After dinner, Chen Jie took an ax and walked into the woods alone, and specifically told everyone not to follow him.
The three women sat together and watched Chen Jie's figure gradually disappear in the woods.
"What do you think the captain did?" Chen Yanyan tilted her head and asked in confusion.
I don't understand why Chen Jie doesn't let them go with him.
"I don't know, there must be some secret." Lisa said calmly, as if she was used to Chen Jie's behavior.
"No, the captain must have something dangerous to do, otherwise he would definitely take me with him." Xiao Baihe said frustratedly, feeling like she was abandoned by Chen Jie again and again.
Lisa and Chen Yanyan looked at each other, but neither of them dared to speak, for fear of making Lily Xiao as sad as last time.
They can't comfort you when you cry.
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Chen Jie came to the woods alone and looked at the small muddy footprints on the ground. Chen Jie confirmed his suspicion that there were indeed animals peeping at them here last night.
Judging from the size of the footprints, it seems that they are either wild wolves or hyenas, because the paw prints are very small. It seems from the messy footprints that there are at least a dozen of them.
I originally wanted to set a few traps in the forest, but now I think about setting traps at the entrance of the cave.
In this way, as long as these animals do not harass them, they will naturally not use wolves as food. After all, they have raised white wolf cubs.
Confirming what he was thinking, Chen Jie raised his legs and walked out of the woods, intending to go to the other side of the stone steps to get some bamboo and make an eel trap.
Chen Jie walked up to the stone steps and looked down. There was still smoke coming out of the cave where he once lived. It was estimated that the three of them were still there.
Shaking his head, Chen Jie headed towards the woods where Fan Yuan and Zhang Li had been rescued.
He remembered that there was a bamboo forest at the bottom of this forest. To make an eel trap, you need to use a bamboo tube, because eels prefer to drill holes, so using a bamboo tube to make a trap is perfect.
As he walked, Chen Jie couldn't help but think of the three women at home. They would probably keep guessing why he didn't bring them here with him.
I guess they couldn't figure out why even if they tried hard.
Chen Jie subconsciously glanced in the direction of the cave, fearing that he would have to explain himself when he met the two savages from last time, which would be too troublesome.
And he just wanted to get some bamboo back, so bringing Xiao Baihe there would be a bit troublesome.
Sometimes Chen Jie still likes to be alone.
While thinking, Chen Jie heard a strange sound. Chen Jie picked up the ax in his hand and walked cautiously in the direction of the sound. He walked around a big tree and saw a squirrel. At this time, Chen Jie saw a squirrel on his feet.
He was injured and was lying on the ground making squeaking sounds in pain.
Putting away the ax, Chen Jie walked quickly towards the squirrel.
The squirrel screamed in fear when he saw Chen Jie, and tried hard to run back, but because his foot injury was too serious, he couldn't move at all. He could only stare at Chen Jie with his round eyes.
Chen Jie squatted down and discovered that the injury on the squirrel's leg was larger than expected, and there was a wire hooking it. It seemed that it had stepped on a trap by mistake.
But where does the trap come from?
With the skills of those savages, they shouldn't be able to set up such a small trap, right?
After all, a savage who can tear a brown bear to pieces with his bare hands is no joke. He can kill a squirrel in seconds.
"Hey, little guy, don't be afraid, let me help you untie the wire, okay?" Chen Jie said softly, as gentle as a prince.
"Zhizhizhi..." After letting go, he was still afraid of Chen Jie and kept roaring, trying to scare Chen Jie away.
But how could Chen Jie be scared away by a little squirrel? He stretched out his fingers and gently touched the squirrel's head. After soothing him for a while, the squirrel no longer resisted Chen Jie so much.
"This is how you behave, let me gently help you untie it..." Chen Jie said as he gently untied the wire wrapped around the squirrel's feet.
The squirrel lay obediently on the ground, looking at Chen Jie with a pair of innocent eyes.
Because he was afraid of hurting the squirrel, Chen Jie deliberately slowed down his movements and helped the squirrel untie the wire bit by bit.
Finally untying the wire, Chen Jie looked at the injury on the squirrel's leg, reached out and gently picked up the squirrel, walked into the woods for a while, picked off a few pieces of herbs to stop the bleeding, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and gently
Gently apply it on the squirrel's leg, then take out a cloth strip and wrap it around the squirrel's wound.
"Poor little guy, or else I will take you back today?" Chen Jie looked at the cute little squirrel and thought that he should take it back, otherwise the wound would fester and the squirrel's life would be lost.
The squirrel didn't speak, but looked at Chen Jie with his eyes open, as if he was talking.
'Take me home, take me home quickly.'
Sighing, Chen Jie said to the little squirrel.
"Since you don't say anything, I'll take it as your acquiescence." After saying that, Chen Jie tied the clothes in front of him into a knot and gently put the squirrel in his arms.
Chen Jie picked up the bamboo basket on the side and continued on his way.
As he walked, Chen Jie suddenly felt that including this little squirrel, he almost had three pets.
Although he was forced to come here to make a living, he always felt that he was used to living here.
"Little squirrel, I'll get you some pine nuts to eat later, what do you think?" Chen Jie raised his head, looked at the pine tree in front of him, picked up a stone and hit it hard, and as expected, many pine cones fell to the ground.
Chen Jie picked them up one by one and kept them for the little squirrel to slowly grind its teeth.
When the little squirrel saw the pine cone in Chen Jie's hand, it squeaked and stretched out its two short hands, as if it wanted the pine cone in Chen Jie's hand.
"You are really a foodie, just like Yanyan." Chen Jie chuckled and handed the pine cone in his hand to the squirrel's arms.
The squirrel hugged the pine cone with satisfaction and began to chew on it.
"Interesting." Chen Jie smiled and felt that getting along with animals was also very good.
At least, he couldn't see animals crying.
Unlike the three women at home who threatened him with tears at every turn.
And what can he do?
Don't you have to be pampered?
Hey, maybe this is life.
Sighing, Chen Jie continued to look for the bamboo forest.
After walking for a long time, he still couldn't find the bamboo forest. Chen Jie stopped, looked at the unfamiliar forest in front of him, and frowned slightly.
Why was the forest this time different from the ones he had visited before?
Are you lost?
Or is his memory wrong and he took the wrong path?
"Little squirrel, do you know where the bamboo forest is? We must have lost our way." Chen Jie lowered his head and looked at the little squirrel eating deliciously in his arms. Chen Jie reached out and snatched the pine cone from the little squirrel's arms.