Chapter 174: Taking the female musk deer up the mountain
Because it snowed, the three of them did not sleep anymore. They got dressed and opened the back door.
Outside the house, the cold wind was blowing and everything was covered in white snow. It was as if a spring breeze had suddenly come overnight and thousands of pear trees were in bloom.
“Hehe~”
Xiaoxia smiled silly and reached out to grab the snow on the steps. Lin Heng and Xiulan hadn't played in the snow for a long time, so they both reached out and grabbed a handful of snow. Lin Heng quickly threw the snowball into his wife's neck.
"Ah! You're dead!!"
Xiulan screamed and started hitting and chasing Lin Heng.
"beat!!"
Xiaoxia watched the two people playing, and she also staggered over, picked up a snowball and started throwing it at them.
After playing for a while, Lin Heng was blocked in the corner by Xiulan, who beat him hard with snow and stuffed her icy hands into his clothes.
Lin Heng was like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. He even stuffed his icy hands into his wife's clothes.
"ah!!"
Xiulan screamed again because of the freezing, and then she angrily pulled Xiaoxia to freeze Lin Heng together.
Xiulan held him coldly with one hand and pinched his face with the other, pouting and saying, "Do you still dare?"
Xiaoxia also imitated her mother and said in a baby voice: "Do you still dare?"
"I was wrong, but I'll do it again next time!"
Lin Heng chuckled and broke free from Xiulan, then picked up Xiaoxia and spun her around in the air to teach this leaky little cotton jacket a lesson.
“Hehe~”
However, whether she was spinning or freezing her, she always had a smile on her face.
"Okay, be careful of catching a cold, go back to the room." Xiulan reminded.
"good."
Lin Heng nodded. He had played for a while and felt that he had had enough. It was indeed easy to catch a cold if he played for a long time.
Xiulan poured water from the electric kettle to wash her face. Lin Heng lit the fire in the fireplace and hung up the kettle to boil water.
Snow is fun, but it’s really cold after playing. The three of us were wearing cotton coats and pants but still couldn’t bear it.
After they were warm, the two took Xiaoxia to the kitchen to cook, but they did not dare to leave her alone by the stove.
There were no vegetables left over from last night but there was a lot of rice left over. Xiulan cut some sausages and beat two eggs to make a pot of delicious egg fried rice.
“It smells so good!”
Lin Heng ate with big mouthfuls, and finally added some garlic sprouts which made the taste of the rice take it to a higher level, as if it had a soul.
Xiaoxia took a wooden spoon and put food into her mouth, but she couldn't eat much each time. She had to wait until Lin Heng finished eating before coming over to feed her.
After dinner, Lin Heng did not go to Red Maple Mountain, but took a ladder to the backyard to watch the bees.
I climbed up and opened the beehive. The bees were afraid of the cold in the morning and huddled together, hardly moving.
He hasn't taken much care of the bees since he collected them, but he can often hear the healing buzzing sound.
Now when we open it, we can see that these hardworking little guys have occupied half of this extra-large beehive, with six honeycombs and four honeycombs.
The population size has increased by more than three or four times, and it is estimated that there are 20,000 bees.
"Xiu Lan, we have four honey combs. Do you think we should harvest the honey?" Lin Heng asked Xiu Lan.
Xiulan glanced at the beehive and shook her head, saying, "There's still a lot of honey in the house, and there's still room in this beehive barrel. Let's keep it for them through the winter."
"That's fine, then we can wait until next spring to harvest it."
Lin Heng nodded. He actually wanted to try the honey produced by the bees he raised. He broke off a little bit and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and had a rich floral scent.
Nowadays, very few people use pesticides, so honey can be said to be absolutely pollution-free.
After covering the beehive again, Lin Heng asked Xiulan to bring two bristle mats and cover the beehive around it to keep it warm.
"This forest musk deer is really noisy."
Xiulan complained.
Lin Heng was also a little helpless. The musk deer had been quite noisy these past two days, especially in the morning and evening.
He came down the ladder with a piece of honey and fed it to Xiulan and her daughter, saying, "Then why don't I just pull it out to the woods and give it a try today?"
He told Xiulan yesterday about the idea of using female musk deer to seduce male musk deer.
Xiulan puffed up her cheeks and nodded: "I suggest you go today. If it stops barking after the estrus period, your plan will fail. As for the fireplace and wall painting, it won't be too late to do it in a few days."
