Chapter 415 Final Harvest
After helping to carry the wild boar into the camp, Lin Heng asked around and found out that it was his uncle who first discovered and injured it, and then his eldest brother shot and killed it after the three of them chased it for several hours.
"This is better. It's a female wild boar, probably about two or three years old." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, it's OK. You guys warm up by the fire, and we'll burn the fur and then cut open its belly."
While roasting the fire, his uncle and younger uncle began to imitate him and modified the small branches to increase the stress-bearing area.
"Why, uncle and aunt, do you think this thing is useful now?" Lin Heng said sarcastically with a smile.
The two smiled awkwardly, and Lu Honghai said, "We originally thought this thing was useless, but after seeing Lin Yue using it, we realized that it's quite effective."
"It seems that we don't have as much life experience as you." Li Baiquan also said with a smile.
They originally thought that they were more experienced than Lin Heng in life, but now they no longer have this idea and feel a sense of admiration for Lin Heng.
"I was just joking." Lin Heng replied, then got some pine needles and concentrated on burning the pig hair.
When slaughtering pigs in the mountains, the only way is to burn off the hair with fire. It takes a lot of effort to burn all the hair off the pig.
Then comes the traditional process of gutting the meat, cutting it into strips, smearing it with salt and hanging it up to dry.
Because there is not much salt left, I applied it lightly this time, but the weather is cold and the bacon will not go bad if you use less salt.
They ate a piece of pork tenderloin and stewed a pork leg in the evening, and made the rest into bacon and dried it, as did the large and small intestines, which were left there to air dry.
Pig lungs are fed to dogs, while pig hearts, livers and kidneys are fried and eaten by humans.
The snow on the mountain cannot melt. After December, there will be more or less snow on the mountains. High peaks like Taibai Mountain are even frozen.
In the next few days, apart from smoking bacon, everyone went out to look for prey. Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was already December 3rd.
The sun came out early in the morning after a long absence, and the snow was melting. The forest suddenly became very cold, and people felt shivering even when wrapped in animal skins.
While we were eating, the whole forest was filled with the sound of dripping water. The last bit of snow on the trees had completely melted, and only the snow on the ground in the forest remained strong enough for milk production.
"Let's start packing today. If there are a lot of things, we'll have to carry them twice more."
Lin Heng spoke while eating.
Li Baiquan waved his hand and said, "I don't think it's necessary. There are five of us, and the things here only weigh about 400 to 500 kilograms. We can move them all at once and walk slowly."
"Five people should be able to carry it all, but I don't know if the car can hold it." Lin Yue said. Xiaozhuo Township is so backward that there is not even a tractor.
"This is indeed a problem. If it doesn't work, just make two trips." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
"That's the only way. I don't think we can get it all in one trip," said Lu Honghai.
After dinner, Lin Heng took a look at the things in the camp.
His main findings:
Furs: 2 wolf skins, 1 yellow muntjac skin, half a musk deer skin, 1 stone marten skin, 1 white rice skin, 2 yellow-throated marten skins, 8 weasel skins, 5 rabbit skins, and 6 squirrel skins.
Meat: four golden pheasants, two grouse, three hazel grouse, a wild boar (already eaten), wolf meat (more than 40 kilograms), yellow muntjac meat (more than 20 kilograms), musk deer meat (about 10 kilograms), and yellow-throated marten meat (about 5 kilograms).
In addition, he also harvested a portion of musk, as well as some saffron, cordyceps, Cistanche deserticola, etc.
All of the above needs to be shared with others. He is the main contributor, and others have additional merits.
There were also things that belonged to him alone: a bezoar, about one or two taels of saffron, a pound of cordyceps, as well as four Yuan Datou coins and some change.
His elder brother Lin Yue's main harvest: 1 wolf skin, 2 yellow-throated marten skins, 2 weasel skins, 3 rabbit skins,
He also has musk deer skin and musk deer musk, which he and his uncle Li Baiquan harvested together, with each taking half of the credit.
He also left behind some meat: yellow-throated marten meat (five pounds), musk deer meat (about ten pounds), five wax pheasants, two grouse, and one wax pheasant.
His uncle Lu Honghai: 1 roe deer skin, 1 white rice skin, 8 rabbit skins, and 2 weasel skins.
The meat he left behind included: roe deer meat (about 30 kilograms), wild boar meat (120 kilograms), 12 wax golden pheasants, 6 wax pheasants, and 18 wax bamboo chickens.
