After dinner, Lu Lu took Zhang Shaofeng and Chen Xiuqing's hunting clothes and went to Xiushan Tun with Aunt Duan.
Chen Xiuyu also followed him out: "Brother Lu, I also want to go for a walk in the village and go home for a visit. I also plan to visit Pu Guiying's house."
"Let's go!"
Lu Lu agreed without thinking.
Things in Caodianzi are almost busy now. Even the corn and other things to be packed at home have been taken care of. It is not a problem for Chen Xiuyu to stay in Caodianzi without seeing anyone all day long.
She can feel much better if she goes out for a walk and talks to someone.
Lu Lu didn't plan to ride a horse. He was just resting. There was no need to rush, so he should just take a walk and exercise.
Hmm... You have to be careful about getting cold. If you catch a cold, Chen Xiuyu is pregnant with a child, so you can't take medicine at will!
He asked Chen Xiuyu to go back to the house and change into Su En, then took out the bearskin coat from the kangqin and asked her to put it on, then put on the hat also made of bearskin, and then locked the wood carving and the warehouse.
We walked towards the gate of Xiushan Village together.
Wearing a bearskin coat, Chen Xiuyu looked rich and noble at this moment. Even Aunt Duan's eyes were filled with brilliance when she saw it, and she smiled and said that Chen Xiuyu had found a good man.
It is said that Northeastern people are superstitious about yellow skins, and yellow skins are vengeful and will take revenge, but this is not the case. If yellow skins come to harm poultry, who cares whether Wong Tai Sin is Wong Tai Sin or not? They can be beaten without fail.
Lu Lu’s deepest memory of Huang Pizi was when he was an educated youth at Yanwo Island Farm. In the first winter, he went to the edge of Wanda Mountain to cut down poplar poles in preparation for the construction tasks in the coming year.
When cutting down a poplar tree stem, it must be neither thick nor thin, and its bark must be scraped clean, otherwise the poplar trunk with bark will easily rot when exposed to water.
These poplars are used to build scaffolding and springboards.
Who would have known that when they were placed in a temporary shack that served as a canteen, the steamed buns in large baskets would be missing a lot the next night.
Educated youths who have not yet had enough to eat can always greet the cook and go to the shack to buy food, which cannot be artificial.
If it was eaten by mice, it wouldn't be able to eat that much in one night.
It was a bad start. This matter immediately attracted the attention of the leaders, and on the third night they began to arrange for people to stay guard.
At that time, Lu Lu had not learned hunting from Zhao Tuanqing, but Lu Lu did not escape. He was sent to squat for a whole night. It was very cold, but he found nothing. There was no shortage of things the next day, but somehow
You can't keep making people cook for these steamed buns every day.
In the morning, an old employee who knew about it came to look at it and found that the small footprints beside the shack were made by yellow leather, so he made a wooden cage with flaps and put some mouse meat in it as bait.
That night, the yellow man entered the cage.
The next morning, the yellow skin in the cage attracted many people to watch.
They were all outsiders who had just arrived in the wilderness. They had never seen any yellow-skinned people, and they were extremely curious.
Lu Lu also went to see it.
The weasel in the cage has beautiful golden fur and a big fluffy tail that fills the entire cage. Its eyes are shining. It is so beautiful.
However, seeing so many people watching, Huang Pizi was so frightened that he shivered, and then he got used to it for a while, then suddenly swung his big tail and bowed to the old man who was setting up the cage, and made slight rhythmic squeaking sounds from time to time.
A pair of eyes were watery, as if they were very sad.
"It's great, but I caught this little thing!"
"Skin it off and sell it down the mountain. It should be quite valuable!"
The onlookers talked to each other and commented on the huge weasel.
The old worker also looked at the yellow skin and looked very excited: "What a big and beautiful weasel! It has been living in this forest for at least five years. It is really a blessing from God. I will peel off the skin and take it.
If I go down the mountain and sell it, hey, I'll get some money for my drinks.
Do you know that its skin is valuable in winter, but if it comes to spring and loses its hair, it will not be sold at a good price."
At this moment, an old employee next to him who also knew a bit about hunting pointed at Huangpizi's already huge belly: "This Huangpizi has a cub. He cannot kill it and must let it go. Don't kill the female animal with the cub. This
It’s a rule!”
Several people nearby heard this and took a closer look. They also felt that the weasel had cubs in its belly. They all said that they could not be beaten and had to be released, otherwise it would be too cruel or something.
The good thing he was thinking about was suddenly disrupted. The old employee who kept the cage suddenly became angry and said, "I caught it, I can do with it how I want. It's none of your business, so get out of here."
"Go", this sentence immediately became the trigger of the fight.
After a few words of exchange, those who thought that stealing steamed buns should be beaten to death and those who thought that the cubs should be let go immediately started to take action.
On the contrary, during the fight, there were many people involved, the cage was kicked over, and the weasel ran away without knowing when.
The result was that both parties in the fight were severely punished.
Now that I think of this incident, Lu Lu still remembers it fresh.
Deep down, Lu Lu also believed that female animals with cubs should not be hunted, but the reality was that you did not have many opportunities to tell whether the prey you encountered had cubs. If you chose to hunt, Lu Lu could only hug the prey.
Play with a casual attitude.
Sometimes, you really can't control that much.
While walking all the way, I heard Aunt Duan ask: "You said that such a small yellow skin can kill one chicken and drag it away. Why did it kill so many? Just one little stupid chicken is enough.
Has it been eating for two or three days?"
Lu Lu smiled: "Huangpizi is outside, eating rats and insects. From this aspect, it is quite good for protecting crops and so on, but it can also eat grain and hunt poultry. It has killed so many poultry."
, not only for eating meat, but most importantly, for sucking blood. Huang Pizi likes to suck blood."
