Chapter 45: In the Old Forest

After resting at home for a day, and then two days, on Thursday, Bian Rui had to set off into the mountain, in the name of pointing to the ingredients, but in fact, he wanted to find out what ingredients could be planted in the space.

Early this morning, Bian Rui dressed neatly, tied all the things he should bring to the back of the stupid cow, and after breakfast, he took the big black at home and set off alone.

Originally, Bian Rui's grandfather was going to take his grandson on a trip, but Bian Rui was not happy, and repeatedly promised that he would not go too far, so Bian Rui's grandfather was relieved, even so, he still asked Bian Rui to bring his big black with him, in case Bian Rui got lost in the old forest.

Turning over the hill of Bian Rui's house, you can see the vast forest as far as the eye can see. The trees outside are a little thinner, and if you climb over a hill, you can see those big trees hugging each other everywhere.

The outer forest is not easy to walk, there are shrubs between the trees, often these shrubs still have thorns on them, fortunately, the stupid cow skin is rough and the flesh is thick, Bian Rui also has a machete to protect the body, one person, one cow and one dog, very smoothly through the small forest, into the real old woods.

The road in the old forest is relatively much easier to walk, because there are few shrubs in the old forest, and even if there are, they are so high. The trees in the old forest are tall and dense, not to mention shrubs, and even small trees are difficult to live in shady places where there is no sunlight all year round, and there are some shade-loving vines between trees from time to time.

The old forest is easy to walk, but it is really uncomfortable, there is a special feeling of coldness when people stay in it, it is better if it is summer, but now it is winter, even if Bian Rui wraps himself tightly, he also feels a trace of cold wind pouring into his neck.

Along the ridge all the way up, after walking for a long time, I saw the sun overhead, although the winter sun almost makes people feel the temperature, but compared to just now, there is still a sun above the head is more down-to-earth and lovely.

The first thing Bian Rui wanted to go to was the location of an imprint left by the ancestor, planted according to the notes, the ancestor planted some trees there, and some medicinal herbs or something, Bian Rui wanted to go over and see, those things are still not there, if you are there, it would be good to go back and make a dish.

At more than three o'clock in the afternoon, Bian Rui arrived at his destination, and when Bian Rui saw the situation here, he wanted to die, because there were no traces of the ancestors tidying up here, even if there was, it was the grass shed next to the pond that was so broken that people almost didn't dare to recognize it, if it could still be called a grass shed.

"It's over, it's over!" Bian Rui scratched the back of his head and couldn't stop saying.

Da Hei and Stupid Niu were very happy, Ben Niu looked up from time to time to eat the delicious leaves around him, and Da Hei was sprinkled with wild urine, as if he wanted to occupy this piece of land.

This place is a big pool, and it may be a bit strange to say that the big pool is a bit too big, about the size of four or five swimming pools, like a small lake. There were several streams of water flowing down from the mountain stream, and the pond branched out into two small rivers that flowed to the foot of the mountain.

The river from which the water comes out of the pool does not freeze, that is because the water in the pool has its own temperature, Bian Rui stretched out his hand and tried it to be almost five or six degrees, which is higher than the temperature in the air now.

Originally, he knew that this was a warm pool, and Bian Rui thought that the temperature was not bad, so he had to grow something, but now when he came here, he found that there was nothing on the edge of the pool.

Oh, it's not nothing, there are footprints near the pond, there are roe deer, foxes, wild deer, and a few that look like semi-big cats, I don't know if it's a wild cat or what.

Seeing this, Bian Rui knew that even if there were edible wild things here, they would be preempted by herbivores.

Although it seems that this place has been swept away, Bian Rui is still determined to search carefully, even if he can't find the fungus, it is better to find some fungus that can be transplanted or something.

It's a pity that Bian Rui failed again, and the only mycelium he found was thrown into the space to grow a group of poisonous mushrooms, this thing was originally a light blue lid, but it became bright blue in the space, and there were red spots, not to mention eating it just to see it like this, Bian Rui didn't want to eat it.

Just as he wanted to come out of the space, Bian Rui found the tiger thorn fish he had thrown in.

It was a few months ago, when Bian Rui was about to take fish to entertain his neighbors and threw it into the space, and now this little guy is not small, his body is almost more than a meter, and the thickest part is as thick as a small bucket.

Originally, he couldn't find a place to put it, so Bian Rui kept throwing it in the space, and over time, he forgot about it a little, and forgetting it may also become a habit, that is, when he saw it, he felt that it was not an eyesore, and he didn't want to move it.

Now that he saw it, Bian Rui naturally got it out, there was no one around, and the head of this thing was stuck in the bucket, and most of the body was standing in the air, which looked really a little unsightly.

Got the tiger thorn fish out of the space, and Bian Rui realized that the original plastic bucket was stuck on its head, good guy.

Bian Rui had to step on the tiger thorn fish with one foot and the plastic bucket with the other, and it took a lot of effort to pull the plastic bucket off the tiger thorn fish's head.

It's a shame that in the space, if such a plastic bucket is stuck in the head outside, the fish will already be dead.

Dialed out the fish, Bian Rui couldn't help but be happy all of a sudden, this fish is called a strange one, the fish body is big and the head is small, and there are a few crumpled circles between the fish body and the fish head, which is the mark of the red bucket card, but it looks like a scarf around the neck of the fish from a distance.

