Chapter 269 Returning Home with a Great Harvest [6,000 Words]
After resting at the top of the mountain, the two started walking down. The downhill road was much easier to walk.
The two men still carried the deer down the mountain, but the road was not the same one they came from. Instead, they opened up a smoother path.
When it was getting dark, the two finally returned to the shelter. The buzzing sound of red dates could be heard not far away, as if reminding them that there was no food here and it was time to move to another place.
The two men put the sika deer on the ground and sat down to rest, breathing heavily and sweating profusely. It was too tiring to carry such a large prey in the forest.
Even going downhill is tiring.
Lin Heng exhaled and said, "Fortunately, we brought the red dates with us. We don't have to carry them when we transport them back."
It is very easy for a four-legged red jujube to carry more than 200 kilograms of things, and it is not very difficult.
Lin Yue nodded, took a sip of water and said: "Brother, do you think we should kill the deer and take it back? Will it be difficult to carry it intact like this?"
Lin Heng shook his head: "No, it would be more troublesome to kill them, just have someone help and support them."
"That's fine." Lin Yue nodded.
After a short rest, Lin Heng went out and took Hongzao to another position. Then the two of them hung the sika deer under the tree and cooked.
The meat of white rice cannot be preserved for a long time. There is a little left for a while. I can eat it all tonight and fill my stomach without any problem.
After dinner, the two sorted out their harvest. They had eaten all the pheasants and grouse, mainly because they were difficult to preserve and could not be taken back. Lin Heng kept some beautiful feathers and prepared to go back to make shuttlecocks and dusters.
In addition, Lin Heng has a porcupine skin in his hand. It is not valuable, but the porcupine quills can be removed and used. The old sika deer horn was also discovered by him and belongs to him alone.
His eldest brother had a piece of white rice skin in his hand, and nothing else.
Then there is the largest sika deer, which was discovered and hunted by Lin Heng. His elder brother Lin Yue played almost no role.
According to the normal distribution principles, he could only get less than 10% of the venison. The valuable things had nothing to do with him. After all, he didn't put in any effort at all.
Lin Heng planned to give more venison to his eldest brother and keep the rest for himself. Only by abiding by the distribution rules could he sustain it for a long time.
Similarly, if his elder brother caught a big prey alone in the future, he would not take more.
Lin Yue had no objection to this. He was now more focused on learning how to hunt, so it would be great if he could get some venison.
Generally, no experienced hunters are willing to lead a novice, let alone share the spoils with him. He even has to treat him to drinks.
"By the way, brother, what did you mean when you said there might be a chance tonight?"
Lin Yue asked curiously after finishing his meal.
Lin Heng looked at his elder brother and smiled, "Many prey have super sensitive noses. Let's hang the deer outside, maybe we can catch the prey at night."
After hearing what Lin Heng said, Lin Yue slapped his thigh and said, "So you said that since we killed so much deer today and released so much blood, are there prey over there? We can go and kill them now, maybe we will get some unexpected gains."
Lin Heng had already thought of this and nodded, "That's right, but it's too tiring. Another thing is that at night we don't have as good vision as animals, so they often spot us first, so the chances of killing us are relatively low."
He was already exhausted today, and he still had to walk thirty or forty kilometers of mountain roads to go back tomorrow, so he didn't feel like running tonight.
Lin Yue said excitedly: "Why don't we go and give it a try? It won't take long if we are lightly equipped."
Lin Heng thought for a moment and said, "That's fine."
He was actually hesitant, but his eldest brother suggested that they go, as it shouldn't be too tiring. He used a rope to hang up the sika deer, and the two of them, along with Xiongba, set out to the location where they were going to kill the deer in the afternoon.
It was much faster to walk without any weight, but it was chilly at night after the rain.
They wrapped their clothes tightly and walked forward, without much exploration on the road, almost straight up the mountain, and it only took them half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. When they were rushing to the place where the deer was killed, they slowed down their pace, staggered a little, and slowly gathered in that direction.
"Bang!!!"
Lin Heng was on his way when he suddenly heard a loud gunshot, and a dazzling flame burst out from where his elder brother was two hundred meters away.
Immediately afterwards, there were sounds of frantic running in the woods, and the sounds of countless birds being startled and flying away.
