014, something happened
014, something happened
After a while, they had set all five traps.
After they were done, they put the grains they had worked so hard to find from the fields on the bamboo board, and then a group of children hid on the distant ridge and lay there, waiting for the group of greedy birds to fly over and eat the grains.
After lying there for a while and seeing no birds coming to eat the millet, the child couldn't help but ask, "Qilang, why haven't the birds come yet?"
"Maybe they discovered that we are here. Let's stay away from them." Lu Mingfei also discovered this problem. He was a little suspicious that these birds had learned their lesson and were afraid to come down when they saw them waiting here.
So they all whispered a few words and ran a little further away.
The group of people lay here for a long time before they saw a few birds land on the traps they had laid and eat the grain.
"Ahhh, come on..."
"Shh!"
Lu Mingfei quickly covered the mouth of the little friend next to him and winked at the others to quiet down.
The first bird that landed on the bamboo board to eat the millet quickly fell into the pit. Then the second and third birds flew over... Without exception, all the birds that landed on the bamboo board fell into the pit.
Once the small animals fall into the pit below, they will not be able to fly out no matter how hard they struggle.
…
There were about ten of them in the group, and they waited for the entire morning.
Fortunately, children in the countryside play everywhere and don't go home until dark, so the adults at home usually don't come out to look for them. A group of people were outside digging traps and catching birds, having a lot of fun.
After discovering that the prey had entered the pit they dug, Lu Mingfei arranged for these friends to find firewood, and took people to find earth blocks in a farther place on the other side. He used the earth blocks to build an earthen kiln, preparing to burn the red earthen kiln later to bury the food.
Today, the friends who went to look for firewood found two pheasant nests and brought back two nests of about ten to twenty eggs.
After a busy morning, Lu Mingfei thought there would be prey in the traps, so he took a few friends to collect the prey. Their luck was pretty good that day. They dug five traps, each of which contained prey, and even picked up two large wild quail.
They were divided into two teams, one group was responsible for cleaning the small prey, and the other group was responsible for burning the earthen kiln.
Seeing these cleaned-up critters, Lu Mingfei silently chanted "Amitabha." He thought, thankfully, there weren't any animal protection laws in this time and space; these critters were edible. If, in his own time, they'd dared to catch wild birds for food, this cage alone would have landed them in jail for years.
After slaughtering the prey, removing the hair and washing it, they would grind the juice of a sour fruit they had found and apply it to the surface of the meat.
There was no salt because salt was a very expensive seasoning in that era. The adults in every household kept a close eye on the things in the kitchen. Even if they wanted to steal some salt from home, it would not be easy. If they were discovered by the adults, they would be beaten.
So when they went out to find food, Lu Mingfei would never encourage his friends to go home and steal salt. Of course, he himself did not dare to go home and steal things, for fear of being discovered and punished by the old lady at home.
However, after applying this sour fruit on the meat, the grilled meat was also delicious. They tried it once before, so this time they also used this sour fruit as a seasoning. After applying the sour fruit, they wrapped the meat with three layers of tree leaves and then covered it with a layer of red mud.
The pheasant eggs we picked up are also wrapped in leaves and red mud one by one, so that the baked eggs will not easily burn.
After the earthen kiln was red hot, they cleared out the firewood and charcoal inside, and then put the wrapped things in one by one, with the large ones at the bottom and the small ones at the top, and the eggs on the outermost edge. Then they covered everything with hot soil, and the things inside needed to be covered for about half an hour to cook.
As soon as the food was put in and covered, someone asked, "How long will it take before we can eat?"
"You can start digging when you smell the fragrance." Lu Mingfei said.
"When will that be?"
"Wait about half an hour. Don't be impatient. You won't be able to eat hot tofu in a hurry."
“…”
So the group of children could only sit around the earthen kiln and wait for food.
Just waiting like this was getting boring, so the village chief's grandson, Hu Zi, came to Lu Mingfei and said, "Qilang, tell us another story."
"Yes, Shichiro, tell us a story!"
These children all like listening to Lu Qilang telling them stories.
Lu Mingfei, who was surrounded by a group of children, had no way to refuse the children's request, and this request was not a difficult task for him, so he agreed: "Okay, I'll think about what story to tell you." In fact, when he started playing with his two cousins, he was just taking care of the children. Who knew that as the number of children increased, they all liked to listen to his stories.
