Portable space

Everyone stopped at the place where the big dog and the tiger were fighting.

Zhang Taiping said: "This is where the battle took place, and that piece of fur was picked up here."

The four big dogs still remember this place, except for the grimaces, the other three big dogs have obviously changed, apparently entered a state of alert, staring at the movement around them.Old Man Qian's black dog also felt something, and its performance was even more exaggerated. The shiny black fur all over its body stood up and barked loudly.It should be that he felt the residual breath, but it was pretty good to be able to bark without being frightened so much that he clamped his tail.

"Quiet!" old man Qian scolded.

The black dog obediently stopped barking, but its hair was still standing upright like a hedgehog, its tail was raised high, and it was ready to fight at any time.

Seeing the reactions of the big dogs, the four of them became more convinced of the existence of the tiger, and began to observe the surroundings carefully.

Zhang Taiping pointed to a spot on the ground and said, "There was a pool of blood here before."

The few people who were idle hurriedly gathered around to check. After so many days, the blood on the ground had already dried up, leaving only a dark brown color that was different from other places.

"Take something and put this piece of soil in it." After Gan Xiaoxian finished speaking, another person immediately took out a plastic bag from his backpack, and shoveled up the blood-stained dark brown soil into it with a knife.

Old man Qian was a little puzzled: "What is the use of this soil?"

Qu Xiaoling, who filmed the whole process, explained: "If this is soil that has been stained with tiger blood, you can take it home and dilute it with water for testing. Based on this, you can determine whether there are tigers here."

"After all, you still don't believe there are tigers in the mountains?" Old Man Qian said.

Gan Qing said with a smile: "It's not that I don't believe it, but we are here to prove it, and we always need to bring something convincing back."

After the man packed the soil and stuffed it into the backpack, Zhang Taiping said: "This place has entered the range of the tiger's activities. Next, everyone should be more vigilant." In fact, tigers generally do not attack people from the front, but rather Attacking from behind, so many people plus a few big dogs and tigers probably wouldn't dare to come if they saw it, but out of caution Zhang Taiping still gave a warning.

After speaking, he gestured to Xiao Jin and Xiao Feng in the sky, telling them to fly to a further place to check.

Most of the mountains in the Qinling Mountains are untouched primitive areas, and most of them are covered by trees. Even though it is winter, the trees and flowers are not luxuriant, but in the past, the rattan and thorns are completely covered, and it is impossible for people to pass through.He could only go to the familiar places he had been to under the leadership of old man Qian.

Old man Qian used to go to the mountains for hunting purposes, and he has never had the experience of looking for animals like this time, so the routes he took were very random, but most of them walked along the water source, because the number of animals in places with water sources is bound to be high. more than other animals.

A group of people are now walking along a stream that flows out of nowhere.

Even after walking so much in winter, everyone was already sweating. Qu Xiaoling wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Can I drink this water?"

Old man Qian said: "Of course you can drink it. The water in the mountain is not polluted. It tastes like well water."

"I'm thirsty, let's take a break and drink some water?" Qu Xiaoling said to Qian Xiaoling.

Gan Xiaoxian didn't make a decision, but said to old man Qian: "Brother Qian, you have rich experience in mountain climbing, tell me."

Old man Qian looked at the sun which was already a little west and said, "Then take it down and drink some water."

Several people took off the backpacks on their backs and took out cups to scoop up the stream water, while Zhang Taiping and old man Qian scooped up the water with their hands and drank it.

"Well, this water is really sweet." Qu Xiaoling praised after taking a few sips.This kind of creek can be seen everywhere in the mountain, some are formed by the accumulation of rainwater, and some are seeped from the bottom, which is equivalent to the well water outside, and it is naturally much more refreshing to drink than artificially purified mineral water.

After drinking the water, several people sat on rocks or tree trunks to rest, while Old Man Qian was picking something by the stream.

"Mr. Qian, are you collecting medicine?" Qu Xiaoling asked curiously.

Old Man Qian shook his head and said, "It's not herbs, but our meal for tonight."

"Tonight's meal?" Qu Xiaoling was even more curious. She stood up and walked over. She saw Old Man Qian picking a kind of mushroom, and asked, "What kind of mushroom is this?" The side of the creek is more humid, and it is the easiest to grow. mushrooms.

"There is no name." Old Man Qian said, "There are too many things in the mountain, and every thing can be named there."

Qu Xiaoling asked with some hesitation: "I heard that many mushrooms are poisonous. I don't know the name of this kind of mushroom, but no one eats it too much. Are you afraid of being poisonous?"

After a while, old man Qian collected a lot, took out a plastic bag from the snakeskin bag on his shoulder, put it in, and said, "Many of the mushrooms in the mountain are poisonous, some of them are very poisonous, but most of those mushrooms are The color is very bright and attractive, and the more ordinary and unobtrusive it is, the safer it is." Seeing that Qu Xiaoling was still a little worried, she said, "Don't worry, I used to go to the mountains to eat this kind of mushroom. However, it is not poisonous, and it tastes very delicious. It is absolutely delicious when cooked with pheasant or fish. I will let you try it tonight."

Only then did Qu Xiaoling feel relieved, and said with a smile, "Mr. Qian, you said that I'm hungry now, why don't we make something to eat now, and everyone hasn't eaten for a long time."

The old man Qian pointed to the sun in the sky and said: "It can't be done now, the sun is already westward, the sun is short in winter, it gets dark quickly, and it gets dark earlier in the mountains. It is estimated that there will be another two hours at most on the mountains." It will get dark when you see it, the mountain is very dangerous at night, all kinds of animals will come out to look for food, the most we should do now is to find a place to spend the night first."

Zhang Taiping could probably sense that the direction of the tiger was the direction of the crowd, but he might not be able to sense the exact position because of the distance.Feeling that this is not the way to find it, he said: "Let me take a look at that piece of fur again, and let some big dogs sniff it, so it will be easier to find." He planned to use space to sense the piece of fur again. .

"Oh, I forgot about this, the piece of fur was left outside and not brought in." Gan Xiaoxian said.

"Then there is no other way." Zhang Taiping shrugged and said.

Please say first: "However, according to the results of our observations along the way, tigers have passed by here before, so we should be heading in the right direction."

"Sure enough, there are some real skills." Zhang Taiping thought in his heart, because the results of their observations coincided with the results he vaguely sensed.

After packing up the mushrooms, Old Man Qian said, "After everyone has rested, let's continue on our way. There is a wooden house not far ahead. Let's spend the night there tonight."

Zhang Taiping asked with a smile: "Uncle Qian, how many wooden houses have you built in the mountains? Our place has them?"

The old man Qian laughed and said: "I used to stay in the mountains for ten and a half months at a time. Naturally, I have to build a wooden house. I don't remember how many. I know if the wooden house is okay or not."

After walking for about an hour, I still haven't arrived at the place.

A few big men could survive without eating, but Qu Xiaoling was so hungry that she hadn't eaten for a long time, she asked Old Man Qian with a wry smile, "Mr. How far is it, why can't we get there?"

The distance inside the mountain cannot be calculated by straight-line distance. Sometimes you can see the mountain not far from the opposite side, but if you walk through it, it may take more than half a day.

Old Man Qian said: "Go around the foot of the mountain in front and you will arrive. It is at the end of the creek."

"I'll starve to death if I don't arrive any longer." Qu Xiaoling said while stroking her stomach.

"You have to be patient. If you are hungry now, you will have an appetite later. I guarantee that you will remember this delicious meal for the rest of your life." Old Man Qian said.