Chapter 12: Finding Food

The early morning sun quietly sprinkled on the vast forest, the birds and birds chirped, flew out of the nest to feed, a few wild monkeys screamed happily on the tall branches, roaring one after another, celebrating the beginning of a new day, on a big tree entwined with countless vines, Yang Zheng and his sister were packing up their things and preparing to leave.

Last night's battle with the wild wolf, although he didn't shoot, but the wild wolf dodged the gun like a psychic, which made Yang Zheng realize the importance of the two guns in his hand, which were definitely better than the big bow and the mountain knife that he was used to. ”

Yang Zheng looked at Ah Mei with some surprise, he didn't expect Ah Mei to have such a high level of understanding, and said with a smile: "That's right, if those damn bastards chase after them, they will definitely find this place and have to be buried." ”

"Will they chase after them?" Ah Mei asked worriedly.

"It's hard to say, I hope that the last time it rained in the muddy pool, the traces and breath will be washed away, otherwise, the wolf dog will definitely chase after it, the wolf dog raised by the drug dealer is not simple, fortunately we take the waterway, the waterway will not leave traces and breath, and the wolf dog should not be able to chase here." Yang Zheng comforted, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart.

Ah Mei is not familiar with hunting skills, and I don't know if what my brother said is true, but I wrote it down carefully, and the brother and sister didn't say anything more, and dug a pit together to bury all the ashes, spread dead leaves on it, and the dry firewood that was not burned was also thrown into the depths of the forest, and it was thrown very messy.

After that, the two continued on the road, walking along the previous river, Ah Mei kept asking about the skills of living and hunting in the jungle, Yang Zheng naturally did not hide his secrets, and taught each other, as for how much he could learn, it depended on the talent, and unconsciously at noon, the river in front of him may be because of the low terrain, the water is deeper, and there is no way to wade directly in the river.

The sun at noon is very strong, the sun is uncomfortable, Yang Zheng picked some reeds and branches and made a big grass ring to wear to block the sun, Ah Mei has a kind of learning, although the weaving is not very good, but it is barely usable, I can learn the skills Ah Mei is very happy, the two walked along the river bank for a distance, Ah Mei said embarrassedly: "Brother, I am hungry." ”

The two were in a hurry and didn't eat in the morning, Yang Zheng looked at Ah Mei distressed and said, "Okay, you make a fire here, I'll go get something to eat, remember, don't run around." As he spoke, he handed Ah Mei a mountain knife to defend herself.

Ah Mei nodded strongly, took the mountain knife and cut the dry branches next to it to prepare for the fire, Yang Zheng came to the river to look around, a few meters downstream is a living water outlet, the water flow is relatively rapid, suddenly had attention, and quickly came to the shallow water rapids to make a barrage.

Yang Zheng first built a dam with stones in the upstream, about 30 centimeters above the water surface, and built a still pond with stones in the downstream of the dam, so that the water was guided to flow from the middle, and the fish liked to swim upstream, and when they reached the rapids, they had a lot of physical exertion and needed to rest, so they instinctively swam to the still pool.

The still water pool is fenced, the area is relatively large, the fish rest in it, generally do not return from the entrance, when the time comes, just wait to pick up the ready-made, Yang Zheng did all this after pulling out the military dagger given by Abba, cut some tough willow branches, the bottom is tied together, tied to death with vines, the middle is opened, the willow branches are bent into a ring, fixed with thin vines, forming a fish cage shape, the willow branches at the opening are bent in, leaving only a small entrance, so that the fish can not come out after entering.

The interval between each willow branch is not wide, and the fish don't want to come out from the side after entering, unless it is too small, Yang Zheng put the improvised fishing cage in the rapids, so that the fish that swims down the water is rushing down, and it is difficult to come out when entering the fishing cage.

These wilderness survival skills are easy for a hunter, Yang Zheng followed his father out to hunt at the age of twelve, and the first skill he learned was how to find food.

At this time, Ah Mei had already lit the fire and shouted on the riverbank: "Brother, my side is fine." ”

"I've just got it done, it's going to take some time, you wait a minute, I'll walk around." Yang Zheng agreed.

"You've got something, I'll take a look." Ah Mei shouted curiously.

"Fishing tips, don't get too close, it will scare the fish away." Yang Zheng did not object to Ah Mei coming to study, he agreed to walk to the side and took off the big bow from his back, but he didn't dare to go too far, worried about Ah Mei's safety.

Poisonous snakes can be seen everywhere on the bank of the river, different sizes, but lack of ingredients, roasting does not taste good, Yang Zheng wanted to see if there was anything else, walked for a while, found a few feathers in the bushes in front of him, picked it up and looked, it was left by pheasants, Daxi, quickly observed the surroundings.

The range of activity of the pheasant will not be too large, and it will not run around, there is generally a fixed route, and the pheasant likes to drill the grass, worried about encountering the poisonous snake in ambush in the grass, too dense to fly directly, Yang Zheng let go of these dense grass and bushes, look a little farther, the front is a dirt slope, the thorns on the half slope are thick, when the sun is shining, the thorns grow very well, and it is quite dry.

Yang Zheng was overjoyed, quickly walked over, stretched his bow and arrows, stared carefully ahead, when the sun of the place poisonous snakes do not like to go, plus the thorns are dense, pheasants can easily drill in it, but the larger beasts are afraid of the thorns on the thorns do not dare to approach, relatively safe, this kind of place often becomes the first choice of pheasants.

Suddenly, Yang Zheng heard the cooing sound of the dense thorn bushes, and he was overjoyed, quickly squatted down, hid, and stared carefully ahead, and saw a gray pheasant coming out of the bushes, as if to forage for food.

The pheasant's vigilance is very high, after getting out of the thorn bush, it quickly flutters its wings and flies, even if there are natural enemies waiting outside, it is not easy to be caught, the pheasant can change direction to fly, but it does not fly too far, the speed is not too fast, the moment it lands, it is the best time to catch, once missed, the pheasant can quickly hide.

Yang Zheng knew the habits of this animal very well, and hurriedly chased after it, staring at the pheasant with his eyes, and the pheasant also saw someone coming, so he was startled, and quickly turned in the air and flew to the other side, but the surroundings were quite open, and the vision was good.

The pheasant was exhausted and landed quickly, at this time, Yang Zheng had already caught up, and with a whoosh, an arrow flew away, hitting the pheasant accurately, and the pheasant cooed a few times, and fell to the ground struggling desperately with its wings, but could not fly.

Yang Zheng rushed up, picked up the pheasant and smiled happily, especially bright in the sun.

Suddenly, a sound sounded, and many years of hunting experience made Yang Zheng immediately realize that something was wrong, and quickly turned his head to look, I don't know when there was a wild wolf behind him, he was slowly approaching, his eyes were cold, he didn't hide his figure at all, and he was like eating Yang Zheng.

"Was it the wolf from last night?" Yang Zheng was so shocked that he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly opened his bow and arrows, aimed and shot, and shouted anxiously: "Sister, there is a wolf, quickly find a big tree and climb it." ”