Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 88 Air Force is a common thing
  I was full of spring breeze when I set off, and after a difficult trek all the way to the wetland of Xiatao.

"Is the first Yama Diao empty?"

Lin Heng was a little disappointed.

Then he became even more disappointed.

air force!

air force!

air force!

I passed a dozen rope traps in a row and all were empty.

"Is there something wrong with my King of Hell hanging?"

Lin Heng doubted himself. Even if there was nothing in the ordinary rope trap, there was nothing in the King of Hell trap.

He turned to look at Xiong Ba: "Xiong Ba, you step on it and try it. You raise a dog for a thousand days and use it for a while. It's your turn."

Xiongba: "?!"

That expression seems to say, I am not a human, but you are a real dog, master.

"Forget it, let me try it myself."

Lin Heng shook his head and stepped on it. The rope was triggered when he touched it. His feet were instantly tied and pulled up into the air by the elasticity of the tree.

"Oh, my stall!" Lin Heng quickly pulled on the rope and cried out in pain. This sudden move almost killed him.

Xiongba ran away, licking his mouth with some gloating, as if to say: Look, there is a stupid dog.

Lin Heng took off the rope and rearranged the King of Hell hanging. It turned out that there was not a problem with the trap, but that there was no prey at all.

The missing corn was probably eaten by mice and birds.

He took out a handful of fried soybeans from his pocket, ate them in one bite, and pretended that he still had something to eat and shouted to Xiongba: "Come here to eat."

"Ow!"

Xiongba glanced at him, and even rolled his eyes in a humane manner, as if to say that the liar was at least somewhat sincere.

"Damn it, the wings are hard, aren't they!"

Lin Heng angrily picked up a pebble and threw it at it.

"Wang Wang~"

Xiong Ba ran away happily.

Lin Heng was so angry that he gritted his teeth and tried to bully him, but he couldn't.

Choo Choo Choo! !

The green-bearded fool on the reeds next to him also seemed to be laughing at him, as if he was saying Air Force guy, Air Force guy!
  Lin Heng took out his slingshot and killed one with one click: "Come on, keep making noise?"

The poor little bird, it was just watching the fun, but it also suffered a heavy price.

This tells them that Air Force guys are dangerous and should not be approached.

After picking up the Green Beard Diaozi, Lin Heng shot two more on the road and prepared to go back for lunch.

Continuing to look at the traps along the way, there was no movement from the King of Hell, but two rope traps were activated.

One was covered in blood, with rabbit fur flying around. It was bitten by something, and only half of it was left.

The other one had nothing, and it was not clear what animal had triggered it.

Carrying half a hare and seven green-bearded tigers, Lin Heng left the swamp and came to the outside of the deep waterfall pool below where he had been collecting Dendrobium officinale.

Lin Heng sat down and came to the dog's side. As soon as he got closer, Lin Heng suddenly pressed the dog's head and threw it down. Jie Jie sneered: "Come on, keep running, little dog? "

"Didn't you laugh at me just now? It was funny, right?"

He pushed the bully down, pinched the dog's mouth, and ravaged it severely.

"Ow~"

The poor Xiongba could only moan and beg for mercy, but Lin Heng, who had no place to vent his anger, had no intention of letting it go.

Rub the dog's head angrily + rub the dog's chest angrily + Jie Jie sneer and threaten + rub the dog's head angrily + rub the dog's head angrily.

After one set, Xiongba collapsed to the ground, his whole body sore and limp, he felt so comfortable.

"Huh, if I can't catch prey, I can't catch fish anymore?"

Lin Heng sneered, looking at the grouper swimming in the green pool, he became angry and started to build a trap on the edge of the pool.

What he built was the famous "Ecstasy" fishing trap, which was criss-crossed by multiple lines so that the fish that came in could not find a way out and were eventually trapped.

It is also simple to make. You can use stones or branches. Lin Heng chose branches because he found that there was a lot of sand on the waterside outside and the branches were easy to operate.

After spending thirty or forty minutes, Lin Heng built a three-square-meter enchantment array using branches picked nearby. After setting up, he immediately killed a waterfowl watching a show not far away, chopped off its head and threw it into the center of the enchantment array. As bait.

Pfft!
  He himself took off his clothes and swam into the pool to play, swimming around twice first.

The pool is twenty to thirty square meters in size. The waterfall falls from the stone cliff above and plunges straight into the water, creating countless white waves.

