They got off the boat before they reached Heyang, because there were mountains all around, so they didn't have to go to the side of Tieniu Town. The people in the mountains near here have a strong local voice, and they are worried that others will bully them, so they don't dare to talk more when they meet people, so they just go straight to the mountains.

At this time, it is the end of autumn, everything is depressed, and many grass and trees in the mountains are withering. For Zhang Xing, this mountain road is not too easy to walk, but Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu both went to the deep mountains for the first time, and they only felt that there was dense grass everywhere, and there was no place to put their feet. If they were to see this place as a normal day, they would be very careful that there would be snakes and insects in the grass.

But now following behind Zhang Xing, Zhang Xing's little girl is walking like a flight ahead, so they are embarrassed to say anything, so they only follow her with their heads bored.

Zhang Xing looked at the sky, and the sun had already set in the west to half a tree. The night in the mountains gets dark fast, and as soon as the sun goes down, it gets dark in the woods. She was going to find a cave to stay in for the night. Wei Yunhai also nodded in agreement.

The three of them found a cave, Zhang Xing simply cleaned up, because she was worried that Wei Yunhai would not be able to walk the mountain road, she persuaded him to stay in the cave and take Wei Minwu to fetch water.

When he came back from fetching water, it was already dark in the woods, Wei Minwu followed behind Zhang Xing with one shallow foot, and the woods full of longing in his original impression now made him feel a little hairy in his heart, there were black shadows everywhere, all kinds of strange screams sounded from time to time, and Wei Minwu's vest was full of cold sweat.

Fortunately, they soon saw the light, and they searched for it and went to the cave. Wei Yunhai had already lit a fire and took the water jar in Wei Minwu's hand to boil water. The Li family's dry cakes of the stone family, Zhang Xing made a lot in May, but then the water did not come. The family made breakfast with the dry cake and ate it for several days. At that time, Wei Minwu was full of disgust. He said that the bread was as hard to gnaw and hard as a brick. This evening. The staple food is also Lee's dry cakes, with some pickles and a bowl of hot water, he eats with relish, and a dry cake is not enough.

If it weren't for Wei Yunhai's roar, he would probably have started to gnaw on the second one.

After eating, after washing his feet, Zhang Xing spread felt on the ground, and the three of them slept next to the fire. Wei Yunhai quickly began to snore. Wei Minwu listened to the various sounds outside the cave, and felt that he must not be able to sleep this night, who knew that after his mind only turned in a circle, he also snored.

The next day, Wei Minwu woke up, the food and drink were already hot, and Zhang Xing and Wei Yunhai were fiddling with the fishing nets. Zhang Xing said: "Get up, just wash your face and eat breakfast, we will go out in a while." ”

Wei Minwu heard that he was going to go hunting. Immediately, he was in high spirits, wiped his face indiscriminately, ate breakfast in a few bites, and drank a bowl of gruel. Wei Yunhai lifted the fishing net. Zhang Xing pinned a sickle to his waist and handed three pointed wooden sticks to Wei Minwu.

Wei Minwu looked at the pointed end of the wooden stick and asked, "What is this stick for?"

"Grass. Zhang Xing said.

"Beat the grass, how to beat it, why do you want to beat the grass?" asked Wei Minwu, who had never been in the mountains before.

"You'll know in a moment. Zhang Xing said. While piling the hole with weeds and branches.

The three of them first went to the stream where Zhang Xing and Wei Minwu were drawing water. Although Wei Yunhai doesn't know how to hunt, catching fish is his strength. After all, he grew up on the edge of the Huai River. He asked Zhang Xing and Wei Minwu to stand on it, and he alone stopped the fishing net at the slightly narrow part of the stream.

The nets are cast. Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu each took a pointed wooden stick and followed Zhang Xing to the woods. Zhang Xing carefully looked at the traces on the ground as she walked. It didn't take long to find chicken manure, and asked Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu to guard each end and drive away with wooden sticks. The pheasants feeding in the grass were alarmed and quacked and came out. Zhang Xing had been waiting outside, and after grabbing a few steps, a tiger pounced and hugged one.

They caught four pheasants in this nest and ran two, Zhang Xing found the chicken nest and got six or seven eggs. It was these that also made Wei Yunhai smile. There are indeed a lot of good things in this mountain, and there is so much harvest on the second day. It's a pity that two of them ran away, and Zhang Xing didn't let them chase after them, saying that it was unsafe. He felt that there was something unsafe, and they had walked far away, and apart from a few snakes, they had not seen anything else that would hurt people—they all had realgar on them, and although the snakes in the mountains looked small, they had nothing to fear.

Wei Minwu was even more elated, the pheasants in this mountain are much easier to catch than at home, they are so stupid that they are bubbling, and after being driven out, they don't know who they are, standing on the tree and looking at it carefully.

He tied the pheasants to his legs and carried them on his back. After walking for a long time, they saw a tree with many green fruits. Zhang Xing asked Wei Minwu to go up the tree, picked a few and threw them down, wiped them clean, nodded, and said, "This can be eaten." ”

Wei Minwu monkeys seemed to have to climb on trees, while Wei Yunhai and Zhang Xing picked up on the ground, and picked up two pockets. Zhang Xing saw that it was not early, so he took them back to the stream, and Wei Yunhai collected the fishing net, and there were several big and small fish in the net. Zhang Xing brought a knife and killed him by the way. I went back to the cave, sprinkled it with salt, and found a ventilated place to hang it. The four pheasants were not killed, but were kept in the cave for the time being.

