Chapter 15: Digging Traps and Catching Animals
"Let's take a look outside the inner mountain, if you don't say it, I don't say it, A-Niang won't know."
"Oh well". Liu Yishuang nodded hesitantly.
Waiting for Liu Yiyu and the two of them to climb to the top of the outer mountain, the top of the outer mountain went downhill and went down to the edge of the inner mountain.
Standing on the top of the outer mountain, Liu Yiyu looked towards the inner mountain, only to see that the trees in the inner mountain were tall and lush, and occasionally saw some small wild things rushing out from the trees and mountains, and occasionally heard the sound of tigers and leopards roaring.
Liu Yiyu took Liu Yishuang into the edge of the inner mountain, the trees are tall, covering the sky and the sun, and occasionally there is a trace of sunlight shining in along the thin cracks of the branches and leaves, the climate is warm and suitable, very suitable for the growth of animals and plants.
Liu Yiyu, who had just entered the inner mountain, saw a piece of wild vegetables that grew tall and withered, no one picked them, and they were already old and could not be eaten.
"Sister, do you see that there are hares there? What about pheasants? ”。 Liu Yishuang suddenly pointed to a tree in front of him and shouted to his eldest sister.
However, after being startled by Liu Yishuang's shouting, the hare and pheasant under the big tree were frightened, squeaked a few times, and ran away.
On the contrary, Liu Yiyu looked at Liu Yishuang's fingers and saw that the big tree was full of yellow, orange and orange fruits, and the fruit turned out to be loquats.
Now in May, it is the season to eat loquat, no one comes in this deep mountain, this loquat is naturally ripe, no one picks it, it naturally falls down, but it is cheap for the small animals in the deep mountains.
Suddenly, Liu Yiyu thought of something, his eyes lit up, and beckoned Liu Yishuang to walk under the loquat tree.
Before being reborn, Liu Yiyu grew up in an orphanage, and he grew up in an orphanage, inside and outside his home, on the trees and down the river, which naturally made it difficult for Liu Yiyu.
Liu Yiyu climbed the loquat tree, picked a branch of loquat, wiped it on his own clothes, peeled off the loquat skin, revealing the yellow, orange and orange flesh inside, Liu Yiyu took a bite, the juice was tender, sour, delicious, and the taste was great, Liu Yiyu threw a branch of loquat from the tree to his third sister and said, "Third sister, this loquat is very delicious, let's pick some back to eat for our younger brothers and sisters."
"Eldest sister, do you know that this fruit can be eaten? We've never seen this fruit before, have we? ”。 These fruits have never been seen in his own house, Liu Yishuang saw that his eldest sister knew the name of this fruit, Liu Yishuang asked a little strangely.
"Didn't the eldest sister just see that both hares and pheasants can eat the ripe fruit on the ground? Since animals can be eaten, we can naturally eat it, didn't the eldest sister and the fifth brother go to the town to catch the market last time? Did the eldest sister see someone in the town selling these fruits? Listen to what the townspeople say". After Liu Yiyu heard Liu Yishuang's question, he sighed in his heart and replied with a blank expression on his face.
"Oh, eldest sister, this fruit is so delicious, sweet and sour, since it can be sold for money, let's pick some more and go back, even if it can't be sold for money, bring some more back, and give it to the sixth sister, seventh brother and eighth sister to eat, these snacks they will definitely like." After Liu Yishuang ate a loquat, his eyes lit up, and his face smiled, revealing two tiger teeth, and he enjoyed it very much.
"Okay, let's pick some more and give them to the sixth sister to eat." Liu Yiyu's heart was sour, in such a difficult life, the big one of the Liu family always took care of the small ones, for fear that the small ones would not have to eat, or they would not be able to eat enough.
Think about it, if the grandfather of the Liu family and the uncle of the Liu family didn't take care of the following small words, I am afraid that the following small ones will starve to death for more than half? .
After a while, Liu Yiyu and Liu Yishuang were moving on the tree, picking up the loquat and throwing it to Liu Yishuang, and then Liu Yishuang put it in the back basket, and after a while, Liu Yiyu and they filled a back basket of loquats.
Liu Yiyu considered that this loquat is already too ripe, and he picked too much this time to eat, and he was afraid that it would only take a night of effort, and the loquat would rot.
"Okay, these loquats are too ripe, I'm afraid these loquats will rot if they don't last night, and it's enough to pick so much." Liu Yiyu said to his third sister after coming down from the tree.
"Eldest sister, there are some tender bitter herbs and mother-in-law, let's pick some and go back to dry and eat." Liu Yishuang thought about it, and saw that not far from the loquat tree, there was a wild vegetable that was not yet old, and he was about to walk towards the wild vegetable with a basket that was still empty.
"Third sister, let's not be in a hurry, didn't the eldest sister just see that there were hares and pheasants under the loquat tree eating these ripe loquat trees that fell from the loquat tree? The eldest sister pondered, why don't we dig a few traps under this loquat tree, camouflage them on top of the traps, and put some loquats on them, so that these hares and pheasants will not fall into the traps we dug up."
"Eldest sister, why didn't I think of it? Why don't you dig a few more traps, come and see if there are any stupid rabbits and stupid pheasants falling into the traps we dug, so that our family has an extra income? Eldest sister, you see, it's more appropriate for us to dig the trap there? ”。 The third sister Liu Yishuang said, put down the empty back basket in her hand, picked up the hoe and was eager to try.
"Dig six on the outside, four more on the inside, intricate digging, dig as deep as possible, and the size should be moderate, so that these hares and pheasants fall into them, and they will not be able to fly out or climb up."
"Well, I know, big sister." After Liu Yiyu chose a good place, Liu Yishuang took the lead in digging, the two of them dug for three hours, and then dug ten traps, halfway, Liu Yiyu and Liu Yishuang took turns digging and thirsty, when they were thirsty, they ate loquat to quench their thirst, and when they were hungry, they went out with their own mothers and gave themselves a baked black cake to eat.
After digging ten traps, Liu Yiyu spread dead leaves on top of the traps, and put fresh and rotten loquat on top of the dead leaves.
Pheasants and hares only need to step on them and they will fall into the trap.
Liu Yiyu saw that he had done the same, so he beckoned Liu Yishuang to take the empty basket and pick a basket of wild vegetables to rush home.
Liu Yiyu and they went out at the same time, quite five o'clock in the morning, halfway Liu Yiyu and their party went up the mountain to find food, walked and stopped, it took nearly two hours, and then Liu Yiyu and Liu Yishuang came to the edge of the inner mountain, picked loquats, dug traps to catch beasts, it took nearly four hours, now look up at the sky, the hour is not early, not to mention that Liu Yiyu and the two of them are in the inner mountains with tall trees and covering the sky, the sky seems to be covered by a black cloth, and occasionally I hear a beast roar. It's a bit eerie and infiltrating.