Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 106: Is there no way out of doubt?
  "There are also three wild ducks. That is indeed a good harvest."

Lin Yue looked at the three ducks and nodded, but the shock to him was not great.

Because at first he was thinking that Lin Heng had found dendrobium or ginseng again.

"You don't know, these mushrooms were all found on one tree."

Lin Heng looked at the two people and explained that he was too speechless. If there were pictures, they would definitely say it was impossible.

"I found so many of them on a fallen tree. They were picked from one tree."

Lin Wei danced with joy to explain.

"That's right. That's really impressive. I've never encountered it before. I thought so many were picked from many trees." Lin Yue nodded and said.

Father Lin smiled and said: "No matter what, it is worth more than what we made.

I got two big bags of medicinal materials, including Radix Pseudostellariae, Astragalus, Epimedium and the like. They were all not valuable, and the total might be about the same as this bag of shiitake mushrooms. "

"It seems that today's harvest is not good."

Lin Heng said with a smile and pointed to the boiling water in the pot: "Let's make duck soup, the water just happened to boil."

Put the pot aside and throw the duck directly into the soup without adding water.

After the soup was ready, each of the three of them started plucking their hair.

"There is still rabbit meat today, and I can't finish it. What should I do?"

Father Lin said while plucking the hair. Then he added with a smile: "I didn't expect that I would have to worry about not being able to eat enough meat."

Lin Yue smiled and said: "If you insist on eating, you will definitely finish it. Lin Wei can eat a duck alone.

But you still have to stay, otherwise you will still have something to eat if there is no harvest tomorrow.

Let's make it into a beggar's duck, seal it in mud and it will last for two or three days even in the summer. "

Lin Heng nodded and agreed with this method. The stream water is about [-] or [-] degrees Celsius in summer. This is not iceberg melt water, so it cannot be only a few degrees.

There is no problem if you store it in water for a day and night, but the flavor will change if it is longer.

The beggar duck mud blocks the entry of bacteria and can naturally be stored for two or three days.

During this period, heat it by the fire from time to time and keep it for five days.

"But you can't make beggar duck directly. The fat of wild duck meat is too heavy. You have to roast some of the oil first and then wrap it into beggar duck."

Lin Heng added.

No matter how delicious it is, Lin Heng, who has experienced the food explosion era, definitely eats too much than people in the [-]s.

Father Lin said: "Then kill the duck and put it in the water. Let's roast it at noon tomorrow. I'm tired today and don't want to move."

"also."

After some discussion, we decided to bake it at noon tomorrow.

The duck feathers were cleaned, and the internal organs were taken out and slightly processed for Xiongba to cook.

Lin Heng and his eldest brother carried the duck to the creek.

Lin Yue looked at the fishing enchantment array in the water and said with a smile: "There are actually plum blossoms here. You made the enchantment array catch several fish. We saw them when we came back."

"I can catch it and make fish noodle soup tomorrow." Lin Heng said with a smile.

After taking a look at the fish, he took out the rabbit, threw the duck in and held it down with stones.

Since I brought oil, salt and some garlic sprouts, chili peppers and other ingredients this time, the rabbit meat no longer needs to be roasted. It can be sliced ​​and fried before being cooked into rice. It tastes delicious.

After a while, the meal was ready, and Lin Heng and the four of them sat together, sipping rice wine with a mouthful of food.

There are billions of stars in the night sky, and on the ground there is the gurgling and tinkling sound of streams, the hissing of insects, and four people talking and laughing.

For Lin Heng, no matter how beautiful the outside world is, it is not as happy as having a sip of turbid wine with his family in the deep mountains and forests.

Not as good as picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence and leisurely seeing the happy life of Nanshan.

Eat whatever meat is available, eat when there is no meat, care for each other, love each other, this is enough.

After eating, the four of them were a little tipsy. They wanted to look at the starry sky, but there were countless mosquitoes trying to eat human flesh, so they had to put out the fire in a hurry and go to have a rest.

At this time, Lin Heng missed Baishi Beach again. Although it was extremely hot during the day, it was empty at night and there were no mosquitoes. It's a great place to watch the stars.

Thanks to the rearrangement by Father Lin and others, the hammock is much more comfortable to sleep in today. There are no mosquitoes to disturb me, and I sleep soundly.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng and the others woke up early. They didn't even eat breakfast, so they went to Sanchagou Canyon to see if any prey had taken the bait.

