Return to the small mountain village in 1986

This torreya tree is old and bears a lot of fruits. Even if Gao Mingcheng is dexterous, he cannot pick all the fruits.

But he is not greedy either. The main reason is that he only has one small pocket in his pocket. If he picks too many, he cannot put them back.

By the time the picking was almost complete, it was already noon.

They had spent a lot of time riding in cars, climbing mountains, and looking for traces of prey.

Gao Mingcheng looked around, thought for a while, and still didn't go to meet Gao Guobing and the others, preparing to make a fire and barbecue by himself.

Before going out, he brought matches and salt. With these two things, he could light a fire and barbecue at any time.

He first looked for a water source, and then picked up some dry firewood on the spot. At this time, the mountains were full of fallen leaves and dead branches, which were very easy to find.

After a while, the fire came up, and the processed rabbit meat was placed on the fire and roasted slowly.

I was alone in the deep mountains, surrounded by extraordinary silence. Occasionally there was a small sound from the fire. Under the roasting of the flames, the rabbit meat gradually emitted steam, and after the fat was forced out, there was an immediate sizzling sound.

People who are not used to this silence may feel scared, but Gao Mingcheng is used to it, so he is not scared, but he is inevitably a little lonely. At this moment, he misses the black tiger and the elf.

With the two dogs accompanying him, he felt a lot more relaxed when he went hunting in the mountains. The calmness of the black tiger and the jumpiness of the elf always made him smile.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and lowered his head to take care of the fire. Since there was no big firewood, he could only add some firewood from time to time to maintain the temperature of the fire.

Under the combined action of time and temperature, the rabbit meat stuck on the branch finally cooked, exuding the meaty aroma.

But because it was grilled over an open fire, there were traces of burnt and smoked meat on the surface. Gao Mingcheng took out a dagger and cut off that part before eating it.

Only salted, the roasted rabbit tastes a bit average, but it is fresh and hot, with a burnt aroma when you eat it.

After eating a whole roast rabbit, Gao Mingcheng carefully put out the fire to ensure that a single spark would not start a prairie fire.

"Let's continue looking for wild boars!" Gao Mingcheng encouraged himself, holding a bag of torreya seeds in one hand and the yellow muntjac he had hunted before in the other.

This yellow muntjac is a male, not too small, weighing around fifty or sixty pounds.

Gao Mingcheng hadn't hunted a yellow muntjac for a while, so he was quite happy after getting this one.

As for the wild boar, this time he did not plan to kill a large wild boar, but a small pig, the kind that weighed up to a hundred pounds.

Without a hunting dog to lead the way, Gao Mingcheng had to rely on his own experience and luck to find prey.

Gao Mingcheng followed the traces left on the ground and walked forward. The further he went, the more difficult the mountain road became. When he saw that most of the mountains in front were bare rocks, Gao Mingcheng knew that there would be no prey ahead, so he just You can change the direction and continue looking.

After searching for more than an hour, Gao Mingcheng made a discovery. He couldn't find the wild boars that were active during the day, but he found a wild boar cave!

The cave was hidden behind a cluster of evergreen vines. However, it had rained a few days ago and the ground was wet, so there were obvious footprints at the entrance and exit.

More than a hundred meters away, Gao Mingcheng put down the things in his hands first, and then quietly approached the cave with a gun.

He carefully looked inside. The light inside was dim, but he could still see clearly what was going on inside. A group of wild boars occupied this natural cave and were sleeping soundly at this time.

Gao Mingcheng's movements were extremely light. Even when he was close to the cave, he did not wake up the wild boar. He looked at them one by one and finally selected a wild boar of suitable size.

With the sound of a gunshot, the sleeping wild boar woke up instantly and ran outside like crazy.

At this time, Gao Mingcheng was already hiding. After all the wild boars in the cave ran away, he leisurely went in to collect the loot.

Although it's a bit hard to win, but, this is also a kind of hunting.

Carrying the wild boar that was killed in one blow, Gao Mingcheng estimated that it weighed about [-] kilograms. This weight was quite good. Even if he carried the wild boar while walking in the mountains, he would not be questioned.

Now that he had hunted a wild boar as he wished, and the time was almost up, Gao Mingcheng walked towards the place where they had agreed to meet.

He carried a wild boar on one shoulder, a muntjac and a bag in one hand, and returned with a full harvest.

In about half an hour, he arrived at the meeting place, and there were already people there.

It was the person in charge of the forest farm and Director Chen.

They were sitting on a boulder to rest, with prey piled at their feet.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng coming over, Bureau Chen immediately smiled and said, "As expected of someone who has hunted a black bear. You went hunting in the mountains alone and you actually gained so much."

