Chapter 76 Unlocking new species of prey [5,000 words]
“Time flies so fast, it’s been a month in the blink of an eye.”
On the morning of May 1st of the lunar calendar, Lin Heng suddenly woke up Look at the ceiling and sigh.
Today is June 18th in the Gregorian calendar, and it has been a month since he was reborn.
“Yes, it’s been a month.”
Xiulan also looked at the ceiling, feeling unreal in a trance.
The family has changed a lot this month. Her husband turned back and went hunting in the mountains. Now he has made three hundred yuan, which was something she could not even think about before.
There is meat to eat at home every day, and she has gained a lot of weight.
A new house has also been built, and my husband has made it warm, comfortable and full of style.
The family will be completely separated tomorrow. From now on, I will live with my husband and daughter as a family of three. The foreseeable future seems to be full of happiness and beauty.
"It's a bit like a dream."
Xiulan moved closer to Lin Heng. The two hugged each other and listened to each other's heartbeat without saying a word or making any other movements.
After a while, Xiaoxia woke up and Xiulan dressed and picked her up.
Lin Heng lay down for a while before getting up.
While washing his face, he found that Mother Lin had soaked tofu. Mother Lin would always make tofu when there was something festive.
"There are tofu puffs to eat tonight." Lin Heng was a little nostalgic. It was different from the smooth and tender tofu puffs sold in later generations.
The tofu curd of this era was very rough, because the filtering cloth was coarse, and the bean dregs were there, carrying the unique taste and imprint of the era.
In an era of backward productivity, a bowl of tofu is considered a feast.
“The last time I ate it was during the Chinese New Year, and I miss it too.” Caiyun said longingly.
“Who eats the cicada monkey?”
During breakfast, Mother Lin took out a pot of cicada monkeys.
“Did you go pick up cicada monkeys last night?” Lin Heng was a little surprised.
“My mother and I went there, and we fell in love with it the last time we ate it.” Sister-in-law Liu Juan said with a smile.
Obviously, they had been waiting for Carpenter Liang to leave for a long time, and they immediately went to arrest Carpenter Liang as soon as he left.
“I’ve been eating a lot lately, so it’s okay to eat every day.”
Lin Heng picked up two of them and said with a smile.
After breakfast, Lin Heng went to pull the lamb he bought yesterday and tied it in front of the door, letting it eat the grass on the roadside.
Herding a sheep is not difficult, just pull the rope and change places every once in a while.
No one in the family went to do farm work today. Father Lin was digging the road for the new house and smoothing the road outside the yard.
Lin Heng tied up the sheep and tidied up the new house with his wife.
The main thing is to tidy up and put the furniture in place to make it easier to move in tomorrow.
After finishing this, Lin Heng said: "Go back and cut the red paper, and I will write the couplet."
"Okay." Xiulan nodded.
Back at the old house, Xiulan took out the scissors to cut paper. Lin Heng found the old brush at home and soaked it in warm water.
The ink is Caiyun’s pen ink. I don’t have any ink at home, so I have to make do with it.
After a little gesture, Lin Heng started writing.
First couplet: The raw jade in the new home is polished and polished.
Second line: Old dreams are washed away with gold sand.
Hengbiao: Moving to a new house.
While Lin Heng was writing, Caiyun Lin’s mother was watching.
"Brother, your calligraphy is really good." Caiyun was a little surprised.
Although this word cannot be said to be amazing, it is square, well-organized and not ugly.
In his last life, as a sixty-year-old man, he was naturally involved in this kind of senior sport.
I have taken painting and Chinese painting classes, but my level is very amateurish and I can only entertain myself, but I can still do it in the rural areas of this era.
“What does this mean?” Mrs. Lin’s education was not high. She knew every word, but she couldn’t understand them when they were put together.
"I know, the general meaning is that the new home is like unpolished jade, which will shine. The second line is a metaphor that the old dreams are like gold sand, which will shine when washed clean."
Caiyun raised her hands. said the translator.
"Lin Heng, write one for me too." Sister-in-law Liu Juan said.
“Of course it’s no problem.”
Lin Heng nodded and wrote a simpler one for his eldest brother and sister-in-law.
First couplet: The whole world is happy to move to a new house.
Second line: New home, prosperity, wealth and longevity.
Hengpi: good luck and good fortune.
After I finished writing the couplet, I also wrote a few blessing characters and a few small banners saying "wish you good luck and good fortune".
After doing this, the next step is to pack up the things in the old house and pack them all up for moving tomorrow.
It was already noon when he finished cleaning up. Lin Heng moved the goat to another place and tied it up, then went home for dinner.
