Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 131 Hunting bamboo chicken at night and buying yellow pheasant in the afternoon

"Bamboo chicken?" Lin Heng was stunned. He hadn't been hunting for a long time and he really didn't pay attention to this.

He hasn't gone out hunting much at night recently because he is really busy.

Grouse is a bird that likes to flock. It has flaxen feathers, black eye-like spots on its belly and sides, and a patch of green hair under its neck.

This is a very common bird here. The largest one is five or six liang, and the average one is more than four liang. But this bird has a characteristic that it likes to gather in groups. Finding one often means finding five or six.

"At least six or seven bamboo chickens are resting together. The cries are very loud. We can hunt them when it gets dark soon." Li Baiquan whispered.

As soon as the sky turns dark, several bamboo chickens like to rest on a bamboo pole and shoot them with a shotgun to harvest a good harvest.

"Then I need to borrow a shotgun. I'll ask Tian Baishun to borrow it and give it a try." Lin Heng thought for a while and said, it just so happened that Tian Baishun was also helping to thresh grain today.

He came uninvited. This old man was familiar with Lin Heng and knew that Lin Heng was good at food, so he shamelessly came over to help him out in the morning.

In the bamboo forest, Lin Heng's bows and arrows and slingshots were not very effective. He had to use a shotgun, loaded with some small particles of iron sand. The scattered damage from one shot could kill all the bamboo chickens.

"That's what I mean, let's go together." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

Lin Heng nodded and went to find Tian Baishun with his uncle.

After asking someone, he said that Tian Baishun had just returned with a bag of millet and was walking into the fields.

The two chased after him and found the old man before they had taken a few steps. He was holding a snakeskin bag behind his hands and chatting with Liu Lan.

Liu Lan was squatting on the ground picking vegetables. From time to time, his eyes looked through her collar. It seemed that the weather was hot and Liu Lan was not wearing underwear.

Lin Heng secretly laughed that this old man really couldn't change his habit of eating shit, and said loudly: "Old Man Tian!"

Tian Baishun was startled, turned around quickly, and said angrily: "What are you doing, Boss Lin? Why are you shouting so loudly? I don't like the old man."

"What are you afraid of when I call you?" Lin Heng smiled and continued: "Lend us your shotgun."

"What are you doing? Aren't you using a bow and arrow? Why are you using a shotgun?" Tian Baishun asked curiously.

"While hunting bamboo chicken, we discovered bamboo chicken." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Bamboo chicken, I won't borrow it." Tian Baishun shook his head, and then chuckled: "Let me fight the old man, and I will give you the bamboo chicken if you want it."

Lin Heng glanced at him: "That's okay."

The three of them discussed it and then walked to the fields together to help move the millet.

"You old boy, are you white or big?" Li Baiquan said sarcastically with a smile on the way.

Tian Baishun scolded seriously: "You are thinking bad things about people. Old man, I am not that kind of person. Lin Heng, you should believe me, right?"

Lin Heng smiled without saying a word and gave him a look of understanding.

"You can't even wash yourself away if you jump into the Yellow River..." Tian Baishun was still pretending.

After carrying all the grain home, it was already half past seven, and the meal for Mrs. Lin and others was already ready.

Tian Baishun came back first to get the shotgun and gunpowder, and then came back to eat.

"Are you going hunting?" Father Lin asked curiously.

"Right in front of the door, my uncle found the bamboo chicken and went to hunt it soon." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"That's good luck. You can meet bamboo chickens in front of the door." Father Lin couldn't help but smile. There were very few bamboo chickens in front of the door now.

After saying a few words, the meal was served first. The dinner was also very sumptuous, and it was worth just eating these two meals if you came to help.

Lin Mu's chicken is stir-fried with hot and sour seeds, and her own local chicken tastes delicious no matter how you cook it.

Lin Heng was chewing the chicken, and Xiong Ba was watching him from the side, licking his lips from time to time, as if to say, silly dog ​​owner, don't chew it so cleanly, leave some meat for your good friend.

"Here, here, look how stupid you are." Lin Heng took two bites without even chewing, and just threw it to it.

"Ow~"

Xiongba raised his head and caught the chicken. After eating it happily, he looked at him again.

After the meal was finished, it was completely dark. Tian Baishun took the shotgun and shouted: "Let's go."

"Are you okay? Are you drunk?" Lin Heng was a little worried.

Tian Baishun waved his hand: "How much wine is this, who are you looking down on?"

"That's good." Lin Heng nodded and went home to get a bow and arrow. It didn't weigh much anyway, so he was prepared for anything.

Lin Heng also gave each of them a strong flashlight he bought in the city, which can be recharged.

