Chapter 286 The First Night
After coming out of the camp, Zhang Ping took the lead and led the way up the mountain.
The forestry farm in Changqing Brigade is not small. This was a blessing due to chance when the division was divided.
So in these years, no one in the village has ever heard of anyone needing to spend money to buy wood when building a house or making furniture. They all cut it themselves in advance.
I came to the woods and found a higher place.
Looking into the distance, you can see the undulating forest sea like mountains.
In fact, many mountains in the Wumeng Mountains seem to be independent peaks.
But in fact, all the peaks nearby are one next to the other, and they are all connected.
Moreover, these mountains all run from east to west and from south to north, and each one is taller and larger than the other.
After entering the woods, Zhang Ping first took everyone to check out several nearby places.
These places all have one thing in common, they are all relatively close to the main road.
As long as someone cuts and cuts illegally, they will be transported down the mountain from here. Of course, they will be carried down.
The main road is naturally the mountain road that Zhang An and the others came from.
Although this road is rugged, it is still a road.
If you go anywhere else, even if you are empty-handed, you will have to stop the fire after walking into the forest for a while.
After inspecting several places, there was nothing unusual. There were still some places left to see, but because of the trouble, Zhang Ping planned to go there tomorrow.
Now, it’s time to go for a walk in the mountains. Chen Ze and Ding Yi are following them. They can’t let their trip go in vain.
And the dogs behind us were brought here to let loose their tempers, so we must find something for them to vent their anger.
Otherwise, it would be better to just stay at home if we just walk around like this.
"Okay, let's go into the mountains, Second Master, and then we'll see how old you are."
Hearing these words, Chen Ze and Ding Yi were shocked.
Huang Erye was speechless, nodded and led the way.
This time when they went into the mountains, Zhang An and Zhang Pingyuan originally wanted to see if they could catch one or two wild goats and wild deer.
But now, Chen Ze and Ding Yi have been looking forward to it for so long, but they cannot be disappointed.
Let’s not talk about the big scenes, but there must be some small fights.
Knowing what Zhang An and the others meant, Mr. Huang took everyone back and headed straight towards the stream.
After walking through the woods for a long time, we returned to the creek.
After all, in a forest like this, the most direct way to find the tracks of prey is to find a water source.
Because the animals in the mountains need to be hydrated.
So you can see their footprints on the edge of the water source.
The large stream in front of us is the only source of water nearby.
As long as you look along the stream, you will definitely find traces of animal activity.
Because we were traveling with two novices, everyone walked a little slower.
"Zhang An, why is Zhang Ping so far away from us."
Since starting to move deeper, Zhang Ping has been carrying the guy at the end of the team.
“He is trying to cut off our rear.”
“Because the view in the mountains is not good, you will never be able to see clearly what is around you.”
Not sure. As I was walking, something suddenly appeared behind me.
Not to mention beasts like leopards and bears, even a lone wolf or a stray wild boar.
It would be terrible if it came out from behind and happened suddenly.
"Ah, there are still these things in the woods. I thought they were in the mountains in the distance."
"Whether they are there or not, you can always be careful. Look, the woods are so deep. There are these things." Wild beasts are normal too.”
“To be honest, except for the few guys with bones left in the provincial capital zoo, I haven’t seen any wolves yet. Do you think I can see them later? "
Chen Ze and Ding Yi were not surprised by the wild boars, because they came over to watch them the last time they hunted pigs.
Everyone in the village carried the killed wild boars one by one from the mountain back to the village to load into the car. They sat and watched for a long time.
"Look what that thing is for. Anyone who goes into the mountains doesn't want to encounter those things."
Others avoid it, but this person is good, and he still hopes to meet him. Woolen cloth.
"The people in the mountains in our area are all green wolves. They are big and cruel. They are the tyrants in the mountains."
Of course, if they are not cruel, how can they be in this big mountain? Stay here.
“Not to mention, every time the green wolves are dispatched, there are a lot of them, ranging from seven or eight to as many as ten or twenty.”
"If we really encounter a pack of wolves, it's hard to say whether we can go out."
