Seeing Shen Mo and Yan Yue, Xiao Aman was not so timid, jumped out from behind Rou Niang, took Shen Mo's arm with his little hand and walked out, and shouted excitedly: "Bird... Bird ......"

Shen Mo had no choice but to put down his job and said to Rou Niang: "I accompanied Ah Man out to catch birds, if you have nothing to do, come over to help." ”

Rou Niang was quite conflicted at first, but as soon as she heard the word 'help', she nodded happily and said, "What utensils do you need to prepare?" ”

"Just find a net to catch birds." Shen Mo scratched his head and said: "Let's let Tiezhu find it, you go find some rice grains, mix them with sesame oil and take them to the lake." ”

Ah Man said excitedly: "What is Ah Man doing? ”

Shen Mo picked up the broom behind the door and said with a smile: "Follow me to clear the snow." Then he took the little girl who was bouncing and went to the lake.

Walking in the sealed corridor, I saw more than a dozen exquisite bird cages hanging on the eaves of the corridor, which raised more than a dozen pairs of ornamental birds such as parrots, starlings, thrushes, larks, etc., together with the evergreen plants in the corridor, creating a vibrant atmosphere.

Ah Man suddenly stopped and didn't leave, looked down at her silently, and saw her biting her fingers, tilting her little head, staring at a pair of budgies in the cage without blinking...... Shen Moxin said that children really like beautiful birds.

But seeing Ah Man raise his head, he said to him very seriously: "Roast the green bird." ”

The corners of Shen Mo's mouth twitched a few times, and then he knew that in Xiao Aman's eyes, it was a bird cage with a plate of vegetables. He laughed dryly and said, "Hehe, the taste of domestic is worse, or the game is more vigorous." Then he pulled the reluctant little girl and left the corridor quickly.

The snow outside was beginning to clear, and a layer of snow was thick enough to cover the flowers and plants in the garden, Ah Man looked around, and a pair of big black eyes were full of doubts: "Where is the bird, uncle?" ”

Shen Mo's heart was full of frustration, and he pinched Aman's fleshy cheeks and said: "Aman, as soon as you call me 'uncle', I feel sad, and when I am sad, I forget how to catch birds, so I ......"

"Then I won't scream." The little girl said happily.

Silently swallowed and foamed, and said in his heart that he had finally found a way to deal with her. He dragged Ah Man to the fish viewing platform on the east side of the lake. In the past few months, he has developed a good habit of surveying the terrain, and although he has only walked around the lake once, he has already found that this is a place frequented by birds. After going back, he also asked Rou Niang and knew that this is the place where the fish are usually fed in the garden...... When the painters of the Southern Song Dynasty set the 'Ten Views of the West Lake', this Lu Garden was included in it, called 'Flower Port View Fish', Flower Port refers to the Lu Garden near Huajia Mountain, and the fish view is to watch the tens of thousands of golden-scale red carp stocked in this lake...... So many fish are fed on the viewing platform, and a lot of rice grains and rice residues naturally fall on the ground, which becomes a canteen for the birds...... Especially when the land is covered with snow and there is nowhere to find food, the birds will undoubtedly prefer this place.

Sure enough, when Shen Mo took Ah Man to the fish viewing platform, there were already more than a dozen birds of various colors on the snow in a radius of several feet, jumping around looking for food. There is little snow in the south, and many small birds are experiencing this kind of weather for the first time, bouncing around in the snow and not finding a bite to eat.

Maybe they are used to being pampered in the house, and these little birds are not very afraid of people, until the big and the small ones are close, they flutter and fly, but they do not fly far, but stop on the wall and the treetops, tilt their heads to look at these two bad guys, quite reluctantly.

Ah Man said regretfully: "It's all flying, otherwise it can be baked." ”

Shen Mo touched her head and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the meeting will be arranged later, let's hide, and the birds will come down." ”

"Hurry up, hurry up." Ah Man clapped and jumped to his feet.

As soon as Shen Mo used a broom to sweep away the snow on the bird-watching platform, Tie Zhu sent a bird net, he is a veteran of catching birds and fish, and with the cooperation of the two, it is a piece of cake to set up a powerful bird net.

Shen Mo stretched out his hand to test the direction of the wind first, because before the birds landed, they all landed against the wind in order not to break their feathers. Therefore, the net should be safe with the wind, and if the wind is against the wind, it will block the bird's way down.

The two of them covered the platform with a large net, and after setting up the net, they pulled it and tried it, and the result was a quick flip over, which was obviously very successful.

