"Uncle, look at the wound on the neck of this chicken..."
A little boy ran up to Chen Ling carrying a grass-gray hen pheasant: "My dog picked this up, give it to me. He took it back."
When Chen Ling took it into his hand, he immediately shook his head: "It's bitten like this. I can't recognize what it is."
Looking at the male pheasant in Wang Zhenzhen's hand, it was also bloody and chewed up.
In this case, no clear teeth marks or other injuries can be seen, and even the most powerful hunter would not dare to say what was done.
"Ah? Can't Uncle Fugui recognize it?"
"I can't recognize it. I can't even see the tooth marks. I'm not that capable... What if it's a pig, a cow, a horse, or a donkey?" They are so big that wild things will attack them, and they will leave a lot of scars on their bodies. You can tell by just looking at them.
The neck of this chicken is badly bitten. Why? "Recognize, do you think your uncle is a god?"
Chen Ling laughed at this guy, and then asked: "Were all these pheasants picked up by your dogs?"
“Yes, Liu Nier’s big wolf dog ran the best and picked up a pheasant like this before chasing a wild monkey very far.”
"Yes, the dogs we brought over later also followed us and picked up a lot of them along the way."
As the dolls said, they shook the pheasants in their hands for Chen Ling to see.
"There are so many, and there are still half-large chickens that have not grown up. I just went and caught the golden pheasant."
Chen Ling was shocked when he saw it. Among the dead pheasants Among them, there is actually a golden pheasant.
Maybe it was one of those golden pheasants he released.
"Yes, uncle, we were just telling our little aunt that this is the golden rooster we saw when we followed you to the mountains to play. At that time, you hadn't moved to live outside the village, and you hadn't given birth to Ruirui yet. "
"Haha, you have a pretty good memory."
Chen Ling smiled and nodded. When Little Fatty and Little Lizi heard what they said, they looked at that one curiously. Beautiful golden pheasant.
Ruirui also hurriedly followed.
Chen Ling turned around and looked at the dogs following the dolls.
These dogs are not farm dogs.
Just the local dogs raised by various families in the village, and of course, the German Shepherd from Liu Nier's family.
They generally like to follow Erhei and the others around in the wild.
However, Erhei is a dog with a strong sense of responsibility and generally does not leave the farm too far.
When they want to follow the kids into the mountains to play, they will form a group alone and follow them.
Most local dogs in mountainous areas are like this.
When I have nothing to do, I want to sneak into the mountains for a couple of walks.
Now the villagers have gone to the mountains to pick wild fruits, and there are a group of young masters with them.
No need to sneak into the mountains.
How cool it is to just go into the mountains and play openly.
He saw these dogs wagging their tails to please him, but they couldn't hide their happiness at all.
Liu Nier's big wolf dog was saved by Chen Ling with child urine. Every time she saw him, she was so close to him.
Chen Ling found it funny, but he also knew that it was impossible to expect them to come after the 'murderer' that harmed the pheasants.
I picked up the bamboo whistle and blew it several times, trying to call the two Hei babies over.
"I have called Heiwa Xiaojin over. Now let's go forward and see if there are any more pheasants like this in front. If not, we will go to your parents' place. Uncle will have to pick them too. Go back with some wild fruits.”
"Okay, two Hei babies will definitely do it."
The kids were very excited when they heard this.
Chen Ling took them deeper. Little Fatty and Little Lizi were not in good physical condition, so naturally they were carried on Chen Ling's shoulders.
Ruirui was snatched away by Wang Zhenzhen and others and took turns carrying her.
Even Ruirui reached out and screamed and wanted to sit in the basket behind his father again, but they didn't care, they just carried him laughing and playfully, deliberately teasing him, and they were very happy.
After walking for a while, the little fat man regained his composure, so he asked Chen Ling to let him down, and took the opportunity to show off to Liu Nier and the others that he followed Chen Ling to dig bamboo rats, ride red-crowned cranes, and meet crows in the maple forest and dig out squirrel nests. thing.
Then he took out all kinds of nuts from the squirrel's nest and gave them to them to eat.
In fact, the children in the village are not surprised by this kind of thing.
It is also common to catch two squirrels to play with.
But there are still not many squirrel nests.
Not to mention eating the contents of the squirrel's nest.
So the little fat man took it into their hands and ate it while walking.
"Those things can't be given to Rui Rui. He's still young and can't eat walnuts and peanuts."
"Uncle Fugui, who knows, we won't give them to him... Rui Rui, let’s not eat this. Brother will pick fruits for you later. Wild grapes are delicious, kiwi fruit is also delicious, there are wild dates, wild jujubes, and a lot of figs.
That’s right. There are also hawthorns. Pick more and bring them back. Uncle Fugui will make candied haws for you, and we will eat them too.”
The little kids were chattering, and the dogs were walking ahead and sniffing.
A native dog does not have the qualities of a hunting dog.
From time to time you chase me and I chase you, fight with each other a few times, and grab some gadgets.
Or bark a few times in excitement.
