At ten o'clock in the evening, a pot of fragrant soft-shelled turtle stewed chicken came out of the pot.

Three men at home, naturally how convenient how to come, this pot of soft-shelled turtle stewed chicken, after cleaning up, directly use the rice cooker to stew, plug in the electricity, press the button, the three of them lie in the yard, chatting, while gnawing watermelon, and so on to chat, the kitchen will come from a strong fragrance.

Gao Mingcheng was shocked and said, "It should be cooked, I'll put salt to taste." ”

Gao Yue and Lin Ye also smelled the fragrance, and couldn't wait to say, "Go together, go together." ”

When he arrived in the kitchen, after Gao Mingcheng opened the lid of the rice cooker, a stronger fragrance came to his nose.

"It smells so good!" Gao Yue took a deep breath, his face full of enjoyment.

It's not that they boast, but the soup is delicious!

After Gao Mingcheng put salt to taste, he directly took out three large bowls, and one person served a bowl of soup.

A soft-shelled turtle of more than three catties, with a hen of more than three catties, plus soup and water, is enough for three people to enjoy it.

The meat of the soft-shelled turtle is very tender, the skirt is full of gelatin, and when you bite into it, the Q bomb is sweet; And the native hen, the taste is also very good, and there are some small eggs in the belly that have not been formed, this hen is only more than a year, it is the peak period of laying eggs, so there are many large and small eggs in the belly, according to this situation, two or three days to be able to lay eggs.

Gao Mingcheng ate both the soft-shelled turtle and the chicken first, and when he drank the last bite of soup, he looked satisfied.

He even had the idea of getting a soft-shelled turtle again, this soup is fresh and replenishing, and he wants to arrange it for his wife and children.

Although he thought so, he didn't say it right away, because he knew that if he said he was going, then Gao Yue and Lin Ye would definitely go with him.

But the two of them shook honey for a day today, and they were already very tired and needed to rest.

So Gao Mingcheng said: "It's not too early, go to the toilet and sleep, you two sleep in the same bed." ”

Gao Yue and Lin Ye had no opinion, they slept in the guest room, and the bed there was still the bed that Gao Yue had moved from his old house.

"It's so delicious, maybe it's made by yourself, I feel that this soft-shelled turtle is not fishy at all, it is very fragrant!" Gao Yue sighed, they had an early dinner, but now after eating a bowl of soft-shelled turtle stewed chicken, their stomachs are full and warm, which makes people very satisfied.

It was indeed not early, so Gao Yue and Lin Ye went to the toilet one after another, and after drinking some water, they went into the house to rest.

Gao Mingcheng also went into the house to rest, he lay on the bed and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he felt that Gao Yue and Lin Ye should have fallen asleep, he quietly got up and came to the outside of the hall.

Because Gao Mingcheng was at home, the black tiger and the elf refused to go to the chicken coop to sleep, but stayed at home, but the chicken coop always needs to be watched by dogs, and Chen Dasong can't see it alone, so Rhubarb took Da Hei and Xiao Hei to take on this heavy responsibility.

As soon as Gao Mingcheng appeared, the black tiger and the elf who were sleeping in the kennel at the door opened their eyes at the same time, but they only opened their eyes and did not get up immediately, until they saw Gao Mingcheng holding a snakeskin bag and an iron fork, and then opened the gate of the courtyard, they immediately followed.

Gao Mingcheng's steps were very light, and the two dogs were also alert, and they didn't make a sound, and the two dogs left quickly.

Naturally, there are no street lights in the small mountain villages, but not every night is pitch black, and when the moon is full, the bright moonlight will fall and illuminate the mountains and water.

The mountains are like giant beasts, standing still. The shadows of the trees are like charms, moving slightly with the wind. The murmuring of the stream is accompanied by the chirping of insects.

In the middle of summer, cicadas and frogs chirp together, disturbing the silence.

In the grass, all kinds of nocturnal small animals are also active, hedgehogs, weasels, voles, snakes, etc., each in its own way.

There are those who are foraging and there are those who are being foraged.

Where there is survival, there is death.

Walking on the silent road, the night breeze blows, bringing a touch of coolness. Gao Mingcheng only felt that his mind was very sober at this time, and his thinking was extremely active, and some articles and sentences that he had read frequently appeared in his mind.

Like poetry, like painting, like understanding life.

Sometimes he thinks that his ideas are very clever, as if he has seen through the whole world and life. But when my mind turned, and then I thought back to what I had thought about before, I felt a little vague again.

In this paradoxical state, he came to the edge of the reservoir again.

When I came here before, there were other people in the reservoir, but now, the reservoir is very quiet, and there are no one else.

But it is not right to say quiet, the closer you get to the water's edge, the more there is movement, the sound of frogs comes and goes, and in the grass, frogs of all sizes are jumping one after another.

