Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 192 Something terrible happened

"It's incredible."

Lin Heng looked at the ginseng in his hand and felt it was a bit unreal.

The roots of this aged ginseng have become semi-fibrous and are very tough and cannot be broken even by hand.

Lin Heng tried it a little bit, and it was really like this.

This further proves that his judgment is correct, this is a century-old wild ginseng.

The price of such things in this era is definitely far lower than that of later generations. One is because there are few rich people, and the other is rich in resources.

Unlike later generations, wild ginseng resources are almost exhausted.

Also, in 12, ginseng was sold at an auction for million. The normal price of one pill is only a few hundred thousand, not more than one million.

In this day and age, the century-old wild ginseng can be sold for about 10,000 yuan.

Lin Heng said with a smile and left with Xiong Ba.

"Come on, let's get out of here."

Li Baiquan said something, turned around and found a red grass on the stone skin. He crushed the grass into pieces and gave it to Lin Heng to rub the swollen part of his foot.

This stuff is a super tonic, and it’s good for you to save it.

It can understand through Lin Heng's expression that this is a great thing, and it will probably be praised.

Lin Heng didn't feel much effect, but it almost killed him when he rubbed it, and the pain was excruciating.

Lin Heng smiled and shook his head: "It's nothing, I just fell down and my feet hurt a little."

He felt his ankle hurt even more after taking a step. When he pulled off his socks, he found that they were already swollen.

Ten thousand yuan is certainly a lot of money. Ten thousand yuan in this era is worth one million in 2020.

Li Baiquan and Uncle Gao had already been waiting here. Seeing Lin Heng walking lamely, they quickly walked over to support him and asked, "Lin Heng, what's wrong with you?"

They didn't catch any prey here, so they didn't have much hope for this place and wanted to quickly go to a new place to look for it.

Lin Heng didn't say anything about digging ginseng and just followed them. Some things can be said and some things cannot be said. Lin Heng knows very well what should be hidden and what should not be hidden.

After all, I think it's better to just hold it up and put it in the inner pocket of the coat.

Fortunately, the roots of this ginseng are strong enough and will not break even after being bent several times.

After walking through this mountain, the three of them were also searching for prey on the way back.

Finally, he made an X-shaped mark on a nearby tree to make it easier to come back later.

After the ginseng was wrapped, Lin Heng restored the traces here.

"Ouch~"

After looking at it again, he took out a handkerchief and temporarily wrapped it up, waiting until he got home to consider whether to sell or keep it.

Looking at his watch, it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon. He arrived at the agreed place to wait for the other two people.

"Damn, it really hurts."

However, after rubbing it, Lin Heng did feel that his ankle was warm and he could walk a little better.

Lin Heng looked at this thing and said to himself: "Of course, the best thing is to save it and sell it when resources are scarce. The price will be higher."

Fill it up with soil and cover it with leaves. There is no need for snow or anything else.

After seeing Lin Heng finish, Xiong Ba shouted at him and stretched his head over.

"Woof woof~~"

Lin Heng picked up his dog's head, kissed it, and said with a smile: "Good dog, I will give you a golden rooster to eat in a while. I will try my best not to let you become a vegetarian in the future, and I will find you many beautiful little bitches."

Lin Heng was speechless. After rubbing it, he was finally able to walk.

Xiongba seemed to understand and wagged his tail, very happy.

Uncle Gao looked at Lin Heng's feet and shook his head: "It's too careless. Fortunately, it's not a big deal."

Moreover, it would be hard for them to believe that Xiong Ba was the one who found him.

The value is too high, there is no need for him to test human nature.

The two handkerchiefs Xiulan gave me could just cover it.

He wasn't going to tell Uncle Gao and his uncle about this.

Because there have been ginseng in this place for a hundred years, the ginseng fruits should have produced seeds more or less, and there should be some ginseng from other years.

"I'm going to find some herbs for you."

After finishing handling it, Uncle Gao looked at the two of them and said, "Then let's go."

If he still makes money by selling ginseng in a few years, he might as well die.

If you have channels and find a wealthy buyer, you can probably sell it for more than 20,000 yuan, and 30,000 yuan is the limit.

He wanted to find a golden rooster for Xiong Ba to eat, but he couldn't find anything after searching for it for half an hour.

Then he smiled again: "After a few years, there will be no need to sell it."

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng heard a shot from his uncle.