As for Lin Wei, he couldn't get up from bed. He said he was exhausted and his limbs were sore.

"Brother, do you think we'll catch a wild boar or something like a muntjac today?"

Walking on the road, Lin Yue was very excited.

"Brother, you'd better not have too high expectations. This is the first day of the trap."

Lin Heng smiled bitterly and said that his eldest brother must be too confident. It was the same for him for the first time.

"It's just that the density of prey in the wild is very low, and sometimes you can't catch it for half a month." Father Lin knew this very well.

Lin Yue was still very objective: "Maybe we are lucky."

Three people and one dog came to the canyon chatting and laughing. At a glance, as expected, the previous traps were empty.

I walked a little further inside and picked up a few mice, but I found nothing further.

"This is too fake. The traces on the ground are obviously from the past two days. Why don't these guys fall for the trick?" Lin Yue couldn't accept it.

Lin Heng looked at the mouse in his hand and said with a smile: "That's alright. I haven't even encountered a mouse before. I'd better go and look at the fishhook. Maybe there will be something to gain."

When they came to the edge of the weir pond, the three of them each checked their fishhook.

"I have one here! What a big catfish!!"

The eldest brother Lin Heng first brought up a large catfish that was more than [-] centimeters long and estimated to weigh four to five kilograms.

There was another burst of water, and Father Lin came with the good news: "Hey, I have some here too, a little smaller, weighing two pounds."

"I don't want to play anymore. Not only is the fish gone, but the hook is also pulled away. What a big fish this is."

Lin Heng looked at the nylon thread with only half of it left and felt regretful. Maybe he could have harvested it yesterday afternoon.

"I feel like I have to lose at least ten pounds, otherwise I won't be able to keep the nylon line." Lin Heng sighed while rearranging the fishhook.

"Haha, it's possible, maybe twenty pounds."

"It's my fault. I should have come over to show you when I left yesterday."

Father Lin and his eldest brother both agreed that he was very naive when he ran away.

"What should I do with this fish? Should I just kill it?" asked the eldest brother Lin Yue, holding the big catfish.

"Take it back and keep it. The catfish won't die." Lin Heng said.

Catfish's gill structure is very special and can absorb oxygen in the air, so it will not die even if it is out of water for a while.

"Oh, I thought the worst was a pig badger or something."

On the way back, Lin Yue shook his head, very disappointed.

"It's okay, at least there are fish." Lin Heng thought this was pretty good.

Back near the camp, Lin Heng looked at the hooks he used to catch pheasants, but they were all empty and he caught nothing.

"What two big fishes!" Lin Wei roared.

"Hurry up and get a pool to keep them," Lin's father said.

Lin Yue took the fish and was about to throw it into the enchantment formation.

"If you raise it alone, it will easily run away in the ecstasy, and it will also eat small fish." Lin Heng said quickly, stopping his elder brother's behavior.

He found a piece of sand next to the stream, dug a big hole, and threw the catfish in. It was alive and well, and nothing happened.

"Let's make a meal." Father Lin sighed and started to light a fire to cook.

"I'll make roast duck."

Lin Heng picked up a bamboo that washed down from the upper stream on the edge of the stream. He cut a piece of it and used it as a shaft. He cut eight holes in a circle and nailed the [-]-centimeter pieces of wood into it. It was as simple as a water wheel. alright.

Use two forks as nails to place a bracket on the edge of the water, and put the water wheel on it. The water wheel will rotate with the flow of water, driving the axis to rotate together.

Tie the duck on the central axis, and an automatic duck roasting device is completed.

"Second father, you are so awesome." Lin Yue's admiration for Lin Heng could not be increased.

Why does the second father have so many fantastic ideas? There are many things that he has never thought of at all.

"Read more books." Lin Heng said with a smile, tied up the duck, and went to light a big fire nearby.

After the firewood has burned and only the charcoal remains, turn on the water wheel and start roasting the duck.

"This is really beautiful. You don't have to turn it over by yourself. It will be fine even if people leave." Lin's father also gave a thumbs up. His second son was very good at laziness.

Lin Heng smiled. Compared with the waterwheel he saw in Tiangong Kaiwu, this one was much simpler.

That waterwheel can transport water and pound millet. He must get one on Hongfeng Mountain. It is beautiful and practical.

