Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

"I want to buy your compound bow."

Calling Lin Heng aside, Old Man Zhao spoke.

"You really want to buy it?" Lin Heng was a little surprised, but it was normal to think about it. If he had been playing with bows and arrows all his life, he would not be able to resist seeing such a magical tool.

Old Man Zhao nodded and said, "Yes, I think this thing is very good. With it, I can hunt with half the effort. What price do you think is more suitable?"

Lin Heng explained, "Although this thing is not easy to break, it is difficult to repair it yourself once it breaks, and there is no special repair in China. Because these things are imported from foreign countries, there are no companies in China that manufacture compound bows now, and it is difficult for me to buy it myself."

"And if I sell it now, I won't be able to hunt in a short time." Lin Heng added that he didn't want to sell it, and he didn't need the more than 100 yuan.

Old Man Zhao naturally understood what Lin Heng meant. In the past two days, he also asked many related questions indirectly. Before Lin Heng, he had never heard of this kind of compound bow.

When he heard that it was brought in from foreign countries, he finally understood. He knew that many foreign guns were very powerful, so it was no wonder that the performance of this bow was so good.

"Listen to me first. I know you don't need more than a hundred yuan, but I didn't think of buying it with you. I'll exchange a treasure with you." Old Man Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said slowly.

"What treasure?" This aroused Lin Heng's curiosity. He smiled and said, "If it is really a good treasure that can make up for my loss, it is not impossible to exchange it with you."

"This thing."

Old Man Zhao took out a plastic bag from his body. After opening it, there was another layer of plastic paper wrapped inside. After opening it again, there was another layer of cloth inside. After opening the cloth, the things inside appeared.

This is a yellow object that looks slightly smaller than an egg, with two small cracks on it. After opening it, Old Man Zhao handed it to Lin Heng.

Lin Heng took a deep breath and said, "Is this... bezoar?"

Bezoar is a good thing, a precious Chinese medicinal material like saffron and cordyceps. Such a big bezoar must weigh fifty or sixty grams and can be sold for three or four thousand.

After a careful inspection, Lin Heng confirmed that this was a real bezoar.

"What do you think of this? This is what I found in the body of a antelope I shot last year. I took it to Xiaozhuo Township and someone offered 800 yuan for it, but I didn't sell it. I think it can be sold for thousands. I will use it to exchange for your bow and arrows. What do you think?"

"Really exchange it for this?" Lin Heng was a little surprised, and at the same time secretly cursed the people in Xiaozhuo Township for being really black. They only gave 800 yuan for such a big bezoar.

But he hesitated for a second and still didn't tell the true value of this bezoar. In the face of real interests, he admitted that he was also a villain.

"If you agree, you can exchange it. To be honest, this thing is not of much use to me. You may be able to sell it for more money. That's also your ability. I like you much better than those black-hearted guys in Xiaozhuo Township."

Old man Zhao nodded and smiled. He knew that this thing should be worth more than 800 yuan.

"Do my uncle Zhao Shouxi know about it?" Lin Heng asked again.

"Don't worry about it. I have already talked to them." Old man Zhao waved his hand and said.

"Okay, I'll change it." Lin Heng smiled and nodded, picked up the bezoar and put it away again.

"Okay, then you teach me the skills of using and debugging the bow and arrow." Old Man Zhao looked at Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng nodded, took out the bow and arrow, took Old Man Zhao to practice in the field, and handed everything to him without reservation.

It was not until the sun set from Sancha Mountain that the two returned home, and Old Man Zhao was completely familiar with everything about this compound bow.

After returning, Lin Heng sorted out the bow bag and the 20 arrows he brought, and handed them to him together.

When resting at night, Lin Yue asked curiously: "Brother, did you sell the compound bow?"

"Yes." Lin Heng nodded.

"It shouldn't be exchanged for money, right?" Lin Yue said with a smile.

"Yes, a good thing - bezoar." Lin Heng smiled and nodded.

"Bezoar, no wonder you sold it." Lin Yue showed a look of surprise.

Lu Honggang sighed: "Then you made a lot of money this time."

"Not bad." Lin Heng smiled slightly.

The next day, they got up early and had breakfast at Zhao's house. As soon as they packed up, they set off.