At the same time, Lin Yue also shouted excitedly: "Brother, help chase it, it's a big wild cat."
“Woof woof!!”
Without Lin Heng's words, Xiong Ba had already chased after him immediately.
"What wild cat? Did you kill it?"
Lin Heng came over and asked, before he could react his elder brother suddenly opened fire.
Lin Yue said excitedly: "Red hair, it should be a golden cat. I saw it hiding in the bushes. After I found it, it tried to run away, so I had to shoot it. I think I hit it."
"If you hit him, you can't run away." Lin Heng nodded. Although his elder brother fired the gun suddenly, his action was not wrong.
Ten birds in the bush are not as good as one bird in the hand. Maybe there will be other large prey behind, or maybe not, but if you can catch this golden cat, it will be a huge profit.
The two men moved forward listening to Xiongba's dog barking, and soon they came to the river at the foot of the mountain and saw the body of the big golden cat.
"A big male golden cat, it must weigh 20 kilograms."
Lin Yue picked up the dead golden cat and laughed.
"Great!" Lin Heng smiled and gave a thumbs up. His elder brother had good luck this time when going into the mountains.
I squatted down and looked at the wound. I found that the big golden cat was pierced by a lead bullet in the abdomen. No wonder it died so quickly.
"Thanks for your reminder, brother. Otherwise, I wouldn't have looked back." Lin Yue laughed.
Lin Yue laughed and said, "Let's go, let's go back along the river."
With the gunshot, it became difficult to find other prey, and he was too lazy to bother with it.
"Um."
Lin Yue nodded, borrowed the dagger from Lin Heng, drained the blood from the golden cat, and then walked back carrying it.
Lin Heng led the way with a flashlight, and checked whether there were any special species in the river.
After walking for a long time, they came to a shallow area by the river. Lin Heng shone his flashlight and saw a topaz-colored turtle lurking in the water to catch fish.
“Woof!!”
When Xiongba saw it, he rushed over first. In a few seconds, the turtle was so scared that it shrank into its shell and lay motionless, and was then bitten and taken out by Xiongba.
"This turtle is quite good-looking." Lin Yue said while looking at the turtle.
Lin Heng took it and looked at it, and said in surprise: "This is also a box turtle, which is quite rare. It will be perfect to take it back to Xiaoxia as a gift."
This turtle is the size of a palm, with a raised yellow ridge in the middle of its carapace. The carapace is light yellow and looks like it is made of topaz, and is very beautiful.
"I'll see if I can catch two turtles or tortoises and bring them back to my son."
Lin Yue smiled and said that children like these small animals.
"There must be more. There are a lot of turtles in this mountain." Lin Heng said. No one usually catches turtles in the deep mountains, so there should be quite a lot of them.
Walking forward, they arrived at a shallow beach half a kilometer later. When Lin Heng shone his flashlight, he saw a small turtle diving under a rock.
"Little grass turtle, not bad." Lin Heng picked it up and handed it to his eldest brother and said.
"Now Lin Wei and the others won't bother me anymore." Lin Yue said happily.
They continued walking forward and found two giant salamanders on the road, but they ran too fast and dived into the middle of the river, so the two were too lazy to go into the water to catch them.
Lin Heng was lucky enough to catch a small turtle weighing two kilograms. Apart from that, he didn't see any other suitable prey. There was no sign of the bear at all, which made him quite disappointed.
When they were about to go back, Lin Yue suddenly said, "Look, what a big turtle."
Lin Heng shone his flashlight over there and saw a large turtle burrowing into the sand, which soon disappeared.
However, the outline of the skirt of its carapace could still be clearly seen through the flashlight. Lin Yue took off his shoes, walked over, grabbed it from behind, and lifted it up with a smile: "This thing is good, it must be four or five pounds, old man."
"It's amazing. It's bigger than mine." Lin Heng said with a smile. The older the turtle is, the more nutritious it is. The nutritional value of wild ones is even higher.
"Hehe, this trip wasn't in vain." Lin Yue smiled.
After putting the turtle into the bag, the two walked towards the shelter. There was no movement in the shelter and everything was intact. This made Lin Heng a little disappointed. He was still thinking about fighting if an animal came close.
After simply grilling a fish, the two of them went to rest on the rattan bed. Nothing unexpected happened during the night, and no bears or other animals visited.
