Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 353 Hiding
Lin Yue changed to a lead bullet and wanted to chase the black bear in the direction it escaped.

"No need to chase him. This guy should be dead. It's just the adrenaline that made him run away."

Lin Heng stopped his eldest brother and said.

"What is adrenaline?" Lin Yue wondered.

Lin Heng: "..."

"Anyway, this guy must be dead. Let's take Xiongba and follow the blood trail to find him slowly." Lin Heng walked over and picked up the hunting arrow stuck in the ground, saying with lingering fear.

Only when facing the black bear did I realize how ferocious this guy was. If it was a roe deer or a muntjac, his two arrows would have definitely killed it, but this guy was able to run so far.

Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng apologetically: "This guy is too scary. Thanks to you just now, I was too slow to react and too nervous."

Before he encountered the black bear, he thought he could kill it easily. After all, no matter how ferocious it was, it was not as powerful as a hunting rifle, and it was not as strong as a bullet.

But when I actually encountered him, I found that it was not like that at all. This guy always appears suddenly, and many times he comes to you without you having time to reload his bullets.

The speed of the charge was much more terrifying than that of a wolfhound, and it made people's legs go weak just by watching it.

It is rare to see someone like Lin Heng who remains calm in the face of danger.

Just like when being chased by a dog, many people know that they cannot run, and the more they run, the more the dog chases them. However, when they really encounter this situation, most people still instinctively want to escape. Only a very few people can overcome their instincts and face the big dog head-on and confront it.

"It's okay. It's normal to be like this the first time you fight a black bear."

Lin Heng smiled and patted his elder brother's shoulder, then said, "It's almost time. I think the black bear should be dead. Let's go take a look."

“…Okay.” Lin Yue nodded in agreement, thinking to himself, brother, this should be your first time fighting a black bear, why do you talk like you’ve fought it before?

Although it was Lin Heng’s first time playing, he had enough social experience to make the right choice at the first time.

It is completely possible to track black bears without a dog, because there are obvious bloodstains on the ground that can be seen with the naked eye.

The two followed the blood trail for about three or four hundred meters and saw a huge black figure lying in the birch forest from afar.

"Xiongba, go and take a look." Lin Heng rushed forward without any rain and said to Xiongba.

Xiongba seemed to be able to judge that the other party was completely dead, so he walked over swaggeringly and licked the blood from the wound.

"It looks like he's dead." Lin Heng also walked over and began to check the wound.

By the way, catch the black bear's blood. Bear blood is also very valuable. We can't give it all to Xiongba and the five black dogs.

The bullet that hit his eldest brother hit him near the ear, leaving only a scratch, but the real cause of death was the arrow that pierced his chest.

"It seems that the black bear was scared away by me." Lin Yue laughed. His hands were shaking at the time and his aim was not very accurate.

Lin Heng raised it and estimated that this thing must be nearly 300 kilograms. He said, "It looks like we can only divide it here and then move it back to the camp."

Lin Yue said: "Let's lift it up and try. It's inconvenient to kill it here. It would be best if we can get it back to the camp."

The two men, one pulling the front legs and the other pulling the leg guard, lifted him up in an instant. Although he weighed nearly 300 kilograms, they were two big guys after all.

Lin Yue suggested, "Sure, let's get a shelf and carry it back. I just saw some kudzu vines over there."

"That's fine, I'll go cut some Pueraria lobata vines." Lin Heng nodded, collected a bag of bear blood in a plastic bag, and then went to find Pueraria lobata vines.

When he came back, Lin Yue had also cut down two smooth birch trees. The two of them made a rack and carried the black bear and the yellow muntjac back.

Three hundred kilograms of stuff was too heavy, so the two men walked and stopped many times. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the camp. After putting the bear down, both of them collapsed from exhaustion.

"We can't go back today." Lin Yue said while looking at the sky. The two of them were sweating profusely in the winter, and their inner clothes were soaked.

Lin Heng lit the fire in the shelter, took off his clothes one by one and said, "How about this, big brother, you go home early tomorrow morning and call people to ask dad and the third uncle to come and help take these things. If we rely on the two of us to move these things back, we will be dead."

Sweaty clothes can easily make people catch a cold, so taking them off, drying your body and drying yourself in the sun is the best option.

"Okay, I'll get up early and go back tomorrow morning." Lin Yue nodded. He knew his brother was tired, so he didn't refuse.

After drying their underwear and wiping their bodies, the two men put on their clothes and began to deal with the black bear and the little muntjac.

Just skin the small yellow muntjac and remove the internal organs, and then divide the meat when you get home.

Although they are brothers, they still follow the established distribution principles when hunting.