Zhang Xing was not familiar with this forest, so he no longer went to the depths, and took Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu around a few miles nearby. It's not very remote here, but the grass is lush, and judging from the traces on the ground, there are also people who have visited, but there are not many.

Every day they now cast fishing nets by the stream, and then go into the mountains to catch goods. They stayed here for three days, and got four hares and a few pheasants, and the fish were not small, eight or nine fish of about five or six inches, all of which were salted and salted.

On the fourth day, they turned around, Zhang Xing actually saw a group of wild boars, she hurriedly pulled Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu to hide, and waited until this group of wild boars passed before coming out. Wei Minwu heard that Zheng Liansheng caught a wild boar, and he was itching all the time. But when it was his turn, Zhang Xing didn't let him do it, he was very depressed, and asked, "Why don't you catch them?" ”

Wei Yunhai stared at him fiercely, and said angrily: "Do you think wild boars are so easy to catch? These mountain beasts are all ruthless, if they are provoked, it is possible to bite you to death." ”

The last time Zhang Xing told the story, she didn't say that wild boars still eat people. Wei Minwu turned his head to look at Zhang Xing. Zhang Xing nodded and said, "If this beast is not absolutely sure, he can't provoke them, and provoking them will indeed hurt people." There are five or six of them, and we can't afford to provoke them. ”

But they didn't let go of it, and on the same day, Zhang Xing asked Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu to dig a trap in the place where the wild boar was infested.

On this day, they found a cave nearby to live in. I stayed here for another three days, and a wild boar really fell into the trap. As they wandered around the forest, they saw a roe deer. Zhang Xing is overjoyed, the skin of this thing is the best material for making fur clothes, but it can be worth a lot of money, and this thing is a bit silly, and his curiosity is very heavy, so he has to stop and look at anything strange when he sees it.

This thing generally lives in groups, and I don't know how this one is alone. Since Zhang Xing saw it, he would definitely not let go. Because she knew that this thing was running fast, she and Wei Minwu led it to the side of the trap, and when it really fell, several people were afraid that it would jump out—because the stake of the trap was almost destroyed by the first wild boar. They hurriedly put a lid on the trap.

After the roe deer fell in, he looked at it dumbfounded. Wei Minwu had never seen a roe deer, so he panted and asked, "What is this thing?"

"Roe deer. Zhang Xing replied.

"Roe deer?" Wei Yunhai was also surprised, roe deer is a good thing, and the fur is worth a lot of money.

Zhang Xing nodded and said with a smile: "If you catch this one, our trip will be worth it." ”

They didn't dare to stab the roe deer to death directly with a wooden stick, first, Zhang Xing looked at the clear eyes, a little soft-hearted, and couldn't do it, and secondly, they were afraid that the fur would not be sold at a good price. And the three men caught the roe deer alive with fishing nets and straw ropes.

Living creatures are hard to carry, and they already have a lot of things on hand. Zhang Xing couldn't kill and peel the roe deer, so Wei Yunhai didn't have so many worries, and killed the roe deer and skinned it with Wei Minwu. Although it was the first time for Wei Yunhai to hunt, he was very good at handling fur, and he processed the fur of the roe deer that night.

The three of them were very happy this night, and they discussed the second day to rush back, but these things can't rely on manpower alone, and on the second day, they cut some branches to make a pallet, and put the mountain goods on the pallet, Wei Yunhai pulled it in front, and Zhang Xing and Wei Minwu helped push it on the side.

They didn't dare to go down the mountain like this, after all, they knew that they were all new faces, the accents were too different, and things were handled down the mountain separately. Two rabbits and pheasants were kept, and the rest were sold, and the roe deer, wild boar, and the fish were also sold—because the distance was too long, they could not take these things with them.

Most of the people here rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, and the trading of mountain goods is very common, and there are many such shops in the nearby towns. Although there were a lot of things, the money he got was not much, only a dozen taels of silver. However, Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwu were overjoyed. These money wheels are there, but they can chew it for months.

The big piece was shot, they changed their clothes and went down the mountain, and there were only two roe deer skins and rabbits and pheasants in the baggage, and there were some herbs in the basket. After waiting for the boat at the dock, they went to Huaiyang.

Zhang Xing took Wei Yunhai and Wei Minwen into Huaiyang City, first found Wang Bingyi from Ci'an Pharmacy, and gave a rabbit and a pheasant. Wang Bingyi refused to accept it, but Zhang Xing said that he finally took it. When he heard that Zhang Shuisheng had passed away, he felt even more guilty in his heart, if he had persuaded Zhang Shuisheng more at that time and let him set off later, perhaps this misfortune would not have happened.

He is so perfunctory to others, and the little girl always remembers his goodness, and he has been so difficult in these years, and he has not forgotten to come to see him.

Wang Bingyi asked Zhang Xing and others to live in his house, but Zhang Xing and Wei Yunhai excused themselves. Zhang Xing handed the medicinal materials in the basket to Wang Bingyi, "Mr. Wang help me take a look, can these Ci'an Medicine Hall accept them?"

Wang Bingyi has been in the medical forest for a long time, and he is also clear about herbal medicine, so he read them one by one, nodded and said, "Yes, these are all good things." (To be continued......)