Return to the small mountain village in 1983

Chapter 87: Set a trap and kill the snake

"Xiongba, come here and see if you can jump over."

After Lin Heng and his wife parted ways, they walked all the way to the foot of Red Maple Mountain and pointed to a one-meter-high pyracantha tree in front of them.

"Wang!!"

Xiongba yelled, accelerated a little, and leapt over without any effort at all.

"Wang!"

It called back, seeming to find this no challenge at all.

"Here, there is a taller one." Lin Heng found another one that was two meters high. He wanted to see the limit of Xiongba.

Xiongba glanced at the Pyracantha tree, accelerated his speed, and leaped past it again. Lin Heng was stunned by the majestic appearance.

"Come on, try this again." Lin Heng found a pyracantha tree that was [-] meters tall.

Xiongba stood still on the ground, just looking at him: "Wow~"

That look seemed to say if you have the ability, come and try it.

"Well, it is indeed a bit difficult for you. After all, you are not yet one year old." Lin Heng smiled.

However, he felt that Xiongba could be trained well. Although it was humane, some things needed more practice.

If you have nothing to do, you have to jump out of a tree, run, swim, etc. You can't turn into a big fat dog.

As for commands, Lin Heng felt that it was not necessary. It was very spiritual and could basically understand commands.

"Wang Wang~~"

Xiongba had been locked up at home for several days, and he had nowhere to use his strength. As soon as he came out, he started to have fun and had a lot of fun.

Soon, Lin Heng came to the place where the dendrobium was planted, picked up the gourd that was placed here yesterday and watered them again.

Then he led Xiong Ba all the way. On the way, he mainly taught Xiong Ba to obey his orders. This guy is so smart that he has been a little out of touch recently.

It's just like a border collie. Once it thinks you can't compete with it, it won't want to care about you anymore.

After some instruction and training from Lin Heng, it became much calmer when it arrived at Sanchagou Canyon at noon.

Half of them were tired.

Back at the shelter, Lin Heng didn't see anyone. He put down the food he had brought and turned around to set off.

"Don't run around. Let's go to the edge of the wetland today." Lin Heng touched the bulldog's head and warned.

He thought for a while on the way here and thought that there might be more prey in the wetlands and swamps in the canyon.

He was going to drop some Hell King Diao and throw some corn nearby. He might hope to catch pigs, badgers and the like, or even wild boars.

Taking Xiongba, one man and one dog, they headed towards the wetland.

The road was not difficult to walk. In order not to alert the prey, Lin Heng did not cut the road.

"There is definitely prey in here." Walking into the wetland, Lin Heng found signs of being turned over everywhere.

"Let's start here."

Lin Heng looked at a willow tree with a thick wrist in front of him and began to arrange the King of Hell.

Although the Yama Diao is sensitive and easy to use, even if you use a rope, you don't have to worry about biting off the rope if you catch a big prey, because it is usually dropped in mid-air and out of reach to bite.

But there is one limitation, that is, there must be living trees to provide elasticity. Without trees, it cannot be arranged.

Therefore, Lin Heng also arranged some simple rope traps and placed them on the paths where these prey often walk.

Stab it!

Lin Heng came to a new place and was about to set a trap when a gray rabbit jumped out of the haystack and ran wildly into the distance.

He was not shocked that there were rabbits here. He brought Xiongba here mainly to catch rabbits.

Before he could say anything, Xiongba chased after him, and a chase drama began.

This hare has experienced many battles. Whenever the bully tries to catch up, it takes advantage of its small size to turn quickly, thus completing the escape and continuing to run away.

Xiongba braked, turned around and chased after it. Although it didn't catch it right away, it still firmly held the initiative and didn't panic at all.

It's fine if it makes a mistake, but the rabbit will die if he makes one mistake.

After two consecutive times, it mastered the rabbit's braking pattern. When it was about to brake for the third time, it jumped, directly predicted its position, and bit it.

Accompanied by a shrill scream, Xiongba seemed to trot back slowly with the rabbit in his mouth, as majestic as a wolf king.

"Awesome!" Lin Heng couldn't help but patted Xiong Ba's head and encouraged him.

The chase just now fully demonstrated its athletic ability, it was so fierce.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiong Ba dropped the rabbit, held his head high and stuck out his tongue, and motioned to Lin Heng to touch its chest to express encouragement.

