My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 149

   "It's a crane."

   A few young people opened their mouths and followed suit.

   "What is the crane? The crane is a red-crowned crane with a red forehead. You can't even tell the difference between a crane and a white crane. You guys have grown so big."

  Chen Dazhi turned around and gave his nephew a slap, disgusting.

   A few people are smiling and not ashamed.

  Crane group, come only on September 9th, and go only on March 3rd.

   This year, the leap August, according to previous years, has actually entered the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It's time to celebrate, it's all over.

   It is normal for a group of cranes to fly back from the north.

   At this time of year, there will be their shadows in rivers, ponds, and reeds.

   Among the water birds such as wild ducks and roosters, they stand out from the crowd and are very eye-catching.

   After walking a distance along the mountain stream.

   Soon another migratory bird was discovered.

   "Hey, sigh—"

The sound of    is delicate and crisp, and at first the big guy thought it was a quail.

   approached, only a few steps away, before a flock of birds flew up in the grass, it turned out to be a group of willows.

   is also the willow warbler.

   The yellow-green bird is two circles smaller than the sparrow.

  Slim body with golden eyebrows.

   This bird is so beautiful that it is often mistaken for a canary.

   is stupid.

  Sometimes people only know how to fly when they approach a distance of a few meters. It is a very good bird to catch.

   But the local people are rarely caught.

  Everyone is very tolerant towards these migratory birds.

  I can see you in the fall, and I will miss the rest of the year.

  In fact, Liu Chuan’er, like many migratory birds, flies to the north in spring and summer, hatches eggs and breeds, and then flies south over winter one after another in autumn.

   A lot of them just pass through the local area and don’t stay too long.

   They will continue to cross the Yangtze River.

   But people are used to having them in autumn, which is a simple feeling.

  Go into the mountains this season.

  On weekdays, hard-to-see migratory birds come and go.

   But there are far fewer pheasants and hares, perhaps due to the frequent activity of wolves in the past two months.

   According to Wang Lixian.

   In the past, as long as we went deep into this kind of lot, the rabbits in the bush often lived in a litter.

   Pheasants are also running around.

   is very rare now.

  The prey was not decent either. After drilling for a long time on the mountain, the biggest one I saw was a raccoon raccoon who ran away in panic.

  The fox was no weaker than the wolf, and ran away before he had time to raise his gun.

   It seems to continue to move forward.

   It’s just that it’s almost noon now, and everyone was exhausted from splitting the vines before, so they have to prepare for lunch early.

   Fill your stomach before continuing.

   So he let the dogs out and let them sniff around with their heads down and run back and forth in the jungle.

   After a long time, under the leadership of Xiaojin, he drove out a few pheasants. They fluttered and screamed. They were so frightened that the feathers flew over the stream like snowflakes and fled towards the crowd.

  This pheasant is also panicked, scared to death, and even no one here cares.

   A terrified sound of "cluck quack" came out of his mouth.

   Delivered to your door, naturally you can't let it go.

  Everyone raised their guns and shot, and shot down two directly.

   plus one captured by Xiaojin.

   Enough to eat.

  Heiwa previously stayed beside Chen Ling as a warning.

   Now, seeing that the group of dogs have gained something, they also ran over to join in the fun.

  Chen Ling took a closer look, it turned out that apart from the pheasant caught by Xiao Jin, the other local dogs were not empty-handed, they even followed behind one by one, catching some mountain mice and came back.

  Chen Ling was dumbfounded and wanted to throw them away.

   Chen Dazhi said to keep it, anyway, it was some meat.

   "Hey, what are you doing with a bitter face, the mountain mouse doesn't have any odor, it's still sweet when it's cooked on fire, and it's full of fine meat, which is quite mouth-watering."

   said, glanced at Chen Ling, and went to pick up the mountain mouse and tie it into a string.

  Chen Ling shook his head, unable to imagine the smell of mice.

