Chapter 79: Phoenix Eggs and Tree Climbing Methods of Fishing
Chapter 79 Phoenix Eggs and Tree Climbing Methods of Fishing
"Well! Let's pick it up together, pick it up faster!" Jiang Ci took out the backpack from the space while Shen Shu'an wasn't paying attention.
"Put the wild sweet potatoes and chestnuts you just picked in your sleeves into your backpack!"
"Sister-in-law, let's go out together, and I didn't see you carrying a basket!" Shen Shuan was overjoyed when he saw the basket, and then scratched his head and thought for a while.
"I dropped this here last time I came to the mountains. I didn't expect it to be picked up by someone. Look, there is a bunny ear shape on the top of this backpack. Only my mother knitted our backpacks like this!"
Jiang Ci pointed to the shape of rabbit ears on the backpack,
When Shen Shuan saw it, he completely threw away all his suspicions about the backpack appearing out of thin air:
"Yeah! Sister-in-law, please be careful in the future. Next time you fall on the mountain, you can ask me to come and look for you. Otherwise, it will be bad if someone picks it up!"
"Yeah!" Jiang Ci shook her head helplessly after listening to the little carrot head's instructions. This little carrot head has a lot to worry about!
The two of them picked up chestnuts for half an hour, but they didn't pick up many. Shen Shu'an immediately realized the reason why Jiang Ci said that chestnuts could never replace chestnuts:
"Sister-in-law, I almost went blind picking up coni chestnuts, and I haven't even picked up half a basket yet."
"It's okay, this is enough for our family! Let's go! My sister-in-law will take you to find the next thing to eat!"
"Is there anything edible at the foot of the mountain?" Shen Shuan looked shocked, with a hint of ecstasy in his eyes.
He quickly followed Jiang Ci’s footsteps,
The two of them didn't walk a few steps and stopped next to a withered grass in the forest by a hidden stream.
Shen Shuan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Sister-in-law, you won't tell me that this withered grass can be eaten, right? This kind of plant is used by the villagers as firewood."
Jiang Ci raised his eyebrows at Shen Shuan: "Of course this withered grass cannot be eaten. What can be eaten is the roots underneath it."
Jiang Ci pulled out the withered grass as he spoke, and saw bunches of small light yellow fruits hanging under the withered grass.
The big ones are as big as quail eggs, and the small ones are as small as broad beans.
Just like peanuts in the ground, the fruits are all underground!
Shen Shuan's mouth grew into an "O" shape in surprise: "I only knew that its stems and leaves can be burned, and people in the village also use sickles to cut this grass back to make fire. I didn't expect that there are fruits under its roots! "
"This small fruit is very similar to an egg, like a smaller version of an egg, so it has a name: Phoenix egg. It is also very useful. Firstly, this phoenix egg contains starch, which can be eaten raw or cooked. It can make you full. Abdomen! Second: This phoenix egg has the effect of clearing the lungs and relieving coughs. During the seasonal change of autumn and winter, eating this can prevent colds and fever. The most important thing is that this kind of fruit is available in any season, so you don’t have to worry about not finding it!”
"Sister-in-law, you are so awesome! If you had married my brother earlier, you would have filled my stomach when I was a kid!"
Shen Shuan's eyes were shining brightly,
"What? Weren't you very hostile to me before? I'll teach you how to find some kinds of fruits. How can I conquer you little guy with this small favor?" Jiang Ci said with a smile,
Shen Shu'an's face burned when he was told,
Jiang Ci smiled leisurely: "Eating this fruit can only fill your stomach at most. If you want to pay attention to nutritional balance, you still have to rely on meat!"
Jiang Ci raised his head as he spoke,
Shen Shuan followed Jiang Ci's line of sight and saw a bird's nest above their heads, and his face suddenly beamed with joy.
The eggs laid by the chickens raised by the villagers are very valuable, and they have to be sold in the town to supplement the family income, so rural children cannot eat a few eggs almost all year round.
If you are really greedy, you can go to the trees in groups to dig out bird eggs.
But picking out bird eggs is also very particular about the bird's nest. If the bird's nest is too high, children will not dare to take advantage of it!
"The key to exerting force when climbing a tree is the strength of the feet. The hands should be firm, and the legs should be clamped to the trunk. Then use both hands to pull the body up. It is easier to climb if there are branches. You can use branches to climb up, but you have to watch carefully. Don't choose thin, brittle, dry branches to climb. If it's a straight tree like the one I climbed, it depends on whether you are strong enough."
Jiang Ci finished explaining the key points of climbing a tree, and she just reached the height of the bird's nest.
He took out all the five eggs from the bird's nest and then got down from the tree steadily.
"Wow! Five bird eggs, sister-in-law! I must learn to climb trees from you!" Shen Shuan was stunned by this sudden surprise!
He was envious when he saw other children getting bird eggs before, but he didn't expect that one day, he would be able to hold bird eggs in his hands too.
"Okay! I'll leave it to you, but you have to train your feet, which is very hard!"
"Then I'm not afraid either! As long as I can climb a tree in the future, I won't have to worry about not having enough to eat!" Shen Shuan clenched his two small fists, full of confidence.
"You need to practice for at least ten days to learn how to climb a tree. Let's go and teach you how to catch a simple meat."
"Ah? Is it a bamboo rat?" Shen Shuan was eager to give it a try.
"No! Bamboo rats are too troublesome to eat and clean up in the wild. This is much easier than bamboo rats."
Jiang Ci took Shen Shuan to a small river.
The river is crystal clear, and you can vaguely see the stones and snails on the bottom of the water, and occasionally you can see a few small fish as big as the palm of your hand.
"Ah? Sister-in-law, you won't take me to catch fish, will you?"
"What's wrong? Grilled fish is delicious, okay? Why do you look so disgusted..."
Shen Shuan thought for a while and said seriously: "Sister-in-law, these fish are delicious only if you cook them. People in our village don't eat them!"
"Why?" Jiang Ci thought about it carefully, there were a lot of people selling fish in the market!
"This fish has a lot of spines that are easy to prick your mouth. It's hard to eat, and all the fish in our river have turned into sperm! It's not easy to catch at all. You don't get as much strength from eating the fish as you do from catching the fish." , so over time, few people in our village catch fish!"
After Shen Shuan finished explaining the reason, he looked at the five fish weighing more than two kilograms that Jiang Ci threw to the shore. He was completely dumbfounded.
"This...this...this..."
Shen Shu'an felt something was wrong. Wasn't it said that fish were difficult to catch? Why did his sister-in-law catch five in just one move? She didn't even have half a stick of incense, right?
"This, this, this, what is this? The difficulty of catching fish is only average. Do you want to come down and give it a try?"
"Yes!" Shen Shuan responded happily,
He took off his shoes, rolled up his trouser legs, and got into the river. The water just covered Shen Shuan's knees.
"Don't go down the river too hard. If you do, you will scare away the fish. And when you encounter a school of fish, it's best to keep your body still. Fish are stupid. As long as your shadow doesn't move for a long time, the fish will Your shadow will be regarded as the reflection of a tree or stone. At this time, as long as a fish passes in front of you, you only need to determine the position of the fish and approach it slowly and gently on the bottom of the water with both hands, one hand in the direction of the head, the other hand In the direction of the fish's tail, when it comes into contact with the body of the fish, you have caught the fish by holding it, do you understand?"
"Yeah!" Shen Shuan couldn't hide his happiness,
Boys can never refuse this game of catching.
"Then you can catch it here! I'll set up a fire to grill the fish!"