There is a large area of ​​flat land in front of the Shishan Bamboo Forest. The terrain is low-lying, humid and watery, especially where streams flow. Most of the growth is shrubs and weeds, and there are fewer tall trees.
Jiang Xuan planned to choose a low-lying land near a stream, dig a pool, and test a fishing method in his mind.
"Sister, please accompany me to set up a trap."
This world is too dangerous. Even though he is not far from the bamboo forest, Jiang Xuan decided to take the red peony root with him to give his own life some insurance.
"What kind of trap are you setting?" Chi Shao asked curiously.
"Fishing trap."
"Can we also use traps for fishing?" Chi Shao was a little surprised.
The people of the Deer tribe also eat fish, because the Southern Wilderness is very rich in water resources, with mountain springs and streams everywhere, and fish natural resources are abundant. The tribesmen will not let go of any meat they can get.
However, they usually hit the fish with wooden sticks, catch it with their bare hands, or stab the fish with spears without even a harpoon in the creek.
As for places with deep water, such as small rivers, they will not get close.
Because in the past, many people were dragged directly into the water by scary big fish after entering the water, and they couldn't even be saved.
"You will understand after you come with me." As the saying goes, seeing is believing, Jiang Xuan did not explain much.
"Okay, I'll go with you."
Chi Shao trusts Jiang Xuan very much because he is her biological brother, not to mention that Jiang Xuan has also proven his abilities by building bamboo houses and making bone wormwood.
"I'll go too!"
Uncaria picked up another bone picker with quick eyes and hands: "I can help you dig traps. I am very strong and can dig soil very quickly!"
"And I, if you encounter wild animals, I can help hunt them."
Shi Loach immediately brought his bamboo bow and bone spear. He didn't want to stay in the bamboo house.
Nan Xing, the youngest, held his wooden spear and looked at Jiang Xuan eagerly: "If you all go, you can't leave me behind, right? What if a beast breaks in? I'm so young..."
Jiang Xuan was helpless: "Okay, okay, everyone goes."
After receiving Jiang Xuan's reply, the three teenagers immediately beamed with joy, took their weapons and prepared to go out.
"Since everyone has gone out, no one is taking care of the fire pit. Let's put some big firewood first to avoid having to re-light the fire when we come back."
Behind the bamboo forest is a rocky mountain, and there are forests on both sides. Because dead bamboo cannot withstand burning, they picked up a lot of dead trees and piled them under the eaves to use as firewood.
Chi Shao took two pieces of thick dead tree from outside the bamboo house and put them into the fire pit. This kind of logs burns slowly and can burn for a long time.
After closing the door, Jiang Xuan took Gu Chu and a bamboo tube, and then went out with the others.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."
"Chi Chi, Chi Chi..."
Jiang Xuan and the other two walked along the stream, hearing the sounds of various birds and insects. It has been autumn for some time now, and the grass and trees are gradually starting to turn yellow. This should be the last carnival of the insects.
The further you go down, the flatter the terrain becomes, the stream becomes deeper and deeper, and the fish swimming in the water become larger and larger.
Chi Shao held the short spear and listened carefully to the movements around her. As the only warrior among the five who had been in a hunting team, she knew that she could not be careless no matter where she was.
When the stream looked very deep, Jiang Xuan stopped walking forward. At this time, they were more than two hundred meters away from the bamboo house.
Don't underestimate the two hundred meters. In a place with dense vegetation, it is not an easy task to clear away the shrubs and weeds and make a road of more than two hundred meters.
Of course, this road will be easier to walk after they walk a few more times and completely suppress or even eradicate the vegetation along the way.
Jiang Xuan looked around, and finally chose a low-lying depression with sparse weeds next to the creek, and said, "Let's dig here."
"Okay, let me get rid of the grass first."
Uncaria picked up the weeds and swept them across the depression, then used the weeds to shovel out the grass one by one. This made it much easier to work.
Uncaria made such a big noise that the fish in the stream fled and hid temporarily.
But don't worry, they will appear again after the movement disappears.
