"But Uncle, won't this deer die without its antlers?!"
Fu Ming was essentially a fisherman, so he naturally didn't know as much about what happened in the mountains as he did at sea.
Ye Jianguo tied the two bags of chestnuts together, slung them over his shoulder, and shook his head.
"These antlers are too big, which will actually restrict the deer's movement. They like to run and jump, but if they encounter a predator, these large antlers could actually kill them."
That's good. Now Fu Wan could accept this gift from nature with a clear conscience.
The four of them carried their things back the way they came. They had packed four bags of chestnuts in total. Ye Jianguo carried two bags on his back, while Fu Ming and Ye Lin each carried one bag on their shoulders.
As for Fu Wan, she was responsible for holding the two deer antlers that she had just picked up.
As soon as the four of them reached the chestnut tree, Ye Jianguo spotted a wild rabbit running away with several chestnuts in its arms.
You can catch this thing right now.
"Dad, there's a wild rabbit burrow nearby!"
Ye Lin glanced over and immediately spotted several dark holes on the nearby slope, clearly the burrows of wild rabbits.
"Dad, how about we catch a few wild rabbits and take them home?"
My family is building a house, and according to the custom of Qingshan Village, we have to invite the villagers who helped us to a meal.
That's why Ye Lin went to the river to try his luck. Even if he didn't use the rabbit for the banquet, he could still get a few pounds of pork, which would be a great deal!
After all, their family was short of money at the time!
Ye Jianguo had also taken this into consideration, so he unloaded the chestnuts from his back.
"Alright, we've made it today. These wild rabbits are usually very clever!"
As the saying goes, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows." Ye Jianguo walked around the small slope and counted dozens of burrows of various sizes.
It's clear that the hillside has been almost completely hollowed out by wild rabbits.
"Awan and Aming, go find some pine branches, we'll smoke this rabbit out!"
This is a common method Ye Jianguo uses to catch rabbits. When Ye Lin was a child, he often used this method with his younger siblings to catch rabbits for a treat.
There were quite a few pine trees around, and the ground beneath them was covered with brown pine needles and branches. Fu Wan picked up a thicker branch from the ground and used it to scrape around, quickly collecting a large pile of pine branches and leaves scattered on the ground.
Ye Jianguo took out his cigarette matches, picked up a twig to ignite the smoke, and then stuffed it into the hole.
Thick smoke from the cave soon billowed out from other caves. Ye Lin was holding an empty snakeskin bag and waiting at the cave entrance. Fu Wan and Fu Ming found other caves nearby and did the same as Ye Lin.
Waiting for the rabbit to come to the hole!
This method is effective. The wild rabbits think there is a fire in the burrow and can't stand the thick smoke, so they run around in the burrow and try to escape to the entrance where there is fresh air.
Fu Wan, Ye Lin, and Fu Ming suddenly felt the snakeskin bags in their hands become heavy, as if a wild rabbit had fallen into the bags they had prepared.
Catching wild rabbits in the mountains and forests is that easy, without any effort at all.
Ye Jianguo used pine branches to smoke out several holes. Ye Lin noticed that there was no further movement in the snakeskin bags in the hands of the three of them, and guessed that the rabbits in the holes should have been caught.
"Father, it should be almost done!"
"good!"
Ye Jianguo agreed and then covered the smoking pine branches with clods of dirt.
Only after making sure the fire wouldn't reignite did he turn to look at the haul in the three men's snakeskin bags.
"One, two, three... eighteen!"
Good heavens! There are a total of eighteen wild rabbits of all sizes living on this little hillside.
These rabbits truly live up to their reputation for having an incredibly high reproductive rate!
Ye Jianguo was overjoyed, his face beaming with delight. "Good, good, good! Tonight, we'll catch a big one for your mother to stew, and the smaller ones can be raised by Zhenxing and Xiaofeng!"
"Ah Wan, do you want to take two of them home to raise?"
Fu Wan hurriedly waved her hand in refusal. Good heavens, the wild rabbits she brought from Ye Jianguo's place last time have almost become an overpopulation in her home. In just two months, the two rabbits have grown into a large family of more than a dozen rabbits.
If we bring two more back, we'd probably have to feed them more each day than we do!
When Ye Jianguo saw that Fu Wan refused, he didn't say anything more. He thought he would prepare the two of them early the next morning and let Fu Wan take them back for a treat.
After all, the roast duck he had at noon was the best duck he had ever eaten in his life!
It has the feel of the capital city!
These eighteen rabbits, of various sizes, weighed at least seventy or eighty pounds in total. Ye Lin put them in a snakeskin bag, tied them up, and then placed them in his basket.
"Brother Lin, let me carry the basket!"
Fu Wan carried a basket on her shoulder with some tools and a deer antler in her hand, making her much more relaxed than Fu Ming and Ye Jianguo.
Ye Lin waved his hand and refused, "No need, this is nothing. When I go up the mountain with my father to chop firewood, it's much heavier than this."
Just imagine the chestnuts and wild rabbits he's carrying on his shoulders—he's full of energy!
Unable to argue further, Fu Wan could only follow behind them.
"If we had known, we should have brought a wheelbarrow or something, and we wouldn't have had to carry so much on our backs."
"I never knew we could get so many chestnuts!"
Fu Ming weighed the chestnuts on his shoulder. Hey, they're quite heavy. Tonight, he'll have his aunt stew the rabbit with chestnuts and he'll have to eat two extra bowls!
"What a pity, I thought I could catch a pheasant or something this time!"
"Forget about pheasants, we haven't seen a single pheasant in the mountains lately!"
As the group was joking and laughing, Fu Wan suddenly felt a gaze fixed on her. Ever since swallowing the fish pearl, her senses had become much sharper than others.
She looked towards the jungle not far away, guided by her senses, but unexpectedly met a pair of clear, black and white eyes.
!!
Fu Wan felt a chill run down her spine, and when she finally saw what it looked like, she couldn't help but stutter.
"Wild boar!"
She whispered a call, and Ye Jianguo was the first to react. He immediately drew his machete and shielded them with his body.
The wild boar was clearly not interested in people. It glanced expressionlessly at Ye Jianguo and his group, then looked at the tree with great interest.
Looking at the tree?
What's on the tree?
Fu Wan looked up and noticed a ball-shaped object about the size of a football on the tree, with liquid dripping down from it.
That's honey?
Do wild boars eat honey?
The wild boar licked all the honey off the ground, but it wasn't satisfied. It kept ramming into the tree.
"Oh no! Uncle, brothers, run!"
There were live bees going in and out of the hive. The wild boar was really strong. The hive was about to collapse, and the bees were also startled, so a whole bunch of them flew out.
"Run! Run!"
This is no laughing matter! Bees don't know who destroyed their hive, and everyone present will be attacked indiscriminately!
The four of them suddenly seemed possessed by rabbit spirits, running as fast as they could. As for the wild boar, they only had one thing to say:
Goodbye, Pigsy!
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