Chapter 56: The Three Wives (1)

"How did it get to the face?" Huang Shimei gave up her shyness and asked with her head held high, anyway, this kind of thing will be inevitable in the future, so it is better to be mentally prepared early

"You come here, I'll talk to you carefully......" Xu Qingkou said like this, like this, so that Huang Shimei's neck was also red, so he gave up. The technique in the room is the preferred method for cultivating immortals at this time.

The place of hunting was agreed, and the two said goodbye.

The next day, Xu Qing selected a few people who were all hunting among the guards, met Huang Shimei, and went up the mountain together. However, when she met Huang Shimei, Xu Qing found that she was a little unhappy. Looking at it again, in Huang Shimei's team, it suddenly dawned on her that Ouyang Zhendong was also there. It's just that Ouyang Zhendong is much more honest this time, and when he saw Xu Qing, he was just silent.

In this hunting, there were twelve people in two teams, and there was no big pomp, and the methods used were only to dig traps and the like. Of course, digging traps is also the easiest and safest way to hunt.

You don't need a lot of people, you don't need a lot of equipment, even the most ordinary people can do.

The few guards selected by Huang Shimei are also old hunters. As soon as he looked at these people, he knew that they often hunted in this mountain, and with these people who were familiar with the environment, Xu Qing's heart was half relieved.

Huaxia is a family heirloom, a house, an acre of paddy field is a family heirloom, a book, a pen, a sentence can also be regarded as a family heirloom, and there are also those who pass on their positions, even if they are a disciple and a servant, they also pay attention to the succession of the father and the son. And a route with a lot of prey on this mountain is also handed down by the ancestors of the old hunters. The old hunter is here, Xu Qing has selected a few good hunters, and he can't help at all, so he just walks with his head down.

The old hunters observed every leaf, every rattan, and went deeper and deeper. said that it was hunting, Xu Qing and Huang Shimei were just watching, and the dirty work was done by others.

Going up the mountain without riding a horse, Xu Qing was holding a wooden stick in his hand, and his waist and legs were extremely sore when he walked. Xu Qing's physique is not bad, he walked so awkwardly, but the others were just panting slightly, and there was no big problem, even Ouyang Zhendong, a scribe. Xu Qing was secretly surprised by the body of the ancient people, while secretly looking at the various hunting traps.

Different traps, for different prey. For roe deer, there is a fairly simple clamp:

Take a long bamboo tube to open it, make a few holes at the top of the bottom, and then use grease to smooth the inner wall of the bamboo tube. Find a roe deer near the place where they often haunt, put a little food at the bottom, the rabbit smells the food in the bamboo tube, and will get into the bamboo tube, but can only see but not eat. When they have no choice but to quit, they will find that it is easy to get in but difficult to get out, the narrow bamboo tube has very little space, especially after the inside is smeared with grease, the roe deer will slip inside, and it is difficult to come out.

There is also a more powerful clamp, which is used to catch wild boars. The pincers made of iron are sharp to the touch, and as soon as the wild boar steps into it, it can clip off the pig's trotters.

When Xu Qing was secretly learning to teach, an old hunter stopped everyone's footsteps and called out in a low voice:

"There's prey!"

Finally found the first prey! Xu Qing suddenly felt joy in his heart and leaned down. Xu Qing couldn't help, so he let the hunters go first. The old hunters pushed aside the clumps of trees, and saw a big man. Where is the big animal humming and chirping, Xu Qing saw it and was startled, it turned out to be a huge male wild boar!

The boar's leg was restrained by an iron clamp, but it was only clamped, and it did not hurt its leg. Once it is allowed to break free, the enraged boar is more ferocious than the black blind man and the big worm!

The joy in Xu Qing's heart was swept away, and he quietly touched the musket pinned to his waist, and made a gesture to protect Huang Shimei behind him.

The wild boar in front of me was very large, and it was black at least 300 catties. Fortunately, it was a large shelf specially designed to deal with it, otherwise Xu Qing and the others would have hit the muzzle. When the wild boar saw Xu Qing and the others, he was furious, and although he was caught by the clip, he was also rampage. The clamp was tied to a stout tree, and for the time being, the boar could not be shaken for a minute.

You can't wait for the boar to be exhausted, who knows how energetic that guy is?

Xu Qing asked, "Then what now?" ”

"Kill it." An old hunter's eyes burst with ruthlessness, Xu Qing and Huang Shimei stepped back a little, Ouyang Zhendong also retreated a little, and then the other nine people took bows together, preparing to kill the wild boar with a mixture.

The people led by Xu Qing were all archers, and they had a good strong bow that was equipped with them in the army. Each of the nine men took out an arrow and pointed it at the howling boar. At the same time, a low bowstring vibrated and arrows whistled out.

"Whoosh!"

Xu Qing looked at the wild boar, and several arrows were bounced off by the "thick armor" on the wild boar, and they were unharmed. The rest of the arrows were only pierced to a shallow level. The old hunter's face sank, and he said, "Prick it in the eye!" ”

The nine nodded, knowing that the boar was extremely hard everywhere else, and if they wanted to attack, they would attack its weak points. So the nine people once again set up the feather arrows, lucked their breath, found the opportunity, and released them together. Sou!

