Chapter 99 Encountering a pack of wolves in the mountains, two tigers accidentally recognize each other
Zhang Ancheng carefully dug the mud on the ground with a hoe, fearing that he would accidentally dig up the Huang Jing inside with too much force. .
The more Zhang An dug, the happier he became. Although it took more time, it meant that the root of Polygonatum underground was very big and must have grown for many years.
After a lot of time, I finally dug it out completely.
Looking at the long Huang Jing in my hand, it really has some weight and feels heavy in my hand.
Zhang An has seen the wildflowers dug home by his second grandfather before, but they were not this big. The largest ones were only about ten years old.
The main reason is that the ones at the bottom of the mountain have been dug up long ago, and those who can dig them for more than ten years are already lucky.
The length of this one on Zhang An's hand is more than a foot long from beginning to end. They are like rooster heads stacked one on top of another, connected together to form a long string.
The few nodules on the edge are very small, not as big as Zhang An's thumb. This is because these nodules are the first parts of the Polygonatum plant to grow, but they grow later. The nodules began to get bigger one by one, and the largest one was almost as big as half of Zhang An's fist.
And it also grew many branches. When the main root grew, nodules also grew on the branches.
Zhang An counted, not counting the branched nodules, there were more than 20 main roots alone, which meant that this was an old Huangjing that had been growing here for more than 20 years, and it was a rare treasure.
Zhang An estimated that this one weighed at least seven or eight pounds.
Zhang An became even more excited at that moment. Seeing that there was still a piece of it left beside him, Zhang An planned to poach them all.
Of course, if the seedlings are too small, don’t touch them. This is a matter of principle. Killing all the people in the mountains is not the right way. Learning to save seeds is the truth.
Zhang An arrived at just the right time. This period of time coincided with the maturity of Polygonatum vulgaris seeds, and each Polygonatum vulgaris plant was covered with seeds.
The land was so fertile that Zhang An immediately picked some of the seeds from the Polygonatum stalk and planted them in the newly dug ground, believing that they would germinate soon, and the remaining seeds , of course, keep it and plant it in the space.
In this forest, because the surrounding trees were too tall and dense, Zhang An could not see the position of the sun, but luckily he had bought a watch before and would not lose time in the forest.
It was already four or five o'clock, and Zhang An had just dug two Polygonatum spp.
There is not enough time today, so Zhang An has to speed up his work.
Because he still needs to leave enough time to find a place to camp.
Zhang An didn't plan to camp in this forest. The jungle with so many weeds was too dangerous at night.
Soon, it was almost six o'clock. Even if Zhang An speeded up, he couldn't dig out much.
But we definitely can’t continue today, we can only wait until tomorrow morning to continue mining.
I took the big tiger and the little tiger with me, packed up my things, and walked out of the forest.
Fortunately, it is summer, and it gets dark relatively late at night. If it were winter, it would already be dark by now, and it would be particularly inconvenient to move in the woods.
The terrain above Yingzui Cliff is flat, which is a suitable place to camp. However, because the place is very high, the mountain wind blowing through the top of the mountain at night is very strong, so it is not suitable to stay there.
The creek at the foot of the mountain below is even more unsuitable for camping at night.
There are many large animals in the mountain forest that do not like to come out during the day and come out to look for food and water at night.
Whether it was Zhang An’s second grandfather or later generations of village walkers, they all told Zhang An about this issue, and Zhang An remembered it clearly.
If Zhang An chooses to camp in a place like this, and happens to be encountered by leopards and mountain wolves that come out to drink water or look for food at night, then it will be a real Barbie Q.
Even encountering a group of monkeys in the mountains is a very dangerous thing.
Because there are so many Wukongs in this mountain, they all come together in groups. When they meet someone, they will attack you crazily and throw stones at you from the trees.
On the other side of Yingzui Cliff just now, although there were caves at the foot of the mountain, Zhang An did not dare to enter.
Maybe it is the home of something inside. If Zhang An plans to go in and spend the night, there might be something particularly enthusiastic saying "yeah, hello~" to Zhang An.
