Chapter 065 Monkey Wine
The guy had no idea that Ye Qing was frightened by it. When he saw Ye Qing turning around and seeing it, he immediately squeaked, stepped back a few steps, and jumped out of the window. After revealing his entire body, he raised his long arms outside the window and gestured to Ye Qing.
Only then did Ye Qing see clearly what was standing outside.
It turned out to be the female mandrill that blocked the way in the mountains and asked her for help last time. This guy actually came down the mountain!
I don't know how this guy found Zou's house. He ran to her kitchen and knocked on the window in broad daylight, and then put his ghost face in the window hole and killed her face. It was simply so scary that she was killed!
It took Ye Qing a long time to recover. He looked at the female mandrill outside the window and used all his strength to hold back the scent of birds and flowers that was about to reach his mouth.
Seeing the female mandrill screaming and jumping outside, its meaning was very obvious. Ye Qing was angry and helpless. He could only open the kitchen window and let this guy in.
As soon as the window was opened, the female mandrill climbed up nimbly and quickly ran into the house.
However, as soon as this guy came in, Ye Qing smelled a sweet aroma of wine.
The mellow and alluring aroma made Ye Qing drool.
"What's that smell?"
Ye Qing sniffed and looked over here curiously following the smell. Soon his eyes fell on the broken bowl in the female mandrill's arms.
That bowl looked strangely familiar. It looked a bit like the one that Ye Qing used to hold maltose syrup in order to lure away two black bear cubs.
But wasn't this bowl thrown into the woods by Gu Weinan and his brother? How did this female mandrill pick it up?
Seeing the familiar gap, Ye Qing was sure that this bowl was definitely the one in the cabin, and he was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
After the female mandrill entered the kitchen, she immediately presented the broken bowl to Ye Qing like a treasure.
Ye Qing then noticed that the broken bowl actually contained a small bowl of clear liquid. As the female mandrill approached, a strong smell of alcohol immediately wafted into his nose.
Ye Qing was suddenly surprised and shocked:
"Is this wine? Where did you get it? You didn't come down the mountain just to give me some wine, did you?"
The female mandrill danced with joy, pointing at the small broken bowl and motioning Ye Qing to try taking a sip.
I don't know the origin of this wine, nor do I know whether it is clean or poisonous. Moreover, this bowl must have been licked by those blind bears before, and the female mandrill must have not washed it before using it to hold the wine. Ye Qing felt a little disgusted.
But it was strange, she never drank, but this wine was so fragrant that it seemed to have a charming allure.
Just with this small bowl, just waved in front of her nose, the aroma of wine overbearingly invaded her nasal cavity, her entire taste buds were forced to open, and her saliva gushed out violently, completely out of her control.
This was really strange. Ye Qing looked at the broken bowl and couldn't resist this strange temptation. After taking the bowl, he closed his eyes, made up his mind, lowered his head and took a small sip carefully.
After taking a sip of the wine, Ye Qing immediately blushed, his eyes shining like stars, and he was extremely surprised.
It is mellow, sweet and strong but not acrid, smooth in the throat and with a long aftertaste, like a solitary orchid in a valley and the release of wildness. The clear and authentic fruity aroma is gentle yet overbearing. With just a small sip, Ye Qing completely fell in love with the taste of this wine.
During the extremely cold times of the end of the world, she had collected and tried various famous wines to keep her body warm, but she dared to say that none of the wines she had drunk in the end of the world could be like the wine in the broken bowl in front of her, which could make people addicted after just one sip and completely reluctant to let go.
Without any hesitation, Ye Qing immediately hid the broken bowl in his arms like a bandit, and took it for himself like a rogue. He smiled at the female mandrill and said in a gentle and persuasive way:
"Give me this wine, it's mine, you know? By the way, where did you get this wine? Did you steal someone's wine jar?"
The female mandrill obviously didn't understand what Ye Qing said. After thinking for a few seconds with its head tilted, it started gesticulating towards Ye Qing.
