Era: Started from raising livestock in the mountains

Lin Yue put on another lead bullet and wanted to chase the black bear in the direction of escape.

"There's no need to chase him. This guy is probably dead. It was just the adrenaline that made him run away."

Lin Heng stopped his elder brother and said.

"What is adrenaline?" Lin Yue wondered.

Lin Heng: "..."

"Anyway, this guy is definitely dead. Let's take Xiongba and follow the blood trail to find him slowly." Lin Heng walked over and picked up the hunting arrow stuck on the ground and said with lingering fear.

Only when you face a black bear do you realize how ferocious this guy is. If it were a roe deer or a muntjac, his two arrows would definitely kill him, but this guy can actually run so far.

Lin Yue looked at Lin Heng apologetically: "This guy is too scary. Thanks to you just now, my reaction was too slow and too nervous."

Before encountering a black bear, he thought he could easily kill it. After all, no matter how ferocious it was, it was not as powerful as a shotgun and not as hard as bullets.

But when you actually encounter him, you realize that it's not like that at all. This guy appears suddenly, and many times he comes to you before you even have time to reload the bullets.

The charging speed was much more terrifying than that of a wolf-dog, and anyone who saw it would feel weak in their calves.

It is rare for Lin Heng to be fearless in the face of danger.

Just like many people know not to run when they are chased by a dog. The longer they run, the more the dog chases them. However, in real encounters, most people still instinctively want to run away. Only a very small number of people can overcome their instincts and confront the big dog directly.

"It's okay. It's normal to hit a black bear for the first time."

Lin Heng smiled and patted his elder brother on the shoulder, and said, "It's almost time. I guess that black bear is dead. Let's go and take a look."

"...Okay." Lin Yue nodded in agreement, thinking to himself, brother, this must be your first time hunting a black bear, and it sounds like you have beaten it before.

Although it was Lin Heng's first time playing, he had enough social experience to make the right choice right away.

It is possible to track a black bear without a dog, because there are obvious blood stains on the ground, which can be seen with the naked eye.

The two followed the blood trail for about three to four hundred meters, and saw a huge black figure lying in the birch forest from a distance.

"Xiong Ba, go take a look." Lin Heng moved forward without rain and looked at Xiong Ba and said.

Xiongba seemed to be able to tell that the other party was completely dead, so he walked over swaggeringly and licked the blood from the wound.

"It looks like he's dead." Lin Heng also walked over and started to check the wounds.

By the way, take the blood of the black bear. The blood of the bear is also very valuable, but you can't give it all to Xiong Ba and Wu Hei Quan.

His elder brother's shot hit him near the ear, which was a scratch. The real cause of death was the arrow that penetrated his chest.

"It seems that this black bear was scared away by me." Lin Yue laughed and said, his hands were shaking and his aim was not very accurate.

Lin Heng mentioned it and estimated that this guy must weigh nearly three hundred pounds, and said, "It seems that we can only divide it here and move it back to the camp."

Lin Yue said: "Let's lift it up and try. It's very inconvenient to kill here. It's best to get it back to the camp."

The two of them pulled on the front leg and the leggings, and they were lifted up in a moment. Although it weighed almost 300 pounds, they were two big boys after all.

Lin Yue suggested: "Okay, let's get a shelf and carry it back. I just saw the kudzu vine over there."

"That's okay, I'll cut the kudzu vines." Lin Heng nodded, took a bag of bear blood in a plastic bag, and then went to find the kudzu vines.

When he came back, Lin Yue also cut down two smooth birch trees, and the two of them made a frame to carry the black bear and the muntjac back.

The three hundred kilograms of things were too heavy, so the two of them kept walking around. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when they returned to the camp. After putting the bear down, they both fell down from exhaustion.

"There's no going back today." Lin Yue looked at the sky and said. In the winter, the two of them were sweating profusely, and their inner clothes were soaked through.

Lin Heng lit the fire in the shelter, took off his clothes one by one and said, "Let's do this. Early tomorrow morning, brother, go home and call for help. Let dad and third dad come over to help. It's up to the two of us to move these things." If you go back, half your life will be lost.”

Sweaty clothes can easily make people catch a cold, so taking them off and drying them is the best option.

"Okay, I'll get up early and go back tomorrow morning." Lin Yue nodded. He knew his brother was tired, so he didn't refuse.

After drying their underwear and wiping themselves, the two put on their clothes and began to deal with the black bear and the little yellow muntjac.

Just peel the little yellow deer and remove the internal organs, then cut the meat back into pieces.

Although they are brothers, they still follow the established distribution principles when hunting.

