Chapter 5 The croaking chicken is the best
The family shared ten old finches. Li Jianguo and his wife each ate one, Li Long ate two, and the remaining two children each ate three.
The meat on Lao Que’s body is mainly a little bit on his legs and chest. But Li Qiang and Li Juan didn't miss any meat when they ate it. The bigger bones were cleaned cleanly, while the smaller bones were chewed up and swallowed without any vomiting. After eating, he licked his hands clean.
Li Long looked sad, these two children were really short of meat. Thinking about it, I didn't treat myself badly when I was an apprentice in Wucheng. After my salary was paid, apart from buying clothes, I went to the state-owned braised meat shop to buy offal to satisfy my craving. At that time, I really didn’t think about my nieces and nephews at all—I was really not a human being!
Seeing Li Juan and Li Qiang still looking unsatisfied after eating, Li Long felt really sorry.
How much meat can three old finches have?
Having originally planned to take a rest, he had a new thought.
It’s okay anyway, and I have a flashlight on hand, so I’ll take this opportunity to go out again at night.
But he didn't say anything. After eating Laoque, he rushed Li Juan and Li Qiang to the West Room to go to bed early. He packed up, put on the cotton rubber shoes that had not been completely dried, put on a cotton coat, put on a fur hat, took a flashlight and walked out. I held the net in the yard, then went under the shed to find a urea bag, and carried it out of the yard.
West Room, went to see that Li Juan and Li Qiang had fallen asleep, Liang Yuemei whispered to her husband:
"Xiaolong has changed. He was not that close to Juan and Qiangqiang before, but now you see..."
"Then he is an uncle." Li Jianguo rolled up Mohe's cigarette and said in a matter-of-fact tone, " I take care of him, he must not take care of his nephews Female? "
"That's right." Liang Yuemei said with a smile, "Although I was fired, I feel like I have grown up and become more sensible."
" Just be sensible." Li Jianguo was actually quite pleased. He also knew what his younger brother was like in the past. But that's a younger brother, not a son. He doesn't want to educate him much, so he just hopes that he can do more to influence him.
Now that Li Long is so sensible, Li Jianguo is even a little uncomfortable with it.
"I just heard that he went out, I don't know..." Liang Yuemei said while picking up the soles of her shoes.
"No matter. He is so old, he should know what to do." Li Jianguo said, "What can he do in this winter? Everyone has people at home, and he can't stay outside for long. Maybe. Went for a visit.”
After Li Long went out, he walked east.
There is a wild land to the east of the team, and further east is the cultivated land. There are many large and small mounds of soil left behind when the land was cleared and raked. After the autumn harvest, some weeds and crop roots from the ground are scattered here.
And this is the place where the croaking chicken likes to stay the most.
Nowadays, due to lack of food and nutritional deficiencies, most people have pockmarked eyes at night, which is night blindness.
As for "household appliances" such as flashlights, at least half of the people in the team do not have them.
So in later generations, people in the village knew where the croaking chicken liked to stay, but it was not known at this time.
Even if you know these people, it is difficult to catch them - firstly, they have no tools, and secondly, they have bad eyesight.
Li Long has both - he works in a food factory and manages meals. Although I don’t say how much I eat, my nutrition is better than in the team.
He walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, not trying to hide the sound of his footsteps.
Birds like quack chickens are actually quite stupid. At least that's how it seems to Li Long. This croak chicken "habitat" was discovered by an old man who was herding sheep.
According to the old man, it was almost dark when he came back from herding sheep. He was also tired. Looking at the black patches, he thought they were rocks exposed in the snow, so he sat down. As a result, he ran away before sitting on the "stone". It turned out to be a group of croaking chickens.
In other words, this thing usually doesn't run unless it has to.
After all, it is not easy to find a habitat. It took a long time to lie down and stay warm. How many calories will be consumed by running? It’s not easy to save some energy in winter!
In fact, Li Long also had the attitude of giving it a try. It would be best if there was one. If not, anyway, he couldn't watch TV at night, couldn't use his mobile phone, and had no friends to talk to. It would be better to go out for a walk to burn off energy.
The place was about a kilometer away from the team, and it took Li Long almost half an hour to get there - mainly because the snow was too thick. When he arrived at the place, he felt that there was already a thin layer of sweat on his body.
But as soon as I stopped, the chill immediately hit my body. The minus 30 degrees was no joke. Li Long turned on the flashlight and started searching immediately. He couldn't stay outside for too long. There wasn't much food in my stomach, and I couldn't supply enough calories, which made me feel uncomfortable.
There are several obvious ridges in front of us, which are mounds of soil covered by snow.
He was a little disappointed - the snow was too heavy and the mounds were covered, so it would be difficult to attract croaking chickens.
He continued moving forward with his flashlight, looking at the mounds one by one.
Soon, Li Long discovered that in the mounds near the cultivated land, there were traces of the snow being scraped, revealing the withered grass and crop poles underneath.
There is a door!
He continued to move forward, and soon found gray and black things lying in the snow in front of him.
Quack chicken!
At a rough count, there are more than a dozen croaking chickens lying there. Some have closed their eyes, and some are attracted by the flashlight light and look here warily.
Li Long turned off the flashlight, closed his eyes and began to adapt.
More than a minute later, he opened his eyes again and could barely see what was in front of him.
Looking carefully in the direction of the croaking chicken, he could barely see the black shadow, so he walked over step by step.
Less than one meter away from the nearest croaking chicken, Li Long stopped, picked up the net and slowly raised it.
Slowly buckled it down again.
The chicken was detained in the net before it could react.
It just fluttered for a moment before Li Long reached out and took it out and put it into the urea bag.
This one is quite big and weighs half a kilogram, as much as a dozen old sparrows.
Li Long was very happy.
Two of the nearby quack chickens moved in panic, but in the end they refused to leave the warm nest under their bellies.
Then these two were also caught by Li Long and put into urea bags.
Then a croaking chicken flew away.
Other croaking chickens also started to move, and Li Long immediately pounced on them with a net. At this time, if the movement is slow, there will be nothing.
Two more croaking chickens were hit one after another, and the other croaking chickens flew away without realizing it.
There were five of them in total. Li Long looked at the direction in which the croaking chickens flew away, but in the end he did not continue to chase them.
The snow was too thick and there was no food in his stomach, so he lost his energy.
He was sweating from the intense movements in this moment. Now when I stop, my sweat becomes cold again and I feel uncomfortable.
Li Long knew he had to soak his feet as soon as possible when he returned home, otherwise he would definitely get sick tomorrow.
But with five croaking chickens in hand, Li Long was in a good mood, just like a general who had won a battle.
There will be delicious food tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)