Ye Qing was just guessing and wasn't sure if he understood it correctly:
"You said you found this wine in Changbai Mountain?"
Ye Qing was surprised and shocked, and he confirmed again and again whether this was what the female mandrill had just expressed.
The female mandrill repeated the gesture several times, and Ye Qing was finally certain that this was what the female mandrill meant.
This wine was indeed made from the deep mountains!
After confirming it again, Ye Qing was basically certain that the female ape got the wine from the mountains.
And according to normal reasoning, Ye Qing guessed that this bowl of wine was brought down the mountain by the female mandrill specially for Ye Qing to drink. At first, it should have been a full bowl, but the female mandrill spilled most of it on the way down the mountain, and only a little was left when it finally reached her kitchen.
Perhaps because she saw that Ye Qing liked to drink this wine, the female mandrill was very happy. Not only did she dance with excitement, she also pulled Ye Qing outside and actually wanted to take Ye Qing into the mountains. It was obvious that she was planning to lead her to get the wine.
But how could there be wine in the deep mountains? Especially in the Changbai Mountain area, the deeper you go, the more forests you see. There is almost no human habitation in the deep mountains that are close to the original jungle. It is definitely impossible for someone to brew and store wine in the deep mountains.
A certain guess flashed through Ye Qing's mind.
She remembered that she had read a book in which it was mentioned that many mountain monkeys were fond of drinking and were good at brewing.
They collect fruits and hide them in tree holes to store food for the winter.
However, as the amount of food hidden increased, the monkeys would sometimes forget that they had ever hidden food in a tree hole.
These stored fruits are then sealed in the cave, where they slowly ferment due to lack of oxygen, and eventually become a cave full of delicious fruit wine.
This wine is called monkey wine.
Mandrills, like mountain monkeys, are primates and should have similarities in their living habits.
Could it be that what she just drank was the legendary monkey wine brewed by this female mandrill?
There are many varieties and quantities of wild fruits in Changbai Mountain, so this possibility is not impossible.
However, monkey wine is extremely rare, and the right time, place, and people are all essential, and the conditions are very harsh. First of all, the tree hole where the fruits are stored must remain sealed, and during the fermentation process of the fruits, the fruits in the tree hole must not rot, and other bacterial communities must not be bred. The wine slowly seeps to the bottom of the hole until all the fruits in the tree hole are converted into brew, which may take months or even years.
Precisely because it is so rare, this wine is hard to come by. In later generations, Ye Qing also saw some merchants selling so-called monkey wine under the banner, but in fact they were all selling dog meat under the guise of mutton, and had nothing to do with the legendary monkey wine.
But now, as Ye Qing tasted the wine brought by the female mandrill, the more she tasted it, the more she felt that her guess was probably correct.
Because the taste of this wine is so amazing, after tasting this wild brew, the 50-year-old Maotai that their department director had collected for many years and was reluctant to take out was instantly turned into dregs and was worth nothing.
Since the female mandrill came to her in person, Ye Qing certainly would not miss such a good thing. Seeing the female mandrill jumping up and down and urging her, she felt that she had to follow it into the mountains to see what was going on.
However, the experience of going into the mountains a few days ago made Ye Qing realize that there are hordes of wild beasts in Changbai Mountain and dangers are lurking everywhere. It is by no means as safe as the She Mountain where she had visited before in Shanghai.
It was already past four o'clock and the sun was about to set. She was still a little scared to go into the mountain alone, so after thinking it over, she decided to go to the cabin first to find Gu Wei Donghui, and then the two of them would go together to look for the monkey wine.
There was no time to lose. Ye Qing went into the house and said a few words to Grandma Zou, saying that he had an urgent matter and needed to go into the mountains to ask Gu Weidong for help. He might not be back until very late at night, so he asked the old lady and Wang Chunhua not to worry.
Then she turned around and followed the female mandrill into the back hill and headed straight towards the cabin.
Halfway through the journey, the female mandrill wanted to lead Ye Qing to another path. Ye Qing also made some gestures. After the two of them talked at cross purposes for a long time, the female mandrill seemed to understand what Ye Qing meant and followed him helplessly.
