Chapter 87: Lay the trap and kill the snake
“Xiongba, come and see if you can jump over.”
After Lin Heng and his wife parted ways, they walked all the way to the foot of Hongfeng Mountain and pointed in front of them said a one-meter-tall pyracantha tree.
“Woof!!”
Xiong Ba shouted, accelerated a little, and leapt over without any effort at all.
"Woof!"
It called back, as if it didn't think it was a challenge at all.
“Here, here is a taller one.” Lin Heng found another one that was two meters high. He wanted to see the limit of Xiongba.
Xiong Ba glanced at the Pyracantha tree, accelerated, and leaped past it again. Lin Heng was stunned by the majestic appearance.
"Come on, try this again." Lin Heng found a pyracantha tree that was 2.56 meters tall.
Xiongba stood motionless on the ground, just looking at him: "Wow~"
The look in his eyes seemed to say that if you have the ability, come and try it.
"Well, it is indeed a bit difficult for you. After all, you are not yet one year old." Lin Heng smiled.
However, he felt that Xiongba could be trained well. Although it was humane, some things needed more practice.
If you have nothing to do, you have to jump out of a tree, run, swim, etc. You can't turn into a big fat dog.
As for commands, Lin Heng felt that it was not necessary. It was very spiritual and could basically understand commands.
"Woof woof~~"
Xiongba has been locked up at home for several days, and there is no place to use all his strength. As soon as he came out, he started to have fun, and he couldn't play any more.
Soon, Lin Heng came to the place where Dendrobium officinale was planted, picked up the gourd that was placed here yesterday and watered them again.
Then he took Xiong Ba all the way. On the way, he mainly taught Xiong Ba to obey his orders. This guy is so smart that he has been a little out of touch recently.
It's just like a border collie. Once it thinks you can't compete with it, it won't want to care about you anymore.
After some instruction and training from Lin Heng, it became much calmer when it arrived at Sanchagou Canyon at noon.
Half of them are tired.
Back at the shelter, Lin Heng saw no one. He put down the food he had brought and turned around to set off.
"Don't run around. Let's go to the edge of the wetland today." Lin Heng touched the bulldog's head and warned.
He thought for a while on the way here and thought that there might be more prey in the wetlands and swamps in the canyon.
He was going to drop some Hell King Diao and throw some corn nearby. He might hope to catch pigs, badgers and the like, or even wild boars.
Leading Xiongba, one person and one dog, they headed towards the wetland.
The road was not difficult to walk. In order not to alert the prey, Lin Heng did not cut the road.
“There is definitely prey in here.” Walking into the wetland, Lin Heng found signs of being turned over everywhere.
"Let's start from here."
Lin Heng looked at a willow tree with a thick wrist in front of him and began to arrange the King of Hell hanging.
Although the King of Hell is sensitive and easy to use, even if you use a rope, you don't have to worry about catching a big prey and breaking the rope, because it is usually dropped in mid-air and out of reach to bite.
But there is one limitation, that is, there must be living trees to provide elasticity. Without trees, it cannot be arranged.
So Lin Heng also arranged some simple rope traps and placed them on the paths where these prey often walk.
Stab!
Lin Heng came to a new place and was about to set a trap when a gray rabbit jumped out of the haystack and ran wildly into the distance.
He was not shocked that there were rabbits here. He brought Xiongba here mainly to catch rabbits.
Before he could say anything, Xiong Ba chased after him, and a chase drama began.
This hare has experienced many battles. Whenever the bully tries to catch up, it takes advantage of its small size to turn quickly, thus completing the escape and continuing to run away.
Xiongba braked, turned around and chased after it. Although it didn't catch it right away, it still firmly held the initiative and didn't panic at all.
It's fine if it makes a mistake, but the rabbit will die if he makes one mistake.
After two consecutive times, it mastered the rabbit's braking rules. When it was about to brake for the third time, it jumped, directly predicted its position, and bit it.
With a shrill scream, Xiongba seemed to trot back slowly with the rabbit in his mouth, as majestic as a wolf king.
“Awesome!” Lin Heng couldn’t help but patted Xiong Ba’s head and encouraged him.
The chase just now fully demonstrated its athletic ability, it was so fierce.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiong Ba dropped the rabbit, held his head high and stuck out his tongue, and motioned to Lin Heng to touch its chest to express encouragement.
