Li Ang has always been quite disgusted with the distinction between concubines and concubines, why is there such a huge difference in identity between children born to the same father, if it is a little worse, it doesn't matter, but if the gap is too big and becomes no different from a servant, it will be too cruel.

However, the so-called no different from a servant refers to the treatment of life, such as food and housing, which is the same as that of a high-ranking servant, but the status is somewhat special after all, so the treatment is still better after all.

In addition, if this unappreciated concubine suddenly becomes a great figure in the future, then the situation will be greatly improved, and her status in the family will be improved, and even her lowly mother will also improve her status.

Looking at the two little ladies in front of them, they didn't even have a title, and Ang Lee didn't have much to ask, so he couldn't ask who their mother was! This is not a question that Ang Lee should be concerned about, and it will be very embarrassing to ask.

And judging from the age of the two people, they are probably fourteen or fifteen years old, or are they still children? It's the age when I like to play, so I want to run out and see the snow outside.

In normal times, they do not have the opportunity to leave their residences, and even have to work with the palace maids, that is, light work such as sitting on female workers, such as sewing clothes, embroidering handkerchiefs, washing clothes and cooking, and other heavy work, will not be assigned to them, so the life is quite decent.

Although the salary is very low, after all, they have the same blood as people with high status, so they have more opportunities, although they are not treated by their fathers, they can make their lives better by pleasing their brothers.

And because of the blood relationship, as long as the brothers and sisters can look up to themselves, show weakness everywhere, and compliment themselves, the general sister-in-law is also very willing to bring a small follower, so that it can also highlight their own status superiority, in front of outsiders, you can proudly tell others that the person who is called is your own cousin, at this time, others may also compliment a sentence, the concubine is the concubine, too humble, compared with the concubine, the gap is too obvious.

Li Yu looks like this kind of person who likes to find a sense of superiority, as soon as he opens his mouth casually, he has a condescending momentum, and the two little ladies who are pressed dare not say anything, for fear of angering Li Yu, and they will not be able to take care of them in the future, and even if they are reprimanded by Li Yu every day, they are very willing, because they have long been used to it, and habits have made them develop a pleasing personality, and being able to be reprimanded from time to time also reflects that Li Yu has not forgotten them, and the care they can give is enough to offset the domineering words, As a result, they unconsciously developed a weak character of being abused.

Usually used to being scolded by Li Yu at will, at this moment, seeing Li An speaking so softly and with such a good attitude, the two daughters were a little unaccustomed to it, and looked at Li Yu in a daze, not knowing how to answer.

Children are generally more timid, especially when they meet strangers, they are even less courageous, the two little girls in front of them are at the level of children, and they have basically never gone out much, and they are also more nervous when they see Li An.

"It's not called brother yet."

Li Yu spoke.

"Brother, brother."

The two said in unison.

"Okay, good, two sisters, I didn't prepare any gifts when we met for the first time, these two monoculars are for you, take it!"

The telescope that Li An carried with him was originally intended for his own use, but at this time, Li An felt that it was good to give it away, anyway, there were many at home, as for hunting, it was just a mood, even if one could not be hit, it didn't matter, and besides, Li An's eyesight was not bad, and he calculated that without the assistance of the telescope, he could find prey far away.

"Thank you, brother."

After receiving Li Yu's nod of approval, the two dared to accept the gift given by Li An, but they didn't know how to use it, and under Li An's guidance, they quickly learned how to use the telescope, and they were very excited to use it.

It's just that the snow is so heavy that even with a telescope, you can't see too far, and the visibility of the environment is too low.

"It's a little evil under the snow today! The snowflakes are really catching up with the goose feathers, and they can't see anything clearly fifty paces away. ”

Li Yu looked at the snow scene and spoke.

Li An nodded and said: "For so many years, I have never seen such a big snow in the capital, but in the Yingzhou area, this kind of heavy snow is commonplace, and it is the same for any next heavy snowfall, and sometimes it can even fall for more than ten days, and the heavy snow can reach waist deep, and you can't even walk!" ”

"Oh, there is such a big snow in Yingzhou, it seems that Chang'an City is good, if it is really waist-deep, then a lot of prey in the wild, wouldn't it be difficult to move an inch, especially the prey with not long legs, how to find food?"

Li Yu asked curiously.

"Then you can only crawl on the snow, if the prey is not strong, or can't find enough food, it will definitely be starved to death, so after many hunters enter the mountains, they don't need to hunt, they can pick up frozen prey directly in the snow, and I have picked up a lot of hares and roe deer."

Ang Lee opened his mouth to explain.

"It's really interesting, I really hope that today, we can see a few prey."

Li Yu said expectantly.

However, this wish is difficult to achieve, because the temperature in Chang'an City is not as low as Yingzhou, although the snow is heavy, but it will definitely not be waist-deep, if you want to freeze some prey, I am afraid it is not so easy, however, for catching prey, it is definitely a great help, especially for searching for prey, heavy snow is the best tracker, because the heavy snow will quickly cover the old traces, and will only leave traces produced in the recent period, so that with the depth of the footprints, you can know when the prey has passed, Is it worth pursuing.

In fact, the snow day is not cold, and the weather that melts the snow is really cold, so although it is goose feather snow outside, the weather is okay, and it is not too cold, as long as the main warmth will not be a problem, especially the warmth of the ears is the most important, do not expose it outside, otherwise, it is easy to freeze the ears.

Li Yu's two little sisters are not favored, they usually work often, and even their own clothes need to be washed by themselves, their physique is not bad, and their clothes are quite thick, so they will not be frozen on such a snowy day.

