Chapter 88 Air Force is a Common Thing
We were all in high spirits when we set out, but after a difficult journey, we finally arrived at the wetland where the trap was set.
"The first Yama Diao is empty?"
Lin Heng was a little disappointed.
Then he was even more disappointed.
air force!
air force!
air force!
I walked past more than a dozen noose traps and found them all empty.
"Is there something wrong with my Yama's hanging?"
Lin Heng began to doubt himself. It was fine if there was nothing in the ordinary noose trap, but there was nothing in the Yama's Crane.
He turned his head and looked at Xiong Ba: "Xiong Ba, try stepping on it. You raise a dog for a thousand days, but you only use it for a moment. It's your turn."
Xiong Ba: “?!”
That expression seemed to be saying, I am not a human, but you are a real dog, master.
"Forget it, I'll try it myself."
Lin Heng shook his head and stepped on it. The rope was triggered and his feet were tied up instantly. He was pulled into the air by the elastic force of the tree.
"Oh my god!" Lin Heng hurriedly grabbed the rope, screaming in pain. This sudden split almost cost him his life.
Xiongba ran away, licked his lips with some gloating expression, as if saying: Look, there's a stupid dog.
Lin Heng took down the rope and rearranged the trap. It turned out that there was no problem with the trap, but that there were no prey coming.
The missing corn was probably eaten by mice and birds.
He took out a handful of fried soybeans from his pocket, ate them all in one gulp, and then pretended that he had more food and called out to Xiongba, "Come over and eat."
“Ouch!”
Xiongba glanced at him and even rolled his eyes in a humane way, as if to say that even if you were to deceive a dog, you should at least have some sincerity.
"Damn it, your wings are hard, right!"
Lin Heng was so angry that he picked up a small stone and threw it at him.
“Woof woof~”
Xiongba ran away happily.
Lin Heng was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He wanted to trick a dog to bully him but failed.
Tweet, tweet, tweet!!
The green-bearded cricket on the reeds next to him seemed to be laughing at him, as if saying, "Air Force man, Air Force man! " Lin Heng took out his slingshot and shot one to death: "Come on, keep making noise?"
Poor little bird, it just watched the fun and suffered a heavy price.
This tells them that the air force guys are dangerous and they should never get close to them.
After picking up the green-bearded crab, Lin Heng killed two more on the way and prepared to go back for lunch.
I continued to watch the traps along the way. There was no movement from the Yanwang crane, but two noose traps were activated.
One was covered in blood and flying rabbit hair. I had no idea what had gnawed it, and only half of it was left.
The other had nothing at all, and it was unclear what animal triggered it.
Carrying half a wild rabbit and seven green bearded minnows, Lin Heng left the swamp wetland and came to the deep pool below the waterfall where he had collected Dendrobium officinale before.
Lin Heng sat down, and Xiong Ba came to his side. Just as he approached, Lin Heng suddenly grabbed his dog's head and knocked him down, sneering: "Come on, keep running, little dog?"
"Didn't you just laugh at me? It was funny, wasn't it?"
He pushed Xiongba down, grabbed his mouth, and ravaged him severely.
“Ouch~~”
Poor Xiongba could only whimper for mercy, but Lin Heng, who was so angry that he had no place to vent his anger, had no intention of letting it go.
Rubbing the dog's head angrily + rubbing the dog's chest angrily + sneering and threatening + rubbing the dog's head angrily + rubbing the dog's head angrily.
After one set, Xiongba collapsed to the ground, his whole body was sore, it was so comfortable.
"Humph, if I can't catch prey, I can't catch fish?"
Lin Heng sneered and became furious when he saw the stream grouper swimming freely in the emerald green pool. He started to build a trap beside the pool.
What he built was the famous 'maze' fishing trap, which had multiple crisscrossing lines so that the fish that came in could not find the way out and were eventually trapped inside.
It is also easy to make, and you can use stones or branches. Lin Heng chose branches because he found that there was a lot of mud and sand near the water outside, and branches were easy to handle.
It took Lin Heng thirty to forty minutes to build a three-square-meter maze using branches he picked up nearby. After it was completed, he immediately killed a water bird that was watching the show not far away, chopped off its head and threw it into the middle of the maze as bait.
Plop! He took off his clothes and swam into the pool to play, swimming two laps first.
