Chapter 155 Wetland
“What is it? What did you find?”
When a group of people heard the excited shouts of the two old hunters, they knew that the harvest was definitely not small.
Hurry forward.
Because Chen Ling had brought his dog to track the traces of jackals before, he didn't have any prey on his back, so he was the first to come forward.
Liu Guangli and Wang Lixian were beaming with joy, obviously very happy.
Pointing to the prey on the ground and showing it to him: "Hahaha, Fugui, come and take a look. It's not in vain to chase him so far. Sure enough, we still picked it up..."
This place is far away from the cliff. farther.
But the slope is still relatively steep, the nearby forests are relatively sparse, and the ground is covered with vegetation composed of ferns, shrubs, wild grasses, and mosses.
Chen Ling saw a plump and strong sika deer lying on the grass slope. The horns on the top of its head were very beautiful. Judging from its appearance, it was estimated to weigh more than a hundred pounds.
Not far from the sika deer, about ten meters away, there was a dark brown deer.
The death conditions are quite miserable...
They were all torn open from the anus behind the tail, and the internal organs had been hollowed out by jackals, leaving only two miserable bodies. body.
"Fugui, lift it up and try to weigh it. This buck is not small. It has been hollowed out by a pickpocket, and it can weigh more than a hundred pounds..."
Liu Guangli He bent down and picked up one of the sika deer's legs and dragged it to Chen Ling.
Chen Ling took it in his hand, picked it up and tried it.
It was really heavy, so he smiled and said: "It seems that you are lucky today."
The heaviest adult sika deer weighs just over two hundred kilograms, so this male deer is definitely not small. .
Venison alone can be exchanged for a lot of money.
“Hahaha, what a big sika deer.”
"I, I'll try it too."
Everyone was excited to be able to pick up such a big prey for nothing.
One by one, they put down their things and stepped forward eagerly.
"That over there is a small grass deer?"
Chen Ling turned his eyes to another place, and Hei Wa had already ran over and picked it up.
"This is not a grass deer, this is a fragrant deer..."
Liu Guangli shook his head, pointed at the deer that Heiwa threw in front of everyone and said to Chen Ling: "Look at the fragrant sachet under its belly. , this is a fragrant deer.”
Xiangzi is the fragrant deer, also called forest deer.
In their place, if the Xiang Deer is a male, it is called Yaxiang, and the female is called Caoxiang.
Because the male deer has two curved teeth exposed at the corners of his mouth.
Now this is a male fragrant deer, which looks like a deer, but is very small, has no horns, has brown fur, and has light dots on its back, but it is not as obvious as a sika deer. At fifty centimeters tall, he is already considered a big guy among the fragrant deer.
"How are you, Fugui? Have you never seen this thing before? Come on, come and smell it..."
Liu Guangli saw that Chen Ling was still in a daze, so he patted him on the shoulder. , showing a narrow smile.
Although Chen Ling has always heard people say that fragrant deer seeds are very fragrant and natural musk is so precious, he has never seen this thing in all these years.
When I was curious, I squatted down and turned the scented musk over, moved it to its belly button, gently pressed the bulging musk deer bag, and sniffed it fiercely. one time.
Immediately, a strong, sour and foul smell hit his face and filled his nose. He almost choked, and he got up and coughed violently.
“Ahem, cough, cough…”
“Ugh, what does this smell like? It stinks so damn much.”
“Hahaha, that’s right.”
Liu Guangli succeeded in his plot and sat on the grass next to him, laughing so hard that he fell down.
"Damn old man, you are so old and you are still full of bad things..."
Chen Ling coughed for a long time and kept rubbing his nose, but he still couldn't calm down.
Everyone couldn't help but feel happy when they saw him like this.
However, after having fun, a group of young boys were also very curious. Even though they knew that this thing smelled, they all came forward and smelled it carefully.
"Uncle Guangli, isn't it said that all incense is very fragrant? Why does it smell so smoky? Could it be that a pickpocket ate the cavity and the sachet is broken? ”
"What's bad is that the sachets are not cut off, that's why they smell like this."