Because there were no outsiders around, Ye Qing did not hide her abilities. She swung the vines and flew through the tall coniferous forest. Her speed was no slower than that of the female mandrill climbing and jumping on the treetops. It only took them about an hour to successfully reach the cabin.
Perhaps he heard some noise, Mancang, who was lying at the door of the cabin, stood up suddenly, pricked up his ears and looked at the woods with vigilance. Gu Weidong also came out of the house holding a hunting rifle and asked in a deep voice:
"Who's in the woods?"
Ye Qing took back the whip in his hand, stood still under the tree, and then slowly walked out:
"It's me."
Seeing Ye Qing, Gu Weidong was surprised: "Why did you come into the mountains alone at this time?"
Ye Qing quickly pointed at the mandrill following behind her and explained why she came into the mountains.
Gu Weidong couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. He never expected that this girl would risk her life to go into the mountains alone in the middle of the night just to find monkey wine brewed by mandrills?
"You are such a coward! Didn't you learn enough from the last encounter with wolves and black bears? Those two aren't the most ferocious. You haven't encountered brown bears and Siberian tigers yet. Those two are really hard to deal with. If you run into them, you should think about what kind of last words you want to leave!"
Gu Weidong felt helpless about Ye Qing's foolish and bold behavior, but when he lowered his head and saw the hair swirl on the girl's head, he couldn't say anything harsh.
He turned around and went into the cabin, picked up his flashlight and military green water bottle, and put on his hunting rifle. After Gu Weidong patted his warehouse, he gestured to Ye Qing:
"Come on, I'll go with you and take a look!"
When the female mandrill saw that the two of them could finally set off, she hurried to lead the way. However, this time Ye Qing and Gu Weidong were traveling together, so the whip could not be taken out openly, so the two of them traveled much slower. After climbing on the treetops for a while, the female mandrill would wait in front, calling out from time to time, urging Ye Qing and Gu Weidong to speed up.
The sun slowly set, and the two followed the female mandrill in the mountains for nearly two hours before finally reaching their destination.
When Ye Qing saw an old pine tree stump in front of him that had been struck by lightning and burned to almost carbonization, he was shocked. He and Gu Weidong looked at each other, and both of them showed surprise and astonishment in their eyes.
This old pine tree looked to be thousands of years old. Even though it was struck by lightning, the remaining stump was still quite strong. Ye Qing and Gu Weidong stretched out their arms to compare it, and found that they couldn't hug it even if they stretched out their arms completely. They probably needed another adult to do it.
The stump of this tree is only about four or five meters high. The bark can be easily peeled off. The stump has turned black and charcoal. It looks like it was struck by lightning some years ago. The half of the trunk that collapsed on the top has completely dried up and rotted, and even a lot of wood ear mushrooms have grown on it.
However, the vitality of the old tree roots is still quite strong. Even though the trunk has been completely carbonized, new branches have sprouted and grown under the roots of the old tree.
However, the focus of Ye Qing and the others was not on the dead tree's revival, but on this huge old tree stump.
Because there is a very obvious tree hole on the carbonized stump of this old pine tree, which is blocked by messy weeds.
When the female mandrill approached the tree stump, she immediately reached out her hand and used her claws to quickly pull away the weeds.
Soon the tree hole was revealed, and an unusually sweet aroma of wine floated out from the tree hole.
"That's the smell of the wine that the female mandrill gave me just now!"
Ye Qing immediately shouted excitedly.
Now Ye Qing could finally be sure that what was hidden in the tree hole was probably the monkey wine she was looking for on this trip.
This female mandrill was quite smart. She was probably afraid that the smell of wine would attract other animals, so when she went down the mountain to bring wine to Ye Qing, she actually blocked the entrance of the cave with weeds.
The diameter of this hole is much larger than the broken bowl in the cabin. I guess the bowl of wine was scooped out of this hole by the female mandrill.
