Chapter 413 Old Man Zhao’s Baby
“I want to buy your compound bow.”
Calling Lin Heng aside, Old Man Zhao said.
“You really want to buy it.” Lin Heng was a little surprised, but thinking about it, it was normal. If he had been playing bow and arrow all his life, he would not be able to help himself when he saw such an artifact.
Old man Zhao nodded and said: "Yes, I think this thing is very good. With it, I can hunt with twice the result with half the effort. What price is more suitable for you?"
Lin Heng explained: "Although this thing is not easy to break, it is difficult to repair it yourself once it breaks. There is no specialized repair company in China. Because these things are imported from foreign countries, there is no domestic company that manufactures compound bows. That is me. It’s hard to buy it yourself.”
“And if I sell it now, I won’t be able to hunt in a short time.” Lin Heng added that he didn’t want to sell it, and he didn’t need the hundred. Many bucks.
Old man Zhao naturally understood what Lin Heng meant. He also asked many related questions in the past two days. He had never heard of such a compound bow before Lin Heng.
When he heard that foreign countries had brought it in, he understood. He knew that many foreign guns were very good. No wonder the performance of this bow was so good.
"Listen to me first. I know you are not short of more than a hundred yuan, but I have never thought about using money to buy it with you. I will give you a treasure in exchange." Old man Zhao looked at Lin Heng said slowly.
"What kind of treasure?" These words aroused Lin Heng's curiosity. He smiled and said, "If it is such a good treasure that it can make up for my loss, I can give it to you."
"This thing."
Old man Zhao took out a plastic bag from his body. After opening it, there was a layer of plastic paper wrapped inside, and after opening it again, there was a layer of cloth inside. After opening the cloth, the contents inside were revealed.
This was a yellow object that looked slightly smaller than an egg, with two small cracks on it. After opening it, Old Man Zhao handed it to Lin Heng.
Lin Heng took a deep breath and said: "Is this...bezoar?"
Bezoar is a good thing. It is as precious as saffron and cordyceps. A bezoar of this size weighs fifty or sixty grams and can be sold for three to four thousand.
After careful inspection, Lin Heng was sure that this was a real piece of bezoar.
"What do you think of this? I found this from a takin last year when I killed it. I took it to Xiaozhuo Township and someone offered me 800 yuan for it, but I didn't sell it. I think I could sell it for thousands, so I can use it What do you think about exchanging your bow and arrows?”
“Really exchange this for this?” Lin Heng was a little surprised, and at the same time he cursed in his heart that the people from Xiaozhuo Township were really evil, for being such a big bezoar. Just eight hundred.
But he hesitated for a second and still did not tell the true value of this bezoar. In the face of real interests, he admitted that he was also a villain.
"If you agree, we can exchange it. To be honest, I don't have much use for this thing. You may be able to sell it for more money. That's also your ability. I think you are much more pleasing to the eye than those black-hearted guys in Xiaozhuoxiang. "
Old man Zhao nodded and said with a smile. He knew that this thing should be sold for more than eight hundred.
"Do my uncle Zhao Shouxi and the others know?" Lin Heng asked again.
“You don’t have to worry about this matter, I’ve already agreed with them.” Old Man Zhao waved his hand.
"Okay, I'll change it." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, picked up the bezoar again and put it away.
"Okay, then you can teach me the skills of using and debugging bows and arrows." Old man Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said.
Lin Heng nodded, went to get the bow and arrows, took Old Man Zhao to the fields to practice, and handed everything to him without reservation.
It wasn't until the sun set from Sancha Mountain that the two of them returned home, and Old Man Zhao was completely familiar with everything about this compound bow.
After returning, Lin Heng packed up the bow bag and the 20 arrows he carried and handed them to him.
While resting at night, Lin Yue asked curiously: "Brother, did you sell the compound bow?"
"Yes." Lin Heng nodded.
“It shouldn’t be money in exchange, right?” Lin Yue said with a smile.
"Yes, a good thing - bezoar." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.
"Bezoar, no wonder you sold it." Lin Yue looked surprised.
Lu Honggang sighed: "Then you made a lot of money this time."
"It's okay." Lin Heng smiled slightly.
I got up early the next day and had breakfast at Zhao's house. As soon as they packed up their things, they set off.
