Zhou Songbai was beating the grass with a stick, Meng Zhiyu followed beside him, and Xiao Baituan followed at her feet.
The two of them first went to see the hunting pit that Zhou Songbai had dug before, and found two pheasants that were about to die in it. Meng Zhiyu thought they looked like a male and a female, and wondered in his heart, maybe they were out hanging out at night and got too engrossed and accidentally fell in?
"Let me teach you how to dig a hunting pit first." Zhou Songbai chose a piece of land and took out a shovel from his backpack.
Meng Zhiyu also took out his small shovel and followed him to dig a hole, listening to him explain the precautions. Even if it was to catch pheasants and rabbits, the hole had to be deep enough.
Pheasants can fly, and can fly as high as one meter at the lowest. Of course, you can also place hunting traps in the pit.
After the pit is dug, clean the surrounding soil, find some branches to cover the pit mouth, sprinkle enough leaves on and around the branches, and if conditions permit, put some tempting food on the hunting pit.
After digging two hunting pits in succession, Zhou Songbai took Meng Zhiyu to hunt. During this period, Zhou Songbai carefully taught Meng Zhiyu how to find prey, how to find the angle when using a slingshot to shoot prey, and how to maximize the power of small stones.
Maybe she was just lucky, at least Meng Zhiyu thought so. She found a rabbit nest and caught a big male rabbit and five half-grown rabbits, except for the female rabbit that ran away after abandoning her husband and children.
"Although this rabbit is not very big, it will be enough to raise it in a month or so." Zhou Songbai pulled some long weeds from the surrounding area, tied up the rabbit's legs, and said to Meng Zhiyu who was holding the rabbit's head.
Meng Zhiyu nodded. "That's exactly six. You take three, I take three. The big one is yours as tuition."
Zhou Songbai didn't say anything, and Meng Zhiyu thought he agreed.
"Let's have lunch first." Zhou Songbai found a small stream, took out a pheasant and slaughtered it, while Meng Zhiyu picked up branches to make a fire. While he was not paying attention, he bought some spices from the mall.
Seeing Zhou Songbai coming over with the processed pheasant, she grabbed the chicken's butt and stuffed some spices into its stomach. "These spices can be used to season the chicken and make it taste better."
Zhou Songbai nodded in agreement, put the pheasant on the fire to roast, and took out the seasonings he brought from the backpack. Meng Zhiyu looked at the seasonings wrapped in leaves and silently exited the purchase page.
"Can you handle spicy food?" Zhou Songbai took out another bag of chili powder. Looking at the fiery red chili powder, Meng Zhiyu nodded. Although it was always spicy, it was indeed delicious!
While the pheasant was roasted, Meng Zhiyu took out two washed apples and shared them with Zhou Songbai. After she finished eating the apples, Zhou Songbai took out a handful of toffee and stuffed it into her hands.
Meng Zhiyu took it without hesitation and stuffed one into his mouth. While eating the candy, he took out two steamed buns, gave one to Zhou Songbai, and roasted the bun on the fire.
She ate it once when she was a child, and since then she has been deeply addicted to it. It is chewy and fragrant, and can be eaten as a snack.
Watching the white steamed buns turn yellow little by little, Meng Zhiyu felt happy and had a feeling of being on vacation.
The aroma of baked buns wafted out, and the white ball curled up at Meng Zhiyu's feet couldn't help scratching her pants. The eager little look made people laugh.
Meng Zhiyu grabbed a piece of the burnt outer layer and put it in his mouth, then grabbed a piece of the soft inner core and placed it in front of Xiao Baituan.
Meng Zhiyu just wanted to tease it. Unexpectedly, it actually ate it. She looked at Zhou Songbai in surprise and asked him puzzledly, "Wolves, do you eat noodles too?"
Zhou Songbai turned the roast chicken over and said, "It probably depends on the wolf itself. I've seen wolves eat wild apples and chestnuts before."
After eating a toasted steamed bun, Meng Zhiyu looked at the roast chicken which was gradually turning yellow, touched his stomach, and ate an apple and a steamed bun to fill his stomach. He was not so eager to eat the chicken.
After the chicken was roasted, Zhou Songbai took out a small knife, tore off two large chicken legs and handed them to Meng Zhiyu, but Meng Zhiyu only accepted one.
"Take it, there are still a lot." Zhou Songbai stuffed the chicken legs back, then cut off the chicken butt and head and threw them to Xiaobaituan.
Zhou Songbai was gnawing on the chicken neck while organizing his words in his mind. Ever since he knew that Meng Zhiyu had saved his two nephews, he wanted to ask her to help take care of his father.
But then he thought that she didn't seem to like seeing patients, so he kept it to himself. But now the weather is getting colder, and since Zhou's father's health deteriorated, he has been seriously ill every winter and spring.
He and his two brothers also took Zhou's father to a big hospital, but it was of little use. He heard that the hospitals in the capital and the Magic City were good, but no matter how much they persuaded him, Zhou's father was unwilling to go.
Zhou Songbai was immersed in his own thoughts and did not notice Meng Zhiyu's gaze on him. When she was preparing lunch, she realized that Zhou Songbai seemed to have something to say to her.
I waited and waited, but he never spoke. I thought I guessed wrong, and then I saw how conflicted he was.
"Brother Zhou San, if you have something to say, just tell me directly. I will definitely do my best to help if I can." There is nothing I can do about it.
Zhou Songbai looked at her understanding expression and felt relieved. "Meng Zhiqing, I want you to take a look at my father."
"Brother Zhou San, I taught myself this medical skill."
"It doesn't matter. As long as I can save people, it doesn't matter whether I learn by myself or find a teacher." In Zhou Songbai's eyes, Meng Zhiyu is much better than some people. She can detoxify snake venom that others cannot without serum. This is her ability.
"Then let's take a look first. I'm not sure I can cure it." Although Meng Zhiyu has been learning constantly, he thinks he has learned less than one tenth of it.
Zhou Songbai nodded happily, and then explained the reason why his father's health deteriorated.
When he was a child, there was a severe famine. There were three half-grown boys in his family, and the little food they had was of no use. They cried out in hunger every day, and it seemed that if they didn't find a solution, the whole family would starve to death.
Father Zhou took the only hunting rifle inherited from his ancestors, and since no one was willing to go with him, he had to go up the mountain alone.
The situation in the mountains was much better than that in the fields. During the first two hunting trips, Zhou's father was lucky, catching either pheasants or rabbits. Until the third time, Zhou's father encountered two wild boars foraging for food, and was directly eaten by the boars.
Zhou's father was seriously injured and crawled down the mountain covered in blood. It was only when the villagers who were peeling tree bark on the back mountain saw him that they carried him back home.
At that time, the village's barefoot doctor, Old Man Hao, had not yet died. He would lie on Boss Zhou's back every day to go to the back mountain to look for herbs, and only then did he save Zhou's father's life.
But he also developed a serious illness, and from then on he was like Lin Daiyu, unable to tolerate either heat or cold.
The two men and the wolf shared the roasted chicken, took a short rest, and then continued hunting. If Meng Zhiyu encountered any good medicinal herbs on the way, he would dig them out with a small shovel, wrap them in leaves, and put them in a backpack, intending to plant them in his own medicinal field after returning.
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