Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"There are also three wild ducks. That is indeed a good harvest."

Lin Yue looked at the three ducks and nodded, but the shock to him was not great.

Because at first he was thinking that Lin Heng had found dendrobium or ginseng again.

"You don't know, these mushrooms were all found on one tree."

Lin Heng looked at the two people and explained that he was too speechless. If there were pictures, they would definitely say it was impossible.

"I found so many of them on a fallen tree. They were picked from one tree."

Lin Wei danced with joy to explain.

"That's right. That's really impressive. I've never encountered it before. I thought so many were picked from many trees." Lin Yue nodded and said.

Father Lin smiled and said: "No matter what, it is worth more than what we made.

I got two big bags of medicinal materials, including Radix Pseudostellariae, Astragalus, Epimedium and the like. They were all not valuable, and the total might be about the same as this bag of shiitake mushrooms. "

"It seems that today's harvest is not good."

Lin Heng said with a smile and pointed to the boiling water in the pot: "Let's make duck soup, the water just happened to boil."

Put the pot aside and throw the duck directly into the soup without adding water.

After the soup was ready, each of the three of them started plucking their hair.

"There is still rabbit meat today, and I can't finish it. What should I do?"

Father Lin said while plucking the hair. Then he added with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would have to worry about not being able to eat enough meat."

Lin Yue smiled and said: "If you insist on eating, you will definitely finish it. Lin Wei can eat a duck alone.

But you still have to stay, otherwise you will still have something to eat if there is no harvest tomorrow.

Let's make it into a beggar's duck, seal it in mud and it will last for two or three days even in the summer. "

Lin Heng nodded and agreed with this method. The stream water is about 17 or 18 degrees Celsius in summer. This is not iceberg melt water, so it cannot be only a few degrees.

There is no problem if you store it in water for a day and night, but the flavor will change if it is longer.

The beggar duck mud blocks the entry of bacteria and can naturally be stored for two or three days.

During this period, heat it by the fire from time to time and keep it for five days.

"But you can't make beggar duck directly. The fat of wild duck meat is too heavy. You have to roast some of the oil first and then wrap it into beggar duck."

Lin Heng added.

No matter how delicious it is, Lin Heng, who has experienced the food explosion era, definitely eats too much than people in the 1980s.

Father Lin said: "Then kill the duck and put it in the water. Let's roast it at noon tomorrow. I'm tired today and don't want to move."

"also."

After some discussion, we decided to bake it at noon tomorrow.

The duck feathers were cleaned, and the internal organs were taken out and slightly processed for Xiongba to cook.

Lin Heng and his eldest brother carried the duck to the creek.

Lin Yue looked at the fishing trap in the water and said with a smile: "There are actually plum blossoms here. You caught several fish in the trap. We saw them when we came back."

"I can catch it and make fish noodle soup tomorrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After taking a look at the fish, he took out the rabbit, threw the duck in and held it down with stones.

Since I brought oil, salt and some garlic sprouts, chili peppers and other ingredients this time, the rabbit meat no longer needs to be grilled. It can be sliced ​​and fried before being cooked into rice. It tastes delicious.

After a while, the meal was ready, and Lin Heng and the four of them sat together, sipping rice wine with a mouthful of food.

There are billions of stars in the night sky, and on the ground there is the gurgling and tinkling sound of streams, the hissing of insects, and four people talking and laughing.

For Lin Heng, no matter how beautiful the outside world is, it is not as happy as having a sip of turbid wine with his family in the deep mountains and forests.

Not as good as picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the happy life of Nanshan.

Eat whatever meat is available, eat when there is no meat, care for each other, love each other, this is enough.

After eating, the four of them were a little tipsy. They wanted to look at the starry sky, but there were countless mosquitoes trying to eat human flesh, so they had to put out the fire in a hurry and go to have a rest.

At this time, Lin Heng missed Baishi Beach again. Although that place was extremely hot during the day, it was empty at night and there were no mosquitoes. It's a great place to watch the stars.

Thanks to the rearrangement by Father Lin and others, the hammock is much more comfortable to sleep in today. There are no mosquitoes to disturb me, and I sleep soundly.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng and the others woke up early. They didn't even eat breakfast, so they went to Sanchagou Canyon to see if any prey had taken the bait.

As for Lin Wei, he couldn't get up from bed. He said he was exhausted and his limbs were sore.

