Chapter 168: A Thousand Shots
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Coming down from the boulder, Xu Ling walked forward a hundred meters and saw the wooden house left by the old hunter and the herb picker, which was on the shady side of a small hill. Pushing open the wooden door tied with iron wire, I found that the floor inside was already covered with a thick layer of dust. A simple bed made of wood was also dusty, and there were two tables and stools made of low tree stumps.
Xu Ling took out a bucket of water and a rag from the space and cleaned it up, otherwise it would be inconvenient to cook. By the time these things are done, the sun is already setting and the tired birds are returning to their nests. Occasionally, Xu Ling can see squirrels picking fruits on small pine and cedar trees outside, and many pheasants have also flown to this vicinity from other places, not knowing whether to forage for food or settle down.
After setting up a pot in the stove of the original stone base and picking up some firewood, Xu Ling wanted to cook a better meal at night, so he took out the fruit from the space and ate it to pad his stomach, while getting busy.
After making a fire and boiling water and wanting to make fish soup, Xu Ling suddenly felt that it was good to catch two pheasants just now, and it was completely okay to make a flower chicken. There are some natural spices nearby, and the space is complete with star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves. In addition, make some mud by the lake, and stuff some freshly picked red mushrooms and space chicken fir in the chicken belly, the taste, Xu Ling is full of relishes when he thinks of this, and his stomach is even more uncomfortable.
"It's not so easy to eat, let's take it step by step. Xu Ling first cleaned the chicken fir and red mushrooms in the space, stirred them in the boiling water, scooped them up and let them cool. Then I changed the water, put in the small golden and red fish caught in the creek, then put in the boneless fine-scaled fish in the reservoir, and then put down half of the chicken fir and red mushrooms that had just passed the water, a dozen!
Xu Ling's spiritual power was released, but it was a pity that it was not found within 20 meters, but there were two bamboo leaves catching small insects in the thorn bushes.
"It seems that these guys are too timid to go near the path. Xu Ling smiled bitterly. It is no wonder that a few years ago, hunters passed by here to rest, and when they saw pheasants, they would also start to save dry food. They don't have Xu Ling's ability to get them into space, they are all guns or crossbows, can they not scare them away by shooting again and again, not to mention that it is a gun, a shot not only steel balls fly all over the world, but they are all hit in the range, even if they don't hit, the sound is enough to scare them away and dare not approach the path, and the large animals have to be frightened and run away when they hear it.
However, when Xu Ling was about to turn around, the thorn bushes more than 20 meters away in the distance were moving, and the sound of "cooing" kept coming out, and it could be heard that it was the cry of pheasants, which seemed to be quite a lot.
Xu Ling found a place where he could walk slowly. You can't cut the thorns, you can't make too loud noises, or these alert creatures will have to run away at the slightest movement.
When he got close to the range of twenty meters, Xu Ling's spirit finally sensed that it was a pheasant, also known as a pheasant. And there are quite a few, a family-like population, three male pheasants, because its forehead and upper beak base are black, rich in blue-green luster. The top of the head is tan, the eyebrow lines are white, and the bare skin around the eyes is crimson. On the back of the eyes, above the bare skin, there is a small piece of blue-black short feathers under the white eyebrow lines, the neck is mainly blue-green, but the back and shoulders are red, the color is very bright, it is used for the breeding season to the female bird. Females, on the other hand, are petite and less feathered than males, with brownish-white heads and necks, chestnut shoulders and backs, and sandy yellow bellies. This color of female birds is most suitable for survival in roadside grass and thorn forests, and the feathers are closest to their color, and they are a natural protective color when escaping.
"These pheasants are beautiful in appearance, the chicken is also firm and delicate, delicious and nutritious, fast growth, strong disease resistance, not bad, seven, can be eaten can be completely expanded. Xu Ling was also happy, with a smile on his face. The spiritual power was wrapped, and it was suddenly retracted, and all of it entered the space.
Since there was not much movement, there was no scene that alarmed a single bird. Xu Ling glanced left and right, but he didn't send any more of these pheasants, but several squirrels were staring at Xu Ling vigilantly on the pine trees, there were a lot of beauties in the space, Xu Ling simply grabbed a few of them and let them become a population.