He said: "Okay, then you kill the pheasants. I just saw snakes probing their brains a few steps away from the grass and trees next to me. I will catch them and I should be able to make a pot of snake soup. "

   He learned from Wang Susu the skill of catching snakes with bare hands.

   sneaked over, and as soon as he caught one, Heiwa wanted to follow him, but he drove him aside and went to catch him himself.

   After a while, he caught three snakes.

  Two large cauliflower snakes and a home cloth bag.

   carried it in his hand and smiled at him: "You are lucky, you are not small, enough for us to fill our stomachs at noon."

really.

   This ability is quite good, and Chen Yubin and several young people are taken aback for a while.

   stepped forward and looked, and found that Chen Ling had broken the neck bones of these snakes.

   Just when Chen Ling came over with the snake.

   They have picked up firewood, built a fire, and boiled water in a pot.

   And then on the stream, busy.

  Chen Ling hung the snake on a small tree branch, peeled off the skin in threes, took the internal organs, and then cut off the head of the snake.

   On the other side, Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi went to clean up the pheasants.

After    is cleaned up, the snake meat is cut into sections and stewed in soup.

   Put seasonings and wild fruits on the belly of the pheasant, and wrap it with a large piece of mulberry leaves.

  No matter how big the mulberry leaves are, they are not as big as lotus leaves. It needs to be divided into several pieces and wrapped together, tied with thin rattan, and wrapped in a few threads.

After the    is wrapped, dig some yellow hard mud by the stream, mix it with the mud into a soft mud, and rub it on the pheasant, smear it thickly, and it can be roasted.

   In the mountains, at times like this.

   You don’t need too many seasonings, just pure natural and wild ones.

   Wrap the pheasant into a mud ball and throw it into the fire.

  Chen Ling took Yuqiang and Chen Ze around to find mushrooms, fungus and the like, ready to stew with snake meat.

   Several young people also came over to help find it.

  Usually, the mushroom picking is divided into two or three directions, and the mushroom picking should be separated, so as to collect more.

   But for now, just make a soup, enough is enough.

   Affected by the two autumn rains a few days ago, a lot of fresh mushrooms came out of the mountains.

   Butterfly Mushroom, Meat Mushroom, Yellow Foot Mushroom, Ox-lip Mushroom…

  Each person can easily pick a handful.

   Pick the mushrooms, wash them and cook them in a pot.

   Suddenly heard someone yelling, "Damn, which **** hit me", Chen Ling turned his face and saw that it was Chen Dazhi who hurried out of the jungle with his pants on.

   On the branches of the forest behind him, a group of monkeys jumped back and forth, smashing them down with some wild fruits and the like.

  It hurts to fight.

   made Chen Dazhi look like he was running away.

   Seeing Chen Ling standing by the stream and watching the show, he immediately said angrily, "These dead monkeys are annoying to everyone. You guys know how to watch the fun, and don't chase them away with guns."

   After saying that, he took the lead in raising his shotgun and shot at the monkeys.

   'Bang' a shot rang out.

  The monkeys screamed and screamed in terror.

   While jumping in panic on the branches, he didn't forget to smash people's heads hard.

   is indeed a vengeful temper.

  Chen Ling squatted beside the firewood and didn't get up, and was accidentally smashed.

   The forehead is sore.

   Immediately anger came up.

   also got up and shot with a shotgun.

This time, Heiwa and Xiaojin couldn't sit still, and the group of dogs also barked loudly, chasing after them, but the monkeys were jumping on the branches, very agile, the dogs could not stand on the tree, they only raised their heads and yelled. Circling around under the tree.

   But the shotgun actually hit a few monkeys.

Although    was not killed, the monkeys were beaten and screamed again and again, dangling from the branches in fear and running away.

   "Damn, these monkeys in the mountains are very annoying."

   "We have guns this time, so we're not afraid of them."

"In the old days, they couldn't be chased away, and the slingshot wouldn't hurt them. They could go all the way with you, screaming and smashing rocks. The wild animals were scared away, and you could take any prey when you entered the mountains. can not hit."

  Chen Dazhi gritted his teeth and said, as if he was deeply resentful.