"Brother, do you think we'll catch a wild boar or something like a muntjac today?"

Walking on the road, Lin Yue was very excited.

"Brother, you'd better not have too high expectations. This is the first day of the trap."

Lin Heng smiled bitterly and said that his eldest brother must be too confident. It was the same for him for the first time.

"It's just that the density of prey in the wild is very low, and sometimes you can't catch it for half a month." Father Lin knew this very well.

Lin Yue was still very objective: "Maybe we are lucky."

Three people and one dog came to the canyon chatting and laughing. At a glance, as expected, the previous traps were empty.

I walked a little further inside and picked up a few mice, but I found nothing further.

"This is too fake. The traces on the ground are obviously from the past two days. Why don't these guys fall for the trick?" Lin Yue couldn't accept it.

Lin Heng looked at the mouse in his hand and said with a smile: "That's alright. I haven't even encountered a mouse before. I'd better go and look at the fishhook. Maybe there will be something to gain."

When they came to the edge of the weir pond, the three of them each checked their fishhook.

"I have one here! What a big catfish!!"

The eldest brother Lin Heng first picked up a big catfish that was more than 20 centimeters long, and it was estimated to weigh four or five kilograms.

There was another splash of water, and Lin's father brought good news: "Hey, I have one here too, a little smaller, weighing two kilograms."

"I don't want to play anymore. Not only did I lose the fish, but the hook was also pulled away. What a big fish."

Lin Heng looked at the nylon line that was only half left with regret. Maybe he could have harvested it yesterday afternoon.

"I feel that the one I ran away weighed at least ten kilograms, otherwise I couldn't break the nylon line." Lin Heng sighed while rearranging the fishhook.

"Haha, it's possible, maybe it was twenty kilograms."

"It's my fault. I should have come to show you when I left yesterday."

Lin's father and eldest brother both agreed that the one he ran away weighed ten kilograms. They were very naive and didn't know that the fisherman would involuntarily blow the trumpet when the fish ran away.

"What should I do with this fish? Kill it directly or." The eldest brother Lin Yue asked while holding the big catfish.

"Take it back and keep it. The catfish won't die." Lin Heng said.

The gill structure of catfish is very special. It can also absorb oxygen in the air. Therefore, it won't die even if there is no water for a while.

"Alas, I thought at worst there would be a hog badger or something."

On the way back, Lin Yue shook his head and was very disappointed.

"It's okay. At least there are fish." Lin Heng thought this was already very good.

Back near the camp, Lin Heng looked at the hooks he used to catch pheasants, but they were empty and he got nothing.

"What big fish!" Lin Wei shouted.

"Hurry up and make a pond to keep them." Lin's father said.

Lin Yue took the fish and prepared to throw it into the maze.

"If you keep it alone, it will easily run away in the maze and eat small fish." Lin Heng said hurriedly, stopping his eldest brother's behavior.

He found a piece of sand next to the stream, dug a big hole, and threw the catfish in. It was alive and kicking, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Let's cook a meal." Father Lin sighed and started to make a fire to cook.

"I'll make roast duck."

Lin Heng picked up a bamboo that had washed down from the upstream by the stream, cut a piece of it as an axis, cut eight holes around it, and nailed in the 30-centimeter wood chips that had been cut. A simple waterwheel was ready.

Use two forks as nails to place a bracket by the water, and put the waterwheel on it. As the water flows, the waterwheel will rotate, driving the axis to rotate together.

Tie the duck to the center axis, and an automatic roast duck device is completed.

"Second father, you are so amazing." Lin Yue's admiration for Lin Heng is beyond words.

How can Second Father have so many wonderful ideas? He can't think of many things at all.

"Read more books." Lin Heng said with a smile, tied the duck, and went to the side to make a big fire.

When the firewood is burned and only charcoal is left, press the waterwheel and start roasting the duck.

"This is really beautiful. You don't have to turn it yourself. It's fine even if people leave." Father Lin also gave a thumbs up. His second son is good at being lazy.

Lin Heng smiled. Compared with the waterwheel he saw in Tiangong Kaiwu, this one is much simpler.

That waterwheel can transport water and can also be used to pound millet. He must make one on Hongfeng Mountain. It is beautiful and practical.

After it was done, Lin Heng and his eldest brother cut down a few trees by the stream to let the sun shine in, and took out the mushrooms and herbs they picked yesterday to dry.

