The two sisters stopped and walked along the way, picking up a lot of purslane with seeds. Early autumn is the beginning of the withering of all things, and fresh wild vegetables are hard to find. Purslane is edible even without the seeds.
When they reached a certain spot, Fu Tuan reminded them, "Host, there are bamboo rats here. According to historical records, bamboo rats are not only nutritious, but also have delicate, delicious meat. Not only are they delicious, they can also be used as medicine, for example, to promote hair growth..."
The more you read about the information, the more you will drool. Not only is it delicious, it can also promote hair growth. It is simply tailor-made for it!
[Watch your drool.] Jiang Huaixu reminded him disdainfully.
[Host, I want to eat roasted bamboo rat!] Fu Tuan loudly expressed his request.
Jiang Huaixu naturally couldn't miss the opportunity to eat meat.
She had caught bamboo rats before while on missions in the deep mountains and forests, so she was considered an expert.
When she reached the position occupied by Fu Tuan, she first observed the small piece of soft soil on the ground, then gently dug it twice with a sickle, and a dark hole appeared in front of her eyes.
"Afu, there's a bamboo rat hole!"
Jiang Fu, who was digging wild vegetables, stood up immediately after hearing this and walked towards Jiang Huaixu.
"Bamboo rat? Is it bamboo rat, second cousin?"
Bamboo slipper?
Jiang Huaixu had never heard of this name. She knew that the scientific name for bamboo rats was Bamboo Monkey.
Nodding vaguely, she said, "Let's catch it so we can have a snack tonight."
Jiang Fu was inexplicably excited. Normally, she could only join in the fun at such things, and this was the first time she had done it herself.
He nodded vigorously, "Second cousin, what do you think I can do?"
"You stay here and watch the hole. I'll make some preparations."
Seeing Jiang Fu agreed, Jiang Huaixu chose a thicker bamboo, cut a notch at the root with a sickle, took a step back, and kicked the bamboo. If it didn't work once, he kicked again. Finally, with a crisp "crack", the bamboo tilted.
He cut the bamboo into appropriate lengths. By the end, the sickle was a little bent. Jiang Huaixu had no choice but to put one foot on the pillar and pick up a section near the root with one hand, and break the bamboo at the gap.
She took out a dagger and split the bamboo in half, sharpened one end of the half, cut a thin bamboo branch, and picked off all the leaves. After she was ready, she turned and walked towards the bamboo rat hole.
He accidentally glanced at Jiang Fu and found that she was staring at him blankly. Jiang Huaixu stopped in his tracks. Was she too rough just now?
After only a moment of reflection, she put the thought behind her.
When she reached the bamboo rat hole, she first used a thin bamboo stick to probe the direction and depth of the hole. Once she had a rough idea in her mind, she inserted the pointed tip of the bamboo stick above the bamboo rat hole.
Then place the other half of the bamboo at the entrance of the hole and gently scratch the surface of the bamboo with your fingernails. The sound is similar to the sound of bamboo rats courting. As long as the bamboo rats in the hole hear it, they can't help but stick their heads out.
Jiang Fu watched Jiang Huaixu's actions, her curiosity like a cat scratching in her heart. She suppressed the urge to ask, covered her mouth tightly with her hands, and dared not breathe.
After a while, a squeaking sound was indeed heard from the cave, and soon, a gray-yellow rat head appeared at the entrance of the cave. Jiang Huaixu stopped what he was doing, raised the bamboo in his hand and knocked down the bamboo stuck in the ground, blocking the bamboo rat's escape route.
The bamboo rat seemed to sense danger, twisting its fat body and squeaking.
Jiang Huaixu immediately pressed the end of the bamboo against its neck and said, "Give me the sickle."
Jiang Fu quickly picked up the sickle on the ground and handed it to Jiang Huaixu.
Amid the shrill cries of rats, Jiang Huaixu held the bamboo rat with one hand and swung the sickle with the tip facing upwards with the other hand, hitting the rat hard on the head. The bamboo rat's nose started bleeding and it immediately stopped moving.
"Second cousin, I caught it! I caught it, I caught it!!"
Jiang Fu's face flushed with excitement, and she couldn't help but jump up and down twice. "I saw how hard it was for the villagers to catch it before! Second cousin, you're amazing!"
"Good vision."
Jiang Huaixu shamelessly accepted Jiang Fu's flattery and took a look at the bamboo rat's neck. The bamboo rat was fat, but it was not enough to eat for so many people in the family.
"Let's look around, maybe we can catch a few more."
Jiang Fu immediately responded with full energy, looking around with eyes wide open.
[Host, follow me. There are two of them here, and one of them is really fat.]
After saying that, Futuan flew in one direction.
Jiang Huaixu followed Fu Tuan to a slope with a lot of weeds. She carefully dug up the loose soil and bent down to look inside, but of course she saw nothing.
The entrance to this cave is on a slope, so the previous method is not very effective.
She thought for a moment and called Jiang Fu over. "Afu, get some dry leaves and weeds. Let's smoke out the bamboo rats."
"Okay, I'll go right away!" Jiang Fu was gathering weeds nearby with great enthusiasm.
Jiang Huaixu also picked up some wild grass near the bamboo rat hole, took out a tinder and lit it, placed the burning wild grass at the entrance of the hole, blew gently, and the smoke floated into the hole.
She casually plucked a large leaf and handed it to Jiang Fu, saying, "Come, come, give me the hay. Use the leaf to fan the fire at the cave entrance."
Jiang Fu took the big leaf with sparkling eyes and fanned it vigorously. Jiang Huaixu added fuel to the fire while listening to Fu Tuan's report on the situation of the bamboo rats in the cave.
[Ouch! There's too little smoke! Host, how long will you keep burning like this?]
【Those who don't work have no right to complain.】
[Who said I didn't work? I found the bamboo rat!]
[Okay, okay, you're awesome. Don't bother me. It'll be over in a moment.]
After conveying this sentence with his consciousness, Jiang Huaixu directly spread all the hay in his arms on the flames. The flames, which were originally quite large, immediately died out, and in the end only thick smoke came out.
"Afu, fan it quickly, it will come out soon!"
Sure enough, after a while, a bamboo rat rushed out in panic through the smoking dry grass. Jiang Huaixu quickly picked up the sickle and hit the target hard, and the bamboo rat fainted.
Jiang Huaixu ignored this one and focused her attention on the bamboo rat hole again. Soon another fat bamboo rat came out. She swung the sickle at the fat bamboo rat as if playing badminton. The fat bamboo rat fell directly from the air, rolled a few times, and its soft body was blocked by a bamboo.
"This bamboo scoop is so fat!" Jiang Fu's face showed a slight shock. She had never seen such a fat bamboo scoop before.
"It's good to be fat, it's a bargain for us." Jiang Huaixu put the two newly caught bamboo rats into the backpack, "Let's go, let's go back."
I've been away for so long, my family will be worried if I don't go back.
It was a quarter of an hour later when the two men returned to the camp. At a glance, they saw that some villagers had hunted rabbits, so the atmosphere was particularly lively.
"Little sister, Sister Fu, look!" Jiang Sanlang was holding a rabbit by the ears, looking proud. "I hunted it! Isn't Third Brother awesome?"
Jiang Huaixu was really surprised this time, "Did you guys disturb the rabbit hole?"
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