Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 225 Dai Bo's Abnormality (Two in One)

Being attacked from both sides, this cannon egg was finally killed completely.

Then, the group faced a new problem;
How do we get this pig out of the bushes?
Although the branches of the oak trees were not dense, the trees were intertwined with each other and blocked most of the flying snow. The snow on the ground was very thin, and the cannon eggs were stained with blood. The little remaining snow had melted. It was imaginable how difficult it would be to pull it out of the tree.

Seeing this, the old man immediately volunteered.
He took off his fur coat, revealing the badger skin jacket underneath.

Immediately, Li Qinghai took off his leather underwear piece by piece like peeling an onion, and soon a small mountain of them formed on the ground.

"No wonder the old man was able to sleep directly on the snow last night. With a body like that, he might not even get soaked if he fell into an ice hole~"

When Dai Bai saw the innermost layer of water rat fur on Li Qinghai's body, he was so envious that his mouth was almost drooling.

The old man smiled slightly when he heard this.
"Boy, you have good taste~" Li Qinghai took off all his clothes except for a layer of fur underwear, and kept moving his shoulders and waist.

"That's right!" Dai Bai was a little proud, "The old leader of my fishing gang has a pair of woolen trousers made of water rat skin.

Oh my god ~ those pants are so tight, after taking them off they shrink like two cucumbers!

But after putting it on, it feels very warm around the body, and most importantly, it doesn't make you feel hot at all. Moreover, even if you jump into ice water wearing it, your body will not get wet at all!

The old man's biggest wish before he retired was to collect some more water rat fur and make a coat, or even a vest.

Oh~ what a pity~
That year, he was drunk and insisted on going winter swimming. As a result, he dived into an ice hole and got lost under the ice.

It will be the next day before we can fish it out..."

Jiang Haohan also showed regret when he heard this, "Old Liu is a good person, it's really a pity.

It's a pity about his water rat fur pants.

But what does this water rat look like?

I haven’t seen it once yet!”

Dai Bai just opened his mouth, but suddenly his eyes smacked, then he scratched his head and chuckled twice.

Seeing that Dai Bai couldn't explain clearly, Li Qinghai continued,

"It's just a mouse, a little bigger than an ordinary mouse. It stays in the water all day and likes to build its nest in the small bends that form along the river.

There used to be a lot of reeds and waterweeds in there!"

Jiang Haohan grinned. What Li Qinghai said was too blunt. He had no idea what that water rat was.

Dai Song returned the small medal to the impatient Er Han. Seeing his uncle's curiosity and anxiety, he added,

“Like Old Li Pao said, that thing is just a big fat rat;

It has a small head, a fat body, and a very long tail, but it is covered with hair. It doesn't look like a mouse, but its tail is bald and disgusting.

The fur of all rats is gray, but the fur of water rats is brown with a little gray.

They are much larger than mice, usually about 30 centimeters long, and can swim very fast in the water.

If we can’t catch them on the shore, we’ll have to rely on minks and the like.”

"Hey! Songzi, you know a lot. You even know how to train minks to catch water rats!" Li Qinghai stretched his muscles and praised while exploring the bushes.

"Hehe~" Dai Song laughed dryly, thinking that this was all learned from you in the previous life, and then continued,

"The most valuable part of a water rat is not its fur, but its secretory glands."

"Secreting glands?" Dai Bai and Jiang Haohan immediately became excited when they heard this.

Because Dai Song's family has a musk deer with secretory glands, Jiang Haohan had heard from his elder sister how profitable it is to raise this creature.

If you pay once a year, you can earn about two thousand yuan from selling musk!

When Li Qinghai heard this, he also blinked his eyes and half of his body went into the bushes. But just to hear more clearly, he came out from the branches.
"What the hell, Song, tell me in detail, what secretory gland is valuable?!"

The old man's eyes were wide open as he spoke, with the two emotions of hope and regret entangled fiercely inside him, like two giant pythons twisted together, constantly stirring up huge waves in the lake of people's hearts.

"No, Lao Li Pao, calm down." Dai Song saw Li Qinghai's expression and quickly stretched out his hand to press, "What I mean is that the water rat has more than just fur. It actually has a scent gland under its anus..."

As soon as they heard the word "scent-producing gland", the three of them understood what it meant.

Li Qinghai's expression instantly fell, and he almost slapped himself in the face.

"After all this time, it turns out that there's something fragrant inside... I thought it was just the ash stuck in its belly button... It was so smelly that I took it out and threw it into the mouth..."

Jiang Haohan's eyebrows jumped when he heard this. He was also afraid that the old man would regret it, so he quickly gave Dai Song a look.
"Song, I've never heard of the fragrance produced by that thing, how can it be valuable?"

Dai Song understood what he meant and shook his head quickly, "It's not very valuable, it's just a kind of incense. And this thing is not a native species of ours.

I don’t know exactly where it came from, but I heard that it was found in Heijiang.”

