Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 159
Chapter 160
At three o'clock in the middle of the night, Li Junge's mobile phone beeped in a low tone, which was the alarm clock.

Li Junge and Uncle Orion woke up at the same time, and walked out of the tent lightly.

Uncle Medicine Master grumbled a few words, then fell asleep again.

Bai Da and the others stood guard around the camp, and when they saw the two coming out, they raised their heads vigilantly and looked over.

Li Junge gestured to make them quiet, indicating that it was okay, and Bai Dacai lowered his head back to his paws.

Each of them took out a flashlight and turned it on. Uncle Orion said softly to Li Junge: "The chicken coop is on a small cliff next to a big oak tree by the side of the mountain stream. Be careful later, don't fall off. "

Li Junge said: "Then wait a minute, just make a lasso and use it to lasso."

Uncle Orion said, "Can it be done?"

Li Junge said: "You'll know if you try it? Anyway, it's just for fun, so you still have your slingshot at the end!"

After speaking, I took out a fishing rod from the bag. This thing is a fishing rod with a short section of fiberglass. It is a product that has been eliminated by carbon fishing rods. You can buy one for 40 yuan.

Li Junge basically carries one with him wherever he goes, mainly because it is cheap, convenient, well-made, and he doesn’t feel bad if it is broken.

You never know when it will come in handy.

The pole was five meters long when it was stretched out, and if the knuckles were removed, it was still about five meters long. Li Junge made a slipknot with a strong horse fishing line and wrapped it around the pole, and the two of them touched the chicken coop.

Uncle Orion walked ahead, Li Junge walked behind, and touched the edge of the cliff after a while.

Uncle Orion said in a low voice: "There is a lot of commotion here at night, there must be chickens on the tree."

After the chickens return to their habitat in the evening, they will climb the tree, first fly to the lowest branch, and then jump to the higher branch step by step. There will be a period of disturbance every night.

The rushing water of the mountain stream perfectly covered up the sound of the two's footsteps.

When he came under the tree, Li Junge turned his flashlight to the maximum brightness and began to search for it on the branches.

This is a flashlight that has never drifted during night fishing, and it can shoot for more than one kilometer with that strength.

This also involves a moral issue when fishing. When fishing at night, after turning on the light, the light should avoid the fishermen on the opposite side. Otherwise, even if they are separated by one or two miles, the fishermen on the opposite side may be dazzled by your flashlight. Can't keep my eyes open.

Uncle Orion was also squinted by the flashlight: "Pi Wa, your flashlight is really powerful!"

After a while, Li Junge's flashlight found a beautiful bird, the size of a half-sized rooster, with two long dark brown tail feathers dotted with cinnamon yellow spots.The outer side of the long tail feathers is the short tail feathers of cinnamon yellow, with dark brown wavy twill stripes on the top.

The place where the tail feathers connect to the body is dark red, extending from the lower abdomen up to the neck, and the entire belly is bright red.

Since it is viewed from the bottom up, I don't know what the back looks like.

The bird tilted its head, already stunned by the flashlight, and did not move.

Birds are night-blind, and will be dazzled by strong light at night and remain motionless.

However, some clever birds will not just stand around waiting for you to catch them. They will fly away when they hear the wind and grass, so avoid the danger in front of them first.

The bird tilts its head to the side, and the forehead and crown feathers can be seen elongating into filaments, forming a golden crest that covers the nape of the neck.The face, chin, throat and front neck are rusty red, and the back of the neck is surrounded by bright yellow feathers with blue-green horizontal stripes, like a tiger skin shawl.

The whole thing is absolutely beautiful.

This is a male bird, and there are some female birds of similar size, but they are not so beautiful, they are black.If you don't look carefully, you can't see a bird squatting there.

Li Junge pouted, and whispered to Uncle Orion, "Uncle Orion, you can't catch this one."

Uncle Orion whispered: "Isn't this a golden rooster? Why can't you catch it?"

Li Junge also replied in a low voice: "The scientific name of the golden pheasant is the golden pheasant. Damn it is now a second-class protected animal in the country. It is against the criminal law to catch it, which means that it can be sentenced to prison. This is the same as those on the arrest list. It's not the same thing."

Uncle Orion said: "Don't you have that certificate? You can just do it."

Li Junge struggled for a few seconds: "Let's forget it. There are fewer and fewer of these things. We still have potatoes and yams in our camp. If not, we can still fish, and there is no shortage of food."

Uncle Orion gave a thumbs up: "What a puppet! When Uncle Orion was your age, he didn't have such a stable mind! He didn't want to let go of wild animals when he saw them."

Li Junge dimmed the flashlight again, and said bitterly: "But I won't let them go. I'll catch them and plant them in the future when the breeding is done! Don't give birth to a bunch of baby chickens for me, and don't let them go back to the mountain! "

Uncle Orion quickly covered his mouth to suppress his laughter, and said, "Don't be funny! Then let's go further. The big oak forest near the cliff is the favorite of chickens. Let's see another tree."

The two quietly left the big oak tree and moved to the next one.

After a while, the two found the chicken on the tree again.

This tree is full of hens, and the roosters don't know where they are.

Li Junge asked: "Uncle Orion, what is this? I know the male one, but I can't tell if it's all female."

