Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Above the sky, the moon shines like water.

Gao Mingcheng led two dogs, Black Tiger and Elf, and kept shuttling through the woods.

The mountain road is rugged and steep, but Gao Mingcheng is very familiar with the nearby terrain, and he takes every step very steadily and will never stumble or fall.

He had already gained something in his hands. At this time, he held two hare legs and made the hare hang upside down in the air.

However, Gao Mingcheng was not satisfied with this. He planned to hunt more hares. If he was lucky and encountered a wild boar, that would be fine.

There are not many kinds of wild animals in the mountains near Gaojiacun. If Gao Mingcheng goes all the way into the mountains of Niuweiling, he can still find many rare wild animals. But if it is in the mountains near the village, then the most common ones Just hares and wild boars.

As for hedgehogs, voles, owls, bats, weasels, etc., of course they exist, but they are not among Gao Mingcheng's recipes.

Speaking of which, he seldom goes into the mountains recently. He hasn't seen yellow muntjacs and jackals for a long time. Yellow muntjacs don't like to live in groups and are scattered in the mountains. It's normal to be hard to find. But jackals like to live in groups and often gather in groups to hunt. When encountering danger, , and will also call friends to come and help.

In the past, Gao Mingcheng had encountered each other from time to time when he was in the mountains. Although there was no conflict between the two parties, they met many times. However, in the past year or two, Gao Mingcheng has not encountered them again, like jackals in the mountains. The group migrated to another place.

In 86, Gao Mingcheng discovered black bears and tigers in their mountains, but they have long since disappeared.

Various nocturnal animals make rustling noises from time to time, and occasionally the hoot of an owl sounds, which is really a bit creepy.

He entered the mountain at eight o'clock and had been wandering in the mountain for about two hours.

Even if he was reborn, Gao Mingcheng grew up listening to these words. Regardless of whether there is scientific basis for this matter, he will be a little afraid of it in his bones.

Not much was gained in these two hours, which made him wonder if the hare in the mountains had changed its route.

After walking for more than ten minutes, Gao Mingcheng stopped. Even the black tiger and the elf stopped. They looked in a certain direction, their eyes full of excitement, but they did not bark because of it. Voice.

The reason why the Animal Protection Law was promulgated is naturally related to the decreasing number of these wild animals.

Sometimes when there is no food in winter, they will dig into the soil with their noses to pull out hibernating snakes hidden in the soil and eat them!

Hearing the noise made by the wild boars, Gao Mingcheng was so excited that he was ready to go.

The so-called "good luck" is probably what it is!
He wandered in the mountains for more than two hours, but only caught two hares. When he was about to return without success, he encountered a group of wild boars looking for food!
Yes, there is a group of wild boars foraging in the nearby mountain forest!
Although he had never seen it with his own eyes, Gao Mingcheng knew it was a wild boar just by hearing those sounds, and he could also roughly guess how many wild boars there were!

However, Gao Mingcheng is not a moral model. He used to go into the mountains to hunt hares and wild boars, and now he still goes into the mountains to hunt these. As for other rare animals, he just doesn't do it.

The hare has the habit of walking on old trails. That is, it liked to walk on this road before, and it will continue to walk on this road in the future. Unless it is frightened, it does not like to walk in the grass. After all, it has short legs and it is not that convenient to walk in the grass. .

But fortunately, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of the owl's hoot, you are afraid of the owl's laughter. If you hear the owl's laughter, even Gao Mingcheng will feel uneasy.

The further into the dense forest, the dimmer the light becomes.

Most of the rare animals here are birds. Some birds that Gao Mingcheng doesn't know much about may be birds that sit on the bottom of the prison.

Because for the villagers, the owl is an unpleasant and unlucky symbol. Once someone in the family dies, the owl will be attracted. In addition, everyone believes that if the owl laughs, it means that someone will encounter an accident and die.

However, the Animal Protection Law is also equivalent to a hanging sword. Gao Mingcheng hunts less frequently now. Even if he hunts prey, he will not show it off so as to avoid making people jealous and report him.

Forget it, that’s it for today, go back first!
Gao Mingcheng retreated and prepared to take another road, and went down the mountain to go home.

Gao Mingcheng touched their dog heads with satisfaction, and his eyes instantly shone with surprise.

After Gao Mingcheng walked out of the dense forest, the moonlight immediately fell down. Taking advantage of the moonlight, he raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. It was already half past ten in the evening.

