1942, I lived on hunting

Li Hao had never heard of this.

Li Hao believed that catching fish with just a harpoon was possible, but if he wanted to catch a turtle, what was the difference between that and not taking anything?

The turtle's shell is a very effective protection. It is relatively easy to penetrate the shell with a sharp harpoon on the shore, but in the water, it is not that Li Hao looks down on people, most of the work is useless.

The Sun brothers and sisters laughed after hearing Li Hao's guess. Sun Baoguo said, "You misunderstood. The turtles my father caught were all alive, without a scratch. My father said that dead turtles are worthless. Some people still want dead fish, but who has ever bought a dead turtle?"

Li Hao agreed with them and became more interested, so he asked the Sun brothers and sisters to tell him in detail. The Sun brothers and sisters were not afraid of the family's "unique skills" being spread out, after all, they only knew the general idea. Li Hao was fine with just listening to the fun, but if he wanted to catch turtles just by listening to the introduction, he should give it a rest.

The Sun family lived on the north bank of the Wei River. Instead of being close to the river, they lived closer to the Taihang Mountains. The father of the Sun brothers and sisters was not good at swimming because his legs were not very good.

Old Man Sun was an orphan. His parents bought some sick beef and died early. When he was a child, he was herding cattle for a landlord. Two big bulls were butting heads. He was afraid that something would happen to the bulls, so he rushed forward to drive them away. However, he was stepped on by the bulls and became a lame man ever since.

Fortunately, when God closes a door for you, he will definitely close a window for you. When he was a teenager, Old Man Sun drove a cart for the landlord to transport things. The cow pulling the cart was bitten on the testicles by a horsefly, and it went crazy and ran like crazy, finally pulling the cart into the ditch. Old Man Sun broke his hand and was driven away by the landlord. The landlord thought he was unlucky, so he was not asked to compensate for the cow, let alone the medicine.

Old Sun, who had nothing, was driven out of the village and became a beggar. One day, tired and hungry, he came to the Wei River, feeling extremely desperate. He couldn't think straight, so he jumped into the river and committed suicide.

An old Taoist priest happened to be passing by with his apprentice and fished Old Man Sun out of the water, saving his life. After feeding Old Man Sun half a bowl of rice porridge and hearing about his story, even the old Taoist priest shook his head. This guy was really unlucky, and he seemed to have a conflict with cows. The idea of ​​taking this poor boy as a disciple was quickly abandoned. The Taoists' love for cows is obvious. After all, the mount of Taishang Laojun is a big blue cow. A child who has a conflict with cows is destined to have no connection with Taoism.

However, the old Taoist priest couldn't bear to see Old Man Sun starve to death, so he taught him a method of catching old turtles and a recipe for stewing a tonic soup with old turtles. Although he couldn't become rich and powerful by this, it shouldn't be a problem for him to have enough food and clothing.

This method of catching old turtles is a bit mysterious and far-fetched. It is to look at the qi. Old turtles belong to the Yang element, and wherever old turtles like to stay, there is mostly a place with sufficient Yang energy. Whether it is winter, summer, spring or autumn, wait for the sun to come out and touch the sandy beach and mud on the river bank. Wherever it is warmer, there are likely to be old turtles.

Li Hao almost wanted to laugh when he heard this! Looking at the Qi? Isn't that used in Feng Shui to help locate dragons? You actually used it to catch turtles? Haha, haha, if some old-fashioned Feng Shui masters knew about this, they would definitely fight with you, and they might even secretly dig up your Sun family's ancestral graves!

When you go to the places with the most yang energy and look carefully, you will see two small holes next to each other. These are the nostrils of the old turtle. You can always find them. Of course, this is when the old turtle is not hibernating.

However, even a hibernating old turtle could not escape the eyes of Old Man Sun. He could even accurately find the hole that the old turtle dug for hibernation on the river bank, and use a small iron pickaxe to dig the old turtle out in a short while.

Sometimes, Father Sun would even dig up some bastard eggs to sell with the old turtles. Digging up bastard eggs was even easier, but they were very seasonal and not always available.

According to Father Sun, turtles will not crawl onto the beach to lay eggs during the day. They will only crawl out of the river in the dead of night, dig a hole on the beach, lay their eggs in it, and then cover the hole with sand. Some particular turtles will turn the hole over and compact the sand with their shells before returning to the water.

However, no matter how smart the old turtle is, it is destined to be outsmarted by its own cleverness. After all, it is not as smart as a human. As long as you know their habits, their unnecessary movements will make it easier to expose themselves.

All Father Sun needs to do is look at the beach to see if there are any round marks left by old turtle shells or some claw marks left by digging up the sand, and he will know if there are any turtles underneath.

It's amazing!

As for spear fishing, that was something that Old Man Sun practiced on his own. He didn't know how to do it at first, but later on, maybe because he ate too many turtles, his eyesight got better and better, and he could clearly see the big fish in the water plants on the shore. So he got a spear and tried to spear fish, and slowly he became very good at spearing fish.

Turtle is not a very expensive thing in this era, but it is free. Old Man Sun also has the unique skill of making soup. If you want to buy turtle to nourish your body but can't make it yourself, Old Man Sun will help you process it and charge more for materials and processing fees, so that you can make more money.

Relying on this unique skill, Old Man Sun not only survived, but also married a woman who fled from famine and had five smart children.

After listening to Old Man Sun's story, Li Hao felt it was quite legendary. Not to mention that the Sun brothers and sisters were very hardworking and both were admitted to university, which made Old Man Sun's story even more sublime.

Li Hao asked the Sun brothers and sisters: "Since your father has this ability, you should be living a good life. Why don't you bring any dry food with you when you go to school? Did you come here in a hurry?"

Sun Jingzhong shook his head and whispered: "No, since the establishment of the production team, every household can only earn work points, and private grain trading is not allowed. Although the team did not stop my father from catching turtles and selling them, fewer and fewer people are willing to eat turtles, and even if we sell some money, we can't buy food. The family is in a difficult situation now..."

Sun Baoguo continued his brother's words: "We brothers and sisters have a ration, and we can eat in the cafeteria when we go to school. Anyway, we are young, and we won't starve to death if we eat less. The more food we can save at home, the better..."

Li Hao couldn't say anything about this. In this era and in the following decades, many college students did the same thing, saving money and sending the little money and food coupons back home. Especially some rural girls, some stupid parents would not let their daughters go to college even if they were admitted, but when they heard that the school gave money and could send it back to improve their lives, they immediately agreed.