Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

The traditional rule is that women and children are not allowed to serve at the table when guests come, especially children who will eat and drink rudely.

We drank some wine and ate vegetables. Dinner was noodles. The host brought out all the good things in front of the guests.

Normally, life in this village is quite difficult, and people often eat cornmeal, buckwheat noodles, etc.

Without improved seeds and fertilizers, food output is pitiful, leaving people starving to death.

After eating, Lin Heng and the other three rested in a room in the side room. Two of them slept on the bed, and one person made a bed on the floor.

It was a little hard for Lin Heng to fall asleep so early. In the darkness, he couldn't help but recall his past memories and think about the future, with so many thoughts.

Of course, what I miss most is my wife’s soft and warm embrace.

He didn't know how he fell asleep, but he woke up just after dawn the next day. When he got dressed, he found that his master's family had also gotten up and started cooking.

I really live strictly according to the sunrise and sundown.

"Lin Heng, what time is it?"

Seeing Lin Heng coming out, Zhao Shouxi smiled and asked, "The only time-keeping device in the village is a sundial."

"It was just six twenty." Lin Heng looked at his watch and said.

Zhao Shouxi nodded and said, "It's great to have a watch. I usually just estimate the time when I look at it."

"You can go to the countryside to buy clocks. They are not very expensive." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Zhao Shouxi shook his head and said: "It's too far. In fact, we don't need it. Just look at the sun if you know the time. It doesn't matter if it's accurate or not."

After a brief chat, Lin Heng washed his face and went out for a walk. The fields were filled with mist, and there were layers of hoarfrost on the ground. At a glance, everything was covered in silver.

After watching for a while, he felt so cold that he couldn't hold on anymore, so he quickly took Xiongba back to the house to warm up by the fire. In the morning, the Zhao family made cornmeal buns and a winter melon soup.

After dinner, Old Man Zhao and Zhao Shouxi made simple preparations and took Lin Heng and the others up the mountain to hunt.

"If you want to hunt black bears, let's go to Black Rock Slope. I can often see black bear footprints there."

Old man Zhao said as he walked up the mountain.

"Although you are holding a double-barreled shotgun, you must be careful. The black bear is too scary. Sometimes it can't be killed with just one shot." Zhao Shouxi echoed from the side.

What Zhao Shouxi was holding was a single-barreled shotgun. Although they lived in the mountains, they obviously had good shotguns, but they usually didn't use them when hunting small prey at home.

However, even with a single-barreled shotgun, Zhao Shouxi was still afraid of black bears. Those things were too tenacious and would often cause injuries if they couldn't kill them.

"We will definitely be careful. We have already killed two black bears." Lin Heng nodded.

Old Man Zhao said in surprise: "I have killed two bears, so you can do it. The old man has only killed two bears in his life."

Zhao Shouxi also nodded and said: "Yes, that thing is not easy to fight. I have only fought one end with my father for so many years."

They originally thought that Lin Heng and others had never beaten a bear before, so they felt relieved after hearing this. Having beaten a black bear meant that they knew how ferocious the black bear was, and it would be very troublesome for novices who had never beaten a bear before.

Then they asked for some more details. After Lin Heng answered them one by one, they basically confirmed that Lin Heng and others had indeed fought a black bear, otherwise they would not be able to tell so many details.

At first, everyone was still chatting. After walking for a while, Old Man Zhao said: "Everyone, please stop talking. Prey is likely to appear next, and there are a lot of prey in this area."

Everyone nodded and spread out to look for prey. They moved forward while looking for prey. After walking for more than two hours, Old Man Zhao made a discovery.

"I'm lucky today. There are fresh wild boar footprints here. Come with me."

Old man Zhao picked up the pig shit, broke it open, looked at everyone, and said.

Lin Heng didn't say anything, and he didn't let Xiongba use his strength as he wanted to see how Old Zhao found his prey.

After walking for an hour, they came to a ditch. Lin Heng was exploring halfway up the mountain. Zhao Shouxi suddenly ran over and shouted: "Lin Heng, we found a white rice seed on the persimmon tree opposite. My dad asked you if you want to come over." Give it a try?”

"Baimizi, I'm coming right away."

Lin Heng was immediately excited when he heard this, thinking that this old man was looking for a wild boar but couldn't find it, and he actually found a white rice seed. That's not bad.

