Four gusts of wind

In late autumn, the mountains and forests are like a picture of death, the birds are hoarse, and the air is filled with the smell of decay.

"It's coming!".

He walked through the thorny dead trees that had fallen leaves, and walked to Tian Yu's side little by little.

"You see, the dead leaves in this place are often turned over by birds, so it must be a good place to set traps. "

I don't know where it came from, but the people around me learned the technique of making bird traps one by one, so at noon, most of the boys would flock to the surrounding mountains and forests, or set traps, or check if the previous traps had caught birds. Previously, he and Tian Yu had set up a lot of traps in another forest and didn't catch a single bird, and Tian Yu happened to know from others that there were many birds in this forest, and they were all that kind of big birds, so they didn't hesitate to run here after class.

"Now, you make a trap here, you will definitely get something." "

"You don't?".

He asked, puzzled.

Such a good place is given away like this, but he is a little reluctant to do so.

Tian Yu scratched his head embarrassedly and replied.

"Inside, I'm running out of rope. "

"Earlier. "

He swept away his doubts and generously handed a rope to Tian Yu.

"My dad is going to build a new house, and there are a lot of ropes in the house. "

Their bird traps are made of the same rope that others use to measure or maintain the level when repairing houses, and the rope is slender and strong, which is excellent for making small traps.

"Really...... Really?".

Tian Yu cautiously took over and looked at him suspiciously.

"Well, my parents said that they came back to build a new house this time. "

"That's fine. "

After hearing this, Tian Yu also dispelled his worries and began to set up traps.

He broke off a stick of wood with moderate toughness and hardness, bent it into an arch shape, and plunged it deep into the earth, tied one end of the rope to a small tree next to it, and tied a stick of wood longer than the width of the "arch" on the other section, and tied a circle under the stick that would shrink with a single pull. Then, he gently bent the tree, led the wooden strip tied with the rope through the "arch" and placed it horizontally in the middle of the "arch", received the pull of the small tree, and the end of the rope connecting the wooden strip and the small tree became straight, like an iron wire, and even the "arch" also had a tendency to fall backwards. After setting up the prototype of the trap, he first observed for a while, and after making sure that the "arch" would not be pulled out by the trees, he broke off more than a dozen small wooden strips one by one and put them on the small wooden strips tied to the rope, and then spread the tied loops on the wooden strips, so that the trap was set up.

Tian Yu looked at his work, stretched out his finger and tried it, and after making sure that the trap could be easily triggered by the birds, he got up and patted the dirt off his body with satisfaction, and said to him.

"Alright, let's go find the next good place to make traps." "

He nodded.

Immediately, the two of them walked deeper into the forest.

In the forest full of dead leaves, every step seemed to be walking on a bloody corpse, the soles of my feet were muddy and disgusting, and the smell of the tip of my nose was also irritating and unpleasant.

Coming out of the path, the chestnut forest below can no longer be called a chestnut forest. Many of the trees were cut down by the adults because of the construction of new houses, and now the chestnut forest is empty, and only a few chestnut trees are still barely in their former appearance.

They said goodbye to Xiao Ran, turned to another path, and walked into the yellow earth where the chestnut trees had been driven away, and the busy adults greeted them with smiles. They politely shouted to their relatives whom they had never met, and instead walked to the hall and expertly threw their bags onto the bed, and then prepared to herd the cattle.

"Mao, Jun, come here." "

Hearing the sound, they went into the kitchen, where Mom was still busy with dinner for the people who were digging the foundation for his house.

The two brothers walked up to their mother, looking at the pot full of meat, and saliva was left on the corner of their mouths.

"What's wrong, Mom?".

Mom didn't answer, but took out two ribs from the pot and handed them to them.

"Eat." "

The brothers didn't hesitate, picked up the ribs and started gnawing.

"Is it delicious?".

Mom looked at them with love in her eyes, as if this pot of meat was for them.

"Hmm. "

He nodded in response as he nibbled on the ribs.

"Alright, let's go herd the cattle, and wait until you come back from herding the cattle to eat enough." "

"Okay. "

After the brothers finished nibbling on the ribs, they turned around and walked to the well to wash their hands, and then walked to the pen to drive the cattle and sheep out.

"Big White!".

When Niu Yang was about to walk out of the yard, he suddenly remembered that he didn't see Dabai's figure, and hurriedly shouted.

Hearing his shout, Dabai hurriedly ran over from the place near the kitchen.

"Gone, let's go to herd the cattle." "

Da Bai wagged his tail, jumped forward and backward, and didn't want to go at all.