The roe deer was shot by Lin Heng independently and belongs to Lin Heng. The yellow muntjac was shot by his elder brother independently and belongs to his elder brother.

In the case of the black bear, Lin Heng was responsible for the discovery and the main fatal injuries. His elder brother took the extra shot to prevent it from causing harm to people. The credit is not small. One-quarter of the credit is divided, and Lin Heng takes three-quarters of the main credit. .

Regardless of the small contribution, this is a black bear, and it will make much more money in the end than the muntjac.

The black bear's fur is thick, and the inside of the body is still hot at this moment, and the blood has not yet solidified. The two men started to peel the skin after bleeding it.

"This bear skin is heavy enough, it must weigh thirty or forty pounds." Lin Yue said while holding up the skin of the black bear.

Lin Heng said with a smile: "That's natural, otherwise this black bear skin wouldn't be so expensive. This fur is in good condition, I estimate it can be sold for six to seven hundred yuan."

Bear skin and bear bile are the most valuable in black bears. One gram of bear bile costs at least 40 yuan, sometimes even more expensive. Like musk, it is an extremely valuable traditional Chinese medicine.

After drying, a bear gallbladder weighs about 50 grams and can be sold for 2,000 yuan.

"Hurry up and cut open the belly to see if the gallbladder is big." Lin Yue said excitedly.

"We have to be careful." Lin Heng was also a little excited.

Taking out the prepared red rope, the two slowly cut open the belly of the black bear, found the blue-gray gallbladder, carefully took it out, tied it with a string and hung it on the rack to dry.

Xiongba and Wuheiquan were strictly controlled and not allowed to approach.

As soon as the gallbladder was taken out, the two people felt relieved. The remaining things were not easy to spoil, so they didn't need to be so careful.

"This bear gallbladder is quite big, it can be sold for a lot of money." Lin Yue said happily.

Lin Heng smiled and said, "It can probably be sold for 2,000 yuan."

Then the two took out all the internal organs of the black bear. Unlike the yellow muntjac, the fat of this black bear is particularly thick, with a layer of white and delicate fat more than two fingers wide.

"I heard that bear oil can cure rheumatism and arthritis. I'll get some back to try." Lin Yue said as he looked at the fat breast meat.

"It probably needs to be boiled with herbs." Lin Heng said as he cut it.

The biggest effect of bear oil is to moisturize the skin. Many skin care products are made with bear oil. He plans to get some back to make skin care products and try it.

It was dark when he cut the bear meat into strips.

Lin Heng took a piece of fat and lean black bear meat and sliced ​​it and fried it with the enoki mushrooms he picked up before and the mushroom sauce he brought from home.

After frying, the aroma of bear meat fat and mushrooms burst out, and the shelter was full of rich aroma inside and outside.

This was also the first time Lin Heng ate bear meat. After eating it, he was surprised: "Well, although this is a male bear, the meat is also delicious."

The taste is similar to beef, but it is more delicate, with a little sweet feeling, and has a unique taste of black bears that other animals do not have.

"I thought the male bear meat was fishy, ​​but now it seems to be okay." Lin Yue said with a smile. They fried it directly. If they go back and process it, they will definitely be able to completely remove the fishy smell.

The main course for the two was noodles. After the meal, they were still excited and couldn't sleep.

There is no road in this birch cliff. The distance may be farther than Sanchagou. The two spent a lot of effort, but the harvest was unprecedented.

Lin Heng first unlocked the roe deer, and then unlocked the black bear. The two people who were successful felt like they were dreaming.

Lin Heng said to himself: "This is actually the same as fishing. Fish in places where no one has fished are always very stupid. They will eat the bait without being fooled."

Lin Yue nodded and said: "Indeed, in places where hunting is often done, golden roosters will fly away when they see people from a distance. Here, people can get very close during the day."

The flames of the stove were burning and jumping, and there was a humming wind outside the house. The two brothers chatted about everything as they did when they were children, and finally fell asleep with emotion.

The next morning, the two got up early, made a cup of milk, ate a few pieces of barbecue, and Lin Yue set off.

"Brother, don't go too far, be careful when you are alone." Lin Yue asked.

"I know, you should be careful too." Lin Heng said that it was not too dangerous to be alone with a dog.

After sending his elder brother for a distance, Lin Heng took a bow and arrow and a hoe to search the nearby mountains.

If you can't catch prey, you can also dig wild lilies, yams, etc.

Because he killed a black bear, he was not in a hurry at all, looking around for it.

"Oh, such a big lily."

As he walked, Lin Heng found a wild lily stem as thick as a Pulse bottle cap.