When Gao Mingcheng hunted black bears, he took them to the county to sell them. The most active person buying bear meat at that time was undoubtedly Chen Bureau.

Gao Mingcheng smiled and put the wild boar and muntjac on the ground. Then he pointed at the bag and said, "I accidentally found a torreya tree. I saw there were still fruits on the tree, so I picked some."

The person in charge of the forest farm looked surprised and said, "Then you have gone far enough!"

He stepped forward to open his bag, looked at the green fruit inside, and said, "This fruit needs to be processed before it can be eaten. Do you know how to process it?"

Gao Mingcheng said that he knew that this thing was similar to walnuts. The fake skin on the outside had to be soaked first, then removed and dried in the sun, and then fried. After frying, the shells could be peeled and eaten.

Gao Mingcheng's bag weighs only twenty or thirty kilograms. After the fake skin is removed, dried and fried, it will become lighter. If it can hold two or three kilograms of fruit, it will be considered good.

Although Gao Mingcheng said he knew how to deal with it, the person in charge of the forest farm, perhaps fearing that Gao Mingcheng would not know, or deliberately showing off, explained how to deal with it in public, and finally said: "Due to the long distance and the small number of people, our forest farm does not specifically go into the mountains. Fruit picking and processing.”

Director Chen said: "This torreya has been around in our area since ancient times. People in the past called it Jurenguo. Otherwise, do you think you can get some saplings and we can plant some in the forest farm?"

When the immediate boss said this, the person in charge of the forest farm naturally nodded and said: "The fruit of the torreya tree is its seed, but it takes eight years from the time the seed germinates to the time it bears fruit."

At this time, due to its yield and reputation, the performance of torreya seeds in the market economy is mediocre. Even if someone wants to grow it, they will give up because it takes a long time to bear fruit.

After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng decided to plant a batch in Xiaofu Mountain.

If it can be planted successfully, it is also a cash crop. Even if it fails, his loss will not be big.

While everyone was smoking and chatting, Gao Guobing and the others finally came back.

With a smile on his face, Gao Guobing and Xiao Jinfeng carried a wild boar and walked towards this side with difficulty.

When he put the wild boar on the ground, Gao Guobing shook his arms and sighed: "I am old, and my physical fitness is not as good as when I was young."

Xiao Jinfeng said with a smile: "If Gao Jue hadn't accidentally fallen, even if one person could carry a wild boar, it would be no problem." After hearing what he said, everyone looked at Gao Guobing, and then they realized Gao Guobing's pants were covered with mud, and his palms were also scratched by mud and branches.

"Lao Gao, don't take your time!" Director Chen laughed and said.

Gao Guobing smiled helplessly. He was so eager to hunt that he didn't pay attention to his steps and slid down the slope. Fortunately, the slope was relatively gentle and there was no big danger. It was just that his butt hurt a little.

"Today we all had a good harvest, but after the prey died, we had to disembowel it as soon as possible, so after we came down the mountain, we simply disposed of the prey in the forest farm staff compound, and then several leaders took it back. "The person in charge of the forest farm said this.

Then he personally helped Bureau Chen get the important prey, while Bureau Chen himself took the yellow muntjac he caught first. That muntjac was smaller than Gao Mingcheng's. After the skin and internal organs were peeled off, there wasn't much left to eat.

However, muntjac is also a type of deer and has high nutritional value.

In a hurry to go down the mountain, Gao Guobing and the others had to continue carrying their prey down the mountain before they could catch their breath.

Gao Mingcheng wanted to help, but he couldn't spare any time.

Seeing Gao Mingcheng's thoughts, Gao Guobing deliberately said: "I can do it without your help."

Gao Mingcheng stopped worrying and said, "Then I will go down the mountain first, and then come back to pick you up."

This time Gao Guobing agreed, and then he saw Gao Mingcheng walking down the mountain nimbly, as if the wild boar on his shoulders and the muntjac and torreya seeds in his hands had no weight at all.

As he said, Gao Mingcheng went down the mountain quickly. Seeing that he was far ahead of everyone, Bureau Chen couldn't help but praise: "You are indeed a young man, with endless strength! I think back then, I was young It was the same back then! It was so easy even when I climbed several mountains while carrying a heavy load!"

The person in charge of the forestry farm immediately agreed and said that even now, Director Chen's physical fitness is far superior to most people.

Bureau Chen felt extremely comfortable being praised and laughed.

They were talking while going down the mountain, and Gao Mingcheng had already gone down the mountain early.

