Chapter 242: Calculations Against the Will
The hero who saved the beauty is naturally Qin Ze, and this beauty should naturally be Ling Na. For Liumuzhai, the salt and food that are usually exchanged with the outside world are not only the game in the forest. There is also one of the most distributed wild fruits, the mountain vitex.
This thing is distributed in large quantities in the Lingzhou area, just like the apples in Lingnan. Vitex grows in the woods on the slopes and in the bushes in the shade of the valleys, and the fruit of this thing is only the size of a thumb. But the taste is sweet and slightly sour. It can also be picked before it is ripe, mashed and steamed in a pot to make cakes.
Moreover, Vitex is still a traditional Chinese medicine, but for the people of Liumu Village, it is mainly used to make fruit wine, and its bark is also an indispensable flavor in the dye. So this thing has become an important output of Liumuzhai. The price of fruit wine made from it is a little more expensive than game.
Now that Old Man Liu is taking Brother Jiu and them to do charcoal trading, the task of hunting and picking mountain vitex fruit is naturally placed on Ling Na's body.
Qin Ze realized this a long time ago, so he asked Impermanence to go around to inspect the mountain vitex forest around Liumu Village.
Because this mountain vitex is not only the output of Liumu Village, but also the favorite delicacy of wild boars. Therefore, every time the people of Liumu Village pick the fruit of Vitex, it is a struggle between life and death.
To survive in the dense forest, this is the ability that everyone in Liumuzhai must have. From the day they chose to escape into the jungle, they had been prepared for this.
And for one of them, Ling Na, is naturally familiar with this. In the hearts of the younger generation of Liumu Village, Ling Na is as good a hunter as Brother Jiu. Therefore, she is in charge of picking mountain vitex, and naturally no one will object.
As usual, Ling Na slowly came to the nearest mountain vitex forest with a dozen good hands. It is only about five or six miles away from Liumu Village, and in this large area of mixed woods, there are nearly 100 acres of mountain vitex.
It can be said that if Liumuzhai really has the ability to fully control this mountain vitex forest, then Liumuzhai will no longer have the problem of lack of food or salt. On the contrary, they will have more income, and they can also make their lives better with these things. At least don't use the canopy, you can't eat enough and don't wear warm.
But the crux of the matter is that there are also hundreds of wild boars of all sizes living here. For example, the wild boar lying in Qin Ze's courtyard now is one of the leaders of this group of wild boars. It can be said that this is not only the paradise of the people of Liumuzhai, but also the paradise of wild boars.
However, wild boars are animals with a very deep sense of territory, so in this way, if the people of Liumu Village want to pick the fruit of the mountain vitex, they must first avoid the attack of the wild boar.
In the past, there were more than a dozen hunters in Liumuzhai who died at the hands of wild boars. Even Lingna's father died under the fangs of a wild boar, so Lingna practiced her skills hard, just to prevent the tragedy from happening again
Lingna climbed a giant tree ten meters high, holding a stone in her hand. She lay quietly on the branch, staring at a forest below.
No one knows what Lena is looking at, but no one questions her abilities. Because it was her eyes that allowed them to dodge the attacks of wild boars again and again. Every time in the woods that seemed calm to them, there would always be one or two wild boars lying on their stomachs, and every time it wasn't for Lingna's sharp eyes, they would probably have to meet them directly......
This time, there were a total of twelve people who came with Lingna, and all of them looked like sturdy men. Everyone carried a large wooden basket behind their backs, and they were also lying on the branches of the tree like Lingna.
Ling Na didn't move, and naturally they didn't move.
"There's movement directly below us, and it's not clear if it's a wild boar. I'll test it later, and if there's no movement, you can go down. Ling Na said lightly, and then with a lift of her hand, a stone shot out of her hand, facing a wooden forest beneath her.
"Puff~"
There was no movement, and Ling Na was also stunned. No one knew what she had done to cultivate these eyes, he had clearly seen that there was something abnormal in the woods before, how could there be no movement now.
Just when Ling Na was hesitating whether to go down, the wooden forest, which was originally silent, suddenly became in turmoil. Then I saw two gray wild boars, humming and running into the distance.
It wasn't until she saw the two wild boars running away that Lingna nodded at the people behind her. motioned for them to go down, while she herself lay on the branch.
It's dangerous to grab food from wild boars, so Lena must keep a hundred eyes on it.
The people who pick the fruit are all veterans, sticking to the vitex tree one by one, and their hands are constantly moving. They picked a handful of vitex seeds, and everyone's movements were very light, but their speed was very fast.
From time to time, Lena on the branch threw out stone blocks, and each stone could always alarm the wild boars and drive them away.
Lingna's strength is very light, and these wild boars are very lazy. So it looked like Lena was controlling the boars, driving away all the boars that wanted to get close to them, and miraculously it didn't alarm any of them.
