Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

This morning, the forest floor was already covered with a layer of white frost. Looking up, everything was white.

A gust of wind blew over the forest, and the stubborn remaining leaves gently slid down. Lin Heng climbed out of the shelter and exhaled a breath of white breath. The cold morning air made people wake up instantly.

Lu Honghai said with some embarrassment: "It's been five days since I came here, and I haven't caught a single decent prey except that wild boar."

He had repeatedly said that he wanted to come here, but everyone's harvest was not good.

"Could it be that all the black bears are hibernating? You tell me, if this thing smelled honey or blood, it would have come here long ago, but the trap has been in place for several days and has no effect." Li Baiquan said a little doubtfully.

"I think it's possible." Lu Honggang nodded.

After hearing this, Lin Heng shook his head and said, "It's unlikely. Although this area is in the north, it's still close to the north-south dividing line. Black bears don't hibernate that early."

"I also think there is no need to rush in these few days." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Let's cook." After chatting for a while, they started cooking again. The bacon had been smoked and was still hanging on the stove.

The boar meat tastes much better after being smoked and roasted with bacon, and it is now considered one of their rations.

After dinner, everyone hunted as usual. Now five people took turns guarding the camp. Today it was Lin Heng's third uncle, Lu Honggang's turn.

Lin Heng now checks his traps every day before continuing to explore northwest. Although these traps are silent now, as time goes by and they are completely integrated with the original environment, the success rate of hunting will be greatly improved.

In some places, hunters rely entirely on traps for hunting. They arrange hundreds or even thousands of traps in forests where wild beasts are infested, and then check them every day. Basically, after a period of time, the traps have integrated with the environment, and then they start to catch prey.

After seeing the trap he had laid, Lin Heng led Xiong Ba towards a barren mountain. Not long after, Xiong Ba who was running in front made a cry.

"It seems like it happens every day. I should call him Huangpizi Killer from now on." Lin Heng walked over with a smile.

This is a small cave under a tree, which looks a bit like a rabbit hole. A weasel died at the entrance of the hole. When I pulled it out, I found that its front paws and neck were clamped.

This is a hunting method that Lin Heng read in a book. It says that weasels like to drill into mouse and rabbit holes to catch mice and rabbits, so you dig holes that look similar to them, or use abandoned rabbits or rabbits. If you put a trap or other trap in a mouse hole, the weasel will most likely be fooled.

Since he hadn't caught any big prey for several days in a row, Lin Heng resorted to small tricks. Not to mention pretty good, he could basically harvest one or two weasels by changing the layout every day.

Although this thing is smelly, the skin is still quite smooth to the touch. With the odor glands removed, it can be used as food for Xiongba after it is roasted.

Therefore, this has now become one of Lin Heng’s sources of happiness every day. I collected all the small clips and found a weasel today.

When he was roasting it for Xiongba at noon, he also tasted some of it himself. The meat actually tasted pretty good, but the smelly glands were so smelly that no one would eat it.

In the afternoon, Lin Heng moved the trap to another location. The search for prey was no longer as effective as before. It was not that the bully pulled it, but that at the end of each search, he found that there was too little time to return to the camp.

These prey are running in circles, and it is a waste of time to follow the trail. If the clues are from the same day, it is fine, but if they are from the previous two days, then they are basically in vain.

When we came back in the evening, although we didn't have any air force, we didn't catch any big prey, either rabbits or golden roosters.

During the meal, Lu Honghai suggested: "I think we can expand the scope a little more. Instead of returning here at night, let's gather three people to go further and find a place to rest on the spot at night. This way, I think we will have greater hope." ”

"I think it's okay. I'll go with you." Lin Yue nodded and said, then turned to look at Lin Heng, "Brother, are you going?"

Lin Heng shook his head and said, "I'm not going. I want to continue to guard my trap. Tomorrow it will be my turn to guard the camp. You can take your uncle or third uncle with you."

"Then let me go." Li Baiquan said.

"Okay, I'll stay and hunt nearby." Lu Honggang said. He didn't want to be with his eldest brother Lu Honghai because he always dominated him.

After discussing it, everyone decided like this.

The next day was already November 12th, and today it was finally Lin Heng's turn to guard the camp. After dinner, Lin Yue and the others left, taking two days' worth of food and preparing to explore further afield.

