Chapter 137 The idea of ​​taming wolves

Not long after, a little head suddenly popped in from the door of the bathhouse. The boy opened a pair of big eyes and looked at the big water tank through the white steam. She could vaguely see a fair, smooth and handsome face, which made her swallow unconsciously and a look of envy appeared in her eyes.

Big brother, how does he look like this?

How come she is so beautiful?

I wish I could be this beautiful in the future!

Xu Dani looked forward to it eagerly in her heart, then quickly retracted her head and shouted loudly.

"Big brother, big brother, the meal is ready, you can eat now!"

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute!"

Hearing the sound, Li Guoqiang immediately came back to his senses from his dazed state, and hurriedly stood up, splashing a large amount of water, revealing his smoothly-lined muscles and tall, toned figure.

With this figure, not to mention the girls, even he himself couldn't help but feel confused when he saw it.

Moreover, since he can gain some attribute points every day, he can keep his body in the most perfect condition every day. He doesn't have to worry about his skin getting worse or his body shape getting out of shape. This is much better than those people who lifted weights and took care of themselves all day in their previous life.

It’s a pity that there is no such profession as model in our country these days, otherwise, with his figure and appearance, he could become a super male model in minutes.

Soon, he put on his clothes and walked into the house.

When Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani saw Li Guoqiang come in, they both felt their eyes brighten, as if they were seeing a handsome man coming out of the bath.

Li Guoqiang had long been accustomed to their fiery gazes. He climbed straight onto the fire pit, sat in his seat, then reached out for a bowl of warm wine, brought it to his lips and took a sip.

As the spicy wine went down my throat, I instantly felt warm and lazy.

"Come on, don't just drink, try this braised roe deer meat and see if it suits your taste."

Qu Yinfeng greeted him with a laugh, picked up a large piece of tender and delicious stewed roe deer meat with chopsticks and put it in Li Guoqiang's bowl.

"Harmful!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang waved his hands hastily and said seriously, "Why do I need to taste it? I can tell it tastes good just by sniffing it with my nose."

After saying that, he picked up the roe deer meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. An expression of great enjoyment immediately appeared on his face.

"Yeah, delicious!"

"Haha, if it's delicious, eat more!"

Seeing Li Guoqiang like this, Qu Yinfeng couldn't help but smiled happily and said, "Here, roe deer meat is the most suitable for nourishing the body."

"Come to think of it, I haven't eaten roe deer meat for many years. When I was young, I would take Kunzi into the mountains every winter to hunt a roe deer for my family to eat."

"It's a pity that they were unlucky and were killed by a giant insect."

When she said this, her expression suddenly became a little sad, and her eyes became misty.

"aunt!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly spoke softly to comfort her: "Let the past be the past! I'm here to make sure you and Dani live a good life."

"Besides, you saw it with your own eyes a few days ago. I have already killed those two man-eating beasts. This can be regarded as revenge for my uncle and Brother Kunzi, so you should stop thinking about these things in the future."

"Ok!"

Qu Yinfeng nodded, and then said with some gratitude: "We have to thank God for letting our family meet such a noble person like you, otherwise, how could we, the grandmother and grandson, live such a good life!"

"You are serious!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly waved his hands and said, "As the saying goes, people are all made of flesh and blood. You, Uncle, and Dani are all so kind to me, so of course I have to do my best to let you live a good life!"

"Besides, we are a family now, and we should not have different opinions. Let's forget about it this time. If you continue to talk to me in such a distant way in the future, I will be very angry!"

"Row!"

Qu Yinfeng was slightly stunned, then quickly reached out to wipe away her tears, nodded with a look of relief on her face and said, "Then I won't say anything, and I won't say anything in the future!"

As she spoke, she saw Xu Dani sitting nearby, staring eagerly at the roe deer meat in the basin, and hurriedly said, "Well, let's eat it while it's hot!"

Hearing this, Xu Dani first turned her head to look at Li Guoqiang, then picked up her chopsticks and continued eating.

