Chapter 167: Unexpected Surprise and White Rabbit Toffees with Coconut Milk Flavor
"What is this?"
Lin Yue asked in a very low voice.
In the direction of Lin Heng's finger, there were two huge red toon trees. The moonlight fell from the other side of the red toon trees, causing the shadow of the red toon trees to cover the trees below.
And on the branch in the shadow of the red toon tree, a black shadow was lurking there.
They didn't turn on the flashlight, but they could feel that the guy had been watching them for a long time. He must have discovered them very early.
"I can't see clearly, and I don't know."
Lin Heng shook his head, put the bow bag on the ground, opened it and took out the compound bow and hunting arrows.
The two sides were about seventy meters apart, and the dark shadow on the tree showed no intention of escaping.
Lin Heng was about to take aim with his bow when the black shadow suddenly jumped down from the tree, which made him feel helpless. This thing was too alert.
“Huh!”
Suddenly Lin Heng let out another cry of surprise. It turned out that the black shadow was not coming down the tree.
It climbed down to a branch near the red toon tree, and then jumped to the next red toon tree. Then it jumped twice and climbed directly to the top of the red toon tree.
Does it think that the red camellia tree is taller and therefore safer?
Lin Heng couldn't help but smile in his heart.
I thought there was no hope, but unexpectedly it became even easier to ejaculate.
The trees are taller and there are fewer obstacles, so it might be difficult to use an ordinary bow and arrow, but he has a modern compound bow in his hand, so a tree over ten meters high is not a problem.
Moreover, Xiongba has already quietly sneaked under the tree, and now this guy is in a difficult situation.
Lin Heng changed the position of the bow and arrow, avoiding tree branches and twigs, and aimed again.
The red toon tree has no leaves at this time of year, and the black shadow can be clearly seen on the light green trunk.
Now there was a distance of about fifty meters between them. Lin Heng waited for the mountain wind to die down a little before shooting an arrow.
With a whoosh, the hunting arrow drew a perfect arc in the air and then actually passed under the black shadow.
Lin Heng uttered a surprised cry: "Hey, it seems that the wind at this high altitude is a little stronger than I expected."
"It's okay, try again, it won't run away." Lin Yue comforted.
"Um."
Lin Heng nodded. The autumn wind in the sky at night was stronger than he expected.
But fortunately, the black shadow only climbed a little higher, so we can try again.
Lin Heng took aim again and this time pulled the bow to its full length.
With the experience from last time, this time the hunting arrow drew a beautiful arc in the night sky and pierced into the black shadow's body with a puff.
Almost at the moment of impact, the black shadow fell from the top of the tree which was more than ten meters high, making a dull thud.
"Walk!"
Lin Heng pulled his eldest brother and said something, then ignored the motionless golden rooster on the tree behind him and ran towards the red toon tree.
The ground was a bit soft and wet, and their Liberation Shoes sank into it and got soaked immediately.
However, this could not dampen the excitement of the two.
"What did you say? White rice, wild cat, or leopard?" Lin Yue asked in a very small but excited voice.
"I'm not sure. I can't see clearly without a flashlight." Lin Heng shook his head.
"I guess it's a wild cat. It climbed the tree too fast." Lin Yue whispered.
"I think so too." Lin Heng nodded.
The two of them trotted over and soon arrived under the red toon tree. Xiongba was guarding nearby. The black shadow was already deader than dead.
The two turned on their flashlights and finally saw its true appearance.
"Oh my god, it's a leopard." The two exclaimed at the same time.
Lin Heng originally thought it was just a big wild cat, but he didn't expect it to be a leopard. This was too unexpected and too surprising.
His arrow pierced its chest horizontally, and since it fell from such a high place, there was no sound at all.
"This is a clouded leopard. Strictly speaking, it is actually a cat that looks like a leopard." Lin Heng looked at it and said with a smile.
There are several species of leopards in Qinling Mountains. This is a clouded leopard. They are small in size, with the largest weighing only 40 to 50 kilograms, and there are also many of them.
Leopards are very rare. Lin Heng thought that the clouded leopard that was bitten to death in Banli Mountain might have been bitten to death by a leopard.
