In the evening, the family set up a dining table beside the bamboo bed in the west room. The family sat around the dining table and happily ate rare meat dishes. Miyazuki stewed radish, potatoes, and rabbit meat in a large pot.
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When the family was eating, they all tried their best to pick out the vegetables from the meat. When Gong Jian saw this, he picked up his useless chopsticks and gave each person a few pieces of the rabbit meat in the basin.
Then Gong Jian immediately said: "You can eat now. I guarantee you will eat more meat in the future. Now you have to take good care of your body. This is the most important thing."
When several people saw Gong Jian putting the meat into their own bowls, they were already anxious to pass the meat to others. After hearing Gong Jian's words, they slowly stopped and tasted it carefully.
, the taste of meat that I haven’t tasted in a long time. My heart is full of happiness and hope.
While eating her meal, Gong Yue asked Gong Jian: "Brother, if you want to hunt, do you need to buy a bow and arrow for hunting?"
Gong Jian chuckled inwardly, why had he never thought that his name could be so easily confused?
He swallowed the food in his mouth and looked at his younger brother, and then slowly answered the younger sister's question: "No need. The elder brother saw a method in the book that allows you to hunt without buying a bow and arrow."
At this time, Gong Jian's younger brothers and sisters were all very interested. They all raised their heads and looked at him with burning eyes, wanting to know what the method was. Gong Jian smiled: "After dinner later, I will talk to you in detail.
It's not difficult, you will know it as soon as I tell you.
Hearing what he said, the younger brother and sister ate much faster. They were now very curious, what is the elder brother's hunting method? It's amazing that he doesn't use bows and arrows.
After everyone finished eating, Gong Jian and Gong Yu cleared the table and washed the dishes. In his family, there was never any rule that boys were not allowed to enter the kitchen. Although the brothers were not very good at cooking, they still cleaned and washed the dishes.
questionable.
As soon as Gong Jian finished washing the dishes, he was blocked in the kitchen by Gong Yue and Gong Yu, "Brother, can you tell us now?"
Gong Jian wiped the water off his hands and directed his younger brothers and sisters: "Then get ready. We will go to the foot of the mountain together in a moment. I will teach you on the spot how to set traps for hunting."
Gong Yue was very happy: "Okay, big brother, what do we need to prepare?" Gong Yu next to him also looked at his big brother inquiringly.
Gong Jian thought for a while and looked at his two siblings: "Second brother, you and I peel some wood vertebrae. Xiao Yue'er went to the woodshed and found some thin branches. You prepare two more torches. It will be just right when it gets dark.
use."
"Okay, big brother." The two of them agreed in unison as soon as they heard their big brother's instructions.
Gong Jian went to the house and found some hemp rope. Before going out, he picked up the hoe at home.
After preparing these things, he held up a torch and motioned for his younger siblings to follow him out. His family originally lived on the edge of the village, and by this time every household had already finished dinner. Farmers usually went to bed when it got dark.
After all, lamp oil is very expensive for them.
So the three brothers and sisters had a smooth journey and arrived at the foot of the mountain in the north of the village without meeting anyone on the road.
Gong Yu and Gong Yue were also very obedient. They kept silent while walking in the village. It was not until they left the village and reached the foot of the mountain that they asked: "Brother, aren't we going into the mountain at night? There are rumors there.
But if there are wild beasts, how can we do it without any weapons?"
When Gong Jian saw his brothers and sisters saying this, he quickly explained to them: "We are not going into the mountains, we are nearby. Don't worry." No matter how big-hearted he was, he would not dare to take his brothers and sisters into the mountains at night.
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During the day, when Gong Jian came, he checked the terrain nearby. He remembered that there was a small stream nearby. He thought it would be a suitable place to place a trap. It was the best place to hunt small animals.
Soon he found the creek with his brothers and sisters based on his memory. He held a torch and checked around, mainly to check the nearby grass. After a while, Gong Jian found a few, and the last one who set up traps was
Best location.
What he planned to place was the simplest kind of rope trap. Since there was no such elastic and strong material, Gong Jian planned to use hemp rope instead. After all, at the foot of the mountain and so close to the village, it was probably only
Only small animals such as rabbits, pheasants, and rats appeared.
He had just checked the grass next to the stream. He remembered that he had read in some book before that rabbits still like to stand on higher grass and look around. Only when they are at ease with the surrounding environment will they jump.
Run forward. So he needs to put the rope rope at a position in front of the obstacle. In this way, it just matches the distance it jumps in one jump.
Gong Jian first casually used hemp rope to make a noose that became tighter and tighter. Then he used some small branches to set the noose at a few grass areas where wild animals were infested. Then he placed the noose not far from the noose.
place, fix it on a relatively strong wooden stake. In this way, when the rabbit happens to pass through the rope set, it will be captured by the shrinking set.
Gong Jian explained while setting up these traps. Soon, his younger siblings also understood the principle. After watching Gong Jian demonstrate several times, Gong Yu immediately picked up the remaining wooden awls and hemp ropes.
In the few places pointed out by Gong Jian, he started to set traps like his elder brother.
Gongyue was busy lighting up the two brothers. The three brothers and sister were all very energetic, as if they could see that soon there would be prey hanging on these ropes, and they would be able to return home with a full load.
The three of them were all quick at work. Soon, Gong Jian felt that traps had been set up wherever he thought there would be prey. Then he stood up, called his younger brothers and sisters, and walked to the small
By the stream.
This stream is indeed a small stream, and its width is basically the width that a person can cross in one step. Gong Jian held a torch, asked his younger brothers and sisters to follow him, and walked along the stream for a while into the mountains.
Not a few meters away, he found a curved corner of the creek. Gong Jian's eyes lit up. He handed the torch to Gong Yue, then came to the wider place, started to swing the hoe, and moved the hoe in the creek.
The bank was dug. Soon Gong Jian widened the water surface of the stream a lot.
During this period, Gong Yu wanted to grab the hoe from Gong Jian's hand and help him dig the soil, but was stopped by Gong Jian. He asked his sister to leave a torch on a tree trunk nearby to give him light, and then he asked Gong Yue to
Take another torch and go with Gong Yu to find some larger rocks and come back. (To be continued)