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

Chapter 226 Catching Rana

Most of these stones are connected to the mountains, or are partially covered with soil, and most of them are exposed.

“This place is really nice!”

Li Shengli nodded.

Shitou and Bingzi couldn't wait to run over and shouted, "Brother Weidong, Brother Shengli, this place is perfect!"

After finding a place to set up camp, the next step is to set up camp.

Shitou and Bingzi had gone to look for dead wood, and came back to light a fire on the Lying Cow Rock.

It's spring now, the flowers are blooming, and everything is resurrected, which also means that the insects in the mountains have also resurrected.

Naturally, the purpose of lighting a fire is to drive away insects that may be hidden in the grass around Wo Niu Stone.

There are not many poisonous insects in the mountains of Northeast China, only the soles of straw sandals, centipedes, and grass crawlers.

After setting up camp, the four people were not in a hurry to catch forest frogs.

This is not the best time to catch wood frogs.

Although the wood frog is lying there lazily, it looks like it is easy to catch, but in fact, this thing is not easy to catch at all.

Wood frogs are agile and have strong jumping ability. They can jump two to three meters and can jump continuously.

Therefore, daytime is not the best time to catch wood frogs, the best time is at night.

Chen Weidong certainly knew that it was most dangerous in the deep mountains and forests at night, but catching forest frogs was different from hunting.

The forest frogs live in groups. As long as they don't run around or get left alone, and there are dogs to warn them, wild animals in the mountains will not be able to approach them quietly.

Then Chen Weidong took out the stove from Bingzi's backpack, set it up, and said to Bingzi and Shitou, "You two go get some firewood."

He carried a bucket and went to the river to fetch water.

The water in this river is crystal clear, definitely cleaner than any mineral water sold outside, and you can drink it with confidence.

While Chen Weidong and the other two were busy, Li Shengli was not idle either. He took a scoop net and caught five or six forest frogs in a short while.

There is also a big black fish.

"Weidong, look at this black fish. It must weigh three or four kilograms."

"Then we'll eat it tonight!"

Chen Weidong stepped forward, took the big black fish, and took it to the river to kill the fish.

"It's just that these wood frogs are not easy to catch, and I wanted to eat them first! In the end, I only caught five or six after a long time."

Li Shengli sighed.

This is the time when wood frogs are most delicious. Wood frogs have been hungry all winter. Their stomachs are empty and there is no dirt at all. After cleaning the surface, they can put them directly into the pot, add yellow sauce and stew them, which is called a It's delicious, it's tender, even tenderer than a young rooster's chicken that's less than a year old.

My mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Of course, the best thing about wood frog is wood frog oil, also called snow clam oil.

It's the female wood frog, also called the female bun. After the fallopian tube of the female bun is dried, it becomes the wood frog oil.

"It's okay, we'll catch it at night."

Chen Weidong smiled.

The best way to catch forest frogs is to shine a flashlight at night. As soon as you shine the flashlight, the forest frogs will immediately become quiet.

Before coming this time, Chen Weidong reminded several people to bring flashlights, but as for Chen Weidong, his flashlight had already been put in his backpack.

In later generations, in order to catch forest frogs, some people adopted a desperate method. Taking advantage of the special habit of forest frogs going up the mountain in spring and coming down the mountain in autumn, they set up dry traps on the way down the mountain in advance.

Hanliangzi uses plastic films to set up obstacles where forest frogs must pass when they enter the river. The forest frogs cannot jump high enough to pass through this plastic film. They will always linger along the way and then fall into the deep pits dug in advance by the frog capturers. Eventually captured easily.

This way of capturing is the perfect method.

On the one hand, young forest frogs cannot pass through and return to the mountains to freeze to death in the mountains in winter. On the other hand, a large number of captured forest frogs cannot reach the river bed. There will be no forest frogs to lay eggs in the next spring, and the number of forest frogs in the mountain forests will plummet. .

In later generations, there were ruthless people who could surround a mountain with bamboo sticks just to catch forest frogs.

With this method, a mountain of forest frogs can be caught and exterminated in less than two years.

Chen Weidong and his men would naturally not use such a method to wipe out the entire family. Of course, they were deep in the mountains and did not have the conditions to do so. He used a relatively stupid but more effective method to catch forest frogs.

"Brother Weidong, Brother Shengli!" At this time, Shitou and Bingzi ran over with excitement on their faces.

"What's wrong?"

Li Shengli looked up and asked.

"Look!"

Shi Tou stretched out his hand to show Chen Weidong and Li Shengli.

"Have you found Gastrodia elata?"

"Well! We saw a dead branch that looked like Gastrodia elata, so we dug it up and found that it was full of Gastrodia elata, densely packed in piles." Bingzi said with a grin.

