Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 152 Lin Heng hunts, with the goshawk behind him [6k]

Mother Lin looked at Lin Heng and said, "Your grandma is ill. Your uncle wants to send her to the city hospital for a good check-up."

When Lin Heng heard this, he probably knew why.

His grandfather passed away early, six years ago, and his grandmother has always been very weak. She is eighty-one years old. It is normal for her to get sick easily when the seasons change.

In her memory, her grandmother died next spring, and the cause seemed to be cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease.

"Then give it to me. If you don't have enough money, I have it here." Lin Heng looked at his uncle and mother and said, his grandmother also loved him very much, so it was no problem for the old man to borrow money for medical treatment.

But in fact, he doesn't really recommend sending people to the city for treatment. When people get old, they have chronic diseases that can't be cured even if they go to the city.

The journey to the city is all on dirt roads, and the fatigue of traveling and driving may aggravate the condition. But what he said would definitely make the uncle worry, thinking that he didn't want to borrow money.

Mother Lin shook her head and said, "Don't be in a hurry to borrow money. We have already withdrawn fifty for your uncle. Your second uncle also has some money. If it is not enough, I will ask you for it."

Lin Heng asked again: "Has that person sent away already?"

"Well, your second uncle has found someone to take him to the city on a motorcycle. I will go down soon." Lu Honghai nodded and said.

Lin Heng thought for a while and said to his wife: "Xiulan, then go back and get fifty yuan for your uncle."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and went back to get the money.

Lu Honghai quickly stopped: "Your father's loan of fifty is enough."

"It's okay, uncle, there's no harm in getting more money. Just take it back when it's not used up." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Not long after, Xiulan took out the money and gave it to Lu Honghai: "Uncle, you can use it first, don't worry about paying it back."

"Well, okay." Lu Honghai nodded, his gratitude beyond words.

Then Lin Heng asked the old man to check his cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and buy some medicine in this area. Maybe the old man could live longer in this life.

After chatting for a few more words, Uncle Lin Heng left in a hurry.

"Mom and Dad, you don't have any money either. Let me get you some." Lin Heng watched as his parents took out twenty yuan and handed it to them.

"We are not sick and don't lack anything. Why do we need money? You can keep it for yourself. We will ask if you need it." Father Lin took it away and shook his head.

Mother Lin took the money, put it into Xiulan's pocket and said, "Xiulan, take it. This kid likes to spend money randomly, so take care of it."

Lin Heng: "..."

"Stop pushing, as long as you have this intention."

Before Xiulan could speak, she was held down by Mother Lin, and in the end she had no choice but to accept the money.

It was already past one in the afternoon. After chatting for a while, Xiulan took her daughter home to cook for Lin Heng.

"I have good news for you. Our total assets now exceed 10,000 yuan, and you are now a household worth 10,000 yuan."

On the way home, Lin Heng said with a smile.

Xiulan was stunned: "Ten thousand yuan, that's a lot!"

"Of course." Lin Heng smiled and reported the bill to his wife.

After hearing the specific reimbursement, Xiulan couldn't help but sigh: "We already have so much money."

She felt a little dazed. At the beginning of the year, she was still worrying about a few yuan, but now she has become a household worth ten thousand yuan that she could not even imagine before.

"There will be more money in the future." Lin Heng grinned, and his wife's expression made him very satisfied.

Xiulan looked at him and shook her head: "That's enough. There is no shortage of food and clothing now. You don't have to work so hard."

"I'm not trying hard, I'm just looking forward to the future." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Entering the yard, he continued: "I'll see if I can hit something bigger in the next two days, and then I'll have a good celebration."

"Okay." Xiulan nodded and asked, "What do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Let's make noodles with a knife. Let's make some noodles with oil. I'll help you." Lin Heng thought for a while and said.

"Okay, just keep an eye on your daughter." Xiulan nodded and turned around to scoop out noodles and cook.

Lin Heng took his daughter to help light the fire, and the two of them had a meal together quickly.

The fried noodles are topped with fried eggs, and the taste is outstanding. The taste is spicy and sour, and the noodles are full of texture.

The omelette tasted fragrant and fragrant. Xiaoxia ate one and a half by herself, and she ate less than half of the bowl of noodles.

