amaotonovel Chapter 262 Hunting in the Forest
Chapter 262 Hunting in the Forest
They were all hungry, so they sat down and at the same time raised their hands to pick up the bowl of soup next to them and drank one bowl first.
The soup was very delicious. After drinking it, my body started to feel warm.
They ate the dish with slightly sweet steamed bread. The fried snail slices were chewy and tender, spicy and tasty, and very appetizing. They all liked it very much.
When they had almost finished eating, Han Zhibai put down his chopsticks, took the crab and broke it open, removing the inedible parts, leaving only the white crab meat and roe. He placed the processed crab on a plate and told her to eat.
As she loves eating crabs, she naturally couldn't help herself when she saw it. She picked up one and ate it. The crab meat was sweet and tender. Although there was not much yellow paste, it was very fragrant.
Later, they chatted while breaking crabs and eating them.
Xia Qingyue said, "There are only two rabbits left from the prey we hunted in Beiyuan Forest a few days ago. Let's go hunting in the forest after we're done with this. We can hunt some chickens and rabbits to raise. We still have ducks, so let's hunt some more."
I have two little ones at home, and they cannot live without meat, so I have to raise more poultry.
They arrived in Wei Hai in mid-to-late May and were delayed for several days at several places on the way, otherwise they would have arrived earlier.
She has had a little breast swelling these two days, her period is coming.
"The ducks are a little further away. Let's first hunt chickens and rabbits in the nearby woods. When we're done with the farm work, we'll go duck hunting."
"That's it!"
After eating, Han Zhibai went to wash the dishes while she boiled water and sprinkled some water on the sprouting mung bean sprouts, once in the morning and once in the evening, so that they would sprout faster.
After taking a shower, they returned to the room. After a tiring day, they lay down soon and fell asleep in each other's arms.
After a few days of adjustment, Xia Qingyue's daily routine became regular. Early in the morning, her biological clock woke her up while it was still dark outside.
Han Zhibai had already gotten up. She dressed and went out, looking around the house but didn't see him. The farm tools hanging on the wall were missing, so she guessed that he had gone to work in the fields.
She opened the main door of the living room as usual to ventilate the air, only to see that it was actually just getting light and it was past the hour of Mao.
She quickly washed up, picked up the farm tools and went to the fields. Today and tomorrow, they would clear three other large plots of land, about four acres in total, so that they could plant rice later.
In addition, they also want to reclaim more than two acres of land and plant some wheat. If there are more poultry at home, the daily food consumption will be much higher.
Time is tight and tasks are heavy.
During the next five days, Xia Qingyue had her period and she worked in the fields as much as she could. Han Zhibai went to work in the fields early in the morning before the sun came out and in the evening after the sun went down, picking these two times when it was not so hot.
After these busy few days, the land has been plowed, and the seedlings that were cultivated earlier and the cucumbers, peppers and other vegetable seedlings that were planted have also sprouted and broken through the soil.
It takes a day to plant the sprouted sweet potatoes. After vines grow out, you can use cuttings to plant more.
The food supply improved after they ate the sprouted mung bean sprouts for two meals. They also ate all the seafood they had found a few days ago. After finishing the farm work, they finally had some free time.
Early in the morning of that day, Han Zhibai got up before dawn and picked up farm manure to water the vegetables. After watering, he went home to eat the breakfast prepared by Xia Qingyue. After eating, they took the two little ones and went to the surrounding woods to hunt.
Heihei and Xiaobai hadn't gone out hunting for a long time, and they were as excited as wild horses.
Han Zhibai had lived here for several years and knew where there were more prey in the forest, so he went straight there and set traps around them.
Because the purpose of hunting prey is to take them home and raise them, and they don't want to hurt them, they use the most primitive hunting method, which is to dig holes and set traps, lure them with food, and achieve the purpose of capturing them alive.
Several traps were also set, and the animals caught were eaten nearby.
After setting the trap, Han Zhibai took Xia Qingyue to another place, saying that there were many rabbit holes there.
The forest here is sparsely populated with trees, and the soil is relatively dry, mostly sandy. Edible wild vegetables, such as dandelions and shepherd's purse, are few and old. I didn't see any mushrooms, but mango trees and banana trees are seen quite frequently.
The rabbit holes were in a place with lush green grass. After arriving at the place, Han Zhibai directed the two little ones to find all the rabbit holes, block them one by one, find some hay to burn, and use the smoke to smoke out the wild rabbits.
After a while, gray hares came out of the only remaining hole one after another, and continued to jump out.
After about a quarter of an hour, one basket was almost full. Xia Qingyue seized the opportunity, picked up a new basket to replace it, and with her other hand held a large vegetable colander to block the basket containing the rabbits to prevent them from running out.
A quarter of an hour later, there was no more movement in the rabbit hole.
She asked, "Now that we have caught the rabbit, should we carry it back first or go back to where the trap was set?"
Han Zhibai showed a mysterious smile, "Qingyue, I'll take you to a good place."
Her eyes rolled around, her mind full of thoughts about where the good place he was talking about could be.
Each of them carried a basket of rabbits on their backs, he carried the heavy ones and she carried the light ones.
The "good place" is not far from the rabbit hole and can be reached in two quarters of an hour on foot.
They came to the foot of a large slope covered with green plants.
She looked at the familiar green plant in front of her and said in surprise: "Isn't this cassava? Oh my God, there are so many!"
I visually see that there is more on the slope, but I can't see the end when I stand below, so I don't know exactly how much there is.
“It’s cassava. I didn’t know it was edible before. I only found out last year when you told me that it was edible after the toxins were removed.
Qingyue, come over here, there is a delicious wild fruit, we will pick it next month when it is ripe. "
He walked to the left, and there were trees scattered on the grass in front of him.
As they got closer, Xia Qingyue saw that several of the trees were bearing wrinkled fruits that were green with a hint of red. "Aren't those..." lychees!
"By June, this wild fruit will be very sweet, with sweet juice. I think it tastes better than mango and cherry." Han Zhibai's eyes were full of anticipation, looking forward to the day when it would mature soon so that Xia Qingyue could taste its sweetness.
She said calmly, "I seem to have seen this wild fruit in a book. It's called lychee. The flesh is white and has a core."
"Lychee? What a nice name." He didn't have any doubt at all, and even had an expression of being educated.
She smiled secretly, her eyes scanning the lychees, and she couldn't help swallowing her saliva with greed.
In her previous life, she loved eating lychees, but since she grew up inland, there were lychees but they were expensive, so she could only eat them a few times a year.
I didn't expect that after traveling to another world, I would live by the sea and enjoy the freedom of eating lychees and seafood.
The excitement in her heart was reflected on her face, and she smiled happily, "Let's come over next month to pick lychees to eat."
“There are lychees in the forest over there, but you have to walk a little further to get there. I originally planted a few in the front yard, but unfortunately no one took care of them, so they all died.
There are many wild fruits here in Weihai. I will take you to see them when I have time."
"Okay, let's go check out the cassava now. I see there's a lot of it. We dug out at least several hundred kilograms, enough for us to eat for a long time. We can make starch, dry vermicelli, and desserts."
When they got to the top of the hill, they saw a large field of cassava, covering half an acre of land, including the upper and lower fields.