Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"Thank you for being around here, otherwise I would have been buried here, old man." Tian Baishun grinned when he saw Lin Heng coming over.

"How can you still laugh at this time?" Lin Heng shook his head, tied the 'pot vine' he had just cut on the road to a tree, and threw it away.

He only brought a small piece of rope and left the rest in the shelter without taking it because he felt he wouldn't need it.

"It's just because you are here, old man, that I can laugh, otherwise I would still be crying." Tian Baishun chuckled.

"Put it under your armpit and tie it twice, then I'll pull you out." Lin Heng shook his head, looked at Old Man Tian and said again.

"Okay, be careful not to step on the wrong one." Tian Baishun warned, took the cane and tied it twice around his armpits, then grabbed the cane tightly.

"Harder!!"

Lin Heng shouted and pulled hard, and Old Man Tian also tried his best, but both of them underestimated the power of the swamp.

Old Man Tian didn't pull, but Lin Heng was pulled closer.

"No, just wait for me to think of a way." Lin Heng let go of the rope and shook his head.

Turning his head to look at a bowl-shaped willow tree not far away, he took out the rope from his backpack and tied it to the cane, lengthened it, then looped it around the willow tree and tried harder.

This willow tree is equivalent to a fixed pulley, which can save half the effort.

"Try again, work harder." Lin Heng stretched his body from shoulders to armpits twice more this time.

"One, two, three, try harder!!"

With an angry shout, Lin Heng stepped on the tree and pulled the rope back. This time Tian Baishun finally moved some.

"Come again!!"

Lin Heng gave another low drink and used up all his energy to suck the milk.

"ah!!"

Tian Baishun also pulled hard, and his body finally came out little by little.

"Phew, he finally came out." With most of his body on the swamp, Tian Baishun took a deep breath.

"Wait a minute, I'll bring this silly dog ​​out too. It's not buried deep enough."

Tian Baishun said something, reached over, grabbed the dog's front legs and pulled them out.

Fortunately, this dog is relatively light and the force-bearing area is large, so it can be easily pulled out.

Holding the dog with one hand, he grabbed the shotgun with the other hand and said to Lin Heng, "Pull it."

Lin Heng used force to pull it back. As long as it was no longer in the swamp, it didn't take much effort to pull it back.

"How did you fall in? Didn't you fire the gun in the first place?"

Lin Heng pulled him ashore and asked curiously.

“I saw a civet, and when I chased it, I didn’t pay attention to my steps, and I was careless.

After falling in, the gun's cannon became wet and it became impossible to fire. "

Tian Baishun said with lingering fear.

After saying that, he suddenly knelt down again and kowtowed to Lin Heng three times.

Lin Heng quickly grabbed him: "What are you doing?"

"If you hadn't come here today, I would have died here, and I should kowtow to you.

When I go back, I will bring some things to visit in person to say thank you, and I will also go to the temple to get you a merit monument to erect. "

Tian Baishun said solemnly.

Lin Heng pulled him up and waved his hand: "Don't do these things. If you saw me falling in, you would definitely save me."

"That's what I say, but I must repay you for saving your life, otherwise I will really become a beast."

Old Man Tian was very stubborn and would not listen to Lin Heng's words.

Lin Heng waved his hand: "Let's talk about it later. Let's go back first. It has been dark for a while. My uncle and the others should be anxious."

He turned around, picked up his things and walked out.

"Oh, old man, I was blinded by an eagle's pecks, and my shoes got wet with water."

Old Man Tian shook his head, sighed, glanced at the flower dog who had already stood up, and followed Lin Heng with his gun in his shoulder.

The two groped along the stream for more than 40 minutes before returning to the shelter.

"What happen to you guys?"

Uncle Lin Heng and his younger uncle had been looking for the two of them for a long time, and they quickly ran over when they saw the flashlight.

"Old man Tian, ​​did you fall into the mud?" Uncle Lu Honghai took a flashlight and saw Tian Baishun covered in smelly mud.

"Stop talking, old man, I almost died in the mud pit. If it weren't for Lin Heng, I wouldn't have come back. He heard a dog barking on his way back and saved me."

Tian Baishun shook his head, sat by the stream and began to take off his clothes.

"You old boy, you are so careless. Fortunately, Lin Heng saved you. Otherwise, if you died, the people in the village would still say that we were destitute."

Uncle Li Baiquan smiled and said, "And why don't you repay Lin Heng with a monument?"

