Chapter 105 It turns out that the pictures I saw on the Internet are real
"Second Dad, you are back, did you gain anything?"
As soon as Lin Heng approached the camp, Lin Wei came to greet him.
"I caught a rabbit, it was Xiongba who caught it, and I also dug eight or nine kilograms of Polygonatum sibiricum." Lin Heng said as he rubbed Lin Wei's round little head.
"Xiongba is so powerful?" Lin Wei looked at Xiongba in disbelief.
"Woof!" Xiongba looked at it with dissatisfaction. His eyes were full of disdain, as if saying, "Who are you looking down on? You are a freeloader."
When they returned to the camp, Lin Heng put down the backpack. When Lin Wei saw such a big rabbit, his eyes widened: "It's so big, Xiongba is so amazing."
He reached out to touch Xiongba, but Xiongba glanced at him disdainfully and walked away.
"Let's kill the rabbit and freeze it in the stream to eat at night, otherwise it will go bad. Go and collect some dry firewood, and I will cook the internal organs for Xiongba later." Lin Heng said to his nephew while holding the rabbit.
"I'll go right away."
Lin Wei turned around and tried to run, but was pulled back by Lin Heng: "Wait a minute, help me skin the rabbit first."
It is too troublesome to peel the rabbit skin by one person, so it is faster if two people do it, one pulling it and the other peeling it.
"Okay." Lin Wei was actually more interested in skinning the rabbit.
He took a knife and cut a circle from the rabbit's neck to peel off the skin a little. Then Lin Wei pulled it with his hands while Lin Heng cut it with the knife. With the cooperation of the two, a rabbit skin was peeled off in a short while.
Lin Heng scraped off the remaining meat and fed it to Xiongba. This guy ate it and then held his hand in his mouth and wouldn't let it go.
"Silly dog, you will have food soon." Lin Heng took out his hand and patted its head.
Lin Wei went to collect firewood, and Lin Heng chopped off the rabbit's head, then cut open its intestines and cleaned them.
"Second Dad, give me the lighter and I'll make a fire." Lin Wei picked up the firewood, walked over and said.
"Take it out of your pocket yourself." Lin Heng said.
He did not stop working. After cleaning the rabbit, he found two big stones and put them in the water.
Lin Heng used branches to set up a trap to catch fish around the rabbit meat. The rabbit meat here was the best bait, and this time he made a bigger trap to catch more fish, so as to avoid being caught empty-handed.
There is no way we will starve, as we have brought enough rice and flour this time.
"Second Dad, are you fishing?" Lin Wei lit the fire, walked over and asked curiously.
"Yes, you can make a few if you have nothing to do. But you have to remember, once the stream water becomes turbid, it is a sign that there is a flood coming upstream. Don't worry about anything else, just run away immediately. Otherwise, you will never see us again."
"I've made a note of it, Second Dad. I promise not to do anything rash or take a bath in the water," Lin Wei promised.
Lin Heng nodded, processed the rabbit intestines, and threw all the internal organs and rabbit head into the pot to cook.
He rested here for a while, and took the opportunity to cut some hay to use as a bed for the night.
"Here, eat it." Lin Heng poured the cooked rabbit head and internal organs onto the stone for Xiongba.
"Woof~" Xiongba stuck out his tongue and waited for the temperature to drop.
The internal organs cooled quickly and soon it started eating them, making smacking sounds with its mouth.
By the time it finished eating the internal organs, the rabbit's head was cold, and its horrible bite force directly bit off the rabbit's head, and the poor rabbit's head became a tool for it to grind its teeth.
Not only did the cute rabbit lose its life, not even a bone was left.
"Let's go." Seeing Xiongba finish eating, Lin Heng stood up and set off again.
"Second Dad, I'll go with you." Lin Wei felt a little bored and wanted to follow Lin Heng.
"Of course you can, but you have to be obedient, not make loud noises, and walk the road by yourself." Lin Heng glanced at him.
"Second Dad, don't worry." Lin Wei nodded.
Taking his eldest nephew with him, Lin Heng put on a backpack and held a bow and arrow and set off.
He actually had no hope of going to the forest where the musk deer lived. He just wanted to set up a few Yama King Cranes and try his luck.
When they arrived, the situation was exactly as he expected. The two of them didn't see a single squirrel along the way.
"Second Dad, there is prey feces here, which looks like sheep feces." Lin Wei whispered.
