Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 420 Sledge and Mink Net

Chapter 420 Sledge and Mink Net

After eating, Lu Lu put on the hunting clothes of Zhang Shaofeng and Chen Xiuqing, and followed Aunt Duan to Xiushantun.

Chen Xiuyu also came out: "Brother Lu, I also want to take a walk in the village, go home and have a look, and plan to visit Pu Guiying's house."

"Go!"

Lu Lu agreed without thinking.

Now Caodianzi is almost busy with things, even the corn and other things that need to be packed at home have been dealt with, staying in Caodianzi, not seeing anyone all day, it is not a problem for Chen Xiuyu to be bored in the woodcut room by herself.

Going out for a walk and talking to someone can make her feel much better.

Lu Lu didn't plan to ride a horse either, he was just taking a rest, so he didn't need to be in such a hurry, it was time to take a walk for exercise.

Hmm... You have to be careful not to get cold. If you catch a cold, Chen Xiuyu is pregnant with a child, so you can't take medicine at will!

He asked Chen Xiuyu to go back to the house to change into Su En, and then took out the bearskin coat from the kangqin for her to wear, and then put on a hat that was also made of bearskin, and then locked the woodcut and the warehouse gate, and walked towards Xiushantun together.

Putting on a bearskin coat, Chen Xiuyu was full of wealth at this time, even Aunt Duan saw it, her eyes were full of splendor, and she said with a smile that Chen Xiuyu found a good man.

It is said that Northeast people are superstitious about Huangpizi, Huangpizi holds grudges and will retaliate, but it is not the case. If Huangpizi comes to harm poultry, whoever cares whether Huang Daxian is Huang Daxian or not, he can hit it.

Regarding Huang Pizi, Lu Lu’s deepest memory is when he was an educated youth at the Yanwo Island Farm. In the first winter, he went to the edge of Wanda Mountain to cut poplar poles to prepare for the next year’s construction tasks.

The poplar trunk must be neither thick nor thin, and the bark must be scraped off, otherwise the bark-bearing poplar trunk will easily rot when exposed to water.

These poplar logs are used to build scaffolding and springboards.

Who knew that the big baskets filled with steamed buns in the temporary shack used as a cafeteria would lose a lot the next night.

Educated youths who haven't had enough to eat can greet the person in charge of cooking at any time and go to the shack to buy food, which cannot be artificial.

If it was said that the mice ate it, they wouldn't be able to eat that much in one night.

It was a bad start, and this matter immediately attracted the attention of the leaders, and on the third night they began to arrange people to stay on guard.

At that time, Lu Lu hadn't learned hunting from Zhao Tuanqing, but Lu Lu didn't escape either. He was sent to squat all night. It was terribly cold, but he didn't find anything. You can't let people cook for these steamed buns every day.

In the morning, some old workers who knew about it came to visit and found the small footprints on the side of the shack, which they said were made of yellow leather, so they made a wooden cage with flaps, put some rat meat in it as bait, and then That night, the yellow-skinned child went into the cage.

The next morning, Huang Pizi in the cage attracted many people to watch.

They are all foreigners who have just arrived in the wilderness. They have never seen any yellow skins, and they are very curious.

Lu Lu also went to see it.

The weasel in the cage has a beautiful golden fur, a big fluffy tail, which fills the entire cage, and a pair of eyes are shining, it is really too beautiful.

However, seeing so many people watching, Huang Pizi was so frightened that he shivered. After getting used to it for a while, he suddenly swung his big tail and bowed to the old worker who set up the cage, making slight rhythmic squeaks from time to time. A pair of watery eyes, as if very sad.

"That's great, but caught this little thing!"

"Peel its skin and sell it down the mountain. It should be quite valuable!"

The onlookers talked one after another, commenting on this huge weasel.

The old worker also looked at the yellow skin and looked very excited: "What a big and beautiful weasel! It has lived in this forest for at least five years. It is really good luck for me. I peel this skin and take it Go down the mountain to sell, hey, my wine money will come out.

Do you know that its skin is worth a lot in winter, if it comes to spring, once the weasel sheds its hair, it will not be able to fetch a good price. "

At this moment, an old worker beside him who also knew a little about hunting pointed to Huang Pizi's already big belly: "This Huang Pizi has cubs, he can't be killed, he has to be let go. If you don't kill the female beast with cubs, this It's the rules!"

Several people nearby heard it, and after a closer look, they also felt that the weasel had cubs in its belly, and they all said that they should not be beaten and should be released, otherwise it would be too cruel.

The good things I was thinking about were suddenly disrupted, and the old worker who put the cage became angry all of a sudden, saying "I caught it, I can deal with it as I like, it's none of your business, get out of here Go", just this sentence, immediately became the fuse of the fight.

After breaking up a few words, those who thought they should be killed for stealing steamed buns and those who thought there were cubs should be let go immediately started to fight.

On the contrary, during the fight, there were many people with mixed hands, and the cage was kicked over, and the weasel didn't know when it ran away.

As a result, both parties in the fight were severely punished once.

Thinking about it now, Lu Lu still remembers it fresh.

From the bottom of my heart, Lu Lu also thinks that a female animal with cubs should not be hunted, but the reality is that you don't have so many opportunities to distinguish whether the prey you encounter has cubs, so if you choose to hunt this way, Lu Lu can only hug Play with the mentality of resignation.

Sometimes, it really doesn't matter that much.

While walking all the way, I heard Aunt Duan ask: "You said that such a small yellow skin can kill a chicken and drag it away. Why did it kill so many chickens? Just a little stupid chicken is enough. Has it been eaten for two or three days?"