"This one is not small either. It's a male leopard. I estimate it weighs about 40 kilograms." Lin Yue said in surprise, grabbing the leopard and looking at it again and again.
"What a surprise! Who would have thought that when hunting for the golden rooster, I would get a leopard? I'm rich, brother." Lin Yue was completely incoherent.
"This isn't a surprise, this is such a surprise!"
It's like when you were fishing for a melon seed crucian carp, and a big grass carp came along, and not only did it come, but you also caught it. How could Lin Heng not be excited when he suddenly unlocked a new prey?
After the excitement, Lin Heng said, "But hunting is like this, a lot of the time it depends on luck. Big brother, your novice aura is amazing."
Lin Yue grinned: "You are awesome."
The two men looked at the clouded leopard again, and when they pulled out the arrow, a large amount of blood gushed out. Xiongba hurried over to lick the blood, his main purpose was to not waste a single drop.
"Shall we go back now?" Lin Yue asked Leopard.
Lin Heng looked at his watch and saw that it was just eleven o'clock. He said, "Let's leave the leopard here for now. We'll search nearby for a while. Didn't you just see a golden rooster? Try it yourself."
"There are two of them, both on that branch. How about we share them, one each?" Lin Yue suggested.
Lin Heng nodded: "Okay, you attack first, and I will attack you after you attack me."
He wanted to practice his reaction ability, and it didn't matter if he missed.
The two men discussed and walked over. The advantages of using bows and arrows were demonstrated. They killed a clouded leopard without making much noise, and they could continue to hunt golden roosters.
As for the hunting arrow that was just shot away, we can only wait a while to look for it. Using a flashlight to search randomly may easily scare the golden rooster.
Lin Heng walked to a place ten meters away from the golden rooster and stopped. The golden rooster is easy to recognize. Both male and female ones have long tail feathers and can be seen from a distance.
Lin Yue continued to move forward until he was only five or six meters away. He calmed down, took out his bow and arrow, and shot an arrow at the lower one.
With a bang, the arrow flew out, brushing against the golden rooster's feathers. The two golden roosters were frightened and flew up with a click.
One of them just took off when it was shot down by a hunting arrow from the air and fell to the ground with a thud. The other one flew all the way to the other side of the mountain and disappeared.
"I'm such a wimp. I couldn't even shoot accurately." Lin Yue went to pick up the hunting arrow and said frustratedly.
Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "It's normal to be nervous the first time, just try a few more times and you'll be fine."
His elder brother's current archery skills are only good enough to try to shoot golden pheasants at night, and he can get very close. It is impossible for him to succeed in hunting during the day. Bows and arrows require not only talent, but also a lot of practice.
"Thanks to you, otherwise these two golden roosters would have run away." Lin Yue sighed. He used to think hunting was very simple when he saw Lin Heng doing it, but when he got the hang of it, he found that it really required skills.
He had been practicing for twenty days, but he couldn't shoot accurately even at five or six meters. But Lin Heng used to be able to shoot rabbits and pheasants at thirty or forty meters with his bow and arrow. It was really terrifying.
"Don't be nervous. We have already gained something today. It doesn't matter if we fly away." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded.
After the discussion, Lin Yue continued to look for the golden rooster, while Lin Heng went back to find his hunting arrows.
He searched for a long time with a flashlight before he found that the hunting arrow was stuck in the tree. Fortunately, the white tail feathers were very obvious, otherwise he would have lost it.
After finding the hunting arrow, Lin Heng continued searching in the woods. After searching the mountain for a while without any results, he went to a higher location.
"Brother, come here quickly!"
Lin Heng had just walked over when he heard his eldest brother calling him.
"What's the matter?"
Lin Heng asked curiously.
"I'll come later."
Lin Yue said to lead the way, and in a few minutes, they arrived at another small ravine.
This ravine is one of the sources of Shibadang Valley. On both sides of the ravine are dense Xiangzi forests, with many tall camphor trees and prickly fir trees scattered among them.
These trees are evergreen all year round and cast shadows over many trees.
"Look, there is a group of bamboo partridges on that tree branch. What should we do?" Lin Yue said excitedly.
