Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 187 How can I endure the wind and the coldness?

After finishing the meal, everyone sat on the ground and shook their heads: "This rice is so delicious."

What a blessing to have such a feast in such a cold mountain.

In previous years, it would not have been possible to eat so well during the Chinese New Year.

"What to do with those pig viscera? These things can't be cured." Lin Yue asked.

Uncle Gao waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. The cold weather won't last for ten days and half a month. It's enough for us to eat here."

"If the weather is like this, it really won't be bad." Li Baiquan nodded. It's cold enough in the mountains, so it's really difficult to get bad.

Li Baiquan didn't want to go home. He thought it was more fun in the mountains.

Uncle Gao also wants to have fun in the mountains. He has no shortage of food. He goes hunting in the mountains mainly to reminisce about the past and pass time.

Lin Hengze understood that his eldest brother thought that internal organs were good things and wanted to take some of them back to share with his family.

Compared to him, his eldest brother had three sons, and there was far from enough meat in the house to eat. He had to calculate every bit carefully, thinking about leaving a bite for his children in everything he did.

But he couldn't say that. As soon as he opened his mouth, Uncle Gao would definitely ask his eldest brother to take some of it home. This was not good.

After thinking for a while, Lin Heng said: "Brother, come with me tomorrow."

"I'll show you the meat here. You go ahead. I can't get anything anyway." Lin Yue shook his head. It's not good for the bacon to be smoked and no one can see it.

"Okay, that's fine." Lin Heng nodded. He also took credit for guarding the camp, and he could share some things later.

Li Baiquan interrupted with a smile: "Let's all three be together, so that we can take care of ourselves."

He didn't gain much today. After listening to Lin Heng's explanation, he felt that Uncle Gao was capable and wanted to search with him.

"Okay, let's go together then." Uncle Gao nodded, took a cigarette, lit it and started smoking.

Lin Heng hated the smell of cigarettes, so he went out and walked around. The environment in the camp was actually very bad, with the smell of feet, cigarettes, and sweat.

But this is unavoidable. The conditions in the mountains are like this, and hunting is a suffering most of the time.

There is a half-full moon in the sky today, and the woodland is particularly clear and bright under the reflection of the snow.

Lin Heng turned around, thinking a little bit of Xiulan, wanting to be held by her, wanting to sleep with her.

"Alas, I have fallen into her hands for the rest of my life."

Lin Heng shook his head and sighed.

But he has to work hard, he can't go back, he has to make this family better, he wants to make the Lin family turn around in his generation.

As he turned to leave, he suddenly saw a different light in the woods.

Turning his head, he saw a cat-like figure in the shadow of the trees in the forest.

The two sides looked at each other, and the figure suddenly turned around and ran away quickly.

"It turns out to be a big golden cat."

When this guy left, Lin Heng saw his figure clearly and thought of the delicious and lazy Jinbao from home.

He didn't have any thoughts about this golden cat. A fur was not worth much. The most important thing is that he has little chance to shoot arrows. When he goes back to get the bow and arrows, the opponent will have disappeared.

He looked up at the moon and silently made a wish in his heart that he would have a good harvest.

After returning to the camp, everyone had already rested. Lin Heng lay down and held Xiong Ba in his arms to keep warm, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, he was woken up by the cold, and there were only sporadic fires in the camp.

Get up and light the fire, and everyone else also gets up.

Uncle Gao started exercising outside, and Lin Heng fried pig intestines and made fat intestines and pickled cabbage noodles.

After the sourness and fatty intestines were neutralized, the flavors formed a wonderful fusion. In the end, no one was even left with noodle soup.

After eating, everyone was preparing to go hunting, but a golden sun appeared in the sky.

"It's over, the sun is out!" Lin Heng spread his hands, feeling very distressed.

It's usually cloudy when you need it, but it happens to appear when you don't need it. It's really Murphy's law.

"It won't be easy to hunt when the snow melts. It's such a bad weather." Li Baiquan looked unhappy and cursed the sun.

Uncle Gao looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "We have to hurry up and explore today."

"Well, let's leave quickly." Lin Heng nodded, with a bad feeling in his heart.

There was his eldest brother here in the camp, so there was nothing to worry about. The three of them took their weapons and dogs to the Sanchagou Canyon.

Although Li Baiquan and Lin Yue had nothing to gain yesterday, Lin Heng and Uncle Gao still wanted to give it a try today.

The cold wind howled in the forest, and from time to time a tree was broken in half by the wind. If you look carefully, you can see that it is the part that has been eaten by longhorned beetles.

Uncle Gao wrapped himself in his windbreaker, quickened his pace and walked forward, chanting in his mouth: "Oh, how come the wind is blowing and the cold is unbearable. At this time, there are wealthy families, so there is no room for me, a poor man, to be gentle. "

"Haha, we are all poor people." Li Baiquan laughed and thought this jingle was good.

