Chapter 60: The Trap
The weather in August is scorching, but there is a cool breeze in the bamboo forest.
Song Huan cut the bamboo into a length of about four feet.
Break one of the ends open.
The other end is intact.
Position the bamboo, lift a few large rocks and press them against the unbroken end.
After confirming that the position will not be easily moved after pressing, the broken end will be added with a branch and the trigger mechanism will be set.
There are many types of traps.
The main thing is to adapt to local conditions.
Yesterday she made a rockfall trap and a trap based on the principle of sling, and she didn't catch her prey, probably because she didn't choose the trigger rod well.
The sensitivity of the trigger lever is very important.
A thinner trigger lever can increase the sensitivity of the trap.
It's better to make the connection point a little finer and lighter, so that it will be more sensitive.
When the animal touches it, the trigger time will be shorter and the efficiency will be higher.
After re-improving the trap, insert some branches and leaves around it to enhance the concealment of the trap.
Song Huan went around the neighborhood again.
On the basis of yesterday, it has been widened a little further in.
Among them, Song Huan found a few banana trees.
Clusters of small, green plantains are already hanging on it, as well as plantain flowers hanging down at the bottom.
Plantain flowers spike-like inflorescences apical and drooping.
The bracts are flame bracty, reddish-brown and purple, and each bract has many small flowers.
Song Huan had eaten banana flowers in his previous life, and the taste was similar to bamboo shoots.
Picking off the banana flowers is actually good for the growth of the plantain fruit, and the size of the plantain after removing the buds is obviously much fuller, so in the past, in the village, picking the banana flowers under the passing banana trees will not be talked about by the villagers.
Song Huan didn't hesitate, and directly cut off a few banana flowers.
Come back after a while, if the plantain is no longer growing, pick it and ripen it.
Raw plantain is placed in a rice jar and matures in two to three days.
Although Fu Yuanzhi on the side didn't know what Song Huan was used for picking banana flowers, with his understanding of Song Huan, she would definitely not take the initiative to put banana flowers in the back basket.
So Fu Yuanzhi silently went to put the banana flowers on the ground into the back basket.
Song Huan pretended not to see it.
Anyway, it wasn't what he asked him to do, he did it himself, and it was none of her business.
All day long, Fu Yuanzhi was like a little follower who couldn't speak, silently following behind Song Huan, occasionally slipping under his feet, and he didn't dare to squeak and silently get up and continue to follow.
She didn't find peaches, chestnuts, and awls, but found a sour jujube tree.
Ripe dates fell on the ground.
Some have already been eaten by small animals.
Song Huan bent down and picked up two intact sour dates, which should have just fallen off.
Song Huan peeled the skin and took a bite, and the corners of his forehead jumped.
It's slightly sweet in the mouth, and then it's all sour.
Song Huan's face was flat, and he handed one to Fu Yuanzhi casually.
Fu Yuanzhi took it with joy in his eyes, he didn't think so much in his mind, and directly peeled the skin and put it in his mouth.
I saw that his eyes were open, and the corners of his eyes were glowing with water overflowing due to physiological reactions.
Song Huan said directly to Fu Yuanzhi, "Don't vomit!" ”
Fu Yuanzhi pursed his lips, his mouth melted sourness, the corners of his eyes were wet, and he nodded pitifully and hummed lightly.
Song Huan felt comfortable, and his face was full of pride.
After remembering the location of the jujube tree, he moved on.
Fu Yuanzhi looked at Song Huan, whose aura had softened in front of him, and breathed a sigh of relief.
The tears in the corners of his eyes have dissipated.
The acidity in the mouth has also faded, leaving only the slightly fibrous sour jujube pits.
Fu Yuanzhi was reluctant to spit it out.
It's like a hard candy in your mouth, rolling back and forth in your mouth.
The eyes under his eyes are deep, if Song Huan turns around at this time, he will find that the current Fu Yuanzhi is not as pitiful as Fang Cai, looking like a bullied little milk dog.