Lin Heng dived into the deepest part, and Xiongba also swam in excitedly.

What Lin Heng enjoys most is snorkeling in this crystal clear stream. When you open your eyes in the water, because of the water, the entire underwater world will appear extremely dreamy to your sight, as if it is another world.

There is also the comfortable feeling of holding your breath to the extreme and finally letting it out in one breath.

Lin Heng was snorkeling comfortably when he suddenly saw fish more than ten centimeters long at the bottom of the river. At first he thought they were stream groupers, but now he dived underwater and took a look, only to realize that they were not.

The back of these fish is dark brown and gradually turns white from the sides to the belly. There are black round spots on the back and sides of the body.

Isn't this the Qinling fine salmon he has been searching for so long?
  "I rely on!!"

Lin Heng plunged out suddenly, feeling a little incredible, and then plunged in again to take a look.

"What a fine salmon. Why haven't we found it downstream before?" Lin Heng felt a little incredible.

He had looked for them in the mountain streams downstream, but he couldn't find any. He didn't expect there to be one here.

But when I thought about it carefully, I felt that it was normal. This was originally a fish native to the Qinling Mountains. It became less common in later generations because the environment was damaged.

But now is the [-]s, the environment has not been destroyed yet, the number of natural populations is relatively large, the local environment is more suitable, and their distribution seems not unusual.

This fish is not big, generally about [-] centimeters in length and weighing more than half a catty. It can grow up to forty or fifty centimeters and weigh three or four catties.

Like other freshwater salmon, these fish were originally marine fish, but they were trapped inland during the Little Ice Age and could not get out, and gradually evolved into inland freshwater fish.

Like marine fish, they have no intermuscular spines, and their flesh is tender and delicious, making them very popular.

"You silly dog, stop swimming and come out."

Lin Heng glanced at Xiong Ba, who was still swimming, and walked out of the pool.

"Catch them for two days to taste them first. As for the rest, just wait until the fish ponds are dug in winter and then find a way to bring them back."

After calming down and thinking about it, Lin Heng felt that there was no good way to take it back for the time being.

This kind of fish likes fast currents and has high requirements for oxygen. It is difficult to bring it back alive without oxygen.

So it’s better to catch it for a few days and eat it. There is no better way for the time being.

It happened to be noon, and he couldn't catch any prey, so Lin Heng took Xiongba to enjoy the shade under a nearby tree, waiting for the fish to enter the ecstasy formation.

I lay on the big rock and took a nap. I slept for more than two hours without realizing it. When I woke up, the sun still hit my face.

"Let's go and take a look." Lin Heng looked at Xiong Ba who was lying next to him sleeping with him. He was really a good dog.

From a distance, Lin Heng saw fish swimming in the ecstasy array and making waves. He couldn't help but get excited. He ran over and picked up a wooden stick to completely seal the entrance.

clap clap clap! !

A group of fish in the ecstasy array sensed danger, and moved around excitedly, slapping the water.
  But we have fallen into a trap, how can we escape?

It didn't take much effort for Lin Heng to catch a [-]-centimeter-long trout weighing half a kilogram. Picking it up, this guy was still flapping his tail crazily.

"It looks so plump."

Lin Heng took out a knife and put it on the stone and killed it. The fish meat was different from any other inland fish species such as crucian carp, carp, grass bream, and creek grouper. Its meat was very similar to salmon in the ocean. It was red and had a substance inside. Circles of white fat lines.

Apart from the vertebrae, there is not a single fish bone.

Lin Heng couldn't help but want to take a big bite of this beautiful fleshy sashimi, but after thinking that it was not seawater fish after all, he only cut a small piece and put it in his mouth.

"Yeah, not bad." After chewing for two times, Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction. There was almost no fishy smell, and the meat was smooth, tender and delicate, very good.

Unfortunately, even the large fish only weighs three to five kilograms, which is a bit small. However, he thinks that this fish will be absolutely delicious if steamed, and his daughter Xiaoxia will definitely like to eat it.

"Give!"

Lin Heng took two bites and then threw the rest of the fish to Xiong Ba.

This guy jumped, caught it perfectly, and finished it in two mouthfuls like a swallow. He looked at Lin Heng expectantly, as if he was saying to get another one and have a taste.