Ye Qing poked his head inside and could smell the strong and mellow aroma of wine. He then shone Gu Weidong's flashlight over there and could see that there was indeed a lot of clear liquid stored inside.
But she had no idea how deep the hole was, and no one knew how much wine was inside until it was all pumped out.
Gu Weidong found a piece of long straw nearby and reached into the cave to probe. He pushed the meter-long straw stick down, but even after it was completely submerged, he still couldn't reach the bottom.
This result shocked Gu Weidong greatly. Judging from the cross-sectional diameter of this old tree stump and the situation he had just explored with long thatch, there must be at least several hundred kilograms of wine in it!
This is really...
Gu Weidong looked at Ye Qing who was also shocked and couldn't help but teasing:
"I think you should just change your name to the Changbai Mountain Bargain Hunter! You've got Ganoderma and coyotes claiming to be your masters, and you've even let black bears help you hunt. Now even mandrills are offering monkey wine to you. I'm afraid Changbai Mountain is a supply and marketing cooperative opened specifically for you. You're here to jump the queue, but you're actually here to buy goods, right?"
Ye Qing spat at Gu Weidong unhappily:
"Pah! If I hadn't saved the mandrill's baby, why would it come to my house to give me a thank-you gift for no reason? This isn't really taking advantage of me, it's just good deeds being rewarded!"
But when it comes to this, Ye Qing can't help but be happy again.
"If this much wine is sealed up properly, it will be enough to drink for many years, right? Hehe, it turns out that people should do more good deeds. Good deeds will bring good results. Look, isn't this a reward?"
This reward is not a small amount, it's a huge profit!
Ye Qing was so excited that she rubbed her hands together. Compared with so much monkey wine, the little wood-type ability she had used on the little mandrill last time was completely insignificant.
However, this tree hole should have been sealed before, and no one knows how this female mandrill broke open the hole. But now that the tree hole has been opened, the wine must be taken away as soon as possible, otherwise the alcohol will evaporate and the quality of the wine will quickly deteriorate, and it will soon become a pile of worthless water.
Moreover, this wine is so fragrant, and there are so many animals in the mountains that it is impossible for them not to smell it. If no one is guarding here, it will be intercepted quickly and they will not even have a chance to take it. It will be robbed.
Obviously, Gu Weidong was also aware of this problem.
He glanced at Ye Qing:
"We have to find someone to take the wine away as soon as possible. We can't waste time. If a brown bear finds us, it will be the end. It can smash the tree hole open with one claw, and then all the hundreds of kilograms of wine will be wasted!"
Ye Qing's eyes almost popped out of his head:
"Brown bears can drink alcohol?!" Don't those creatures only like to eat honey?
Gu Weidong is funny:
"Why do you think brown bears are also called woolly bears? Because they are mainly distributed in the northern hemisphere, and the most common are the Russians. They deal with fighting nations every day, and not only do they love to drink, they also love to drink strong liquor like vodka. Just look at the alcohol content of the fruit brew in this tree hole, and they drink it like water. It's no problem for an adult brown bear to drink more than ten or twenty kilograms at a time!"
Ye Qing looked at Gu Weidong with a dull expression and swallowed his saliva subconsciously with a gulp.
Therefore, we must find a way to get rid of the wine as soon as possible. It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. Danger may be approaching at any time!
But this is several hundred kilograms of wine. It is not like the wild boar and sika deer that the black bear brought to her before, which she could just carry and run away with. How can she take this wine away without a container?
Ye Qing stared at the tree stump and felt a headache coming on. For a moment he could not think of any solution.
Just when Ye Qing was at a loss and felt that the matter had reached a deadlock, Gu Weidong suddenly said:
"You stay here and be sure to stay safe! I'll take care of the rest! I'll be back in an hour at most!"
Having said that, Gu Weidong stuffed the gun in his hand into Ye Qing's arms and turned to leave.
However, after walking only two steps, he retreated because he was worried, took off the whistle hanging around his neck and handed it to Ye Qing.
"If there is a danger that cannot be resolved, just blow this whistle. The sound of this whistle can be heard from far away at night. I will rush back as soon as I hear the whistle!"
