Carry a fountain with you

Chapter 306

"Well, we haven't seen each other for many years. Why are you looking for this bird?" Old Liangtou asked suspiciously.

"We are students of XX University. This time we went to the mountain for scientific research. Sir, where did you find the crested ibis?" Sun Yutao asked excitedly.

"It's in the mountains of Daqingshan. At that time, I was only about ten years old, and I went hunting with my father. I saw it several times," Old Liangtou stared at the photo for a long time, and finally replied.

"And after that, I mean, have you seen it in the last ten years?" Xu Dongfang asked very eagerly.

"I haven't been on the mountain very much these years, but I haven't seen it again."

Hearing what he said, several people were a little disappointed again.But one thing is finally confirmed, that is, there used to be crested ibises in Daqingshan. Even before the 70s, these guys were still active in the mountains. Later, due to various reasons, they disappeared.

"Where is it, you have to think about it carefully, have you ever seen a bird's nest?" Liu Junhao asked again.

"It seems to be on the back of the toad. I have seen them catching fish by the water a few times. But I haven't seen the vermilion bird's nest yet. Where did that guy build his nest?"

"On the tree, it's the same as Qingzhuang." Sun Yutao answered this question for him.

Saying goodbye to Old Liangtou, the three of them started their journey home again.

Sun Yutao and Xu Dongfang were not in high spirits along the way. Liu Junhao felt that the atmosphere was dull, so he said with a smile: "Why do they all look downcast? Didn't they just say that they have seen it before?"

"Many people have seen crested ibises before. This thing was widely distributed in the Soviet Union, China, Japan and North Korea 100 years ago. It can be said to be a very common bird. However, the number of crested ibises has declined sharply in the past century. The area has also shrunk sharply. The water flow is dense near Daqing Mountain, and there are many fish and shrimps in the river ditch. In addition, there are tall trees on the mountain. This environment is very suitable for the survival of birds, so it is not uncommon for crested ibis to exist in the past. What we want to investigate is the recent Has anyone seen the crested ibis in the past few years? Only the sighting reports in the past few years are valuable..." Xu Dongfang explained that they came to investigate at their own expense this time, and to be honest, they also had some thoughts of disbelief in authority.

China has a vast territory and many mountains and forests, and there are many places suitable for the growth of crested ibis.Although the scientific expedition team claimed that it took more than three years to visit more than 260 historical distribution points of crested ibis in [-] provinces, they were finally discovered in Hanzhong, Shaanxi.However, all real scientific researchers know that due to technical limitations, the scientific research method used the manual census method, which is simple and rough, and it is easy to cause omissions.

In addition, birds are naturally afraid of people. Once someone breaks into their habitat, they will definitely avoid it, which will also cause technical errors.Not found doesn't mean it doesn't exist.When the scientific expedition team investigated the Crested Ibis in the 60s, except for one found in Kang County, Gansu Province, there was no sighting report for a long time after that, and it was even believed that the Crested Ibis had become extinct in the wild in my country.

Liu Junhao didn't think so much, the crested ibis was far away from his life.If you really find it in Daqingshan, you will be naturally happy, and you won't be particularly depressed if you can't find it.What's more, he didn't report much hope from the beginning.

What made him depressed was that the promise he made at Liu Guangju's house was too straightforward.Although Hamabei is not far from Liujiagou, it takes seven or eight hours to walk, and it is impossible to walk back and forth in a day.According to what Xu Dongfang said just now, the crested ibises usually forage in the early morning, which requires them to wait by the stream early, so they need to stay on the mountain at night.

This made Liu Junhao very entangled. If he spent the night on the mountain, there would be too many unpredictable situations.Whether there are wolves in Daqing Mountain or not, no one can say for sure, but there are rumors from time to time that someone has seen them from a distance in the mountains.

It's okay to meet a lone wolf, the three of them don't have to be afraid.But if you really meet a pack of wolves, those three people are definitely not enough to put your teeth between them.

You need to bring Xiaopi, it is an alert at night, in case something really comes over, you can find it in time.Thinking of the grass leopards last time, Liu Junhao felt that it was not safe to only bring a small skin. After all, two fists are hard to beat with four hands. If there are a few grass leopards, a dog will definitely not be able to handle it.

Bring the soybeans from Professor Zhao's house?He thought for a while and dismissed the idea.Take both dogs away, and the two families will have nothing to guard the gate.If something happens at night, and the two families are far away from the village, it will be a big trouble at that time.

