Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 65 The cliff is full of strange cypresses
  "Once it's done, let's get ready to go home and process the mutton meat as soon as possible."

Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.

She was the first to wake up when Dahuang made a sound.

But Lin Heng didn't let her come, and ran out first with a bow and arrow.

When she found out it wasn't hunting, she followed him out, and she couldn't help but laugh a little when she saw Xiong Ba suffer a loss.

"Of course, let's pack our things and leave."

Lin Heng nodded, he had to leave earlier, otherwise it would be too tiring to wait until the sun came up and carry such a heavy thing.

Leaving the weasel alone, Lin Heng and Xiulan tidied things up.

Put all the mushrooms picked up yesterday into one basket, and then put the muntjac in a separate basket.

Lin Heng originally wanted to carry it, but when he thought it was too inconvenient to carry it in the forest, he decided to carry it on his back.

He and Xiulan swapped their backs and walked one step at a time. Fifty kilograms of things were not particularly heavy for him and Xiulan.

"This soft-shelled turtle is so big that I'm reluctant to sell it."

Lin Heng looked at the turtle in the cloth bag and sighed. It seemed bigger in the daytime, like a big pot lid.

This thing was very ferocious and kept attacking him.

"Put it in your backpack." After looking at Lin Heng twice, he tied the bag and handed it to Xiulan.

After Xiulan packed up her things, Lin Heng asked again: "Are you sure you don't want to eat? It's easy to touch some fish."

"If you don't want to eat, please leave quickly."

Xiulan shook her head.

"Okay then, let's go!"

Lin Heng picked up his backpack and walked ahead.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiong Ba shouted happily and walked forward to clear the way.

When the two of them walked to the mountain north of Baishigou, it was already bright. In summer, it would be bright at a little after five o'clock.

"Let's change it."

Xiulan turned around and said.

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded. He couldn't hold on anymore. His clothes were soaked with sweat after walking up this slope, and the sweat on his forehead was dripping like a thread.

In other words, it's the thing you hit. If you carry something else, you won't carry it even if you beat him to death.

It was past six o'clock, the sun was already very strong, and Lin Heng and his wife were still two mountains away from Tongshugou.

"Take a rest, I can't walk anymore."

Lin Heng found a stone ridge, put the backpack on it, and took two deep breaths.

"The more I think about it, the more I realize how powerful you are, such a big prey."

Xiulan came over and said that while reaching out to wipe Lin Heng's sweat, her face was filled with admiration.

"Hehe, I didn't expect that, sometimes luck is good."

Lin Heng smiled and sat down to rest.

The two of them chatted and rested.

"Husband, look at the little pine tree below. It looks really strange."

While talking, Xiulan suddenly saw a very strange pine tree.

"Don't tell me, I haven't seen it yet. Just wait, I'll get it out and plant it when I go back."

Lin Heng looked over and his eyes suddenly lit up. This was definitely a natural water pine tree stump and did not require much repair.

It is said that there are many strange cypresses growing on the cliffs. The place Xiulan refers to is a stone cliff with an angle of more than [-] degrees.

This stone cliff is almost made of a huge bluestone, with only a few scattered cracks in the middle and top, and some wind-blown soil inside.

However, wherever there is soil, plants may appear. A black pine as thick as a child's wrist grew on the top of the rock cliff.

Its roots penetrated into the cracks. Due to malnutrition, it grew into a strange shape and was very low, like a natural waterside bonsai, carved by nature.

If given a chance, it may become a famous tree like the Huashan Welcome Pine in the future.

In later generations, such a natural pile could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan.

Lin Heng plans to dig it back and plant it in the backyard. It will definitely become a nice sight. "Be careful, I'll hold you."

Xiulan was worried that something might happen to Lin Heng, so she came over to help.

"Ok."

Lin Heng came to the edge of the cliff, and Xiulan stood a little further inside, holding an acorn tree in one hand and holding Lin Heng in the other.

Lin Heng completely trusted Xiulan and almost tilted his whole body away. As long as Xiulan let go, he had no chance of survival.

"Caught."

The tilt reached its limit, and Lin Heng finally grabbed the branch of the black pine.

Pulling it back and pulling it out hard, most of the roots of the pine tree were pulled out. The gap was filled with floating soil and was very soft.

The only thing that held it in place was a thumb-thick taproot that penetrated into a crack in the stone.

Without thinking, Lin Heng tore it off directly.

"There are also relics. They look full of vitality and age. It's worth it."

Lin Heng looked at the dug pine tree and became more and more satisfied. It looked better than it looked from a distance.

There is a natural relic on the trunk. Due to the lack of nutrients due to drought, the trunk also has an old and vigorous feeling.

The so-called relics are places without bark. They are natural and are caused by various disasters. They will make the bonsai look full of vicissitudes, with a coexistence of life and death, and a sense of self-improvement.

In order to create this feeling, humans usually remove part of the bark artificially, which is often not natural.

The height of this pine tree was no more than two meters. Lin Heng looked at it and removed its needles.

"You can still plant a tree like this?" Xiulan couldn't understand this kind of operation, why did she pick the leaves.

Lin Heng smiled slightly: "This is the only way to survive. Leaves and roots are equal. Now that the roots are unearthed, most of the leaves must be pulled out to reduce evaporation."

Of course, you can't pull it all out, you still have to leave some.

Xiulan became more and more confused. She only had a primary school education, so she naturally had no idea about these biological knowledge.

"I'll tell you from the beginning..." After sitting down, Lin Heng told Xiulan bit by bit.

"I understand a little bit." Xiulan looked at Lin Heng with admiration: "You know so much."

Planting a tree contains so much knowledge, she was a little shocked.

"Haha, me understanding is equivalent to you understanding."

Lin Heng chuckled.

After pulling out the pine needles, the two of them put their backpacks on their backs and continued moving forward.

"Wang Wang!!"

After walking not far, Xiongba reminded himself that he had found the fungus.

Lin Heng glanced at a delicious porcini mushroom from a distance, shook his head and said, "I won't pick this up today."

"Ow."

Xiongba was stunned for a moment, then continued searching.

"You go and play. I won't pick it up on the way back. I'm too tired."

Lin Heng shook his head. The two of them were tired from switching back, but they had no time to pick up the fungi.

Xiongba understood and went to have fun.

At around eight o'clock, the two of them arrived at Tongshugou. Seeing that they were not far from home, Lin Heng couldn't help but let out a long breath.

"I'll carry it."

Xiulan said proactively.

"Let's wait until we get to Tongshugou."

Lin Heng shook his head and said, not wanting his wife to be too tired.

The couple walked for a while, and when they were about to get into the ditch, Xiongba suddenly shouted: "Woof, woof!"

"What's wrong? Is anyone there?"

Xiulan looked into the ditch, her vision blocked by dense forest.

"There should be someone. Xiongba is standing and shouting to the front, which means there is someone. Let's go and take a look."

Lin Heng nodded and walked ahead with a backpack on his back.

(End of this chapter)