In the afternoon, he took Xiongba up the mountain to see if he could catch some prey to eat tomorrow.
I don’t know if the novice protection has expired, or if there are too many people going up the mountain to pick mushrooms recently.
Lin Heng walked around the back mountain, which was better than yesterday. He found a few squirrels, but they still ran away from a distance.
“This feeling is so familiar.” Lin Heng sighed.
This was also the case with fishing in my previous life.
“Woof woof!”
Xiong Ba made a cry, not knowing what he was expressing.
"No, if we can't get it here, we will go to Sanyegou. We must get a prey back today."
Lin Heng shook his head. He must get a prey back when moving to a new home.
I took Xiongba down from the back mountain and walked three kilometers up the road. Then I walked more than one kilometer into the mountain and came to a ditch full of vines.
This is Sanyegou.
This ditch is full of various vines, forming green hills.
The main ones here are Schisandra vine, Kiwi vine, and the most common one is the 'pot vine' which is often used as a rope.
I don’t know the specific scientific name Lin Heng. I only know that its vines are very tough and are commonly used to tie things in rural areas. The leaves can also be fed to pigs.
By the time he reached the ditch, Lin Heng was already feeling hot and sweating profusely. The journey was too long.
"Fortunately, there are no people here." After walking a few steps and seeing no one, Lin Heng finally felt a little more at ease.
I went to the stream and washed my hands. The mountain stream was cold. It was really refreshing to wash my hands in summer. It was so refreshing.
“Woof woof!”
Seeing that Lin Heng had finished washing, Xiong Ba got in and rolled around, getting his whole body wet.
"Let's rest for a while. There should be movement of prey when it gets later."
Lin Hengzai found a shade to rest and enjoy the rare moment of shade.
On the branches above the head, Schisandra vines are twined, and strings of green Schisandra chinensis hang down.
They have just begun to bear fruit at this time, and they will have to wait until around the Mid-Autumn Festival to mature.
Looking at the sky, he estimated that it was already four or five in the afternoon, and he was still empty-handed.
"Let's go up and take a look."
After resting for ten minutes, Lin Heng touched the head of the dominant dog, and one person and one dog continued to go up the mountain.
Along the side of Sanye Valley, looking for prey.
Not far up the mountain, Lin Heng suddenly heard the crisp sound of stepping on leaves.
“It’s such a joy.” Lin Heng took a deep breath, lowered his steps and leaned up as much as possible.
Not long after, we saw the source of these sounds - a group of little pheasants.
It is estimated to be two to three months old, about one to two taels, and is playing in the woods.
"You little chicken." After shaking his head, Lin Heng gave up the attack, wasting an arrow and making no difference.
"Aww~" Xiongba was a little eager to catch up.
“It’s not necessary. If you make any noise, it will alert the enemy.”
Lin Heng shook his head and stopped Xiong Ba.
Climbing and crawling, we arrived halfway up the mountain in one breath. We didn’t gain much along the way. When we got here, the chirping of birds was particularly sharp, which made people a little irritated.
Lin Heng shook his head and sat down: "Let's rest and wait a little later."
Anyway, he had a flashlight and was not afraid of the dark.
“Holy shit!!”
As soon as he sat down, Lin Heng stood up in fright and quickly changed his position.
Because next to where he just sat, there was a beautiful green snake on the branch of a wild mulberry tree.
The green snake is a non-venomous snake, but he was still startled when he saw it suddenly.
This green snake is eating, and its food is a newly hatched chick in a bird's nest on a tree branch.
"No wonder I said why the birds chirp so sharply, the feeling is that the son was taken away from the whole nest."
Shaking his head, Lin Heng sat in the distance and watched the scene quietly, without any intention of helping.
He even felt that the emerald green snake was more attractive. This may be because he liked this snake better and had one when he was a child. After slowly swallowing the chick, it climbed down the tree, got into a crevice in the rocks and disappeared.
The shrill and shrill chirping of birds in the distance rang for a while, but there was no follow-up. Apparently, they had resigned themselves to their fate.
“GUGUGUGU!!!”
It was getting dark, and at about five o'clock, a golden rooster crowed on the mountain raft not far away from Lin Heng.
At that time, Lin Heng stood up smartly. After a long time, he finally found some decent prey.
Taking the bow and arrow, Lin Heng quietly went over to touch it. Listening to the sound, it took him more than 20 minutes to get close.
At this time, only fire clouds can be seen in the sky, and the sun cannot be seen.
Lin Heng saw this golden rooster standing under the acorn tree.