After finishing it, Lin Heng and his eldest brother cut down a few trees by the stream to let the sun shine in, and took out the mushrooms and herbs picked yesterday to dry them.

"The noodles are ready. Come and eat. They'll be cooked in a while."

In the morning, I ordered noodles. When Father Lin was ready, he started calling for people. I scooped up a bowl, added some garlic chili, salt, and a little vinegar and started eating. It was not very delicious, but it was not unpalatable. It just filled my stomach.

After dinner, Lin's father and Lin Yue went upstream to look for herbs, and Lin Heng went to the forest where forest musk deer haunted.

Lin Wei stayed to roast the duck and look after the fire to prevent it from going out or burning the mountain.

"The air force is always there but the rewards are not always there."

After looking at the trap, Lin Heng was speechless. He had an ominous premonition that he might be in the Air Force for a long time.

After watching the rope traps on the forest deer side, there was not even a single mouse.

There were no new animal traces on the ground, so he had no choice but to return with Xiong Ba.

But the fishing guy is definitely not an air force. On the way, he picked some tung leaves and some wild vine peppers that were still green.

Before noon when we returned to the camp, Lin Wei had already roasted the largest duck. It was golden in appearance and looked appetizing.

"You and some mud, I'll be the beggar duck."

Lin Heng said something, sprinkled some salt on the duck, stuffed the duck with vine pepper, then wrapped it with tung leaves and wiped it with mud.

"Just keep roasting these two, there's no need to make them beggar ducks."

Lin Heng looked at Lin Wei and said.

"Why, Second Dad?" Lin Wei looked up at him.

Lin Heng: "...Because I might not gain anything in the afternoon."

With the backpack in hand, Lin Heng went to the upper reaches of the creek to check last night's trap. As expected, he found nothing.

But Lin Heng was not discouraged, the trap he had just laid was just like this.

Continuing to walk forward, Lin Heng entered the forest and tried to find Ganoderma lucidum. He could see one from time to time, but he could not find any more.

From the place where he picked mushrooms yesterday, Lin Heng walked another five kilometers. Not to mention nothing, the road became increasingly difficult to walk, with stone skin and thorns making it difficult to move forward.

Went to the other side of the stream and walked back, looking for traces of prey along the way and setting up some Yama's traps.

It was already dusk when he returned to the camp again. Lin Heng had eight green-bearded tigers in his hand. There was no doubt that he had gained nothing today.

"No, I have to look for it again, otherwise I will believe it."

Gritting his teeth, Lin Heng went out again. It was dark when he came back again, this time with a red squirrel in his hand.

"Dad, did you gain anything today?" Lin Heng asked with a wry smile.

"It's still ordinary herbs, there are a lot of them. I dug more than ten kilograms of turmeric. The total of my things is only worth three or four yuan," Lin's father said with a smile.

"I'm lucky. I found ten pounds of Buddha's hand ginseng, which can be sold for more than ten yuan when dried." Lin Yue had a smile on his face.

"I only have five Ganoderma lucidum and a few other fungi." Lin Heng spread his hands.

In the evening, I ate roast duck and drank rice wine.

On the second day, which was also the fourth day on the mountain, there was still no prey, except for one catfish weighing more than a kilogram.

On the fifth day in the camp, the Air Force caught three green-bearded ducks and all the catfish, and ate the last beggar duck at night.

On the sixth day, everyone started to eat vegetarian food. They were reluctant to eat the catfish alive and planned to take it back to their families.

On the seventh day, we were still in the air force and started to eat the creek grouper and Qinling fine salmon in the ecstasy.

Early on the eighth day, it started to rain lightly. Lin Heng watched from the bed, feeling numb.

Today I am no longer in the mood to watch the traps. Every time I get nothing, it is even more outrageous than the last time Hetian Baishun came.

Lin Heng once suspected that he didn't see a good day on the day he left.

"How about I go back." Father Lin looked at the sky and said.

"Dad, you gave up after only a few days? You can definitely catch us. It's raining this time, so we're more hopeful. The human smell disappears, and animals will definitely come."

Lin Heng quickly tried to dissuade him.

Father Lin shook his head: "I'm not giving up, but I'm going to take things back. Although there have been no prey these days, I dug a lot of various herbs and dried them for fifty or sixty kilograms."

So I plan to go back for a trip to see your mother and the others and the rice at home. If there are any insect infestations, we need to spray pesticides. "

"Then Dad, I'll go back with you." Lin Yue said quickly.

