Chapter 287 Traces of the Sheep
After coming out of the space, not much time has passed outside.
Zhang An poured basins of space spring water for the dogs to replenish their physical strength.
We will be wandering around in the mountains tomorrow, which will definitely consume a lot of energy.
As for Chen Ze’s Laizhou red, after drinking the space spring water, he actually looked up at Zhang An.
It turned out that there was no water in the basin. It was too fat and could not squeeze out the other big dogs.
The basin is so big that you can’t squeeze it in, so you have to wait until everyone has finished drinking before it can take its turn.
Zhang An poured some more for it, letting it enjoy this good thing that it had never seen before.
Contrast aside, Zhang An actually thinks that Laizhou Red like this is quite cute, a little silly.
After drinking, it ran back to the big tiger, and then huddled with the big tiger to rest.
Zhang An frowned, these two things couldn't be more eye-catching.
This little fat guy has been following Dahu all the time since he came home.
After entering the mountain today, I was also next to the big tiger, never leaving.
I have to ask tomorrow whether this guy is a male or a female.
This dog Dahu doesn’t look very manly either.
Don't be a male dog then, it will be fucked if it completely bends the big tiger.
Sitting by the fire pit, stroking Xiaohu's dog's head with one hand, and adding some dry wood to the fire from time to time.
Time passed slowly, and in the middle of the night, Zhang Ping and Huang Erye woke up.
"Anzi, why don't you wake us up earlier, it's almost four o'clock."
Zhang An smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm not sleepy anyway."
"Okay, you go get some sleep, Xiaoping and I will watch here."
Zhang An was not polite, returned to the tent, got into his sleeping bag, and started to rest.
Although he is still very energetic and does not feel sleepy, it does not mean that he does not need to sleep.
After sleeping until dawn, Zhang An woke up and found that Chen Ze and Ding Yi were still asleep.
Maybe they were really exhausted yesterday.
Looking at his watch, it was only after seven o'clock, and Zhang An was not in a hurry to wake them up.
At this time, Zhang An heard a noise outside and got up and walked out of the tent.
"Brother Ping, are you going to the forest farm?"
Looking at Zhang Ping who was packing his things, Zhang An remembered that he only patrolled part of the forest farm yesterday.
"Hmm, it's already dawn now. I plan to go take a look while it's still early, just in time to let the two of them rest a little longer."
In fact, Zhang Ping thought that it would be faster to go to the forest farm by himself.
If you take Chen Ze and Ding Yi with you, the speed will be slower because you have to take care of them.
Now while they are still sleeping early, he can go alone and probably finish it in an hour or two.
If we take them both, it may take until noon to complete.
This is also true. On weekdays, when Zhang Ping goes into the mountains by himself, it only takes half a day at most to visit the forest farm.
"Then wait for me for a while. I'll go with you. It will be more dangerous in the forest in the morning."
Morning in the forest is more dangerous than other times.
Because both those who move at night and those who move during the day are active at the moment.
After Zhang An finished speaking, he started to pack his things.
In fact, there is nothing to take, just free up the snakeskin bag and bring a steel fork.
"Actually, it's okay. I brought a gun, and there aren't any big guys in this forest farm."
Zhang Ping has been running in the forest farm for a whole year, but he hasn't found any big guys here.
Besides, Zhang An went to rest after four o'clock in the morning and slept for two or three hours. Zhang Ping thought about letting him sleep a little longer.
"Xiao An is right. After all, in the woods, there is nothing wrong with being careful. You two will have someone to take care of you. I can just take care of it here..."
Hearing from the tent What else wanted to say, Huang Erye also spoke.
"Yeah, okay, then Second Master, you are always watching in the camp, so I will put this thing in your place first."
Huang Second Master spoke, but Zhang Ping did not continue. He said something, but handed the shotgun to the old man.
The old man is more familiar with this thing than he is, so he doesn’t worry that Mr. Huang won’t be able to use it.
"What are you doing for me? We don't need this thing here. It's safer for you to take it out."
"Second Master, Zhang An has come with me. It's still useful." Come on, you’re the only one here, so be careful.”
Zhang Ping smiled and said, Zhang An's explosive combat power is much more powerful than this shotgun.
"That's it, Mr. Er, you take this thing, I will take Xiaohu and Erhu out later, and the others will stay here."