A beautiful male golden pheasant, also called golden pheasant, has a touch of golden hair on its head. There are three colors of malachite green, orange, and blue-green feathers on its back. The feathers on its belly are all red, which is where its name comes from.
Behind him, the beautiful tail feathers are more than 50 centimeters long, with blue and green lines mixed in the pattern. Standing there, he looks extraordinary, not like a human being.
After measuring the distance, Lin Heng estimated that it was more than thirty meters, but the chicken hadn't noticed him yet.
Sneakly, he took another five or six steps forward. Not daring to go any further, he raised his bow, nocked the arrow, held his breath for a second, and shot out with the full bow.
With a hiss, the sharp arrow made a whooshing sound as it rubbed against the air. Before the golden rooster could react, an arrow penetrated its chest and was inserted into the ground behind it.
"Gada!!"
My legs and wings twisted once, and I completely lost my life.
"Woof woof!!"
Xiongba ran over excitedly and circled around the golden rooster. This is another brand new species.
“Unlock new species.”
Lin Heng pulled out the arrow stuck in the ground, and chicken blood flowed out along the arrow's body.
Weighing it, he estimated that it only weighed more than a kilogram. After plucking the hair, there might only be seven or eight ounces of meat.
This is normal. An adult golden pheasant only weighs two pounds at most. Only such a light body is conducive to flying.
However, the quality of the meat is indeed outstanding. It is more delicious than pheasant, and the bones can be chewed directly.
Pulling out the arrow, Lin Heng held the golden rooster in his hand and continued to search.
The most difficult thing about hunting in summer is finding it. There are so many leaves that it is really difficult to find without relying on calls.
In the forest, you can only see ten meters in front of you.
Only in winter when the leaves fall is a good time for hunting.
After waiting for a long time, I could not hear the cry of pheasant or golden rooster again.
"Let's walk down the mountain." Lin Heng shook his head, feeling that there was no hope.
Walking down the stream with a flashlight, Lin Heng half expected to find a turtle or turtle in the mountain stream.
Unfortunately, this mountain stream is much smaller than the stream in Baishigou. There are only a few groupers in the stream, and neither turtles nor turtles can be seen.
“It’s so difficult to catch a golden rooster after running across both sides of the mountain.”
After walking down the mountain, Lin Heng rubbed his sore legs and complained, hunting is really not the same thing. An easy thing.
He is pretty good. Sometimes he comes back empty-handed after running for two or three days.
Of course, he can't be in the air force. As long as his thoughts don't slip and he doesn't dislike the smallness of his prey, he won't be in the air force.
Back at Shiban River, Lin Heng walked down the river with a flashlight.
The only harvest was an eel lying on the river bed, which he caught.
When he got home, he smelled the fragrance of beans from a distance and quickly quickened his pace.
"Second father, have you gained anything?"
Seeing Xiongba coming back first, his eldest nephew Lin Wei ran out first.
“Unlucky, I only got a golden rooster after running around all afternoon.”
Lin Heng raised the golden rooster in his hand.
“This is so beautiful, Erdaddy is so awesome.” Lin Wei took it and looked at it again and again.
“That’s enough, hunting is not that easy to begin with. You are lucky enough.”
Entering the house, Lin's father comforted him and said that he thought Lin Heng would return empty-handed today.
"Yes, it's already very good. Go and eat the tofu pudding quickly, we've locked it up for you, leave the golden rooster to us." The eldest brother Lin Yue patted Lin Heng on the shoulder and said.
"Pluck all the feathers dry, I'll keep them for use." Lin Heng said.
"Okay, don't worry." Lin Yue nodded.
Before Lin Heng entered the room, Xiulan came out with a large bowl of tofu puffs topped with garlic and garlic chili.
In this era, sugar is too expensive, and all we eat is salty tofu. Sweet ones only appeared later when life got better.
“It’s so delicious.” Lin Heng said intoxicatedly after taking a bite.
He thinks this thick tofu is much more delicious than the thin and creamy tofu, especially when paired with soul patchouli leaves, garlic chili.
Mother Lin glanced at him: "No matter how delicious it is, only that one bowl is the only one, and the rest are all made into tofu.
There is also bean dregs cake to eat tonight, do you want to eat it? ?”
Bean dregs were used to feed pigs in later generations, but in this era, people ate all the steamed buns, let alone bean dregs.
Of course it is mixed with some noodles and baked into bean dregs cakes in a pot, and almost no oil is added.
“Come on one.” Lin Heng nodded. He hadn’t eaten this for a long time.