The pool is about 20 to 30 square meters in size. The waterfall falls from the stone cliff above and plunges into the water, creating countless white waves.
Lin Heng dived into the deepest part, and Xiongba also swam in excitedly.
What Lin Heng enjoys most is diving in this crystal clear stream. When he opens his eyes in the water, the entire underwater world looks extremely dreamy in his sight because of the water, as if it is another world.
There is also the feeling of holding your breath to the extreme and finally letting it out in one breath.
Lin Heng was enjoying a comfortable snorkeling when he suddenly saw a number of fish over ten centimeters long at the bottom of the river. At first he thought they were stream groupers, but when he dived underwater he realized they were not.
The backs of these fish are dark brown, gradually turning white from the sides to the abdomen, and there are black circular spots on the back and sides of the body.
Isn't this the Qinling Slender-scaled Salmon he's been looking for? "Oh my god!!"
Lin Heng dived out, feeling a little unbelievable, and dived back in to take a look.
"It's really a salmonid. Why haven't we found it downstream before?" Lin Heng felt a little unbelievable.
He had looked for it in the mountain stream downstream before, but didn't find any. He didn't expect to find one here.
But if you think about it carefully, it seems normal. This is a native fish of Qinling Mountains. It has become less abundant in later generations because the environment has been damaged.
But now is the 1980s, the environment has not been destroyed, the natural population is relatively large, and the environment here is relatively suitable, so it does not seem surprising that there is distribution.
This fish is not big, generally around 20 centimeters long and weighing a little over half a pound to a pound. It can grow to a maximum of 40 to 50 centimeters and weigh three to four pounds.
Like other freshwater salmon, these fish were originally marine fish, but were trapped inland during the Little Ice Age and could not escape, so they gradually evolved into inland freshwater fish.
Like marine fish, they have no intramuscular bones, and their meat is tender and delicious, making them very popular.
"Stop swimming, stupid dog. Come out."
Lin Heng glanced at Xiong Ba who was still swimming and walked out of the pool.
"First, catch two to taste. As for the rest, we'll wait until winter to dig up the fish pond and then find a way to bring them back."
After calming down and thinking about it, Lin Heng felt that there was no good way to bring it back for the time being.
This fish likes fast-flowing water and has high requirements for oxygen. It is difficult to bring it back alive without oxygen.
So I'll just catch some and eat them for a few days. There's no better way for now.
It was noon and there was no prey to catch, so Lin Heng took Xiongba to sit under a nearby tree to cool off and wait for the fish to enter the maze.
I took a nap lying on a big rock. I slept for more than two hours without realizing it. I woke up because the sun was shining on my face.
"Let's go and take a look." Lin Heng looked at Xiongba who was lying next to him and sleeping with him. What a good dog he was.
From a distance, Lin Heng saw fish swimming in the maze, causing ripples in the water. He couldn't help but get excited. He trotted over, picked up a wooden stick and completely sealed the entrance.
Pah pah pah!!
A group of fish in the maze sensed the danger and swam around excitedly, slapping the water surface. But they had all fallen into the trap, so how could they escape?
Lin Heng caught a 20-centimeter-long salmon without much effort, weighing more than half a pound. He picked it up, and the guy was still flapping his tail frantically.
“It looks plump.”
Lin Heng took out a knife, placed it on the stone and killed the fish. When he cut open the fish meat, he found that it was different from any inland fish species such as crucian carp, grass carp, bream, and stream grouper. Its meat was very similar to salmon in the ocean, red in color, with circles of white fat lines inside.
Apart from the spine, there was not a single fish bone.
Lin Heng couldn't help wanting to take a big bite of sashimi because of the beautiful meat, but after thinking that this was not a saltwater fish after all, he only cut a small piece and put it in his mouth.
"Hmm, not bad." After chewing it twice, Lin Heng nodded with satisfaction. There was almost no fishy smell, and the meat was smooth, tender and delicate, very good.
Unfortunately, even the big ones are only three to five pounds, which is a little small. However, he thinks that this fish will be absolutely delicious if steamed, and his daughter Xiaoxia will definitely like it.
"Give!"
Lin Heng took two bites and threw the rest of the fish to Xiong Ba.
This guy jumped and caught it perfectly, finishing it in two gulps. Then he looked at Lin Heng expectantly, as if saying he should get another one to try.