Then the two of them walked out. Camp, heading towards the other half of the forest farm.
Along the way, the two of them paid attention to what was going on around them and headed straight for the mountainside in front of them.
Without Chen Ze and Ding Yi following them, the two naturally let up their speed.
Along the way, the space began to move again.
Zhang An followed his feeling and found a unicorn lotus on the slope not far away.
Although everyone knows this stuff, it still takes some effort to find it.
While Zhang Ping was on patrol in the forest, Zhang An dug out the roots and soil and placed them in the space.
From yesterday to today, Zhang An roughly figured out why there were changes in space.
Whenever Zhang An encounters something better and fails to discover it, the space will proactively remind him and guide Zhang An to look for it.
Looking like this, going to the mountains is like bringing a treasure hunting compass.
Of course, the premise is that Zhang An must dedicate part of his mind to pay attention to the space, otherwise the space will not move.
For example, yesterday afternoon, we were on the way to the wetland water source.
Because Zhang An was focused on paying attention to the movements in the mountains and forests, the space was quiet for a long time.
More than an hour later, we arrived at the last place.
Zhang An knows here that the forest farm of their sixth group is where Zhang An’s own forest farm is located.
Few people in Group Six have built houses and furnished furniture in recent years, and the ones in this forest farm have not been touched much.
There are many towering trees inside that cannot be hugged by one or two people, which are very pleasing to look at.
Although the current forest farm is divided into village groups, it is still managed by the brigade, that is, the village.
Therefore, people usually go to the mountains to cut wood when they need wood for their own use, and there are basically no people selling wood.
Of course, it is normal for relatives to come and cut down a few trees if necessary.
But in later generations, after the forest farm was directly assigned to individuals, and the village opened a road to the mountains, carriages or small liberations could come directly.
At that time, there were many people selling wood for money. In less than two years, all the big trees in the forest farm were sold.
And that’s not all. Some people with bad intentions, after cutting down their own trees, then secretly cut down other people’s woods.
At that time, several of them were found in the village. When the old uncle got angry, there was no use in paying for them, so he sent them all to the prison and locked them up for several years.
Looking at the delightful towering trees in the forest, Zhang An thought about protecting them this time.
After all, it is not easy for these trees to grow so big, because it takes decades or even hundreds of years for them to grow.
After walking around the forest farm, Zhang Ping’s forest patrol work was completed. Going further, there is the forest farm in the village next door, which Zhang Ping is not responsible for.
However, Zhang Ping did not return the same way, but took Zhang An to continue climbing up the mountain.
Finally we came to a mountain depression, where more than a dozen tall yew trees grew.
Looking closer, all these trees have been marked.
“This area, I remember, does not belong to the forest farm of our brigade, right?”
This place is already outside the range of Changqing’s forest farm, but it is not too far away, just on the side Come on.
“It didn’t belong originally, but after discovering this thing later, the Forestry Bureau assigned this place to the forest farm of our group.”
In fact, it’s not that far apart, it’s just ten A few meters away.
But just this distance of more than ten meters directly increased the number of forest farms in Group 6 by nearly half, because the area of this depression is not small.
“And these trees are difficult ancestors to take care of. I have to come here every once in a while to see if they are still there.”
After Zhang Ping looked around them, Shake his head and say.
"Who makes people have a higher status, but there are not many of them, so there shouldn't be anyone who comes specifically to cause trouble."
In the past two years, as the saying that paclitaxel can inhibit cancer cells has spread, many people Everyone wants to take advantage of others.
But just a few trees are not worth the risk.
After all, it takes a lot of tree bark to make this thing.
If we really come to bring trouble to these trees, the risks will be great, and we won’t be able to make much money.
“That’s what I said, but you still have to come and see it often. This is a task specially assigned by the above.”
Actually, Zhang Ping didn’t say it, that is, because of these dozen or so red bean plants Shan, his salary is one-third more than others.
At this point, Zhang Ping’s mission into the mountains has been completed, and the next one will have to wait until after the new year.
There is a saying that it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down the mountain. This sentence is vividly reflected here.
When I came here, I didn’t even notice it and climbed up in a few moments.
But now when we were preparing to return, the speed of going down the mountain had slowed down a lot.
Because in many places, the mountain roads are steep and the rocks are covered with moss.
