Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 100 Hunting on the Mountain
It's just that there is no gasoline in the army, the car can't go out, and it is difficult to transport supplies. Later, Qiao's father thought of a way for him. Although the earthquake destroyed the village, there are still many animals alive, no matter whether they are cattle or not. It's still a dog, and it can be used to pull a cart at this time.

Qin Zhiyuan thought this was really a good idea, so he immediately organized people to go out to catch wild dogs, and asked people to find strong door panels as car panels, and when everything was ready, he handed over the troops to Qiao Miwei and set off with a team up.

Although the base was entrusted to Qiao Miwei, in fact, there is nothing to do every day, as long as he stays in the base and waits for Qin Zhiyuan to come back, but Qiao Miwei doesn't think so, she racks her brains every day to figure out how to increase their food.

The weather has been getting colder and colder recently, and the sun doesn't rise until ten o'clock, but even if it rises, it can't bring much heat to the earth. It sets again before two o'clock, and the temperature on the mountain is even harsher. Recently, there are always some animals going down the mountain to find new homes for the winter.

Qiao Miwei's eyes lit up, since all the animals on the mountain have gone down, why don't they hunt to add food to the dinner table!

Most of the people in the village are honest farmers who are not good at hunting, but after Qiao Miwei made this proposal, people were tempted. Even if their individual hunting ability is poor, they can hunt together and use various tools. At that time, people were sitting around the fire, drinking rough corn paste, eating radish and pickles, and discussing how to hunt.

The water fetching team and the firewood cutting team set off early the next morning, and another team came out behind these two teams. Zhang Shuilai waved his hand, "We have everything, take the good things, and set off."

This hunting team was formed jointly by troops and villagers. They are all young men with strong bodies and flexible hands and feet. However, there are still a few old people here. Don't underestimate these old people. They were good hunters when they were young. It is only in recent years that life has gradually improved and the number of animals has gradually decreased before they let go of their unique skill of hunting.

"Uncle Seven, where do we go up the mountain?" Wu Hong stood in the line and asked an old man with white hair behind him.

The full name of the person Wu Hong called Uncle Seven is Wu Daxi. He is almost 90 years old this year, but his body is still strong, and he can usually work in the fields by himself. This time, he is the captain of the hunting team.

Wu Daxi walked carefully in the snow with a cane. Hearing Wu Hong's words, he raised his head, looked around, and casually pointed in a direction, "Over there."

Wu Hong nodded, and said to Zhang Shui, "Let's go up the mountain from there."

Zhang Shuilai was a little hesitant. There were fewer trees over there, and there was a large gentle slope in front. Would there be animals in such an open place?It's just that everyone here was full of praise for Wu Daxi's hunting skills the night before, so he only hesitated for a moment before leading the large team over.

The upper part of the ground is snow that has not completely melted, and the bottom of the snow layer is a layer of frozen ice. It is very difficult to climb the mountain on such a road. People are panting and wheezing to climb up. Slip and fall, and the people next to him also fell.

After finally walking to the open and gentle slope, Wu Daxi said, "Stop, Hongzi, take the two of you over there."

What Hongzi was referring to was Wu Hong, the village chief. No matter how old he was, he had to obediently call himself a junior in front of Seventh Uncle Wu Daxi. There was nothing else in the cluster of dry shrubs. After searching for a long time, he turned around in doubt and asked, "Uncle Seven, look?"

Uncle Seven scratched the snowy ground with his crutches. Wu Hong came to his senses. He knelt down and swept away the snow with his hands in thick cotton gloves. Suddenly a frozen sparrow appeared in front of him, "It's a sparrow!" He picked up the sparrow and showed it to the two people next to him, "Sweep the snow here too, there should be some."

Those two people nodded and pulled the snow layer one after another. Sure enough, a frozen sparrow was exposed. They excitedly put the sparrows in their backpacks. The three of them picked up more than 30 sparrows, until the whole snow I turned it upside down and gave up.

Zhang Shuilai was so excited watching from the sidelines, he leaned over to Wu Daxi and asked, "Grandpa Seven, how do you know there are sparrows that froze to death over there?"

Wu Daxi smiled with his hands behind his back, "This year's weather is too cold, and the forest is full of snow. The sparrows will definitely not be able to find food, but because of the environment, they can't live without this forest, so they can only stay on the sunny side. When the temperature of the air is lower than the temperature in the snow layer, they will plunge into the snowdrift, but they will always die." After speaking, he spread his hands and made a helpless gesture.

It turned out that this was the case. Zhang Shuilai nodded as he was taught, but he admired the old man in his heart. He said it very easily, but this theory may not be applicable to all places. Obviously there are other clues here, but Zhang Shuilai is very concerned about this. The first hunting was full of confidence.

