Back next to the fire pit, Zhang Ran took out the crab that had just ripped off a crab claw from his bowl, walked to his mother Zhang Li with the bowl, handed the bowl to her, and said, "Mother, there is another crab, you can taste it too!" ”

"Okay~" Seeing that Zhang Ran's brother and sister ate sweetly, this time Zhang Li did not refuse again, but took the bowl, picked up a crab, and tasted it like Zhang Ran just now.

And Zhang Ran moved the wooden pier, sat next to his mother, and said to her while eating crabs: "Mother, I plan to go to Sankui's house tomorrow, take him to the back mountain to cut some bamboo, come back to make some fish cages, and teach him how to make fish cages by the way." What do you think? ”

Zhang Li thought for a while, put down the bowl in his hand, and muttered, "Will you go tomorrow?" It's okay, I taught them earlier, and I could have let their family eat fish and crabs earlier..."

Zhang Ran nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go tomorrow!" ”

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After dinner, the mother and son simply cleaned up, extinguished the fire, and went back to sleep.

The next morning, Zhang Ran had breakfast, said hello to his mother, and then took the basket on his back and took a small hoe to Sankui's house.

When he came to the door of Sankui's house, Zhang Ran stepped forward and knocked on the door, shouting loudly:

"Sankui!"

"Hey! Here it is! Here it is! ”

There was a reply inside, and after a while, the door creaked open, revealing Zhang Sankui's dark and honest face.

"Brother Ran, are you? Didn't go to the ground today? Come, come, come in and talk! ”

found that it was Zhang Ran outside the door, and a hint of surprise appeared on Sankui's face, and he hurriedly welcomed Zhang Ran into the house.

Zhang Ran walked into the courtyard with Sankui, looked around, and then replied, "Well, I just finished the work at home yesterday." I happened to have free time today, and I remembered that I promised to take you to catch fish the day before yesterday, so I came over early in the morning! ”

"Huh? Brother Ran, are you going to take me to catch fish? That's great! Sankui cheered, and a trace of blush immediately flashed on his honest face, and the whole person instantly became excited.

"Can that still be fake? When did I lie to you! A smile appeared on Zhang Ran's face, patted Sankui's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Sankui, do you have an axe or a firewood knife at home?" Wait a minute, let's go to the back mountain to chop some bamboo, and I'll teach you how to make a fish cage fishing! ”

"Yes, yes! I have an axe at home, and I often use it to chop wood, so I'll get it for you!" With that, Sankui turned around and rushed into the house.

"By the way, take some hemp rope and shelled millet (millet), and you can use it after entering the mountain!" Suddenly remembering something, Zhang Ran hurriedly shouted behind him.

"Got it, I'll bring it to you later!"

Sankui's answer came from the room, and after a while, Zhang Ran saw that Sankui appeared in front of him with a bronze axe, a burlap bag, and a bundle of finger-thick hemp rope on his shoulder.

looked at the objects on Sankui's body and found that there was probably nothing missing, so Zhang Ran nodded with satisfaction. Then with a wave of his hand, he took Sankui and set off for the back mountain.

Zhangli is located at the southwest foot of Lishan Mountain, only more than 30 miles away from the famous Qinling underground palace in later generations, and belongs to the foot of Lishan Mountain like Qinling underground palace, but the direction is different.

As the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, Lishan belonged to the royal forbidden land in the Qin Dynasty, and ordinary people were forbidden to enter Lishan for fishing and hunting. However, after the fall of the Great Qin, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, established the Han Dynasty, and then relaxed the control of Lishan, more than 70 years have passed, the original ban has become a thing of the past, and the surrounding villagers also began to enter Lishan to cut trees, hunting, and Lishan gradually became some people.

Despite this, the area around Lishan is still extremely rich in natural resources. Moreover, the Guanzhong region in the Qin and Han dynasties had a warm and humid climate, which was extremely suitable for human habitation. Some animals and plants that can only survive in the south in later generations can often be seen here in Guanzhong.

After entering the mountain, they crossed the two mountains, and walked for less than ten miles, and Zhang Ran and the others found a large lush bamboo forest not far away.

After walking into the bamboo forest, Zhang Ran took off the hemp rope and burlap bag from Sankui's hand, and said, "Sankui, you take an axe to chop some bamboo!" I'm going to go around, take a noose, and see if I can catch some game or something! ”

"Okay!" Zhang Sankui nodded, then took the axe, gestured at a bamboo beside him, turned his head and asked, "Brother Ran, how much do you want to cut?" ”

Zhang Ran pondered for a moment and replied, "About a dozen are enough, and I won't need too much for the time being!" ”

"Okay, it's no problem to leave it to me!"

After coming out of the bamboo forest, Zhang Ran spotted a densely wooded mountain, then went around in a circle, then took off the hemp rope and began to set the trap.

Zhang Ran was also a wilderness video lover in his previous life, and he also watched a lot of wilderness survival videos on major video websites in his free time. As a fan of many wilderness survival experts such as Bei Ye, De Ye, and Australian brother, Zhang Ran is almost familiar with how to distinguish the traces of wild animals and how to make hunting traps.

Relying on the knowledge learned from the video, Zhang Ran first carefully observed the surroundings, and after finding some traces of animals trampling on the grass, Zhang Ran began to arrange traps around.

First of all, Zhang Ran took a sharp stone chip from the basket, split the whole finger-thick hemp rope into short ropes with chopsticks thickness, and then knotted the short rope to make a trap rope buckle.

