The next morning, Lin Heng woke up early. After making some food, he took Xiongba up the mountain.

Today is the third day since his elder brother and uncle left, and his fourth day here. He estimates that someone will come to help this afternoon or tomorrow.

So he wanted to focus on exploring the surrounding situation today. There was no need to worry about the meat of the takin spoiling. The temperature in the mountains was low and the wind was strong, so there would be no problem as long as it was not exposed to direct sunlight.

The temperature today is a little higher than yesterday. Lin Heng brought some roasted antelope beef and prepared to go deeper to investigate. He also brought a shotgun and a compound bow.

There were a lot of green bushes in this place, and he guessed there must be other prey.

"Hey, there really is one!"

Two or three hundred meters after walking out of the cave, Lin Heng found a good thing, a pheasant looking for food on the hillside not far away.

He stepped back carefully, took out his compound bow, and then slowly approached. With a whoosh, the pheasant eight meters away was rolled over by his shot and never moved again.

After a while, Xiong Ba brought the pheasant back to him. Lin Heng picked it up in his hand and smiled: "It seems that I am lucky today."

He turned back and put the pheasant in the shelter, and then the man and the dog continued to grope carefully in the woods.

However, we searched from dawn to noon, but in the end we found nothing special. Apart from the pheasant, we only shot two squirrels.

At noon, he found a place to make a fire. He heated up the beef and sweet potatoes that had been roasted in the morning and ate them. He also roasted two squirrels for Xiongba, burning off the fur directly with the fire and roasting the whole squirrel.

After finishing their meal, the man and the dog continued on their way. Today's goal was to complete a rough exploration of the area.

“Finally found another one.”

After walking for a long time, Lin Heng looked up and found a pine tree growing in the cracks of the cliff. Its trunk was twisted, low and tilted downward, like a natural welcoming pine.

I silently remembered this place and will find an opportunity to dig it next time. The cliff is too high and I can't dig it without any tools.

This discovery made him very happy, and he continued exploring with Xiongba. There was no sun today, and a lot of snow on the ground that had melted yesterday froze again. There was no snow on the trees, but there was still a thick layer of snow on the forest floor.

After walking for a while, Xiongba suddenly stopped in front. Lin Heng walked over and saw that it was actually a pile of feces and black beans. Judging from the color and wetness, it was definitely excreted in the morning.

"Look for it!" He touched Xiongba's head and said in a low voice.

Xiongba sniffed around and quickly walked in one direction. Lin Heng followed behind him, observing carefully and trying not to make any noise.

They first went up the mountain, then walked down the hillside, from the east side of the mountain to the south side, and gradually found traces of leaves being eaten along the way.

After a while, Xiongba stopped. Lin Heng stood behind a tree and looked down intently. He saw the target, a yellow muntjac that was concentrating on eating. It was not small in size, but it was under a green bush, and only its butt could be seen.

Lin Heng roughly estimated that the distance between the two sides was thirty meters. At this distance, as long as he did not make any noise, the other party would not run away.

The compound bow was already in his hand. He took out an arrow and put it on the string. He aimed for three seconds and then released it.

With a whoosh, the black arrow flashed like a streak of light, instantly piercing through the leaves of the bushes and hitting the muntjac eating below.

All that was heard was the muntjac screaming, then it rushed downwards, and Xiongba followed excitedly.

Lin Heng slowly put away the compound bow and walked down, because he saw that the yellow muntjac was shot by an arrow through the chest and there was no way it could survive.

After walking down about a hundred meters, he saw a yellow muntjac lying on the ground, and Xiongba was drinking the blood from its wound.

"Okay, drink more." Lin Heng took out a dagger and walked over. After saying this, he quickly bled him as usual, giving him a quick death.

"Hey, you actually brought me to a good place." After killing the yellow muntjac, Lin Heng showed a hint of surprise, because he saw a bunch of Polygonatum sibiricum stems two meters away.

To confirm, he took a hatchet and dug some more. Sure enough, he dug out Polygonatum sibiricum. When he dug out all of it, it weighed more than ten pounds. He left a small one and put it back into the soil, and put the rest into his backpack.

"Rest in peace."

After digging up the Polygonatum sibiricum, Lin Heng smiled and closed the eyes of the yellow muntjac, then picked it up and weighed it.

