The three of them walked to the place where the Eucommia ulmoides was growing and took a look around, hoping that it would not be cut away by those unethical people before they could harvest it.
After walking around the area, Gou Zi caught two pheasants and a few wild rabbits. The three of them were carrying the wild animals back. Before they reached the cliff, they discovered that the swarm of bees on the big tree had disappeared.
When we walked to the bee-luring barrel placed under the cave, we saw quite a few little bees around the barrel, crawling towards the barrel, and there were quite a few crawling around at the entrance of the cave.
Zhou Huaian put on the bee hat and walked to the bee luring bucket. He opened the lid of the bee luring bucket and took a look. He saw that most of the little bees had already gathered in the bee luring bucket.
At this time, many small bees fell on his body and hands, but he did not panic. He picked up the long-bristled soft brush that he had prepared long ago and swept the small bees on his body into the bee attracting bucket.
As for the little bees scattered outside, he didn't care about them. Anyway, the queen bee was in the bucket, and it wouldn't be long before they would come to find the queen bee on their own.
Wang Zhen came forward to take a look out of curiosity, "Most of them have gone into the beehive, right?"
Zhou Huaian nodded. "Eighty to ninety percent of the bees in this nest have come in. There may be some bees that went out to scout and haven't come back yet. Don't worry about them."
Wang Zhen looked at the time. "It's only eleven o'clock. What should we do now?"
"Let's go up the mountain first, get a rabbit from the ditch and roast it. After we're full, we'll slowly walk back." Zhou Yiding picked up the basket of honey and put it on his shoulder.
"How can we eat it without salt and taste?" Zhou Huaian put the bee-attracting bucket into the backpack and carried it on his back.
Zhou Yiding took out two paper bags from his pocket, held them up and said to the two men, "I've prepared everything a long time ago. I've brought salt and barbecue powder."
Zhou Huaian looked at it and smiled: "You are really smart. Put some honey on it and sprinkle some barbecue powder on it. It will be delicious!"
Zhou Yiding said proudly, "That's right. I thought about it last night. We're going to have a picnic in the mountains today and eat barbecue. I asked my little sister to prepare it for me. It would be even more comfortable if we could kill a black goat and roast it."
"Having a rabbit is good enough." Wang Zhen picked up the basket of wild animals. "You've been busy for so long. I'll skin the rabbit and grill it later."
"Okay, let's try the roasted rabbit made by Dr. Wang." The two said in unison.
The three of them walked up the mountain with the dog. The bee-luring bucket that Zhou Huaian was carrying made a buzzing sound due to the vibration. Even the dog walking in front heard it and turned around and barked "Woof woof woof" at the basket on the back.
He gently kicked Wangcai and said, "Silly dog, this is what I brought back to raise. Don't just stand there and look for any other valuable wild animals."
Wang Zhen asked curiously, "How many wild animals are there in the forest in the past two years?"
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "We haven't been here for a long time. We were lucky yesterday and got two valuable wild animals."
"There are more on the other side." Zhou Yiding turned his head and pointed at the old forest. "Those who go there are hunters. If we go in, we will probably just be lunch for the wild animals!"
Wang Zhen: "Last year, a woman who sold musk to me said that her husband went to the old forest to hunt and was bitten off half of his left leg by an old bear. Fortunately, a hunter who went with him shot and drove him away, and he was carried out, saving his life."
Zhou Huaian: "It's lucky to be able to save a life. Just like the old shrimp whose bear skin I sent to be nitrated yesterday, he often went to the old forest to hunt when he was young, and in the end he escaped with a lame leg."
As they were talking, the three of them had already reached the top of the mountain. They sat down and drank some water, then went down the mountain to the ditch, found a flat place, picked out the fattest gray rabbit and hung it on a tree branch. Wang Zhen took out a knife that was shining with a cold light and began to skin the rabbit skillfully.
Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding went to pee, picked up an armful of firewood, and saw a bunch of zongba leaves. They cut a dozen leaves and prepared to take them back to wrap the hot rice balls.
The two returned to the ditch and found that Wang Zhen had already skinned the rabbit and was washing it by the ditch. "We just peed and picked up a bunch of firewood and you've already done it. You're so quick!"
"I'm going to study anatomy when I go to college." Wang Zhen picked up the rabbit with a smile and handed it to Zhou Huaian, "What do you use to string it up and roast it?"
"Everything is ready." Zhou Yiding took out a piece of wire from his backpack and strung the rabbits together. "Drop some water on it before roasting it to avoid charcoal ash flying everywhere."
Wang Zhen looked at the rabbit meat that was still dripping with water and said, "I shouldn't wash it."
"Yes, we skin and gut them outside, then smear salt on them, put them on sticks and grill them."
As Zhou Huaian spoke, he took the zongba leaves to the ditch, washed them, and shook off the water. Then he wrapped the rice balls prepared by Yang Chunyan and put them into the fire.
“This is almost like burning zongzi!”
Zhou Yiding: "It will be a few months before we eat zongzi. The zongzi wrapped with ham last year tasted good, so I will make more this year."
Wang Zhen: “The salted egg yolk and fatty ham meat buns are also delicious.”
It was the first time Zhou Huaian and his friend had heard of this. “Do we have to boil the salted duck eggs, peel out the yolks, and then wrap them?”
Wang Zhen: "Yes, add a small piece of streaky ham in it, I think it tastes good."
"There is a jar full of salted duck eggs at home. I asked Chunyan to make more for the Dragon Boat Festival."
