Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 13 Wild Mountain Grape

There was a soft sound, and the sharpened bamboo arrow flew out, accurately hitting the head of the chipmunk lying motionless on the tree trunk vigilantly.

For such a small animal, a bamboo arrow hitting the head would be fatal. The chipmunk immediately fell from the trunk, its four little legs still twitching and shaking.

Lu Jiansheng walked to the side, picked up the chipmunk, took off the knife from his waist, and cut his throat to bleed.

This is a necessary process, otherwise the blood will accumulate in the meat, which will greatly affect the deliciousness of the chipmunk meat.

This is also the advantage of using a bow and arrow. It can ensure the integrity of the fur to the greatest extent. If you switch to other firearms, it is difficult for such a small thing to be destroyed by a single shot. Moreover, when the gunshot is fired, the surrounding animals will basically run away. It's clean. Most hunters these days carry guns for self-defense or to hunt large prey.

After handling it, Lu Jiansheng took off the sack he carried with him, packed the chipmunk, stuffed one end of the sack into his cloth belt, then picked up the knife and continued searching in the forest.

Chipmunks especially like to stay in the red pine forest, especially when the weather is clear after the rain. These little creatures that like daytime rush out.
  Before they had gone very far, Lu Jiansheng found two more chipmunks on the red pine tree. One of the two was much larger than the one before, but the other was about the same size. It seemed that they were a male and a female.

Lu Jiansheng sneaked over without attracting the two squirrels' attention.

Without any hesitation, Lu Jiansheng aimed the bamboo arrow directly at the squirrel with the largest head.

Just when Lu Jiansheng was about to go back first, one tree vine caught Lu Jiansheng's attention. He looked at the bunches of shriveled fruits on the tree vines and couldn't help but feel happy.

Then he put the squirrels in the sack on his body with ease. He was also happy at this moment. This red pine forest was quite large. He only walked a hundred or two hundred meters and shot two chipmunks. The chipmunks inside Certainly a lot.

"Whoosh!"

Therefore, few people know that the taste of this kind of wild grape will change drastically after being baptized by ice and snow and dried. However, generally wild grapes have already fallen off in January and February.

Especially his current physical condition is extremely dangerous in the forest. Not to mention encountering wild beasts, even if he continues hunting, he will not be able to fight for a long time.

What kind of tree vine is this? This is a wild mountain grape vine. Wild mountain grapes usually mature in October, but mature wild grapes are very sour and almost no one eats them.

But the wild grapes in front of me were already drying on the trees, and there were quite a lot of wild raisins on the vines.

However, Lu Jiansheng did not plan to continue hunting. He planned to return to the cabin first and eat the chipmunk in his hand to replenish his strength.

In this era of material scarcity, not everyone can eat this natural snack, especially wild grapes, which are good for children's health.

Before the big chipmunk could react, it was pierced by Lu Jiansheng's bamboo arrow, and the other squirrel disappeared without a trace with a whoosh. Lu Jiansheng walked to the tree with numb hands and feet and bled the chipmunk on the ground.

You know, he drank two mouthfuls of porridge in the morning and worked all morning to build a wooden house. If his current body hadn't been doing hard work for many years, he really wouldn't be able to bear it.

Lu Jiansheng would not let it go. He tasted two skewers. The taste was sweet and slightly sour and very delicious.

But he had nothing to carry, so Lu Jiansheng decided to remember his location and go back first.

On the way back, Lu Jiansheng encountered another chipmunk. There was no reason for him to let go of something like this that came to his door. An arrow shot through the chipmunk's body easily.

With this skill, he shot three in total. With these few intact chipmunk skins, he could sell them at the purchasing station, which would be enough for him to work hard in the brigade for more than a month. Of course, he could make a lot of money. Rat This is also Lu Jiansheng's experience and skills. Most people may not even see this little animal before it runs away without a trace, let alone being able to shoot.

After a while, Lu Jiansheng came to the wooden house. He carried the chipmunk to the spring and carefully peeled off the chipmunk skins one by one with a knife.

Then he disemboweled the three chipmunks, beheaded them, and removed their internal organs. After cleaning them with spring water, Lu Jiansheng did not forget to throw their internal organs far away.

One small chipmunk was not enough to eat, so Lu Jiansheng chose two larger ones, found two wooden sticks and put them on, lit a fire in the firepit, and then put the two chipmunks on the firepit and roasted them.

As for the remaining one, I will keep it in the house and take it home when I go back in the evening.

The chipmunk's meat was roasted on the fire pit, and soon oil beads began to sizzle.
  It slowly turns golden and begins to have a rich and attractive burnt aroma.

cooked!

Lu Jiansheng's stomach had been fighting with him for a long time. He gently tore off a piece and put it in his mouth. The aroma of pine nuts filled the air. It was burnt on the outside and tender on the inside. It was not woody at all.

This is a rare good thing in game, but it would be better if it had some salt and seasoning. Lu Jiansheng planned in his heart to prepare all these things in the wooden house when he had money.

After Lu Jiansheng had a full meal and drank, he sat in the wooden house and rested for a while. Then he took the three chipmunk skins to the spring. The chipmunk skins usually had to be disposed of, otherwise the smell would be too great, and the collection station The skins purchased are also processed skins.

To process chipmunk skin, you usually remove a whole piece of skin, hoop it on a log pile and use a blunt knife to shovel off the oily skin, then stuff it with hay to support it and dry it in the shade. After saving some, send it to the purchasing point of the purchasing station for sale. .

Lu Jiansheng took the squirrel skin to the stone and scraped the grease on the squirrel skin. After it was almost treated, he washed it several times and the sewage was gone.
  He used an ax to chop some wood, made a platform for placing squirrel skins, and put it into the wooden house.

In fact, the best way is to use nails to nail several frames, twist some into thin ropes, then use nails to punch some small holes along the edges of the fur, put the thin ropes on, and tighten them on the frames to dry. , but there is no nail in his hand now,

After Lu Jiansheng processed the squirrel skin, he went to the mountains to cut a section of dead wood and hollowed it out with a knife to make a wooden tube. He planned to use it to hold the dried wild grapes.

After bringing his things and sealing the wooden house, Lu Jiansheng walked towards the red pine forest with a bow and arrow on his back and a knife.

It didn't take long,

He already had two more hanging on his waist.

Moreover, one of them was shot dead by him as soon as it came out of the cave entrance, and he also discovered the entrance of the cave.

Chipmunks know everything about urine!
  Like field mice, they like to collect food.

Generally, in disaster years, people like to dig vole holes because there is a lot of food in them. Some people can even save their lives by relying on the food in vole holes.

Chipmunks are no worse than voles. Now that he discovered the chipmunk hole, how could Lu Jiansheng let it go? He took a knife and started digging.
  (End of this chapter)