Lu Lu smiled: "Huangpizi is outside, eating mice and insects. From this aspect, it is quite good for protecting crops, but it also eats grain and kills poultry. It kills so many poultry. , not just to eat meat, but most importantly, to suck blood. Huangpizi likes to suck blood."

"Yo, can you still suck blood?"

Aunt Duan was taken aback, and even Chen Xiuyu, who was at the side, was taken aback when she heard it.

"They say you can't beat yellow skin..." Mrs. Duan felt a little uneasy: "Is it true that they will retaliate? My dead ghost didn't beat yellow skin before."

"The reason why I say it will take revenge is mainly because this little thing will often visit places where it finds prey. It is easy to become a habitual offender, so why can't you beat it!" Lu Lu laughed: "If you don't beat it, Let it bite the chicken, once it gets used to it, other chickens in the village will also suffer.

In the future, let's raise two big geese in the yard. If there are big geese around, Huang Pizi will not dare to come. "

While talking, the three of them had already arrived at the Tunkou of Xiushan. Lu Lu first went to give Zhang Shaofeng his hunting clothes, agreed to start entering the mountain tomorrow, and then sent Chen Xiuyu to Qingzi's home.

After giving the hunting suit to Chen Xiuqing, Lu Lu took some splints from him by the way.

Hearing that Lu Lu was going to Duan Da Niang's house to catch Huang Pizi with cloth splints, Chen Xiuqing, who was free and free, also became interested, and followed Lu Lu to Duan Da Niang's house.

In the courtyard of Mrs. Duan's house, Lu Lu looked at the six little stupid chickens lying together on the snow, and then looked at the footprints left on the snow, and identified that they were indeed Huang Pizi's footprints.

In fact, in the wilderness, the method of catching yellow skins is very simple. There is a splint, just put the splint down, and use fresh meat as bait.

There is another very common method, which is to dig a deep hole in the open space in front of the chicken coop.As long as the pit is so deep that Huang Pizi can't jump out at once, it's fine.

After the pit is dug, water the edges of the pit.

The current temperature is very low, and it will not take long for ice to form on the walls of the deep pit.

Fresh meat was put on the bottom of the pit as bait. As long as Huang Pizi entered the pit to eat meat, it would be impossible for Huang Pizi to climb out of the iced smooth pit.

This method is very common in villages.

But Lu Lu didn't want to do this, why dig a deep hole in front of the chicken coop in the yard for no reason.

He directly cut a few pieces of meat from the stupid chicken killed by Huang Pizi, and placed them on several splints, and then placed two on the route of Huang Pizi's entry and exit, and placed two at the door of the chicken coop.

It was over in just ten minutes.

Lu Lu was quite sure that as long as that yellow man dared to come at night, he would not even think about going back alive.

Resting and chatting at Aunt Duan's house for a while, considering that I will go into the mountains tomorrow and still have some preparations to do, Lu Lu told Aunt Duan and followed Chen Xiuqing to their house.

When entering the mountains in snowy weather, you must have a sledge, otherwise, if you hit a big prey, it will be difficult to drag it back and throw it in the mountains, which is a bit wasteful. Instead of doing this, it is better to share the meat with everyone in the village.

The sledge, a tool that is very convenient to drag on the snow, is very important.

Chen Xiuqing had a sledge at home, but it was only used in winter, and after winter, it could only be put on hold.The sledge in Chen Xiuqing's house was disassembled and put away, and had to be reassembled when it was needed.

Following Chen Xiuqing into the yard, he took out the sledge parts from the shed, and then found an axe, and the two began to fiddle with reinforcements.

In fact, it is not particularly difficult to make a sledge again.

Sledges are usually made of hard and tough oak wood. The wood is five or six centimeters long and more than two meters long. One end is softened by fire and then nested into an arc.

Now it's just assembly, and it's just a matter of twenty minutes.

Chen Xiuyu was still chatting with Ma Jinlan in the house, and at some point, Pu Guiying had already been called to the house.

Lu Lu had nothing to do, so he casually asked Chen Xiuqing, "Qing Zi, do you have any fishing nets at home?"

"Yes, I have!"

Chen Xiuqing asked suspiciously, "Why do you want it?"

Near the river, many people will prepare one or two fishing nets in their free time, and go fishing in the river, which can be regarded as adding some flavor to the daily table.

"Bring the net and make a brazier. Let's warm up the fire and make some net covers. When we go into the mountains, we can use it to catch minks."

Lu Lu directly explained his intention, or to prepare for entering the mountain tomorrow.

Sables live at altitudes above 1000 meters. In the mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, if there are pine trees, there are many greyhounds. These are small animals that sables like to hunt, and other nuts such as pine nuts can also be used as food.

They usually live in tree holes, stone holes, or earth holes on the mountain, and they can be found easily by following their tracks on the snow. Besides, there are ingots in Lu Lu's place, and they can also be found after eating mink meat. It is not a problem at all to find the sable's nest because of the smell of the mink, and the net is needed at this time.

Similarly, nets can also be used to set mink traps on routes that mink often travel, and to tighten after a break-in.

Hearing what Lu Lu said, Chen Xiuqing took out the fishing nets at home without hesitation. After closing the brazier, the two carefully made the nets beside the brazier.

I was busy until after four o'clock in the afternoon, and made more than ten mink nets before and after.It was already evening, Chen Xiuyu and Ma Jinlan started cooking and made dinner.

After the few people had dinner, Lu Lu explained to Chen Xiuqing what they were going to go to the mountain tomorrow morning and what they were going to bring. Then they called Chen Xiuyu, and they went back to their wood carving hall together.

After adding corn and fodder to Zhuifeng, boiled corn noodles and fed six dogs, Lu Lu went to bed early, still thinking about going to the mountains tomorrow.

I don't know what will be gained from the places I explored a few days ago.

(End of this chapter)