Lin Heng caught a few more large stream groupers and threw them to him. Unexpectedly, Xiongba didn't even jump when he saw that they were not salmon, looking disgusted.

"You will starve to death if you don't eat!" Lin Heng cursed, and he caught a [-]-[-] tael of fine salmon, killed it, and prepared to roast it and taste it.

"Wow~" Xiongba saw that there was no salmon to eat, so he ran to pick up the creek grouper again. It also humanely dislikes the mud stuck to the fish. It kills the fish and throws it into the water to wash it before eating it.

Lin Heng lit a fire and grilled the salmon. It tasted better than eating it raw. It was delicate and firm, with no fishy smell. It would be perfect if there was a dipping sauce.

"Wang~"

Xiongba looked at him eagerly, as if he wanted to have a taste too.

"Here." Lin Heng threw the fish head to it and ate all the fish himself.

After eating the fish, Lin Heng looked at the fish in the enchantment array and decided to keep it for now. When he returns home in a few days, he would catch a few and take them back to his daughter.

"Let's go, use your abilities and try to hit something this afternoon."

Lin Heng looked at Xiong Ba and said that he was going to search in the woods again, although the hope might be slim.

Taking the dog with him, he walked along a road south of the waterfall and reached a mountain that he had not explored much before.

Just a few steps up the mountain, Lin Heng saw a beautiful red Ganoderma lucidum, with a smile on his face: "It seems like this is a good start, Xiongba, can you look for any more nearby?"

Xiongba smelled the red Ganoderma lucidum on Lin Heng's hand, looked around for it, and soon shouted: "Woof~"

"There really are." Lin Heng came over and took a look and found two more red Ganoderma lucidum.

Then I found another one, and it was gone after another search.

Walking forward, Lin Heng came to a forest with many vines, but found nothing on the way.

"There are so many star fruits on this mountain." Lin Heng looked up and saw jujube-sized kiwi fruits hanging on the branches, densely packed.

The local dialect here calls kiwi fruit star fruit.

But it is still far from mature. If this thing is not fully mature, it will taste sour to death.

But when it's ripe, it's sweet and a little sour, which makes it lingering aftertaste.

"It's already six-thirty, why do we need the air force again today?" Lin Heng has fully understood the difficulty of hunting in recent days.

Since hunting the muntjac, he hasn't hunted any larger prey for a long time.

"Let's go back."

After taking a look at the road ahead, Lin Heng decided to go back. It was probably six or seven kilometers away from the shelter on a mountain road. If he didn't turn back, he wouldn't be able to see the way back after dark.

After walking back for more than half an hour, I picked up two green-headed fungi on the road and didn't even encounter a snake.

"Wang!"

Lin Heng was resting on the stone. Xiong Ba seemed to smell something and sent a reminder to Lin Heng.

"what?"

Lin Heng quickly got up, picked up his bow and arrow and followed Xiong Ba.

After tracking all the way, they came to a ravine and the prey was found.

"Roar!!"

When this thing saw Lin Heng and Xiong Ba, it let out an angry and threatening roar.

Lin Heng didn't know what to say for a while.

"Who threw the cat into the mountains?"

The prey that Xiong Ba tracked disappointed him. It turned out to be a cat that was about one month old and had not yet replaced its nipple hair.

"It doesn't look like the cub of a clouded leopard. Could it be the cub of some kind of wild cat?"

Lin Heng was a little confused as to why there was such a small cat in this place.

Walking over, Lin Heng wanted to lift it up, but the little kid let out an angry cry: "Roar~~"

The sound was like the sound cats make when they fight.

"You're so fierce." Lin Heng sneered, grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up.

"It's a little female cat. I just don't know what kind of wild cat it is."

Lin Heng shook his head and looked at Xiong Ba again: "Look again to see if there are any caves nearby. Maybe we can find a big one."

Wild cats are also good prey. There are many in the mountains, but they are often difficult to catch and most rely on traps.

Cats have good senses of smell and vision, so it's difficult to catch them before they find you. Often, you'll be discovered before you even notice them.

Xiongba continued to search nearby, and found something new three hundred meters away, a dead wild cat cub.

Lin Heng took a look and estimated that he had been dead for a week and his body was covered with maggots.

"It seems to have been abandoned?" Lin Heng looked at the kitten in his hand, and it was all skin and bones from hunger.

