Volume 1 Chapter 14 Vernal Equinox
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At the foot of the west foot of Taijin Mountain, there is a clear and cold stream that bypasses the dense bamboo bushes, and flows from the foot of the two red rocks that are closely attached to each other on the side of the mountain road, making a pleasant ding sound, and the warm sun from the west passes through the gap between the bamboo tops, sprinkling the mottled golden light into the murmuring stream, reflecting the sparkling waves.
The tired Wu Ming squatted by the stream, grabbed the mud and slimy blood stains on his hands on the fine sand, picked up a few handfuls of stream water to wash his face full of dirt and sweat, looked up at the blue sky, and let out a long and happy breathing sound.
The original five-day hunt finally took eight days, and did not hit a wolf, but hit two big wild boars and five small wild boars, Wu Ming and Tian Zhenggang carried them on their backs for a day and a half, and walked a total of more than 200 miles of mountain roads back and forth six times before they got the prey here, which can be regarded as a rich harvest worthy of the trip, in the proud words of Tian Zhenggang, an excellent hunter: "In the past, even if ten good hands were dispatched for ten days and a half months, they could not catch up with the harvest of the two of us."
Wu Ming learned a lot in eight days, and had a deeper understanding of patience and perseverance, firing more than 80 rounds of bullets before and after, testing his marksmanship, and learning a lot of valuable mountain survival experience and hunting knowledge.
The two of them went over the mountains and mountains to find the traces and nests of wild beasts, sweating and exhausted every day, and found a cave at night to light a bonfire to deal with the night, and when they were hungry, they picked some wild vegetables and mushrooms and cooked a soup with a bamboo tube, and filled their stomachs with dry food, and continued to set off with some dry food the next morning.
The first three days had no gain, but it took one-third of the ammunition for Wu Ming's marksmanship practice, so the whole process was not monotonous at all, and from time to time on the road encountered small prey such as pangolins, hares and mountain birds, Wu Ming met a lot of animals and plants around Tian Zhenggang, understood the habitat rules of various beasts and birds, knew what wild mushrooms and wild vegetables could be eaten, what was poisonous, learned to identify all kinds of mountain vines and leaves, and knew how to dig out a huge yash belly from the roots of mountain vines.
On the fourth day, Wu Ming found that his physical strength had dropped a lot, and he began to feel impatient in his heart, Tian Zhenggang, who thought that he was also young and vigorous and couldn't hold his breath, did not look in a hurry, he was still energetic and walking, Wu Ming could only grit his teeth and follow, and he followed very hard all the way.
Fortunately, Tian Zhenggang stopped every time he encountered animal feces, footprints and fallen vegetation, and patiently told Wu Ming what kind of animal left traces, about how long they were left, which direction to go next, and how to dig traps and install condoms if he didn't have a gun, so that Wu Ming would not feel lonely and unbearable. On several occasions, Tian Zhenggang even grabbed wolf dung and sniffed and rubbed it to make a more accurate judgment.
Seeing Tian Zhenggang so calm and dedicated, Wu Ming was secretly ashamed, and admired Tian Zhenggang's rich knowledge of survival in the wild and super toughness.
On the evening of the fourth day, Tian Zhenggang finally discovered the habitat of the wild boar herd, and the exhausted Wu Ming suddenly lifted his spirits, and under the command of Tian Zhenggang, the two quietly bypassed from the downwind, occupied the two high points opposite the wild boar's nest, and shot at the frightened wild boar.
The experienced Tian Zhenggang picked up the Hanyang Zao that already belonged to him, and killed a big wild boar with a violent temperament with only two shots, Wu Ming was excited with a Mauser pistol, but the first three shots were all missed, provoking a ferocious wild boar to howl and rush towards him.
Without waiting for Wu Ming to take aim, Tian Zhenggang shot accurately, and the rushing wild boar's head splashed with blood and fell down, and the pigs ran in all directions in terror and wailing.