At this moment, the two of them realized that the wolves in the mountains were really not the same as those in the zoo.
Walking along the stream, after about three or four miles, we came to a valley.
On the banks of the stream, we found many traces of animal activities.
And these hoof prints are still relatively fresh, probably left when we came to drink water in the morning.
“This is probably a place where the nearby animals specialize in drinking water.”
Of the many hoof prints, many have been stepped on, but some can still tell who their owners are. What kind of people?
Inside, there is the wild goat that Zhang An and the others are looking for this time.
Just when everyone wanted to follow the direction of the hoof prints and look for traces of animals.
Zhang An suddenly heard a humming sound that was sometimes gentle and sometimes rapid.
After Zhang An determined the direction, he quietly touched it.
As for Mr. Huang and the others, although they didn't hear anything, they knew there was something around them when they saw Zhang An like this.
So I followed Zhang An forward quietly, and finally stopped in front of some big rocks.
The distance is getting closer and closer, and by this time everyone else has heard the noise.
Looking out, I saw a wild boar dozens of meters in front of me.
The physique is not big, only weighing more than 200 kilograms.
Actually, this is already a large adult wild boar, but Zhang An has seen many bigger ones, so he feels that it is really not that big.
Zhang An glanced around and saw no other wild boars, so he determined that this was a stray guy.
After all, this year, all the wild boars in the mountains were called together by the Pig King.
In the end, most of the wild boars were blocked in the sinkhole by the armed forces and wiped out.
There are many separated pigs left, wandering alone in the forest.
Looking carefully, Zhang An discovered that this idiot was actually sleeping there.
Looks like he is still sleeping soundly, and he is snoring.
God knows how this guy grew so big. He can sleep in a place like this without fear of being surrounded by wolves.
As expected of the second senior brother, he is truly fearless.
When the little tiger discovered the wild boar, he unconsciously began to bend down in a fighting posture.
The other big dogs, led by Xiaohu, also began to disperse, staring ahead.
But Zhang An took a look and suddenly laughed at such a serious moment.
Huang Erye and the others were all staring at him, worried that this guy would suddenly rush over.
But after hearing Zhang An’s laughter, I felt a little strange and couldn’t look away.
But seeing the direction of Zhang An's gaze, they also looked over.
But Mr. Huang and the others didn’t laugh out loud. Maybe it was because they had undergone strict training and held back.
Because in the dog group, Chen Ze's ball-shaped hound, like the other dogs, looked ready to fight.
It’s just that in this posture, because it has a lot of meat on its body, it almost collapses to the ground.
Feeling that everyone was looking at him, Zhang An quickly waved his hand.
Thinking to myself, this smile is not a big deal, it may have wiped out all the merits of today.
At this time, the second senior brother, who had been snoring just now, had woken up and was staring at Zhang An and the others.
Maybe Zhang An laughed too loudly just now and woke it up.
The second senior brother may have dreamed that it was in love with Chang'e, having a sweet dream.
But being woken up suddenly by someone made me feel a little unhappy, as if I was about to lose my temper.
Zhang An was very regretful at this time. If he could apologize, he would definitely say to the second senior brother in front of him, I'm sorry, I just laughed too loudly.
Looking at the pair of big fangs of the second senior brother, Chen Ze and Ding Yi put the guy in their hands on the table.
When you are ready to wait for it to come over, give it a shot head on.
But at this moment, the second senior brother suddenly rushed towards Zhang An and the others.
Ding Yi and Chen Ze wanted to take action, but Zhang An held them back.
Because Xiaohu had already pounced on him with the dogs.
If we just shoot arrows like this, there will be only one wild boar on the opposite side, but there will be so many big dogs on our side.
There is a high probability that the arrow fired will hit a friendly army, making it not worth shooting.
The little tiger and the dog are in the lead, and they will be in close combat with the wild boar in the next moment. Suddenly, the little tiger twisted around and leaned to the left side of the wild boar. At the same time, he opened his big mouth and bit the wild boar's ear.