Even during the day, the light in the dense forest is dim, let alone at night.

Wild boars are animals that go out to forage during the day and night. Their eyesight is also good. They can still see clearly even at night. However, they mainly rely on their sense of smell to find food, and their food is very miscellaneous. They eat whatever they can. kind.

He weighed the javelin in his hand and thought, this javelin has finally come in handy!
Following the sound, Gao Mingcheng walked all the way. He walked lightly and quickly without making any big noise. When he could see the wild boar, he stopped immediately.

Gao Mingcheng bent down and put the hare in his hand on the ground first, so as not to affect his subsequent performance.

This was a sneak attack, so he didn't need two dogs to chase the wild boars. Gao Mingcheng touched the heads of the two dogs, and they hid behind the bushes in a tacit understanding.

Gao Mingcheng held the javelin tightly and stared at the wild boars that were foraging in the woods. These wild boars were digging the soil, and there were thick kudzu roots hidden under the soil.

Now the leaves of kudzu have gradually withered, and the starch content in the rhizomes has begun to increase. The taste and nutritional value of kudzu have been greatly improved.

If people plan to dig kudzu roots to make kudzu powder, they can dig them throughout the winter. After the leaves grow again in the next spring, they can no longer dig because the starch stored in the rhizomes will be converted into energy to grow leaves. It's full of coarse fiber and not much to eat.

There are a lot of wild boars in this group. There are fifteen wild boars in total. Judging from their size, they should be three adult sows leading a group of large and small pigs. Among them, four piglets look to be only the size of a puppy, about the size of a puppy. Months of birth.

Domestic pigs will grow slowly if they are not fed feed, let alone wild boars. Therefore, wild boars look smaller than domestic pigs at the same age.

But wild boars with bad tempers are much more difficult to deal with than domestic pigs. If a domestic pig is big enough, when people want to kill the pig, it will take several people to kill it, let alone the wild boar.

Gao Mingcheng's eyes directly ignored the three adult sows and the four piglets. This group of piglets were probably all born to those sows. Let them stay in the mountains so that they can continue to give birth to piglets next spring.

As for the piglets, they are so small. Let’s not talk about whether they are cruel or not. The key is that they don’t have much meat!
Gao Mingcheng's eyes searched around among the large and small pigs, and finally found the target. The target was not big, estimated to be about one hundred kilograms. Such a wild boar would not be a big problem for Gao Mingcheng to fight with his bare hands.

However, if you are really brave enough to rush in and fight, you will encounter a group of wild boars!

So, he might as well be an assassin!

The assassin is hiding in the dark, waiting for his move, and he will hit with one strike! If you miss, dodge away! Gao Mingcheng was quite confident in his accuracy. While living in the county, he also maintained the habit of exercising to keep his body in good condition.

However, he felt that this time he could make a simple target and take it to the county, and then he would also make arrangements to practice the flying knife.

He hadn't thought about this before because Xiao Xuxu was still young, but children grew up very quickly, so it was time to prepare some basic training equipment.

These thoughts only flashed through his mind. With Gao Mingcheng's concentration, the javelin in his hand came out and hit the pig's head directly on the target's neck!

Under the great force, the gun head was completely buried in the wild boar's head. While the brain was damaged, the wild boar fell to the ground, but it was not completely dead. Its limbs were still moving slightly, and it seemed that it wanted to try to stand up.

This sudden change caused the wild boars to panic. The black tiger and the elf rushed towards the wild boars in an instant, trying to drive them away. Gao Mingcheng also made a roaring sound next to them, making the wild boars even more frightened.

Almost in the blink of an eye, wild boars of all sizes disappeared.

After solving the hidden crisis, Gao Mingcheng did not intend to stay here any longer. He picked up the hare that he had put down before, and then walked towards the wild boar on the ground. He held the javelin with both hands and used a little force to pull out the spear head. The head is stuck in the bone, and if you don't have any strength, you can't even pull it out.

Gao Mingcheng first put the wild boar on his shoulders. He moved his shoulders and felt that it was not stable, so he adjusted it slightly. If his center of gravity was stable, he would not have to worry about the wild boar on his shoulders falling off later.

"Black tiger, elf, let's go!" The two dogs excitedly chased the wild boar away. They were not here. Gao Mingcheng shouted, then bent down and squatted down to pick up the javelin and hare on the ground.