After eating, Lin Heng took out the purple clay tea set he had just bought and made a pot of tea to relieve his tiredness.

Drinking tea and lighting dendrobium-scented incense, I had a very pleasant lunch.

At around three o'clock, Lin's father and elder brother came over to help move the insulation cotton.

Because I had to go to Hongfeng Mountain to collect soybeans in the afternoon, I happened to take them with me on my way there.

Lin Heng carried his bow bag and walked past with the thermal insulation cotton. Although the thermal insulation cotton was large, it was not heavy and he could carry a lot at one time.

After a few trips, they all moved to Hongfeng Mountain.

"Why don't we nail it up now, what if it gets stolen at night." Father Lin was a little worried looking at the insulation cotton piled up in the house.

Lin Heng shook his head: "If you put it here, no one will steal it. We can just install it tomorrow."

"I don't think there's any problem. It should be fine overnight." Lin Yue also said.

"Then go down and pick the soybeans. When you're done, you can dig the pond." Father Lin nodded.

On the way down the mountain, Lin Heng and others met Tian Baishun who was carrying a shotgun.

Lin Heng asked curiously: "Old man Tian, ​​where are you hunting? Have you gained anything recently?"

"I heard a golden pheasant crow in the woods on the back beam yesterday. I came over today to have a look. I recently shot a pheasant."

After Tian Baishun responded, he extended an invitation: "Would you like to join me? I feel like I can find a golden rooster's nest today."

Lin Heng was a little moved. It was like you just bought a new fishing rod and someone told you about a fishing spot for catching big fish.

"You can go if you want. Dad and I can pick out the remaining soybeans." Lin Yue patted him on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, go ahead and pay attention to safety." Father Lin also nodded and said,

"Then I'll go. Dad and brother, please wait for my good news." Lin Heng said with a smile, and ran away with Old Man Tian.

"Are your bows and arrows in your bag?" Old Man Tian asked curiously, looking at the hard bow bag Lin Heng was carrying.

Lin Heng grinned: "This is my new equipment, a modern compound bow. It's easy to pierce the enemy with a hundred steps. I'll let you see it later."

"Modern compound bow? What does it look like?" Old Man Tian was very curious. He had never seen such a novelty before.

"It's not convenient to take it out now. Wait until you see the golden rooster. If you don't have the golden rooster, I won't let you see it." Lin Heng smiled mysteriously.

Tian Baishun blew his beard and said with a glare: "You kid, do you still think that I can't lie to you, old man? I will definitely lead you to the golden rooster today."

Lin Heng grinned and said nothing, and began to look around, looking for prey.

He didn't bring Xiong Ba out today, so he had to rely on himself for hunting.

The direction they were walking was to the southwest, to a beam that Tian Baishun said was full of acorn trees.

After walking for a long distance without finding any trace of the prey, they came to a ravine in an instant.

"Chichichichi!!"

Lin Heng was about to ask how far it was, when a hoarse cry came from the ridge opposite, which sounded like it was urgent.

"It's the place where the golden rooster crows. It's only two miles away." Tian Bai said smoothly.

Lin Heng nodded and walked ahead. After walking a few hundred meters, he spotted a man in his forties, also carrying a shotgun.

Lin Heng recognized it. This was Kaidian, another hunter king in the village. He had served as a soldier and was very skilled in hunting.

His eyes were looking at the other side. Lin Heng followed his gaze and saw a red-feathered rooster foraging for food under the chestnut tree on the other side.

"It's too far to hit."

He pointed at the golden rooster on the other side and whispered that his shotgun was better than ordinary guns, but its range was only seventy or eighty meters. Shooting it was a waste of ammunition.

The distance was already one hundred to twenty meters, which was why the golden rooster on the other side didn't run away when it saw people. It felt that there was no danger at all.

If Lin Heng and others walked to the other side, it would definitely flap its wings and fly away immediately.

"Uncle Wang, if you don't want to fight, then I'll give it a try."

Lin Heng whispered that Wang Kaidian had a good relationship with his father.

Wang Kaidian was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked at him and said, "You can hit him if you want. If you can hit him, it's yours. I remember the bow and arrow you used. I'm afraid there's no hope from such a distance."

