Chapter 11: Hunting in Companions
April was very busy, and Lu Yu went out early and returned late every day to sow seeds. After planting corn and soybeans, and then watering, fertilizing, and weeding, he has to look at a few acres of land alone, which is really not easy. Fortunately, Lu Yu has been practicing for almost a year, and his physique is much better than ordinary people, no matter how hard he works during the day, he will be in good spirits the next day.
After this busy month, I can be idle for a while. It's okay when I'm busy, I don't think about Yan Xi'an all the time, but when I'm not too busy, Lu Yu starts to think of her again. But after a long time, it's not as fanatical and intense as it was at the beginning, and I just think about it lightly every day.
Lu Yu felt that he should find something to do, so he asked Lao Gao if he could take him to hunt. Lao Gao looked at him for a while, and then said that he hadn't hunted for a long time.
"There are more and more beasts in the nearby mountains, don't you know?" After all, Lao Gao is not a professional hunter, so he doesn't dare to fight those fierce beasts.
Lu Yu really hadn't heard of it, but now he remembered that Lao Gao could meet three wild boars at one time, which was indeed a little strange, so he asked him, "How about we go together?" I have a lot of strength. ”
Lao Gao glanced at Lu Yu, seemed to be unconvinced, and then asked Lu Yu to wrestle with him. Lu Yu was taller than Lao Gao, and he didn't look like a powerful person.
Lu Yu smiled, did not refuse, and broke his wrist with him at the dinner table of Lao Gao's house. Lao Gao's strength is indeed not small, Lu Yu feels that before practicing the mantra, one and a half of his own strength may not be comparable to him, but now he is far from Lu Yu's opponent - Lu Yu's arm is standing still, and Lao Gao can't even break him.
Lao Gao was convinced, and asked, "Da Yu, your strength is really not small, are you practicing at home?" ”
Lu Yu smiled: "Where can I be, I was born here." ”
Lao Gao didn't believe it, but he didn't ask, and said: "How did you kill those three wild boars last time, you haven't told me yet." ”
Lu Yu thought about it and told him about the situation at that time, and concluded that Lu Yu had a lot of strength and a sharp kitchen knife, so he could cut off the head of a wild boar. Lu Yu is confident that it will not be a big problem to deal with one or two wild boars with a kitchen knife.
Lao Gao was silent for a while, and then said, "I can't let you hunt with me with a kitchen knife, it's too ugly." ”
"What's ugly, just use it." Lu Yu stirred up Lao Gao again: "Aren't you afraid?" ”
Lao Gao was not happy to hear this, and said, "How come? You're not afraid, I'm afraid of anything. He glanced at Lu Yu and said, "Hunting doesn't just rely on strength. Then he told Lu Yu with great interest how to chase prey, how to stumble, dig traps, how to shoot arrows, etc. Sounds a little complicated anyway.
Lu Yu said: "If you come here with these complicated things, when you meet the big guy, I will just cut it indiscriminately." ”
Lao Gao thought about it, then nodded in agreement, but said that he couldn't enter the mountain first.
Lu Yu asked Lao Gao if he was afraid of encountering a group of wild boars. Lao Gao said no, the wild boar may have been driven out of the mountains, and he was only afraid that there were bigger guys inside.
What can make wild boars afraid in the mountains and forests, but tigers? Lu Yu was not confident enough to take on the tiger alone, so he naturally agreed with him, so he walked around the periphery of the forest without going deeper.
The two of them discussed it for a while and decided to go into the mountain tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, Lu Yu went to find Lao Gao with a kitchen knife. When he arrived at his house, Lao Gao had already gotten up and cleaned up, and the two of them went into the mountain together.
It is said that hunters who make a living from hunting will stay in the mountains for a few days after a hunt, while Lao Gao is a half-hung hunter, and Lu Yu is a layman, so they will come back in the evening. After a tiring day, I didn't even catch a pheasant, but the hare saw one, but it didn't catch it, and it ran away.
"Are you going back tomorrow?" On the way back, Lu Yu asked Lao Gao.