Mother Lin brought him one. Lin Heng took a sip and nodded reluctantly: "It's as unpalatable as ever."
The rough bean dregs have a faint sweetness when eaten directly. , more of a rough and unpalatable texture, which makes it difficult to swallow. You still need some spicy food to eat it.
Mother Lin rolled her eyes: "I really should let you experience the life of eating tree bark when we were young. The pig food is delicious after three days of starvation."
Lin Heng chuckled: "Isn't this a complaint? I’m still eating.”
The meal at night is bean dregs pancakes, and there are three dishes: spicy and sour shredded potatoes, garlic and spicy tofu, and sour radish shreds and fried bacon.
There is also a potato (potato) pimple soup.
As long as it is eaten with vegetables, the bean dregs cake is not particularly difficult to swallow.
After eating a piece of cake, Lin's father put down his chopsticks, looked at his two sons and daughter-in-law, and said, "We will move to a new house tomorrow. Let's divide the house today."
"I don't have any property to share with you. The house cost more than 700 yuan. I bought you 100 yuan yesterday, and there is nothing left from selling ginseng.
I still have 400 jins of rice at home, and I packed 100 jins for each of you. I also have 300 jins of wheat for each of you, which will be enough for you to have a good harvest this year.
The rest. I have nothing left for you, the main thing is to divide the mountains, forests and land.”
He paused and ate some tofu and drank a sip of potato soup.
Lin's father then continued: "Our family has a total of 600 acres of forest and 30 acres of land. These are originally divided according to population, and you have your share.
Now you can choose for yourself, pick. The family cannot take all of the two hundred acres of forest, ten acres of land and paddy fields, but can only pick one third.
Now. Think about it, I guess you must have thought about it before, and decided to separate the household registrations in a few days."
Eldest brother Lin Yue nodded and looked at Lin Heng: "Brother, you go first. Choose."
His words made his wife Liu Juan immediately unhappy. You are the boss, why do you always let your brother choose first.
Lin Heng was already capable, but if he chose a good place, how would they live in the future?
Lin Heng looked at his eldest brother, then at his parents, smiled and said, "Xiulan and I have already discussed this."
"What did you discuss?" Father Lin looked at him and Xiulan.
"The mountain forest is the entire Hongfeng Mountain to the west of the village, which is almost more than 200 acres. The land is the ten acres of land at the foot of the Hongfeng Mountain."
Lin Heng said with a smile. .
As soon as he said this, everyone except Xiulan was stunned.
“Are you sure?” Father Lin looked at him, thinking he was joking.
Lin Heng's elder brother and sister-in-law also looked incredulous. There are so many good places in the house, Lin Heng, why did you choose the lowest place?
"Sure, it's that piece." Lin Heng nodded.
"That piece of land is full of sand. It is far worse than loess and black soil. If you don't choose two good pieces of land, you may not be able to eat." Mother Lin reminded.
"It's okay, we've just set our sights on that piece of land, and we're sure we want the Hongfeng Mountain piece." Lin Heng shook his head firmly.
"Okay, you can't change your mind once it's confirmed." Father Lin glanced at him and didn't know what he and Xiulan were thinking.
At this time, he cannot be biased and choose whatever he wants.
"Where are you two?" Father Lin asked again.
“We want eighty acres of the forest on the other side of Shuijinggou, sixty acres of Erlanggou, and sixty acres of Daliang.
As for land, we want three acres of sloping land on the other side of the river, two acres of paddy field on the river, four acres of land opposite Hongfeng Mountain, and the one acre of sloping land near my third father. "
Lin Yue said, obviously this was what they had discussed long ago.
Compared to Lin Heng, their choices were much more normal. There were some close to the forest and some far away. , there are mixed woods, and there are also woodlands of pure pine and acorn trees.
The land is also the same. Not all the good land has been occupied. Three-fifths of the land is good and two-fifths are barren. Some.
Originally they wanted to take another piece of barren land, but after Lin Heng took all of Hongfeng Mountain, there were not many pieces of barren land left.
"After you have chosen Lin Heng, take a pen, write a note, and put your fingerprint on it. I will take it to Murakami to stamp it some other day to avoid conflicts over this in the future.
As for the issue of support between your mother and me. , You don’t need to worry about it for now, let’s wait until we are old and can’t do the work anymore.”
Father Lin looked at the four of them and said, although he only had a primary school education, he understood the principles very well.
No matter what, the brothers have to let them settle their accounts to avoid wrangling in the future.
"Okay." Lin Heng thought this was a good idea and turned around to get paper and pen.
Asking for a monthly ticket.
(End of this chapter)