Chapter 59: Canyon Picnic [Third update, please subscribe]
"What?"
Lin Heng asked as he walked over.
“Wild mushrooms, such a big one!”
Xiulan saw Lin Heng coming and pointed behind her and said.
Behind her was a pile of dead wood, all covered with orange-yellow mushrooms.
There are two types of mountain mushrooms, also called xun.
One is similar to the artificially cultivated one, which is rough and has a cap that is cracked into small pieces. It is grayish white and looks very thick.
There is also a kind of mushroom with a light yellow or light white cap and white flesh. This kind looks very thin and is also called shiitake mushroom.
The first kind of mushroom is less common in the mountains, while the second kind is more common.
But no matter which one, you usually see a large number of them when you encounter them.
What Xiuxiu discovered was a large area, all over the rotten wood. The big ones were five or six centimeters in diameter, and the small ones were one or two centimeters in diameter.
“This stuff is good.”
Lin Heng hurried over to help pick the fruits, leaving no fruit, big or small, and the grandfather and grandson harvested together.
“And fungus!”
After picking for a while, Lin Heng found another fungus on a rotten tree trunk.
This is a double harvest of wood ear and shiitake mushrooms.
After working for more than ten minutes, the two finally picked all the wild mushrooms, but they were no longer very excited.
After all, I just picked up more than a pound of red Ganoderma lucidum.
"How much did you pick? Mine weighs more than three pounds." Xiulan shook her bag and looked at Lin Heng.
"I have more than you. I estimate that the wood ear and shiitake mushrooms weigh about four or five kilograms."
Lin Heng smiled and said that estimating weight is not a difficult task for rural people.
"This trip was worth it. Although we didn't encounter any prey, the harvest was already very rich."
Xiulan poured her mushrooms into Lin Heng's bag and said with satisfaction.
"No way, it's hard to hunt in the summer."
Lin Heng shook his head and said, "It's half past four. Let's not explore for now. I'm going to go see if there are any green beard fish or something. It's time to eat."
"Okay! I'll wait for you by the creek."
Xiulan took the backpack to Lin Heng. The couple had actually been hungry for a long time, but the joy brought by the various gains along the way made them ignore their stomachs.
I was so hungry at this moment that I stopped.
Lin Heng carried the bow and arrow on his back, holding the slingshot in his hand, and groped quietly.
Xiongba knew that he had started hunting, so he became quiet and looked around for traces of prey.
I didn’t see any prey on the mountain before, but there must be some in this canyon. There is water and the environment is good, so there must be some.
At least Lin Heng heard a lot of bird calls.
After groping for several hundred meters, Lin Heng finally saw the first suitable target for shooting, a green-bearded fox resting on a dead tree.
At a distance of five or six meters, he raised the slingshot and shot the expanded clay out with a whoosh.
With a bang, the green-bearded fox fell to the ground, kicked its legs twice, and died.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba ran over, picked up the bird and brought it to Lin Heng.
After stroking its head as a reward, Lin Heng threw the green-bearded cat into the cloth bag around his waist.
The green-bearded snakes were dull and stupid, and there were many of them. In a short while, Lin Heng killed ten of them.
"Let's go back."
Seeing that the number was about the same, Lin Heng turned around with Xiongba.
“Chirp!!”
At this time, two blue-gray turtledoves flew from the mountain to a Chinese toon tree thirty meters in front of him, chirping.
"Provocation, huh? Lower yourself a little if you can."
Lin Heng cursed, ignored him, and turned back.
One reason is that the tree is too tall. If you miss the target, the arrow may get stuck in the trunk and be difficult to remove.
One is that the bird that has already seen you is usually very alert and difficult to hit.
“Chirp!!”
However, the two turtledoves seemed to be really provocative, and soon flew to a tung tree 30 meters behind Lin Heng's left and rested there.
"Okay, okay, you really don't want to live, right?"
Lin Heng laughed in anger, thinking, are all the birds in this place so stupid? He put away the slingshot, took out the bow and arrow, and prepared to find an angle to kill two birds with one stone.
These two guys are very close, so there is still a chance.
“Chiu!!”
As soon as Lin Heng took out the arrow, two turtledoves suddenly took off and flew high into the sky.
"Sure enough, he is alert!" Lin Heng shook his head. He was not surprised.
However, the next moment, his jaw almost dropped: "Fuck, is this suicide?"
After the two guys flew around together, they actually landed on a white stone less than fifteen meters in front of him.
"Will such a stupid bird become stupider if you eat it?"
Lin Heng was thinking about something in his mind, but he quietly raised the bow in his hand.
The two poor guys didn't know that the hunter had already exposed his claws, and they were still preening each other's feathers.
As a sharp black arrow cut through the air and came with a flash of black cold light, the two of them no longer had the chance to take off.
With a "whoosh" sound, two turtledoves were pierced by an arrow and embedded in the mud behind them along with the arrow.
After struggling for a few times, his eyes dimmed completely.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba came back with the arrow in his mouth. Lin Heng took the turtledove down and then he understood why the two little guys were seeking death.
"So it's a little fellow who just left the nest not long ago. No wonder he's so bold!"
Lin Heng not only did not feel it was cruel, but he drooled uncontrollably: "The roasted pigeon is very fragrant."
Carrying the two turtledoves, Lin Heng trotted back to the stream.
Xiulan was sorting out the mushrooms she had picked today. When picking them, they were inevitably covered with dirt and mud, and some of them were rotten and bad.
These all need to be picked and sorted.
"You shot two turtledoves?"
When Xiulan saw Lin Heng coming back with two turtledoves, her eyes widened.
"Yes, I was lucky enough to meet a turtledove that had just left its nest. Although it was small, its meat was tender."
Lin Heng chuckled.
"Oh, there are still ten green-bearded crickets. Let's eat a few and give the rest to Xiongba."
Whenever Lin Heng gave the prey to Xiulan, he felt heroic and proud, and had a sense of accomplishment.
"Hubby, you're so awesome!" Xiulan said with a smile. She must go back to her parents' home this year to let her parents see that she did not marry the wrong person.
Hearing this compliment, Lin Heng immediately felt comfortable, and leaned forward again, grinning: "Give me a kiss as a reward."
There was no one around at this time. Xiulan rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are like a child. You have no shame."
Although he said he was embarrassed, he still took a crisp sip.
"Hehe." Lin Heng smiled foolishly. Such a day was so beautiful.
Xiong Ba: “Woof woof!!”
Seems to be cursing.
"I'll make a fire." Lin Heng put the turtledove down and went to find firewood nearby.
There were piles of them everywhere in the mountains, and they soon got a large pile. Soon, the two of them had built a fire by the stream.
Xiulan took out the steamed buns and put them on the stone to bake.
Seeing that Lin Heng roasted the turtledove with its feathers on the fire without removing the internal organs, he quickly grabbed him and said, "What are you doing? Can you still eat it like this?"
"Of course, and it tastes very good." Lin Heng said with a smile.
"Forget it, I'll roast some green radish first, and you'll know after you try it."
Lin Heng was afraid that his wife would not be able to accept it, so he put the turtledove aside first.
This kind of baking may seem barbaric, but the food that comes out of it is actually quite good. He only understood this after trying it once.
(End of this chapter)
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