The screams outside gradually stopped, and the uncle and Bai Haitang went out together. There were bobcat corpses on the ground, and a few were trying to escape, but they were pierced by the uncle's arrow.
This bobcat has rough skin and thick flesh. Its meat is inedible and its skin is useless. It is useless. It also likes to attack in groups and makes maddening calls.
The uncle looked into the distance, worried that another bobcat would come.
Later, Bai Haitang and him gathered the lynxes together and set them on fire.
The gunpowder exploded, and the surrounding smell of sulfur masked other smells.
Several layers of branches were spread around and some leaves were scattered.
This makes me feel at ease.
"Your clay ball is pretty easy to use. You must have relied on it to get here along the way." The uncle asked with interest.
The two sat at the door of the cave and chatted.
"Uncle, this is not an earth ball. The earth ball does not have such power. This is gunpowder." Bai Haitang said.
No matter what it was, although Uncle Orion was surprised by its power, he couldn't use it. He blew the beast up to the sky. The meat couldn't be eaten and the skin couldn't be sold, so what was the use of it?
Bai Haitang still had seven gunpowder balls left, so he gave five to his uncle and told him how to use them. He also told him that they would explode if shot with a bow and arrow.
Haitang kept two of them for herself in case she needed them when she went back.
"Why do I want this? The bobcat won't come again." The uncle said.
"In case you encounter a danger that you can't get rid of, you may need it. Leave it alone if you don't need it. It won't go bad," Haitang said.
Uncle Orion finally accepted it and put it in a safe place at home.
Immediately, the two checked outside the cave to make sure that no bobcats were coming again, and then they covered the branches and entered the cave.
It gets dark quickly in the mountains.
The aunt put a new layer of fur on Begonia to keep it cool at night.
Uncle Orion had gone to deal with the dead fox, and the other one was kept alive in a cage, and the aunt was feeding it leftover pheasant bones.
"Does Auntie want to raise it?" Haitang asked puzzledly.
"I'm going to use it as bait to catch a big snake tomorrow," the aunt said.
What a big snake that was, Bai Haitang immediately thought of the snake tail he had seen before.
When used as bait for snakes, it must be safe and handled properly so that cunning snakes can take the bait.
"Miss Haitang, you should go to bed early. Wanwan is asleep too, so sleep next to her. Tomorrow I will follow my uncle to see how to catch snakes. This is the life of hunters in our mountains." The aunt said with a smile.
"Auntie, I have a heartfelt request. When I leave, can you give me some black spiders?" Bai Haitang asked.
"Look what you said, you help us take care of all the bobcats, not to mention a few spiders, I can just give them all to you. They are giving birth to little spiders in the past few days. When the little spiders grow strong, you can take them away.
It's easy to eat less and take it with you on the road. Can you stay here for a few more days and play more with Wanwan?" the aunt said with a smile.
Bai Haitang nodded repeatedly.
All I can think about is spider silk.
At night, I fell asleep holding Wanwan in my arms, just like I held my daughter Tiantian.
Tian Tian, mom will go home in two days. Is everything okay with you at home?
The next morning, the aunt had already cooked rice, which was porridge mixed with corn and taro.
Uncle Orion was making preparations. He applied a layer of crushed leaves on the fox. Bai Haitang didn't know what it was, so she touched it lightly, and a numbing feeling passed through her fingertips.