Chapter 187: Catching birds

Seeing the silence and joyful look, Xiao Aman was less timid. He jumped out from behind Rou Niang, held the silent arm with his little hand and walked out, shouting excitedly: "Bird...Bird..."

Chen Si had to put aside his job and said to Rou Niang: "I'll accompany Aman out to catch birds. If you have nothing to do, come and help."

Rou Niang was very conflicted at first, but when she heard the word "help", she nodded happily and said, "What equipment should I prepare by sir?"

"Just find a bird-catching net." Silent scratched his head and said, "Let the iron pillar go find it. You can find some rice grains and mix it with sesame oil to take it to the lakeside."

Aman said excitedly: "What is Aman doing?"

Chen Si picked up the broom behind the door and smiled and said, "Go with me to sweep the snow." Then he pulled the jumping little girl to the lake.

Walking in the sealed corridor, I saw more than a dozen exquisite bird cages hanging on the eaves of the corridor, with more than a dozen ornamental birds, including parrots, starlings, thrushes, larks, etc., creating a vibrant atmosphere with the evergreen plants in the corridor.

Aman suddenly stopped and stopped leaving. He looked down at her silently, and then saw her bit her fingers lightly, tilting her little head, staring at a pair of budgies in the cage without blinking... He said silently that children really like beautiful birds.

But when Aman looked up, he said to him seriously: "Based green bird."

The corners of the silent mouth were weak and twitched for a few times. Only then did I realize that in Xiao Aman's eyes, there was a plate of dishes locked in a bird cage. He laughed dryly and said, "Haha, the taste of domestic food is worse, but the game is more exciting to roast." Then he pulled the reluctant little girl and quickly left the corridor.

The snow outside was clear, and a layer of snow about inch thick covered the flowers and plants in the garden. Aman looked around and his big black eyes were full of confusion: "Where is the bird, uncle?"

Chen Si's heart was filled with frustration, and he pinched Aman's fleshy cheeks and said, "Aman, I feel sad when you call 'uncle'. Once you are sad, I forget how to catch birds, so..."

"Then I won't call you anymore." The little girl said happily.

Silently swallowed, and thought that he had found a way to deal with her. So he pulled Aman to the Yuguantai east of the lake. The front-line inspections over the past few months have made him develop the good habit of surveying the terrain. Although he had only turned around the lake once, he had already found that this was a place where birds visited. After returning, he also asked Rou Niang specifically, knowing that this was the place where fish were usually fed in the garden...

When the Southern Song painter decided on the "Ten Scenes of West Lake", the Lu Garden was included in it, called "Huagang Fish Watching". Huagang refers to the Lu Garden near Huajia Mountain. The fish watching is the tens of thousands of golden-scale red carp stocked in this lake... So many fish are fed on the Yuguantai, so many rice grains and rice residues naturally fall on the ground, which becomes the canteen for birds... Especially when the snow covers the earth and there is nowhere to find food, the birds will undoubtedly prefer it.

Sure enough, when Chen Si took Aman to Guanyutai, more than a dozen birds of various colors had fallen on the snow several feet apart, looking for food. It was less snow in the south, and many birds encountered this kind of weather for the first time. They jumped around on the snow and couldn't find any food.

Perhaps because they were used to being pampered in the mansion, these little birds were not afraid of people. They did not fly up until they got closer, but stopped flying farther. Instead, they stopped on the wall, on the treetops, and looked at these two bad guys with their heads tilted, feeling quite unwilling to do so.

Aman said regretfully: "All of them have flew, otherwise they can be roasted."

Silently touched her head and smiled, "Don't be anxious. If you have arranged it later, let's hide, and the birds will come down."

"Hurry up, hurry up." Aman clapped and said.

Chen Si just used a broom to clean up the snow on the bird watching platform. Tiezhu sent a bird net, and he was even a veteran in catching bird fish. With the cooperation of the two, a powerful bird net was a piece of cake.

Chen Si first reached out to test the wind direction, because before the birds landed, they all landed against the wind in order not to get tired of their hair. Therefore, the net should be safe and secure. If they face the wind, they would block the way down the birds.

The two of them covered a large net with a platform of 100 feet and then tried it after installing the net, but they quickly turned it over, which was obviously very successful.

At this time, Rou Niang also brought a pot of soaked rice over. She smelled the smell of sesame oil in silence, and there was a little smell of alcohol. She asked with a smile: "Why are you still mixed with wine?" Rou Niang whispered: "This way, the bird will be slow to react after eating, so you can hold it tightly."