It caused many mountain birds and small animals to run away quickly in the grass, and there were "rustling" sounds everywhere along the way.
In autumn, the stream slows down, but the grass remains green, tall and lush.
There are still a lot of autumn insects in the grass.
It is said that the grasshoppers after autumn cannot jump around for more than a few days.
But as long as winter does not come and the temperature does not reach below zero, they can still survive.
The only difference from spring and summer is that although they are still in large numbers at this time, their movements are much slower.
For some wild animals in the mountains, this is simply a gift from nature.
Especially in the past two years, the number of these things has increased beyond imagination.
So the mountain birds and small beasts that feed on them wander around in groups in the mountains.
There seem to be more pheasants and various mountain birds that people are familiar with than in previous autumns.
But what?
As they went deeper, Chen Ling and the others never encountered dead pheasants again.
Even Hei Wa and Xiao Jin chased after him and failed to pick it up.
And with the little golden nose, he also expressed helplessness to the murderer because the target was too far away.
"I stopped looking for it when I was far away. I probably went out to look for food in the morning and evening, and ran back early in the day."
Chen Ling had no intention of getting to the bottom of it. I just thought that once food is plentiful, these wild animals will no longer value them. They won’t even care about meat, and they will only suck blood.
And six or seven in a row.
I don’t know if a gang committed the crime.
And other carnivorous wild animals were picked up without knowing it, and they were just thrown into the grass.
"Uncle Fugui, there have been more and more strange things in the mountains in the village in the past two years. Isn't this blood-sucking thing the same as an old pig spirit?"
Little kids They all showed scared looks.
"No, how can there be so many old pig sperms?"
Chen Ling was speechless. He controlled it himself. As long as he was not fed one-to-one, there would be few so-called animal sperm incidents.
And some things, even if they are fed one-on-one, it is difficult to develop feelings.
For example, fish and shrimps are raised just for eating.
And pigeons too.
Pigeons are too gentle and treat everyone like that, so they cannot produce any amazing results. Naturally, we can't talk about feelings.
In addition to selling these for money, we eat them.
‘Well, the environment is still so good, and all kinds of weird things dare to come here for a stroll. This is the treatment of a primeval forest. ’
“Hey, Fugui, you are a big boss, why do you come to the mountains to pick wild fruits?”
Chen Dazhi and Wang Lishan came over carrying baskets full of wild fruits and were about to carry them back to the village. When they saw Chen Ling coming with a group of children, they stopped to tease him.
Speaking of these two people, they indeed have the best mentality among all the villagers.
They don’t hate the rich, they don’t whisper about others behind their backs, and they don’t even take advantage of Chen Ling.
He was cheerful all day long, but when he saw Chen Ling, he started to talk a lot.
"Oh, I brought two Heiba with me. On this day, the two mountain kings also came out to patrol the mountain in person."
Wang Lishan was even more arrogant with words and hands. He just said that he would forget it and immediately touched Hei Wa and Xiao Jin when they came over.
The two dogs naturally refused to pay attention to the bald man, and avoided it easily, looking very disgusted.
"You should say less, you can't be serious in front of the children."
Behind him, his wife and a group of women also rushed over quickly, " You see, the dogs don’t care about you.”
No one else in the village dared to tease Hei Wa.
It feels too scary.
Ever since Wang Lishan fought with Chen Ling and the Guang family father and son brothers, Hei Wa and the two have a good impression of him, and he doesn't yell at him every time he enters the house.
Wang Lishan was so proud that he reached out to touch them every time he saw them, thinking that he would be able to touch them one day.
"Who said dogs ignore me?"
Wang Lishan was not convinced anymore when his mother-in-law said it. He put down the basket, touched a stone from his feet and walked towards Liu Nier's house. The big wolfdog was thrown over.
In the end, he didn't throw it away. He hit the feet of the other two dogs, causing the dogs to bark at him.
"The more I talk, the less formal I become. I don't want to pay attention to you."
Wang Lishan's wife left with a few smiling women.
Wang Lishan didn't care. He happened to meet Chen Ling, so he stopped to have a rest, smoke a pot of cigarettes and relax.
As soon as the cigarette was lit, Heiwa Xiaojin saw Heiwa Xiaojin going to Chen Dazhi’s side. Heiwa even took a pear from Chen Dazhi’s basket and crunched it next to him. His mouth was full of juice: "Hey , These two mountain kings really don’t give me face. They are so close to Dazhi and ignore me.”
Chen Dazhi also lit up the cigarette and smiled proudly: "That's right, the Mountain King is also closer to me."
He then looked at the brat among the kids: "Ruirui, who is the best between the two Mountain Kings?" Listen to what you say."
Ruirui didn't understand this, so she ran to him and stood on tiptoe to see what wild fruits were in the basket.
After reading his, I then read Wang Lishan’s.
"Fugui, look at this little clever kid. No wonder anyone who sees it will catch him and praise him. The little kid from Shuiwazi's family just knew how to say three or four when he was one and a half years old. Can you let him run around like this, picking up the basket and looking around?
