Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 190 Big Harvest

The sun didn't rise today, the wind was getting stronger, and the cold wind was blowing in the valley.

Lin Heng and Uncle Gao followed their uncle Li Baiquan through the valley and came to a hillside covered with thorns.

Li Baiquan pointed to the entrance of a cave and said, "It's right here. Look at this cave, there is definitely a pig badger."

This is a soil hole drilled toward the inside of the mountain. It is fifty or sixty centimeters wide and thirty or forty centimeters high.

The floor of the cave entrance is smooth, and if you look closely, you can find some pig badger hair.

Uncle Gao also looked at it, nodded and said: "You can't be wrong, this is indeed the new pig badger cave, and there must be pig badgers in it.

We need to find another hole now before we can start. "

When Li Baiquan heard this, he spread his hands and said, "Speaking of this, I'm still a little strange. I searched all day yesterday and couldn't find the entrance to the cave. Please help me look for it."

Lin Heng said nothing and took Xiongba to find another cave.

Uncle Gao handed the double-barreled shotgun to Lin Heng: "Of course I will kill him. Lin Heng, please hold my shotgun in front and prepare it. I will hold the pistol in the back as the second line of defense."

"Keep smoking for a while and see if there's anything left." Uncle Gao shouted from a distance.

After he figured it out, he squatted at the entrance of the cave, with Uncle Gao above the entrance.

Lin Heng let out the smoke for about ten minutes, and then a gunshot rang out from his uncle's side.

Lin Heng nodded and smoked for another ten minutes. After making sure that there was no movement, he grabbed the snow and put out the fire.

Lin Heng lit it twice more before it was completely ignited. After adding a handful of pine needles to ignite it, Lin Heng added fine firewood and thick dry firewood to start the fire.

When they learned that Xiong Ba had found it, the two of them were even more surprised that this dog was so smart.

Uncle Gao didn't refuse, and nodded in agreement: "That's okay, after I beat the badger, I'll teach you how to use the gun. Anyway, I have a lot of bullets."

"Now that we've found it, let's start." Lin Heng looked at the two of them and said, he couldn't wait.

He choked himself, but more smoke entered the hole. From a distance, Lin Heng saw the smoke coming out of the hole on the other side.

Even if the pig badger is hibernating, it will definitely not be able to bear it and will be awakened by the smoke.

Usually in this case, a net is used to cover one hole and the other hole is smoked.

"Bang bang!!"

Li Baiquan took the double-barreled shotgun with a smile on his face and asked Uncle Gao for advice.

After the fire started, put it on the ground and add fine firewood. Maybe it was because the weather was too cold and the pine needles extinguished themselves as soon as they were placed on the ground.

"I don't know how to do this. Let my uncle do it. I'll light the fire." Lin Heng shook his head. He had not learned how to use a firearm.

This shooting technique can be described as fast, accurate and ruthless. Both shots were headshots, and the brains burst out. The running pig badger fell down and never woke up.

After searching around, Xiongba suddenly stopped at a place. It pulled away the snow on the ground, removed the leaves, and a cave appeared.

Once the pig badgers are smoked out, they will first be shot by shotguns. If there are still some that run out, there will be an old man with a pistol waiting for them.

Uncle Gao and Li Baiquan quickly came over and checked it out. They found that this was indeed a pig-badger cave.

Then there were two more gunshots.

After everything was done, Lin Heng went over there to light the fire.

While rewarding Xiongba, Lin Heng turned back and shouted: "Found it, here it is."

Lin Heng rubbed the dog's head. If it hadn't been for the good nose, he didn't know when he would have been found.

Throwing it into the hole, Lin Heng took some green leaves chopped on the road and threw them into the fire. After the thick smoke came out, he used the bark he had prepared before to fan himself.

The fire starter has been prepared here, and Lin Heng went to find a large rectangular piece of bark to use as a fan for a while.

After the fire was lit, Lin Heng took the fungi, or tree tongues, that his uncle had picked up. After these things were ignited, they would continue to burn and smoke.

But they were too far from home, so they didn’t have net bags, and the snakeskin bags they brought weren’t big enough.

"boom!!"

Generally speaking, whether it is a pig badger or a dog badger, there are two holes. One hole is rare.

Lin Heng raised his eyes and saw only two pig badgers that ran out and were shot dead by Uncle Gao not far away.

"it is good."

When I ran to Uncle Gao, his uncle had already pulled out the two pig badgers that had been killed in the cave.

"Great!"