Lin Heng thought about it and realized that this was the truth. He immediately said, "You are right. Let's go today."
After going to the back mountain to take a look at the musk deer, Lin Heng went to find his eldest brother and Li Shiwei and asked them who wanted to go to the woods with him.
Father Lin took a sip of noodles, looked at the three of them and said, "Why don't you just go together and dig some kudzu root and yam."
Li Baiquan also nodded: "We can go together."
"Then let's go together. We'll leave after you eat." Lin Heng nodded.
After saying that, he turned around and went home and fed the female musk deer some grass, but the guy didn't eat it at all and kept howling.
"Forget it, just leave now."
Lin Heng took it out and tied it around its neck with a strong brown rope. He also made shackles on its legs with thin ropes, so that it could walk but not run.
Preventive work must be done well, he doesn't want to lose both the wife and the army.
"I should have had this idea earlier and pierced its nose." Lin Heng said, looking at the little guy.
These ropes may break free, so it is 100% safe to put a rope through the nose like a cow.
Xiulan was speechless: "You are too careful, this will definitely not get away."
"Haha, that's right." Lin Heng laughed, put the female musk deer into the backpack, and covered her face with branches.
This thing originally weighed only a dozen pounds, but after Xiulan took good care of it for half a year, it has now grown to more than 20 pounds. It can be said to be fat and strong, and it is a good time to breed.
After saying something to Xiulan, Lin Heng carried Lin Musk on his back, took the bow and arrow, and left with Xiongba. He called his eldest brother and Li Shiwei, and the three of them set off for Ge Tenggou together.
"There's a tractor!" Li Shiwei said, pointing at the road.
Lin Heng turned his head and saw that the tractor was pulling a black wooden pole. He immediately understood: "This is for pulling electric poles. It looks like the electricity will be turned on soon."
In this era, there are very few cement telephone poles. In rural areas, there are black wooden telephone poles that have been boiled in asphalt. They have a good anti-corrosion effect and will not break for thirty or forty years.
"It's good that the electricity is on. Otherwise, it would be really hard to sleep in this winter when it gets dark at 6 pm and light at 6 am." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Yes, now that electricity is available we can play cards in the evening and have dinner later." Li Shiwei also nodded.
As they were talking and walking, they had only taken a few steps when they saw Tian Dongfu and Zhao Xiancheng coming towards them.
"Uncle Tian, Uncle Zhao." Lin Heng nodded and called out.
Tian Dongfu said: "Lin Heng, I was just about to look for you, are you planning to go up the mountain?"
Lin Heng nodded: "Yes, I'll take this musk deer I caught to breed it."
"Then wait a moment, come over here, we have something to talk to you about." Tian Dongfu said, pulling his shoulder.
"Okay." Lin Heng gave the musk deer to his eldest brother and went to the side with them.
Tian Dongfu looked at Lin Heng and said, "There are two main things I need from you. The No. 8 Electricity Station will come to pull the electricity, but the wires will only be delivered to the doorsteps. Farmers will need to buy the wires, light bulbs, switches, etc. in the house themselves.
What I mean is that you can bring a batch of them to our village and sell them at a lower price. It's not like you can't make money. Small profits but quick turnover is the way to go. After all, 200 households are not a small number. What do you think?"
Lin Heng had already thought about these things and had this idea. He could make 100 to 200 yuan by dealing with more than 200 households.
After thinking about it, he gave Tian Dongfu this face: "Okay, then, I'll listen to Uncle Tian. I'll take care of this matter."
It doesn't matter if you earn a few dozen dollars less, it's also good to have a good reputation.
Tian Dongfu grinned, very satisfied with Lin Heng, and then looked at Zhao Xiancheng.
Zhao Xiancheng patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and said, "You have to go to the town with us on the 12th. You can participate in the commendation meeting at that time. It's the publicity for the ten thousand yuan households that I told you about last time."
Lin Heng nodded: "Okay, I understand."
Tian Dongfu smiled and said, "Okay, that's all. Go and do your thing."
Lin Heng said this and turned to leave.
"Let's go." Lin Heng said to his elder brother and Li Shiwei.
Li Shiwei asked curiously, "What's the matter?"
As they walked, Lin Heng said, "It's nothing big. Just let me attend a commendation meeting for households with a monthly income of 10,000 yuan, and by the way, buy some cheaper light bulbs, wires and electric lights for the village."
