Chapter 188 Musk Shadow in the Forest
“No, I’m too tired!”
After eating, Lin Heng lay down on his cane bed. Today’s shuttle is farther than before .
Uncle Gao looked at him and said with a smile: "This is not enough, we need to exercise more.
The mountain road we walked this day was only about fifteen kilometers. We used to march and fight a lot. Carrying 40 to 50 kilograms of stuff for 50 to 60 kilometers a day is considered tiring.”
Lin Heng shook his head repeatedly: "You are at the pinnacle of light infantry. I can't compare with you, uncle."
He can't compare with soldiers.
Uncle Gao laughed and said: "With your physique, you must be a good material if you train well."
Li Baiquan also smiled and agreed: "Lin Heng is indeed suitable. Your bow and arrow are so accurate. Maybe you can become a sharpshooter with a gun!"
Lin Heng waved his hands quickly, but he didn't want to be a soldier: "I am suitable for hunting, but I can't be a soldier and I can't stand restraint..."
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While chatting, the three of them slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, I made sauerkraut noodles and then set off up the mountain.
Going up the source of this creek, there is no water in the valley, but the mountains on both sides are still tall and steep.
From time to time there are some orchids growing in the gray rock crevices, and the green leaves sway in the wind, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
There are many large rocks of all kinds in the valley, including snow-white, black, and gray.
There is sunshine today, but it is still very cold. The wind is blowing in the canyon. There is no sunshine in this place, it is all snow.
After walking about five hundred meters, the three of them found a place to go up the mountain and hurried up the mountain to look for prey.
Uncle Gao looked at the majestic Taibai Mountain in front of him and said, "This place is not far from Taibai Mountain. Let's go directly there."
They are actually already in the Taibai Mountain Range. , the trees here have become shorter, some places still have large areas of grass, and some places are covered with large areas of moss.
Compared with tall forests, the terrain here is more complex, so there are more biological populations.
As soon as he went up the mountain, Li Baiquan pointed to the opposite mountain and said: "Look, it's the golden monkey again!"
This golden monkey was very noisy, Lin Heng and Uncle Gao were also the first Time saw it.
This guy was on some fir trees opposite, eating usneas hanging from the trees.
While eating, they were still quarreling and fighting. When Lin Heng looked over, another one fell from the tree, but it seemed nothing happened. He got up and quickly climbed up the tree.
Uncle Gao sighed with emotion: "The ecology of this place is really good. It's shrouded in clouds and mist. Maybe there will be something harvested today."
Li Baiquan said: "Then let's explore separately, don't run too far."
> After discussing it, Lin Heng took Xiong Ba aside. After walking away, he rubbed Xiong Ba’s head: "You have eaten well these two days. Let’s work hard today. At least find me a muntjac or something." . ”
“Ouch~”
Xiongba raised his head in a humane manner and started looking around.
The altitude of this place is high, and there is still a thin layer of snow. After all, the altitude of this place is already three thousand, and the highest point of Taibai Mountain can even reach three thousand seven.
Although the sun came out, the snow in the forest still did not melt so quickly.
After walking a few hundred meters, Lin Heng saw another red squirrel, sneaking away from behind a big tree root.
Xiongba chased one, and it ran straight to the top of a cedar.
“Hiding chestnuts again?”
Lin Heng smiled, ran behind the tree root and searched for a while, and sure enough he found a pile of chestnuts and acorns buried in the tree hole.
The chestnuts picked up by squirrels are all very big, plump and smooth, absolutely top quality.
“Ji!”
The squirrel seemed to be protesting from the top of the pine tree. Lin Heng’s behavior was so shameless.
Lin Heng grinned: "Don't worry, I left some acorns for you. I won't eat these."
I picked up another pound of chestnuts, which was really a pleasure. He was too lazy to beat the pine trees. The branches of the pine trees were too dense and difficult to beat.
If the arrow gets stuck on it, the tree really couldn’t be used to draw it out last time.
Getting some chestnuts can be said to be effortless and simply earned with blood.
After searching for this mountain for two hours and finding nothing, Lin Heng headed towards Taibai Mountain.
There is grass on a hillside here, and there is still some greenery in winter. Lin Heng estimates that there should be something there.
Not far into the forest, Lin Heng suddenly saw some hoof prints.
“Xiong Ba, look for it quickly!”
Lin Heng rubbed Xiong Ba’s head, a little excited. This footprint was definitely left yesterday.
One person and one dog followed the footprints not far before they saw feces. The new feces was covered with old feces.
This is a typical toilet. Whether it is a forest musk deer or a muntjac, they have a habit of pooping in the forest, usually not far from their nests.
