Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 303 Treasure ‘Flying Dragon’

The next day, Lin Heng opened his eyes at three o'clock in the morning, picked up the watch on the bedside and looked at it and found that it was just three o'clock.

Glancing at Xiulan who was sleeping beside him, he closed his eyes and continued to sleep. It was already past four o'clock when he opened his eyes again.

He didn't sleep very well because he was always worried that he had overslept, so he yawned and sat up.

After a while, Xiulan also yawned and woke up. She took his arm and got up and said, "I'll heat breakfast for you."

Xia Liang's quilt slipped off her shoulders, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin and a sight that even underwear could not restrain.

"No, you can continue to sleep." Lin Heng patted her and said with a smile.

"I want to make food for you, and I'll sleep during the day." Xiulan looked at him with her big, sleepy eyes.

Lin Heng touched her face happily and couldn't help but kiss her: "Thank you, wife."

Xiulan smiled, put on a dress, got up, washed briefly, and then went to cook for Lin Heng.

Lin Heng helped stoke the fire, and Xiulan heated up two soft pancakes for him, heated up the leftover fried pork with sour beans and mushrooms from last night, and finally made a loofah soup.

Putting the food on the table, Xiulan held her chin up and watched Lin Heng eat.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Lin Heng looked at her and asked.

Xiulan shook her head: "I'm not hungry."

"Don't be afraid of gaining weight, let's get some mushrooms." Lin Heng held two chanterelles and touched them to her red lips.

Xiulan could only open her mouth and let him feed him in, and then it became Lin Heng eating one and she eating one.

"I'll get you chopsticks," Lin Heng said.

Xiulan shook her head: "No need to take it, I won't eat it."

Lin Heng gave her one, and she immediately opened her mouth to eat it.

"But you're so fed that I feel like eating." Xiulan blinked her eyes.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "Does my feeding taste good?"

"Then don't you want to feed me?" Xiulan raised her face and looked at him with moist eyes.

"How could that be?" Lin Heng smiled and fed him another one.

It was almost half past four after breakfast. Lin Heng also fed the dog, but it was only half full. If it was too full, it would lose the enthusiasm for hunting.

"Be safe and come back soon." Xiulan tidied his clothes and said.

"No problem." Lin Heng came close and kissed her, his soft lips lingering on her for a long time. Put on your backpack and go out with Fengsheng and Laifu. Xiongba does not need to be held, he can play freely.

Xiulan blinked and sent him to the door.

As soon as Lin Heng walked out of the door, Lin Yue came over: "Brother, you have done the right thing. I said I was looking for trouble."

Lin Heng took a flashlight and shined a light on his eldest brother and said, "Brother, go back and change into some clothes. The shoulders of this clothes are a bit reflective. Green ones are best."

Never bring reflective items with you when hunting in the wild, and put them in a backpack if you do. Because these things will easily expose themselves and be discovered by prey in advance.

Army green clothes are the best, as they won't be obvious when hiding in the bushes.

Also, try not to smell on your body, and do not apply strong-smelling mosquito repellent agents. These details may seem trivial, but in fact they greatly affect the success rate of hunting.

Generally only experienced hunters know this, and novices like his brother don't pay attention to it at all.

"I understand, I'll go back and change my clothes." Lin Yue didn't question it, turned around and went back to change his clothes.

"I'm going back to sleep." Xiulan waved her hand at him.

"Go." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

Xiulan went back to the house, locked the door and continued to rest. Lin Heng calmed the dog and waited for her eldest brother to change clothes.

"Is this okay?" Lin Yue came out and asked after a while after changing his clothes.

"This is totally fine."

Lin Heng nodded, handed the harvest to his elder brother, and the two set off together.

The target is still over Sanchagou, where there are swamps and wetlands, and there are many animals nearby. Also, he is going to the place where he dug ginseng last time today. He mainly rushes in the morning.

As he hurried on, he explained some details about dog hunting to his elder brother.

Moving forward, it was soon five o'clock. At this time, Lin Heng had already led his eldest brother through Hongfeng Mountain and over another mountain. Because the two grown men were still very fast without exploring on the road.

By this time, the sky was already getting slightly brighter, and it already gets bright at half past five in summer. The forest is also very lively in the early morning, and various birds begin to chirp noisily.

The dew in the forest was very heavy, and their pants were soaked from their thighs down. By 5:30, the two of them were not far from Sanchagou Swamp.

"It's finally light." Lin Yue took a deep breath.

Lin Heng nodded and said: "You have to be careful when walking now. It's when the prey is out, so try not to make any noise."

"Understood." Lin Yue nodded.

