Chapter 138 Another gain
Soon, it was past four in the afternoon.

Li Guoqiang glanced at the second wolf kiln in front of him, which had been completed, shook his sore arms, and immediately called Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying to walk towards the location of the first wolf kiln.

At the same time, he also filled the small world with all the snow and soil he had collected while digging the Wolf Kiln today, thus killing two birds with one stone.

After this period of expansion, the area of ​​the small world has increased from more than 20 square meters at the beginning to more than 200 square meters, which is more than ten times.

However, since the small world is in the shape of a round bubble, even though the space that can be expanded every day is the same, and even slightly increases, the land area that can be expanded is slowly decreasing.

Perhaps after three to five years, the land area that can be expanded every day will be reduced from more than 20 square meters to three or four square meters.

Li Guoqiang didn't care much about this. After all, the area that was expanding every day was enough for him to use.

Looking at the fresh and green seedlings in his little world, he couldn't help but swallow slightly.

It has been a long time since he had eaten fresh vegetables. Every day he either eats pickles or sauerkraut, which made his eyes almost turn green.

Fortunately, after this period of planting, fast-growing vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, Chinese cabbage, and water spinach are almost ready to be picked and eaten.

After a few days of hunting wolves, he would pick some vegetables and prepare a mutton hotpot to satisfy his craving.

The only troublesome thing is that it is difficult to explain the origin of the vegetables.

If this happened in a big city, he could still say that these were off-season vegetables grown in a greenhouse, but in this small county in the north, it was hard to find a reliable reason.

If it really doesn't work, I can only say that it was sent from home!

Before long, they arrived near the first wolf kiln.

At this time, Shang Xiuzhen suddenly quickened her pace and ran over to check the situation first, hoping to gain something.

Unfortunately, what came into view was a large area of ​​snow, and there was no prey to take the bait at all.

Li Guoqiang and Ma Hongying walked over, took a glance, then waved their hands calmly and said, "Let's go! It's getting late now, let's go back first and come back to see it early tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he turned around and walked down the mountain without caring about Shang Xiuzhen's disappointed look.

During this day, in addition to digging out two wolf caves, he also set up a lot of traps.

If everything goes well, I won't go home empty-handed tomorrow.

"Let's go back!"

Seeing that Shang Xiuzhen did not move, Ma Hongying felt slightly happy and hurriedly walked forward to pull Shang Xiuzhen.

Compared to Shang Xiuzhen, a hunting novice, she was not surprised at all about returning empty-handed.

Sometimes, not to mention not having any gains in one day, even if there is no gains for ten days or half a month, that is a very normal thing.

Therefore, if you want to learn how to hunt, the first thing you need to learn is patience.

It's like going fishing. If you don't have a little patience, how can you wait for the fish to take the bait?
In fact, Shang Xiuzhen understood this truth, but she just couldn't accept the huge gap between yesterday and today for a moment.

Just as the three of them rushed back to the entrance to the mountain, they happened to run into the team led by Xu Yuchang.

When Xu Yuchang saw Li Guoqiang, he was slightly stunned, then hurriedly waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Qiangzi, Qiangzi, I'm here!"

"Yo!"

Li Guoqiang turned his head and smiled happily, "Brother Chang, what a coincidence!"

"It's quite a coincidence indeed!"

Xu Yuchang nodded, looked at Li Guoqiang's hands and behind him, and then asked in confusion: "Why? Why did you come back empty-handed today?"

"Harmful!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, and then said unhappily: "I didn't raise the prey in this mountain, so why is it strange to come back empty-handed?"

"That's true!"

Xu Yuchang was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't help but said in a depressed tone: "It's like us, we went into the mountains for two days in a row, but in the end we didn't catch anything."

"If I couldn't get some work points, I wouldn't want to go into the mountains again."

Hearing this, the two team members following him nodded in agreement, and then couldn't help but look at Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying with some envy.

Nowadays, everyone in Jinshanbao knows that Li Guoqiang, together with Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying, defeated five wild wolves and a stupid spore yesterday!
If it weren't for the brigade's rule that there should be three people in a team, they would have kicked Xu Yuchang and hugged Li Guoqiang's thighs tightly.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted, and then he laughed and comforted him, "There are still three days left! As long as you work harder, I believe you can definitely kill the wild wolf."

"okay!"

Xu Yuchang waved his hands, and then said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "Don't say nice things to comfort me. I know my own worth. Let alone catching a wild wolf, I will be thankful if I can catch a few rabbits."

After saying that, he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly continued, "By the way, my dad asked you to go home in a few days, saying that he has found a job for you."

"to make!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then nodded happily and agreed, "Then I'll go there as soon as I finish my work in a few days."

Although he can now use teleportation to easily hunt prey in the mountains, he doesn't have to worry about not having meat to eat.

However, compared to game, he is more accustomed to eating pork, especially domesticated pigs these days, which taste so delicious.

So, if there was a chance to get more pork, he would naturally not miss it.

When they heard that he would be able to help people slaughter pigs again, both Xu Yuchang's two team members, Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying felt envious.

You know, killing pigs is not like hunting in the mountains. Most of the time it depends on luck, and it is also safer.

Moreover, it is not only Li Guoqiang who is more accustomed to eating pork, but they are the same.

What's more, only dumplings stuffed with pork have the most authentic taste. Therefore, even if there is game at home, everyone will try to find some pork to make dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

Nowadays, they don't know where to get pork! But Li Guoqiang already has pork delivered to their door, how can they not be envious!
With a sour mood, they soon followed Li Guoqiang and Xu Yuchang back to the village.

When Qu Yinfeng saw Li Guoqiang coming back empty-handed, she briefly asked about the situation and then went to the stove to busy herself with cooking.