The roe deer was hunted by Lin Heng independently and belongs to Lin Heng. The yellow muntjac was hunted by his elder brother independently and belongs to his elder brother.

As for the black bear, the discovery and the main fatal injury were all due to Lin Heng. His elder brother shot it again to prevent it from causing harm to others, so his contribution was not small either. If the credit is divided into one quarter, Lin Heng accounts for three quarters of the main credit.

Don’t underestimate the contribution. This is a black bear and it will earn much more money than a muntjac in the end.

The black bear had thick fur, and its body was still hot, with its blood not yet coagulated. So the two men drained its blood and began to skin it.

"This bear skin is very heavy, it must be about thirty or forty kilograms." Lin Yue said while holding the peeled black bear skin.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "Of course, otherwise this black bear skin wouldn't be so expensive. The fur is of good quality. I estimate it can be sold for six or seven hundred yuan."

The most valuable parts of a black bear are its skin and bear gall. One gram of bear gall costs at least 40 yuan, sometimes even more expensive. Like musk, it is an extremely precious Chinese medicine.

A bear gallbladder weighs about 50 grams after drying and can be sold for 2,000 yuan.

"Hurry up and cut open its stomach to see how brave this bear is." Lin Yue said excitedly.

"We have to be careful." Lin Heng was also a little excited.

Taking out the prepared red rope, the two men slowly cut open the black bear's belly, found the blue-gray bear gall, carefully took it out, tied it with a rope, and hung it on a rack to dry.

Xiongba and the five black dogs were strictly controlled and not allowed to approach.

Once the bear gall was taken, the two men felt relieved. The remaining things would not spoil easily, so they did not need to be so careful.

"This bear gall is quite big. It can be sold for a lot of money." Lin Yue said happily.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "I think it can be sold for two thousand yuan."

Then the two of them took out all the internal organs of the black bear. Unlike the yellow muntjac, the fat of this black bear was particularly thick, a layer of white and delicate fat more than two fingers wide.

"I heard that bear oil can cure rheumatism and arthritis. I'll get some back and try it this time." Lin Yue said as he looked at the strips of fatty breast meat.

"Then I guess it needs to be boiled with herbs." Lin Heng said as he cut it.

The biggest benefit of bear oil is that it moisturizes the skin. Many skin care products are made with bear oil. He plans to go back and get some to try making skin care products.

The bear meat was cut into strips and it was already dark when I finished.

Lin Heng took a piece of black bear meat with alternating fat and lean texture, sliced ​​it, and fried it with the enoki mushrooms he had picked up earlier and the mushroom sauce he brought from home.

After frying, the aroma of bear meat fat and mushrooms mixed together and burst out, filling the shelter with a rich fragrance.

This was also the first time that Lin Heng ate bear meat. After eating it, he was surprised and said, "Well, although this is a male bear, the meat is quite delicious."

The taste is similar to beef, but more delicate, with a sweet aftertaste, and a unique flavor of black bears that other animals do not have. "I thought male bear meat was fishy, ​​but now it tastes okay." Lin Yue said with a smile. They fried it directly, and if they go back and process it, they will definitely be able to completely remove the fishy smell.

The main course for both of them was noodles, and they were so excited that they couldn't sleep after the meal.

There is no road at Birch Cliff, and the distance may be even farther than Sanchagou. The two men spent a lot of effort, but their gains were unprecedented.

Lin Heng first unlocked the roe deer, and then the black bear. Both of them felt like they were dreaming after the success.

Lin Heng said to himself: "This is actually the same as fishing. Fish in places where no one has fished before are always very stupid. They will eat the bait as soon as they see it without being fooled."

Lin Yue nodded and said, "Indeed, in the places where we often hunt, golden roosters will fly away when they see people from a distance, but here people can get very close during the day."

The flames in the stove were burning and jumping, and outside the house there was the sound of the wind whistling. The two brothers chatted about everything as they did when they were children, and finally fell asleep with emotion.

The next morning, the two got up early, made a cup of milk, ate some barbecue, and then Lin Yue set off.

"Brother, don't go too far. Be careful when you are alone." Lin Yue asked.

"I know, you should be careful too." Lin Heng said. It is not too dangerous to be alone with a dog.

After accompanying his eldest brother for a distance, Lin Heng took a bow and arrow and a hoe to search the nearby mountains.

If you can't catch any prey, you can also dig wild lilies, yams, etc.

Because he had killed a black bear, he was not in a hurry at all and looked around for it.

"Oh, such a big lily."

As he walked, Lin Heng found a wild lily stalk as thick as a Pulse bottle cap.

He dug it out in a few seconds with a small hoe. It was a wild lily the size of a palm, in the shape of a lotus, weighing at least six or seven taels, an absolute treasure.

