The whole family travels through time: escape from famine! No cheat codes yet!

Chapter 153: Unpredictable things happen, man proposes, God disposes

This time, Hunter Gao did not bring Li Quan with him, but chose Da Hu and Er Hu instead. Because Li Quan's kung fu was better, he asked him to stay and protect the others.

He picked out more than thirty strong and quick-witted men.

When they set out, Doctor Guo also asked them to bring some medicine to repel snakes, insects, rats and ants. You know, when spring comes and flowers bloom, not only small animals are moving around, but snakes are also starting to wake up.

Hunter Gao’s rich experience was not an exaggeration. He only checked the pigpen in the bushes and determined that this was a litter of pigs, a boar and a sow, with four to six little wild boars.

Moreover, wild boars generally have relatively fixed routes, and you can tell the direction they are going by observing their feces or the trampling of leaves.

The grass is not very tall now. If it is summer, the grass on the mountain will be taller, so you can check the direction in which the grass falls.

Even when they left, Shen Youyou asked the uncles to carry a few bamboo baskets. What she meant was:

"There are definitely no fruits in this season. As winter is coming, even if there are any, they will all go bad. Wild boars will definitely look for food like yam, kudzu root, or other root vegetables. If you come across any, bring them back."

The men all wore high-legged rubber rain boots, tucked their pants into the shoe tubes, and applied some snake repellent. Even when walking in the wilderness, there was no need to worry about being bitten by snakes.

But this only applies to snakes under your feet. You still have to be careful because some snakes like to climb on tree branches.

Hunter Gao and his companions followed the wild boar's traces and headed west. The dead branches and leaves under their feet made a crunching sound when they stepped on them.

"I feel that the boar this time will not be too big, only about 300 to 400 kilograms at most."

Everyone understood what he said. In other words, the largest boar weighs only three or four hundred kilograms, so the sow must be about the same number, and most likely only about two hundred kilograms.

Shen Mazi said: "It's better to have something than nothing, and the bigger the boar, the tougher and more flavorful its meat will be. A boar weighing 300 to 400 kilograms will probably taste better."

Li Dahu also said, "The pork from the nest we caught earlier was the most delicious, weighing more than 200 kilograms. The meat was fresh and tender."

Gao Dazhuang, the eldest grandson of Hunter Gao, licked his lips and said, "Actually, the best thing to eat is the suckling pig, which is so tender when roasted!"

It was obvious that it had been eaten, and Shen Youyou was not here, otherwise she would have told Brother Dazhuang:

The suckling pig you roast is definitely not as delicious as the one my father roasts. You need to marinate it for a while first, then brush it with honey while roasting. The pig skin will be roasted yellow and shiny, and it will have a burnt aroma.

Shen Fugui said with a look of disdain: "You are willing to eat such a small wild boar, why don't you raise it and kill it when it grows bigger!"

Thinking about it this way, he felt it was a waste.

Gao Dazhuang smiled and explained, "Uncle Fugui, you don't know that although the wild boar is small, it is wild and hard to tame. It is impossible to keep it. Even if you build a pigpen, it will cause trouble every few days."

Shen Fugui recalled the stories from the elders about wild boars injuring people, as well as rumors about wild boars chasing tigers in the mountains, and he said nothing more.

Although the latter sounds incredible, shouldn't it be the tiger that hunts the wild boar? How can the wild boar kill the tiger?

But this rumor has been heard more than once. When more people say it, some people will believe it.

Especially since they have actually fought with wild boars, they know how ferocious they are. Although they have not encountered tigers yet, it is difficult to compare.

But I think it's probably an exaggeration. A wild boar weighing thousands of pounds can fight a tiger to a draw sometimes.

In fact, what Shen Fugui didn't know was that

The reason why it is capable of killing tigers is mainly due to its extremely strong defense and huge size.

You know, some adult wild boars are even as big as tigers.

Although in most cases it is tigers that hunt wild boars, there are indeed rare cases where wild boars can kill tigers in self-defense.

The skin of an adult wild boar is very hard because its bristles and skin are coated with solidified rosin.

When wild boars are outdoors, they will rub their bodies against pine trees when they encounter them. This is to allow the pine resin on the tree to adhere to their bristles and skin.

Once the resin solidifies on the body, it can help the wild boar resist mosquito bites and can also be used to resist attacks from large wild animals.

As time goes by, the resin on the body becomes thicker and the defense becomes stronger.

It is said that some wild boars are so large that hunters cannot even shoot them with bows and arrows.

After walking for a while, we saw a slope in front of us with weeds growing on the side. Suddenly, the grass shook and a "cooing" sound was heard from inside.

The tiger stepped forward quickly, and at this moment a pheasant jumped out from the bushes, which the tiger caught head on and strangled the pheasant by the neck.

Everyone cheered.

Erzhuang was experienced. When he saw that Dahu had caught a female pheasant, he went straight to the grass, because this was the season when pheasants lay eggs.

Sure enough, when the grass was parted, seven slightly green pheasant eggs were lying quietly inside.

Shen Fugui said: "It has been a long time since we have seen chicken eggs and duck eggs. These are good stuff. Let's look around to see if there are any left. We can bring some back to satisfy the cravings of the kids."

It's true that wild boar meat is rare, but in the hearts of these people, pheasant eggs are more precious.

After all, it was not long since I left the village, and after I finished eating the eggs I brought from home, I haven't eaten eggs or duck eggs since.

This thing is fragile and does not last long. Even people who usually don't want to eat eggs will be the first to eat them.

After searching for a while, they didn't find any pheasant eggs in the grass, but they did catch two wild rabbits, both of which were fat and strong. It seemed that they had eaten a lot in the spring!

Hunter Gao saw that it was quite far away and he still hadn't caught up with the wild boar. Thinking of Shen Zhiqiu's words, he became a little hesitant, but in the end reason overcame greed.

I took a few people and turned back through another route with more bushes and grass.

The intention needs no explanation, everyone can understand it, that is, it is impossible to catch wild boars, but there are many pheasants and rabbits in the bushes and grass.

If we can catch some small prey and bring it back, it won't be a wasted trip.

It’s true, there are a lot of pheasants and rabbits along this road. They are not chasing them now, and each of them is holding a few stones in his hand.

Whenever he saw a pheasant or a rabbit, he would rush over.

There were more than 30 people in the group. Even if they found two prey at the same time, more than a dozen people would aim their stones at one prey.

Even if you hit them nine out of ten times, it is difficult for these small animals to escape.

There are also some that are lucky enough to escape, such as pheasants that have not jumped out of their nests. They are afraid of hitting the pheasant eggs, so they choose to catch them with their bare hands.

By the time they walked through the dense bushes and over the grass and arrived near the temporary rest area, they had caught eleven rabbits and seven pheasants.

I also picked up about forty pheasant eggs the size of a baby's fist.