His third uncle Lu Honggang: 1 wild cat skin, 5 rabbit skins, 12 red squirrel skins, and 1 weasel skin.
Meat: 5 wax golden roosters, 8 wax bamboo roosters, and 3 wax grouse.
In addition, he dug some herbs.
His uncle Li Baiquan: 8 rabbit skins, 5 squirrel skins, 1 weasel skin, musk deer skin (divided in half) Meat: musk deer meat (about ten pounds), three wax rabbits, five wax golden pheasants, two wax grouse, and 11 wax bamboo chickens.
He exchanged some of his daily necessities for a lot of Cordyceps, and sold some of the money, …
Lin Heng first sorted out the things and found that there were indeed a lot of them, much more than he had imagined.
In addition to meat, there is also bear fat and bear meat, and a lot of animal intestines that are also dried.
He felt a bit overwhelmed when he took out the merit book to calculate the merits. Everyone's merits for each prey were different, and they would need to calculate them one by one when they returned.
"It seems that we are all benefiting from you guys, Lin Heng." Li Baiquan felt a little embarrassed because he was the one who hunted the least prey.
"If we count the black bear, Lin Heng has hunted more prey than all of us combined," Lu Honggang also praised.
"It seems that setting traps is much more effective than just hunting, and your method of luring prey is also said." Lu Honggang also said.
"Brother, please teach me when we get back." Lin Yue was also a little shocked.
No one would have noticed it if statistics were not kept, but now that statistics have been kept, it can be seen that Lin Heng crushes them all.
The biggest reason for this is that the trap set by Lin Heng is too effective and continues to work.
In addition, Lin Heng also caught a lot of small prey, but many of them didn't catch any small prey at all, but only wanted to catch big prey. As a result, they often couldn't catch the big ones, and they didn't catch the small ones.
This made the other four people feel a little embarrassed, as if they had taken advantage of Lin Heng.
"Don't think too much. I can get so many because you are here with me. I can't come here alone and I can't stay for so long." Lin Heng waved his hand.
He was speaking from the heart. It was indeed because of everyone's efforts that he was able to achieve these results. He simply could not have handled it all by himself.
Moreover, the little profit he shared out was nothing to him. He made a fortune just from the bezoar.
He also thanked everyone. If they hadn't suggested coming here, he wouldn't have wanted to come, and there would have been no this opportunity.
"It seems that we will have to set traps for long-term hunting in the future." Lin Yue sighed.
"Indeed, I think if we also set some traps, the harvest can be increased a lot." Lu Honggang nodded.
They just wanted to run away from the mountain, but they didn't expect that setting traps would be so effective.
"The snow melted today, so let's start moving things tomorrow." Lin Heng said to everyone.
"Well, tomorrow we'll send four people to move things. When we get to Xiaozhuo Township, one person will return, and the remaining three will drive to get the things back to the village. After returning to the village, only one will stay in the village, and the remaining two will come again. We should be able to take all the things back." Li Baiquan said.
"I thought so too." Lin Yue nodded.
"Then let's set off to the mountain. Maybe we can gain something in the last two days."
After Lin Heng said this, he took Xiongba to look for prey. It was not easy to walk in the forest because the snow had melted. A lot of the snow had already frozen into ice, and now with some water droplets it became even more slippery. Xiongba could paddle a long way while walking.
Lin Heng’s main focus was to check his own traps. He would dismantle them after he moved things back. There was no need to rush now as he might get something out of them in the last two days.
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of a branch breaking. He turned his head and saw a beautiful red squirrel holding a chestnut and running towards the distance.
"never mind."
He shook his head and was about to leave, not wanting to attack the little guy anymore.
Leading Xiongba forward all the way, constantly checking the traps. The forest is now unusually silent, the autumn leaves have begun to rot, and it is difficult to see any extra colors.
Although the sun was out, it was very turbid, like the dim tungsten filament light bulb in the house that was stained with oil. The sky was gray, with no blue sky or white clouds.
The occasional touch of green is one of the few signs of life in this winter.
"Fuck, it's too cold."
Lin Heng wrapped himself in clothes. The melted snow was too cold, and even if he was wrapped in animal skins, it didn't help much.
"Brother, did you get anything?"
After walking for a distance, Lin Yue asked.
"No, it's hard to find grouse after the snow melts." Lin Heng shook his head.
