Chapter 172 The wonderful uses of poplar wood (fourth update)
"That's it!"
"This seems pretty simple...Brother Lu, what's the trick here? Can you tell me about it?"
Chen Xiuqing scratched his hair as a habit. Following Lu Lu in the past few days, he also learned a lot.
Many seemingly simple things immediately became sophisticated after being explained by Lu Luyi.
Even if it was clips, rackets, nooses, and other things that many people were familiar with that he often came into contact with, Lu Lu could still say things beyond his cognition.
As Lu Lu said: Hunting is a profound knowledge.
The things Lu Lu told him in the past few days seemed to have led him into a mysterious door. The more he understood, the more excited he became, and many things that were previously unclear began to become clear.
With this knowledge, there is no need to worry about not being able to catch prey.
"Deer like to eat salt-alkali very much. In this mountain, there are a lot of naturally formed saline-alkali soil. In summer, as the temperature rises, the deer will need more salt. When the weather gets hot, they will move closer to the water source.
Cool place for activities.
They often come to the alkali fields to lick the salt, so hunters who know this will squat near the alkali fields and hunt while they are licking the alkaline soil.
Chen Xiuqing thought for a while and started scratching her head again: "I only know that this wood is used for sawing boards. I really don't know what other uses it has."
By the time things are done, it will be almost noon.
Many wild animals are very sensitive to smells. Most of them can smell smells that many people can't smell. They are very vigilant. Therefore, just because of those cigarette butts, the wild animals dare not approach that place. When I arrived, even the fresh ones were not there.
There are not even a single footprint. In a short period of time, no wild animals will approach that place, so it is considered useless."
"clever!"
Chen Xiuqing nodded, thought for a moment, suddenly realized, and said hurriedly: "Brother Lu, those places near the small water pool are places with white things, which are saline-alkali lands."
As a mountain person, how could Chen Xiuqing not know the wood used by Lu Lu? She immediately said: "Poplar wood!"
There are obviously a lot less in the outer mountains, but even so, when the pine cones, hazelnuts, and pecans recovered from the mountains every year are dried in the yard, these little things that are usually only seen occasionally around the villages emerge one by one.
Groups of people went to the yard to pick up ready-made items.
In order to take care of these things, wooden board clamps come in handy. When arranged, there is always something to gain.
"Yeah!"
There are many pine forests, hazelnuts, pecans and the like in the mountains, which have given birth to many small animals that feed on these nuts, and greyhounds are one of them.
When Lu Lu said this, he turned his head and looked at Chen Xiuqing: "You know why I told you last time, don't you mean if you don't know how to smoke, don't smoke? It's best not to smoke?"
Under Yuan Bao's guidance, it didn't take long for Lu Lu to hit three greyhounds with a slingshot. The price of a large skin of this thing is not low, but in real terms, a single greyhound skin is worth a lot.
It's about eight or nine yuan.
"Okay, let's not waste time and choose another place to make another salt nest."
Do you still remember the place where we almost got into an argument with Zhui Zhui Lu and Liang Pao last time?"
Entering the deep mountains, there are indeed many more wild animals than outside the mountains.
When it comes to this, Chen Xiuqing still doesn't understand why: "The smell of smoke will affect hunting...Brother Lu, I promise I will never smoke in the future."
Do you know what kind of wood I used just now?"
Lu Lu saw that Chen Xiuqing really couldn't understand, so he simply told him directly.
"Brother Lu, let me fight..."
I still don’t know where there is an alkali field here, so I simply choose to set up an alkali field by myself, which is commonly known as Yanwozi.
Chen Xiuqing nodded seriously, and then asked: "Why don't you just put salt here in this salt nest now, waiting for wild animals to eat it? You also need to make a wooden block, split it and stuff it with salt and bury it."
In his opinion, such an approach is somewhat unnecessary.
When you go deep into the mountains, you often encounter them.
As I just told you, wild animals are sensitive to odors, so we have to make sure that wild animals can be found. Sprinkling salt directly will not allow the odor to spread, making it difficult to find them.
It's a very common thing, not uncommon in the mountains.
No matter what, it's still money.
"Are you sure?"
The two searched for a while in the mountains, and set up another salt nest on the gentle slope next to the ravine four or five miles away.
It's summer, and many animals have begun to molt. The plush is much shorter, and is far inferior to the quality in winter. Although the state-owned store purchasing stations still buy some, the price has been reduced a lot, about sixty or seven.
Block shape.
"Remember!"
After listening, Chen Xiuqing thought for a while, suddenly realized, and nodded slowly: "I understand."
Chen Xiuqing looked at the pheasants foraging among the bushes on the hillside from a distance, thinking very excitedly. These days, he had been practicing slingshot a lot, and he thought he was already quite good at it.
"Do you know why poplar wood is used?" Lu Lu asked again.
"It's not impossible. In fact, when setting up alkali fields, some people often use warm water to turn salt into salt, and then pour it on the same place to attract wild animals. But who has so much time to travel dozens of miles of mountain roads to pour salt every day?
brine?
Our method is better and more durable.
Lu Lu laughed: "I know that after a while, there will be more and more mosquitoes, which are very annoying things. Smoking can drive them away, and it can also relieve fatigue and calm the mind. But if you want to get good results, try not to get them.
These can all be overcome.”
This trip was a long one, and Lu Lu didn't want to delay too much.
The man was a veteran, but not very particular. In other words, he was a long-time smoker. He must have been addicted to cigarettes when he was squatting and smoked a lot of cigarettes.
Lu Lu asked without guidance.
Regarding Lu Lu's questions, Chen Xiuqing only felt overwhelmed.
Lu Lu smiled, and then sighed: "Many people should know that place. Some time ago, I brought some salt water to pour it there, hoping to increase the salt content there and attract more wild animals.
As a result, I went to check it out two days later and found that the place had been guarded.
"Poplar is heavy in water! Put salt into the poplar and bury it in the soil. As the temperature rises, the water in the poplar evaporates, bringing the salt up. The smell will continue to spread, and wild animals will not be able to lick it easily if they find it.
It’s over, when we know that there are more wild animals in this salt nest, it’s time to hunt.”
However, most people know about the alkali fields in the outer mountains, and there are often people squatting there. Moreover, there are too few deer in the outer mountains, so we chose to go deep into the mountains, places where ordinary people rarely go.
Not long after walking, the two of them discovered another pheasant under the guidance of Yuan Bao.
But these things are very clever and come in groups. Once a companion steps into the trap and is surprised, he will easily stop coming.
They act like robbers, eating and taking away, especially the chipmunks. Once the mouth is full, you can take away a lot.
Lu Lu sat down on the ground to rest, slowly explaining the salt nest and alkali field.
On the way back, there was no need to be in too much of a hurry. Yuan Baoniang and the four of them cleared the way, and the two of them prepared to fight all the way back.
Lu Lu expressed his doubts, but then he thought about it. It was just a pheasant. If he didn't catch it, he didn't catch it. Since Chen Xiuqing said this, he must be a little confident and took the opportunity to check.
After hesitating for a moment, Lu Lu nodded: "Okay... fight!"
Seeing Lu Lu's agreement, Chen Xiuqing immediately picked up the slingshot whose bow skin had been replaced by a bicycle's red lining, and cautiously approached the pheasant with her waist bent.
After entering the shooting range of the slingshot, he slowly tightened the bow skin and began to aim.