Lin Heng knelt down and took a closer look, and he could tell: "This is the excrement of forest musk deer!"
Identifying prey is also a skill of hunters, and Lin Heng has just learned it.
The reason why I am so sure is because I have two forest musk deer at home.
Although the forest musk deer is smaller than the muntjac, its feces particles are larger than the muntjac’s feces, similar to the seeds of green beans.
The feces of muntjacs are round, similar to soybeans.
Slowing down his pace, Lin Heng took Xiongba around to look around.
With the trace of prey, the wind in the mountains does not seem so cold anymore.
After walking through the forest for a while, they came to the shrubbery. In addition to low shrubs, there were various grasses and some green moss.
Lin Heng did not act rashly. He found a convenient hiding place and slowly looked around.
The most taboo thing in hunting is being reckless. As long as you don’t move and are not exposed, you will have great chances.
After searching for half an hour, Lin Heng saw a distinctive white color in a green bush.
“Found it!”
Lin Heng couldn’t help but feel excited. This was the white hair on Lin Shek’s chest.
Waiting again, he saw the backward canine teeth of Lin Deer as he moved.
Gonglin musk deer! !
Lin Heng's heart moved. This meant that there was musk, and he would be worth at least a thousand yuan if he hit it.
But he thought again and thought that he might be able to kill the king of hell nearby. Wouldn't it be more profitable if he got a living person?
After thinking carefully, Lin Heng shook his head and said, "No, ten birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand. Let's fight first."
Who knows what will happen next, but we should fight first. Let’s talk about it later.
It’s not alarming yet. He is more than three hundred meters away. There should be a chance if he gets closer.
Putting down the bow bag, taking out the compound bow and drawing an arrow, Lin Heng found a suitable position and slowly approached.
In a few minutes, they reached a distance of two hundred meters. Lin Heng stayed for a while and found that Lin Shek didn't seem to notice him.
He gritted his teeth and moved on. More than ten minutes later, he unexpectedly arrived at a distance of more than seventy meters from it.
Lin Heng couldn’t believe that such a large prey was only over seventy meters tall. He put on his bow and arrow, aimed for three seconds, and then shot out an arrow.
With a whooshing sound, the arrow shot out by a bow with fifty pounds of tension can reach a speed of seventy or eighty meters per second, which means that it takes one second to reach such a long distance.
Almost as soon as it heard the sound, it penetrated its body. The unrivaled hunting arrow penetrated directly through the body of this forest musk deer.
“Woof woof!!”
It turned around and ran away as an instinctive reaction, and the bully immediately gave chase.
Lin Heng walked forward slowly. The forest musk deer couldn't run very far. If the arrow penetrated its belly, it would die.
Three minutes later, he heard Xiong Ba's call. When he arrived, Lin Shek had already fallen to the ground and was motionless.
Obviously completely dead.
Lin Heng picked it up and looked at it, and couldn't help but said: "It's a bit light!"
He estimated that the forest musk deer weighed only 13 or 4 pounds, but he didn't know if the musk smell was much. .
I guess they have already been bred, so there probably won’t be too many musks.
But no matter what, you can definitely sell it for one thousand yuan. When he thought of this, Lin Heng couldn't help but grin.
“The resources near Taibai Mountain are so rich.” Lin Heng said with emotion that he had such a harvest on his first day here.
Pawning the blood and feeding it to Xiong Ba, Lin Heng carried Lin Shek back and walked back. Unknowingly, it was past two o'clock in the afternoon, and it would be almost dark by the time he got back.
He is now a little far away from his uncle Gao and others, and is ready to go back and meet up.
Not far away, he heard gunshots coming from a mountain opposite.
When they were reuniting, he saw his uncle holding a large gray rabbit in his hand.
Li Baiquan was just about to say that he had a good harvest, when he saw Lin Heng holding Lin She, and he suddenly froze on the spot.
"Lin Heng, you have hit a forest musk deer!!"
He was shocked. Lin Heng must be so lucky. He has been hunting for so many years and has not yet shot a deer. Have you ever been to a forest musk deer?
Lin Heng got three of them this year. This is really irritating.
Lin Heng laughed: "I was running around in the woods, and I discovered it by accident. It's the work of Xiong Ba."
He followed Xiong Ba in the direction he walked, but he didn't expect it to really show its strength. .
If it weren’t for Xiong Ba, he might not have gone in that direction, and he might have missed the forest musk deer.
"It seems that I have to get a dog too." Li Baiquan looked at Xiong Ba, this dog is really majestic and useful.
When I met Uncle Gao, he was holding two grouse in his hand. When he saw Lin Heng holding Lin Shek, his eyes lit up and he said with a smile: "You are so awesome. You just came to Taibai Mountain." I caught a forest deer on the first day.”