Not far from the foot of the mountain is the compound of the forest farm. There are warehouses and houses where employees live. Several employees are waiting there because they have been told in advance to process the prey that the leader has hunted.

Gao Mingcheng let them take the prey aside to deal with it, and returned to the mountains.

After he walked back and forth, he realized that Gao Guobing and the others still had more than half of the journey left!
  Gao Guobing was really arrogant. He had fallen down and hit his tail bone, which caused bursts of pain.

In addition, after all, he is a little older and has consumed a lot of energy while hunting in the mountains. At this moment, he seems to be a little overwhelmed.

Old Song at the forest farm offered to help carry it, but Gao Guobing saw that he was also carrying a wild boar, so he refused to let him help anymore.

In this way, the group of people walked and stopped, and naturally they didn't go too far.

Gao Mingcheng arrived quickly and said immediately: "Uncle, Brother Xiao, put the wild boar down. I can carry it alone."

Not to mention Gao Guobing, even Xiao Jinfeng breathed a sigh of relief.

But he still had to say: "Ming Cheng, don't be so vain. This wild boar weighs at least [-] pounds. The mountain road is difficult to walk, so we should carry it together."

Gao Mingcheng said with a smile: "It is precisely because the mountain road is difficult to walk that I carry it alone. Don't worry, I know what I know and I won't show off."

As he spoke, Gao Mingcheng carried the wild boar on his shoulders. The rough hair on the wild boar pricked his neck, making him itchy.

Moreover, the blood from the wild boar's wound slid down his clothes, ruining them.

Originally, he had to wear old clothes when he went hunting in the mountains, but Gao Mingcheng wanted to save face and didn't want to dress inappropriately in front of Gao Guobing, Chen Ju and others, so he wore a good-quality coat. Although it was also half-worn, after a while, , completely reduced to old clothes.

He carried the wild boar and continued to walk briskly down the mountain. With experience this time, he could walk steadily when encountering difficult roads.

Gao Guobing, Xiao Jinfeng and others watched from behind with admiration on their faces.

Sometimes Gao Guobing regrets that when he sent Gao Hong to the army, he didn't send Gao Mingcheng with him!

At that time, they had moved to the county, and Gao Mingcheng was still in junior high school in the village. They had less contact with each other, and he did not think of taking care of the child he had grown up with.

Hey, with Gao Mingcheng's physical fitness, if he joins the army, he will definitely accomplish a lot!

Although he often regretted it in his heart, Gao Guobing could only talk to Zhao Dongmei in private, but could not tell anyone.

It can only be said that time is fate!
  If he could have been so close to Gao Mingcheng earlier, he would have taken Gao Mingcheng along with him when planning Gao Hong's future.

Gao Mingcheng didn't know what Gao Guobing was thinking, but in his previous life, Gao Hong had lamented that he hoped Gao Mingcheng could transfer to the county to attend junior high school, and also said that he hoped to join the army with Gao Mingcheng.

He carried the wild boar on his shoulders and went down the mountain smoothly, and was naturally praised by Director Chen and others.

Gao Mingcheng acted appropriately. After throwing the wild boar to the ground, he put his hands on his knees, bent over, and gasped for air.

After a while, he finally looked like he had recovered.

At this time, Gao Guobing had already gone down the mountain. Seeing that Gao Mingcheng was very tired, he quickly handed Gao Mingcheng water to drink.

Gao Mingcheng happened to be thirsty and started drinking.

At this moment, the forest farm employees had already mobilized collectively to deal with the prey for the leaders.

After the wild boar is hunted, it must be bled, otherwise the blood will stop flowing after death. If there is blood in the meat, the color will not look good and the taste will not be good.

All that is needed now is to disembowel the pig and then peel off the skin.

Naturally, no one would take away the pig skins and pig guts, leaving them with the forest farm.

Gao Mingcheng's wild boar was the first to be processed. It had been skinned by now, and only the pig's head and feet were still hairy.

After Gao Mingcheng came down from the mountain, he borrowed the knife from the forest farm and neatly cut the wild boar into pieces. He also processed the muntjac and moved it to the bed of the pickup truck.

Next, he helped deal with the end that Gao Guobing hit.

Gao Guobing's shooting skills were pretty good and he hit him right in the head. However, because the prey he hit was too big and the sound of the gunshot scared the group of wild boars away, Xiao Jinfeng decided not to shoot, but helped Gao Guobing to get rid of the wild boars together. Go down the mountain.

And Gao Guobing also promised to share half of Xiao Jinfeng's money. (End of chapter)