Chapter 8： fishing trap

There is a large flat land in front of the Shishan bamboo forest, which is low-lying, humid and watery, especially where the streams flow, almost all shrubs and weeds grow, and there are few tall trees.

Jiang Xuan planned to choose a low-lying area near the creek and dig a pool to test a fishing method in his mind.

"Sister, please accompany me out to lay a trap."

This world is too dangerous, even if it is not far from the bamboo forest, Jiang Xuan decided to take the red peony with him to give his own life insurance.

"What trap?" Chi Shao asked curiously.

"Fishing traps."

"Can you also use traps for fishing?" Chi Shao was a little surprised.

The people of the deer tribe also eat fish, because the southern wasteland is very rich in water resources, there are springs and streams everywhere, and fish are rich in natural resources. The tribe people will not let go of any meat they can get.

However, they are usually in the creek, smashing directly with wooden sticks, grabbing with bare hands, or stabbing fish with spears, without even a harpoon.

As for places with deep water, such as small rivers, they will not approach.

Because in the past, many people were dragged into the water by the terrifying big fish after they went into the water, and they couldn't even save them.

"You'll understand when you go with me." As the saying goes, seeing is believing, Jiang Xuan didn't explain too much.

"Okay, I'll go with you."

Chi Shao trusts Jiang Xuan very much, because this is her younger brother, not to mention that Jiang Xuan has also proved his ability by building bamboo houses and making bone stalks.

"I'll go as well!"

Uncaria quickly picked up another bone stalk: "I can help you dig a trap. I'm very strong, and I dig the soil very fast!"

"And me, if I come across a wild beast, I can help hunt it down."

Shi Loach immediately brought his bamboo bow and bone spear, he didn't want to stay in the bamboo house.

The youngest Nan Xing held his wooden spear and looked at Jiang Xuan eagerly: "You all go, you can't leave me behind, can you? What if a beast breaks in? I'm so young..."

Jiang Xuan was helpless: "Okay, everyone, go."

After receiving Jiang Xuan's reply, the three teenagers immediately smiled and brought their own weapons to prepare to go out.

"Since everyone has gone out, no one will take care of the fire pit, so let's put some big firewood first, so as not to come back and start the fire again."

Behind the bamboo forest is a stone mountain, and there are forests on both sides. Because dead bamboos are not resistant to burning, they picked up a lot of dead trees and piled them under the eaves for firewood.

Chishao brought two thick dead trees from outside the bamboo house and put them into the fire pit. This kind of log burns slowly and can be burned for a long time.

After closing the door, Jiang Xuan took the bone and a bamboo tube, and went out with the others.

"Choo Choo Choo…"

"Gee chi, chi..."

Jiang Xuan and the five walked along the stream, and heard the sounds of various birds and insects in their ears. It has been a while since autumn has arrived, and the grass and trees are gradually turning yellow. This should be the last carnival of the insects.

The further down you go, the flatter the terrain, the deeper the stream, and the bigger and bigger fish swimming in the water.

Chi Shao held the short spear and listened vigilantly to the movements around her. As the only soldier among the five who had ever entered the hunting party, she knew that no matter where she was, she could not be careless.

When the stream seemed to be deep, Jiang Xuan stopped moving forward. At this time, they were more than 200 meters away from the bamboo house.

Don't underestimate the more than two hundred meters. In a place with dense vegetation, it is not an easy task to cut through those bushes and weeds and wade out a road of more than two hundred meters.

Of course, when they walk a few more times in the future to completely suppress or even eradicate the vegetation along the way, the road will be easy to walk.

Jiang Xuan looked around and finally chose a low-lying depression next to the creek with sparse weeds, and said, "Just dig here."

"Okay, I'll get rid of the grass first."

Uncaria swept up the stalks and swept across the weeds in the depression, and then used the stalks to shovel away the grass one by one, which made it much more convenient when working.

Uncaria made such a big noise that the fish in the stream ran away and hid temporarily.

But don't worry, they will still appear when the movement disappears.

Jiang Xuan and Uncaria use bone stalks to remove weeds, red peony uses stone knives, loach uses bone spears, and Nanxing uses wooden spears. Everyone is working hard to get rid of these grasses.

Soon after, the relatively large weeds on the ground were basically cleaned up.

Uncaria didn't find it hard at all, and asked energetically, "Xuan, what are you going to do next?"

"You don't need to dig too deep to dig such a big pool."

Jiang Xuan used a bone stick to draw a circle on the ground, about two meters in diameter.

"Okay, let's get started."

With their own tools, the five dug up the soil with all their might.

Jiang Xuan and Uncaria were the fastest at digging, because they had bone scorpions. They only needed to step on the crossbar of the scorpion, and the scorpion could easily submerge into the wet soil. Pry up a large piece of dirt.

With the efforts of five people, an hour later, a roughly circular pool with a diameter of about two meters and a depth of about forty centimeters was dug.

In the process of digging the soil, they also dug out a lot of fat earthworms, about a dozen of them. Jiang Xuan packed them all in the bamboo tubes he brought.

"The next step is to introduce stream water to fill this pool."