"Awesome, I'll give you something delicious to eat when I get back."

Lin Heng stroked the hair on its chest. The graceful posture of the bully when running was full of wild power and beauty.

This made Lin Heng look forward to the day when it would chase a pig badger. The scene would be pretty good to watch.

He lifted the rabbit up and looked at it. It was a fat male rabbit, he estimated to weigh seven or eight kilograms.

Xiongba was so fierce that he broke the rabbit's spine in one bite, and the bite force was terrifying.

Throwing the rabbit into the basket, Lin Heng continued to set up traps, using both the King of Hell trap and the ordinary rope trap.

Lin Heng also laid many traps at the place where he saw the pig badger yesterday morning.

After a round, he had arranged about thirty rope traps and more than a dozen Yama's traps. He couldn't remember the exact number.

"Come on, let's take a shower."

After setting up the trap under the bright sun at noon, Lin Heng couldn't stand it anymore and took Xiong Ba to the stream to take a bath.

After taking off my clothes and soaking in the water, I immediately felt much more comfortable.

"Wang Wang~~"

Xiongba started swimming happily.

"Don't touch me." Lin Heng lay in the water, hiding under the shade of a tree with a stone as his pillow.

It was extremely hot at the shelter at noon, so the only good places to go were in the water or in the woods.

However, Lin Heng only soaked for a while. The water in the mountain stream was too cold and he couldn't bear to soak for a long time.

"Let's go back to the area near Baishi Beach first."

One person and one dog returned to the vicinity of Baishitan. Lin Heng took a look at the shelter and there was still no one there.

"Just set up a hammock here."

After thinking about it, Lin Heng went to cut some vines and spent half an hour weaving a hammock.

After knitting it up, he lay down on it and took a nap. Xiongba lay down under the hammock to rest.

Lin Heng had given up hunting in the woods at noon. Past experiences told him that there was almost no hope of going hunting at this time.

It's better to find a place to rest and recharge your batteries.

……

"Lin Heng, when did you come?"

Lin Heng fell asleep for about an hour when a sound suddenly came from behind him.

Xiongba stood up alertly and stared at Li Baiquan, who was walking from a distance.

"Well, I came here at noon, and then went to set some hell traps and rope traps. When I got back, I slept here."

Lin Heng yawned and got off the hammock.

"Uncle, what are you doing? Did you go hunting this morning? Did you gain anything?"

Lin Heng asked again.

Li Baiquan shook his head: "No, but we found traces of wild boars there, and there was a lot of wild boar poop on the ground.

I tracked it all morning but couldn't find it. "

"You haven't found any of these? Doesn't Tian Baishun have hunting dogs?" Lin Heng was a little confused.

"That stupid dog can't do it. It's just making circles on the spot. We've set up a few Hell King cranes there. I'll come back and get some ropes. We're going to continue searching in the afternoon and set some traps along the way." Li Baiquan shook his head and said to those The big dog was extremely disappointed.

"Then let's go together and I'll go take a look too."

Lin Heng thought for a while and spoke.

He felt Xiongba could do the job.

"Yes, if you have more than one person, you have more chances of finding it." Of course Li Baiquan would not refuse.

The two went to the shelter to get things together. Lin Heng gave some of the dry food made by Xiulan to his uncle.

"Don't mention it. Fortunately, we have the food you brought. Otherwise, we might not have anything to eat at noon or evening today."

Li Baiquan said while chewing the steamed buns.

Apart from tracking wild boars, they found no other prey at all today.

We walked two or three kilometers in a row before we arrived at the place they were talking about.

"Look, this is wild boar poop. It was definitely pooped last night."

Li Baiquan pointed to the ground and said.

"This wild boar is not small." Li Heng looked at the feces on the ground. It must be the size that a pig of two to three hundred pounds can pull out.

"Yes, but we have been searching for a long time and found nothing." Li Baiquan shook his head.

"Xiongba, give it a try."

Lin Heng touched Xiong Ba's head and pointed to the wild boar excrement on the ground.

"Wang Wang!"

Xiongba lowered his head and smelled the ground, and quickly identified a direction.

"Can your dog do it?" Li Baiquan felt that he could identify the direction too quickly. It was his first time to see this dog hunting and he didn't have much confidence in it.

"I don't know, it depends on whether the scent trail left by the wild boar is obvious or not." Lin Heng shook his head and did not brag about Xiong Ba's strength.

