Beast Taming: I gained the talent of a spirit pet

Arriving at the fields, Gu Yuan didn't linger but continued walking forward.

Most of the field mouse holes by the edges of the fields had already been dug up, so digging here for food would be pointless, practically a waste of time.

However, some remote places in the distance, the field mouse holes at the foot of the low hills, or the mountain rat nests, might yield some gains.

As he walked, A' Huang in his arms squeaked twice, as if to remind and warn him.

Gu Yuan was taken aback.

Without making a sound, he glanced back and saw two figures faintly visible behind the bushes a hundred meters away.

"Someone is following me?!"

Gu Yuan's heart sank.

On the surface, he showed no signs of alarm and continued walking forward, but in his mind, he was thinking rapidly:

"Those two people, one tall and one short, look somewhat familiar. Could they be Sun Er and Dong Gui?"

Gu Family Village was named Gu, but not everyone in the village was surnamed Gu. There were also many people with the surnames Sun and Dong.

These Sun Er and Dong Gui were also villagers of Gu Family Village, but they often mingled with the local ruffians in town, swindling and deceiving, bullying men and women. They didn't do any honest work and had quite a bad reputation.

Before awakening the mystery of the womb, Gu Yuan had always kept a respectful distance from such people, never having any dealings with them, let alone offending them. His family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to feed mice, and there was nothing worth coveting.

So why were these two people following him?

"Is it related to Qian Yunjie?"

A flash of insight appeared in Gu Yuan's mind.

Regardless of whether it was related to Qian Yunjie, at least one thing was certain—these two were definitely up to no good!

Thinking this, Gu Yuan simply headed towards the woods.

The bushes in this forest were dense and easy to hide in.

After entering the dense forest and walking for a while, he took the opportunity to bend down and hide behind a bush, while quietly moving to the side.

Before long, the two people who had been following him arrived nearby, looking around:

"Where is he? How did this kid disappear?"

"Could it be that he discovered we were following him, so he hid?"

"Impossible, we were so far away from him. This kid isn't a dog, how could he have discovered us?"

"Then Brother Gui, what should we do now? Should we wait for him here?"

"Wait my ass! It's so cold, are you crazy or am I crazy, waiting here to suffer?"

Dong Gui stroked his chin: "This kid is carrying a firewood knife, he's probably here to chop firewood. At worst, we can wait for him to come back and see if he's carrying firewood. Then we can have an explanation when Butler Wu asks."

"Let's go, we're going back!"

After the two had walked away, Gu Yuan slowly got up, his face grim.

"Butler Wu is really related to Qian Yunjie! That old bastard is deliberately having people watch me, clearly afraid that I'll retaliate and make a big deal out of this."

With Dong Gui and Sun Er watching him, if he really made any moves, Butler Wu would definitely receive the news immediately and respond accordingly. Under normal circumstances, Gu Yuan couldn't make any waves at all.

Gu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled:

"Should I say something like: Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, don't bully the young and poor?"

In any case, Qian Yunjie had almost killed him, causing his family to lose all their savings and food. Any accident could have prevented them from getting through this winter.

After that, Butler Wu ran to his house to threaten his parents, and now he even sent people to monitor him. Gu Yuan remembered all of this.

Confirming that no one was around, Gu Yuan began to let A' Huang search for field mouse holes, and even other mountain rat nests.

When he found a field mouse hole, Gu Yuan would let A' Huang go inside first to see if there was any food.

Once nothing was found, he would continue searching for the next field mouse hole.

He searched three field mouse holes in a row, and it wasn't until the fourth one that A' Huang, who had burrowed into the hole, sent back feedback through its mysterious connection with Gu Yuan.

"There really is something!"

Gu Yuan's spirits lifted. After A' Huang confirmed the location, and after it came out of the hole, he began to dig with the firewood knife as a shovel.

After a long while, Gu Yuan was sweating on his forehead, and his still weak body felt bursts of weakness. He gasped for breath. The bowl of thin porridge he had in the morning was probably long gone.

However, the results were good. He dug a pit that was half a meter deep.

At the bottom of the pit, there were some grains, such as rice, soybeans, and peanuts.

Gu Yuan quickly took out a cloth bag from his arms, carefully picked up the grains, and put them into the bag, not letting go of any grain.

After he finished picking them up, he weighed them. Adding them together, there were actually more than ten pounds of grain!

"Thank you for the gifts of nature!"

Gu Yuan's face showed joy. The harvest before him proved that his idea was indeed feasible!

Digging up a few more field mouse holes, and getting through this winter safely, was definitely not a problem!

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

Just then, a fat field mouse jumped out of a mouse hole next to him, stood on the slope, and made an angry cry at Gu Yuan, seemingly protesting Gu Yuan's bad behavior of destroying its house and robbing its food.

"Thanks to nature, there's even meat to eat today!"

Gu Yuan's eyes lit up, and with a chop of the firewood knife in his hand, he sent the field mouse to meet King Yama.

In the next hour or so, Gu Yuan found another field mouse nest containing grain, digging out more than ten pounds of grain before stopping.

So far, he had dug up more than twenty pounds of grain, which was enough. Any more would be difficult to carry back, and would also attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Next, Gu Yuan didn't idle, driving A' Huang to look for traces of field mice and mountain rats.

By the way, he would occasionally pinch a few peanuts to feed it.

A' Huang was completely unaware that it had become a rat traitor, helping Gu Yuan look for other field mice and mountain rats everywhere.

Until noon, when the sun was high, Gu Yuan had a good harvest, catching two mountain rats and three field mice, plus the field mouse he had just caught, for a total of six.

Finding a flat and secluded place, Gu Yuan couldn't wait to start a fire.

He found a few large leaves, wrapped the processed mountain rats and field mice in them, and after the fire went out, buried them in the embers, using the heat to slowly roast them.

Soon after, he opened the extinguished ashes and lifted the leaves, and an enticing aroma wafted out.

It was the smell of meat!

Glug, glug! Glug!

Gu Yuan's stomach, which had been growling for a long time, was rumbling. He picked up a roasted mountain rat and bit into it.

The meat was tender and firm, and the aroma of the meat filled his mouth!

It was so delicious!

Although there were no seasonings, the full mouth of meat aroma almost made Gu Yuan cry.

Heaven have mercy!

Gu Yuan had almost forgotten what meat tasted like!

Outsiders probably could never understand the happiness of him eating meat at this time!

Have to say, rat meat is really delicious!

After eating two, Gu Yuan wrapped up the rest and put them in his arms, planning to take them back for his parents to eat.

Next, Gu Yuan chopped some firewood, hid the grain in the firewood, and then carried it home.