When the sun came out, they just climbed to the top of a mountain outside Sanshan Village. Here they could see the orange sunrise and layers of red clouds. There was also mist lingering among the continuous mountains, which was a beautiful feeling.

"The higher the mountain, the higher the peak. The sun is beautiful when standing on the mountain. Sanshan Village also has a different scenery." Lin Yue smiled.

Lu Honggang said: "It rises like this every day. I can see it every morning on the mountain. It doesn't feel special."

Lin Heng didn't speak, looking at the scorching red sun in silence. He remembered his youth in his previous life. At that time, he always felt that he could make a name for himself outside, and felt that there was always something to do in the world.

However, he struggled in the sea of ​​people for forty years, and finally lost everything familiar. He tasted the ups and downs of life and finally achieved a little success. What should faded faded, and he had no ambition.

Now that he has returned to his youth, his mentality is different. He has lost his old age and the youthful vigor. His mood has become calm.

After watching the sunrise quietly for a while, the three of them continued to set off and walked back.

Lin Heng now only has a slingshot for hunting, so he takes Xiongba to follow his elder brother. If he finds prey, he can quickly come over.

It was already dark when we returned to the camp. Lin Heng shot a golden pheasant on the way, and his third uncle shot two grouse, but there was nothing else to gain.

"Is it Lin Heng?"

As soon as a few people arrived at the shelter, Fengsheng ran out to greet him from a distance, and Li Baiquan's voice came from behind.

"It's us." Lin Heng agreed.

Li Baiquan came over and looked at the three of them and said, "Oh, you are finally back. If you don't come back, we should worry about whether something happened to you."

"No, we found a village there and stayed in the village for a few days." Lin Yue explained.

"That's it, I'll just say it." Li Baiquan understood.

Back at the shelter, Lu Honghai had poured hot tea for the three of them and asked, "What prey did you catch this time?"

Lu Honggang showed off in front of his elder brother: "Our harvest this time was not bad. I shot a wild cat, Lin Heng and Lin Yue each shot a wolf, and also got half a forest musk deer, and got musk."

Lu Honghai couldn't help being shocked and said: "So many, then your harvest this time is greater than ours last time."

"Hey, this is really powerful. I hit two wolves. Are you afraid that you have encountered a pack of wolves?" Li Baiquan patted his thigh.

"Actually, this is nothing. We used wolf meat in the village and exchanged it for some saffron and cordyceps, which are good things." Lin Yue said with a smile.

“There’s still saffron in the village you went to?”

"Tell us quickly what's going on."

At this time, Lu Honghai and Li Baiquan were not calm. They also knew that saffron was a valuable thing.

Lin Yue took a sip of water and explained to the two of them. After listening, they all admired Lin Heng's ability to make money, especially when they learned that he had sold all his bows and arrows, they were stunned.

After hearing this, Li Baiquan smiled and said: "Lin Heng, let's take a look at your bezoar. I have never seen this thing real before."

Everyone else also looked like they wanted to see this treasure.

Lin Heng originally didn't want to reveal it. Excessive exposure of this good thing would also lead to the loss of its efficacy, but since these people were his own, he still took it out.

"Just take a look and don't tell anyone about how much money you make after you go back."

He warned aloud while letting everyone watch.

It was impolite for a junior like him to say this to an elder, but no one at the scene refuted it, and everyone nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, we won't talk nonsense about this. We are all keeping our mouths shut now." Li Baiquan said with a smile.

"Yes, we all understand the principle of not exposing wealth." Lu Honghai also said.

Lin Heng just nodded and said nothing more. If someone with a big mouth leaked it casually, then he would not let him make money with this in the future.

When he was first reborn, he was very high-profile, because if you were too weak, you would be bullied even if you were rich. Only when you show a certain amount of financial resources and a tough attitude will others respect you and respect you.

Now basically no one in his family dares to provoke him in the village, and his family is living a good life, so it's time to keep a low profile.

Too much is not enough. If you show off too much, you will make people jealous, and they will take risks and do bad things. Especially if something as valuable as yours is exposed, it will make people even more excited, so he never took the initiative to expose it when he dug up ginseng and black bears.

After everyone took a look around, Lin Heng took the bezoar and wrapped it. He was not going to sell it for the time being, and would sell it later when he needed money.

"By the way, uncle and uncle, have you caught any prey these days? How is my trap?"

