Time Travel: My Comfortable Life After Going to the Countryside

"Poke a few small holes in the intestines to prevent the blood sausage from bursting. Cook until the blood sausage floats to the surface, then it's ready to eat. I'm going to dig a hole to hide the roe deer meat."

Liu Xiangyang went outside, found a relatively flat spot, and dug a pit a meter deep. He put the roe deer meat in, and for each layer of meat, he piled up a large layer of snow to cover it. He continued until he had covered it with three layers before putting all the meat in. Then he placed a large, immovable rock on top to weigh it down.

Zuo Qingqing was busy until noon and finally finished cooking the roe deer blood sausage. For lunch, she ate the homemade blood sausage, stir-fried with roe deer heart and liver.

"The game I hunted myself is so delicious, I'm about to burst!" Zuo Qingqing said as she ate.

"Eat quickly, after you finish, we'll continue into the mountains." Liu Xiangyang shoveled the last two bites of rice into his mouth and urged her to eat quickly.

"I...I've...finished too." Seeing that Liu Xiangyang had finished eating, Zuo Qingqing quickly shoveled a few mouthfuls of food into her mouth.

After tidying up their gear, the two continued their journey. Their equipment was much simpler: Liu Xiangyang carried a basket on his back containing some dry food, skis, and a few freshly made roe deer blood sausages, with a hunting knife and a short spear pouch hanging on either side of his waist.

Zuo Qingqing's method was quite simple; she used two short spears as hiking poles.

After walking for more than an hour, the two arrived at a wooded area. Along the way, they found many traces of wild animals, but they were all rabbit or squirrel footprints, so neither of them said they wanted to chase after them.

Upon entering the woods, Liu Xiangyang finally discovered some new footprints. The newly appeared footprints on the snow were traces of wild animals that had just been active nearby.

However, there were several types of footprints. After careful examination, Liu Xiangyang confirmed that there were deer footprints and feline footprints as well.

Looking at the feline footprints, he felt both nervous and excited. He whispered to Zuo Qingqing, "Do you know how to use a hunting rifle?"

"I know how to use it, what's wrong?"

"I've found the footprints of a wild animal, but we can't be sure if it's a tiger or a leopard. Do you want to give chase?" He looked at Zuo Qingqing seriously.

"Go for it. It's not easy to meet someone like this. If you don't go for it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Zuo Qingqing hesitated for a moment, then said firmly.

"Okay, take this hunting rifle. But you must follow my instructions and not do anything reckless, understand?" Liu Xiangyang took the hunting rifle out of the basket and handed it to her.

Liu Xiangyang unleashed his full mental power, and the two carefully and quickly followed the footprints. They let go of the flying dragons, roe deer, and deer they encountered along the way, firmly following the feline footprints.

After chasing for another half hour, the footprints disappeared. The two searched the area again but found no new footprints.

"After chasing for so long, I still failed in the end. It's so infuriating!" Zuo Qingqing stomped her foot.

"Shh, it hasn't left. I feel like it's watching us." Liu Xiangyang looked around, then suddenly noticed his bearskin cloak and slapped his forehead: "I know what's going on."

He walked behind a large tree, took off his bearskin cloak, and put it in his basket. "It probably thinks we're blind bears. Let's keep chasing."

The two chased after it until it was almost dark, and finally found new footprints. The footprints were sharp and clear, and there was snow inside them, which meant that it had just passed through this area.

He told Zuo Qingqing this information, "You must stay close to me. We are very close to it and it could pounce at any time."

After chasing for several more miles, it had completely darkened and there was no light left. Although this did not affect Liu Xiangyang, he still decided to settle down first.

After finding a sheltered spot, I said, "I'll dig a hole here. Go gather some firewood from nearby. We'll rest here tonight, so be careful."

"Yes, I'll be careful."

Taking advantage of Zuo Qingqing's departure, Liu Xiangyang quickly used his spatial ability to dig a pit a meter deep and a meter wide, then used his spatial ability to extract the soil and pile it around the pit.

They cut down a few more small trees and laid them across the mound to keep wild animals out.

After doing all that, Liu Xiangyang went out and found Zuo Qingqing. The two of them carried back a pile of firewood.

Zuo Qingqing stared in disbelief at the huge pit: "What did you use to dig that? So fast, so well."

"Hey, shovel, hurry up and get down there. You've been running around all day and it's freezing cold," Liu Xiangyang changed the subject.

The two went down into the pit. Liu Xiangyang surrounded it with soil in one corner, piled up firewood and lit it. The pit slowly warmed up. They then filled their enamel mugs with snow and placed them on the soil to burn.

They spread a roe deer skin across the fire, and the two sat down, taking out steamed buns and dried meat to roast by the fire.

"Do you think we can catch it?" The firelight made Zuo Qingqing's pretty face even more radiant.

"It's hard to say. As I said, this is only my third time in the mountains. I only have theoretical knowledge. It might come and snatch you away at night."

"Are you trying to die? Why didn't we just carry you away?"

"Your flesh is so tender, look how juicy it is." He pinched Zuo Qingqing's cheek.

Zuo Qingqing blushed even more. "But your meat is chewy. I think it will like to eat your meat even more."

"Regardless of whose flesh it likes to eat, we need to fill our stomachs first, eat, and go to sleep quickly so we can see if we can catch it tomorrow."

After they finished eating, they added a few large pieces of wood to the fire, chatted for a while, and then Zuo Qingqing fell asleep.

Liu Xiangyang tightened the branches at the top, put on his bearskin cloak, leaned against the wall, and fell asleep.

Before dawn the next day, Liu Xiangyang was awakened by noises from the mountains. Neither of them had slept well the night before, as animals would occasionally pass by, making rustling noises that startled them.

He shook Zuo Qingqing awake. "It's almost dawn, get up quickly."

"Hmm, my back aches from sleeping so much." Zuo Qingqing stretched, rubbed her eyes, and woke up.

Liu Xiangyang rekindled the fire, scooped out two cups of snow and boiled it. The two ate a few steamed buns with the hot water and then continued on their way.

Returning to the spot where we found the footprints yesterday, they were completely covered by snow. Luckily, we had left a mark to indicate the direction.

The two of them chased after the direction they had marked yesterday, and spent another morning in the mountains without finding any new footprints.

Finally, the two rested under a tree, ate something, and replenished their energy.

"Let's chase them for another afternoon. If we still can't find them, we'll go back tomorrow. We've been out for two or three days already. If we don't go back soon, the village will come looking for us," Liu Xiangyang said, taking a bite of dried meat.

"Okay, this is like running around like a headless fly, it feels even more tiring than going to the fields."

"But I did manage to hunt a roe deer, so it was worth the trip, right?" She tilted her head and asked Liu Xiangyang.

Liu Xiangyang: "Yes, it was definitely worth the trip. Have you rested enough? Let's continue searching."