Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Lin Heng sat down and took out some fresh vegetables he brought from home, including a large bundle of coriander, half a large yellow cabbage that was not wrapped, and Shanghai greens.

They had already cooked the rice and got another shallow pot to stir-fry. First they fried the pork with soy sauce.

Then cut the two kilograms of yellow muntjac meat into small strips, put it in a pot and fry it like shredded beef. Finally, add the coriander segments and stir-fry before serving.

“This is delicious!”

"Yes, the meal is very good!"

During the meal, Lin Heng's coriander beef received unanimous praise from everyone. Two kilograms of fried meat was not enough for everyone.

Lin Yue even smiled and said, "Although Lin Heng doesn't know how to cook, his cooking skills are better than my mother's."

"I also think that the food you cook in the mountains is better than what your aunt cooks at home." Lu Honghai also admired it.

"I learned it from Xiulan." Lin Heng said modestly.

After chatting, everyone quickly finished their meal. The four dogs cooked some pork and fed it. Some of the unpalatable parts of the pork were given to the dogs as a reward.

It felt much more comfortable to sleep tonight. First, they built a stove for the fire, fed it with yellow mud, and had a chimney leading to the outside. Then they made a simple wooden door. When they put it at the door at night, the house became There is almost no wind.

The hay has been completely dried, and the indoor temperature can reach 14 to 15 degrees Celsius, making it very comfortable to sleep.

When they woke up early the next morning, they found that there was light snow falling outside again. Lin Heng peed and ran in and said, "This snow has just fallen. I hope it won't rain heavily today."

If the snow falls heavily, prey trails are obscured and difficult to find.

"So go find it as soon as you have eaten." Lu Honghai had already boiled the water and was getting ready.

After eating, everyone set out to hunt together. Since it was snowing, there were very few people coming so far away, so there was no need to worry about anyone stealing anything.

When setting off, Lin Heng habitually carried his backpack, which contained three sweet potatoes, several packets of biscuits, flints and other first-aid items.

Carrying these things on his back only weighs six or seven pounds, so it is not a burden for him. If he encounters an unexpected situation, he will have someone to deal with it.

He carries the compound bow, and the shotgun continues to be used by his third uncle. He still likes to play with bows and arrows, and it feels more comfortable to shoot.

This time everyone's goal has changed, and they are preparing to hunt some prey other than wild boar, such as muntjac, wild goat, roe deer and the like.

The target is a place with evergreen vegetation. Generally speaking, there is a lot of wild game in that kind of place, especially if there is nothing to eat on a snowy day, all kinds of herbivores will gather there.

Lin Heng walked towards the direction of Taibai Mountain. With him was his third uncle, and his eldest brother and uncle walked to another direction.

After climbing two mountains, at noon, the two finally saw a hillside full of green shrubs, diagonally opposite them. It looked steep, but there were a lot of green evergreen shrubs scattered around.

"Just go to that place, it's probably very promising." Lin Heng took out a pack of biscuits and gave it to his third uncle.

Lu Honggang did not take the biscuits, but said: "Let's eat something first and then go. The distance seems short, but if you walk, there is seven or eight miles."

He brought sweet potatoes and meat and just found a place to make a fire to roast them.

"Let's look for it after we go down the mountain. It's too cold on the mountain." Lin Heng shook his head.

"That's okay." Lu Honggang nodded.

The two of them walked down. After the snow, the forest was completely white and extremely quiet. They found no traces of any big prey along the way.

Hunting in the mountains is tiring, running in the woods all day long, but the feeling of constant exploration is also fascinating, and you may find prey by accident.

Not long after walking, Lin Heng accidentally spotted a squirrel on the snow in the distance. He approached it from a distance of five or six meters, took a bow and shot an arrow, and hit it.

Continuing to move forward, the two of them soon arrived at the foot of the mountain.

"Hey, third uncle, look at this cave!"

Lin Heng was walking ahead and suddenly discovered a cave, which was two to three meters deep and located under a mountain. It was dry and without snow.

"This place is suitable. Let's live here." Lu Hong just walked in and put down the kindling and firewood in her hands.

Lin Heng nodded and picked up some more firewood with his third uncle.

Turning up the fire, Lu Honggang took out two pieces of sweet potatoes and roasted them, and then took out two pieces of muntjac meat.

After salting the muntjac meat, they put it on wooden sticks and grilled it over the fire.

The squirrel Lin Heng was also roasted directly without peeling the skin. This was meat for the two dogs. Plus some leftover noodles from the morning that he carried with him, it was enough for the two dogs.

