Chapter 142 Separate Actions
The meat was in such a miserable state that it was either squeezed into various shapes or pressed into blue and purple lumps.
Su Mei didn't know whether she should be more embarrassed in this situation or Huo Jianguo should be more embarrassed.
After waking up, Huo Jianguo got up, took out some dry food and distributed it to everyone so that they could have breakfast first, and then he began to talk about his hunting plan.
After explaining the plan clearly, the group began to act separately.
In order to make it easier to check the time, Su Mei gave her watch to Su Yongcang, and she walked with Su Xuanju, Huo Jianguo, and Su Shengxue. The grandfather and grandson were going out to collect herbs, and it would be safer for them to stay with Huo Jianguo.
The four of them walked towards the distance, and Huo Jianguo made marks as they walked to ensure that they could return to the cave smoothly at noon.
This time, Huo Jianguo went out mainly to look for animal feces.
The quickest way to determine which animals are in a forest is to look for their excrement, because excrement is basically produced every day.
Huo Jianguo was looking for animal feces in the weeds, while Su Xuanbo took Su Mei to collect medicinal herbs.
There are indeed many precious medicinal herbs in the deep mountains. Su Xuanhu became more and more excited as he collected them. He said to Su Mei: "If I could have collected such good herbs earlier, I might have been able to cure more people. The patients who use this batch of medicine will be blessed!"
"You can pick whatever you like. There are so many people here, so you don't have to worry about not being able to bring it back." Su Mei said as she cleaned the dirt off the roots of the herbs.
"No matter how much you have, it will eventually run out. Some herbs will lose their effectiveness if left for too long. It's a pity that we can't always go back to this deep mountain." Su Xuanhu said, sighing with some regret.
Su Mei didn't understand: "If it's left for too long, it will affect the effect, so why not plant it?"
Nowadays, no one goes up the mountain to collect herbs, because there are special medicinal fields nowadays, and herbs are all planted artificially and cultivated in large areas. There is no need to collect them so laboriously.
"Plant?" This word scared Su Xuanhu, he quickly shook his head at Su Mei and said, "I dare not plant this thing, the policy has regulations on the use of every inch of land.
There was an extra pumpkin vine on the corner of our wall. After it was reported, it was pulled out by the team. And you still want to plant medicinal herbs directly.
I see you want to send this old flesh and blood of your grandfather to the cowshed?"
Su Mei: ""
She indeed forgot the limitations of that era. During this period, the state's use of land was very strict.
The brigade has clear regulations on how much land each family can use to grow vegetables, what varieties of vegetables can be grown, and how much they can grow.
Country people are not allowed to use the land at will.
In addition to the requirements for land use, the brigade also has strict rules and regulations for other aspects.
For example, you can only raise a maximum of three chickens...
In times like this, not to mention planting medicinal fields, even planting a single herb could be dangerous, dangerous, dangerous!
Su Mei took it for granted. After all, she was not from this time and space, and sometimes she couldn't help but think things through.
However, the days when people had to go up the mountain to collect herbs will soon be gone forever.
"Grandpa, when I have the chance in the future, I will contract all the herbs near my home, plant them with the herbs you like, and give them to you as your garden."
"Silly girl just loves to talk nonsense!" Su Xuanhu didn't take Su Mei's words seriously at this time.
Until one day, when Dagang Village was filled with medicinal herbs growing from the ground and the nearby mountains and forests became his own medicinal fields, Su Xuanhu fell silent as he looked at the endless medicinal fields.
At that time, he would think about how Su Mei made the promise today with such light words.
After they had been walking around for more than four hours, the backpacks carried by Su Xuanbo and Su Mei were already full. Huo Jianguo and Su Shengxue each carried their own herb baskets and started back to the cave.
According to the agreement, the two groups, in two directions, searched until noon, then returned to the cave to gather and exchange their gains.
Soon, the group returned to the cave entrance.
Another group of people arrived at the cave earlier. After everyone arrived, Huo Jianguo was the first to talk about his gains:
"I didn't find any big guys, just the feces of rabbits, wolves, wild boars, hedgehogs, pheasants, etc.
Dad, brothers, what have you found? "
After Huo Jianguo finished talking about his gains, the eldest brother Su Shengtang took out the feces they had picked up along the way.
"We have no experience or knowledge of some of the feces, so we just took them back. Jianguo, take a look!"
"This is the feces of a blind bear." After checking it, Huo Jianguo pointed to a larger piece of feces and said.
When they heard about the blind bear, the Su brothers immediately became interested.
They came out this time just for this kind of big group.
A blind bear can allow six households in the Su family to have meat for a year, and even have some surplus.
The fur and dirt of a bear are very valuable. If the Su family could hunt a bear, their lives would be much better than they are now.
After exchanging their gains, the group started to have lunch.
After taking a short break after lunch, Huo Jianguo followed his brothers-in-law to the place where the bear's feces was found. Su Mei and Su Xuanju naturally continued to follow behind to collect herbs.
Huo Jianguo quickly determined the range of the blind bear's activities. He and Su Mei's brothers began to set traps, trying to capture the blind bear as soon as possible.
The blind bear living nearby is a brown bear nearly two meters tall.
After setting the trap, Huo Jianguo bled other small animals he had hunted and smeared a large amount of blood around the trap to lure the black bear.
Next, Huo Jianguo and several of his brothers began to wait near the trap.
The next day, Su Xuanbo and Su Mei no longer went out to collect herbs, because they had already collected enough herbs to eat, and they could not carry back any more.
So when Huo Jianguo and his men were waiting outside, Su Mei and Su Xuanhu stayed in the cave to process the herbs that had been collected.
Two days passed in a flash, and Huo Jianguo finally waited for the brown bear to come out for food in the evening two days later.
He and Su Mei's brothers hung on a tree, watching the brown bear approach the trap they had set.
Soon the brown bear fell into the trap, and the group killed it with almost no effort.
After killing the brown bear, Huo Jianguo arranged for people to dissect the brown bear on the spot, dividing the meat into several pieces that were easy to carry.
After all, Huo Jianguo was experienced, and he easily led his men to kill the big bear. In addition to the big bear, he also killed some other small animals.
The group stayed in the mountains for five days and left with a great harvest. Su Xuanhu looked at the meat and said:
"It's really not easy. Our Su family is able to celebrate a lively New Year. Jianguo, this is all thanks to you!"