"Well done, you two! Tonight we'll have black fish stewed with frogs! After that, we'll continue catching frogs."

Chen Weidong smiled.

"Let's not wait for dinner. It's still a while before dark. Weidong, you take charge of cooking. Let's go dig Gastrodia elata first. Call us when dinner is ready!" After Li Shengli said this, he took Bingzi and Shitou to dig Gastrodia elata.

Having not been in the mountains much recently, Lee Seung-ri can't wait to show off his skills.

After Chen Weidong killed the black fish, he chopped it into four to five centimeter pieces and washed it clean with water.

Then start cleaning the frog.

Chen Weidong knocked the forest frog unconscious on a rock, cleaned the mucus on its surface, and then carried the basin back to the camp.

As mentioned before, forest frogs in spring are the cleanest time. There is no dirt at all in their stomachs. There is no need to disembowel them. They can just wash the outside and put them in the pot.

Then turn on the fire and heat the pot, add the yellow paste, stir-fry until fragrant, then add the black fish and the forest frog, add water, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer on low heat.

After stewing the black fish and forest frog, Chen Weidong took out the sticky rice dumplings and placed them next to the fire and roasted them.

Last year, all the sticky bean buns were eaten up by the little girls.
Recently, Liu Xueting and Chen Weidong made a pot of sticky bean curd.

Sticky rice dumplings are very filling. Even Chen Weidong would only eat seven or eight, or ten or so before he was full.

After cooking, Chen Weidong took out the dog food he brought and fed the dog, then he went over to call Li Shengli and the other three to eat!

This shady hillside is covered with Gastrodia elata.

There are two types of propagation of Gastrodia elata. One is vegetative propagation, which is rhizome propagation. The Gastrodia elata rhizomes formed in the first year will sprout from the rhizomes in the second year.

The second type is sexual reproduction, which is the seed reproduction of Gastrodia elata.

Therefore, once Gastrodia elata is found in deep mountains and old forests, it is often found in a large area. The entire hillside or the entire ravine is covered with Gastrodia elata.

Li Shengli and his two companions had a great time digging. The entire hillside was covered with Gastrodia elata. Digging Gastrodia elata was just like digging potatoes, but the joy was a hundred times greater than digging potatoes.

The happy time made the three people forget the time, and they didn’t react until Chen Weidong called them.

"Ouch! My waist!"

Li Shengli let out a scream.

I was so busy bending over to dig and pick Gastrodia elata that I didn't even straighten my back.

When he stood up so suddenly, Li Shengli felt as if his waist was broken and he screamed in pain.

"Don't move!" Chen Weidong looked up and found that Li Shengli didn't seem to be pretending. His face turned pale. He quickly ran over and supported him. "Ouch! My waist..." Li Shengli half-bent his body, how could he dare to move.

It feels like it's broken when it moves.

Chen Weidong stepped forward, holding Li Shengli's waist with one hand and his shoulder with the other.

He reached out and pressed on Lee Seung-ri's waist, checked it for a few times, and found that Lee Seung-ri had sprained his waist.

Although Chen Weidong is not a doctor, he often hiked in the mountains in his previous life, so he knows some simple knowledge, especially bone setting and massage, which are actually very simple as long as you know some tricks.

After all, Li Shengli is not young anymore. He had been walking on the mountain road for a whole day and had just been working with a bent back for a while. He stood up suddenly and accidentally sprained his waist.

"Brother Shengli, stand up straight slowly."

Chen Weidong said.

After Li Shengli stood up straight, Chen Weidong began to massage his waist muscles.

In fact, flashing to the waist is mainly caused by muscle strain.

If you bend over for a long time, the psoas muscles remain in one state for a long time, and then suddenly change state, the muscles cannot bear it, and strains will naturally occur.

Chen Weidong gave him a massage for a while to relax his tense muscles. The pain was naturally relieved, and his originally distorted expression also relaxed.

"Shitou, Bingzi! Pack up the Tianma and take it back."

Li Shengli said something to Bingzi and Shitou, and then they helped Li Shengli back to the camp.

"Oh, I'm really old!"

Li Shengli sighed.

"Brother Shengli, this has nothing to do with age. It's mainly because you've been walking on the mountain road for a whole day and you're exhausted. Wait a moment, I'll massage you and apply some safflower oil, and you'll be fine after a rest." Chen Weidong said with a smile.

After letting Li Shengli lie down in the shack, Chen Weidong took out safflower oil from his backpack and asked Shitou and Bingzi to apply it on Shengli. Then he came out, washed his hands, opened the lid of the pot and invited the three to eat.

"Brother Weidong, it smells so good!"

"It smells good, doesn't it? Not only does it smell good, it's also very nutritious!"