"I'll give it a try." Lin Heng smiled and put the bow bag on the ground, opened it, and took out a modern compound bow painted in black.

"Is this a bow and arrow made of iron?" Wang Kaidian was stunned. He had never seen such a bow and arrow before.

Lin Heng said nothing. He took out an ordinary carbon arrow without a modified shotgun head and placed it on the bow string. Any arrow would work against a golden rooster.

There was no wind in the valley at this time. Lin Heng held the release device in his right hand, took aim and shot an arrow.

I saw this beautiful sharp arrow drawing a graceful curve in the air, and struck a pair of golden roosters on the other side with a pop.

"Awesome, your new guy is really so powerful!"

Old Man Tian's eyes widened. Lin Heng was shocked that this strange iron lump on his hand was really so powerful.

"It's so accurate. Your equipment is amazing."

Wang Kaidian gave a thumbs up. He always felt that except for guns, everything else was rubbish.

But I didn't expect that this iron bow and arrow would be more powerful than a shotgun.

"This is a modern compound bow, the absolute king of cold weapons." Lin Heng grinned. This good bow is a pleasure to use.

"Can you let me have a look?" Old Man Tian was very curious.

"Okay, but you can't draw the bowstring empty." Lin Heng said and handed the bow and arrow to Old Man Tian.

"It's lighter than I thought, but why can't I draw the bow string empty?" Old Man Tian asked curiously while playing with it.

"Without arrows, the force of pulling the bowstring will hit the bow and cause it to be easily damaged," Lin Heng explained.

No matter what kind of bow it is, empty pulling is equivalent to putting energy on the bow body, which can easily damage the bow body.

Modern compound bows are more powerful and cause greater damage when drawn empty-handed.

Tian Baishun looked at it and then handed it to Wang Kaidian. Both of them looked envious. There is no hunter who doesn't want a weapon with long range and high accuracy.

Although Lin Heng's compound bow is not as powerful as a gun, it does have a unique advantage on this mountain.

It has a much longer range than the shotguns they have, and it makes no sound when fired.

"How much does it cost?" Wang Kaidian wanted to practice bow and arrow. He thought it would be fine to practice with his basic skills.

"These are all imported and not produced in China. This bow costs more than 300. But Uncle Wang, don't you have a rifle? Why don't you use it?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

Another advantage of bows and arrows is that they are always legal and will not be confiscated.

"There are no bullets. It's expensive and hard to buy. Moreover, one shot of the golden rooster will kill it and you can't even eat it." Wang Kaidian shook his head.

As firearms management becomes more and more strict, bullets are expensive and difficult to buy. Not as practical as this shotgun loaded with gunpowder and ball bearings.

This is why almost all hunters in the village use shotguns. Gunpowder and ball bearings are cheap and easy to obtain, and they can hunt both large and small prey. "Do you want to go to Liangshang together?" Old Man Tian looked at Wang Kaidian and asked.

"You go ahead, I'll go check out other places." Wang Kaidian shook his head. He likes to hunt alone.

After Wang Kaidian left, Lin Heng loaded up the compound bow and turned around to pick up the golden rooster.

"It's amazing. This golden rooster didn't react at all." Old Man Tian was a little envious.

"You can go get a rifle." Lin Heng laughed.

Old Man Tian waved his hand: "I'm not crazy. If there were as many black bears in our area as in the Greater Khingan Mountains, I would still be interested in getting a shot. I would just shoot a muntjac wild boar. It would be a waste to use a rifle."

Lin Heng carried the golden rooster and asked curiously as he walked: "You have been hunting for more than ten years, have you ever seen a tiger or a black bear?"

"I haven't seen the tiger, but I have seen both black bears. I ran away a few hundred meters away, but I didn't dare to provoke them. That thing was too scary and I couldn't kill it with my gun." Tian Baishun shook his head.

Lin Heng told Tian Baishun about the leopard he met a few days ago.

"I've heard people say that. It feels like leopards eat leopards. The tigers should eat them all and won't stay, but I can't say for sure." Tian Baishun shook his head and analyzed.

Lin Heng nodded: "I think so too."

The two chatted and soon came to the beam where the golden rooster was crowing.

