savage peasant girl

Chapter 75 Defensive Measures
"Sister, why are you sitting here in a daze, instead of seeing Brother Qing and Xuan Jiu off?" Mu Ling came over and looked at Roman and asked.

Roman came back to his senses and smiled: "If there is anything good to give, I will be back in [-] days!"

"That's true." Mu Ling smiled, and continued: "Let's go up the mountain together to collect wild fruits or other food."

"Well, good, they've gone on a long trip, and our days have passed!" Roman said as he went into the house, took the animal skin bag and the bone knife, and came out.

"Sister, why don't you move here to live with me and A Niang. You live alone, and A Niang and I are not at ease. Danmei and Shuiwen may wait for this vacancy to trouble you, Sister .” The wood spirit said worriedly.

"Well, I guess they are also waiting to make trouble." Roman said, he had to think of a way to deal with it.

Roman and Mu Ling walked all the way up the mountain. When they passed the pepper tree before, Roman saw that there were still a lot of pepper on the tree, and said with a smile: "Let's pick some more pepper, it's a pity that it grows on the tree for nothing."

"Okay, sister." The wood spirit said, put the animal skin bag on the ground, and picked up the bone knife to harvest peppercorns.

Roman collected some prickly ash, and cut some thorns with a bone knife, carefully wrapped them in small pieces of animal skin, and put them in the animal skin bag.

"Sister, be careful not to pierce your hands. Why are you collecting these thorns? You can't eat these thorns, right?" the wood spirit asked differently.

"Of course you can't eat them. These thorns are naturally useful. You'll know later." Roman laughed.

Roman and the wood spirit continued to walk up the mountain. Before taking two steps, they heard the sound of flapping wings. Roman hurriedly grabbed the wood spirit and listened. If Roman remembers correctly, this sound is similar to the sound she had with Xuan last time. The sound heard on Jiulai Mountain was the same, Xuan Jiu said it was the sound of wild mountain birds.

Luo Man put his finger on his mouth to make a hush, the wood spirit understood, and didn't dare to let out a breath, the last time he met a wild tiger on the mountain, the wood spirit was still afraid even now.

I saw two colorful animals fluttering their wings to eat on the ground. Their bodies were slightly fat, their claws were slender, and they walked awkwardly, a little clumsily.

This should be the wild pheasant in Xuan Jiu's mouth, but in Roman's view, it is somewhat similar to the modern pheasant.

If Roman's judgment is correct, these two wild mountain birds appear to be male, colorful, and have slightly longer tails.

I don't know when their breeding season is, or is it like a pheasant, one brood a year?If the reproduction is fast, you can catch more and raise them in captivity.

Roman quietly stood up, wanting to poke around. Who knows that wild mountain birds are very clever. When they hear a sound, they run away. Don't look at their fat bodies, they are really good at running. They can run to the bushes in the blink of an eye. In the bushes.

"Haha, sister." Mu Ling looked at Roman and laughed loudly, and said, "This kind of wild mountain bird is very alert, and it is especially hard to catch."

"Hey, you girl, since you know, why didn't you say it earlier!" Roman patted Mu Ling's arm and said!
"Before I had time to speak, my elder sister made a gesture to silence me." Mu Ling laughed.

"Haha, I want to see if they move fast. If they can be caught, they can be called beggar chickens when they go home. Are there many wild birds on the mountain?" Roman asked.

"It's not bad, but because they are very alert and like to dig into the bushes, it is more troublesome to catch. Usually the clan does not hunt them specifically, it takes time and effort, and it is not very flattering." The wood spirit explained one by one. .

Well, it seems that the wild montane is out of reach today.

Roman and Wood Spirit then searched for food.

On the way, I met a female. Roman didn't know her, and the wood spirit just nodded to her, and the two sides went their separate ways.

"Who is this?" Roman asked.

"She, she is the only one left at home, and her partner's cubs have all gone. She has had a hard time, and her temper has become more and more weird. She seldom participates in group activities, and seldom communicates with ethnic groups. Going to the square to get meat, sometimes I don’t see her for a long time.” Mu Ling said.

"Oh, seeing that she's not too old, why doesn't she consider partnering with other males of a similar age?" Roman asked.

"At her age, it's not very suitable for giving birth to cubs. Most males will choose younger females to be their mates, which is convenient for giving birth and raising cubs." Mu Ling laughed.

This, indeed.This is still the case for modern people, let alone the harsh wilderness?

"Well, it's almost time for business, let's go back together." Roman said.

"Okay." Mu Ling and Roman picked up firewood as they walked, and when they reached the bottom of the mountain, each carried a small bundle of firewood.

When Roman returned home, he put down the firewood, sat under the awning to rest for a while, lit a fire, took out two medium-sized sweet potatoes and threw them in the fire to roast the sweet potatoes.

When the open fire was extinguished, Roman grabbed a small handful of dried peanuts and threw them into the charcoal fire. After a while, the shells of the peanuts were charred black. Roman pulled the peanuts out with branches and put them aside to cool, then Peel off the peanut shells, put the peanut kernels in a wooden bowl, wash your hands with water, then pick up the peanut kernels and put them in your mouth, delicious!Not as crunchy as fried peanuts, but the taste is still good.

Roman put a few peanuts in the palm of his hand, squeezed them together, blew off the skin, and ate them in his mouth.

not bad.

After lunch, Roman took a rest for a while, went to the hanging pole, turned over the bacon and air-dried meat on the hanging pole, and then went to the house, and used the thorns of different lengths on the pepper tree picked in the morning The leather bag was taken out.

Roman carefully swept the sand beside the hanging rod with animal skins, wrapped it up, arranged the pepper thorns one by one under the hanging rod, and then sprinkled a layer of sand on top to cover it up.

After it was done, Roman stood up and found that if he didn't check carefully, he would definitely not see that there were spikes ambush under the hanging rod.

Although the folk customs in the wilderness are simple, air-dried meat and other real objects are drying at the entrances of each house, the door is really open at night, and there is no case of petty theft, but Roman is still worried. After all, Danmei and Shuiwen, two mentally retarded people, can't do big things and harass people. They still have skills, and these bacon and air-dried meat are reserved for the winter, and Roman will never allow them to make any mistakes.

Although these thorns ambushes are too childish, but the good thing is that they are unprepared.

Roman went to the cave again, took out a piece of animal skin, and cut the animal skin into thin strips with a bone knife.

After cutting, Roman tried the toughness, and found that it was good and put it in the hole for later use. He set up an ambush at the entrance of the hole at night. In the dark, if someone broke into the hole, he would stumble and wake Roman up.

Simple protective measures are still needed, otherwise Roman really doesn't feel safe.

(End of this chapter)