My 1995 Small Farm

   Chapter 155 Wetlands

   "What is it? Found something?"

   A group of people heard the excited shouts of the two old hunters, and knew that the harvest was definitely not small.

   hurried forward.

  Chen Ling had no prey on his body because he had taken the dog to track the jackal before, so he took the lead at this time.

  Liu Guangli and Wang Lixian were beaming, obviously they were overjoyed.

   pointed to the prey on the ground and showed him: "Hahaha, rich and noble, come and have a look, it's not worth chasing so far, we really let us pick it up..."

  This is far from the cliff.

   But the **** is still relatively steep, the nearby trees are relatively sparse, and the ground is covered with vegetation consisting of ferns, shrubs, weeds, and moss.

  Chen Ling saw a plump and sturdy sika deer lying on the grassy slope. The horns on the top of its head were very beautiful. Just looking at the appearance, it was estimated that it could weigh up to 100 pounds.

   Not far from the sika deer, about ten meters away, there is a dark brown deer.

  The state of death is more tragic…

The    was torn open from the **** behind the tail, and the internal organs had been hollowed out by the jackal, leaving only two miserable bodies.

   "Fugui, give it a try. This male deer is not small. He was emptied by a dog, and he could have a hundred pounds..."

   Liu Guangli bent down and dragged one leg of the sika deer and dragged it to Chen Ling.

  Chen Ling received it, raised it and tried it.

   The heavy weight was indeed not light, so he smiled and said, "It seems that today's luck is good."

  The heaviest adult sika deer is just over 200 pounds, this male deer is definitely not too small.

   Venison alone can be exchanged for a lot of money.

   "Hahaha, what a big sika deer."

   "I, I'll try it too."

   To be able to pick up such a big prey for nothing, everyone is excited.

   Put down things one by one, and then stepped forward.

   "Over there, is a small grass deer?"

  Chen Ling's eyes turned to another place, Heiwa had already run over and grabbed it.

   "This is not a grass deer, this is an incense..."

  Liu Guangli shook his head, pointed at the deer that Heiwa had thrown in front of the crowd, and said to Chen Ling, "Look at the underside of its stomach, there are also sachets, this is a fragrant tooth."

   Xiangzi is Xiangzizi, also known as Lin She.

  In their place, if the deer is male, it is called Yaxiang, and the female is called Caoxiang.

  Because of the male's fragrant deer, two curved teeth are exposed outside the corners of his mouth.

   Now this is the male fragrant deer. It looks like a deer, but it is very small, without long horns, with brown fur and light-colored dots on its back, but it is not as obvious as a sika deer. With a height of fifty centimeters, it is already the big guy among the fragrant deer.

   "How is it, rich and noble? Haven't seen this thing? Come, come and smell..."

   Liu Guangli saw that Chen Ling was still in a daze, so he patted him on the shoulder and showed a narrow smile.

  Chen Ling has always heard people say that fragrant deer is very fragrant and how precious natural musk is, but in all these years, I have never seen this thing.

   When I was curious, I squatted down and turned the incense stick over, brought it to the position of its belly button, gently pressed the bulging musk bag, and gave it a sharp sniff.

   Immediately, a strong sour and stinky odor hit his face, filling his nostrils, almost choking him, and got up and coughed violently.

   "cough cough..."

   "Ouch, what the **** is this smell? It's so **** stinky."

   "Hahaha, stinky is right."

   Liu Guangli succeeded in his trick and sat on the grass next to him, laughing until he fell down.

   "Damn old man, at such an old age, his stomach is full of bad water..."

  Chen Ling coughed for a long time and kept rubbing his nose, but he still didn't relax.

  Everyone couldn't hold back their joy when they saw him like this.

   But after the fun, a group of young boys were also very curious, even though they knew that this thing stinks, they all came forward and carefully smelled it.

   "Uncle Guangli, don't you all say that incense is very fragrant, why does it smell so intoxicating, wouldn't it be that the bag was eaten by the dog, and the sachet was broken?"