He followed down and came to the side of old man Zhao. The old man was hiding in a bush. Watching him coming, he whispered: "Did you see the tree opposite with kiwi fruit hanging on it? Bai Mizi is on it, let me see Look at the power of your bow and arrow."

Lin Heng took a quick look and saw that the civet was eating kiwi fruit at a distance of about seventy meters. He didn't know whether he didn't notice them or whether he felt they were too far away and there was no threat.

Opening the bow bag, Lin Heng took out the bow and arrows under the watchful eyes of Old Man Zhao and Zhao Shouxi. After a little adjustment, he took aim and felt the wind in the ravine. When the right moment came, he shot without hesitation. A sharp arrow.

With a whoosh, the sharp arrow shot through the air almost instantly, hit the civet, penetrated it, and stuck on the hillside behind.

With a snap, the civet, which was still eating the kiwi fruit, instantly fell down and lost its life after moving twice.

"sharp!"

"This thing is really powerful!"

Old man Zhao and his son Zhao Shouxi were stunned for a moment, and then they all praised him. The power and precision made them jealous.

"Fortunately, if there is no wind in the open space, it will be no problem if it is farther." Lin Heng said with a smile.

Old man Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said, "You will teach me later during lunch. I will try my best to help you find the black bear in the past two days."

"Well, no problem." Lin Heng nodded in agreement.

After speaking, the three walked over and took back the civets and hunting arrows.

"This white rice seed weighs eleven or two kilograms, which is not bad." Zhao Shouxi said happily after mentioning it.

They were lucky today and caught a prey as soon as they arrived.

Old man Zhao said: "I'll give you the skin, Lin Heng, and we'll keep the meat."

"Okay." Lin Heng nodded and agreed.

After hunting the civet, Old Man Zhao continued his search. During lunch, he shot another pheasant with a bow and arrow.

During lunch, he brought some cornmeal buns from Old Man Zhao's house and ate them with the water and hot sauce he brought with him. After eating, Old Man Zhao said, "Lin Heng, please teach me how to use your compound bow."

"Can."

Lin Heng nodded, took out the compound bow and began to teach Old Man Zhao how to use it.

Old man Zhao was a veteran of using bows and arrows. He learned it quickly after he got started. After shooting a few arrows with the bow and arrows, he was even more amazed: "What a good thing, what a good thing!!"

He was completely conquered by this compound bow. The accuracy was so high. He deeply understood the value of this thing after trying it twice. When he looked at his original Mongolian bow, he just wanted to throw it into the fire. Burned.

It's true that people have to die when compared with others, and goods have to be thrown away when comparing goods.

"I'll play a little longer."

After looking at it, Old Man Zhao picked it up and continued to practice. The more he practiced, the more he liked it, the more he couldn't put it down, and he didn't want to give it back to Lin Heng.

"How about you let me use it while hunting in the afternoon?"

He asked reluctantly when returning it to Lin Heng.

"Okay." Lin Heng thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

After putting the bows away, they continued on their way. Old man Zhao had been hunting all his life and he was very familiar with the area. He knew most of the prey on that mountain top.

Two more golden roosters were found on the road, and Old Man Zhao shot them down with Lin Heng's compound bow. He said they were so satisfying, and he wanted this treasure even more.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Old Man Zhao took them to a tall forest and said, "This is the forest. Black bears, sika deer and other things often appear around here. The prey is abundant. There may be hope in looking for it."

Everyone nodded, and after searching inside for a while, they found the black bear's footprints. Now everyone was sure that there was indeed a black bear in this forest, and they all became excited.

If he kills another black bear, he will make another huge sum of money. There are too many valuable things on the black bear.

Lin Heng also led Xiongba to actively search. He found that Old Man Zhao was really not lying. Not long after searching nearby, he found the feces of several animals. There were indeed more traces of animals than in other places.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Kuai Tianhei was found during the search. Except for two grouse, not a single larger prey was found.

In the evening, Lin Yue said with emotion: "Old man Zhao, I'm afraid this place is not good. I searched all afternoon and didn't find a single hair."

Old man Zhao shook his head and said: "It's a matter of luck. As the saying goes, good people have great ambitions and cannot be guided by luck. Hunting depends on luck. If you are lucky, you will encounter big prey at your doorstep. If you are not lucky, you will search all over the place. You can’t see a single living thing in the forest, I can’t force it, little baby.”

"Yes, you can't say luck. I can only ask the mountain god to bless me."

