Ice Age: I can control plant growth

Chapter 10 Bird Hunting
Braised pork, steamed eggs, stir-fried chicken vegetables, and a pot of fragrant rice.

There is also Wuliangye taken from the underground warehouse.

This was the housewarming party that the three of them had carefully prepared for an hour.

"I don't know how many more meals of braised pork I can eat, alas"

The three people, who had eaten and drunk their fill, lay on the sofa next to the fireplace. Cheng Cheng couldn't help but sigh as he touched his round belly.

"Yeah, there are only a few pounds of pork left. I don't know where to get more meat after we finish eating it."

Although Ah Sao is very thin, he is a meat lover. When he thinks that he may not be able to eat for a long time, he feels that life has lost hope.

“With so many families around here, you can always find some bacon or something.

If it really doesn't work, isn't there a supermarket at the foot of the mountain? Although the refrigerator will stop cooling if the power is off,
But the snow was so heavy and the temperature dropped so quickly, so the meat and other things shouldn't spoil.

After we clear the snow from the villa, we will go down the mountain to take a look."

Although Li Mu can produce grains and vegetables, he has no way to get meat and can only obtain it from the outside world. If he has the opportunity in the future, he can raise some poultry.

"Hey! Do you think there are many wild animals in Longmen Mountain?"

Asao seemed to suddenly remember something and asked the two of them.

"I'm not sure. After all, eating wild animals was illegal before, so I never thought about it in this way."

Cheng Cheng replied.

"It was illegal before, but it's no big deal now. People are starving to death, why bother protecting animals?"

Ah Sao disagreed. When he was a child in his hometown, he ate a lot of wild rabbits and pheasants.

Li Mu listened to their discussion and had some ideas in his mind.

No matter how low the temperature is, some animals can always survive. Wild animals have a much higher ability to adapt than humans.

In addition, with so many human buildings nowadays, animals will seek good fortune and avoid danger. As long as they hide in human houses, they can keep warm effectively.

The mountains here stretch for hundreds of miles, and with the protection of pre-glacial humans, there must be an abundance of wild animals. Thinking about it this way, maybe we will be able to eat pheasants, rabbits, and even wild boar meat in the future.

But they don't know how to hunt, and they don't have any hunting tools. Even if prey appears, they can only watch and watch.

"Do you remember how Runtu caught the bird?"

Cheng Cheng's voice came from the side.

"Who is Runtu? I don't remember."

Ah Sao thought about it, but had no impression at all.

"Are you talking about the textbook written by Mr. Lu Xun?"

With just a little trigger, memories come flooding in like a tide.

The text describes a method of catching birds on snowy days.

In the cold winter, birds and animals lack food and their vigilance decreases, so they are particularly easy to catch at this time.

Just scatter rice on the ground and use short sticks to support a large bamboo weaving on top. When the birds come in to eat, pull the rope tied to the sticks from a distance, and the birds will be covered under the bamboo weaving.

"I remember now. The method you mentioned is indeed worth a try!"

Li Mu recalled the description in the article and was also pleased with Cheng Cheng's quick wit.

One person is short-term, two people are long-term.

It's much better to have companionship than to be alone.

"You two stop being riddlers here!"

Ah Sao didn't know what method Li Mu and Cheng Cheng were talking about, so he just stood there in a daze, feeling mad. Li Mu briefly explained to Ah Sao the principle of Runtu's bird catching, and Ah Sao was stunned. Could this simple method really work?
Li Mu did not explain too much. Whether it works or not, you will know after trying it. People always believe that seeing is believing.

"Go to sleep first. Clear the snow from the entire villa tomorrow. I'll see if there's any space to grow vegetables in the yard outside."

After a busy day, the three of them drank another bottle of Wuliangye and were already sleepy. Without saying anything more, they fell asleep on the sofa covered with a blanket.

In the early morning, the clear chirping of birds woke up the three people who were still sleeping.

The sparse sunlight shines through the window into the living room of the villa, making it seem particularly warm.

"I was worried that all the birds had frozen to death, but now it seems there are still a lot of them!"

Last night was their first night spent in their new home. The warmth of the fireplace made Li Mu sleep particularly comfortably.

Li Mu looked through the window and saw that the snow outside had completely stopped and the not-so-bright sun was hanging high in the sky.

The snow has been falling for so long, it's time to stop. After all, there is a limited amount of water molecules in the air.

"Get up now that you're awake. We still have a lot to do today."

Cheng Cheng is a person who does not have a procrastination problem. Every weekend, he would wake up Li Mu and Asao to clean the house first.

Li Mu and Asao were relatively lazy. As long as the outside was not too messy, they would not even think of cleaning it.

The three of them had a simple breakfast and started their busy work for the day. The fireplace had been burning all night, and the snow outside the house began to melt as the temperature of the house rose. However, because the temperature outside was too low, it froze again as soon as it melted.

This also caused many icicles more than one meter long to hang from the eaves. The three of them carefully cleared the snow, trying their best to avoid touching the icicles on the eaves.

After a busy morning, they finally cleared the snow around the villa, revealing its original appearance.

Looking at the clean villa, the three of them became happy.

The villa's yard is very large. It not only has a vegetable garden, but also a pavilion and many parasols, and various wooden tables and chairs are neatly arranged.

Unfortunately, the vegetables in the garden had already frozen to death, and the three of them were in no mood to tidy up the garden for the time being. They dragged their tired bodies back to the house to prepare lunch and start their bird catching plan in the afternoon!

"Can you really catch a bird?"

"Shut up, you'll know in a moment."

In the snow-white world, Li Mu and the other two hid behind a tree, and Cheng Cheng was holding a thin cotton rope in his hand.

Some compressed biscuit crumbs and rice grains were scattered on the snow several dozen meters away, and a large iron basin supported by wooden sticks was lying across the air.

The wind was freezing, and the breath of the three people condensed into white mist in the cold air.

They stared at the snow covered with food crumbs and waited quietly.

"Cuckoo"

Just when Ah Sao was getting impatient, suddenly, a pheasant appeared in their sight.

Its bright feathers are particularly conspicuous in the snow, and it looks sneaky with its small eyes looking around.

After two minutes, seeing that there was no danger, it flew straight towards the snow.

The pheasant was pecking at the rice grains and biscuit crumbs on the ground, and it didn't even notice the trap above its head.

When it reached the middle of the iron basin, Cheng Cheng was quick to tighten the cotton rope in his hand in an instant.

With a "pop" sound, the pheasant was instantly covered by the iron basin, struggling and howling in the basin.

The three of them immediately ran to the iron basin and held it down to prevent it from escaping.

"Haha, caught it!"

Ah Sao changed his previous doubts and shouted excitedly.

(End of this chapter)