Seeing that it was getting late, Wang Huaan did not take the team too far, but directly found a campsite on a high ground in the bamboo forest by the river. In the past two days, the team has been shuttling through the dense jungle, and there is no opportunity to take a bath, everyone is already a little tired, so today we will camp early and wash up by the river.

It is a clearing in the middle of a bamboo forest, surrounded by towering bamboos, where you can hear the rustle of bamboo leaves and the sound of flowing water. If you take two steps outside, you can see the rushing water and the rocky beach reflecting in the sunset, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river.

"If this kind of place is in the city, it will definitely be boasted by the developer as a good place to be 'surrounded by mountains and rivers', and then build a sky-high luxury house for sale!" Qiu Rong, who put down his bags, walked around for a while, and suddenly sighed.

"No, it's really hard to find a place like this!" Fu Xiaoqiang and Meng Nan, who felt the same way, also nodded again and again.

For graduate students like Qiu Rong, who have already studied for two and three years, whether they are working or continuing to study for a doctorate after graduation, they will inevitably encounter the problem of getting married and buying a house. Don't look at their work in the research institute is very good, and all kinds of logistics support are in place, but the salary income is not high. Compared with researchers like Yu Shanwei, who can be in charge of scientific research funds, young people like Qiu Rong, who have just joined the work, mainly earn salary and some field subsidies.

Since the abolition of welfare housing, housing prices in Beijing have skyrocketed, and for young people like Qiu Rong, the rising housing prices have become a thorn in their hearts. As a result, even in the camping during the inspection process, there is a trace of concern about housing prices in their conversations from time to time.

After complaining for a while, Qiu Rong began to clean up the open space and prepare to camp under the leadership of Wang Hua'an. Because of the abundant sunshine and rain in the south, even among the bamboo forests, it is rare to see the bare ground, and the weeds here are so lush that they have to be cleaned up if you want to set up camp.

The snow-white scythe swung with a whirl, and the long braided grass was cut off in rows and rows, and then neatly placed on the ground to become soft mats. This slender hair-like grass has a tough texture and can bear several times or even dozens of times its own weight, and can be regarded as one of the most common agricultural materials in rural areas in the era when chemical materials are not abundant.

In autumn, villagers go into the mountains in droves to harvest braided grass, and when they return home to dry in the shade, they use simple tools to weave ropes for various production activities. In addition, braided grass has another important use, that is, it is used to tie zongzi. Different from the custom of making sheep's horn zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival in the northern region, the people in Qingshan County also have to wrap a kind of big zongzi during the Spring Festival, and the bread tied outside the leaves is braided grass.

While Qiu Rong and the others were mowing the grass, grasshoppers, beetles, ants, centipedes and other small animals fled their homes in panic. Some are still nostalgic and get into the braided grass mat, but the pungent smell that follows makes all the bugs dare not stay any longer.

In order to avoid the infestation of various insects in the jungle, Wang Huaan took out the herbs mixed with realgar powder from the bag and sprinkled them in the camp. I saw that the medicine powder was passing by, and the small insects hidden in the grass mat scattered and fled, and Liu Rui could even see a small snake scurrying out of the grass and finally disappearing into the depths of the bamboo forest.

Just when Qiu Rong and the others were cleaning up the campsite, the efficiency of the yellow-throated marten was not slow, and in the blink of an eye, a fat bamboo rat came from the depths of the bamboo forest. Bamboo rats like to burrow and nest in bamboo forests because their main food is bamboo, hence their name.

The bamboo rat looks simple and cute, the two front teeth are quite large and prominent, and the round body also gives people a special sense of joy. However, because of its delicious flesh and soft fur, bamboo rats have always been the object of hunting.

The "Compendium of Materia Medica" has recorded: "Bamboo rat meat is sweet, flat and non-toxic." Nourish the qi and detoxify". Over the years, with the improvement of people's living standards, bamboo rats have gradually appeared on some dining tables and are welcomed by the people.

"Teacher Han, what kind of category does this bamboo rat belong to?" Grabbing the fur behind the bamboo rat, Liu Rui took the bamboo rat from under the claws of the yellow-throated marten and asked.

Now Liu Rui has developed a habit that whenever he sees an animal or animal, he always asks about their species, categories, and some life habits.

"This is the most common Chinese bamboo rat, and they can be seen in most of the bamboo forests in southern China." took the struggling bamboo rat from Liu Rui's hand, looked at Han Zhengbao and said: "There are 6 subspecies of bamboo rats, except for the African bamboo rat genus, which is a unique species in Africa, the other four subspecies can be found in our country. ”

Although bamboo rats are not rare animals, Han Zhengbao still patiently explained some knowledge about bamboo rats to Liu Rui, after all, you can't just stare at those rare animals.