The whole lean meat was cooked in a short time. It was browned on the outside and tasted delicious. There was no peculiar smell. Unfortunately, it didn't have any fat and made it look burnt.

After eating some barbecue, the two waited for the sweet potatoes to be roasted and ate them again. They also fed the dog, which took nearly an hour and a half.

"Let's go!" After extinguishing the fire, Lin Heng stood up and led Xiong Ba forward.

He and his third uncle started searching two to three hundred meters apart. After walking for a while, there were more green evergreen shrubs nearby, but no trace of prey was seen yet.

"Third uncle, let's go up the mountain from here, and then search down from the top of the mountain. This will make it easier to find." Lin Heng said after getting closer.

It is easier to fight from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain. It is easier to be discovered from the bottom of the mountain to the top.

"Okay." Lu Honggang completely listened to Lin Heng and followed him up.

They climbed up the mountain from here, and Lin Heng discovered something before they even reached the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, a row of crescent-shaped footprints were seen, and the direction was exactly the hillside full of green shrubs next to them.

"Third uncle, look at these footprints, they are the same as those of a cow, could it be that thing?"

Lin Heng looked at his third uncle and said, with a hint of excitement on his face.

"It is very likely to be an ram, or it could be something else, it is still uncertain, the footprints are not clear." Lu Honggang also showed excitement on his face.

No matter what it is, he finally found the trace of the prey. In his opinion, as long as he kills it, he will not lose.

The so-called ram, there is another name for it, which is antelope. This thing can grow to more than 200 kilograms, that is, 400 to 500 kilograms, and often lives in groups.

So they couldn't help but be excited. If they really encountered it, they would make a fortune.

The two immediately decided not to continue walking up the mountain, and followed the footprints to track.

This kind of big prey is like a cow, it can't run fast at all, and it is still very simple to hunt it once it is found.

Following the footprints, the two soon arrived at the hillside with many green bushes, and were very careful not to disturb the prey.

However, after walking for a distance, Lin Heng found something wrong.

"These bushes all show signs of being eaten, why does it feel like the prey hasn't stopped?" Lin Heng asked in confusion.

"Let's take a look." Lu Honggang was also surprised.

The two followed the footprints up and down the hillside, turned around several times, and finally found a series of footprints that left.

"We have to continue tracking. It seems that these footprints have been there for a while. They may have come two or three days ago and are now gone." Lin Heng sighed.

After running around this place, the takin didn't find any other prey.

But he was still very excited. The takin was too big. He found cow dung last time, but this time it was directly footprints, and there was a high probability that he would find it by following the footprints.

"What time is it? Should we go back?" Lu Honggang asked, looking at the sky.

Lin Heng looked at his watch and said, "It's really late, half past four, and it will be dark in an hour and a half."

"Then we can only come back tomorrow." Lu Honggang sighed.

"It's the only way." Lin Heng nodded. Not only is it dangerous to track at night, but if he doesn't go back, his elder brother, uncle and others will also be worried.

On the way back, Lin Heng looked at the sky and sighed, "Don't snow at night."

If there is a heavy snow, the footprints will probably disappear.

"It seems that it won't." Lu Honggang looked at the sky and said.

"Woof woof! Aoao!!"

Xiongba barked twice and came to Lin Heng and rubbed him.

The two people and the dog walked back, walking in a straight line without looking around, and returned to the camp before it got dark.

The fire in the wooden house was seen from afar. As they approached, Lin Yue's voice came from the house: "Brother, did you get anything today?"

"A lot!" Lin Heng nodded. He noticed that his elder brother and uncle were dealing with golden roosters in the house. It seemed that their harvest today was to kill two golden roosters.

When Lu Honghai heard this, he raised his head and asked curiously: "It was too big and you didn't carry it back?"

"I was just kidding, otherwise why would you have this expression." Lin Yue laughed. He felt that if Lin Heng really killed one, he would not have this expression.

Lu Honggang said: "Really, 90% of it is a small group of antelopes, but there was not enough time to track them down."

"Antelope??"

"At least the guy who weighs more than 300 kilograms??"

At this moment, both of them stood up, with expressions of horror on their faces, their eyes widened, and their mouths could not close.

Lin Heng nodded and said, "That's right. Let's prepare to track it tomorrow morning. The chances of catching it this time are still very high."

Lin Yue said excitedly, "If it really is that thing, it will be very rich. Apart from other things, even selling meat can make a lot of money."

Lu Honghai also said excitedly, "I heard that Liujia Village in He encountered a group of antelopes six or seven years ago. They killed three big ones and two small ones. One big one could sell for four or five hundred. Now the money is not as valuable as before. I estimate that one can sell for seven or eight hundred."

