Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 64 An old guy of more than thirty years

"You hold the flashlight, I'll catch you."

After giving the flashlight to Xiulan, Lin Heng pulled up his pants and got into the water.

The water is only thirty centimeters deep, and the water temperature is still warm at night.

Quietly arriving at the position where the old turtle had burrowed in, Lin Heng could still see the outline of its back half.

He reached out and grabbed the buttocks, and Lin Heng pulled the old turtle out.

"My God, it's so big, it must weigh eight or nine pounds!"

Lin Heng was a little shocked when he looked at the old turtle in his hand. It was a lot bigger than the one he caught last time.

The old turtle struggled wildly on Lin Heng's cell phone, his limbs swaying wildly, and his long neck turned around to bite him, but his natural physiological limits prevented him from reaching his butt anyway.

Everything he did was just a futile struggle.

"The size of a washbasin, this is definitely an old turtle."

Xiulan's eyes also widened. She didn't notice it when she looked in the water. When she got to the shore, she realized that this thing was really big.

"Let me see how many years this guy has been alive."

Lin Heng pressed the turtle to the ground and counted the concentric circles on its back. One circle was a year. The concentric circles on the old turtle's back were densely packed.

"30, 31, 32, 33 years, my God, this is an old turtle that is at least thirty-four years old."

Lin Heng was shocked. He only had a rough number and could only make a rough judgment.

But this is already remarkable. Soft-shell turtles of such an old age are really rare.

"Old turtles born around [-] are older than us." Xiulan also found it a bit incredible.

But when they thought about it, the two of them felt that it was normal. This place was inaccessible, the water was clear, and there were a lot of groupers in the stream. It was normal to live in such a good place for thirty years.

"It's a pity, even if you have seen more than [-] sunrises and sunsets, it will end from today."

Lin Heng shook his head and put the turtle directly into the cloth bag.

As for the creek groupers caught earlier, they had all fallen to the ground. Compared with this soft-shelled turtle, they were not worthy of being mentioned at all.

"How much can this sell for?" Xiulan was a little excited. This trip to the mountains was a great harvest.

"I don't know. Thirty yuan is definitely no problem. The main thing depends on who buys it." Lin Heng chuckled.

The two opened the bag and looked at it again and again. Finally they calmed down and picked up the creek grouper and started killing it.

Lin Heng was carrying a knife, which he used to pierce his intestines and stomach.

"Okay, let's go up a little further, maybe we can see other turtles."

Lin Heng was a little greedy and wanted to continue exploring.

"it is good!"

Xiulan did the same, exploring with Lin Heng.

Being poor to begin with, Lin Heng could not let go of any opportunity to make money, not to mention that it was not harmful to nature.

But it's a pity that after searching for five or six hundred meters, nothing was found.

Lin Heng shook his head: "Forget it, let's go back and catch the cicada monkey and grill the fish."

"Okay, anyway, we have gained enough this time, so there is no need to force it." Xiulan nodded and said.

There were a lot of cicada monkeys in the forest, so I caught forty or fifty of them casually.

"Here!" Lin Heng threw a cicada monkey to Xiong Ba.

"Wang!"

Xiongba jumped up and swallowed it in his mouth. After chewing it for two times, it was gone and he continued to look at it eagerly.

"It's on the tree, catch it yourself." Lin Heng patted the dog's head.

"Ouch~" Xiongba left a little sadly.

When she turned around, she immediately entangled Xiulan, who had caught the cicada monkey, and licked her hand for food.

"This stupid dog can't become a spirit."

Lin Heng was a little speechless. This emotion was richer than that of a human being.

"Wang!"

As if hearing Lin Heng's complaints, Xiongba raised his head and responded to him, "If you lick only one of you, I will be your licking dog. If you lick both of them, you will be my licking dog."

Xiulan still loves Xiongba because he took her to find a lot of fungi today.

He is a useful dog now.

Back at the shelter, nothing had moved. A fire was lit beside the cave. Lin Heng grilled fish and Xiulan grilled cicada monkeys.

The creek grouper meat was so tender that it became too soft to continue grilling within a few minutes.

"Eat."

Lin Heng tore it gently, tore off half of it along the spine and handed it to Xiulan, while he took care of the other half himself.

The grouper from the mountain stream has no fishy smell at all, and the meat has a hint of sweetness. Compared with eating it fried and crispy, eating it grilled like this has a different taste.

Dip a little chili powder into it and it will make your fingers want to suck it.

"Ow~"

Seeing how Lin Heng and Xiulan were eating, Xiongba rubbed the dog's head against Lin Heng's arm and growled, obviously wanting to taste it.

"Give it to you!"

Lin Heng reluctantly gave the licking dog a fish.

After eating it, the stupid dog showed doubts. It seemed that it was not tasty and chewy.

"You're going to eat shit while lying on your stomach."

Lin Heng glared at it and felt disgusted.

"The roasted cicada monkey is ready."

Xiulan handed over a bunch of roasted cicada monkeys.

Lin Heng dipped some chili noodles in it and breathed out immediately after taking one sip.

"Oh my god, it's so hot."

This roasted cicada monkey is completely different from fried cicadas. The outside of the roast is very hard, and all the protein inside has been milked. It bursts with juice in one bite and is extremely hot.

After cooling for a while before eating, Lin Heng still shook his head: "It seems that the cicada monkey still has to be fried, and it won't taste very good when grilled."

"Yes, it doesn't taste as good as fried food." Xiulan also nodded.

After dinner, they leaned against the fire and watched the moon for a while. Then they both lay down to sleep, with Xiong Ba lying at their feet.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, it was just dawn.

"Wang Wang Wang!!"

Xiongba suddenly screamed and rushed out, and a yellow figure under the muntjac ran away.

However, in the blink of an eye, Xiongba rushed to the yellow figure and took a bite.

Pfft! !
  In an instant, the weasel that failed to escape transformed into Splatoon, and its odor glands sprayed out countless pungent stinky substances.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiongba was so stimulated that he suddenly relaxed his mouth, widened his eyes, and was stunned. This was the first time he encountered such a thing.

After seeing the weasel running away, within two seconds, it chased after it again, this time biting its neck.

Although Xiongba is not yet an adult, he still weighs more than [-] kilograms. The largest weasel can't exceed three kilograms.

Under the huge weight difference, it had no room to resist.

"What's wrong? Damn, it stinks!"

When Lin Heng got up and came over, Xiong Ba had already let go of his mouth, drooling stinkingly, and kept shaking his head.

As for the weasel, it was completely lifeless.

"Wang Wang~"

Xiong Ba rushed towards Lin Heng, feeling a little uncomfortable from being stung.

"Don't come over here. I'll take you to the water to wash up."

Lin Heng quickly blocked it with his feet, and there was a trace of complaint in Xiongba's eyes.

However, even after washing it with water, it still smells bad.

"There's nothing we can do. Let's go back and get the soap locust before washing."

Lin Heng shook his head and said helplessly that the stink of weasels was much stronger than that of stink bugs, and he felt like vomiting after smelling it too much.

"Woooo~"

Xiongba lowered his head, regretting catching this thing and saying nothing about catching it next time.

"Okay, okay, go back and peel off the skin, and I'll give you the meat."

Lin Heng patted its head. Weasel skins were also quite valuable. One piece could be sold for 8 yuan, which was an unexpected gain.

(End of this chapter)