Chapter 4 Hunting Sacrifice
A firewood pile is built in front of the thatched hut at the entrance of the village, and a joy altar is placed in front of the firewood pile. Every time a hunter passes by, he will put down an item on the altar, and then sit on the mat where food and tea are placed. Under the guidance of old hunters such as Li Shi, Yu Liang cut off the head of the mountain goose, claws and wings as sacrifices. The sacrifice is chaired by Li Shi, and sacrifices to the god of "Shani" hunting. For the first hunting and successful men will receive blessings from the villagers, Yu Liang will use the first hunting of prey to make food to entertain everyone.
"Liangzi follows my thoughts. Today, I will kill the geese to sacrifice you, burn incense to offer you, cook rice to offer you, kowtow to offer you, offer you fat goose meat to offer you, hunter god. From now on, you will give me food to the mountains you enter, and you will give me food to the mountains. Enter the mountains and see wild beasts, don't let me put empty arrows, don't let the wild beasts hurt me. The wild boars you beat are given to you, the red deer is given to you, and the mountain is given to you, and the mountain is given to you.
You, you will give it to you first when you hit the pheasant. It is all yours. I will offer it to you, the hunter's god." Li Shi sang loudly, and Yu Liang echoed in a low voice, and as Li Shigao waved his arms and bowed to the altar. Li Shi raised the pheasant's mouth, the red deer foot bones, and the hook-beaked bird's mouth that everyone offered, and showed it to the hunter's god, and washed the residual souls on the bones with the blood of the sacrifice. Then soaked the white thread with the blood of the mountain goose and put it into the small bones and sent it to Yu Liang.
"From now on, you will be the brave believer of the god of hunters, "Shani", and God will bless you to hunt beautiful prey." Yu Liang respectfully took Li Shi and held the bone necklace, and carefully wore it. Now he has officially become a member of the village of Shani Hunter. Hunters pay the most attention to luck. The first time they go to the mountain to catch prey will be regarded as the blessing of the god of hunters and are welcomed by the village.
The sacrifice was completed and cheers sounded. Yu Liang smiled and raised the plump mountain goose in his hand, and handed it over the iron fork. Yu Liang put it on, applied oil, and put it on the fire to barbecue. As time went by, the fragrance of the mountain goose came to his nose, and Yu Liang carefully sprinkled various seasonings. A burnt-yellow roast goose with a little red appeared in front of everyone. The fire surrounded the children in the village, with their little mouths clattering, sucking their little fingers.
"Uncle, it smells so good." Uncle Li Shi's grandson looked at him with his eyes, his mouth sucking his fingers, and his saliva flowed. The hunters in the village had never smelled such a fragrant roast goose. Drops of grease dripped off the fire and splashed a small spark. Yu Liang turned gently, directing Xiao Wuse to brush some seasonings with a brush.
"Brother Yu, isn't it okay?" Sanwa slashed his mouth and looked greedy. Yu Liang shook his head with a smile. Until everyone was eager to rush over and snatch such a delicious roast goose, Yu Liang clapped his hands. "Dedicated to God Shani." Yu Liang was secretly happy. As the God of Shani resounded through the village entrance, there was a trace of golden incense in the body of the Glazed Buddha in Yu Liang's space. The God of Shani was actually related to the Glazed Buddha.
Yu Liang had to doubt that perhaps the Oriental Glazed Buddha was just a mountaineer who obtained space in ancient times, or perhaps the golden fish bones were just collected and placed in the space, and the animal skin might be just some of his own guesses about the space. Yu Liang shouted at Shani God, and cut off pieces of fat and tender roast goose meat in his hand. The barbecue, rice and wild vegetables, were wrapped together and placed on the leaves of the big tree. The three little guys were holding it to the elders in the village first.