Li Guoqiang didn't say anything else. He immediately took a bite of meat and sipped wine, slowly savoring the delicious food in front of him.

Having said that, as he helped to light the fire and cook from time to time, and his various martial arts skills improved, his cooking skills had unknowingly improved from L2 (98/100) to L4 (68/100), which was not much different from Qu Yinfeng's cooking skills.

If he were to cook the braised roe deer meat himself, it would probably taste delicious.

However, compared to doing things himself, he still prefers a life of having everything provided for him.

Moreover, the favor he had brought to Qu Yinfeng was already great enough. If he didn't let Qu Yinfeng do something for him, how could she feel at ease?
As the saying goes, great kindness can turn into great hatred.

He didn't want them to turn from family into enemies.

Not long after, after finishing her meal, Qu Yinfeng took Xu Dani to the outer room to wash dishes and pots, and feed Dahuang, and then went to the bathhouse to fetch water for a bath.

By the time they finished their shower and returned to the house, it was completely dark outside.

Xu Dani, who had just taken a bath and smelled delicious, threw herself into Li Guoqiang's arms as usual as soon as she got on the kang, and pestered him to tell her the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang had no choice but to put down the knife and wood in his hands, hug Xu Dani and tell her some fairy tales he had heard in his previous life, and also tell her some principles of life.

Qu Yinfeng was sitting on the other side, sewing the soles of shoes in the dim light of the kerosene lamp, while looking at Li Guoqiang and Xu Dani with a smile on her face.

Not long after, Xu Dani fell asleep in Li Guoqiang's arms.

Li Guoqiang looked at the little girl's rosy face, a hint of doting flashed in his eyes, then he picked her up gently and put her into the quilt next to him.

Then, he did not go to sleep immediately, but picked up the knife and wood again, and while chopping and carving, he also practiced his carpentry skills and butchering skills.

Although the skill experience gained in this way is not as much as that gained from making furniture or slaughtering livestock, the advantage is that it can be refreshed anytime and anywhere.

After the wood had turned into a small puppet and gained some skills and experience, he put the things into the kang cabinet and got into his own bed.

When Qu Yinfeng saw that Li Guoqiang was getting ready to go to bed, she did not continue sewing the soles. She immediately put down the basket, turned off the kerosene lamp, and lay down on the other side to sleep.

However, after she closed her eyes, she couldn't fall asleep for a long time. She kept thinking about how to repay Li Guoqiang's kindness and how to ensure that Li Guoqiang would not abandon Xu Dani in the future. She knew that a young man as outstanding as Li Guoqiang would have to go back to the city sooner or later.

Moreover, this time may come soon.

At that time, she couldn't stop Li Guoqiang from leaving, right?
At the same time, she had no way to ask Li Guoqiang to take Xu Dani with him.

Every time she thought of this problem, she couldn't help feeling worried.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Now that she has finally lived a good life and found someone to rely on, she naturally doesn't want to go back to her previous lonely and miserable life.

How to do it?

After thinking about it, she still couldn't think of any good solution.

If Xu Dani was older, she could consider letting Xu Dani be a bed-warmer for Li Guoqiang. As long as there was that kind of relationship, she wouldn't have to worry about leaving Xu Dani alone and helpless in the world after she was gone.

But Xu Dani is only 6 years old now, this is simply impossible.

As for asking Xu Dani to be Li Guoqiang's goddaughter, she couldn't even say it.

You can't let Li Guoqiang, an unmarried young man, have a burden around him, right?

She could not do such a thing as repaying kindness with enmity.

Thinking of this, she sighed secretly, then silently suppressed this worry in her heart and slowly fell asleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Li Guoqiang had just finished breakfast with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani when Ma Hongying and Shang Xiuzhen came running to the door with excited looks on their faces, waiting for him to lead the team into the mountains to hunt wild wolves.

Although they had exceeded the task target yesterday, the deadline was still five days. Even if they were not going to hunt more wolves and other animals, they had to continue going into the mountains in order to get the ten work points per day.

