HPDBC Chapter 158
Chapter 158
Chapter 158
Wen Qian changed directions and headed upwards, trying to get a clearer view.
Then she noticed the cooking smoke slowly fading, and there were no other figures or footprints in the woods.
Wen Qian moved closer and closer, and when she looked through the binoculars, she found that there was no one near the hut.
She found a pile of firewood that had been extinguished with water, probably from someone who had just cooked meat and the smoke Wen Qian saw was from the water being poured on the fire.
The other person had lit a fire on the open ground beside the hut, and the footprints around it showed that they had come from the railing not too far away, but had now gone far away.
On her wooden door, they had written a few words in charcoal: "Hello, neighbor."
The words were large, with a smiley face underneath the four words.
Wen Qian saw footprints circling the wooden hut, and some of the moss and small grass on the side had been trampled.
But it seemed that the other person was probably friendly, as they had not broken the simple lock on the door.
The words they wrote indicated that they just wanted to say hello and let the owner of the hut know that a new neighbor had arrived.
After ruling out any danger in the surroundings, Wen Qian planted the fruit seedlings she had brought in a sunny spot.
She wondered whether she should write something on the wooden door as well, but after some hesitation, she left without leaving any message.
If the other person wanted to meet the neighbor, it wouldn't be too difficult, so Wen Qian didn't feel the need to respond.
After quickly planting the fruit seedlings, Wen Qian hurried back, but before she could get home, she encountered Big Jin carrying a gun by the river.Nêww chapters will be fully updated at novelhall.com
As soon as Big Jin saw Wen Qian, he waved eagerly, as he had an urgent matter to find her about.
When they reached Wen Qian's home, they found her door was closed, and no one responded to their calls.
They had thought they would have to make the trip in vain, but unexpectedly, Wen Qian had just returned at that moment.
Big Jin asked Wen Qian with a grave expression, "Today, I found unfamiliar footprints in my area."
However, she was alone and had no one to take shifts with her, so she thought about Big Jin's children – perhaps they could help with this task.
But then she dismissed the idea, as the two families lived quite far apart, and it might be difficult for someone else's children to come over and help while also taking care of their own home.
Wen Qian had no family, so she had no one to take shifts with.
Big Jin had a family who could help him keep watch and take shifts, but that also became his weakness, preventing him from going too far alone.
These two survival modes both had their pros and cons. Wen Qian thought about the words and smiley face written on her door, and hoped that the other person was truly harmless.
She was willing to believe the other person was harmless, based on the fact that they hadn't forcibly opened her lock.
But she didn't know if, when this person saw that she lived alone, they would still remain friendly.
Sure enough, after another month passed and everyone thought the other person wouldn't come, someone came down along the river.
A rather tall hunter carrying a rifle, with a basket on his back.
He first saw Wen Qian's home, so he stood on the opposite bank and called out to this side. Finally, he put down his rifle, took off the basket, and pulled something out to wave in the air.
Wen Qian saw that he was waving a wild chicken, with beautiful feathers.
So she also carried her gun down from the mountain and spoke to him from across the river.
Wen Qian remembered that Big Jin's family had greeted her in a similar way, so she guessed that the other person might just be introducing himself to them.
The other person asked if the small hut was hers, and after Wen Qian nodded, he said he lived by a mountain stream upstream.
Wen Qian didn't know where that mountain stream was, as the distance between them was simply too far.
This hunter had walked nearly two hours just to come here, following the river.
If he had gone by the mountain paths, it would have been even farther. The main reason he came to greet Wen Qian was that he might settle in this area, adjacent to Wen Qian's territory.
Since he could not throw the object in his hand across the river, he could only leave it on the shore for Wen Qian to collect herself when she had the chance. Afterwards, he went to Big Jin's place.
Big Jin, who was active near the house, had already noticed the commotion over there.