“Awesome, I’ll have some delicious food for you when I get back.”
Lin Heng stroked the hair on its chest. The graceful posture of the bully when running was full of wild power and beauty. .
This made Lin Heng look forward to the day when it would chase a pig badger. The scene would be pretty good to watch.
I lifted the rabbit up and looked at it. It was a fat male rabbit. He estimated to weigh seven or eight kilograms.
Xiongba was so ferocious that he broke the rabbit's spine in one bite, and the bite force was terrifying.
Throwing the rabbit into the basket, Lin Heng continued to set up traps, using both the King of Hell trap and the ordinary rope trap.
In the place where the pig badger was seen yesterday morning, Lin Heng also laid many traps.
After a round, he set up about thirty rope traps and more than a dozen Yama's traps. He couldn't remember the exact number.
“Let’s go take a bath.”
After setting up the trap under the bright sun at noon, Lin Heng couldn’t stand it anymore and took Xiong Ba to the creek. bath.
I took off my clothes and soaked in the water, and I immediately felt much more comfortable.
“Wow~~”
Xiongba started swimming happily.
“Don’t touch me.” Lin Heng lay in the water, hiding under the shade of a tree with a stone as his pillow.
It was extremely hot at the shelter at noon, so the only good places to go were in the water or in the woods.
However, Lin Heng only soaked for a while. The water in the mountain stream was too cold and he couldn't bear it for a long time.
“Let’s go back to the vicinity of Baishitan first.”
One person and one dog returned to the vicinity of Baishitan. Lin Heng took a look at the shelter and there was still no one there.
“Let’s build a hammock here.”
After thinking about it, Lin Heng went to cut down some vines and spent half an hour weaving a hammock.
After finishing the compilation, I lay down on it and took a nap. Xiongba lay down under the hammock to rest.
At noon, Lin Heng had given up hunting in the woods. Past experiences told him that there was almost no hope of going hunting at this time.
It's better to find a place to rest and recharge your batteries.
......
"Lin Heng, when did you come?"
Lin Heng fell asleep for about an hour when a voice suddenly came from behind him.
Xiongba stood up alertly and stared at Li Baiquan, who was walking from a distance.
"Well, I came here at noon, and then I went to set some hell slings and rope traps. When I got back, I slept here."
Lin Heng yawned and got off the hammock.
"Uncle, what are you doing? Did you go hunting this morning? Did you gain anything?"
Lin Heng asked again.
Li Baiquan shook his head: "No, but we found traces of wild boars there, and there was a lot of wild boar poop on the ground.
I tracked it all morning but couldn't find it. "
"Didn't you find any of this? Doesn’t Tian Baishun have a hunting dog? "Lin Heng was a little confused.
"That stupid dog couldn't do it. It circled in place. We set up several Hell King Hangers there. I'll come back to get some rope, and we'll continue searching in the afternoon, setting some traps along the way. "Li Baiquan shook his head, extremely disappointed with the big flower dog.
"Then let's go together and I'll go take a look too. "
Lin Heng thought for a while and said.
He felt Xiongba could do the job.
“Yes, if you have more than one person, you will have more chances to find it.” Of course Li Baiquan would not refuse.
The two went to the shelter to get things together. Lin Heng gave some of the dry food made by Xiulan to his uncle.
“Don’t mention it, it’s a good thing that we have the food you brought, otherwise we might not have anything to eat at noon or evening today.”
Li Baiquan was nibbling on the steamed buns. explain.
Apart from tracking wild boars, they found no other prey at all today.
We walked two or three kilometers in a row before we arrived at the place they were talking about.
“Look, this is wild boar poop. It was definitely pooped last night.”
Li Baiquan pointed to the ground and said.
“This wild boar is not small.” Li Heng looked at the feces on the ground. It must be the size that a pig of two to three hundred pounds can pull out.
"Yes, but we have been searching for a long time and found nothing." Li Baiquan shook his head.
“Xiong Ba, give it a try.”
Lin Heng touched Xiong Ba’s head and pointed to the wild boar excrement on the ground.
“Woof woof!”
Xiong Ba lowered his head to the ground and smelled it, and quickly identified a direction.
"Is this dog of yours okay?" Li Baiquan felt that the direction was too fast. It was his first time to see this dog hunting and he didn't have much confidence in it.
“I don’t know, it depends on whether the scent trace left by the wild boar is obvious or not.” Lin Heng shook his head and did not brag about Xiong Ba’s strength.
