Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 172 The magical use of poplar wood (fourth more)
"That's it!"

"It seems quite simple...Brother Lu, what is the way here? Can you tell me about it?"

Chen Xiuqing scratched her hair habitually. Following Lu Lu these few days, he also learned a lot.

Many seemingly simple things, after Lu Lvyi's explanation, immediately became profound.

Even with clips, rackets, nooses and other things that many people would fiddle with, Lu Lu can tell things beyond his cognition.

As Lu Lu said: Hunting is a profound knowledge.

The things that Lu Lu told him these days seemed to lead him into a mysterious door. The more he understood, the more excited he became, and many things that were previously unknown began to become clear.

With this kind of cognition, why worry about not being able to catch the prey.

"Deer like to eat saline-alkali very much. In this mountain, there are many naturally formed saline-alkali soils. In summer, as the temperature rises, deer need more salt. When the weather gets hotter, they will move to near the water source. Cool place activity.

They often come to the alkali field to lick the salt, so hunters who know this will squat near the alkali field and hunt while licking the alkaline soil.

However, most people know about the alkali fields in the outer mountains, and there are often people squatting to guard them, and there are too few deer in the outer mountains, so we choose to go into the deep mountains, places that ordinary people rarely go to.

I don't know where there is an alkali field here, so I simply chose to set up an alkali field by myself, which is commonly known as a salt nest.

Remember the last time when we pinched and chased the deer and Liang Pao almost got into an argument? "

Lu Lu sat down on the ground to rest, explaining the salt nest and the alkali field in a slow voice.

"Remember!"

Chen Xiuqing nodded, thought for a while, then suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Brother Lu, the land beside the small pool is where there are white things, that is, saline-alkali land."

"clever!"

Lu Lu smiled, and then sighed: "There should be many people who know about that place. Some time ago, I brought some salt water to splash there, hoping to increase the salt content there and attract more wild animals. As a result, I went to see it every two days and found that the place had already been guarded.

That man was an old hand, but he was not particular about it. In other words, he was an old smoker. He must have been addicted to cigarettes when he was squatting, and he smoked a lot of cigarettes.

Many wild animals are very sensitive to smells, and most of them can smell smells that many people can't smell. They are very vigilant, so, because of those cigarette butts, wild animals dare not approach that place easily. When I arrived, even fresh Not a single footprint.In a short time, there won't be any wild animals approaching that place, so it's useless. "

When Lu Lu said this, he turned his head and looked at Chen Xiuqing: "You know why I told you last time, that cigarette, if you don't know how to smoke it, don't smoke it. It's better not to smoke it, don't you mean?"

Speaking of this, Chen Xiuqing didn't understand why: "The smell of smoke will affect hunting...Brother Lu, I promise I will never touch cigarettes in the future."

Lu Lu laughed: "I know, after a while, there will be more mosquitoes and midges. They are very annoying things. Smoking can dispel them and relieve fatigue, but if you want to have a good harvest, try not to touch them. These are all surmountable."

"alright!"

Chen Xiuqing nodded seriously, and then asked: "Then why don't you just put salt here in this salt nest, waiting for the wild animals to eat it? You also need to make a wooden block, split it, stuff it with salt and bury it."

In his view, such an approach is somewhat redundant.

"It's not impossible. In fact, when setting up an alkali field, some people often use warm water to dissolve salt and splash it on the same place to attract wild animals. But who has so much time to travel dozens of miles to the mountain every day to splash brine?
Our method is better and more durable.

I just told you that wild animals are sensitive to smells, so we have to make wild animals find them. Just sprinkle salt on them. The smell won’t dissipate, so it’s not easy to find them.

Do you know what kind of wood I just used? "

Lu Lu asked not without guidance.

Originally from the mountains, how could Chen Xiuqing not know the wood used by Lu Lv, and immediately said: "Poplar wood!"

"Do you know why poplar wood is used?" Lu Lu asked again.

Chen Xiuqing thought for a while, then started scratching her head again: "I only know that this wood is used for sawing boards, but I really don't know what else it is used for."

Very common things, not uncommon in the mountains.

Regarding Lu Lu's questions, Chen Xiuqing just felt overwhelmed.

"Poplar wood has a lot of water! Put salt into the poplar wood and bury it in the soil. When the temperature rises, the water in the poplar wood will evaporate and the salt will be brought up. The smell will continue to spread. It is not easy for wild animals to lick it when they find it. It's over, when we know that there are more wild animals in Yanwozi, it's time to hunt."

Seeing that Chen Xiuqing really couldn't figure it out, Lu Lu told him directly.

After listening, Chen Xiuqing thought for a while, and suddenly realized, she nodded slowly: "I understand."

"Okay, let's not waste time, choose another place, and make another salt nest."

This time, the distance is not short, and Lu Lu doesn't want to have too much delay.

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.

By the time I finished fiddling, it was almost noon.

On the way back, there was no need to be too hasty, Yuan Baoniang and the four cleared the way, and the two of them prepared to head back all the way.

In the deep mountains, there are indeed many more wild animals than in the outer mountains.

Under Yuan Bao's guidance, it didn't take long for Lu Lu to hit three greyhounds with a slingshot. The price of a big skin for this thing is not low, but it really counts, a single greyhound skin It's about eight or nine yuan.

It’s summer, and many animals have begun to moult. The fur is a lot shorter, and it’s far inferior to the quality of winter. Although there are still purchases in state-owned stores, the price has been lowered a lot, and it’s about six or seven. block look.

Anyway, it's money.

There are many pine forests, hazelnuts, hickory nuts and other things in the mountains, and many small animals that feed on these nuts are bred, and the greyhound is one of them.

In the deep mountains, you can often meet them.

There are obviously a lot less in the outer mountains, but even so, when the pine cones, hazelnuts, and pecans taken back from the mountains are dried in the yard every year, these small things that are only occasionally seen around the village come out one by one. Groups of people went to the yard to pick up ready-made.

It's like robbers one by one, eating and taking, especially the chipmunks, who can take away a lot once their mouths are full.

In order to take care of these things, the wooden clips come in handy, and there is always something to be gained by arranging them.

But these things are very spirited, and they come in groups. Once a companion steps into the trap and is surprised, they will easily stop coming.

Not long after they left, the two found another pheasant under Yuan Bao's guidance.

"Brother Lu, let me call..."

Chen Xiuqing looked at the pheasants foraging among the bushes on the hillside from a distance, thinking very excitedly.These days, he has practiced the slingshot a lot, and he thinks he is already at a certain level.

"you sure?"

Lu Lv expressed doubts, but on second thought, it was just a pheasant, if you didn't catch it, you probably missed it. Since Chen Xiuqing said so, she should be a little confident, so she just took the opportunity to check.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Lu still nodded: "Okay...you fight!"

Seeing Lu Lu's promise, Chen Xiuqing immediately picked up the slingshot whose bow skin had been replaced with a bicycle red liner, and approached the pheasant cautiously with her waist down.

After entering the range of the slingshot, he gently tightened the bow leather and began to aim.

(End of this chapter)