After a while, Li Baiquan came back with a golden rooster, with a smile on his face: "I almost didn't notice it, but fortunately this thing screamed."

"Awesome." Lin Heng gave a thumbs up.

Although his feet hurt, he searched in the woods for a long time, but found nothing.

The promise made to Xiong Ba's golden rooster probably won't be fulfilled today, so I can only go back and cut some bacon for it to eat.

When Uncle Gao came back, he brought two grouse with him. Needless to say, they were both shot to death with bows and arrows.

Uncle Gao looked at Lin Heng and said with a smile: "It seems that all the bad luck went to Lin Heng today. He didn't get anything and even fell down."

"Yeah, it's so unlucky." Li Baiquan nodded in agreement.

Lin Heng gave a timely wry smile. He felt unlucky before he found ginseng, but now he just felt that all his luck was spent on ginseng.

All the way back to the shelter, the three of them had nothing else to gain.

"Lin Heng, please stew another chicken." Uncle Gao said with a smile, holding the grouse in his hand.

"it is good."

Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

First, I boiled water to make rice, fried fermented bean curd and bacon and ate it.

After running for a day, they only ate a little dry food at noon. The three of them were so hungry that they all ate three large bowls.

Lin Heng made some bacon for Xiongba alone, and he ate it with gusto.

"There's not much rice and noodles left. I think we'll have enough food for five days at most."

While eating, Lin Heng looked at the two of them and said.

Uncle Gao nodded: "Then let's go home after we find the trace of the takin. I've had enough fun. I haven't had such fun in a long time."

Li Baiquan also nodded: "It's time to go back. Lin Yue is probably waiting anxiously in Sanchagou."

No one can bear it after not taking a shower for more than ten days.

It would be okay if they didn't exercise at home. They run more than ten kilometers every day here, and their underwear would be wet with sweat and dry again, and dry with sweat again. It would already stink to the sky.

This is especially true for Xie He's socks. The inside of the shoes are all black. If the socks are washed every day, they will be black again the next night.

It can be seen how hard hunting is, and ordinary people may not be able to persevere. After finishing the meal, Lin Heng disposed of Uncle Gao's grouse, saving the chicken offal for tomorrow, and stewed the chicken with enoki mushrooms and chestnuts.

Everyone lay on the bed to rest and chat.

Wait until nine o'clock, drink a bowl of stewed chicken soup, and the whole person will be satisfied.

The aromas of chicken, mushrooms and chestnuts are all integrated into the soup. After one sip, the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth, and your limbs feel warm.

It is very warm to rest with such warmth.

When they woke up the next morning, everyone found that the sky was snowing again, and small snowflakes kept falling.

"It's snowing again." Li Baiquan said in disbelief.

"Yeah, I hope it doesn't snow too much."

Lin Heng was a little helpless. Snowing at this time is not good news.

They don't have much supplies. If the mountains are blocked by heavy snow, it will be a very scary thing.

Open the cover of the cave entrance, and the cold wind will be fatal.

After peeing, the three of them quickly entered the house, opened the pot, scooped out the chicken soup and drank it.

"Comfortable!"

After a bowl of chicken soup, Uncle Gao showed a happy expression, which was so refreshing.

It’s a beautiful thing to have such a pot of chicken soup on a winter morning.

"Eat meat, it's better to cook."

Lin Heng smiled and divided the chicken into pieces. The chicken was completely soft and almost melted in your mouth.

After making sauerkraut noodles with soup, everyone set out to look for takin.

Lin Heng's foot has gotten much better today. As long as he doesn't bend to the left, it doesn't hurt much. Once he bends to the left, it hurts so much that he can't stand up instantly.

When leaving, he made a random excuse and finally left. He took out the century-old ginseng and took a look at it. He was relieved when he found that there was nothing wrong with it.

After thinking about it, he still took it with him. This thing was too valuable. If he lost it, he would be depressed for half his life.

Although there are almost no other people in the deep mountains and wild forests, what if we encounter one?

So not only did he carry the ginseng with him, he also carried the musk, wrapped in a plastic bag and put in his coat pocket.

"We have to walk fast. We may have to walk a long way to track the takin. Lin Heng, can you do that?"

Uncle Gao asked with concern when he saw Lin Heng following him.

Lin Heng nodded: "No problem."

Uncle Gao nodded: "Then speed up and don't worry about anything on the road."

The three grown men tried their best to travel very fast, and before ten o'clock they reached the canyon where the takin excrement was found that day.

