Chapter 479

Wait until the weather clears, then come back to check on the bamboo rats.

When Su Qiao returned to the cave, he had just stepped inside when a heavy downpour began immediately after.

Whoosh...

It was truly a torrential rain!

Fortunately, they were inside the cave, and they had already prepared plenty of firewood there.

The firewood was also placed at the cave entrance, not outside the cave.

Otherwise, the fire might have been extinguished.

Seeing Su Qiao return, the two women were very happy.

"Husband, you returned just in time; you almost got soaked by the heavy rain."

Seeing so many things on him, the two women hurried over to help.

When they saw the pheasant was still alive, both women were startled, followed by delight.

"Husband, you actually caught the pheasant alive?"

"Yes, it was just a coincidence. There are still pheasant eggs in the bamboo tube; boil two, and let the rest incubate for now."

Su Qiao spoke to the two women.

The two women also brought Su Qiao a surprise.

"Husband, look at what we caught?"

The two women pointed to the fire and said to Su Qiao as if presenting a treasure.

Su Qiao turned his head to look and saw a smooth-looking stone slab hanging above the fire, with two fish and three crabs placed on the slab.

"Did you catch these from the seaside?"

Su Qiao found it hard to imagine the two women could catch food.

Qing'er rushed to claim credit for Liu Rushi: "Of course, Young Lady's eyes are very sharp; she spotted the stranded fish at a glance and brought it back."

"Impressive, but although there are no major dangers at the seaside, some fish or other creatures are poisonous; it is best not to touch them with your hands."

Su Qiao warned the two women.

Hearing Su Qiao's words, Liu Rushi and Qing'er nodded and said, "We know; we will be careful next time."

"Yes, since we have fish for now, keep the pheasant alive for the moment and do not kill it; we will decide tomorrow."

"Okay!"

There were fish, bamboo shoots, coconuts, and wild vegetables.

The three of them used a bamboo tube to boil some wild vegetable soup and had a fairly lavish dinner.

It was still early to sleep since it was raining outside.

Despite physical exhaustion, Su Qiao slowly processed the bamboo with the help of the two women.

First, the issue of safety must be resolved.

Bamboo spears alone are not very useful; if there are truly dangerous beasts on the island, larger and more dangerous traps must be made.

Furthermore, one must also guard against pirates appearing suddenly.

These bamboo stalks are perfect for making traps!

334, Green Bamboo Snake!

After falling asleep at night, Su Qiao suddenly heard the sound of wolf howling.

Awooo!

Su Qiao suddenly opened his eyes wide.

Liu Rushi, who had not slept deeply, also opened her eyes, obviously having heard the beast's roar as well.

She looked at Su Qiao with a pale face and some worry.

Su Qiao comforted her in a low voice: "It's nothing; I set traps outside. Even if wild wolves come, there is no need to worry!"

Saying there was no need to worry was just to deceive her.

However, there was a bonfire at the cave entrance, and fire is something animals fear.

Additionally, there were traps, serving as a double guarantee, making safety very high~.

After comforting Liu Rushi, Su Qiao stood up and checked the fire, which had burned down significantly.

He added some dry grass inside, then added several pieces of dry wood to make it burn more vigorously.

Outside, the beasts did not know if they were hunting or what, but they howled all over the place, near and far, for half the night.

The key point was that it was still raining pitter-patter outside!

Normally, in such situations, animals would hide.

Who knows what situation caused them to start howling.

This made Su Qiao's sleep somewhat uneasy.

Fortunately, they seemed to fear the fire here and had no intention of approaching.

The night passed relatively peacefully.

The sporadic sound of rain outside also stopped.

In the morning, Su Qiao indeed got up a bit late and felt somewhat tired.

Liu Rushi was the same; only the carefree little Qing'er slept soundly, seemingly not hearing any noise at all, sleeping straight until dawn.

When Su Qiao got up, she had already boiled the water.

"Alright, clean your teeth with charcoal in the morning, roast the bamboo shoots, and later I will still go in to investigate; otherwise, I won't feel at ease."

"Maybe it's better not to go; the howling was so loud last night, there must be beasts."

Liu Rushi was very worried about Su Qiao's safety.

Su Qiao also knew clearly that there must have been wolf howls last night, though he could not make out the other sounds; regardless of what they were, he had to go and check!

"Rest assured, I am fine. The sooner we finish scouting, the sooner we can prepare. We cannot keep hiding like this forever. It is also possible that our Great Ming Navy has arrived, driven the pirates away, and the beasts were wiped out by the pirates. All of this is possible."

Knowing she could not dissuade Su Qiao, Liu Rushi stopped trying to block him.

After simply eating a roasted bamboo shoot, Su Qiao set off again with his bamboo tube, bamboo spear, and dagger.

Last night, he had also woven two pairs of straw sandals and a carrying basket from dried grass.

Walking in straw sandals was far superior to wearing thin-soled boots.

Su Qiao entered the woods once more.

Although the rain last night had been heavy, the sun came out this morning, and the water droplets on the leaves slowly vanished.

Even the ground had almost completely absorbed last night's rain.

The rain last night had collected quite a bit of water, so there was no need to go out of one's way to fetch more.

Su Qiao first went to check the location where he had set traps yesterday afternoon.

His luck was not great; ten consecutive traps yielded nothing.

Or rather, the heavy rain last night had knocked the traps slightly askew, leaving them empty.

Su Qiao began to lose hope.

When he checked the eleventh trap, Su Qiao's eyes lit up.

He saw a flash of gray.

It was a gray rabbit!

Judging by the rabbit's trembling, it had just been caught in the snare and had not yet been strangled to death.

If more time had passed, it might have died.

Overjoyed, Su Qiao rushed forward and grabbed the rabbit out.

Huh, it was a female rabbit!

Tie it up first and throw it into the carrying basket.

Su Qiao had no intention of killing it immediately.

Next, he continued to check the remaining four traps.

The twelfth and thirteenth traps were also empty and had been knocked askew by the rain.

Su Qiao reset them properly.

Then he went to check the last two.

Those two extra traps that had been placed carelessly.

Oh my!