A mountain goose of more than ten kilograms was a big prey that I saw at first sight? More than ten hunters did not go too far, but half was left. Yu Liang used a dagger to pick the slices of meat and rice, and made wild vegetables into rice dumplings for the children in the village to eat. "Maomao, don't hide, come here and eat a piece of meat." Yu Liang waved to the little Maomao hiding in the corner of the wall and looked at the roasted goose.
Widows are unlucky, widows and children are also unpopular. The children in the village do not play with Maomao, especially after the poisonous snake bites people at the door of Aunt San’s house. The women in the village are even more disliked by Aunt San, and all kinds of rumors are affected. Xiao Maomao, a poor little girl, was affected.
"Brother Yu." Sanwa was afraid that Yu Liang would get into trouble and pulled Yu Liang. Yu Liang shook his head and smiled, took two meat rice balls to the corner.
"Come on, Maomao, this is my brother who gives you food. It's so delicious. Be good, eat slowly." After all, the child, although he was confused, he couldn't help but greedy and started eating.
Yu Liang's behavior was seen by many hunters, and everyone shook their heads. Hunters believed in luck the most. Widows were devastated, and disasters would bring bad luck and inauspiciousness. Hunters rarely contacted widows. Yu Liang's behavior seemed to be wrong and wrong in the eyes of many hunters. Yu Liang muttered in his heart. Although he did not praise everyone's statement, he did not refute it. He had formed a habit in the mountains for many years, but Yu Liang could not change it. He just felt that Aunt San was very good and could help a little.
After the sacrifice, Yu Liang's roasted goose became a topic of discussion among hunters. The flesh was crispy and the flesh was soft and juicy. No one had ever eaten such a delicious roasted goose, and even the bones were sucked and sucked by a group of greedy children. If Yu Liang hadn't said that the goose bones were still left with the soup, the skeleton would probably not be left.
After seeing off the crowd, Yu Liang packed up, poured a glass of water, and thought quietly alone, he was really lucky today. Logically speaking, the wild animals in the mountains have extremely sensitive sense of smell. People like Yu Liang who enter the mountains rashly have a strong smell and rarely encounter prey. The first thing every hunter does before hunting is not to require his superb skills, but to integrate into the hunting ground environment and to assimilate his own taste.
"Brother Yu."
"Sanwa, why are you in trouble?" Unexpectedly, Sanwa, who had just left for a while, came back, and was a little confused.
"Dad wants twenty arrowheads, this is a pheasant." Yu Liang's luck makes people jealous. Hunters believe in luck the most. Yu Liang's arrowheads are made with recognized accuracy. Half of the hunters in the village have switched to arrowheads made by Yu Liang.
"I didn't clean it up today, so I'll pick it up in the house." Yu Liang took over the smoked pheasant. His family has stored a lot of wild game these days, including five rabbits, three pheasants, and a wild goat leg.
But they are all smoked. Although they are very resistant to preservation, the taste is a bit tidy, which is not as delicious as cooking. The wild game in the small village is smoked and cut. There are no iron pots in each store, only hanging pots, boiling water, and cooking multi-functional pots, and the outside is at least black. Today, Yu Liang's barbecue lit up everyone's eyes, and may become a new way to eat.
Sanwa packed up the arrowheads and came to Yu Liang's side, and was willing to exchange a hare for Yu Liang's barbecue method. "Haha, yes, if you have fresh prey, come to me and I'll teach you."
"Brother Yu, you are such a good person, and you will definitely not regret it." Sanwa was still a little worried, and swearing with high fives. Sanwa said that Sanwa was excited to wave his fists and almost forgot the arrow.
"Sanwa, wait a moment, where is the best bamboo here? I need some crossbows to make."
"In less than half an hour, there is a bamboo forest mountain with all kinds of bamboos on it. Brother Yu can go and see, Brother Yu, do you want to make your own crossbow?" Sanwa was a little surprised. There are some specialties in making crossbows. The crossbow arrows in the village are made by the old people in the village, and the skills passed down from their ancestors.
Chapter completed!