"The noodles are ready, come and eat them, they will be cooked in a while."

The noodles were cooked in the morning, and Father Lin started calling people when they were ready.

He scooped a bowl, added some garlic, chili and salt, and a little vinegar, and started eating. It was not very delicious, but it was not bad, just to fill his stomach.

After dinner, Father Lin and Lin Yue went upstream to find herbs, and Lin Heng went to the forest where musk deer were.

Lin Wei stayed to roast the duck and watch the fire to prevent it from being extinguished or burning the mountain.

"It's common to have empty-handed ducks, but it's rare to have a good harvest."

Looking at the traps, Lin Heng was speechless. He had an ominous feeling that he might have to be empty-handed for a long time.

After checking the rope traps on the musk deer side, there was not a single mouse.

There were no new animal traces on the ground, so he had no choice but to return with Xiongba.

But the fisherman would never be empty-handed. On the way, he picked some tung leaves and some wild peppercorns that were still green.

Before noon when he returned to the camp, Lin Wei had already roasted the largest duck. The golden appearance made people's appetite.

"You add some mud, I'll make beggar ducks."

Lin Heng said, sprinkled some salt on the ducks, stuffed peppercorns in their stomachs, and then wrapped them with tung leaves and smeared mud.

"Just keep roasting these two, no need to make beggar ducks."

Lin Heng looked at Lin Wei and said.

"Why, second father?" Lin Wei looked up at him.

Lin Heng: "...Because there may be no harvest in the afternoon."

Holding the backpack, Lin Heng went to the upper reaches of the stream to check the traps last night, and as expected, he found nothing.

However, Lin Heng was not discouraged. The trap he had just set was like this.

Continuing forward, Lin Heng entered the forest and tried to find Ganoderma lucidum. He could see one from time to time, but he could no longer find them one by one.

From the place where he picked mushrooms yesterday, Lin Heng walked another five kilometers. Not only did he find nothing, but the road became more and more difficult to walk on. There were stone skins and thorns, making it difficult to move forward.

He went to the other side of the stream and walked back, looking for traces of prey along the way and setting up some Yama Wang hangings.

When he returned to the camp again, it was already dusk. Lin Heng held eight green beards in his hand. There was no doubt that he had no harvest today.

"No, I have to look for it again, then I will believe it."

Gritting his teeth, Lin Heng went out again. It was dark when he came back again. This time he was holding a red-haired squirrel in his hand.

"Dad, did you get anything today?" Lin Heng asked with a wry smile.

"It's still ordinary herbs, a lot of them. I dug more than ten kilograms of yellow ginger. My things are only worth three or four yuan in total," Lin's father said with a smile.

"I'm lucky. I found ten kilograms of ginseng, which can be sold for more than ten yuan after drying." Lin Yue had a smile on his face.

"I only have five Ganoderma lucidum and a few other mushrooms." Lin Heng spread his hands.

At night, he ate roast duck and drank rice wine.

The next day, which was also the fourth day in the mountain, the prey was still empty-handed, with only a catfish weighing more than one kilogram.

On the fifth day of coming to the camp, there was no empty-handedness. The prey was three green bearded croakers, and the catfish was gone. At night, the last beggar duck was eaten.

On the sixth day, everyone started to eat vegetarian food. They couldn't bear to eat the catfish alive, so they prepared to take it back to their families.

On the seventh day, there was still no catch, so we started eating the stream grouper and Qinling salmon in the maze.

On the morning of the eighth day, it started to drizzle, and Lin Heng was watching from the bed, feeling numb.

Today, I was no longer in the mood to check the traps. I didn't get any harvest every time, which was even more outrageous than the last time with Tian Baishun.

Lin Heng suspected that he didn't choose a good day when he left.

"Why don't I go back?" Father Lin looked at the sky and said.

"Dad, you gave up after just a few days? You will definitely catch it. It rained this time, so there is hope. The smell of people disappeared, and animals will definitely come."

Lin Heng hurriedly dissuaded him.

Father Lin shook his head: "I'm not giving up, but I'm going to take things back. Although there was no prey these days, I dug a lot of various herbs, and they weighed fifty or sixty kilograms when dried.

So I'm going to go back and visit your mother and the others, and the rice at home. If there are insect pests, we have to spray pesticides."