"Okay, just wait for your bones at home and see if you can wait." "

He didn't force it anymore, turned around and walked with his brother to drive the cattle and sheep in the direction of the persimmon tree.

Passing by the persimmon tree and coming to the bottom of Ermao's house, he shouted a few times as usual. Liu Mei heard the sound and immediately ran out and ran towards the cowshed, while Ermao slowly followed with a heavy heart.

At first, he felt that Ermao was scolded, but it was not easy to ask at Ermao's house, so he could only suppress the curiosity in his heart, and it was not until the cattle, sheep and people converged that Ermao whispered to him in his ear.

"I'll tell you, don't tell Sister Liu, otherwise I'll be beaten again." "

He looked at Ermao's extremely serious appearance, and immediately nodded in reassurance.

"I often have some thrushes in the woods next to my house, and I made a few traps there this morning, but I didn't think that when I came back, the birds were not caught, but the chickens were caught at home, and the chickens were dead when I found them." "

"What then?".

After hearing this, he immediately asked with concern.

"When I saw it, I quickly threw the dead chicken next to the toilet, and then went back to the house and told my dad that the chicken was dead. "

"What's your dad's reaction?".

"My dad looked at the chicken and kept saying, 'It was fine when I fed it in the morning, why did it die?'".

Hearing this, he covered his mouth and laughed.

"Doesn't this make your dad depressed?".

"So, don't let Liu Mei know. If she finds out, she will definitely tell my dad, I can't be beaten to death?".

After listening to what Ermao said, he patted his chest and reassured.

Seeing this, Ermao was relieved.

"By the way, you and Tian Yu went to the forest on the other side of their village to put so many traps, have you ever caught a bird?"

He thought for a moment and replied.

"I've caught a few small ones, but I've never caught any big ones. "

"I haven't caught it either, can this trap catch a big bird?"

"I see the rest of the class catch it, right? "

"Is that because we were unlucky?".

At this, both of them pretended to look at the ground in deep thought, and then nodded with great certainty.

"It must be that the place was not chosen well, next time I will find a better forest." "

Forward, out of the village, they drove the cattle and sheep through the vegetable gardens, and then came to the paddy fields, turned right, climbed up along the paddy fields to the halfway up the mountainside, until they came to the open space not far from the forest where the mushrooms were collected before, and several people let the cattle and sheep scatter everywhere, leaving Liu Mei alone and went into the forest without looking back.

"Brother Jun, no big bird in this forest will fall to the ground to find food, right?"

The elder brother thought for a moment, and then led them out of the woods, to a cliff that was not too steep for one to scratch onto the bushes.

"That's it, I used to see a herd of thrushes jumping around. "

He and Ermao nodded in agreement with his brother's suggestion, and then the three of them plunged into the bushes again.

Although the cliff is not too steep, it is difficult to find a flat ground suitable for setting traps. The three of them shuttled through the bushes for a while, but never set a trap.

"Brother Jun, what should I do?".

Ermao asked blankly.

The elder brother pondered again, and finally reluctantly chose a barely suitable place, broke off the branches, tied the rope, and set a slanting trap.

"Just follow me, you should be able to catch it." "

Seeing this, he and Ermao could only find a few places with a smaller slope to toss as his brother said.

After a while, they had made seven or eight traps on the steep slope and climbed to the flat ground below, then looked up at the cliff above and nodded with satisfaction.

"This place, you can definitely catch it." Let's go, come back tomorrow. "

With that, the three of them turned around and walked back to where the cattle and sheep were.

In late autumn, the wind is always cold, so when they came back, Liu Mei had already lit a fire. Naturally, they sat around the fire, talking about how good the trap they had set was, and patting their chests to make sure they caught the birds. Liu Mei was not interested in these, and listened to their words and sighed on the side that the three of them had nothing to do.

"Sister Liu, where did you get the lighter?".

Seeing this, Ermao turned his words directly.

Liu Mei looked too lazy to take care of it, and replied calmly.

"Where else can I get it, Dad's gift." "

Hearing this, Ermao suddenly became energetic, jumped up and shouted.

"Why do you want to hit me as soon as I take him?".

"It's cold, Dad gave me a fire, you take the lighter, God knows what to do with it." "

Chatting and chatting, the sister and brother quarreled again, and he and his brother watched and laughed on the side of the fire.

When the two of them were tired of arguing, they wanted to stop, but no one was convinced, seeing that such a stalemate was not a solution, Ermao had an idea and turned his head to look at his brother.

"Brother Jun, you just said that you want to take a lighter out, will your father beat you?"