Chapter 5 Another harvest
Black Tiger whined, seemingly very moved.
"Eat it." Xu Ye touched its head and turned back to skin it.
Jiang Ruyue didn't say anything, just swallowed.
Meat was so rare that she could only eat a few bites during the Chinese New Year with the help of her parents.
Xu Ye spent some time peeling off the skin and put it into the backpack.
A black tiger would not eat its prey without the owner asking, so Xu Ye was not worried that the meat would be eaten by it.
"Xu Ye, this water is very sweet, you should drink some too." After Jiang Ruyue drank her fill, she washed her face.
She didn't eat much at night, and she couldn't go into the mountains without drinking water.
"No, I'm not thirsty." Xu Ye's current physique is far better than that of ordinary people. He didn't sweat much just now, so he won't be thirsty.
Black Tiger had already finished eating the internal organs, and he licked the blood on both sides of his mouth with some lingering interest.
"Go in."
The black tiger obediently got into the flat backpack and turned around deftly.
Xu Ye put the basket on his back and took the shotgun handed over by Jiang Ruyue.
"Sister, how many bullets are there in the house?" Xu Ye asked curiously.
He guessed there weren't many bullets since they could be sold for money.
In order to treat Li Dongming's illness, the Li family still has more than 300 foreign debts.
If Jiang Ruyue hadn't stopped them, they probably wouldn't have been able to keep this Hanyang team.
"There are 26 rounds in total. I used more than a dozen rounds before. If I had known, I would have left them all for you to use." Jiang Ruyue said with some regret.
In fact, she has gone into the mountains several times in the past two years, but she has never gained anything.
Nowadays, there are very few prey on the outskirts of the forest, because every household has to burn firewood, and the mountains and forests where wood is cut are all bare.
There's not even grass, so how can there be animal activity?
There are seven things to do when opening a farmhouse: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, firewood comes first.
Without firewood, rice can't be cooked.
You need to find time to chop wood every day, otherwise you won't be able to make a fire and cook.
So being able to catch a masked civet at the foot of this mountain is really a matter of luck.
"That's enough. If we kill some more prey, we can go get some bullets and come back."
"Tomorrow I will find time to make a hunting bow. It can be used as a hunting bow or slingshot for hunting small animals."
"The gun is too powerful and will damage the leather, so the gain outweighs the loss."
Nowadays, Xu Ye is inexperienced and does not dare to hunt wild boars.
At most, we can hunt a dozen or so raccoons, muntjacs, raccoons, porcupines, and mountain-dwelling beasts.
These things are all animals that exist on their side.
There are still a lot of mountain beasts nowadays, and there is no concept of protecting animals, so they can be beaten casually.
Some now have hunting teams that specialize in hunting and exchanging furs for foreign currency.
Hearing Xu Ye talk about a slingshot, Jiang Ruyue quickly took out a slingshot from her pocket and handed it over along with a small bag containing stone seeds.
"I have a slingshot here. Your brother-in-law gave it to me. See if it works."
Xu Ye took the slingshot, took out a stone seed and put it in the bag, aiming at a big tree in the distance.
"Crack!"
The stones hit the bark of the tree and made a muffled sound, which sounded very strong.
"Yes, it is very suitable for hunting pheasants and hares." Xu Ye said happily.
"It's a pity that I'm not very accurate with this slingshot. I only hit a few sparrows." Jiang Ruyue said with some annoyance.
"That's because the stones you picked are not good and not regular enough. The best projectiles are steel balls. If you don't have any, you can make pottery beads or clay balls yourself."
The stones Xu Ye got just now were not very regular, so it was not easy to hit them accurately.
"So that's it?"
"I thought it was my own problem."
Xu Ye smiled slightly and said nothing more.
The two of them continued walking into the mountains, but one masked civet was not enough.
"Cuckoo" suddenly a voice came into the ears of Xu Ye and Jiang Ruyue.
The two people looked at each other and knew it was the cry of a pheasant.
Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but swallow her saliva, thinking of the taste of pheasant.
Xu Ye quickly took out his slingshot and took out two stones from his pocket.
The pheasant cannot withstand a shot. If it is hit, half of the pheasant will be broken into pieces.
Unless you are using that kind of soil spray, you use lead bullets or steel balls.
Not even a shotgun, it's too powerful.
For small things like pheasant hunting, air guns and slingshots are suitable.
The gunpowder also needs to be loaded with less gunpowder, otherwise it will be difficult to deal with the lead bullets all over the body.
Xu Ye gave Jiang Ruyue a gesture to stay where she was.
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Pheasants are very alert and timid, and the slightest movement will startle them.
Xu Ye mainly needs to see them. Only when he sees them can he shoot.
Place your feet carefully to prevent yourself from making any loud noises.
A few minutes later, Xu Ye saw three or five pheasants digging for food, but did not notice him approaching at all.
He quickly picked up the pebbles and aimed at one of the pheasants.
"Crack!"
As soon as the sound was heard, a stone hit the pheasant.
"Thump!"
The other pheasants that were not hit immediately flapped their wings and fled.
Xu Ye quickly stepped forward and grabbed the pheasant that was still flopping in place after being hit with a stone.
[Hunting a 0.8-pound pheasant, hunting attribute points +0.01]
It’s rounded up to a pound, right?
Xu Ye discovered that it was not that easy for him to accumulate hunting attribute points.
"Sister, give me the hunting knife to bleed." Xu Ye shouted to Jiang Ruyue in the distance.
"Hit?" Jiang Ruyue ran over happily.
"Let me do it. This blood can be given to the black tiger."
Although there is not much blood, it is a good thing for the black tiger who is often hungry.
"Okay, I'll take a look around." After saying that, Xu Ye handed the pheasant to Jiang Ruyue and put down the backpack.
"Be careful." Jiang Ruyue said, then cut the pheasant's neck.
Xu Ye walked towards the edge, wanting to see what other animals were nearby.
He didn't use his gun just now, so it wouldn't scare away any nearby animals.
After wandering around for a few minutes, Xu Ye came back.
"Why did you come back with the firewood?" Jiang Ruyue's eyes lit up when she saw Xu Ye coming back with the firewood.
"Roast pheasant, I'm hungry. I can't hunt if I don't eat something." Xu Ye said with a smile.
Jiang Ruyue's stomach was already growling with hunger, so Xu Ye thought about roasting the pheasant.
"Okay, I'll roast it." Jiang Ruyue took the pheasant out of the basket without hesitation.
After tearing off its feathers, Jiang Ruyue cut open the pheasant's belly.
All the internal organs were given to the black tiger. It has a big belly and eats a lot.
Xu Ye had a match in his pocket and used some pine needles to successfully ignite the flame.
After adding some firewood to the fire, Xu Ye took a hunting knife and whittled the sticks.
After sharpening, you can better skewer the pheasants.
"Sister, you roast chicken here, I'll go around the neighborhood and yell if anything happens."
"Black tiger, guard." As he said that, Xu Ye touched its head.
The smell of blood might attract animals, so Xu Ye planned to walk around to see if any animals came to his door.
(End of chapter)