The light is much stronger than the silver-white aluminum shell flashlight with AA size dry cell battery that I used before.

As soon as it was turned on, there was bright white light, which made Tian Baishun look envious: "How much does your flashlight cost?"

"This is rechargeable, and it's not cheap at five yuan apiece." Lin Heng said with a smile. It was much more expensive than ordinary ones, so he bought three of them.

"It's so expensive, old man, I'd better use batteries." Tian Baishun was persuaded to leave by the price.

Li Baiquan, who originally wanted to get one, took back what he said, and it needed to be charged, and Murakami didn't have any power yet.

When they arrived at the bamboo forest, the three of them took flashlights and looked up to look for the bamboo chicken. Even if you shine a flashlight on this thing at night, it won't fly.

Xiong Ba also followed Lin Heng around the bamboo forest. This bamboo forest covered an area of ​​half an acre, and he really couldn't find it for a while.

Lin Heng kept looking up, not paying attention to his feet.

In the dark night, Xiongba suddenly accelerated and pushed a black shadow to the ground. Lin Heng heard a squeaking sound and turned his flashlight over.

Lin Heng couldn't help but widen his eyes when he saw what Xiong Ba had grabbed: "Damn, such a big bamboo rat."

By this time, Xiong Ba had already bitten off the bamboo rat's spine and threw it in front of Lin Heng. He lifted it up and saw that it was a big bamboo rat weighing five or six kilograms.

"It's awesome, Xiongba." Lin Heng touched its head. He didn't expect such an unexpected surprise.

After a summer, this bamboo rat is really round and fat after eating.

"Come on, the bamboo chickens are all here."

At this time, my uncle Li Baiquan suddenly called.

"Old man Tian, ​​the bamboo chicken is over here." Lin Heng walked over and called Tian Baishun.

"Okay." Tian Baishun nodded, and he and Lin Heng came to Li Baiquan's side one after another.

"Look, there are seven or eight of them." Li Baiquan used the scattered light from the outermost circle of the flashlight to look at the bamboo chickens.

The bamboo in front of them had seven or eight bamboos resting on it, each one shrunk into a pockmark.

"You two, stay away." Tian Baishun said, setting up the shotgun, loading the cannon and checking it again.

Lin Heng and his uncle retreated a few meters, keeping the flashlight dim.

There was only a crisp sound of nails, and a dark red light emerged from the dark forest. Almost instantly, a large amount of gunpowder scattered with red-hot iron sand.

"Boom!!"

There was a loud noise, and many birds around were frightened and flapped their wings and flew away, and the male tyrant also trembled his legs.

Then there was the sound of falling.

"How many were caught?"

Lin Heng and his uncle ignored the temporary ringing in their ears and came over to pick up bamboo chickens with a flashlight.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and there were holes punched out by iron sand on the chairman's chair, exuding some coke smell.

Lin Heng picked up a bamboo chicken. Many of the feathers on it were burned, and it smelled like burning nails.

"Lin Heng, how many did you pick up? I picked up four." Li Baiquan asked with a smile.

"I picked up three." Lin Heng walked over with the bamboo chicken and said.

"Old man, how are my shooting skills?" Tian Baishun chuckled and started to boast.

"You're still bragging. It's less than five meters away, so you can go home and graze the cattle." Li Baiquan mocked him.

Tian Baishun puffed his beard and glared at the quibble: "Hey, you know nothing. You need to be very skilled to kill all the bamboo chickens from a distance of five meters, right?"

"Uncle, take three bamboo chickens back. Old Man Tian and I will each have two." Lin Heng distributed the bamboo chickens.

"I don't want it. I can't even handle it for a long time." Tian Baishun shook his head.

Li Baiquan also shook his head: "I don't want it either, you take it back and eat it."

"I have a big bamboo rat caught by Xiong Ba." Lin Heng mentioned the bamboo rat and said, "I haven't hunted for a long time, and I am very lucky tonight."

Tian Baishun insisted not to take any, so Lin Heng forced three of them to his uncle.

When we got home, all the guests had left. Uncle Lin Heng and his third uncle were still here. They were going to help thresh the remaining grain before going back.

"Lin Heng, let's go then. I'll bring the detonator down in a few days and we'll fry fish." Li Baiquan said that he had to go back tonight.

The aunt took Lin Heng and sincerely invited him to her home when she had time. Lin Heng agreed with a smile and sent the two of them to the road. When he got home, Lin Heng showed his wife the bamboo chicken and then the bamboo rat: "Tonight's big harvest, there's still meat to eat tomorrow."

"I've boiled the water for you, so I know there will be a harvest." Xiulan said with a smile.