Whether it is a pheasant or a squirrel, as soon as they enter the space, they are frightened, as soon as the squirrel comes in, they climb up from the ground, and one by one, they lie tightly on the branches of the tree and do not move, but their eyes are spinning around, their ears and tails are erected, and they are very vigilant! The pheasant is no better, and the moment they appear in the woods on the mountain, they immediately scatter and run away, and they cooing all the way, with their gorgeous feathers, it is really like a rainbow. After a while, he hid in the woods and disappeared.
Xu Ling felt funny when he saw this, shook his head, and began to walk back. I believe that the fish soup has already been boiled, and then put some seasoning. It takes at least half an hour for the chicken to be cooked thoroughly, during which time the fish soup becomes just the right amount of warmth.
Xu Ling caught two pheasants, he didn't want to deal with them in the space, he took out a bucket of water, scalded and plucked the feathers with the water that had just been treated with wild mushrooms, took out the wet mud after processing the internal organs, first put the remaining red mushrooms and chicken fir into the stomachs of the two pheasants, sprinkled with salt, and added the juice of spices, even now Xu Ling smelled a refreshing fragrance. The pheasant can no longer be salted outside, but the spice juice can be sprinkled. Then smear the mud, bury it in the fire, cover the soil is also particular, a finger thick is the best, and then set up firewood to burn, the fire is full of half an hour, and then Xu Ling no longer add firewood, let it slowly extinguish itself.
Remove the firewood, and by the time Xu Ling dug out the roasted pheasant, the sun had already set in the west, and the North Star was shining from the sky, dazzling in the vast night sky!
Knocking open the outer layer of soil that has already dried, just revealing the cracks, an intoxicating fragrance permeates the air, not only the smooth and tender fragrance of wild pheasants, but also the aroma of wild mushrooms in the stomach.
"Fragrant, really fragrant!", Xu Ling picked up the pheasant that had been cleaned up, then picked up the fish soup, covered the soil next to it with a few kicks on the burned coal, and entered the wooden house. Even if the fire in the wilderness has been extinguished, it is better to cover it with earth, and it doesn't matter, maybe when the wind blows away, and falling into the woods will be a disaster.
In order not to disturb the smell of animals outside, Xu Ling closed the door and entered the space to eat, and entered the custom-made wooden house, with tables, stools, and plates, it was simply a miniature version of the house, or a fighter in the house!
"Yes, this pheasant chicken leg meat is tender and strong, and the meat of the whole body is also fresh and delicious, well, absolutely, this fish soup is so delicious!", Xu Ling was amazed while eating, he never thought that the fine-scale fish with golden red fish and wild mushrooms would be so delicious, and then Xu Ling simply held the cauldron in one hand and a pheasant in the other, taking a bite and drinking a mouthful, just like a starving ghost reincarnated.
After the fish soup was drunk, the two pheasants also entered Xu Ling's stomach, "uh", Xu Ling touched his bulging stomach and burped, with a smile on his face and a look of satisfaction. Got up from his chair, stretched, and then gathered the bones from the table out of the space, ready to throw them outside.
As soon as Xu Ling walked outside, he heard a wolf howl not far from the ridge, "Oh woo", long and cold, listening to Xu Ling's ears, his body couldn't help but shiver.
"Coming out so early to hunt for food, this is what kind of prey I have found. Xu Ling looked up at the halfway point below the ridge when he went outside, and said to himself with some frowns.
Pour all the bones on the ground and bury them, so that the smell will not spread too far and prevent things like wolves from running in, Xu Ling is not afraid, but if you get up early in the morning and surround a group outside, it is not a problem.
Xu Ling entered the wooden house and just wanted to close the wooden door, when suddenly he seemed to hear a coquettish sound, and the wolf howl was even louder, as if the two armies were fighting against each other, and one side blew the horn of attack.
Xu Ling shook his head, and wanted to get rid of the dreamlike sound he heard in his mind, after all, this is a barren mountain and a wild mountain, who would come here at night when he is full of food.
And just when Xu Ling thought that the sound he heard was a fantasy, halfway up the ridge, a woman wearing a straw hat and high leather shoes was surrounded by more than a dozen wild wolves, and a wolf that was obviously stronger than other wolves was howling in the sky not far away, as if making the wolves hurry up to attack and hunt.