Ye Qing was holding the whistle and saw Gu Weidong quickly running into the woods. She was wondering if it would be safer for her to find an old pine tree nearby to climb up.
Unexpectedly, Gu Weidong, who had walked away, came back again:
"Well, are you afraid of staying here alone? Why don't you come with me? If the wine is really stolen by the bear, it's no big deal."
Ye Qing: ...
Look at this man running back with a messy body and sweat on his forehead. It's a bit funny and a bit touching. What's going on?
Ye Qing helplessly pulled out the rattan whip from her bag, and randomly picked an old pine tree nearby that required several people to hug it. She swung her hand and wrapped the whip around the branch. Then, using the power of the whip, she stepped directly onto the tree trunk and jumped up. In a few steps, she climbed up to the waist-high branch and sat down. She also waved at Gu Weidong who was under the tree with a smile.
Gu Weidong: ...Well, his worries were in vain! Apart from anything else, with her tree-climbing skills, at least she can protect herself. No wonder this little girl is so brave that she dares to go to Changbai Mountain alone in the middle of the night!
After Gu Weidong really left, Ye Qing jumped down from the tree, activated some vines, and carefully blocked the hole in the old tree stump again.
But even so, Ye Qing was not very reassured. Brown bears have a keen sense of smell, and the aroma of wine in the tree hole has already spread out, so it would be difficult to hide it.
Sure enough, less than half an hour after Ye Qing returned to hide in the old pine tree, he heard a loud noise coming from the woods not far away.
Although Ye Qing couldn't see clearly in the night, the female mandrill that was squatting on the top of the pine tree with her instantly straightened up and stared vigilantly in the direction where the sound came from.
After a while, perhaps after recognizing what kind of animal it was, this guy bared his teeth, beat his chest and stamped his feet, shouting, as if he was trying to drive away the uninvited guest who had invaded his territory.
However, this method did not make the opponent retreat. Instead, it rushed forward with more and more violent movements, and even hit several small pine trees nearby.
When the old pine tree where Ye Qing was was getting closer, Ye Qing finally saw the appearance of the big guy clearly in the moonlight and couldn't help but take a breath.
Gu Weidong was right. This brown bear was indeed addicted to alcohol. It chased after us as soon as it smelled the aroma of alcohol!
The key point is that this guy is really strong. He is at least two times bigger than the pair of black bears that Ye Qing saw outside the cabin last time!
If she were to come face to face with this thing, she would probably be beaten into a pulp with just one slap!
However, Ye Qing had already hidden on the old pine tree, so he was definitely safe for the time being. The more dangerous thing was the monkey wine in the old tree stump.
Such good wine, weighing hundreds of kilograms, Ye Qing certainly didn't want to be intercepted and destroyed by the brown bear.
So she immediately pulled out the whip from her bag, quickly activated it and pointed it directly at the brown bear on the ground.
After her ability was upgraded, the speed at which she activated the vines increased a lot. In just a few tens of seconds, the vines spread out like a dense net.
After the brown bear came into the forest, it sniffed the air and then rushed towards the old tree stump where the aroma of wine came from like a firecracker.
Who would have thought that when it was halfway through the run, a net suddenly flew out from the air and covered it directly.
The net made of vines seemed to be alive. After covering the brown bear's body, it was quickly pulled and gathered. In a short while, the big brown bear was directly hung in the air.
No matter how developed the brown bear's muscles are or how powerful its fists are, its fighting talent is limited to close combat. However, it will be completely defenseless against a rogue move like Ye Qing's.
After being locked in the vine net, its bulky body was tied up tightly, and no matter how hard it struggled, it could not break free from the restraints. It could only rage helplessly in mid-air, which frightened the surrounding insects, birds and animals and made them flee in all directions.
However, Ye Qing, after hearing the brown bear's roar, realized that something was wrong and quickly wanted to cover the mouth of this unlucky thing, but it was too late.
"Ye Qing! Are you okay?"