"You don't have to tell me, I will definitely repay you when I get back. Don't do it, my old man is going to take off his pants."

"Hehe, I don't care to look at your little sparrow either." Li Baiquan laughed and turned off the flashlight.

But no one left. The old man had just come out of the swamp, and everyone was afraid that something might happen to him.

He washed his body and clothes, and washed the gun. He poured out the gunpowder and other items, which were all wet and useless.

"Uncle, please help me peel this squirrel." Lin Heng threw the squirrel to his uncle.

He took advantage of Tian Baishun's bathing time to kill two King of Hell traps nearby and got some snake intestines as bait.

"Let's go and eat something good to warm up. I almost couldn't eat this dragon and phoenix soup."

Tian Baishun wore a pair of gray pants and went to the shore to complain.

"It's just that you old boy has no virtue and insists on eating snakes, so you will be punished." Li Baiquan joked with Tian Baishun along the way, making the old man want to give him a try.

This is normal. This old man usually has a poisonous mouth. Now that he has been caught, Li Baiquan must repay him.

Back in the shelter, Old Man Li hung his clothes on the tree trunk to dry, and sat by the fire in a large pair of shorts.

The golden chicken and black snake in the pot were stewed before they went hunting. Uncle Lin Heng came back and added water twice. At this time, the meat was already fragrant, which made people's appetites whetted.

"Damn, cook the prince ginseng too, and nourish it well." Tian Baishun threw the prince ginseng he dug to Li Baiquan and asked him to wash it.

"Hehe, this is a good relationship. I just added some wild taro."

Li Baiquan smiled and walked to the stream with the prince ginseng.

"I still have some astragalus and mushrooms here. Uncle, you can wash them together."

Lin Heng took out a small piece of astragalus and the chanterelles he picked.

"Hey, this pot of soup will increase your lifespan by ten years." Li Baiquan joked, took the things out, washed them, and threw them into the pot.

"It will be ready after a while. I brought some chili." Lin Heng's uncle Lu Honghai took out a bottle of chili oil and two steamed buns.

"I have fermented tofu chili." Lin Heng also took out his fermented tofu.

He took a cup and scooped a little soup and tasted it.

"It tastes good!"

It was fresh and fragrant, and the meaty aroma filled the lips and teeth.

"Come on, drink!"

Tian Baishun took out a wine bag made of red squirrel skin and handed it to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng finished the soup, poured a little wine into it, and handed it to his uncle and uncle.

"Come on, drink!!"

Seeing that everyone had wine, Old Man Tian poured some for himself and raised it to clink glasses with the four people.

Clang!

The white porcelain jars collided with a crisp sound, and the four people drank to the moon on this empty white stone beach.

In the sky, the crescent moon hangs high, the Milky Way hangs upside down, the mountain stream gurgles on the ground, and the mountain breeze caresses gently. Drinking in this environment is quite atmospheric.

"Lin Heng, benefactor, I, the old man, will toast you a glass alone."

Tian Baishun picked up the glass again and said.

"Drink!" Lin Heng said only one word, clinked his glasses with him and took a sip.

After drinking two sips of wine, Lin Heng's uncle took the pot down, put the lid upside down, and took out the golden chicken first.

"Everyone tear it with your hands." Li Baiquan said, and first tore a chicken leg for Lin Heng.

Lin Heng took it and ate it first. It was delicious without dipping it in chili. The chicken leg was completely stewed, and he tore off more than half of it in one bite.

"Delicious!" The uncle pulled a piece and dipped it in some chili, and praised it.

"Old man, I want one too." Tian Baishun pulled another chicken leg.

But the gradually cold mountain wind at night made him shiver a little.

"Here, put on my coat." Lu Honghai took off his coat and handed it to Old Man Tian.

"Thanks." Tian Baishun took it and put it on quickly, and he felt much better immediately.

In this way, the four people ate meat and chatted at the same time.

After eating the chicken, they took out the snake meat. The snake meat was even softer and more rotten. It was separated from the bones with a slight tear. It was delicious when dipped in chili.

Whether it was golden chicken or snake meat, it tasted better than white-cut chicken. All the ingredients were pure natural and pollution-free. Many Chinese medicinal materials and mushrooms were added. It was nourishing and delicious.

After eating the meat, Lin Heng was the first to scoop up a cup of soup and drink it. It was the best food in the world even with steamed bread.

After eating and drinking, the four people's stomachs were full.

Lin Heng lay down contentedly, with his hands on his head and staring at the starry sky in a daze.

