Chapter 26: Escape from the Troubled Times 24
First, dig a deep hole in the snow under the tree.
The snow in such places is as thick as two or three meters deep. Stones are used to compact the snow around the deep pit little by little, thus eventually forming a two-meter-high trap.
In addition, Lin Xia took out the remaining bamboo strips from the wild boar traps and inserted them into the bottom of the deep pit along with the newly sharpened spikes.
If the anesthetic on the bamboo slip can still be used, it would be good if it can have a little effect.
After finishing everything, Lin Xia covered the trap.
Then she dragged two wooden sticks as thick as her wrists up the tree and tied the two sticks between the two tree trunks to make a bridge.
After making sure the stick was tied tightly, she climbed up the third tree, wrapped her legs tightly around the trunk, hooked her right hand on the trunk, and gently placed the stone in the space on the stick with her left hand.
Two trees swayed slightly, but it was not a big deal.
Lin Xia climbed down the tree, used space to bring another stone, and placed it on the wooden stick in the same way.
There was a wooden stick connecting the two trees, with two large stones placed on the stick. Occasionally, a gust of wind would blow, making Lin Xia terrified, fearing that the two stones would fall from a height of 15 meters and wake up the black bear.
Fortunately, the wind was not strong and stopped soon.
After Lin Xia verified that the wooden stick bridge could withstand two stones weighing more than 100 kilograms, she took the stones down from the tree one by one, threw them beside the tree and left.
That’s not all, Lin Xia went to the pond to dig an ice pit.
Expand the ice pit along the original location, leaving only the last thin layer of ice that is impermeable.
A large pit of two meters square and half a meter high was dug, and then covered up after the pit was dug.
It has been snowing lightly recently, and the traps will soon be covered by the snow until no traces of human activity can be seen.
Worried that he would be cheated, he even erected a branch next to it.
After setting up all the traps, Lin Xia sorted out the process in his mind.
The first step is to place the stone in the location you have chosen beforehand;
The second step is to apply mud in advance to hide the smell;
The third step is to attract the black bear to trap No. 1 and release the stone immediately after it falls into the trap.
Putting two stones on the tree and one in the space means she has three chances to attack. If everything goes well, a hundred-jin stone dropped from a height of ten meters is enough to kill a black bear. If she fails to kill it after three attempts, she will activate the backup plan.
The alternative plan is to take advantage of the opportunity when the black bear is climbing a tree or struggling, quickly get down to the ground, put on the skateboard, and escape along the desired path.
If the black bear is uninjured, escape the old-fashioned way.
If the black bear is injured, lead it to trap No. 2 and kill it with water. Once it falls into the water, observe its condition. If it is in bad condition, use a knife to fight it head-on. If it is in good condition, it can climb out of the water trap. Retreat immediately, climb up a good tree, and wait for the black bear to come and attack it with stones for the second time.
If an accident occurs, they will throw the fish stuffed with poisonous mushroom powder to the other party to eat, in order to try to escape.
If all attempts to kill the bear fail, just run away or fight it with a knife.
After planning everything and checking that the two traps were fine, Lin Xia began to act.
She placed half a piece of frozen fish every two meters ten meters away from the cave entrance. The frozen fish did not smell very good and did not attract the black bear. Lin Xia placed them all the way until they were three meters away from the trap.
It was impossible for Lin Xia to serve as bait to lure the bear herself, so she took a half-burned charcoal and carefully placed it not far from the entrance of the black bear's cave. She put a handful of dead branches and leaves on the charcoal, and on top of the dead branches was a piece of frozen meat.
After placing the charcoal, Lin Xia quickly left and climbed up the third tree next to trap No. 1 where there was no stone.
As for why they didn't climb the first two trees, it was of course because they were afraid that Lin Xia's weight and movements would cause the trees to shake violently and knock the rocks off.
In fact, Lin Xia tied the stone slightly, so the possibility of it falling was very small. She would not let herself make such a low-level mistake.
Lin Xia waited for three minutes, but the fire didn't start. She climbed down the tree again, put a piece of half-burned charcoal in the tree, and climbed up the tree again as agile as a monkey.
This time, as soon as she started climbing the tree, the charcoal ignited the dead leaves below. The semi-fat frozen meat above was roasted by the high temperature and began to melt. Soon, oil began to ooze out of it, emitting the aroma of food.
The black bear sleeping in the cave sniffed hard for a while and found the aroma of food.