It’s best to wait until the next time you go back to the village to borrow a dog. However, most of the dogs in the village are native dogs. This thing is okay at first glance. If you encounter wild boars, wolves, etc., they may run faster than people.After much deliberation, there are only two macular skins in the fifth master Liu's house and the sixth aunt's house.They are the descendants of Xiaopi, and they maintain excellent genes. They should not shrink back when encountering any danger.

It's still a little rare to have a dog at home. If something happens, you can't greet him at all. When will Zhao Guangming bring the black panther over?

That's right, why did you forget about Zhao Guangming, his family fed two wolf dogs.The black panther was also very brave in the wild boar fight last time.Go back and give this kid a call and ask him to send the panther over earlier.

Back in the courtyard, Xu Dongfang and the two chatted for a while, and after discussing the meeting time tomorrow, they turned and left.

Liu Junhao checked that it was not early, so he went into the room and called Zhao Guangming.

He just talked about borrowing the black panther to go up the mountain on the phone, and the guy got excited on the other end: "You want to go up the mountain, really? Wait for me, I'll send you the black panther right away."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Junhao was still a little dazed, this person must have agreed too readily.

In less than half an hour, the "buzzing" sound of motorcycles sounded outside the courtyard, followed by Zhao Guangming's shout: "Liu Junhao, I'm here."

"Come on, come on, why are you shouting so loudly, where is the black panther?" Liu Junhao turned his head and looked behind him, but there was nothing.

"I met your Xiaopi at the entrance of the village just now, and the two dogs were hunting wild there." Zhao Guangming had just tied up the motorcycle, and asked impatiently: "You really want to go up the mountain, I will go with you tomorrow go."

"What are you going to do? I have business to do." Liu Junhao didn't know where this man's energy came from, no matter how he looked at it, he seemed to have been beaten.

"Damn, what's the business, isn't it just to look for the crested ibis in the mountains?" He muttered for a long time, and suddenly said, "By the way, what is the crested ibis?"

"No, you can just stand on the top of the second floor of my house and jump down, so that you can know what the crested ibis is." Liu Junhao admired this man's ignorance, and he didn't even know the crested ibis.

"What are you doing on the second floor of your house? Damn, you're going to die." Zhao Guangming kept thinking about going up the mountain, so his brain reacted half a beat slower than usual.

"This is a rare bird. There are only [-] of them in the world. We also had it in Liujiagou decades ago."

"A few thousand are still few?" Zhao Guangming asked in a daze.

"Get out" Liu Junhao directly gave this kid a word, what kind of awareness.

"I'm not leaving. When will you leave tomorrow?"

"Go up the mountain on time at seven o'clock. Are you really here?" Seeing that he didn't seem to be joking, Liu Junhao looked at it squarely.

"Of course, my buddies have been thinking about hunting in the mountains these days, but none of my friends have such thoughts. This is just right, someone will give you a pillow when you doze off. Let's go together, and I have a crossbow to escort you. I can make a pheasant for you to eat."

"We went to protect the birds, but you went to hunt them. What kind of thoughts are you kidding?" Liu Junhao now gritted his teeth with hatred for him. This person didn't come here on purpose to disrupt the situation, right?

"The pheasant doesn't need to be protected. I don't believe you haven't beaten it." Zhao Guangming shut him up completely with one sentence, and he had nothing to say.

But it's good to let Zhao Guangming go, one more person will have more strength.As the kid said just now, with a crossbow, you won't be afraid even if you encounter animals like wild wolves.

Liu Junhao thought about it, and agreed to go together in his heart, but he had to say something clearly: "We are going to spend the night on the mountain tomorrow..."

"That's good, I can play for another day." After the discussion was made, Zhao Guangming left on his motorcycle again.

When it was getting dark, Xiaopi and Heibao finally returned to the yard.Xiao Biesheng is a newlywed, seeing Xiaopi's frightened appearance, he knows that this guy has taken advantage of this afternoon.

When Zhang Qian came home from school, Liu Junhao told her again the news that he was going to camp on the mountain.

"Be careful, don't be so impulsive when encountering wild beasts, and don't sneak down to the river to catch water monkeys like last time. What if something happens?" Zhang Qian originally supported her husband to go up the mountain to find the crested ibis. But now that she heard that she was going to spend the night on the mountain, she became worried again.When he was sleeping at night, Zhang Qian deliberately held his ear to remind him.