Pulling the fish's tail, Bian Rui threw the fish back into the pool: "Go you!"

After throwing such a big fish back into the pool, Bian Rui actually saw it jump out of the water all of a sudden, and then burrowed into the pool with a bang.

"Da Hei, do you think this fish will die of heat in this water?" Bian Rui looked at the ripples on the surface of the pool, and turned his head to look at Da Hei next to him.

Da Hei naturally didn't understand what Bian Rui said, but since Bian Rui spoke, Da Hei answered twice.

After eating something on the edge of the pond, Bian Rui continued to the next location, and in the evening Bian Rui arrived at his destination, and the result was similar to that next to the pond.

The places chosen by the ancestors are all on the edge of large and small pools, which may be close to the water source, which is conducive to replenishment.

But now it is not a good thing to look close to the water source, the animals in the mountains can not eat, but they must not drink water, and when they drink water, they can still eat something, and they can change to Bian Rui, and Bian Rui will not let go of the food that is sent to his mouth.

For the next two places, Bian Rui has no interest in going further. At this time, snowflakes began to fall in the sky again.

"Let's stay here tonight, and I'll go back tomorrow morning after finishing business," Bian Rui said to Da Gu Niu and Da Hei, and began to unload his equipment from Da Gu Niu's body.

First I dug a pit with a shovel, then surrounded it with stones to prevent the fire from escaping, got a little firewood into it, lit it with a lighter, sat down and baked it for a while, and waited until my body was warm before doing anything else.

If there is a lack of anything in the space of Bian Rui, there will be no shortage of wood, not only is there no shortage, but there is also a little more, and the waste materials from this period of time plus some branches or something, if they are used as fires, it will be enough to burn for a few months. Half of it was thrown away by Bian Rui along the way, and now there are almost twenty cubic meters of waste wood in the space.

I took some dry branches that were easy to burn and oily and put them in the fire, and soon the flames jumped out and rose high, shining red for two or three meters around.

There is so much wood in the space, how can Bian Rui save materials, and directly burn the bonfire, and the flames jump up more than one person high.

Bian Rui set up the tent first, and then cooked, now cooking, Bian Rui doesn't want to make a big battle, just get some rice and cook some porridge, just put some shredded meat in the porridge, and go back tomorrow, and there is not so much attention.

The porridge was about to be cooked, and Da Hei suddenly stood up from the ground, and let out a low warning sound from his mouth.

Bian Rui took the road knife and looked in the direction of Da Hei's gaze.

"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, boy!"

Just when Bian Rui thought he had encountered some beast, he suddenly heard someone's voice. By the moonlight, Bian Rui vaguely saw a slightly hunched figure walking out of the forest, followed by a pack horse.

"Who are you?" asked Bian Rui, raising his voice.

"I'm Zhao Dayou from Linshan Village, who is over there?"

"I'm the edge of Bianjia Village" When Bian Rui heard that it was from Linshan Village, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and put away the knife in his hand.

The people who come to this old forest are all nearby villagers, and generally no outsiders come in, because this old forest has no precious wild animals except trees, the biggest is a fox or something, and even a wolf has not been heard of for a long time, so it can't attract poachers.

There are three surnames living in Linshan Village, Yu, Zhao and Qian, and the connection with Bianjia Village before liberation is not tight, I heard the ancestors say that these three surnames came to take refuge in the late Qing Dynasty. Unlike the villages of Shenjia Village and Xujia Village, we have been adjacent to Bianjia Village for almost two or three hundred years.

"Bian Rui, is it the son of the old ten families on the side of the mountain?"

The voice got closer and closer, and gradually the faces of the people who came appeared in Bian Rui's sight.

The person who came was an old man, about sixty or seventy, his body was quite tough, but his waist was a little arched, it seemed that the pressure of life at home was not small, he was wearing a blue Leifeng hat, and there was a patch on the hat, and he was wearing a green old military coat, and on his feet were old big scalp shoes, the kind of brushed. At first glance, you can tell that it is a veteran style of running mountains.

"Hmm!"

"Wow, what the hell!" Zhao Dayou walked to the fire, first put down the things on the horse's back, then removed the saddle cushion and covered the horse's back with a blanket.

"Come, eat some" Bian Rui saw that the old man's big tea pot was next to him, so he took the pot and gestured to Zhao Dayou.

Zhao Dayou was not polite to Bian Rui, now this deep mountain and old forest, it is fate to meet it, and there is no need to be too particular, so Zhao Dayou picked up the jar and stretched it out in front of Bian Rui: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome, you know my dad?" Bian Rui sat back on the small chair he brought, and poured all the remaining porridge in the pot to Da Hei, as for the Gu Niu, it was the space grass that he naturally enjoyed.

"Your father and I were at the same level when we were in elementary school, and I went to your house when you were full moon, but I didn't expect that more than 30 years have passed in the blink ......of an eye," Zhao Dayou said with a sigh while eating porridge.

Bian Rui was a little embarrassed, but he recovered quickly, Zhao Dayou is the same level as Bian Rui's father, so naturally he is an elder, no matter whether he is close or not, in this deep mountain and old forest, such a small relationship still brings the distance between the old and the young a little closer.