Wail~

Before the sound was over, the frog life was completely over, because a cauliflower snake quickly devoured the frog.

After succeeding, the cauliflower snake turned around and left, and its figure quickly disappeared with the help of the grass.

What a fat snake!

Gao Mingcheng looked at the back of the snake disappearing, and sighed in his heart.

It's a pity that many beauties don't eat snakes, so he didn't plan to catch snakes today.

Gao Mingcheng focused on catching soft-shelled turtles.

From June to September, soft-shelled turtles are the most active and frequent eaters of the year, and when the water temperature drops, their feeding frequency slows down until they hibernate completely.

It was late July, and it was the time when the soft-shelled turtles were frequently active and eating, Gao Mingcheng chose a location, thinking that it should be easy to get soft-shelled turtles here, so he opened the snakeskin bag he brought and poured the minced chicken intestines into the water.

He did not rush into the water, but simply took off his clothes and waited on the shore.

Soft-shelled turtles are omnivorous animals and animals that eat at night, so it is still very successful to trap soft-shelled turtles at this time.

This chicken intestine was killed before, and everyone was not willing to clean it up, Gao Mingcheng saved the idea of being a bait, so he chopped it up.

After the chicken intestines were poured into the water, they slowly dispersed, and soon attracted a group of small fish, all of which were only the size of a thumb, and Gao Mingcheng didn't care about them.

After a while, a catfish emerges from the bottom of the water, and when it emerges completely, its mouth opens wide and it bites into a chicken intestine.

Seeing that the catfish was successful and was about to dive into the water, the iron fork in Gao Mingcheng's hand moved, and he quickly went to the catfish in the water.

He moved quickly and violently, and the iron fork instantly stabbed the catfish in the water, and the catfish was injured, and its body wriggled, as if trying to escape.

However, the iron fork had penetrated its body, making it impossible for it to escape, but the catfish had great strength and was tightly wrapped around the iron fork.

Under the moonlight, this catfish, which weighs about five or six catties, is about to die because of gluttony!

Gao Mingcheng held an iron fork in one hand and put the catfish into the snakeskin bag with the other, thinking to himself, it was so difficult for such a big catfish to let him give up!

Catfish have slippery bodies and are generally difficult to catch with their bare hands, they are submerged during the day, and only at night will they surface to feed, with a large mouth and can swallow large food.

The taste of small catfish is average, but the big catfish is worth eating, their skin is very gelatinous, and when you bite into it, it is no worse than the skirt of the soft-shelled turtle.

And the big catfish also has a fish belly, which is Gao Mingcheng's favorite part to eat.

On top of that, catfish has few spines, making it suitable for children.

Under the many advantages, since Gao Mingcheng saw it, he naturally couldn't let it go.

Harvesting a big catfish, Gao Mingcheng was in a pretty good mood, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, but he didn't forget tonight's goal - soft-shelled turtle.

I waited quietly for a while, but the place where I lost my chicken intestines did attract a lot of small trash fish, but I didn't see the soft-shelled turtle.

Gao Mingcheng felt that this position was not good, so he decided to change positions.

He carried a snakeskin bag and walked through the grass until he came to a shallow place.

Because the water is shallow, the aquatic plants here are very lush, and some have some small flowers, and the air is filled with a fragrance, which is very light, but very fragrant.

Soft-shelled turtles are omnivores, and they eat meat and vegetarian diets. Therefore, they sometimes eat grass roots.

The chicken intestines were gone, but Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry, he caught a few frogs on the spot, smashed them with stones, and threw them into the water.

The smell of blood spreads in the water and quickly attracts predators to the feast.

The first wave came over, and it was still small trash fish.

These small fish are the most abundant inhabitants of the water, and they come when the wind blows.

Unfortunately, although they are numerous, they do not have much strength, and when the big predators come, they will flee one after another, because if they do not escape, even they will become the predator's ration.

Gao Mingcheng held an iron fork and waited quietly.

The black tiger and the elf were also very smart, and stood quietly not far away.

The wind blows, and the water ripples. With the sound of small water, the larger predators finally arrived!

Through the moonlight, Gao Mingcheng saw clearly that it was the turtle he was waiting for!

Gao Mingcheng's spirit was shocked and he was ready to do it at any time.

In fact, it is better to do it in shallow water, so that when the turtle wants to escape, its body shape is not as flexible as in deep water.

When the soft-shelled turtle began to eat, Gao Mingcheng did not make the first move, and when the soft-shelled turtle began to eat the second bite, he found the right time and quickly pounced forward.

His movements were very fast, and as the water splashed, the soft-shelled turtle that was targeted by Gao Mingcheng had been successfully caught.

