Chapter 18: Catching Fish
Grandpa Yuan Qiao snorted coldly, looked at Shen Xiaoxiao unhappily, and chattered for a while before stopping, while Shen Xiaoxiao went in and out of his left ear and out of his right ear, completely regarded as the wind in his ears, Xiao Yan wanted to hold grievances for her, but she stopped her, after all, there were only those two sentences, it was nothing more than she brought Xiao Yan to ruin, so that he didn't even want the tribe.
Shen Xiaoxiao was helpless, if Xiao Yan didn't want to be bad, could she bring it? Besides, she didn't do anything, she was even more wronged than Dou E.
But who made her an outsider, not trusted by them, in their eyes, no matter what she did, it was wrong, plus Xiao Yan should have belonged to the series of good children in the tribe before, and now as soon as she came, Xiao Yan became disobedient, so she couldn't be blamed.
"Xiaoxiao, I'm sorry." Xiao Yan suddenly felt guilty, Xiaoxiao finally came to him, but it was not a few days, but he made Xiaoxiao suffer a lot of grievances, if he hadn't come here, Xiaoxiao should have a very happy life now.
Shen Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he understood, and said unconcernedly, "I don't blame you for this, besides, I'm not money, and it's impossible for everyone to like me." But everyone was wary of her, and she was off the charts.
"Rub the rope first, and then tie the firewood, so that you can make a simple door, the wind and sand will not blow into the hole, and in the winter there is a door in the way, and the hole can be much warmer." She thought about tying it directly with reeds, but the reeds were easy to break, and she thought of the grass rope she had learned from the old man before, so she thought about rolling the reeds into a rope shape, but the dry straw used to make the grass rope didn't know if the reeds could work.
Shen Xiaoxiao first took eight reeds and divided them into two halves, tied them into knots, clamped the knotted end between the legs and fixed them, rubbed the reeds in the same direction with the thumbs and index fingers of both hands, and then added new reeds to it after rubbing for a while, about a meter long, Shen Xiaoxiao smiled happily, it seems that it is feasible to use reeds to rub the rope.
Xiao Yan's face was full of curiosity, and when he saw Shen Xiaoxiao rubbing the grass that no one wanted, he was even more curious, "Xiaoxiao, what are you doing here?" ”
"Rope is used to tie firewood together to make a door, and it can also be used to tie things." Shen Xiaoxiao said while tying a knot at the end, "I'll teach you." The speed of the two people will be faster, Xiao Yan looked at her with a new expression, "Take some reeds first, and then ......" Shen Xiaoxiao said while demonstrating, Xiao Yan looked at it seriously, followed the study step by step, and soon rubbed out a small section, Shen Xiaoxiao couldn't help but praise him for learning quickly, "It's Xiaoxiao who teaches well." ”
Although he is a novice, but the speed is not slow, except for the beginning of the unskilled, the back is more and more familiar with the long string of rope under his feet, seeing this, he asked Shen Xiaoxiao to rest, he just rubbed it himself, this looks simple, but it hurts to rub his hands for a long time, he just does this kind of work.
Shen Xiaoxiao didn't refuse, took a wooden stick, measured how wide and high the hole was, and found that the firewood she brought back was a little short, a little shorter than the entrance of the stone cave, but this was just what she wanted, after all, she didn't plan to seal the hole tightly, ventilation was still very important.
She spread the necessary firewood on the ground, placed a stick on top of it, tied it with a rope, then connected it directly and tightly with a rope, and placed a stick on top of it in the middle and bottom, and tied it with a rope between the two sticks placed horizontally.
The two of them worked hard for a long time to finish the door, Xiao Yan put the door at the entrance of the cave according to Shen Xiaoxiao's command, Shen Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, it was easy to fall down if it was put in this way, and it was easy to run in if it was obliquely released.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up, "Can you dig a hole here, it doesn't have to be too deep." Shen Xiaoxiao pointed to a place at the entrance of the cave, Xiao Yan nodded and began to move, Shen Xiaoxiao tied a longer wooden stick to the wooden stick at the very edge, and Xiao Yan also dug a hole in the ground according to her request.
Shen Xiaoxiao asked him to sharpen the wooden stick with the bone knife again, measured the length of the longest wooden stick, and then asked Xiao Yan to smash the sharpened wooden stick into the cave wall with a stone in the corresponding position, Shen Xiaoxiao put the door there, and then tied the two wooden sticks together with a rope, and then tried to push the door, and saw that the door was successfully turned and closed, her eyes were full of joy.
"In the future, when we're not at home, or we don't want people to see what we're doing, we can close the door." Although some time was wasted, the results were quite good.
Xiao Yan pushed the door curiously, it turned out that this was the door that Xiaoxiao said, and it was indeed as Xiaoxiao said, if you close it, you can't see it inside.
After they cleaned up, the people who went out to hunt and pick almost came back, Xiao Yan originally wanted to go into the mountains to catch a short-tailed bird but was stopped by Shen Xiaoxiao, "Today we eat fish." ”
Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "That's not delicious." "Although Shinoxiao can make the meat very delicious, this fishy smell is extremely fishy, and it can't be eaten at all, just smelling it makes it stink, and Shinoxiao probably doesn't know why he wants to eat it.
"It's definitely not delicious to eat raw, you can eat it when it's baked, and if you don't go into the mountain today, you will take it first." Shen Xiaoxiao smiled lightly, "The reason why it smells fishy is because it is eaten directly without treatment, and it is a delicacy to handle it cleanly." ”
Xiao Yan was skeptical, although he was still very confused, but seeing that Shen Xiaoxiao was so sure, he subconsciously believed what she said, even if he couldn't eat it, he would first wronged Xiaoxiao to eat some wild fruits first, and tomorrow he would go to hunt some prey and come back.
Xiao Yan and Shen Xiaoxiao went to the river, and the fish in the river were not afraid of people at all, maybe they usually caught few people, but these fish were very bold, and even dared to swim in front of them, as if to say, even if I swam to you, you wouldn't dare to eat me, and some even jumped out of the water in front of them, extremely arrogant.
Shen Xiaoxiao only thought it was funny, and sure enough, it was one side of the water and soil to raise one side of the fish.
Shen Xiaoxiao was stopped by Xiao Yan as soon as he wanted to make a move, "I'll come." Shen Xiaoxiao didn't fight with him, he watched him from the shore, and soon Xiao Yan caught a fish, he held the fish and looked at Shen Xiaoxiao with a smile, "You fall to the ground and stun it." Shen Xiaoxiao pointed to the shore and said.
Xiao Yan didn't hesitate, he fell to the ground hard, the fish fainted after jumping twice, Shen Xiaoxiao quickly picked it up, and tossed it with her hands, weighing two or three catties, she washed it with water, and then put it on the stone to hang up the fish scales with a bone knife, and took out the internal organs of the fish by disemboweling it, and the gills of the fish did not forget to deal with it.
Before she had yet to deal with a fish, Xiao Yan caught another one, he threw the fish on the shore, and wanted to catch it again, Shen Xiaoxiao shouted to him, "Enough, you hurry up." ”
She saw that it was about the same size as the one in her hand, but it was a crucian carp, and the grass carp in her hand was enough.