There are three subspecies of Chinese bamboo rats, ginkgo bamboo rats and large bamboo rats in the genus Bamboo Rat, which are widely distributed in the subtropical and tropical areas of Asia, among which the large bamboo rat can be more than 40 centimeters in size. In addition, the smallest small bamboo rats belong to the genus Bamboo Rats, which are distributed in a few areas in southern China and Southeast Asia, and their numbers are relatively scarce.

After listening to Han Zhengbao's words, Liu Rui knew that there was so much knowledge behind the bamboo civets that he often kept as pets when he was a child. But since it's not one of those endangered animals, there is not so much guilt in eating it.

Since coming into contact with Yu Shanwei and others, Liu Rui's own awareness of environmental protection has increased, and he does not have the heart to start with some endangered animals. However, Liu Rui's yearning for food still made Liu Rui unable to give up meat, but he tried to target those wild animals with sufficient numbers.

As a result, pheasants, hares, fish and some bird eggs became the main food of the expedition team, and now the recipe of the expedition team has to add bamboo rats.

Seeing that Qiu Rong and the others had cleaned up the camping place and couldn't help much, Liu Ruisuo carried two bamboo rats and a stainless steel pot and went down the slope by the bamboo forest to the river, ready to clean up.

First, he set up a simple stove on the rocky beach by the river, and after picking up those dead branches and leaves by the river and lighting a fire to boil water, Liu Rui began to do it. At home, Liu Rui, who was already very skilled in killing chickens and ducks, slaughtered two bamboo rats naturally, and soon the bloodletting was completed.

At this time, Wang Huaan also carried a few bamboo chickens caught in the forest to the river, and after entering Xiaoqingshan, the wild animals that can be seen everywhere have become indispensable food for the expedition team. This is also a matter of no way, the nine old men in the investigation team, plus the investigation activities are quite physically exhausting, and a lot of nutrients need to be supplemented. If all the supplies were carried in from outside the mountain, I am afraid that Liu Rui and the others would not be able to do anything for a day, and they would be carrying food.

In order to reduce the pressure of supplying the baggage, the expedition could only hunt a large number of non-rare wild animals encountered on the road and catch fish for food, which is found in the mountains anyway.

Liu Rui's movements were very quick, and the two bamboo rats were quickly chopped off by him, removing the internal organs, and stripping the hair. Then, Liu Rui used bamboo branches to stretch the body of the bamboo rat into a duck-shaped, and then put the skin on the fire to roast it, and burned the fine fluff that had not been removed.

Soon, the two bamboo rats had already been cleaned up by Liu Rui, and they were waiting for the next step of processing to become Chengrenjian delicious. However, Liu Rui still couldn't stop, because the yellow-throated marten grabbed a bamboo rat from the bamboo forest and threw it in front of Liu Rui.

Listening to Han Zhengbao, yellow-throated marten often hunt rodents, but Liu Rui really didn't expect that the yellow-throated marten was too fast to catch bamboo rats, right?

In the end, after the yellow-throated marten caught five bamboo rats, Liu Rui finally stopped its actions, otherwise the bamboo rats in this bamboo forest would have been caught. The four bamboo rats were cleaned up, and the remaining one was thrown to the yellow-throated marten, after all, people also made a big effort, right?

"Fourth uncle, how are you going to get these bamboo chickens?" Watching Wang Huaan dig in the mud in the shallow water by the river after packing up the bamboo chicken, Liu Rui was a little curious.

"The fourth uncle will show you a hand tonight, you just wait!" Zhao Liang didn't say it directly, but just showed a smile on his face.

Compared with Liu Rui, Zhao Liang and Wang Huaan and others have rich experience in jungle life, and after they capture their prey, they have more ways to cook, and it will be more delicious. These people followed them into the mountains, and Liu Rui also learned a lot of knowledge on how to use the rich animal and plant resources in the mountains to cook delicious dishes.

Now seeing that Wang Huaan is so mysterious again, Liu Rui seems a little curious.

On the other side of the river beach, Zhao Liang was carrying a small fishing net, looking for a suitable place to cast the net and catch some fish. For an old fisherman like Zhao Liang, casting a net in such a river where almost no one has ever caught fish is really no challenge. Soon, seven or eight palm-sized wild crucian carp were caught in his nets, and there was even a catfish that weighed more than two pounds.

The last time I went into the mountains, after the members of the expedition team drank the pure and natural crucian carp soup, everyone was thinking about it, and tonight camped by the river, the thick white crucian carp soup like milk was an indispensable main dish.

Just when Liu Rui and the others were preparing all kinds of meat for dinner, Yu Shanwei, who had already set up the tent, was not idle for them, they dug an earthen stove on the edge of the river beach, lit a fire to cook, and the pressure cooker gas valve had already begun to sizzle. With all kinds of game, rice as a staple food is also indispensable, after all, at noon, in order to save time, the investigation team is more to nibble on those unpalatable compressed biscuits. In order to protect the stomach and replenish nutrition, the inspection team had to eat hot rice every night.

Soon, the aroma of the meal wafted through the camp on the banks of the river.

(To be continued)