She knew her husband well, and as soon as her mind became hot, her personal heroism immediately began to overflow. Last time, she dared to jump into the weir pond to fight the fire head.

If Liu Junhao knew what Zhang Qian was thinking at this moment, he must feel that he was wronged more than Dou E. He didn't take the initiative to jump down last time.

Early the next morning, Liu Junhao was awakened by the crowing of a rooster.He looked at the time, it was already six o'clock, he didn't continue talking, and got up to pack his luggage.

Although there are macula and black panther escorting, but this time we are going into the mountains, any unexpected situation may happen.Naturally, he didn't dare to make too much of a fuss, and he had to make sufficient preparations.Last night I borrowed a three-pronged steel fork from Master Liu Wu, and I brought my own short knife.In case of encountering wolves and grass leopards, it is easy to defend.

After packing up his things, he began to wash his face and brush his teeth. Zhang Qian also got up early to cook.

"Liu Junhao, someone from Zhao is here." Before he finished brushing his teeth, Zhao Guangming's motorcycle had already parked outside the courtyard.

"Come here so early, haven't you eaten?" Hearing the voice, Liu Junhao hurriedly said softly, and invited him to sit in the yard.

"No, I plan to eat at your house. I heard that my siblings are good at cooking." Zhao Guangming smiled and took the backpack from the car.

"Your boy, you should be called sister-in-law." Liu Junhao smiled and thumped his shoulder.

"You're here!" Zhang Qian came out to say hello when she heard Zhao Guangming's voice.

"Hello, sister-in-law," the boy called out quite simply.

The three of them had dinner, and Xu Dongfang also came to report with their backpacks on their backs.The two were slightly surprised when they saw Zhao Guangming, but they didn't say anything when they knew he wanted to hang out with him.As long as it doesn't affect their investigation, multiple people are fine.

Today's weather was just right, the four of them led the hounds without any delay, and headed towards the depths of the mountain in the morning glow.

"Xiaohao, what kind of play are you acting in? Devils go into the mountains to sweep up?" Just as they walked to the entrance of the village, they saw Liu Junqi sitting on the big bluestone with a window screen bag from a distance.

"We accompany people up the mountain to inspect the birds. What are you doing? You run up the mountain early in the morning."

"Hey, catch bees. My wife went up to the mountain to pick wild vegetables yesterday afternoon, and found a nest of wild bees among the crucian carp bones. I want to get them home earlier to raise them. No, the bee catchers brought them with them," Liu Junqi said. Yang raised the screen bag in his hand.

"That's right, let's drop by and walk together to see how big the beehive is." Zhao Guangming didn't know the way at all, but he opened his eyes and talked nonsense if he wanted to follow up to see and catch bees.

"It's definitely not as many bees as the hive at Xiaohao's house. This kid is lucky, and the bees fly to the yard when he sits at home." Liu Jun's strange words revealed envy inside and out.It should be said that there is no one in Liujiagou who looks down on Liu Junhao, and good luck will fall on his head every day sitting at home.

"I was just trying my luck, let's follow up and see? There is also a mountain stream in the direction of the crucian carp bone." Liu Junhao said modestly, then turned to look at Sun Yutao and the two, after all, they are the ones who are in charge.

"Well, we also want to see how to catch bees."

After unifying their opinions, the five of them walked towards the crucian carp bone together.

At this time, the sun had just risen, and it was the time for the dew to fall in the mountains. After a while, the shoes of several people were damp, and the edges of their trouser legs were covered with grass clippings.

Along the way, from time to time, you can see various butterflies resting on the stamens with their wings closed.This is the best time to catch butterflies. The humidity in the air is high, and the wings of butterflies are sticky with moisture, so they cannot fly at all.

Insects are inconvenient to move, but the birds are active, screaming and jumping on the branches, catching delicious food.

Zhao Guangming, as if he had never been to the mountain in eight lifetimes, was chattering non-stop while walking on the road, and from time to time he picked up his crossbow and pointed it at the birds in the trees.

Liu Junhao frowned, and finally took the thing away and put it in his bag.

"What are you doing? It's so inconvenient to put it in the bag. You won't have time to take it out when you meet a wild boar..."

"I'll block you when I meet a wild boar, okay? Take a crossbow and aim blindly. What if something happens?" Liu Junhao reprimanded angrily.With Xiaopi's nose, the real appearance of wild boars must have been an early warning, and they had plenty of time to react.

Besides, such a large group of people, even if a wild boar encounters them, they will take the initiative to avoid them.

(End of this chapter)