Chapter 76 If it’s not a snake, then what is it?
When netizens saw Mr. Chu’s rough way of eating, they all started joking:
"I'm so hungry I won't be picky about what I eat."
"That little crab isn't even enough to fill Master Chu's teeth."
"I don't think Mr. Chu could have eaten all the grouper from yesterday. He must have had something else in store."
Chu Qiao ignored the netizen. She was puzzled, curling her lips, shaking her head, and muttering to herself, "Normally, there shouldn't be a total loss. It rained yesterday, and rain brings a lot of nutrients and microorganisms. Crabs and snails living on the seashore should come out from the cracks in the rocks during a downpour. How could this happen?"
Chu Qiao picked up the bamboo basket and looked inside. He saw a hole with a diameter of five centimeters at the bottom of the basket reflecting the sea water.
Chu Qiao turned the bamboo basket over to show everyone: "It seems that it was made for others to do their homework. Some other fish came in to steal some of the food, and even broke the bamboo basket and ran away."
"Master Chu, is this the day that he will be today?"
"Why do I find Mr. Chu's frustrated look so cute?"
Chu Qiao walked towards the next trap helplessly.
This time when Chu Qiao pulled it up, he felt it had some weight.
The rope and the bamboo basket rubbed against each other and made a squeaking sound. Chu Qiao pulled the bamboo basket up and slowly put his hand in.
Like a magic trick, she took out three crabs, an eel, and a starfish that was clinging to the bamboo basket.
The last bamboo basket was also full of harvest. Chu Qiao collected the seafood from several bamboo baskets together, and put the remaining empty bamboo basket back into the sea.
Chu Qiao likes seafood far more than any other kind.
The corners of her mouth rose slightly, and she quickly added water to the bucket. She quickly made a round frame out of bamboo, placed it in the bucket, and used it as a steamer.
Chu Qiao threw the still lively brown crabs into the steamer. The moment the steam came up, the crabs struggled even harder.
Chu Qiao looked calm, found a banana leaf and covered the bucket.
There was a crab nestled in the sand nearby. Chu Qiao used a rope to hold it up. The crab struggled and couldn't move. Chu Qiao held it up to the camera and reminded netizens, "Everyone loves to eat crabs, but when eating crabs at home, remember to count them correctly and don't eat them raw. Crabs feed on dead animals, so their body surface, gills, and gastrointestinal tract are covered with all kinds of bacteria and mud."
The crab in front of the camera has bumps all over its body. If you look closely, you can see a lot of wriggling, strip-shaped worms twisting around, which looks very scary.
Chu Qiao continued, "If you encounter a crab like the one in my hand, it's best to give up. It has too many parasites."
Chu Qiao loosened the rope, and the crab was freed. It immediately burrowed desperately into the sand.
About ten minutes later, Chu Qiao opened the banana leaves and white steam blew in his face. When the steam dissipated, large crabs with their four legs facing up were revealed. The originally brown crabs had turned into an attractive red.
Chu Qiao picked up one with a bamboo stick and opened the lid. The white crab meat was covered with crab roe.
Chu Qiao nodded as she ate. The delicious taste in her mouth made her unable to speak and she could only sigh and exclaim.
After Chu Qiao ate a few crabs, his stomach was still empty because it is difficult to feel full with seafood.
She sat in the hammock, holding a piece of kudzu cake in her mouth, and took out the rubber strip she had cut from the shipwreck yesterday from her pocket with her left hand.
"I was wondering yesterday, what did Master Chu do with this thing?"
"Hair tied?"
"Brother, you can just use a rope to fry your hair."
Chu Qiao pulled the rubber and said with satisfaction, "Normal rubber will age after years of use. This piece of rubber has been soaked in water for a long time, which has slowed down the aging process. Although it is not as elastic as new rubber, it is still sufficient for use.
Chu Qiao selected a Y-shaped branch from the tree, cut it off, cut the rubber strip in half from the middle, and tied it on both sides of the branch.
"slingshot?"
Chu Qiao was seen holding a branch in one hand, pulling open the rubber strip with the other, and gesturing towards the distance.
“What a slingshot.”
"No wonder it took so much effort to get this thing back."
"Master Chu had planned this long ago."
"What are you going to hit like that? A bird? Is that even possible?"
There was a storm all night yesterday, and the birds' wings were wet, so most of them could not fly high. From time to time, they landed on the trees to rest, chirping loudly.
Chu Qiao held the slingshot in his left hand, picked up a stone with his right hand, placed it on the rubber strip, pulled it back, and pushed with his arm.
With a whoosh, the chirping of birds stopped abruptly, and a group of birds flapped their wings and fled in all directions.
"Master Chu must have made a mistake."
"That's definitely not possible. It's so far away."
Suddenly a black shadow fell from the higher branch.
"Oh shit, it really hit."
Chu Qiao raised his eyebrows, walked into the jungle, and when he came out, he was holding a gray sparrow in his hand.
"Master Chu is amazing."
"Why isn't Mr. Chu big? There were a lot of big birds just now."
Chu Qiao shook his head. "It's so hot, if I can't finish it in one meal, it'll go bad. It won't taste good if it's dried. I'd rather pick a smaller one. Besides, apart from sparrows, most of the other birds on this island are rare species, and their numbers are already low. Survival and harm are inherently contradictory, so let's just minimize the damage."
After saying that, Chu Qiao said, "I'm sorry."
She showed no mercy and quickly plucked the hair and removed the internal organs, then threw it into the pot to cook.
As expected of a bird, the aroma of meat wafted out before it was cooked, and the aroma aroused Chu Qiao's appetite.
It also stirs up the silent island.
The red sun gradually moves westward and hangs over the mountains and forests.
The afterglow reflected the redness on Chu Qiao's back.
She was squatting in front of the fire at this time, and couldn't wait to take out the sparrow meat and put it in a temporary small bowl made of coconut shell. The pink meat was tender and delicious. Chu Qiao nodded while eating.
"When it comes to feeling full, meat is the key."
As soon as she finished speaking, Chu Qiao's body trembled, and her ears, which were always sensitive, stood up.
There was a faint rustling sound coming from the grass. When Chu Qiao stood up to look for it, the sound suddenly stopped.
Chu Qiao hesitated and sat back in her original position. This time she was more careful and tried to judge whether there was any sound.
“Rustle—”
Chu Qiao was sure that the sound was real. It sounded like... a snake?
She picked up a stone and threw it into the grass in the distance.
Chu Qiao explained to netizens: "As the saying goes, stirring up the grass scares the snake. In fact, snakes are very cautious and timid. Once they find someone around, their first reaction is usually to avoid, not attack."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stone fell to the ground with a "pa" sound.
There was no scene of a snake escaping in the grass.
Chu Qiao frowned. Could it be a snake?
Chu Qiao had a hundred possibilities in his mind. What if it was a wild boar? What if it was a leopard? What if...
Before she could try again, she suddenly felt a cool breeze rising from her tailbone and extending to her cervical spine.
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