Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 191 Sitting in prison and wearing a beast

Hearing Uncle Gao's voice, Lin Heng and Li Baiquan ran out quickly.

Li Baiquan asked as he walked: "Where are the signs of bears?"

Uncle Gao pointed to the snow and said, "Look at these big bear footprints."

There is always snow in the canyon, and it doesn't melt even when the sun comes out.

Lin Heng ran over and saw at a glance that this guy came up from the lower reaches of the valley and walked on the snow to the upper reaches of the valley.

Moreover, this guy stayed outside their shelter for a long time, leaving many footprints. It was obvious that he was hesitant.

They came here without the bell, so they gave it to his elder brother.

However, the front of their shelter is not undefended. There is a thorn wall made of pyracantha trees. If something breaks through, you will definitely hear the sound.

Lin Heng asked curiously: "Uncle Gao, did you discover it last night?"

At this time, the panda has been protected, and if you kill it, you will go to jail.

Lin Hengze thought this guy was really cute, with his chubby face and silly look that was really interesting.

Lin Heng said with a smile: "It's normal. Running dozens of kilometers in one night is nothing."

Li Baiquan was speechless: "Damn, this is most likely a panda."

Lin Heng had no objection to this. He also wanted to see whether the bear was a black bear or a giant panda.

"Let's go down and have a look."

These words made Uncle Gao's eyes widen: "That's even more remarkable, it shows that this dog is born smart.

After discussing and tidying up the shelter, the three of them set out to follow the bear's footprints.

Uncle Gao nodded: "Well, I heard some movement outside last night, but I didn't get up. I thought it was a small thing."

Lin Heng didn't really care. It was nice to see giant pandas from a distance.

The three of them moved forward while chatting, and soon climbed over another mountain.

"This thing can really run." Li Baiquan said with emotion.

Li Baiquan looked at the two people and asked, "Should we go find the bear now, or track the takin?"

He always regrets it now. If he hadn't been lazy last night, he might have hunted a bear.

Uncle Gao was even more shocked: "That is indeed a magical dog. You are not wrong about the name. It deserves this name."

Grandpa Gao smiled and nodded: "Then go and have a look. After tracking this guy for a long time, I can't help but meet him."

Uncle Gao looked at Xiong Ba and asked curiously. He felt that this dog seemed to be able to understand human speech and could work on its own without any commands.

The three of them held on to the tree and slowly reached the bottom of the ditch. When they were about to walk to the other side of the mountain, they saw Xiong Ba suddenly raised his head and looked at the position in front of them to the left.

He was still looking forward to it. When he went on, he found not a panda, but a black bear.

Seeing that Lin Heng and Uncle Gao were about to leave, Li Baiquan had no choice but to nod: "Then let's go."

This is a piece of green bamboo growing in the ravine here.

Although there is snow in the mountains and forests, it is intermittent and it is a bit troublesome to track it.

The three of them looked in that direction and saw a big, black and white furry guy looking at them.

And even if you risk killing them, you won't be able to sell the furs, so it's completely unnecessary.

Lin Heng smiled and nodded: "That's for sure."

"Fortunately, there is Xiongba. This is really a powerful dog. How did you train it?"

"What a stupid guy!" Li Baiquan shook his head speechlessly.

At noon, the three of them climbed another mountain. Over the ridge, they could see a touch of emerald green.

He had thought about this a long time ago and planned to get some different breeds of dogs to breed with Xiong Ba so that he could have a good life in the future.

I think its size is unusual. It is much bigger than the big yellow dogs in the countryside. Is it one year old? "

When he saw Lin Heng, three people and one dog, he was also stunned. He looked at them blankly, not knowing whether he was frightened or stupid.

Then the three of them would make a fortune.

When it reaches adulthood, find a smart purebred rhubarb and breed it first to see if it can breed it.

"Let's go see the bear first and see what kind of bear this guy is." Uncle Gao thought for a while and said.

This guy was sitting on the ground, with his legs in the air, a piece of bamboo in one front paw, and a small piece of bamboo in his mouth.

Lin Heng responded with a smile: "I didn't train it much, it is so smart by nature."

As he walked forward, Lin Heng responded: "No, he is only seven or eight months old."

In other words, this half-day of tracking has been in vain.

Lin Heng's current pre-selection targets include German shepherds, Czech wolfdogs and big yellow dogs.

