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Zhou Hu was proficient in hunting, and although catching birds wasn't easy nowadays, he could still catch them; it just took a bit more effort.
Initially, he thought that Manbao's request to catch birds for her, and then have his brother plow the fields as compensation, was just an excuse to help him out. But to his surprise, he saw Manbao hanging around outside her house for several days in a row.
When he asked Zhou Er, it turned out that she was inquiring whether he was free to go out and catch birds.
After giving it some thought, Zhou Hu decided that Manbao was just a child, and children tend to be stubborn with their ideas. Thus, he found some time to set traps in the wild, and early the next morning, he had Zhou Er deliver a string of birds to Manbao.
Some were dead, and some were still alive.
