Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 225 Reaction after pregnancy

The remaining deer antler glue was sold. This time, Chen Weidong did not divide it in the same way as last time. This time, he took half by himself, and the remaining half was divided among Li Shengli and the other two.

Chen Weidong is the boss, so it's understandable that he gets the biggest share, but he can't be too greedy. He still has to give them more occasionally. This will help win people's hearts and others won't find fault with him.

Chen Weidong now has a savings of four to five thousand yuan, and will soon become a millionaire, especially since he has not yet sold the red fox skin.

Right now, the spring in the Greater Khingan Range is also a season that Chen Weidong cannot miss.

"Weidong, you are going into the mountains tomorrow. How many days will you stay there? Can't you come back on the same day?" At night, when the little girls on the kang were all asleep, Liu Xueting suddenly asked.

"Well, I've already made an agreement with Brother Shengli and the others. As for how many days I'll stay in the mountains, I can't guarantee it. I can only promise that I'll try to get back on the same day.
If you come across a nest of Gastrodia elata or Rana sylvatica, you will probably have to stay in the mountains for a night."

Chen Weidong hugged Liu Xueting and whispered.

The forest frog, also known as the snow frog, is one of the three treasures of Northeast China.

There are several versions of the three treasures of the Northeast: ginseng mink urala grass, ginseng mink velvet antler, wood frog oil, bear bile honey.

Therefore, Rana oil is also one of the Three Treasures of the Northeast. In the past, Rana oil has always been an important tribute in the Northeast.

Therefore, the price of frog oil has always been high.

In this era, it was one of the important export products for earning foreign exchange in Northeast China.

Especially popular among wealthy people.

You should know that the medicinal value of forest frog oil is very high and the role of forest frog oil is very wide. Since ancient times, forest frogs have been believed to have the effects of tonic, aphrodisiac, spermatorrhea, lung nourishing, kidney nourishing, and benefiting the body. It can be used to treat neurasthenia, palpitations and insomnia, kidney damage, excessive sweating, physical weakness and other diseases.

It also has the functions of delaying aging, nourishing and strengthening the body, and enhancing the body's immunity.

Every spring in the Xing'an Mountains, in April and May, there is a harvest feast in the mountains.
Catching forest frogs and digging gastrodia elata in the mountains is also a way for farmers near the Xing'an Mountains to earn money. Both hunters and ordinary farmers will go into the mountains to catch forest frogs.

However, the way ordinary farmers in the village go into the mountains is different from that of hunters.

Those ordinary farmers went into the mountains because they were not familiar with the mountains and there were wild animals in the mountains, so they just caught forest frogs and dug gastrodia elata in the ravines and rivers around the village.

After so many years of catching and digging, although there are still some in the mountains near the village, there are not many of them. There are too many monks and not enough rice. Every year there are some troubles caused by catching forest frogs and digging gastrodia elata.

Hunters go into the mountains to catch forest frogs and dig up Gastrodia elata. They really go into the mountains, mostly to the deep mountains and old forests where few people go.

The location is different, and the harvest is naturally different.

Tomorrow, Chen Weidong and his team will go into the mountains for Gastrodia elata and Rana sylvatica.

As hunters, they would not compete with people in the villages in the nearby valleys, but would go into the deep mountains and forests to look for Gastrodia elata and forest frogs.

Whether it’s Gastrodia elata or Rana sylvatica, they all come together in groups.

In the deep mountains, once you find a Gastrodia elata plant, it basically means you have found a large area of ​​Gastrodia elata.

Similarly, if you find a wood frog, there must be a large wood frog family nearby.

At this time, people were also talking at Li Shengli's home.

"Today I went into the mountains and picked seven or eight kilograms of monkey legs, but you didn't follow me, otherwise we could have picked more. Everyone else went into the mountains to catch the fruits, but you were not in a hurry at all." Li Shengli's wife complained.

"What are you anxious about?"

"What do old women know?"

At most you can pick ten pounds of monkey legs, prickly ash shoots, ferns, etc. in a day. If you are lucky, you can catch a few forest frogs.

How much can it be sold for?
Tomorrow, I will follow Weidong into the mountains to dig Gastrodia elata and catch forest frogs. That's the real way to make money.

Did you see how much money Weidong took these two times? One thousand six hundred or seven hundred yuan!
Our family is now in Lijiatun. Even an old hunter like Uncle Mancang is not as good as our family. I don’t want to go because I’m too lazy to compete with you old women.”

"Only you can!"

Li Shengli's wife rolled her eyes at him, then stood up and poured Li Shengli a glass of wine.

But when she thought about it, Chen Weidong handed over one thousand yuan to the couple a while ago. It was the first time she saw so much money at once!
Wang Xiuli immediately turned around and went out to bring Li Shengli some water for washing his feet.

When I got to the door, I suddenly remembered something and asked:
"By the way, Shengli, our family is rich now, what kind of animal should we buy?"

"Don't rush to buy it. Weidong said that the money is for buying a hunting horse!"

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The next day, Chen Weidong got up early without disturbing Liu Xueting and the children. Dani and Erni did not have classes today.

After washing up, Chen Weidong fed the dog, the little fox, the golden eagle, the donkey, and the livestock on the farm. The two fawns were now much bigger.
The pregnant musk deer also gave birth to two cubs, and they are waiting for a month or so.

You can then extract the musk from the male musk deer. Musk deer usually start to secrete musk in May and June, and the secretion is most active in August and September.

