boyutpedia Chapter 222: Capturing Bison
Chapter 222: Capturing Bison
When it was time to go to bed at night, everyone moved the campfire to another place, put some hay on the place that had just been heated, and lay down on it to sleep.
I was covered with a fur blanket that I brought up the mountain, and there was a fire next to me, so I didn't feel cold.
The villagers took good care of Liu Jingxue and built a fire for her in the innermost part so that she could sleep there.
Perhaps because they had a fire, or because she had cleared all the animals around them, they spent the night safely.
After getting up early in the morning, Liu Jingxue left the camp under the pretext of finding a place to relieve herself, and found a deserted place to enter the space.
After washing my face and brushing my teeth in the space, I filled my stomach.
Today's breakfast outside is last night's barbecue, soup, and the staple food that everyone brought.
Liu Jingxue is used to eating light food in the morning, so she will eat some now and just for the sake of politeness when the time comes.
After everyone heated up the food and quickly finished today's breakfast, some people stayed behind to guard the prey and wait for the people who brought the prey down the mountain to join them.
Led by Liu Jingxue, the others headed towards the place where she discovered the herd of bison yesterday.
"Tuanzi, later find a corner that is not easily discovered and release the herd of bison that we brought in yesterday.
But don’t let go of all of them, leave me one male and one female of the big ones, and one small one as well.” Liu Jingxue instructed Tuanzi.
Liu Jingxue led the group to the place where the bison was found yesterday and said, "This is where I saw the bison yesterday."
Everyone looked at Uncle Ji and his son.
The father and son carefully checked the surrounding environment and searched carefully for traces left by bison in the bushes and grass.
After a long while, Uncle Ji spoke first, "Judging from these traces, this group of bison should appear here frequently.
This means their habitat is not far from here. If we search carefully around here, we should be able to find them."
At this time, a villager suggested, "Uncle Ji, if we act together, it will take too much time.
Or we can act separately."
Uncle Ji said with some concern, "If we separate, I'm worried that you might run into some big guys, and that would be dangerous."
"Uncle Ji, don't worry. All of us here have some martial arts skills, and those who are responsible for carrying the prey are all over the camp.
We are acting together in groups of two or three, not for hunting, but just for searching.
It's impossible that a big guy touched me without me noticing.
If there really is a big one, you can still escape if you don't get entangled with it."
Uncle Ji thought about it and realized that searching together as a group of people is indeed not as efficient as searching separately.
"Then let's limit it to half an hour, and everyone should spread out and search around here.
Whether you find it or not, you must come back in half an hour.
If you find a herd of bison, don't act rashly. Send someone to report it, and then try to capture them when everyone has gathered."
Liu Jingxue was muttering in her heart, why bother with so much trouble, the bison were all staying in their own space.
Just find a place and release them.
If we disperse people like this, it will take time for them to gather together.
But she didn't dare say it.
Liu Jingxue could only say, "Uncle Ji, if someone finds the herd of bison quickly, they will have to go back and wait for everyone to gather before going together, which is a waste of time.
Is there any way to inform everyone and get them to move over there?"
"Then use the whistle as a signal, three long and two short.
Anyone who hears this should gather over there immediately." Uncle Ji said.
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she realized that she didn't know how to whistle, so she had to follow others.
After dividing the people into several teams, each of them went in a different direction, and then everyone dispersed.
Liu Jingxue and Qiangzi were grouped together.
After the two searched for a distance, Tuanzi reminded, "Master, there is a stone wall on the right, ten meters ahead of you.
Otherwise, I will put the herd of bison behind the stone wall, so Qiangzi won’t find out that the bison appeared out of nowhere.”
"Okay, you can leave the buffalo herd there."
Liu Jingxue and Qiangzi walked forward a few meters and suddenly heard the sound of cows mooing.
Qiangzi pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then said excitedly, "Liu Zhiqing, did you hear that? It was the mooing of a cow."
"I heard it, it seemed to come from over there." Liu Jingxue pointed in the direction indicated by Tuanzi.
The two men hurriedly and cautiously approached that place, and sure enough, they found a herd of cattle grazing leisurely behind the stone wall.
Ten big bison and three small ones.
"There are so many. If we get them all, our village will be rich," Qiangzi said excitedly.
Liu Jingxue poured cold water on him, "Do you think it's possible for us to take down all these cows without hurting them?"
"Never mind, we have to report the news quickly and call the others over," Qiangzi said.
"Liu Zhiqing, you stay here and I'll signal them from a distance, asking the others to come quickly.
We haven’t been apart for long, it shouldn’t be long.”
"Okay, hurry up."
Liu Jingxue waited for less than twenty minutes before Qiangzi led everyone else over.
Looking at so many cows over there, the villagers were very excited.
Liu Jingxue was very curious about how they planned to capture these bison. After all, the pair of horns on the bulls' heads were not vegetarian.
Uncle Ji asked the others, "Did you bring the rope?"
"Uncle Ji, I brought it."
"I brought it too."
"There are only two ropes, so we can only grab the two bigger ones."
"How to make a noose and how to lasso a cow? You don't need me to teach you, right?" Uncle Ji asked.
"No need, Uncle Ji, we all know how to do it," the two men with the ropes answered.
Uncle Ji instructed, "Okay, you guys pick the right spot and discuss it. It would be best if we could catch a male and a female, so that our village won't have to worry about it in the future."
"Uncle Ji, what about us?" someone asked.
"Those of you who don't have a rope, go and round up the three smaller ones and see if you can catch them all."
"Let's just leave the big ones alone, or we can use guns or archery," someone suggested.
Someone nearby punched him and said, "Are you crazy? Those are cows, do you want to kill them?
We have caught so many prey this time, don't tell me you are still short of this bit of meat."
Uncle Ji also glared at the man and said, "If we can get two big ones and three small ones this time, we should be satisfied.
As for the others, let them recuperate and continue to reproduce in this forest.
Now I know where they often appear. If I have the chance next time, I will bring more ropes to trap them."
A villager who was about the same age as Uncle Ji warned, "Don't let this place out, or people from other production teams will come and steal our cattle."
"clear."
"Others should not take action yet. Wait until the two of them sneak over and lasso a cow each, then go and capture the three smaller ones.
Other attention should be paid to diverting other big bulls away."
The two men seemed to have practiced specially. Liu Jingxue clearly saw that the rope loop was very large when it was thrown over, but it instantly shrank when it was put on the cow's horns. No matter how hard the cow swung, it could not get rid of the rope.
The yoke-bound ox started to run, trying to break free, but the two men were entangled around a tree by the other end of the rope, and no matter how hard the ox ran, it could not break free.
Slowly, the two bison in the trap seemed to accept their fate and stopped struggling.
At the moment when the two bulls were running, the other bison also noticed the abnormality and prepared to escape.
The others who were well prepared rushed out immediately and surrounded the three calves.
When the other experts saw this, they wanted to come to rescue, but were led away by the others.
The battle started in an instant and ended just as quickly.
Looking at the three cows, two large and three small, the group of people were all smiling.
"These cows are the biggest gain of our trip."
Liu Jingxue moved forward to look at the rope that was tied around the bull's horns, and was very curious about how it managed to shrink in an instant.
As if seeing her confusion, a villager took the initiative to say, "Liu Zhiqing, are you very curious? In fact, it is just a knotting technique. Many people in our village know how to do it.
If you want to learn, I will teach you later. "
Liu Jingxue naturally agreed, "Thank you very much, uncle."