PUGPF – Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Digging Stumps (3)

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The bamboo arrow was extremely quick. Before Lian Fang Zhou and the others had time to help Lian Ze, the golden pheasant screamed and started to thrash on the ground. Before it died, it fluttered into the air a few times.

“Oh, hit! Hit!” Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che clapped their hands and cheered.

Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian also cheered.

Lian Ze scratched his head and grinned widely. His expression was both triumphant and a little embarrassed, he couldn’t help but look sideways at Ah Jian.

“Very good!” Ah Jian nodded.

“Let’s pick it up.” Lian Fang Qing smiled and rushed over, leaving Lian Fang Zhou and the others to catch up.

At this moment, a person suddenly emerged from the dense forest, startling them.

“Uncle Sun!” Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze called out as soon as they could see the visitor clearly.

The person was Sun Zhang Xing.

“It’s you!” Sun Zhang Xing was taken aback, freezing, and then smiled.

At this time, everyone say that the golden pheasant that had fallen to the ground was actually stuck with two arrows, one from Lian Ze and one from Sun Zhang Xing.

No wonder Sun Zhang had appeared just now.

“Haha, this is a coincidence! I’ve caught a lot today, you can take the golden pheasant!” Sun Zhang Xing laughed, leaning over to pull out his arrow.

Lian Ze took the golden pheasant in one hand before he could reach it and looked at it carefully. He looked at Ah Jian, as if to inquire.

Ah Jian snorted softly, seeming to encourage him to make a decision.

Under the puzzled gazes of his siblings and Sun Zhang Xing, Lian Ze carefully pulled out his bamboo arrow and handed the bird with the second arrow to Sun Zhang Xing. He smiled, “Uncle Zhang Xing, my arrow missed. This golden pheasant was hunted by you.”

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Sun Zhang Xing was surprised.

Lian Fang Zhou was also stunned but then she smiled. Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che gave the bird a look of regret but didn’t say anything.

Seeing Sun Zhang Xing standing there, Lian Fang Zhou said, “Uncle Sun, although I can’t tell the difference myself, if Ah Ze has said that it is yours, then this is the pheasant you hunted, take it!”

“Haha,” Sun Zhang Xing laughed and said, smiling: “What are you saying? Ah Ze, I didn’t expect that in such a short time, you actually became such a good archer! In two years, I’m sure you will be as good as Uncle Zhang Xing! I don’t care who shot the golden pheasant, you can keep it. If nothing else, it is a good sign!”

Lian Ze declined twice more but Sun Zhang Xing insisted on not taking it back. He smiled and said, “Fang Zhou, Ah Ze, if you want to insist, I’ll be embarrassed!”

Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze looked at each other, both realizing what Sun Zhang Xing was not saying.

Back when Sun Zhang Xing had first taken Lian Fang Zhou and her brother to pick mushrooms, he had learned that they could be sold. He had asked Lian Fang Zhou to teach his wife how to pick them and Lian Fang Zhou had agreed.

The family had sold mushrooms for twenty-two taels and the couple was very happy. They were planning on tightening their belts and saving for another season. Next year, they would have enough to buy three or four acres of rice fields. Then they could eat without worry.

For this, Sun Zhang Xing and his wife were very grateful to Lian Fang Zhou. After Sun Zhang Xing had come back from hunting, he had wanted to give the Lian family a pheasant and half a hare but Lian Fang Zhou had only accepted this twice before resolutely refusing.

At the time, Sun Zhang Xing had no choice but to give up but the gratitude in his heart had no diminished.

How could be compete with Lian Ze for this golden pheasant now?

Hearing Sun Zhang Xing’s words, Lian Ze was a little embarrassed, so he looked at Lian Fang Zhou.

She smiled: “Since Uncle Sun has said so, then we will suffer!”

Lian Ze smiled at Sun Zhang Xing and said, “Thank you Uncle Zhang Xing!” He pulled out the arrow from the pheasant and carefully wiped it clean before handing it back to Sun Zhang Xing.

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“You’re welcome, its what you deserve!” Sun Zhang Xing smiled and took the arrow with thanks, putting it back into his quiver. He lifted the sack in his other and hand and said, “I have to go first, the young master  of Wang Yuan’s family in Qianxhenzihe Village said that he wants to raise two live pheasants and asked me to catch them. I tried to install a trap in the forest but was only luck today. I need to send them to Master Wang!”

Lian Fang Zhou waited to say goodbye and then asked, “Are you able to sell them at a good price?”

“Yes!” Sun Zhang Xing was obviously very pleased. He smiled, “Master Wang promised me one or two taels!”

The Lian siblings were very happy for him and watched him leave.

“Sister, Brother Ah Jian, shall we keep going? Maybe we can hunt something else!” Lian Fang Qing said.

Ah Jian looked and glanced around the forest. He nodded and smiled: “Let’s stay for another quarter of an hour, then we should head back.”

If they were lucky, they’d find one or two things, if they were not lucky, they could only go home empty handed.

Today, there luck was not so good. The forest was quiet and in the next half an hour, they didn’t encounter anything else.

Lian Ze said, “How about we come early tomorrow, okay?”

Ah Jian nodded. “This time of year, the prey is hiding in remote areas in the deep mountains. When it snows and they can’t stand the cold, they will go to the edge of the forest. When we come again, it will be easier to hunt.”

Lian Fang Qing was immediately very excited. She smiled and said, “Let’s come then, okay, Sister?”

“Stupid!” Lian Che said, “Don’t you remember we haven’t had snow in three years?”

“Oh, that’s right.” Lian Fang Qing was very disappointed.

Lian Fang Zhou felt that Ah Jian wouldn’t talk about this for no reason. She smiled at him and said, “What do you mean, Ah Jian?”

Ah Jian smiled back. “Even if there is no snow in the village, it doesn’t mean there is no snow in the mountains. I think it will snow here. Well, to be precise, it will snow in the deep mountains and the animals will run to the edge of the forest.”

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After hearing this, the siblings became excited again, full of confidence.

Before it got late, they took the donkey and returned home.

The tree stumps were tied in two bundles and placed inside the baskets on the back of the donkey.

Because the stumps had a lot of wild, tangled roots, it was not easy to organize them and there were seven or so trees left over. They chopped two sections of rattan and tied them together with the hoe, Ah Jian easily carrying it on his back.

By the time they arrived home, it was already halfway through the afternoon.

Although Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che had not complained, their small faces were slightly red and their breathing was heavy.

Lian Fang Zhou asked the children to go back first and said softly, “Let Third Aunt know we are taking the tree stumps to San Chakou to plan them. It won’t be good to let them sit overnight.”

The two agreed.

Lian Fang Zhou, Lian Ze, and Ah Jian drove the cart to Xiaohuaguo Mountain in San Chakou.

“Sister, will these wild tree stumps survive if they are planted now?” Lian Ze asked.