Xiongba walked in front and they walked behind. The three of them and one dog followed the trail.

It was snowing lightly in the sky, and everyone's head was white from the rain. The howling cold wind in the canyon made it extremely cold. Although the three of them were shivering, they still had no intention of stopping.

If you don't look for it, all the clues will be buried when it snows.

Before they knew it, it was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and the three of them could not find any clues as they walked.

Li Baiquan was confused: "What's going on? Could it be that this takin can still fly? Did it fly directly into the sky from here?"

Lin Heng shook his head: "That's definitely impossible. I guess they barely stayed here, so there are no clues here."

"I think so. Let's keep tracking." Uncle Gao nodded.

The three of them continued walking and saw feces again after one kilometer, but it was still dry feces and no fresh ones were encountered.

Lin Heng looked at his watch and said, "It's already two o'clock. We're afraid we won't be able to catch up, otherwise we won't have time to go back."

They had walked at least twenty kilometers of mountain roads today, but the takin migrated faster than they imagined.

The feces I saw in the canyon should have been half a month ago, but now there is no trace at all.

Uncle Gao determined the direction, shook his head and said: "This direction is not suitable for us to pursue anymore. This is heading southwest."

"Then we have no choice but to go back. It seems that we takin have no chance."

Li Baiquan shook his head and sighed. He was still thinking of getting a takin to go back to celebrate the New Year. Now it seems that this dream is about to come to nothing.

Most of the way back was uphill, and the three of them were exhausted physically and mentally. The snow continued to snow, and they were cold and hungry. It was already dark before the three of them reached the shelter.

Although the three of them had flashlights, something terrible happened - they could not find their way back.

It was too dark to see in the distance, and there was no way to tell where the shelter was. Plus, it was snowing, so they only walked the same way they came.

None of the three had brought a compass.

This made the three people's hearts sink. They didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to them.

Uncle Gao sighed: "We miscalculated our physical strength, we should have stopped at one point."

Lin Heng nodded: "It's so easy to walk downhill, and since it's snowing, we are too eager to find takin. I should mark the road."

He didn't expect that this kind of thing would really happen to them. It was really a luxury to expect that humans would not make mistakes.

He thought he had a strong memory and had already memorized the way back. But when it gets dark and then snows, some landmark objects can no longer be found, and he doesn't know the way back.

As the old saying goes, "A good memory is worse than a bad writing."

Li Baiquan looked at the two of them and said, "We can't leave anymore. Let's quickly find a place to shelter from the wind and build a simple shelter."

The three of them all understood that if they could no longer find their way around at this time, they would be seeking death if they continued to walk around. The top priority was to quickly find a place that could shelter from the wind and snow. Although the snow was not heavy, it kept falling and the ground was already white.

To build a shelter at night, you must make use of the natural environment. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible to build one from scratch on flat ground.

Three people are enough.

After searching in the cold wind for half an hour, the three of them finally found a suitable place.

This is under a large rock that stands diagonally upward. The soil underneath is dry loess.

After confirming the place, Lin Heng couldn't wait to say: "Sir, let's make a fire first."

Li Baiquan said: "Damn it, it's hard to make a fire without something igniting it."

At this time, Uncle Gao handed over two pieces of pine tree grease and said, "I have pine tree grease on me. I picked it up when I found it was getting dark, but I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to start a fire."

Lin Heng also smiled and took out a piece of pine tree oil from his pocket and said with a smile: "I have it on me too, but I got it in the morning."

This made Uncle Gao look at him in surprise and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Xiao Lin, your sense of worry is okay."

He didn't expect Lin Heng to actually carry something like this. It seemed like an inconspicuous thing, but it was a life-saving thing at this time. With this, the difficulty of making a fire suddenly dropped exponentially.

Many times, small details are often the key to saving lives. A fire can make people survive a cold, windy and snowy night.

And in this dark night, something to ignite is crucial.

Li Baiquan, who was also a human being, could only grin. He had never thought of bringing such a thing. It was sticky and uncomfortable to carry around, and he had always thought that making a fire was easy.

Now when he looked at Lin Heng and Uncle Gao, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

"Hurry up and make a fire, uncle. It's freezing to death. I'll get some firewood."

Lin Heng said with a smile and ignored the topic.

In fact, he not only brought pine grease, but also flint.

Even if the lighter breaks down, you can still make a fire.

But there is no need to say this.

(End of this chapter)