Lin Heng caught a few big brook groupers and threw them to it, but when Xiongba saw that they were not salmon, he didn't even jump and looked disgusted.
"You'll starve to death if you don't eat!" Lin Heng cursed, and he caught a seven or eight tael salmon, killed it, and took it over to roast it and try it.
"Woof~"
Xiongba saw that there were no salmon to eat, so he ran to pick up the grouper. He also humanely disliked the mud stuck on the fish, bit it to death, and threw it into the water to wash it before eating it.
Lin Heng built a fire and roasted the salmon. It tasted better than raw, delicate and firm, without any fishy smell. It would be perfect with a dipping sauce.
"Woof~"
Xiongba looked at him eagerly, as if saying that he also wanted to taste it.
"Here." Lin Heng threw the fish head to it and ate all the fish meat himself.
After eating the fish, Lin Heng looked at the fish in the maze and decided to keep them for now. When he returned home in a few days, he would catch a few and bring them back for his daughter.
"Let's go, use your abilities and try to get something this afternoon."
Lin Heng looked at Xiongba and said that he was going to search the woods again, even though the hope might be slim.
With the dog he took a path south of the waterfall up a mountain that had not been explored much before.
Just a few steps up the mountain, Lin Heng saw a beautiful red Ganoderma lucidum and smiled: "It seems this is a good start, Xiongba, can you look around to see if there are any more?"
Xiong Ba sniffed the red Ganoderma lucidum in Lin Heng's hand, looked around, and soon he called out: "Woof~"
"There really are some." Lin Heng walked over and took a look, and found two more red Ganoderma lucidum.
Then I found another one, but the next one was gone.
Walking forward, Lin Heng came to a forest with many vines, but he didn't gain anything on the way.
"There are so many carambolas on this mountain." Lin Heng looked up and saw kiwi fruits the size of dates hanging on the branches, densely packed.
In their local dialect, kiwi is called star fruit.
But it is still far from mature. If it is not fully mature, it will taste sour enough to kill you.
But when it is ripe, it is sweet with a hint of sourness and leaves a long-lasting aftertaste.
"It's already half past six. Are we going to come up empty-handed again today?" Lin Heng has fully understood the difficulty of hunting in recent days.
He hadn't hunted any larger prey for a long time since he hunted the muntjac.
"Let's go, go back."
After taking a look at the road ahead, Lin Heng decided to go back. The distance from here to the shelter was probably six or seven kilometers of mountain road. If he didn't turn back, he wouldn't be able to recognize the road when it got dark.
I walked back for more than half an hour and picked up two blue-headed mushrooms on the road, without even encountering a snake.
"Woof!"
Lin Heng was resting on a rock. Xiongba seemed to smell something and gave Lin Heng a warning.
"What?"
Lin Heng quickly got up, took his bow and arrow and followed Xiongba.
After tracking all the way, they came to a ravine and found the prey.
"roar!!"
When this thing saw Lin Heng and Xiong Ba, it let out an angry and threatening roar.
Lin Heng didn't know what to say for a moment.
“Who dumped the cat in the mountains?”
Xiongba was greatly disappointed by the prey he tracked down. It turned out to be a kitten about one month old, whose fur had not yet been shed.
"It doesn't look like a clouded leopard cub. Could it be a cub of some wild cat?"
Lin Heng was a little confused as to how there could be such a small kitten in this place.
Walking over, Lin Heng wanted to pick it up, but the kid let out an angry cry: "Roar~~"
The sound was like the sound made by cats fighting.
"You're still very fierce." Lin Heng sneered and grabbed the man by the back of the neck and lifted him up.
"It's a little female cat, but I don't know what kind of wild cat it is."
Lin Heng shook his head and looked at Xiong Ba again: "Look around to see if there are any caves nearby. Maybe we can find a bigger one."
Wild cats are also good prey. There are many of them in the mountains, but they are often difficult to catch, and most people rely on traps.
Cats have excellent sense of smell and vision, so it is difficult to attack before they discover you. Many times, you are discovered before you even notice them.
Xiongba continued searching nearby and made another discovery three hundred meters away: a dead wild cat cub.
Lin Heng took a look and estimated that the body had been dead for a week and was covered with maggots.
"It seems to have been abandoned?" Lin Heng looked at the kitten in his hands, which was so hungry that it was skin and bones.
