Start as a farmer from an ordinary world

Chapter 185 The Weasel Wolf
After seven or eight minutes, the two and a dog finally climbed to the ridge.

After countless years of rain washing, the entire top has become fragmented, and the width of many places is only more than two meters, which makes people tremble when walking.

Some soil clods on the main edge have become very loose, and there seems to be nothing wrong on the surface, and there are still a lot of weeds growing.But if you step on it, it may cause the loess to collapse, and the whole person will fall down the cliff ditch.

Standing at this position, one can see many jujube trees, echinacea and spikes growing on the cliff.These are all hard firewood, which is very resistant to burning, and is also the favorite of woodcutters.

However, hard firewood often grows on steep slopes beside cliffs.

It's not that there are no growths in the cliff ditch...the key point is that they were cut down as firewood before they grew up.

Therefore, in order to get good firewood, people can only look for it on the cliff.

According to the previous memory, every year, people in the nearby villages can be heard falling off the cliff and being injured or killed.When Wang Manyin and Liu Xiangyang went to Yuandong County before, they encountered an educated youth who fell and was seriously injured, and they drove a walking tractor to the county hospital.

Also, like the two of them are now, they will run a few miles longer to collect firewood in the mountains.

There are few people here, and many cliff ditches have not been cut down.

After looking at the nearby terrain, Wang Manyin instinctively said a little worried: "Brother Qiusheng, this soil beehive is a bit mysterious, why don't we forget it."

"No matter what, just look at the swarms of bees flying below, and you can tell that there must be a lot of honey in it. The year before last, Wang Dacai found a beehive of more than ten years in the mountains, made a big bucket of honey, and sold it for 30 yuan. We If you're lucky, you can share more than a dozen yuan per person... full of silver, don't be afraid, I'll go down to get honey later, and you can just greet me from above."

Wang Qiusheng's eyes shone with excitement, and he didn't take the danger seriously at all.

He could see clearly that there happened to be several jujube needles near the soil nest.When you wait, you can step on the roots of the tree to borrow strength.

Wang Manyin didn't know how to persuade him.

In his opinion, it is really not worth the ten or twenty yuan, and it will be troublesome in case of any accident.

But looking at the situation, Wang Qiusheng will definitely not give up.

If you leave here, it will be more dangerous for the other party to go down alone, it is better to stay on top and be a helper.

In a word, it is still poor and rambunctious.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Brother Qiusheng, if this is the case, then let's not panic, and get ready to go down. You wait up there, and I'll go down and chop some wooden wedges, and then make bundles of firewood. When the time comes, put the rope Tie it down at the waist..."

The two of them went into the mountain to hunt sorbifolium, and considering the climbing situation, they each specially brought a hemp rope, which came in handy now.

Wang Manyin went down to the bottom of the ditch, first cut a few hard wooden sticks, and then cut a bundle of hay and mugwort before climbing back to the top of the cliff.

Then, the two men whittled the wooden sticks into several [-]-[-] cm long wedges.

The top of the ridge where the earth nests are located is nearly five meters wide, and the loess will not collapse when wedged into a wooden stick.After fixing the rope to the wooden stick, Wang Manyin tied the other end around Wang Qiusheng's waist, and slowly lowered it down along the other side.

During the whole process, Wang Qiusheng used both hands and feet to find all possible places to climb.Moreover, he would wedge a wooden stick into the cliff for every meter.

It was not until the rope was lowered seven or eight meters that Wang Qiusheng raised his head and shouted, "Manyin, I saw a soil nest, right in the crack of the soil."

He moved tremblingly, and stepped on the roots of the jujube tree next to him.Feeling secure, he untied the rope around his waist.

Although these jujube trees are only three or four meters high, their roots are extremely thick, like horned dragons with thick wrists, firmly rooted into the depths of the cliff, and some tap roots can be four or five meters long.

Anyone who often collects firewood knows that a jujube tree can dig out [-] catties of good firewood, which is more than enough to make two meals.

It is with this skill that these jujube trees can survive on the arid cliffs.Constantly growing, blossoming and bearing fruit.

When Wang Qiusheng stopped, Wang Manyin put down the twig basket covered with plastic sheeting, which contained wormwood, dry firewood, and a pack of matches.

Soon, thick smoke billowed from the cliff.There was a mess nearby, and hundreds of bumblebees were buzzing in the air.After being fainted by the smoke, many of them fell down like a light rain.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Qiusheng slanted against the cliff, stuck the torch under the crack in the soil, and then dug the cliff with a machete.

During the whole process, Wang Manyin watched from above without daring to breathe.

For fear of disturbing the other party, there will be some accident.

As the clods fell, Wang Qiusheng exclaimed excitedly: "Man Yin, we really found the old beehive this time, it can weigh at least twenty catties!!"

"Hold on, don't panic!" Fearing that the other party's extreme joy would turn into sorrow, Wang Manyin could only keep telling him.