After judging, Gao Mingcheng felt that the location here was good, and he could try to catch it with his hands, so that the soft-shelled turtle would not be injured, and it could be raised until tomorrow and brought back to the county seat.

Gao Mingcheng was in a good mood when he caught a big catfish before, but then he thought that now that the weather is hot, after the catfish is injured and dies, it needs to be slaughtered in time and then salted and preserved.

Gao Mingcheng's hand strength is very strong, when he catches the soft-shelled turtle, it is difficult to let the soft-shelled turtle escape, Gao Mingcheng pays attention to avoid the head of the soft-shelled turtle, and then throws the soft-shelled turtle into the snakeskin bag, and then ties the mouth of the bag, and the provincial soft-shelled turtle escapes.

This soft-shelled turtle is only more than a pound, not as big as the soft-shelled turtle they ate before, even if it is stewed with chicken, it is not enough for the family to eat, so they have to catch another one.

Gao Mingcheng continued to squat on the shore, waiting for the soft-shelled turtle to come.

While waiting, Gao Mingcheng felt that he should buy a few cages to catch fish, put the bait in the cages, and be able to catch fish and shrimp.

The reason why he thinks this is not that he feels tired of catching soft-shelled turtles like this, but that he remembers that the pond in Xiaofushan has planted lotus roots this year, and although there are more lotus seeds and lotus roots, because there are a lot of lotus leaves in the water, it is impossible to use a net from one side to the other as before, and then catch the fish.

If you use a cage, you can save some trouble, but when you catch fish at the end of the year, his purpose is to catch big fish, not small fish.

Therefore, the inlet of the cage must be larger, so that after the small fish enter, they can still swim out, and once the big fish enters, they will be trapped.

In this case, a lot of bait needs to be wasted.

But it's okay, just feed the fish, and when the fish is fed, it won't go into his stomach?

Gao Mingcheng's mind was thinking wildly, but his eyes kept staring at the surface of the water, checking the fish.

After about ten minutes, Gao Mingcheng found a soft-shelled turtle again.

When he saw the soft-shelled turtle, his eyes lit up!

There were a lot of small fish in the water before, and there were also some catfish, crucian carp and carp of about a catty, but these Gao Mingcheng didn't ask for it.

In fact, he suddenly came to get the soft-shelled turtle today, and the preparation was not sufficient, and whether the soft-shelled turtle came or not was completely due to luck.

However, the god of luck obviously favored him, and after getting a soft-shelled turtle of more than a pound, another soft-shelled turtle came!

In order to ensure success, Gao Mingcheng held on until the soft-shelled turtle came from the deep water to the shallow water and grass-rich area, and then he was ready to catch it.

During the day, large fish and soft-shelled turtles rarely come close to the shore due to high temperatures and loud noise, but as the temperature cools down at night, they are willing to move and feed.

If Gao Mingcheng had prepared in advance, chose a suitable place to nest during the day, and then came back at night, the success rate of getting big fish would be much higher.

However, Gao Mingcheng chose a good location tonight, there are aquatic plants, some aquatic insects and small insects that stop on aquatic plants to rest, all of which are rations for carnivorous fish.

Not far away, there is a ditch, the water in the ditch is not large, but it continues to flow, constantly flowing into the reservoir.

The movement of the water will also attract fish.

For various reasons, Gao Mingcheng finally waited for the second soft-shelled turtle tonight!

This soft-shelled turtle is darker in color, and it looks like it weighs three or four pounds!

Gao Mingcheng's eyes were fixed on the soft-shelled turtle, moving with the movement of the soft-shelled turtle, until he felt that the time was ripe, and then he quickly pounced.

The splash of water and the sudden movement made the nearby insects silent for a moment.

The soft-shelled turtle in the water is still trying to struggle, and its strength is quite large, but Gao Mingcheng's strength is obviously greater, and the two-hundred-pound stone lock can be thrown at his will, and it is still very easy to catch a soft-shelled turtle.

The splash splashed Gao Mingcheng's face, Gao Mingcheng grabbed the soft-shelled turtle with both hands, it was inconvenient to wipe his face, so he could only use his arm to barely wipe the water droplets around his eyes, and then put the newly harvested soft-shelled turtle into a snakeskin bag.

After getting the two soft-shelled turtles as he wished, the time was estimated to be early in the morning, Gao Mingcheng didn't want to continue to get them, and was ready to leave with the bag.

"Black Tiger, Elf, gone!" Gao Mingcheng greeted, walked to the place where he took off his clothes before with the snakeskin bag, put on his clothes, and prepared to leave.

The black tiger and the elf hurriedly followed, and the black tiger still had a small snake in its mouth.

It turned out that when Gao Mingcheng didn't notice, the black tiger and the elf were not completely still, they were also attracted by the frogs and snakes in the grass, and then a small snake became the black tiger's rations. (End of chapter)

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