The two big pigs that fell in the pig herd were all knocked down by Tian Zhenggang, and the distance of more than 40 meters, and in the favorable terrain where wild boars could not use the instantaneous impact to pose a threat, for Tian Zhenggang, who was holding a military rifle, it was too simple to kill the prey.
As the crazy boar was hunted by Tian Zhenggang, Wu Ming also calmed down, and aimed at the gun steadily before shooting, more than forty meters away, two slow piglets were hit by Wu Ming successively, and another adult boar was shot and turned around and fled, the crisp gunfire shook the valley and the aftermath was endless, and the terrible howl of the wild boar echoed everywhere.
After four days of arduous trekking, eating and sleeping in the open air, in exchange for just a few minutes of hunting, and obtaining fruitful results, Wu Ming sighed in his heart and had a deep understanding of hunting.
Wu Ming, who is good at summarizing, has only adapted since then, and in the following two nights and one day, the two once again experienced a failed ambush: tying an injured piglet under a small tree in the open field with a mountain vine, trying to use the cry of the piglet and the bloody smell of several dead wild boars to lure the wild wolf, but unfortunately it did not get his wish after the last night, and he didn't even see the shadow of the wolf.
Tian Zhenggang said that the wolf is cunning, it is estimated that the gunfire has alarmed the wild wolf, the wild wolf will flee away when he finds the danger, and the weather is warmer and the small animals are out to forage, and the wild wolf is not short of food, so he will not come when he hears the scream of the little wild boar, and he can only wait for the next time to clean up the wild wolf.
The two gave up ambushing the wild wolf, and worked together to get two big wild boars and five small wild boars to the pass at the western foot of Taijin Mountain, and it took another day and a half to go back and forth.
Wu Ming was tossed to exhaustion, before he had always thought that he was hard-working and tenacious, and he had practiced martial arts in Daomen for more than half a year, he didn't dare to say that he was outstanding, at least his physique and endurance were much stronger than before, but compared with Tian Zhenggang, who was physically perverted and walked on the mountain road, Wu Ming found that he was not one or two points behind.
Under the col is the mountain road that walks out of the mountains and forests, more than four miles away from Tianjia Village, Wu Ming, who has packed everything, only feels that his legs are fluttering, and he can't take a step when he sits down, so he can only repeatedly tell Tian Zhenggang to remember, if someone asks, just say "The gun was borrowed by Wu Daochang, and it has been returned", let him hide the gun and then go back to the village to call a few trustworthy brothers, and send the pig back to the village. It's good to let the elderly and children improve their lives, and if you throw it away, it will be evil, even if Wu Ming can be ruthless, Tian Zhenggang is not willing.
To Tian Zhenggang's disappointment, Wu Ming finished his earnest advice, and left alone without waiting for Tian Zheng to return to the village to call someone, Tian Zhenggang knew that Wu Ming had an easy-going and kind temperament, and there was no distinction between high and low, and the reason why he was reluctant to show his face was that he did not want to be discovered the secret of the rifle.
That night, the aroma of wine in Tianjia Village overflowed with joy, and the people of Tianjia Village, who had remembered the kindness of "Wu Daochang", were even more grateful.
Before dawn the next day, Tian Zhenggang took the gift and climbed Taijin Mountain, and when he arrived at the place, he saw that Wu Ming had just finished practicing boxing, and he was practicing with Wu Ming under the itchy hand, and no one dared to be ruthless back and forth.
