Chapter 149: Pushing the Mountain

Chapter 149: Pushing the Mountain

“It’s the crane.”

A few young people opened their mouths and followed suit.

"What crane? The crane is a red-crowned crane with a red forehead. You can't even tell the crane from the white crane. You guys have grown so big in vain."

Chen Dazhi turned around and said: He slapped his nephew and said disgustedly.

Several people were smiling and not ashamed.

The cranes can't come to September 9th, and can't go to March 3rd.

This year’s leap month, according to previous years, has actually entered the ninth month of the lunar calendar. The time to celebrate has already passed.

It is normal for cranes to fly back from the north.

At this time of year, there will be their shadows on the riverside, ponds, and reed marshes.

Among the wild ducks, rails and other water birds, the chickens really stand out and are very eye-catching.

After everyone walked along the mountain stream for a certain distance.

Soon another migratory bird was discovered.

“Chirp, Chirp——”

The cry was so delicate and crisp that at first everyone thought it was a quail.

As I got closer, only a few steps away, I saw a flock of birds flying among the grass. It turned out to be a flock of willow trees.

That is, Liu Ying.

The yellow-green bird is two times smaller than a sparrow.

Slender figure with golden tattooed eyebrows.

This bird is so beautiful that it is often mistaken for a canary.

But stupidly.

Often people only realize that flying birds are easy to catch when they are a few meters away.

However, local people rarely arrest them.

Everyone is always very tolerant of these migratory birds.

I can see you in the autumn, but if you don’t see me for the rest of the year, I will still miss you.

In fact, Liu Chuan'er, like many migratory birds, flies north in spring and summer to hatch eggs and reproduce, and then flies south to overwinter in autumn.

Many of them just pass through the local area and don’t stay long.

They will continue to cross the Yangtze River.

But people are used to having them in autumn, which is a simple feeling.

Going into the mountains at this time of year.

On weekdays, migratory birds that are rarely seen appear one after another.

However, there are a lot less pheasants and hares, perhaps due to the frequent activities of wolves in the past two months.

According to Wang Lixian.

In the past, as long as we went deep into this kind of area, the rabbits in the bushes would often live in nests.

Pheasants are also running around everywhere.

Very few now.

The prey was not decent either. After crawling on the mountain for a long time, the biggest one I saw was a yellow raccoon that fled in panic.

The fox was no less vigilant than the wolf, and ran away before he could even raise his gun.

Looks like we have to keep moving forward.

It’s just that it’s close to noon now, and everyone is very tired from cutting vines to clear the way, so they need to prepare for lunch early.

Fill your stomach before continuing.

So he let the dogs out and let them lower their heads, sniff everywhere, and run back and forth in the dense forest.

After a long while, under the leadership of Xiao Jin, several pheasants were driven out. They fluttered, flew and squawked. They were so frightened that their feathers flew across the stream like snowflakes and fled towards the crowd. Come.

This pheasant was also in a panic, as if scared to death, and didn't even care that there was anyone here.

There was a frightened sound of "gurgling, gurgling" coming from his mouth.

It was delivered to my door, so naturally I couldn’t let it go.

Everyone raised their guns and started shooting, and two of them were shot down directly.

Plus one captured by Xiao Jin.

Enough to eat.

Hei Wa had stayed with Chen Ling as a warning.

Now that the dogs have gained something, they run over to join in the fun.

When Chen Ling took a closer look, it turned out that in addition to the pheasants that Xiao Jin had caught, several other native dogs were also following behind and brought back some mountain mice.

Chen Ling couldn't laugh or cry and wanted to throw them away.

Chen Dazhi said to keep it, it was just some meat.

“Hey, what are you doing with such a sad look on your face? Mountain rats don’t have much odor, but they are a bit sweet when roasted over fire. They are full of meat and meat and are quite tasty.”

With that said, he glanced at Chen Ling and went to pick up the mountain rats and tie them into a bunch.

Chen Ling shook his head, unable to imagine the smell of mice.

He said: "Okay, then you kill the pheasants. I just saw snakes poking their heads in the grass and trees next to them a few steps away. I'll catch them. I should be able to catch them. Make a pot of snake soup."