"Go, why don't you go?" Lao Gao looked very unconvinced.
Lu Yu also wanted to go, he was a little uncomfortable staying at home alone. Lu Yu said, "Do you want to stay in the mountains for a few days?" Maybe I can hunt a wild boar or something. ”
Lao Gao refused, saying: "My mother-in-law was frightened last time I had an accident, and this time she didn't want me to go into the mountain." ”
Lu Yu nodded and stopped persuading him. In fact, he didn't want to hunt anything, he just wanted to find something to do and find someone to talk to. Lao Gao is a good chat partner, he never asks what he shouldn't.
For four or five days in a row, they all went into the mountains early and came out in the evening, finding nothing except the first day, and then they could hunt some pheasants and hares every day. The harvest is not much, but it is enough for Lao Gao's family and Lu Yu to eat. Most of these things were shot to death by Lao Gao, and some were stoned to death by Lu Yu. Lao Gao said that Lu Yu was very accurate in throwing stones, and he had some talent, but Lu Yu felt that what he said was right.
Later, Lu Yu and Lao Gao rested at home for a few days, taking a look at the crops in the field, weeding and watering or something, and a few days later they made an appointment to go into the mountain together.
On this day, not long after Lu Yu and Lao Gao entered the mountain, they heard the cry of a wild boar. They glanced at each other, and then crept over to the boar.
When they got closer, they found that a wild boar was struggling with a python with thick arms. At this time, the snake has already come out of the hole, and they can encounter a lot every day, but this is the first time they have seen such a big one. In fact, it is not sure if it is a python Lu Yu, anyway, as long as it is a big snake, he will call it a python.
The python was wrapped around the boar, bloody from the boar's hard burrs; The wild boar was also uncomfortable, its cry became quieter and quieter, and it felt like it couldn't last long.
They didn't want to wait for a snake and a pig to decide the winner, so they decided to deal with the two beasts now. It may be that Lu Yu is by his side, Lao Gao is not very afraid of wild boars, and rushes forward with a hunting knife, Lu Yu is not to be outdone, and also rushes over with a kitchen knife.
The pig and the snake are fighting fiercely, and they can't pay attention to them, Lao Gao cut off the python's neck with a knife, and at the same time, Lu Yu also cut off the back of the wild boar, cutting the back is the fastest way to kill the wild boar with a kitchen knife.
"Hey, hey, hey, good." Killing two prey, Lao Gao was very happy.
Lu Yu also said that it was good, and asked him again: "How to get it back?" Do snakes want it? He estimated that the dead snake was more than 100 catties, and the wild boar was bigger than the one caught by Lao Gao's trap, estimated to be 200 catties.
"No, there are a lot of snake meat and insects, and it's not easy to get it." Lao Gao looked at the dead snake and said, "I will peel off the skin of the snake and take away the gall of the snake." Lu Yu glanced at the dead snake, the yellow-brown snake skin was covered with dark patterns, greasy, and looked a little disgusting.
After Lao Gao skinned the snake and dug out the snake gall, the two men carried the wild boar back. The wild boar was bigger than last time, but Lu Yu didn't feel heavy, but Lao Gao couldn't go far and had to rest, and sometimes he muttered quietly, scolding his daughter-in-law for not moving last night, so that he didn't have the strength to hunt today. Lu Yu pretended not to hear.
When he lifted it again, Lu Yu tried his best to move the rope to his side. In addition, he walked in front and was going down the mountain, so most of the weight of the wild boar was on Lu Yu's shoulders.
After returning to the village, the two of them did not hide it, swaggered to carry the pig to Lao Gao's house, and decided to sell the pig in the town the next day after discussion.
Lu Yu's interest in selling pigs is not as high as that of beating pigs, but Lao Gao said that he is not easy to do alone, so he wants Lu Yu to be with him. Lu Yu guessed that he was afraid that he would not worry about him.
Lu Yu will not be such a villain. But since Lao Gao said so, Lu Yu went with him and took a look at his father and Lu Ming by the way.