The black bear was successfully awakened and walked out of the cave. His eyes were attracted by the small fire that was about to burn out. As the fire was small, the black bear walked forward fearlessly to disperse the fire, picked up the half-black barbecue, sniffed it cautiously a few times, and couldn't resist the temptation and ate it in one bite.
The black bear, having just whetted its appetite, looked around with its little eyes, and unexpectedly, it actually found food.
There was half a frozen fish one meter away. After I went forward to eat it, I found another half in front of me.
However, the frozen fish at the back were getting smaller and smaller, and the black bear was a little unhappy. It was not full and was constantly tempted.
In this way, the black bear unknowingly followed the food trail that Lin Xia had set out and arrived in front of Trap No. 1, on which was placed half a large frozen fish.
Holding his breath, Lin Xia, lying motionless on the tree, stared at the approaching black bear, his heart skipping a beat.
It's really oppressive!
The black bear didn't think much about it and went forward to pick up the fish as usual.
Suddenly, the snow on the ground was unable to withstand the black bear's kick, and the branches under the snow broke, causing the black bear to fall into a 2-meter-deep pit in an instant. At the same time, the spikes at the bottom of the pit also pierced deeply into the black bear's body, but more spikes were crushed by the black bear's thick body.
The black bear was frightened and danced wildly, roaring loudly. The roars of anger and pain were terrifying and long.
Right now.
A stone weighing more than 100 pounds fell from the sky.
Dong, a dull knocking sound was heard.
The stone hit the black bear's calf hard, and the black bear became more and more crazy, screaming in pain and howling in anger, and constantly attacking the snow on the snow pit.
After the first attack failed, Lin Xia immediately put the stone in front of him into space and hit the black bear's head again.
I was lucky this time and it hit me right in the skull.
With a bang, the black bear's head exploded, its skull shattered, its brain burst, and blood splattered everywhere.
In an instant, the black bear fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Lin Xia wiped the sweat from his forehead. Things went more smoothly than he had expected. The second blow hit the black bear's head accurately, killing it on the spot.
However, she still waited at the treetop for ten minutes and only climbed down after making sure there were no accidents.
Looking at the black bear's broken head, Lin Xia sighed in admiration.
It's so violent.
It was even more miserable than her death in her previous life.
Thinking of this, he carefully gave it another blow on the neck. After it was dead, he began to process the prey.
The black bear weighed at least 300 kilograms, and Lin Xia's small body was unable to pull it up, so she could only climb down the gentle slope, go down to the bottom of the pit, and skin and dismember it on the spot.
A strong smell of blood filled my nose, and I was afraid that the smell of blood would attract other ferocious beasts.
So he bled the bear, touching the bleeding hole with his fingers to collect the blood into space, then he peeled off the bear skin, dismembered it into pieces, buried it under the snow, dug snow from the scene to bury it, and at the same time rolled in the snow to clean himself.
Walk a little further and bury all the unwanted blood, bear heads, and internal organs under the snow.
After that, they took the bear meat to the water pool for cleaning in three trips, and then brought all the bear meat back to the cave in three more trips.
By the time they had finished packing, it was already dark. They brought back a total of 150 kilograms of bear meat, a dozen fish that had jumped onto the ice, and a complete bear skin.
This piece of skin made Lin Xia most satisfied. Even though the fire was burning day and night, his hands and feet were still often cold due to the lack of warm clothes.
The meat is not afraid of going bad in winter, but the skin is difficult to handle. There is no container to soak away the rotten meat, and it will only freeze if placed in a pond.
The only place where you won't freeze is in a cave with bright firelight.
Lin Xia could only dig a big hole in the cave and cover it with oilcloth to clean the leather. The only drawback was that it smelled too bad, really bad. There was a rotten smell in the cave at all times.
The fat-processed leather is then stretched on the door panel for a week. After a week, the dry and hard leather is softened little by little with a wooden stick and finally smoked.
Two weeks later, Lin Xia successfully obtained a relatively soft bear skin.
The bear skin is sewn into a mid-length coat, which can be used as a jacket or a quilt. The excess scraps are made into hats, scarves, insoles, and knee pads, but the workmanship is poor and barely presentable.
This time the smoking of the leather was much more successful than the last deerskin production.
The deerskin I used last time was only two or three months old, but it had already become hard and curled, and had a faint rotten smell.
She was reluctant to throw it away before, but now that she had the deluxe version of the leather jacket, Lin Xia burned the smelly deerskin without hesitation.
Ever since getting the bear skin, Lin Xia no longer has headaches or colds, and is in a good mood every day.
Later, he paraded through the woods wearing the bear skin every day, but unfortunately no one appreciated him and he could only entertain himself.
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