Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1012 Winning by Numbers

The weapon that had caught the prey appeared in Feng Chengmin's hands. It was obvious that the prey should have been obtained by Feng Chengmin.

The reason for this is that hunting tools such as snares and clamps need to be processed before they can be used again after catching prey.

Otherwise, the prey will never go into the trap or step on the trap after smelling the scent of its own kind from a long distance.

The foot catcher in front of us is a similar tool to the snare and clamp. If you don't handle it properly after catching the prey, it will be impossible to catch a wild sika deer.

Therefore, Wang An believed that Feng Chengmin must have taken someone else's prey.

But you have to know that things like untying someone's prey from a trap are the most despised things among mountain herders.

Just like when Wang An, Mu Xueli and Wang Li were setting traps to catch a sable, they finally caught the sable, but it was taken away by three men on horseback.

It’s okay for rabbits and pheasants, but a sable fur starts at four hundred dollars, is that a joke?
It would be fine if we didn’t know who took it, but if we knew, who wouldn’t be furious?
As an old mountain hunter, Feng Chengmin naturally knew the rules of mountain hunting.

So when Feng Chengmin heard Wang An say that he had taken someone else's prey, he immediately defended himself and said:

"What the hell, I took someone else's prey? That was the deer I chased, and it stepped on this guy's foot. Don't talk nonsense if you don't know."

Based on Feng Chengmin's performance, it can be concluded that Wang An was right and Feng Chengmin did take someone else's prey.

It’s just that this matter may be just as Feng Chengmin said, but it is also possible that this is just an excuse Feng Chengmin made for himself.

Wang An didn't say anything either, just looked at him with a smile.

After all, he was the junior and Feng Chengmin was the elder. It was inappropriate for the junior to make fun of the elder no matter how you looked at it.

Fortunately, the look in the eyes was on point, and it was also a silent blow.

Noticing Wang An's meaningful face, Feng Chengmin suddenly snatched the wooden board back and then scolded with a smile:

"You little bastard, why are you so busy? Take a look if you want or not, if you don't want to take a look, bring it back to me."

After saying this, Feng Chengmin pinched Wang An hard with his eyelids.

As the old saying goes, "See through but don't speak it out, see through but don't expose it, hit people but don't hit them in the face, and expose people but don't reveal their shortcomings."

But Wang An, except for the third sentence, expressed the meaning of the first two sentences and the last sentence perfectly.

But Wang An forgot that at this time it was Wang An who was asking Feng Chengmin to do something.

So Wang An immediately smiled and apologized:

"I'm just asking out of curiosity. I didn't say anything. Why are you so angry, uncle?"

As he spoke, Wang An took the wooden foot-catching board from Feng Chengmin's hand again.

Then, Wang An said again:
"Why don't I watch it? I haven't finished watching it yet, hehehe."

Feng Chengmin laughed and scolded again:

"You little bastard, you dare to laugh at me. If you dare to show off to us again, I will punish you."

Wang An smiled and didn't dare to say anything else. The main thing was that when it came to making fun of people, no one would mind if you stopped at the right point. On the contrary, it would promote the relationship between the two parties.

But if you keep holding on to one thing, it will annoy people. Not only will it annoy people, but it will also be extremely annoying.

The main reason is that the things in this mountain are all ownerless, so the rules are just that, how many people can really abide by the rules? Besides, there is no clear standard between right and wrong in many things, most of them are just a matter of each person having his own reasons.

Then, Wang An looked at the wooden foottrap again.

If I were to describe it, the wooden footrest in front of me is actually a smaller version of a door, except that the door frame has been enlarged a lot.

To put it simply, it is to saw a hole in the middle of a wooden board, and then make two double doors according to the size of the hole.

Normally, this door remains closed, and it will close automatically even if you push it open.

Because on the door frames on both sides of the two doors, there is a thin rubber band connecting the left and right sides.

It is said to be a thin rubber band, but it is actually the kind used to cut bicycle inner tubes.

As for the working principle, it is also very simple. When you set your feet, you need to dig a small hole in the ground to leave space for the two doors to open.

Then put the door, or more precisely, the wooden board with a footrest, on the small pit. Finally, cover the footrest with a simple cover of weeds or leaves.

As long as a deer steps on it, its hoof will immediately fall into the small hole and be trapped by the door.

In order to prevent them from trying to escape after stepping on the doors, a few short nails were hammered into the place where the two doors were joined. Whenever the deer tried to pull their hooves out, the tips of the nails would pierce into the deer's hoof and wrist.

It has to be admitted that no matter how scarce supplies are, the mountain herders' methods of catching prey can still be strange and varied.

The most important thing is that the materials used in the tools developed by these people are extremely simple and easily available.

Who would have thought that if the door was shrunk, it could be used as a foothold?

However, although this wooden board to catch feet looks simple and is not difficult to make, it is not an easy task to catch a sika deer.

Because who can guarantee that when the deer walks, its hooves will step right into the trap?

No matter how awesome the trap is, the deer won't step on it. Or rather, the deer walked over the trap but accidentally didn't step on the two doors of the trap, but stepped on the door frame of the trap.
What the hell, they caught a sika deer with chicken feathers? I'm so pissed off.

So, as Feng Chengmin said, it is quite difficult to catch a sika deer with this thing.

The only way is to win by numbers, that is to plant the catching feet in groups, in large areas, and only with hundreds or even thousands of catching feet can we be sure to catch the sika deer.

After looking at the wooden board, Wang An suddenly said to Feng Chengmin, not in a funny way:
"Uncle, are you busy these two days? Or you can..."

But before Wang An could finish, Feng Chengmin interrupted him:

"Busy, I'm always busy. I don't have time to do anything else."

It was obvious that Feng Chengmin was very interested in hunting sika deer, but he was not interested in making wooden planks to catch people's feet.

Without responding to Feng Chengmin's words, Wang An smiled and said:

"Uncle, I have a circular saw at home. I can cut the wood in two clicks. It's very fast to make this thing. That's a live sika deer. I can extract some deer blood and make some deer blood wine. Isn't that good?"

Thanks to “The Big Emperor of the Empire” for the reward, thank you very much!

I wish my big brother happy every day, and make big fortune after small fortune!

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(End of this chapter)