Zhao Shouxi also explained, and then continued, "Let's go, let's go to the wooden house where we will set up our arrows. It's still a long way away."

"Then let's go and come back tomorrow to check on the situation." Lin Heng nodded and said nothing more.

Lu Honggang walked behind and didn't speak much. He kept looking for prey. Lin Heng looked at his third uncle's somewhat stooped figure and thought that when he could develop further, he would also look for a wife for his third uncle.

It was getting dark as we walked on the road, but the moon was very bright tonight, and I could see clearly without turning on a flashlight.

"Is this a muntjak or a forest musk deer?"

Lin Yue asked curiously when he heard the cry from the forest opposite.

Old man Zhao explained: "This is a forest musk deer, but it is difficult to kill. I will look for it tomorrow to see if there are any muntjac roe deer or the like."

Lin Heng listened to the cries of these animals without making a sound. He wanted to find a closer pheasant and golden pheasant to shoot, but he never came across one.

At half past seven they arrived at the hunter's cabin built by Old Man Zhao in the mountains. The cabin was built under an old acorn tree with a diameter of more than fifty centimeters. The whole building is made of wood, and the gaps between the wood are filled with pine needles mixed with yellow mud. The area is about 20 square meters, and there is an iron pot inside.

“Every time I come hunting in the winter or summer, I’ll live here.”

After raising the fire, Old Man Zhao introduced his house. He built this cabin five years ago and hunted a lot of prey nearby.

"It's very good. I'll build two more when I go back." Lin Yue looked around at the small houses and said with satisfaction.

Lin Heng also nodded. It would be much more convenient to have a hunter's cabin on the mountain. If you hunt nearby, you don't have to worry about where to live.

There are also two simple wooden beds made of wood in this house, with mattresses made of brown wool on them. A fire is built so that you will not be cold when sleeping at night.

After chatting for a while, everyone took some sweet potatoes and potatoes they had brought with them and roasted them by the fire. Old Man Zhao also took out the golden chicken he had shot and stewed it, and also added some potatoes.

Before going to bed, everyone ate sweet potatoes and chicken, drank some chicken soup, and lay down to rest with their bodies warm.

The next morning, everyone got up as soon as it was light, took out the sweet potatoes and potatoes cooked in the stove last night, ate them, and went out to look for prey everywhere.

It was slightly light outside, and people in the mountains were shivering, but for the sake of prey, everyone still endured the cold and looked around.

This time everyone did not gather together, but dispersed to look for prey.

Lin Heng took Xiongba to find a direction at random, and his eldest brother was not far away from him.

Xiongba, a foreigner, sniffed the smell and kept looking for traces.

When it was light, Lin Heng had come to the edge of a valley, and was about to leave when he found Xiongba's abnormality.

Looking in the direction where Xiongba was looking, he saw a brown figure, and the guy was eating hay on the ground in a bush.

"What a big yellow muntjac!"

Lin Heng was a little excited, this was also a good thing.

He looked at the distance and found it was still a little far away. He took out his bow and arrow and slowly approached.

"Yo!"

Lin Heng just approached a little, and the yellow muntjac suddenly found him, turned around and ran quickly into the forest.

"Damn."

Lin Heng didn't expect the muntjac to be so alert, so he immediately chased it with Xiongba.

But unfortunately, he couldn't find it after following it for a distance. Such a big prey slipped away. Lin Heng was so angry that he slapped his thigh for a while.

It was like fishing for a big grass carp weighing 30 kilograms a day and it ran away when it reached the shore.

"Yo Yo!!"

Just when Lin Heng was sulking, a cry suddenly came from the bottom of the valley.

"There is still prey, let's go and take a look." Lin Heng immediately became energetic.

This time he was more careful, and brought Xiongba carefully to the bottom of the valley. When he saw that thing, Lin Heng held his breath.

Because he saw an incredible scene, a forest musk deer was being besieged by five gray wolves, and was bitten just after it got up. The scream just now was the scream of the forest musk deer when it was chased and bitten.

Lin Heng looked at his position and hurriedly took Xiongba back. His place was not safe. If he was discovered, he would not be sure to deal with five wolves.

This was obviously a family. They cooperated closely and were many times more terrifying than lone wolves.

After changing to a higher hidden position, Lin Heng took a look and found that the forest musk deer was no longer alive. The wolves were eager to eat meat. They were obviously starving.