Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 535 Six batches of Ye Dabangchui! The ginseng-guarding snake
It was a little after 9 o'clock. The sky was covered with thick clouds, so that the sun could not be seen in the forest. A gentle breeze blew by, and I stood in the wind outlet to feel the coolness.

The Sandaiyekeng is located in the east, about 300 meters away from the wind, there is a high flat land facing the sun. It is surrounded by towering pine trees, and there is a lot of space on the ground without too many weeds. However, there are quite a few shrubs such as Schisandra chinensis and fallen trees covered with green moss.

Xu Ning selected a new camping location, which was less than two miles away from Laoxianzi and only a hundred meters away from the source of the stream. He and Li Fuqiang walked around twice and saw many deer and pig tracks near the stream. Although there were no big fish in the river, there were countless small fish and shrimps wandering around, and if you look carefully you can even see cicadas.

He and Li Fuqiang used a knife and an axe to cut branches and built a shack in the middle of the new camp, which was big enough to accommodate six people to sleep. They used two red pine trees as pillars and a three-meter-long trunk as thick as an arm as a beam. They then covered it with a layer of branches and leaves, and then covered it with tarpaulin to keep out the wind and rain. There was no need to be too meticulous, after all, they would be going home in three or four days.

Li Fuqiang spread the chopped branches on the ground and covered them with oak leaves to make it softer. Otherwise, the moisture coming out of the ground would make people feel itchy all over.

The two of them worked on it for more than two hours, and finally finished at around 11 o'clock, and then they went back.

At this moment, Xu Laonian and Liu Daming were smoking bear meat and roe deer meat, while Guan Lei and Wang Hu were stewing roe deer bones. They also took the time to find some small-headed garlic, wild onions and wild leek flowers nearby. Wild vegetables like these grow by the river or in wetlands, so they are very convenient to pick.

Near the big pot, the temperature soared to 40 degrees, and it was so hot that people had difficulty breathing. Guan Lei stood nearby, sweating profusely, holding his waist. When he saw Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang coming back, he came over to greet them.

"Brother, how are you?"

Xu Ning said, "I found it. My elder brother and I have built the shack. We will go there after lunch."

"okay!"

Xu Laonian said, "Is it far? How about making a sled for the meat to pull?"

"It's OK to pull the whole sled. How much meat have you smoked?"

Liu Daming said: "I estimate that there are about 100 kilograms. Leizi has refined all the bear oil and just poured it into the big aluminum pot. It's just enough to fill a pot!"

"This black blind guy is quite promising..."

The word "yield" here means that the black bear has a high oil yield.

Xu Laonian turned around and said, "Wash your hands first, we'll have dinner later!"

The two squatted beside the small pond and rubbed their hands. Wang Hu used his lunch box to pound chives, small heads of garlic, and wild onions. He said, "Second brother, is there any water over there?"

"Yes, it's about 100 meters away. The terrain is similar to this place, but it's hotter in the pine forest. We were just setting up the shack and doing some work, and we were sweating all over."

Liu Daming turned his head and smiled, "It's about 100 meters away. We can go take a shower if we have nothing to do in the evening."

Li Fuqiang clapped his hands and said, "What else can I say? It's really my uncle who thought it through. There happened to be a puddle there, and the water was quite clear."

"Come on, big brother, that puddle is obviously where wild boars roll around, and I won't take a bath with a pig."

"Hahaha……"

On the left side of the tent there is the skeleton of a black bear. There is a lot of meat left on the skeleton, but the good meat has been cut off. Roe deer don't have much meat to begin with. Apart from a little meat on the ribs and legs, the only meat left is in the belly and buttocks, which are the most fragrant.

What was stewed in the pot were the hind legs and ribs. After Guan Lei opened the pot, Xu Ning pulled out the firewood under the pot. Because the ladle and the aluminum pot were occupied, they could only eat around the big pot. If they were roasted by the fire, it would be more painful than being in a steamer.

After lunch, the six of them were sweating profusely. Xu Lao was too impatient and burned two large blisters on his upper teeth. Xu Ning spoke, "My father is such a loser..."

Afterwards, Guan Lei and Wang Hu poured the remaining water in the kettle into the pot, and after a simple wash, stuffed it into a sack. Li Fuqiang and Liu Daming went to cut branches to make a sled. Xu Ning and Xu Laonian put the smoked meat into the backpack, and put the three seedling ginseng, a bear gall, a bear nose, and a corrugated lid in a separate place to avoid losing anything.

Several people worked together to fold up the tarpaulin and placed it under the sled, which served as a bottom plate for transporting things.

When we arrived at the new camp, it was already past 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It was very hot at that time. Fortunately, it was a cloudy day and there were red pines blocking out the sun, otherwise they would definitely have suffered from the heat.

Xu Laonian smiled and said, "This is a nice place! There are flowers in front, grass in the back, and support on both sides. My son is really good at finding a good place."

