Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

It is actually quite inconvenient to camp with both men and women. Liu Xia Lian did not need to arrange such a small matter, so Li Shaoling handled it.

As a traditional hunter in Northeast China, camping is a compulsory course.

With ginseng as the center, two red pines were selected, a wooden stake was driven in, a few wire meshes were pulled, and a tent was set up inside. This was the camp for four men. On the hillside thirty meters away, the same method was followed. Four trees were found, wire meshes and ropes were pulled to form a square camp, and tents were set up inside. The two tents were not too far apart, just forming a crossfire point.

The main purpose is to keep the distance between people and make going to the toilet more convenient without being embarrassed.

This area is a dense forest and not suitable for lighting a fire, so people, hunting dogs, and lynxes all eat flatbread and dried meat.

It gets dark early in the forest and it's still quite hot during the day, so you can wear short sleeves. But it's still freezing even if you wear a thick coat at night.

Liu Xialian and Daya lit up the lanterns and continued to dig ginseng from Li Hu. The more they dug, the more they found. It looked thin and small on the surface, but when they used a bone shovel to shovel away the loose soil and exposed the main body, it was really surprising. Liu Xialian exclaimed: "It's as big as a radish, at least 70 or 80 grams, it looks better than expected."

Everyone gathered around and watched, guessing the weight.

There was no conversation in the first half of the night, and it was peaceful. In the middle of the night, a pack of wolves came over, howling one after another, and Dahuang and the other three hunting dogs barked.

Everyone was awake and guarding the camp with shotguns.

Liu Fuhong came out of the tent, sleepy and yawning.

Li Shaoling said: "Go back to sleep, there is no need to get up."

Liu Fuhong pointed at the wolves not far away and said, "They are bullying us. How can I sleep? They are so noisy."

"It's okay. This should be the territory of this group of wolves. They just come here to take a look and will not attack."

"How can you be so sure?"

Li Shaoling smiled and said, "I have been hunting in the mountains since I was a teenager. I know the nature of wolves very well. Just think about it, in this season, all kinds of wild animals grow very fat, and the wolves have no shortage of food. They are very smart and will not come here to seek death."

Li Hu changed to a single-barreled bullet and fired a shot at a tree as thick as an arm not far away. Boom! The small tree fell down with a loud bang.

Sure enough, the wolves not far away quieted down and stopped howling. After a moment, they retreated in an orderly manner and disappeared without a trace.

Daniu sighed and said, "Why don't you let me go up and kill them all to my heart's content? I can kill all these wolves and sell their skins for them."

Li Hu returned with his gun, leaned against a tree and began to sleep. He did not forget to popularize knowledge to Daniu: "We have rules for hunting in the Northeast. Although there are many wild animals in the mountains, it seems that you can hunt anything, but it is not true. When you enter the forest, you usually only hunt those that eat grass, such as pigs, deer, and pheasants, which reproduce quickly and are available every year. Tigers, wolves, bears and other beasts are the guardians of the forest and are generally not hunted, but it does not mean that they will be hunted as long as they dare to attack the hunter. If they are around the village, or even attack humans, there are no such restrictions, and any beast can be hunted."

“That’s a lot of rules.”

"Of course. If the hunters didn't follow the rules and hunted indiscriminately, what would be left in Changbai Mountain would have been hunted down long ago. In recent years, young people have hunted everything just for money, and now there are obviously fewer wolf packs. In the past, there were large wolf packs of four or five hundred in winter, but now it's rare to see wolf packs of more than a hundred." Li Hu was talking excitedly when the snoring of a big cow could be heard next to him.

We got up early in the morning and dug out the big ginseng in more than two hours. It weighed about 8 taels and the root system was about 60 to 70 centimeters long, which was larger than expected. It looked like it was at least 60 years old.

I searched for another morning and found three trees that were twenty years old, one that was thirty or forty years old, and two baskets of other plants such as Ganoderma lucidum and Poria cocos.

Liu Xia Lian calculated that it was about right. The reward for hunting a golden leopard was 40,000 yuan. The big one that was sixty years old was worth more than 10,000 yuan, and the other miscellaneous items added up to about 2,000 yuan. It was not bad, at least the trip was not in vain.

In the afternoon, the group returned to Erdaohe Forest Farm.

The director asked: "Captain Liu, how is it, is there still a golden leopard?"

"Yes, but it has nothing to do with this. They are just ordinary leopards weighing over 100 kilograms. There won't be any large-scale attacks on people."

The director was very happy. He immediately discussed with the horse team and lifted the alert. The employees of the two forest farms started to go to work.

It is autumn now, a good time to plant trees. The more than 5,000 acres of forest that were cut down last year must be replanted this autumn.

The nursery at the forest farm cultivates a large number of seedlings of Tilia amurensis, Tilia chinensis and other trees. All of them are three to five years old and as thick as an arm. The workers have to plant the trees.

The cavalry said goodbye to Liu Xia Lian and led a platoon of soldiers back to the city.

The director, along with several veterans of the forest farm, surrounded Liu Xia Lian and the others and was very enthusiastic. If they hadn't considered that she was a woman, they would have grabbed her long ago.

"Captain Liu, all my benefactors, you have risked your lives for us. I, Han Wu, will never forget this kindness. Please do me the honor of hosting a banquet in the cafeteria today. Please don't leave until you are drunk."

Liu Xia Lian shook her head repeatedly: "We are here on orders, Director Han, don't worry. More than a dozen workers have just died in the forest farm, and everyone is immersed in grief. If we eat and drink in the cafeteria, the workers will curse us in private. So you can arrange for the chef to make a big pot of dishes, stir-fry peppers and meat, and the staple food is some corn cakes."

"No, let's eat rice. We'll arrange it right away. Don't worry, we won't exceed the limit."

Director Han led five or six backbone members of the forest farm and accompanied Liu Xialian and seven others to have dinner. They had four dishes: pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried pork with peppers, pickled beans, and cold cucumber salad. The staple food was good rice. The goal of the Erdaohe Forest Farm was to be changed into the Erdaohe Farm. There were many rice fields here, so there was no shortage of rice.

Director Han was quite talkative. He said, "Captain Liu, judging from your accent, you are from our area. Excuse me, may I ask where you are from? Is this against the rules?"

"It's not against the rules. I work at Baishan Forest Farm. My father is a veteran employee of the forest farm. It's just that our farm has already started to disband. The forest farm that used to have tens of thousands of people now has only about 3,000 people."

"They are all family. I was wondering why they are so friendly. Come and have a drink."

Liu Xia Lian, Daya and Erya do not drink at all. The four men, Li Shaoling, is an old drunkard. He didn't drink much at the beginning, but once he started drinking, he couldn't stop after drinking a pound of liquor.

Liu Fuhong and Li Hu were in the second group and could drink 700-800 grams. Li Daniu could only drink half a catty at most, and he dared not drink more because his face turned red when he drank. If he let go and drank two catties, it would be fine, but he dared not drink more because Liu Xialian was strict because he was a rough guy and would sleep anywhere when he was drunk.

In Shandong, this habit is not a big deal and is not fatal. But in Northeast China, especially in winter, when people get drunk, they just find a place to lie down, and by the time they find a place, they are already cold.