Li Baiquan also nodded and said: "Find a good dog and breed it. This dog cannot be allowed to become extinct."

The bear walked quite far in the canyon, backing away from their shelter for about a kilometer before going up the mountain from a side slope.

Unlike other pandas, this panda's tail is actually brown. It is not known whether it was dyed this color by its urine or whether it is naturally brown.

"嘤嘤!!"

It seems that humans are not easy to mess with. This guy reluctantly threw away the bamboo, turned over and climbed up.

Judging from its resentful eyes and tone as it walked away, it seemed to be saying that it just glanced at you last night, and that it was chasing me up several mountains.

"Let's go." Lin Heng shook his head, turned around and left with Xiong Ba.

"Let's go!"

Grandpa Gao nodded, said something, turned and left.

Seeing the three people leaving, the giant panda stopped, as if wondering why these guys left.

But it didn't care so much. It ruthlessly bit off a arrow bamboo next to it and started eating it.

After leaving the Arrow Bamboo Valley, Li Baiquan looked at the two of them and asked, "Where are we going now? I'm afraid there won't be enough time to continue tracking the takin, right?"

Lin Heng nodded: "It's definitely not enough. It will take half a day just to go to that valley. The rest of the time can only be found casually in the forest."

Uncle Gao also nodded and said: "This is the only way. I feel that this ditch seems to be pretty good. Let's search nearby. This place is not very far from the camp."

"That's okay too."

Li Baiquan nodded, and the three of them separated.

With little hope at noon, Lin Heng focused on picking up some small items such as enoki mushrooms and medicinal materials.

If you set your goals smaller, you won't be too distressed.

He followed Xiong Ba, thinking a little about his wife and children. Today is already the twenty-seventh, and it will soon be the Gregorian year.

But it's almost time to go back. The next step is to look for the takin again. If you find it, everything will be fine. If you can't find it, there is nothing you can do.

"Ouch!"

Thinking about the matter and not paying attention, Lin Heng suddenly slipped and fell down the slope, sliding for more than ten meters.

Xiong Ba was stunned and quickly ran down to Lin Heng's side and looked at him with concern.

"I rely on."

Lin Heng looked at the back of his hand. When he slid it down, there were two cuts made by thorns, but they were not deep.

But when I unbuttoned my lower back, I saw that I was not so lucky. There was a scratch the size of a child's hand.

And he felt a little pain in his ankle, which seemed to be twisted. "What bad luck."

Lin Heng was a little irritated. He felt that his feet were very firm, so why did he suddenly fall?

After stretching his ankles, he got up with a depressed look on his face. Although my ankle hurts a little, it's not like I can't walk.

The injury on the back was a bit serious, but it was okay. The bleeding was not serious and the scabs healed on their own.

Then he quickly opened the compound bow bag and took a look. The compound bow was not damaged, but two of the arrows he held behind him were broken.

Putting the broken arrow into the arrow pot, Lin Heng found a windless place to sit down and rest, and rubbed the head of the bully dog ​​next to him.

"Ow~"

Xiongba nuzzled Lin Heng, put his head on its lap and let him rub it.

"Hey, go play with you, I'll take a rest."

Lin Heng rubbed it twice, then patted its head and said.

"Ow~"

Xiongba reluctantly took his head away and wandered around.

Lin Heng sat here and rubbed his feet, holding up his clothes with his hands to let the wounds on his lower back scab, otherwise it would be uncomfortable if they stuck to his clothes.

It took more than an hour to sit here. There was no wind here, but Lin Heng could see the cold wind howling on the opposite hillside, and many trees were blown down.

And he also saw a squirrel coming out of there not far away.

When the wound on his lower back scabbed, Lin Heng got up with difficulty and walked over. He observed for a long time that there was definitely food hidden by squirrels in this place.

"It's strange, why can't I find it?"

Lin Heng rummaged around but found no place where the squirrel had hidden its food, which made him a little depressed.

"Hey, I don't know where this guy Xiongba went."

Lin Heng glanced around, but didn't see Xiong Ba.

"Hongba!!" he shouted loudly.

"Woof woof~~"

Xiongba's voice came from far below.

"Come back quickly!"

"Wang Wang~"

"Ok?"

Lin Heng was a little confused. He usually came back when he called him, but now he was motionless and just kept calling in the distance.

"Did you discover something?"