   "It's bad, it's bad, the sachets haven't been cut off, that's the smell."

   "We usually panic when we eat candy that is too sweet, and this is the same thing. If it is too fragrant, it stinks..."

  Liu Guangli smacked his lips and said, "If you don't believe me, take it out, find a place with water, put it in the water, and after it dissolves, that guy, the scent won't go away for a few days."

   "Huh? Really?"

   "Really, try it if you don't believe me!"

   "This... let's forget it. I heard that this stuff is very expensive. Let's not waste the good stuff."

   Guys, look at me, I'll look at you, although I haven't seen the fragrant deer, but there are often people in the village who go up the mountain to collect medicines for money, and they probably know that this is a valuable thing.

   "It's really a good thing, not to mention that the dogs of the wealthy family have made great contributions, the sika deer and Xiangzi, they are worth each other..."

  Liu Guangli sat on the grass, shaking his head and humming.

   Then he raised his head and grinned at Chen Ling: "That's what, but it's worth the money. Since this big male deer and Xiangzi were found by your dog, then we won't mix, it's all yours..."

  Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, then pushed back and said, "Don't, Uncle Guangli."

   "This is a mountain and water, and everyone who sees it has a share. How can we eat and monopolize it?"

  Indeed, it is an old rule to go to the water and see whoever sees it.

   means that no matter whether you go hunting in the mountains or catch fish in the water, everyone who participates will have a share of the harvest, even the little dolls who follow and cheer.

   However, there is also a point here, "head gun" or "fish head" is to be divided into more hands.

   The "head gun" is the first person to hit the prey. In addition to dividing the prey equally with everyone, he will also be eligible to select animal skins or other valuable parts.

   The "fish head" is the person who leads the fishing. After the fish is divided, he can also select extra big fish.

   Now, although the sika deer and the fragrant deer were picked up, no one is going to Huoshan seriously.

   But these two things are not cheap.

   In addition to the skin and meat of the sika deer, deer whip, deer heart, deer tail, etc. are all medicinal materials.

   Needless to say, the key is this fragrant deer.

   Just a musk bag can sell for a lot of money.

  Be aware that this is natural musk.

  Chen Ling is the most clear about this, but this stuff is forbidden in later generations, and private sales are not allowed.

   Even in this day and age, it is very expensive.

  A few years ago, about 90 years ago, the total annual output of musk was only 2,000 kilograms, and it became less and less in the future. You must know that this is not just the musk on the fragrant deer.

   and the total amount of other wild things that produce fragrance.

   Now, although the price is not as crazy as the future generations, a sachet bag of incense deer can also sell for a few hundred dollars.

   "Uncle Guangli, this is going down the mountain, and everyone who sees it has a share, so let's follow the old rules..."

   Wang Lixian and a group of Chen Wangzhuang also followed.

However, Liu Guangli waved his hand and stood up from the grass: "It doesn't matter, you can take it away, I guess there is still something in front of me. I have been in the old woods for so many years. I know more about picking dogs than you. Well, let's move forward and see..."

   "What do you mean, Uncle Guangli? Could it be that there are also Xiangzi and Sika deer?"

   Hearing this, the young man was full of excitement as if he had been beaten with blood.

   "Go, go, what are you thinking of?"

   "This incense, and the sika deer, as long as they are males, they are basically alone, and they live alone, unless it is spring and summer, when the weather is warm, they need to breed, otherwise they will not see groups..."

"There are at most three or two fragrant seeds. This thing is especially fragrant. It is very lazy in autumn. Often, he will settle down on a high mountain. , after the smell dissipates, bugs and ants will burrow into its sachet, and its sachet will grow bigger and bigger, and it will not be able to stay on this mountain for the whole year."

   "This thing is also timid. If it hadn't been caught by the dog, it would have been difficult for us, even with the help of two big dogs from a wealthy family!"

