"Qingzi, you and Xiuyu go first, I'll go with Brother Feng!"
Seeing Zhang Shaofeng's solemn expression, Lu Lu turned around and told Chen Xiuyu and Chen Xiuqing that when Zhang Shaofeng turned around with his bicycle, he simply stepped over and sat on the shelf behind them.
Zhang Shaofeng looked back at Lu Lu, his face immediately fell: "Brother, do you think I can carry you on such a big slope?"
"If you can't carry it, then push it. If you push it, you can't push it!" Lu Lu smiled and said, "I am a wounded person."
"You are so injured that you were able to walk around the mountain yesterday. You are telling me that you are a wounded person!"
Zhang Shaofeng raised his foot and kicked Lu Lu in the butt.
Lu Lu quickly jumped aside.
Seeing the two people arguing, Chen Xiuyu and Chen Xiuqing couldn't help laughing. Zhang Shaofeng was also the security director of the village. The brother and sister had never seen anyone make such a fuss with Zhang Shaofeng. These two people
The relationship has become very good without even realizing it.
This is a good thing.
"I think you should bring your gun and your dog."
Zhang Shaofeng frowned slightly: "A donkey was bitten to death in the village. I don't know what kind of wild animal it was, but it must be big enough to kill a donkey weighing more than a hundred pounds. I'm not afraid of anything else. The key is
I'm afraid of hurting people, especially children, and it would be terrible if I did."
Lu Lu frowned and thought for a while: "Could it be that lynx that did it?"
A donkey weighing a hundred pounds is still small, and a lynx is fully capable of hunting it.
"Lynx?" Zhang Shaofeng was startled.
"Yesterday a lynx came to my meadow. It wanted to catch some of the deer I was raising, but it was driven away. We were wandering around the mountains yesterday just looking for it, but we couldn't find it... Qingzi, don't go into the mountains today.
, follow me back to get the gun!"
After Lu Lu finished speaking, he turned around and walked back to his meadow. Chen Xiuqing also immediately turned the carriage around excitedly, and the brother and sister quickly followed.
Back at Dijiangzi, Lu Lu took out the gun and bullet bag: "Xiuyu, you will stay on guard in the meadow today and keep an eye on our deer. Qingzi and I tried to kill the lynx," Zhang Shaofeng said.
That’s right, it’s okay if you bite a domestic animal, but if it hurts someone, the matter will be serious. As for the moss needed, Wang Dalong and others can arrange for people to get it.”
"Yes!" Chen Xiuyu nodded obediently.
Chen Xiuqing unloaded the carriage, took his single tube, and followed Lu Lu to the main road outside Dijianzi.
Originally, lynx rarely appeared near villages. Lu Lu had never heard of lynxes roaming around the mountains and forests around the villages, and even daring to enter the villages to hunt livestock.
He is now more and more certain of his suspicions.
Lynx is a very hungry wild animal, and can often stay in one place for several days. Like tigers and leopards, they are extremely good at hiding, lurking, and then violently hunting wild animals. They actively hunt like this, and even
Running into the countryside is really rare.
They do not have a fixed nest, they roam throughout the forest and rarely stay in the same place for too long.
And this lynx has stayed here for at least two months, as if it has settled here. Considering that its size is slightly smaller than the male lynx caught last time, Lu Lu said
There are good reasons to suspect that this is a female animal that built a nest in this area and gave birth to lynx cubs.
Otherwise, it would not move its nest for a long time. In order to raise its cubs, it would only choose to venture into the countryside when prey is scarce.
This also made Lu Lu very interested. Not to mention the skin and flesh of the lynx, he should also be able to make a fortune by getting the lynx cubs. He did not forget the contact information of the Beijing Zoo that he got from the two Shandong men.
Lynx cubs are definitely rare and they should be interested in buying them.
The two of them led the four Yuan Baoniangs to join Zhang Shaofeng and headed to Xiushan Tun together.
Half an hour later, the three of them arrived at the house closest to the back mountain in Xiushan Tun. They were greeted by an old man in his seventies, whom Lu Lu had known in his previous life.
This man's name is Jiang Zewei. He is an old mountain runner. When he was young, he was also a capable person. He was once the leader of the ginseng gang. Later, when he was wreaking havoc on the Northeast in his childhood, one leg was lame and he could not enter the mountain. He could only
Farming at home.
He has a son and a daughter. The son works at the Xiangshui River Forest Farm, and the daughter married to another village. Now the old couple stays at home.
In his previous life, when Lu Lu came to Zengxiu Shantun and opened a wild product purchasing station, he often asked him for advice when looking for wild ginseng, identifying the quality and pricing of wild ginseng.
As soon as I saw Jiang Zewei limping out of the house, I felt a sense of familiarity, a feeling of seeing him again after a long separation.
"Uncle Jiang!" When Lu Lu saw the old man, he smiled and said hello first.
He did not expect that it was Jiang Zewei and his family whose donkey was bitten to death.
In my impression, the old man likes to go to the market. As long as the weather is good, he will go to the market almost every time. He will ride a donkey and wander around leisurely, leaving early and returning late. He is a person who likes liveliness.
His wife often scolded him because of this matter, saying that he didn't have much money in his pocket, he had to rush to the sewing industry, and that a poor old man pretended to be a rich man.