After walking two steps, he suddenly heard movement. Lin Yue looked up and saw a red squirrel appearing on the top of the tall acorn tree in front of him.

"This one is so big." Lin Yue whispered.

"Let me set a trap." Lin Heng took a look, picked up a tree trunk and put it diagonally on the tree, and then used thin wire to set a rope trap on the trunk.

He wasn't interested in squirrels at first, but this squirrel's hair was extraordinarily bright and its size was so big that he became interested.

Looking at his elder brother's puzzled look, Lin Heng explained in a low voice: "This kind of cash is very useful. Squirrels are accustomed to taking shortcuts. If you build a branch diagonally, there is a high probability that it will take this branch."

This is what he learned from the hunting manual, and he is going to try it today.

Lin Yue nodded, and the two of them continued to move forward. Xiongba opened the way ahead, but the two of them searched all the way but found nothing good.

Xiongba found two suspected footprints of roe deer and yellow muntjac. Lin Heng followed them to find the traces of them eating leaves yesterday, and placed a clamp and noose nearby.

His eldest brother found the wild boar footprints and took off the noose.

When they entered the forest, Laifufengshou's two dogs didn't bark randomly, and followed Xiongba into a searching and hunting state, which showed that their genes were relatively good.

In the blink of an eye, golden clouds appeared in the sky, which was the rising sun, and the sun was about to rise.

For Lin Heng and the other two, Sanchagou was also within easy reach.

The hero in front suddenly stopped and looked up at the tall trees in front of him.

Lin Heng raised his hand to signal to stop and pressed the blue wolf dog's butt to make it sit down. He slowly took out the bow and arrow while staring at the hazel pheasant on the tree.

This guy is a very rare type of grouse. It is nicknamed "Flying Dragon" and is very popular in the market. The upper class likes to eat "Flying Dragon Feast", so it can only be sold for more than ten yuan.

When the arrow was drawn out, the guy hadn't moved yet. Lin Heng took a deep breath. Fortunately, it was a bird. Generally, they wouldn't fly away as long as they didn't get close to a certain distance. This gave people a great chance. call out!
Even though he hadn't hunted for a long time, Lin Heng still shot the arrow very quickly. It took less than three seconds to aim and shoot the arrow.

As soon as there was a rare popping sound, the grouse was shot and fell from the tree and became stuck in the middle.

"Great!"

Lin Yue gave a thumbs up, walked over, kicked the tree a few times and poked it with a wooden stick before taking it down.

"It's over a pound." Lin Yue smiled and handed it to Lin Heng.

"It's a good start." Lin Heng took out a dagger and cut off the main artery in his neck. All the blood was given to Xiong Ba as a reward.

If you don’t bleed it, it won’t taste good, and it will drip everywhere when you walk, which will affect hunting.

After the blood was drained, Lin Heng put it into his backpack and the two continued to move forward. Soon they arrived at the entrance of Sancha Gorge. It was already seven o'clock, but unfortunately they met the hazel pheasant on the way.

Although hunting in the morning and evening is very suitable, the mountains and forests are so big that it also depends on luck.

"Go into the ditch and take a look or go directly from the edge?" Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng and asked.

"Let's go straight from the edge and see when we come back." Lin Heng said. His goal was to dig ginseng and he didn't want to stay here for too long.

The two of them walked quickly through the woods on the side. They found two traces of prey on the road, and set off deep traps and traps respectively.

At ten o'clock in the morning, two people and three dogs arrived at the river above Sanchagou. The shelter they built last year was still there, but it was in dilapidated condition.

Just as Lin Heng was about to speak, the bully suddenly chased him out, and then a big yellow rabbit emerged from the thatch by the river and ran away upstream.

"Brother, release the dog!"

Lin Heng released the green wolf dog Laifu immediately, and his elder brother was later.

"Woof woof!!"

The two dogs were very excited and ran very fast when chasing prey for the first time, but this time they had no chance to show off. Before they could reach the bully, they made a handsome roundabout turn and bit the hare in one bite.

"Ouch!!"

Then it walked back arrogantly, looking at Harvest and Laifu with disdain.

"Awesome!" Lin Heng patted Xiong Ba's head in praise and was very happy to hold the rabbit in his hand.

This is the advantage of bringing a dog. When you encounter prey such as rabbits and foxes, you can easily catch them, which is easier than using a shotgun.

"I'm afraid it weighs four or five kilograms." Lin Yue looked at the yellow-haired rabbit and said with envy. He had not found a suitable prey today.

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded with a smile and pointed to the river, "Sit down and have a rest and eat. I'm too tired."