"Hey, can you still suck blood?"
Aunt Duan was startled, and even Chen Xiuyu who was standing by was stunned for a moment.
"They said Huangpizi can't be beaten..." Aunt Duan felt a little uneasy: "They said they would retaliate. Is that true? That damn guy in my family never beat Huangpizi before."
"The reason why it is said that it can retaliate is mainly because this little thing will often visit places where prey is found. It can easily become a habitual offender, so why can't it be beaten?" Lu Lu said with a smile: "If you don't beat it,
Let it bite the chicken. Once it becomes a habit, other chickens in the village will also suffer.
Let’s raise two big geese in the yard from now on. Huangpizi won’t dare to come if the big geese are around.”
While they were talking, the three of them had already arrived at the entrance of Xiushan Village. Lu Lu first went to give Zhang Shaofeng his hunting clothes, and agreed to start entering the mountain tomorrow. Then he sent Chen Xiuyu to Qingzi's house.
After giving the hunting gear to Chen Xiuqing, Lu Lu took a few plywood from him.
Hearing that Lu Lu was going to Duan Niang's house to catch yellow leather traps on the plywood, Chen Xiuqing, who had nothing to do, also became interested and followed Lu Lu to Duan Niang's house.
Arriving in the yard of Mrs. Duan's house, Lu Lu looked at the six little stupid chickens placed together on the snow, then looked at the footprints left on the snow, and recognized that they were indeed Huang Pizi's footprints.
In fact, in the wilderness, the method of catching yellow skin is very simple. There is a splint, just remove the splint and use fresh meat as bait.
There is another very common method, which is to dig a deep pit in the open space in front of the chicken coop. The pit only needs to be so deep that the chicken cannot jump out at once.
After digging a deep pit, water the edges of the pit.
The temperature is very low now, and it won't take long for ice to form on the walls of the deep pit.
Put fresh meat as bait at the bottom of the pit. As long as Huang Pizi enters the pit to eat the meat, he will never be able to climb out of the smooth and deep pit covered by ice.
This method is very commonly used in villages.
But Lu Lu didn't want to do that. Why did he dig a deep hole in front of the chicken coop in the yard for no reason?
He directly cut off a few pieces of meat from the stupid chicken that Huang Pizi bitten to death, placed them on several plywood, then placed two pieces on Huang Pizi's entry and exit route, and two others were placed at the door of the chicken coop.
The matter was completed in just ten minutes.
Lu Lu was completely sure that as long as the yellow man dared to come at night, he would never get back alive.
We rested and chatted for a while at Aunt Duan's house. Considering that we were going into the mountains tomorrow and there was still some preparation work to do, Lu Lu told Aunt Duan and followed Chen Xiuqing to their house.
When going into the mountains on a snowy day, you must have a sledge. Otherwise, if you catch a large prey, it will be difficult to drag it back and throw it into the mountains. It will be a waste. Instead of doing this, it is better to share the meat with everyone in the village. That is also a kind gesture.
A sledge, a tool that is very convenient for towing in the snow, is very important.
Chen Xiuqing has a sledge at home. However, this thing is only used in winter. After winter, it can only be shelved. The sledge in Chen Xiuqing's home is directly disassembled and stored, and it is returned when needed.
Have to reassemble.
Following Chen Xiuqing into the yard, he took out the sledge parts from the shed, then found an axe, and the two began to play with reinforcements.
In fact, it is not particularly difficult to make a sledge all over again.
Sledges are usually made of hard and tough oak wood. They are five to six centimeters square and more than two meters long. One end is softened by fire and then hollowed into an arc. Then it is connected with horizontal braces and uprights.
Now it's just assembly, which only takes about twenty minutes.
Chen Xiuyu was still chatting with Ma Jinlan in the house. At some point, Pu Guiying had already been called to the house.
Lu Lu had nothing to do and asked Chen Xiuqing casually: "Qingzi, do you have any fishing nets at home?"
"Yes, I have!"
Chen Xiuqing asked in confusion: "Why do you want it?"
Being close to the river, many people will prepare one or two fishing nets in their spare time and go down to the river to catch fish, which can be regarded as adding some flavor to the daily dining table.
"Bring the net and make a brazier. While we are warming up the fire, we can make a few net covers. When we get into the mountains, we can use them to catch minks."
Lu Lu directly explained his intention, which was to prepare for entering the mountain tomorrow.
Sables live at an altitude of more than 1,000 meters. In the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, where there are pine trees, there are many greyhounds. These are small animals that sables like to hunt. There are also pine nuts and other nuts that can be used as food.
They usually live in tree holes, stone caves or earthen caves on the mountains. They can be easily found by following the tracks in the snow. What's more, there are ingots here in Lulu, and they can also find them after eating mink meat.
Due to the smell of mink, it is not a problem to find the nest of mink and sable. At this time, you need to use a net.
Similarly, the net can also be used to set up on the routes that minks often walk to make a mink trap that can be tightened after breaking in.
After hearing what Lu Lu said, Chen Xiuqing took out the fishing net from home without hesitation. After gathering the brazier, the two of them carefully made the fishing net beside the brazier.
They were busy until about four o'clock in the afternoon, and built more than ten mink nets. It was already evening, and Chen Xiuyu and Ma Jinlan went to cook and made dinner.
After several people had dinner, Lu Lu told Chen Xiuqing about going to the mountain tomorrow morning and some things he would bring with him. Then he called Chen Xiuyu and they went back to their home in Mukoleng together.
After adding corn and fodder to Zhui Feng, making corn noodles and feeding the six dogs, Lu Lu went to bed early, still thinking about going into the mountains tomorrow.
I don’t know what I will gain from the places I explored a few days ago.