Across Ranch Story: Friends of Mineral Town

Among the 18 deer, there were two male deer (they ran fast and were always in the front), six female deer, and 6 young deer (they ran slowly, and some died due to crowding and trampling).

This time it’s a big harvest!

Huo An’s debt can be paid off. Two deer are not enough, so we can give him three. Haha!

After collecting the deer, Lin Xia took Da Zhuang and Ah Huang back to the river again. This time the river was no longer the same river as when they went ashore. There was a large area of ​​lush green grass here. Looking around, there were many wild ducks swimming around. Do ducks eat grass?

Lin Xia slowly approached, Ah Huang also crawled forward, and Da Zhuang followed them leisurely, occasionally picking up earthworms or other insects from the moist soil to eat.

After approaching the grass, Lin Xia smelled a familiar scent and looked at the "green grass" carefully again. Hey, isn't this leek?

The smell is much stronger than the ones sold in the market before, but the leaves are much thinner than the leeks before, so it seems to be wild leeks.

Lin Xia was delighted. She loved eating leeks. She ate leeks, leeks dumplings, leeks fried eggs... Although her mouth was full of the pungent smell of leeks after eating, it was delicious!

Just thinking about this, Lin Xia couldn't help but drool.

However, before cutting the leeks, you must not let go of the wild ducks in front. Kill as many as you can. These wild ducks can also fly, just like birds, so you can only attack them once.

Lin Xia took out the bow and arrow, and suddenly noticed Ah Huang who was eager to try. How about letting Ah Huang try on the other side? If he could catch one more, he could make more duck soup!

So she arranged for Ah Huang to quietly go around to the other side and do whatever he wanted, and Lin Xia would shoot arrows at the moment when the wild ducks were startled by Ah Huang and ran away. Otherwise, the ducks would hide in the grass, and it would be difficult for her to aim.

After receiving the order, Ah Huang immediately tiptoed around to the other side of the leek, closer to the wild duck. He crouched down and slowly approached the wild duck. Suddenly, Ah Huang chose a target and rushed out in one step. He quickly and accurately pounced on a wild duck and decisively bit off the prey's neck. At this time, the other wild ducks were also startled and flew away.

Lin Xia seized the opportunity and shot the three arrows he had prepared for a long time at the same time. After finishing one round, Lin Xia immediately changed arrows and continued to shoot at the wild ducks that were flying towards the river in a mess.

It has to be said that after two days of continuous practice, Lin Xia has made great progress in both archery skills and arrow-changing speed.

Lin Xia stopped shooting arrows only after the wild ducks were out of the range of his bow and arrow. At this time, Ah Huang also stopped flapping his arms and ran towards him happily, holding the duck whose neck he had bitten off in his mouth.

While Lin Xia was picking up the wild ducks she had shot, she called out to Da Zhuang to pick up the wild ducks that had fallen into the river after being shot by her. Da Zhuang went accordingly.

Looking at the wild duck that Ah Huang brought back, Lin Xia stroked his head and praised him, "Well done, Ah Huang!"

Ah Huang wagged his tail desperately, looking extremely happy. After putting the wild duck down, he ran back. After a while, he came back with another duck in his mouth. It turned out that Ah Huang caught more than one duck!

"Ah Huang, you're so awesome! I'll make you roast duck when we get home! That's great!" Children need encouragement. Look, Ah Huang is happily spinning around Lin Xia, his tail wagging like a Hot Wheels and he is barking excitedly.

"Haha~" A happy mood can always easily infect everyone!

After picking up all the wild ducks, the results came out. Ah Huang hunted 2 in total, and Lin Xia shot 7 in total. Each duck was very fat.

Moreover, many wild duck eggs were found on this large grassland and mudflat. It seems that this place is the habitat of wild ducks!

When Lin Xia was cutting leeks, she picked up all the duck eggs she saw and went back to make salted duck eggs to eat!

Now that it is near the end of autumn, many leeks have grown old and produced seeds. Lin Xia not only cuts the tender leeks he finds, but also looks for old leeks with good growth to collect leek seeds so that he can try to grow leeks himself when he returns home.

You can’t grow anything in the fields in winter, but you can grow leeks in the house. Leek and eggs can be used to make spring rolls, which are especially delicious!

