Chapter 29: Into the Mountain
After dinner, Lin Chong took the things that he had packed up the day before, and came to the location of the village with the rhubarb and Xiaohei on his back, and sure enough, his mother was right, although it was only six o'clock, many people had already come.
Among them, Lin Chong recognized Liu Fanggang of the Liu family, Zhao Xingwang of the village chief Zhao family, and Chang Yongan, the old snake catcher in the village.
"Lin boy, you came so early, hehe, and brought two puppies, you will follow me after you go up the mountain, you rarely go in, don't get lost." As soon as Liu Fang saw Lin Chong, he immediately greeted him.
Lin Chong's heart warmed, knowing that Liu Fanggang was taking care of himself, a college student who had just returned to his hometown, and it was not easy to touch his heart, "Don't worry, Uncle Liu, I will follow you later, and call me at any time if you need help." ”
"This is the eldest son of the Lin family, I haven't seen him grow so big for many years. Chang Yongan, the snake catcher, also came over and said.
Glancing at Lin Chong up and down, Chang Yongan stared, pointed to the hunting knife hanging from Lin Chong's waist, and asked in surprise: "This ...... Your grandfather gave this to you?"
Lin Chong didn't understand what was surprising about a knife, and said honestly: "I heard that I was going to enter the mountain, so I went to ask my grandfather if he had any weapons that could be used to defend himself, and then he gave me this hunting knife." ”
"Tut-tut, good boy, yes, this knife is a symbol of your grandfather's subduing generation, and then your father asked him for it many times but couldn't get it, but I didn't expect it to be passed on to you. Chang Yongan said in amazement.
"Why have you never heard my grandfather and my dad tell me," Lin Chong was curious about the story.
"Haha, what the hell is going on, you should ask your grandfather yourself when you come back from this hunt, we don't know these curves very well. Chang Yongan laughed, shook his head and said no more.
Lin Chong looked at Chang Yongan's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, it was obvious that this old man knew something, but he didn't want to say it, and Lin Chong didn't want to ask in detail.
"By the way, Lin boy, this is my homemade snake medicine, you take it and rub a little on your body, the grass is deep in the mountains, and it is good to have more protection." Chang Yongan saw that Lin Chong didn't ask, and he was slightly relieved, and then as if he suddenly remembered something, he took a bottle of medicine from his bag and reluctantly handed it to Lin Chong.
Before Lin Chong could take it, Liu Fanggang hurriedly grabbed it, "I said Old Man Chang, everyone is a person who wants to enter the mountain together, you can't favor one over the other, don't take these good things out to us earlier." ”
Lin Chong saw Liu Fanggang's movements, smiled and didn't get angry, after all, with his five senses now, no matter how good things lurked in the forest, don't want to escape his ears and eyes, naturally it is even more impossible to be bitten.
"Bring it to you, such a big person is still grabbing things with a child, if you want to tell me, if I'm happy, maybe I'll give you a little." Seeing this, Chang Yongan immediately snatched back the bottle of snake medicine from Liu Fanggang's hand, and handed it to Lin Chong.
Looking at Chang Yongan's solemn expression, Lin Chong also knew that this snake medicine must be worth a lot of money, otherwise Liu Fanggang would not have been cheeky enough to snatch it first.
Just when Lin Chong was in a dilemma, he heard Liu Fanggang's voice coming, "Lin boy, the elder can't give it away, it's rare to see this old man generous, you just take it, you must know that his treasures, we usually have to ask for it several times to get that little." ”
"Haha, since Uncle Liu also said so, then I will accept it. ”
Lin Chong accepted the snake medicine in Chang Yongan's expectant gaze, and said casually, "The kid will thank Chang Lao first, and if you need help in the mountains at that time, just ask." ”
Chang Yongan's eyes lit up, and he seemed to be waiting for Lin Chong to say this, and immediately replied: "It's okay, it's all gadgets, I just hope that when my old man is in danger in the mountains, Brother Lin can help." ”
Hearing this, and then contacting Chang Yongan's performance before and after, if Lin Chong didn't know what was going on, he would have lived in vain for so many years, it was obvious that Chang Yongan was also a person who knew his grandfather's ability, so he also classified himself into which kind of person his grandfather was.
And the real reason why my father has never been able to ask for my grandfather's hunting knife is probably because my father Lin Shan did not get the true inheritance of my grandfather Lin Zhong, and the fact that I can get this knife shows that I am also a martial arts practitioner.
Therefore, Chang Yongan was willing to give away the precious snake medicine, in exchange for his own words, he could help after entering the mountain.
After Lin Chong received the snake medicine, the people who should have come one after another were basically in place, everyone gathered at the entrance of the village, the village secretary counted the number of people, and began to see off the people from the whole village to see the excitement, and did not stop until the foot of the mountain.
The mountain that the hunting team is going to enter today is the Niutou Mountain where Lin Chong rescued Liu Bailing and killed the big wild boar last time.
And the main destination of this hunt, you have to push a little inside, these years with more and more people in the mountains, a lot of large prey have gone to the deep mountains and forests, if you want to have a harvest, not to mention completely in, you have to go in.
The hunting team plus Lin Chong is a total of twelve people, all of whom are old hunters with more than ten years of hunting experience, and the leader is the snake catcher Chang Yongan, probably because he has been catching snakes in the jungle all year round, and his familiarity with the road is better than that of these old hunters.
Chang Yongan arranged Liu Fanggang in the middle of the team, and Lin Chong also followed behind Liu Fanggang, so that no matter whether there was a situation in front of or behind the team, he could have time to help.
Lin Chong naturally had no opinion on Chang Yongan's arrangement, originally the main purpose of the village secretary and others coming to him was to hope that he could help suppress the formation when everyone was in danger.
The two little guys, big yellow and little black, followed Lin Chong left and right, and from time to time they drilled into the grass cage on the side of the road and came out, Lin Chong told the two little guys not to run too far, so they didn't continue to care.
Because it was hunting, everyone was not in a hurry, stopping and stopping along the way, checking the surrounding environment, basically walking for more than half an hour to arrive at the place where Lin Chong found Liu Bailing and others before, and no prey was found until this location.
The people in the village mainly use bows and arrows for hunting, as well as digging pits and setting traps and other local methods, as for the shotgun, it has now become a controlled tool, but this competition is also jointly organized by several surrounding towns and towns, so each village committee has given one.
Because the ancestors of Xinhu Township have had the custom of hunting for generations, according to the requirements of the local villagers' village committee, the back of Niutou Mountain is also divided into a hunting area, and according to the rules, hunting rifles can be applied for in the upper part of the hunting area.