"It's too cold." Lin Heng shook his head. The melted snow was even colder than the snow, and coupled with the mountain wind, he couldn't get warm even if he walked.

Not long after, everyone arrived at the edge of Sanchagou Canyon.

The three of them spread out in search of prey. I don’t dare to go inside the canyon. There is no problem with the location at the edge of the canyon.

There are also some small evergreen shrubs here, which are most popular with some herbivores.

Not long after Lin Heng left, he saw some sheep's hoof prints, and he immediately showed a hint of joy. These were probably from muntjacs or forest musk deer.

But he was soon disappointed. He saw human footprints following the hoofprints, which meant that his brother and uncle had discovered it yesterday.

Continuing forward, I saw another pile of bones not far away. It looked like a feline had died here, probably some kind of wild cat.

In the blink of an eye, we had been out exploring for more than an hour. The wind in the canyon was blowing fiercely, and we saw many birds of various sparrow sizes, but not a single larger prey.

Li Baiquan was in the same situation. He looked at Lin Heng and shook his head and said, "I guess it was because of my shooting yesterday. They all scared away."

When the two went to find Uncle Gao, they found that he had a bamboo chicken in his hand.

"I didn't find any prey either, just this bamboo chicken." He shook his head.

"We can only change the direction. Let's go to the direction of Taibai Mountain." Lin Heng shook his head.

"Well, let's go take a look at the nearby kiwi forest first." Uncle Gao nodded.

There was also a kiwi fruit forest nearby. Everyone looked for it, but nothing was gained.

"It's already noon and we haven't harvested anything yet. Should we go back to the camp or not?" Lin Heng asked, his stomach growling with hunger.

It’s too cold after the snow melts, and I seem to get hungry faster. It’s really hard not to eat in the middle of winter.

Li Baiquan said unwillingly: "Let's look for it again."

Uncle Gao shook his head and said, "Let's go back to eat and explore in the direction of Taibai Mountain in the afternoon."

"Then let's eat." Lin Heng walked back together without much hesitation.

At noon, I used the pickled radish I brought to make sausages and pork belly. It was also a great pleasure to eat it with rice.

"Fortunately, we caught two wild boars yesterday." Uncle Gao sighed with a smile.

"really."

Lin Heng nodded. If it weren't for these two wild boars, today's food would have dropped significantly.

After eating, the three of them set off towards Taibai Mountain, hoping to gain something.

The snow hasn't melted yet today, and it may melt by tomorrow, so we have to speed up. The mountain where they are now is big enough, and the slope is very steep. Slopes of 60 or 70 degrees are common, and there are stone slopes of 80 or 90 degrees.

As we get closer to the mountains on the Taibai Mountain side, the slopes of the slopes are all close to 90 degrees. It is almost impossible to get down into the ditch when walking up the mountain, and it is also difficult to go up the mountain in the ditch.

Lin Heng's goal has always been green plants. He wants to find traces of forest musk deer.

The three of them didn't dare to spread too far apart in this big forest. It was the same everywhere, and it would be very troublesome once they got lost.

If you don't do it right, you'll be completely stuck in there and won't be able to get out. Getting lost is also a big killer in mountainous areas.

Fortunately, Lin Heng and others grew up in the mountains. They may get lost in the city. In the mountains, the probability is relatively small, but it is only relatively small, not impossible.

At around three o'clock, everyone arrived at the top of a mountain. The slope here was close to 90 degrees, and most of the bottom was covered with gray and white stone.

"Look over there, there are muntjacs grazing." Lin Heng's sharp eyes saw a yellow muntjac grazing halfway up the mountain opposite.

The Taibai Mountain side is higher and there seem to be more evergreen plants.

"Where is it?" Li Baiquan looked for a long time but didn't find it.

The same goes for Uncle Gao, he didn't even see it.

Lin Heng pointed to the two of them for a long time, and with the movement of the yellow muntjac, the two of them saw its figure.

"It's true!!" Li Baiquan said in surprise.

Uncle Gao shook his head: "It's a pity that it's too far. As the old saying goes, Wangshan is a dead horse. It doesn't look far away. It will take at least an hour and a half to get there."

Lin Heng also nodded: "What a pity. If it doesn't work, let's just go here tomorrow. There is really no hope over Sanchagou."

Without looking at the environment here, he thought Sanchagou was pretty good. But now after taking a look, he felt there was more hope here.

"I've thought so for a long time, but pork is very troublesome." Uncle Gao nodded.

I caught prey on the first day, but it was still not very valuable, and it was really troublesome.

It's not a matter of returning, it's not a matter of not returning, it's a stupid thing to carry the wild boar on your back.

"How about this? Lin Yue and I will go back tomorrow and send some pork back?" Lin Heng asked.

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Uncle Gao shook his head.

