Jiang Yan looked at his phone and couldn't help but worry.
"What's wrong?"
Hong, who was standing next to him, leaned over.
Now the two of them are preparing to leave Hong's hut in the forest.
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Nate: The cafeteria is closed today, and Hank didn't book a table in the restaurant outside. We plan to cook for ourselves, but we're out of meat. You can think of a way to bring some back.
...Where do you want me to find meat for you in this winter?
It is true that winter is the hunting season, and large animals will come out to look for food regardless of danger due to lack of food, but...
The snow that fell just the day before yesterday is still accumulated on the ground. I'm afraid I might go hunting at this time...
There are not many large animals in this forest. It is unrealistic to track large prey without traps through footprints in the snow in a short period of time. Moreover, in an environment with snow, the difficulty of hunting will increase exponentially.
Trap hunting...traps are not always productive, and timing is also important.
During the month that Jiang Yan and Hong lived there, it was mainly due to their good luck, as well as the many traps and the abundance of prey in the autumn, that there was no such thing as failure to make money.
Anyway, Hong relied on dry food when he had no prey.
As for going back to find a place to buy it... Putting aside whether you have time to deal with it, is there really a way to buy it?
Jiang Yan decided to ask Lao Jianghu in this area: "Hong, can I hunt in the forest at this time?"
"Hong thinks it can't be found." Hong shook his head. Then he asked, "What kind of prey is needed?"
"It's the kind that's easy to find. The kind that we can take back today after we finish hunting."
Hong thought very distressedly for a while.
"...There is only one kind of prey that can be found directly." Hong's expression looked serious: "If Jiang Yan is here, he can bring him there."
Jiang Yan was stunned. Could it be that there was something going on?
"What is it?"
Hong shook his tail: "Bear."
"Auntie...can the two of us kill that thing?" Jiang
After listening to this, I was filled with dark thoughts. It seemed that Hong’s brain circuit was somewhat different from his.
"Jiang Yan's skills have improved a lot in the past two months, Hong thinks it should be fine."
...Indeed, whenever he had a break in the past two months, Jiang Yan would come over to play with Hong. The two of them hunted together just a while ago. I can feel that I have indeed grown a lot.
"And Red knows where it's sleeping - now we can sneak up on it."
Good guy, Daqinghong has found out where Brother Bear hibernates.
"Hong... I've wanted to try bear meat for a long time."
As he said this, Hong's throat rolled up - he looked really greedy.
"...Forget it, we'd better not use our brains." Jiang Yan gave up the idea as soon as possible. Fighting a bear is something that only Ursus strong men can do, and Jiang Yan is not going to try it for the time being.
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No tail: Nate, I'm still in the forest now, I guess it's too late to buy it back, and I'm afraid there's no prey now, so I'll think of another way.
Nate: Got it. Let's figure it out.
"Okay... I hope it goes well." After Jiang Yan replied to the message, he stood up and picked up the package.
"Are you ready? Let's go."
"Yeah." Hong nodded obediently, picked up her small bag, and put out the stove.
Jiang Yan suddenly remembered something: "Ah, by the way, Hong...although it's a little early. Come, Merry Christmas."
Hong took the gift box with a puzzled face.
"What's this?"
"Christmas gift." Jiang Yan explained.
"Just today, will everyone give each other gifts to express, um, gratitude?"
Hong nodded - it seems she still knows what Christmas is.
Jiang Yan scratched his face: "This is the gift I prepared for you - given to you alone."
Hong blinked his big amber eyes: "Is this for Hong?"
"Well, you can open it and take a look."
Hong opened the gift wrapping paper——
This is a hair care set specifically for the Luper tribe.
"This is to protect the tail." Jiang Yan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth as he looked at Hong looking left and right while holding the gift.
Unexpectedly, Franka's words made him think of this idea. Since everyone needs to take care of their tails, sending hair care products is naturally very versatile.
I originally wanted to buy a gift in exchange...but it turned out that it would be better to just give it to Hong.
"...Thank you. This is Hong's first time receiving a Christmas gift."
Red looks happy.
"You're welcome."
"Then...this is for Jiang Yan." Hong found a small box from the corner of the shelf and solemnly took out an item from it.
——A small, pointed deciduous tooth.
"These are red teeth."
Hong's tail wagged very quickly - maybe she was expecting Jiang Yan to praise her?
Although this gift is a bit strange...
Jiang Yan touched Hong's head, took the tooth and put it in his chest bag.
"Thank you...I will cherish it."
Let a wolf and a hunter give you their most precious weapon...
Jiang Yan can appreciate this kind of friendship.
Suddenly he remembered that there was something he had not confirmed: "Oh, by the way, there will be a gift exchange session in the evening. Remember to prepare some gifts that everyone can accept."
Yesterday, he had explained the gift exchange to Hong, but he hadn't asked her yet if she understood.
Although he was touched by Hong's willingness to give him teeth, he didn't know how others would feel if they received such a gift.
Hong nodded and gave a confident smile that said, "Don't worry when I do my job."
I hope she did understand what Jiang Yan meant.
"Okay, we have to hurry up...otherwise we may not catch the bus into the city."
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"Hello, we are two people, going all the way to City A."
Jiang Yan handed over the money for two people's tickets.
"Okay, no problem." The driver of the car greeted them enthusiastically to get in the car - he and Jiang Shao had met frequently in the past two months and had become familiar with each other.
"I'm an operator of Black Steel, right? Are you going back to celebrate the festival?" the driver asked while looking at his watch.
"It's a good time to go back. Is this little girl next to you your friend? I know she is a hunter, and she is very skilled - she gave us many animal skins in exchange for them."
"Yeah, I'm looking for friends to go back to the city for the holidays."
Jiang Yan nodded and replied. It turns out that Hong is also engaged in some fur business? But again, he has never asked Hong about where he got his clothes and weapons before. Now he thinks they must be things Hong bought.
"It seems like you didn't bring anything with you? I thought hunters would bring their prey back when they went into the city." The driver breathed into his hands.
"But yes, the amount of meat sent to the city recently should be enough. - Although it should be sold out now, if you are prepared, you don't need to bring it from here."
As he spoke, he sighed: "I'm a bit less lucky. I left a few days ago and didn't have time to get rid of my things. I still have a lot left at home and I'm afraid I won't be able to sell them..."
Jiang Yan couldn't help but feel a little confused when he heard his elder brother's complaints.
Is everything going so smoothly?
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"Hey, wait a minute, it seems Jiang Yan has sent another message..."
Ai Luo was about to go out to try his luck when he was stopped by Ai'er. He opened the chat room and found a new message from Jiang Yan.
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No tail: How much do you want to buy? Enough - ask Jessica to pay.