Chapter 61: Finding Shelter [First Order, Fifth Update]
Coming to the fire, Lin Heng used a stick to pull out the beggar's chicken. The yellow soil on the outside had been roasted dry and cracked, so it was definitely cooked.
After letting it air dry for a while, he took the soil ball to the stream, smashed the soil ball, peeled off the leaves, and the fragrant beggar's chicken appeared.
Compared to directly roasting, the beggar's chicken is moist and delicate, one exudes the special aroma of wild pepper, and the other exudes the sweet aroma of cranberry.
“Come and try it!”
Lin Heng tore off a piece of peppery turtledove meat, dipped it in chili powder and handed it to Xiulan.
“Delicious, the meat is very tender and fragrant!”
Xiulan's eyes lit up and she showed an expression of enjoyment. For her, eating turtledove meat was a delicacy, and the meat was so tender, it was simply a pleasure.
Lin Heng ate a piece himself and couldn't help but praise it again and again: "This turtledove is really special."
The one with Sichuan pepper flavor is suitable for dipping in chili peppers, while the one with cranberry flavor does not need to be dipped in anything. Just tear it open and eat it directly. Between your lips and teeth you can taste the tender meaty aroma of turtledove meat and the light sweetness of cranberry.
"It's a pity that Xiaoxia is not here, otherwise she would definitely like to eat this."
While eating the turtledove meat, Xiulan thought of her daughter.
In this era of food and clothing shortages, where the goal is to have enough food to eat and not go hungry, a meal like this of beggar's chicken can move people to tears.
"It's okay, I'll call you when we get back."
Lin Heng said with a smile, looking at his wife's satisfied expression, he also kept grinning happily.
"By the way, are you planning on not coming back tonight?"
Xiulan turned her head and asked, her feet still in the water, holding a piece of meat in her hand and handing it to her husband's mouth.
She discovered Lin Heng's intention when she left at noon, but did not ask.
"Yes, it rained yesterday, and it's impossible for it to rain again today. It's not cold at night, so I thought about coming here to watch for a night and see if I can catch some bigger prey."
Lin Heng nodded. The temperature was already over 30 degrees during the day, so he didn't have to worry about being cold at night if he found a sheltered place.
In this sparsely populated canyon, I think there should be larger prey appearing at night.
Almost no one comes here in this season, so he did the opposite. Who knows, he might get some unexpected gains.
"Then we have to find a cave or something like that now, otherwise it will be hard to find after dark."
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng and said.
"Of course. There are still two and a half hours until sunset. Once you finish eating the turtledove, we will take action."
Lin Heng nodded.
Xiulan took a bite and handed the remaining half of the turtledove to Lin Heng, saying crisply, "Here, I can't eat any more."
Lin Heng stretched his neck and glanced at her: "Eat quickly, I don't believe it."
There was a hint of helplessness in Xiulan's eyes. She tore off a small piece and ate it herself, then stuffed a large piece into Lin Heng's mouth for him to eat.
"Open your mouth!"
“The last piece.”
Under her sincere gaze, Lin Heng opened his mouth helplessly, then stood up and ran away.
Xiulan looked at Lin Heng innocently and could only digest the remaining half by herself.
She was just worried that Lin Heng wasn't full. How could people of this age not be able to eat such a small turtledove?
“Woof woof~~”
Xiongba lazily climbed up from the stone, as if saying, "If you don't want to eat it, give it to me."
After dinner, Lin Heng and Xiulan walked upstream together, looking for a suitable place to rest for the night in the canyon.
"Let's build a wooden house here in the winter and live here for two days when we have nothing to do." Lin Heng said as he looked at the beautiful scenery in the canyon.
"Forget it. We don't have a forest here, and it will definitely be occupied by others." Xiulan shook her head, thinking that this was not cost-effective.
"Too!"
Lin Heng sighed, his dream was temporarily shattered.
"Hey, there's Hericium erinaceus here!"
Suddenly, Xiulan exclaimed and found a fist-sized Hericium erinaceus under a fallen tree trunk.
“Really?”
When Lin Heng turned around, Xiulan had already picked the Hericium erinaceus. It was the size of a fist, snow-white, and covered with tiny thorns on the surface.
"This place is really a treasure. Ganoderma lucidum was found on the northern hillside, and Hericium erinaceus was found in the south."
Xiulan said with surprise that Hericium erinaceus is one of the famous wild delicacies in China, and there is a saying that 'hericium erinaceus is a wild delicacy, and bird's nest is a seafood delicacy'.
Its market price is slightly lower than that of Matsutake, two yuan per pound when wet, and eight yuan when dry.
It cannot be compared with rare things like Ganoderma lucidum, mainly because there are a lot of them and they can be found everywhere in the suitable forests.
But this is only relative. Morels, blue-headed mushrooms and the like are just its younger brothers and are far inferior.
"Look for it quickly, there should be more nearby."
Xiulan said that this thing grows mushrooms in spring and autumn, and the number is relatively large in the right environment.
"I found another one, it must weigh a pound!"
Lin Heng took two steps and found a mushroom under a tree trunk. It was the size of a ball and its thorns had turned yellow.
"Someone must have picked this place before. Look here."
Xiulan pointed to the ground where there were traces of rotting Hericium erinaceus.
"That's normal. Hericium erinaceus is picked in the spring. I guess someone came here half a month ago. Let's see if there are any more."
Lin Heng was not surprised by this.
Hericium erinaceus is snow-white and can be seen from a long distance, unlike Ganoderma lucidum, which is dark red and sometimes you may not be able to spot it even when it passes by your feet.
After a round, the two only found some relatively hidden Hericium erinaceus on some fallen trees, and all the ones on the tree trunks had been picked clean.
"It's not bad, about four or five kilograms." Xiulan said with a smile, this was an unexpected surprise.
"Come early in the fall, and you should be able to pick a lot."
Lin Heng nodded, pointed to a triangular cave in front of him, and said with a smile: "We have found a place to live."
The two walked over. The cave was a triangle formed by two cliffs. It was not deep, just over three meters, and had an area of five square meters.
"Others should have stayed here before. We can rest after we tidy up a bit."
Xiulan nodded. The outside of the cave was protected by thorns, and the inside was covered with pine needles. There were traces of fire on the edge of the mountain wall.
"Yes."
Lin Heng walked in first, turned over the pine needles with a wooden stick to make sure there were no insects, scorpions or the like inside, and then motioned Xiulan to come in.
After a simple tidying up, Xiulan spread the film paper used as a raincoat on the pine needles, and it became her bed for tonight.
Lin Heng cut down some Pyracantha trees and renovated the thorn fences around them, then collected some firewood so that he could start a fire in time if it rained.
After some simple repairs, a shelter was built, and spending a night here would definitely not be a problem.
"Okay, let's go back and get the stuff."
Lin Heng looked at Xiulan and said.
Xiulan processed all the mushrooms they picked that morning and dried them in the sun. They were probably half dried now.
It’s not far from the shelter, just over 500 meters away.
"By the way, where's Xiongba?"
Xiulan asked suddenly.
"Huh? Where's this stupid dog?"
After Xiulan asked this, Lin Hengcong realized that the stupid dog did not follow them.
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