Manor Romance

Chapter 7 Wild Duck

Farmers have their own goals when they go to the mountains. Huang Damin’s family grows chili peppers, mainly Erjingtiao. This kind of chili is both spicy and very popular in the market. Even if it can be planted, the fruit setting rate is not ideal.

This problem can be solved through hybridization technology. By pollinating other varieties of peppers, we can breed varieties that can adapt to the local climate without reducing the quality too much.

After years of planting experience, Huang Damin discovered that by crossing the pure Ervittia pepper with a certain wild pepper in the mountain, an improved Ervittia can be obtained, which has a high survival rate and a high yield. very good.

However, the effect of this kind of hybridization will be weaker from generation to generation. If you want to maintain good quality and yield, you can only re-cultivate improved seedlings every few planting cycles.

The purpose of their trip to the mountain this time is to find suitable wild peppers and cultivate improved seedlings of Ervitex for the next planting.

I went to several places marked by Huang Damin in the past, but I still couldn't find a suitable wild pepper, but I picked a lot of wild fruit and bracken.

"Teacher Yun, try this." After walking a long section of the mountain road, everyone was a little tired. During the break, Huang Yanli held a small pile of bright red fruits and handed them to Yunli like a treasure.

"What kind of fruit is this, can it be eaten?" Yun Li picked up one of them, pinched it between his fingers and turned it around to observe, and found that there was nothing special except for the bright color, but it was somewhat similar to a strawberry, but it was much smaller, and most of them were like strawberries. Only the size of a thumb.

Huang Yanli distributed some of the fruits to Yunli, grabbed a few of them, and put them in her mouth, then ate them with relish, and told Yunli the answer with practical actions.

"We call it wild strawberry here. It's sweet and sour. It's very delicious. It's found in many places in the mountains, but it's well hidden and hard to find." Huang Yanli briefly explained, signaling that Yunli can eat it with confidence. Just go and share the rest with others.

Being in the mountains and forests, it is difficult to judge the exact time just by feeling. If Yunli hadn't looked at his phone, Yunli wouldn't know it was already noon.

Farmers who have entered the mountains will not return before dark. They will spend the whole day searching in the mountains and forests in order to get more harvest.The so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, for them who grew up by the mountains and forests, it is not difficult to find a lunch.

In addition to wild strawberries, Yunli and his party also picked a lot of mountain food, including small wild bamboo shoots, fungus, wild vegetables, and various wild fruits. In his opinion, it is not a problem for everyone to make do with a meal.

Of course, this is just his layman's opinion, Huang Damin doesn't think so, at least he will not be ambiguous about what to eat, not to mention that Yunli and his distant relative Brother Chen are present today, so he has to show a good performance.

After eating the wild strawberries, Yunli saw Huang Damin and Old Brother Chen holding a large pile of vines. Huang Yanli and her mother Xu Yin immediately went up to help tidy up the vines. Afterwards, they began to intertwine and twist them, as if they were weaving wearing something.

Yunli couldn't help being curious and approached them, but still couldn't guess their intentions. The four of them didn't speak, but they were doing something tacitly, which aroused Yunli's interest, and couldn't help asking: "What are you doing?" what?"

The four of them seemed to have expected Yunli's confusion a long time ago, but no one explained to him. They continued to weave vines, and finally Huang Yanli told the whole story: "We are weaving nets to catch wild ducks."

"Boy Yun, you are lucky today. We just discovered a group of wild ducks' nests, and we will rely on them for lunch." Brother Chen patted the vines weaving the net, and couldn't help but said happily.

Brother Chen's hobbies are very clear to Yunli. After class, apart from playing with his bamboo and wood carvings, his favorite thing is to make a few plates of delicacies, make a pot of fragrant tea, and satisfy his appetite.When Yun Li lived in Luzhen Middle School, he often visited his dormitory to beg for food.

Even Brother Chen, who has always had a picky taste, showed such an expectant expression, which surprised Yunli, but he couldn't help, so he had to stand aside and watch patiently.

It didn't take long for a large arched rattan net to be completed. The front part is the entrance and the back is closed. It is somewhat similar to the open-door tent, but the shape is flatter.

Then, Huang Damin led the crowd and placed the rattan net on the flat ground in front of a short bush, and a few meters before the entrance of the rattan net, he used the firewood picked up from around to stack a speed bump similar to the speed bump in front of the fork on the road.Huang Yanli and her mother also found some brambles and evenly arranged them inside the rattan net.

During the whole process, everyone acted lightly to ensure that the prey in the distant bushes would not be disturbed.After doing this, everyone found some long sticks, and under Huang Damin's command, surrounded the bushes in three directions, and began to quickly slap the surrounding branches with wooden sticks, making a swishing sound.