Even Qin Ze, who was lying in the mountain vitex forest, was stunned for a moment at this scene, he turned his head to look at the impermanence around him, and his eyes were full of inquiry.
Impermanence was obviously more interested in Lingna, and he also stared at the other party motionlessly. Seeing that Impermanence ignored him, Qin Ze moved his body and leaned closer to him.
"Do you see any tricks?" Qin Ze asked as low as he could.
The two of them are now lying in the wild boar herd, if it weren't for the smell of the wild boar king, it is estimated that they would have been blasted out by the wild boar this time.
But it was like this, and Qin Ze and the two of them didn't dare to make too big a move, after all, it was about the lives of the two of them.
Although the stones in her hands were of different sizes, they were all without edges and corners. And she has a good control over her strength, and it is impossible to reach this point without a few years of hard work. Apparently Impermanence was also pleased with Lingna's performance.
When he said this, Qin Ze really felt a little guilty, he came here today to disrupt Ling Na's plan to pick the fruit of the mountain vitex. Old man Liu must be driven to a dead end, only in this way can he make him more and more dependent on himself.
I didn't plan to hurt anyone, Qin Ze still had this bottom line. He just wants to save the beauty as a hero, and then solve the problem of wild boars here by the way.
Only by letting the people of Liumuzhai owe themselves more and more, will they trust themselves more and more. Although it sounds a little cruel, Qin Ze must be responsible for himself, and he must be responsible for Zhou Cheng and them.
Seeing that Ling Na and the others were almost ready to pick the fruit of the mountain vitex, Qin Ze glanced at the impermanence on the side. Impermanence also picked up a stone from the ground at the moment, and then hit a wild boar next to him with a flick.
This wild boar weighs hundreds of pounds, and in terms of size alone, it is even bigger than the wild boar king, but its fangs are not as long as the wild boar king, but it is also thrilling to the point of circumambulation.
The next thing was much simpler, and the wild boar was alarmed and went berserk in an instant. Ling Na, who was lying on the branch of the tree, also noticed that something was wrong for the first time, and hurriedly took care of everyone and climbed the giant tree.
Fortunately, Qin Ze had already pinched the time, otherwise there might really be a problem.
One by one, the men quickly climbed the giant tree, and then stuck to the tree and did not dare to move again.
A wild boar was alarmed, and almost instantly, the wild boar in the entire mountain vitex forest was also alarmed. These wild boars are on a rampage, scurrying around the mountain wattle forest.
Wild boars are indeed lazy to eat, and it is not unreasonable for Lingna to choose this time. But now that these wild boars are alarmed, it is different. At that moment, the wild boars sniffed around one by one, and the wild boars' sense of smell was very sensitive, so soon Lingna and her party were discovered by these wild boars. At the moment, it was a tree under which they were hiding, and it kept hitting the trunk.
Relying on their rough skin and thick flesh, even if they hit the trunk and swayed from side to side, these wild boars still didn't react at all.
"Don't move, stick to the branches." Ling Na's face was pale, and she hugged the branch with both hands, and said to everyone at the same time.
It's not the first time they've encountered this situation, and it's naturally impossible for Lingna to be leaky alone. So now being trapped in a tree by a wild boar is not too pessimistic.
It's a pity that Ling Na didn't finish her words, and she saw more than a dozen wild boars rushing out of the mountain vitex forest. Even if it was Lingna this time, there was no way to keep her composure.
One or two wild boars are nothing, but if there are many of them, it is not so simple.
One by one, these guys hit the trunk of the tree like crazy, and who knows if the giant tree will not be able to hold it. And if you want not to be shaken down, you must also hold on to the branches, which is also a lot of consumption.
"Lingna, why don't you leave first and go to the stockade to find someone to help?" A man's face was also solemn at this time, and he said to Ling Na.
In this case, there is no way for them to leave. But for Lingna, there may be a try.
"Wait!"
Just as Lena gritted her teeth and was about to jump to the giant tree on the side, a person suddenly appeared in the dense forest on the side, shouting at them.
The person who came was still carrying a few pheasants on his shoulders, but who else would it be if he was not Qin Ze, who was already "dressed up". To be honest, he just wanted to create a chance for himself, but he didn't expect Lena to be so impulsive and even think of jumping from one tree to another at a height of ten meters.
If something really goes wrong, how can you make Qin Ze feel better.
Qin Ze didn't say anything as soon as he appeared, he directly took out a few bamboo tubes from his arms, and then threw them towards the wild boar herd.
It was the urine of the wild boar king, and it can be said that it still has some deterrent effect on these wild boars. Sure enough, after smelling this familiar smell, the wild boars began to slowly calm down.