Chapter 190 Big Harvest
There was no sun today, and the wind was even stronger, with a cold wind howling in the valley.
Lin Heng and Grandpa Gao followed his uncle Li Baiquan through the valley and came to a thorny hillside.
Li Baiquan pointed to a cave and said, "It's right here. Look at this cave. There is definitely a wild hog badger."
This is a dirt hole drilled towards the inside of the mountain. It is about fifty to sixty centimeters wide and thirty to forty centimeters high.
The ground at the entrance of the cave is smooth, and if you look closely you can find some badger hair.
Grandpa Gao also took a look and nodded, saying, "It can't be wrong, this is indeed a new badger hole, there must be a badger inside.
We need to find the other hole now, and then we can start."
Li Baiquan heard this and spread his hands and said, "Speaking of this, I am a little surprised. I searched for the whole day yesterday and couldn't find the entrance to the cave. Can you help me find it?"
Lin Heng didn't say anything and took Xiongba to find another cave.
Generally speaking, whether it is a wild hog badger or a badger, they all have two holes, and it is rare to have only one hole.
After searching for a while, Xiongba suddenly stopped at a place. He dug away the snow and leaves on the ground, and a cave appeared.
"sharp!"
Lin Heng rubbed its head. If it weren’t for its good nose, who knows how long it would take to find it.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba let Lin Heng rub his head comfortably and enjoyed it very much.
While rewarding Xiong Ba, Lin Heng turned around and shouted, "Found it, it's here."
Grandpa Gao and Li Baiquan came over quickly and checked it out. It was indeed a badger hole.
When they learned that it was Xiongba who found it, they were even more surprised that this dog was so smart.
"Now that we've found it, let's start." Lin Heng said as he looked at the two of them, he was a little impatient.
Li Baiquan nodded and said, "I got a lot of wood mushrooms. It's no problem to make smoke and fire. The main problem now is how to catch them."
Generally in this case, a net is used to cover one hole, and the other hole is smoked.
But they were too far away from home, they didn't have a net bag, and the snakeskin bag they brought was not big enough.
Grandpa Gao waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Go light a fire and get some incense. Leave this to Xiaolin and me."
"Are you planning to do something mixed up?" Li Baiquan asked curiously.
Grandpa Gao handed the double-barreled shotgun to Lin Heng: "Of course we will shoot to death. Lin Heng, you hold my shotgun in front and prepare, and I will hold the pistol in the back as the second line of defense."
"I don't know how to do this. Let my uncle come and I'll go make a fire." Lin Heng shook his head. He had never learned to use a firearm.
Grandpa Gao didn't refuse and nodded in agreement: "That's fine. After we kill the badger, I'll teach you how to use a gun. I have a lot of bullets anyway."
Li Baiquan took the double-barreled shotgun with a smile on his face and asked Grandpa Gao for advice.
After figuring it out, he squatted at the entrance of the cave, and Grandpa Gao was above the entrance.
Once the wild boar is smoked out, the first thing it will have to endure is shotgun bullets. If any of them run out, then Mr. Gao with a pistol will be waiting for them.
After everything was ready, Lin Heng went over there to make a fire.
The fire-starting materials were already prepared, and Lin Heng went to find a large rectangular piece of bark to use as a fan.
Xiong Ba squatted beside him and watched as Lin Heng took out a lighter and ignited the dry pine needles. The pine needles with oil on them were easy to ignite even if they were slightly damp.
After the flame started, I put some fine firewood on the ground. Maybe because the weather was too cold, the pine needles went out by themselves as soon as they were placed on the ground.
Lin Heng lit it twice before it was completely ignited. After adding a handful of pine needles to ignite it, Lin Heng added fine firewood and coarse dry firewood to start the fire.
After the fire was lit, Lin Heng put in the wood fungi, also known as tree tongues, that his uncle had picked up. Once these things were ignited, they would continue to burn and smoke.
After throwing it into the hole, Lin Heng took some green leaves cut on the road and threw them into the fire. After the thick smoke came out, he used the bark he had prepared earlier to fan the air.
He was choking, but more smoke entered the cave. From a distance, Lin Heng saw the smoke coming out from the other side of the cave.
Even if the wild hog badger is hibernating, it will not be able to withstand the smoke and will be choked awake by the smoke.
"Bang!!"
Lin Heng released the smoke for about ten minutes, and then a gunshot was heard from his uncle's side.
“Bang, bang!!”
Then two more gunshots rang out.