Upon hearing this, Lin Heng hurried over. The feces were black, bean-shaped, and granular. The color was very dark and a little moist.
"This was just pulled out not long ago. If it's been there for a long time, it will be dried and grayish white, or it will just rot."
Lin Heng glanced at Lin Wei. Is this the aura of a novice?
"Dad, what kind of animal is this? A muntjac?" Lin Wei was a little excited.
Lin Heng shook his head: "I'm not sure, it's most likely a muntjac, but it could also be a forest musk deer."
After saying that, it patted Xiongba again and said, "Xiongba, it's up to you. Try to track it down."
“Ouch!”
Xiongba lowered his head and sniffed the feces, then started searching on the road, but he lost his direction after walking a hundred meters and couldn't find it.
"We can only set a trap." Lin Heng shook his head, took out a rope and began to set up the Yama's crane.
Although Xiongba is smarter than ordinary dogs and has a more sensitive nose, he is still limited to the category of dogs. It is impossible for him to become a divine beast that can track everything.
Lin Heng made the arrangements, and Lin Wei helped and learned from him.
Five Yama Cranes were placed on some small paths where footprints were often seen. Lin Heng searched for a distance forward.
It was not yet noon when we arrived, and we searched until the sun was setting, around two or three o'clock.
During this period, I encountered two squirrels and a grouse. The squirrels turned around and ran away when they saw people, so I didn't have a chance to fight them. The grouse also flew away when people came, so I didn't have a chance to fight it.
I harvested five Ganoderma lucidum, six Psoralea corylifolia, and two Astragalus membranaceus plants, and nothing else.
"Let's go back and explore in the direction of Taibai Mountain."
Lin Heng shook his head and walked back with his exhausted nephew.
When we returned to the shelter, we didn't see Father Lin and eldest brother coming back. We guessed they went to a far place to collect herbs.
"Do you still want to join us?" Lin Heng turned his head and looked at Lin Wei.
"Let's go together, otherwise the shelter won't be fun."
To Lin Heng's surprise, Lin Wei actually wanted to follow.
"Let's go." Lin Heng patted him on the shoulder and continued his journey with Lin Wei.
The two men and the dog walked along the stream.
"This is too difficult, Second Father. We have been walking for another half an hour and still haven't found anything."
Lin Wei was simply too tired to complain. Why was hunting so difficult?
"Take your time." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He was not in a hurry. Whenever he saw traces of prey on the road, he would set a noose trap or a trap set up by the devil.
If he had no memory of his previous life, he would definitely be extremely anxious.
But he had experienced everything in his previous life, and his mentality had been trained. Some things cannot be rushed, and there is no point in being anxious.
Take one step at a time, steadily and steadily, and you will definitely reap rewards in the end.
Fortunately, it was relatively cool in the forest and out of the sun. The scenery of the primeval forest filled Lin Heng with the joy of exploration.
From time to time, he could pick up some Ganoderma lucidum, Coriolus versicolor and other mushrooms, which was considered good enough for Lin Heng.
But for Lin Wei, who was only five years old, it was too disappointing. He didn't even see any prey for a long time. It was really boring.
"Second dad, wild duck!!"
Suddenly Lin Wei grabbed Lin Heng, pointed at the pond in the distance and exclaimed in a low voice.
"Good fellow."
Lin Heng was looking for mushrooms and didn't notice it until Lin Wei mentioned it.
In the distance, in a long and large pond of about 70 to 80 square meters, five or six wild ducks were catching fish in the water. They had green feathers and red necks, and they were all quite big.
Lin Heng gently put down the backpack and reached over with the bow and arrow. He was now four or five hundred meters away from the stream and had to approach slowly.
However, the wild ducks in the deep mountains were obviously not very vigilant and did not notice anyone approaching.
Lin Heng groped his way and soon came to an excellent position, more than 20 meters away from the wild ducks and hidden by reeds.
Lin Heng put the arrow on the bow and waited quietly. He wanted to wait for the perfect opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.
“Buzz!!”
But a damn mosquito landed on his palm and sucked his blood, and he couldn't blow it away with his mouth.
"Oh shit!"
After putting away the bow and arrow, Lin Heng crushed the damn mosquito into minced meat.
After waiting for more than ten minutes, with several big lumps on his hands and feet caused by mosquito and midge bites, Lin Heng finally got an opportunity.
"quack!!"
