Chapter 246: Snow Hunting
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It was already night after eating and drinking, Huang Guofan wanted to go back to the town or the city, find a place to sleep, and then go back the next day, but Liu Huan's family tried every means to keep it, so Huang Guofan agreed to play here for a few more days, and drink Liu Huan's brother to sleep in a room at night.
Although it is very cold in the northeast, but there is a fire pit, everything becomes warmer, and the next morning, Huang Guofan just got up and saw a large group of teenage children in the village, carrying cages or something, Huang Guofan asked curiously, "Liu Xin, what are these children going for? Skiing or what?"
"This group of children is probably going to catch rabbits, catch pheasants, the snow has stopped in the past two days, there must be rabbit footprints on the new snow, and it is easy to find the rabbit by following the footprints. ”
When Huang Guofan heard this, he immediately became playful, "Really, then I'll go with them, I haven't caught a rabbit for many years, this hand is itchy, I'll go with it." ”
"Hey, you haven't eaten yet, let's go after breakfast!" Seeing Huang Guofan chasing after the group of children, Liu Xin remembered that Huang Guofan hadn't eaten breakfast yet.
Huang Guofan caught up with the group of children, and saw that some of the children were carrying cages in their hands, some were carrying baskets with dry leaves and firewood, some were holding nets, and more than a dozen children were talking and laughing towards the hillside next to the village. One of them said, "There is a nest of rabbits on the hillside over there, and when I went to mow the grass and feed my little rabbits last year, I saw several rabbits there, and no one has been there to catch them in the past year, and I believe that this nest of rabbits must still be there, and I caught the roasted rabbits tonight and ate them." ”
"There are also on the field over there, this year when we harvested soybeans, we found that a lot of soybeans were eaten by rabbits, at that time my dad they also found the rabbit hole, but at that time there was no snow and the weather was too dry, plus the ground is dry soybeans, my dad was afraid of setting fire when the soybeans were burned, we can also go over today to see, maybe the rabbits have come out, when we follow these footprints will definitely be able to find these rabbits, today we are going to have a bumper harvest!"
Huang Guofan asked curiously, "Why did you catch this rabbit, this rabbit is very fast?"
The group of children looked at Huang Guofan and said, "Uncle, didn't you catch a rabbit when you were a child?" It's very simple, as the saying goes, this cunning rabbit has three holes, and this rabbit will enter and exit from different holes. We only need to find the rabbit hole according to the footprints of the rabbit coming out to feed, and then plug the different holes with a net, leaving only one hole, and blow smoke into it from this hole to ensure that the rabbit can be smoked out. These rabbits that can't bear the smoke will come out of their holes, and when they come out, they will get into our nets, very simply, basically every time, and you follow us to make sure you have rabbit meat to eat tonight!"
Huang Guofan laughed, "Okay, then I'll follow you today, let's go!"
The snow was new, and there was no trace on the ground, but not long after going forward, there was a line of footprints on the ground, which were rabbit footprints, but it was difficult to judge the direction with the footprints on the ground, but the odd child took a look at it and led everyone forward, and soon found a rabbit hole. "This hole is first plugged with a net, and the other people are scattered to look for it, and the other holes of this rabbit will come back and report it as soon as they find it!"
The other children jumped out as soon as they left, and soon found three or four holes in a radius of more than ten meters in less than ten minutes, sealed the holes on the higher ground with nets, and sent a few people to watch them, and then put dead leaves and firewood on the lower holes and lit them, and fanned the wind with their clothes, and soon the smoke began to rise out from the other holes. In less than two minutes, rabbits jumped out of the holes covered with nets, and a group of children were so excited that they caught seven rabbits of all sizes in less than ten minutes, which can be described as a great harvest.
"Haha, I'll just say that I see a lot of rabbits in this litter, how can I believe it, let's go, let's go to the field and see if there are any rabbits there. If anything, tonight would be a great dinner. Huang Guofan followed this group of children and didn't do anything, but he saw that this group of children moved skillfully and quickly caught a few rabbits, and it was obvious that these children often did this thing.
The rabbits on the field are the same, but there are fewer rabbits in this litter, just two, but they are very fat, and it seems that they are a newlywed couple who have just moved in. After catching the rabbits, the group was not idle, and after sending the rabbits home, they proposed to go to the lake to catch fish.
"Don't you all bring tools, how can you catch fish without tools?" Seeing that this group of children did not bring tools and went to catch fish empty-handed, Huang Guofan felt a little unreliable.