They had been traveling for six hours since they set off at 4:30. Even the legs of the two big men who often ran in the mountains were tired and could no longer bear it.

"Yes." Lin Yue nodded and walked to a large piece of clean bluestone in front to rest. Both of their pants were dry.

The equipment was placed on the bluestone. Lin Heng took out the fishing line and hook, put on the earthworms he brought at home, tied them to the top of a branch, and threw them into the turbid and fast river water.

This was not for myself, but because I wanted to catch some fish for the three dogs. They couldn't eat enough of the scallion pancakes I brought.

"Brother, I brought fermented bean curd, would you like some?" Lin Yue took out a small glass bottle.

"Of course." Lin Heng took out his chopsticks and put some on the scallion pancake. It immediately tasted much better.

The two exchanged steamed buns again. Lin Heng's was a scallion pancake stuffed with fennel, while the elder brother's was a steamed bun stuffed with chives.

"Fishing!"

Just after eating half of the meal, Lin Heng saw the fishing line being pulled. He walked over and pulled the fishing rod to find a plum blossom that weighed two or two.

"Xiongba gave it to you." Lin Heng threw it to Xiongba. He jumped up, grabbed it and swallowed it. The other two dogs licked their tongues and watched.

Throwing the pole down and continuing to fish, Lin Heng continued to eat. After the meal, he lay down and rested for a while. The sun was already very hot. He lay on the stone and basked in the sun for ten minutes and his body was warm.

After drying in the sun for a while, he took off his shoes and sat on the edge of the stone to fish. The fish here were not very big, but there were a lot of them.

There were horsemouth, plum blossom, mandarin fish, and river grouper. Lin Heng could catch one in a short time. The fish fed Xiong Ba eight to eight times full, and the remaining two dogs were half full.

At 11:10, Lin Heng put on his shoes and stood up and said, "Let's go, brother, this time you go to the left bank and I'll go to the right bank. We'll wait until we get to the top before we meet."

Lin Yue nodded, looked at Lin Heng and said, "Brother, you keep trying to go up. Are you looking for something?"

Lin Heng smiled mysteriously: "You'll know when the time comes. If you find it first, that's your luck."

"Ok."

Lin Yue nodded and set off with Fengsheng in hand.

Lin Heng held Laifu's hand and led the way.

There were a lot of mushrooms in the forest, and all kinds of fungi could be seen. Except for Ganoderma lucidum, he didn't pick anything else. He was in a hurry to go to the forest where he dug up century-old ginseng last year.

After a while, Lin Heng came to the place where a tree of shiitake mushrooms was found last year.

"It would be great if I could take this tree back!"

Lin Heng looked at this big tree and sighed. Although the number was not as large as last year, it was still quite a lot. It was estimated that he could pick twenty or thirty kilograms.

It’s just too far away from home, otherwise I’d really have to move back. Wild shiitake mushrooms are one of the most delicious wild mushrooms.

Because he had to continue on his way, he chose not to burden himself and pick them again when he came back.

Boom! !
After walking for a while, a gunshot suddenly sounded from the other side of the river. Lin Heng looked over curiously. His elder brother was actually in front of him, but he was not completely out of sight.

Speeding up, they gradually entered a large canyon as the valleys on both sides got higher and higher, not far from the shelter cave set up by Lin Heng and Uncle Gao.

It was at this time that Lin Heng suddenly looked up and noticed movement. He saw the movement of mud pouring under the bushes on the cliff above, but there was no prey in sight.

Taking out his bow and arrow, he walked towards the small box in front of him. When he saw the prey, he was shocked. He thought it was an ordinary pheasant, but he didn't expect it to be another rare bird.

It has red head, chest and tail feathers, and is covered with blue-gray feathers on its back. This is not an ordinary pheasant, but the famous blood pheasant. Because the feathers are shaped like willow leaves, they are also called willow-leaf chickens. In addition, they are also called Taibai chickens. .

Blood pheasants like to flock together, and there were five of them under this bush. Lin Heng only regretted that he didn't bring a gun. His elder brother was also on the other side of the river, otherwise he could have killed them all with one shot.

After aiming for a few seconds, he shot an arrow directly. The moment the sharp arrow passed by, one fell to the ground, flapped its wings and couldn't get up. The remaining three roared in terror and flew away with flapping wings.

Lin Heng frowned slightly. He made a mistake and failed to kill two people with one arrow.

"Hiss!!"

Accompanied by a scream, one of them flew not far away and suddenly fell down. Its body seemed to be injured.

"I'm just telling you, there's no way there's nothing going on." Lin Heng became happy.

(End of this chapter)