At this time, Rou Niang also brought a pot of soaked rice over, silently smelled the smell of sesame oil, and some wine, and asked with a smile: "Why is it still mixed with wine?" Rou Niang whispered: "In this way, the bird will be slow to react when it eats, and it will be easy to grasp tightly." ”

Shen Mo was overjoyed: "I didn't expect you to be so good at playing." ”

Rou Niang's little face turned red, and she lowered her head and said, "The slave just heard about it." ”

Shen Mo laughed and took the basin, Xiao Aman volunteered to spill all the rice under the net, and after doing all this, Shen Mo smiled and said: "Let's go and hide, I can't say that we can catch seven or eight at a time." ”

When everyone hid behind the rockery, Tie Zhu smiled and said, "My lord, I have a good way to catch a dozen at once." ”

"Don't sell it, hurry up." Shen Mo scolded with a smile.

Tie Zhu took out a bamboo whistle from his bosom, put it in his mouth and whined. After a while, I saw more and more birds hovering in the sky, but they were attracted by the whistle and rushed over from all directions.

Flying to the flock of birds near the fish viewing platform, seeing that there is no one left and right, a few bold birds will reflexively fly down, trying to find food, and when they fall in the air, they will smell the strong aroma, and they can't help but fly faster. There is a way that people die for wealth and birds die for food, which is absolutely unambiguous.

Ah Man held his silent big hand tightly, her nervous cheeks bulged, and Rou Niang on the side also opened her eyes wide, and she didn't even dare to gasp. The two of them stared at their silent hands together, where they were holding the thick rope that pulled the net, and said anxiously in their hearts: 'Pull quickly, pull quickly, if you don't pull it, you will fly again.' ’

Silent but unmoved, his childhood experience had taught him that most birds were timid, and that they would swoop down only when the few daring ones were sure that there was no danger.

Looking at those cheerful birds who bowed their heads and ate rice, his heart also rose to his throat, and the time became extremely long, wait, wait, wait, why don't you see the big army flying down?

Just when he was about to lose his patience and was about to settle down first, and catch a few of them, he suddenly heard the sound of the wind fluttering in the sky, and when he looked up, he saw that the birds had finally swooped down.

After careful observation, the birds were convinced that there was no problem, and finally they fell down one after another, and began to chirp and grab food, and there was no time for anything else.

Shen Mo pulled his hands together, and the big net that Zhang Xu saw suddenly fell.

The frightened birds tried to flutter their wings, but found that their little brains were a little dizzy, and their wings were a little inflexible, and they took off a little slowly—and they all crashed into the big net that was buckled downwind. Except for a few lucky birds on the side who were not caught in the net, they were terrified and flew away, and most of the birds were all swept away by this net.

The moment the big net was buckled, Ah Man rushed out like a deer, happily circling around the big net that was still scratching, applauding and shouting happily: "Catch it, catch it." ”

Shen Mo also turned out from behind the rockery, walked over and counted, and saw that there were more than 20 small birds under the net, and some of them had been knocked away by the net rope that was quickly turned over, but most of them were still alive, and they were jumping in horror!

He smiled and pointed out to Aman: "This is the blueback, this is the lark, this is the partridge, this is the sandgrouse, this is the dove, this is the sparrow......" Listening to Shen silently, Aman was already drooling, shaking his big hand vigorously and said: "Quick, quick......"

Silence then instructed the iron pillar to deal with the birds, and the big black man unhurriedly lifted the corner of the net, grabbed one of them, and with the strength of his thumb and forefinger, the bird was silent, and then threw it into the sack. He moved very fast, and in a short time he caught the birds.

Just as he was getting his hands dirty, Shen Mo suddenly said: "Keep one, don't pinch them all!" Tie Zhu smiled and said, "Just save one life." Then he gave him the last one, and silently told him to put up the net again, and he himself tied the bird's feet to a stone and laid it under the net.

Ah Man asked why curiously, and smiled silently: "If the bird is startled once, it will be difficult to come down again, unless there is a kind of food below, you can relax your vigilance." ”

This time the iron pillar blew the bird whistle for a long time, and then gathered a flock of birds, and the birds circled in the sky for a long time, and only when they saw that the birds on the ground were not in danger, did they rush down from the sky.

The birds also fell into the net, and more than a dozen were caught. After the iron pillar finished cleaning up the battlefield, Shen Mo didn't let the net go any further: "These are enough, you have to leave a way for the little bird to live." ”

Ah Man nodded his head and said, "Well, I have to save it for next time." ”

Shen Mo laughed and said, "That's the truth. ”

After catching enough birds, they will naturally be roasted, and Shen Mo once again assigned the task: "Tiezhu, you go to the lake to dig some clay." Looking at Rou Niang again, she said that this girl is really good-looking, and the more she looks at it, the better she looks, so she said softly: "You go to the kitchen and ask for some spices, soy sauce, salt, and flower carving." ”

"What about me, what about me?" Ah Man jumped to his feet and said: "Ah Man also has to work!" ”

Shen Mo smiled: "You go with me to break pine branches." ”

(To be continued)