Gu Weidong's anxious shouts were heard from the woods. Not long after, the boy rushed out of the dense forest in a rage.
Ye Qing was still controlling the vine in his hand at this moment, and hanging at the end of the vine was the motionless bear.
The hung up bear: Open your eyes and take a good look, who is in trouble? !
Ye Qing still had his hands stretched in the air. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know whether to continue or stop.
Didn't you say you would come back in an hour? It's only been less than 40 minutes, how come you're back? You don't keep your word, it's really hard for me to deal with you! And you're fishing and enforcing the law so hard, I'm starting to wonder if you're setting a trap for me on purpose, trying to get me to reveal my true colors.
Gu Weidong was stunned.
After he heard the noise made by the brown bear in the woods, he was worried that Ye Qing would not be able to cope with the fight between the brown bear and Ye Qing, so he picked up his things and ran back like crazy. When the brown bear roared, he was terrified and so frightened that he didn't even care about the sack on his back. He threw the things away and ran towards the direction of the old tree stump at full speed.
But what he could never have imagined was that after rushing back to the destination, what he saw was not the terrifying scene of a fierce confrontation and crazy fight between the brown bear and Ye Qing, but Ye Qing was unilaterally... bullying?
Seeing the brown bear hanging in the air with a look of despair on its face, Gu Weidong was confused and shocked. He stood there for a while, with his mouth open so wide that an egg could almost fit in.
But soon, he came to his senses, looked at the vine in Ye Qing's hand, and a look of sudden enlightenment flashed in his eyes.
He said, back in Sheshan, how did this little girl with such thin arms and legs move him and the two spies from the forest to the foot of the mountain!
After all this time, this is the secret that Ye Qing has been hiding for a long time!
Ye Qing was still frozen in place, his mind racing, not knowing what kind of excuse he could come up with to make excuses for what was happening before him.
Unexpectedly, the next second, Gu Weidong warned her:
"Be careful and don't take it lightly. The Russian bear is very vindictive. If you let it take advantage of the opportunity and escape, it will definitely fight you to the death!"
After saying this, Gu Weidong turned around and went back into the woods.
He ran out in such a hurry just now that he dropped his things on the road. Now he has to go back and get them back.
About ten minutes later, Gu Weidong came back with two bulging large sacks on his front and back, and no one knew what was in them.
By this time, Ye Qing had tied the other end of the vine directly to the tree and tied a knot.
After roaring and trying hard to catch the cricket pupa for a while, the bear found that it was all in vain, so it gave up resistance completely. It just stared at Ye Qing below with its round eyes, angry and unwilling, and gasped in anger.
If eyes could turn into flying knives, Ye Qing would have been stabbed into a hedgehog by the brown bear's eye knives.
But at this moment Ye Qing's mind was a little confused and he didn't care about anything else. He completely ignored the brown bear's eyes that were about to solidify into substance. He just leaned against the tree trunk and silently watched Gu Weidong running back from the woods.
She really didn't expect that after discovering that she possessed wood-related supernatural powers, Gu Weidong did not even ask a single unnecessary question and would react so calmly.
This left no room for the lame excuse that Ye Qing had just thought of on the spur of the moment to be put to use. She opened her mouth to say something, but just didn't know how to start.
Gu Weidong glanced at her, seemed to see the nervousness in her eyes, and couldn't help but laugh:
"Don't get hung up on it, and don't hide it. I've known for a long time that you have a secret, but I can't guess what it is without seeing you do it with my own eyes."
"I originally thought it might be related to your flying needle or medical skills, but I didn't expect it to be this. Can you control plants? Is this an ability you brought from the end of the world? It looks pretty cool!"
After making a comment, Gu Weidong did not continue the topic. Instead, he threw the two sacks on his back to the ground, poured out all the contents, and gestured to Ye Qing,
"Okay, don't think too much. I'm not curious about your secret, and I promise to keep it strictly confidential and not tell anyone about it. You can rest assured."
"Let's pack these up and take them away! We don't know if this brown bear has any companions. It will be troublesome if it attracts its companions!"