Uncle Lin Heng discussed it. He went out to check the traps in the morning, and when he came back, he went out hunting in the afternoon.

However, before he had gone far, his elder brother Lin Yue suddenly returned. When he saw Lin Heng, he shouted excitedly: "Brother, you... your trap has been triggered. It's a black bear. We finally found the black bear."

"What?" Lin Heng was stunned.

"That's where we first found black bear footprints. I just walked over and took a look and found that the trees had been stepped on. When I walked over, I saw that there were bear scratches on the trees on the ground, and there was a lot of blood. "

"Your trap caught the black bear, but the guy was too strong. He broke the rope and ran away. Let's quickly take Xiongba to track it."

Lin Yue finished explaining quickly, patted Lin Heng's shoulder excitedly and said.

Lin Heng calmed down for a while, then took out the squirrel skin water bag placed close to his body and took a sip of hot water. He nodded with a smile and said, "It seems that my trap has started to work. Let's go catch the black bear."

He first turned around and told his third uncle to guard the camp today, and then he went to the place where the black bear was trapped.

As soon as Lin Heng arrived, Li Baiquan smiled and shouted: "Lin Heng, look, this black blind man has trampled such a huge area."

"It's indeed fierce enough." Lin Heng nodded, and the big tree as thick as his arm was broken by the black bear.

After looking at the traces left on the ground, Lin Heng touched Xiong Ba and said, "Let's go and look for it."

In fact, they could see the blood on the ground without using Xiong Ba. The black bear broke free from the clamp and the bleeding became more serious.

They kept following the trail, thinking it wouldn't be far away, but they didn't expect that it was two o'clock in the afternoon and they hadn't seen the black bear yet.

After walking some distance along the road, the blood was not very obvious. It was obvious that the wound had stopped bleeding.

But the traces on the ground showed that this guy was obviously moving forward, and there was a cliff not far ahead.

Lin Heng took out the bow and arrow, checked it and got ready. Then he looked at the three people checking the guns beside him and said, "I will take action first, and then my elder brother. If the prey is not dead by then, you will take action again."

The reason why he arranged it this way was because both his uncle and uncle had hunting rifles, which would cause relatively high damage to bear skins after being fired.

If they succeed, they won't take action.

"Okay." The two nodded in agreement.

After getting ready, Lin Heng called Xiongba and Fengshou to the back again, so they were no longer needed.

Then, the five people explored the front side by side at a distance.

However, before they had gone very far, a "big black mouse" rushed over from the forest. The terrifying speed and posture instantly made people tremble, and they had the urge to turn around and run away.

Lin Heng set up his bow and took aim for about two seconds, then shot an arrow from more than 40 meters away. This time he accurately passed the obstacle and shot directly from his left shoulder into his abdomen, then passed through and pierced the ground.

The black bear that was shot turned around and rushed towards the forest. Lin Heng also quickly stopped the others from shooting: "No need to shoot, this guy is dead. Just wait and pick up the body."

"You shot accurately this time." Lin Yue said with a smile.

"After all, I have practiced moving targets many times, and we are still so close." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"I don't think this bear looks like a male bear, it's rather timid." Lu Honghai said next to him.

Li Baiquan said: "It looked so fierce that I almost couldn't help but shoot. It was really scary to rush over."

No matter what your opinion is, everyone is very excited. Black bear, we finally shot a black bear.

"Let's go, it's almost time." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Three or four people followed the trail for more than 500 meters before discovering the black bear.

It lay motionless on the ground, and poked it a few times with the gun to confirm that it was really dead.

"This is indeed a female bear, weighing two hundred kilograms. You have to kill it here before you can take it back." Lu Honghai walked up and mentioned it.

"You must kill him, otherwise it won't be easy to get." Lin Heng nodded.

"Yes, it's too heavy. It's hard for two people to carry it while walking on the mountain road." Li Baiquan also said.

Everyone looked around the black bear carcass, especially uncle and uncle Lin Heng. They were seeing a black bear for the first time and were very excited.

After watching for a while, Lin Heng drained the black bear's blood first. Lin Yue didn't want to waste it, so he took out a rubber bag filled with water from his bag and filled it with a bag, which was about four or five kilograms.

The rest was given to Xiongba Fengshou and the two dogs.