While talking, he was yelling at Zhang An. This is the most terrifying thing.
There are quite a few bears in Zhang An’s mountains, and they are considered the dominant ones in the forest.
They like to regard caves as their homes. They usually sleep in them when they are full.
After some searching, Zhang An finally found a large dam. It was far away from the water source and was on a back slope with a wide field of vision. Zhang An observed for a long time and found no trace of other animals. .
There happened to be a sunken rock behind. Zhang An could spend the night here just by setting up a tent.
After choosing a place, Zhang An started to chop some wood to build a simple tent.
Although it looks like a beautiful sunset now, there is no guarantee that it will start raining lightly at night.
Taking out the ax in the space, Zhang An found a few small trees that were not very thick, and chopped them down one after another.
Chopping four or five pieces of wood is almost enough. Anyway, it’s just to build a shelf against the mountain wall, so you don’t need too much wood.
There happened to be some wild tree vines nearby, and Zhang An also cut many of them back.
On the seemingly flat stone, a triangular shelf was built against the mountain wall with chopped wood.
Tie the plastic sheet you brought in the morning to it so that even if it rains, you won’t get wet.
Zhang An also disliked the hardness of the stones on the ground, so he went to the forest and cut two large bundles of wolfberry grass and spread them on the stones, which made it much softer to sleep on.
That's it in the wild, but sleeping like this is not good for a long time. Over time, rheumatism will easily enter the body, and you will suffer it when you get older.
In later generations, Zhang An went to show warehouses to people. Because he was young and had capital, he slept on the ground when the weather was too hot. He got rheumatism at a young age.
While Zhang An was cutting down trees to set up camp, Xiaohu and Dahu went out to find food.
Zhang An didn't pay much attention to them. He still believed in the ability of his two dogs to hunt in the mountains and forests, because they often went to the mountains to catch rabbits and pheasants.
It doesn’t matter even if you can’t catch them, there are plenty of rabbits and grouse in the space anyway.
Let them go out just to release their nature, especially the big tiger. This guy has to let it see blood often, otherwise it will always be jumping around and making it look awkward.
And when they came all the way here, Zhang An didn't find any traces of large animal activity, so he let them out with confidence.
After setting up a place to sleep at night, Zhang An began to dig a fire pit in the dam.
It is important to have a strong and burning campfire in the mountains. It not only provides lighting and temperature, but also if some ferocious animals come around at night, they will not attack you immediately if there is a campfire.
Especially night hunters like wolves and leopards. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that after lighting the fire, you must pay attention to it, otherwise if the wind blows the fire into the forest, it will not be able to light the mountain on fire.
So Zhang An dug a large fire pit to avoid the accident of the fire being blown away by the wind to a large extent.
And this area is on a back slope, so the mountain wind blowing at night is very small.
We have to pick up food later, and we can’t do it without fire.
I dug a large fire pit in front of the camp with a hoe, and then I went to the forest to collect some dry firewood.
Suddenly he heard a cry from the forest in the distance. This sound was very familiar to Zhang An. Zhang An was sure it was the cry of a big tiger, and then another sound came.
Although it was also the sound of a dog barking, it was not the sound of Erhu.
Zhang An didn't think much, he picked up the steel fork and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.
Although big tigers usually have a wild temper, their calls are not so urgent. Zhang An is worried that they will encounter poachers or large animals in the mountains.
It would be okay if you meet old hunters from the nearby mountains, but it would be a bit worse if you meet those unscrupulous poachers.
Zhang An followed the sound for a while and then entered the woods. However, the sound of the big tiger in his ears became louder and louder, which meant that he did not run in the wrong direction.
However, it is not easy to walk in the woods, because this area is a whole slope, and the slope is quite steep. If you are not careful, your feet will slip and you may be injured. Sneak to the bottom.
So Zhang An had to slow down his speed, step by step before moving forward.
Zhang An couldn't see clearly where the slope was, because there were not only many tall fir trees in the forest, but also many jujube vines and wolfberry weeds, which completely blocked the ground.
