After the men and women who gathered wild vegetables, fished and hunted all left, the yard slowly became quiet.
Xu Chen and the two tool men were sitting in the yard, and they continued to compile yesterday's bird-catching artifact with quick hands and feet.
Two hours passed by and he slowly weaved a large rattan basket three feet in diameter.
The shape is like a bamboo dustpan commonly used in rural areas.
The rattan is very thinly woven, with fist-sized holes like fishing nets.
When the two tool men saw Xu Chen making such a strange thing, they thought he was going to use it for fishing, so they didn't care.
Xu Chen didn't explain. After finishing it, he found a two-foot-long short stick, tied a slender rope in the middle, woven the rattan basket with the short stick and placed it in the yard, and then pulled it from a distance.
The rope and rattan basket fell down and were fastened to the ground.
Nice!
Xu Chen snapped his fingers, put away the rattan basket and short stick rope with satisfaction, and then asked Gu He to lift them out to work.
"Gaha?"
Gu Heju threw away his hoe and ran over sweating profusely. He looked at the big rattan basket full of holes in Xu Chen's hand inexplicably.
"Fowler, let's go!"
Xu Chen didn't bother to explain and turned around to leave.
Hearing is false and seeing is believing. For this group of savages with low understanding and almost zero imagination, he doesn't like to explain many things now because they are not clear.
Seeing Xu Chen and the others preparing to go out, a group of children also shouted to follow them, but they were all driven back by Xu Chen.
Catching birds is different from fishing, because the speed and IQ of birds are much higher than that of fish. When he was a child, he had the experience of catching sparrows with a dustpan. Although he was successful, the success rate was not high. As long as there was a slight movement or slight noise
If you slow down for a second, you will miss the mark.
The fewer people doing this, the better.
Gu Heju can still help, but if a group of children also follow, I'm afraid the whole day's work will be in vain.
The clear river flows.
The flowers and plants on both sides of the bank are lush and green.
The mountains are full of flowers.
Flocks of waterbirds are playing and foraging in the early morning sun.
Above the clear and vast blue sky, several goshawks were circling with spread wings, occasionally swooping down and scattering countless birds.
In the direction of the valley downstream of the river beach, you can see a group of wild horses and many herbivores leisurely looking for food on the river beach.
In the entire valley, except for a thatched courtyard hidden among flowers, plants and trees, all you can see is the white smoke rising from the kiln factory.
The sky is vast, the mountains and rivers are picturesque, and it still looks like a primitive place. There is no trace of the third artificial building.
Such beautiful scenery is so refreshing.
However, after getting used to watching it every day, Xu Chen no longer has much novelty.
Food and survival are more important than beautiful scenery.
A group of women were scattered near the Wild Wolf Valley picking various fresh wild vegetables.
Through the lush vegetation and trees, I could only hear their chatter and laughter.
Xu Chen took Gu Heju, who was full of doubts, to the vicinity of the river beach. After a brief observation, he chose a small river bay where there were usually more water birds.
The water flowing here is relatively gentle, the water plants on the shore grow very high, and the reeds that have begun to bolt have reached above the head of a person. There are usually a large number of wild birds here foraging.
After choosing a location, log off the network.
First, put the fresh small fish raised in the fish basket yesterday with tough weeds through their gills and tie them to the water plants. Then, pick up a few handfuls of weeds and tie them randomly on the rattan basket to make camouflage, and then prop up the rattan basket with short sticks.
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Although Gu Heju carried out Xu Chen's various arrangements very seriously, he was still in a state of confusion.
They know about fishing, but what the hell is bird hunting?
Birds can fly if they have wings!
However, Xu Chen didn't explain, so the two of them could only continue to be boring gourd tool men.
Xu Chen put down the long rope and the three of them hid in the grass more than ten meters away.
"Little...be careful Gaga!"
Gu Heju, who was already very afraid of the grass, took a stick and looked around nervously, and kept poking it around in the grass.
Although Xu Chen's face was a little dark, he did not stop the two of them because he was still very scared and it was better to be careful in everything.
He has recently figured out the origin of the name of the Ba people, and it is indeed related to the green-patterned poisonous snakes.
When Muba's mother first moved here with more than a dozen tribesmen to settle, there were a lot of venomous snakes in this valley. Three people were bitten to death by venomous snakes that year.