Xu Dani hurried to the bathhouse and helped boil water for Li Guoqiang to take a bath.

In the evening, the three of them sat around the kang, eating the spicy duck made by Qu Yinfeng, listening to the radio, and spent a warm night happily.

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

Shang Xiuzhen, Ma Hongying and others arrived at Li Guoqiang's house early in the morning, eagerly waiting for Li Guoqiang to lead the team to set off.

Seeing this situation, Li Guoqiang could only quickly eat some breakfast, and then took Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying into the mountains to check the harvest from the wolf kiln and the traps.

It’s a pity, perhaps because their luck was not good, they didn’t get anything from either the wolf kiln or the sets.

With no other options, Shang Xiuzhen, Ma Hongying and the others could only follow Li Guoqiang to continue looking for places to dig wolf caves and set traps.

After working hard for a whole day, they successfully dug out two wolf caves and set more than a dozen traps.

For Li Guoqiang, even if he didn't catch any prey, this would allow him to collect snow and soil to fill his small world, and at the same time improve his personal attributes a little bit.

But for Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying, it wasn't a big loss.

Because these wolf kilns and covers can be used continuously after they are made.

Even if there is no harvest in the next few days, there is a great possibility of catching prey in the future.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Li Guoqiang hurriedly called Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying to check the two wolf kilns that had been dug yesterday and the sets.

The result was still nothing.

When Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying saw this situation, they couldn't help but wonder if Li Guoqiang had chosen the wrong position.

However, because Li Guoqiang's previous achievements were so impressive, they ended up just thinking about it in their minds.

Soon, it was the fifth day of hunting wolves in the mountains.

Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying, who had always arrived at Li Guoqiang's house early and were waiting to set off, had already begun to question Li Guoqiang's hunting ability after three consecutive days without any gains.

Therefore, that day they arrived at Li Guoqiang's house more than an hour later than usual, with some lack of interest.

Li Guoqiang saw their performance but didn't say anything. He just led the team into the mountains to the wolf kilns they had dug as usual.

During these three days, they dug a total of six wolf caves and set more than fifty traps, successfully allowing Li Guoqiang's hunting skills to break through to the L6 (3/1000) level, which is considered to be a master level.

Logically speaking, with the hunting skills he has mastered, it is impossible that he would get nothing for three consecutive days. Even if he couldn't kill a wild wolf, he should be able to catch some rabbits, pheasants, etc.!
The main reason for this situation is that he is hiding his abilities and not exerting his full strength.

After all, he was a tiger-hunting hero during this period, and he killed five big wild wolves and a stupid roe deer in one go. He had already produced enough phoenix heads.

In order to avoid causing jealousy in others, he could only restrain himself temporarily.

Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying were naturally unaware of this. They just thought that the reason why Li Guoqiang was able to achieve such outstanding results in the past was mainly because of his good marksmanship and good luck.

The original idea of ​​hugging Li Guoqiang's thighs gradually faded with repeated disappointments.

And this is exactly what Li Guoqiang wanted.

He doesn't want to be a popular figure in everyone's eyes, where everyone would want to come over and take a bite.

In a slightly depressing atmosphere, they soon arrived at the location of the first wolf kiln.

When Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying saw the intact Wolf Kiln in front of them, there was no special expression on their faces, as if they had already expected this situation.

Then, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to say hello, they quickly turned around and walked towards the second wolf kiln.

They checked six wolf kilns and more than fifty traps in a row, but still found nothing.

Seeing that most of the day had been wasted, when Li Guoqiang proposed to go back and check it again, Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying immediately rejected his suggestion.

When Li Guoqiang saw them like this, he did not try to persuade them. Instead, he sent them down the mountain, and then went back alone to check the wolf kilns and traps again.

Anyway, he could use the small world to teleport, so it wouldn't take much effort in the end.

After a while, he rechecked more than forty sets and five wolf kilns, leaving only the wolf kiln and a dozen sets that were dug at the beginning unchecked.

Just when he thought he would return empty-handed again today, his figure appeared next to the first wolf kiln. He then saw at a glance the gray-brown wild wolf struggling inside the wolf kiln.

When the wild wolf saw Li Guoqiang suddenly appear, it was stunned for a moment, then its hair suddenly stood up, its fangs bared, and its eyes stared at Li Guoqiang, as if trying to scare him away.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was delighted, then he teleported down, grabbed the wolf by the scruff of the neck with one hand, and brought it into his little world.

Afterwards, he did not immediately collect the extra reward of ten wild wolves, but planned to try to tame this wild wolf and then collect the reward from Jin Dad.

In this way, he could obtain eleven tamed wild wolves at once, and at the same time gain some experience in animal taming skills.

Then, without caring about being happy, he hurried to repair the damaged Wolf Kiln.

With the help of the small world, he quickly restored the Wolf Kiln to its original state. Then he used teleportation to quickly rush back to the village, found Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying, and went to Xu Guangfu's house to hand in the task.

At this time, Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying did not know that Li Guoqiang had gained something else. They went to Xu Guangfu's house and asked Xu Yu'an, the accountant of the first production team, to help them record the work points for the past five days. Then they parted ways with Li Guoqiang and went back home.

Li Guoqiang had no intention of handing in the last captured wolf for the mission, so naturally he could not tell Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying about this.

Although they had helped dig the wolf kiln in the past few days, the harvest he brought them on the first day was more than enough to repay their efforts, and there was no need to feel embarrassed about it.

What's more, it was Shang Xiuzhen and Ma Hongying who gave up first, so how could they blame him?
Soon, he returned to his home with peace of mind. As soon as he entered the house, he was startled by two strange women, one big and one small, sitting on the south kang.

(End of this chapter)