Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 185 - 183: No Arrow Shot in Vain

Chapter 185: Chapter 183: No Arrow Shot in Vain

We had just started going into the mountain, and we hadn’t seen even a single feather along the way.

No one was worried. We just kept moving forward. As the sun slowly rise, the early sun reflected on the snow. Pheasants and hares began to come out for food.

Xiao’er held a small stone in her hand all the way, and whenever she saw these little animals, she would throw a stone at them. Once thrown, it would hit its target, knocking them out!

Several people who had never seen Xiao’er’s special skills were shocked and dumbfounded.

No wonder Shen Chengyao would bring these children along. They were trained.

If a girl can do this, then the other three boys must be even more capable! Thinking of this, the others looked at Jingrui and Jinghao with a different gaze.

However, their misunderstanding was huge. The gaze of others made Jingrui and the others feel uncomfortable, but they couldn’t worry too much about it, they were just concentrating on holding their bows and arrows, ready to shoot once they came across any prey!

After journeying the entire morning, by lunchtime, they had only hunted three pheasants and two hares.

A few of them found an open space to sit down, planning to eat some dry food before continuing.

Xiao’er pretended to take out a large bag of sandwiches, meat buns, and steamed buns from her sleeping bag. The buns and steamed buns were still steaming hot.

Shen Chengyao invited everyone to eat. The others all took out the dry food they had brought along and shared it.

"I didn’t expect to eat hot buns in the deep mountains and old forests." Dashi held the steaming bun and took a big bite, "Hmm, delicious, too delicious!"

"I kept it in my sleeping bag all the way, so it’s still hot," Xiao’er explained with a smile.

Lai Zhewei and Ming Zhijie both only brought a bow and arrow. Seeing that everyone else brought out food, only the two of them did not, both felt a bit embarrassed. They could only hunt more game to make it up.

"Young Master Lai, Young Master Ming, come on, eat while it’s hot!" Shen Chengyao waved to the two.

The others also called them to eat.

The two were not pretentious, and went along with their words, sat down and ate together.

"This is the high quality food from Uncle Shen’s shop. Normally, I would have to send someone to queue up in the middle of the night to eat this." Lai Zhewei took a bite of the meat bun and affirmed.

He looked at the large bag of meat buns, steamed buns, sandwiches, dried meat, apples, snow pears, and tangerines that Xiao’er had taken out. It was really luxurious to bring out so many high-quality food at once.

"I heard that the high-quality food in Little Brother Yao’s shop is pricey. How many coins did I gobble up with this bite?" Shen Cheng’an didn’t know the specific price, he was just joking.

"This bun is bigger than the ones at the tea house. At the tea house, there are three in a basket and each basket costs 500 coins! Now this one is equivalent to two from the tea house. Uncle Cheng’an took half of it with one bite, so it must be over 100 coins per bite!" Ming Zhijie’s house sends people to queue to buy high-quality food every day. The high-quality food they buy is always reserved for him first.

He overheard his servants chitchatting, saying that some of the high-quality foods looked quite ordinary, and they didn’t understand why so many people bought them.

But he personally tasted the deliciousness and benefits of high-quality food. At least, his weak body has become no different from a normal person, so he doesn’t think it’s expensive, but rather, it’s a good value.

Upon hearing this, the bun Shen Cheng’an was swallowing got stuck in his esophagus!

Dashi and the others, hearing this, were scared to eat. Holding the half-eaten bun in their hands, they didn’t know whether to eat it or not.

One hundred coins per bite! Weren’t they taking advantage of other people’s generosity?

Seeing this, Xiao’er laughed and said, "These are all things we produced at home, they took some effort, but they’re not worth anything! Uncles, eat quickly, it’s not good when it gets cold."

"Yes, they all take some effort to produce, and we’re not running out of it. Everyone eat quickly. The things you brought, I won’t be polite with you." After saying this, Shen Chengyao picked up the pancake Dashi brought and began eating heartily.

They grew up together as brothers. Seeing Shen Chengyao like this, everyone loosened up and began to eat heartily.

After lunch, they didn’t rest and continued deeper into the mountains.

This time, Xiao’er didn’t let them wander around as she did in the morning. Instead, she purposefully or unconsciously started to walk in front, leading them in the direction pointed out by Bai Tian.

They quickly spotted two roe deer, but the large group scared them away.

Shen Chengyao and the others wanted to chase after them, but Xiao’er stopped them, "Dad, don’t chase. Roe deer have a unique trait; they are very curious creatures. If they run for a while and realize we’re not chasing after them, they’ll come back to check. We just need to hide and wait."

Everyone listened with doubt, but nonetheless, they each found a place to hide.

After a while, true enough, the two roe deer came back.

Xiao’er acted promptly. She threw a slightly large stone and knocked out one of the deer.

The other was shot by Lai Zhewei.

Hunting down two roe deer in just half a day, everyone was ecstatic.

After the two deer were settled, they continued forward, without encountering any more animals along the way.

But they were not in a hurry.

Bai Tian had mentioned there was a deer herd not far ahead. Xiao’er led in front, and when they were nearing the herd, she ran back to the team, whispering, "There’s a deer herd up ahead. Let’s move silently, without making any noise. It’s easier to shoot them while they are eating. We’ll release our arrows together when I give the signal; we should be able to hit at least a few."

Everyone, not able to contain their excitement, nodded in understanding.

Deer! They are worth a lot of silver.

Xiao’er led her team quietly, creeping forward.

Each of them found a place to hide among a pile of rocks and underbrush.

Xiao’er crouched a bit far off. She took out her bow and arrow, checked the surroundings, aimed, gave an OK signal, drew her bow, and released her arrow!

Over a dozen arrows whizzed through the air toward the deer herd.

As soon as Xiao’er shot her first arrow, she swiftly set another, aimed at a deer that had fallen while trying to escape. Just as it was getting up to run, an arrow pierced its body.

By then, the deer who could run had fled.

"Wow!" Everyone cheered, rushing down the hill.

Lai Zhewei and Ming Zhijie looked at Xiao’er in astonishment. She was amazing; they saw her shoot two arrows, and both hit their targets.

Shen Zixuan, who had already witnessed Xiao’er’s prowess, was not overly surprised.

The deer herd could almost be considered for target practice, and Dashi and the others were diligent. During their free time from farming, they would go hunting in the mountains. Their archery skills were also quite good.

So out of the dozen or so arrows released, not one missed.

A total of sixteen deer were bagged, seven of which were stags.

Youfu and Youcai jumped with excitement.

"This is the first time I’ve hunted a deer! I wouldn’t even dare to dream about it before!" Dashi, standing beside the deer he shot, admired it as if it were a piece of art.

"Me too, the first time, God, this is a big break!" Youfu stroked the antler of the stag.

"In the following days, even if we don’t catch a single chicken, it will still be better than previous years!" Youcai believed they had hit the jackpot.

"That’s right. We should quickly load up the deer and go deeper. Maybe we’ll run into something even better!" The village chief was also happy. It had been many years since he hunted a deer.

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