“Forget it, let’s go back if we can’t find it.” Lin Heng shook his head and walked back carrying the kitten.
Anything could happen in the mountains, and he couldn't figure it out.
The kitten was held in its hand and was still howling. Lin Heng hoped that it could call out its mother, but nothing happened along the way.
When they returned to the shelter, it was already past eight o'clock. Tian Baishun, his uncle, and his uncle-in-law were already warming themselves by the fire.
Lin Heng knew without asking that they had gained nothing today because no gunshots were heard at all.
"Where did you catch this wild cat? Did you kill a wild cat?"
Uncle Lin Heng heard the cat roaring from a distance and stood up and asked.
"No, there was only one kitten and one dead one. I did catch a rabbit with the noose, but something had eaten half of it."
Lin Heng said this, and then showed the kitten tied with a rope to everyone: "Does anyone know what kind of wild cat this kitten is?"
"Let me take a look." Tian Baishun pulled the cat in front of the fire and turned on the flashlight to take a look.
"I think it looks like a golden cat's cub, what do you think?" Tian Baishun looked at the other two.
"I feel like it looks a bit like a white rice cub." said Lin Heng's uncle.
"I can't tell, but this red-haired kitten is relatively rare." Lin Heng's uncle Li Baiquan shook his head.
"It seems you can't tell it either, so let's tie it up first." Lin Heng took the rope and tied it to a wooden stake not far away, and threw a stream grouper that he had just caught when crossing the creek to it.
He turned around and took out the half of the rabbit meat that had been processed from the backpack, looked at the three people who were eating wild taro and said, "It seems that you have run worse than me today. You didn't catch a single snake."
"There are new footprints of wild boars over there. We have added some more scorpions. If we don't get anything tomorrow, we will leave here."
Lu Honghai spoke out.
"Yes, if there is no harvest tomorrow, we will leave and move to another place. We can't just wait." Li Baiquan was also helpless. If he went back home with nothing, he would have a hard time explaining.
"Stop talking and roast the rabbit quickly and let me, an old man, have a bite. These taro lumps are really disgusting." Old Man Tian couldn't help but say.
"You didn't get anything?" Lin Heng asked while roasting rabbit meat.
"Not really. I still got some herbs. I also got some kudzu root, which I can grind into powder when I get home."
Li Baiquan pointed at the kudzu roots behind him and said.
"It seems that we are really miserable recently. We have to start collecting Pueraria root." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.
"That's nothing. Hunting in winter is miserable. You can't catch anything for days. There's nothing to eat in the wild mountains. Your intestines are so thin from hunger."
Tian Baishun shook his head.
"Anyway, if there is no harvest tomorrow, we will go somewhere else." Li Baiquan shook his head and said.
The rabbit meat was roasted and Lin Heng distributed it to everyone. Xiongba and Dahuagou sat beside them, staring at the bones eagerly.
In the distance, the little wild cat saw that no one cared about it and seemed to be very hungry. It quietly took the fish to the back of the wooden stake and started eating it with a grunt.
"Hey, this rabbit meat seems to be more fragrant than yesterday's." Old man Tian, who had been eating taro all day, was gnawing on the rabbit meat with his face covered in oil.
Lin Hengze looked at the sky. There were no stars tonight, and the moon occasionally disappeared into the clouds. It had been sunny for many days, and there were signs of rain.
If it is white rain, it is fine, it will stop after a while and you can continue hunting. Continuous rain is the most troublesome, it is wet everywhere, it is cold and wet in the mountains, and it is difficult to go hunting.
If we can't catch a big prey before it rains, we'll have to go home empty-handed.
He even thought there was a good chance he would return home air force.
The next morning, the four of them got up at daybreak. After two consecutive days without any results, they were getting a little anxious.
"Lin Heng, wait until noon to check your noose. We'll go over there to look for wild boars in the morning. With two dogs, the chances of finding them will be higher."
My uncle Li Baiquan spoke.
"Okay, then let's go together." Lin Heng nodded.
The four men and two dogs arrived at the trap in half an hour. As soon as they arrived, Tian Baishun exclaimed: "This wild boar must have been here last night. The ground is full of traces of digging."
Lin Heng and the others became alert and no longer sleepy. After they had finished their work, they thought it was very likely that they would find it today.
Please give me a monthly ticket, the big one is coming.
(End of this chapter)
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