"It's over 50 kilograms. This male muntjac is quite big." Lin Heng said to himself, and hung it up again to let it bleed for a while. He took advantage of the gap to look around to see if there was any more Polygonatum.

Although I didn't find any other Polygonatum, I did discover a dream lover, the yam, growing on a stone surface. My wrist was thick enough to dig out five or six pounds of it.

After coming back, he carried the bleeding muntjac on his back and walked back humming a little tune. He was very happy because he had gained a lot today.

We didn't take the mountain road on our way back, but walked along the ditch. There were few trees at the bottom of the ditch, so it was much easier to walk than on the mountain.

He arrived in front of the cave at half past five. Just as he was about to move forward, Xiongba suddenly rushed forward and roared: "Woof woof! Woof woof!!"

Lin Heng didn't understand what was going on, but he immediately dropped the deer and picked up the gun. As soon as he picked up the gun, he saw four weasels jumping out of the cave and running towards his right.

Lin Heng didn't hesitate at all. He raised his gun, aimed, and fired with a bang. In an instant, all four weasels fell to the ground.

“Oh my god!”

The next moment, Lin Heng screamed, immediately raised his gun and looked at the huge monster that jumped out.

Just as he killed the weasel, a huge leopard jumped out from thirty meters behind the cave and ran away quickly.

"There is a leopard in this place!" Lin Heng was a little surprised, but he didn't chase it because he knew it was impossible to catch up.

He didn't notice the hiding leopard at first, and when he saw the weasel coming out, he thought Xiongba smelled the scent of the weasel. Now it seems that he discovered a leopard.

After reloading the gun with two bullets, Lin Heng searched around again, and when he found that he really couldn't find the weasel, he carried the weasel back to the shelter.

This was the second time he encountered this guy, but unfortunately he never had a chance to hit him because he ran too fast.

"You bastard, you ate half of my pheasant." Lin Heng was a little angry when he saw the chicken feathers all over the floor and the remaining half of the pheasant in the cave.

It’s all the fault of these damn weasels, otherwise we might have been able to kill the leopard. Now that it’s been frightened like this, I guess the leopard won’t appear here again.

After lighting the fire, he first grilled a skewer of beef. He had originally intended to make the pheasant into beggar's chicken, but now he just cooked it for Xiongba to eat.

Roasting by the fire and feeling the gradually darkening silence of the forest, he first skinned four weasels, and after dinner he began to skin the muntjac.

The wind was howling outside and the branches were shaking violently, but Lin Heng was not afraid. He really enjoyed the feeling of being alone and felt his heart was particularly calm.

It took him forty minutes to completely skin the yellow muntjac, then he chopped off its head and hung it outside the door, then took the yellow muntjac outside and cut open its intestines, hanging all its internal organs on a tree branch.

Because the yellow muntjac was not big, there was no need to cut it into small pieces on the mountain. After finishing, he looked up at the sky and could see the bright stars through the gaps in the dark clouds.

However, the cold mountain wind prevented him from looking any further. He just peed and quickly walked back into the house.

"Remember to call me if anything approaches." Lin Heng said as he touched Xiong Ba beside him before going to bed.

He was really looking forward to the leopard coming to attack him at night. His hunting rifle was beside him, and he could knock it down with one shot as long as it got close to him.

With a gun in his hand, he would not be afraid even if a leopard or a dinosaur came.

However, nothing happened at night, it was unusually quiet. When he woke up early the next morning, he checked the antelope meat and the yellow muntjac, and found that they were not damaged at all. The leopard did not dare to approach at all.

After thinking about it, he cut two takin ribs, chopped them into several sections with a knife, put them in an aluminum pot, and then stewed the yam he dug yesterday and some leftover chestnuts.

He didn't go out this morning and waited here because he estimated that his eldest brother and others would arrive at noon.

After breakfast, he sat by the fire in the cave and waited. At about noon, he heard shouting outside.

Lin Heng walked out quickly, looked at the people not far away and said with a smile: "Hey, there are enough of you here."

In addition to his eldest brother, uncle and third uncle, there are his father, third uncle and his eldest brother's father-in-law Liu Hua, a total of six grown men.

"It's because your harvest this time is so huge that we're afraid we won't be able to take it back if there aren't enough people." Father Lin grinned.

Third father Lin Xutao also laughed and said, "Yes, Lin Heng and the others are amazing. You killed two antelopes at once. I couldn't believe it when I heard it."