When the sun came out, they just climbed to the top of a big mountain outside Sanshan Village. Here they could see the orange-red sunrise, layers of red clouds, and mist lingering in the mountains. There is a feeling of overwhelming beauty.
"The mountain is high and the peak is man-made. The sun from the mountain is quite beautiful. Sanshan Village also has a unique scenery." Lin Yue said with a smile.
Lu Honggang said: "It rises like this every day. I can see it every morning on the mountain. It feels like nothing special."
Lin Heng said nothing and looked at the burning red sun in silence. He thought of himself when he was young in his previous life. At that time, he always felt that he could carve out a world outside, and that there was always something to be done in the world.
However, it took the sea of people to struggle for forty years, and finally lost everything familiar and tasted the ups and downs before achieving a little success. Everything that should fade has faded, and there is no spirit.
Now that he has returned to his teenage years, his mentality is different again. He has lost his youthful energy and high-spirited youth, and his mood has become calmer.
After watching the sunrise quietly for a while, the three of them continued to walk back.
Lin Heng now only has a slingshot for hunting, so he takes Xiongba to follow his elder brother. If he finds prey, he can get close to him quickly.
It was already dark when we returned to the camp. Lin Heng shot a golden pheasant on the way, and his third uncle shot two grouse, but there was nothing else to gain.
"Is it Lin Heng?"
As soon as they arrived at the shelter, Fengsheng ran out to greet them, and Li Baiquan's voice came from behind.
"It's us." Lin Heng agreed.
Li Baiquan came over and looked at the three of them and said: "Oh, you are finally back. If you don't come back, we should worry about whether something happened to you."
"No, we found a village there and stayed in the village for a few days." Lin Yue explained.
"That's it, I'll just say it." Li Baiquan understood.
Back at the shelter, Lu Honghai had already poured hot tea for the three of them and asked: "What prey did you catch this time?"
Lu Honggang showed off in front of his elder brother Get up: "Our harvest this time is not bad. I shot a wild cat, Lin Heng and Lin Yue each shot a wolf, and also got half a forest musk deer, and got musk."
Lu Honghai He couldn't help but be shocked and said: "So much, then you have gained more this time than we did last time."
"Hey, this is really powerful. I hit two wolves. Are you afraid that you have encountered a pack of wolves?" Li Baiquan patted his thigh.
"Actually, this is nothing. We used wolf meat in exchange for some saffron and cordyceps in the village. Those are good things." Lin Yue said with a smile.
"There is still saffron in the village you went to?"
"Hurry up and tell us what's going on." At this time, Lu Honghai and Li Baiquan were not calm, and so were Saffron and the others. You know, something valuable.
Lin Yue took a sip of water and explained to the two of them. After listening, they all admired Lin Heng's ability to make money, especially when they learned that he had sold all his bows and arrows, they were stunned.
After hearing this, Li Baiquan smiled and said: "Lin Heng, let us take a look at your bezoar. I have never seen a real thing like this."
Everyone else has too. He had a look on his face that he wanted to see and see this treasure.
Lin Heng originally didn’t want to reveal it. Excessive exposure of this good thing would also lead to the loss of its efficacy, but these people were all his own, so he took it out anyway.
“Just take a look and don’t tell anyone how much money you make after you go back.”
He warned aloud while letting everyone watch.
It was impolite for a junior to say this to an elder, but no one refuted it and everyone nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, we won't talk nonsense about this. We are all keeping our mouths shut now." Li Baiquan said with a smile.
“Yes, we all understand the principle of not exposing wealth.” Lu Honghai also said.
Lin Heng just nodded and said nothing more. If someone with a big mouth leaked it casually, then he would not let him make money with this in the future.
When he was first reborn, he was very high-profile, because if you were too weak, you would be bullied even if you were rich. Only when you show a certain amount of financial resources and a tough attitude will others respect you and respect you.
Now basically no one dares to provoke his family in the village, and his family is living a good life, so it’s time to keep a low profile.
Too much is not enough. If you show off too much, you will make people jealous and they will take risks and do bad things. Especially if something as valuable as yours is exposed, it will make people even more excited, so he never took the initiative to expose it when he dug up ginseng and black bears.
After everyone took a look around, Lin Heng took the bezoar and wrapped it. He was not going to sell it for the time being, and would sell it later when he needed money.
