Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

December 3034, 3

The weather is gradually cooling down, the surviving birch leaves in the forest are gradually turning yellow, and yellow fallen leaves are also drifting in the wind from time to time on the grassland.

Mu Xi's watch showed that the temperature had dropped to fifteen degrees. At this time, the animals on the mountain had begun to prepare to store food for the winter.

Carnivores also need to put on autumn fat to survive the winter safely.

In the woods at this time, you can hear the roars of many animals every day.

After Mu Xi twisted the hemp rope, he began to look for a place to place the trap.

Their main target is wild boars. A small wild boar can weigh over a hundred kilograms, and a large one can weigh more than three hundred kilograms.

The hemp rope specially made for traps was woven very thickly and tied to the big tree. A noose was tied to one end to fix it on the ground, and a heavy object was tied to the other end.

As long as the rope loop catches the foot of the wild boar, the more it struggles, the tighter it becomes. When the weight on the other end falls, the wild boar will be suspended in mid-air.

Hanging the wild boar at a high place can also prevent large beasts from stealing food.

The noose has to be covered with dead leaves. Nowadays, animals are getting smarter and it is really impossible to catch them without covering them.

Mu Xi chose the location between the pine forest and palm trees where he had seen the wild boar before. The traces of activity in this area were the most obvious.

After the trap for catching wild boars was set, Zhao Yeqing put the bamboo raft on the agenda.

If two people want to get on the bamboo raft, the buoyancy must be enough and the number of bamboos must be larger.

For safety reasons, the two decided to make a double-layered bamboo raft, three meters long and one meter wide.

Adding an extra row of bamboo for support at the bottom will double the buoyancy of the bamboo raft.

A bamboo raft of this size requires about thirty pieces of bamboo wood, and bamboo must be fixed horizontally in the middle.

Bamboo rafts always feel less secure than boats because there is too much space on both sides.

Zhao Yeqing designed an extra row of railings on the left and right sides of the bamboo rafts to provide a slight sense of security.

The two of them moved the construction of the bamboo rafts to the lake, so there was no need to move it around.

After bringing all the tools to the lake shore, Mu Xi could only transport a dozen bamboos in one trip, and he had to transport more bamboos.

Zhao Yeqing first sawed the bamboo to a suitable length by the lake and made the bottom layer first.

The bamboos are arranged in a row, and the bamboo beams are connected to each other with long nails and bamboo rafts. For safety reasons, each bamboo and the beams are tied and reinforced with iron wires.

Before she finished finishing the lower floor, Mu Xi had already pulled the second cart of bamboo over.

The second car of bamboo will be used to make the upper layer. The upper layer will be longer than the lower layer because there is an extra curved row head.

The row head can reduce resistance, separate the water flow, and allow the bamboo raft to move forward smoothly.

The bending of the row head requires firing it with fire and then shaping it, or cutting a row of crescent-shaped grooves in the bamboo to allow room for the bamboo to bend.

Roasting over fire was time-consuming and laborious, so Mu Xi chose the second method.

By the time Zhao Yeqing finished the lower level, Mu Xi's platoon leader had already been bent and fixed with beams.

The lower beams are at the bottom, and the upper beams are on the surface. There is no obstruction in the middle of the two layers of bamboo rafts, and they are directly fixed with ropes and wires at the reserved positions.

Mu Xi finally fixed the armrests on top and it was finished. It looked decent.

It's probably like this, and then I'll make up a railing.

While Mu Xi was working on the armrests, Zhao Yeqing used the remaining bamboo to make two small horse ties that could be placed on the bamboo rafts to sit on.

"How's it going?" She waved to Mu Xi to see her little horse.

I originally wanted to make it into a chair with a backrest, but unfortunately I didn’t have enough materials.

Mu Xi immediately sat on it and tried it, "I will add a backrest directly on top of yours another day."

The two people put the pony on the bamboo raft, and then worked together to push the bamboo raft into the lake. The calm lake surface was instantly rippled.

Mu Xi went up first to test the buoyancy. The double-layer buoyancy was so strong that he almost didn't sink when he stood on it.

The connection in the middle was also very stable. Mu Xi supported the bamboo pen and rowed forward for about ten meters. There was no problem before he rowed back.

There was a rope attached to the bamboo raft. When they approached the shore, Mu Xi threw the rope to Zhao Yeqing, and she pulled the bamboo raft over in two or three strokes.

Mu Xi held the bamboo pen and inserted it into the ground on the shore to fix it, then stretched out his hand to Zhao Yeqing to pull her up.

Seeing that she was sitting firmly on the horse, she pushed hard and let the bamboo raft sail away from the shore.

The bamboo raft suddenly moved forward, and the slight sway inevitably caused water to splash on both sides. Zhao Yeqing grabbed the handrail next to him and waited until the bamboo raft was rowed a few meters away before gradually calming down.

After rowing dozens of meters away from the shore, the bamboo raft stopped and Zhao Yeqing stood up. She was surrounded by the blue lake. The stopped bamboo raft did not make any ripples, as if it was standing on a clear blue mirror.

The bamboo rafts are all ready, and the fishing rod this time is not as perfunctory as before.

I chose bamboo with excellent toughness, two meters long, with a slot on it, and fixed the dyed hemp rope used for fishing line on it.

Earthworms, grasshoppers and dough are prepared as bait.

In addition to flour, cornmeal and shrimp powder are also added to the dough.

The shrimps are small lake shrimps caught incidentally when fishing for squid. They are small and delicious. They are ground into shrimp powder and mixed into the dough.

The ingredients are all natural and pollution-free food. The lake shrimps are baked and ground into powder. The smell is so delicious that the dogs at home almost pounce on it.

She was so greedy when she smelled it.

The dough bait needs to be made fresh. Zhao Yeqing uses a small bamboo tube to scoop up the lake water, mix the prepared powder and water in proportion, stir it into a dough, then knead it into small balls and hang them on the fishhook.

Mu Xi first fished with earthworms. Because the boat had just stopped, he waited until Zhao Yeqing had mixed the dough before catching the first one.

It is a small silver male fish, only six or seven centimeters, suitable for frying.

The young male fish are basically this size and will not grow any larger. The fish can be bought even if it is not a special species.

However, the small male fish that we usually buy are all made into dried fish. Fresh small male fish are not easy to transport, so they are still rare.

Mu Xi took off the small fish and put it into the bucket.

The dough prepared by Zhao Yeqing was quite large. She pinched a few beef ball-sized pieces and threw them into the lake in front of her.

This is making a nest. Throwing the dough will attract the surrounding fish to come here to eat. Wait until the fish have gathered around before setting the hook, which will make it easier to hit the fish.

Zhao Yeqing washed the bait on his hands with the lake water. The lake water was so cold that she shivered, as if she had taken the ice water from the refrigerator.

I washed my hands and took out the prepared snacks from the basket. I had to wait patiently for a while.

She ate snacks and looked at the mountains opposite. The white color was faintly visible on the top of the mountain.

The altitude here is over 2,000 meters above sea level, and the mountain opposite is estimated to be 4,000 meters above sea level.

While she was eating snacks, Mu Xi had already caught two or three fish, including small male fish and naked carps.

After waiting for half an hour, she saw that the time was almost up, and then she took the first shot at the place where she made her nest.