When Lin Heng walked over, he had already seen that there were at least a dozen bamboo partridges resting on the tree next to the prickly fir tree.
This thing is much smaller than the golden rooster, but there are quite a few of them in each flock.
Golden roosters no longer live in groups now, there are only three or four at most, because they are afraid of being beaten.
A hunting rifle would be the most useful when encountering bamboo partridges, but unfortunately they don't have one.
"There's nothing we can do. Big brother, why don't you try to touch them? Maybe after being frightened, they won't fly far away. It will be easier to fight them if they are scattered." Lin Heng looked at him and said.
Lin Yue nodded: "That's the only way."
He wiped the sweat off his palms, took the bow and arrow and reached up. He failed last time, so this time he decided to go directly under the tree. He would get as close as possible, preferably right up to the face.
However, this time he seemed to be too close. Just as he reached under the tree, three or four bamboo partridges flew out.
Lin Heng saw that they were on two other trees not far away, and his brows were immediately filled with joy. He drew his bow and shot down two bamboo partridges with two arrows.
At the same time he also heard a whooshing sound. He turned his head and saw a bamboo partridge falling to the ground, and a group of them scattered in fright.
Some of these bamboo partridges flew far away, while others landed on nearby trees.
"I succeeded." Lin Yue came out holding the bamboo chicken, his face full of smiles.
"Okay, leave the rest to me." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He took the bow and arrow and shot four more in a row. The largest one weighed only six taels, and the smallest ones weighed three or four taels. The number looked large, but in fact there was not much.
So far, they had harvested a total of seven bamboo partridges, a golden pheasant, a egret, and a clouded leopard that night.
Apart from the unexpected clouded leopard, the harvest was pretty good.
This is pretty much normal in the fall and winter, which is hunting season.
Of course, if I hadn't used a bow and arrow, when I shot the egret, all the other creatures would have been scared away.
"Keep looking."
Both of them were in high spirits, even though it was already twelve o'clock.
Men's love for hunting is ingrained in their bones, and they will continue even if they catch something.
He searched in the three source valleys but found nothing. Lin Heng also went to the pool to take a look, but there were only some stream groupers, and they were not big.
Seeing that it was already past one o'clock, Lin Heng said, "Let's go home."
"Okay." Lin Yue nodded.
The two brothers walked back, put all the prey into the backpack, and took turns carrying it back.
After returning to Hongfeng Mountain, the two got off the highway and walked back along the main road.
"Look, there is a flashlight on the mountain." Lin Yue said, pointing at the mountain.
"I don't know who it is." Lin Heng asked curiously, he also saw it.
The two men should have gone in another direction. They heard gunshots from there just at dusk.
The two men obviously noticed them and came down quickly.
"Is that Lin Heng? You went hunting without calling me." Soon, a rough voice was heard.
When Lin Heng heard that it was Old Man Tian, he immediately laughed and said, "Old Man Tian, I'm taking my brother out to play, it's not appropriate to call you a master."
"Wait a moment, come down and talk." Old Man Tian shouted.
Walking with him was a hunter from the village named Wang Qiang, who was in his forties, with a square face and a mustache.
Wang Qiang looked at Tian Baishun and whispered, "I guess they didn't catch anything. Hunting with a bow and arrow is not reliable, and bringing a novice with them doesn't look like hunting."
He always thought that hunting with a bow and arrow was just a joke, and that hunting with a shotgun was the real deal.
Tian Baishun glanced at him and shook his head, saying, “You look down on bows and arrows too much. The compound bow in Lin Heng’s hand is more powerful than your hunting rifle.
And don't underestimate that kid's ability, he's very capable, otherwise he wouldn't be able to make a fortune."
Wang Qiang didn't care and said with an arrogant smile: "A bow and arrow is more powerful than my hunting rifle? I don't believe it."
"Well, you'll know when you meet him." Old man Tian shook his head. This man was too proud. He looked down on those who played with bows and arrows and set traps just because he had a hunting rifle.
After a while, the two of them walked down.
"We each shot three golden roosters. How was your harvest?" Wang Qiang asked first, shining the flashlight on Lin Heng's face.