Chen Si was overjoyed: "I didn't expect you to be so good at playing."

Rou Niang's little face turned red immediately, and she lowered her head and said, "I just heard of it."

Chen Si laughed and took the basin. Xiao Aman volunteered to sprinkle all the rice under the net. After doing all this, he smiled and said, "Let's hide, I can't catch seven or eight at a time."

When everyone hid behind the rockery, Tiezhu smiled and said, "Sir, I have a good way to catch more than a dozen at once."

"Stop keeping it aside, hurry up." Chen Jing scolded with a smile.

Tiezhu took out a bamboo whistle from his arms and whimpered in his mouth. After a while, he saw more and more birds circling in the sky, but were attracted by the whistle and rushed over from all directions.

When I flew to the flock of birds near Guanyutai, I saw that there were no one on the left and right. A few bold birds flew down in a conditioned manner, wanting to find delicious food, but when they fell into the air, they smelled the strong fragrance and couldn't help but fly faster. It is said that people die for money and birds die for food, which is absolutely unambiguous.

Aman held the silent big hand tightly, his nervous cheeks bulged, and Rou Niang next to him also opened her eyes wide, not even daring to breathe. The two of them stared at the silent hands together, holding the thick rope that was pulling the net, and said anxiously in their hearts: "Pull it quickly, pull it quickly, if you don't pull it, you'll fly again."

Silence but unmoved, childhood experience told him that most birds are timid and have to wait for a few bold ones to make sure there is no danger before they will dive.

Looking at the birds happily eating rice, his heart also rose to his throat, and time became extremely long. Waiting and waiting, why don’t the large army fly down?

Just as he was about to lose his patience and was about to put his bags in order to get a few. When he caught a few, he suddenly heard the sound of wind rushing from the sky. When he looked up, he saw that the birds finally swooped down.

After careful observation, the birds were sure there was no problem, and finally fell down one after another, and began to chirp and grab food, without having time to care about anything else.

Chen Si then pulled his hands together, and the big net about a meter square suddenly fell down.

The frightened flock of birds wanted to flap their wings, but found that their brains were a little dizzy and their wings were a little inflexible. They took off slowly and hit the big net that was buckled down the wind. Except for the lucky birds on the side that were not caught by the net, they flew away in a terrifying manner, most of the birds were beaten to pieces by this net bag.

The moment the big net was locked down, Aman rushed out like a deer, and happily circled around the big net that was still stirring constantly, applauding and shouting: "Catch it, grab it."

Chen Si also turned out from behind the rockery and walked over to count. He saw more than twenty birds caught under the net. Some of them had been knocked away by the net rope that quickly turned over, but most of them were still alive and jumping in horror!

Then he smiled and advised Aman: "This is the blue back, this is the skylark, this is the quail, this is the sand chicken, this is the jujube, this is the sparrow..." Hearing silently, Aman was already saliva and shook his big hand hard and said, "Hurry, hurry..."

Chen Si ordered Tiezhu to deal with these birds. Hei Dao calmly opened a corner of the net and grabbed one casually. With his thumb and index finger, the bird disappeared and then threw it into the sack. He moved very quickly, and soon he caught the bird.

Just as he was trying hard to catch it, Chen Si suddenly said, "Save one, don't pinch it all!" Tiezhu smiled and said, "Save one to live." Then he handed the last one to him. Chen Si asked him to set up the net again, and he tied the bird's feet to a stone and placed it under the net.

Aman asked why curiously, and smiled silently: "It will be difficult for the bird to come down again if it is shocked once. Unless there are similar people who are looking for food from below, you can relax your vigilance."

This time, the iron pillar blew the bird whistle for a long time before gathering a group of birds again. The birds really hovered in the sky for a long time. After seeing that the birds on the ground were in danger, they rushed down from the sky.

The birds were caught and more than a dozen more were caught. After Tiezhu finished packing up the battlefield, he was silent but refused to let him go: "These are enough, so you have to leave a way out for the birds."

Aman nodded and said, "Well, I have to keep it for you next time."

Silent laughed and said, "This is the reason."

After catching enough birds, they will naturally be roasted. Silent once again assigned the task: "Iron Pill, go to the lake to dig some mud." Looking at Rou Niang again, I thought to myself that this girl is so beautiful, the more she looks better and better, so she said softly: "You go to the kitchen to ask for some five-spice, soy sauce, salt, and flower carvings."

"Where are me?" Aman jumped and said, "Aman also wants to work!"
Chapter completed!