Chapter 64 An old guy of more than thirty years
“You hold the flashlight, I’ll catch you.”
Giving the flashlight to Xiulan, Lin Heng pulled up his pants and got into the water.
The water depth is only thirty centimeters, and the water temperature is still warm at night.
Quietly arriving at the position where the old turtle had burrowed in, Lin Heng could still see the outline of its back half.
He reached out and grabbed the buttocks, and Lin Heng pulled the old turtle out.
“Oh my God, it’s so big, it must weigh eight or nine kilograms!”
Lin Heng was a little shocked when he looked at the old turtle in his hand. It was a lot bigger than the one he caught last time.
The old turtle struggled wildly on Lin Heng's cell phone, his limbs swaying wildly, and his long neck turned around to bite him, but his natural physiological limits prevented him from reaching his butt anyway.
Everything I did was just a futile struggle.
"The size of a washbasin, this must be an old turtle."
Xiulan's eyes widened. She didn't notice it when she looked in the water. Only when she got to the shore did she realize that this thing was really big.
“Let me see how many years this guy has lived.”
Lin Heng pressed the turtle to the ground and counted the concentric circles on its back. One circle is one year. This old man The concentric rings on the back of the turtle are densely packed.
“30, 31, 32, 33 years, my God, this is an old turtle that is at least thirty-four years old.”
Lin Heng was shocked. He only had a rough number and could only make a rough judgment.
But this is already remarkable. Soft-shell turtles of such an old age are really rare.
“The old turtles born around 1950 are older than us.” Xiulan also found it a bit incredible.
But when they thought about it, they felt that it was normal. This place was inaccessible, the water was clear, and there were a lot of rocks in the stream. It was normal to live in such a good place for thirty years.
“What a pity, even if you have seen more than 10,000 sunrises and sunsets, it will end from today.”
Lin Heng shook his head and put the turtle directly into the cloth bag.
As for the creek groupers caught earlier, they have all fallen to the ground. Compared with this soft-shelled turtle, they are not worthy of being mentioned at all.
“How much can this sell for?” Xiulan was a little excited. This trip to the mountains was a great harvest.
“I don’t know, thirty yuan is definitely no problem, it mainly depends on who buys it.” Lin Heng chuckled.
The two opened the bag and looked at it again and again. Finally they calmed down and picked up the creek grouper and started killing it.
Lin Heng was carrying a knife, which he used to pierce his intestines and stomach.
"Okay, let's go up a little further, maybe we can see other turtles."
Lin Heng was a little greedy and wanted to continue exploring.
“Okay!”
Xiulan did the same and followed Lin Heng to explore.
Being poor to begin with, Lin Heng could not let go of any opportunity to make money, not to mention that it was not harmful to nature.
But it’s a pity that after searching for five or six hundred meters, nothing was found.
Lin Heng shook his head: "Forget it, let's go back and catch the cicada monkey and grill the fish."
"Okay, anyway, we have harvested enough this time, so there is no need to force it." Xiulan nodded and said.
There were a lot of cicada monkeys in the forest, and I caught forty or fifty of them casually.
"Here!" Lin Heng threw a cicada monkey to Xiong Ba.
“Woof!”
Xiongba jumped up and swallowed it into his mouth. He chewed it for two times and then continued to look at it eagerly.
"There are some on the trees, catch them yourself." Lin Heng patted the dog's head.
"Awww~" Xiongba left a little sadly.
When she turned around, she immediately entangled Xiulan, who had caught the cicada monkey, and licked her hand for food.
“This silly dog can’t become a spirit.”
Lin Heng was speechless, his emotions were richer than those of humans.
"Woof!"
As if hearing Lin Heng's complaints, Xiongba raised his head and responded to him, "If I only lick one of you, I will be a licking dog. If you lick both of them, you will be the licking dog." My dog licked.
Xiulan still loves Xiongba because he took her to find a lot of fungi today.
It is a useful dog now.
Back at the shelter, nothing had moved. A fire was lit beside the cave. Lin Heng grilled fish and Xiulan grilled cicada monkeys.
The Xi grouper meat was so tender that it became so soft within a few minutes that it could no longer be grilled.
"Eat it."
Lin Heng tore it gently, tore off half of it along the spine and handed it to Xiulan, while he took care of the other half himself.
The rock grouper in the mountain stream does not have any fishy smell, and the meat has a hint of sweetness. Compared with eating it deep-fried and crispy, eating it grilled like this has a different taste.
Dipping a little chili powder makes you want to suck it with your fingers.
“Ouch~~”
Seeing how Lin Heng and Xiulan were eating, Xiongba rubbed the dog's head against Lin Heng's arm and growled, obviously wanting to taste it.
“Give it to you!”
Lin Heng reluctantly gave the licking dog a fish.
After eating it, the stupid dog showed doubts. It seemed that it was not tasty and chewy.
“You will eat your shit while lying on your stomach.”
Lin Heng glared at it and felt disgusted.
“The roasted cicada monkey is ready.”
Xiulan handed over a bunch of roasted cicada monkey.
Lin Heng dipped some chili noodles into it, and after one sip, he immediately let out a sigh of relief.
“Oh my god, it’s so hot.”
This roasted cicada monkey is completely different from fried cicadas. The outside of the roast is very hard, and all the protein inside has been milked. It bursts with juice in one bite and is extremely hot.
After cooling for a while before eating, Lin Heng still shook his head: "It seems that the cicada monkey still has to be fried, and it is not very delicious when grilled."
"Yes, it doesn't taste oily. It's delicious." Xiulan also nodded.
After dinner, we leaned against the fire and watched the moon for a while, then both of them lay down to sleep, with Xiong Ba lying at their feet.
There was nothing to say all night. The next morning, it was just dawn.
"Woof woof woof!!"
Xiong Ba suddenly screamed and rushed out, and a yellow figure under the muntjac ran away.
However, in the blink of an eye, Xiongba rushed to the yellow figure and took a bite.
Poof! !
In an instant, the weasel who failed to escape transformed into a Splatoon, and his odor glands sprayed out countless pungent stinky substances.
"Woof woof!!"
Xiong Ba was so stimulated that he suddenly relaxed his mouth, widened his eyes, and was stunned. This was the first time he encountered such a thing.
After seeing the weasel running away, within two seconds, it actually chased it again, this time biting its neck.
Although Xiongba is not yet an adult, he still weighs more than 20 kilograms. The largest weasel can't exceed three kilograms.
Under the huge weight difference, it has no room to resist.
"What's wrong? Damn, it stinks!"
When Lin Heng got up and came over, Xiong Ba had already let go of his mouth, drooling from the stink, and kept shaking his head.
As for the weasel, it was completely lifeless.
“Woof woof~”
Xiong Ba rushed towards Lin Heng, feeling a little uncomfortable from the smell.
"Don't come over here, I'll take you to the water to wash up."
Lin Heng quickly blocked it with his feet, a hint of complaint in Xiongba's eyes.
However, even after washing with water, it still smells bad.
“There is nothing we can do. Wait until we go back to get some soap locusts and then wash them.”
Lin Heng shook his head and said helplessly, the stink of weasels is much stronger than that of stink bugs. Too much makes him want to vomit.
"Woo~"
Xiongba lowered his head, regretting catching this thing, and said nothing to catch it next time.
"Okay, okay, I'll peel the skin off later and give you the meat."
Lin Heng patted its head. Weasel skins are also quite valuable. One piece can be sold. 8 yuan, this can be considered an unexpected gain.
(End of this chapter)