He learned the skill of catching snakes with his bare hands from Wang Susu.

Sneaking over, he was sure to catch one. Hei Wa wanted to follow him, but he pushed him aside and he went to catch it himself.

In a short time, three snakes were caught.

Two large cauliflower snakes and a homespun bag.

Hold it in his hand and smiled at others: "You must be lucky, it is not small. It will be enough for us to fill our stomachs at noon."

Indeed.

This ability is quite impressive, and Chen Yubin and the other young people were stunned.

He stepped forward to take a look and found that Chen Ling had broken the neck bones of these snakes.

Just when Chen Ling came over holding the snake.

They have gathered firewood, made a fire, and set up a pot to boil water.

Then we got busy by the stream.

Chen Ling hung the snake on a small tree branch, peeled off the skin in twos and twos, took out the internal organs, and then cut off the snake's head.

On the other side, Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi went to collect the pheasants.

After everything is cleaned up, the snake meat is cut into sections and stewed in soup.

Pack the pheasant belly with seasonings and wild fruits, and then wrap it with large mulberry leaves.

No matter how big the leaves of the mulberry tree are, they are not as big as the lotus leaves. They need to be divided into several pieces and wrapped together, tied with thin rattan and wrapped a few times.

After wrapping it, dig some hard yellow mud from the stream, mix it with the mud to make a soft paste, apply it to the pheasant, spread it thickly, and then roast it.

In the mountains, at a time like this.

You don’t need too many seasonings, just natural and wild ones.

Wrap the pheasant into a mud ball and throw it into the fire.

Chen Ling took Yu Qiang and Chen Ze to look for mushrooms, fungus and the like to stew with snake meat.

A few young people also came over to help search.

Normally, mushroom picking is divided into two or three directions. The mushroom picking should be done in separate directions to get more. But now I just need to make soup, which is enough.

Affected by the two autumn rains a few days ago, a lot of fresh mushrooms came out in the mountains.

Butterfly mushrooms, meat mushrooms, yellow-footed mushrooms, ox-lip mushrooms...

Everyone can easily pick a handful.

Pick the mushrooms, wash them and boil them in the pot.

Suddenly he heard someone shouting, "Damn it, some bastard hit me." Chen Ling turned around and saw that it was Chen Dazhi who hurried out of the dense forest with his pants picked up.

On the branches in the forest behind them, a group of monkeys jumped back and forth, hitting them hard with some wild fruits and the like.

The beating hurts.

This made Chen Dazhi look like he was running around with his head in his arms.

Seeing Chen Ling and others standing by the stream watching the show, he immediately said angrily: "These monkeys are annoying me to death. You guys know how to watch the fun, and you don't even use guns to drive them away."

After saying that, he took the lead in raising his shotgun and shot at the monkeys.

‘Bang’ a gunshot.

The monkeys were immediately frightened and screamed into a ball.

While jumping around in panic on the branches, he also did not forget to hit people on the head as hard as he could.

As expected, he has a vengeful temper.

Chen Ling was squatting next to the firewood without getting up, and was accidentally hit.

My forehead is blue and sore.

Immediately, I became angry.

I also stood up and shot with my shotgun.

At this time, Heiwa and Xiaojin couldn't sit still anymore, and they followed suit with a group of dogs, barking loudly, and chased after them. However, the monkeys jumped on the branches and were extremely flexible. The dogs could not get on the tree, and they only raised their heads and shouted. Wandering around under the tree.

But the shotgun actually hit a few monkeys.

Although they were not killed, they were beaten until the monkeys screamed and swung back and forth on the branches in fear and fled away.

“Damn, these monkeys in the mountains are so annoying.”

“This time we have guns, we are not afraid of them.”

"In the past, you couldn't drive them away, and hitting them with a slingshot wouldn't hurt them. They would follow you all the way, jumping and screaming, and throwing rocks. It would scare away the wild animals. If you go into the mountains, you can prey on anything. I can’t hit him.”

Chen Dazhi gritted his teeth and said, seemingly very resentful.

