Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 79 The Wetland is a Treasure House

Chapter 79 Wetlands are treasure troves
The broadcast room exploded again.

"This is too simple, so you can catch the turtledove?"

"This bird is not too small. I don't know how it tastes?"

"I ate it at a farmhouse in a county in Qianzhou. It was stewed in yellow. It was delicious. Now I think about it and my mouth is watering."

"Why doesn't Master Ditch show off his archery skills? I really want to see him shoot! V587!"

"Aren't you stupid upstairs? Archery can only shoot one, put on a cover, hehehe, good luck and don't get too much!"

……

Coming to the edge of the wetland yesterday, Li Junge introduced: "If you need food, the wetland is actually the best place."

"Yesterday we collected waterweeds, cattails, water onions, and ear roots. In fact, there are still a lot of food in wetlands. Generally, there must be reptiles, such as lizards and snakes; amphibians such as frogs; and various birds. There must be fish in the water, or eels, loaches, and lastly, snails and river mussels. These are all edible, and the way to obtain them is relatively easy.”

"All kinds of wild fruits are easy to grow around the wetlands. Now we have one in front of us. Do you smell it?"

"Yeah, it's so fragrant, sweet and fragrant! It smells like honey, where is it??" Cai Xuejun searched everywhere with his mobile phone, but couldn't find anything.

Li Junge pointed to the ground in front of him and said, "It's on the ground."

There is a large piece of vines crawling on the ground, growing close to the ground, the stems are brown, and many fibrous roots grow from the vines, which are firmly rooted in the ground.The leaves are obovate-elliptic, rounded at the base, and then sharply tapered towards the tip, about two to six centimeters long and two to four centimeters wide.

There are many small light brown-red fruits on it, and there are a lot of them. The big ones are as big as the head of a thumb, and the small ones are only as big as the head of a little finger.There are many wild flies flying around the fruit.

"Yo, what is this? Can it be eaten? Why are there still flies?"

"This is wild sweet potato, also known as mandixiang. When it is ripe, it has a strong aroma. Those are not flies, but fruit flies, which are attracted by the smell."

Zhu Chaoan picked one off, wiped it casually with his hands, put it in his mouth, and then quickly spit it out: "Bah, bah, it smells so bad! It's still dry, Erpi, you framed me again! I'll strangle you to death!"

Li Junge dodged quickly, laughed loudly and said, "You're talking about it before I finish talking here! This thing is divided into male and female, male pig fruit can be eaten, and sow fruit is dry."

After speaking, he picked up one and said, "Look at this one, the male fruit is brownish, the sow fruit is pinkish, and the female fruit has seams, but the male fruit does not."

"Also, this fruit is too ripe to be picked. Have you seen those fruit flies? There are maggots in the ripe fruit, but it doesn't matter if you don't mind."

Cai Xuejun also took off one, and carefully opened it, revealing orange-red flesh, the middle part was hollow, and there were some small particles.

Throwing one into his mouth, "Well, it's delicious, fragrant and sweet, this is simply the delicacy of nature! Why isn't it sold? Oh, it's so delicious!"

Zhu Chaoan also picked one out and put it in his mouth after confirming that it was a boar melon. He immediately laughed so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, "Hahaha, this thing is really good, I forgive you!"

Cai Xuejun inserted the selfie stick to the side, and the three of them began to collect wild sweet potatoes.

While leading the two to pick fruit, Li Junge continued to explain: "The wild sweet potato is similar to the creeper, and its vitality is very tenacious. Even if it is planted in the sandstone or the gap between the stone slabs where there is no grass, it will be luxuriant and green. Insert a Zhiye sweet potato can grow two square meters a year. And it is not afraid of the scorching sun and severe cold, and it is green all year round."

"Wild sweet potato is still a good feed. Sheep, pigs and rabbits especially like to eat it with tender leaves and tender poles."

"Its vines are even stronger. They can withstand a pulling force of [-] kilograms. They are good materials for rattan weaving. Remember my quiver? It is made of wild sweet potato vines."

After picking this piece of wild sweet potatoes, Li Junge continued to take the two of them out of the wetland and came to the edge of a bush.

Suddenly, Li Junge signaled the two to stop, hid quietly behind a bush and squatted down, took the crossbow from his back, took out a bamboo arrow and shot it on.

Zhu Chaoan and Cai Xuejun hurriedly followed, and also squatted down unconsciously.

Li Junge took the mobile phone from Cai Xuejun's hand and took pictures in front of him. He whispered: "I don't know if you can see clearly. In the grass beside the bushes, the grass is separated. That's a road, usually pheasants or The hare stepped on it, and now we are downwind, so we wait here to see if any prey will appear."

There was another explosion in the live broadcast room.

"Oh, this is the real jungler! The blockbuster is about to start! Dang dang!"

"Why can't I see anything? I just saw a piece of grass."

"The phone can only take pictures like this, right? I can't see it clearly, but the grass is indeed separated."

"Let me tell you from upstairs, where is it separated?"

"I see, I see, is this the pheasant road or the rabbit road? Will prey really appear later?"