“By the way, uncle and uncle, have you caught any prey these days? How is my trap?”
Lin Heng asked after packing the bezoar.
Lu Honghai shook his head and said: "Our harvest is not good. I only shot one white rice seed and six golden roosters."
"I feel that because of our activities, many animals are not good enough. Come, not only can’t you catch the prey, but your trap doesn’t hit the prey either,” Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and said.
"That's right." Lin Heng nodded and asked: "What do you think is a good time for us to go back?"
Lu Honghai thought for a while and said: "A few more shots Damn it, I’ll go back on the 89th of next month.”
Li Baiquan also said: "I think so too. I'll dig some yams and stuff in the past two days and prepare more before I go back."
"That's okay."
Lin Heng nodded, as well. Don’t worry too much about this time, which is about ten days.
After chatting, his uncle and others were cooking. He and his elder brother hung up the wolf meat and forest musk deer meat that they had hunted. These had not yet been completely dried.
The dried meats and sausages from the previous batch have all been dried and put in bags. There are not many things on the shelf now.
After dinner, Lin Heng felt snow suddenly falling from the sky. He stretched out his hand to catch some and said with emotion: "It's going to snow again." Less." Lu Honggang said.
Lu Honghai was a little happy: "It's snowing well. If we look for footprints tomorrow, we might be able to catch new prey."
"I also hope it will snow." Lin Yue also said.
Lin Heng sat in front of the fire and looked at the snow. The snow fell quickly and heavily. After a while, the snow turned into snowflakes, and the leaves were already white.
After warming his feet, he tidied up the shelter and got in with Xiongba.
Although I haven't slept for a few days, the shelter is still very warm. Blocking up the two ends and leaning against Xiongba to rest at night will not be too sad.
But in the middle of the night, Lin Heng heard that his uncle and others had woken up from the cold, so they chose to squeeze in together.
They woke up early the next day and made a fire. While they were making a fire, they said, "It's so cold that I can't stand it anymore. The snow this time is too heavy."
Lin Heng was woken up and prepared to get up, only to find that the exit of his shelter was blocked by snow.
"Oh my God, the snow this time must be thirty to forty centimeters thick, right?" Lin Heng climbed out and felt his eyes were stung by the white light, and what he saw was almost completely white.
Only thick tree trunks can be seen in the forest, and the others are all connected together, forming a continuous snow-white color.
And the snow has not stopped yet, and snowflakes continue to fall.
Lu Honggang nodded: "Absolutely. I just went out to collect firewood, and my calves were submerged."
"It seems that hunting today should be a good choice, for hunting in the snow. The trail is a hundred times easier to find.”
Lin Yue also crawled out of the shelter. He was kept warm by Fengfeng, a small dog, and it wasn't too cold last night.
"Yes, let's go hunting after breakfast." Li Baiquan said with a smile, he couldn't wait any longer.
After another person finished, another person cleared the snow near the camp. Everyone felt that the shelter could be thicker. They removed the snow outside and prepared to find some dry things later. Fill it up.
For breakfast, they had wolf meat stewed with potatoes and taro. The taro was brought by Lin Heng and others from Sanshan Village. After eating, they set off for hunting.
The third uncle Lin Heng chose to stay behind today.
"Lin Heng, take my gun and use it." Lu Honggang handed his shotgun to Lin Heng and said.
Lin Heng waved his hand and explained with a smile: "No need, Third Uncle, I don't know how to use this kind of gun. I will follow my brother. For small prey, just use a slingshot. For big prey, call me brother."< br>
He can barely use a shotgun, but he can't load gunpowder. Also, he is afraid that a bad gunpowder will burn his face. If his face is ruined, it will be more than worth the loss.
“That’s okay.” Lu Honggang took the gun back without forcing it.
A few people tied them up with rabbit skins and squirrel skins on their legs, and then went out to look for prey in the light snow.
Lin Heng and his eldest brother walked through the forest where he set the trap, while his uncle and uncle walked through the forest heading south with the harvest.
"The snow is so thick that my pants and shoes will get wet soon. I hope I can gain something today."
Lin Yue said with emotion, looking at the snow that did not reach his calves.
"Shh, I've already seen one."
Lin Heng was about to speak when he suddenly spotted a little cutie. While gesturing to his elder brother to shush, he walked towards that direction.
(End of this chapter)