It’s just that the leaves are just starting to turn yellow now and haven’t fallen yet, so it’s quite difficult to find them.

Old Man Hetian walked separately, and not far away he heard a muntjac barking on the hilltop opposite.

After just two glances at Lin Heng, he gave up. It didn't take him long to walk there, but after thirty or forty minutes, he even ran away after reaching the Muntjac.

"Chichichichi!!"

At this time, the golden rooster started to crow again. When Lin Heng heard this, he immediately slowed down. The golden rooster that had just crowed was closer to him.

It was getting late at this time, it was dusk, and the golden rooster was about to climb up the tree to rest.

Lin Heng searched furtively for more than ten minutes and finally determined the location.

Under a large acorn tree, two hens were feeding.

The female golden pheasant is small, and is covered in grey, and does not have the beautiful feathers of the male.

Lin Heng's location was not very good. He was two hundred meters away and had a wide view in front.

Glancing at the high slope on the left, he quietly stepped back, took out the compound bow, and approached slowly on the high slope.

After approaching from the direction of Gaopo, we are only about thirty meters away from the Golden Rooster, which is very close.

Lin Heng missed the shotgun a little now. With one shot, both hens would be killed, and he could only choose one of them.

Killing two birds with one stone requires the right time, right place and right people, but now the two hens are two or three meters apart, which is obviously unrealistic.

Lin Heng picked the one closest to him, half-kneeling, took a bow and shot an arrow.

With a whoosh, under the full 40-pound bow tension, the arrow flew at an extremely terrifying speed. It flew over almost instantly and nailed it into the soil with one arrow.

"Chichi!!"

Another golden rooster was so frightened that it rolled and flew up.

"Chirp!"

At this moment, Lin Heng suddenly heard an extremely sharp eagle cry and quickly looked up.

I saw a huge eagle swooping down from the top of a tall fir tree in the distance, catching the hen in the air and taking it high into the sky.

"Goshawk!" Lin Heng was stunned. He was afraid that the goshawk had already noticed the two golden hens. The goshawk's snow-white striped abdominal feathers were extremely obvious.

This thing often steals hens and chicks, and everyone in the countryside knows it.

However, its vigilance is too high, and it usually rests on the top of a big tree, making it impossible to hit it.

Shaking his head, Lin Heng went to pick up the dead hen golden rooster.

Today, I have gotten rich with Tian Baishun. There are indeed many golden roosters in this place, and this old man is quite capable.

After picking up the golden rooster and arrow, Lin Heng continued to search everywhere.

The sky was getting darker and darker, so he did not continue walking up and prepared to go down into the ditch and go home.

Today's harvest of these two is quite good. It can be said that the newly purchased compound bow has been fully opened and has seen blood.

"boom!"

Just a few steps back, a gunshot was heard not far away.

Lin Heng followed the sound and walked over, shouting as he walked: "Old man Tian, ​​have you been beaten?"

"Hey, I shot three with one shot, it was so cool." Not long after, Tian Baishun ran down with his things, looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile.

"Damn! The shotgun is so cool." Lin Heng was speechless. One shot equaled what he had gained in the afternoon.

"A hunting rifle is not expensive, just buy one." Tian Baishun said with a smile.

"Don't buy it." Lin Heng likes to use bows and arrows.

Then the two of them turned around and walked back. The golden roosters and pheasants in the area had all flown away after the shot.

On the way back, gunshots could be heard from time to time. Many people used muskets to hunt in these days. There were thirteen or four hunters in their village, some were very professional, and some were shooting blindly with guns.

By the time Lin Heng got home, it was completely dark. Xiulan and Xiaoxia had finished their meals and were waiting for him.

"How's it going? Isn't it awesome?" Lin Heng walked into the yard and said with a smile while holding two golden roosters.

"Tis bad!" Xiaoxia raised her little hand and praised.

Xiulan smiled and said: "I know you can definitely hit it, and I have already boiled water for you to use for chicken soup."

"Then what if I don't get hit? You won't let me kneel on the washboard, right?" Lin Heng asked deliberately.

"Then I'll just boil the bath water." Xiulan winked playfully.

Then she took the golden rooster and said: "Go and eat quickly, I will give the soup rooster."

"it is good."

