Chapter 73: The Way of the Beast
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Ye Quan followed three or four hundred meters away before Liao Zaihua stopped, pointed to the ground and said, "Look! There are a lot of wild boar footprints, there are quite a few wild boars in this group, I estimate that there are at least more than ten, and from the depth of the footprints, the largest one is probably more than two hundred catties! ”
The footprints of wild boars and domestic pigs are almost the same, and everyone has seen pig trotters, so it is best to recognize, and even inexperienced people can see it, but it takes a lot of experience to judge the size and weight of wild boars from the size and depth of the footprints. (The first text is published in the reading room biquge.info)
Although Ye Quan had played bird guns a few times before, he had very little experience in real hunting, but he had seen wild boar footprints, and he had listened to his uncle's explanation, carefully observed the footprints on the ground that seemed very messy, and agreed with Liao Zaihua's judgment.
With the extension of the footprints, there is a faint path leading to the mountain stream, Ye Quan said: "This is a beast road, wild boars will definitely pass through here when they go to drink water." ”
Liao Zaihua said: "This is not far from the camp, do you want to change the location?" ”
Ye Quan looked at the sky, only to see that in the sky above his head, hundreds of birds had begun to return to their nests, and the sunset burned the western sky, he stretched out his right hand and put it in front of his eyes, and found that the sun was only a little more than three fingers away from the horizon, one finger represented 15 minutes, and a little more than three fingers meant that it was less than an hour before it was dark.
At the moment, he smiled bitterly: "The jungle around here is very dense, it is not easy to find an ideal campsite, everyone else is tired, I am afraid that they can't afford to toss, and there is danger after dark." ”
Liao Zaihua thought for a while and said, "I estimate that there are only one or two big pigs in this group of wild boars, if you don't kill them first, the remaining little piglets will not pose a threat." ”
Ye Quan smiled: "It's not necessary, beating a piglet will anger the big pig, and beating a wild boar of two or three hundred catties can't be eaten, it's too wasteful, besides, wild boars are also afraid of people, and few take the initiative to attack people, we take turns to keep vigil at night, plus two big dogs, it's enough to deal with it." ”
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When the setting sun was still showing most of their faces, everyone finally set up the tents they had brought.
Ye Quan and Liao Zaihua are single tents, Chen Hao with his girlfriend, Shen Jianfeng with his wife are double tents, and Liao Xiaolei's three daughters share a big tent.
Liao Zaihua's tent guarded the direction of the mountain stream, while Ye Quan's tent was set up in the direction facing the beast road, surrounding the three youngest girls in the middle.
After drinking the boiled water, Ye Quan picked up the pheasants and hares he had hunted, and shouted to everyone: "Before it gets dark, hurry up and go to the water's edge to cook these things." ”
Shen Jianfeng, Yuan Yicheng, and Xie Yan stayed behind to set up communal tents and cook on fires, while others followed with prey and mushrooms.
The nearest point to the camp is a bend in the stream, and there is a gap that forms a low waterfall with a pool below it.
The waterhole is the size of half a basketball court, the shore is not deep, and the water is very clear, and you can see many fish swimming leisurely in the water.
Liao Zaihua and Chen Hao cooked two hares, three pheasants and a few wild birds.
Ye Quan had already prepared, cut three short and two long thin wooden sticks with a knife, tied them into a tripod, and took out a ball of fine nets and put them on them, then took off his shoes and trousers, and jumped into the water to catch fish.
People in the Nanyue Ridge area often use a tool called "shrimp shovel" to catch small fish and shrimp in the shallow water of the river, and the tool made by Ye Quan is a small and simple version of the "shrimp shovel".
The wild fish in the waterhole are extremely flexible, it is really not easy for inexperienced people to catch them, Ye Quan knew that it was almost dark and he was in a hurry, so he used his mental power to help, searching for the location of the fish, and in just one minute, he caught seven fish and more than a dozen small shrimp ashore, the largest of the seven fish was crucian carp, with the size of a palm, three were sand loaches, one was a goby, and the other was a very rare creeping stone fish.
Yuan Hui saw the strangely shaped creeping stone fish and asked, "What kind of fish is this?" ”
Ye Quan said: "Creeping stone fish, the scientific name is climbing rock loach, the taste is extremely beautiful, I ate it a few times when I was a child, and I remember it very clearly until now." ”
Han Yueying admired Ye Quan's extensive knowledge very much, she knew everything about things in the mountains, and she was not a weak scholar, not to mention catching snakes, she just carried the heaviest bag in the team and opened the road in front, but unlike the others, she showed a tired look, and said at the moment: "I don't seem to have seen this kind of fish before." ”
Ye Quan said: "It's just that it's rare now, and there used to be a lot of baby fish in the rivers in the mountains." ”
"Are there any baby fish in this river?" Chen Hao, who was removing the pheatles of the pheasants downstream, heard this and hurriedly asked.
Ye Quan knew that this kid must be salivating, and said with a smile: "It depends on luck." ”
Liao Xiaolei saw that Ye Quan seemed to be very interesting in the water, and couldn't help but say, "There is no danger in this water, right?" Can you take a shower here? ”
Ye Quan looked at the sky where there was only the last rays of afterglow, and said, "There is no danger in this water, but the sky is about to get dark, maybe some wild beasts will come to drink the water." ”
Han Yueying was squatting on a stone to clean mushrooms, when suddenly a crab with a bowl mouth crawled out from under the stone, holding two big claws, and walked rampantly.
Han Yueying was frightened at first, but after seeing that it was a crab, she was not afraid, but she was a little strange how could there be crabs in this deep mountain?
Xie Yan said a little uncertainly: "This is a mountain crab, I heard that it tastes delicious." ”
Ye Quan nodded and said, "Yes, these things are generally hidden in stone crevices or under stones not far from the water source. ”
Liao Xiaolei said excitedly: "I will catch crabs!" I'll catch some and cook them. ”
After saying that, he turned over the stones on the shore, and it turned out that not only did he catch a lot of mountain crabs, but even some small fish and shrimp hidden under the stones, but most of them were small crabs lying under the stones.
Ye Quan fished dozens of fish and shrimp and went ashore, but the miniature shrimp shovel was taken by a few girls and fished in the shallow water with great interest.
Chen Hao finished handling a pheasant, dug up some fine mud on the shore, and asked Ye Quan, "Do you think this fine mud is okay?" ”
The best way to make a chicken is the mud of the wine jar, followed by the clay, but don't think about it in the mountains.
Ye Quan had eaten called Hua Chicken, but he didn't know the specific method, took out the internal organs, and then wrapped it in soil and threw it into the fire, that was just the most crude practice, the real called Hua Chicken as a famous dish, has been inherited for a long time, its practice is cumbersome, and the time spent can definitely make ordinary people daunting.
Chen Hao has always been good food, and when he heard this, he said: "You will underestimate me, I have already made it three or four times to call it a chicken, but the materials are not easy to bring, so I can only do it." ”
After Ye Quan skinned the silver krait snake he caught on the road, he called a few girls who were having fun in the water and returned to the campsite.
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