He dug it out with a small hoe in a few strokes. A wild lily the size of a palm, in the shape of a lotus, weighing six or seven taels, absolutely a big deal.

"I can make dense lilies for Xiaoxia when I go back." Lin Heng smiled knowingly, missing his little cotton jacket a little.

He didn't go back yesterday, Xiaoxia must have waited at the door for a long time, and Xiulan was probably worried and couldn't sleep.

Maybe his luck ran out yesterday, Lin Heng didn't meet a single squirrel this morning.

But he dug a lot of yam, dug a full six whole yams, which weighed about 15 or 16 pounds in total.

At noon, he found a stone slab, cut a piece of roe deer meat and a piece of bear meat, and fried them on the stone slab until both sides were crispy before eating.

The fried bear and roe deer chops tasted delicious, and the whole person's soul seemed to be sublimated after eating them with a little fermented bean curd.

After lunch, Lin Heng didn't go anywhere, just stayed near the shelter.

He took all the roe deer intestines and black bear intestines that had not been processed before to the side of the pond, turned them over and cleaned them, and cleaned them again with wood ash.

The mountain stream water in winter is freezing cold, and Lin Heng has to go back to warm himself by the fire after working for a while.

It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when he cleaned all the internal organs of the three animals.

Looking at his watch, he said to himself, "It seems that the elder brother and his men will come tomorrow morning. Tonight, it's just us and the dog, Xiongba."

"Woof woof!"

Xiongba barked happily, as if to say don't worry, he is here.

"Haha, I'm not afraid, I'll get you some meat tonight."

Lin Heng touched Xiongba's head and said with a smile.

After returning home, he cooked noodles and made a roe deer meat and mushroom noodles. After eating, the man and the dog went up the mountain again.

In the afternoon, they didn't run far. They went hunting nearby. Because of the continuous gunshots in the past two days, they could no longer hear the calls of deer and other things nearby.

Lin Heng searched for a long time and finally shot a blood pheasant and two bamboo partridges. Because he was alone, he came back very early, ate something and went to sleep with Xiongba in his arms.

He did not go up the mountain early the next morning, fearing that his father and others would not be able to find him when they came up, and slept until eight o'clock.

At nine o'clock, Lin Heng heard the barking of dogs, and went out to see that his father and his eldest brother had appeared on the opposite hillside.

"Dad, eldest brother, you are finally here." Lin Heng shouted.

"Your eldest brother went back too late yesterday, and we got up at four o'clock today to hurry on the road." Lin's father's voice came over.

They were relieved to hear Lin Heng's voice, fearing that something had happened to Lin Heng.

"Damn, so many things were shot!!"

After approaching, Lin Hai still couldn't help but get excited.

Lin Heng's third father Lin Xutao also looked around, even though he had already known the result, he still couldn't help but show deep envy and shock.

"A black bear, a roe deer, and a muntjac. Did you make a fortune hunting in the mountains this time?" Lin Xutao said with emotion. He regretted that he didn't know how to hunt in the mountains.

"Haha, this time my luck is indeed much better than before." Lin Heng laughed.

Father Lin's mouth never closed. He looked at everyone and said, "Hurry up and pack up. The way back is still long."

"Yes, hurry up and pack up." Lin Heng also said that he couldn't wait to go home.

As they talked, they began to pack up. The various things added up to about 400 kilograms. Each person could take more than 70 kilograms back.

For the five big men, this was not a difficult task. After packing them in bags, those who took the backpack carried them, and those who didn't take them used wooden sticks as shoulder poles.

After packing up, the five people walked towards home in a mighty manner.

Everyone talked and laughed along the way, walking and resting, and walked for more than five hours. They returned to the village at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Winter is the off-season for farming, and there are many people in the village. Seeing Lin Heng and the other five people carrying things back, they can't help but become curious.

"Lin Heng, you have killed a takin, right? You need five people to move things?" Someone asked curiously.

"No, no, we just killed a big wild boar." Lin Heng made up an excuse casually, but he didn't want to expose the existence of the black bear.

"How big is this wild boar?"

Some people didn't believe it and thought it was a takin.

Lin Heng didn't answer, and took people straight home. Soon the news spread throughout the village. Many people who got the news wanted to come to Lin Heng's house to check, but found that the door was closed and they were not prepared to let anyone in.

"Lin boy, open the door, I want to borrow something." Tian Baishun's shouting came from outside.

"I can't borrow it today, you can borrow it from another house for the time being." Lin Heng, who had just returned to the house, said loudly.

His words made Tian Baishun and others even more curious. What on earth did he kill that he didn't even let anyone see.