This kind of road is particularly dangerous, especially in the mountains and forests where rocks stand and the height difference is relatively large.
As long as you are not careful, your feet will slip and you will fall down.
If it falls on the dirt or weeds, it's okay. If it falls on a rock, it's better but you'll suffer a little.
If the situation is bad, it is not impossible to have some internal injuries or fractures.
On the way back, Zhang An was still thinking about getting some things back for lunch.
But maybe it was bad luck, I only saw a few monkeys and foxes along the way.
But Zhang An didn’t hesitate. There was still a lot of wild boar meat left last night, which was enough to make ends meet for today’s lunch.
While passing by a Phoebe phoebe field, the two dug up some winter bamboo shoots and took them back.
Back in the camp, Chen Ze and Ding Yi had woken up and were chatting with Mr. Huang around the fire pit.
"Hey, you guys are back. I thought this dog was running outside."
As soon as Zhang An came back, the big dogs at home knew about it and ran away Go to the intersection to greet you.
"Zhang An, it's true that you didn't even ask us when you went to the mountains." Ding Yi said with some complaint.
I slept so soundly last night that it was already past nine o'clock when I woke up today.
Unconsciously, several hours of time were wasted.
"Seeing that you were sleeping soundly, I didn't want to wake you up. Sleeping a little longer can also replenish your strength."
If we really want to take them with us, it will probably take two or three more. It took me an hour to get back.
“I was unlucky this morning. I didn’t encounter anything. I only dug these winter bamboo shoots.”
Zhang Ping poured the dug winter bamboo shoots out of the snakeskin bag and put them on the table. on the ground.
"This thing is good, but forget it at noon and eat it at night."
It seems that there is no chance to eat this thing at noon, so we can only wait to stew it with meat in the evening.
When Mr. Huang saw Zhang An and Zhang Ping coming back, he took the pot off the fire.
While Zhang An and the others were away, Mr. Huang had already stewed the wild boar meat.
It has been kept by the fire pit to keep warm. Now that people are back, they can prepare for lunch.
I ate a whole day of meat yesterday, and it looks like the same today.
So in Chen Ze’s heart, he already misses rice.
But he didn’t say that. After all, in the deep mountains and old forests, it’s good to have food, so there’s no way to be picky.
And even this meat can only be eaten because Zhang An and Huang Erye are here.
If it were just the two of them, they would probably be hungry.
After eating and resting for a while, everyone filled up their water bottles and were ready to set off.
Yesterday, it was determined that the wetland water source is where the animals nearby drink.
So there is no need to look around for traces of prey activities today, you can just go there.
It is still early, and there may be some new discoveries after the passage.
On the way, because they didn’t stay around, and Chen Ze and the others were also familiar with the mountain roads.
So we traveled much faster today and we reached our destination very quickly.
Sure enough, there are many more fresh hoof prints on this moist land.
This time Zhang An went into the mountains with the wild goats in mind.
So among the many fresh hoof prints, Zhang An quickly found the sheep's hoof prints.
Then I followed these hoof prints and searched forward, and finally found a lot of feces on a mountain trail.
When he walked over and took a look, Zhang An recognized what it was.
He is familiar with this stuff. It is similar to the sheep dung from the black goats at home. They are all sheep dung eggs.
“The sheep dung looks relatively fresh, and the hoofprints are somewhat dense. There should be sheep moving nearby.”
There are indeed sheep, but Zhang An estimates that there are not many. , estimated to be around a dozen.
The number of sheep in the mountains is generally not too large, because it is not easy to be led by the leader like on the grassland.
After finding the area where the wild goats move, it was Xiaohu's turn to take action.
Zhang An patted Xiaohu, but Xiaohu was a little repelled because the smell of the sheep excrement eggs was so disgusting.
However, Zhang An did not force it, but searched nearby for a while, and finally found something.
Some wool hanging from the prickly pear tree was left on the road. Zhang An picked up a handful and handed it to Xiaohu to smell.
Then Xiaohu began to search along the plants on both sides of the mountain road, leading everyone forward.
Goats, whether domesticated or wild, are not good things.
Anything that is edible is eaten directly.
Just look at the low bushes on both sides of the mountain road and you will know that they have eaten them until only some branches are left that cannot be chewed.
And they are very annoying. They will bite and tear out things that cannot be chewed.
(End of this chapter)