Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 71 Tracking the Wild Boars (for further reading)
In October, the weather is getting colder. Under the sun, I still feel a little basking in the sun, but when I enter the forest, I feel a little bit of shade.

During these days, the villagers were very busy. It was the time when the late rice was about to mature, and Gao Mingcheng said that he would collect the medicinal materials.

Some people's rice is well planted and ready to be harvested, while some people's rice is not well planted, not yet mature, and some are still empty.

Gao Mingcheng's rice was ready to be harvested, but this time no one in the family came to ask him to go back to help. Since they didn't call him, he didn't take the initiative to go back to help.

On this day, he went into the mountain again, and he planned to get some valuable game before going out.

Mainly, he is almost out of money in his pocket!
As the saying goes, if a poor family is rich, if you have no money in your pocket, you will not have enough confidence to go out.

He has been in the south, but he has never been involved in the medicinal material business, so he is willing to make more preparations.

After entering the mountain, he was not in a hurry to find the prey, but followed the mountain road to check the beehives that had been placed in the mountain before.

He made a total of twenty beehives, and placed them in places with natural honey sources. He couldn't name some of the vegetation in the mountains, but he knew that some trees bloomed and some didn't.

He placed the beehives in the shade of a tree, which provided protection from the sun and rain.

Walk all the way, check all the way.Since it has just been placed, there are not many honeycombs in the beehive, and the worker bees are busy building nests and have no time to make honey. At the end of this year, honey can be harvested once, but there are few honey sources in winter, and the bees themselves have to consume honey. If all the honey is removed, the bees may not be able to survive the winter.

Gao Mingcheng didn't plan to do the thing of exhausting the lake and fishing. After this batch of beehives were put down, they would not be moved again this year. When the spring of next year came and the honey sources increased, they would come to harvest honey again.

Suddenly, his spirit became alert, he stared at a place, and slowly pulled out the dagger from his waist.

The knife was unsheathed, and the cold light flashed.

He waved his hand, and the blade slashed across the void. When the blade slashed, a wasp's body was severed and fell to the ground from midair.

Wasps are the natural enemies of bees. If there is no human interference, the entire hive of bees may be eaten by them after being targeted by wasps.

Next, Gao Mingcheng swung his knife again and killed several wasps.

Killing a mere wasp with a military dagger feels like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer, but Gao Mingcheng likes the feeling of wielding a knife very much, and it is even more joyful that every knife has something to gain.

Soon, the wasps lingering around the beehive were killed one by one by Gao Mingcheng.

He checked nearby and found that there were not only wasp corpses on the ground, but also bee corpses, which showed that some bees had been killed by wasps.

He lifted the lid of the beehive to check the situation inside.

Since some of the bees were killed, the nesting progress of this beehive is lower than that of other beehives. Gao Mingcheng frowned. It seems that he has to pay attention to this beehive in the future. If all the bees inside are killed by wasps, then he will You have to change places, and then go back to find a swarm of bees again.

In this way, he checked all the beehives in this area, and then went to look for traces of prey.

His goal today was to hit a wild boar, so he walked to the area where wild boars often appeared.

It was late autumn, and the wild fruits in the mountains were ripe, and the roots in the ground were also full of starch. At this time, the wild boars were least short of food.

In the ravines and on the hillsides, there are traces of wild boars everywhere.

Gao Mingcheng passed a sloping field and saw that the mud there was raised up, plant residues were scattered on the ground, and there were a large number of wild boar footprints and feces.

There is a piece of kudzu vine growing here, and kudzu vine can be seen all over the mountains in their mountains. In November, people in the village will go into the mountain with hoes to dig kudzu, and clean the kudzu. Finally, grind it, filter it, take the starch and dry it in the sun, which is kudzu powder.

Pueraria can be eaten by humans, and so can wild boars. Its leaves and roots are the favorite food of wild boars.

The surface of the soil was still fresh, and Gao Mingcheng judged that the herd of wild boars must have just left.He followed the traces left behind and followed them all the way.

There is a cowhide belt around his waist, and not only a military dagger is hung on it, but also an ordinary sharp knife.

Once he found several hares, and when he was about to pick up stones to smash them, he found that there were no stones at all in that area.

After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly reacted.Since he is so accurate in hitting stones, he can definitely get some knives, spears, javelins and other things!
After he came to his senses, he went to the blacksmith's shop to make suitable tools, but he just wanted a javelin. You can't just buy it and you can have it. It will take a while to wait for the blacksmith to forge it.

Before getting the javelin, Gao Mingcheng bought an ordinary sharp knife and planned to practice Xiao Li Fei Dao. When necessary, he could throw the sharp knife out. After hurting the prey, the speed of the prey's escape would be affected. , and then catch up by itself.

Originally, that military dagger was definitely better than ordinary sharp knives, but he couldn't bear it!
If ordinary sharp knives are lost, forget it, but military daggers cannot be lost!

When chatting with the blacksmith, he also found out that as long as you give enough money, the blacksmith can make a bird gun for you.

Bird guns are also guns, but they are firearms from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

It has a long history and its functions are not easy to use. Even if you get the bird gun, you can only hit some small prey, and there is no way to hit large prey.

Another one, although the blacksmith can make it, but the quality...

Well, you can imagine!
Gao Mingcheng followed the traces of wild boars all the way, and after climbing a mountain, he found the group of wild boars in a puddle.

At this time, the wild boars were eating fresh and tender wild vegetables, and some wild boars were digging the ground with their tusks, looking for bugs in the ground to eat.

Gao Mingcheng crouched down, hiding behind a bush and observing.

The herd of wild boars is not big, there are only eight wild boars, about five adults, and three young pigs. The patterns on their bodies are not obvious, mostly black, covered with mud, and look dirty.

The wild boars eat and play leisurely, unaware that danger has come quietly.

Gao Mingcheng took off the sharp knife, held it in his hand, and stared at the herd of wild boars, looking for targets.

Once frightened, the wild boar will run away quickly, so he only has one chance.

If you can't attack a wave first, then you have to run to catch up on your own. Although he runs fast, wild boars are also smart. They will get into lush bushes and hide in ditches. These places are not so convenient for Gao Mingcheng.

(End of this chapter)