A little duck caught a golden creek grouper that was more than ten centimeters long. The grouper was too big for the duck to eat, so it held it in its mouth. The scales sparkled in the sunlight, attracting several ducks nearby to come over and fight for it.
Lin Heng put the arrow on, aimed for three seconds, and then shot the arrow out.
The black arrow head, the light yellow arrow body, and the red tail feathers made of golden rooster feathers drew a graceful curve in the air, reflecting charming light under the sun.
With a "whoosh" sound, the sharp arrow pierced two wild ducks in succession and scratched the third one.
“Ga ga ga!!!”
Suddenly, the rest of the ducks flapped their wings and flew away.
One of them seemed to have injured its wings and couldn't fly, so it ran frantically.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba's eyes lit up. He couldn't fly, but still wanted to run? He chased after him.
"Oh my god, second father, you killed two birds with one stone, it's amazing."
Lin Wei rushed over exclaiming, more excited than if he had caught the prey himself, and ran to Lin Heng's side.
"Haha, I'll teach you how to use the bow and arrow when you grow up." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile, but when he grows up, hunting will probably be banned.
"Okay, second dad."
Lin Wei nodded fiercely, looked at the two wild ducks in the bloody pool, raised his head and said, "Second Dad, let me go into the water to pick up the ducks for you."
"No need, Xiongba is here."
Lin Heng looked into the distance and saw that the injured wild duck had been caught by Xiongba and bitten to death.
“Too fierce!”
Lin Wei said in shock, Xiongba's ears stood up and his eyes looked like a wolf.
"Great job, go pick up the ducks in the pond too."
Lin Heng took the duck, rubbed its head, and pointed at the pond and said.
“Ouch!!”
Xiongba rubbed Lin Heng, stuck out his tongue and swam in to pick up the duck.
"This one is small. It will probably weigh only half a pound after it's killed." Lin Heng said as he lifted the duck in his hand.
"Those two are big, probably weigh about four or five kilograms, right?" Lin Wei took them and looked at them, then pointed at the ducks in the pond and said.
Lin Heng shook his head: "No, the big one is probably two kilograms, and the smaller one is just over one kilogram. Wild ducks weigh more than two kilograms at most, and they can't grow big."
In fact, wild duck meat is not very delicious, it is full of oil, but since I didn’t catch any prey today, I am not qualified to be picky.
It's good to have meat to eat. We can take it home and make some roast duck, which should be enough for four people to enjoy a good evening.
Soon Xiongba brought the duck to Lin Heng and weighed it in his hand. He estimated that the second one was lighter than he said, less than one kilogram.
After showing the duck to Lin Wei, Lin Heng turned around and walked back.
"Today is okay. I hope this is the beginning, not the end." Lin Heng said with emotion.
"There will definitely be more and more. I admire you so much, second dad." Lin Wei is now full of confidence again.
After putting the duck into the backpack, Lin Heng shook his head and smiled, "Let's go. We have to keep moving forward and set traps. We still need traps in the summer."
"Second Dad, please lend me your slingshot to play with." Lin Wei said with a smile.
"Okay, don't break it." Lin Heng handed the slingshot at his waist to his nephew.
Next on the way, Lin Wei became active again, shooting birds in the bushes by the water with a slingshot.
It's just that his aim is not very good. After Lin Heng taught him several times, it was still a little crooked. There is no way, this thing requires some talent, and it is obvious that Lin Wei's talent is average.
However, after hitting him dozens of times, he finally hit an unlucky green-bearded fox.
Looking at the bird that was hit, Lin Wei wanted to shout loudly, but then he remembered Lin Heng’s words and quickly covered his mouth.
"Not bad." Lin Heng praised with a smile.
Lin Wei was excited for a while, then looked at Xiong Ba and said, "Can you pick some up for me too?"
"Woo~"
Xiongba didn't even look at it, thinking it was too small and not something he could eat, so he had no interest in picking it up.
Lin Wei was helpless and felt that he was being looked down upon, so he could only run and pick it up himself.
After shooting the wild ducks, he walked for another two or three hours. He saw many traces of prey on the road, but did not find any prey. Lin Heng set traps one by one.
I picked some mushrooms. This place is humid, and there are shiitake mushrooms. I picked up one or two kilograms of them. In addition, I harvested three Ganoderma lucidum and dug up one or two kilograms of Astragalus.
He looked at the sky. The sun was setting very fast, but there was no red glow yet. He estimated that it was only four or five o'clock, so he could still explore further.
