flstandardbreds Chapter 152 Catch them all in one swoop
Chapter 152 Catch them all in one swoop
It is almost late autumn.
It has been rainy for several days in a row, and today is the second day of the festival after the weather cleared up.
Although the sun is shining, it cannot cover the howling autumn wind.
The trees in the forest were no longer lush and green. The leaves were falling everywhere in the wind. In a shed in the yard, there were backpacks filled with dead leaves.
On the bamboo mat spread out on the ground in the courtyard were layers of thin grass clippings. At this time, two little kids were holding fresh hay and carefully cutting it with hay cutters.
Xu Zhi was asked to stay at home to look after his younger brothers, while Xu Yuan put on a straw raincoat, tied his trouser legs tightly, carried a bow and arrow, put dry food, water bag and hatchet in a backpack, and went into the mountains wearing a straw hat.
Right now is the time when we need to prepare firewood. After all, when winter comes and it snows heavily, the whole earth will be covered with snow, and the roads will be difficult to walk on.
Most of the people in the village have gone up the mountain at this time. Liu Zhushan came yesterday and brought four bundles of firewood. He said that the firewood was collected by Uncle Wang, Aunt Li, his father and himself, and was brought to him. The family consists of children and there are no adults to help, so firewood and other things have to be prepared.
He also asked himself to pick up some firewood nearby and store it during this period of time.
I am very grateful for making a wish.
The mountain road went up continuously. Some places were covered with leaves and were still a little slippery. Xuyuan cut a stick to use as support.
You can see many villagers along the way. Gradually walk in and come to a place where the sky is blocked out. The trees here are quite tall and covered with vines. It is also the place where mosquitoes are most densely concentrated. They are wrapped tightly and their faces are smeared with herbal juice.
Everything is ready.
He found a relatively dry place under a tree so large that two people holding hands could not even hug the trunk, scraped out a clean spot, sat down, took a sip of water, relaxed for a while, and then quickly climbed up a branch.
Look around and look at one place quietly.
My breathing suddenly became much lighter.
A pheasant followed by a string of chicks were walking in the woods, pecking at the ground from time to time.
This was discovered by Xu Yuan when he came here accidentally, but the noise was a little loud at that time and he was scared away. At that time, he only saw one pheasant, but he didn't expect that there would be one, two, three, four, five, six spicy chickens, oh no, seven.
What an unexpected surprise.
It was so exciting to see those chicks following the big chicken carefreely.
Just take a few steps closer and soon...
"Swish"
A large net soon fell.
"cluck"
There was the sound of flapping wings. The big pheasant was struggling desperately but couldn't get free. The little chick didn't know what was happening and kept shouting.
Xuyuan saw from the tree that the prey had already entered the net bag he had made.
He didn't notice at all that there was a long object hidden in the tree trunk and combined with the branches. It was invisible without careful observation and was spitting out its tongue. It was slowly moving step by step. When it was about to approach Xuyuan's feet, the snake's head suddenly shrank back as if it was stimulated by something, and fell directly to the ground. Its body was wrapped in rotten leaves, leaving no trace.
Snake: What a strong poison, so unethical, what the hell, what have I done?
Xuyuan didn't notice this little episode. Even if he did, he would have been full of disdain. His entire body was covered with homemade special potions, which were full of the strongest toxins against the snakes and mosquitoes on the mountain. Just getting close and smelling them would make the person faint.
This raincoat, the straw tied at the trouser legs, and the straw hat have been soaked in medicinal liquid for three whole days. They must have been marinated to perfection.
But it is a rare medicine in the mountains.
He curled the corners of his mouth, smiled happily, climbed down the tree swiftly, and hit the pheasant that was still struggling and running around in the net bag with a wooden stick, knocking it unconscious. As for the few small ones, they were not to be feared.
Put leaves directly on the bottom of the backpack, reach into the net bag, and throw one in each hand directly into the backpack. Cover it with a woven cover to prevent it from falling out. The cover has fine and dense holes to allow air to get in, so it won't be stuffy inside.
The feet of the knocked-out pheasant were tied up with vines, and its wings were also tied up.
There were quite a few fallen dead branches on the ground, so Xuyuan picked up some of them, tied them into two bundles, tied them tightly with wooden sticks, hung the pheasant on the sticks, and quickly went down the mountain carrying a bamboo basket and firewood on his back.
On the way down the mountain, there were groups of women and men in twos and threes. When they saw Xuyuan, a young girl, easily carrying firewood that was heavier than herself down the mountain with a pheasant hanging on a stick, they all looked at her with admiration.
"This girl Xuyuan is really amazing. There are not many girls in our village who can have the strength of Xuyuan. I am a woman and I can't even compare to a girl."
Another woman patted her husband on the shoulder and said, "Look, you are not even as good as a little girl. Do you want to ask me how to hunt wild pheasants? You let it run away right under your nose. I think it's a pity."
"Look at you, woman, what nonsense are you talking about here? If you hadn't suddenly made such a loud noise just now, startled it and scared it away, how could I not catch it?"
Xu Yuan smiled awkwardly, "Hahaha, it's just a coincidence. I'm lucky."
"Hahaha, I'm really lucky. The pheasant I caught seems to be quite fat. Please tell me where you caught it. I'll try my luck someday."
"It's just up there." Xu Yuan roughly pointed in the direction, and without continuing to chat slowly with the villagers, he said hello, then quickly quickened his pace and hurried down the mountain.
The people I met on the road were not originally from Qingshan Village. They were just from Hsinzhu Village when we met them on the road later. I didn’t have much contact with them in normal times. On the surface, they seemed to be pretty good people, but I didn’t know what they were like in reality.
They were all selected by Village Chief Gu, and a certain number of people were required to be registered in the newly built village.
"Hey, what do you think about our son and Xu Yuan?" An old lady looked at Xu Yuan walking away and became interested.
She tugged at the sleeve of the man next to her and looked at Xu Yuan's figure with envy.
“What do you mean, Lao Luo? I advise you to take back your thoughts. Your son is not worthy of the girl Xuyuan.”
The woman walking behind heard the sudden words from the woman in front and interrupted her immediately.
"It's hard to say whether I'm a good match for you. I don't have an adult at home to help me. With a background like this, it's good enough that someone doesn't despise me and is willing to take a liking to me."
"You... are talking nonsense, you ungrateful bastard." When the woman at the back heard Zhang's nonsense, she wanted to drop the firewood on her shoulder and go up to her and tear her mouth apart.
When Lao Zhang heard his wife say this, he looked a little unhappy: "Shut up and put away your thoughts. I am the master of this family, and you can't mess around."
When the villagers who had not left heard this, they began to criticize. Zhang looked a little embarrassed and left her man behind and walked away quickly.
"Everyone, don't bother with this woman. It's just a joke. Don't take it seriously. We definitely don't have such intentions."