Wealthy Beauty in the 60s-Chapter 227 - 226: Xia Xiao’s State of Mind (Advancing Step by Step and the He’s Bi++)

Chapter 227: Chapter 226: Xia Xiao’s State of Mind (Advancing Step by Step and the He’s Bi++)

"Good grief, and here I thought it was some wild beast, but it turns out to be a deer," Gao Jiaxing revealed a smile on his face, and he didn’t rush to grab the deer; instead, he went to fill his water bottle first.

Shitou said, "See, he doesn’t need much thought from you to find food; a capable person won’t starve anywhere."

Xia Xiao nodded, days were indeed slowly getting better, and Gao Jiaxing had been trained in martial arts since he was young and often went hunting in the mountains. Even though he was now a soldier, soldiers still had guns. If they really went hunting, they certainly wouldn’t have to worry about a lack of meat.

Xia Xiao thought Gao Jiaxing would return after filling up his water, but unexpectedly, the lad agilely climbed up a tree and then squatted down with his gun on the lookout.

"What’s he doing?" Shitou asked again.

"He’s probably trying to use the deer to lure other wild animals," Xia Xiao said.

After a long while, Xia Xiao felt somewhat tired, even thinking about whether to take some pheasants and hares out of his space to let Gao Jiaxing hunt.

But Gao Jiaxing clearly had much more patience than Xia Xiao; just as Xia Xiao was about to get a couple of pheasants out, he heard Shitou say, "They’re here, the wolves are coming."

Wolves, Xia Xiao paused; wolves usually come out of their dens in groups.

Xia Xiao quickly climbed up the tree too and saw several wolves coming. He counted them, and there were seven. Xia Xiao’s heart lifted again, feeling that Gao Jiaxing was taking too big of a risk. Even with a gun, wolves were ferocious beasts, and seven were not a few.

Bang, Gao Jiaxing took aim and fired a shot, hitting a wolf in the head, and immediately one wolf fell.

Roar, when the wolves heard the gunshot and saw their companion fall dead, they howled and immediately fled.

Gao Jiaxing opened fire a few more times, hitting another wolf, before jumping down from the tree.

Xia Xiao had thought he would see Gao Jiaxing fighting the wolves, but it was resolved so easily, yet it was also the horror of the gunshot that terrified the wolves.

Then Gao Jiaxing carried a deer on his shoulder and dragged two wolves back to the mountaintop. Xia Xiao watched and sympathized with his effort, but he couldn’t help him.

She knew that Gao Jiaxing must have thought of his group of comrades when he decided to hunt so much game; otherwise, a wild hare would have been enough, let alone a deer.

On the mountaintop, many soldiers had gradually run up. Everyone was quite exhausted. Gao Jiaxing was dragging the deer and wolves halfway when Liu Yuanchao led a few soldiers and followed the marks Gao Jiaxing had made to find him.

"Good grief," Liu Yuanchao’s eyes brightened, and he said, "You really have some skills."

The soldiers became happy too, their eyes shining and faces full of joy.

Gao Jiaxing let go of his burden and threw the deer down from his shoulder before tossing Liu Yuanchao his water bottle.

Liu Yuanchao took a drink, then threw the water bottle to the other soldiers, each taking a gulp of water.

At this time, from a distance, Xia Xiao saw that Liu Yuanchao and a few soldiers were covered with water bottles. Liu Yuanchao and the soldiers searched for water in the direction Gao Jiaxing pointed, while Gao Jiaxing stayed put to pick up firewood.

When Liu Yuanchao and the others returned, everyone worked together to bring back the deer, the wolves, and the firewood.

The mountaintop had already gathered quite a few soldiers. Seeing Gao Jiaxing and Liu Yuanchao returning with game and water, everyone cheered.

If you climbed up, you’d have something to eat; if you couldn’t make it up, you’d have nothing.

Thus, Gao Jiaxing could lure a group of soldiers up with just a wild rabbit. It showed how much everyone loved to eat meat, even though a wild rabbit wasn’t enough for even one bite, but it still filled them with motivation.

Everyone roasted the deer, rabbit, and a wolf and ate them, singing songs on the mountaintop, merry indeed. The remaining bones of the deer and wolf, along with a head, were brought back to the troops.

After this, Gao Jiaxing earned even more admiration and confirmation from everyone. At least in the eyes of the new recruits, although Gao Jiaxing still couldn’t compare to Liu Yuanchao, he was the one most likely to defeat Liu Yuanchao first.

After eating and drinking their fill, Xia Xiao returned to the troops with them. The deer and wolf bones they brought back were even used to make soup.

Of course, they picked the firewood themselves, took turns cooking, and sewed their own clothes when they tore.

Xia Xiao realized that in this recruits’ platoon, there were too few people, and they were all new recruits, all men, not a single woman – everything was done by themselves.

Thinking of the holes in Gao Jiaxing’s shoes, Xia Xiao realized she had never prepared any shoes or socks for Gao Jiaxing, and she hadn’t even thought about it.

She had always assumed that once Gao Jiaxing joined the troops, the army would provide whatever he was missing. Now seeing their hardship here, she realized everything had to be done by themselves.

They had to grow their own melons and vegetables and grind their own tofu. They didn’t raise chickens or pigs. There was barely enough to eat, let alone to feed livestock.

After staying for two days, Xia Xiao left. She could have stayed another day, but thinking of Gao Jiaxing’s tattered shoes and socks, she decided to go back and buy shoes and socks to send to him.

Xia Xiao came quietly and left just as quietly, apart from adding some spring water to Gao Jiaxing’s and Liu Yuanchao’s water bottles before she went, she did nothing else.

Gao Jiaxing actually didn’t know that Xia Xiao had been by his side for the past two days. After Xia Xiao left, Gao Jiaxing found some free time and sent a letter to her.

Once back in the small town, Xia Xiao bought two pairs of liberation shoes, ten pairs of socks, and two jars of pickles for Gao Jiaxing. But then she remembered Liu Yuanchao, her cousin, and couldn’t neglect him, so she bought a share for him too and sent them together.

After sending the package, Xia Xiao realized she hadn’t left a note for Gao Jiaxing, but he would know it was from her by the handwriting on the envelope. Since she had divided it into two parts, Gao Jiaxing would understand.

Before going back to the production team, Xia Xiao took a trip to Black Bear Cave to dry out the vegetables from her space.

Now the Black Bears would help out Xia Xiao, although not yet fully communicative, but they knew she wanted to bring vegetables out in the morning to dry and take them back in the evening.

So now, when Xia Xiao brought vegetables to them, the Black Bears would help her dry them. Xia Xiao left some for the bears to eat, added some spring water to their pottery jar, took a jar of honey, and left.

Xia Xiao returned to the town, thinking about buying some wool and fabric to learn how to knit sweaters, but she ran into Feng Ying, Liu Haihua, and Liu Yue. The trio’s relationship was thriving.

Only then did Xia Xiao learn that Liu Yue was going to marry Luo Mingzhe. They were in town shopping for the wedding. Thinking of Yang Xuehua, Xia Xiao sighed inwardly.

Liu Yue’s marriage to Luo Mingzhe didn’t concern Yang Xuehua directly, yet with the two production teams so close, marriages were commonplace. The affairs concerning Yang Xuehua must have reached the Red Star Production Team. Now with Liu Yue marrying Luo Mingzhe, if it stirred emotions in Yang Xuehua, Xia Xiao couldn’t help but worry. Without lingering in the town, she hurried back to the production team.

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