The sun had already risen. Although it was still cold outside, the sunshine made people feel warmer psychologically-even though the winter sun never rose half as high as it did in summer.
It was only morning, and the sunlight reflected off the snow was not dazzling.
With the driver's help, Yang Chen and Xie Ruifeng loaded the wild boar into the trunk. They had already put yesterday's wild boar and roe deer inside. With the doors shut tight, there had been no worry about wild animals stealing bites during the night.
The driver had prepared breakfast-when Li Long and the others went to ambush the wild boars, he had gotten up and started cooking.
There were leftover canned goods from yesterday that he only needed to heat up. Although he was not much of a cook, making porridge was no problem.
So when Li Long and the others returned, they had hot porridge to drink.
It felt wonderful.
And he knew that this hunting trip was coming to an end.
He had not expected it to be so soon. Li Long had originally thought it would last at least three to five days. After all, even with his familiarity with these mountains, finding suitable game was not that easy.
The others sensed the mood too, and they were rather quiet over breakfast.
When they had nearly finished their porridge, Yang Chen suddenly spoke.
"I honestly never imagined rice porridge could taste this sweet and delicious."
"Exactly. I always thought milk was much better, but I've changed my mind today," Xie Ruifeng agreed. "Grains really do nourish you!"
"That's because you're hungry!" Qi Jingyue mercilessly exposed him. "You were always bragging about how fit you were, but look how tired you got after walking just these few kilometers today!"
Once they