The next morning, they got up at daybreak to clean up. Lin Heng first fed the deer some red dates, then tied the deer to its back with a rope.
Except for the antlers which were cut off by Lin Heng, everything else of the sika deer is intact.
Because the antlers need to be bled, it's not good to leave them attached to the deer's head, so I cut them off last night.
After tying up the sika deer, Lin Heng and Lin Yue carried their backpacks and other things and set off for home.
Pulling the red dates to the river, Lin Heng and his elder brother began to catch mullet and mandarin fish in the stone trap.
Lin Heng picked out ten big ones and after killing them, he strung them together with a rope through the fish gills and tied them to his backpack. Xiaoxia and Xiulan both liked to eat this stuff, so he had to carry some even though the load was very heavy.
After finishing, the two drove Hongzao out. On the way back, Lin Heng collected all the noose traps he had set up before.
He set more than a dozen traps in total, but the only catch was a gray rabbit. The little civet cat he was thinking about did not fall into the trap.
Lin Heng was not discouraged. The harvest this time was already big enough. If all the sika deer were sold, they could be sold for about five or six hundred yuan, which was a considerable amount of money for him.
Pulling the red dates, we continued forward and finally arrived near the village at three o'clock in the afternoon, which was still ten kilometers away from the main road.
There were still some people catching fish and washing clothes in the river at this moment. They were all stunned when they saw the prey carried by Lin Heng and the other man.
After a careful look, I couldn't recognize it at all.
"Where are you from? Where did you kill such a big sika deer?" someone asked curiously.
Lin Heng glanced at these people and said with a smile: "We fought in the deep mountains. We are from Huangtan Town."
"That's amazing. We haven't seen anyone beat him this year."
"This is two or three hundred kilograms. It can be sold for a few hundred yuan."
"Kid, are you married? Do you want to see my daughter?"
The men were drooling with envy, while the women inquired about the marital status of Lin Heng and his wife. Those with daughters promoted their daughters, while young, unmarried women flirted with the two of them.
It's not that they are ignorant, but in this small village deep in the mountains, anyone who can own such a horse must be a wealthy family.
Hunting is a technical job and is loved by women. Even if it does not make you rich, it can allow people at home to eat meat often, which is much better than the life of ordinary families eating cornmeal steamed buns every day.
Lin Heng smiled and shook his head, answering as he walked out, but he had no intention of staying here, as he was thinking about his wife and children.
Just as I was about to leave, I suddenly heard an unbelievable, sharp voice from behind: "Did you guys kill this sika deer?"
Lin Heng looked back and saw that it was Liu Laoer who stole his horse that day. He immediately spread his hands and laughed, "If I didn't beat him, how could he have been stolen?"
Liu Laoer's face was furious, but then he calmed down. He stared at the sika deer on the horse's back. He had just heard from the villagers that someone from another village had killed a sika deer. He immediately thought of Lin Heng and the others, and when he ran over to take a look, it was true.
He felt extremely unbalanced. He often ran in the mountains, but this year he only picked up a pair of deer antlers. How could this guy shoot a sika deer? He was really lucky.
Liu Lao Er said disdainfully: "Killing a deer is nothing. I have even killed a black bear before."
Then he added cheerfully, "I see you are going in the direction you want to hunt a black bear, but unfortunately the bear there has already been hunted by us."
When they saw the direction Lin Heng was heading, they knew he was going to hunt the black bear, so they deliberately didn't remind him. However, they didn't expect that they would actually get something in return.
Lin Heng glanced at him and didn't believe what he said. He felt that Liu Laoer definitely didn't kill the black bear.
He was too lazy to argue with him and walked out with Hongzao.
Seeing that the man was about to leave, Liu Laoer hurriedly called out, "Wait a minute, where did you buy that bow and arrow? Do you want to sell it?"
Recalling the previous competitions these days, Lin Heng's compound bow made him more and more envious.
"I'll sell it to you for five hundred yuan." Lin Heng grinned.
Liu Laoer's eyes widened: "Five hundred yuan, are you crazy about money?"
Lin Heng said nothing and walked forward with his elder brother.