It’s impossible to track this thing. If the smell is gone, it won’t be found.
After tracking for about seven or eight hundred meters, Xiongba stopped.
"It seems we can't find it." Lin Heng shook his head.
Li Baiquan was not surprised by this: "It's normal. I didn't have much hope at first."
The two of them landed a few more Hell King's Traps nearby, and then separated to see if they could Can't hunt small prey.
Lin Heng led Xiong Ba through the forest. There were rotten trees everywhere in this deep mountain forest. Xiong Ba liked to jump over fallen trees when he encountered them.
With Xiong Ba around, the chanterelles picked up by Lin Heng on the road were not mushrooms. There were very few chanterelles that could be eaten, and most of them were infested with worms.
I found a few of Qingtou Fungus and Huang Laitou, and picked four Ganoderma lucidum flowers, which were quite big.
As for the prey, I ran all afternoon and didn't find any, and I also encountered two nests of wasps on the way.
One is at the top of the tree crown and the other is in the crack of the stone.
Fortunately, Lin Heng discovered it early and avoided it in time. Wasps can be said to be the most dangerous thing in the jungle in summer.
Once you accidentally provoke one, you will often be chased by a group of hundreds of wasps.
It's okay to be stung by one or two, but if there are too many, you will not die but will be seriously injured.
Lin Heng stayed away immediately when he saw him.
Unconsciously, the forest gradually became dark. Looking up through the gap, half of the sky was already blood red.
"Fortunately, I brought Xiongba with me today. A rabbit does not count as an air force."
Lin Heng shook his head. He estimated that there was no hope for today.
I found Tianhei in the woods and found nothing.
“Woof woof!!”
Just as Lin Heng was about to move forward, Xiong Ba suddenly let out a vigilant roar.
“Hiss!!”
Frightened by the majestic voice, a five-step snake emerged from under the leaves and crawled away.
"Damn! Five-step snake"
Lin Heng was startled, his heart jumped into his throat. He didn't see this five-step snake at all.
It’s not Xiongba, I may have to explain it here today.
There are not many venomous snakes in the Qinling Mountains, and the five-step snake is definitely one of the most venomous snakes.
"I'm so unlucky today, it's both a wasp and a poisonous snake." Lin Heng was frightened, picked up his bow and arrow and chased after him.
"The bitch still wants to run away!!"
Lin Heng picked up the bow and arrow, watched the five-step snake slowly crawling away, and an arrow flew out, directly shooting through its head and pinning it to the ground.
Watching the snake's body twisting wildly, Lin Heng finally felt at ease.
He would never let go of a venomous snake if he saw one. What if he let it go this time and was accidentally bitten?
It is better that the number of venomous snakes is small.
When it was completely dead, Lin Heng came over and stepped on his head, pulling out the arrow.
Then he chopped off his head with a hatchet and covered it with stones.
“Let’s go back.”
Lin Heng said while holding the snake. The venom of poisonous snakes is stored in the head, so naturally it can be eaten if the body is not poisonous.
I expected to find something on the way back, but unfortunately I found nothing.
Lin Heng suspected that all the animals here had discovered their existence and fled here.
Back at the shelter, Lin Heng saw that the other three people had returned.
“Woof!!”
When the big dog saw Xiong Ba, he rushed up to fight, wanting to teach Xiong Ba a lesson.
“Woof woof!!”
Xiongba also rushed forward without showing any signs of weakness. He still remembered the last time he was bullied because he was tied up.
After the fight between the two, the bully bit the big flower dog on the neck. He whined and clamped his tail to beg for mercy.
"Old man Tian, you are such a bad dog." Li Baiquan said with a smile.
“Fart, it’s just hungry.” Old Man Tian was unwilling to admit this fact.
“Xiongba, come back.”
Lin Heng shouted, and then Xiongba let go of the big-flowered dog and returned to Lin Heng with his head held high.
Not to mention anything else, the appearance alone is far inferior to that of Xiong Ba, who looks mighty and fierce.
The big flower dog looks more like a mad dog, revealing its insidiousness and cunning, and seems to bite people from behind at any time.
"Lin Heng, your dog grows up very fast." Old Man Tian said with a smile.
"Of course, I feed it meat every day." Lin Heng nodded and said.
"But I think it's brave and foolhardy. It's definitely not good for hunting. You still need a dog like me for hunting."
