portable space

When they arrived at the place where the big dog and the tiger were fighting, everyone stopped.

Zhang Taiping said: "The battle took place here, and the piece of fur was picked up here."

The four big dogs all still remember this place. Except for the grimaces, the other three big dogs have obviously changed. They are obviously on alert, staring closely at the movements around them. The black dog of Old Man Qian also sensed something. Its performance was even more exaggerated. The shiny black hair all over its body stood up and barked loudly. It must have felt the lingering breath, but it was pretty good to be able to bark without being frightened and clamping its tail between its legs. .

"Quiet!" Old Man Qian scolded.

The black dog obediently stopped barking, but its hair still stood upright like a hedgehog, with its tail raised high, ready to fight at any time.

Seeing the reactions of several big dogs, Gan Qingxian and the other four became more convinced of the existence of tigers and began to observe the surroundings carefully.

Zhang Taiping pointed to a place on the ground and said, "There was a pool of blood here before."

Gan Qingxian and others quickly gathered around to check. After so many days, the blood stains on the ground had long dried up, leaving only a dark brown color that was different from other places.

"Get something to pack this soil." After Gan Qingxian finished speaking, another person immediately took out a plastic bag from his backpack and shoveled the blood-stained dark brown soil into it with a knife.

Old Man Qian was a little confused: "What is the use of this soil?"

Qu Xiaoling, who filmed the entire process, explained: "If this is soil stained with tiger blood, you can take it back and dilute it with water and do a test. Based on this, you can determine whether there are tigers here."

"After all, you still don't believe there are tigers in the mountains?" Old Man Qian said.

Qian Qingxian smiled and said: "It's not that I don't believe it, it's that we came here for verification. We always need to bring something convincing back."

After the man packed the soil and stuffed it into his backpack, Zhang Taiping said: "This place has entered the tiger's range. Let's be more vigilant." In fact, tigers usually don't attack people from the front when they hurt people. Surprise attack from behind. With so many people and a few big dogs and tigers seeing it, they probably wouldn't dare to come over. However, out of caution, Zhang Taiping still gave him a warning.

After finishing speaking, he gestured to Xiaojin and Xiaofeng in the sky, asking them to fly further away to check.

Most of the mountains in the Qinling Mountains are primitive areas that have not been visited by humans, and are mostly covered by trees. Even though it is winter and the trees and flowers are not luxuriant, the canes and thorns from previous years are still completely covered, making it impossible for people to pass through. Being able to be led by Old Man Qian to a place he was familiar with before.

Old Man Qian's purpose of going into the mountains before was to hunt. He had never experienced hunting for animals like this time, so the routes he took were very random, but most of them were along water sources, because where there are water sources, the number of animals is bound to increase. There will be more than other animals.

A group of people were now walking along a creek that didn't know where it came from.

Even in winter, everyone was already sweating after walking so much. Qu Xiaoling wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Can you drink this water?"

Old Man Qian said: "Of course you can drink it. The water in the mountain is not polluted and tastes like well water."

"I'm so thirsty, let's take a break and drink some water?" Qu Xiaoling said to Qian Qingxian.

Qian Qingxian did not make a decision, but said to Old Man Qian: "Brother Qian, you have rich experience in going into the mountains, you can tell me."

Old Man Qian looked at the sun, which was already somewhat westward, and said, "Then take it off and drink some water."

Several people took off their backpacks and took out cups to scoop up the stream water, while Zhang Taiping and Old Man Qian scooped it up with their hands and drank.

"Well, this water is indeed quite sweet." Qu Xiaoling took a few sips and praised. Such streams can be found everywhere in the mountains. Some are formed by the accumulation of rainwater, and some are seeped out from underneath, which is equivalent to Drinking well water from outside naturally tastes much more refreshing than artificially purified mineral water.

After drinking the water, they all sat on stones or tree trunks to rest, while Old Man Qian was picking something by the stream.

