Chapter 7: Wild Ducks
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Farmers have their own purpose in the mountains, Huang Damin's family is to grow peppers, mainly Erjingtiao, this kind of pepper is both spicy and spicy, very popular in the market, but the climate here is not very suitable for the growth of Erjingtiao, even if it can be planted, the fruit-bearing rate is not ideal.
This problem can be solved by guò hybridization, which pollinates with other varieties of chili peppers and breeds varieties that can adapt to the local climate without losing too much in quality.
After years of planting experience, Huang Damin found that by crossing the pure Erjingtiao pepper with a certain wild pepper in the mountains, an improved version of Erjingtiao can be obtained, which has a high survival rate and a very good yield.
However, the effect of this kind of cross-propagation will be weaker from generation to generation, and if you want to maintain good quality and yield, you can only re-breed the improved seedlings every few planting cycles.
The purpose of their visit to the mountain this time was to find a suitable wild pepper and cultivate an improved type of Erjingtiao seedlings in preparation for the next planting.
I went to several locations marked by Huang Damin in the past, but I still didn't find a suitable wild pepper, but picked a lot of wild fruit bracken.
"Teacher Yun, you try this." After walking a long mountain road, everyone was a little tired, and during the break, Huang Yanli held a small pile of bright red fruits and handed them to Yunli as if offering treasures.
"What kind of fruit is this, and can you eat it?" Yunli picked up one of them, pinched it between his fingers and turned it to observe, and found that except for the bright color, there was nothing special, but it was somewhat similar to strawberries, but the size was much smaller, most of them were only the size of a thumb.
Huang Yanli gave a part of the fruit to Yun Li, grabbed a few casually, and sent them to her mouth, and then ate them with relish, telling Yun Li the answer with practical actions.
"We call it wild strawberry here, sweet and sour, very delicious, there are many places in the mountains, but it is very well hidden, it is very difficult to find." Huang Yanli explained briefly, signaling Yunli to eat with confidence, and then went to distribute the rest to the others.
Being in the mountains and forests, it is difficult to judge the exact time based on feelings alone, if it weren't for looking at the phone, Yunli wouldn't know that it was already noon.
Farmers who go to the mountains do not go back until dark, and they spend a whole day searching in the mountains and forests in search for more harvest. For those who grew up on the edge of the mountains and forests, it is not difficult to find a lunch.
In addition to wild strawberries, Yunli and his party also picked a lot of mountain and forest food, including small wild bamboo shoots, fungus, wild wild vegetables, and various wild fruits.
Of course, this is just his layman's opinion, Huang Damin doesn't think so, at least he won't be vague about what to eat, not to mention that with Yunli and his distant relative Brother Chen present today, he has to show it well.
After eating the wild strawberries, Yunli saw Huang Damin and Brother Chen bringing a large bunch of vines, Huang Yanli and her mother Xu Yin immediately came up to help arrange the vines, and then several people began to staggered and twisted them, as if they were weaving something.
Yun Li couldn't help but come over curiously, but still couldn't guess their intentions, the four of them didn't speak, but they were doing something very tacitly, which made Yun Li very interested, and couldn't help asking, "What are you doing here?" ”
The four of them seemed to have expected Yunli's confusion, but no one explained to him, and continued to weave vines, and finally Huang Yanli told the truth: "We are weaving nets and catching wild ducks." ”
"Boy Yun, you're lucky today, we just found a nest of a flock of wild ducks, and we're going to rely on it for lunch." Brother Chen patted the vine weaving net and couldn't help but say with joy.
Brother Chen's preferences are very well understood, usually after class, in addition to fiddling with his bamboo carving and wood carvings, his favorite thing is to get a few plates of delicious food, make a pot of fragrant tea, and satisfy his appetite. When Yunli lived in Luzhen Middle School before, he didn't go to his dormitory to beg for food.
Even Brother Chen, who has always had a picky taste, showed such an expectant expression, which made Yun Li feel a little surprised, but he couldn't help much, so he had to stand aside and watch patiently.
It didn't take long for a large rattan net in the shape of a round arch to be completed, with the front part being the entrance and the back being closed, somewhat similar to the open tent, but in a flatter shape.
Then, Huang Damin led the crowd to place the rattan net on the flat ground in front of a low bush, and a few meters before the entrance of the rattan net, stacked a speed bump similar to the one before the fork in the highway with the firewood collected from the surrounding area. Huang Yanli and her mother also found some thorn strips and arranged them evenly inside the rattan net.
The whole process was done lightly to ensure that the prey in the bushes in the distance was not alarmed. After doing this, everyone found some long sticks, and under the command of Huang Damin, surrounded the bushes in a three-sided manner, and began to quickly beat the surrounding branches and trees with wooden sticks, making a swishing sound.