"The wild ducks are hiding in the bushes. They are very timid. If we make such a big noise, they will soon be unable to hide." Yun Li has no experience, everything is very strange to him, fortunately With Huang Yanli on the side to guide him, he will not be at a loss.

Sure enough, not long after, there were bursts of "quack" calls from the bushes, low and intermittent, showing that the owner of the calls was surrounded by panic.

"Come out!" Yunli, who possesses supernatural powers, has five senses that surpass ordinary people. He can roughly sense that there are five wild ducks hidden in the bushes. escape.

As soon as Yunli's words reached Huang Yanli's ears, before she could respond, her attention was attracted by a gray shadow flying out. Since the surrounding area was disturbed by Yunli and the others, the way the wild ducks fled, There is only one path leading to the vine net.

The speed of the wild duck is quite fast. Although it cannot take off, it can play a very good role in accelerating by waving its wings while galloping.Immediately afterwards, four wild ducks sprang out of the bushes one after another. The escape route was exactly the same as the first one, and the result was also the same.

After the wild ducks quickly crossed the speed bump, they were greeted by carefully laid traps. All five wild ducks fell into the vine net without missing a single one.After a while, after confirming that there were no other wild ducks, everyone gathered around the rattan net to check the harvest.

They are said to be wild ducks. In fact, from the appearance, wild ducks are very different from ordinary ducks. Their hair is gray and white, and they are much smaller. Their mouths are light yellow, but they are not the iconic flat mouths of ducks. The tip is round and the wings are well developed.It is also for this reason that rattan nets can easily catch them.

Perhaps because they knew that they were doomed, the wild ducks stopped struggling, and driven by curiosity, Yun Li wanted to catch one to see what happened.But due to his lack of experience, the moment he untied the vine, the wild duck used both its beak and claws to attack the captured hand, and was about to run away after it fell off the ground.

But Yunli's reaction was not slow at all. After dodging the attack like lightning, he bent down and threw down with one hand, accurately pinning down the wild duck on the ground, preventing it from succeeding.

It only took a few blinks of an eye from Yunli untied the vines to the wild duck fighting back, escaping, and being subdued again. Before everyone had time to exclaim, the episode was over.

"Aren't you hurt? Their mouths and claws are very sharp. When grabbing, you have to hold down the two wings." Huang Yanli was the first to react. After seeing that Yunli was fine, she felt relieved and took the Only wild ducks that fail to escape.

"Tsk tsk, your kid's skills are not bad at all, and I haven't heard you say that you have practiced before." Seeing that Yunli is fine, Old Brother Chen also heaved a sigh of relief.

"It's fine, these guys are very cunning, if they get hurt, the loss will not be worth the loss." Huang Damin and his wife also echoed.

Under normal circumstances, wild ducks are very difficult to catch. They are not only fast, good at water, but also very alert, and can move freely in the jungle.Unfortunately, even if they have these skills, they are still no match for human intelligence.

During the catching process, the key point is the arrangement of speed bumps. If the setting is too high, wild ducks will choose other places to escape. If it is too low, they will be able to detect the existence of rattan nets in advance and will not fall into the trap. Only experience Rich hunters can subdue them obediently.

Wild ducks like to live in a sunny and dry environment, and feed on young leaves, berries, or small insects. When you open the bushes, you can see their nests built with haystacks.

The three circular nests of similar size, which were next to each other, may have been frightened by Yunli and the others, making them look a bit messy. Even though they were separated by some distance, they could still feel the faint warmth from inside.

After digging around, it turned out that in one of the nests, there were a dozen or so oval-shaped green eggs, which should have been laid by these wild ducks.

"Ali, let go of the one in your hand." After seeing the existence of these wild duck eggs, Huang Damin ordered without hesitation.

"Okay, let you go, little guy, don't be so fierce in the future." Hearing her father's instructions, Huang Yanli lifted the wild duck in her hand, and after admonishing it prettily, she threw it out .The freed wild duck flew away with the sound of "quack", and soon disappeared into the dense forest.

The one that was let go was the wild duck that was planted in Yunli's hands just now.

"Although the wild duck is timid, it loves the nest very much. After we are all gone, it will come back soon, transfer the eggs away and continue to hatch."

"That's true. Although this kind of wild egg is also a rare delicacy, you can't use up the water to catch everything, otherwise there will be another delicacy missing in the Spotted Deer Mountain."

"Let's go, find a place to smash these guys together, Ali, and pick some banana leaves nearby."

Brother Chen, Huang Damin and his wife chatted for a while, and then took the rest of the wild ducks to deal with, while Yunli followed Huang Yanli to look for plantain leaves.

(End of this chapter)