"I can make Lily of the Valley for Xiaoxia when I go back." Lin Heng smiled knowingly, missing his little cotton-padded jacket a little.

He didn't go home yesterday, Xiaoxia must have been waiting at the door for a long time, and Xiulan was probably so worried that she couldn't sleep.

Maybe his luck ran out yesterday, as Lin Heng didn't encounter a single squirrel this morning.

But we dug up a lot of yams, six complete yams, which weighed about fifteen or sixteen pounds in total.

At noon, he found a stone slab, cut a piece of roe deer meat and a piece of bear meat, put them on the stone slab and fried them until both sides were crispy before eating.

The fried bear and roe deer steaks are delicious. Spreading a little fermented bean curd on them and eating them will make your soul feel sublimated.

After lunch, Lin Heng didn’t go anywhere and just stayed near the shelter.

He took all the roe deer and black bear intestines that had not been processed before to the edge of the pond, turned them over and cleaned them, and then cleaned them again with wood ash.

The mountain stream water in winter is icy cold, and Lin Heng has to go back to warm himself by the fire after working for a while.

By the time he had cleaned the internal organs of the three animals, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.

Looking at his watch, he said to himself, "It looks like Big Brother and his men will be here tomorrow morning. It will be just us and the dog tonight, Xiongba."

"Wang Wang!"

Xiongba called out happily, as if to say don't worry, it's there.

"Haha, I'm not afraid. I'll get you some meat tonight."

Lin Heng touched Xiongba's head and said with a smile.

We went home and cooked some noodles, including roe deer meat and mushroom noodles. After the man and the dog ate them, we went back up the mountain.

I didn't run far in the afternoon. I just went hunting nearby. Because there had been continuous gunfire in the past two days, I could no longer hear the calls of muntjacs or the like nearby.

Lin Heng searched for a long time and finally killed a blood pheasant and two bamboo partridges. Because he was alone, he came back early, ate something, and then fell asleep with Xiongba in his arms.

He did not go up the mountain early the next morning, for fear that his father and others would not be able to find him when they came up, and he slept until eight o'clock.

At nine o'clock, Lin Heng heard a dog barking. He went out to see that his father and his eldest brother and four others had already appeared on the opposite hillside.

"Dad, brother, you are finally here." Lin Heng shouted.

"Your eldest brother went back too late yesterday, so we got up at four o'clock today to set off." Lin's father's voice came over.

They felt relieved when they heard Lin Heng's voice, fearing that something might have happened to Lin Heng.

"Damn, I hit so many things!!"

As he got closer, Lin Hai couldn't help but get excited.

Lin Hengsan's father, Lin Xutao, also looked around. Even though he already knew the result, he still couldn't help but reveal deep envy and shock.

"A black bear, a roe deer, and a muntjac. Did you make a fortune hunting in the mountains this time?" Lin Xutao sighed. He regretted that he didn't know how to hunt in the mountains.

"Haha, my luck this time is indeed much better than before." Lin Heng laughed.

Father Lin's mouth never closed. He looked at everyone and said, "Hurry up and pack up. We still have a long way to go back."

"Yes, pack up quickly." Lin Heng also said, he couldn't wait to go home.

As they talked, they began to pack up. The total weight of all the stuff was almost 400 kilograms, so each person could take back more than 70 kilograms.

This was not a difficult task for the five grown men. They packed the goods into bags and carried the backpacks with them, while those who did not carried the goods used wooden sticks as shoulder poles.

After packing up, the five of them headed towards home in a mighty procession.

Everyone was talking and laughing along the way, walking and resting from time to time. After walking for more than five hours, we finally returned to the village at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Winter is the slack season for farming, and there are many people in the village. Seeing Lin Heng and the other four people coming back with things, they couldn't help but become curious.

"Lin Heng, you have killed a antelope, right? Do you need five people to move the things?" someone asked curiously.

"No, no, I just killed a big wild boar." Lin Heng made up an excuse casually, but he didn't want to expose the existence of the black bear.

"How big is this wild boar?"

Some people don't believe it and think it's just a takin.

Lin Heng did not answer and went straight home with his people. Soon the news spread throughout the village. Many people who got the news wanted to come to Lin Heng's house to check but found that the door was closed and they were not prepared to let anyone in.

"Lin boy, open the door, I want to borrow something." Tian Baishun's voice was heard outside.

"You can't borrow it today. You can go borrow it from somewhere else for the time being." Lin Heng, who had just returned to the house, said loudly.

His words made Tian Baishun and others even more curious. What on earth did he make that he wouldn't even let anyone see it?

(End of this chapter)