Fortunately, the stories in his mind spanned five thousand years of history, and any one of them he told would be enough to keep these little friends fascinated for a long time.
"Qilang, I want to hear the Monkey King wreak havoc in Heaven."
"Qi Lang, I also want to hear the story of the Great Sage."
"Shichiro, I..."
Children are like this. As long as one person puts forward an idea, it will be recognized and echoed by many people.
Hearing that everyone wanted to hear the story of the Monkey King, Lu Mingfei thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's continue telling the story of the Monkey King today. But we already talked about the Monkey King's havoc in Heaven last time, so this time we will tell the story after the Monkey King's havoc in Heaven." He had already told the story of the havoc in Heaven three times, and he was really about to vomit from telling it.
So even if his friends wanted to hear the story of Havoc in Heaven again, he did not agree. Instead, he continued to tell the story of how the Monkey King was pressed under the Five Finger Mountain after causing Havoc in Heaven.
"...And just like that, the Great Sage was pressed under the Five Finger Mountain by the Tathagata Buddha." After finishing the story, Lu Mingfei smelled the aroma of meat coming from the bottom of the earthen kiln. He took a deep breath and asked, "Do you smell anything?"
"I smell it! It's the smell of meat!" said Hu Zi.
A group of children jumped up with joy, their meat was finally cooked!
So the children, too busy grieving over the Great Sage being pinned beneath the Five Finger Mountain by the Tathagata Buddha, surrounded their earthen kiln, looking at each other. One child asked, "Shall we dig the things out now?"
"Go ahead, let me do it." Lu Mingfei remembered the order in which the food was put in. He was afraid that the children would use their heavy hands to dig out the food inside, so he took a branch and dug out the outer layer of eggs. "Let's eat the eggs first. Everyone line up and take one each."
"I want it, I want it!"
"I want one too!"
“…”
"Don't rush, everyone has a portion. Be careful, it's hot. Eat slowly and don't choke." Lu Mingfei had counted the eggs when he put them in. There were twelve people in total and fifteen eggs, so there was one left for each person.
Just as they were dividing the eggs, he heard someone calling him.
"Lu Xiaoqi!"
"Lu Qilang!"
Hearing someone calling him, Lu Mingfei subconsciously raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw his three eldest cousins from the first house running over from the other end of the field, followed by several older children from the village. These older children were older than the children themselves and often bullied them, so he had always had a bad impression of them.
When he saw his three older cousins leading the older kids in the village coming towards them, he subconsciously thought that these older kids were coming to rob them.
When the other children saw Lu Erlang and his group of older children coming over, they thought that these older children were coming to steal their food, and they all became alert immediately.
What Lu Mingfei didn't expect was that Lu Silang ran up to him and shouted triumphantly, "Lu Xiaoqi, your father is dying!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Mingfei's face immediately darkened, and he looked at his three cousins from the first house with a gloomy face. If he could beat these cousins, he would have wanted to slap Lu Silang's gloating face twice!
However, Lu Sanlang pulled his brother aside and stepped forward to tell his cousin: "My brother did not lie. Your father was carried back by my father and second uncle. He is at home and is about to die. If you don't believe me, go home and take a look for yourself." As he spoke, his eyes were looking at the mound of earth surrounded by several cousins.
Standing here, they could already smell the aroma of meat. They knew that this group of people must have caught something and were roasting it here, and they didn't even bring their brothers with them!
Speaking of this, Lu Sanlang felt a little angry. These three little cousins at home didn't play with their older cousins. Whenever there was something delicious outside, they would never take them with them. What a bunch of ungrateful bastards! He couldn't help but curse the three little cousins in his heart.
Lu Mingfei glanced at his three cousins. He didn't quite believe what they said, but he was also a little suspicious, so he decided to go home and see what was going on. He turned around and told the children, "You guys dig something out and eat it. I'll go home and check." After saying that, he ran back to the Lu family's yard.
"Qillang..." When Lu Wulang and Lu Liulang saw their little cousin running away, they looked at each other and hesitated whether to go home with their little cousin or continue to stay here to dig their things.
In the end, the food buried in the soil was more attractive to them, and neither of the two brothers left first.
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