The newly dug pool was less than half a meter away from the creek. Jiang Xuan dug a water inlet about twenty centimeters wide with a bone stalk. full.

Jiang Xuan found another wooden stick and smashed all the earthworms in the bamboo tube with a "dong dong dong". 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.

"Okay, let's go to the side to rest for a while."

Jiang Xuan washed his hands and the bones as well, then walked to a stone beside him and sat down.

"Is this the end?"

Chishao and the three teenagers were a little confused, so they dug a hole, filled it with water, and put some smashed earthworms. Is it a so-called fishing trap?

Jiang Xuan explained with a smile: "Fishing is different from catching beasts. The beasts on the mountain have legs and can run around, but most fish have no legs and can only move in places with water and cannot go ashore."

Jiang Xuan pointed to the newly dug pool and said, "This pool is connected to the stream, and the earthworms in the pool are the bait. In order to make the fishy smell of earthworms dissipate in the water faster, I deliberately smashed them."

"After the fish in the creek smelled the earthworms, they would swim through the water inlet to the pool we dug."

"When the fish go in, we just need to move a big rock to block the water inlet, and the fish inside can't get out."

"At that time, with such a small pool and such shallow water, we only need to turbid the water, and then we can easily catch the fish!"

After listening to Jiang Xuan's explanation, the four of them were stunned. They thought what Jiang Xuan said was reasonable, but they couldn't believe it, because it was too simple, right?

They rested suspiciously in the grass beside them, and looked at the pool from time to time.

Time passed bit by bit, and after the surroundings became quiet, the hidden fish quickly swam back and forth in the stream.

Not long after, the fish with a keen sense of smell smelled the fishy smell of earthworms. They swam all the way in the direction from which the fishy smell came, and without hesitation, they swam into the pool and circled around the bamboo tube, wanting to eat the food inside. food.

"The fish really got in!"

Uncaria, who had been staring over there, stood up excitedly. He lowered his voice for fear of scaring the fish away.

Chishao, Shiloach, and Nanxing also stood up and looked over there. They found that there were actually quite a few fish in the pool, both big and small.

This also made them finally believe that the fishing traps arranged by Jiang Xuan were really useful.

Chi Shao asked Jiang Xuan in a low voice, "Do you want to 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 won't be able to eat earthworms and won't run away until the fishy smell disappears."

"it is good."

They waited patiently for a while, and it didn't take long before a few big fish swam in along the water inlet. Jiang Xuan estimated based on their body size, and each of these big fish should weigh more than ten kilograms.

"Sister, go and block the water inlet."

As soon as Jiang Xuan finished speaking, Chi Shao, who couldn't wait for a long time, rushed over in a few steps, picked up a big rock next to the stream, and with a "smack", directly blocked the water inlet.

She was also afraid of not being safe, so she picked up some smaller stones to block the gap.

"Crash..."

The fish in the pool panicked and quickly swam around in the water, trying to escape, but the pool is so big, where can they go?

Jiang Xuan and the three teenagers ran over immediately, eager to catch fish.

However, at this moment, two fish suddenly jumped out of the water, spread their wing-like fins in the air, flew several meters "flapping fan fluttering fan", fell into the creek, splashed two water splashes, blinked just disappeared.

This accident happened so fast that even Chishao didn't react, because she had never seen such a strange fish with wings.

"How come there are still flying fish!"

Jiang Xuan was stunned as he held the bone scorpion. The fish meat that was almost in his mouth actually flew away like this?

Others were also stunned. If it wasn't for their fear of water, the three teenagers would have jumped into the water to catch the fish.

Chishao held the short spear and comforted: "It doesn't matter, there are still many fish here. They can't run away if I watch them!"

Jiang Xuan nodded: "I'll muddy the water first. When you wait for the fish's head to surface, knock the fish out when you see the opportunity."

Chi Shao and the three teenagers are gearing up for their efforts. They will not let these fish have another chance to escape.

Jiang Xuan stretched the bones into the water and stirred it desperately. Soon, the water in the pool became extremely turbid. The fish in the water couldn't hold on, and it didn't take long for them to float to the surface.

"Knock quickly, knock these fish out before catching them!"

Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Xuan slammed a big fish on the head with a large bone. The big fish struggled a few times, and then its belly turned upside down and floated up.

Jiang Xuan quickly fished the fish to the shore, and continued to shoot other fish.

Chishao and the three teenagers also started to do it. Not long after, except for some small fish, more than a dozen fish in the pool were stunned or killed, and then they were brought ashore.

"Good harvest!"

Jiang Xuan looked at the dozen or so large and small fish on the ground and felt very happy. This fishing trap was very effective, and his idea was right.

Moreover, this fishing trap can be used continuously, which can be described as once and for all.

The only pity was that the two flying fish escaped.

"Let's go, go back and grill the fish."

Jiang Xuan removed the stone from the water inlet so that other fish would enter.

Then, he found two rattan sticks to string the fish together, and one string for each of the canes, and took them back to the bamboo hut.

This trip was full of harvest. When we went back, everyone was in a very good mood and their steps were much lighter.