After seeing the pile of things that Gu Weidong dumped out, Ye Qing really couldn't think of anything else. She stared at Gu Weidong with eyes wide open in disbelief:
"Is this a sheepskin bag? My God, there are so many of them. Where did you get them?"
Gu Weidong smiled:
"Don't forget, I have been reborn after all. If I don't know anything, then wouldn't my previous life have been in vain?"
Seeing Ye Qing's puzzled expression, Gu Weidong pointed to the forest he had been to before.
"In fact, I almost forgot about this before I followed the mandrill to this forest, but when I came here, I remembered that this area has a complex terrain and there is a fortification area built by the Kwantung Army, which contains a permanent underground warehouse."
"After the surrender of the Kwantung Army, the fortress was sealed by the Japanese. It was not until the late 1980s that a team from the provincial capital came to investigate and develop Changbai Mountain into a tourist attraction. They entered the deep mountains and discovered this secret."
"These sheepskin bags are what are stored in the warehouse inside the fortified area. Maybe it's because it's been closed for a long time and the air doesn't circulate, so these sheepskin bags are well preserved. I checked them before I took them, and these wine bags are not damaged. Let's see if these are enough. If not, I'll go back and get more."
Ye Qing was really dumbfounded this time, shocked by the news that Gu Weidong had just revealed.
"You mean, there is a Kwantung Army fortress in this mountain?!"
Seeing her surprised and stunned expression, Gu Weidong couldn't help but explain:
"Isn't it strange? You said it was the Guandong Army Fortress. Where is Guandong? Isn't it in our Great Northern Wilderness?"
"At that time, the Japanese occupied northern Korea, so it was easier for their army to provide logistical support by directly attacking the three northeastern provinces. Moreover, we are rich in resources and are most suitable for a strategic base. So what's so strange about having a fortress in Changbai Mountain?"
Thinking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but believe it. Before she came to the Great Northern Wilderness, she really thought that this place was a barren land waiting to be reclaimed and there was nothing here. But after coming here, she found that she was wrong.
"What's in the fortress? Are there a lot of war supplies?" Ye Qing suddenly became curious.
Gu Weidong's mind suddenly moved: "Do you want to go in and take a look?"
Ye Qing immediately shook his head like a wave drum: "No, no, I'm just asking casually, forget it, let's go in and take this wine away quickly, going to that kind of place so late at night, I feel creepy just thinking about it."
It's no wonder that Ye Qing was scared. The Japanese had committed so many atrocities in Xia Country back then. Who knows what other weird things are hidden in the Kwantung Army Fortress? Curiosity killed the cat. She had better be honest and take the monkey wine away as soon as possible!
Gu Weidong couldn't help laughing at Ye Qing's timid and cowering look, and teased:
"You were so brave when you went into the mountains to look for the monkey wine. Why are you backing off now? Are you sure you don't want to go in? Maybe there's something in there that you can use?"
"I will go to the commune tomorrow morning to call the troops to report this matter. Someone will come by the afternoon at the latest. By then, all these things will be moved away, and this fortress will be permanently sealed. You will never have the chance to go in and take a look again in the future."
Ye Qing was helpless. Even if he had no chance to go in again, it didn't seem like a big loss, right? These war reserves of the Kwantung Army were used to attack the invaders of their fellow countrymen in Xia. As long as he thought of this, Ye Qing felt uncomfortable. How could he be so heartless as to go in and take those things out for use?
If there were no containers to store the wine, she would probably be so upset that she wouldn't even want these sheepskin wine bags. She should have sent troops down quickly to hand over all the things in the fortress to the national treasury.
Ye Qing waved his hand at Gu Weidong: "It's getting late, let's get down to business!"
In addition to the sheepskin bag, Gu Weidong also found a long, thin copper tube in the fortress. After bending the tube, he inserted one end into the tree hole. After taking a deep sip with the other end, he aimed it at the sheepskin bag containing wine.
Soon, the wine in the tree hole was quickly drawn out and flowed into the wine bag.