"What do you know about the people from the city, we don't need tools to catch fish here in winter, our method of catching fish is very simple, but it is very practical, you will know how we catch fish after a while. ”
At this time, a kind child said, "In winter, the whole blister is frozen, and the fish gather at the bottom of the water and do not move, at this time we only need to dig a hole in the ice, and then stand on the ice and jump hard, the fish will be scared to jump out of the hole, and when they jump out, they will soon freeze, at this time we will find a reed to put on the fish mouth and bring it back, it is very simple." ”
The reeds found the largest blister, the group of children began to gouge in the middle of the ice, but the ice surface is very thick, more than a foot thick, this group of children one after another went into battle to chisel, but one by one is tired and sweating and did not chisel, at this time a child volunteered to take out a non-exploding firefly bomb from his pocket, "Get out of the way, let me come, a cannon will make a big hole for you." ”
The firework bomb was loaded into the area and stuffed with broken ice, and then a reed pole was lit, and the lead of the firework bomb was lit from afar, and two seconds later, a loud "bang!" was accompanied by a splash, and a large hole was blown out of the bottom of the ice that had just not been chiseled, and the entire ice surface cracked. But because there is snow on it, there are no signs of breaking in the ice.
Seeing that the ice was blown out of the hole, the group of children began to winter on the ice rhythmically, the ice began to rise and fall like breathing, at this time the big and small fish jumped out of the hole with a diameter of more than 20 centimeters as if they had created a demon, this child excitedly threw the fish into the reeds, and the other children were more excited and shook the ice harder.
"Bang!" Suddenly the ice cracked, the entire ice surface flipped over at once, and four or five children were pressed under the ice at once, seeing this, Huang Guofan hurriedly rushed up, shattered a piece of ice with one palm, jumped into the waist-high cold and biting ice water, and scooped up these children who fell into the water. Fortunately, the water here is not deep. And Huang Guofan was by his side, all these children had nothing to do, they just fell into the water and their clothes were wet.
Huang Guofan was afraid that this group of children would go back and be scolded by the parents at home, so he quickly cut a large reed pole and made a fire, and asked this group of children to dry their clothes. But as soon as the fire was raised, the children were overjoyed, and the fish they had just caught was disemboweled, and they found a branch and plugged it in, and then put it on the fire and roasted it, and a group of children had a great time. "Yo he, you've become the king of children, it's time for lunch, you guys are still grilling fish here to eat, hurry back to eat!"
I don't know when this Liu Huan came, seeing Liu Huan coming, Huang Guofan raised a smoked black fish in his hand and said, "Eat fish, have I grilled it!"
"I'll go, you're just messing with things, is this still fish? It's all made you like this, it's like charcoal, do you want to eat fish? I'll ask my mother to go to the market and buy a fathead fish and come back, and stew fish soup for you." I won't eat this fish!"
Huang Guofan used a reed rod to hang off the black layer on the top of the fish, leaving the white and tender meat inside, tore off a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it and spit it out, "Well, it's a little fishy, it's unpleasant without salt, and there is a smoky smell." ”
Huang Guofan stood up and walked to Liu Huan's side and said, "Hey, were you the same as this group of mischievous children when you were a child?" I really envy you for having these to play in winter, where are we in the mountains, we don't dare to go up the mountain after the snow in winter, the mountain is steep and slippery, and if you don't do it, you will roll down the mountain like a snowball." We spend our winters by the fire pond, basically there are no such abundant outdoor activities, at most we build snowmen and have snowball fights, unlike you who go up the mountain to catch rabbits and go down to the river to catch fish. ”
"When I was a child, the products were more abundant than this, and we could catch more than one pheasant a day, and find a blister in the reeds, sweep away the snow a little, and sprinkle a few handfuls of wheat soaked in wine, and after the pheasant ate it, it would get drunk, and then it would be flying all over the sky, running around and running around, and just catch up and catch it, it was very simple. At that time, the family was poor and only had meat to eat in winter, and these meats were game, and in summer they ate less, except for fish, eel and frogs. Basically, I grew up eating wild game since I was a child. ”
Huang Guofan nodded, "Well, I'm really envious, it's not as big as my mountain, and I rarely catch game, but when I was a child, I was bold enough to get a lot of things to eat, and now it looks so disgusting." For example, this mouse, snake, know, hedgehog or something. ”
"Hey, you even eat mice, it's disgusting, what a dirty mouse!" )