Hearing Wang Qiusheng's reminder again, he hurriedly picked up the heavy thorn basket.

After pulling to the top of the cliff, Wang Manyin noticed that part of the honeycomb was dark brown in color and looked like hard glue when pinched.

He had dug a beehive once before, so he knew the situation well.

The honeycomb of that year was light yellow, and the color will gradually deepen as the years grow.And over the years, the water contained in the honey is continuously evaporated, and eventually it becomes extremely hard.

A basket full of thorns and honeycomb can shake out at least twenty catties of honey.

Today is definitely worth the trip.

Wang Manyin originally thought that the honeycomb had been cut, but Wang Qiusheng yelled for him to continue to put the twig basket down.

When it was brought up for the second time, there was only half a basket.

It wasn't until Wang Qiusheng was safely pulled up to the top of the cliff that Wang Manyin was completely relieved.

"I haven't finished harvesting, and I still have two honeycombs for the scabies to spend the winter. I just don't know if these guys will continue to stay where they are. It's a pity that beekeeping is not allowed now, otherwise this nest can be brought back, and I can earn at least a year." More than a dozen yuan." Wang Qiusheng sucked his lips when he spoke.

Only then did Wang Manyin notice that the right half of the opponent's face was swollen into a vegetable bun, and one eye was narrowed through a gap.

"Brother Qiusheng, have you been stung?"

"Well, when I cut the honeycomb just now, the torch burned out and I got stung several times."

Honeybee stings are generally fine, but no matter how small the toxicity is, they cannot withstand repeated stings.Hundreds of them attacking together can also sting people to death.

But judging by Wang Qiusheng's appearance, there shouldn't be any major problems.

The two tossed for so long, it was almost noon.

Now the high temperature is more than 20 degrees, after a while, the honeycomb starts to become sticky.Fortunately, Wang Manyin brought a big plastic bag when he came, which happened to be used to hold the honeycomb.

The two of them didn't stay on the mountain ridge for too long, and retreated along the gentle slope to the cliff ditch again.

Looking at the sky, Wang Manyin said, "Brother Qiusheng, you have a rest first. I'll take rhubarb to the front to see if I can catch a wild rabbit and roast it for lunch."

This cliff ditch is lush with vegetation, which is very suitable for wild animals to survive.

When they entered it before, they had startled two hares.

It's just that the terrain at the bottom of the ditch is undulating, there are too many bushes and weeds, and Rhubarb's speed advantage cannot be fully utilized.

After a lot of chasing before, I didn't even catch the rabbit fur.

But for Wang Manyin, it's not a problem at all.

If you can't catch it in the wild, you can go directly into the space.

Not long ago, two litters of cubs were born inside.

He walked two or 300 meters forward with rhubarb, and disappeared in a flash under the cover of a cliff ditch.

When he reappeared, Wang Manyin had already carried a hare with a smashed head in his hand.

He was about to walk back when he heard Wang Qiusheng's urgent voice.

"Man Yin, come back quickly, Huangyao! There are Huangyao here!"

"What's the matter, what's the matter with the yellow waist?" Wang Manyin was confused when he heard that, and hurriedly ran with Rhubarb.

Was Wang Qiusheng confused by the sting, and was frightened like this with a yellow waist?

The scientific name of the yellow waist is the yellow-throated marten, and it is also one of the common beasts on the Loess Plateau.

The shape of this thing is very similar to that of a weasel, but it is much larger. It can grow to about half a meter in length and weighs six to seven catties.It is already considered one of the larger beasts in the Loess Plateau.They usually stay in the mountains. Only when they can't find food in winter, they will go to the village to steal chickens to eat.

But in the final analysis, the yellow waist is just a beast weighing a few catties, and it's not a wild wolf, so there's no need to make a fuss about it?

When Wang Manyin brought rhubarb to him, he realized why Wang Qiusheng exclaimed.

Good guy!
Not one, but a group!
Six or seven yellow waists stayed on the edge of the cliff not far away, forming a fan shape, and they kept making squeaking sounds.

Only then did Wang Manyin recall that Huangyao also has a name called "Wolf of the Mustelidae family".This thing is not powerful alone, but if it gathers in groups, it will be terrible.

They can implement hunting tactics like wolves, easily killing roe deer and goats that are more than ten times heavier than themselves.On the Internet of Later Times, Wang Manyin also saw videos of yellow-throated martens hunting monkeys and attacking panda cubs and wild boars.

Besides, he finally understood why these yellow waists came here in groups... because of honey.

Yellow-throated martens, also known as honey dogs, have an unusual interest in honey, and the smell of honey must have attracted them here.

When Da Huang saw several yellow waists, he immediately rushed forward with a roar.

But this guy can only stay at the bottom of the cliff and howl, he can't climb along the cliff like a prey at all.

After those yellow waists retreated to a safe place, they continued to make creaking noises.