There are many terrains like this in the mountains. You may not look very deep, but when you actually go down, you will find that it is a clump of particularly tall and lush wolfberry or other grasses.
After spending a lot of time, Zhang An finally came from the sloping slope to a rugged forest full of huge rocks.
You can see that the trees in this forest are growing out of the gaps between the huge rocks. These rocks are covered with green moss.
Although the sparse big trees and the rocks all over the mountains and plains are a bit out of place, these trees do grow so big here.
Directly ahead, Zhang An could only see a group of blue-gray mountain wolves surrounding the tallest boulder not far away. The big tiger and the little tiger were confronting them on the rocks below.
There are about a dozen mountain wolves in this group, and several of them are still cubs, about the size of a newborn puppy.
Zhang An cautiously moved forward. When he got a little closer to the wolves, he discovered that there was a gray-yellow wolf among the wolves.
Something's wrong, it's impossible for local mountain wolves to have this color. Although wolves in the mountains have gray, they don't have other coat colors.
In the past, this big mountain forest was full of ferocious beasts like leopards and tigers. According to the old man, there used to be many black bears in the mountains.
In order to adapt to this forest, the mountain wolf has gradually turned its fur into blue-grey.
The leader of the wolf king is even more so, his fur is blue and black without a trace of color.
Zhang An felt that something was wrong with this yellow-gray wolf, but there were several wolf cubs following it, which showed that it was the mother of these wolf cubs.
The more Zhang An looked at it, the more strange he felt. The more he looked at it, the more he felt there was something wrong, but he couldn't think of the specific problem at the moment.
Zhang An couldn't think of it for a moment, so he simply didn't bother to think about it anymore, and quietly touched it with a steel fork.
Getting closer to the wolves and his two dogs, he could clearly see the situation here.
Damn it, it can’t be true, can it?
Zhang An felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.
Zhang An’s memory is very good now. Although he does not have a photographic memory, he can remember most of them.
Zhang An could clearly see the group of wolves in front of him now, and he just saw the one guy who stood out among the wolves.
Other wolves have their tails pointed down, but his tail is turned up.
When they were far away, Zhang An felt something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what was wrong.
Now he remembered, what stood out about this female wolf was a local native dog.
Although its two ears are standing up, and it may have regained a lot of its ferocity during the time it followed the wolves, its upward tilted tail has already revealed its identity.
Looking at the native dog, Zhang An suddenly looked at the largest wolf on the boulder, and then at his little tiger.
Damn it, these tiger cubs must not be the offspring of this green wolf.
The fur on the tiger cub's body, eyes and posture are somewhat similar to those of the wolf, except that the tiger cub's tail is usually turned up.
At this time, Zhang An remembered that when Xiaohu was hunting in the forest, his tail was also tucked downwards.
Big Tiger is not very similar to Erhu, but he is covered in fur and has no chance of running away.
Zhang An felt that this girl looked familiar before. Isn't this the biological mother of brothers Xiaohu and Dahu?
Because Zhang An had brought it into space, so when he remembered it, he was sure it was it.
The native dogs in the village are generally only exposed to native dogs, and there are no other breeds in the village now.
Should we go into the mountains and help the Xiaohu brothers find their biological father?
However, Zhang An was quite curious as to how this big gray dog got close to the wolf.
This wolf is also so blind that he can accept a native dog and bring it to live with the wolf pack. Zhang An can't figure it out.
There is no other possibility. If the alpha wolf in the wolf pack is not able to accept it, it would be impossible for the big gray dog to stay and follow the wolves if it were another male wolf in the pack.
Only when the alpha wolf accepts it can it follow the pack.
Zhang An looked at the big gray dog making small noises next to the alpha wolf.
It’s like two people having a conversation:
You can’t kill the boss, they are your children.
Thinking of this, Zhang An immediately had a picture in his mind. This is a large-scale family ethics drama.
No wonder it has been so long. Although Xiaohu and Dahu have been confronting the wolves for a long time, there has been no fight.
(End of this chapter)