Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Catching Rabbits by Beating Snakes (1)_1 Chapter 15: Chapter 15 Catching Rabbits by Beating Snakes (1)_1 Lin Yuan was worried that her sister had suffered from heatstroke, so she called out a few times.
She saw her timidly lifting her hand and pointing behind Lin Yuan.
Following her sister’s gesture, Lin Yuan turned and saw that two uninvited guests had suddenly appeared where they had just been picking goji berries.
To the left and to the right, they were staring at her with round eyes, their tongues flicking out constantly, making a hissing sound.
Lin Yuan was startled at first, but after taking a closer look, she let out a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, they were just ordinary snakes, non-venomous.
“Big sister, big sister, are they here for revenge?” Lin Wei’s lips quivered as she clutched her elder sister’s arm, too terrified to turn her head, “We stole their food, now they’ve come for us.
We should give back these red earrings to them!”
As she spoke, Lin Wei went to reach for the bamboo basket behind her, intending to throw the goji berries inside back to those two “creditors”!
“Younger sister, don’t move.” Lin Yuan held her hand, not daring to make any sudden movements now.
Even though the snakes were not too close, they could still move surprisingly fast, and she was afraid any large movement on her part would startle them.
They’re not coming after us, they’re after our wild duck eggs.”
Indeed, as her elder sister pointed out, Lin Wei then realized that the snakes were indeed aiming for the wild duck eggs that were placed to their right.
“I’ve long heard that snakes love to steal eggs to eat, but I never expected they could be attracted from such a distance,” Lin Yuan whispered, her hand reaching behind to feel for the sickle.
She had only brought two sickles with her to the mountains today.
Although she wanted the snakes whole, there was no suitable tool at hand and she had to make do with what she had.
Wielding a sickle in each hand, Lin Yuan slowly stood upright.
One knee was bent, the other leg poised forward, ready to leap into an attack at any moment.
Lin Wei was frozen in fear by her sister’s actions.
Big sister, was she going to chop the snakes?
The snakes had come for the wild duck eggs, tantalizing food that was right in front of them, and they had no reason to leave.
Perhaps they were not expecting someone else to be there, and even more unexpected must have been the sudden arrival of two snakes.
Before Lin Yuan could make a move, she saw the two snakes locking eyes on each other, hissing with increased fury.
“Younger sister, I don’t think we’ll need to do anything.
These two snakes are going to fight each other,” Lin Yuan said while still gripping the sickle tightly, not daring to relax for even a second.
As expected, as soon as Lin Yuan finished speaking, she saw the two snakes launch an attack on each other, quickly tangling together in a fierce battle.
Lin Wei had covered her eyes with both hands, not daring to watch the scene, but curiosity got the better of her, and she peeked through a small gap.
She’d seen snakes before, but never had she seen them fight.
Despite the horror, she couldn’t help thinking it looked rather like the village women pulling each other’s hair during a quarrel in the street.
With this thought, she didn’t find it so scary anymore, and even felt a bit amused.
Meanwhile, Lin Yuan had no interest in watching.
She threw down the sickles and picked up a stick from beneath a tree nearby.
There were plenty of trees in the area, with many branches underneath.
She chose a thicker, longer, sturdier one and, holding the stick, she slowly approached the snakes.
She aimed carefully, then “bang!
bang!” she struck down.
Lin Wei was so shocked her mouth could have fit an entire chicken egg.
That fierce woman wielding the stick and pounding the snakes, was that really her big sister?
After ensuring the snakes no longer moved, dead as can be, Lin Yuan finally stopped.
Tossing aside the stick, she caught her breath, knowing she wouldn’t normally have hit them so many times.
But what could she do when her body lacked nourishment and her arms lacked strength?
Fortunately, the ancients did not deceive her; strike a snake at its vital point.
With the first strike, the two snakes were dazed, lacked strength to counterattack, and thus posed no real danger to her.