With that said, Liu Guangli pointed to the cliff behind him: "Look, no matter how fast the dogs run, how can they be chased on such a cliff? That guy is so tall that he can climb trees, unless he is a You can stop them like picking up dogs..."

  The young people thought about it, it is really difficult to catch such a clever wild thing.

   Chen Ling didn't listen to this, but looked at Wang Lixian and Chen Dazhi respectively.

   probably guessed Liu Guangli's mind.

   They didn't get a share of the pie. First, Chen Ling's dog chased after him. Without his family's dog, he couldn't find such valuable goods at all.

   Second, there are too many people in Chenwangzhuang.

   A total of twelve people entered the mountain, and Liu Guangli and the others had five more.

   Even if it is divided, according to the rules, Chen Ling will take the big head.

   It doesn't matter if it's divided.

   Might as well send a personal favor.

  Chen Wangzhuang, although there are many young people, but no one is a real fool who knows nothing.

  No one touched the deer and Kako on the ground.

   Each takes what he should take, and what he should carry is left to Chen Ling himself.

  Chen Ling was very helpless when he saw this, so he had to stand up his deer legs, put the sika deer on his back, and let Heiwa pick up the fragrant deer and follow everyone on the road.

   Slowly descended along the wide area of ​​​​the ridge. When we arrived at the edge of the forest, the sound of water began to appear nearby. I turned the direction and walked towards the direction of water. After a while, a deep stream appeared in front of me.

  The water is extremely clear, flowing through the ravine four or five meters deep under the group.

  Liu Guangli squatted down and took a look, and found sauce-red animal hair and bloodstains all around, and said, "Go northwest..."

   The voice fell, and the group of dogs on Chenwangzhuang's side had already run out under the leadership of Xiaojin.

   Liu Guangli was taken aback for a moment, then smiled: "It seems that I guessed right."

   "What's the matter? Is it possible to pick up meat again?"

  Everyone got their spirits right away.

  Liu Guangli shook his head: "It's not the meat of wild animals, just follow me and you'll know."

  Then walked forward, only ten meters away, and the continuous barking of dogs came from the forest.

When everyone heard the sound, they quickly rushed over. They saw that the trees here were sparse, mostly of saponin, paper mulberry, eucalyptus, tung tung and other common tree species in the deep mountains. Xiao Jin led a group of dogs barking in the woods. Red-haired beast.

   turned out to be a dead dog.

   Counted them down, there were five in total.

Most of    Chen Wangzhuang's people were surprised when they saw this scene.

   "Why did this dog die so much?"

   "The dog killed it? No, no, they run fast and want to run, our dogs can't catch up here."

   "Also, when we came, Uncle Li Xian and the others said there were wild boars. Could it be that the wild boars were killed?"

   "Yes, sika deer and fragrant sons are not enough to eat, they are probably going to catch wild boars to eat..."

   Wang Lixian didn't answer their guesses immediately, he stepped forward and looked at the corpses of the dogs.

   asked: "Uncle Guangli, did you come here to find this thing?"

   "That's right! I'm looking for them..."

  Liu Guangli walked to Jackal Gouzi and looked over and over.

  Chen Ling and the others were also very puzzled, and they followed suit.

   "Does Li Xian know why they died here?"

   Liu Guangli asked with a smile.

"Well, I don't know much about this, Uncle Guangli, but I've heard old people say before, that there are more males than females, and many males like to fight, especially when they form a group. After being injured, if the food is not enough, it will be bitten to death by other dogs..."

  Wang Lixian thought for a while and replied.

   He also heard about this kind of thing from the old hunter in the village, and he has never encountered it before.

   Liu Guangli hummed and nodded: "You're right, the heart of the dog is so poisonous."

"There is probably a jackal here, who was injured by us with a gun. It was useless. The other male dogs were not convinced, so they fought here. Look at the injuries on their bodies. This one is blind and has ears. Bitten off too..."

  Chen Ling and the others gathered around to take a look. These dogs were hurt really badly.

