Seeing Gu Yi so on board, Song Lin was very satisfied.
Although he could earn a lot of money by dispensing hot pot base daily, he had not been hunting in the mountains for months and missed it in his heart.
“Wait then, I’ll get my bow and arrows, we won’t go far away, just go around the forest.”
The family had a business now and he couldn’t go up to the mountains for days at a time like he used to. It would be good to go and have a good time today.
After saying that, he turned back, “The boy’s mother, bring out my hunting clothes, I’ll take Yi’er for a trip to the mountains, the boy has long begged me to take him to see something, so I’ll take him for a trip before it gets completely cold.”
Xu had long heard his words with Gu Yi and quickly took out his clothes and put them on the bed.
She also went to Song Shen’s house and asked for one of his clothes and took it to Song Wan Yue’s house, “Yi’er, these are your second brother’s clothes, try them on.”
Gu Yi’s brocade clothes, I’m afraid, were all scratched up before he could walk up the mountain, Song Shen’s body was of coarse cloth, made when the family still had no money, and later wore fine cotton cloth, which he didn’t throw away and kept.
Gu Yi took the clothes over.
Xu waved towards Song Wan Yue, and the two mothers came out of the house and waited at the door.
Gu Yi finished changing and also came out of the house.
Although Gu Yi and Song Shen were the same age, Gu Yi had grown up eating and drinking well, and was slightly taller than Song Shen, so the clothes he wore were a good deal shorter, with his ankles showing.
“This won’t do.”
Xu went to Song Shen’s house again and asked him to find a set of clothes that Song Si used to wear, compared them to Gu Yi’s body, hurried back, cut a strip off the bottom, quickly sewed it up, and gathered it around the waist, brought it over again for Gu Yi to try on, and it fit perfectly.
“Auntie’s hands are so clever, my mother wouldn’t be able to make clothes, I had all my clothes made by an embroiderer.”
Song Wan Yue secretly glared at him, last time mother had only made him two clothes, she didn’t believe Gu Yi had forgotten so quickly, he deliberately said this to get mother to make him clothes again.
As expected, Xu said, “If you have any material at home, bring it here and auntie will make it for you.”
“Thank you, auntie, I’ll send Xiao Si back for it later.”
Song Wangyue rolled her big white eyes towards the sky.
Song Lin was already waiting in the courtyard, “Are you dressed yet?”
“Yes.”
“No.”
Two voices rang out at the same time, Gu Yi’s in the front and Song Wangyue’s in the back.
Xu looked at her in surprise.
Song Wangyue took her hand and pouted, “Mother, I want to go along too.”
She rarely pouted, as long as she pouted, even if she asked for a star in the sky, Xu would climb up and pick it for her.
“Good, remember, stay with your father, don’t wander around.”
“Got it, Mother, you guys hurry up and get out, I’ll change my clothes.”
Song Lin was overjoyed that his daughter was also following, in the past he had gone into the mountains to hunt for days, the family could not afford to let Song Wan Yue follow, this was the first time he had led Song Wan Yue.
This was the first time he had ever led Song Wangyue. “Yue’er, just wait and see, today dad will make sure to hunt some big fat rabbits for you, so that you can also see what dad can do.”
“Yes, if dad hunts rabbits, I will make you rabbit stew, stewed rabbit meat, stir-fried spicy rabbit meat, stir-fried rabbit meat with ginger and scallion, braised rabbit meat ……”
With each kind she said, Song Lin and Gu Yi had to gulp a little, and when she finished, Song Lin was already impatient to go outside.
Gu Yi and Song Wan Yue followed behind, and along the way, people from the village kept greeting them, and Song Lin responded one by one, not forgetting to add, “Lead the two children to the mountains.”
The bow and arrows he carried were so conspicuous that people could not help but look at them a few more times.
Song Lin’s tone was a little showy, “This is something Yi’er bought for me on purpose, knowing that I like hunting.”
The crowd became even more envious.
Song Lin’s back was straight and he walked with the wind of a tiger. Song Wangyue and Gu Yi were struggling to follow behind, but after a while, they were panting.
“Father, slow down!”
Song Lin turned around and realised that he was walking too fast, so he slowed his pace.
Gu Yi instantly looked at Song Wan Yue.
“Father should save his strength for later to go up the mountain to hunt rabbits.”
Song Lin had a momentary loss. His daughter was older, and he would have even less chance to carry her in the future.
Gu Yi took the opportunity to pull Song Wan Yue’s hand, “I’ll tug you, you can save some strength.”
Song Lin’s loss turned into discomfort, but he couldn’t say it out loud, so he could only glare at Gu Yi, turn around and continue on his way.
The corners of Gu Yi’s mouth snuck up.
Once inside the mountain, Song Lin deliberately slowed down his pace and walked slowly towards the inside.
The weather in September was not too cool, and the sunlight was still warm as it fell vaguely through the leaves.
The three of them had walked a long way when Song Lin suddenly stopped and put his finger to his lips in a “no sound” motion. Song Wangyue and Gu Yi immediately stopped and watched as he took his bow and arrows in his hands, pulled the arrows out of his back quiver and placed them on the string, slowly pulling them out and letting go with a jerk, the arrows flew out and hit the prey with a poof.
“Shot!”
Gu Yi pulled Song Wan Yue and darted over, picking up the still struggling rabbit, smiling with joy, “Uncle, you really have no false arrows.”
This flattered Song Lin, “That’s nothing. One year I even shot a wild boar, and it took five or six people to carry it down the mountain.”
“Uncle is too strong.”
“Walk further, the wild rabbits are plentiful and fat at this time of year, very tasty.”
Gu Yi pulled the arrow off, put the rabbit down and pulled out a handkerchief to wipe the arrow clean before handing it back to Song Lin, “Listen to uncle.”
Song Lin took it, put it into the quiver on his back, and continued on his way with his bow and arrows.
Gu Yi threw the blood-soaked handkerchief on the hare and pulled Song Wan Yue’s hand to follow.
Not far away, Xiao Si silently stepped forward and picked up both the hanky and the hare.
After walking a long distance, Song Lin stopped abruptly, bent down and turned back to signal Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi not to make any noise.
Song Lin then quietly looked up and watched.
In the distance, there was a wild boar misoing the body of a tree, fat and not at all smaller than the one he had hunted that year.
Song Lin did not dare to make a rash move.
If he was alone, he could move quickly to another place and take another arrow if he missed. But he had Yue’er and Yi’er with him, so he could not act rashly. If the wild boar didn’t get hunted and hurt the two of them instead, it wouldn’t be worth it!
“Father-in-law ……”
Seeing his body tense, Gu Yi called out to him almost inaudibly, Song Lin instantly put his hand on his lips, signaling him not to speak, and told him with his mouth, “It’s a wild boar.”
Gu Yi slowly straightened up, wanting to see what the boar looked like, but Song Wan Yue’s gaze fell on a bush in the distance, if she was right, it should have been Pan Lan Gen.