Wang Lixian nodded.

When he was young, he went into the mountains and was often deeply disturbed by it.

Later I made a bow and it was better.

But there are bows and arrows but no guns, and they are not safe. It is better to avoid provoking these annoying guys when there are only one or two people.

After chasing away the monkeys, the first meal in the forest was ready.

Thanks to Chen Ling for bringing the seasoning, otherwise it would just be these rough guys.

Probably just a little salt.

In the mountains, people are just trying to fill their stomachs, so if they have a warm meal, they can eat it. Most of the time you go into the mountains to make a living, and no one cares about it.

Today I am in luck.

I have tasted Chen Ling’s craftsmanship before.

Of course there is no need to say more now. Everyone was tired and hungry. After drinking the delicious snake soup, accompanied by the fragrant beggar's chicken, they all wolfed down and forgot to speak.

But after seeing Chen Ling sharing the food with his two dogs, they all stared and couldn't help it.

“Good guy, you are really willing to give up wealth.”

"No wonder your dog is spiritual. You raised him as a son."

But then he turned around and thought about it.

If his family also has two dogs that come back from time to time to catch pheasants and rabbits, I'm afraid they have to provide for them well.

This is a treasure.

After turning a corner, I couldn't help but feel jealous.

Chen Ling was dumbfounded.

After eating the first sumptuous lunch in the mountain.

Everyone took a short rest and then continued to head north. To the north, the vast mountains towered into the clouds. The mountains became steeper and the trees became taller and deeper. People were as small as ants among them.

They continue to follow the water source of the stream and can usually easily judge the type and quantity of prey based on the traces left by the prey at the water's edge.

Experienced hunters like Wang Lixian can accurately predict the direction of prey and make hunting plans accordingly.

...

In this way, as we go deeper and deeper, the stream gradually widens, and there are finally more prey traces.

Not to mention pheasants and rabbits, they also discovered another group of monkeys and scared away a group of strangely colored wild ducks. They fled quickly along the water surface, creating long sprays of water on the water surface. , no dog can catch up.

Everyone was amazed.

“Stop, this is it…”

When they walked along the stream to a rocky beach, Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi turned their heads and crouched down to take a closer look. There were dense hoof prints here, and it was obvious that prey often came here to drink water.

It’s a good location.

It can be inferred based on the degree of air-drying of the feces, the depth of the footprints, and the direction of the hoofprints.

When he had a rough idea, he stood up and reminded Chen Ling.

"Wealthy, get ready, let your dogs chase the mountains."

After Chen Ling nodded in agreement, Wang Lixian made another arrangement.

"Fugui will sit with me at 'Jiaokou' later. Shuiwazi, you guys are young and strong, so you will follow the dogs as chasers..."

Jiaokou is the suffering of wild animals. A few must-go places after a disturbance.

Sitting at Jiaokou, commonly known as sitting at Jiaokou, means looking for someone with good marksmanship and good concealment to set up an ambush.

Hujiao is also called Hushanzi. It is a person who follows the dog on the mountain. He shouts and helps the dog to drive the prey to the intersection.

After everyone's division of labor is clear.

Wang Lixian pulled Chen Ling and asked Xiao Jin to sniff at the messy hoof marks and some feces at the water's edge. His yellow tabby native dog also followed suit.

After a while, the yellow tabby showed no reaction.

Xiao Jin’s eyes sharpened and he whimpered in one direction.

This is where the prey was found!

"What a smart dog..."

Wang Lixian couldn't help but suddenly raised his head in surprise and glanced at Chen Ling.

The past few times he passed by, he had already taken a liking to the two dogs of the Chen Ling family.

I didn’t expect it to be underestimated.

“Xiao Jin, go!”

Chen Ling smiled slightly and gave an order to Xiao Jin.

Just hearing Xiao Jin's low growl, the dogs all cheered up, cocked their ears, followed closely, and ran wildly in one direction of the mountain forest.

Chen Ze and several uncles and brothers looked at each other, nodded to Chen Ling and the others, and then hurriedly followed.

The drive out of the mountains has begun.

(End of this chapter)