"If you sell it to me at a lower price, I'll tell you where there are black bears." Liu Laoer didn't want to give up. Actually, he came here to buy a bow, but he couldn't swallow his anger from last time and made a few sarcastic remarks.
"Five hundred yuan, nothing else." Lin Heng waved his hand. He didn't believe in any intelligence at all. Xiongba was more useful than any intelligence.
Liu Laoer gritted his teeth, thinking that nothing he said was possible for 500 yuan, and he could only watch Lin Heng leave.
Seeing that the man didn't follow, the two men led the horses and walked out along the half-meter-wide path in the forest.
Just before he reached the main road, he heard Lin's father's voice in the distance: "Son, if you don't come out, I'm leaving."
The two were not surprised by the appearance of Lin's father. Today was exactly the tenth day. When they left, they agreed with Lin's father that he would come to pick them up in the afternoon of the tenth, 12th and 14th day.
"Dad, come here and help me get the things." Lin Heng shouted loudly.
"Did you kill the black bear?" Father Lin asked loudly as he walked inside.
"No, but I shot a sika deer, some white rice and a wild cat." Lin Yue shouted with a smile.
Father Lin ran over excitedly, and was stunned when he saw such a big sika deer on Hongzao's back.
"Oh my god, it's so big!!"
Father Lin opened his mouth wide, his expression frozen.
He had expected not to get a black bear, as that animal is hard to get and would not be so valuable. But he had never expected to get such a big sika deer.
"Not only that, this golden cat is also quite big." Lin Yue showed off while holding the golden cat.
Father Lin gave a thumbs up and said, "Great! You two brothers are really lucky this time."
"I'm almost exhausted. Go back quickly and I'll tell you slowly later." Lin Heng waved his hand and said.
"Okay, give me the backpack."
Father Lin smiled and nodded, then took Lin Heng's backpack.
The three of them walked forward and soon arrived in front of the three-wheeled vehicle. Lin Heng and the other man first unloaded the sika deer from the horse's back and threw it into the truck bed next to them.
Then he took a deep breath. He had to support the sika deer again after walking a certain distance. It seemed difficult to tie the deer stably on the horse's back, which made both of them very tired.
Then they piled the backpack and other prey into the truck bed. After putting everything in the truck bed, they both felt relieved and sat down to drink some water and rest.
"I cut a lot of grass for the cattle, which is just right for the red dates to eat."
Father Lin smiled and said that he arrived early and saw a lot of wild barley grass on the roadside, so he cut it and put it in the car, which was just right for the red dates to eat.
"Let's go, it's getting late."
After the two of them rested for a while, Lin Yue spoke.
"Let's go."
Lin Heng stood up and climbed onto his horse. It was already five o'clock and it would be dark at seven o'clock. It was indeed getting late.
Father Lin and his friends put their things away, took Xiongba into the car and headed back.
"shelf!"
Lin Heng patted his horse's butt and galloped wildly on the road, riding on the wind and sunset, like a knight.
On the way, he saw some blooming lilies, so he stopped his horse and picked them. Then he picked some camellia and pink peach blossoms and made a bouquet of them.
"Brother, are you doing this for Xiulan?" Lin Yue asked with a smile.
Father Lin said beside him: "No need to ask, it must be."
Lin Heng smiled and said, "Brother, you can also make some for sister-in-law."
Lin Yue was somewhat tempted, yet a little embarrassed, so he just picked two camellia flowers and put them on the side of his backpack.
It was nearly seven o'clock when I got home. The villagers had just finished their work and were enjoying the cool air. When they saw the commotion on the road, they came out to watch.
"Lin Heng and his friends are back from hunting, and they seem to have found a lot of good stuff."
"I don't know where to go hunting this time."
"Let's go and take a look and you'll know."
As the group of people talked, they walked towards the front door of the Lin family. When Lin Heng and his friends arrived at the front door, the villagers also gathered, including Tian Baishun and other hunters from the village.
"Oh my god, what a big sika deer!"
"Not only that, there are also plum fish and wild cats."
When they saw the prey in the car, the people in Murakami were stunned. The sika deer was so big.
Tian Baishun looked at Lin Heng who had dismounted from his horse and said in shock, "Where did you kill the sika deer?"
Lin Heng grinned: "Taibai Mountain, where else could it be?"
"Did you go to Heihe?" Tian Baishun asked in shock.