When Wu Ming finished cleaning up and entered the house, Tian Zhenggang, who was in Leha, had already brought a wooden plate of stream water and a towel: "Big brother, wash your face." ”
Wu Ming saw that Tian Zhenggang still looked like a vigorous tiger, shook his head and joked: "Didn't the beautiful girl of Uncle Qian's family get you drunk last night?" ”
Tian Zhenggang smiled, put down the wooden basin and pulled out a pair of brand-new mille-feuille bottoms from his back: "Big brother, my mother asked me to send these shoes, don't dislike them." ”
Wu Ming glanced at the new shoes, washed his face, wrung out the towel and poured out the water, pointed to the patched cotton shoes under Tian Zhenggang's feet and said, "This is what your mother made for you, right?" You keep it, I have shoes. ”
Tian Zhenggang patiently waited for Wu Ming to finish washing, and followed Wu Ming into the hut together: "Big brother, I remember you once said that now the foreign army wears that kind of sturdy raw rubber-soled leather shoes, which are strapped, wear-resistant, lightweight, and non-slippery, and can be sold in big places such as Shanghai and Guangzhou. ”
Wu Ming stared at Tian Zhenggang's eyes for a while: "Okay, I remember." ”
The two enjoyed fragrant meat porridge in front of the fireplace, and Wu Ming held the bowl and asked, "What day is today, you don't have to work?" ”
Tian Zhenggang looked at Wu Ming in surprise: "Today is the spring equinox, every year the spring equinox of the Prayer Truth Temple will hold a ceremony to pray for the blessings of all the people, and the people in the surrounding ten miles and eight towns will go up the mountain to pray for blessings, at this time, I am afraid that the Prayer Truth Temple is crowded." Big brother, you can't really be a fake Taoist, right? It's not right, if you are a fake Taoist, how can the famous Bingzhen Daoist leave you? ”
Wu Ming smiled bitterly, drank a big bowl of meat porridge, touched his warm stomach and stood up: "Zhenggang, although I didn't hit the wild wolf in the mountain this time, I was relieved to see your strong skills and calm temperament!" As long as the gun is in your hand, I believe that the wild wolf will be eliminated by you sooner or later, but there are not many bullets left, and it is estimated that you can buy it quietly by finding people on the road in the future, or sell it to the merchants who collect mountain goods, and use it. ”
"Big brother, do you really want to leave?" Tian Zhenggang stood up anxiously.
Wu Ming nodded: "The solar calendar is already late March, I have been here for almost ten months, I have to go, you are right just now, I am not a real Taoist priest, I am from a poor family like you, I live in Qizhenguan because I am injured and need to be treated, it is estimated that Longhu Mountain will send someone to send me the identity certificate of travel in the next few days." Don't you like this little house? I have already told Chengzhi Daoist that after I leave, you can use this house as you can, and you have also been to the cave in the back, and there are a lot of wine, food and dry goods, you can look at it. ”
"Big brother ......" Tian Zhenggang is willing to let Wu Ming leave, but the simple man doesn't know how to keep Lu Dao.
"Let's go, let's go to Ma'anling together and take out the gun and bullets, it's not safe to put them in that small cave, it's not safe to put them in that small cave, it's not easy for people to worry, I'll go up the mountain from the east trail when I'm done, you can take the gun back and hide it in a safe place." After Wu Ming finished speaking, he raised his feet and left, and Tian Zhenggang had to follow quickly.
The two crossed the two cliffs in the west and went down to the Maanling mountain pass, crossed the creek and took out the spears and bullets from the cave in the forest, Tian Zhenggang wrapped the Hanyang-made rifle in a circle with a strip of cloth, and then raised his head and looked at Wu Ming reluctantly, seeing Wu Ming waving his hand and walking into the path up the mountain, Tian Zhenggang followed without thinking about it.
Wu Ming had no choice but to stop, and comforted him again, until he promised to go to Tianjia Village for one night to drink a few glasses of send-off wine before leaving, Tian Zheng just turned around and went down the mountain three times.
Wu Ming, who was sweating profusely, climbed the steep rock wall, bypassed two narrow and steep mountain bends, and passed through a bamboo forest under the big trees, and was surprised to find that the bamboo pole in front of the side of his hut was drying a quilt and clothes, and the familiar shadow disappeared at the door of his hut, and disappeared in a flash, which made Wu Ming annoyed.