Li Baiquan nodded and said: "I got a lot of fungi. It's no problem to smoke and make a fire. The main problem now is how to catch them."

Lin Heng looked at them and asked loudly: "Do you want more cigarettes?"

Xiongba squatted aside and watched, Lin Heng took out a lighter and ignited the dry pine needles. Greasy pine needles can easily ignite even when slightly moist.

"Are you going to mess around?" Li Baiquan asked curiously.

"Ouch~"

Uncle Gao waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. You go and make a fire and smoke it. Just leave it to me and Xiao Lin."

Xiongba felt comfortable and let Lin Heng rub his head, enjoying it very much.

Seeing the four pig badgers lying on the ground, the three of them were in a good mood, and Li Baiquan was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

Four pig badgers were shot at one time, which was unprecedented.

Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and Uncle Gao and said with a smile, "I'll just take two ends. Each of you choose one, and I'll take the rest."

"it is good."

Lin Heng was not polite, weighed it up, and chose the one whose hair was beaten to pieces.

This one must have been attacked by a shotgun at close range, and the fur is completely unsaleable.

He was not short of money, so he left the good furs to his uncle.

The same goes for Uncle Gao, who took another one with bad hair. The two heads shot by him with his pistol were left to Li Baiquan.

"You two are too polite." Li Baiquan laughed. I felt the kindness.

"This is what you deserve. Without you, we wouldn't be able to get a pig badger." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Yes, you deserve this." Uncle Gao also nodded in agreement.

Li Baiquan grinned and said, "Then let's dig some more yams and go back for a good meal today."

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded. Although it was only eleven o'clock, he could really take a good rest after today's harvest. It was a bit unbearable to run around all these days.

Li Baiquan took a hoe and started digging for yams nearby.

Lin Heng took advantage of his uncle to dig yams and looked around for other prey.

I searched around and found no prey, but I found a yam growing on the stone skin.

This kind of yam cannot be penetrated deeply because of the stone skin below. It grows horizontally along the stone skin. Lin Heng took a wooden stick and pulled the soil casually and dug it out.

He dug out two yams that were one meter long and as thick as his forearm.

"It's so cool. This kind of yam is just here to repay a favor." Lin Heng grinned, dug two small yams from the side and planted them back.

Although he may never come here again, Lin Heng is still used to leaving a seed. If we come again, wouldn't it be possible to harvest this easy-to-dig yam again?

And burying two small yams takes no effort at all.

After finishing these, Lin Heng found Li Baiquan and showed off: "Uncle, what do you think of these two?"

"These two are good, straight and round. Where did you dig them?" Li Baiquan said with a thumbs up. Lin Heng smiled and asked again: "How's your digging going?"

Li Baiquan pointed to the bag next to him and said, "I dug four or five kilograms. Let's go back when Uncle Gao comes."

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded and looked at the yams in the bag. They were all quite big. However, in order to facilitate carrying, they are cut into 20 cm long segments.

Lin Heng cut what he dug into small pieces and threw them in.

After waiting for half an hour, when Uncle Gao came back, the three of them carried the pig badger and carried their things back.

A pig badger only weighs more than 20 pounds, which is not a problem for them at all.

Carrying the pig badger, it was already 2:30 in the afternoon when the three of them returned to the shelter.

After raising the fire, I ate some pickled cabbage pimple soup to satisfy my stomach, and then started to deal with the pig badger.

Li Baiquan used the skinning method on both ends, and the fur could be sold for money after it was dried.

Lin Heng and Uncle Gao directly burned the pig and badger skins, leaving the pig badger skin to taste better.

Uncle Gao took out the belly of the pig badger and said with a smile, "I'll make you some belly meat."

"Then let me cook some barbecue. I brought barbecue ingredients." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Uncle Gao cleaned the pig badger's belly, chopped the pig badger meat, added salt and pepper powder, and poured it directly into his belly.

Get some sand and light a fire on it to scald the sand, then dig out the sand and bury your belly in it.

In order to cook it quickly, Uncle Gao made some leaves and burned them continuously.

"In the past, I could occasionally catch some prey during the war, but I didn't dare to light a fire and could only eat raw food. At that time, I was hungry for meat." Uncle Gao said with a smile.

Lin Heng was grilling meat while listening to Uncle Gao's speech.

Two of the four pig badgers were male, and he roasted both their balls and guns.

In addition, the meat grilled is fat and lean.

The meat is grilled and sizzling with oil. Sprinkle it with barbecue ingredients prepared at home, or dip it directly in some fermented bean curd. It is a rare delicacy.