"It's all thanks to Xiongba, he found it." Lin Heng said with a smile.
Uncle Gao shook his head and said: "Don't be modest. This thing is very vigilant. You can't defeat it without some skills and patience."
"Haha, it does have some skills." Lin Heng was unambiguous and admitted with a smile.
Uncle Gao patted his shoulder again and said with a smile: "We don't know the difference between musk and musk. It shouldn't be a problem if we go back and let us eat some forest musk deer meat."
Lin Heng smiled Nodding: "Of course, it's okay to eat them all, I'll cook them."
"Then I have to try the forest musk deer meat. I haven't eaten it yet. It is said to have a strong nourishing effect." Li Baiquan also said with a smile.
The three of them all caught prey and were very hungry, so they returned directly to the camp.
It was only five o'clock at this time, and there was still more than an hour until dark.
Lin Heng first took out the whole scent sac of Lin She and placed it on a stone to dry.
Then the skinning work was handed over to Uncle Gao. He, his uncle Li Baiquan and Niba rebuilt the stove and exhausted the smoke outside.
Each of them brought a small pot with them when they went up the mountain. Lin Heng cut off a forest musk deer leg, cut off the meat and fried it.
The bones were stewed with two spare ribs, chestnuts and yams dug freshly by his uncle.
Lin She's meat is almost all lean meat. Lin Heng cut some pork belly and stir-fried it together. The aroma came out after scratching it.
Add some soybean paste and pickled radish slices brought from home, and a fragrant pot of fried forest musk meat is ready.
The rice was cooked first, and the three of them drank rice wine while eating fried forest musk deer.
Uncle Gao took a bite and nodded: "This forest musk deer meat is tender and more delicious than beef."
Li Baiquan also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, no wonder there are less and less of this stuff."< br>
Lin Hengda ate happily and then smiled and picked up the rice wine and drank a little with the two of them.
There was not much rice wine, and the three of them drank it very carefully.
The meat of forest musk deer feels more delicate than venison, with a finer grain texture. The slices are very soft, and there is a strong meaty aroma in the mouth. It is chewy enough, but not that Plant more than you can chew.
"I would be satisfied if I could hunt a wild boar this time I go into the mountains." Li Baiquan said with emotion after drinking some wine.
Lin Heng said with a smile: "It's not difficult. There are many more wild boars than forest musk deer. You can definitely find them if you look hard."
"Yes, there are probably quite a few in this place." Uncle Gao also nodded and said.
After drinking, Lin Heng went to bring the pork rib soup over: "Here, have a sip of the pork rib soup."
"Well, it's so fragrant, and this wild yam is also delicious."
Uncle Gao took a sip of the soup and nodded with satisfaction, feeling that he was satisfied with his trip to the mountains.
The bones and meat of the bone soup that has been simmered for more than an hour have completely separated. The yam added half an hour ago is so soft that it is difficult to pick it up with chopsticks.
Wild yams are like this. They are easier to cook than artificially grown ones, and they become soft and rotten very easily. Generally, they can be cooked for a maximum of ten or twenty minutes.
Some of the artificially cultured yams are still hard even after being cooked for two hours.
This soup also tastes better than pork ribs soup, and musk deer bones contain more nutrients than pork bones.
Lin Heng thought that he must take the rest back and give it to his wife and children to taste, and then to his parents and elder brothers to taste it.
In the end, there was a lot of pork rib soup left. It wasn’t that it didn’t taste good, but it was just too much to finish.
Meat and rice are already very filling.
After eating, Lin Heng found a rope to tie up the musk sachet and hung it in the air. After it dried, he stored it in paper.
The forest musk deer skin is hanging in the air for the time being, waiting for it to dry.
Early the next morning, when everyone got up, they all felt warm.
Li Baiquan said with a smile: "This forest musk deer meat is indeed a little different. My body feels a lot warmer."
Uncle Gao nodded and said: "This stuff is really nourishing, as is yam and chestnut. These are great tonics, and together they will definitely cover your whole body It’s strong.
But you can’t eat too much. Just eat the grouse and pork I shot today, and let Lin Heng take the rest back to give his family a taste.”
Lin Heng yesterday. He was not stingy and gave almost four kilograms of meat to everyone.
Li Baiquan also nodded: "That's for sure. We still have pig offal to eat, so we won't eat the forest musk deer meat."
"Lin musk deer's offal can also be eaten, but it will probably be spoiled when we take it back. Lin Heng said with a smile.
Uncle Gao smiled and said: "Let's make some pig noodles in the morning. Lin Heng did a good job."
(End of this chapter)
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