   Fortunately, they don't eat the same kind.

   This time, everyone in Chenwangzhuang opened their eyes and couldn't help but exclaim.

   Then, when it was time to divide the prey again, Chen Ling and the others refused to take it.

  The value of jackal dogs is not high. Selling skins is incomparable to wolf skins and fox skins. The price of meat is lower, but it is not difficult to pick up, and it is already very good.

   "Okay, I won't be too polite. With these five dogs, we should also withdraw to the mountains..."

  Liu Guangli and the other five neatly bundled up the five pickled dogs and packed them with wild boars and other large and small prey.

   "Let's go around again. I looked at the footprints before. The wild boar didn't run very far. I guess it's still on these two hills."

   "Okay, be careful along the way."

   "Haha, let's go!"

   "By the way, Fugui, come here, I will tell you two prescriptions."

  …The hunter of Kinmen Village left, went southwest along the mountain stream, and went over a hill.

  Chen Ling and the others continued to stay near Eagle Claw Mountain, looking for traces left by wild boars.

However, they are also discussing that they will leave the mountain after staying for at most two days. The frost is about to hit. Although the temperature in the mountain is not high, the big animals cannot be put on hold for too long. Today is the third day, and they must be dealt with as soon as possible. .

   "Fugui, hurry up and call the dog over, ready to show off."

   Following the traces of wild boars around the mountain, Wang Lixian found the latest traces of wild boars on a pale blue bare rock in a pine forest.

   There are wild boar footprints and rough and hard wild boar hair.

  Chen Ling hurriedly walked over, lifted the fragrant deer in Heiwa's mouth, and asked the two dogs to smell it together.

   "Brother Xian, I can probably recognize the footprints and pig dung left by the wild boar now. How do you recognize this head and jin liang?"

  Chen Ling couldn't figure it out.

"This is not difficult. The wild boar likes to walk for a while and find a place to rub it. You can look at the footprints it leaves and the height of the tickle. If you see more, you can estimate the size of the wild boar by yourself. How much!"

Wang Lixian said, pointing to the footprints not far away: "Look, the footprints of this wild boar are on the ground with the toes, and the depth is different. The deep ones are big, and the shallow ones are small. To understand, look at the height of this tickle, it is about fifty centimeters long, and the footprints are two or three centimeters in depth, this is a big wild boar that weighs about two hundred pounds..."

   "However, the ground is not the same, so you have to pay attention to read it and record it. You have run the mountain a lot, so you don't need anyone to teach you what's going on."

   Everyone was slightly stunned.

While    was talking, the two dogs found Sao, and they trotted down the hill with the group of dogs.

After    a group of people followed, it didn't take long to go down the mountain stream.

To the north of the mountain stream is the sunny slope. From the bottom of the mountain stream to the top of the cliff, there is a kind of magical tree evenly distributed on the sunny slope. As the water vapor drifted over, Chen Ling wanted to dig a tree.

   But it's hard to get through through the deep stream.

   had to follow the two dogs to track the wild boar.

   Finally, the stream in the mountain stream slowly flowed, and they followed the group of dogs and headed south.

After a while, the terrain gradually became lower along with the small stream. Slowly, a wetland appeared in front of everyone's eyes, hidden among the dense reeds and cattails. From a distance, there is a kind of beauty of deep silence.

After    approached, the sound of the water became smaller.

   A burst of crisp chirping birdsong, accompanied by the quacking of water birds, came together.

There were no wild boars in the wetlands, only a group of white cranes, standing quietly among the lush reeds, combing their feathers slowly, and on the water in the distance, there was another group of big birds that were also white and elegant. It **** its wings and squeaks from its neck.

   "It's that group of white cranes!"

   "And, swan..."

   Everyone subconsciously slowed down and looked at these beautiful migratory birds.

   But at this moment, on the other side of the water, a golden-yellow figure appeared silently, lurking from the forest towards the water.

   (end of this chapter)