"Mr. Qian, are you collecting medicine?" Qu Xiaoling asked curiously.

Old Man Qian shook his head and said, "It's not the herbs, it's our food tonight."

"Meal for tonight?" Qu Xiaoling was even more curious. She stood up and walked over. She saw old man Qian picking a kind of mushroom and asked, "What kind of mushroom is this?" The side of the creek is more humid and easy to grow. Mushrooms.

"There is no name." Old Man Qian said, "There are so many things in the mountain. Everything there can be named."

Qu Xiaoling asked thoughtfully: "I heard that many mushrooms are poisonous. I don't know the name of this mushroom, but no one eats it in large quantities. Aren't you afraid of it being poisonous?"

Old Man Qian collected a lot in a while, took out a plastic bag from the snakeskin bag on his shoulder, put it in, and said: "Many of the mushrooms in the mountains are poisonous, and some are highly poisonous, but most of them are poisonous." The color is very bright and eye-catching. The more ordinary and unobtrusive the mushrooms like this are, the safer they are." After seeing that Qu Xiaoling was still a little worried, she said, "Don't worry, I have gone to the mountains to eat mushrooms like this before. Yes, it’s not poisonous, and it tastes very delicious. It’s absolutely delicious when cooked with pheasant or fish. I’ll let you try it tonight.”

Qu Xiaoling felt relieved and said with a smile: "Mr. Qian, you said I'm hungry now. How about we make something to eat now? Everyone hasn't eaten for most of the day."

Old Man Qian pointed at the sun in the sky and said: "It can't be done now. The sun has already moved to the west. The days are short in winter and it gets dark very quickly. It gets dark earlier in the mountains. It is estimated that there will be another two hours at most." It will get dark when you see it. It is very dangerous in the mountains at night, and all kinds of animals will come out to look for food. The most important thing we should do now is to find a place to spend the night."

Zhang Taiping could probably sense that the direction of the tiger was the direction that everyone was heading, but he might not be able to sense the exact location because of the distance. Feeling that finding it this way was not an option, he said, "Let me take a look at that piece of fur again." , and let a few big dogs sniff it, so it will be easier to find." He planned to use the space to sense the piece of fur again.

"Oh, I forgot about this. I left the piece of fur outside and didn't bring it in." Qian Qingxian said.

"Then there's nothing we can do." Zhang Taiping shrugged and said.

Please first say: "But according to the results of our observations along the way, the tiger has passed here before, and our direction should be correct."

"Sure enough, there is some real ability." Zhang Taiping thought in his heart, because the results of their observations were consistent with the results he vaguely sensed.

After packing up the mushrooms, Old Man Qian said: "After everyone has rested, let's continue on our way. There is a wooden house not far ahead. Let's spend the night there tonight."

Zhang Taiping asked with a smile: "Uncle Qian, how many wooden houses have you built in the mountains? We all have them in that place?"

Old Man Qian laughed and said: "I used to stay in the mountains for ten and a half days at a time. Naturally, I had to build wooden houses. I don't remember how many there were. I haven't been to this place for many years, and I don't know.

Do you know if the wooden house is okay?"

I've been walking for about an hour and still haven't arrived yet.

Several grown men could survive without eating, but Qu Xiaoling was so hungry after not eating anything for most of the day. She smiled bitterly and asked Old Man Qian: "Mr. Qian, what is the place not far ahead you mentioned?"

How far away is it, why can’t we reach it yet?”

The distance in the mountains cannot be calculated using straight-line distance. Sometimes you can see the peaks not far away on the opposite side, but if you walk through them, it will probably take more than half a day.

Old Man Qian said: "Go around the foot of the mountain in front and you'll be there. It's at the end of the creek."

"I'll really starve to death if I don't come here." Qu Xiaoling said, stroking her belly.

"You have to be patient. You are hungry now and you will have an appetite later. I guarantee that you will remember this delicious meal for the rest of your life." Old Man Qian said.