A few people walked around again, and Lin Heng looked at the Taibai Mountains. They were really tall and majestic and awe-inspiring.

The precipitousness of this place is worthy of Li Bai's poem. In this era, the original Taibai Mountain is very dangerous. If you want to climb up, you must be prepared to die.

The scenery here is good. The snow that has not yet melted in the canyon is like a white jade belt. There are many green shrubs on both sides, which brings a little bit of life to the cold and dead winter.

The black pines on the cliff in the distance are also strong and tall, which makes it quite a scene with the setting sun.

Lin Heng just glanced at it twice and lost interest. He wanted to hunt a bigger prey.

Everyone looked around and then headed back. It was easy to get lost when it was dark, and something might happen if you were not careful.

However, evening is also a good time for hunting. When it was getting dark, Lin Heng saw two golden roosters resting on the branches.

After getting close, he killed one of the big ones without making any mistakes.

This little golden rooster was no longer a surprise to him, but he was satisfied without the air force.

After descending the mountain and walking back along the stream, Lin Heng suddenly saw a black figure resting on a tree branch.

I thought it was a big crow, but when I got closer and saw it clearly, I couldn't help but smile: "It turned out to be a black crane. I asked why there is such a big crow."

After setting up the bow, a sharp arrow flew out with a hiss, and the black shadow fell from the tree.

Lin Heng walked over and picked it up. It had long legs and a long beak. It was definitely a black crane.

"Boom!!"

As soon as he picked up the black crane, Lin Heng heard a gunshot not far away.

After a while, his uncle Li Baiquan came down with four bamboo chickens and said helplessly: "That's all for today."

"It seems that the one who gained the most today is Lin Heng." Uncle Gao said with a smile.

He just shot a pheasant. Together with the bamboo chicken from the morning, it was not as heavy as the black crane Lin Heng was holding. The black crane must have weighed at least five or six kilograms.

It was already 7:30 when we got back to the camp. When I came back, I was looking for prey everywhere. It took a long time.

For dinner, a pair of pig hearts and a pair of pork kidneys were fried, and the rice turned into cornmeal steamed buns, which Lin Yue made in the afternoon.

It tasted pretty good after frying the hot and sour seeds that I brought with me and putting it in steamed buns. Lin Heng hadn't eaten steamed buns for a long time, but he actually thought it was pretty good.

During the meal, everyone talked about what they discussed today.

Lin Yue thought for a while and said: "It's too troublesome to go back, and it takes two days to go back and forth.

Let me show you the pork here. I found that there are a lot of wild yams around here, as well as some medicinal materials. "

"Okay." Uncle Gao nodded first.

He thinks Lin Yue is a good guy and plans to share more meat with him when he goes back. He couldn't ask for so much wild boar meat, and he couldn't eat it all himself.

Seeing that Lin Heng was still hesitant, Lin Yue patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, brother, this place is very safe, don't worry."

"That's okay." Lin Heng nodded, that was all he could do. It really wasn't cost-effective to go back.

After discussing it, everyone tidied up their things after eating.

In addition to the grain they brought, the three of them took away most of the pig's offal and two strips of smoked bacon.

Early the next morning, the three of them made breakfast and rushed towards the foot of Taibai Mountain.

They walked along the stream. The mountains on both sides of Taibai Mountain became steeper and taller, and gradually they could no longer see other places in the valley.

But it doesn't matter, this creek originates from the foot of Taibai Mountain.

We set off at seven in the morning and arrived at the source of the creek at 3:30 in the afternoon. We had been sucking in the cold wind from the canyon all day. It was even colder today than yesterday. My cotton-padded jacket felt like paper.

But what was better than before was that they found a cave and could use it as a camp by simply setting up the outside.

"It's nice here. It's very warm without the wind." Lin Heng said with a smile.

This cave is eight or nine square meters, which is really lucky.

"Oh my god, my legs are really thin." Li Baiquan put down the things and sighed.

Uncle Gao looked at it and said: "There are many caves like this here, and the rocks are hard. Maybe we can find a better one tomorrow."

"Then just surround the outside and rest first." Lin Heng nodded and said, he was too tired.

If the road here hadn't been too bumpy, he would have rode the red dates over here.

After putting the things down, Lin Heng was responsible for living and cooking, while Uncle Gao and Li Baiquan were responsible for building the shelter.

This time I picked up a lot of kudzu vines on the road, so the bed can be made into a stretcher-like rattan bed using two pieces of wood.

Putting a shelf on both sides allows the three of them to sleep off the ground, and it's more comfortable than just throwing themselves on the hay.

It was already dark after the camp and beds were ready, and Lin Heng had already prepared delicious meals.

In the evening, I made a stir-fried pork belly with fermented bean curd. The meat was covered with spicy tofu curd. I could eat two big bowls of it with rice without any other dishes.

　Sorry, it's too late.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)