staple foods.

  They brought a lot, enough for everyone to eat for a day.

  Wang Yang took out the new fruit he had just found, and everyone thought it looked fresh, but they didn't dare to reach out and take some.

  In their subconscious mind, they maintain a vigilant attitude towards new things, which is the same as most animals and has almost evolved into instinct.

  Even if they wanted to eat, Wang Yang wouldn't give it to them now. Although he had eaten two mouthfuls, he was really unsure whether this thing was poisonous or not.

  Wait for yourself to eat some more and then wait for a while longer to see.

  He's not afraid of being poisoned himself, if he gets poisoned then so be it, let him just consider himself Li Shizhen reincarnated, making contributions for the masses.

  Maybe next time I'll be reborn in the Douluo Continent, it can't get any worse than this, right?

  What? You said the crocodile was reborn? I... That guy didn't become prosperous in the end, did he?

  The day passed quietly like this, or it should be said that it was not too quiet, at least not in the evening.

  In the second half of the night, Wang Yang was woken up by thunder.

  His first thought was that it's going to rain heavily!

  I rushed outside to take a look, but it didn't rain, just thundered.

  He was amazed again, having lived in the south as a child and rarely seeing snow. He later went to university in the north and experienced it for the first time after only two years, still his first time seeing thunder on a snowy day.

  Unlike others who were frightened and huddled together, Wang Yang felt a thrill of excitement when he saw it, and couldn't help but feel that knowledge was truly great, bringing light and courage.

  The next day, Wang Yang came again to the depths of the forest. As usual, he hastily set traps on the left side and then went to the right area.

  He didn't rush to set traps, but observed on the right side for a while, and didn't find any bears appearing, then he went up to the upper right area.

  This time he stopped far away and cleared a piece of land on the ground, laid down traps, and then quickly ran away.

  He can't stay around here, the squirrels are too timid and can't let them find themselves, besides, they can't be seen by bears, moreover, time can't be wasted.

  He decided to eat more of yesterday's fruit, at least until today, still no adverse reactions.

  He came to the front of the fruit tree "one", those trees just grew on this road.

  Last time I picked a few trees, and there are still over ten trees left. I estimate that I can still find thirty or forty fruits, which is enough for one meal.

  He dug while paying attention to his surroundings, and after digging up the tree roots, he covered them with soil again, so they could be eaten next year.

  Then he rushed to the right and looked, and indeed, a small squirrel was hit.

  He quickly disposed of the squirrel with a few swift movements, rapidly smoothing out the snow beside it to conceal the scent, not only preventing the spread of the bloody smell but also hiding the little squirrel's breath.

  To be even more secure, he also covered the clean snow with the squirrel's body, and after a few minutes it had cooled down quite a bit and didn't smell too bad, so he carried it on his person.

  Of course, just doing this is not enough. If the trap is set again in this place, other little squirrels will definitely not dare to approach once they smell blood and their companion's scent.

  Wang Yang adopted guerrilla tactics, came to a place about forty meters away from here, set up an ambush, and with the glorious style of "one shot, one change", rushed to the left.

  The situation on the left is quite pessimistic, and there is still no movement until now.

  (I wrote Chapter 2 until 6 am. This type of subject matter is not easy to write about, and it takes several hours per chapter. Please forgive me.)

  (I just reviewed what I wrote earlier and found that there were still typos and awkward sentences, how embarrassing. It seems that checking every day doesn't have much effect, it's only after some time has passed that you can spot the problems.)

  (Finally, I hope for your collection and recommendation votes.)