Chapter 12: Finding Food
The morning sunlight quietly shone in the vast forest, birds sing and flew out of the nest to find food, and a few wild monkeys were chirping on the tall branches, roaring one after another, celebrating the beginning of a new day. On a big tree surrounded by countless vines, Yang Zheng and his sister were packing up their things and preparing to leave.
I fought with the wild wolf last night. Although I didn't shoot, the wild wolf avoided the gun like a spiritual connection. This made Yang Zheng realize the importance of the two guns in his hand. It was definitely better than the big bow and mountain knife that I used to use. The weapon was on the shoulders and nothing was missing. After the two of them went down the big tree separately. Ah Mei pointed to the ground and asked, "Brother, will these expose us?"
Yang Zheng looked at A Mei in surprise. Unexpectedly, A Mei had such a high understanding and smiled and said, "That's right, if those damn bastards chased after her, they would definitely find out that this place would have to be buried."
"Will they chase after me?" Amei asked worriedly.
"It's hard to say. I hope that the last time it rained in the mud, washed away the traces and breath. Otherwise, the wolf dogs will definitely chase after them. The wolf dogs raised by drug dealers are not simple. Fortunately, we go on the water path, and the water path will not leave traces and breath. The wolf dogs should not be able to chase here." Yang Zheng comforted, but he actually didn't have much confidence in his heart.
Ah Mei was not familiar with hunting skills and didn't know if what her elder brother said was true, but she carefully remembered that the brother and sister didn't say anything else. They dug a hole together and buried all the ashes, covered with dead leaves, and the unburned dry firewood was also thrown into the depths of the forest, and it was thrown into the mess.
Afterwards, the two continued to go on the road and walked along the previous river. Ah Mei kept asking about life and hunting skills in the jungle. Yang Zheng naturally would not hide his own personal information and taught him everything. As for how much he could learn, it depends on his talent. Before he knew it, it was noon. The river ahead might be a little deeper because of the low terrain, and he could not just wade through the river directly.
The sun was very strong at noon and it was uncomfortable to dry. Yang Zheng picked some reeds and branches, weaved a large grass ring and put them on it to block the sun. Ah Mei followed suit. Although the weaving was not very good, it was barely available. Ah Mei was very happy to learn the skills. The two walked a distance along the river bank. Ah Mei said awkwardly: "Brother, I'm hungry."
The two of them were in a hurry to travel and had no food in the morning. Yang Zheng looked at A Mei with heartache and said, "Okay, you can make a fire here, I'll get some food, remember, don't run around." He said that, and handed A Mei a hijab to defend herself.
Amei nodded strongly, took the mountain knife and cut the dry branches beside her to prepare for a fire. Yang Zheng came to the river to look around. A few meters downstream was a living water outlet. The water flow was relatively fast, so he immediately took notice and quickly went to the shallow water rapids to make a dam.
Yang Zheng first built a dam with stones upstream, which was about thirty centimeters above the water surface, and built a static water pool with stones downstream of the dam. In this way, the water was guided to flow from the middle. The fish liked to go upstream and consumed a lot of physical strength when they arrived at the rapids. They needed rest, so they instinctively swam to the static water pool.
The quiet water pool was surrounded, and the area was relatively large. The fish were resting inside and generally would not return from the entrance. Then, just wait to pick up the ready-made ones. After Yang Zheng did all this, he pulled out the military dagger given by his father, cut some tough willow branches, tied them together at the bottom, tied them with vines, spread them in the middle, bent them into a circle with willow branches, and fixed them with thin vines to form a fish cage-shaped body. The willow branches at the opening bend inward, leaving only a small entrance, so that the fish can't come out after entering.
Each willow branch is not wide, so don't even think about coming out from the side after the fish enters. Unless it is too small, Yang Zheng puts the temporarily organized fishing cage in the rapids. In this way, the fish coming down the upstream are difficult to come out in the fishing cage. There is no need to stare at it. It will be a matter of time to pick it up. Whether there are fish depends on luck.
These wild survival skills are easy for a hunter. Yang Zheng followed his father out to hunt at the age of twelve. The first skill he learned was how to find food.
At this time, Ah Mei had already burned the fire and shouted on the river bank: "Brother, I'm ready."
"I just finished it and it will take some time. You can wait a while and I will walk around." Yang Zheng agreed.
"I'll take a look when you made something." Amei shouted curiously.
"Little fishing tips, don't get too close, as it will scare the fish away." Yang Zheng did not object to Ah Mei coming to learn, and agreed to walk to the side and take off the big bow from behind, but he didn't dare to go too far, worried about Ah Mei's safety.
Viper snakes can be seen everywhere on the river bank, of different sizes, but lack of ingredients and the roasting tastes bad. Yang was trying to see if there were anything else. After walking a while, he found that there were a few feathers in the bushes ahead. He picked them up and saw that it was left by the pheasant. He was overjoyed and quickly observed the surroundings.
Pheasant's range of movement will not be too large, nor will it run around, and there are usually fixed routes. Moreover, pheasants like to drill into grass, worrying about encountering poisonous snakes ambushing in the grass, so they fly over it too densely. Yang is letting these dense grasses and bushes look a little further away. There is a soil slope in front, with thorns growing on the half slope. Because of the sun, thorns grow very well and are quite dry.
Yang Zheng was overjoyed and quickly walked over, placing an arrow, staring carefully at the front. The poisonous snakes didn't like to go to the place in Dangyang. In addition, the thorns were densely packed, and the pheasant could easily drill out. The larger wild beasts were afraid of the thorns on the thorns and dared not approach it. It was relatively safer. Such places often became the first choice for pheasants.
Suddenly, Yang Zheng heard the sound of cooing in the dense bushes. He was overjoyed and quickly squatted down, hid it, and stared carefully in front of him. He saw a gray pheasant coming out of the bushes, as if he was going to find food.
Pheasant is very vigilant. After leaving the thorn bush, it quickly flapped its wings and flew up. Even if there are natural enemies waiting outside, it is not easy to be caught. Pheasant can change directions, but it does not fly too far and its speed will not be too fast. The moment it lands is the best time to capture. Once it is missed, the pheasant can hide quickly.
Yang Zheng knew the habits of this animal very well and quickly chased after him, staring at the pheasant. The pheasant also saw someone coming. He was shocked and quickly turned in the air and flew to the other side, but the surroundings were still wide and had a good vision. Yang Zheng looked at it carefully and ran away his legs and chased him.
The pheasant was exhausted and landed quickly. At this time, Yang Zheng had already caught up with him. With a whoosh, an arrow flew away and shot the pheasant accurately. The pheasant cooed and screamed a few times, and fell to the ground and struggled with its wings, but could not fly.
Yang Zheng rushed up, picked up the pheasant and smiled happily, which was particularly brilliant in the sun.
Suddenly, a scattered sound rang out. After years of hunting experience, Yang Zheng immediately realized something was wrong. He quickly turned his head to look. There was a wild wolf behind him at some point. He was slowly approaching, his eyes were cold and he did not hide his body at all. He let the Buddha eat and eat Yang Zheng.
"Is it the wild wolf last night?" Yang Zheng was shocked. Before he could think too much, he quickly blew the bow and shot, and shouted anxiously: "A sister, there is a wolf, hurry up and find a big tree to climb up."
Chapter completed!