“Brother Shengli, eat more later. It will be good for your lumbar muscle injury. After eating, I guarantee that you won’t have back pain even if you dig Gastrodia elata for another day tomorrow.” Chen Weidong said with a smile.

Forest frog stewed with black fish is definitely a great tonic.

Li Shengli took out the medicinal wine he brought with him and everyone drank a glass.

With black fish stewed with forest frog and a cup of medicinal wine, the four of us will definitely not feel cold tonight.

After finishing their meal and taking a short rest, Li Shengli felt much better, and the four of them started to act.

By this time, it was already dark.

Chen Weidong and his four companions came to the river with flashlights and sacks.
When they shone the flashlight, Chen Weidong and the other three were stunned. There were simply too many forest frogs, and they were so densely packed that people with trypophobia would probably get goose bumps when seeing them.

However, this was a good thing for Chen Weidong and his three companions. They could just bend down and pick it up with a flashlight.
The four of them took action.

Taking a flashlight and a sack, I crossed the river to pick up forest frogs on the other side.

That's right, picking up forest frogs.

This is simply picking up money.

The Northeastern wood frog is not very big, a little smaller than a frog.

However, the price is expensive!
Although it was not as exaggerated as in later generations, where a pound of dried forest frogs was sold for more than a hundred yuan.

However, a pound of dried forest frog can be sold for eight or nine yuan, of course this is sun-dried.

Only twenty or thirty forest frogs can produce one kilogram of dried forest frogs, but this means that every time they pick up a large forest frog, they can earn several cents.

The four people picked it up happily. In more than an hour, they were able to pick up a full sack.

Tie the sack and throw it into the river. When you leave tomorrow, fish it out again. This will ensure that all the forest frogs are alive.

Just when the four people were happily picking up, a sudden barking of dogs disturbed their interest.

The dogs on the other side of the river barked wildly.

Hearing the barking of dogs, Chen Weidong looked up and saw more than a dozen pairs of green lights deep in the jungle.

"Brother Shengli, Shitou, Bingzi," Chen Weidong called softly.

He reached behind his back and towards his waist, and a pistol that he always carried with him appeared in Chen Weidong's hand.

Throw the sack away, and then pull out the knife.

"Brother Wei Dong!"

Bingzi and Shitou looked up and saw the green light in the forest. They shouted nervously, but it was inconvenient to carry a big gun to catch forest frogs, so they put them next to Gouzi on the opposite side of the river.

"What should we do with Weidong?" Li Shengli was also shocked. He took out a knife and held it tightly in his hand.

If it was daytime, the four of them would not be afraid of the wild wolves, but at night, it would be very dangerous, and at the moment, except for Chen Weidong, they had no weapons.

"Don't panic or shout. Slowly retreat and retreat to the other side of the river depending on the situation."

Chen Weidong said.

"Brother Weidong, what should we do with these forest frogs?" Shitou was still reluctant to give up the forest frogs he had already picked up half a sack of.

"Bring it with you. If a wolf attacks you, throw the sack over."

Chen Weidong said.

"Brother Shengli, go to the other side of the river and untie the dog's rope!"

Chen Weidong ordered calmly.

"You guys be careful."

"It's okay! As long as they don't rush over in a swarm, I'm not afraid!"

Chen Weidong held a gun.
He looked at the depths of the jungle with vigilance. After Li Shengli successfully retreated a few steps, Chen Weidong also retreated, and at the same time hurriedly called out to Shitou and Bingzi.

Shitou and Bingzi were a little worried, but they had been with Chen Weidong for a long time and had a deep faith in him.

This made Chen Weidong feel more at ease. If Shitou and Bingzi ran away, the group of wolves would definitely chase them. It would not be a big deal, but it would harm their teammates.

When dealing with wild animals in the mountains, you must remain calm, especially if you encounter a pack of wolves at night, never turn your back to them.

Just as Li Shengli and the other two retreated to the river, the gun in Chen Weidong's hand went off.

A wild wolf couldn't help it and took the lead in attacking, pounced on Li Shengli who had retreated to the river and shot him dead.

If there had not been a river, Chen Weidong and his companions would have been surrounded by wild wolves.

The wolf's attack just now seemed to be a signal.

Following the gunshot, a wolf howled, and several wolves followed suit and attacked.

Chen Weidong fired four shots in a row, but only killed two wild wolves.

It’s not that Chen Weidong’s shooting skills are bad, it’s just that his vision is poor at night. He plays with guns frequently, and now Chen Weidong’s shooting skills are really good.

A wolf took advantage of the night and approached the stone.
But Shitou was also a tough guy, and he swung the sack and hit it flying.

"Brother Shengli, why are you still standing there? Cross the river quickly!" Chen Weidong shouted.

(End of this chapter)