Jia Xingye didn't rush to refute Wang Guoqiang's words. Instead, he handed him the grilled seafood and said with a smile, "I understand. I will definitely do my best."
Jia Xingye's smile was very abnormal, even terrifying, making Wang Guoqiang's spine tingle. His hand, which was taking the food, even trembled slightly, and he dared not speak anymore.
...
It's a new day.
Early in the morning, Li Sheng was carrying a basket on his back, picking mugwort. He needed to collect a lot of mugwort and dry it to use as the filling for his pillows.
Mugwort is not only useful for repelling mosquitoes, but it is also edible. Many places use mugwort to make glutinous rice cakes, but they don't use starchy foods to make glutinous rice cakes.
Wild vegetables, when blanched and eaten directly, taste very bad and bitter, so they are not on his menu for the time being. However, he is also tired of eating seafood all the time. There are only a few kinds of seafood to eat every day. Others look on with envy at the sight of seafood and abalone, but only he knows how tasteless they are to him now.
So he decided to try hunting, but not by taking the initiative. In the forest, he wasn't as agile as the animals, and taking the initiative would likely result in nothing.
And it would be too time-consuming and physically demanding, so he planned to make traps and wait for the prey to come to him, and he would only need to check on them every day.
"Setting traps to catch prey in the wild is simple. We just need to do this, then that, and finally that..."
Live broadcast room.
"What nonsense is the streamer spouting? Do we look like idiots?"
"Do people with such high IQs as Ye Wang really look at us like we're little idiots?"
"Every time I see the streamer's ambiguous smile, I feel like a little fool."
"So, is the streamer tired of marine life? Is he now turning to land creatures?"
...
The trap was really simple. Li Sheng used thin rope and wood to make something similar to a wooden pot lid, except that the middle section was a bamboo tube with a hole in it, and then a long stick was inserted through it.
"It's really simple. Look, this is the most crucial part of the trap."
Li Sheng displayed the object and even made the large lid rotate around the central axis.
"Okay, I know I'm a little idiot, streamer, please explain it to us."
"Silly boy, I'm a silly boy."
"Are you suggesting we throw it out like a roti to knock out the wild game?"
However, there are also clever and imaginative children.
The clever fish head said, "I know, I think I know! Maybe we should dig a hole and use it as a cover, so that if an animal accidentally steps on it, it will fall into the hole?"
Mr. Li gave a thumbs-up, indicating that his friend was absolutely right.
"Yes! You're right, that's the principle."
The quick-witted Fish Head spoke up again: "Yay! The streamer saw me! How long do I have to wait? What if no animals come by for ten days or half a month?"
Li Sheng looked at the viewer's username and smiled enigmatically again, teasingly asking, "Does 'Clever Fish Head' mean you only have a seven-second memory, like a fish, and can only be clever for seven seconds?"
"It couldn't be simpler. We just set the trap in an area where certain animals frequently roam, and then put some food on the lid. We're guaranteed to catch something, unless our luck turns negative."
The witty fish head: "In a state of self-isolation..."
After finishing, he carried a basket on his back, put the axe in the basket, and took a stone hoe into the forest, along with mulberries and oyster meat.
Searching and searching...
After wandering around in the woods for more than half an hour, we finally spotted some traces of prey. It wasn't far from the stream, and there were footprints on the muddy ground near the stream.
Li Sheng pointed to the footprint and said happily, "Doesn't this look like a pickled chicken foot?"
The footprints were very small. Wild pheasants are naturally not as big as domestic chickens, so there must be wild pheasants in this area, and they were carefully searching for something on the ground.
Sure enough, his efforts paid off. He saw animal droppings, but they weren't chicken droppings, which meant there were many prey in the area, making it more likely that he could catch some.
The thought of the smell of various kinds of barbecued meats ignites a surge of energy within me.
They found a suitable spot and started digging a hole. The hole was about the same size as the lid, about one meter in diameter and nearly one meter deep. Then they put the lid on top of it. As long as the two sides of the lid were subjected to a little force, it would flip over and fall down.
At this height, with the cover in place, it's very difficult for birds to escape from the trap, and other smaller animals generally can't climb that high either, but large prey can't.
However, he wasn't that greedy; he just wanted to catch a small creature enough for one or two meals and he would be satisfied.
Once placed on top, it becomes hidden. After collecting a large amount of leaves and covering it, not only animals but even people would fall in.
So, to prevent himself from falling in next time, he had to make a mark. He stuck two small branches on either side and chopped two axe holes in the tree next to him, creating a very obvious gap.
After doing all that, I put a few mulberries on one side and two raw oysters on the other. Whether you're a herbivore, a carnivore, or an omnivore, you're bound to be tempted.
Once it's done, you don't need to worry about it anymore.
He's now going to pick all the mulberries from that whole tree to make jam. All the mulberries on that tree are ripe and have turned dark purple; there's simply not enough to eat if they're not made into jam.
Before picking mulberries, I picked two durians from the durian tree, tied them up, and carried them in my hand. It took an hour to pick almost all the mulberries from one tree.
As always, some will be left for other small animals.
They walked towards the shelter carrying a full load of fruit.
When he returned, he saw the familiar face again. It was still that big black guy, circling around his stove. Unfortunately, he had moved it inside the house. But to show his friendliness, he offered the durian in his hand to the gorilla to try.
This time, the gorilla didn't turn and run away. Instead, it stood there and watched. It seemed to realize that Li Sheng meant no harm and was going to give it something. Thinking it was something delicious, it immediately ate it when it got close.
While shouting "yes," he backed away. Judging from his expression, his older brother didn't seem to like durian very much. To show that he could eat it, Li Sheng personally put down the fruit, broke the durian open, took out the flesh, and put it in his mouth to taste.
Brother Ye is even more amazing now.
The audience burst into laughter at the sight of the gorilla.
"Does the Wild King's brother think he's eating corpse rice?"
"I'm dying of laughter. I feel like I'm seeing terror and disbelief on the face of a gorilla."
"So even gorillas hate durian? That's hilarious."
"It's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet. This gorilla is getting its comeuppance this time. Serves you right for scaring me in the middle of the night."
...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com