You can't tell if you're tracking this thing, and you won't be able to find it if the smell stops.

After tracking for about seven or eight hundred meters, Xiong Ba stopped.

"It seems we can't find it." Lin Heng shook his head.

Li Baiquan was not surprised by this: "It's normal. I didn't have much hope."

The two of them landed a few more Yamas nearby, and then separated to see if they could hunt some small prey.

Lin Heng led Xiong Ba through the forest. There were rotten trees everywhere in this old forest in the mountains. Xiong Ba liked to jump over fallen trees when he encountered them.

With Xiong Ba around, the chanterelles picked up by Lin Heng on the road were not mushrooms. There were very few chanterelles that could be eaten, and most of them were infested with worms.

I found a few of Qingtou Fungus and Huang Laitou, and picked four Ganoderma lucidum flowers, which were quite big.

As for the prey, I ran all afternoon and didn't find any, and I also encountered two nests of wasps on the way.

One at the top of the tree canopy and one in the crevices of the rocks.

Fortunately, Lin Heng discovered it early and avoided it in time. Wasps can be said to be the most dangerous thing in the jungle in summer.

Once you accidentally provoke one, you will often be chased by a swarm of hundreds of wasps.

It's okay to be stung by one or two, but if there are more than one, you'll be seriously injured even if you don't die.

Lin Heng stayed away immediately when he saw him.

Unknowingly, the forest gradually became dark. Looking up through the gap, half of the sky was already blood red.

"Fortunately, I brought Xiong Ba with me today. A rabbit doesn't count as an air force."

Lin Heng shook his head. He probably had no hope today.

I found Tianhei in the woods, but nothing was gained.

"Wang Wang!!"

Just as Lin Heng was about to move forward, Xiong Ba suddenly let out a vigilant roar.

"hiss!!"

Frightened by Xiongba's voice, a five-step snake emerged from under the leaves and crawled away.

"Fuck! Five-step snake"

Lin Heng was startled, his heart jumped into his throat. He didn't even see the five-step snake.

If it’s not Xiongba, I might have to explain it here today.

There are not many venomous snakes in the Qinling Mountains, and the five-step snake is definitely one of the most venomous snakes.

"We are so unlucky today, it's both a wasp and a poisonous snake." Lin Heng was frightened, picked up his bow and arrow and chased after him.

"The dog still wants to run away!!"

Lin Heng picked up his bow and arrow and watched as the five-step snake slowly crawled away. An arrow flew out and shot directly through its head, pinning it to the ground.

Seeing the snake's body twisting wildly, Lin Heng finally felt at ease.

He would never let go of a venomous snake when he saw one. What if he let it go this time and was accidentally bitten?
  It is better that the number of venomous snakes is small.

When it was completely dead, Lin Heng came over and stepped on his head, pulling out the arrow.

Then he chopped off his head with a hatchet and covered it with stones.

"Let's go back."

Lin Heng held up the snake and said that the venom of poisonous snakes is stored in the head, and the body is naturally edible if it is not poisonous.

I was hoping to find something on the way back, but unfortunately I found nothing.

Lin Heng suspected that all the animals here had discovered their existence and fled here.

Returning to the shelter, Lin Heng saw that the other three people had returned.

"Wang Wang!!"

When the big flower dog saw Xiong Ba, he rushed up to fight and wanted to teach Xiong Ba a lesson.

"Wang Wang!!"

Xiongba also rushed forward without showing any signs of weakness. He still remembered the last time he was bullied because he was tied up.

After the fight between the two ended, the bully bit the big dog on the neck. He whined and tucked his tail to beg for mercy.

"Old man Tian, ​​you are such a bad dog." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

"Fart, it's just hungry." Old Man Tian didn't want to admit this fact.

"Xiong Ba, come back."

Lin Heng shouted, and then Xiongba let go of the big-flowered dog and returned to Lin Heng with his head held high.

Not to mention anything else, the appearance of the flower dog is far inferior to that of Xiong Ba, who looks mighty and ferocious.

The big flower dog looks more like a mad dog, revealing its insidiousness and cunning, and seems to bite people from behind at any time.

"Lin Heng, your dog grows up very fast." Old Man Tian said with a smile.

"Of course, I feed it meat every day." Lin Heng nodded.