Lin Heng looked up and saw two wild boars being shot dead by Grandpa Gao not long after they ran out.
The shooting was fast, accurate and ruthless. Both shots hit the target's head, and the brain burst out. The running badger fell down and never woke up again.
Lin Heng looked at them and asked loudly, "Do you want more cigarettes?"
"Smoke it for a while longer and see if there is any left." Grandpa Gao shouted from a distance.
"good."
Lin Heng nodded, and continued fumigating for another ten minutes. When he was sure there was no movement, he grabbed some snow to put out the fire.
When he ran to Grandpa Gao's side, his uncle had already pulled out the two dead wild hogs in the cave.
Looking at the four fallen wild boars, the three were in a good mood, and Li Baiquan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.
Killing four wild boars at one time is unprecedented.
Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and Grandpa Gao and said with a smile: "I will just take two. You each choose one and I will take the rest."
"good."
Lin Heng didn't hesitate. After weighing the options, he chose the one with its fur torn.
This one must have been attacked by a shotgun at close range, and its fur is completely unsellable.
He didn't need the money, so he left the good furs to his uncle.
The same thing happened to Grandpa Gao, who took the other one with bad fur. The two that he shot in the head with a pistol were left to Li Baiquan.
"You two are too polite." Li Baiquan laughed, feeling the kindness.
"This is what you deserve. Without you, we wouldn't even be able to get a single badger." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"That's right, this is what you deserve." Grandpa Gao also nodded in agreement.
Li Baiquan grinned and said, "Then let's dig some more yams and have a good meal when we go back today."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded. Although it was only eleven o'clock, he could really take a good rest after today's harvest. He couldn't stand running all the time these days.
Li Baiquan took a hoe and started looking for yam to dig nearby.
While his uncle was digging yams, Lin Heng was looking for other prey.
After searching for a while, I found no prey, but I did find a yam growing on a rock.
This kind of yam cannot penetrate deeply because there is stone skin underneath, so it grows horizontally along the stone skin. Lin Heng took a wooden stick and just dug out the soil.
Two yams, one meter long and as thick as his forearm, were dug out so easily by him.
"It's so cool. This yam is here to repay my gratitude." Lin Heng grinned, dug two small yams from the side and planted them back.
Although he may never come here again, Lin Heng still has the habit of leaving some seeds. If he comes again, he can harvest this kind of yam that is easy to dig.
And it doesn’t take much effort to bury two small yams.
After finishing all this, Lin Heng found Li Baiquan and boasted, "Uncle, what do you think of these two?"
"These two are good, straight and round. Where did you dig them?" Li Baiquan said with a thumbs up.
Lin Heng smiled and asked, "How is your digging going?"
Li Baiquan pointed to the bag beside him and said, "I have already dug out four or five kilograms. Let's wait for Mr. Gao to come and then go back."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded and looked at the yams in the bag. They were also quite large. However, in order to make it easier to carry, they were cut into small pieces of 20 cm long.
Lin Heng cut what he had dug into small pieces and threw them in.
After waiting for half an hour, when Grandpa Gao came back, the three of them carried the badger and the things back.
A wild boar weighs only more than 20 kilograms, which is not a problem for them at all.
It was already 2:30 in the afternoon when the three of them returned to the shelter carrying the badger.
After lighting the fire, we had a simple meal of sauerkraut dumpling soup to fill our stomachs, and then started to deal with the badgers.
Li Baiquan uses the skinning method on both ends of the fish, and the fur can be sold after being dried.
The two that Lin Heng and Grandpa Gao had their fur singed over fire to preserve the badger skin for a better taste.
Grandpa Gao took off the badger's belly and said with a smile, "I'll make you some belly stuffed meat."
"Then I'll make some barbecue. I brought some barbecue ingredients." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Grandpa Gao cleaned the badger's stomach, chopped the badger meat into pieces, added salt and pepper powder, and then stuffed it directly into its stomach.
Get some sand and light a fire to heat the sand, then dig up the sand and bury your belly in it.
In order to cook it quickly, Grandpa Gao put some leaves on it and kept burning it.
"In the past, we could occasionally catch some prey during the war, but we didn't dare to make a fire and could only eat the prey raw. At that time, we were craving for meat." Grandpa Gao said with a smile.
Lin Heng was grilling meat while listening to Grandpa Gao's speech.
Two of the four badgers were male, and he roasted their balls and guns.
In addition, the meat roasted is a mixture of fat and lean meat.