Li Guoqiang was not surprised by this. He quickly packed up his things and took Dahuang with him, Ma Hongying, Shang Xiuzhen and others, and walked towards the back mountain.

Seeing Li Guoqiang bringing Da Huang, Ma Hongying couldn't help but ask in confusion: "Li Guoqiang, aren't we going to continue using bait to lure the wolves today?"

"No!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then reached out and patted the shovel and spade on his back, and said softly: "Let's go into the mountains today to dig a few wolf caves and set some traps."

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Hongying's face immediately showed a look of realization.

Although her shooting skills were not as good as Li Guoqiang's, she grew up in this mountain village and knew what a wolf kiln was.

The so-called wolf den is a trap set up so that wolves fall into the trap and cannot get out, and are captured alive.

The main reason why Li Guoqiang wanted to dig a wolf cave to hunt wolves was that he wanted to catch a few wild wolves and try to tame them in his small world.

If he could successfully tame a few wolves, he could let the wolves pull the sled, and he could experience the speed and passion on the snow anytime and anywhere.

If he fails to tame the beast, he won't lose anything, at least he can use this opportunity to brush up on his beast taming skills.

Ma Hongying and Shang Xiuzhen were naturally unaware of this. After knowing Li Guoqiang's plan, they did not raise any questions and acted as if they were following Li Guoqiang's lead.

Ever since they witnessed Li Guoqiang's ability to hit heads with every shot yesterday, they have firmly believed in Li Guoqiang's strength.

At this point, let alone asking them to join us in digging wolf caves, even if they were asked to take a fishing rod to catch wolves, they probably wouldn't object.

Soon, they followed Li Guoqiang into the mountains.

Along the way, Dahuang kept running around nearby, trying to help find traces of prey, but he never found anything.

Li Guoqiang also used his hunting skills to seriously look for the route that the wolves might have passed, and finally succeeded in finding a mountain path in a mixed wood.

Afterwards, he found a place on the mountain path that was more suitable for digging a trap, dug up the snow with a shovel, and asked Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying to collect some firewood to burn to thaw the frozen soil.

When the fire died down, he took a shovel and started working hard.

Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying were responsible for shoveling the soil he dug out to the side.

After working for more than three hours, they finally dug out a pit that was more than two meters long, wide and high.

If it weren't for the fact that his physical fitness has improved significantly, he would have probably collapsed from exhaustion by now.

After digging the pit, he used a knife to cut out more than ten wooden poles, and then nailed them in a cross shape on the earth wall 30 centimeters and 1.5 meters high from the bottom of the pit, forming a wooden stick cage.

In this way, when the prey accidentally falls in, its body will be trapped in the cage, unable to get up or down. This can prevent the prey from escaping and make it easier to capture it alive when the time comes.

After dealing with the tic-tac-toe pole, Li Guoqiang pulled the rope and climbed out of the pit, and then immediately busied himself covering the pit with branches, soil, fallen leaves and snow.

With the smell of fresh earth masked by the snow, he had no need to worry that the suspicious wolves would avoid the trap.

In addition, this trap is not only used to hunt wild wolves, but can also be used to hunt other medium and large animals. It can even be maintained and used for a long time, which can be said to be a lifelong benefit.

After finishing the work, Li Guoqiang saw that it was getting late, so he took Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying to find a small valley sheltered from the wind, lit a fire, and had a meal.

"Li Guoqiang, do you think we can kill the wild wolf today?"

After dinner, Shang Xiuzhen looked at Li Guoqiang, who looked relaxed and comfortable. She hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask a question.

If possible, she would like to see the envy and jealousy of other educated youth every day.

"do not know!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang glanced at Shang Xiuzhen, then shook his head and said truthfully: "Maybe you can hit it, maybe you can't, it depends on luck!"

"Oh!"

When Shang Xiuzhen heard the answer, she nodded somewhat disappointedly and then secretly hoped that there would be some gains today.

Otherwise, when she returns, people will inevitably make sarcastic remarks about her behind her back.

After a while, Li Guoqiang had rested enough and hurriedly took Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying to continue hunting.

(End of this chapter)