"Dad is so awesome!" Xiaoxia also said crisply. When she saw the bamboo rats and bamboo chickens, she only knew that there was meat to eat again, and stretched out her hands to catch the bamboo rats.

Lin Heng quickly picked up the bamboo rat and said, "You are only allowed to look at it, but you are not allowed to touch it."

"Oh!" Xiaoxia nodded her head slowly twice and stood there watching Lin Heng and Xiulan deal with the bamboo rats.

Bamboo rats can be peeled or plucked with water. Lin Heng chose to peel the skin and keep the bamboo rat skin. Whether it is sold or kept to make gloves or something, it is good.

"This bamboo rat is thanks to Xiong Ba." While skinning, Lin Heng also praised Xiong Ba who was squatting next to him and watching him.

"Ow~"

Xiongba stuck out his tongue, feeling a little happy.

The innards of the bamboo rat and the bamboo chicken were all boiled. It was a big meal for Xiong Ba, and his stomach was bulging after eating it.

The next day is the twenty-sixth day of the seventh lunar month, the day to go to the market. Lin's father and others were threshing millet, and Lin Heng went to the town by himself. He still wanted to take a look.

If Liu Qicheng tries some tricks again, Wang Zhou may not be able to solve it.

It was just seven o'clock when we arrived in town. Wang Zhou got up and was cleaning. He is very attentive to this job, not only cleaning the house but also checking the collected goods every day.

"Brother Lin!" Wang Zhou greeted Lin Heng with a smile.

"Is everything okay these two days?" Lin Heng asked with a smile.

Wang Zhou shook his head: "It's nothing, it's just that business is very bad. The mountain goods just bought ten kilograms of epimedium and sold two packs of salt and one pack of cigarettes."

Lin Heng was not surprised by this: "This is normal. There are only people there on market days."

After taking a breath, he asked again: "Where is Liu Qicheng? Is there any movement?"

Wang Zhou said: "I heard that I was looking for a place to rent a house recently, but it seemed that I couldn't find a place to rent a house and I even had a quarrel with someone."

"Then it seems there is no threat today." Lin Heng smiled, knowing that Liu Qicheng would definitely adopt this method.

When he entered the store, he greeted Uncle Gao and looked at the account book. Wang Zhou wrote the accounts very clearly and his work attitude was extremely serious.

Wang Zhou suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "By the way, Brother Lin, didn't you say you wanted to buy a horse before? Yesterday, Uncle Li came and said he found one. Someone wanted to sell a yellow gelding, which is over two years old and very docile."

The Uncle Li Wang Zhou was talking about was the tractor driver, and his surname was Li.

Lin Heng put down his account book and became interested: "Yellow gelding, where is the horse? Is it far away?"

Lin Heng has long wanted to buy a horse, otherwise he would be too tired and slow every time he walked down.

He originally had [-] yuan, but he spent a total of [-] yuan on shopping and opening a store to purchase oddments. He also left [-] yuan in cash for receiving the goods.

Not counting what was withdrawn, he still has [-] yuan in his bankbook, but he doesn't want to buy a motorcycle. The money is used to build fish ponds and cannot be spent carelessly. He knows exactly what to buy and what not to buy.

Although the money is quite a lot, it is actually far from enough. Whether it is fish or shrimp farming, feed is very expensive.

"It's in their Liwan Village, only two kilometers from the town, not far." Wang Zhou said.

"Then when we're done, let's go take a look in the afternoon." Lin Heng nodded.

"Okay." Wang Zhou.

Customers started to come to the door one after another soon. Because the news spread about the opening of an additional buying station during the last market, the buying prices of various mountain goods have increased a lot, so there are many people coming to sell today.

Liu Qicheng didn't come up with any good ideas. Today's business is all Lin Heng's.

When doing business, Lin Heng did not forget to let people spread the news that he wanted to buy a horse.

This puzzled Wang Zhou: "Brother Lin, isn't there some news from Uncle Li?"

The driver was very kind to him and wanted to help talk things over.

"It may not be possible to reach an agreement. It's not a bad thing to be picky." Lin Heng shook his head and said, it is impossible to just look at one house for something worth four to five hundred yuan.

The two of them were busy for a long time, and collected four or five times more mountain goods than last time. This day, he made more than [-] profits just from collecting mountain goods. Even if the canteen repaid the funds, he had to go to the credit union to withdraw another [-] yuan. The bucks come out.

"Brother Lin, Lin Heng is so prosperous." Lin Wei said with a smile during the afternoon calculation. Today, he received [-] yuan worth of mountain goods, and the profit was about [-] yuan. The canteen also has a profit of thirty or forty.

"There's nothing to be happy about. If you get more today, you'll get less next time." Lin Heng shook his head.