After the blood was drained, everyone began to skin the black bear. Everyone was very skilled in this skill, but they were also very careful. If there were too many holes, the skin would be worthless.

"Good guy, this guy has really accumulated a lot of fat."

After peeling the skin and cutting the meat, Li Baiquan said in shock.

The fat of this black bear is as wide as four fingers and as wide as the palm of your hand.

"Black bears have the most oil and don't have much lean meat and bones." Lin Yue nodded and smiled.

"After the bear skins are divided, the only valuable things left are these bear paws and bear bile, right?"

Lu Honghai came over and said.

"Yes."

Lin Heng nodded, he was cutting the bear's paw.

In fact, this thing has a strong fishy smell, but it is scarce and rich people like to eat it, so the price is good.

After removing the bear's paw, Lin Heng opened its intestines and guts. After the operation, he tied up the bear's bile with a rope and then cut it off from the root.

Then it's time to remove the internal organs, remove the bones, and cut them into pieces.

"There are ditches near here. I'm going to get rid of the bear's intestines, otherwise I won't be able to bring back some shit."

Li Baiquan pointed there and said, he is very good at this job. He is a master at turning the intestines when killing pigs.

He went to deal with the internal organs, and Lin Heng put the divided bear meat and other items into snakeskin bags, and everyone carried them back after a while.

After the large and small intestines are processed, put them in plastic bags and then put them into snakeskin bags.

This plastic bag was a bag Lin Heng took from home to hold silage. It was as big as a snakeskin bag, but made of thick plastic.

On the way back, everyone discussed the distribution issue again. When it comes to credit, Lin Heng undoubtedly ranked first. The bear was lured by his ointment and injured by his clip.

He was also in charge of the tracking and hunting afterwards. It can be said that Lin Heng alone took 70% of the credit for getting this black bear.

But the others cannot say that they did not have any credit. Without their help, Lin Heng could not come to this deep mountain alone. They also provided safety guarantees for hunting black bears.

Even the third uncle Lu Honggang who stayed in the camp also had credit. Without his watch, everyone could not go out hunting with peace of mind.

After some discussion, everyone decided that Lin Heng would take 60% of the share and everyone else would take 10%.

Because except Lin Heng, everyone's credit was about the same, so they just divided it equally.

"The temperature is now more than 10 degrees, and there are still many days. Should we transport this black bear out and sell it first?"

After the distribution, Lin Yue asked.

They still have to hunt for 20 days. The temperature is not low enough now. If the bear meat is not processed for such a long time, it will go bad.

But if you process bear paws yourself, you can't sell them at a high price. The fresher they are, the more valuable they are.

"Yes, someone come with me to sell them in the city, and the rest of us will continue hunting." Lin Heng nodded.

Li Baiquan said, "Then I'll go with you. How about we go quickly and come back quickly?"

"Okay, let's take out the valuable ones and sell them, and keep the rest here to make meat or something." Lin Heng nodded.

After discussing it, they hurried back to the camp.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the camp. They couldn't leave the mountain today, so Lin Heng picked out the valuable parts of the black bear and prepared to set off early tomorrow morning.

After picking, they fried bear meat tonight. It wasn't very delicious because there were no conditions on the mountain, but everyone was very excited.

The next morning, Lin Heng and his uncle woke up before dawn at 5:30. The two took out the yam and beggar chicken that they had roasted last night and ate a little, then carried their things and set off.

The things they carried were not light, all weighing forty or fifty kilograms. Lin Heng also took out the medicinal materials and other things he had exchanged in Yuanbao Village.

When they arrived at Liba Village at noon, Lin Heng took back the Chinese medicinal materials he had left at Lu Guancheng's house.

It was already three o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived at Xiaozhuo Township.

Go and get the car out, Lin Heng drove to Taibai City. Because there were only two people and a dog, the pressure of the car was much less and the speed was much faster.

It was seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived in the city. Li Baiquan looked at the night sky with a hint of orange and said, "Do we have to stay in a hotel tonight?"

"No, I'll take you to a place." Lin Heng smiled mysteriously.

Driving on the road at night, he soon arrived at his own factory.

When Li Baiquan saw Lin Heng open the factory gate and drive the car in, he was stunned: "Heng... Hengwa, is this big factory all yours?"