"It looks like we will return empty-handed today." Lin Yue sighed. He also gained nothing.
Soon the two men walked out of the forest and headed towards the barren mountains in the north. Lin Heng went to check the traps, while his elder brother went to look for prey.
The wind is stronger here, blowing so hard that it hurts people's faces and makes their eyes water. It gets worse the higher you go up the mountain.
The cold wind in the northwest is so merciless that even exercise can’t warm you up at all.
As he was walking, Lin Heng suddenly stopped. He looked at the cliff in the distance and was stunned for a moment. After staring at it intently for a while, he shouted back, "Brother, come here quickly, there is a big harvest."
"What?"
Lin Yue was stunned, then ran over quickly.
"The trap I set near the salt mine finally worked. Look, what a big sika deer!"
Lin Heng pointed at the cliff in the distance. There was a sika deer struggling in the bushes over there, but it couldn't break free. It was obviously trapped by the trap he set.
"Oh my god, what a big sika deer! Bro, the trap you set this time is really profitable!!"
Lin Yue's eyes were as big as bells. He couldn't believe that Lin Heng's trap had worked again at this time.
Lin Heng was not surprised, but excited: "I said there should be prey. How could there be no prey near this natural salt mine? Sure enough, I encountered it. God will not let down those who work hard."
Wild animals need salt just like humans. Without salt, they will die and cannot survive. Lin Heng was very excited when he found these three places with natural salt. He felt that the traps set in these places were definitely the safest.
But things went against one's wishes. The traps in other places were all caught with prey, but not in these three places where they were most likely and had the highest hopes. This was totally unexpected.
Now it seems that this situation explains everything. A sika deer can easily weigh over 100 kilograms, and a large one can weigh 300 kilograms. It is much larger than a roe deer or a muntjac.
The most important thing is that it is not only big, but also valuable.
"Brother, do you think we should capture it alive?" Lin Yue asked a question.
This was also the question that Lin Heng was thinking about in his mind. The sika deer was not dead and could be captured alive, but should he do so?
“Kill him!”
Lin Heng made up his mind after a brief thought. He explained, "This thing looks like it should weigh about 100 to 200 kilograms. It would be too difficult to control it if we catch it alive. It's better to just kill it."
Although sika deer can be raised and their antlers harvested, this place is too far away from his home. There are nearly 30 kilometers of mountain roads just to Xiaozhuo Township. There is no way this animal will obediently walk and might run away if you are not careful.
Therefore, it is easiest to kill the deer and cut it into meat. The most important thing is that deer antlers are not as valuable and scarce as musk, and there are many people who raise sika deer.
Of course, if it was near his home, he would definitely choose to capture it alive.
"You're right, then let's kill him." Lin Yue nodded in agreement.
He loaded the bullet, and then the two of them and the dog walked directly over there.
“Yoyo!!”
“Yoyo!!”
The sika deer struggled frantically when it saw the two men and the dog coming over, but Lin Heng was using a steel wire and there was a large animal trap on its feet, so it couldn't break free at all.
"Don't even think about running away."
Lin Heng rushed forward and restrained its two horns. This guy had already lost too much blood, and he was very strong due to years of training. He did not give it any chance to struggle. He just grabbed its neck and pressed it to the ground.
Lin Yue also rode on this guy from behind, and the two big men completely controlled him.
Lin Yue sat on the sika deer and restrained his legs, saying with a smile: "This guy is so strong even though he is injured like this, he is indeed a sika deer."
"That's our fault. Let's tie it up first." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Okay, just control it." Lin Yue nodded, took out a rope from his backpack and tied the deer's legs. After a while, he tied it up completely.
“Yoyo!!”
At this time, when the two men let go of their hands, the deer was completely unable to escape and could not even stand up.
"This must weigh two hundred kilograms. Lend me that hunting book later. I must learn it." Lin Yue sighed as he looked at the sika deer on the ground.
"no problem."
Lin Heng agreed with a smile while digging a hole in the ground with a hatchet.
They carry rainproof film with them. After digging a pit, they spread the film in the pit and then use it to collect the deer blood. They try to keep the deer blood if possible. Good things should not be wasted.
"Ahhh~"
Xiongba was licking the blood at the deer's feet, looking very excited.
"alright."
In ten minutes, they dug a big hole and laid the folded film paper in it.
(End of this chapter)
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