Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After collecting the copper coins, He Lai took the golden eagle out. This time, even Mr. He and Mr. Wu followed him, for fear that He Lai would get so many wild boars again.

He Lai didn't care. As long as his marksmanship was good enough, he could let them follow him. Besides, it was snowing heavily and the wild animals could be easily discovered.

"Xiao Laizi, isn't this the road we took yesterday? Why are you coming here again?" Uncle He Zhong asked in confusion.

"Uncle, I plan to put the iron fence on the truck in this area, so I naturally need to be familiar with the terrain here."

He Lai explained.

"Ah, don't we have an eagle? Why are we still using a lump of iron?" He Zhong asked again in confusion.

"Uncle, wild boars basically hide in caves in the winter. Even golden eagles can't see them. The situation like yesterday should be very rare. And last time they went two or three kilometers deep. I don't want to go in any further, otherwise I'm afraid something might happen."

This was the only explanation He Lai could give.

"Oh, okay." He Zhong stopped talking when he heard what He Lai said. He thought he could catch thousands of kilograms every day.

"Alright, alright, you're the only one who talks too much. Just follow Xiao Laizi and see. If there's prey, we'll catch it. If there's no prey, we'll go back."

Mr. He spoke up.

Soon, several people stood on the same hill as yesterday again. He Lai released the golden eagle and began to look for a suitable position.

In fact, the valley that He Lai often went to before was very good. There were many wild boars and rabbits released by He Lai, as well as food. However, this direction was chosen by He Zhong and others. It was quite far away from the valley where He Lai was, one in the east and the other in the west.

He Lai was looking at a slightly flat ground not far away when Xiao Hu next to him spoke.

"Xiao Laizi, the two golden eagles over there seem to have spotted their prey and flew down."

Xiaohu pointed to a place in the distance and said.

"Ah? They went down. They must have found prey on their own. Don't worry about them. Since they went down on their own, they must have gone hunting on their own. We don't need to do anything. They will fly back on their own when the time comes."

He said that the two golden eagles must have found something valuable, otherwise they would not have gone down on their own.

Sure enough, after a while, the two golden eagles reappeared in the sky, with prey in their claws, one large and one small.

"Xiao Laizi, look, he's caught." Xiaohu shouted.

He Lai looked up and saw that judging from the size of the animal, it should be a deer or a roe deer.

Soon two golden eagles landed in front of He Lai and his companions. They were an adult sika deer and a cub. The big one was dead, but the small one was still alive.

"Grandpa, why don't you take this little one and raise him? Maybe he can still survive."

He Lai suggested.

"Okay, Xiaohu, take this little sika deer back with you and put it in the cowshed with the cows. I think it can grow a lot of meat."

Mr. He said.

"Okay, Grandpa." Xiaohu immediately held the little sika deer in his arms and helped it treat its wounds without minding that it was dirty.

"Boss, go and release the deer blood. This deer blood is a good thing and cannot be wasted."

Old Master He turned around and gave instructions to He Zhong.

"Oh." Hearing this, He Zhong had no choice but to deal with the dead sika deer, but the others also went up to help.

He Lai took out two large pieces of dried meat and gave them to the two golden eagles, which started eating them immediately. After all, He Lai's dried meat was made with Sha Zhu's ingredients and was very delicious.

Grandpa He didn't say much when he saw this. After all, the golden eagle really deserved to eat good food.

"Grandpa, I want to put my iron fence there for a few days to try it out. I'll put some food in it and see if there are any wild boars or something that come to eat it."

He Lai pointed to a flat area and said.

"Okay, Xiao Laizi, whatever you want is fine." Mr. He agreed directly.

"Then let's go back and move it. Let's see if we can get the iron fence up this afternoon."

"Okay, let's go back."

……

After an afternoon of hard work, the few of them successfully installed the iron fence on the open space, and set up two small dens on two trees, making it convenient for them to stay in the trees when the time comes.

"Xiao Laizi, what should we do next? Should we wait on the tree now?" asked Grandpa He.

“No, no, Grandpa, we have to wait for the wild boar to come and eat, otherwise we will have waited in vain.

Grandpa, you don't have to worry about what happens next. I'll come over every day to see if there are any animals coming to eat."

As He said this, he poured a bag of sweet potato flour into the two fences.

"Xiao Laizi, pour so much. What if they finish eating it and don't come back?" He Zhong asked with concern.

After all, a bag of food like this weighs at least thirty or forty kilograms, which is their food ration for one or two months.

"Uncle, you can't catch the wolf without sacrificing your child. There is gain and loss! Compared with the wild boar, this little bit of food is far less than that!"

He Lai smiled.

"Uh..." He Zhong stopped talking for a moment.

"Come on, what's the point of asking so many questions every day! Go and do your work, pull the sled back, you can use it next time."

Mr. He gave the order immediately.

He Zhong could only silently pull the empty sled back.

"Xiao Laizi, let's go back, it's getting dark."

Mr. He said.

"Okay, let's go back." He Lai said with a smile.

The group went back. Except for He Lai, everyone else felt that it was not very reliable. After all, they had never seen this thing before. They thought it was impossible to find prey, but they couldn't say it out loud. After all, He Lai's ability was there. They could only hope that the animals would come out to find food in winter.

In reality, as soon as the animals in the forest smelled the things that He Lai placed in the space, they were immediately attracted.

After all, He Lai often came here to store food in the past. When the animals in some caves in the deep mountains in this area smelled the familiar smell, they immediately moved.

Unfortunately, He Lai only put out a little food, which was not enough for them to eat. The food was eaten up by a few wild boars that arrived earlier.

A day later, when He Lai came to check, he found that all the food in the iron fence was gone, which meant that there were still many animals here, so he put a lot of food in again.

After letting them eat for three days in a row, the wild boars here gathered more and more, and some were already wandering nearby.

That day He Lai took Xiaohu with him, ready to catch them all in one swoop that night.

"Brother Xiaohu, we'll each guard one tree. After we're done, we'll stay on the tree for a night and see if we can harvest anything."

He Lai smiled.

"Okay!" Xiaohu immediately nodded in agreement.

Soon the two men poured the food back into the iron fence, then climbed up the tree with a quilt and a kettle.

The two of them quickly wrapped themselves up in the quilt, leaving only their eyes exposed. After all, it was still very cold in the mountains.

"Brother Xiaohu, if you feel cold, just drink some hot water. We'll stay here overnight, it shouldn't be a problem."

He Lai ordered.

"It's okay. I'm not cold at all wrapped in this thick blanket!" Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Then Brother Xiaohu, let's just wait quietly. I'm afraid of scaring the animals if we talk."

"Row."

Just like that, the two of them just stayed there quietly without making any sound, waiting to see when the wild boars would come.