Chapter 34: A sense of security

What is the most important thing about catching fish in the wild?

Some people feel that the most important thing is the tools. After all, it is too difficult to catch fish with bare hands.

Others feel that the reaction is more important. After all, no matter how much you use the tools in your hand, if you can't grasp the movements and timing of the fish, it will be in vain.

However, Wang usually performs tasks in the field, and he does not do less things like fishing with hares. And all such veterans will do before catching a fish, is to pick a good position to catch the fish.

It can be said that the location is well chosen, and it can even achieve twice the result with half the effort.

For example, under the aquatic weeds where Wang Ping is ambushing his paws at the moment, it is the most dense location of microorganisms and aquatic insects in the lake, and it is also the place where fish often appear. As for tools, is there anything sharper than Wang Ping's claws at the moment?

Maintaining the posture of a monkey fishing for the moon, the stirred water of the lake gradually began to settle and became clear. Looking through the water, you can see a few sharp claws leaking out of the mud and sand beneath the aquatic weeds, and the fluff that swaying with the water.

Catching a fish is the same as fishing, it depends on patience.

Because the water of the lake here has just been stirred, and Wang Ping's paws have a different smell from the bottom of the lake, the nearby fish will not rush to approach until they get used to it.

The wildebeest on the other side drank the water and walked along the shore of the lake to the meadows to the northwest with his companions.

Fifteen kilometres to the northwest is the geographical core of the Ngorong Reserve, the crater of the Ngorong volcano.

As the world's second largest volcano, Mount Ngoro has entered a long "sage time" since it erupted once 2 million years ago. It is estimated that the last eruption was too powerful, and a certain volcano was "hollowed out", and now it is called the "African Garden of Eden" because its area is too rich in species.

Volcanoes are both "alive" and "dead", but volcanoes with the name "dead" are usually the cradles of life, which are rich in species. On the contrary, it is an "active" volcano, which is a forbidden area for life that does not deserve its name, and even grass does not want to grow there.

Ngorongoro Volcano is a famous "extinct" volcano. The crater, which is more than 18 kilometers in diameter, has been smoothed out over 2 million years, and today it is more of a plain.

Even in 1956, it was geographically merged with the Serengeti by the TSNY government and became known as the Serengeti Plains. Volcanoes are also outstanding in a sense when it comes to this.

These wildebeest are obviously creatures of the plains. And the direction where the gunshots rang out last night was also in the direction of the plains.

"Or, should I check it out?"

Wang Ping was thinking about his own thoughts, but his eyes were fixed on the water.

A palm-wide tilapia swung its tail and came to the water above Wang Ping's claws.

"Wow!"

A silver splash of water shimmered in the sunlight, accompanied by a tilapia that flew out by Wang Ping, and landed on the rocks of the shallow shore behind him.

Before the poor tilapia could struggle, he knocked a large scale on the stone and fainted on the spot.

"That's it, call it a day!"

Wang Ping held the small fish in his mouth, and when he returned to the stronghold, Gu Lang was standing behind the car changing clothes.

The rear compartment lid of the SUV was opened, revealing the items that Wang Ping had seen before.

At this time, Gu Lang's body was wrapped in bandages by himself, especially his arms and legs, which were bandaged extremely seriously, looking from a distance, like a mummy that had not yet dried.

The heavy smell of wound medicine mixed with the smell of sweat came from the wind, so smoked that Wang Ping almost squirted out the small fish in his mouth.

Taking off all the clothes and pants like beggar's clothes, Gu Lang took out a pair of hiking pants and a quick-drying T-shirt from the backpack behind the car, and found a canvas jacket to put on the outside.

However, after feeling it for less than five seconds, Gu Lang took off his coat again and threw it to the front seat. It's so hot!

Feeling that there seemed to be eyes behind him, Gu Lang subconsciously turned around and saw Wang Ping, who was looking at him with a fish in his mouth behind him.

"Huh, where did you catch the fish? There's a river around here?"

Gu Lang's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

“……”

To be honest, Wang Ping didn't want to pay attention to him.

If you look south from here, you can see the river bank through the woods if you look closely. And even if you can't see it, you can always hear the faint sound of the water, right?

It can only be said that this product is either a novice who has never been to the wild, or he is looking for something to talk about. The latter is perhaps a little more likely.

Sure enough, in the next second, Gu Laosan revealed his true purpose.

"If there is a river... Can you accompany me to the river to fetch some water?"

Why don't you go yourself?

Wang Ping looked at it with unkind eyes, very suspicious of the true purpose of this goods.

Do you want to trick my brother into the river and then push it into the river? Don't you know that otters and honey badgers are cousins of the same family of weasels? Lao Tzu can swim faster than you drive, believe it or not?

"What do you mean by those eyes? I don't dare to go alone..."

Feeling the malicious gaze from a certain badger, Gu Lang also had a hard time.

This time he went out, and nature gave him a vivid lesson in popularization. He learned about the insignificance and fragility of human beings in nature. There is awe, but the direct consequence of this is that Gu Lang is now a little afraid of staying alone in the empty woodland.

The glow of the river to the south had long been seen by him through the cracks in the forest. But the thought of going through this wood, Gu Lang felt a little drumming in his heart. Wang Ping is not around, in case he encounters a beast or something, he doesn't even have a place to hide.

Even if nothing happened, I walked to the river, but I don't know what the situation is by the river. What if there are crocodiles? Even if there are no crocodiles, other animals are very dangerous!

Seeing Wang Ping at this moment, Gu Lang seemed to have seen the backbone and reliance.

Although it is a bit ridiculous, it seems that Wang Ping is there, and he has the confidence to go out. However, looking at Wang Ping's slim little body, Gu Laosan himself doubted where this unreliable feeling came from. Maybe it's a manifestation of trauma syndrome...

"Damn, really?"

Listening to Gu Laosan's words, Wang Ping was stunned. A stupid and bold person who dares to drive alone in the grassland, and at this time he actually said that he didn't dare to go to the river alone to fetch water?

Do you think I believe it or not?

At this time, Gu Lang had already picked up the bucket that seemed to have been found in advance from the north side of the house, and at the same time looked at the fish in Wang Ping's mouth, and said again: "Let's go? Anyway, don't you have to disembowel your fish to clean up? How can you clean it up without water?"

That's right!

Only then did Wang Ping react, he should have disemboweled the fish by the lake just now. But now that there is free labor, this job can be...

Running over and throwing the fish into the bucket, Wang Ping turned around and led the way, leading Gu Lang towards the riverbank that was closer to the south.

As for saying that somebody wants to play tricks? hehe, it doesn't exist!

Wang Ping wanted to see what medicine Gu Lang wanted to bury in his gourd.

Walking out of the woods, Gu Lang looked back and forth at the river beach full of rocks and weeds. It is surprising that the landform on both sides of the bank is densely wooded, but not a single tree grows on the shore.

Wang Ping glanced in the direction of the small lake to the west.

There was another wave of drinking animals on the shore. A warthog and a pair of horned antelope mother and son, separated by about ten meters, were drinking water while being vigilant against each other.

Gu Lang came to the river, looked at the small river that was not one meter deep, and squatted down to take out the tilapia from the bucket.

"I'm telling you, this disembowels the fish, I'm the most..."

Before the words fell, the little fish that had recovered from the dizziness but had been pretending to be dead, with a swing of the fish's tail, slipped out of Gu Lang's hand and fell into the water with a "poof".

Gu Lang: "......"

Wang Ping: "......"

So, why did you trick Lao Tzu to the river, just to throw away Lao Tzu's breakfast?