Only a scream of "Sue grandma, sue grandma" was heard, and the wild boar that rushed over was grabbed by the tiger cub.
But wild boars are wild boars after all, and are different from domestic pigs. Even if their ears are bitten by the enemy, they are still struggling desperately.
In order not to be pinched by the pig's teeth, the little tiger pulled the wild boar and started spinning it in circles.
At this time, the other big dogs had the opportunity to attack the wild boar.
It may be that the defense was too outrageous. For a while, the dogs were unable to break through the pigskin armor.
But the boar skin didn’t last long, and the big dogs bit him all over his body.
Maybe it was the pain coming from his body that made the second senior brother become angry.
With a sudden struggle, the pig ear in Xiaohu’s mouth broke instantly.
Escaped from Xiaohu's restraint, the second senior brother became furious and started to bump into the big dogs.
Other dogs are not afraid, including Erqing, they can easily avoid them.
But the little fat man was not so lucky. He was already slow.
Looking at the wild boar hitting it, it couldn't escape at all.
Chen Ze saw this and prepared to rescue him, but he was too far away.
Just when he thought his dog was about to be bitten by a wild boar.
Suddenly he heard a "whoosh" sound, and Chen Ze only saw a shadow flying out from in front of his eyes.
Looking back, I found that the steel fork in Zhang An's hand was gone.
When I looked at the wild boar again, I found a steel fork inserted directly from under the wild boar's neck.
Although he failed to force the wild boar to stop directly, the speed of the wild boar that was struck slowed down enough for the little fat man to avoid it.
The wild boar, which was impaled by the steel fork, staggered for a distance, then staggered and fell to the ground.
But as soon as it fell to the ground, it wanted to stand up again, and Zhang An strode out.
He pulled out the steel fork with one hand, thrust it in again, and directly inserted the wild boar that was not dead into the ground.
Now, even if it is not completely dead, the wild boar can no longer jump up.
Besides, Chen Ze and Ding Yi looked at Zhang An dumbfounded.
Both Mr. Huang and Zhang Ping have seen Zhang An's strength.
When I saw this scene today, I just sighed, not surprised.
“It’s not Zhang An, is it the legendary hidden master who has practiced peerless martial arts?”
“These are all fabricated in novels, do you believe it?”
Looking at the somewhat fanatical looks in their eyes, Zhang An rolled his eyes at them.
"That's not right. If you weren't a martial arts master hiding in the mountains, this wouldn't make sense at all."
Seeing the two of them fall into fantasy, Zhang An shook his head and ignored them.
Because at this moment, Zhang Ping had already taken out his knife and started to deal with the wild boar on the ground.
This place is not far from the water source. After the internal organs were dug out, several people worked together to lift the wild boar to the stream for cleaning.
The pig head and internal organs must be thrown away, there is no use taking them back.
And Mr. Huang just cut off the belly of the wild boar, rinsed it in water, wrapped it in leaves and put it in a snakeskin bag.
While Zhang Ping was taking Chen Ze and others to clean, Zhang An took out a woodcutter and chopped down a small tree next to it that was as thick as a child's arm.
Although it is not dark yet, there is not much time left today, and we can no longer go deeper.
Because it is very dangerous to continue walking through this forest after dark.
Even in winter, many beasts that do not hibernate will still come out at night to look for food and drink water.
So we have to turn around and go back to the camp before it gets dark.
As for the wild goats and wild deer, I can come back tomorrow and continue looking for them. It shouldn’t be too far away.
Zhang An and the others were not planning to take all the wild boar meat back.
After all, it weighs more than a hundred kilograms here. Even if you eat it today, you won’t be able to finish it tomorrow, and it won’t be convenient to take it down the mountain then.
Zhang Ping chose a place with better meat, leaving enough food for several people and several big dogs.
The rest will be left in the woods to see if any lucky ones can come out and get a meal.
Back in the camp, Mr. Huang was responsible for lighting the fire.
Zhang An and Zhang Ping took the pheasants and hares they caught at noon to clean up.
The food tonight is quite rich, including roasted chicken, roasted rabbit and roasted pork.