However, extracting musk from musk deer is also a troublesome task, and Chen Weidong also needs to customize some special tools for extracting musk.

After finishing his work, Chen Weidong washed his hands before starting to light the fire and cook.

Liu Xueting got up only after Chen Weidong had prepared breakfast. Liu Xueting had obviously slept a lot more in the past two days.

This is a normal phenomenon. There will definitely be some changes in a woman after she becomes pregnant.

Some women will experience morning sickness. They may be fine the day before and able to eat and drink, but after a pregnancy test reveals they will start to vomit immediately.

He vomited so violently that he felt dizzy.

If you don’t understand it, you will doubt whether it is fake or not, just a psychological effect.

In fact, morning sickness does have some psychological effects.

There are also people like Liu Xueting, who did not have morning sickness but had early pregnancy reactions such as drowsiness.

"Okay, go wash up, I'll go eat first and then go up the mountain!"

Chen Weidong said.

Not long after breakfast, Li Shengli and his two companions arrived. Chen Weidong packed his backpack, checked his guns and ammunition, left two dogs to look after the house and the farm, and took the other four dogs with him.

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"Brother Weidong, are we going hunting today?" Bingzi asked Chen Weidong while holding Xiao Hei's hand.

"We won't be hunting. Our goal today is to catch Gastrodia elata and Rana sylvatica. If we can come across some wild animals, that would be even better."

Chen Weidong said.

The purpose of their trip had been discussed long ago, and they were going to the swamp in Panchang Mountain.

Of course, they did not go from Laohuling to Panchang Mountain and then to the swamp, but went around from another mountain.

To be precise, they went to the upper reaches of Taipinggou. Then they followed the valley beside Taipinggou and went all the way to Baimugou. However, if they went west from Baimugou, they would reach the swamp.

It's the same everywhere, it's deep in the mountains and forests, rarely visited by people.

Along the way, the white tiger, the black tiger, the big black tiger... would make noises from time to time and struggle to run into the mountains and forests.

This is when I discovered my prey and wanted to track it down, but was firmly trapped by the rope.

Black Tiger and White Tiger are both experienced hunting dogs, and they know that as long as their owners don't let go of their leashes, it means it is not yet time to hunt.

Therefore, they only barked a few times and then stopped.

As for the puppies, they were not so calm. Since they rarely went into the mountains and Chen Weidong hadn't taken them into the mountains for several days, the dogs were very excited and kept barking.

It was not until they crossed Taipinggou that the puppies adapted to the situation. Perhaps they were tired, so they stopped barking and instead followed the black and white tigers silently.

The mountain roads in the mountains are not that easy to walk.

Because many mountain roads are actually not built by man, but formed by nature.

Many so-called mountain roads are ravines carved out by flash floods.

So, everyone didn’t walk very fast, and sometimes they had to take out the rope from the backpack to get through.

After walking for a while and still a long way from the destination, Chen Weidong suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong?" Li Shengli turned around and asked in confusion.

"Listen!" said Chen Weidong.

"..."

Li Shengli, Shitou and Bingzi listened attentively for a while, but all they heard was loneliness.

"Listen carefully!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"Brother Weidong, over there! The toad has come ashore!" Shitou suddenly shouted.

"Well, this time is actually the breeding season for forest frogs. Due to the temperature in the deep mountains, it is a little later, but after a rain.

"The frogs couldn't hold it anymore and crawled out of the river. They were croaking and courting!" Chen Weidong laughed.

"You're awesome! I heard everything."

Li Shengli gave Chen Weidong a thumbs up.

Chen Weidong, Bingzi and Li Shengli led the dog, stepped on the stones, crossed the river, and came to the hillside on the other side of the river.

"Damn! So many?" As he reached the other side of the river, Li Shengli couldn't help but swear.

On the riverside in the mountains, you can see densely packed wood frogs.

At a glance, there are at least hundreds of them.

Because there are few people here, these forest frogs are lying lazily on the hillside by the river, croaking.

There are also some anxious forest frogs who can't wait to start their reproduction on the shore.

Wang Wang Wang!
The dogs, including Black Tiger and White Tiger, started barking at an inappropriate time.

Suddenly, a stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The forest frogs jumped one by one and jumped into the river.

Chen Weidong also slapped his forehead. He had forgotten about this and shouldn't have brought the dog over.

So he quickly took the dog and crossed the river again, and tied the dog next to the big guy.

"Brother Shengli, let's not rush there now. Since we have discovered the forest frogs, we are not afraid of them escaping.

Let's set up camp first!" Chen Weidong said with a smile.

"We should set up camp first." Li Shengli said as he looked around the surrounding environment.
Chen Weidong was also observing the surrounding environment, looking for a suitable place to set up camp.

This is a valley, and in the middle of the valley is a river, which has no name.

However, you cannot set up camp close to a cliff. It would be terrible if something falls from above.

You can't be close to the river either. If a flash flood breaks out in the middle of the night, it's not a tragic word to describe. The power of the flash flood is guaranteed to be swept down the mountain before anyone can react.

I don’t even know why it’s missing.

"That place! There is a lying cow stone under that big tree. We can set up camp on the lying cow stone." Chen Weidong had sharp eyes and saw a big lying cow stone under a big tree in the distance.

Wo Niu Stone does not refer to the kind of stone that looks like a cow.

Rather, it refers to the large exposed rocks on the hillside, mountainside, or at the top of the mountain.

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(End of this chapter)