Lin Heng asked after packing the bezoar.

Lu Honghai shook his head and said: "Our harvest is not good. I only shot one white rice seed and six golden roosters."

"I feel that many animals have stopped coming here because of our activities. Not only can't we catch the prey, but your traps also didn't hit the prey." Li Baiquan looked at Lin Heng and said.

"That's right." Lin Heng nodded and asked, "What do you think is the best time for us to go back?"

Lu Honghai thought for a while and said, "Let's fight for a few more days and wait until the eighth or ninth day of next month."

Li Baiquan also said: "I think so too. I'll dig some yams and stuff in the past two days and prepare more before I go back."

"That's okay."

Lin Heng nodded and didn't worry too much about the time, which was about ten days.

After chatting, his uncle and others were cooking. He and his elder brother hung up the wolf meat and forest musk deer meat that they had hunted, which had not yet been completely dried.

The jerky, sausages, etc. that were dried in the previous batch have all been dried and put in bags. Now there are not many things on the shelf.

After dinner, Lin Heng felt snow suddenly falling in the sky. He reached out to catch some and said with emotion: "It's going to snow again."

"It didn't rain much this autumn, so I guess there will be a lot of snow this year," Lu Honggang said.

Lu Honghai was a little happy: "It's snowing well. If we look for footprints tomorrow, we might be able to catch new prey."

"I also hope it will snow." Lin Yue also said.

Lin Heng sat in front of the fire and looked at the snow. The snow fell quickly and heavily. After a while, the snow turned into snowflakes, and the leaves were already white.

After warming his feet, he tidied up the shelter and got in with Xiongba.

Although I haven't slept in a few days, the shelter is still very warm. Blocking up the two ends and resting against Xiongba at night will not be too sad.

But in the middle of the night, Lin Heng heard that his uncle and others had woken up from the cold, so they chose to squeeze in together.

They woke up early the next day and started a fire. As they were starting a fire, they said, "I can't stand the cold anymore. Damn, the snow is too heavy this time."

Lin Heng was woken up and was about to get up, but he found that the exit of his shelter was blocked by snow.

"My God, the snow must be 30 to 40 centimeters thick this time?" Lin Heng climbed out and felt his eyes stung by the white light. Everything he saw was almost white.

In the forest, only thick tree trunks could be seen, and the rest were all connected together, forming a continuous white color.

And the snow hadn't stopped yet, and snowflakes continued to fall.

Lu Honggang nodded: "It's about right. I just went out to collect firewood and my calves were submerged."

"Then it seems that hunting today should be a good choice. It's a hundred times easier to find the traces of prey in the snow."

Lin Yue also climbed out of the shelter. He had the dog Fengshou to keep him warm, and it wasn't too cold last night.

"Yes, let's go hunting after breakfast." Li Baiquan said with a smile, he was already a little impatient.

After another person finished, the others cleared the snow near the camp. Everyone felt that the shelter could be thicker, so they removed the snow outside and prepared to find some dry things to fill it.

For breakfast, they had wolf meat stewed with potatoes and taro. The taro was taken by Lin Heng and his friends from Sanshan Village. After eating, they set out to hunt.

The one who chose to stay today was Lin Heng's third uncle.

"Lin Heng, you take my gun." Lu Honggang handed his hunting rifle to Lin Heng and said.

Lin Heng waved his hand and explained with a smile: "No need, third uncle, I don't know how to use this kind of gun. I will follow my brother. For small prey, I can use a slingshot. For big prey, call my brother."

He could barely use the earth hunting rifle, but he didn't know how to load gunpowder. He was also afraid that the gunpowder would burn his face if he was not careful. If his face was ruined, it would be a loss.

"Okay then." Lu Honggang took the gun back without any hesitation.

Several people tied rabbit and squirrel skins around their legs, and then went out to look for prey in the snow.

Lin Heng and his elder brother went to the forest where he set the trap, and his uncle and uncle-in-law took the harvest to the forest heading south.

"The snow is too thick, and my pants and shoes will get wet in a short while. I hope I can get something today."

Lin Yue sighed as he looked at the snow that didn't reach his calves.

"Shh, I've seen one."

Lin Heng was about to speak when he suddenly found a little cutie. He signaled his elder brother to shush while walking over there.