Old man Tian said, touching his big spotted dog.
"Is this rabbit considered prey? It was bitten to death by Xiong Ba." Lin Heng threw out a big hare.
Old man Tian: "..."
"It seems that you are okay as a dog." He smiled sarcastically.
"Uncle, haven't you gained anything today?" Lin Heng asked again.
“It can’t be said that there isn’t any, there is still some Radix Pseudostellariae.” Lu Honghai said with a smile.
"That's right, what does it mean to have no harvest? Aren't these yam and astragalus?"
Old man Tian pointed to the things on the ground and said.
Lin Heng shook his head and smiled: "They are all air force guys, I am the only one who has gained something."
"Uncle. You skin the snake, and I'll skin the rabbit."
Lin Heng threw the snake to his uncle and said.
"Okay." Li Baiquan grinned and took it.
Lin Heng skinned the rabbit and dried it in the sun. The rabbit head and internal organs were cooked and fed to Xiong Ba.
“Wow~”
Wherever the bully was eating, the big-flowered dog only dared to look at it. It had already understood its status in the previous battle and did not dare to grab food in front of the bully.
“Here!”
Li Baiquan killed the snake, took back the internal organs and threw them to the big flower dog.
"Let's bake it all tonight. It's not suitable for making soup." Lin Heng looked at two things and decided to make the rabbit meat into beggar rabbit.
After applying salt, stuff a little wild peppercorns, a bag of leaves and a bag of mud into your stomach and throw them into the fire to roast.
The five-step snake was impaled on a wooden stick by his uncle Li Baiquan and placed near the fire to roast.
In this way, whether it is snake meat or rabbit meat, the taste is very ordinary, because there is no oil or spices.
Rabbit meat and snake meat are famous for being fat-free, so they taste very spicy, especially rabbit meat.
Fortunately, Lin Heng and the others brought spicy food, and it tasted pretty good when dipped in tofu fermented spicy food.
"Lin Heng, why didn't you bring some wine? You just missed your wife when you got home. It's really not fun to eat meat without wine." Old man Tian said with emotion, he was unhappy without wine. .
"You can put it down if you don't want to eat it. No one is forcing you to eat it." Lin Heng glanced at him. It would be nice to have something to eat, and he felt disgusted.
“That’s right, you old guy is really picky.” Li Baiquan also said sarcastically with a smile.
Tian Baishun shook his head and sighed: "Hey, people only have this hobby when they get old. If you don't enjoy it, you will lose everything after you die."
Lin Heng did not answer. , when you are full, feed the bones to Xiongba.
“Ouch~”
Xiongba squatted next to him, looking at the rabbit bones for a long time. Lin Heng threw it and he opened his mouth to catch it, making a crunching sound. A pair of golden dog eyes flashed with satisfaction.
“It’s great to be a dog, and I’m so happy with just one bone.” Lin Heng touched it and lay down to look at the stars. The sky full of stars was so beautiful.
However, there was no suitable person to watch it with, so he soon stopped watching it and returned to the shelter to sleep, calling Xiong Ba along with him.
Because there is an extra dog beside him at night, Lin Heng doesn’t feel cold anymore without covering himself with grass.
It’s just that the mountain wind howls at night, like a hundred ghosts howling, making it difficult to sleep soundly. Li Baiquan even got up in the middle of the night and put some treetops on the shelter door to make the wind lessen.
Early the next morning, Lin Heng rolled over and woke up. Xiongba was licking his chin. He was so angry that he slapped it: "How many times have I told you not to be a licking dog? I don't understand."
"Ouch~"
Xiongba lowered his head in grievance.
Lin Heng stood up and went outside. The wind was much lighter than at night. The sun had just come out and the grass blades were covered with dew.
"Hey, there was such a strong wind last night. I wonder if any prey was trapped." Lin Heng was a little worried. He didn't harvest anything yesterday, so he had to collect the trap this morning.
"I don't know, let's go and take a look." Li Baiquan shook his head.
"Uncle, show me the wild boar, and I'll check the noose on the swamp." Lin Heng looked at Li Baiquan and said.
"Okay, don't worry." Li Baiquan nodded.
The four of them parted ways. Lin Heng took the dog to the swamp, while Tian Baishun and Li Baiquan were obsessed with the big wild boar and wanted to find it again today.
(End of this chapter)