The four birds, two doves, and pigeons in the backpack were taken to a large rock by the creek and prepared to be quickly skinned and processed. After the morning's exploration, this stream originated in the stone crevice near the mountain behind the gravel slope on the mountain, the stream is not deep, about half a meter, more than a meter wide, and the narrower place can be jumped over. There are no pollutants, it is crystal clear, and the slow-flowing water rushes the blood that dripped down the stones downstream. The creek is full of all kinds of plants, there are calamus, shallots (this onion is not the other onion), etc., when he saw the calamus, Xu Qiang also picked a handful by the way, washed it and put it on the stone for later use.

Calamus has an aromatic smell, can dispel filth and turbidity, can repel mosquitoes, can also calm the mind and calm the nerves, relieve the double fatigue of the body and the heart, but the whole plant is poisonous, can be eaten in small amounts. In addition, I was really tired this morning, and it was an unexpected joy to encounter it, as Xu Qiang, who has been familiar with the role of traditional Chinese medicine since he was a child, he wanted to use it to help Luo Fatzi recover his strength as soon as he saw it.

Xu Qiang was dealing with the two doves and pigeons, did not pluck the feathers, but used the sharp blade of the straight knife to gently cut the belly, revealing the internal organs, put his hand in and dug out the fragments vigorously, threw them on a leaf prepared in advance, and then stuffed the iris put aside into the stomach of the dove and pigeon. There are three or four pieces of that kind of big leaf, Xu Qiang has already tasted it shallowly with the tip of his tongue, except for some fragrance, there is no other peculiar smell, it should not be poisonous.

Sprinkle a little salt in your stomach to make sure it tastes a little salty, salt is definitely in short supply now, and before you find sea salt or mineral salt, you can use a little less, which is more expensive than anything.

Then the two doves and pigeons were wrapped in three layers of large leaves containing internal organs, and then a thick layer of yellow mud dug from the side of the creek was wrapped on the outside of the leaves, and the balls were formed into an oval shape, and then they were evenly wiped and thrown under the bonfire, ready to make "flower pigeons".

Then the four little birds were dealt with, and the starling and the shrike cut with a knife from the neck to the anus, uncovered the skin from the flesh, and pulled it vigorously to both sides, peeling off the feathers of the belt, removing the entrails, which were still tossed onto the larger leaf for other use. Soon the four birds were cleaned up, thrown into another hanging pot filled with water, and a piece of calamus root was added to taste, rubbing their hands together, very much looking forward to the taste of this starling shrike soup.

As time passed, a faint aroma of rice wafted out, while another thick smell of broth lingered for a long time at the edge of this small camp, mixed with the smell of rice, which made Xu Qiang, who was sitting in front of the campfire, twitch his nose and couldn't help muttering:

"I haven't eaten meat for a few days, and I'm a little hungry."

"Ah, it's so fragrant, what kind of smell is this, it's so fragrant, my saliva is flowing out."

Xu Qiang turned his face to look, but he didn't know when Luo Fatzi woke up, he was staring at the meat in the hanging pot, and a trace of saliva was already hanging on the corner of his mouth, and he sucked it in and flowed down.

"Woke up? As soon as you lay on the ground, you fell asleep, it seems that you are tired enough, remember to drink more of this soup, this soup is called starling shrike soup, I created my own, look at it. ”

Xu Qiang took a spoon and handed it to the fat man and let him taste it. With a sting, the soup had already entered his mouth, and the fat man squinted his eyes, smashed it, and tasted it well.

"Hmm~, one word, fresh! It's really fresh, but it's a little less salty, but a little more flavorful of Chinese medicine. ”

"Yes, there is no salt in it, and a taste of calamus is added, which can relieve fatigue, reduce swelling and relieve pain. This plant is found in the north and south of the river in modern society, but I didn't expect it to be found by the stream here, so I picked a handful with those four birds to supplement your body and make you strong as soon as possible. You still look a little skinny now, and we're going to have to carry the wood back in the afternoon, and if you can't keep up, it could slow down the process and cause you injuries. So eat more meat and grow stronger. ”

Xu Qiang handed the spoon to Luo Fatzi and asked him to drink the soup, while he took a wooden stick to pull out the pigeon chop buried in the fire, and after nearly an hour of baking, the pigeon meat inside should be cooked. The outer layer of yellow mud that had become very dry and hard was cracked open with stones, revealing the leaves wrapped inside, the leaves were slightly dry and exuding heat, and a fresh fragrance mixed with the aroma of meat came to the nose. This made the fat man Luo, who was drinking the soup, throw away the spoon and turn his head to stare at the flower pigeon, he couldn't take his eyes off it anymore, his nose kept moving, and the intoxication on his face directly amused Xu Qiang.

"Haha, I said fatty, you don't have to do this, it's just that I was lazy and didn't pluck my hair, so I threw it in mud and roasted it in the fire. It is modeled after the method of calling the flower chicken, but I use this method to eat big birds such as the pigeon that I hunt when I am young, and I don't even put salt. I still have a taste of the taste at that time, but when it cools a little, I can eat it by gently plucking off the outer layer of hair. Xu Qiangle laughed, while teasing Luo Fatzi, he cleaned up the pigeon, cut it with a knife, put it on the lid of the hanging pot box, and prepared to eat it officially.

A simple lunch was eaten by Luo Fatzi into a full banquet of the Manchurians, and he almost swallowed the bones and slag. After resting for a while, the well-fed two got up and went to fight back the dozen or so logs on the edge of the forest. One person chops the branches, and the other carefully saws the wood into two sections, separated clearly, and in less than an hour the dozen pieces of wood are processed. After another ten minutes of rest, the two began to carry the log back to the campsite, and it took another hour to toss it all.

Taking advantage of the rest time, Xu Qiang and the others planned and calculated the entire camp, first using four logs to determine the four corners of the camp, the length and width are 20 meters, the height of the camp is 2.8 meters, and the wood of more than 3.3 meters needs to be buried in the soil for at least 50 centimeters. The camp is a bit steep and needs to be leveled later. A pine tree with a diameter of 20 centimeters, about 20 meters high, and a log that can be divided into six sections of three meters three, according to the scale of this camp, it takes 400 pieces of wood three meters long to enclose the entire camp, that is, 67 pine trees. Broadening the calculation, it takes about four days to cut 20 logs a day, and this does not add the time spent hunting and gathering, as well as the time spent digging trenches and landfills. However, if you light a bonfire and dig a trench at night, you should still have plenty of time.

After calculating, there was still more than an hour before dark, and the two were ready to go to those traps together to see if there were any other catches, and the two were still discussing on the way to check the traps once a day in the morning and at night to ensure the continuity of catching prey, so that the two of them had more food sources, and if possible, the number of traps increased, so that the prey caught would be more. The animal entrails left by Xu Qiang will be used by him to capture foxes and other prey with thick fur but little danger, and try not to waste any resources.