Chapter 160: Ducks and rabbits gather, and the old turtle joins in the fun
"Fan quickly, fan quickly, blow all the smoke into the cave." Zhang Qinghe stood beside with one hand on his waist, directing his brother to do his work.
"." Zhang Qinghu, who was fanning himself, looked at him, and kept silently calling his dear brother in his heart, but finally pretended that he didn't hear it.
They had blocked this cave before, and then dug a little wider. The entrance was small, so it was difficult for the rabbit to escape.
On the other side of the cave exit, Zhang Ze buried a casting net. When the hare ran out, it would rush directly into the casting net and be caught.
Fumigation is a relatively lengthy task. Hare burrows are interconnected and it takes some time for the smoke to completely cover the burrow.
After standing at the entrance of the cave and waiting for a while, suddenly a gray shadow flashed out from the cave and then crashed into the net. It was a fat rabbit.
"I caught it, I caught it!" Tong Yuanhang seemed very excited. He obviously had no shortage of meat to eat, but he was inexplicably happy at this moment.
Perhaps participating in the process of catching hares gave him a sense of accomplishment.
Zhang Ze laughed when he saw the obviously bigger hare: "What luck! There may be a nest of hares in this cave. The one I was chasing just now was smaller than this one."
"Really? It seems that every family can get one when we go back!" Tong Yuanhang also laughed.
"It doesn't matter if it's not enough. Since there are hares here, there must be some in other places. Let's look for caves later. We can definitely catch a lot of them by using smoke."
Thanks to the development of information in later generations, there are various videos on the Internet that allowed Zhang Ze to think of this easy way to catch wild rabbits.
After a while, the rabbits in the cave could no longer bear the stress and ran out one by one. They caught four in total.
Zhang Ze tied the rabbit's legs with the fishing line he brought and placed it in a bamboo basket.
However, four bayberries were not enough for so many people to share. Seeing that the women had not finished picking the bayberries, they continued to look for other caves.
After walking only about twenty meters upwards, they found another hole that was suspected to be a rabbit hole.
Then the crowd dispersed, looking for other nearby cave exits and sealing the extra caves.
Using the same method, this time they caught three rabbits, a total of seven, enough to share.
After returning, the women's baskets were also full of bayberries, and today was a good harvest.
Mother Zhang looked at the seven fat rabbits and suddenly felt a little emotional.
If Zhang Ze knew how to catch rabbits before, would that family have been able to have meat occasionally?
But it's just a thought. It's a large group at that time and basically no one would catch these people openly.
Maybe in private, but if it is discovered, the consequences will be serious.
The group went back chatting and laughing. Zhang Ze and his companions rowed the boat to send the women back to their respective fishing boats, and then rowed the boat to the water plants to see if there were any wild ducks.
The boat slowly approached and everyone got their slingshots ready.
However, before they got close enough, a small group of wild ducks suddenly quacked and took off in panic.
Needless to say, several people reacted quickly and quickly took up their slingshots and aimed. Eight or nine marbles flew out from different positions. With a few screams, three flying wild ducks were hit and fell into the water with a thud.
"Haha, I hit it!" Zhang Qinghe excitedly picked up the bamboo pole and immediately paddled towards the place where the wild duck fell.
Zhang Ze and Tong Junqiang did the same thing and hit one each, while the others missed.
You can see clearly the marbles you hit, and there is currently no situation where two or three people hit one at the same time, so there is no need for two people to share one.
"What a pity! All the wild ducks were startled!" Tong Yuanhang, who had missed his target, said regretfully as he looked at the wild ducks that had all flown away from the water plants.
The screams of the wild ducks here scared all the wild ducks hiding in the water grass and reeds and made them fly up.
Now it has flown far away and they can no longer hit it with slingshots.
Zhang Ze grabbed a wild duck that was unable to hold on to its body in the water and was seriously injured by being hit in the abdomen.
The slingshots they made were very powerful. If they hit a vital part of a person's head, they could kill the person instantly, let alone a mere wild duck.
Zhang Ze put the wild duck into the bamboo basket on the boat with satisfaction, and then said: "There are a lot of wild ducks here. Let's go into the water and take a look. Maybe we can find a lot of wild duck eggs."
"Then we must go in and take a look." The few people who failed to hit the wild duck were unwilling to go back like this. They originally wanted to look for duck eggs, so they continued to row the boat closer to the water plants.
Zhang Ze came to the water plants and when he was using a bamboo pole to push away the plants, he unexpectedly found a startled turtle swimming toward the bottom of the water in panic.
"Everyone, pay attention. There are turtles here. Be careful. You may catch one or two."
Hearing what he said, Tong Yuanhang turned back without saying a word.
Zhang Qinghe was stunned and asked curiously, "Ah Hang, what are you going to do?"
"Use the scoop net! The turtle is not very fast, you might be able to catch it with the scoop net."
"Yeah, I'll get it too!"
After being reminded by Tong Yuanhang, the others no longer cared about looking for duck eggs and went back to get the scoop net.
Zhang Ze was no exception, because he also felt that his brother-in-law was right.
But to be on the safe side, he killed the wild duck directly on the boat, washed the duck liver, cut it into small pieces, and took it on the boat together with the fishing rod.
