Chapter 186 Damn Magpie
Lin Heng took out the compound bow from the bow bag. Although this was not very convenient, there was no other way.
Grandpa Gao reloaded the shotgun with a bullet, and then the two men and the dog walked forward.
Xiongba was pressed behind Lin Heng. He already knew the power of human hunting rifles, so he stayed behind in a very timid manner.
The pig manure was clearly right in front of them, but the two men walked along the footprints for another half an hour and didn't find it.
"Why are you running so fast suddenly?" Lin Heng was a little confused.
Grandpa Gao looked ahead and said, "We can definitely find it, but this place is a bit far from the base, so it will be difficult to transport it back."
Lin Heng nodded. This was what he wanted to say. It was too far and it would be fatal to transport it back.
He has almost forgotten where he was. Everything is white and it is too difficult to tell the direction. He will have to buy a compass next time.
As they walked, they were blocked by a patch of thorns and it took them more than ten minutes to get around them.
After walking for another ten minutes or so, their stomachs rumbling, they finally saw traces of a wild boar.
They were now on a hillside, surrounded by tall oak trees.
The wild boar was in the ditch at the bottom of the hill in front of them.
"Finally found it!" Lin Heng sighed and took two deep breaths.
The wild boars were still far away from them, about seven or eight hundred meters away, but everything was snow-white, and the black wild boars could be seen at a glance.
A total of four wild boars were seen, scattered widely, at least 20 to 30 meters apart from each other, all looking for food in the snow.
They dug black soil and leaves out of the snow.
Lin Heng looked at Grandpa Gao and asked, "Grandpa Gao, how do we fight this?"
It is indeed easier to find the traces of prey after it snows, but at the same time, people's hiding ability is also weakened.
Prey in the mountains are already very alert, and the snow-white environment makes it even more difficult for hunters to get close.
In summer, you may not be discovered even at 50 meters, but in winter, you may be seen at a glance at 200 meters.
Grandpa Gao raised the hunting rifle in his hand and said, "I use rifle bullets, so just get close to two or three hundred meters. If you want to use a bow and arrow, find a position yourself. I will wait for you to shoot the arrow before I shoot."
"Is this okay? I'm afraid I'll scare the wild boar away." Lin Heng was a little worried.
It may be okay to hunt alone, but it is not good to hunt with others and let the prey run away.
Grandpa Gao waved his hand and said, "Just go ahead and show me my real skills."
After saying that, he led Lin Heng back. They definitely couldn't go down the hillside directly, as that would definitely lead to them being discovered.
Grandpa Gao led Lin Heng across the ridge and walked down, went down the mountain from another place, and then slowly climbed up along the ditch.
This place is just downwind and low in terrain, making it a perfect location for approaching.
Lin Heng couldn't help but admire Grandpa Gao. He was indeed a veteran and this was enough for him to learn.
If it were him alone, he might not be able to find such a way so quickly.
After walking up seven or eight hundred meters, Grandpa Gao made a gesture to stop.
He pulled Lin Heng over, pointed ahead and said, "The wild boar is 300 meters ahead. I will slowly approach from the left and ambush behind the big rock.
You go to the right and move forward through the bushes. The ideal attack point is behind the three green holly bushes. We will kill the wild boar from both sides.
No matter what, when I see you attacking, I will immediately shoot and kill one. Whether you can make a fortune depends on your ability."
"Okay." Lin Heng was a little nervous. It felt like he was going to a war.
Putting down the bow bag, Lin Heng quietly groped over from the side with the compound bow and three arrows.
He kept Xiongba on standby and did not allow him to run around.
The two of them approached little by little as planned. Lin Heng had just walked more than fifty meters when he looked up and found that Grandpa Gao had actually reached the planned location.
"It's too fast." Lin Heng shook his head and sighed, then continued to grope forward.
Soon he advanced more than fifty meters and was still two hundred meters away from the wild boar.
Closer to this side are two small wild boars weighing about 100 pounds. They are not interested in the big one in the distance. The old wild boar is too hard to bite.
“Ga ga!! Ga ga!!”
Just when Lin Heng was about to reach the bushes, a few magpies came from the sky from nowhere, landed on a tree in the distance, and chirped non-stop.
Lin Heng was so scared that he quickly hid behind the nearest bush.
The wild boar was startled by the sound and raised its head, as if it had discovered human traces, and actually stood up and walked away.
Lin Heng looked at the gesture made by Grandpa Gao in the distance. That was the agreed order to attack immediately.
