59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

"Click, click, click!"

A very high-decibel roar sounded in the sea ahead. The three looked up and saw that the big whale had emerged from the water again, looking at them stupidly with its eyes.

"What a big fish!"

The two little cousins ​​were dumbfounded.

Even though they had lived there for so many years, it was the first time they saw a whale by the sea.

Whales are almost never seen in the Bohai Sea. Only a few foolish individuals in special circumstances would mistakenly enter this sea area.

"If we catch this fish, the whole village will have enough to eat for a long time!" Zhou Dinghai said with shining eyes in the setting sun.

Chen Feng: “…”

He waved hard at the whale, and the whale spouted a column of water, shouted again, dived into the water, and swam to the southeast.

Whales are very smart and can use sound waves to locate themselves.

"Cousin, was this fish sent by the Dragon King?" Zhou Fubo asked superstitiously.

Don't laugh at them. It's the 60s now. One-third of people in cities don't even have an elementary school diploma. Superstition is very serious, not to mention in the countryside.

"No, it's just a super big fish, a very smart fish." Chen Feng said with a smile.

Zhou Dinghai said with great anticipation: "It would be great if this smart fish could drive the fish in the sea to our side."

Whales do hunt in groups, sometimes in groups to hunt schools of fish. This type of group hunting is practiced not only by lions, hyenas, and wolves, but also by whales, some sharks, and dolphins.

Chen Feng smiled and didn't reply.

"Let's go to the river and take a look."

After walking about seven or eight hundred meters, we arrived at the river at the entrance of the village. This is the estuary area. The river not only brings fresh water to the nearby sea, but also rich plankton and nutrients.

Therefore, there are a large number of small fish and shrimps in the water, and these fish and shrimps attract a large number of water birds and migratory birds.

But no matter what kind of bird it is, each one is more cautious than the other. As long as humans get within a dozen meters, they will immediately flee.

The children in the village placed clams, shells, conchs, etc. on the river bank, and then set up tools such as winnowing baskets to lure and catch them.

"Big brother, don't go over there, my big brother is catching birds."

Chen Feng and two other people walked over but were stopped by a five-year-old boy. The little guy spoke in a low voice for fear of scaring away the prey.

Chen Feng smiled and nodded, quietly standing at the intersection near the shore, watching a group of birds by the river foolishly walk towards the ambush circles. The breathing of a group of children immediately became rapid.

Especially the children who were holding the ropes, their eyes were fixed on the birds that were approaching their winnowing baskets.

Soon a child pulled the rope, and the wooden stick supporting the winnowing basket was pulled down by the rope. The winnowing basket was suddenly closed, and the unfortunate bird that was eating clams and conch meat was covered inside. It flapped its wings and tried to escape, but was held down by the child who ran up quickly. The child then reached in with a hand and grabbed the bird inside.

The ambushes were separated by a distance to avoid interfering with each other.

The little kid who caught the bird happily raised his hand to show off his prey to everyone.

Zhou Dinghai held the big fat duck and said, "Our wild ducks are even bigger."

Chen Feng waited until they were all done, then he took out the slingshot Zhang Haixing gave him and said with a smile: "I have another good way to catch birds."

He found a small river stone on the ground, pulled the slingshot and aimed at the target.

With a light touch, a migratory bird on a tree by the river was shot and fell from the tree.

The well-fed birds in the trees were suddenly frightened and flew away.

"Hit!"

Zhou Fubo rushed over and a group of children followed him. When they saw the bird caught by Zhou Fubo, they looked at the slingshot in Chen Feng's hand.

"When you have time, ask your parents to make you one or two slingshots. These are used to shoot birds. It will be more convenient for you to use clams and conchs to attract birds."

"The migratory birds will stay for another month, so hurry up!"

Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Big brother, how do you make a slingshot?" a child asked.

Chen Feng gave two simple triangular fork wooden stick slingshots to his two cousins ​​and said, "This is very simple. You only need to use a stick, fork it like this, and then use a rubber band to wrap it."

“That’s about it.”

Rubber bands are very common. They were invented in the West in 1845 and have become the most common hair accessory for women.

"I have several sisters." A dark-looking little boy said happily.

Zhou Dinghai grinned and said, "If you are not afraid of being beaten to death by your sister, go and use her rubber band to make a slingshot."

"Cousin, is this a gift for us?" Zhou Dinghai asked in surprise.

He had long envied Chen Hao, Chen Li and others for their slingshots, but he could not envy them enough because Chen Li's exquisite slingshot was given by Zhang Haixing, while Chen Hao, Fatty Wang and others had their slingshot made by Chen Jianguo.

Seeing their envious looks when they came to his house last time, Chen Feng simply bought two in Sijiu City. After all, this thing is not expensive.

"Well, don't pull too hard. The rubber band will break easily if you pull it too hard. Be gentle and hit those that are close."

Chen Feng shot a few more birds with his slingshot, which made Zhou Fubo so happy that he kept running to catch the injured birds.

Zhou Dinghai asked his friends to help him catch the wild ducks while he tried shooting them himself.

"Alas, I missed."

But like Chen Li, it was not easy to hit the target at the beginning. Chen Feng explained a little bit, but it would probably take a long time to learn it.

But for boys, what’s important is not hitting the target, but having fun.

It would be perfect if you could hit the target.

"Dinghai, let me try, I'm sure I can hit it."

"Bullshit!"

Zhou Dinghai didn't believe it.

"You'll know if you give it to me!"

"What if you miss?"

"I'll treat you to roast bird meat!" said the young man who caught the bird with a dustpan generously.

Zhou Dinghai negotiated: "Okay, but this time I don't want to eat the bird's butt, I want to eat the bird's legs."

After hesitating, the boy agreed.

He picked up a small stone, pulled the slingshot, and aimed carefully at the bird on the river bank a few meters away.

"boom!"

The pebbles were thrown into the water, splashing water and scaring the migratory birds half a meter away so much that they flew away.

"Haha, how about we try again? I just want two bird legs!" Zhou Dinghai felt that he had found a better way to eat meat. It was much easier than shooting him himself.

"Do you think I'm stupid? I'll go back and ask my dad to make me a better slingshot."

A group of children looked at Chen Feng in admiration. He was always accurate in his shots and had shot twelve migratory birds so far. One of them was quite big, weighing nearly two kilograms.

"Fish head, go home!"

An auntie shouted at the entrance of the village.

"Mom, wait a minute, let me see big brother using his slingshot to shoot birds. Big brother is really good, he has already shot a lot of birds."

The little kid nicknamed Fish Head stood next to Chen Feng and shouted to his mother who was over a hundred meters away.

"Go home!"

Soon the parents of other children also came to call for help.

Chen Feng didn't want his grandfather to worry, so he took his two happy cousins ​​back home.