Chapter 19: Footprints of the Behemoth
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Seeing that everyone was busy with a sense of novelty, Yu Xin breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, relying on himself and Yanyan may not be able to succeed. At the same time, a trace of worry rose in my heart, what would I do if I didn't catch a fish?
Fortunately, the rest of the worry was finally superfluous, and after a while, Yanyan, who had been staring at the bark net at the gap, noticed something abnormal.
"Look, everyone, the water is boiling there."
Everyone looked at Yan Yan's fingers, and sure enough, they found that the water surface in the bark net was like boiling water.
"There are fish! There are fish! ā
"Wow, that's a lot of fish!"
When everyone saw that they were just beating the water around the pond, they caught fish in the bark nets, and they suddenly became even more energetic, as if they wanted to split the pond.
Yu Xin saw that the stick holding the bark net was a little shaky, so he hurriedly threw the stick and jumped into the water. It's time for the harvest.
Hands and feet came to the gap in the bark net, pulled out the stick, closed the bark net, and suddenly the fish in the bark net really became a turtle in the urn.
Yu Xin was about to call a few people down to help. Gongsun, who had been frowning and pestle in place, had already jumped into the water, causing a huge splash.
Without reminding him, Gongsun carefully helped pull out the long stick.
Yu Xin got help, slowly pulled the bark net, and slowly tightened the net. The splash in the center became more and more intense.
After a short time, a net of fish of various colors of two or three hundred catties was caught ashore.
Everyone was naturally amazed, and when they looked at Yu Xin's eyes, they brought a hint of admiration. It's not that they haven't caught fish, but they all use harpoons one by one, where is there such a cool spot this time, only in less than a quarter of an hour, they caught forty or fifty fish, and each of them is more than five catties of big fish, and there are many more than ten catties, dozens of catties of big fish also have one.
It seems that the man that Elder Xu said is really powerful, he can not only catch birds flying in the sky, but also catch fish swimming in the water, and he can also craft craftsmen, but his body is a little thinner, but he can't go up the mountain to hunt, and he was hunted by Gongsun. Everyone looked at Yu Xin's eyes with a hint of regret.
It's inexplicable to look at the rest of his mind, he doesn't know the complicated thoughts in everyone's hearts. This fishing technique is what a man who lives in a plane for hunting tells Yu Xin. However, at that time, his purpose was to satisfy his heart, the only unemployed person in this plane. At the moment, it is being used by Yu Xin.
There is no need to remind them, everyone has already stepped forward to pack the fish, and some people have disemboweled the fish and cleaned it up in the river.
"Don't be busy killing the fish, take it back quickly, keep it in the water, and you can eat fresh when the beast tide comes." Thinking of what Yan Yan said about the arrival of the beast tide, he could only stay in the village and eat pickled food, and his throat was a little itchy.
At first, it tasted really good when I ate cured bacon, but after eating too much, I couldn't help but vomit. These days are not as advanced as the republican world in terms of food preservation technology. Yu Xin can only vent in his own heart, but the fish caught this time are different from those wild beasts that are hunted, and they can feed if there is water. But the prey must be dealt with, otherwise when the beast tide comes, it will be attacked from inside and outside.
When everyone thought that there would be fresh fish to eat at that time, they also loudly agreed, and each of them held a pile of fish, and could not even take care of the bark net used to catch birds, so they ran to the village, for fear that if they ran slowly, the fish would not live, and there would be no fresh fish to eat. It's not that they can't accept eating pickled food during the beast tide, but who wouldn't want to eat fresh food?
In the next two days, the whole village was mobilized, looking for blisters everywhere, and using the methods taught by Yu Xin to catch fish.
Waterfowl can be raised alive, but the meat quality is not as good as that of fish. Anyway, the harvest is about the same, and everyone naturally doesn't want to treat themselves badly.
Yu Xin saw the enthusiasm of everyone, and a sense of absurdity arose in his heart. I won't be the culprit of the extinction of fish here.
However, in the evening of the next day, there was an accident, and everyone hurried back to the village. Wild beasts roamed the mountains and attacked the village, but fortunately everyone went out to fish, so there was no damage.
"Isn't there any other way to guard our village except for this fence?" Yu Xin frowned as he looked at the sloppy fence that had been trampled on by the beast.
"We are just a village that can't attract a population without craftsmen, what can we do to defend it, unless the village prospers and becomes a town, or even a county seat, and then the beast tide comes, and then we have the ability to defend ourselves. When the beast tide comes, not only the wild beasts in the mountains will come out in groups to migrate and roam. Even the sky will appear from time to time scary black circles, and the beasts that emerge from it are even more terrifying. Elder Xu on the side looked worriedly at the huge footprints that were more than three feet long in front of him, "And judging from the traces left by this beast that broke into the village, I feel that this beast tide seems to be more violent than before, and I don't know if we can resist it." ā
"How do you know if you don't try? Besides, this is just speculation, and it is impossible to do it with certainty. Gongsun said coldly.
"Why don't we send someone to Yiling City to ask for reinforcements."
"No! The villagers of the common people village are just to escape the war, so they fled here, if they go to Yiling City for help, can they invite reinforcements not to say, even if they come to help us successfully tide over the difficulties of the beast tide, but what about the future? Not to mention the heavy tax burden to pay, maybe you will be captured and taken to the battlefield and die without a name. ā
"So what to do? Although the food is almost enough to eat now, but this beast tide is obviously unusual, when have we ever seen such a huge beast, if it is really as I said, eh, I hope my guess is wrong. Elder Xu was a little melancholy, and turned his head to look at Yu Xin, how good it would be if he was really a craftsman, but now that the beast tide is coming, even if it is really far away, it will not quench the thirst of the near. Elder Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Well, don't worry, there is still one day, let's hurry up and arrange the distribution of people, during the beast tide, everyone will no longer go home to sleep, and all of them will be concentrated in the ancestral hall, where all our food is stored, and we must not lose it." Gongsun didn't think so much, thinking about more practical issues.
"And we must always send people to patrol the surrounding areas of the village, and immediately warn if there is a situation." Gongsun continued to add.
"Just do as you say, fortunately, our place is just the remnants of the Baling Mountains, and the beast tide is not particularly serious, so it should be able to hold on." Elder Xu frowned, obviously still relieved in his heart.
"Well, I say, why do you always say things useless. I have the time to set up the fortifications. Yu Xin couldn't stand it anymore. After talking for a long time, there is no useful sentence, such a big footprint, can the beast be small? This dilapidated fence and thatched house is estimated to be unable to withstand the foot of a wild beast. Do you want to live then?