Chapter 5: Hunting in the mountains has a surprise
In this era, oil is a valuable item, and the old Chinese medicine doctor gave them so much lard, which shows that it is really good for them.
When the two little guys heard that there was fried fish to eat, they were happy not to want it.
After Li He changed his clothes, he came over to light the fire.
The village is full of earthen stoves, built with mud and put a large cauldron.
The firewood is either hay or firewood picked up from the mountain.
Ye Yan poured all the lard into the big iron pot.
As soon as the lard was put into the iron pot, it made a sizzling sound, and it was fragrant.
The two little ones stared at each other.
When the solid lard in the shape of white ointment turned golden brown and bubbling, Ye Yan threw the fish that had already been mixed with sweet potato flour into the pot one by one.
Whew, zizzle-
The smell immediately filled the small kitchen, and several children swallowed their saliva.
They hadn't eaten fish in a long time.
When Li He was young, several adults in the Li family would catch fish to eat, but the two younger ones almost never ate fish.
Soon, the small fish was ripe first, and Ye Yan would take out the fried golden fish and put it in a bowl.
"Be careful with the stings, eat slowly, got it?"
handed the little fish to the two little guys, looking at them with joy, Ye Yan was also happy.
There are so many fish, and it won't take long for them all to be fried.
A few people gathered around a basket of fried fish, and in the dim light of the kerosene lamp, they ate happily.
Although I am poor, I am very happy, and that's about how I feel.
Ye Yan let the two little ones brush their teeth and rinse their mouths, and then let them sleep.
Most of the injuries on Li He's body were traumatic, and the bruises looked scary, but there was nothing serious.
In this era, there is a shortage of doctors and medicines, and there is no way to deal with wounds, but fortunately, people in this era resist beating and endure it.
"Tomorrow, come with me to the mountains, hunt some game, and bring it to the town to sell."
Now they are in the village, and they can only sell it when they go to the town, and if they can go to the city, then it is estimated that the sales will be better, but the city is farther away, and it takes a day to travel, and it only takes two hours to go to the town.
By the way, it's all on foot now, or it's a simple bullock cart or mule cart, and as for the two-eight-bar bicycle, that's valuable.
According to the little money they share now, I am afraid that it will take a lifetime to afford it.
Li He nodded: "Okay." ”
After being tired for so long, Ye Yan was also sleepy, so he fell asleep after covering the quilt.
The next day, when it was dawn, the two of them got up early in the morning.
Ye Yan woke up the two little guys, and the four of them had a simple breakfast, and left some pickles and steamed buns for the little ones for lunch and dinner.
After arranging all this, Ye Yan took dry food and a kettle and took Li He to the mountains.
It was still a little cold in the early morning, and Ye Yan was agitated by the cold air and sneezed loudly.
"Someone must miss me."
Ye Yan touched his nose and chuckled twice.
The two entered the mountain, and Ye Yan relied on his perspective ability to see the road in the mountain that was not very bright.
In the mountains and forests, some early birds have begun to fly up to find insects to eat.
There are more rabbits, pheasants and the like.
However, Ye Yan not only wants to hunt, but also collects some herbs, which can be exchanged in the mall.
They don't have shotguns, so they can only use the simplest methods to catch their prey.
I simply made a few traps and sprinkled some food to trap pheasants to eat.
Ye Yan collected some medicinal herbs, as well as some fruits, and put them in the back basket.
The identification of medicinal herbs was learned when he went up the mountain to collect herbs with the old Chinese medicine doctor before, and now Ye Yan has the memory of the original owner, and of course he recognizes it.
However, she secretly took some herbs to the mall to exchange, although the price was cheap, but it was not impossible to exchange.
Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration, and wild vegetables seemed to be eaten by many people.
So, Ye Yan got some wild vegetables again.
It was a terrible attempt, and it really made her succeed.
It's safe to say that it's full of treasures.
By the way, frogs, grasshoppers, insects, etc., these should also be redeemable!
Now Ye Yan finds that her mall is simply a treasure!
With a mall, are you still afraid of not having food?
It will take some time for the frogs to grow up, and they are probably all tadpoles now.
Grasshoppers will only be there for more than half a month.
Insects, now a lot of insects have also woken up and are crawling all over the ground.
I have to say that Li He has some skills, and when he waited until noon, he caught two fat rabbits.
Ye Yan used his perspective ability to see that there was a nest of rabbits in the ground not far from the fat rabbit, so they took out the rabbit nest.
That litter of little rabbits, which looked like they had just been born for a few days, were soft and cute to death, and Ye Yan's heart melted all of a sudden.
"Take it back and raise it, just get some grass every day."
After a busy morning, Ye Yan gained a lot, and he was stunned to exchange a full two hundred yuan, all of which were exchanged for wild vegetables and herbs.
But unfortunately, this money can only be bought in the mall, and cannot be taken out, otherwise, in the 70s, 200 yuan is a lot of money.
When it was time to return, Ye Yan was pleasantly surprised to see a nest of bird eggs on the hillside, and Li He didn't say a word, so he climbed up and got a nest of bird eggs down.
"Sister, I haven't eaten eggs for a long time, I'm hungry."
Li He looked at the bird's eggs, his eyes glowing.
Ye Yan touched his head, since the Li family left, they have not had a very good life in the past four years.
Li He is obviously fourteen years old, but his body is still very thin.
"In the future, we will have lots and lots of eggs to eat!"
Suddenly, there seemed to be a sound not far away, squirming.
The two hurriedly looked, only to see that there seemed to be some big guy in the shadowy grass.
Ye Yan immediately looked at it with perspective eyes, it was a small wild boar, it should be two or three months old.
Ye Yan is very greedy for pork, but can they catch it now?
Soon the wild boar came out of the grass, staring at the bird's egg in Li He's hand.
I see, it's a bird's egg!
Originally, hunting was done with shotguns, but they didn't, and when they entered the mountains, they brought baskets, sticks, rope nets, ropes, spears, sharp knives, and sickles, which were the most primitive hunting tools.
Now we can use rope nets, sickles, sharp knives, and sticks.
"You cover it with a rope net, and I'll stab it in the heart with a sharp knife!"
Ye Yan held the sharp knife as she spoke, and she could now see the location of the wild boar's heart, which was beating violently.
Without saying a word, Li He took out the rope net, and then threw a bird's egg on the ground with one hand to lure the wild boar over.
The boar cautiously took two steps forward, then lowered its head and ate the eggs.
Li He threw another bird's egg.
The wild boar approached them again.
With two bird eggs in a row, Ye Yan's flesh was really painful, but thinking that she could eat pork, she was happy.
The little wild boar was very happy to eat, and seemed to let down his guard.