Uncle Gao ate two skewers, and Lin Heng and Li Baiquan ate the most.

After one bite, the aroma of meat and barbecue ingredients explodes in your mouth, making you feel like you can't stop.

Li Baiquan said while eating: "It's really good. This barbecue ingredient of yours can be mixed with some for me later."

"Haha, of course that's no problem." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

Eating barbecue in this deep mountain and old forest is also a unique experience.

The barbecue is almost done, and Uncle Gao’s belly pork is almost ready.

Pulled out of the sand, it has a strong meaty aroma.

"You guys have a taste." Uncle Gao cut open the belly pork and handed it to Lin Heng and the others.

Lin Heng took a small piece and took a bite. The taste of the belly and meat was very strong. It had the smell of the pig and badger that had not been removed, but it was not very unpalatable.

Lin Heng dipped a little fermented bean curd into it and felt that it tasted much better.

"If there is vinegar soup, this belly pork would taste perfect." Lin Heng shook his head and sighed.

Uncle Gao also nodded: "Yes, this pig and badger belly stuffed meat is not that interesting. If it is mutton, it will definitely be delicious."

"It's good to go with some wine." Li Baiquan took out a bag of rice wine and poured some for Lin Heng and Uncle Gao.

By the time we finished eating, it was only half past five and it was still dark.

"Let's go, I'll teach you how to play with a gun." Uncle Gao looked at the sky and said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded, quite interested in this.

The two found a place in the valley. Uncle Gao first taught them how to hold a gun, and then how to aim and other basic techniques.

The aiming principle is the same. You can aim at three points and one line. Naturally, this double-barreled shotgun does not have a magnifier, it is just the simplest sight.

After the lesson was almost finished, Uncle Gao said, "You can try firing a shot first. It's similar to a bow and arrow."

"it is good."

Lin Heng nodded, first found some toilet paper to plug his ears, then took aim and pulled the trigger.

As the firing pin hits the primer, the gunpowder inside the bullet is ignited, and the bullet flies out with a bang under the huge impact of gunpowder.

As the bullet flew out, Lin Heng felt a powerful force hit his shoulder.

There was a crisp sound as the bullet hit the granite more than a hundred meters away and was ricocheted.

"wild!"

Lin Heng said with emotion that even though it was his first time playing, he fell in love with this feeling.

This is the deep-seated worship of violent aesthetics in men. Firearms can be said to be the pinnacle of human killing weapons.

Ever since this thing was created, there has been nothing in nature that can compete with humans.

Even a black bear will burp when shot.

"Haha, your accuracy is pretty good. You didn't miss the target on your first shot."

Uncle Gao smiled and praised, then loaded another rifle bullet into Lin Heng, indicating that he could play again.

"it is good."

Lin Heng practiced three more rounds, and he found that as long as this thing was held steady, its accuracy was terrifyingly high.

No wonder the modern compound bow can only be called the king of cold weapons. It really has no advantage in front of firearms.

It's just a little stronger than the hunting rifles found in rural areas.

After playing with five bullets in total, it was almost dark.

"Thank you, uncle, I'm addicted to handles." Lin Heng grinned, it felt really good.

"How about it? Do you want to buy a shotgun?" Uncle Gao asked with a smile.

"I really want to buy one for fun, but I still like to use bows and arrows for hunting." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He planned to go back and ask his elder brother Lin Yue to buy a double-barreled shotgun, which was much faster to learn than a bow and arrow.

Especially when loaded with shotgun, the killing range is large enough, and you can usually hit your prey even if your aim is not accurate enough.

It was really difficult for his brother to learn bow and arrow.

Uncle Gao nodded and said: "A shotgun is nothing. If you have played with a rifle or a sniper rifle, I guess you will definitely fall in love with them. Those things are so powerful."

"This gun is enough, I don't choose." Lin Heng said with a smile.

He felt that Uncle Gao wanted to seduce him into becoming a soldier.

But this is impossible, he does not want to be separated from his wife and children.

Moreover, this era is a bonus period, and doing business is the best way out.

After chatting for a few words, the three of them closed the door and lay down on the bed to sleep.

Tomorrow they are going to track the takin. This will be a very physical task, so they must pay attention now.

Lin Heng hugged Xiongba and quickly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Uncle Gao was the first to get up and went out to take a look. He heard an exclamation: "I said there was movement outside last night. It was a bear coming."

(End of this chapter)