He walked over with doubts, and walked a full eight or nine hundred meters before he saw it in a tall forest. This guy was pulling something out, and a lot of black humus soil was pulled out by it.

"Woof woof~~"

Seeing Lin Heng coming, it smiled like a Samoyed and stuck out its tongue to call.

"What is it?"

Lin Heng walked over curiously. He couldn't see anything clearly from a distance and didn't know what it was pulling at.

When he squatted down, he immediately smelled a strong smell of medicine. He looked carefully, and then looked carefully, and he was stunned in place.

"This...this...could it be..."

He couldn't believe it, so he broke off a small branch from the side and gently scraped the soil to expose more of the thing.

This time he really looked carefully and understood.

He was stunned at first, then he immediately searched for it on his body, and finally tore off a red strip of cloth from his clothes and tied it up.

Then he sat down on the ground and looked at the things in the ground and the bully in front of him in disbelief.

"How did you find Xiongba?"

Lin Heng looked at Xiong Ba like he was looking at a monster, because it was so incredible.

The thing in the ground is none other than an extremely rare Taibai Mountain ginseng, which is endemic to the Qinling Mountains and even rarer than the Changbai Mountain ginseng in the Greater Khingan Mountains.

It is said that the content of ginseng and honey locust is seven times that of ordinary ginseng, making it extremely precious.

This kind of thing may not be found even in summer, but Xiongba actually found it in the winter, which made Lin Heng suspect that it had become a spirit.

"嘤嘤!"

Faced with Lin Heng's questioning, Xiongba screamed, looking innocent.

It was just wandering around, and suddenly smelled a different smell in this place, and then curiously dug up the soil.

Lin Heng tried his best to calm down his excitement, touched Xiong Ba's head and exhaled: "You are awesome, even if you become a sperm, I will keep you alive!"

The value of this ginseng is no less than that of musk. If his father can find one this year, it is because his ancestors have done good deeds.

He had no hope at all, otherwise he wouldn't have even brought a red string.

His chances of finding wild ginseng were about the same as his chances of hunting a tiger.

But he didn't have any hope, and when his dog found out, he didn't know what to say.

"The fall today was worth it."

Lin Heng grinned and suddenly felt that his waist and legs no longer hurt. He would be willing to break his leg if he could find ginseng in one fall.

After calming down, Lin Heng took out a dagger, whittled two wooden sticks, and began to dig ginseng slowly.

The more complete the ginseng is, the higher its value. It is best not to break even one root.

Fortunately, this place is full of humus soil. Loosen the soil bit by bit, and then pick out the wood chips.

This is a meticulous job, and you must not be in a hurry. Fortunately, Lin Heng has been a man for two generations. He has accumulated patience in his long life. He deeply understands that haste makes waste, and small gains can lead to big things. .

It took more than two and nearly three hours to dig out his life bit by bit by Lin Heng. The light yellow ginseng body was full of circles and lines, much more than the ones his father dug out. .

The most accurate way to tell the age of ginseng is to identify the reed head, which is the part of the ginseng where the rhizome grows.

Every time the ginseng leaves and stems wither, a bowl scar will be left on the reed head, which is called a reed bowl. A bowl scar represents a year.

Under normal circumstances, there will be no roots at the head of the reed, they are all smooth. Only ginseng that is seventy or eighty years old will grow 'jujube cores' that are the same as the roots in this part.

The one Lin Heng dug had two such jujube cores on it, which shows that this man was at least a hundred years old.

Not only in this aspect, this wild ginseng is not as strong as the artificially grown ginseng. The body is slender and smooth, with only two ginseng legs separated, and the roots on the ginseng legs are extremely long.

The shortest one is thirty to forty centimeters, and the longest main root is nearly one meter long. It took Lin Heng nearly an hour to dig out this main root.

But fortunately, he finally dug it out completely. The ginseng really looked like a little person.

Lin Heng looked at the thing in his hand and was speechless for a moment.

As we all know, the older the ginseng is, the more expensive it is.

The price of wild ginseng that is more than a hundred years old is more expensive than gold.

In later generations, a century-old wild ginseng was sold at auction for a sky-high price of three million. Its value per gram was twenty-five times the value of gold at that time.

And the one in his hand was obviously such a ginseng.

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ps: This is from yesterday. It will be updated with another 12 words before o'clock today. My aunt suddenly had an accident yesterday and I didn't have time to type.

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