The meat is grilled to a sizzling oil, and it is a rare delicacy when sprinkled with the barbecue seasoning prepared at home, or simply dipped in some fermented tofu.
Grandpa Gao ate two skewers, while Lin Heng and Li Baiquan ate the most.
As soon as you take a bite, the aroma of meat and barbecue seasoning bursts in your mouth, making you feel unable to stop.
Li Baiquan said as he ate: "This barbecue seasoning is really good. Give me some later."
"Haha, that's of course no problem." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
Eating barbecue in this deep forest is a unique experience.
The barbecue was almost finished, and Grandpa Gao’s belly rolls were almost ready.
It was dug out from the sand, with a strong aroma of meat.
"Try it." Grandpa Gao cut the belly meat and handed it to Lin Heng and the other man.
Lin Heng took a small piece and took a bite. The taste of the belly and meat was very strong. It had the smell of the wild hog, but it was not very bad.
Lin Heng dipped it in a little fermented bean curd and felt that it tasted much better.
"If there is vinegar soup, this tripe meat will taste perfect." Lin Heng shook his head and sighed.
Grandpa Gao also nodded: "Yes, this badger belly meat is still not good enough. If it were mutton, it would definitely be delicious."
"It's good to eat with some wine." Li Baiquan took out a bag of rice wine and poured some for Lin Heng and Grandpa Gao.
When we finished eating, it was only half past five and it was not dark yet.
"Come on, I'll teach you how to use a gun." Grandpa Gao looked at the sky and said with a smile.
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and was quite interested in this.
The two found a place in the valley, and Grandpa Gao started by teaching them how to hold a gun, and then some basic techniques like how to aim.
The aiming principles are the same, you can aim by following a straight line between three points. This double-barreled shotgun naturally does not have a scope, just the simplest sight.
When the teaching was almost over, Mr. Gao said, "You can try firing a gun first. It's similar to a bow and arrow."
"good."
Lin Heng nodded, found some toilet paper to plug his ears, then took aim and pulled the trigger.
As the firing pin hit the primer, the gunpowder inside the bullet was ignited, and the bullet flew out with a bang under the huge impact of the gunpowder.
As the bullet flew out, Lin Heng felt a powerful force hitting his shoulder.
With a crisp sound, the bullet hit the granite more than a hundred meters away and ricocheted away.
“So fierce!”
Lin Heng sighed, even though it was his first time playing, he liked the feeling.
This is the innate worship of the aesthetics of violence by men. Guns can be said to be the most advanced killing weapon for mankind.
Ever since this thing was created, there is nothing in nature that can compete with humans.
Even if it's a black bear, it will die with one shot.
"Haha, your aim is pretty good. You didn't miss the target on your first shot."
Grandpa Gao smiled and praised, then loaded another rifle bullet into Lin Heng's hand, signaling that he could play with it some more.
"good."
Lin Heng practiced three more shots, and he found that as long as he held this thing steady, its accuracy was incredibly high.
No wonder the modern compound bow can only be called the king of cold weapons. It really has no advantages over firearms.
It is only slightly better than the homemade hunting rifles used in rural areas.
After firing five bullets in total, it was almost dark.
"Thank you, uncle. I've satisfied my desire to touch him." Lin Heng grinned. It felt really good.
"How about it? Do you want to buy a hunting rifle?" Grandpa Gao asked with a smile.
"I really want to buy one for fun, but I still prefer to use a bow and arrow for hunting." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He planned to go back and ask his elder brother Lin Yue to buy him a double-barreled shotgun, which was much faster to learn than a bow and arrow.
Especially when using shotgun shells, the killing range is large enough that you can usually hit the prey even if your aim is not accurate enough.
It was really difficult for his brother to learn archery.
Grandpa Gao nodded and said, "Hunting rifles are nothing. If you have tried rifles or sniper rifles, I think you will definitely love them. They are really powerful."
"This gun is enough, I'm not picky." Lin Heng said with a smile.
He felt that Mr. Gao was trying to seduce him into joining the army.
But this was impossible, he didn't want to be separated from his wife and children.
Moreover, this is a period of bonus, and doing business is the best way out.
After chatting for a few words, the three of them closed the door and went to bed.
Tomorrow they are going to track the traces of the takin. This will be a very physically demanding task, so they must be careful now.
Lin Heng quickly fell asleep while holding Xiongba.
The next morning, Grandpa Gao was the first to get up. He went out to take a look and heard a cry of surprise: "I said there was a noise outside last night. There must be a bear coming."
(End of this chapter)
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