If Wang Manyin came here alone today, he would release peregrine falcons and teach these guys how to be beasts every minute.Now he can only grab the rock and smash it towards the edge of the cliff.

But for a few yellow-throated martens, there is no threat at all.

This made Wang Manyin very depressed.

Knowing this earlier, when he assembled the bicycle for Shaoan a few days ago, he should have used the remaining rubber bands to make a slingshot.

It is said that recently, the trend of assembling bicycles has become popular in Shigejie Commune.

Many people can't get bicycle tickets, and it's okay to spend money to buy parts and assemble themselves.In fact, no matter what time, there are rich and poor.

Even though many people in Shigejie Commune don’t have enough to eat, there are also quite a few people with money in their pockets.

There are now four bicycles in Guanzi Village alone, one was assembled by Wang Fuchang from educated youths, and the other was made by Officer Zhao.

A few educated youths even came up with the idea of ​​assembling bicycles for sale, but somehow dismissed them later.

After all, bicycles are not complicated things.

Wang Manyin saw that there were already several bicycles in the village, so he discussed with Lanhua Shaoan that he might as well pay for the parts and assemble one himself.

It saves you from going to the village to borrow other people’s every time you use it.

Of course, the bike was purchased under Shaoan's name.Usually, there are brother-in-laws who ride to work, and Wang Manyin only pushes back when needed.

Seeing him make a move, Wang Qiusheng also grabbed a rock and smashed it violently, driving the yellow waists away.

But with these guys making a fuss, they couldn't stay in the ditch any longer, so they hurried away with the thorn baskets.

Although the Huang Yaos were unwilling, they could only scream and disappear.

After walking back for two or three miles, the two stopped and started collecting firewood to deal with the hare.

Wang Manyin had already gained experience in killing so many hares, and he cleaned them up after three times and five divisions.

Then, he stuffed some wild onions and ground peppers into the belly of the hare, and put them on the fire to grill.There are also many wild seasonings on the Loess Plateau. Wild onions and ground peppers are two of them, which can be used to remove fishy smell and improve flavor.

When it was half-cooked, Wang Manyin spread some honey on the rabbit meat.

Soon, the smell of meat overflowed in the mountains...

Wang Manyin couldn't get the seasoning from the space, so he thought that the roasted hare this time was very ordinary.But no matter what, it tastes better than sorghum nests.

Throwing the rabbit's head and one front leg to Rhubarb, Wang Manyin tore off one hind leg, and handed the rest to Wang Qiusheng.

Seeing rhubarb eating such a good food, Wang Qiusheng didn't say anything.

If he has such a dog at home, he is willing to feed it better.

After gnawing a few hare bones, Wang Qiusheng wrapped the rest in a towel and put them back in the wattle basket.

Then, continue to eat Wowo.

With such a big harvest, the two of them naturally didn't want to continue looking for xanthus sorbifolia seeds.

After eating and drinking enough, they planned to rest for a while and return to the village early.

It's just that I didn't expect that Da Huang searched around the ditch next to the cliff, and then returned to growl at his master.

Leaving Wang Qiusheng to look at things, Wang Manyin followed the dog into the cliff ditch.

Soon, he found another place where the woolly civet was hiding food.

However, this cave is not as exquisite as before. It is just a shallow pit dug in the ground and covered with a layer of loess and leaves.

Wang Manyin dug open the monkey and found that besides the sorbifolium seeds, there were many red jujubes inside.

Now that I found it, there was no reason to let it go.Anyway, fur raccoons generally have several food storage holes, and if there is one less, they will not starve to death.

Coming in a hurry, Wang Manyin didn't even have a cloth bag in his hand, so he simply put it in the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket.

Just as he was putting it on, he suddenly heard a creaking sound from above his head.

Looking up, I saw a raccoon civet angrily screaming on a sour jujube branch a few meters above.

Stealing other people's food was discovered!

Wang Manyin was a little embarrassed for a moment, but his movements didn't stop.

This catty of Xanthomonas radix seed kernels can squeeze out six or seven taels of oil, which is enough for ordinary commune members to eat at home for two or three months.As for those jujubes, let the little guy keep them.

When he returned to the fire and took out the sorbifolium seed kernel again, Wang Qiusheng was amazed again.

Next, the two of them headed straight for the village with their wattle baskets in their arms.

When they appeared at the entrance of the village, they happened to meet the members of the commune who had returned from work.

Seeing the honeycombs in plastic bags, they immediately surrounded them one by one.

Wang Qiusheng wasn't stingy at the moment, he just untied the bag and took out a piece, breaking it into small pieces for everyone to taste.

After eating honeycomb, many people moved their minds and planned to take some time to wander around the mountains to see if they could find a honeycomb to earn some spare money.

Naturally, Wang Manyin would not say anything about this kind of matter.

Soil beehives are really so easy to find, which round will get them.

(End of this chapter)