"Keep them all; this stuff is hard to find." Sheng Liancheng knew its value and knew that pig gallstones were a rare and precious medicinal material, so he specifically instructed Sheng Xiping.
"Honey, quickly find a cloth to spread out those millet grains and let them dry. Once they're dry, put them in a glass jar."
Although this stuff isn't as potent as pig gallstones, it's still quite useful; we should keep it safe.
Sheng Liancheng was still worried, so he gave his wife the instructions again.
"This is something only the four of us know about. Don't tell anyone else, or someone might try to steal it."
"Yeah, don't worry, I guarantee no one will tell anyone."
Zhang Shuzhen found a bamboo mat, poured the dark red glutinous rice onto it, spread it out, and then placed it on the north-facing cutting board to dry.
"Alright, why aren't you going to sleep at this hour? Xiping, aren't you going up the mountain tomorrow? Hurry up and go back to your room to rest."
After settling everything in, Sheng Liancheng urged his family members to get some rest and sleep.
Sheng Liancheng and his wife returned to the east room, while the young couple took the candles and returned to the west room, where they took off their clothes and got into bed.
Sheng Xiping has been busy all day and it's so late. He still has to get up early tomorrow morning to go up the mountain.
So he didn't have any other thoughts, he just hugged his wife and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"I'll let you go tonight, let's get some sleep. I have to get up at four tomorrow morning to go up the mountain and see if that big running basket can attract any wild animals."
Sheng Xiping hugged his wife, closed his eyes, mumbled a few words, and then fell asleep.
On the morning of the 16th, Sheng Xiping got up early, heated up some food and ate it himself. Then he packed his gun, bullets, dry food and other things and was about to go out.
When Erlang Shen and the others saw Sheng Xiping's attire, they knew he was going into the mountains to hunt, and they were immediately displeased, howling at Sheng Xiping.
It was one thing to not bring them when you went up the mountain yesterday, but why not today? What are you planning to do? Are you not using them anymore?
Erlang Shen was so angry that he stopped whimpering as usual and started barking loudly. If dogs could talk, they would probably start cursing.
“You’re all injured, so stay home and rest. Once you’re healed, I’ll take you hunting in the mountains.”
Seeing the dogs acting like this, Sheng Xiping felt quite helpless.
He was doing it for the dogs' own good. The day before yesterday, when they were fighting the black bear, all of these dogs were injured to varying degrees, and Sheng Xiping couldn't bear to let them go up the mountain to risk their lives.
Besides, this is a task assigned by the organization, involving over forty people. What would he be doing taking the dog there? Would he be wasting his time?
But dogs don't understand any of this. All they know is that they get angry when their owner goes hunting in the mountains without them.
"Next time, I'll definitely bring you guys next time, okay?"
Sheng Xiping patiently rubbed Black General's head and patted the two puppies.
Erlang Shen, on the other hand, had a terrible temper. When Sheng Xiping tried to pet him, the dog turned its head away and wouldn't let him touch it.
Sheng Xiping angrily pretended to kick Erlang Shen, "You damned things, you're throwing a tantrum at me again. Quickly take them back to their nest, and I'll take you up the mountain another day."
Erlang Shen jumped back, stuck out his buttocks, raised his head, and howled at Sheng Xiping a few more times, looking ready to fight if he was not convinced.
Sheng Xiping was too lazy to pay attention to the dog, so he turned around and left, leaving behind a yard full of barking dogs.
Upon arriving at the headquarters, Wang Jianshe, Chen Weiguo, Gao Haining, and others also arrived one after another.
In Northeast China, it gets light early. In spring, it's already quite bright outside by four o'clock.
In the dim morning light, a group of people carrying guns traversed the jungle, heading towards the place where the large running basket had been the day before.
In mid-April, as daytime temperatures rise, the snow on the ground melts, revealing the soil underneath, making the ground muddy.
As the temperature dropped below zero in the evening, the mud froze again.
Small puddles covered with a thin layer of ice on the ground made a crunching sound when stepped on.
If we follow the route we took into the mountains yesterday, it will be about 34 or 35 kilometers to our destination.
At that time, Sheng Xiping and his group followed the footsteps of the big runner, but actually took a detour.
Sheng Xiping was very familiar with this mountain. In order to get there as soon as possible, they did not take the same route as yesterday, but instead took a straight line, which would be much shorter and would take about an hour.
As the group drew closer to their destination, Sheng Xiping gestured for everyone to be careful and quiet so as not to disturb the wild animals that were feeding.
The group immediately understood and began to pay attention to the branches on the ground as they walked, slowing their pace and being especially careful not to step on the thin ice.
As the group got closer to their destination, the woods became brighter and brighter. Sheng Xiping looked at the surrounding terrain and knew that the large running basket should be on the hillside ahead.
So he made a shushing gesture to the people behind him, then took off his big cotton shoes, tied the shoelaces together, draped the shoes over his shoulders, and quietly walked forward wearing only his socks.
Seeing this, the others followed suit, taking off their heavy cotton shoes and carefully following Sheng Xiping in only their socks.
As the group got closer to the big running basket, some noises reached their ears.
That's the sound of an animal eating. Needless to say, something is gnawing on that big basket.
Sheng Xiping carefully approached the hillside and went around the large boulder.
In the morning light of the forest, one could clearly see, not far ahead, a dark brown animal, as big as a small mountain, tearing at a wild boar that had already died on the ground.
That thing was no smaller than a big running basket; it looked like a small, dark brown mountain.
Sheng Xiping recognized it at a glance; it was a brown bear.
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