"Then Dad, I'll go back with you." Lin Yue said hurriedly.

"No, I can do it alone. It's not like I haven't been here before, don't worry." Father Lin shook his head.

Lin Heng spread his hands: "Okay then."

He knew that his father saw that it was raining and he couldn't dig herbs, so he went back to do other work.

He helped to pack up the things and put the three catfishes in a bag. As for whether they can survive when they go back, it depends on their luck.

After everything was done, Father Lin got up and set off.

Lin Heng and the other two sent him a distance, and Father Lin waved his hand and said, "Go back, be careful."

"You too, be careful of snakes, insects and bees."

Lin Heng and the other two also gave some instructions and turned back to the camp.

"Let's go, walk on the mountain." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Then let's go, I'm too lazy to look at the traps. Maybe it's because I look at them every day that the smell is left to scare away the animals."

Lin Heng nodded. After analysis, he felt that this was very likely to be correct.

"I'll go with you." Lin Wei didn't want to stay alone in the shelter bored.

After packing up, the three of them went back along the mountain south of the stream, which is where the shelter is located.

It was drizzling, but it was okay. There was almost no feeling in the forest. Lin Heng set a small goal today. Picking some Ganoderma lucidum would be considered a success.

Lin Yue and he searched around in the forest.

"Second father, look at this tree. It's so strange. Only a little bark is left and it's still alive."

Not far away, Lin Wei pointed to a tree and said.

Lin Heng came over and took a look, feeling a little happy.

This is a real cypress tree, growing on the stone bark, and it is almost rotten. But it has a branch 20 centimeters above the ground, with dense green spherical cypress leaves on it.

The main trunk as thick as an arm was rotten, leaving only a hollow bark. This is simply a perfect bonsai stake. You can feel the rich feeling of dead wood coming back to life without decoration.

"This is a good thing. Second father, I dug it and compensate you later." Lin Heng said with a smile. This is also an unexpected gain.

Lin Wei waved his hand, very generously: "Second father, I'll give it to you, I don't like it."

"Then thank you." Lin Heng smiled and patted his nephew's shoulder.

He got a wooden stick and started digging from the stone skin. The roots of this cypress also have a strong and vicissitudes of life feeling. The traces on it are the marks of years and disasters.

But even so, it is still alive and kicking.

It took two minutes to dig it out and put it in the backpack temporarily.

Continue to search, the target is still Ganoderma lucidum. There is no sun today, no watch, and the time cannot be estimated.

After walking two sides of the mountain, Lin Heng's stomach began to growl, and Lin Wei was obviously hungry. He began to stuff the sour raspberries on the road into his mouth.

"Almost, let's go back." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Second father, I've been hungry for a long time." Lin Wei complained.

Just as Lin Heng was about to speak, there was a flutter from above. The two looked up and saw two red-billed grouse landing on the tree above their heads.

"Shh!"

Lin Heng made a gesture to stop talking, slowly picked up the bow and arrow, and was a little excited. He had been unlucky for a week, and his luck was finally turning around?

It was a pity that the two grouse landed on different branches, and it was impossible to kill two birds with one stone. He could only choose the big one.

In order to avoid more trouble, Lin Heng drew the bow and shot the arrow in one go.

"Swish!!"

After a sound piercing the air was heard, the sound of the sharp arrow piercing the flesh was followed.

With a snap, one grouse flew away in shock, and the other fell halfway and got stuck on a branch.

"Great, we have meat to eat today!!" Lin Wei danced with excitement and jumped on the spot.

"Yes, there is meat to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile. He had been eating no birds these days, only river grouper, and no other meat.

He hugged the tree and shook it twice, and found that it was stuck, so he had to climb up and cut the branch.

"It weighs one pound." Lin Heng smiled, this grouse is very fat.

"Second father, I want to eat chicken legs, let's each have one." Lin Wei touched the grouse and said with a smile.

"No problem!!" Lin Heng handed the grouse to him to carry.

While discussing how to eat it, they walked back.

Lin Wei thought it was best to roast it, while Lin Heng thought it was best to eat it squatting, and there were also medicinal materials such as mushrooms and Polygonatum sibiricum and Gastrodia elata, so as to make a tonic soup.

"Wait a minute, I found something good!"

At this time, Lin Yue trotted over from a distance and said excitedly in a shrill voice.