"We usually eat sweets that are too sweet and get too nervous. The same goes for this stuff. It's so fragrant. It stinks..."
Liu Guangli smacked his lips and said, "If you don't believe me, take it out, find a place with water, put it in the water, and after it melts, the smell won't dissipate for a few days. ."
"Really?"
"If you don't believe it, try it!"
"This... let's forget it. I heard that this thing is very expensive. Let's not waste a good thing."
Everyone, look at me and I look at you, although we haven't seen each other much. I have seen fragrant deer seeds before, but people in the village often go to the mountains to collect herbs in exchange for money, and they probably know that they are valuable things.
"It's indeed a good thing. If you don't say that the dog from the wealthy family has made great achievements, the sika deer and Xiangzi are more valuable than each other..."
Liu Guangli sat on the grass , shaking his head and humming.
Then he raised his head and grinned at Chen Ling: "What, it's worth money. Since these big bucks and Xiangzi were found by Fugui's dog, we won't get involved. They all belong to you. …”
Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then refused: "No, Uncle Guangli."
"Everyone who sees the mountains and rivers has a share, how can we eat it all alone?"
< br>Indeed, it is an old rule to chase mountains and rivers, and those who see them will have a share.
This means that no matter whether you go hunting in the mountains or catch fish in the water, everyone who participates will gain something, even the little kids who cheer along.
But there is also something special here. You need to get more "head guns" or "fish handle heads".
The "head gunman" is the first person to hit the prey. In addition to sharing the prey equally with everyone, he will also be eligible to choose the hide or other valuable parts.
The "fish leader" is the person who leads the fishing. After dividing the catch, he can also choose additional big fish.
Nowadays, even though they picked up sika deer and fragrant deer, no one seriously goes to chase the mountains.
But these two things are not cheap.
In addition to the skin and meat of sika deer, deer penis, deer heart, deer tail, etc. are also medicinal materials.
There is no need to elaborate on this, the key is this fragrant deer.
Just a musk bag can be sold for a lot of money.
You must know that this is natural musk.
Chen Ling knew this best, but in later generations this thing was a banned item and was not allowed to be bought and sold privately. However, it was repeatedly banned and fetched sky-high prices.
Even in this day and age, it is very expensive.
A few years ago, around 1990, the total annual production of musk was barely 2,000 kilograms, and it has become less and less since then. You must know that this is not just the musk from the fragrant deer.
The total amount of other fragrant wild animals added together.
Although the price now does not reach the crazy level of later generations, a fragrant deer sachet can be sold for several hundred yuan.
"Uncle Guangli, everyone who sees it has a share in driving the mountain into the water, so let's follow the old rules..."
Wang Lixian and a group of Chen Wangzhuang people also followed suit.
Liu Guangli waved his hand and stood up from the grass: "It doesn't matter, you can take it. I guess there is something in front of me. After being in the old forest for so many years, I know more about dogfighting than you do. Let's go." Let's go ahead and take a look..."
"What do you mean, Uncle Guangli? Is there Xiangzi and Sika Deer?"
Hearing this, the young man started fighting again. His face was full of excitement as if his blood was like chicken blood.
“Go, go, what good things are you thinking about?”
“This Xiangzi, like the sika deer, as long as they are male, basically stay alone and live alone, unless it’s spring. In summer, when the weather is warm, you need to breed, otherwise you won’t see groups of them..."
"There are at most three or two fragrant seeds. This thing is especially fragrant. It is very lazy in autumn. It often settles on a high mountain. When the sun comes out, it will lie down on the cliff to dry its fragrant bags. , after the smell dissipated, bugs and ants burrowed into its sachet, and its sachet grew bigger and bigger, and it couldn't stay on the mountain for the whole year. "
"This thing is also timid. If we don't catch it by robbing the dog, it will be difficult for us, even with the help of two big dogs from the rich family!"
said Then, Liu Guangli pointed to the cliff behind him: "Look, no matter how fast the dogs run, how can they catch them on such a cliff? That guy can jump up and climb trees, unless he is climbing. Only by being like a dog can you control them..."