   Wang Lixian nodded.

   He went into the mountains when he was young, and was often disturbed by it.

   Later, it was better to make a bow.

   But there are bows and arrows, no guns, and no insurance. It’s better to avoid these annoying guys when there are one or two people.

   After driving away the monkeys, the first meal in the forest is ready.

  Thanks to Chen Ling for bringing the seasoning, otherwise these rough guys.

  It is probably enough to put some salt.

  The mountain is to deal with filling the stomach, and if you have a hot meal, you can eat it. Most of the mountain is for a living, no one pays attention to it.

   Today is a good thing.

   I have tasted Chen Ling craftsmanship before.

  No need to say more now, everyone is tired and hungry, drinking the delicious snake soup, accompanied by the fragrant beggar chicken, they all gobble up and forget to speak.

   But after seeing Chen Ling distribute the food to his two dogs, they all stared at each other and couldn't help it.

   "Good guy, you are really willing to be rich."

   "No wonder your dog has spirituality. You raised it as a son."

   But turn around and think.

   If his family also has two dogs that go back and forth to catch pheasants and rabbits, I am afraid they have to make good offerings.

  This is baby.

   turned the corner and couldn't help but redden.

   makes Chen Ling laugh and laugh.

   After eating this first sumptuous lunch in the mountains.

   After a short rest, they continued to set off northward. To the north, there were huge mountains, towering into the clouds, the mountains became steeper, the trees became taller and deeper, and people were as small as little ants.

   They continue to follow the stream water source, and can usually make a simple judgment on the type and number of prey according to the traces left by the prey on the water's edge.

   An experienced hunter like Wang Lixian can also accurately predict the direction of the prey and make some hunting plans accordingly.

  …

  In this way, as it goes deeper, the stream gradually widens, and the trail of prey finally increases.

Not to mention pheasants and rabbits, they also found another group of monkeys. They scared away a group of wild ducks with strange colors. They fled quickly along the water surface, pulling long sprays on the water surface, and the dogs couldn't catch up. .

   has amazed everyone.

   "Stop for a while, it's here..."

  When they walked along the stream to a rocky beach, Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi turned their heads and squatted down to observe carefully. There were many hoofs and footprints here, and it was obvious that prey often came here to drink water.

   is a good location.

  The degree of drying of the feces, as well as the depth of the footprints and the direction of the hoof prints, can be inferred a little.

   Waiting for something in his mind, he got up and reminded Chen Ling.

   "Rich and noble, get ready, let the dog go to the mountain."

   After Chen Ling nodded in agreement, Wang Lixian made another arrangement.

   "Fugui will sit with me later to "cross", Shuiwazi, you guys are young and strong, just follow the dog to be a slap..."

   Crossings are the places where wild animals must pass after being disturbed.

   Sitting and guarding the mouth, commonly known as Sitting, is to find good marksmanship and hide to make an ambush.

  撵foot is also called 撵shanzi, a person who follows the dog to 撵shan, shouting his horn to help the dog and drive the prey to the intersection.

   After the division of labor is clear.

  Wang Lixian pulled Chen Ling and let Xiaojin sniff at the messy hoof marks and some feces by the water, and his yellow tabby dog ​​also sniffed.

   After a while, the yellow tabby didn't respond.

  Xiaojin's eyes became sharp, and he whimpered in one direction.

   This is where the prey was found!

   "Good spirit dog..."

  Wang Lixian immediately raised his head in surprise and glanced at Chen Ling.

   He passed by the first few times, and he already looked at the two dogs of the Chen Ling family very much.

   Unexpectedly, it was still underestimated.

   "Xiaojin, go!"

  Chen Ling smiled and gave Xiaojin an order.

   Hearing Xiao Jin's low-pitched roar, the group of dogs all cheered up, rubbed their ears, followed closely behind, and ran wildly in one direction of the mountain forest.

   Chen Ze and a few uncles and brothers looked at each other, and after nodding to Chen Ling and the others, they also hurriedly followed.

  撵 Mountain, it started.

   (end of this chapter)