The short rope is tied to the trunk of a nearby tree, and if there is no tree nearby, it is tied to the wooden tree, and then the wooden tree is driven deep into the ground. The rope buckle at one end is placed around the marks of the animal's trampling, and it is propped up with a short wooden stick to ensure that the buckle remains round and easy to take the prey.

Due to the full preparation in advance, Zhang Ran brought a lot of hemp rope, so Zhang Ran arranged more than ten rope traps in one go, almost all over this small hill.

In addition to the rope trap, this kind of trap that waits for the rabbit and depends on luck. Zhang Ran also arranged another kind of rockfall trap around the hill that could place bait and take the initiative to attack.

The arrangement method of this rockfall trap is also very simple, first of all, in the place where there are animals, find a vacant space, and then use one or two wooden sticks to prop up a heavier stone, tie a rope sleeve to the wooden stick, put the rope sleeve under the stone, sprinkle some millet or mushroom inside, once the prey enters it to eat, it will trigger the trap, and be stoned to death.

In addition, the rockfall trap has the advantage of using local materials, such as sticks, branches, etc., instead of rope sleeves as triggers, as long as the animal passes by, the sticks supporting the rocks will be brought down.

In addition to these two traps, Zhang Ran also arranged a bird trap, the principle of which is basically the same as that of a rockfall trap. However, when this kind of trap is arranged, the conditions are more harsh, not only need bait, need rope buckle, but also need to tie the other end of the rope sleeve to a branch with relatively large elasticity, only in this way can we ensure that when the animal triggers the trap, it will be hung up instantly, and it cannot break free.

It took more than two hours for Zhang Ran to arrange nearly thirty traps of various types in the surrounding mountain forest. While looking for a place to set traps, Zhang Ran found a lot of wild mushrooms and some herbs such as honeysuckle, notoginseng, and licorice in the mountains and forests.

As long as he knew the herbs, Zhang Ran picked them and put them in the back basket behind him, but none of those wild mushrooms Zhang Ran dared to move.

You must know that in nature, there are thousands of species of fungi, and most of them are poisonous, and the more beautiful they are, the more toxic they are. The edible non-toxic mushrooms account for only a very small part of them, which can be said to be unique.

Although Zhang Ran also knew several non-poisonous mushrooms, the mushrooms that were commonly found in the market in later generations were all artificially cultivated, which was very different from wild mushrooms.

Although he didn't dare to pick mushrooms, Zhang Ran was not without harvest. In addition to herbs, Zhang Ran also found some black fungus and a small amount of shiitake mushrooms on a few dead tree trunks.

When Zhang Ran finished arranging the trap and walked out of the mountain forest, the back basket behind him was already filled with most of it, including not only herbs such as honeysuckle, as well as fungus, shiitake mushrooms and other things, but most importantly, Zhang Ran also found some mountain onions, wild ginger and many other seasonings!

Feeling the heavy weight on his back, Zhang Ran was in a happy mood, and couldn't help but sigh: "There are really a lot of mountain treasures in this Li Mountain!" As the saying goes, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the water to eat the water, and relying on the resource-rich mountain of Lishan, can you still be hungry? ”

When he returned to the bamboo forest, it was close to noon, and when Zhang Ran found Sankui, he found him lying in the shade of a piece of bamboo, with more than a dozen bundles of bamboo at his feet. There are also a few bamboo shoots with dirt in the back basket next to him, which looks quite small.

After hearing the footsteps, Sankui opened his eyes, rubbed his eyes, and found Zhang Ran in front of him, "poof", jumped up, and said happily: "Brother Ran, you are back!" ”

"Hmm!" Zhang Ran nodded, then bent down, stretched out his hand to lift the bundle of bamboo on the ground, and said to Sankui: "Let's go, it's not early, it's almost noon, we should go back!" ”

"Okay!" Seeing this, Zhang Sankui also hurriedly grabbed the back basket, put it on his back, bent down to lift the other end of the bamboo, and put it on his shoulder.

The two of them walked one after the other, carrying bamboos and carrying baskets on their backs, and took steps in the direction where the village was located.

More than a dozen wrist-thick bamboos are two or three hundred catties, and even if two people carry them on their shoulders, the weight is still not light. It's nothing that Sankui is strong and strong, but Zhang Ran's kidneys are weak and weak, so he can't bear it a little.

In addition, the mountain road is rugged, it is very difficult to walk, and it has to cross two mountains, so the road has not been walked down for more than five miles, and Zhang Ran is already sweating!

Seeing Zhang Ran so embarrassed, the three kui behind couldn't help but persuade: "Brother Ran, I think let's find a shade and drink saliva to rest!" Anyway, it's still early, so there's no need to rush back! ”

Zhang Ran wiped the sweat flowing down his cheeks, hesitated slightly, and nodded silently: "Okay, then take a rest in front!" ”

With a "bang", the bamboo slammed on the ground, releasing a dull sound. Zhang Ran sat on a big rock and gasped violently a few times.

"Brother Ran, drink water!" Seeing that Zhang Ran was already tired, Sankui hurriedly took off the bamboo tube on his waist and handed it over.

"Thank you!"

Zhang Ran stretched out his hand to take the bamboo tube, raised his head and took a big sip, then looked at Sankui in front of him, whose face was not red and breathless, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Compared with the guy in front of him, who was as strong as a calf, Zhang Ran realized that his body was so weak. It's also a shame to call Sankui out today, otherwise with Zhang Ran's strength, if he wants to cut more than a dozen bamboos and transport them home, I'm afraid it's basically impossible without most of the day's effort.

After a short break of a few minutes, Zhang Ran carried the bamboo on his shoulders again, one foot deeper, one foot shallow, and set out on the way home.