The texture of the extracted Monkey Wine is very clear, without any impurities such as fruit residues, which is probably largely due to the carbonization of the tree.
After being struck by lightning, the entire tree stump has been carbonized into particles. Charcoal has a strong ability to absorb impurities, and the monkey wine is stored in it. After a long period of natural purification by the charcoal, what is left is of course all the essence.
Soon a sheepskin wine bag was full. Gu Weidong handed the bag to Ye Qing and replaced it with an empty sheepskin bag. Ye Qing helped him and carefully stuffed the cork on the sheepskin bag.
During this process, the aroma of the wine quickly spread out, and the strong fragrance soon filled the woods.
The brown bear hanging in the air smelled the wine and immediately became agitated again. It struggled in the vine net and even tried to tear the net into pieces with its sharp claws and teeth.
But unfortunately, Ye Qing's net was catalyzed by supernatural powers, and the vines were very tough and could not be broken so easily.
Not to mention the brown bear, even the female mandrill that brought Ye Qing up the mountain was now climbing and jumping on the tree, and it seemed that it was also stimulated by the aroma of the wine and was extremely greedy.
As expected, it is the instinct of primates to love alcohol. This wine is too tempting for them. However, perhaps out of the idea of repaying Ye Qing, this female mandrill did not rush up to grab the wine even though she was greedy for it. She just watched quietly from a tree not far away.
Ye Qing was a little moved. It seemed that the female mandrill was really greedy. After thinking about it, she handed the military water bottle on her waist to Gu Weidong and asked him to fill it with wine.
Gu Weidong glanced at Ye Qing and understood what she wanted to do. He shook his head and said:
"You don't need this. Let's take the sake from above first, and leave the rest at the bottom for it later! There are many bowls and pots that no one wants in the underground warehouse. I'll get a few and fill them with wine for this mandrill later."
There was more wine in this tree hole than Ye Qing and the others had estimated. Gu Weidong had already filled several sheepskin wine bags with it, and the wine level in the hole had not gone down much. The wine bags he took out from the underground warehouse were probably not enough, so Gu Weidong had to go back and get more.
He did not waste any more time and handed the task of fetching wine to Ye Qing, and returned to the Kwantung Army fortress.
Gu Weidong came back only after Ye Qing had almost filled all the remaining sheepskin bags. The two of them worked together and filled more than thirty sheepskin wine bags in total. The wine in the tree hole was not even empty yet.
You should know that the specifications of these sheepskin wine bags are not small. Basically, one can hold about 30 kilograms of wine. If more than 30 sheepskin bags are filled, the total weight is estimated to be over a thousand kilograms.
By this time, all the wine bags that Gu Weidong had brought back had been used up, and the wine in the tree hole had been taken to the back, and impurities such as fruit pulp and cores could be vaguely seen, indicating that the quality of the remaining wine at the bottom might not be as clear as the upper layer.
The two of them stopped and didn't want to use the liquid anymore, leaving it for the female mandrill and other animals in the mountains to drink.
Gu Weidong also brought a stack of bowls and a few open jars this time, so the two of them decided to be nice and drain out all the remaining wine using copper pipes.
After all, the tree hole is too deep, and it is difficult for animals to drink the wine inside unless the tree stump is dug up.
After taking a large bowl of wine, Ye Qing turned around and shouted at the mandrill crouching on the tree.
The female mandrill hesitated for a moment before realizing that Ye Qing was calling it. Although it didn't know why Ye Qing was calling it, it still jumped down from the treetop happily.
When Ye Qing handed the wine bowl to the female mandrill, the guy quickly raised his head and looked at Ye Qing. After confirming that the wine was for it, he immediately took the bowl and drank from the bowl while shouting excitedly.
There were at least dozens of kilograms of wine with dregs on the bottom, but after Gu Weidong pumped out the wine and filled the wine bowls and jars, he ignored the rest.
After all, there was a brown bear watching nearby. With that guy's destructive power, he could easily smash the tree post, so the remaining wine would definitely not be wasted.
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