novelraw Chapter 352: A Cunning Rabbit Has Three Burrows
Chapter 352: A Cunning Rabbit Has Three Burrows
Seeing Pei Huai not reaching out to help her, Jiang Ran was very satisfied in her heart.
She could stand firmly on her own, without needing Pei Huai to support her.
Looking around, everything was a vast expanse of white.
In winter, although the bamboo remained green, the leaves had already turned yellow.
The scenery in front of her was quite beautiful, but it was also really quite cold.
Jiang Ran looked around again, still unable to see where they might catch rabbits, so she looked at Pei Huai, "Where are the rabbits?"
"Don’t worry, follow me."
As Pei Huai spoke, he began to walk forward, but stopped after a step to turn and look at Jiang Ran, "Can you manage on your own?"
Since few people came here, the snow accumulation was quite deep, making the path hard to walk.
Jiang Ran nodded earnestly, "Of course I can."
A woman, how could she say she couldn’t?
Hearing this, Pei Huai nodded noncommittally, "If you can, then let’s go."
Jiang Ran followed behind Pei Huai, and the two walked slowly, step by step.
As they walked, they reached the bamboo forest.
Pei Huai stopped, halting beside a sturdy bamboo, and used his hand to brush away the snow on the ground.
He wore gloves on his hands, and his movements brushing away the snow were swift, as if wearing gloves truly made him unable to feel the cold.
Seeing this, Jiang Ran neither moved nor spoke.
She didn’t move because she didn’t know what she should do.
She didn’t speak because she feared that if she did, she would scare the rabbits away.
Rabbits were timid, yet they had long ears and could hear very faint sounds.
Once they heard any noise and sensed danger, the rabbits would definitely dash away.
They were naturally good jumpers, and fast runners too.
Moreover, now the mountains and fields were covered in white snow, the same color as their fur, making it their natural camouflage.
In such circumstances, it was obviously better not to make any noise.
Just as Jiang Ran was thinking this, she saw Pei Huai had stopped.
"Look, a rabbit hole."
A rabbit hole?
Jiang Ran immediately became interested, and leaned in to look at the rabbit hole.
With one glance, she did see a hole.
The hole wasn’t big, it was dark, and even though Jiang Ran widened her eyes intensely, she still couldn’t see what was inside.
Jiang Ran wasn’t discouraged; instead, her eyes sparkled as she looked at Pei Huai, "And then?"
"Do you know the saying ’a sly rabbit has three burrows’?"
Jiang Ran nodded, "I know."
This idiom, anyone who has gone to school would know it, right?
"I’ll go find the other entrances; you stay here and keep watch."
Jiang Ran wanted to say, what’s the use of just finding holes?
But as Pei Huai said that, he left, and she didn’t want to shout after him, so she just watched him turn and walk away.
Clearly, Pei Huai was very experienced at finding rabbit holes.
Soon enough, Pei Huai found another two entrances nearby.
Then, Pei Huai left again.
When Pei Huai returned, he was carrying firewood, straw, and he had matches.
Jiang Ran, "??"
Although Jiang Ran also knew that they must prepare these things.
But to gather all these things in such a short time, wasn’t that impossible!
Jiang Ran was not a young girl in her teens, focusing only on excitement and not considering practical matters.
There was no need to ask to know, this must have been prepared by Pei Huai beforehand.
Even bringing her to catch rabbits today was a plan made earlier, not a sudden thought.
Though she saw through this, Jiang Ran said nothing.