Uncle-in-law Li Baiquan was eating the remaining taro, and uncle Lu Honghai went back to the shelter to take a nap.

"Hey, I forgot to ask, who fired that shot this afternoon?" Lin Heng just remembered this and raised his head to ask.

"I fired at a white rice cat (civet cat), but it was on the top of the tree, I missed it and it ran away."

Li Baiquan said helplessly.

"In fact, the tree is not very high, only about ten meters, but it is hidden in the branches, and the ball bearings are blocked by the branches."

Li Baiquan added.

"That's a pity, a white rice cat skin can be sold for twenty or thirty."

Lin Heng sighed.

"Yes, it's a pity." Li Baiquan shook his head with regret.

Then everyone suddenly fell silent again.

Lin Heng was looking at the stars and thinking about his wife and daughter. He didn't know what others were thinking.

"Alas, it seems that I am almost really old, and I have to run less in the mountains in the future."

Tian Baishun suddenly sighed and said.

He leaned against a rock, his hair was messy like a bird's nest, and greasy on his scalp.

His square face was full of wrinkles, his nose was a little sunken, and his eyes looked cloudy and dim, with a ray of light from time to time.

"I am fifty-eight this year, and I will be sixty soon. I will stop hunting in two more years."

Tian Baishun sighed and said while looking at the starry sky.

"You must have saved a lot of money from hunting. Why don't you find a wife to live with? I can even cook for you."

Li Baiquan added.

"This bitch wants to take care of me? Impossible, I will die alone!"

Tian Baishun snorted coldly.

He looked at the sky and was silent for a while before speaking again: "I remember that I went to Shanghai when I was young. The women there were really beautiful and dressed so coquettishly.

At that time, I thought that I would definitely be able to make a name for myself and become a big boss, hugging those beautiful women on my left and right.

The result was that he worked as a coolie on the dock for several years, went to the theater only once every few months, and occasionally helped poor women.

Even if I haven't gotten out, I am still a person who has seen the world. You want me to be the ugly woman in Murakami? it's out of the question. "

"Then why did you go back to the village to hunt? Why don't you continue to hang out in Shanghai?" Li Baiquan felt that the old man was bragging.

"Oh, it's no fun to be used to wandering. I just want to be with the mountains and live a leisurely life.

Hey, don’t tell me, I’m so cool without a wife and kids. I can feed myself and the whole family is not hungry. "

Old Man Tian chuckled.

Lin Heng glanced at him: "I'm afraid he was cheated in business and lost all his money.

Then he returned to the village and found that the woman he liked before had also married someone else as his wife. "

Old Man Tian: "..."

Li Baiquan: "Hahahaha, that's what I'm saying."

Old Man Tian's face darkened: "How do you know this, kid? Do you know that you don't reveal your shortcomings when you pick someone up? If you hadn't saved my life, I would have given you a shot."

Lin Heng shook his head and went back to the shelter to rest. He found a piece of film and spread it on the grass he had cut during the day, and soon fell asleep.

"Old man Tian, ​​I heard that you often harm women in the village. Is this true?" Li Baiquan was still asleep and started chatting.

"Bullshit on your mother, what do you mean by harm? Those women volunteered, and I'm not a married woman. I don't want to be beaten to death."

"Hey, do you think I believe it?"

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I don’t know how long they chatted, and finally Li Baiquan also fell asleep. Old man Tian was leaning on the stone and looking at the sky, warming the fire that was almost extinguished, as if he was mourning the spring and autumn.

Lin Heng fell asleep quickly after lying down. The mountains were a bit cold at night. He woke up once due to the cold and had to cover himself with grass to feel warmer.

Early the next morning, just after five o'clock, Lin Heng got up.

"Where is my uncle?" Lin Heng got up and found that his uncle Lu Honghai was no longer in the shelter.

"He got up before dawn." Tian Baishun huddled in the haystack and hugged the flower dog, his nose was a little weird and he said.

"Come on Lin Heng, let's go to search the mountains together. Morning is also a good time for hunting."

Li Baiquan got up and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'm going to see if I got anything from messing with the King of Hell last night."

Lin Heng put on his shoes and walked out.

"Old man Tian, ​​won't you get up?" Lin Heng turned around and asked.

"No, let's take a rest. It almost killed me yesterday."

Old Man Tian shook his head and looked at Lin Heng: "How did you know that I was cheated in my business last night?"

Lin Heng glanced at him, spread his hands and said, "Can you come back to the village without being desperate?"