Which family in the village has a kid as big as Ruirui?
I don’t see any. "
Chen Dazhi said this from the bottom of his heart. As he spoke, he opened his mouth and touched the brat's head.
Chen Ling shook his head: "Oh, who knows what he will be like when he grows up. What does it look like? I don’t ask for too much, just don’t make me worry too much. "
Wang Lishan hummed when he heard what you said: "What you said, Ruirui must be better than my pig boy, right? You are a big boss, and all the great writers and professors are rushing to give Rui Rui some help. As a grandpa, Rui can be very bad. ”
Chen Ling laughed loudly when he heard this and said nothing more.
Then he started talking about the strange things that happened to the kids before.
"It's Wong Tai Sin, right? Wong Tai Sin steals chickens just to suck blood and not eat meat?"
"Why don't you eat meat? That's because you have never seen a weasel eating meat. That thing When I eat the meat, there are not many bones left.”
That’s true.
The reason why weasels only drink blood and not eat meat is because sometimes the situation is urgent and there is no condition to eat meat.
If no one is home, just leave the dead chicken where it is, and it will definitely come back to eat.
Chen Ling also said that it was unlikely to be a weasel. He also said that Xiao Jin smelled the smell and that the thing had gone far away. It was not worth pursuing it for this matter.
"There have been many strange things this year. Yesterday we went into the mountains and killed another old wolf after learning."
When Chen Ling heard Wang Lishan's words, he was stunned: "I didn't hear that. .”
"You're all busy. Now the young boys don't have time to run to you. They are all busy looking for fruit trees in the mountains to pick wild fruits in exchange for money."
"Yes, your son has given our village more money. You have done such a great deed and asked the cannery to collect these fruits. We all agreed to catch some prey and bring you a portion.” You take it back, eat it and sell it for money. "
Chen Ling waved her hands.
Although he has ‘credit’.
But the villagers earn hard-earned money from hunting wild fruits, which is not easy.
The reason is simple. Not all wild fruits in the mountains can be canned.
Just a few kinds, such as pears, hawthorns, wild grapes and so on.
Chen Ling asked Han Chuang to collect a lot of them. They were to test making a batch of drinks to sell.
Liang Yuemin couldn't take care of it now, so he discussed handing it over to the Han Chuang brothers.
So when the villagers went into the mountains, they not only had to look for suitable fruits everywhere, but they also had to constantly change places, and they also had to climb trees...
It was not easy.
Another point that Chen Ling can't help is that the purchase price of wild fruits these days is really low.
Of course.
In the eyes of most people in the countryside, selling fruits to canneries is just like selling vegetables from the fields to pickle factories. They are sold at a low price.
It's all based on what can sell.
Furthermore, why are wild fruits so demanding? Anyway, they are just thrown away in the mountains and no one wants them. They are just free money.
Pick more and earn more.
The folks don't think as much as Chen Ling. They happily pick wild fruits every day and have such a good income after the autumn harvest. That's no better than going out to work and suffering.
Not everyone with a conscience is grateful to him.
So... as Chen Ling walked along the way, he encountered villagers with smiles on their face. Even if they really caught some prey and wanted to give it to him, he didn't want it.
When he learned that he also wanted to pick wild fruits, he would tell him where there were more fruits. He said they were in a forest and they didn’t pick many, so he told him not to worry with his baby.
Indeed, on Sanmian Mountain, it is the West Mountain that has the most varieties of wild fruits.
The mulberry forest in spring, the chestnut forest in autumn, the hawthorn forest...are indeed all in one piece.
When it’s hard to find, it’s really hard to find.
But once you find it, it's a big piece. If you don't use all your energy to pick it, you won't be able to finish it in a short time.
"Hey, we have found a big forest again, but it is a bit dangerous here. Normally no one comes to such a deep mountain stream..."
Chen Ling came to what the villagers said The place is a large hawthorn forest, most of which are old trees with thick trunks and covered with red hawthorn fruits.
At this time, a large group of men and women were under various trees, wearing straw hats and turbans, sleeves hanging on their arms, holding long bamboo poles, and beating on the trees.
Amidst the crackling sound, the red hawthorn fruits fell to the ground densely like rain, covering the ground in a thick layer.
"The rich also come to the mountains to pick fruits. There are just so many of them. Come and pick them up."
A sister-in-law wearing a headscarf smiled and showed her white teeth. As she spoke, she squatted down and opened her mouth. Pocket, pull it inside with your hands.
There was also a young man who took advantage of Chen Ling's words and said: "There are indeed few people coming here. It is close to Nanshan Mountain, there are many and deep ditches, and the road is slippery. If you hadn't seen the woods here, We won’t come either.”
“Yes, there are a lot of wolf footprints here, and there are also a lot of deer and wild boar bones. It’s scary.
Yes. Yes, my brother almost shot a kite just now. Everyone said that Uncle Fugui is a good shooter. If you see the kite again later, you can shoot it and take it back to your bald man to keep him company." (End of Chapter)