In the early morning, before dawn, Jia Zhengjin set off on horseback and arrived at Tongshan City early.
Because it was a temporary team mission, rather than going alone, a wooden cart was temporarily modified at the orphanage.
The car orphanage itself has it, it just needs to be hitched to the horse.
He personally drove a simple carriage, took Meili and Tatanir out of the city, and headed towards Wuzhu City.
Because the 1 silver coin donated by Jia Zhengjin yesterday was exchanged for the cheapest bread, the people in the orphanage don't have to worry about going hungry for the time being, and Meili and Tatanir can also set out with peace of mind.
It was very quiet along the way. After all, Jia Zhengjin was not familiar with either of them. In addition, the dean fainted from hunger yesterday, which made Meili and Tataniel even more stressed and depressed.
The road from Tongshan City to Wuzhu City is quite safe. There are no dangerous beasts or robbers blocking the road.
When the sun slowly rises, you can already see Wuzhu City and the surrounding environment from a distance.
"Hey~" It was quite difficult for the bad horse to persist here. Jia Zhengjin parked the car by the roadside and said, "Take a rest for a while."
"Okay!" Meili and Tataniel quickly got out of the car and ran to the creek on the side of the road to wash their faces.
Jia Zhengjin led the bad horse to the grassland and tied it up, letting it eat some grass and rest for a while. He also took a water bottle to the stream and filled it.
Although they were in the same team, the three of them did not have more than five conversations throughout the whole process.
Sitting on the grass by the stream, there was nothing to say and the atmosphere was rather awkward.
If Meili and Tatanir hadn't wanted to make money as soon as possible and take them back to the orphanage, they wouldn't have been in a hurry to form a temporary team with Jia Zhengjin.
Jia Zhengjin didn't like this depressing atmosphere, so he turned around and looked around, and saw a cute, round and fat jackalope in the grass on the other side of the stream.
That guy looked very festive, and girls would probably like it, so he gently reminded him: "Look!"
He wanted to use this cute jackalope to break the awkward atmosphere. Since they formed a team, they had to be more harmonious.
According to their own ideas, when Merry and Tataniel saw such a cute jackalope, they would be unable to resist its charm and become heartbroken.
Who would have expected the next development to be unimaginable.
When Merry and Tartanil turned their heads to see the Jackalope, they were really excited. However, the next moment, Tartanil drew his bow and shot an arrow. A flash of silver light flashed, and the Jackalope fell down with a scream.
"Great!" Merry quickly stepped on the stone and crossed the message, grabbed the carcass of the jackalope, and turned around and shouted happily, "What a fat rabbit, our lunch is here!"
"Yeah~" Tatanir was excited, "I haven't eaten jackalope meat for a long time, my mouth is watering just thinking about it!"
"Let's have a good meal today!" Mei Li said.
"Um!"
What the hell? This is wrong! Shouldn’t a normal girl say that Tutu is so cute and that she really wants to take it home and raise it?
Where are these two girls? Seeing them squatting excitedly by the stream, skillfully disemboweling the horned rabbit, peeling off the skin and removing the bones, the corners of Jia Zhengjin's mouth twitched, they looked like two female butchers!
But then I thought about it, they were starving in the orphanage and racking their brains for food every day, so it seemed normal to do this.
"Cohen, can you make a fire? Let's smoke the meat to prevent it from spoiling." Mellie turned to him and shouted.
"Oh!" Jia Zhengjin scratched his head, thinking that although it was unexpected, he had achieved his goal, at least he could talk.
So I made a simple campfire next to it and lit it.
Thanks to the jackalope, the three of them sat around the campfire and finally spoke.
Probably because of the food, Merry and Tataniel were in a better mood and were not as silent as before.
While smoking meat and talking, the awkward atmosphere between them faded slightly.
"Look!" Not long after, Tatanil suddenly stood up and pointed to the grass further away on the opposite side, "There is another one somewhere!"
"Hurry! Hurry and catch it!" Meili was excited, "Take it back. The dean and the children haven't eaten meat for a long time."
"Well, look at me!" Tataniel picked up his bow and arrow, quickly crossed the stream, and ran away.
When she was about to draw her bow and nock an arrow, the jackalope noticed something was wrong, turned around and burrowed into the grass, running towards the mountain quickly.
"Stop!" How could Tatanil let his prey fly away? He immediately pursued him and rushed to the mountain.
"Hey! We're not here to hunt." Jia Zhengjin turned to Meili and said.
"It's okay!" Merry said with a smile, "Tatanir's archery skills are very good, and he will be able to catch the jackalope soon. Anyway, the meat has not been successfully smoked yet, so just wait a moment!"
Looking at Tartanir disappearing into the dense woods, Jia Zhengjin shook his head helplessly and helped smoke the rabbit meat.
1 minute, 2 minutes... Time passed quickly. Almost half an hour passed, and Tartanil had not returned yet, and the woods were quiet and quiet.
Meili finally showed a worried expression, stood up, looked at the mountain in front of her, and shouted loudly: "Tata Nir~"
There was no response, very quiet.
"It's just a jackalope, does it take so long?" Meili was worried, "Is something going to happen?"
"Aren't there no dangerous beasts here? There are no robbers either." Jia Zhengjin turned his head and asked, "What could happen?"
"But Tartaniel hasn't come back for so long, something's wrong!" Merry quickly put away the bacon.
Jia Zhengjin opened the virtual map and found that the icon of Tartanil in the team was quite far away. She actually ran deep into the woods and stopped at a certain position without moving.
There should be no problem with her life safety. In the team interface at this moment, her health bar and other things are normal.
"Isn't it possible that he was trapped somewhere?" Jia Zhengjin said while looking at the map, "For example, he got entangled in the bushes, or his hands and feet were trapped by vines in the woods."
"I'll go look for it!" Meili said to him, "You guard the carriage here and wait for us to come back."
"How about I go?" Jia Zhengjin has a virtual map, and it is easy to find Tatanir. If Meili goes there, she will definitely have to spend a lot of effort to search everywhere.
"It's okay! I'm relatively familiar with Tartanir, and it's relatively easy to find her!" Meili said, "Besides, if you leave and something goes wrong with the carriage, I can't afford to pay for it!"
"That's okay!" Since she said that, Jia Zhengjin no longer insisted.
After Melly put away the rabbit meat, she ran in the direction where Tartanil went in, and soon disappeared into the dense woods.
Jia Zhengjin opened the virtual map and watched Meili's icon moving in the mountains, wandering around. It was very different from Tatanil's location, and it kept circling nearby, which made people anxious to death.
Fortunately, twenty minutes later, Meili finally arrived at Tartanil's location.
The problem is that the two of them stayed there for some reason and had no intention of coming back.