After settling the accounts, Lin Heng and Wang Zhou went to the driver's uncle to prepare to buy a horse.

He didn't bring a dime, and his bankbooks were all in the store. It is not good to bring money to a strange village. If the negotiation is settled, the host can just follow him to Huangtan Town to collect the money.

Seeing the driver, Wang Zhou ran over and explained the situation.

The uncle driver looked at Lin Heng and said, "Boss Lin, that horse is very good. It is tall and powerful, with bright eyes. The most important thing is that it has a docile temperament and is very easy to ride."

"Go and have a look before we talk." Lin Heng didn't care much about these words.

This place is not a place where good horses are produced, and there is no pedigree to speak of. His requirements are also very simple: healthy, strong, docile and obedient.

"Okay, I'll show you the way." The driver nodded and took Lin Heng and Wang Zhou to Liwan Village.

In ten minutes, the three of them arrived at Liwan Village. Under the leadership of the driver's uncle, they arrived in front of a family named Li.

"Li Gui, this is Boss Lin who I told you to buy a horse." The uncle driver said to a middle-aged man who was younger than himself.

This middle-aged man has a pair of mung bean eyes. From a distance, you can't tell whether he is open or closed.

He was a little surprised that Lin Heng was so young, and said with a smile: "Boss Lin, why don't you just watch the horse?"

"Just watch the horses." Lin Heng said, not wanting to waste time.

"Then you come with me." Li Gui led Lin Heng and others to a stable at the back.

There are three horses in the stable, all of them are yellow-brown horses with average body color and a fairly well-proportioned body. The height at the shoulder is about [-] meters. They are ordinary and not as powerful as the driver uncle claims.

"Both of these two horses are a male and a female. The male is two years old and the female is three years old. I have trained them both. It will be no problem whether they are used by people to ride or pull carts." Li Gui pointed to the two outermost horses. said.

The unnamed horse must be the mare that gave birth.

Lin Heng came over and touched them. Both horses were quite well-behaved and had no obvious mood swings.

The stallion looked stronger and was ten centimeters taller than the female, but he felt that the stallion was a little too well-behaved and docile.

"Do you only sell this male?" Lin Heng looked at Li Gui and asked.

Li Gui shook his head: "No, they can all be sold, but the mare is more expensive. This mare has not given birth yet."

Lin Heng nodded and looked again. These two horses were both Mongolian horses, with big heads and necks. They couldn't be compared with bloodline horses. He mainly wanted to see if they were healthy and if there were any minor problems.

He didn't know much about horses, but he only knew that a good horse must have a strong heart, lungs, and well-developed muscles. The stallion's nostrils were obviously larger than those of the mare, the muscles on its chest were well-developed, and the distance between its legs was wider.

Compared to the male horse, the female horse looks more symmetrical and obviously more docile.

Then I checked the eyes and hooves, and there were no big problems.

He looked at Lin Heng carefully and asked, "Can you ride it for a few laps to show me?"

"Don't worry, Boss Lin, the horse will be fine." The driver said with a smile.

Lin Heng shook his head: "No, I have to run a few laps, otherwise how would I know the specific situation."

Although he doesn't understand much, he can definitely tell whether a horse is good or not by running a few laps.

"Okay, I'll run two laps for you." Li Gui didn't refuse and took the stallion to run first.

After running back and forth for a few hundred meters, Lin Heng discovered that something was wrong with the stallion, and his breathing was a little short.

Lin Heng looked at the two of them and asked, "Is this horse sick?"

"No, that's it. It's very normal." Li Gui shook his head and said.

The uncle driver also nodded and said, "It's normal to run a few laps suddenly."

Lin Heng glanced at the two of them, without asking any questions, and continued: "Then please help me ride the mare for two laps."

Li Gui rode the mare and ran a few hundred meters down. Lin Heng listened to her breathing again. It was obvious that the mare's breathing was much more even.

Lin Heng smiled inwardly. This stallion must have been sick and had sequelae.

Although he has never raised horses, he has raised pigs, cows and sheep, and he also knows a lot about veterinary medicine. It is not that easy to deceive him.

The main reason is that he heard that stallions are wild and fierce, but this stallion is a bit too docile.

Under normal circumstances, he is very athletic and docile, so this is definitely a good horse. But he didn't quite believe that he was so lucky to meet such a good horse.

After listening carefully to his breathing, he immediately noticed something was wrong.

"How did you sell this mare?" Lin Heng didn't reveal the truth and directly asked the price of the mare.

Li Gui and Li Gui were expressionless on the surface, but there was already a storm in their hearts. How could Lin Heng be so experienced at such a young age?

(End of this chapter)