Dai Song packaged the scattered knowledge he had learned from using his mobile phone in his previous life and told everyone about it.
Besides this, he concealed a lot of things, otherwise it would be hard to explain how he knew all this;
This so-called water rat is scientifically called muskrat.
The origin of this species is North America. It was introduced from the Soviet Union in the 1950s and later spread across the country for breeding.

But everyone knows the nature of the Sumao people in breeding. They just enclose a piece of land, let the animals roam freely, and then harvest them after a period of time.

Nor do they consider whether this thing has any impact on the local ecology.

Muskrats, relying on their strong reproductive ability, quickly spread from the Sumao area to the Heijiang River, and then spread along the Heijiang River.

The greatest value of muskrat is the muskrat scent it produces.
This thing can replace musk as a precious Chinese medicinal material, so after a few years of hunting ban and musk becoming hard to find, the value of muskrat will gradually be discovered.

In order to make Li Qinghai feel better, he did not truthfully explain the value of the water rat incense.

Besides, the price of this thing won’t go up until another seven or eight years, so it’s not like he’s cheating people.

Li Qinghai managed to calm down at this moment and went back into the bushes.

The old man had a small frame, so he would start dismantling the pig right after he got in.

The three of them saw him dodging and moving in the palm-sized space created by the wild boar.
Soon he gutted the wild boar from its flank, then reached in and took out all the lanterns inside and handed them to Dai Song.

"Songzi, hurry up and feed Xiaoerhan and Huagu. The two little guys have done a great job. If they weren't there today, the bullet would have definitely run away."

"Okay!" Dai Song took the lantern and disassembled it, and cut the pig's heart into two halves with one knife.

Huagu's tail was wagging happily, and when he saw Dai Song cutting meat, he couldn't help but imitate Erhan's behavior. He retracted his front paws, straightened his hind legs, and stood up, which made everyone smile.

"Hey! This little flower dog! He looks like a human~"

"What kind of words are you talking about?" Jiang Haohan rolled his eyes at Dai Bai, then looked at Dai Song with a fiery gaze.
"Songzi, can you give me that piece of meat?"

"Oh, sure." Dai Song handed over the small piece of meat, but Jiang Haohan refused.
"I mean I want to feed Erhan, so give him big chunks!" As soon as Jiang Haohan said this, the old man in the bushes became unhappy immediately, and said "Hey hey" and was about to get out.

Needless to say, both of them wanted to leave some impression on Erhan, so that when they talked to him later, Erhan would listen to them more or less, and thus experience the joy of hunting with a bear.

Seeing the old man so anxious, Jiang Haohan also understood what he meant. After a little thought, he decided to give in and waved his hand.
"Forget about the pine nuts. Let Lao Lipao feed them. I don't know how to feed them. Maybe if I feed them the wrong way, Erhan won't eat them."

This was obviously an excuse. Although the old man who had half of his body sticking out had a strange temper, he was not ignorant of the ways of the world. He immediately became humble when he heard this.

Almost instantly, the two of them changed from being "jealous" at the beginning to being humble to each other, and a large piece of pork heart was pushed back and forth between their hands.

At this time, Huagu was already squatting in front of Erhan, chewing the small piece of pig heart until it made a crisp sound.
As a result, Erhan just stared at the two men as they backed in, his saliva dripping from the sides of his mouth.

In the end, Dai Song cut up the liver and shared it between the two.

"Erhan has a big appetite, so this little thing won't be enough to feed him. Let's feed him this first to fill his stomach. Later I'll have to trouble Lao Lipao to go in and dismantle the pig so that we can get it from outside."

"Eh! Eh!"

As soon as Li Qinghai took the pig liver, he smiled so hard that his teeth were visible. He and Jiang Haohan walked side by side to Erhan, stretched out their hands together, and watched whoever's hand Erhan wanted to eat first.

In the end, the little bear, who had been greedy for a long time, didn't care about this.

With a paw, he snatched the heart and liver from the two men's hands, then leaned back, clamped the liver with his hind paws, and held the pig's heart with his front paws, and brought it to his mouth to chew it happily.

The two of them didn't have any idea at first, but when they saw that Erhan ate the pig heart first, Li Qinghai, who was feeding the pig liver, suddenly felt unhappy.
He blew his beard and silently went back to the bushes to dismember the pig.

Dai Song didn't care why the old man was so jealous. He called Dai Bai to help get the meat outside.

The meat of the pig's testicles is very fishy, ​​so we only removed the four legs and the pig's head and tail.

Li Qinghai removed the pig's legs and immediately began to cut the fat from the wild boar's belly. He cut off about 15 or 16 pounds of fat before he struggled to get out of the bushes.

The first thing to do after coming out is to feed Xiao Erhan.

But when he came out, he happened to see Xiao Erhan gnawing on the piece of pork liver that he had fed him earlier.