When he was about to leave, the figures of Black Tiger and Elf jumped out from the bushes. The two dogs were so excited that they ran around in the forest. They seemed to know the way down the mountain better than Gao Mingcheng.

Gao Mingcheng was also in a good mood and whistled happily. But his whistle sounded like a crisis warning to the animals in the mountains, and all nocturnal animals avoided this place.

Gao Mingcheng walked quickly and took more than ten minutes to get home.

The mountains stretch continuously, and the mountains are undulating. The evening wind blows from one mountain top to another, and the branches are swaying. Especially when there is a large bamboo forest, the bamboos sway with the wind. From a distance, the bamboos look like waves, so some people call it It's called the Bamboo Sea.

It's a pity that Gao Mingcheng has no intention to appreciate such scenery.

From the corner of his eye, he glanced at these pictures and strode back to the sunny house at the foot of Niuweiling Mountain.

The courtyard door was ajar, but the occupants of the guest room had already fallen asleep. From the outside, there was no light coming out, and the room was dark.

Gao Mingcheng put down the wild boar and hare and glanced at his watch. It was almost half past eleven.

According to the habits of the villagers, they had already gone to bed at this point. After all, there was no entertainment at night, and turning on the lights or lighting kerosene lamps cost money, so everyone was accustomed to going to bed early and getting up early.

It’s just that the prey cannot stay overnight and must be dealt with as soon as possible.

So Gao Mingcheng didn't care whether the noise might wake up Chen Duofu and his wife. He went into the house and turned on the lights, then pulled out the wires and hung them on nails on the wall.

The light bulbs in his main room are either fixed in a certain place, or they can be brought outside to illuminate the yard.

After lighting, the next step is to take out tools such as butcher knives, bone chopping knives, and kitchen knives. These will all come in handy in the subsequent cutting.

The hair of wild boars is rough and dirty. If you soak it in hot water to remove the hair, the water in which the wild boar has been soaked will instantly turn black.

However, Gao Mingcheng always peels the skin directly and then throws the pig skin into the mountains.

When he was concentrating on his work, he would inevitably make some noise. Not long after, Chen Duofu put on a coat and walked out of the guest room.

Gao Mingcheng's home has three main rooms, with the main room in the middle and bedrooms on both sides. The door of the bedroom is opened in the main room, so whether it is the light or the movement of chopping meat, it is quite obvious.

Chen Duofu fell asleep a long time ago. After vaguely hearing movement in his sleep, he had a guess in his mind. When he came out and saw the skinned wild boar, his eyes immediately lit up and all the remaining sleepiness disappeared. Disappeared in an instant.

He couldn't help but said: "Mingcheng, you are so awesome, you actually got a wild boar again!"

He rolled up his sleeves and said enthusiastically: "I'm here to help!"

Gao Mingcheng did not refuse his kindness. It was not tiring to clean up the wild boars alone, but it was better for two people to clean up quickly and go to bed quickly.

He chopped off the hairy pig heads, pig feet and pig tails, which he was too lazy to clean up tonight. He put them in a basket and covered them with a dustpan to prevent rats from stealing food.

The good meat is also cut into pieces and put into baskets for storage. As for the pork belly and intestines, they have to be taken out as soon as possible, otherwise they will stink terribly.

Chen Duofu helped clean up the offal. He carried a wooden basin and took the things outside the house to clean them up, so that the dirty things could be thrown directly outside and would not dirty the house.

Gao Mingcheng took out the pig gallbladder and hung it under the eaves to dry. This stuff is medicinal and can be kept for personal use, or you can save it and sell it for money.

Chen Duofu's wife also heard the noise they made, but Chen Duofu told her not to come out to help. The pregnant woman was sleeping heavily, so she fell asleep again without realizing it.

But in her dream, large bowls of meat appeared, and she ate it with open belly and was very happy.

After working for more than half an hour, Gao Mingcheng and Chen Duofu were almost done.

Gao Mingcheng cut some pig liver and lungs and fed them to Black Tiger and Elf, and put away the rest.

"It's getting late, you go to bed quickly, I'll take a shower and go to bed." Gao Mingcheng looked at Chen Duofu and said.

Chen Duofu nodded. He washed his hands and was indeed ready to go to bed. But when Gao Mingcheng said he wanted to take a shower, he immediately said, "There is no hot water at home, so you have to boil water."

Gao Mingcheng waved his hand, who would be willing to boil water in the middle of the night?

He would rather take a cold shower than boil water! (End of chapter)