"But I think it's brave and foolhardy. It's definitely not good for hunting. You need a dog like me for hunting."

Old Man Tian said while stroking his big spotted dog.

"Is this rabbit considered prey? Xiongba killed it." Lin Heng threw out a big hare.

Old Man Tian: "..."

"It seems like you are okay as a dog." He smiled sarcastically.

"Uncle, haven't you gained anything today?" Lin Heng asked again.

"You can't say it's not there. There's still some Radix Pseudostellariae." Lu Honghai said with a smile.

"That's right, what does it mean to have no harvest? Aren't these yam and astragalus?"

Old Man Tian pointed to something on the ground and said.

Lin Heng shook his head and said with a smile: "They are all air force guys, I am the only one who has gained something."

"Uncle. You skin the snake, and I'll skin the rabbit."

Lin Heng threw the snake to his uncle and said.

"Okay." Li Baiquan grinned and took it.

Lin Heng skinned the rabbit and dried it in the sun. The head and internal organs were cooked and fed to Xiong Ba.

"Wang~"

Wherever the bully was eating, the big-flowered dog only dared to look at it. It had already understood its status in the previous battle and did not dare to grab food in front of the bully.

"Give!"

Li Baiquan killed the snake, took back the internal organs and threw them to the big dog.

"Let's bake it all tonight. It's not suitable for making soup." Lin Heng looked at two things and decided to make the rabbit meat into beggar rabbit.

After applying salt, stuff a little wild peppercorns, a bag of leaves and a bag of mud into the belly and throw it into the fire to roast.

The five-step snake was impaled on a wooden stick by his uncle Li Baiquan and placed near the fire to roast.

In this way, whether it is snake meat or rabbit meat, the taste will be very ordinary, because there is no oil or spices.

And rabbit meat and snake meat are famous for being fat-free, so they taste very spicy, especially rabbit meat.

Fortunately, Lin Heng and the others brought spicy food, and it tasted pretty good when dipped in tofu curd spicy food.

"Lin Heng, why didn't you bring some wine? You just missed your wife when you got home. It's really not fun to eat meat without wine." Old man Tian said with emotion, he was unhappy without wine.

"You can put it down if you don't want to eat it. No one is forcing you to eat it." Lin Heng glanced at him. It would be nice to have something to eat, and he felt disgusted.

"That's right, you old guy is really picky." Li Baiquan also said sarcastically with a smile.

Tian Baishun shook his head and sighed: "Hey, people only have this hobby when they get old. If you don't enjoy it, you will lose everything after you die."

Lin Heng didn't answer and fed the bones to Xiong Ba when he was full.

"Ow~"

Xiongba squatted next to him, looking at the rabbit bones for a long time. Lin Heng threw it and he opened his mouth to catch it, making a crunching sound. A pair of golden dog eyes flashed with satisfaction.

"It's great to be a dog. A bone makes me happy." Lin Heng touched it and lay down to look at the stars. The stars in the sky were so beautiful.

However, there was no suitable person to watch it with, so he soon stopped watching it and went back to the shelter to sleep, calling Xiong Ba along with him.

Because there was an extra dog beside him at night, Lin Heng didn't feel cold anymore without covering himself with grass.

It's just that the mountain wind howls at night, like a hundred ghosts howling, making it difficult to sleep soundly. Li Baiquan even got up in the middle of the night and put some treetops on the shelter door to make the wind lessen.

Early the next morning, Lin Heng rolled over and woke up. Xiongba was licking his chin. He was so angry that he slapped it: "How many times have I told you not to be a licking dog? I don't understand."

"Ow~"

Xiongba lowered his head in grievance.

Lin Heng stood up and went outside. The wind was much lighter than at night, the sun had just come out, and the grass blades were covered with dew.

"Hey, there was such a strong wind last night. I wonder if any prey was trapped." Lin Heng was a little worried. He didn't harvest anything yesterday, so he had to collect the trap this morning.

"I don't know, let's go and take a look." Li Baiquan shook his head.

"Uncle, show me the wild boar, and I'll check the noose in the swamp." Lin Heng looked at Li Baiquan and said.

"Okay, don't worry." Li Baiquan nodded.

The four of them parted ways. Lin Heng took the dog to the swamp, while Tian Baishun and Li Baiquan were obsessed with the big wild boar and wanted to find it again today.

(End of this chapter)