He didn't even have time to curse the magpie on the tree. He put on an arrow and quickly aimed at the wild boar that was more than 180 meters away from him.
It was his first time hunting at such a long distance, and the target was a moving one.
He had no time to hesitate, he held his breath, concentrated, and shot an arrow.
The sharp arrow drew a perfect arc in the air, and finally shot into the wild boar's abdomen with a "pop" sound, penetrating through the other side, with most of the arrow tail remaining in its stomach.
"Bang!!!"
Almost at the same time he shot, a loud noise echoed through the canyon.
Along with the thunder-like sound, a wild boar instantly fell to the ground and did not move.
The other three began to flee frantically, and one of them spilled a lot of blood while fleeing, dyeing the snow scarlet red.
“Woof woof!”
Xiongba, who had been patient for a long time, also let out a roar and rushed out.
Lin Heng looked at Grandpa Gao in shock. This old man was so accurate. He shot the wild boar in the head with one shot. The wild boar died without even running away.
"You did a good job. You hit the target from such a distance." Grandpa Gao ran over and gave a thumbs up in praise.
"Uncle, you are the one who is accurate. You shot him in the head with one shot. That's awesome." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.
Grandpa Gao waved his hand and said: "This is a gun, it is much more useful than an arrow.
You remained calm in the face of danger and were able to shoot such a big wild boar. In ancient times, you would have been a great archer."
As they talked, they walked towards the fallen wild boar.
As for the one that ran away, don't worry about it. With the amount of bleeding it has, it won't be able to run even a kilometer. Just let Xiongba chase it.
When I got closer, I saw that the wild boar was in a terrible state. The bullet had penetrated the back of its head and cut out its left eye. The entire eye was rotten and blood was oozing out of it.
Grandpa Gao held the pig's belly and estimated its weight, then said with a smile, "This little boar is OK, it weighs 120 kilograms."
"Not only do we have food today, but it's more than enough."
Lin Heng sighed, no one expected to have such a harvest on the first day in the mountains.
If the wild boar is sold simply for its meat, it can fetch one hundred and thirty or forty yuan, which is half a year's income for an ordinary rural family.
"I'll bleed it, and you go chase yours." Grandpa Gao said with a smile. As he spoke, he poked the wild boar's neck and started to do it.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded.
He wanted to teach that damn magpie a lesson, but it had already run away.
He could only take the bow bag home and follow the blood trail to find another wild boar.
Although he has not gone up the mountain to hunt recently, he practices archery every morning, so he is not unfamiliar with the bow and arrow, which is why he can achieve such good results.
After walking more than 700 meters along the valley, Lin Heng saw a wild boar lying on the ground, and Xiongba was licking the blood from its wound.
But this guy was not dead yet. His body was twitching slightly, blood was constantly flowing out of his wounds, and his mouth was choking with blood.
If the arrow had gone straight through it, it might have been better, but part of it was left, which accelerated its death.
Walking forward, Lin Heng cut the carotid artery in the neck without much hesitation to let the blood flow. Xiongba ran over and opened his mouth to drink.
This time it was completely full and didn't want to drink anymore.
After the blood was drained, Lin Heng picked it up and roughly estimated it.
The one he had was a female wild boar, and its weight was not as much as Grandpa Gao's, probably only about 100 kilograms.
It felt lighter than when he carried his wife Xiulan, who weighed 110 pounds.
After taking a look at the direction, he carried the wild boar back into the canyon.
"Yours is not bad either. The sow wild boar has less fishy smell and tastes better." Grandpa Gao said with a smile.
Lin Heng grinned. He was indeed very satisfied. This kind of pork was of the best quality.
Then he asked again: "Uncle Gao, should we go back now?"
It's two o'clock now and he is already hungry.
"Eat some dry food and go back." Grandpa Gao nodded.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and took out the dry food he brought with him and ate it.
The dry food he brought was mainly biscuits, which he got directly from the store. Because the snow fell suddenly, Xiulan didn't have time to prepare dry food for him.
There was about one pound of biscuits, and they tasted delicious, but for the two of them, after finishing them, they only weighed their stomachs, which was far from being full.
After finishing the meal, Lin Heng took the initiative to carry the wild boar, and said with a smile: "Uncle, I will carry this heavy one for you, I am very strong."
"Okay." Grandpa Gao nodded with a smile.
The two of them found the way back, and carried the things slowly when going up the mountain, and threw them on the ground and dragged them when going down the mountain.
It took us from two o'clock to five o'clock before we finally returned to the camp.
