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Chapter 5 Greyhound

As we all know, the Northeast region is rich in black soil rich in organic matter.

But in fact, the black soil in Northeast China is only located in the uppermost layer of the land, and there are many sticky yellow muds in the lower layer of the black soil.

This kind of yellow mud has a characteristic, that is, it is particularly smooth and soft when there is sufficient water, but once the water evaporates, the yellow mud will become abnormally firm.

In later generations, people in the Northeast would mostly use slingshots when hunting in the mountains and forests.

Many projectiles are mud balls made of this yellow mud.

Easy to get.

He even heard that Bowyou used this kind of mud pellet to easily pierce through the elk's fur and kill it with one blow.

Of course, the rebound performance of the slingshot leather material of later generations far exceeds that of the bicycle liner in his current hand. With the current material, it is difficult to achieve that level.

However, it should be feasible to use yellow mud to make projectiles.

Do it when you think of it.

Lu Lu picked up a hoe and dug up the 40 cm thick black soil layer next to the Immortal Pillar. When he saw the yellow mud below, he dug up a lot and brought it back to the Immortal Pillar.

Then, he kneaded the soft glutinous yellow mud into long strips, divided them into small pieces as evenly as possible with small wood chips, rounded them into small mud balls with his hands together, and put them on the side of the firepit to bake.

After working for more than an hour, hundreds of yellow mud pellets formed and surrounded the fire pit.

In order to dry them as soon as possible, Lu Lu simply used a big pot and baked them directly in it, and even used a spatula, as if frying peanuts, except that there was no oil left.

One by one clay balls rolled in the red-hot iron pot. After half an hour, half of the pot of clay balls even had a lot of red-hot. Seeing that they were almost dry, Lu Lu took the iron pot down, Set aside to dry.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, seeing that the temperature had almost dissipated, Lu Lu took a clay pellet and found that it was really hard, no less than ordinary pebbles.

The key is that they are all about the same size and very regular.

"Whether I can eat meat tomorrow depends on you!"

Satisfied, he packed dozens of these projectiles in his clothes bag, and carefully put away the others to prevent them from getting wet. Lu Lu sent the iron pot to the river to wash it, took it back and put it away, and added some firewood to the fire pit. Then he rolled over and went to bed.

Before making brushes, after all, it was a handy job and didn't require much effort. Today, I feel a little tired after a lot of tossing around.

However, Lu Lu believes that this young and vigorous body can recover quickly after a night's rest.

Without the turmoil of Haicheng, Lu Lu slept well that night with a rare peace of mind.

Waking up early the next morning, Lu Lu cooked porridge for himself to simply fill his stomach. When the first ray of sunlight entered the forest in the morning, he took two slingshots, one as a spare, and stuck it in his waist.

He first used a slingshot to shoot a few mud bombs at the reed canopy he had hit yesterday evening, and after getting a rough idea of ​​the range and power of the shots, he took his big ax up the mountain.

It has to be said that after switching to Niwan, the accuracy of the slingshot has been significantly improved. After a few shots, only the first two shots missed and missed.

This made Lu Lu full of confidence.

Not long after entering the forest, Lu Lu saw a gray dog ​​dancing on a branch with its long tail.

Greyhound is a common name for the Northeast gray squirrel.

In later generations, this kind of squirrel is also called the devil squirrel, and it is kept as a pet, and the price is not low.

This is Lulu's goal.

The quality of greyhound meat is good, and the purchase price of fur in state-run stores is not low.

It can also be regarded as one of the easiest small animals for Lu Lu to hunt with a slingshot.

When he saw the greyhound, Lu Lu immediately stood still, gently placed the big ax on the ground, took out the slingshot and began to approach cautiously, looking for a favorable position to kill.

The forest is dense, Greyhound is at a higher position, there are many branches and leaves blocking it, so we have to get out of the way.

This small thing that exists like an elf in the mountains is very vigilant, and can be noticed by the slightest noise. It lies motionless on the tree trunk, and if there is any disturbance, it will immediately run away from the branches, but usually it will not No matter how far you run, observe bouncing around to confirm whether it is safe before continuing to the next step.

Facing such an animal, even with a slingshot, there are plenty of opportunities.

Lu Lu, who had already chosen the position, entered the range that could guarantee the power of the projectile, and gently pulled the slingshot away.

Snapped……

With a soft sound, the projectile flew out, hitting the head of Greyhound who was vigilantly lying motionless on the tree trunk.

For such a small animal, even hitting the head with the power of a slingshot would be fatal.

Greyhound immediately fell from the tree trunk, and his four legs were still twitching and shaking.

Lu Lu went straight to the side, picked up Greyhound, took a sharp knife, and cut his throat to let the blood out.

This is a necessary process, otherwise, if the blood stagnates in the meat, the taste will not be very beautiful.

This is also the advantage of using a slingshot. It can ensure the integrity of the fur to the greatest extent. If it is replaced with other firearms, such a small thing will collapse in one shot, and it will be difficult to have a good fur.

After dealing with it, Lu Lu stuffed Greyhound into his shoulder pocket, picked up his big axe, and continued to search in the woods.

It didn't take long for the second greyhound to start.

This time, luck was better, and he found the tree hole where Greyhound was hiding by the way.

Climb up and see, man, there's a lot of hazelnuts, pine nuts, and hickory nuts in the hole.

He didn't expect that this long winter was coming to an end, and there were still so many stored grains in the squirrel's nest.

"It's really hard work."

Lu Lu unceremoniously took out all the nuts in the tree hole, and initially estimated that it was more than a catty.

Go back at night, wash it, and fry it in an iron pan. It's a very good snack.

Throughout the morning, Lu Lu kept wandering in the woods.

Probably because of the sunny weather, this kind of little thing that likes to be active during the day, after such a long time of living in the nest, hastened to come out for activities, which was also cheaper for Lu Lu, who killed six greyhounds and took out another Two squirrel nests harvested about four catties of nuts.

It can be regarded as a good start.

Just relying on these few intact greyhound skins and selling them in state-owned stores, in this year when the daily salary is only a few cents, it is no problem to cover half a month's salary.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Lu returned to his residence in a super-short way with a full harvest, but he didn't know that a pheasant with long tail feathers was startled on the way, and it didn't fly very far, and landed on the road not far ahead. on the branch.

Lu Lu laughed immediately, he was rushing to send it to the door.

Putting down the axe, took the projectile and pinched it in the bullet pocket. Lu Lu pulled the slingshot and hit the pheasant's head with another slap.

The pheasant screamed and flew up with flapping wings, only to fall down again soon.

For such a bird, hitting the body with a slingshot will not cause much damage, and hitting the wings can make it lose its ability to fly, but this thing can run very well when it hits the ground, and it is difficult to catch when it flies between bushes and bushes.

The first choice is of course the head, which is often fatal in one blow.

Of course, this requires the precise control of the slingshot user.

Lu Lu is a master of the middle class and said that he has no pressure.

Lu Lu was very excited when he got another pheasant on the way home.

Back at the Immortal Pillar, he saw a few roe deer looking for food in the meadow. After being alarmed, the white hair on the big butt exploded, looking back at Lu Lu's side, the silly roe deer that started to flee after two or three minutes.

"Wait, in a few days, you will also become the ones in my pot!"

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