The Autumn of Matriarchal Society (Novella) Zhang Baotong 2018.10.10

When Wu Ma put the soil under the pit in a basket and hoisted it to the pit one by one, the big pit for catching wild boars was finally dug. The pit was two paces wide, as high as Mama's chest. In order not to be noticed by the wild boars, they carried the soil to the rocky ground next to it, so that some wild potatoes could be planted on it. The wild potatoes in the field were almost destroyed by the wild boars, and a small piece was left. And this pit is on the edge of the land.

Wu Ma came out of the pit and asked her daughter to carry the thin branches cut from the tree. They spread the long branches on the pit, spread the leaves, and then spread a layer of dirt on the leaves to camouflage. When everything was ready, Wu Ma dug up some wild potatoes from the ground and threw them on the pit as bait, and then waited for the arrival of the wild boar.

For two or three days, no wild boar was seen. The wild potatoes that were used as bait were already wilting a little. This made Wu Ma wonder a little, wondering if the wild boar had already recognized their intentions?

In the evening, it rained again, and it stopped in the morning. As soon as Wu Ma went out, it was as if she heard some animal humming, the sound was not loud, but it was very clear. She wondered what was calling for it, and she searched for it, and soon her eyes fell on the pit. The cover on the pit collapsed entirely, leaving the mouth of the pit exposed.

Wu Ma hurriedly ran towards the pit, but before she could get to her, she heard the sound of humming and eating in the pit. Wu Ma looked down the pit and saw a large wild boar humming and eating at the bottom of the pit, struggling to jump up the pit. However, the pit was too deep, and the space inside was too small, and the whole wild boar was crowded in it, and it was impossible to exert its strength. At this time, when it saw someone coming, it appeared a little panicked and frightened, and let out a fierce roar at the comer.

Wu Ma was very happy, and shouted loudly, "Come and see, the wild boar has fallen into the pit." ”

The big deer and the little fawn immediately ran over and stood on the edge of the pit and looked inside.

The big deer asked his mother, "How shall we get the wild boar up?" because the wild boar was so strong and big that it could not be pulled up without four or five people.

Wu Ma said, "Let it stay in the pit first, and then find a way to clean it up when it gets tired." So saying, he left the edge of the pit.

When the mother and daughter returned to the cave, the mother asked her daughter to take the stone blade to the big stone in front of the door and grind it to be slaughtered as a wild boar, and she found some rattan from the house. These rattans are soaked in water and are very strong and strong. She tied a slipknot in front of the rattan and went to the side of the pit, and put the ring in front of the rattan into the pit so that it could be wrapped around the boar's neck. However, she didn't get it right, but let the wild boar bite it at once, and after only a few clicks, the rattan let the wild boar bite off.

Wu Ma had to pull up the rattan, re-knot it, and put it into the pit to trap the wild boar. Soon, the wild boar was trapped. Wu Ma pulled the rope hard. Because the rope loop is a live joint, the more you pull that loop, the tighter it will become. The boar's neck was strangled tighter and tighter, and finally it was out of breath. However, the boar's strength was great, and it struggled and jumped wildly, trying to break the rattan around its neck. However, Wu Ma just pulled the rattan vigorously, not allowing it to have a chance to breathe. But the boar was so clever that it bit down on the rattan again, and broke it.

The wild boar bit off the rattan twice, so when Wu Ma put down the trap again, the wild boar went to bite the rattan, so Wu Ma didn't put the sleeve on the wild boar's neck after a long time. Mama had the fawn stab the boar's ass with a spear to distract it. The boar was stung by the spear and began to bite the spear with its teeth. The fawn dangled back and forth, so that it could not bite. After a while, Wu Ma put the rattan on the wild boar's neck again, and then kept pulling the rattan hard and did not relax. The wild boar was suffocated again, and wanted to struggle. But it doesn't seem to have any strength. At this time, the big deer and the black mother kept pulling the rattan hard, while the little deer was still stabbing its ass with a spear. It didn't take long for the wild boar to die.

The wild boar has been tossed for most of the day and may have died. However, the three of them still couldn't pull the wild boar out of the deep pit. In the early afternoon, the wolf came with a fox on his back. Seeing that the mother and daughter were worried about this, they went down to the deep pit, tied the boar's hind legs, and then let the black mother and the big deer pull the boar's neck, and he and the little deer each pulled the boar's hind legs. Everyone pulls hard together. In this way, the fat wild boar was pulled up.

At this time, it was a little dark, but they had to kill the wild boar and roast the meat by the fire to serve as a food reserve for the winter. Because the fire in the cave was roasting the fish, they made another big fire outside the cave. The black mother and the wolf slaughtered the wild boar together, and the big deer and the little deer slaughtered the fox.

Everyone was busy until it was completely dark, and then they finished killing the wild boar. With the help of everyone, Wu Ma put the wild boar on the fire, and then kept adding damp branches and leaves to the fire. Wet branches and leaves kicked up smoke billowing on the fire, and the smoke smoked on the fresh meat, giving off a tantalizing aroma of meat.

Because they were very busy, everyone sat by the fire and roasted some of the offal of wild boars distributed by Wuma over the fire. Because the internal organs of animals are not easy to store. After eating, Wu Ma asked the big deer to take the wolf to sleep in the little cave, and she and the little deer sat by the fire, watching over the smoked wild boar. In order to make the meat smoke and grill better, they kept turning the large chunks of meat. Until late at night, the wild boar was almost smoked. So, Wu Ma and Xiaolu moved the meat to the fire in the cave and then smoked it slowly. This time, instead of using fireworks, the meat is smoked slowly over a warm fire, drying as much moisture as possible so that it will not rot and deteriorate when stored. In the winter, when the snow covers the mountains, they can roast the dried meat over the fire and eat it, which is a very delicious food.