Today's harvest is not big, and it is not small.
It can only be said that it was not in vain.
Fu Yuanzhi's back basket contains the wild vegetables picked today.
Song Huan then carried a load of firewood, and the two of them hurried back to the city at the end of the year.
Picked up Adi.
In the evening, I ate cold salad, soup made of plantain, and plantain flowers.
The banana flowers are fried by Song Huan.
Remove the old part of the outer layer of the plantain flower, and choose the petals of this color with whitish petals to be tender.
The reddish-purple petals are astringent, so when choosing plantain flowers, they are also very particular.
After removing the flowers from each layer, remove the long stamens from the petals and put them in a bowl for later use.
Plantain flowers need to be processed, otherwise they will be green and have a bad taste.
First of all, you have to blanch the picked plantain petals in boiling hot water, gently force out the astringent water with salt, and then rinse them with clean water.
Put oil in the pot, because the plantain flowers are tender, the oil temperature should not be too high.
When the oil temperature is moderate, add green onions, dry chili peppers and stir-fry a few times, then pour in plantain flowers, stir-fry and add salt until cooked, and sprinkle wild onion leaves before serving on the plate.
Put it in your mouth and savor it, a unique fragrance fills the whole mouth, and the banana flowers look tender yellow but are very tough.
In addition to stir-frying vegetarian, plantain flowers can also be served with shredded pork or tempeh, and can also be boiled into pork rib stew.
At the dinner table, Ah Di carefully observed the situation of Ah Mei and the eldest brother, and saw that there was nothing unusual as before, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
He also thought that his eldest brother would be kicked out of the house by Sister A today, and he would never see his eldest brother again in the future.
Fortunately, nothing like this happened.
At night, Adi specially waited for Fu Yuanzhi to lie down.
Ah Di then asked, "Big brother, are you going to Fucheng and never coming back?" ”
Fu Yuanzhi didn't answer immediately, but asked rhetorically, "Does Brother want the eldest brother not to come back?" ”
"I asked Sister A, and Sister Ah said that Big Brother and we are not on the same road.
Life is very long, there will always be old people leaving, and there will be new people coming back, and there will be a banquet in the world. ”
Fu Yuanzhi didn't continue to speak, and a wave of loss hit his heart.
Originally...... Is that what she thinks?
After a long time, Fu Yuanzhi asked, "Your sister...... What else is there to say? ”
Ah Di replied, "Ah Sister said, although you have surpassed us a lot, I can catch up." ”
"Big brother, is it possible that if I catch up, we can continue to live as we do now and before?
Big brother can you wait for me? I'll try to catch up. Let's live our own lives happily as before. ”
Although he told himself that everyone would be together again if he caught up, he was still not at ease, and he had to tell his eldest brother himself.
Fu Yuanzhi covered the corners of the quilt for his brother, "Big brother has been on the same road with you.
It looks far away, but it's actually very close.
Brother's worries won't happen, Big Brother has always been there. ”
Ah Di was pleasantly surprised, "Really?!" ”
Fu Yuanzhi replied very seriously.
Three years ago, when he came to Song's house, he didn't leave.
Three years later, he didn't think about leaving.
Sooner or later, the young eagle will fly.
At that time, he hoped that Song Huan would have someone by her side who could accompany her, watch the young eagle turn into an eagle, fly between heaven and earth, and defy all dangers.
And that person can only be himself.
"Big brother is just going to Fucheng to study temporarily, just like my brother is going to Xixi School to study, but you are close to home, and I am far away from home, understand?" Fu Yuanzhi said.
Ah Di thought about it, and it was indeed as the big brother said.
Ah Di said happily, "Then I don't have to catch up with the big brother, the big brother is by our side." ”
"But Brother has to study hard, only in this way can Brother live up to your sister's hard work."
Song Huan's hard work over the years clearly appeared in his mind.
It is precisely because I know that I was powerless in the past that I have the scene last night.
Maybe he proved it the wrong way, which is why she was angry......