"No, I can do it alone. It's not like I haven't walked before, so don't worry." Father Lin shook his head.

Lin Heng spread his hands: "Okay then."

He knew that his father was watching the rain and could not dig out the herbs, so he could go back and do other work.

After helping to pack up the things, the three catfish were packed up. As for whether they can survive when they go back, it depends on their luck.

After everything was done, Father Lin got up and set off.

Lin Heng and the others sent him some distance away, and Lin's father waved his hand and said, "Go back, be careful."

"You too, be careful of snakes, insects and bees."

Lin Heng and the other three also gave some instructions and turned back to the camp.

"Let's go for a walk on the mountain." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Then let's go. I'm too lazy to look at the trap. Maybe it's just checking it every day that leaves a scent that scares the animals away."

Lin Heng nodded. Through analysis, he felt that this was probably right.

"I'll come too." Lin Wei didn't want to be bored alone in the shelter.

After tidying up, the three of them climbed back along the mountain to the south of the stream, where the shelter was located.

It was raining lightly but it was okay. There was almost no feeling in the woods. Lin Heng's goal for today was very small. Picking up some Ganoderma lucidum would be considered a success.

Lin Yue and him searched around in the woods.

"Second Dad, look at this tree, it's so strange. There's only a little bark left and it's still alive."

Not far away, Lin Wei pointed to a tree and said.

Lin Heng came over and took a look, feeling a little happy.

This is a real cypress tree, growing on the stone skin. It is almost rotten. But it also grew a branch at a height of twenty centimeters above the ground, with dense green spherical cypress leaves on it.

The main trunk, as thick as an arm, has rotted away, leaving only a hollow bark. This is simply a perfect bonsai pile, and you can feel the rich feeling of dead wood blooming without modification.

"This is a good thing. Second Dad, I dug it up and will compensate you later." Lin Heng said with a smile. This can be considered an unexpected gain.

Lin Wei waved his hand and said generously: "Second father, I gave it to you, and I don't like it."

"Thank you then." Lin Heng smiled and patted his nephew on the shoulder.

He got a wooden stick and started digging from the stone skin. The roots of the cypress tree also had a strong feeling of vicissitudes of life, and the marks on them were the marks of years and disasters.

But even so, he is still alive.

It took two minutes to dig it out and temporarily put it into the backpack.

Continuing the search, the target is still Ganoderma lucidum. Today there is no sun, no watch, and the time cannot be estimated.

After walking up Liangmian Mountain, Lin Heng's stomach began to growl, and Lin Wei was obviously hungry. The sour raspberries on the road began to be stuffed into his mouth.

"It's almost time. Let's go back." Lin Heng patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Second dad, actually I've been hungry for a long time." Lin Wei complained.

Just as Lin Heng was about to speak, there was a flapping sound from above. The two of them looked up and saw two red-billed grouse landing on the tree above their heads.

"Shh!"

Lin Heng made a silent gesture and slowly picked up the bow and arrow. He was a little excited. He had been unlucky for a week. Will the fortune finally turn?

Unfortunately, the two grouse landed on different branches, so it was impossible to kill two birds with one stone. I had to choose the big one.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Lin Heng drew his bow and shot arrows in one go.

"call out!!"

A sound of piercing the air was heard, followed by the sound of sharp arrows piercing flesh.

With a snap, one grouse flew away in fright, and another fell halfway and got stuck on a branch.

"Great, we have meat to eat today!!" Lin Wei danced excitedly, jumping up and down on the spot.

"Yes, there is meat to eat." Lin Heng said with a smile. In the past few days, there was no bird in his mouth. There was only river grouper and no other meat.

I hugged the tree and shook it twice, and found that it was stuck, so I had to climb up and cut off the branches.

"It weighs one pound." Lin Heng chuckled. This grouse is very fat.

"Second father, I want to eat chicken legs, one for each of us." Lin Wei said with a smile while touching the grouse.

"No problem!!" Lin Heng handed the grouse to him.

While discussing how to eat, we walked back.

Lin Wei thinks it's best to eat it roasted, while Lin Heng thinks it's better to eat it while squatting, along with other medicinal materials such as shiitake mushrooms and Polygonatum elata to make a great tonic soup.

"Wait a minute, I found something good!"

At this time, Lin Yue trotted over from a distance and said excitedly in a high-pitched voice.

(End of this chapter)