The End of Qin: I Hunt to Feed My Family and Help Liu Bang Slay the White Serpent

Chen Yan transmigrated to the end of the Qin dynasty. From the start, he was about to be seized for forced labor. Looking at his bare-walled thatched hut and his wife and daughter, both skin and bone, the famous explorer had no choice but to make a composite bow with his own hands and become the only hunter for a hundred li around. The village head said, “Chen Yan has turned in one bear pelt. Five years of forced labor are waived!” His daughter said, “Dad, I’m nearly sick of steamed bear paws. Can we have roasted venison tail tomorrow instead?” His wife said, “Husband, we really can’t finish all the food at home. How about we have a few more children?” … From then on, the birds and beasts of Mount Mangdang were doomed. By the time Liu Bang arrived, the white snake he was supposed to have slain had already become Chen Yan’s drinking snack!