Bows and arrows sounded, and almost at the same time, the boar screamed and fell to the ground. If you look closely, you can see that both of the boar's eyes are stuck with feather arrows, and there is even one on the nose.

"Good!" Xu Qing couldn't help but scream.

The boar was injured in the eye, bleeding profusely, and struggled for a while, finally not moving.

"Let's do it, we have to hurry, after a long time, if the wolf and the tiger smell blood, it will be troublesome." The old hunter beckoned the others present to slaughter the pig with their hands.

In the mountains and forests, whether it is a lone tiger or a pack of wolves, it is an animal that hunters dare not provoke.

The boar was too large to be carried directly down the mountain. The old hunter planned to slaughter them on the spot, and then throw away some unwanted internal organs, cut them into several large pieces, and take them away separately.

"One, two, three, hard!"

A group of people, those who grab pig's feet, those who catch pig's ears, and those who catch pig's ears, Xu Qing has the least strength, but he also wants to join in the fun. The hunters didn't dare to refuse, so Xu Qing was honorably given the task of pulling the pig's tail. Together, they carried the boar to a sparsely wooded area, and the hunters pulled out a short-pointed knife to bleed the boar.

Xu Qing looked at the pig's blood flowing, and couldn't help but feel pity, so he hurriedly stopped him.

"It's too wasteful, everyone bring all the water shells and pick up the pig's blood."

"Pig blood is too fishy, it's not delicious."

That's if you don't know how to eat it, Xu Qing despised him in his heart, how could pig blood not be delicious. Pig blood is not only delicious, but also easy to make.

Take the fresh pig blood of the pig that has just been slaughtered, add a little salt and shake it well to let it solidify, and then when eating, after some water, the water is boiled, the color of the pig's blood has changed, you can take it out, wash it with cold water, and it becomes an excellent blood tofu. Boiling and stewing are very convenient and delicious.

Seeing that Xu Qing insisted, everyone still took out a gourd filled with draft and handed it to Xu Qing. Xu Qing collected some of the remaining pig blood, and while the blood was still hot, Xu Qing hurriedly took out a salt bag from his body and put a lot of it. When it was over, let the hunters continue.

Everyone is a good hunter, and the speed of killing pigs is not slow. But they directly hung the pig's two front hooves, and then together they hung the pig on the trunk of a tree. Then a knife stabbed into the pig's neck, from top to bottom, accurately stabbed the pig's soft places.

The heart, liver, intestines, and lungs that were full of hearts and lungs came out at once, and the hunters had to throw them away as soon as they held them. When Xu Qing saw it, he hurriedly shouted again. Domestic pigs can't be eaten, that's because domestic pigs eat too disgusting, and these wild boars are no better than domestic pigs. Moreover, this wild boar is also a rare delicacy in the future generations. In later generations, a real wild boar belly can make five dishes, and one plate will cost seven or eight hundred miles. No waste, no waste......

This wild boar is a boar, and after the hunters finished dissecting it, they pulled out the pig and gave it to Xu Qing respectfully. This Xu Qing didn't care anymore and gave it to those hunters.

In order to quickly dispose of it, the hair of the wild boar is not shaved, and the internal organs are only cleaned of food residues, and there is no fine treatment. With this kind of harvest, Xu Qing and his party were no longer greedy, and took another path with traps to exit the mountains and forests.

Not following the old path is also the rule of hunting in the mountains and forests. Because the road that people have walked will leave a breath, and if you take the old road, it is easy to encounter some predators. From a revenue perspective, there is no benefit to going the old way.

After leaving the mountains and forests and recovering the horses, Xu Qing gave the hunters a lot of reward, and then asked them to send the wild boars to their homes. He took Huang Shimei to ride a horse in the wilderness, and of course, Ouyang Zhendong, who had been following behind.

Although Ouyang Zhendong didn't provoke Xu Qing, Xu Qing still had a lot of opinions about him: You are so big, so shining a light bulb, can you be conscious?

"Shimei? Why did you suddenly think that you want to go out hunting with me? Xu Qing asked, hunting is generally in late autumn and early winter, and hunting at this time is uncommon.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm so bored that I want to come out and walk......" Huang Shimei muttered as she touched the horse that was sitting down.

"No, what's there to do in this wilderness?" Xu Qing shook his head and said to Huang Shimei: "If you have anything, just say it......"

"Brother Xu, do you like me?" Huang Shimei's eyes were full of tears.

"I like it, what's wrong with you......" Xu Qing couldn't see the girl crying the most, and she was in a hurry.

"Then why didn't you come to propose?" Huang Shimei choked back tears and asked Xu Qingjie, "Do you know how much time I spent convincing the elders of the clan?" I'm a girl, I go to your house every day, what else do you want me to suggest? ”

Xu Qing suddenly felt like this. Also, since Huang Shimei mentioned it last time, Xu Qing forgot about this proposal. On the one hand, it is because he and Huang Shimei come and go every day, and they are like old husbands and wives, and they forget that the two are not a family. The second aspect is also because Xu Qing has experience, and he is not as anxious as marrying Xun Xue'er.

Xu Qing's head was sideways:

"Then Ouyang Gongzi, what are you doing here?"