Traveling through the mountains and farming

The three of them quickly prepared to go up the mountain. Lin Wan held a machete in one hand and a hemp rope in the other.

Li Chongle also came with his hands empty-handed, he carried a backpack and said he could pick wild vegetables at the same time.

Just like that, the three of them walked towards the back mountain with full expectations.

They were heading towards the west side of the back mountain because the two siblings said that their eldest brother had mentioned that the pheasants were hunted there.

Li Chongle, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped and said in a low voice: "Sister-in-law, there seems to be a sound ahead." His expression was a little nervous, and his eyes were fixed on the front.

"Let's walk closer and take a look. I asked Uncle Dashan before, and he said there are no ferocious beasts in our back mountain. There are only some small animals at most." Lin Wan replied softly.

Li Chongle walked forward a few steps, suppressed his excitement, and said in a low and hurried voice: "Sister-in-law, come on, I saw little pheasants, several small ones, let's catch them quickly." His eyes were shining and full of eagerness.

Hearing this, Lin Wan also quietly looked forward and saw several small and cute pheasants chirping among the woods. She immediately thought these little chicks were extremely cute.

Come to the bowl quickly, no, come to the basket quickly!

"Such small pheasants cannot fly very well, let's rush over and catch them. Xiaole goes forward, I go to the left, Xiaoke goes to the right, and we will outflank them." Lin Wan said decisively.

So they approached the little pheasants carefully, ready to catch these cute little guys.

According to Lin Wan's plan, Li Chongle rushed towards the little pheasant first, and Lin Wan and Li Ke followed closely and formed a left and right encirclement situation with Li Chongle.

They started a fierce and crazy chase with the little pheasants, and finally they caught five little pheasants.

At this moment, they looked extremely miserable.

His hair was messy and his clothes were covered with dirt and grass.

Lin Wan's arm was also scratched by the branches. Only when she stopped did she feel a slight pain.

But their hearts were filled with joy, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but rise.

They quickly tied up the little pheasant, put it in a backpack, then sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.

After resting for a while, Li Chongle turned his head to face Lin Wan beside him and asked with a smile: "Sister-in-law, we have caught the little pheasant now. Do you still want to trap it?"

After hearing Li Chongle's question, Lin Wan smiled and replied, "There are little pheasants here, which means there are probably other pheasants here. Since there is a chance, we might as well try again. Maybe we can get more."

After hearing his sister-in-law's analysis, he felt that the chances of catching a pheasant were very high, and he was looking forward to seeing how his sister-in-law would catch the pheasant next.

After they rested, Lin Wan got up and started selecting suitable branches nearby.

After a while, she successfully found six wooden sticks of different lengths and as thick as an adult's thumb, and two of them were special as they had branches.

"Let's go ahead and find a suitable place to set up the leg-hanging equipment." Lin Wan said, and then walked forward.

The two siblings were full of curiosity and followed closely behind, their eyes sparkling with excitement and anticipation.

Soon, Lin Wan chose a suitable place and then squatted down. Holding the axe, she carefully and forcefully knocked the two wooden sticks with branches over and over again to fix them firmly on the ground.

Li Chongle saw that the distance between the two sticks fixed on the ground was determined with reference to the second longest wooden stick.

Then, she took out the longest stick and placed it vertically with the second longest stick, carefully comparing the distance between the two, and accurately fixed the shortest stick on the ground at the end.

At this point, a rough framework has been built.

Then, she quickly tied the last short stick to one end of the rope, then stood up and tied the other end of the rope to the branch next to her. Then, she pulled the short stick tied to the rope, and the branch bent down. She buckled the short stick to the second longest wooden stick on the ground, and the trigger device was ready.

Lin Wan arranged the rope on the branch, made it into a loop, and then carefully placed it on the fixed stick.

Then, she gently placed the wild fruits that the pheasants liked to eat, which she had picked on the road, into the trap one by one.

"Okay, we can go home now and come to see the results tomorrow morning." Lin Wan said softly.

The two siblings watching nearby asked in unison, "Can we catch pheasants this way?"

Lin Wan smiled and nodded, then squatted down to explain the capture principle to the two siblings.

After listening to the sister-in-law's explanation, they felt that the chances of catching a pheasant were very high, so they happily carried the five little pheasants on their backs and followed Lin Wan back home.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on their backs, casting long shadows, and their busy day was coming to an end.

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They returned home with full of joy.

After arriving home, I found that how to place the little pheasants became a problem.

Lin Wan saw that the two siblings' eyes were fixed on the pheasant in the basket, with worried expressions on their faces.

She said, "I'll weave a cage and keep them there first. When the house is built, I'll put them in the area designated for raising chickens in the backyard."

"Sister-in-law, I'm afraid there isn't enough time to weave a cage now." Lin Chongle asked worriedly.

"It's true that I can't make a formal chicken coop right away, so I plan to make a simpler chicken coop out of bamboo sticks."

Lin Wan picked up the machete on the ground beside her and quickly walked to the bamboo on the west side of the yard.

She quickly cut down a bamboo and then carefully split it into three different lengths of bamboo strips.

Then she sat on the stones in the yard and began to weave a chicken coop.

First, she laid the longer bamboo strips parallel to the ground, which would serve as the bottom frame of the chicken coop, with appropriate spacing and no larger than the size of the pheasant.

Then, she took some shorter bamboo strips, parallel and perpendicular to the bottom frame, and cross-woven and fixed them with the bottom bamboo strips in turn to form a flat surface.

Next, use fire to roast and bend the remaining bamboo strips, which will serve as the arched walls of the chicken coop. Tie them to the woven bamboo strips with hemp ropes to secure them.

On one side of the chicken coop, a slightly smaller opening is deliberately left as a passage for the chickens to enter and exit. In this way, a simple chicken coop is completed.

"Well, put some straw on it and then you can put the pheasant in."

After hearing what happened, the brother and sister who had been watching from the sidelines, Li Chongle ran to get straw, while Li Ke went to get the basket containing the little pheasant.

After the two men spread the straw, they gently placed the five little pheasants into the chicken coop one by one.

Lin Wan carefully observed the little pheasants, making sure they were not injured and in good condition.

Then she brought vegetables and a bowl of water from the kitchen and placed them next to the chicken coop.

"Sister-in-law, they are under my care from now on. I will dig earthworms for them to eat and feed them until they are fat so that they can lay eggs." Li Ke said happily while squatting in front of the chicken coop.

Lin Wan responded with a smile: "Okay, then we'll wait to eat the eggs."