Uncle Orion said in a low voice: "This is a pheasant, the kind with a white ring around the male's neck."

Li Junge said: "Ring-necked pheasant! Huh, that's not right, doesn't this thing live on the mountain in spring and summer, and down the mountain in autumn and winter?"

Uncle Orion said: "That's the majority, and there are some who don't follow the rules. There are still few women with bare legs in the city in winter?"

Li Junge secretly gave Uncle Orion a thumbs-up: "I understood immediately after you said that, this can be done, how can I do it?"

Uncle Orion quit again, shook his head and said: "This is the time to catch the male and not the female. This thing has a temperament, one male leads multiple females, and every night the male leads the female to the tree. .Generally, the tree is two or three people tall, and the males arrange one or two hens on each tree, and only when the hens have climbed the tree can they climb up the tree by themselves.”

Li Junge shook his head and sighed: "Look at his harem, he doesn't fight or rush to listen to her husband's arrangement, it's so harmonious."

Uncle Orion said, "Let's go on and find that male."

After searching for a while, the two finally found the cock.

The male pheasant has a tan head with a white eyebrow line above the eyes; the bare skin around the eyes and the two small crowns below the eyes behind the mouth are bright red, and the feathers on the neck are metallic green. There is also a white ring at the connection with the body.The upper body is purple-red, the chest is purple-copper-colored, with metallic luster, the abdomen is black-green, and the pointed, long and straight tail is yellow-gray and lined with black horizontal spots.

Although not as gorgeous as the golden rooster, it is also quite beautiful.

Li Junge shone his flashlight on the chicken's head, and said to Uncle Orion, "I found it, how do I get it?"

Uncle Orion said: "It was hard to find one. To be on the safe side, let me do it. You said that method may not be reliable."

After speaking, he took out a large slingshot, clamped the steel ball, stepped back several meters, pulled the slingshot and began to aim.

Li Junge held up a flashlight to light it, feeling a little nervous all of a sudden.

The method of hunting pheasants: head sideways, circle forward, and wings obliquely.There will be no standing under the tree and hitting up.

As soon as Uncle Orion let go, the slingshot made a "piu" sound, and then the steel ball slapped on the top of the pheasant's neck ring, directly breaking the pheasant's cervical spine, and the pheasant was killed cleanly.

"Good work!" Li Junge smiled from ear to ear, and tomorrow's chicken soup will be ready.

He ran over and lifted the pheasant by the neck and weighed it. It weighed two catties.

After dimming the flashlight, the two returned to the camp talking and laughing.

Let Uncle Orion go into the tent to take a nap for a while, Li Junge has long been used to getting up at three o'clock in the space, so he didn't sleep at all, and ran to the stream to wash the pheasant and stew the chicken soup.

Boiled pheasant viscera serve as their breakfast.

After the chicken soup was boiled, the froth was removed. Li Junge removed the open fire, took out a few potatoes and buried them under the ash pit, and put the chicken soup on them to simmer.

Yam is also a numb thing, especially wild ones. Li Junge looked at it with difficulty.

After thinking about it, I took plantain leaves and went to the stream to wash off the soil, fetched a pot of water, took it back, folded it into several sections and threw it into the water to boil.

Peel the skin after cooking, hey hey, it really doesn't feel numb.

After seven o'clock in the morning, the chicken soup was ready. Li Junge cut the yam into small pieces and added it to let the taste of the chicken soup seep into the yam.

On the other side, a pot of white tea was boiled, waiting for the two old runners to get up.

Uncle Pharmacist came out after a while, rubbed his eyes and said, "Hey, this sleep is more comfortable than at home, Piwa, your tent and sleeping bag are really a good thing!"

Li Junge is adding salt to the chicken soup. The pheasant in autumn is the fattest, and there is a thin layer of yellow chicken oil floating on the pot, which is fragrant.

Seeing that Uncle Yaoshi got up, Li Junge raised his head and said, "Uncle Yaoshi, hurry up and wash by the water, and come back to drink soup and eat."

Uncle Pharmacist came over to take a look: "Hey, where's the pheasant! When did you fix it? Why am I so sleepy?"

Uncle Orion also came out, he laughed and said, "Isn't that right, if Baida and the others weren't guarding you, you would still be dreaming when the red dog picked out your chrysanthemum last night."

The two went to wash by the stream, Li Junge dug out the potatoes in the ash pit, turned over the lid of the pot, opened a bag of mustard, and the three of them ate breakfast around the chicken soup.

Uncle Yaoshi couldn't see his eyes from eating: "It's so comfortable, and I have hot chicken soup in the morning when I go to Shanda! It's really a blessing to come out with Piwa this time."

Uncle Orion showed a rare smile: "In the past, after running in the mountains, it took ten days and a half months to recuperate. This trip is good, and I won't lose weight!"

After the three of them snorted and ate their breakfast, Li Junge asked, "What's the arrangement for today?"

Uncle Pharmacist said: "Today, we will find all the ingredients of Wuzi Yanzong Wan. As for the golden retriever dog, it depends on luck."

After tidying up the camp, Li Junge put his backpack back on his back, carefully put out the fire in the camp, checked again, and after making sure that there were no more sparks, the three of them walked deep into the forest.

(End of this chapter)