Hearing this, Lin Yue was shocked: "Damn, you are going to be a celebrity in the newspapers."
In this era, being featured in a newspaper is a great thing, and being commended is an even greater honor.
Lin Heng waved his hand indifferently: "Not as serious as you think."
Li Shiwei envied, "It's really enviable. This can be considered as bringing honor to the family. If I can be praised once, my wife will definitely not dare to show off in front of me in the future."
Lin Heng grinned: "I don't need to, Xiulan is very virtuous."
Li Shiwei's back teeth were about to break, and he really wanted to give Lin Heng two hammers.
The three of them came to Ge Teng Gou chatting and laughing. This place was very far away and it took more than two hours to get there.
After entering the ditch and walking up, they did not hear the howling of musk deer. Instead, the female musk deer in Lin Heng's backpack kept barking.
When they reached the middle of the road, Li Shiwei pointed to the top of a bush and said, "Look, these are some big yam rings."
The so-called yam rings are the seed pods of female yams, which look obviously grayish white, while male yams are black and fluffy.
Lin Yue nodded: "It's not small, then the two of us will go over and dig it up, brother, you can slowly look for the male musk deer."
Lin Heng nodded in agreement. He continued searching with Xiongba and saw fresh musk deer droppings on a hill in the forest.
Lin Heng put the female musk deer down on a small platform of more than ten square meters and said to himself: "I'll just leave you here."
Let the musk deer continue to howl, Lin Hengxian took a noose and set down several devil ropes nearby, almost all along the route that the musk deer might have taken.
This was a trap set for both the male musk deer and his own female musk deer. After setting it up, he released the wood musk deer and went to guard it nearby.
Lin Heng waited for the male forest musk deer to be attracted. He believed that as long as it had not completed mating, it would definitely be attracted. After all, the female forest musk deer in his home was well-fed and strong, with shiny fur, and was definitely a beautiful musk deer.
He went back to the ditch and stood guard, mainly to prevent any hunters from coming here to shoot.
No matter who it is, he has to persuade them to go back today. He can't let them shoot and delay his important task. As long as the musk deer completes mating, his musk deer breeding business will be off to a good start.
After resting for a while, Lin Heng took Xiongba downstairs to find his eldest brother. They had already dug out the yam they had just dug out, a big yam that was one meter long and as thick as an arm.
"That's amazing." Lin Heng was very impressed. It was easy for him to dig it up by himself.
Lin Yue grinned: "Look at the one we are digging now, it is big, weighing seven or eight kilograms."
"Great." Lin Heng said with a smile. He watched from the side and looked around to see if there were any enoki mushrooms or oyster mushrooms.
Don't worry about the musk deer. Just let it call. If a male musk deer appears, it will definitely respond and he will be able to hear it.
There was no snow during the day, but the sun came out at noon and the snow melted, but the temperature became even colder, and the ravines were still full of translucent icicles.
Coupled with the howling mountain wind, it was so cold that it was killing me. The cotton-padded jacket I was wearing felt like a fake one and I was shivering with cold.
The only way to keep warm is to dig yams or pick mushrooms.
Lin Heng searched everywhere in the forest. The more snow fell, the more he liked the enoki mushrooms. He wandered around for a long time and picked up more than ten kilograms of them. He didn't find many oyster mushrooms.
At noon, I just had some corn tortillas and fried soybeans to fill my stomach. I made the decision in a hurry today and didn't have time to prepare anything delicious.
In the afternoon, Li Shiwei and Lin Yue were exhausted after digging for two hours. After all, they did not have a good lunch.
Lin Yue pointed at the basket and said, "Today's harvest is not bad. There are 20 kilograms of yam and 150 kilograms of kudzu root."
Lin Heng gave a thumbs up. His elder brother has been very sensible since he was young. He is a hard-working man and very capable. There is no farm work that he can't do.
It's a pity that he has been on the wrong path and has never become rich after working all his life. If he starts a small business, he thinks that with his hard work, he will definitely become rich.
But it doesn’t matter in this life. With him leading the way, I guarantee that my brother will become a multi-millionaire.
Li Shiwei looked at Lin Heng and asked, "What time is it? Are you going to fail? It's been a whole day and only your female musk deer is calling on the mountain."
Lin Heng glanced at his watch and said, "It's only five o'clock. I'm not sure whether it will succeed or not. Let's wait until dark."
Musk deer are active in the early morning and evening, so there is no rush to wait for him.
"Then wait."