Li An and Li Yu came to hunt, and at the same time to see the scenery and relax, and the two little girls purely came out to see the scenery and relax, and because they had almost no chance to leave the residence, they looked particularly excited, and their happy expressions were always hanging on their cheeks.

"The income from hunting is far less than the income from working in the workshop, and the hunters are getting fewer and fewer, which is also a good thing for us, and no one will hunt in the future, and the prey will gradually increase, and it will be easier to hunt the prey."

Ang Lee said suddenly.

This is because a few days ago, an old craftsman in the R&D center suddenly brought his nephew, saying that he wanted to learn craftsman skills with him and earn some money to supplement his family, and Li An happened to see it, and when he saw that the nephew of the old craftsman was very strong, he asked if he was a hunter who hunted, because the income from hunting was too low, and he often went out hunting empty-handed, and there was no way to support his family.

"What Li Shilang said is that over the years, I have also found that there are fewer and fewer hunters who go into the mountains to hunt, but there are more and more powerful people, and in the future, hunting can only become a pastime, not a means of livelihood."

Li Yu also said affirmatively.

Li An smiled and said, "Let's go!" We hurried into the mountains to hunt, and at noon we could hunt a few prey, so that we would not have to eat the food we brought for lunch, and we would have a fresh meal. ”

"Okay, everyone immediately enter the mountain, each of you take a few people to search on both sides, and report the footprints of the prey immediately."

Li Yu ordered loudly, this time he brought so many guards, and the heavy snow was also a big help, he believed that he would definitely be able to capture the prey.

A group of people walked slowly, chatting while enjoying the beautiful snow scene, as for the footprints of the prey, that is what the guards do, in addition, the two little ladies have a telescope in their hands, and they are also constantly searching, however, because the snow is already dazzling, after using the telescope, the dazzling will increase tenfold, and it is okay to see the snow in the distance, if you look close, it will be very dazzling, fortunately, the sun in the sky has not come out, otherwise, you can't use the telescope indiscriminately in the snow, it will burn your eyes.

In such a snowy weather, human beings can stay at home quietly, enjoy life, or stand in the yard to watch the snow, but animals are different, most of them have no stored food, in order to survive, they must brave the snow to look for food to eat, herbivores need to look for plant shoots in the snow, and carnivores also need to brave the snow to chase the herbivores to fill their stomachs.

No matter what kind of wild animals they are, they can't give up looking for food because of the weather, otherwise, the only way to starve to death is waiting for them, which is very different from humans.

In the busy weather of the university, when you go out to look for food, you will inevitably leave footprints, and these footprints are the guide for hunters to find their prey, as long as they find fresh footprints, they can basically find traces of prey.

Sure enough, the guards in charge of the survey soon found the footprints of the prey, and they were relatively fresh footprints, which is enough to show that the prey is not far away, as long as you follow the footprints to chase, there is a great possibility of finding the prey.

"I see, it looks like the footprints of a hare, and there must be more than one."

Li An walked to the location of the footprints found and gave a preliminary judgment, the hare is the largest number of wild animals near the capital, and it is also the most prey that hunters can usually catch, followed by pheasants and various wild birds, in fact, there are a lot of mice in the wild, but because the mice are very cunning, it is difficult to catch them, and no one likes to eat rat meat, so the mice escaped a catastrophe, but these mice that were let go by humans fed small beasts that feed on mice as food, For example, foxes and owls are very fond of eating mice, and there is a certain trend of increasing numbers.

And about catching mice, later generations are also very distressed, in a special period, Huaxia set off a campaign to eliminate the four pests, saying to eliminate a large number of rats, sparrows, flies and mosquitoes in the country, but the movement has been carried out for many years, in addition to the sparrows were eliminated in large quantities and became the protected animals of the imperial court, rats, flies and mosquitoes were almost not eliminated, the reason is that because the rats burrow in the ground, it is not easy to catch, flies and mosquitoes are too small, and sparrows can easily use bird nets to catch, If the hunt continues over the years, there will be a large decrease in sparrows, and the rest of the rats, flies and mosquitoes will hardly decrease.

The rat is so fertile that it is destined to never be extinct, and the rabbit is also extremely tenacious, so it has not been extinct despite the fierce pursuit of hunters, and there are still many of them.

"What's the matter, do you want to take these rabbits?"

Li Yu said with a smile.

Li An looked at his subordinates behind him and said, "Take out the sleigh and try your skills." ”

Because the snow is thick, horses can't run as fast as skiing, so in order to catch prey as soon as possible, they need to use the power of skis.

Several of the guards immediately dismounted, put on their skis and followed the footprints, and in such weather, chasing prey with skis was the wisest choice and the easiest way to achieve success.

Skis travel on the snow, as if flying, chasing the footprints left by the prey at a very fast speed, the team of people and horses slowly followed, in the thick snow, even if the horses can run at a higher speed, it can not be so capricious, after all, no one knows what dangers will be under the flat surface of the snow, in case there are traps, it is not very bad, even if you use skis, there is a certain risk, but the surface area of the skis is relatively large, the people are relatively light, and the horse's hooves are small, Horses and people are too heavy to fall into a trap.

"Wow, they're so fast."

Watching the guards disappear ahead, the envious voice of a little lady reached Li An's ears.

"If my sister wants to learn to ski, I can teach you, it's easy to learn, and you can learn it in one day."

Li An said very politely.

"Really?"

The little lady's eyes lit up, but she soon said disappointedly: "It's useless to learn, there are not many opportunities to go out, and you can't be so presumptuous in the palace." ”