Although antelopes are as big as cows, there is nothing valuable on their bodies except skin and bullwhips. The main thing is to sell meat, which can only be sold for a few thousand yuan at most.

"I'm just afraid that it will snow tonight and cover the footprints. That's it." Lin Heng looked at the two people and said.

"That's impossible. It's impossible to snow so heavily." Lu Honghai shook his head.

Lin Heng sat down to warm himself by the fire. Several people discussed countermeasures while cooking. In the end, they all felt that it might be difficult to return to the camp tomorrow night. They had to take some supplies to chase the antelopes.

And someone had to guard the camp, so one had to stay behind. In the end, the one who chose to stay behind was Lin Heng's third uncle Lu Honggang.

Although he was left behind to guard, he also had a share of the antelopes if they were killed, so there was no need to worry about not having his share.

"But if we kill two antelopes, it will be more than a thousand pounds, and three people will not be enough to carry them back." Lin Yue said.

"If we kill them, we can go back and ask for help. The four of us will definitely not be able to bring them back." Lin Heng said with a smile.

"Yes, eat and go to bed early so that we can track them tomorrow. We can talk about other things after we kill them." Lu Honghai said with a smile.

After the dishes were ready, Lin Heng fried a coriander deer meat, a braised meat, and a stir-fried yellow cabbage.

The rice and vegetables were cooked a little more, and they were saved for tomorrow morning. Then everyone roasted sweet potatoes and left them for the road. They also took some noodles and a pot for boiling water, which would be useful on the road tomorrow.

It was only after eight o'clock after dinner, much earlier than yesterday, and several people lay down to rest early.

At six o'clock in the morning the next day, the genius Mama Liang and the others woke up, ate themselves, cut some wild boar meat and fed the dogs until they were half full, and then set off with their things on their backs.

Although it was still dark, it took a while to get used to it and it was enough to see clearly. However, the weather was cold. Everyone was rubbing their hands in the cold, and their feet became cold after walking in the snow for a few minutes.

In this weather, they all applied bear oil hand cream on their faces and hands, otherwise cracks and frostbite would appear on their hands within two or three days.

"What bad luck. It snowed today." Lin Yue shook his head.

"Fortunately, the snow is not heavy. It doesn't seem to have rained much last night," Lin Heng said.

"We must track him down today." Lu Honghai sighed.

Everyone was chatting quietly as they walked. When daybreak came, the hillside from yesterday was already in sight. Although it was already very cold, they did not stop to rest, stopped talking, and slowly approached.

"Look, although the footprints are somewhat covered by the snow, you can still see them." Lin Heng pointed to the ground and said.

Lu Honghai looked at it and said: "It's most likely yes. Let's go after it and have a look. See if it looks like this."

"That means two?" Lin Yue was confused.

Lu Honghai nodded: "Yes, all cows are male, and a cow weighing 500 pounds is normal. But I can't be completely sure, the footprints can't be seen clearly."

They did not leave in a hurry, but first looked around to see if there were any other animals. After making sure there were no animals, they walked forward along the footprints.

Following the footprints, the three of them had walked three ditches without knowing it. They could cover a distance of six or seven kilometers, and it was already noon.

"This thing can really run!" Lin Yue exclaimed.

Not only did we walk such a long way, we almost got lost several times along the way, because the snow was not very thick in all places. Where the snow was thin, the footprints were shallow and would be covered by a little snow, making it impossible to find them.

Thanks to Xiongba’s good harvest, good luck and the help of three dogs, the trail was rediscovered several times.

"Look here!"

Lin Heng was walking at the front and suddenly made a sound.

Lin Yue walked up quickly to take a look and said in surprise: "Such fresh feces, it seems to be fast."

"This seems to be from yesterday, which means it's really close. We can't go far in one day." Lu Honghai nodded.

The prospect of seeing hope made everyone's hearts heat up, and the enthusiasm that had just dissipated surged into their hearts again. They immediately found a place to eat the sweet potatoes and the roasted muntjac meat last night. They ate it cold without getting angry. .

The three dogs were also fed cooked wild boar meat, and they were not treated badly. After lunch, the three people and three dogs regained their strength and walked forward for nearly five kilometers. A continuous green shrubbery appeared in front of everyone.

There are many gray-white rocks, and the slope of the hillside is generally about 50 degrees. Various small green shrubs are distributed among them, which are particularly lush against the backdrop of white snow.

The canyon is not wide and deep, but the environment is extraordinary. A small stream flows through it, presenting an unspoiled and quiet beauty.