The three dogs lay nearby, and when they heard the slightest movement, they would raise their heads and look around vigilantly, not missing any sound.
The three of them sat around the fire, roasting rabbit and chatting about the delicious food they had eaten. After the rice dumpling leaves had been burned in the fire for a while, they began to emit their unique fragrance.
Several people hurriedly took a wooden stick and pushed the rice balls in the fire aside to prevent them from burning and becoming unpalatable.
Zhou Huaian swallowed a large mouthful of saliva with a gulp, "I wasn't really hungry just now, but talking about delicious food has aroused my appetite."
"Eat a rice ball to fill your stomach first." Zhou Yiding picked up one and handed it to Wang Zhen. The three of them peeled off the rice dumplings leaves and started eating.
Yang Chunyan wrapped sausage and bacon slices inside and also put a crawling egg and some salted vegetables. It tasted fragrant and chewy.
It was the first time for Wang Zhen to eat rice balls made from steamed rice. He felt that the taste of the rice balls made from steamed rice was different from that of rice dumplings.
Zhou Huaian hadn't even eaten half of his rice ball when he saw Dahei and the others suddenly stand up, barking wildly and rushing towards the woods downstream.
"Brother, the goods have arrived." Zhou Huaian shouted excitedly.
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Yiding had already put the rice ball into the lunch box, picked up the gun on the backpack, and loaded it. "Doctor Xiao Wang, let's go down and take a look. You stay here with the shotgun and watch."
"Okay, be careful." Wang Zhen picked up the gun and yelled at the two people who were running downstream.
"Hey!" Zhou Huaian responded without turning his head and chased after the barking dog. The branches and leaves of the low bushes in the woods brushed against his face, cutting it painfully.
The two men looked at the dog in front of them, which was running away with only a shadow left, and they didn't care about the pain and ran forward with all their might after the dog.
After all, two legs are not as good as four legs. The two men ran breathlessly for a long time following the sound of the dog. They felt like they were about to run out of breath, and then the dog's barking became clearer and clearer.
Zhou Huaian and the other man looked at each other, took a deep breath at the same time, and ran towards the direction where the dog's barking came from.
From a distance, I saw a tall white-tailed deer running around in the woods, surrounded by three dogs.
No matter where it fled, it was caught up by the nimble and ferocious dogs. Dahuang rushed forward with bared teeth to bite its hind legs, but was kicked by the white-tailed deer from behind.
Dahuang let out a scream, "Woof", and rolled out on the ground for a few times. Dahei took the opportunity to rush over and grab the white-tailed deer's testicles.
The white-tailed deer made a "mooing" sound in pain that was somewhat similar to that of a cow.
The big black deer held its testicles tightly and tried to tear them apart. The white-tailed deer might have been numb from the pain and was stunned for a moment before jumping up with all its strength to throw the testicles away.
Over there, Lai Fu had taken the opportunity to go around to its left front and launch a sneak attack, tearing a big bite on its front leg. Bright red blood immediately gushed out. The white-tailed deer quickly shook its head and stabbed at it with its long antlers.
Lai Fu was unable to dodge and was cut on his back by the deer's antlers. He barked in pain. The furious white-rumped deer chased him relentlessly, lowering its head and continuing to stab Lai Fu with its antlers.
Fortunately, Dahei didn't care about the pain, climbed up, rushed forward and grabbed its belly with one mouthful, and Dahuang rushed forward and bit its testicles. The white-rumped deer was so painful that it went numb for a moment, then let out a shrill whine and jumped into the dust.
Lai Fu also took the opportunity to escape. Regardless of the pain on his back, he turned around and pounced on him to bite him again.
Zhou Huaian and Zhou Yiding saw the dog injured from afar and felt very distressed. The energy that had been consumed all the way was replenished, and they shouted, "Get out of the way~"
The two men roared at the same time, rushed forward, aimed their guns at the head and neck of the white-butt deer, and fired three shots in a row. Blood mist spurted out, and the neck and deer head were turned into blood gourds by bullets.
The white-tailed deer fell to the ground without even having time to call out. Zhou Huaian and his companion leaned against a tree, watching the dog they had just avoided running towards them, breathing heavily with relief.
The scientific name of the white-tailed deer is Cervus elkhound, which is a large deer species second only to the moose.
An adult elk is about 180 cm long and 110-130 cm tall at the shoulder. An adult male weighs 300-400 kg, while a female weighs 200-300 kg.
Only male elk have antlers, and the heavier the elk is, the bigger the antlers are. Generally, they have 6 or 8 forks, and some may have 9-10 forks. Because their summer fur is shorter and hairless, and is generally reddish brown, darker on the back and lighter on the belly, they are called "red deer".
The antler yield of red deer is very high and is also a precious Chinese medicinal material. Its deer penis, tail and tendons are all precious tonics. The deer body has little fat, high protein content, and the meat is tender and delicious.
The subspecies of white-rumped deer in western Sichuan has black back stripes and large yellow-white spots on the buttocks, which almost cover the entire buttocks. It is different from other subspecies of white-rumped deer and is also called "white-rumped deer."
Compared with the sambar deer we shot last time, this male white-tailed deer is much more valuable. Just its big antlers are worth a lot of money.
In 2008, the red deer was listed as a Class II protected animal by the state. Those caught poaching it illegally will be severely punished, at least in prison, working on a sewing machine for several years. (End of this chapter)
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