Lin Heng frowned uncomfortably and said, "It's OK."
He had seen this person before, but they had no connection.
"What did you hit?" Wang Qiang felt that it seemed like he didn't hit it, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.
He turned his head and looked at Tian Baishun, with a kind of showing-off attitude, feeling that he was not wrong.
"Nothing, just two golden roosters." Lin Heng said casually.
"Two golden roosters?" Wang Qiang was stunned, a little unbelieving. He only shot three with a gun, and Lin Heng could also shoot two.
He walked quickly to Lin Heng and the other man, and said with a smile, "Let me see how big the golden rooster you made is."
He shone the flashlight and was stunned. He saw not only a lot of birds in the basket, but also a leopard lying at the bottom.
"Did you beat them or pick them up from others?"
He blurted out this sentence because he never thought that a bow and arrow could hit so many things, and subconsciously thought that this was a lucky break.
But Lin Heng and Lin Yue immediately became in a bad mood, especially Lin Heng, who was very angry because the flashlight had just been shining in his eyes.
"This has nothing to do with you, Xiongba, let's go."
Lin Heng said this and left quickly with his brother.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Wang Qiang was anxious and wanted to stop them, but he didn't dare to do so when he saw the big dog.
"You can't even speak. Have you ever seen anyone who can pick up a leopard?" Tian Baishun shook his head. Wang Qiang was a very honest man. Not only was he not good at talking, he was also arrogant.
Wang Qiang argued: "I was wrong, but it was a leopard. It's too good to be true that you can hit it with a bow and arrow."
In all his years of hunting, he had only seen a leopard from a distance once, and had never had a chance to use his gun.
As a result, when he saw someone hit a leopard with a bow and arrow, he wouldn't believe anything. He now felt that Lin Heng didn't kill the leopard himself.
"Lin Heng, why are you running so fast? Let me see the leopard you killed." Old Man Tian roared.
"You can watch it if you want, but forget about Uncle Wang. I won't let him watch it if I'm not in a good mood."
Lin Heng smiled and said, anyway, he would not let Wang Qiang see it, it was too insulting to him.
This is even worse than seeing a fisherman holding a fishing rod and a fish saying that he bought the fish. It's really disgusting.
Wang Qiang: “…”
He was so anxious and really wanted to see the leopard up close.
"Okay, I'll come and take a look." Tian Baishun walked over with a smile.
Wang Qiang wanted to move forward, but Xiongba stared at him with bared teeth, as if he would bite him if he came any closer.
"How is it? Isn't it awesome?" Lin Heng put down the backpack and said with a smile at Old Man Tian.
When letting Tian Baishun see, he also blocked Wang Qiang's view.
"You are more than amazing, you are amazing to the sky! You don't even call me when you hunt big prey now, tell me how you caught it."
Tian Baishun was not surprised by the bamboo partridges and golden pheasants. It was normal for Lin Heng to have this ability.
But this clouded leopard made him jealous. He had been hunting for more than ten years, but he had never caught such a thing.
When he was picked up, it was obvious that he was shot to death by Lin Heng. This young man was too fierce.
"Hahahaha!" Lin Heng couldn't help but laugh. He just wanted to hear these words.
Tian Baishun urged, "Tell me how you got it, you really are the son of the mountain god."
"I think it's because I was a novice. I encountered it at the red toon tree at the top of Shibadanggou. It was on the tree at that time, and I shot it down with two arrows." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He had never thought about hunting a clouded leopard when he set out today. It was really a stroke of luck that he encountered one.
Tian Baishun was so envious after hearing this: "You are so lucky, this is a leopard."
"Haha, as long as you have hands." Lin Heng grinned and packed up the things.
Tian Baishun's face was crooked by what he said: "You kid called me without hands, right?"
"I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going home to find my wife." Lin Heng said one more sentence and left with his things on his back.
Tian Baishun felt as if his heart was stabbed again.
Damn, this guy is so capable and he has a beautiful and virtuous wife. He is also good-looking. God is so partial to him.
"What? Was he really the one who beat you?" Seeing Lin Heng running away, Wang Qiang couldn't help but ask. He was very dissatisfied with Lin Heng for being so petty.
