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Chapter 17 Taking Lin Feng Up the Mountain

call out.

The bamboo arrow struck the earthen slope but fell powerlessly.

The numbers in Lin Chuan's mind also changed: 10 → 10.1.

This was actually a feature that showed the increase in proficiency. Lin Chuan was overjoyed; his father had given him another surprise.

Before, he could only feel it himself during practice and had no idea how far he was from 20 points. With this, practice has become much less boring.

It's a pity there's still a starting requirement of 10 points, otherwise Lin Chuan would really like to see how many points he has in cooking.

Shhhhhh.

Lin Chuan practiced his skill to 12.6. Lin Xue got up. When the little girl saw Lin Chuan return, she happily ran over with her short legs.

"Brother, you're back! What are you doing here?"

"I'm practicing my bow now. Once I'm done, we'll go hunt wild boars."

"Brother, wild boars are too scary, don't go and hunt them."

"If I don't beat you, you won't get any meat to eat. Didn't you say you love eating meat the most?"

"I can go without eating meat."

Lin Chuan rubbed the little girl's head, then turned to look at Lin Feng, who had just gotten up. Lin Feng's gaze was completely drawn to the bicycle.

"Brother, is this the car you bought?"

"Um."

Lin Feng excitedly ran to see the car, and Lin Xue couldn't resist the temptation and ran to see it too, as this was the family's first car.

The brother and sister chattered away, but Lin Chuan only had eyes for the skill level.

10.1→12.7.

"Bro, I'm going to ride it for a bit."

"Okay, go ahead."

Before riding, Lin Feng took the bag off the bike and handed it to Lin Xue. Lin Xue opened it and saw:

"Wow, a toy car."

"A toy car!"

Lin Feng's voice was even louder than Lin Xue's. He stopped his bicycle and squatted down next to Lin Xue.

"Quick, take it out and let me see. Oh, I'll get it."

"Don't take it, I'll take it."

The two's arguing woke up Mom. As soon as she came out, she saw the little car. There was no way around it; it was too eye-catching—it was pink.

"You're wasting money again. How much does this cost?"

"Mom, it didn't cost any money, it was a gift from someone."

Lin Chuan recounted the story of how, apart from the hooligans, everyone in the county had adopted a sister, and Lin Feng nodded in agreement.

My mother was stunned. She probably couldn't have done what Lin Chuan did.

At that moment, she realized that Lin Chuan had grown up and was more mature than her in handling matters; he was no longer a child.

"Mom, here's the money we have left over today. Keep it."

"How come there are so many?"

Lin Chuan handed his mother a full 290 yuan, enough to buy another bicycle.

"Two wild boar stomachs, Sister Mei gave me two hundred and fifty, I guess that includes the pheasant from yesterday."

"That's too much. Next time you go, bring them something else. Don't charge them. We can't take advantage of people. You can keep these."

As Lin Hongmei spoke, she took out a fifty-yuan note and gave it to Lin Chuan, and then gave Lin Feng ten yuan, which made him beam with joy.

"Mom, what about me? What about me?"

Seeing that both of her older brothers had them, Lin Xue looked up and asked.

Mom was in a good mood today and was unusually generous, taking a dollar out of her pocket and giving it to Lin Xue.

At that time, one yuan had considerable purchasing power. One cent could buy 100 pieces of fruit candy, two pieces of bubble gum could buy 20 pieces, and one cent could buy ten popsicles.

Most importantly, children these days have never seen money before. They have to give their New Year's money to their parents and have never had any money in their own hands.

The little girl looked at the one-yuan coin with great interest.

Seeing the three people closest to him smiling broadly with money in front of him, Lin Chuan's lips also curled into a smile.

very nice.

Such a scene didn't exist in my past life. In my past life, I was doing my homework and reviewing, while my mother and Lin Feng were busy in the fields every day, and my younger sister stayed at home all the time.

Back then, a dollar was practically worth two dollars, so my mom would never give them pocket money.

"Mom, it's almost four o'clock. Don't go to the fields. Let's boil some water and wash our hair early."

"I overslept and you didn't even wake me up," Mom said, a little embarrassed.

"I'll go gather a bundle of firewood; you guys boil the water."

Seeing that the two of them were playing with toy cars, Lin Chuan didn't want to spoil their fun and went to the kitchen by himself.

"You two keep an eye on the fire, and pour some water in when it boils."

"Brother, where are you going?"

"I'll go move the clip to another place."

The traps were set the day before yesterday, but before they could be used, the wild boars returned. They were injured by Lin Chuan and probably won't be back for a while, so setting the traps there would be useless.

"Brother, I'm going too."

"Me too, I'll go."

"Someone needs to watch the fire at home, Xiaoxue, you should stay home."

Lin Xue was already a little scared, but she just wanted to be with them. Seeing that she had things to do at home, she didn't insist, but just told them to be careful.

On the way, Lin Chuan recounted how they had been forced up a tree by wild boar that day.

People here don't have much respect for wild boars anymore. Lin Chuan didn't have any either, but he gained it after experiencing it.

"Wild boars are dangerous. If you encounter them in the mountains, don't disturb them. Find a tree to lean against first, and if they come towards you, climb the tree."

Lin Chuan later reviewed the situation and concluded that the reason the wild boar kept attacking them that day was probably because he had injured the other party first. Usually, wild boars would just ram them a few times as a show of force and then leave.

The two chatted casually and soon arrived at their destination. Sure enough, there were no signs of disturbance at the wild boar's den. The wild boars had already gone far away, and the trap had not been triggered.

Lin Chuan dug open the trap and then demonstrated to Lin Feng how to set it up, pointing to the wild boar's den:

"These semi-pit-like structures in the mountains are usually wild boar dens. If you see one, let me know and we'll go hunt it."

"Brother, you know so much."

Lin Feng's admiration for Lin Chuan not only did not diminish after hearing that Lin Chuan had been forced up a tree by wild boars, but instead reached its peak.

"Don't move."

On the way back, Lin Chuan stopped Lin Feng, only to find a rabbit in the grass in the distance.

Rabbits are prolific breeders and grow quickly, so there should be quite a few on the mountains.

However, they are not commonly seen because rabbits are nocturnal and twilight animals, and their activity times are completely different from those of humans.

After Lin Chuan grabbed Lin Feng, he didn't take out his slingshot; instead, he nocked an arrow.

Although he had only practiced archery a little over an hour ago, his proficiency level, as determined by the system, was only a dozen points, not even at the beginner level.

But when shooting at stationary targets, he's quite accurate.

Since there's no shortage of meat at home, Lin Chuan plans to try his hand at archery and get the hang of it as soon as possible so he won't keep thinking about it.

Whoosh.

The bamboo arrow pierced through the weeds and struck the rabbit precisely.

"You hit it! Bro, you got it!"

Lin Chuan smiled, not because he had hit the target.

Instead, my mental proficiency suddenly increased by 0.5. Sure enough, hunting and target shooting are completely different states.

However, before they could even celebrate for a few seconds, the rabbit flipped over, got up again, and hopped away into the distance.

Lin Chuan was not surprised. The bamboo arrows were not fitted with arrowheads, they were just sharpened. The bow was also a simplified version, and its power was still a bit weak.

Lin Chuan continued to nock arrows, aiming at the running rabbit.