Erdao Mountain is sparsely populated, and once you step inside, you can clearly feel a sense of tranquility.
The pristine beauty of nature unfolds before our eyes, making us sigh at the insignificance of human beings.
In the mountains, Zhou Ziwen walked and stopped, occasionally knocking on the grass around him with a wooden stick.
This forest has been uninhabited for years, so it would not be surprising to encounter poisonous insects and snakes. Hitting them with a wooden stick first would be enough to alert the snakes.
Ta Yun followed Zhou Ziwen vigilantly, his little ears moving from time to time, as if collecting the movements around him.
Swish!
At this moment, Zhou Ziwen suddenly looked up and looked towards a place not far away.
There, a yellow figure was looking at them with its small eyes turning.
"It's actually a squirrel." A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Ziwen's eyes. It was the first time he saw this thing in the wild.
This squirrel was not very afraid of people. After seeing Zhou Ziwen, it did not run away. Instead, it stood on the branch and looked over here, as if it wanted to see something strange.
"Hey, this little thing."
Looking at the cute squirrel, Zhou Ziwen wanted to catch one and raise it, but he didn't know if he could keep it alive.
whoosh!
Just as Zhou Ziwen was considering whether to catch the squirrel, a snake suddenly jumped out from the grass nearby and bit Zhou Ziwen fiercely.
In the wide-open mouth, two fangs flashed a sharp, cold light.
Zhou Ziwen remained calm in the face of danger, and gently extended the wooden stick in his hand, with the tip of the stick just aimed at the snake's mouth.
While the snake was biting the wooden stick, Zhou Ziwen exerted force with his hands and nailed the snake and the stick to the ground.
"It looks like we'll have to eat snake meat today." Looking at the snake struggling non-stop, its body was tightly wrapped around the wooden stick.
"This should be a viper!"
Zhou Ziwen identified the species of the snake.
Although I don't have any special knowledge of snakes, I can recognize the species of this snake because of my medical skills.
Vipers are poisonous, so you have to be careful if you want to eat them. The snake head and venom sac must be cleaned thoroughly.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen’s cooking skills are quite good, and his cooking knowledge also includes methods for dealing with poisonous snakes.
If he didn't have this skill, he really wouldn't dare to eat poisonous snakes.
After the viper struggled for a while, Zhou Ziwen chopped off its head with an axe, then strung it up with a vine and held it in his hand.
"A chicken, a snake, and another dragon and phoenix soup!"
It was not until then that Zhou Ziwen realized that he didn't even have to think about today's dishes, as he had already collected all the raw materials.
Zhou Ziwen felt that he was lucky today as he had caught two kinds of prey right after entering the mountains.
Seeing that it was still early, he decided to continue walking inside to see if he could get some other prey.
As they moved forward, Zhou Ziwen was very careful because the inner mountains were quite dangerous, especially in the surrounding grass, as he had to be careful of poisonous snakes that might suddenly appear and bite people.
"Woof woof!"
After walking for a while, Tayun was the first to make a discovery.
Hearing Tayun's shout, Zhou Ziwen walked over and saw that it was a series of hare footprints. Zhou Ziwen was sharp-eyed and even found hare hair next to the footprints.
"Tayun, good job, hurry up and catch up."
Zhou Ziwen rubbed Tayun's dog head and began to urge him.
Tayun also understood what Zhou Ziwen meant. He wagged his tail and began to search along the footprints.
Zhou Ziwen was lucky. Under the guidance of Tayun, he found the rabbit hole not far away.
Once you find the rabbit hole, the rest is easy.
Zhou Ziwen searched around and found two more rabbit holes.
After blocking the two exits in advance, he found some hay and some pungent herbs, and smoked them inside from the entrance of the cave.
This was not his first time catching rabbits, and he was very skilled at it.
After a while of fumigation, the hares inside couldn't stand it and rushed out in a swarm.
But Zhou Ziwen was guarding the entrance of the cave. He caught one rabbit after another as they came out. Soon he had killed all the rabbits in the cave.
By the way, there were really a lot of rabbits in this nest. In the end, I caught six of them.
Each rabbit weighs five or six pounds, and these six alone have more than thirty pounds of meat.
"That's enough, that's enough. I'll come back for the rest this afternoon."
After catching so many rabbits at once, Zhou Ziwen felt it was a bit inconvenient to continue walking. It was almost time for lunch.
He discovered that there were really abundant resources in the mountains. In just one morning, he had obtained dozens of kilograms of meat.
"If I can catch a litter of rabbits every day, I won't have a shortage of meat this winter." Zhou Ziwen thought greedily.
It takes less time to go back. By the time you get home after a long journey, it is almost noon.
"Brother Ziwen, you're back!"
"Wow, so many rabbits!"
"There are also pheasants and snakes. Brother Ziwen, how did you catch so many prey? This is amazing!"
As soon as she got home, Chen Qiaoyi heard the noise and ran out.
When they saw the pile of prey on Zhou Ziwen's body, they started chattering non-stop.
"I'm lucky today. I found a rabbit nest. This chicken was caught in a trap. There's also a snake..."
Zhou Ziwen put the prey on the ground and explained to his wife.
He didn't find it noisy, but rather felt that it was quite lively to have a cheerful voice chirping in his ears.
"Brother Ziwen, you are so lucky." After hearing Zhou Ziwen's story, Chen Qiaoyi showed a longing expression.
However, she also knew that the inner mountains were very dangerous. Zhou Ziwen could protect his own safety, but if he brought her as a burden, it might not be safe.
"I'm really lucky today. I'll go around again in the afternoon to see if I can come across another nest of rabbits." Zhou Ziwen said with a smile.
"whee."
After hearing Zhou Ziwen's words, perhaps thinking of some interesting scene, Chen Qiaoyi couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Yiyi, come in and light the fire."
At this time, Chen Shiying's voice came from the kitchen.
“Here I come!”
Chen Qiaoyi put down what she was holding and hurried to the kitchen to help.
Perhaps hearing the noise here, Zhou Chaoyang from next door came over to visit.
"Wow, Brother Zhou is really good. He got so many things." Zhou Chaoyang was a little surprised when he saw the rabbits neatly placed on the ground.
"I'll make some dragon and phoenix soup tonight. You don't have to cook. We can eat together then." Zhou Ziwen invited.
"Okay, I haven't had Dragon and Phoenix Soup for a long time. I really can't forget the taste." Zhou Chaoyang nodded in agreement.
After spending so much time together, Zhou Chaoyang has become accustomed to eating here.
But he doesn't do it for free. When he comes to your house, he usually brings a bottle of good wine.
This guy doesn't drink much, but he likes drinking very much. Especially since he has connections, he can always get a bottle of good wine every now and then.
"Just eat it if you like. Today's snake is a viper, which is very nutritious. You'd better be careful when you eat it." Zhou Ziwen said teasingly.
With Zhou Chaoyang's physique, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep at night after drinking the tonic Dragon and Phoenix Soup. (End of this chapter)
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