The little bear squinted his eyes, kicked his hind legs, and after eating a good meal, he would kick his short legs to slide in the snow, just like when he went to town to visit his grandson and fed persimmons to the fat boy.
The little fellow was lying on the kang at the time, with his mouth full of food, and he was kicking his short legs, sliding all over the kang mat, until the back of his head was rubbed smooth, and he was grinning and laughing foolishly.

Li Qinghai's eyes were full of kindness. Seeing that little Erhan was eating the pig liver, he was not in a hurry. He used his knife to cut the liver into strips and waited patiently for Erhan to finish eating. During this time, he kept stroking Erhan's shiny fur, with love written all over his face.

Finally, it was Dai Song who reminded the old man to get dressed quickly, as it was almost time to continue on his journey. Only then did Li Qinghai reluctantly stop what he was doing.

Erhan is very strong, and most of the wild boar meat that has been cut is his food, so it is natural that he should be the one to carry it.

The four pig legs, two on each side, were placed on Erhan's shoulders. Although not as impressive as the time when he and Dai Song went up the mountain to catch forest frogs, Erhan was still very proud. He trotted all the way and walked happily at the front of the team.

After all, compared with the little flower dog, it can not only fight hard fences, but also help with work!
Looking at the small body of the spotted dog, can it do it?
Thinking of this, Erhan became even happier. He held the small medal in his mouth with his head held high, as if he was already the bear king of this forest.

After arriving at the place where they planned to set up camp yesterday evening, Dai Song raised his hand to check the time.

It was exactly two hours since departure.

So he cut off the hooves of the four pig legs, tied them together and hung them on a tree, both to give instructions to the team behind and to leave supplies for the team behind.

As the old saying goes, you are what you eat. This big cannon egg has almost all the meat smelling bad, except for the hooves, tail and head, which have less fishy smell.

After the hair is singed over fire and it is roasted, it can be eaten alone.

Little did he know that when the team behind him saw the row of pig trotters hanging on the tree, they all bowed down in admiration.

After all, that cannon ball had injured someone and still managed to escape from so many gunshots, but Dai Song killed it with just one move.

So none of them thought that this was the food Dai Song left for them, but instead they drew their knives and carved words on the tree as a souvenir.

So much so that every time the team behind passed by and saw the words carved on the tree, they would rush to leave a few cuts on the tree...

But Dai Song didn't know all this for the time being. He had originally wanted to hang half a pig's head on the tree, but Dai Bai, who was carrying the pig's head, was not happy about it at all.

When asked why, he hesitated and refused to say more.
It was not until dusk, when everyone camped in a birch forest, that they discovered what Dai Bo was planning.
The crackling campfire was surrounded by four simple huts.

According to the plan, Li Qinghai and Jiang Haohan had originally intended to build a large shack where everyone could squeeze in.
Firstly, it is warm, and secondly, it saves materials and time.

But Dai Song firmly opposed it and said a bunch of reasons like "it's too crowded and you won't be able to get enough rest, which will affect the next day."

So in the end we built four small huts.

Dai Song got what he wanted and looked relieved. He happily took out some dry food and roasted it by the fire.

The two silly mushrooms were stacked on top of each other, lying between Jiang Haohan and Li Qinghai, quietly roasting their hair by the fire, enjoying the combing and caressing of the two men.

If there is anything that can best soothe the hearts of people who have been running in the mountains for a day, it is only a jumping bonfire in front of the shack.

The fire seemed to have magical powers, spontaneously attracting everyone's tired eyes and then soothing their tired nerves with its scorching temperature.

Time passed slowly with the crackling sound of the bonfire, and the sky gradually darkened.

The white flour buns placed next to the campfire became cracked by the heat and gave off a charming aroma.

Erhan's nose twitched, and a bright light suddenly reflected in his small eyes.

Seeing this, Dai Song smiled and distributed his dry food. Seeing Dai Bai put the wild boar's head between his legs, with the pig's mouth facing his crotch, he frowned and asked,

"Hey, brother, what are you doing there? What's the use of being a pig-headed baby?"

Dai Bai responded and said happily,
"I'm thinking about prying the big pig's tusk off!"

"Hmm? Pig teeth? There are supply and marketing cooperatives that buy this stuff, but the price is too cheap. It's a thankless task. Why do you collect this stuff, Baizi?"

Jiang Haohan also became curious after hearing this.

A wild boar head weighs more than 30 pounds. It is not worth it to carry it on your back for a whole day just for two big tusks!
"Hehe~" Dai Bai laughed, "I'll pick off this pig's tooth and bring it back for my son to suck on!"

"Your son? How come I didn't know that you had a son?!"

It's not just Jiang Haohan.

Dai Song was also surprised, and immediately gave a look to Li Qinghai who was sitting next to him.

The latter reacted immediately, took out a handful of tobacco and paper from the small package, rolled out three cigarettes swiftly, leaned over to the fire, lit them, and put them in front of him, muttering to himself.

Say "Don't blame the immortals and ghosts, it's not my intention to disturb you."

(End of this chapter)