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Liu Hua was even more shocked and said, "You guys are the best in the village, I think. I've never seen anyone as good as you."

He didn't have much contact with Lin Heng, but his family often received some game from his son-in-law Lin Yue, and he had an increasingly higher regard for the two Lin Heng brothers.

Lin Heng looked at everyone and smiled, "You are right. I killed a yellow muntjac again these two days, and I almost killed a leopard."

"Leopard?" This time even Lin Yue's eyes widened.

"Yeah, it's a pity that I didn't hit it." Lin Heng explained the matter.

"This is such a pity." Lu Honghai said.

Father Lin also said: "If we kill a leopard, we can make a lot more money."

Lin Heng didn't care about the money, he just wanted to kill a leopard to unlock a new prey. When everyone came up, he took them to see the meat of the takin hanging there.

"This must weigh over a thousand kilograms in total, right?" Liu Hua asked as he looked at these things. He was a little envious. How long would it take to eat so much meat?

"About 800 to 900 kilograms, probably less than 1,000 kilograms." Lin Heng shook his head.

"That's a lot. I don't have to worry about the New Year at all." Liu Hua grinned.

"That's true." Lin Heng nodded and said, "Let's go inside and warm up by the fire. I've also cooked some steak soup for you all. You can have some."

After entering the house, everyone thought that this cave was nice and a perfect place to live.

"I have made the chopsticks. We can just use them to eat." Lin Heng gave the wooden chopsticks he had cut to everyone, then brought out the pot and let everyone eat directly with them.

"tasty!"

"This mutton is almost as delicious as beef."

While eating, everyone was chatting happily and the big pot of food was finished quickly.

After roasting the fire for a while, Lu Honghai said, "Let's set off now. If we are late, we won't be able to get back to Sanchagou before dark."

"It's time to go. Put out the fire. I'll get some snow." Lin Yue said as he took out an aluminum pot and got some snow.

After the fire was extinguished, everyone went out to look at the meat and figured out how to divide it up. Everyone who came had a bamboo backpack, and Lin's father even gave Lin Heng one, which was very comfortable to carry.

After roughly scoring, everyone ended up carrying a little over 100 kilograms. Lin Heng, his older brother, and his father carried more, about 120 to 130 kilograms.

Carrying their things, everyone walked back quickly along the path they had taken. If they didn't walk faster, they would get lost before dark, even though there were marks on the trees along the way.

When Lin Heng left, not a single bonsai stump was dug up. One reason was that the time was not right, as it would not easily survive if dug up in winter, and the other was that it was too difficult to remove.

The seven people arrived at the camp in Sanchagou just as it was getting dark. They ate the noodles that Lin's father brought from home. After eating, they squeezed into the shelter and could only sleep side by side without being able to turn over.

There were several people snoring loudly at night, which tortured those who fell asleep late for half the night. Almost everyone did not sleep well.

The next morning, they ate some instant noodles and then headed towards the village, carrying their belongings. The place was too far away, and they were carrying such heavy objects that they didn't return to the village until three in the afternoon.

The nearest route from Hongfeng Mountain to Lin Heng's home is through the center of the village. With so many people carrying meat, they quickly attracted the attention of the villagers.

"What did you guys kill? There's so much meat!"

"Yes, with so many people carrying it, it must weigh over a thousand pounds!"

Soon someone asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just shot two sheep in the mountains."

"It's also called a antelope!"

Everyone laughed and explained that there was nothing to be afraid of, as the Wildlife Protection Act had not yet been promulgated and hunting was legal and compliant.

"Oh my god, that's like hitting two cows!"

All the villagers were shocked, and soon the news spread throughout the village. Some hunters in the village were also very excited. These were antelopes, and two of them at once. It was really a huge profit for the Lin family.

"Lin Heng, where did you fight?"

When Lin Heng and his group were almost home, Wang Kaidian and Old Man Tian came running over, and the one who spoke was Wang Kaidian's nephew Wang Bing.

Lin Yue glanced at Wang Bing and said jokingly, "He was beaten in Sanchagou. Isn't he better than you?"

He still remembered that Wang Bing had laughed at them before.

Wang Bing looked embarrassed, nodded and smiled: "Of course, of course, what is the specific position?"

He was unhappy, but he was thick-skinned and just wanted to know the exact location.

"It's in Sanchagou. You can find it yourself." Lin Heng said with a smile. He would never tell anyone about that place. (End of this chapter)