Lin Yue and Li Baiquan returned to the shelter at around 3:00 p.m. Since they could not contact Lin Heng, they could only start building the shelter.
"Brother, uncle, come over here and help me carry the things."
Lin Heng shouted from a distance.
When the two heard the sound, they hurriedly ran out of the house and came towards Lin Heng.
"What did you catch?" Lin Yue's excited voice came from afar.
They both thought of the bear at the same time, after all, they had been out for a day.
"It's not a bear, it's a wild boar. We each killed one." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Lin Yue stared at the two wild boars on the ground in amazement: "Damn, you guys are amazing too. It's only the first day and each of you got a wild boar. You're rich."
"Where did you fight? Tell us quickly." Li Baiquan urged hurriedly. He was shocked.
As soon as he finished speaking, he asked, "Also, how is the bear you were chasing?"
Lin Heng could see that his uncle was really excited, and said with a smile: "I'll tell you slowly when we get back. We are almost starving to death."
"Okay, let's boil some water and cook some sauerkraut noodles and talk while we eat." Li Baiquan nodded.
As they talked, the two men picked up the wild boar.
Returning to the shelter, Lin Heng found that it had been completely rebuilt.
Not only was the room expanded on all sides, the roof was also rebuilt, and hay was put inside to make a bed.
Most importantly, they built a new stove out of mud, with a smoke vent that could direct most of the smoke out of the shelter.
"How is it? Is our campsite doing well?" Li Baiquan said with a smile.
Mr. Gao gave a thumbs up and said, "Not only good, but also very good."
"Now it finally looks like a camp." Lin Heng also nodded and praised. It was great that there was no smoke. He was crying last night because of the smoke.
Li Baiquan spread his hands: "There is no other way. Apart from killing two golden chickens today, we didn't get anything else. We can only come back to build a camp."
Lin Yue smiled bitterly: "I was even worse off. I didn't hit anything. Bows and arrows are too difficult."
"No, brother, just buy a shotgun." Lin Heng looked at him and said, it seemed that his brother really had no talent in this area.
I have been practicing for a long time, but I am still a little behind.
"I have the same idea." Lin Yue nodded. He was also considering buying a shotgun.
"The water is boiling, let's go down." At this time, Grandpa Gao said.
After the noodles are cooked, you can eat them directly after adding some sauerkraut fried at home.
While eating, Lin Heng told his elder brother and the others about their experiences today.
After dinner, it was almost dark, and they still faced a difficult problem: how to deal with the wild boar.
Lin Yue suggested: "How about going home?"
Lin Heng shook his head: "It's definitely impossible to go home. I can only cut it up, rub salt on it and smoke it like bacon."
His goal in coming to the mountains this time was to make a lot of money, and he definitely couldn't go home with just a wild boar.
Grandpa Gao nodded: "That's fine. It doesn't matter where we smoke the bacon, or back inside."
"Then go to sleep and get up tomorrow morning to kill the pig." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
I didn’t sleep well last night, so there’s no way I can stay up late to kill the pig today.
Everyone nodded, all of them agreed.
With the straw bed, sleeping was at least much better than yesterday. The most important thing, of course, was that there was no smoke from the campfire.
I slept peacefully until early the next morning, and when I got up, I started to slaughter the pigs.
"The fur can only be burned." Lin Heng said, looking at the two wild boars.
Without a big wooden barrel for boiling pork, we can only boil it. It will take a long time to boil it with water bit by bit.
Li Baiquan nodded: "Let's build a rack with some big wood and put it on it so it can burn better."
Everyone nodded, chopped some live wood to make a rack, and lit a fire underneath, so that the rack would not be burned down in a short time.
Everyone went to the pine tree and brought back a lot of pine needles.
First burn it inside and out, then scrape it with a knife, and what you get is the burnt brown skin.
Although it doesn't look good, having no hair is the biggest success.
It’s not snowing today, but there’s no sun either, so it’s a little cold.
The three men worked for a whole day, and finally dismembered the two wild boars in the evening.
They didn't have professional knives, so they simply kept all the limbs and made a big ham, then smeared it with heavy salt and made it into ham directly.
Other parts are salted and smoked to make bacon.
The dinner was rich enough. Lin Yue dug up some yam during the day, and Lin Heng chopped pork ribs together with Codonopsis pilosula, yam and chestnuts.
The ribs came out, and there was a big pot of stir-fried meat, so you could definitely eat as much meat as you wanted.
"Come, eat."
Lin Heng shouted, and everyone came over.
(End of this chapter)
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