Back at the pond, everyone filled their stomachs first, and then came the most anticipated part.
There were eight pheasants, six rabbits, one deer, and one wild goat.
Everyone in Dawang Village could not believe that they could gain so much in just one morning.
It's a pity that they are all dead. The weather is hot and there is not enough salt to marinate them. They will go bad after two days at most.
However, this size can accommodate more than 20 people and can be eaten in two days.
It was agreed before that all the skins and skins of the prey would belong to the Xu family. Wang would first instruct everyone to clean out the skins and meat separately so that they could be distributed later.
No one had any objections. It was indeed fair. You didn’t have to worry about your family having more bones and his family losing fat.
However, there is a severe drought under the mountains, there is no rain in the mountains, and the animals are short on food, so these prey are not fat.
Especially the wild goat, the ribs on its body can be seen. It can survive to this day only because it is well hidden.
But he was still found by Wang’s fiery eyes.
A few rabbits and the deer were all skinned by Wang alone. Unlike the rough skinning by others, she specially borrowed Wang Dahai's precious butcher knife.
Instead of disemboweling the rabbits and deer, Wang cut off the heads, cut off the limbs, and peeled off the entire skin from the head.
"Young lady, bring me the rope." Mrs. Wang shouted towards her hut.
Xu Yue heard her mother's call and quickly pushed Xu Dalang back, who was lying down and about to get up, and carried the braided bark strip over.
Xu Erniang also followed curiously.
"Auntie, what are you going to do?" Xu Yue handed over the rope and squatted next to Wang to watch her work.
Wang took the rope and pulled it first. She felt that the strength was enough, and then she replied without raising her head:
"Make skin water bladders."
After that, he picked up the piece of deer skin, turned it over, peeled off the fascia, and stuffed it back into its original shape. Finally, he tied the openings of the limbs with ropes, leaving only a larger hole in the head, and a water bladder was created.
After filling with water, tie the opening tightly and put the water bag into the backpack so that no water will spill out.
It's just that the leather has not been specially treated and is not very hygienic.
But under the current conditions, what else do you think about bicycles? It would be nice to have something to drink.
"Take it and try it." Mrs. Wang handed the deer water bag to the Xu Yue sisters.
Xu Yue asked Xu Erniang: "Sister, is this okay?"
Xu Erniang was carrying a leather bag that was almost as big as a backpack and said uncertainly: "I'll try it first. You continue, I'll go to the side and try it."
The old man's leather water bag is made of cowhide, and cowhide has good magic conductivity, but I don't know about this deer's.
But it's all skin, so it should be fine.
Xu Erniang took the deer skin water bag to the back of her hut, asked Xu Da to help keep an eye on outsiders, and tried to enchant the water bag.
It worked the first time!
Xu Erniang did not dare to be too happy too early. She ran to the water to fill the water first. After she was sure that the deer skin could withstand the magic and would not fall apart quickly like bamboo, she hurriedly nodded to Xu Yue.
Xu Yue and Wang looked at each other, and the mother and daughter were delighted. One deer skin water bag was worth five or six small cowhide water bags. In just one move, the water storage goal was achieved.
Wang also simply packed up the remaining rabbit skins and took them back to the shack to dry. If there is a chance, she can sell them for some food.
At ten o'clock in the evening, all the meat was cleaned out. Because the hunting teams were all about the same effort, everyone got a large piece of meat.
For a moment, the open space was filled with the delicious smell of meat.
However, when everyone seemed to have a way to survive, more and more refugees came to the mountains due to the extreme lack of water...
When Wang woke up early in the morning, she saw several figures on the other side of the pond, sneakily fetching water and then running away.
But this is only because there are few people on the other side.
At noon, while Xu Yue's family was making lunch, a group of more than 20 people suddenly jumped out of the woods and rushed to the pond desperately.
Looking at that look, I had been thirsty for a long time. When I saw the water, I plunged into it and drank until my stomach exploded before I got up.
This sudden change shocked Xu Yue's family and the villagers of Dawang Village and immediately gathered together and raised their weapons.
But there were quite a few people on the other side, so he wasn't afraid and just lay down on the other side of the open space.
A few of them were so hungry that they were so bold that they ignored the glaring kitchen knives in the hands of the Dawang villagers and rushed towards the boiling pot on the fire.
With a "sizzling" sound, the pottery pot burned their hands, but those people didn't care. They poured the boiled food into their mouths. They screamed in pain, then picked up the pot and rushed to the pond, taking a mouthful.
A mouthful of cold water and piping hot broth.
Seeing that almost crazy look, Qiu was so stunned that she didn't dare to move.
It was her family's pot, and the pot was full of pheasant meat. She had previously thought of cooking it softer so that her children could eat it, but instead of thinking of it, she made a wedding dress for someone else.
Qiu's flesh ached endlessly.
But fortunately, there was no fierce fighting. Each family protected its own pot and had no time to care about others.
The little cohesion Wang had managed to build up the day before was instantly shaken back to its original shape.
Wang looked towards the direction where the group of people came from, and looked at each other with Xu Da. They both felt a strong sense of crisis at the same time.
Mrs. Wang drove the three children behind her into the hay nest and whispered, "Pack up all your luggage."
Although Xu Yue was a little confused, she still nodded and followed the instructions, folded all the unfolded quilts, and used ropes to tie them into a marching bag according to the method taught by Wang previously.
Xu Da silently put out the fire, poured out the soup from the pot, and drank each bowl quickly.
The remaining meat is fished out separately, wrapped in leaves, placed in a backpack together with the taro in a goatskin bag, and finally pressed with a deer skin water bladder.
When Mrs. Wang was about to take the hot pottery pot to the water, let it cool down and put it into the basket, a scream came from not far away.
She looked up and saw a man covered in blood rolling down the hillside.
Behind this man is a refugee soldier holding a big knife in his hand, looking like a life-threatening evil spirit, with a red scarf on his head!
The whole of Changyi is short of water. Most villagers don't know about this pond in the mountains, but hunters who go to the mountains all year round know it all too well.
Seeing that his companions in Changyi had just captured the city and were about to die of thirst without enjoying the blessing, the leader immediately ordered the whole county to search for water sources and not let go of any place with water!
A large group of red scarf soldiers rushed out of the woods and were pleasantly surprised when they saw the pearl-like pond. They didn't expect to follow these victims up the mountain and find such a good place.
"Xu Da, my second mother and my second mother, run away!"
Wang gave a low shout, immediately dropped the pottery pot in her hand, rushed behind Xu Da in two steps, helped him lift the heavy backpack, rushed to the shack, picked up Xu Erniang with one hand, and threw the marching bag on her back.
Turn around and run to the other side of the pond!
Xu Dalang took a look, grabbed Xu Yue who was taking the quilt and marching bag, pocketed it in his arms, and quickly followed.
Xu Da followed him with a sickle and a kitchen knife. Unexpectedly, a first-class civilian soldier rushed from his side with a knife. Xu Da cursed, and immediately flew over with the kitchen knife and hit the man's face, knocking him over. After narrowly escaping,
Running wildly.
While running, he shouted: "Ms. Wang, you damn bitch, wait for me!"
At this time, most of the people in the open space had not reacted. Their necks felt cold and they died under the sharp swords of the refugee army before they even had time to panic!