He could guess the ending by hearing the beginning.

"Hehe, you're right, old man, I was deceived by a stupid woman." Old Man Tian sighed with emotion, and he actually laughed.

Without chatting with him, Lin Heng walked out with his uncle, and first went to have a look at the King of Hell under his own roof.

The first one, from a distance, was intact and motionless, but the snake's internal organs were gone.

"It must be stuck!" Li Baiquan came over and tried the trap, and it was indeed stuck.

"Go and see the second one. I've landed three in total." Lin Heng said as he put away the rope.

"There's something on the second one, it seems to be a weasel." Li Baiquan saw the weasel hanging in the air from a distance.

"Damn, the rope stinks now." Lin Heng was speechless. This thing stinks so much that he has no interest at all.

I walked over and took a look, and found that the King of Hell was worthy of its reputation. The weasel was directly tied to its head and hanged to death.

"Forget it, just collect it when you get back." Lin Heng shook his head and was too lazy to collect it.

I went to look at the third one, but found nothing. The snake's internal organs were still there, so no animals were visiting.

"Uncle, follow me. I found a good thing yesterday. Let's go take a look." Lin Heng turned to look at Li Baiquan.

"What good stuff?" Li Baiquan asked quickly.

"I'll tell you if I find it. If I can't find it, forget it." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.

"It's just a lie, it's nothing more than a muntjak, a pig, a badger, or a wild boar. Could it be a golden monkey or a takin?"

Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and guessed.

Seeing Lin Heng's silence, Li Baiquan guessed again: "It's none of these. Could it be a clouded leopard and a black bear? Giant pandas cannot be killed. They have been protected for more than seven years."

"Uncle, don't guess. I'll know exactly when I meet you." Lin Heng smiled and shook his head.

"Okay, let's go."

Li Baiquan and Lin Heng distanced themselves and moved forward together.

Lin Heng didn't feel weak at all today, and he was still a little lively. It seemed that it was due to the dragon and phoenix soup last night, which was really replenishing.

The two searched all the way and soon came to the location where Lin Heng found Lin Shek yesterday, but still found nothing.

"What did you find yesterday?" Li Baiquan asked again.

"A female forest musk deer, I was wondering if there was a male nearby. I hit one and it became mature." Lin Heng said.

"It's actually this thing."

Li Baiquan was shocked and shook his head: "I guess there's no hope, this thing is amazing, I've encountered one before.

It also ran away before it got close. I searched for it many times but couldn't find it. This thing won't stay in one place for long. "

Lin Heng didn't quite agree with this, shook his head and said, "Let's look for it again."

"Then let's spread out a little more." Li Baiquan said and walked towards another ridge.

Lin Heng continued to move forward. He felt that he would have more gains on the ridge near Sanchagou.

"Ganoderma lucidum again. I want musk deer."

After walking a few hundred meters, he saw two red ganoderma lucidum again. Lin Heng shook his head and picked them.

It seemed that the musk deer yesterday felt his malice and didn't even find a hair this morning.

Lin Heng didn't give up and continued to move forward. In a blink of an eye, he walked out four or five kilometers and came to the upper reaches of Sanchagou.

The mountains in this place are steep, with exposed gray-white stone skin everywhere. In the distance, a stream flows down from the mountain, with mist everywhere, and golden sunlight shines over, forming several beautiful rainbows.

"That's a hog badger!!"

Lin Heng suddenly found something. Under the bushes south of the waterfall, a hog badger was digging for food, with its butt facing outward, and didn't notice him at all.

"How to get down here?"

Lin Heng was so anxious. The farthest distance in the world is that you are on the mountain and the prey is at the bottom of the mountain.

And this mountain is nearly 80 or 90 degrees, and there are no trees yet. For a while, he couldn't find the way down at all.

After searching for a long time, he couldn't find a way out. He watched the wild hog badger disappear into the bushes.

"The second one!" Lin Heng was furious. How could he let him see it but didn't give him a chance to attack.

Musk deer was fine, after all, he was discovered first. He really thought he had a chance with the wild hog badger, but he just couldn't find a way down.

It's such a high mountain, you can't just jump directly.

"Huh?"

Lin Heng's eyes suddenly moved. He didn't find the way down the mountain, but he saw a piece of good things growing on the cliff.

"Am I only interested in plants recently?" Lin Heng didn't know what to say.

He couldn't catch the prey he wanted, but the medicinal herbs he didn't deliberately look for always appeared in his sight.