"Of course. You have no idea how powerful the compound bow he carries is. It can kill a golden rooster at a distance of a hundred meters." Old Man Tian nodded.
Look at Wang Qiang, he is in a good mood again, but this guy is even more miserable, he can't even see the clouded leopard.
"So fierce!" Wang Qiang widened his eyes.
Tian Baishun glanced at him: "Didn't I tell you before?"
"I thought you were bragging and didn't take it seriously." Wang Qiang said with a wry smile, feeling extremely jealous of the clouded leopard.
Especially since I heard it was a male, the leopard penis would definitely be very nutritious if used to make wine.
"You'll understand when you get a chance and see it." Tian Baishun shook his head.
On the other side, Lin Heng had already returned home with his elder brother, and his parents were already asleep.
"Just leave the things at your house. I only caught a bamboo partridge anyway." Lin Yue said with a smile. Although he didn't catch anything, he was really happy tonight.
"Okay, let's talk about it tomorrow morning." Lin Heng did not refuse. It was indeed quite late now.
After returning home, Lin Heng took the key to open the door to the front yard and walked into the yard. After a while, the main door opened and Xiulan walked out of the house.
"Didn't you say it was just on the side of the road? Why did you run for so long?" Xiulan asked curiously.
"You'll know when you see the harvest." Lin Heng grinned and knew that his wife was waiting for him.
He put the backpack on the ground and turned on the flashlight.
When Xiulan saw the things in the backpack, she was stunned for a moment, her eyes widened and her mouth opened wide: "Oh my God! So many things, and a leopard??"
"How did you catch the leopard?" She had never heard of anyone catching such a thing. Her husband was so awesome.
“Is it powerful?” Lin Heng chuckled.
Xiulan nodded repeatedly, her expression like a little fan girl, her eyes shining: "Awesome, you are awesome."
Lin Heng was so proud of the compliment that he said, "What a coincidence. I was absent-minded thinking about you at the time and I saw it by chance on the tree, and then I shot it down."
"Speak nicely and stop talking so sweetly." Xiulan rolled her eyes at him.
"Really?" Lin Heng said again.
Xiulan laughed and said, "That's amazing. I'll get you shoes and clothes, and you can pour some water and take a bath."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, took the wooden basin, poured water, and took off all his clothes to take a bath.
Xiulan came over with clothes and shoes and said, "At least keep the door closed. What if you catch a cold?"
Lin Heng waved his hand: "It's not cold tonight."
Xiulan closed the door, took a flashlight and went to the kitchen to make a bowl of clear soup noodles for Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took a quick shower, and by the time Xiulan had finished cooking, Lin Heng had already finished showering a while ago.
Although it was clear soup noodles, Xiulan not only added eggs, but also two slices of black truffles.
She put it on the table for Lin Heng, and she held her chin with one hand while watching him eat.
"Open your mouth."
Lin Heng tore half of the fried egg and fed it to her. They both enjoyed the pleasure of feeding, with one enjoying the pleasure of being fed while the other enjoyed the pleasure of being fed.
After eating the fried eggs, Xiulan rinsed her mouth. Lin Heng ate the noodles with relish and then brushed his teeth.
The leopards, golden roosters and other things will be processed tomorrow morning. If we do it now, we will have to work all night. In this weather, they will not go bad if left overnight.
The two went back to the bedroom together. Lin Heng went to see his daughter first. She was sleeping soundly with a smile on her little face.
He turned around, opened the cupboard, found a White Rabbit candy with coconut milk flavor, opened it and handed it to Xiulan.
"I'm not a child, why are you giving me candy?" Xiulan looked confused and helpless.
"No, mainly because I want to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Xiulan was stunned, and immediately remembered the scene when Lin Heng gave her candy at noon that day. Her pretty face turned red, "You are such a bad person."
"Be good, eat it quickly." Lin Heng stuffed the candy into her mouth.
Xiulan looked at him and was forced to eat the candy.
Lin Heng grinned, immediately took off his clothes and got into bed with his wife, eager to taste the coconut milk-flavored little mouth.
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To know what happens next, please read the next chapter.
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