Liu Daming could not hide his expression. He felt that Xu Laonian was too flattering. Since he left home until now, he could hear him praising Xu Ning almost every day. He found it very funny before, but now he just felt helpless.

You are a father, why would you do this... Just talk it out, how can a son offend his father? Oh, if it was Xu Ning, I would never be able to prepare for it!
Xu Ning put the things on the ground and said, "Let's put a layer of tarpaulin on the shack first, and then put another layer inside. When we leave, we just need to take away the tarpaulin, and the shack doesn't need to be dismantled."

"Okay! Then your uncle and I will cover the shack with tarpaulin... Daming, hurry up, why are you so slow to do the work?"

Liu Daming said: "Brother-in-law, you are still diligent."

"Get lost, don't force me to slap you, just hurry up."

Afterwards, everyone got busy again. Everything needed to be built in the new camp, such as setting up a stove and digging a reservoir. These things were relatively easy to do, but the difficult part was that they didn't know where to put the smoked meat. If it was placed on the ground, it would be easily taken away by small animals. It couldn't be buried too shallowly in the ground, and digging a hole was too much trouble.

Why? Because the roots of the trees in the pine forest are so tangled that you will inevitably hit tree roots or grass roots if you dig with a shovel. The deeper you go, the harder it is to dig. It’s also because the place Xu Ning chose is too secluded. It’s full of shrubs, and the roots are most willing to grow downwards…

In the evening, before it got dark, everyone started chatting after eating and drinking.

There were pieces of meat hanging on the tree with ropes in front of him. This was not a windy place, so there was no need to worry about wild beasts smelling the meat. Even if they could smell it, Li Fuqiang would set off a bomb every hour, and no animal could withstand such a scare.

Is this a 100% guarantee of safety? No, it is not. You can never be 100% safe in the mountains! So you still have to keep watch at night.

"Although this amount of meat is enough for us to eat, we can't keep eating meat. I didn't poop today..."

Xu Ning covered his eyes and said, "Dad, why are you always so picky? When there was no meat, you craved it, but now there is enough meat and you can't poop."

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "My uncle wants us to eat something nutritious, uncle, otherwise the six of us will be eaten by Miao Bazhang?"

"Oh my god, just forget it, you are even more ridiculous. These seedlings are our goal when we entered the mountain. What's the point of killing them? Besides, there are only three seedlings in total. I don't even know if I can make a profit from this trip."

Xu Ning said: "The investment has definitely been recovered. It depends on how much more we can make in the next few days... If we can make a few more lamp stands, we can make about 100 yuan each."

Xu Laonian was stunned for a moment and said, "That's all?"

"Oh my god, brother-in-law, this is not enough. It's equivalent to two months' salary for you. We have only been out for a few days. It's okay if it's about right."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "My dad is a wealthy man, he wouldn't care about these trifles."

"Yes, yes... You are such a chatterbox. It was not easy for me to raise you three brothers."

"Isn't that what my mother did at home? You almost threw a bean stalk into my brother's house and set him on fire. I was almost washed away by the water from the canal. You threw Feng'er into the mountains for half a day. It must have been difficult for the three of us to survive."

"Oh! You remember this clearly. I'm going to sleep!" Xu Laonian rushed into the shack, lay down and started panting.

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Let's go to sleep. I'll be on guard for the first half of the night. I'll prepare dinner tomorrow morning. I'll put some porridge on the stone and put some bear meat and wild vegetables in the porridge." "Okay."

Looking up, he could not see any twinkling stars, only darkness all around. Xu Ning sat cross-legged in front of the shack, holding 56-and-a-half in his arms, listening to the chirping of insects while thinking about something in his mind.

After daybreak, Guan Lei was preparing dinner. Xu Ning thought the water in the small pool was a bit dirty, so when he, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu went to fetch water, he rubbed his face and head. The water from the stream was very cool, and he felt sober immediately after pouring it on his head.

After the meal, Xu Laonian found a branch to pick his teeth and said, "Where are we going later?"

"Let's pull the raft from the same place as before, use stones and tigers as the waist, put the pots and other things on the tree, and take them out when we come back."

After Xu Ning finished arranging things, he checked the Lao Juebazi and 56ban. Guan Lei and Wang Hu came back after washing the pot and poured the bear oil in the aluminum pot into the pot, just about 20 kilograms. The remaining bear oil residue is also a good thing. It can be put in porridge as a condiment, or dipped in salt and it is also very fragrant.

The pots and meat were hung on the trees. The six people carefully checked the camp and found that they didn't feel anything left behind, so they walked northeast towards the pine forest. Then the six people lined up in a row and used rope sticks to pull the flowers and plants forward as they moved forward.

It was past 10 o'clock and they were only 200 meters away from the old Yanzi that Xu Ning remembered. He knocked on the tree twice, signaling everyone to take a break and smoke a cigarette.

"We walked over a mile this morning, and we'll go further later."

"Okay, we're not in a hurry to go back anyway."