Then stew a pot of hot broth.
And just now in the forest, Zhang An picked some wild vegetables that are also available in winter.
But most of them were created by Zhang An fishing in troubled waters and coming from space.
You can put it in the pot later and cook it with the broth to make it taste more delicious.
The campground is very spacious, so you don’t have to worry about burning other trees when burning a fire.
So the fire pit burns relatively loudly at night, illuminating the surrounding area.
After a pot full of broth was boiled, everyone took the tree branches that Zhang An had chopped back, skewered what they wanted to eat, and started roasting it on the fire.
Just when everyone was grilling the barbecue very seriously, they suddenly smelled a very fragrant smell.
Smell it carefully, huh? It tastes like cumin powder and chili powder.
Looking up, I found Zhang An sprinkling cumin powder and chili powder on the roasted rabbit.
“No, you even brought this?”
Everyone couldn’t help but wonder, is this person going into the mountains for a picnic?
People who often go to the mountains like Huang Erye just bring some salt with them.
Zhang An chuckled and handed them the seasonings he had spread.
After all, Chen Ze and Ding Yi had not touched their hands, and the meat in their hands was almost burnt while roasting.
When Mr. Huang and Zhang Ping saw this, they took it from their hands and roasted it together.
Let the two of them bake it by themselves, and they will only be able to eat the charcoal after a while.
Zhang An did not hand over his hand. At this time, they could also get familiar with each other.
In Zhang An's eyes, these people are all worthy of close friendship.
"This is my first time to spend the night in the mountains. I didn't expect to eat so well."
Looking at the fragrant roast rabbit, Ding Yi couldn't help but sigh.
However, his hungry belly failed to make him sigh any more.
Blowed on the hot rabbit legs, then pulled off one and put it in his mouth and started to chew on it.
Maybe the roasted rabbit is dry, so I took a sip of the broth as I ate it, it was so delicious.
In the end, except for Zhang An, no one else finished eating a whole rabbit.
Basically, half of them are left, leaving them for the big dog next to them.
The show after dinner was for everyone to sit by the fire and listen to Mr. Huang telling stories about the past.
Whether it was Zhang An and Zhang Ping, or Chen Ze and Ding Yi, the young men all listened very carefully.
In the past years, especially the people in the mountains, no one wrote epics for them.
So Zhang An took this kind of historical transmission from word of mouth to heart seriously.
While listening to the story, Zhang An cut off a large piece of meat and roasted it.
Er Qing and Little Fatty were full, but Zhang An knew how much his big dogs could eat.
"You go and have a rest. I will keep watch first, and then ask someone to get up in the middle of the night to replace me."
At night, both Chen Ze and Ding Yi yawned.
They were probably exhausted during the day, after all, they had never exercised like this before.
When the people heard this, they didn’t show any pretense. They got into the tent, put on their sleeping bags, and fell asleep in a short while.
As for Mr. Huang and Zhang Ping, they both brought coats, wrapped them directly around their bodies, and fell asleep one after another.
Zhang An sat by the fire pond and added some firewood to make the fire burn brighter.
This way, you can stay warmer even in a tent.
Seeing that no one was around, several big dogs came up and surrounded Zhang An by the fire pit.
Actually, with Xiaohu and the others there, there is no need for anyone to keep watch at night.
But if there is no one to keep watch, Zhang An is worried that they will not sleep well. After all, this is a deep mountain and old forest.
But Zhang An was not idle either. Although he was sitting by the fire pit, his mind had already entered the space.
He collected a lot of medicinal materials that he had never collected before. Although he said they were put in snakeskin bags, he had actually put them into the space secretly.
I happen to be free now, and Zhang An plans to take stock of today’s harvest.
After half the fare, I heard a voice coming from the tent.
Zhang An told Xiaohu and the others to keep vigil here. Zhang An walked to the side and entered the space.
There is a big tree here. If someone wakes up later and doesn't see him, he can find an excuse to say that he went to release water.
Entering the space, Zhang An took a bath, and then planted all the medicinal materials dug today.
(End of this chapter)