After picking up so many sparrows, everyone was a little bit unsatisfied, their eyes searched the grass from time to time, but Wu Daxi said cheerfully, "You don't need to look for it, this one is gone."

Gradually, the team entered the forest. In the past, when cutting firewood, people basically did not enter the forest, and only cut firewood at the edge of the woods. Therefore, this was the first time that people entered the woods since winter. Wu Daxi stopped after walking a few steps, and saw him Holding a crutch, he pulled something out of the snow with a hook in the snow. When people saw it clearly, they all exclaimed in unison. It turned out that it was a cauliflower snake that had frozen to death.

However, the size of this snake was obviously longer than the ones I had seen before, and it was obviously irradiated by the mutated sun in summer, but people didn't care, it would be better if it was bigger.

After tying the frozen snake to the body, the people continued to set off. Wu Daxi walked slowly, looking left and right from time to time. The people were surprised by the two hands he showed earlier, and now they all followed him obediently. Wu Daxi pointed The shallow pit in the snow said, "There is a field mouse nest near here. When I was young, I used to catch it and eat it. This time?"

Zhang Shuilai nodded quickly, "Catch, grab anything you can eat."

After Wu Daxi heard this, he stood there and looked around, and then he pointed out a few openings and asked someone to block the openings with soil, leaving the last opening, "Let's use the old method, Hongzi lit the fire." , with smoke."

Zhang Shuilai asked two soldiers to come up and dig the hole big, and a guy came up from behind and quickly took out the dry kindling and firewood from his backpack to light the fire. When the fire started, Wu Daxi began to fiddle with the logs, and the flames on the logs slowly ignited It weakened and began to emit puffs of thick smoke.

At this time, Wu Daxi instructed people how to put the wood into the hole and how to pull up the net. The two boys squatted outside the net and fanned the wind inside vigorously. After a while, Wu Daxi waved his hands, "Stop it, they came out."

After hearing this, people hurriedly retreated to both sides, holding their breath and staring at the entrance of the cave. Sure enough, there were a few creaking sounds in the cave, and then they felt that the net was hit by something suddenly, and then bounced back. One hits the net.

Ho!People exclaimed, what a fat vole!There were seven voles, big and small. Under Wu Daxi's guidance, the people drew the nets to catch the voles, and then Wu Daxi asked people to start digging the mouse holes. Regardless of the small size of the mice, the hole was also small, but when they dug it, people discovered the ground. There is another universe underneath. The whole mouse hole is as big as a maze. After digging for a long time, they finally got to the center of the mouse hole. People were jealous when they saw the food stored by the mice. These mice are so rich!

When all the food was packed up, it was more than a sack full!The crowd kept shouting for surprises, one mouse hole dug out so much food, if they dug up the whole mountain to dig all the mouse holes, then they probably wouldn't have to worry about food this winter !

Wu Daxi looked at the excited smiling faces of the people, snorted, and immediately poured cold water on everyone, "The mouse hole is not so easy to dig. No one has caught mice in these years. This nest is careless. Other mouse holes It’s not so easy to find, they usually dig a lot of holes to confuse people, if I have a few more experienced helpers, I can lead the digging of mouse holes, now, let’s hunt honestly.”

People showed resentful expressions, Zhang Shui came to Wu Daxi's side and asked, "Seventh Grandpa, if we want to learn this hunting skill from you, how long will it take for us to become teachers?"

With his hands behind his back, Wu Daxi glanced at him with his eyes sideways, and said with a smile, "If you want to learn, I will teach you everything, but it will take three years at the earliest to become a teacher."

three years?Three months is too much for them, let alone three years, Zhang Shuilai asked unwillingly, "Is there no quick way?"

Wu Daxi snorted after hearing this, "Hunting is actually a skill to learn how to fight for your life. If you want to make it quick, if you really encounter a beast, won't you lose your life? At a young age, you want to be opportunistic. If you want to learn, such an apprentice I won't take it."

Zhang Shuilai was blushed by Wu Daxi, and he retreated honestly. Wu Daxi raised his legs and took a step forward, "Don't dawdle, the sun is short in winter, let's hurry up and try our luck in the back mountain well first. If you are lucky, you should be able to touch it." Got a lot of good stuff."

People followed him obediently, and gradually went deep into the woods. When they found the well that Uncle Seven had mentioned, they suddenly realized that there was another well here!Wu Daxi asked a few guys to jump down to shovel the snow, rolled a cigarette and smoked it himself, "This well has been abandoned for more than 30 years, you guys sure don't know."

The boys present nodded in cooperation. They really didn’t know. Every family has been digging wells these years. Who would come here to fetch water? The snow layer is not thick, but the ice layer below is very thick, but before they started digging Well, I found something good!

"Look, everyone, what is this?" Hearing the shout of the person in the well, the crowd surrounded him with a huff, looked around, and saw that it was a pheasant that had frozen to death.

(End of this chapter)