Xu Laonian said, "Old man, smash it. Otherwise, let Shitou go back to cook. It will be noon soon."

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"Why are you in such a hurry? We haven't even reached the place I planned. There's work to do in the morning and in the afternoon. If we keep delaying, when will we be able to finish traversing this forest?"

Xu Lao pursed his lips and said, "My son is right. Dad is just overthinking it."

"Hahaha, brother-in-law, could you please stop being like this."

Xu Laonian glared at Liu Daming, turned his head and said nothing more. Li Fuqiang and others smiled, put out their cigarettes and continued to work.

The vegetation in front of him was unusually lush, and the flowers and plants were at least ten centimeters taller than the place where he had pulled the carriage before. Xu Ning was the leader, so he walked in the front, with Wang Hu, Guan Lei and Xu Laonian on both sides, and Li Fuqiang and Liu Daming at the very edge.

When he was about to reach Lao Xianzi's position, Xu Ning was actually a little unsure. After all, so many years had passed, and there might be problems with his memory, or he might be reborn and some mistakes might cut off Lao Xianzi's path.

However, when he walked under a red pine tree that was as thick as a person, everything he saw was red. His heart beat faster because the surrounding area was full of red hammers!

One seedling after another, one plant after another...

He took a deep breath and shouted, "Stupid! Stupid!"

Xu Laonian behind him was stunned for a moment, because Xu Ning's voice was trembling with excitement, and asked, "What goods?"

“Heap!!”

After hearing Xu Ning's call, Xu Laonian, Liu Daming, Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Guan Lei all looked up in confusion. Seeing that Xu Ning's back didn't look like he was joking, they wanted to rush forward, but they didn't forget Xu Ning's instructions and shouted, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Then, the five of them ran towards Xu Ning's back. They quickly got to him and stood behind the tree. They saw a bunch of blooming red hammers. Their breathing became rapid and they almost cried with excitement.

Xu Laonian stepped forward and pinched Xu Ning's arm, gritting his teeth and saying, "Old man, you give us a slap in the face, and I'll see if it's true or not."

Liu Daming was not used to his bad behavior. He kicked Xu Laonian in the buttocks from behind, which scared Xu Laonian. "Ouch! Fuck!"

"Brother-in-law, it's true! We're rich!"

Li Fuqiang laughed: "Hahaha, I knew I would get rich by following my brothers!"

Guan Lei and Wang Hu jumped on the spot with their arms around each other's shoulders, while Xu Laonian danced with excitement, unable to hide his excitement.

Xu Ning raised his hand and said, "Don't be too happy yet. Whether this is our treasure or not is another matter. It will only count if we carry it out. Let's use the rope to move the stick and slowly move in. Do you see the highest club of the seedling? That should be the sixth batch of leaves!"

Xu Laonian grabbed Xu Ning's hand and said, "Old man, how much are these six batches of leaves worth?"

Xu Ning made the number seven with his hand. Xu Laonian and the others' hearts skipped a beat. Liu Daming stammered, "Seventy...seventy thousand?"

"Seven thousand! But with these six batches of leaves, this pile must be worth at least ten thousand. This is the least. Let's go inside first, and be careful not to touch the treasures!"

Xu Laonian grinned and said, "I definitely can't touch it! These old treasures are worth more than my life..."

"Dad, stop saying that!"

"Hey, eh, eh."

Xu Laonian nodded like a chick pecking at rice, not caring at all about Xu Ning's scolding. Even though the words were hurtful, they were nothing like a hammer that warmed the heart.

Xu Ning led the way, using a rope stick to pull the grass leaves and move forward. Several people followed behind him, taking every step very carefully.

"Brother! Five batches of leaves! These are slices!" Li Fuqiang excitedly clenched his fists and shouted in a low voice.

Xu Ning smiled and nodded: "Yeah, if there's a pile, there's a piece, and if there's a piece, there's a pinch. This trip is damn worth it!"

"It's totally worth it!" Wang Hu clenched his fist and punched his thigh.

Xu Laonian raised his hand and pointed at the red hammer of the six-piece leaf hammer, saying, "This thing is really big..."

At this moment, a snake suddenly jumped out from under the leaves of the six-leaf club. The snake was about two fingers thick, with a big head and a big belly, and a body length of more than one and a half meters. It rushed straight towards Xu Laonian's legs.

Guan Lei noticed it and shouted, "Money swindler!"

Xu Laonian was startled when he looked down, and he quickly jumped up and shouted, "Son!"

Xu Ning was quick-witted and quick-handed. He picked up the snake with a rope and lifted it up straight, then threw it under a tree nearby.

Liu Daming was about to go forward and beat it to death, but Xu Ning said, "Uncle, don't touch it. This money chain has some meaning."

"Ah, then, then we can't leave it here. How can we lift the mallet if it stays here?"

Xu Ning looked up and said, "It will leave by itself soon. This should be the money-gathering device guarding the ginseng..."

(End of this chapter)