"The ducks are hiding in this bush, they are very timid, and if we make such a big move, they will soon not be able to hide." Yun Li didn't have any experience, and Yiqiē was a strange thing to him, but fortunately, Huang Yanli was on the side to guide him, so that he would not be at a loss.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for a "quack" cry to be heard from the bushes, low and intermittent, showing that the owner of the cry was surrounded by terror.
"It's out!" Yunli, who has a strange ability, has a perception of five senses beyond ordinary people, he can roughly sense that there are five wild ducks hidden in the bushes, one of which is the largest, and he can't hold it down and flees in panic.
As soon as Yun Li's words reached Huang Yanli's ears, before she could respond, her attention was attracted by a gray shadow rushing out, because the surroundings were all disturbed by Yun Li, the only way for the wild ducks to escape was to lead to the rattan net.
Wild ducks are quite fast, and although they can't take off, they can speed up by waving their wings while running. Immediately afterwards, four wild ducks scurried out of the bushes in the same way as the first, and the result was the same.
After the mallards quickly crossed the speed bumps, they were greeted by carefully laid traps, and none of the five mallards missed a single one, and all of them fell into the rattan net. After a while, after confirming that there were no other wild ducks, everyone gathered in front of the rattan net to check the harvest.
It is said that it is a wild duck, in fact, from the appearance, the wild duck is very different from the average duck, their hair is grayish-white, much smaller, the beak is light yellow, but it is not the duck's signature flat beak, short and pointed round, and the wings are very developed. It is also for this reason that rattan nets can lightly catch them.
Perhaps knowing that there was no escape, the wild ducks stopped struggling, and driven by curiosity, Yunli also wanted to grab one to see what was going on. However, due to his lack of experience, at the moment when he first untied the vine, the wild duck used its beak and claws together, attacked the grabbed hand, and was about to flee after breaking free and landing on the ground.
But Yunli's reaction was not slow at all, and after dodging the attack like lightning, he bowed down with one hand, and accurately pressed the landed wild duck to prevent it from succeeding.
From Yun Li's unraveling of the vines, to the wild duck counterattacking, escaping, and then being subdued, it only took a few blinks of an eye, and before everyone had time to exclaim, this little episode was over.
"You didn't get hurt, did you? Their beaks and claws are very sharp, and when they catch them, they have to clasp their two wings. Huang Yanli was the first to react, and after seeing that Yun Li was fine, she relieved herself and took over the wild duck that failed to escape.
"Tsk, your kid's skills are not bad at all, and I haven't heard you practice before." Seeing that Yun Li was fine, Brother Chen also breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's okay, these guys are very cunning, and if they get hurt, they will lose more than they gain." Huang Damin and his wife also echoed on the side.
Under normal circumstances, wild ducks are very difficult to catch, they are not only fast, water-based, but also very alert, and can move freely through the jungle. Unfortunately, even if they possess these skills, they are no match for human intelligence.
In the process of catching, a key point is the arrangement of speed bumps, if the setting is too high, the wild ducks will choose other places to escape, if it is too low, they can find the storage of rattan nets in advance, and they will not be tricked, only experienced hunters can obediently subdue them.
Wild ducks prefer to live in sunny and dry environments, feeding on young leaves, berries and small insects, and their nests in haystacks can be seen when you cut through the bushes.
Three round nests of similar size, next to each other, may have been frightened by the clouds, and they looked a little messy, even if they were separated by some distance, they could still feel the faint warmth coming from inside.
After a look, it turned out that there were more than a dozen oval-shaped green eggs in one of the nests, which should have been laid by this group of wild ducks.
"Ali, let the one in your hand go." After seeing the storage of these wild duck eggs, Huang Damin commanded without hesitation.
"Okay, let you go, little one, don't be so fierce in the future." Hearing her father's instructions, Huang Yanli lifted the wild duck in her hand, pretended to be an old man, and then threw it out. The wild ducks, which had regained their freedom, flew away with the sound of quacks, and soon disappeared into the dense forest.
The one that let go is the wild duck that was planted in Yunli's hand just now, and its encounter today can be described as twists and turns, and it escaped death.
"The duck is timid, but it loves its nest, and when we are all gone, it will soon come back and move the eggs away to continue hatching."
"That's true, although this kind of wild egg is also a rare delicacy, but everything can't be exhausted and fished, otherwise there will be one less delicacy in this Banlu Mountain."
"Let's go, find a place to pound these guys, Ali, go around and pick some plantain leaves."
After chatting with Brother Chen, Huang Damin and his wife, they carried the rest of the wild ducks to deal with them, while Yunli followed Huang Yanli to find banana leaves.
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