Lin Heng put the bow bag on the cabinet and went to the kitchen to bring out the rice.

"It's actually a soft pancake."

Lin Heng was a little surprised. The soft cake was smeared with tofu curd and spicy, and then rolled up with hot and sour potato shreds. It was so delicious.

He ate four of them in one go. The soft pancakes were soft, the shredded potatoes were sour and appetizing, and the spicy tofu had a special aroma and texture. It was so enjoyable to eat them all together.

After he finished eating, Xiulan also finished the two golden chicken soups, and Xiaoxia was looking around with the flashlight.

"Let me do it."

Lin Heng took out a knife and cut open the intestines. Except for the chicken heart, liver, and gizzards, he simply processed them all and fed them to Xiong Ba tomorrow morning.

After killing the chicken, Xiulan thought for a while and said, "Why don't you braise one and eat it? The braised soup from last time is still there."

As long as the braised soup is filtered and heated every two days, it will become more fragrant the more you use it.

"Then let's eat the big ones braised and the small ones stir-fried. Let's call our parents and eldest brother tomorrow to celebrate."

Lin Heng nodded and hung the prepared golden rooster on the kitchen wall.

"Hey, this bath bucket was brought up by Liang Muliang?"

When he went to the backyard to take a bath, Lin Heng found a long wooden bucket in the backyard with half a bucket of water in it.

"Yes, I gave him five yuan, but he only took four yuan." Xiulan's voice came from the house.

After looking at the bath barrel, Lin Heng was quite satisfied. After taking a bath, he went back to the house to read a bedtime story to Xiaoxia.

This time he went to the city to buy a new storybook. Xiaoxia listened very enthusiastically and didn't want to sleep.

Lin Heng had no choice but to give her a rule that she could only tell three stories every night.

After coaxing his daughter to sleep, Lin Heng went to bed to hug his wife.

Early the next morning, after dinner, Lin Heng took the tools and couldn't wait to build his own cabin.

Father Lin and his eldest brother also came to Hongfeng Mountain with diesel saws and tools.

"Today, we will first install the insulation in the house, and then close the wooden boards and doors and windows inside."

Lin Heng said with a smile, the maple leaves are gradually turning red, and the forest is getting more and more beautiful, so we must hurry up.

"It's not difficult. I think it will be done in half a day." Lin Yue said with a smile.

Cut the length of the board and press the insulation cotton onto the wall and nail it.

The three men nailed the surrounding walls in one morning.

In the afternoon, I installed the insulation cotton on the roof and nailed it with wooden boards.

"Do you want to push the door and window panels?"

Father Lin asked when making doors and windows. They brought handmade wooden clippers.

"No, just this wild style is good." Lin Heng shook his head.

The wooden door doesn't need to look good, just nail it with boards and be strong enough. The door handles are all made of tree knots.

The work of pressing doors and windows was left to my father and eldest brother. He went to paint the wooden house with waterproof paint.

He used brown water-release paint. After painting, the appearance of the entire wooden house immediately improved to a higher level.

With the wooden doors and windows in place, the cabin is initially completed.

The remaining wooden boards were painted and left to dry here, waiting for two days to be laid around as the floor.

Laying method Lin Heng planned to use wooden piles as supports like a wooden house, 30 centimeters above the ground, which can effectively prevent the wooden boards from rotting.

"Let's go back. Dad, Xiulan's rice is ready. She's probably waiting for us."

Lin Heng said while looking at his father who was about to saw wood boards to make a table.

"Okay, let's wait two days before doing it." Father Lin nodded.

"The crops at the bottom of the mountain have been harvested. When are you going to start digging fish ponds?" On the way back, eldest brother Lin Yue asked.

"The date for dad to find someone to look at it is the next day. Work will start then." Lin Heng said that he estimated that it would take a month or two to complete the construction this time.

But it doesn't affect his hunting, as long as his father and elder brother watch over him.

When she got home, Xiulan cooked a table of meals, with a torn braised chicken in the middle. You could smell the familiar aroma as soon as you entered the door.

"Today's dish is rich. It's worth your help, brother." Lin Yue said with a smile.

Lin Heng laughed: "Then it's delicious. There are still many delicious things in autumn."

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