The grassland was really big. Lin Xia didn't walk through the whole area, but he managed to cut 100 to kilograms of tender leeks, picked up nearly wild duck eggs, and collected a small bag of leek seeds, enough for him to sow.

By the way, you can't save the crop seeds sold in Mineral Town, so you have to buy new seeds every time you sow. So I wonder if I can save the chive seeds I collected? I'll try next spring.

With a full harvest, Lin Xia and her two pets boarded the kayak again. It was already past lunch time, so Lin Xia could only eat something. Da Zhuang and A Huang fed them pet snacks to quickly replenish the pets' energy.

Lin Xia didn't plan to go any further, so he turned around and drove back. He didn't encounter anything special along the way.

When we returned to the campsite, it was already past 4 p.m. Thanks to the protection of the electric fence, the tent was not damaged at all. On the contrary, there were several carcasses of small animals around the fence, but no large animals.

After returning to the tent, Lin Xia told Da Zhuang and Ah Huang to go to the lake to wash themselves. As they had to go through the forest and out of the mountain tomorrow, Lin Xia did not bother to clean them and would do it after they returned.

She also went to the bathroom to clean herself thoroughly and take a rest.

Looking at the pheasants and rabbits that were charred by the electric grid in the space, Lin Xia thought about it and decided to make beggar's chicken and roasted rabbit for dinner in the evening. Isn't the environment ready?

Lin Xia did what he said. Now he had no shortage of chickens to eat, so the five chickens that were electrocuted this time were all gutted and cleaned, but the chicken feathers were not plucked. When the time came, they would be wrapped in wet mud and roasted under the fire. When the chickens were cooked and the soil was dry, the feathers would fall off with the mud.

She took out another rabbit and peeled off the charred skin. Lin Xia's skinning skills were pretty good now, and she had the right tools. She marinated the cleaned rabbit with the exclusive seasoning prepared by Sister Lili, and it would be ready to be skewered and grilled half an hour later.

Lin Xia picked some mushrooms, chestnuts and other mountain products that she had collected in the mountains this time, cleaned them, added oil, salt and seasoning, mixed them evenly, and stuffed them into the stomachs of five pheasants that had been coated with honey sauce. She then sealed the chicken stomachs with thin bamboo sticks and set them aside for later use.

Then I came to the edge of the tent, expanded the range of the electric fence a little bit, found a place, dug a shallow pit, and bury the chicken later. I set up a grill above it. When the time comes, I will roast the chicken below and the rabbit above. Hehe!

The soil dug out here cannot be used directly. The soil for wrapping beggar chicken must be yellow mud, which is easy to find. Lin Xia saw it by the river and at the foot of the mountain, so he dug some directly. While digging mud, Lin Xia also plucked a dozen large leaves growing by the river. These leaves were large, and although it was unknown what plant they were from, after confirmation by Da Zhuang, they were non-toxic. Lin Xia decided to dry them and make "lotus leaf chicken" to eat. If he couldn't find lotus leaves, he would use this leaf instead.

Lin Xia evenly wrapped the prepared yellow mud on the processed pheasants, put them in a shallow pit, and covered them with a thin layer of soil. He also went to the mountains to pick up some dead branches and cut some dead trees to make a fire.

Then, she skewered the marinated rabbit on the grill, lit a fire underneath, and began to slowly roast it, brushing it with oil and honey from time to time. The sky gradually darkened, and it was dark all around, with only the light and heat from the fire next to the tent.

After a while, the aroma filled the air, causing Da Zhuang and Ah Huang to drool. The grill had an automatic flip function, and Lin Xia sat on a recliner on one side, occasionally getting up to brush some oil and honey, and then sprinkle some barbecue seasonings on it. It was quite relaxing and comfortable, but the aroma of the roasted rabbit after the barbecue seasonings was too overbearing, causing people to drool.

As night fell, the bonfire flickered. Lin Xia sat by the fire, waiting for the food to come out of the oven. Finally, the beggar's chicken and the roasted rabbit were cooked. Lin Xia moved the fire to one side, dug up the mud layer, and dug out the five beggar's chickens, leaving only two outside and putting the other three directly into the space.