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Li Junge explained softly: "Actually, the best way is to lay a trap on the road, so you don't have to wait. The hare usually stays in the bushes and grass in the shade during this season, and only moves into the hole in winter."

"They have a characteristic, that is, they take the same path when they come out to look for food and return to their nests, and when they stop, they always turn their heads in the direction of the way they came from."

"I guess it's the rabbit road, but unfortunately I can't get a closer look, otherwise I might see the feces and know whether it's a pheasant or a rabbit."

"You must be patient in this hunting method. Anyway, there is nothing to do this afternoon. We will stay here for an hour. If the prey does not appear after an hour, we will go back."

"Ditch Master, wait, I can watch while playing with my phone..."

"Huh? I think the same thing as me upstairs, but I'm playing computer games, and I put my phone in front of the screen..."

"Good way, I'll come too... Is there anyone fighting the landlord?"

……

After more than 40 minutes, a yellow-brown head popped out of the bush, quickly retracted, and after a while poked it out again, looking left and right.

This small animal has a pair of long ears on its small head, and it is a hare.

The barrage began to fly randomly.

"Here we come! Rabbit Rabbit!"

"Damn it! You guys have been waiting for me! Next, let's see the ditch master's arrow technique!"

"Hit it! You must hit it! Hahaha, today's live broadcast is really not in vain!"

……

This is because the hare probably felt safe and jumped out slowly.

Li Junge gently raised his crossbow and aimed at the rabbit.

As soon as the hare took two steps forward, Li Junge decisively buckled the bowstring, and with a "bang", the huge recoil pushed the crossbow back.

The rabbit was about to jump up when it heard the sound, but unfortunately the crossbow arrow was faster and shot right through its body, pinning it to the ground.

"Okay! This arrow is really exciting!"

"The ditch master is awesome! This is much more exciting than using a gun!"

"How did you practice this archery! You shoot so accurately!"

"Damn, the recoil is so strong! If I want to replace this crossbow, I don't have the arm strength of the ditch master. I think I will be hit by the head of the crossbow with blood on my face."

Cai Xuejun and Zhu Chao'an rushed out to pick up rabbits.

Li Junge explained to the live broadcast room: "The Miao family will practice crossbow skills since they were young. At first, they shoot at stationary targets. After they feel the hand, they will change to moving targets. That is, one person pushes the wooden pile down from the high slope, and the others shoot on the slope. Shooting wooden stakes down, this is how the archery technique is practiced."

Cai Xuejun came over carrying the rabbit by its hind legs. It was a big male rabbit weighing five or six catties.

Li Junge stood up and put the crossbow on his back again, and said, "Okay, let's go back now, if we can get a few birds, we can have a hearty meal tonight."

Cai Xuejun and Zhu Chaoan were so happy that they hummed songs, and the three walked back together.

When I came to the tree where the turtledoves were parked, there were indeed several turtledoves on the bamboo pole. Seeing the three of them approaching, they fluttered in panic.

"Hahahaha, I'm so lucky today!" Zhu Chaoan ran over to fetch the turtledove.

Li Junge took out a rope and threw it to Zhu Chaoan, asking him to tie up the turtledove and then undo it, and then said to Cai Xuejun, "Caitou, how many days are you planning to stay in Lijiagou?"

Cai Xuejun said: "I originally planned to take it for three or four days, but now it seems that I can go back tomorrow. I have to arrange activities quickly. We will come back in about two weeks."

Li Junge said: "Hey! You are in such a hurry, then I will remove the cover of the turtledove later."

Then he said to the live broadcast room: "Before the mountain runner goes out of the mountain, he must remove all the traps and traps he has set up, otherwise the wild things will be caught and no one will take them, and the wild things will be trapped there. It is not in line with our mountain running rules."

After destroying the turtledove cover, Li Junge said to the two, "Let's go back and make dinner."

Cai Xuejun said: "Oh, there are a lot of big dishes tonight, turtledove, hare, sea bass, hahahaha, I'm really not used to not having a vegetarian dish!"

Li Junge said: "There are vegetarian dishes, which are next to our camp. I saw them yesterday. I had enough to eat yesterday and didn't pick them."

The three of them returned to the edge of the camp. Li Junge led them to a big rock and said to them, "Look, here is a clump of purslane."

A clump of plants grows close to the ground under the stone, with red fleshy poles covered with thick small leaves like incisors.

Purslane is the same as picking the root of the ear. People in the city now see a lot. Cai Xuejun and Zhu Chaoan both know each other, so they started to collect it.

Li Junge greeted: "Pick more, this is very effective in treating diarrhea. We are in the wild, it is good to eat more of this."

Ignoring them any more, Li Junge was too busy on his own side.

First, a big fire pit was surrounded by stones, and then a big fire was raised.

After that, go to clean up the rabbits and turtledoves.

There were five turtledoves, and there was still a lot of meat after removing their heads and feet. Li Junge put them in a pot and seasoned them with salt, wild onions, ginger and garlic,
Cut the rabbit into small pieces, scoop up a pot of water, throw the rabbit in and squeeze out the residual blood.

Pour out the rabbit, wash the pot, and Li Junge added oil to the pot.

(End of this chapter)