The young people thought for a while and realized that such clever wild animals are really difficult to catch. Chen Ling didn't listen to this, but looked at each other with Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi.
He probably guessed what Liu Guangli was thinking.
Whether they had a share of the pie, one was chased by Chen Ling's dog. Without his dog, there would be no way to pick up such a valuable item.
The second is that there are too many people in Chenwangzhuang.
A total of twelve people entered the mountain, and there were five more on Liu Guangli's side.
Even if it is divided, according to the rules, Chen Ling still has to take the big share.
It's meaningless if we don't distinguish between them.
Might as well give it a favor.
Although there are many young people here in Chen Wangzhuang, no one is a fool who knows nothing.
No one touched the deer and Xiangzi on the ground at all.
Everyone took what they should take and left what they should carry to Chen Ling himself.
Seeing this, Chen Ling felt helpless, so he had to set up the deer's legs, carry the sika deer on his back, let Heiwa pick up the fragrant deer, and follow the others on their way.
Slowly go down along the wide area of the ridge. When you arrive at the edge of the forest, the sound of water begins to appear nearby, so you turn around and walk towards the direction of the water. Not long after, there is a sound in front of you. A deep stream.
The water is extremely clear, flowing through a ravine four to five meters deep beneath the group of people.
Liu Guangli knelt down and took a look, and found red animal hair and blood stains around him, so he said: "Go northwest..."
After saying that, Chen Wangzhuang The group of dogs had already run out under the leadership of Xiao Jin.
Liu Guangli was stunned when he saw this, and then smiled: "It seems that I guessed it right."
"What's wrong? Can we pick up meat again?"
Everyone immediately became energetic. .
Liu Guangli shook his head: "It's not the meat of wild animals. You'll know if you follow me."
Then he walked forward, only about ten meters away, and heard the continuous barking of dogs. It came from the forest.
When everyone heard the sound, they immediately quickened their pace and rushed over. They saw that the trees here were sparse, mostly common tree species in deep mountains such as saponaria, paper towel, eucalyptus, and tung tree. Xiaojin led a group of dogs and barked wildly in the woods. Behind them lay bodies. Red-haired beast.
It turned out to be a dead Pagouzi.
After counting carefully, there are five in total.
Most of the people in Chenwangzhuang were surprised when they saw this scene.
“Why did so many of these bitches die?”
"Were they killed by dogs? No, that's not right. They run fast. If they want to run away, our dogs can't catch up here."
"Also, when we came here, Uncle Li Xian and the others said There are wild boars. Is it possible that they were killed by wild boars?”
“Yes, the sika deer and Xiangzi are not enough to eat, so they probably caught wild boars to eat...”
Wang Lixian responded to their speculations. There was no immediate answer, so he stepped forward and looked at the bodies of these scoundrels.
Ask: "Uncle Guangli, are you here looking for this thing?"
"Yes! I'm just looking for them..."
Liu Guangli walked up to Jackal and looked over and over.
Chen Ling and the others were also puzzled and followed suit.
“Does Li Xian know why they died here?”
Liu Guangli asked with a smile.
"Well, I don't know as much about this thing as you do, Uncle Guangli, but I have heard old people say before that when dogs gather in groups, there are more males and fewer females. When there are too many males, they like to fight, especially when After being injured, if you don't eat enough, you will be bitten to death by other gangsters..."
Wang Lixian thought for a while and replied.
He also heard about this kind of thing from the old hunter in the village, and he had never encountered it before.
Liu Guangli hummed and nodded: "You're right, the bastards are so poisonous."
"There is probably a jackal king here, and we shot him with a gun. It was injured and useless. The other male dogs were not convinced and had a fight here. Look at the injuries on their bodies. This one is blind and his ears were bitten off..."
Chen Ling and the others gathered around and took a look. The injuries suffered by these scoundrels were indeed severe. Some of them had their stomachs disemboweled and their intestines flowed all over the floor.
Fortunately, they don’t eat their own kind.