Jiang Xuan and Uncaria used bone weeds to weed, Red Peony used stone knives, Stone Loach used bone spears, and Nan Xing used wooden spears. Everyone was working hard to get rid of these weeds.
Soon after, the relatively large weeds on the ground were basically cleared away.
Undo didn't feel hard at all and asked enthusiastically: "Xuan, what are you going to do next?"
"To dig a pond this big, you don't have to dig too deep."
Jiang Xuan used a bone to draw a circular area on the ground, about two meters in diameter.
"Okay, let's get started."
The five people used their own tools to dig up the soil.
Jiang Xuan and Uncaria dig the soil the fastest, because they have bones. They only need to step on the crossbar of the bones, and the bones can easily sink into the moist soil, and then pry up. Pry up a large piece of soil.
With the efforts of five people, an approximately circular pool with a diameter of about two meters and a depth of about 40 centimeters was dug within an hour.
During the process of digging the soil, they also dug out a lot of fat earthworms, about dozens of them. Jiang Xuan packed them all in the bamboo tubes he brought.
"The next step is to introduce stream water and fill the pool."
The newly dug pool was less than half a meter away from the creek. Jiang Xuan dug a water inlet about 20 centimeters wide with a bone. The stream water immediately flowed into the pool, and soon the pool was filled.
Full.
Jiang Xuan found another wooden stick and smashed all the earthworms in the bamboo tube with a "dong dong dong" sound. Then he grabbed a few stones and stuffed them into the bamboo tube.
Finally, he placed the bamboo tube in the center of the newly dug pool.
Because there were stones and it was filled with water, the bamboo tube quickly sank to the bottom of the water.
"Okay, let's go to the side to rest for a while."
Jiang Xuan washed his hands and bones, then walked to the side and sat down on a stone.
"Is this the end?"
Chi Shao and the three teenagers were a little confused, so they just dug a hole, filled it with water, and put some mashed earthworms in. Is this what is called a fishing trap?
Jiang Xuan explained with a smile: "Fishing is different from catching animals. The beasts on the mountain have legs and can run around, but most fish have no legs and can only move where there is water and cannot go ashore."p>
Jiang Xuan pointed to the newly dug pool and said: "This pool is connected to the stream. The earthworms in the pool are bait. In order to make the fishy smell of the earthworms dissipate in the water faster, I even smashed them."p>
"After the fish in the creek smell the fishy smell of earthworms, they will swim through the water inlet into the pond we dug."
"When the fish enter, we only need to move a big stone and block the water inlet, and the fish inside will not be able to get out."
"When the time comes, in such a small pool and such shallow water, we only need to muddy the water to catch the fish easily!"
After listening to Jiang Xuan's explanation, the four of them were stunned. They thought Jiang Xuan's words made sense, but they couldn't believe it because it was too simple, right?
They rested in the grass on the side in disbelief, glancing into the pool from time to time.
Time passed bit by bit, and after the surrounding area became quiet, the hidden fish soon began to swim back and forth in the stream.
Not long after, some fish with a keen sense of smell smelled the fishy smell of earthworms. They swam in the direction of the smell. They swam into the pool without hesitation and circled around the bamboo tube, hoping to eat the earthworms inside.
Food.
"The fish really got in!"
Uncaria, who had been staring at it, stood up excitedly. He lowered his voice because he was afraid of scaring the fish away.
Red peony root, stone loach, and Nan Xing also stood up and looked over there. They found that there were a lot of fish in the pool, both big and small.
This also made them finally believe that the fishing traps set by Jiang Xuan were really useful.
Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan in a low voice: "Do you want to go over and block the water inlet now?"
Jiang Xuan looked at the fish in the pool and said, "The big fish haven't come in yet. Wait a minute. These fish can't eat earthworms and won't run away until the fishy smell disappears."
"Okay."
They waited patiently for a while, and not long after, several big fish swam in along the water inlet. Jiang Xuan estimated based on their body size that each of these big fish should weigh more than ten kilograms.<
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"Sister, go block the water inlet."
To be continued...