Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mutant Pheasant
"Mmmm, I've always remembered it, you tell me all the time!" Xiao Yu smiled and grabbed Xia Qing's arm, "Why do you feel like you haven't seen you for half a year, you're about to become an aunt?" ”
Xia Qing was speechless, who is the aunt, can't you see her young face?
"Am I not worried about you?" Xia Qing said angrily, "You don't know who you are, can you still remember when you're busy?" ”
"Okay, okay, I was wrong, boss, please forgive me!" Xiaoyu learned the actions of the beckoning cat and begged for mercy, and Xia Qing, who was watching, couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, I forgive you, as compensation, follow me up the mountain to have a look!" ”
"What do you mean-" Xiao Yu's eyes lit up as she looked at the mountain above, "Sister, did you say we could get a mutant animal?" ”
"I don't know."
There are mutated fruits in the orchard, and there are also mutated animals on the mountain, so Xia Qing plans to take a look.
"Sister, you said that the fruit trees have mutated, why don't those chickens mutate?" Xiaoyu wondered, "I want to eat meat more than fruit." ”
In addition to the fruit trees, there are also a flock of chickens in the middle of the trees, and alfalfa is occasionally planted in the fertile fields.
Xia Qing shook her head, "I don't know, I don't feel that those chickens have a tendency to mutate, let's wait for the end of the world to see." ”
The two went up the mountain up the stone steps.
In recent years, because of the afforestation on the mountain, the ecological restoration has been quite good, and the village has also specially stocked a number of small animals, such as pheasants, hares, wild goats and the like.
Every year in autumn, the village organizes a hunting competition, and the prey can be brought home.
After several years of training, Xia Qing and Xiaoyu also have a certain foundation for hunting, at least they can identify the animal traces left on the ground.
But the two soon discovered that they didn't need hunting experience at all!
Through the cracks in the bushes, in the middle of the woodland was an animal the size of a goat, with reddish feathers, sharp claws, and a rabbit with a thin flesh and blood beak.
"Good girl, sister, this mutation is too exaggerated, right?" Xiaoyu patted her chest in horror, scared to death, is this a pheasant, it's about to catch up with a sheep!
It doesn't matter, the important thing is that the pheasant should actually eat the rabbit, it's so terrifying, it's like watching a horror movie!
Xia Qing coldly heard her voice, and hurriedly covered Xiaoyu's mouth in fright, and sure enough, she saw that the mutant pheasant raised her head, cooing and looking around, a pair of cross-eyed eyes were very vigilant.
No abnormality was found, and the mutant pheasant lowered his head again and ate it.
Xiaoyu patted Xia Qing's arm and motioned for her to let go, she was about to suffocate to death.
Xia Qing let go of her hand and made a silent gesture on her lips, Xiao Yu nodded, and the two continued to stare at the mutant pheasant.
No matter how mutated it is, it is still an animal after all, and since there is no danger, I only eat it.
Xiaoyu didn't dare to speak, picked up a stick next to her, and wrote on the ground, "Sister, this mutant pheasant is so big, how can we get it back?" Can you do it? ”
"Wait, let's see how it fights!" Xia Qing thought for a while and wrote.
In addition to the huge size of mutated animals and plants, the strength of their bodies far exceeds that of ordinary animals and plants, Xia Qing has a machete in her hand, even if she has great strength, she may not be able to kill with a single knife.
If you can't be sure of everything, Xia Qing won't take risks.
About half an hour later, after estimating that he had not eaten enough, the mutant pheasant got up and walked deep into the forest, and Xia Qing and the others also quietly followed.
There was a rustling sound in the grass ahead, and the mutant pheasant swooped to its feet, its sharp beak slamming into the ground, a scream, and then the mutant pheasant's triumphant and excited cooing.
Sure enough, soon the mutant pheasant dragged a bloody corpse to an open space and slowly began to eat.
"That's its kind, right? Do you eat the same kind of meat as well? Xiao Yu pursed her lips, with a bad look of acceptance.
"Isn't it normal to eat the same kind? It's an animal, after all! Xia Qing was unconcernedly comforted, thinking about the scene she had just seen, "The two of us can't solve it, we may have to move rescuers." ”
"You don't need it, do you? The two of us hold their heads and tails, and they can't help it? ”
Xia Qing shook her head, "Yes." ”
Although the pheasant is not big, it will not be blurred by the blood of the mutated pheasant as soon as it is in its mouth, and there is only one reason, and the strength is large.
She thought about it carefully, and that strength might be higher than her strength.
In this case, she may be a little dangerous alone, and with Xiaoyu as an ordinary person, she can't take risks.
"Why don't we try it first...... What if someone is called and the mutated pheasant runs away? And to divide the meat for other people? Xiaoyu said reluctantly.
If there are more, just one, she is still a meat-loving person, and this day she has experienced the benefits of mutated animals and plants, so she is naturally a little reluctant.
Xia Qing thought about it too.
In fact, if she was the only one, she would have taken risks, anyway, she had a lot of strength, and there was no problem in escaping.
After a moment's hesitation, she wrote, "Wait until we look at the place first." ”
Half an hour later, the mutant pheasant chewed and ate the meat of its own kind and left to continue foraging.
Xia Qing and the others waited for a while, making sure that the mutant pheasant couldn't hear the movement of the two, so they got up and walked to the place where the mutant pheasant caught the ordinary pheasant before.
Seeing a small black hole in the middle of the bushes, Xiaoyu's face immediately turned pale with fright.
Xia Qing looked calm on her face, but she was actually just as surprised in her heart.
I broke a straight branch from a nearby tree and inserted it into the hole, and then took it out, and it looked like about ten centimeters.
The edges of the hole are neat and smooth, which is caused by a quick breakdown.
If they were pecked like this...... The two glanced at each other, swallowed their saliva in unison, and shuddered, "Let's go back and find someone!" ”
……
Out of selfishness, yes, they just want to eat meat, and the two found a few of their friends.
At the foot of the mountain, three people came after waiting for more than ten minutes.
"Boss, what's the matter, hurry up, the fence is busy, Uncle Li won't let anyone go, or I'll let you go." Erleng waved his hand full of mud, "Shoko, blow it on me, my eyes are gray and itchy." ”
Shoko yawned, with eye droppings still hanging on her eyes, and blew into the air with her half-closed eyes, "Okay...... Boss, what's the matter, pull people out of bed, I've just gotten off work, and I'm dying of exhaustion. ”
"Boss, look at you and Xiaoyu's happy faces, I guess it's a good thing!" Xiaowen said with a smile.
"Stop, stop, you're so long-winded...... What about Dongzi, Shishi and Yangzi? ”
"I drove and hauled supplies." Uncle Li asked him to bring all the things in the store.
"Okay, then don't wait for them, you go up the mountain with us, and talk about it on the specific road." Xia Qing waved her hand towards the mountain.
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On the way, Xia Qing told the story of the mutated pheasant on the mountain, "...... I know it, then hurry up, Xiaoyu is still staring at it, I don't worry. ”