This time everyone in Chen Wangzhuang had their eyes opened, and they couldn't help but exclaim in awe.
Later, when it was their turn to divide the prey again, Chen Ling and the others refused to take it.
The value of jackal pelts is not high. Selling the skins is not as good as that of wolf and fox skins, and the price of the meat is lower, but it was picked up without any effort, which is already very good.
"Okay, I won't be polite anymore. With these five pickpockets, it's time for us to withdraw from the mountain..."
Liu Guangli and the five men neatly took away the five pickpockets. After tying them up and packing them up, they were already fully loaded with wild boars and other large and small prey.
“Let’s take a look around again. I looked at the footprints before and the wild boar didn’t run very far. It’s probably still on the top of these two hills.”
“Okay, be careful along the way.”
“Haha, let’s go!”
"By the way, Fugui, come here and I'll tell you two prescriptions."
...The hunters from Kinmen Village left, heading southwest along the mountain stream and over a mountain.
Chen Ling and the others continued to stay near Eagle Claw Ridge, looking for traces left by the wild boar.
However, they are also discussing that they will leave for the mountains after staying for two more days at most. The frost is about to hit. Although the temperature in the mountains is not high, large animals cannot be left alone for too long. Today is the third day. , should be dealt with as soon as possible.
"Fugui, call the dog over quickly, we are ready to make fun of you."
Following the wild boar's trail around the mountain, Wang Lixian discovered the latest trace of the wild boar on a green exposed rock in a pine forest.
There are wild boar footprints and rough and stiff wild boar hair.
Chen Ling hurriedly walked over, took the fragrant deer in Heiwa's mouth into his hand, and asked the two dogs to smell it together.
"Brother Xian, I can probably recognize the footprints and pig dung left by the wild boar now. How did you see the head and the weight?"
Chen Ling had some thoughts about this. Doesn’t make sense.
"This is not difficult. Wild boars like to find places to rub themselves after walking for a while. You can look at the footprints and the height of the scratches they leave. If you see them more often, you can estimate how big the wild boar is and how heavy it is. "How many!"
Wang Lixian said, pointing to the footprints not far away: "Look, the footprints of this wild boar are made with the toes on the ground. They are of different depths. The ones that step deep are bigger. Deqian is small, so everyone can understand this. Look at the height of the tickle, which is about fifty centimeters, and the footprints are two or three centimeters deep. This is a big wild boar of almost two hundred kilograms..."
"But the ground is soft and hard. You have to pay attention and remember it by yourself. You have run mountains a lot, and you don't need anyone to teach you to know what's going on."
Everyone was slightly stunned.
While we were talking, the two dogs got into trouble and led the group of dogs trotting down the hillside.
After a group of people followed, it didn't take long for them to go down the mountain stream.
Towards the north of the mountain stream, there is a sunny slope. From the bottom of the mountain stream to the top of the cliff, a kind of magical trees are evenly distributed on the sunny slope. The leaves are like sycamore trees, but the flowers bloom like buds. The strange fragrance of lotus flowers drifted over with the water vapor, making Chen Ling want to dig one out.
But I can’t get across the deep stream.
I had to follow the two dogs to track the wild boar.
Finally, the water in the mountain stream slowly divided, and they followed the group of dogs and headed south.
After a while, following the small stream, the terrain gradually became lower. Slowly, a wetland appeared in front of everyone, hidden among dense reeds and cattails. The water was gray-green and the area was large, but the water surface was very calm. Looking at it from a distance, there is a deep and quiet beauty.
As we got closer, the sound of water became quieter.
Blasts of crisp chirping birds came, mixed with the calls of squawking water birds.
No wild boars were seen in the wetland. Only a group of white cranes stood quietly among the lush reeds, combing their feathers slowly. On the water in the distance, there was the same white and elegant look. Another group of big birds flapped their wings and sang.
“It’s those white cranes!”
"Also, swans..."
Everyone subconsciously slowed down and looked at this group of beautiful migratory birds.
But at this moment, on the other side of the water, a golden figure quietly appeared, lurking towards the water from the forest.
(End of this chapter)