Volume 1 Don't Use the Hidden Dragon Chapter 10 Hunting, Digging Medicine and Mountain Toads
Lin Ziyuan sat at the entrance of the cave all night! It was also Qiaoyun, who had not slept all night, and hurried to come as soon as it was dawn. Lin Ziyuan stood up, stretched his body, rubbed his face fiercely in the dampness of the morning dew, and waved towards the rushing figure: "Hey! Morning, Qiaoyun. ”
“… Hi... Early! ”
"Sister Qiaoyun, I'll go hunting in the mountains with you, and you teach me." Lin Ziyuan gave up to Qiaoyun very formally.
A smile crept up his cheeks, and the night's worries vanished. The old one, the young man who was saved by himself, is back! Like, it's more real than before! - He didn't go away! All this is not a dream I had when I was most helpless! It was at this moment that Qiaoyun finally confirmed the authenticity of this person and this thing. My heart jumped with joy!
"Good! All right! Then shouldn't you kowtow and say goodbye to the master? "The light laughter spread throughout the small valley. Qiaoyun briskly went to prepare for the hunt.
took Huzi and Ermao, and followed Qiaoyun to hunt in the mountains. Ermao is still young, Qiaoyun was afraid that he would suffer, so he didn't plan to let him follow, but Lin Ziyuan was very insistent, a child in his teens, there are some things, and now it is time to learn. Besides, the yards on the mountain, don't let you go just because you're young, and you'll still be stabbed in the head! Thinking of what happened to Da Mao, Qiaoyun didn't say anything, this is Qiaoyun's heartache.
"There are rules in the industry, before teaching you to hunt, I have to explain the taboos of this industry!" Qiao Yun's face was serious: "When hunting, there are three no-fights: don't fight young beasts, don't fight pregnant female beasts, and don't fight weasels!" In addition, there are two points that must be remembered, one is that when handing knives and guns, the pointed end should be pointed towards oneself to prevent injury to others; Another is that when hunting, don't wear a rabbit skin hat, so that it is easy to be attacked by eagles in the sky! The two of them and the dog all listened attentively and bowed down to be taught.
Then, Qiaoyun began to teach the two of them how to distinguish the traces of beasts, how to find the old nest of the beast, how to find the nest, and how to scare the front hole and block it at the back hole; Where to set the trap, where to dig a pit and set a trap, this trap hunting, the number is the most important, novices can set up traps as much as possible, so that the prey caught is more... There are all kinds of things, Qiaoyun is the same serious explanation, and the combination of theory and on-site teaching has benefited Lin Ziyuan a lot.
During the period of the Republic of China, the mountainous areas in this area were still vast and sparsely populated, rabbits, pheasants, badgers, hedgehogs, quails, and even small elks and so on, with various species, even wild boars and wolves often haunted, but there were no larger beasts. There are many bandits in the mountains, and when there is a drought and famine, even everyone is a bandit. Therefore, serious hunters generally do not feel uncomfortable here. Those who can hunt here are either bandits themselves, or they also have some relationship with bandits, like Daddy Sun.
Father Sun was shocked by Lin Ziyuan's rifle butt, and every time he recalled Lin Ziyuan's cold breath in his eyes at that moment, and the murderous aura of his whole body, he felt a chill in his heart, and he never dared to touch Lin Ziyuan's moldy head again. If you have such skills at a young age, you should be a person with great skills, and you don't behave like a yard, from outside the mountains? Ermao followed him, maybe he could still have some interest. As for the big one, Daddy Sun shook his head, the girl is too big to be helped, let her go! Besides, this poor country is not so particular. The two of them generally don't eat at home, which is good, saving the rations of the two of them, half the size, eating the poor old man!
As for the little wolf - Daddy Sun, the old hunter, saw at a glance that it was a wolf, and he didn't know how to train it, he was very capable, he caught a lot of prey and came back, and he could also find a lot of valuable medicinal materials. It would be better if there was no black-hearted Zhao Huozi, Father Sun sighed.
These days, Daddy Sun is very disappointed, the cigarette pouch and pot are not left in his hand, and he smokes all day long, or he is buried in tinkering with his foreign cannon. This foreign cannon Daddy Sun never left his hand when he went up the mountain, and now he has been smashed by Lin Ziyuan, it is really ruthless! I'm afraid I can't use it. Tinkering with him is also Daddy Sun's heart, and he wants to find a job for himself.
Its practical foreign cannon hunting is not good, the skin is damaged, it is all eyes, it is worthless, the meat tastes clean and toothy, it is all gun sand, no matter how you pick it, you can't pick it clean. Zhao Huozi's business? Let him be, when will he come, this Lin boy wants to be with Qiaoyun, how to treat this Zhao Huozi depends on him. It's a big deal, my mother and I will explain here, and Daddy Sun is also out of the way! I have been wronged and pretended to be a grandson for most of my life, and I thought I was really a grandson!
Da Mao's matter, Zhao Huozi is full of firewood, and Daddy Sun is about to enter the ground, can you see it? I hope that young man really has two hits, Daddy Sun secretly thought, he didn't want to push his daughter into the fire pit!
