Zhang Qiurui slowly backed away, trying to keep his movements calm so as not to alert the porcupine any further, until he was a short distance away from the porcupine.
She turned the backpack on her back upside down with the opening facing downwards.
At that moment, Zhang Qiurui rushed towards the porcupine and quickly covered its head and neck, as there were not many sharp quills in that part of the porcupine. Her movements were swift and smooth, ensuring that the porcupine would not have any chance to fight back.
The porcupine panicked in the sudden darkness and began to struggle wildly with great strength, almost knocking Zhang Qiurui over. It made a squeaking sound and tried to use the quills on its body to resist the sudden attack, but Zhang Qiurui had already anticipated this. She held the edge of the backpack firmly with her hands and sat down on it, preventing the porcupine from breaking free.
He picked up the hatchet behind him with one hand and directly cut the quills on the porcupine's back. For a moment, the quills flew up, accompanied by the porcupine's more rapid and angry "squeaking" sound. Zhang Qiurui knew that only by quickly cutting off the most dangerous weapon on the porcupine could he ensure his own safety, so Zhang Qiurui acted without mercy.
After cutting off a piece of porcupine quills from the porcupine's back, Zhang Qiurui showed no mercy and chopped directly on the porcupine's back several times in a row.
As its struggles gradually weakened and the sounds it made turned from sharp to low whimpers, Zhang Qiurui did not relax his vigilance and continued to chop the porcupine several times, almost cutting it in two, until he was sure that the porcupine had completely lost its ability to resist.
Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and slowly stood up from the backpack. Her legs were trembling slightly due to being tense for a long time.
After confirming that the porcupine was dead, Zhang Qiurui began to clean up the mess around him. He collected the shaved porcupine quills. It was said that scraping the scalp with porcupine quills could dispel wind, but he didn't know if it was true.
After completing all this, Zhang Qiurui dusted himself off and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
Although the process was thrilling, the porcupine was successfully captured, adding a rare source of food to the family.
Without a watch, he didn't know what time it was. Zhang Qiurui was very tired from the operation just now.
Fearing the porcupine's blood might attract other wild animals, Zhang Qiurui had to leave the area as quickly as possible. She plucked a few large leaves, wrapped the porcupine, and placed them in her backpack, trying to prevent the blood from dripping onto the ground and leaving obvious marks.
Afterwards, he found a safe place, took out some water and dry food, and ate the steamed buns he had brought with him.
After eating and drinking, she took out the things she bought from the supermarket and put them in the backpack one by one. Soon the backpack was full of things.
Fortunately, Zhang Qiurui was well prepared and took out a cloth bag from his waist to hold the dozens of pheasant eggs.
After doing all this, he went down the mountain with his things on his back.
I walked down the mountain along the path I remembered, and after half an hour, I soon saw the village with smoke rising from chimneys. Several adobe houses were scattered at the foot of the mountain. The sounds of chickens and dogs could be heard, creating a peaceful and harmonious scene.
A warm feeling surged in Zhang Qiurui's heart. It was the feeling of home. No matter how many storms she experienced outside, this place would always be her warmest harbor.
The homes of the production team members were all built against the mountain. When going up or down the mountain, as long as you found the right way, you didn't have to pass by the doors of the production team members' homes. Therefore, Zhang Qiurui avoided other people and got home quickly.
At this time, Zhou Guifang, Gao Erping, Zhang Mingqi, Zhang Mingren and others had all returned. They closed the door and were picking out the mountain products they brought back from the mountains in the yard.
They were categorized and discussed which ones were suitable for direct consumption and which ones were more suitable for pickling or drying for preservation.
Zhou Guifang held a handful of wild mushrooms just picked from the mountain and carefully identified them, fearing that there might be poisonous varieties mixed in.
Gao Erping and Mingqi were busy sorting nuts such as walnuts and chestnuts.
Zhang Mingren took Zhang Minghua and a few other kids with him to collect and pick wild fruits. They put the unripe ones aside, put the ripe and edible ones in baskets, and threw the rotten ones out directly. It was a busy scene.
"I'm back." Zhang Qiurui pushed the door open and saw this scene. A warm smile appeared on her face, and a sense of home warmth and peace surged in her heart.
"Pheasant? Mingren, hurry up and close and lock the gate." Zhou Guihua saw her little girl coming back with a cloth bag in her left hand and a pheasant in her right hand. After seeing this, she hurriedly asked her eldest grandson to lock the gate.
In that era, supplies were scarce, and any good things the production team members had would be hidden at home, for fear that others would see them.
"Mom! I'm so lucky today.
Not only did we catch a pheasant, but we also picked up several nests of pheasant eggs, more than fifty in total?
Also, I killed a porcupine. I originally encountered two, but unfortunately one was too busy to handle them all, so one escaped.
In addition, I found wood ear mushrooms, mushrooms, yam... After Zhang Qiurui got home, she couldn't stop talking and excitedly shared her harvest of the day.
She gently placed the cloth bag in her hand on the table and carefully untied the knot. There were still a few pheasant eggs covered with dirt and grass inside. She also took out the things she bought from the trading supermarket from the backpack.
However, Zhou Guihua, Gao Erping, and Zhang Mingqi were already surprised to hear that Zhang Qiurui had caught a pheasant. Then they were even more shocked when they heard that he had seen several nests of pheasant eggs and caught a porcupine.
Then, when Zhang Qiurui took out the porcupine, the strong impact made them almost doubt their ears and eyes.
Zhou Guihua opened her eyes wide and opened her mouth slightly, as if an egg could fit in it. She pointed at the porcupine and then at Zhang Qiurui in disbelief, and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.
Gao Erping covered her mouth with one hand and tightly grasped Zhang Mingqi's arm with the other hand, with a look of surprise on her face.
Zhang Mingqi was also surprised, "Aunt, you are so lucky!"
“Qiu Rui is really lucky, she is indeed a woman of old age, very lucky.
The things I brought home from the mountains these past two days are worth as much as my family would have earned in several months in previous years." Gao Erping's face was filled with joy.
"Mom, please don't sell these things. We have a large family and can eat them all. My second sister-in-law is sick, so we will stew the pheasant into chicken and mushrooms today." Zhang Qiurui looked at Zhou Guihua and saw that she seemed to want to sell it, so she hurriedly said.
The things she bought from the trading supermarket were to subsidize the family's food and drink, not for Zhou Guihua to exchange for money. Otherwise, why would she bother and just give her the money directly?
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