"Forget it, just go back if you can't find it." Lin Heng shook his head and walked back with the kitten in hand.

Anything could happen in the mountains, and he couldn't figure it out.

The kitten was not honest when it was held in his hand, and kept howling. Lin Heng expected it to call its mother out, but he didn't encounter anything along the way.

When we returned to the shelter, it was already past eight o'clock, and Tian Baishun, his uncle, and his uncle were already warming themselves by the fire.

No need to ask Lin Heng to know that they had nothing to gain today because no gunshots were heard at all.

"Where did you catch a wild cat cub? Did you hit a wild cat?"

Uncle Lin Heng heard the cat roaring far away and stood up and asked.

"No, I just met this one cat cub, and another one died. The rope caught a rabbit, but it was half eaten by something."

Lin Heng said something, and then showed the cat cub that had been tied with a rope to everyone: "Who knows what kind of wild cat cub this is?"

"Let me take a look." Tian Baishun pulled the cat to the fire and turned on the flashlight to take a look.

"I think it's the cub of a golden cat, what do you think?" Tian Baishun looked at the other two people.

"I feel a bit like Bai Mizi's cub." Uncle Lin Heng said.

"I can't tell, but this red-haired cat cub is relatively rare." Lin Heng's uncle Li Baiquan shook his head.

"It seems you can't tell, so let's tie it first." Lin Heng took the rope and tied it to a wooden stake not far away, and threw a creek grouper he caught when he just crossed the creek. it.

Turning around, he took out half of the rabbit meat that had been processed in the basket, looked at the three people eating wild taro, and said, "It seems that you are worse than me after running all day today. You didn't even catch a single snake."

"There are new footprints on the wild boar side, and we have added some more Yamas. If there is no harvest tomorrow, we will leave here."

Lu Honghai said aloud.

"Yes, if you don't gain anything tomorrow, leave and change places. We can't wait any longer." Li Baiquan was also helpless. It would be hard for him to explain it to him when he returned home from the Air Force.

"Stop talking, quickly roast the rabbit and let my old man take a bite. These taro lumps are really unpalatable." Old Man Tian couldn't help but say.

"You didn't get anything?" Lin Heng asked while roasting rabbit meat.

"It doesn't matter. I still got some herbs. I also got some kudzu root. I can make some powder when I go back."

Li Baiquan pointed to the kudzu roots behind and said.

"It seems that we have been really miserable recently. We have started collecting kudzu." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.

"It's nothing. Hunting in winter is miserable. You can't hunt for several days. There's nothing to eat in the wild mountains. Your intestines are so hungry."

Tian Baishun shook his head and said.

"Anyway, if there is no harvest tomorrow, I will go somewhere else." Li Baiquan shook his head and said.

The rabbit meat was roasted and Lin Heng distributed it to everyone. Xiong Ba and the big dog sat next to it, looking at the bones eagerly.

In the distance, the little wild cat saw that no one cared about it, and seemed to be very hungry. It quietly took the fish behind the wooden pile and started to eat it.

"Hey, this rabbit meat seems to be more fragrant than yesterday." Old man Tian, ​​who had eaten taro for a day, gnawed the rabbit meat until his face was covered with oil.

Lin Hengze looked at the sky. There were no stars tonight, and the moon disappeared into the clouds from time to time. It had been sunny for many days, and there were signs of rain.

If it’s white rain, it’s okay, it will stop after it rains, and you can continue hunting. Even the rain is the most troublesome, everywhere is wet. It is cold and wet in the mountains, making hunting difficult.

If we can't catch a bigger game before it rains, we will really have to go home.

He even thought there was a good chance he would come home from the Air Force.

Early the next morning, the four of them got up at dawn. They had not gained anything for two consecutive days, and the four of them were a little anxious.

"Lin Heng, you can wait until noon today to look at your noose. Let's go there to look for wild boars in the morning. The probability of finding the two dogs is higher."

Uncle Li Baiquan said.

"Okay, let's go there together." Lin Heng nodded.

It took four people and two dogs half an hour to arrive at the lower end. As soon as they arrived, Tian Baishun exclaimed: "This wild boar must have been here last night. The ground is full of traces of its recent past."

Lin Heng and others felt energetic for a while, and suddenly stopped falling asleep. After finishing their work, they came here. There is a high chance that they will find it today.

　Please ask for a monthly pass, the big one is coming.

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)