It is hard to say whether the soft-shelled turtle is agile or not. Sometimes when it is agile, it is impossible to catch it with a scoop net.
Sometimes when I move slowly, I can use branches to pull it out of the stream.
He had seen both situations, and he thought the turtle's escape was very mysterious.
The turtles hiding under the water plants are very difficult to catch. When they are startled, they can escape directly to the bottom of the water, and the people on the boat may not be able to catch them.
He brought a fishing rod with him, intending to use fishing if he couldn't catch anything with the scoop net.
Just as Zhang Ze imagined, it was difficult for them to find the soft-shelled turtles in the dense aquatic plants.
However, pulling away the water plants would alarm the turtle, causing it to run away without any chance to react, and as a result, the whole group of people got nothing.
Zhang Zhenghong was lucky enough to find a nest of three wild duck eggs.
Seeing this, Zhang Ze stopped looking and directly took out his fishing rod and put on wild duck liver to fish for soft-shelled turtle.
Soft-shell turtles are a type of aquatic product. There are baits in the magical bait space, but the price is very high. It takes 200 experience points to buy them, but he has no intention of exchanging them.
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Zhang Ze remembers that there was a time when soft-shelled turtles were very valuable, because people said they were very nutritious. If you sold them near the hospital, you might get two to three yuan or even four to five yuan per pound.
But this can only be sold under special circumstances, and the sale is not fast and is time-consuming.
If it is sold in large quantities at a fishery station, the price will not be high. No one wants this thing in rural areas.
If you are reluctant to use oil, the taste of the turtle meat is actually very ordinary, with an earthy smell and is not delicious.
So Zhang Ze only planned to catch one or two and take them home to cook and eat, and he didn't plan to sell them.
But after waiting for most of the day, there was no movement, which made him hesitate whether to exchange the magic bait for fishing? Anyway, the bamboo basket was on the boat, and the duck liver was also in it, so he would not be discovered when he took it out later.
But after thinking about it, he decided not to change it for the time being, and took out all the duck liver, which was already a small amount, and threw it at the location of the fish hook to make a nest, hoping to attract the turtle.
He hadn't planned to catch too many fish, just one would be enough.
They continued to wait, and although the others did not catch any turtles, they did find quite a few wild duck eggs, and some even caught a baby wild duck.
However, they were released after playing with them for a while. Except for Tong Yuanhang who caught a few and put them in a bamboo basket to take home to raise, the rest were released.
There is no yard at home and I am not familiar with the neighbors nearby. Who knows if the ducks will suddenly disappear after they grow up.
Seeing that Zhang Ze hadn't made any movement for a long time, Zhang Qinghe shouted, "Aze, forget it! If you can't catch any turtles, you can still come and look for duck eggs. Otherwise, we've taken all the eggs."
"I'm not interested in duck eggs, and you guys..." Zhang Ze waved his hand, but before he could finish his words, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly sank, and the pulling force was so strong, as if he had hooked the earth.
But Zhang Ze knew very well that his fishing hook was on the upper layer of the water and it was impossible for it to get stuck on the bottom.
He immediately raised his hand to stab the fish. The tip of the fishing rod made a "whoosh" sound, and the fishhook pierced into the turtle's mouth. The turtle struggled in pain, and the fishing rod began to shake, as if something was pulling it.
"Shit, you really got caught. Could it be a fish?" Zhang Qinghe happened to witness this scene and complained speechlessly.
"Hehe, it really is a turtle." I knew it was not a fish just by the feel. Fish will run away immediately after being hooked. Even if it is piled, it will not feel like this.
Now he felt it was very heavy, and the force was intermittent. He guessed that he had caught an old turtle!
He was lucky. Even if he couldn't sell the old turtle at a high price, he could store it in his space first. When it became famous in the future, it would be worth giving away as a gift.
Zhang Ze lifted the fishing rod with force, and the fishing reel kept reeling in the line. Soon a huge turtle broke out of the water.
Men feel inferior when they see the stretched head, and women blush when they see it.
Zhang Ze gestured and then breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had better talent.
Tong Yuanhang took a glance, then silently looked away.
Zhang Qinghe's face was full of envy, and this expression made Zhang Ze feel that something was wrong.
He must be envious of himself for catching a big turtle, right?
Shaking his head and throwing away all the messy thoughts, Zhang Ze began to fish for soft-shelled turtles seriously.
The turtle lay on the water with its mouth open, and you could see the fishhook piercing the corner of its mouth.
It slowly waved its limbs in an attempt to escape, but when it was pulled to the surface, its force was much weaker than when it was in the water.
Zhang Ze reeled in the line and easily pulled it to the side of the boat, then picked up the scoop net. After a few attempts, he found that the turtle was a bit big and the scoop net was a little small.
Seeing that the fishhook was very secure, he simply grabbed the fishing line with one hand and pulled the turtle up directly.
Looking at the turtle that was brought up to the space, he raised his eyebrows. This is a big portion! It feels like more than 15 kilograms, or even 20 kilograms.
I don't know if such a big old turtle is welcome in Hong Kong Island. How about taking this old turtle to please grandpa and grandma after I go there? Looking around, Zhang Ze knew that he had to find a chance to put this old turtle into the space, so he put it in the bamboo basket first.
(End of this chapter)
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