Lin Yue said something, and the few of them found a cave sheltered from the wind, lit a fire, and waited while warming themselves by the fire, otherwise they would not be able to survive in such a cold weather.
After waiting until 5:30, when it was almost dark, there was still no movement. Lin Heng began to doubt his life. Could it be that this male musk deer was so smart? Or had he already found a mate, so he was no longer interested in the female musk deer?
Li Shiwei was a little impatient and asked, "Do you want to wait?"
"Wait a minute. We've already waited a whole day. Another hour won't make a difference." Lin Heng shook his head.
By 6:10, the sky was dark and the wind was howling.
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "It seems there is no hope. This dog must have found another female musk deer."
Lin Yue looked at him and said, "Then the three of us go up together?"
"No need, I can do it alone, and I can also hunt a lot by the way."
Lin Heng shook his head, patted Xiongba who was roasting by the fire, stood up and walked upstairs.
The interest on the road was somewhat dull. Halfway through the journey, the female forest musk deer suddenly stopped calling, which startled Lin Heng: "Damn, could it have broken free?"
If he lost both his wife and his army, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood.
But he felt that it was impossible. The brown rope was very strong and there were no stones nearby, so how could it be worn apart?
Suddenly he thought of a possibility: Is it possible that the male musk deer ran away stealthily and did not make any sound from beginning to end? "Yes, it is definitely possible."
Lin Heng made up his mind and slowed down his pace. He called Xiongba back to follow him and told him not to run around.
They were about to reach the mountain range where the male musk deer were. Lin Heng opened his compound bow, took out his hunting arrows and quietly moved forward.
The snow in the forest melted, causing the leaves to become wet and making almost no sound when stepped on, which was perfect for Lin Heng to hide.
Moving forward, they soon arrived at a position where they could see the musk deer. Lin Heng looked up and immediately held his breath.
I saw a musk deer suddenly appeared on the small platform. It was lying on the body of the female musk deer. After finishing its work, it sniffed it again and started again after a while.
Lin Heng waited cautiously. He couldn't disturb them at this time. He had to wait until they were done.
After watching the musk deer video for more than ten minutes here, the male musk deer finally finished, mating three or four times during this period.
After completing it, Lin Heng saw it moving along the path beside the platform, which made him stop exhaling again because he had set up two Yama Cranes on that path.
This means that he has a chance to catch another live musk deer.
How could he not be excited? This was a male forest musk deer, worth 1,500 yuan.
His purchasing station only made this much profit in a year, and one head could support him for a year. And if he caught it alive, he would have a stable income of 1,500 yuan every year.
“Ahhh!!”
Just when Lin Heng was excited, the roar of musk deer suddenly came from the forest, and the branches were shaking wildly.
Lin Heng punched the ground excitedly and couldn't help laughing softly: "Hahaha, I got fooled, I really got fooled, here comes the fifteen hundred yuan."
After laughing wildly, he grabbed Xiong Ba who was about to attack and taught him a lesson: "Don't bite me to death, or you will die."
“Ouch~”
Xiongba let out a cry of grievance. Then the man and the dog quietly walked over.
When they were less than fifty meters apart, the male musk deer immediately discovered them and struggled even more violently.
Lin Heng held Xiong Ba down, rushed over and hugged him, laughing wildly: "Hahahaha, I got him, I got him."
He was like a wretched big man, hugging the male musk deer's neck and getting close to it madly.
“Ahhhhh!!”
The male musk deer let out a miserable cry. It could not resist at all. It weighed only 18 or 19 kilograms, so how could it possibly resist an adult human?
"Hahaha, I knew you would use the beauty trap, but don't worry, I won't kill you."
Lin Heng chuckled, took out a rope from his waist and tied him up, and also tied ropes around his feet, basically tying him up tightly.
Then he untied it, carried it over, put it in the backpack, and sealed the top with a wooden stick.
In order to prevent it from being overly stressed, Lin Heng blindfolded it. Only when he saw it slowly calm down in the backpack did Lin Heng feel relieved.
But he still couldn't calm down the excitement in his heart. He had caught a living musk deer just like that.
But it's normal to think about it. The musk deer probably never thought in its life that there would be humans so insidious as to use tricks on a musk deer.
I'm sorry. My father bought a wardrobe today. I spent half a day assembling it, but I only have 5,000 words. I promise to write 8,000 words tomorrow, otherwise I will apologize.
(End of this chapter)
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