Chapter 129: Hunting
When they returned to the cave where they were stationed near noon, the stove outside had already been set up, but it could not be used for the time being, so Su Wei took a few girls to dig a pit in the open space on the side, and was preparing to burn potatoes.
"Why are you getting so much wire?" she couldn't help but ask after seeing Li Yadong come back and noticing what he was holding.
"Of course it's delicious. Li Yadong smiled.
Su Wei was puzzled, and Li Yadong didn't bother to explain for the time being.
In the afternoon, Xiao Feng took everyone out for a walk, in the name of inspiration, Guo Qi also followed, Li Yadong was not interested anyway, and everyone didn't expect anything from him, so he stayed alone in the cave to fight with the wire, fortunately, he borrowed a vice from Liu Laohan, otherwise a pair of hands would have to be scrapped.
Making iron clips with bare hands is definitely not an easy task, six iron clips, Li Yadong did a whole week, and he couldn't make one a day on average.
And these days, in addition to noodles, their food is still noodles, the kind boiled in white water, and it is great to put two vegetable leaves in it, or a few potato chips, and the mouth can fade out of a bird.
Li Yadong felt that if this continued, a group of people would all be malnourished, so in the afternoon of that year, when all the iron clips were made, he packed his bags and headed for the desert, but he would not go deep, and the ghost knew what was inside.
"Hey, do you think he can really catch his prey?"
Near the cave, a group of people came back from outside just now, and after noticing the figure on the mountain road, they couldn't help but stop and watch, and talk a few words.
"How can it be so simple, I heard my dad say, the old hunters, hunting nets, earth guns and all kinds of tools, don't dare to guarantee that there will be a harvest every day, Li Dashao himself said, I haven't done this job before, I won't let him make a move, and the prey will automatically come to the door." ”
"I see it hanging, we have been around a lot of places in the past few days, where we see any prey, not even a tall tree. ”
"But...... Have you ever seen that iron clip he made, I look like it, maybe it can be done?"
"Pull it down, that only proves that his hands-on ability is okay, just that thing, it's okay to clip mice. ”
It is not difficult to hear from everyone's words that they basically have little hope for Li Yadong's trip, and in fact, they are indeed right.
Before dawn the next day, Li Yadong escaped the marks he left and went to collect the clips one by one, but unfortunately the six iron clips never moved, and they still remained untriggered.
The principle of the iron clamp he made is very simple, that is, the wire is bent into a spring, there is a wooden gasket in the middle, and then a horizontal wire is slightly stuck, when the prey steps on the gasket, the mechanism will be triggered, under the force of the spring, the two thick wires on the periphery will be instantly closed, clamping the prey's legs.
Li Yadong has tested it, and his strength is not small, almost no different from the iron clip that his third brother bought in the county, he made it according to that style, such as rabbit legs, which can break bones at once, plus there are wooden stakes nailed to the ground, it is basically impossible to escape.
But the point is, the problem now is that the prey doesn't step on it at all, which is very embarrassing.
Most of the prey is day and night, and it makes no sense to put it here during the day, in case it accidentally hurts the goats of the countrymen, it is not good, and these places are obviously wrong, so they have to be taken back one by one.
He once heard his third brother say that there is generally a fixed route for prey travel, but how to find this route, he really didn't get the hang of it for a while.
In the next few days, Li Yadong went out early and returned late, almost no one was visible, and he plunged into the desert with his head bored.
On the other hand, Xiao Feng and the others walked around, and they heard that it was not safe to go too far, so they didn't go deeper, and now they don't go out much.
They can be idle, Ma Zhishu is undoubtedly the happiest, specially came to the door to discuss, said to see if they can teach the children in the village, this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, Xiao Feng naturally has no reason to refuse, arrange two people every day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, take turns to teach the children in the village.
Such an opportunity is really rare, not only the children cherish it, but even the only teacher in the village, the cadres of the village committee, will carry Mazha to sit in the back row of the classroom and listen to the class seriously.
Half a month has passed, and he has long given up if he wants to change ordinary people, but Li Yadong has not, after a long time of exploration, he finally gradually found some rules, and began to confirm their general route through the feces left by the prey, and then through the subtle footprint changes on the surrounding landform, to locate the place where they must pass.
Every time he observes the details, he will lie on the ground in the posture of "five bodies to the ground", and he looks like he is old for a long time.
Guo Qi has been to him twice, and he is full of emotion.
In the past, he had never understood why Dongge, who was born in poverty, was so rich, and now although it is still unclear what he is doing, those are no longer important, because people with this perseverance and patience probably have no reason to be unsuccessful in doing anything.
When it happened to be dark that day, Li Yadong returned to the cave as usual, and some members of the club jokingly asked, "Li Dashao, can you eat meat tomorrow?"
"Yes. ”
"Huh?"
The members of the club who asked couldn't help but be stunned, and the others present were also slightly surprised, because in the past, whenever they asked, Li Dashao's questions and answers were always words like "maybe", "should", and "estimate", but today, he only replied with one word, although the tone was very flat, but anyone could hear the full confidence contained in it.
Because it was night, everyone was there, and as soon as they heard the movement here, they all gathered around, even the girl next door came.
Tao Lu couldn't help it at first, and hurriedly asked: "Classmate Li Yadong, please tell me truthfully, how sure you are of eating meat tomorrow." ”
After she asked this, everyone present looked at Li Yadong expectantly, and ate boiled noodles in white water for half a month.
Even Su Wei looked at him with bright eyes.
Probably only Guo Qi was already secretly having fun at the scene, because he knew very well in his heart that ** was not far from ten.
Sure enough, Li Yadong glanced at the surrounding circle of people, his eyes lingered on Guo Qi for a moment, and finally fixed on Su Wei, and replied with a smile: "Ten percent." ”
"Wow! With such a big certainty, it's not ironclad that you can eat meat!"
There was a burst of cheers from the cave, Li Dashao didn't say anything else, perseverance is still worth affirming, don't they all say that hard work pays off, let him catch it once, it seems that it should be taken for granted.
At this moment, everyone thought like this in their hearts, because only by thinking like this, they would probably be able to eat meat, and there was also a hint of prayer in it.
"Li Dashao, what do you think you can catch?" asked a member whose mouth began to bubble with water.
"Rabbit. Li Yadong doesn't hide it, because with his current level, the only thing he can identify is the rabbit road.
"Then I hope to catch a bigger one, otherwise there are so many of us who really don't have enough to eat." ”
Li Yadong smiled and didn't talk.
Early the next morning, when there was just a glimmer of light outside, and everyone didn't wake up, Li Yadong got up from the kang.
"Brother Dong, do you want me to accompany you?" Guo Qi didn't know when he sat up, and when he saw him getting dressed by the kang, he rubbed his eyes and asked.
"Forget it, you sleep, just put away a clip, it's useless if you go. ”
With that, Li Yadong left the cave alone. The reckless age