"Second Dad, do we have to move forward?" Lin Wei was tired from hunting birds.
"Of course, hunting requires running around." Lin Heng said with a smile.
In this area, there were more and more fallen trees. Many big trees that could not be hugged by one person fell to the ground and rotted. There were also rotten wood as thick as an adult's thighs everywhere.
There were quite a few tea tree mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms on it, and Lin Heng was very happy picking them up.
After walking a few hundred meters, Lin Heng suddenly froze, rubbed his eyes, and could hardly believe what he was seeing.
"Oh my god, I didn't expect I would encounter this."
Lin Heng was shocked. Whether in this life or the previous one, he had only seen such situations on pictures posted by others on the Internet, and he had never encountered it himself.
I saw hundreds of brown-yellow mushrooms growing densely on a fallen tree not far away. Are you sure someone didn’t spread the mushroom seeds here?
"Oh my God, are these mushrooms edible?" Lin Wei was originally dejected, but after seeing so many mushrooms, his eyes widened.
"Yes, of course. These are wild mushrooms. Not only are they edible, but they're incredibly delicious." Lin Heng couldn't stop smiling. It was all thanks to his own efforts, otherwise he might have missed the opportunity.
Don’t talk about next time. Who knows if you will come here again next time.
I picked a big one and took a look. It was all in good condition, with almost no insect holes. It seemed that it came out after the recent rain.
Lin Heng now really has the urge to take this tree home, but unfortunately it is too far from home. Otherwise, he could put it at the doorstep and pick some every time it rains.
"Help me pick them up. Pick them all, big or small. Don't leave any." Lin Heng said as he took out a snakeskin bag from his backpack.
This time he believed it. He believed that he could really encounter such mushroom trees in the wild. He used to think it was a lie. It was too fake. He had never encountered one.
After this time he believed it.
It was a pity that he didn't have a cell phone. While picking mushrooms, Lin Heng sighed secretly. Otherwise, he would definitely take a video and send it to every friend, and talk about the mushroom tree he encountered whenever he met someone.
After calming down, the two of them worked together for ten minutes to pick all the mushrooms, and the snakeskin bag was mostly filled.
"It's definitely about 20 to 30 kilograms." Lin Heng grinned. This is really good luck.
"Second Dad, we've made it. Should we keep going?" Lin Wei asked excitedly.
Lin Heng looked at the sky and the sun told him that it was time to go home. Even if he walked in a straight line along the stream, it would take more than an hour.
But Lin Heng couldn't help but said, "Let's take a closer look. Maybe there are more mushroom trees like this."
It's a common problem among anglers that after catching a big fish, they always have to hold on to the rod for two more times.
After walking forward for more than 500 meters, I picked up four or five mushrooms. As I went further, even the fallen trees and rotten wood became less and less.
"It seems there is no hope, let's go back." Lin Heng shook his head and finally gave up.
Walking back with his nephew, Lin Heng wanted to walk faster, but Lin Yue's legs hurt and he couldn't walk.
He didn’t feel anything when he was excited before, but he started to feel pain on the way back.
Lin Heng had no choice but to take him for a walk, stopping and looking around to see if there were any prey.
But it seemed that our luck had run out. From dusk until dark when we returned to the camp, we did not find any prey worth hunting.
Father Lin and the others had already returned and reinforced the shelter, laid out the hammock on grass, and were now cooking.
"You are finally back. Why are you so slow? Is it that Lin Wei is holding us back again?" Lin Yue saw the flashlight and came over to greet them.
"Dad, carry me. I can't walk anymore." Lin Wei climbed onto his father's back.
Lin Heng smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, maybe it's because Lin Wei is here today, I'm especially lucky."
"Yes, Dad. We have gained a lot today." Lin Wei couldn't wait to show off.
Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng and said, "Did you find some valuable herb? It can't be ginseng, right?"
There was no sign of large prey in their hands or in their backpacks, and he couldn't imagine what other good things they could have.
"I'll show you when we get back to the camp." Lin Heng said with a smile, keeping the other person in suspense.
The main thing is that I have said it now, and I will have to say it again later.
When they got back to the camp, Lin Heng sat down, placed the backpack in front of his father and elder brother, and said with a smile: "Everything we harvested today is in it. Today's luck is really unusually good."
"What is it?" He took out the snakeskin bag and opened it first.
"Are these all mushrooms?" Father Lin's voice suddenly became louder. He thought that they were filled with herbs.
(End of this chapter)
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