At that time, the tribesmen were very scared, and most of them hoped to return to the Uzbek tribe to live together, but Muba was unwilling. After leading the tribe for two years and killing hundreds of venomous snakes in the valley, they finally gained a place of comparison.
A safe living space.
In order to enable her tribe to survive tenaciously, the first generation mother named Ba, after a poisonous snake, as the name of her family. This is the origin of the Ba tribe.
In fact, in this large and vast area, venomous snakes are everywhere.
This kind of venomous snake is the most venomous, and you will definitely die if you are bitten. The origin of the name is that this kind of venomous snake will make a cry before it finds prey or attacks.
This is also the reason why Xu Chen heard a faint sound when he was picking up wild duck eggs that day.
If you are an adult who is familiar with the snake, your first reaction when hearing this sound will definitely be to immediately be alert to defend or even run away.
But Xu Chen didn't know, and Gu and Ji were far away and didn't hear it at all. By the time they saw it, it was already too late, the poisonous snake had already launched its attack.
It is said that once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of snake bites for ten years.
What's more, facing such a poisonous snake that is almost certain to die.
So no amount of caution is too much.
However, after such a commotion, many water birds and wild birds hiding in the grass near the river bend all flew away without a trace.
Bird hunting requires more patience than fishing, and more control of timing.
The three of them lurked quietly in the thick grass, watching the designed trap through the weeds. They waited for half an hour before sparse waterbirds began to land in the river bend to feed.
Because the water flow in this bay is slow, there are many small fish and shrimps and it is easier to catch them. It is the place closest to the compound where most waterbirds gather.
But what started to fall were some long-legged white cranes.
This kind of bird has long legs and a long neck. It looks quite tall, but in fact it has no meat and its eggs are very small. It is not Xu Chen's target at all.
So these birds landed in groups, and Xu Chen felt his forehead begin to sweat, because the small fish they tied on the shoal was too conspicuous.
Sure enough, it didn't take long before several cranes discovered the small fish under the trap, and slowly gathered around to observe and test it.
After several tests, it seemed that there was no danger, and a crane quickly put its head in, picked up a small fish, and swallowed it.
But the fish was tied to the aquatic plants with weeds. After swallowing it, it seemed to be stuck in the throat and felt uncomfortable. It was quickly spat out, and then several cranes started to peck at it. The weeds were soon torn off.
The fish was eventually eaten by a white crane.
After eating the fish, more cranes flew over and began to surround the rattan basket, stretching their long necks to go in and peck at the small fish. Xu Chen was about to throw a stone and go out to drive them away, but suddenly a group of wooden sticks were thrown at them.
The crane was knocked sideways during the fight, and the cane basket was instantly buckled down. Although not one of the cranes was caught, the group of cranes were frightened, and most of them flew away in an instant.
With a depressed look on his face, Xu Chen went to the river to set up the rattan basket again.
Several small fish below have been eaten. If cranes keep coming to cause trouble, I'm afraid this strategy will not succeed.
Then it’s time to wait again.
After more than ten minutes, waterfowl landed in the river bend one after another. This time there were not only long-legged cranes, but also several wild ducks, including the most common mallard, and a black-gray red-necked duck.
wild duck.
After the arrival of this group of wild ducks, they quacked and swooped around among the water plants. The scene suddenly became lively. Xu Chen's heart also became excited and nervous. He held the rope with both hands and watched the group of wild ducks carefully.
I fully expect them to get into the trap soon.
However, it was obvious that his protagonist aura was not very effective. Soon, several long-legged cranes discovered the small fish under the trap, and then slowly came up to watch, and then competed to eat.
This time no wooden sticks were encountered, and none of the rattan baskets were buckled down.
But all the fish tied below were robbed.
It seems that this strange place has a relatively large fish production. A group of cranes were reluctant to leave. They all circled around the trap. There was even a crane that jumped onto the rattan basket and flapped its wings to prepare for a white crane.
Many companions came to wait and see, but the rattan basket was trampled over, and a white crane that was sneaking in to observe the situation was caught half-neck inside.
The sudden fright caused the birds to explode their nests in an instant, fluttering and flying away again. A few ducks and other waterfowl were also frightened and flew away in all directions. In the blink of an eye, the river bay became empty again.