"Yes." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Please ask me to come with you next time." Tian Baishun said enviously.
"Let's talk about it when the time comes." Lin Heng did not agree directly.
Tian Baishun saw that Lin Heng was unwilling to take an old man like him. He felt a little lonely when he was despised, and said, "Then you can sell me some venison, right?"
"That's no problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.
He first pulled the red dates back to the stable on the back mountain, and then came back to help move things. A group of people from the village gathered around to watch the deer being slaughtered and dissected, and they were all very envious.
"Sorry everyone, I'm too tired today so I won't kill the deer." Lin Heng looked at everyone and said, directly killing their idea of going into the house to take a look.
Some people were dissatisfied with this and whispered: "If you don't want people to see it, just say so directly, why are you making up excuses?"
When Lin Heng glanced over, the man immediately stopped.
Not wanting to argue with them, Lin Heng glanced at Xiulan who was waiting for him with Xiaoxia, and his family went into the house with a smile.
"Dad, we miss you~"
As soon as she entered the yard, Xiaoxia broke free from Xiulan's guard and ran over to hug Lin Heng's thighs.
"I missed you guys so much, too."
Lin Heng smiled and pinched his daughter's soft little face, speaking affectionately.
"Then why did Dad go out for so long?"
Xiaoxia asked in confusion. She would be unhappy if she didn't see Lin Heng for a day.
"Because I have to go out to work and buy delicious food for Xiaoxia." Lin Heng looked at her and smiled.
After holding his daughter and coaxing her for a while, Lin Heng gave Xiulan the bouquet he had put aside and grinned at her, "Did you see the sika deer? I shot it. Are you surprised?"
"surprise!"
Xiulan held the flowers and nodded with a smile.
Compared to the surprise, she felt relieved. Seeing Lin Heng come back safe and sound, she felt relieved. Every time Lin Heng went out hunting, she couldn't help but worry about his safety.
She also loves this flower very much, but she is embarrassed to express it too much since her parents are in the yard, otherwise she would really like to praise it.
After a pause, she continued, "Come into the house, I have prepared the bath water for you."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded with a smile.
Leaving Xiaoxia to the temporary care of Lin's mother, Xiulan took the flowers and took Lin Heng into the bedroom.
She smelled the flowers and put them in the vase on the windowsill. She found some clothes for Lin Heng and wanted to go out but was stopped by Lin Heng: "Rub my back."
"Okay." Xiulan nodded in agreement. A short separation is better than a new marriage, and she missed Lin Heng very much.
"Hey, your husband was almost bitten by the iron tip. I'm scared just thinking about it now."
While Xiulan was rubbing his back, Lin Heng lay on the edge of the bathtub and sighed. His calves still tremble when he thinks about it now.
Xiulan's hands trembled when she heard this, and she asked softly, "What's going on?"
"I was looking for prey at night and didn't see the snake on the tree. I almost got bitten." Lin Heng turned his head and looked at Xiulan and said. When he returned to the house, he felt that his fatigue suddenly dissipated a lot.
Xiulan was also scared after hearing this, and said, "Then don't go to the mountains at night in the summer. We don't need that little money now, and I don't want you to get into trouble."
"I probably won't go there at night this summer. I don't have the time." Lin Heng stood up with a smile.
Xiulan blushed when she saw his huge capital, handed him the towel and said, "It's better not to go. It's best to live a peaceful life."
Lin Heng dried himself and changed his clothes. He couldn't help but put his arms around Xiulan's waist, indulging in the faint fragrance on her body.
"Wait until night... Mom and Dad are still outside."
Xiulan held his hand and spoke softly, she also missed Lin Heng's strong and warm embrace.
Lin Heng grinned wickedly: "Actually, I just smelled the fragrance, I didn't expect my wife to think so."
Xiulan slapped him, glared at him and said angrily, "You bully me as soon as you get back. I should have known not to prepare hot water for you."
"How dare I?" Lin Yue chuckled, hugged her soft body, took a deep breath, and then let go and walked out one after the other.
As soon as I walked out of the bedroom, Xiaoxia rushed over to me. Lin Mulin's father were also sitting in the main room.
"Son, are we going to skin this sika deer today?" Father Lin looked at him and asked.
(End of this chapter)
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