In addition to hunting, the next thing is to dig medicinal materials, Qiaoyun is a capable and good girl, in which mountain, which piece grows what medicinal materials, Qiaoyun opened his mouth and came, such as a few treasures. But when it comes to the work of finding medicinal materials, Qiaoyun's experience is a little insufficient in front of Huzi. Huzi surprised Qiaoyun very much: it found more good places for Qiaoyun to dig medicinal herbs, and it seemed that he was more familiar with this mountain than Qiaoyun. But Lin Ziyuan is still very serious about learning - you can't expect Huzi to do everything, right?
But when it comes to digging medicine, Huzi is no longer good at it, and when he encounters it, whether it is good or bad, he often calls this guy to dig out of the house. Therefore, for valuable goods such as Ganoderma lucidum, Qiaoyun strictly forbids Huzi to start. I gently remove the floating leaves and carefully remove the adult plant, and as for the young plant and the surrounding growth environment, I basically do not destroy it. Then carefully camouflage, insert markings, write them down carefully, and continue to pick them when they grow up in the future—these precious medicinal materials are already scarce and cannot be harvested all at once.
Whenever he encountered this incident, Qiaoyun would always blow his beard and stare at him, telling everyone to keep it a secret and not tell anyone. Lin Ziyuan also found that Qiaoyun already had several places where Ganoderma lucidum grew in his heart, no wonder when he was injured, he needed Ganoderma lucidum as medicine, and Qiaoyun was able to pick it quickly-these places Qiaoyun called mountain toads, probably because of the folds on the Ganoderma lucidum, he thought of such a name. I don't know if other people call it that, if I don't explain it myself, I don't know what I'm talking about!
Once, Huzi followed the scent of medicine and actually found a wild ginseng, a very big one! Lin Ziyuan knows the effect of ginseng, maybe when it will make a big difference! Look around, the terrain is extremely dangerous, and the neighborhood is inaccessible, so let it grow where it doesn't move. In the surrounding area, trees and rocks are also used to cleverly make traps, so that those who have no intention of breaking through will know the difficulty and retreat.
Qiaoyun only knew about ginseng dolls or something in the legends of the old people, and he didn't know that there were such treasures in this mountain, and after listening to Lin Ziyuan's explanation, he was taken aback, and explained with Ermao's ears in a loud voice. He took out a small piece of red thread from his body and carefully tied it to the ginseng - with the breath of a person, the ginseng will not run away, the old people say. But he still couldn't let go of it, every time he entered the mountain, he always looked in that direction, Lin Ziyuan smiled secretly: It's really three hundred taels of silver here.
Qiaoyun taught Lin Ziyuan to shoot arrows, only to see Qiaoyun sneaking over dexterously, stretching his bow and arrows, and every time he got something. But Lin Ziyuan always did a poor job, either he didn't shoot, or the arrow was inserted in the prey's buttocks, and the prey dragged the arrow to escape, and everyone had to chase after them all the way, tired like a dead dog.
Because of the practice of archery, every time he didn't let the tiger jump out and bite the prey to death, the tiger was angry, and when he saw Lin Ziyuan's foreign appearance, he sat there, drooping his chin and laughing at him. This became angry, and pointed to a big pine tree in the distance to see the lively pheasant: You can! You climbed up and bit him off for me? Pick up a pebble and hit it with a snap, and the pheasant was shot in the head! As soon as he slumped, he fell into the deep ditch below. How do you pick it up? Lin Ziyuan was dumbfounded-Huzi, you go!
When you go out hunting, it's a little far from home, and it's not realistic to rush home for dinner at noon, so you can only make a barbecue on a fire in the wild. This can make Lin Ziyuan difficult: all his life is hot, smoking, and he can see ten miles at once, which is too dazzling! He was afraid that he would summon the nearby yards and shoot black guns in the dark.
Knowing Lin Ziyuan's thoughts, Qiaoyun grinned, and took out a lot of dry charcoal from his cloth pocket - no wonder there was a lot of money in his pocket! Charcoal was ignited with hay so that there was very little smoke. Find a hidden place, or a small cave, make a fire to cook, watch the wind from a high place alone, and take turns to eat—this is the experience of an old hunter, and it is worth learning, ashamed!
The meat is inserted into the branches, roasted and turned, occasionally sprinkled with salt, and soon the rich aroma of the meat is heard. The two of them were talking and laughing while eating. Since Lin Ziyuan went to the house, Father Sun moved the gun, Qiaoyun was frightened, so he didn't let Lin Ziyuan go again, and came back with oil, salt and condiments, as if he had the posture of living alone.
Huzi was lying next to him, gnawing on the bones, gnawing the meat on it cleanly, probably because he was not very satisfied with his small body, and wanted to grow up as soon as possible, so he didn't have enough to eat, and he ate a lot of food. Lin Ziyuan always let him eat well, while the tiger is in his infancy, the foundation must be laid, otherwise it will affect its growth very much. Huzi likes to eat raw, and often tears the blood of the meat thrown at him, and Qiao Yunzhi frowns when he sees it. Although Huzi is a dog's character, but it is the body of a serious wolf, raw meat is his best choice, what to eat, he shouldn't eat cooked meat!
Huzi eats a lot, and the siblings have no opinion, after all, most of the prey is the credit of Huzi. Ermao likes Huzi very much, and many times he saves his meat and secretly stuffs it into Huzi's mouth. This is very rare for Ermao, who is closer to seeing meat than seeing his father.