People in the village also used this thing to tease him. Whenever they met him when going to the market, they would always jokingly ask him if he had a lover at the market, otherwise he would run so diligently.
The old man wasn't upset, he just smiled and said, "Go and squeeze."
Even if he doesn't buy anything, he still goes there, just to join in the fun. Of course, it's just to go to the market, meet and chat with the brothers he used to be with.
It was precisely because of his interpersonal relationships that Lu Lu received a lot of good stuff from them.
Seeing the old man at this time, Lu Lu couldn't help but feel a little warm.
Thinking that September would be the time to move ginseng into the mountains, Lu Lu was thinking about the old man's dusty set of tools for moving ginseng.
When Lu Lu called him, Jiang Zewei was a little surprised and laughed: "Man, how do you know me? You haven't even met me."
"How could I not know this? I have known for a long time that you are an expert. I have always wanted to visit you, but I just didn't have the right opportunity." Lu Lu said with a smile.
"These days, I have often heard people in the village say that you are a man. Even though I am lame, I have tried several times to share some of the meat you brought, but I couldn't do it in time." Jiang Zewei also said jokingly.
"That's what the old man said. Just say hello to me if you want to eat anything from now on. I'll bring it to you when I get it."
Lu Luzheng needed such an opportunity. He came directly to the door for no reason. It always felt abrupt and made people think he had ulterior motives.
Therefore, Lu Lu adopted a natural approach to many people in the village, whom he knew very well even in his previous life, and now that he was getting to know them again.
Now his donkey was killed by a wild animal, so Zhang Shaofeng brought him here, which was a good opportunity to get acquainted with the old man.
"We'll talk about this later, but I'd better take a look at my donkey first. I don't know what kind of wild animal it was bitten by."
Mr. Jiang Zewei used to wander around the mountains a lot, always chasing mountains, but he always had his own focus. He was not proficient in everything. It was normal for him to be unable to determine what kind of wild animals he was.
Just like Jiang Zewei, their focus is on wild ginseng rather than wild animals. What's more, when the ginseng gang goes into the mountains, there are usually several people who stay in the mountains for a long time.
I was frightened and ran away. It’s normal that I haven’t seen him before.
Under his guidance, Lu Lu saw the half-big donkey that had been bitten to death. A lot of meat had been eaten away, leaving a big hole.
Lu Lu squatted next to the donkey and took a closer look. He saw several small bloody holes on the donkey's neck. The donkey's neck was so bloody that it flowed all over the floor. He looked at the holes.
He was sure at once: "It was the lynx that did it."
Yesterday, I failed to hunt Lu Lu's sika deer, so I came here to hunt a donkey. This donkey became a scapegoat.
After a pause, Lu Lu then asked: "Sir, it will take a lot of time to be eaten by a lynx like this. The donkey killed by the lynx must have made a lot of noise, and it should be easy to detect."
"I went to visit the village last night, and my wife went to the girl's house again, but there was no one at home. I came back late and went to bed immediately when I got home. This morning I was going to feed the grass and found that I was dead. He was eaten like this.
Yes, I guess he was bitten to death when I went to visit last night, otherwise there wouldn't be any movement at all."
Jiang Zewei sighed: "I just bought this not long ago, and I was hoping to ride it to the market in the future. Alas... It's a pity, it cost me more than fifty yuan to buy it. It's not convenient for my legs and feet, and the donkey is short.
, it’s easy to ride, now I have to raise it again.”
Jiang Zewei's place is a bit off the beaten track. If there is any movement, others won't pay too much attention to it. There is no one at home, so it makes sense for the lynx to choose such a place.
"Uncle, I went looking for this lynx yesterday. I will definitely beat it to avenge your donkey. Otherwise, you can get this donkey and cook it. I heard that donkey meat is very good.
Eat, let’s get together at your place in the evening.”
Lu Lu smiled and said: "I bought this donkey. When I catch a lynx, I will send you the money and buy another one to raise."
"It was bitten to death by wild animals and not by you. How can I ask for your money? I live here, no one has come for a long time. Okay, I will take care of it as you said.
, let’s invite a few old guys who are familiar with us from the village to come here to have some fun in the evening.”
Jiang Zewei was very happy. After he finished speaking, he moved closer to Lu Lu and said, "If the lynx catches me then, just leave some meat for me. I have only heard of this thing, but I have never seen it. It dares to eat me."
Donkey, I have to get some of its meat to taste."
"Okay, uncle, Brother Feng, Qingzi and I will go to the mountain to have a look."
Lu Lu said hello and led the four Yuan Baoniang out of Uncle Jiang's yard.
As soon as they entered Jiang Zewei's yard, they sniffed around the donkey everywhere, and now as soon as they came out, they immediately headed towards the forest at the back of the mountain.
However, just like yesterday, after walking around for a while, Lu Lu discovered that he had passed through several places yesterday when he went out to look for the lynx.
This is getting confusing again.
"Qingzi, this is not the way to go!" Lu Lu called out to Chen Xiuqing.
Chen Xiuqing scratched his head: "Brother Lu, what do you think we should do?"
"Let's go and take a look with me first!"
Lu Lu didn't say much, and directly carried Chen Xiuqing into the woods.
Half an hour later, the two came to the pond in the small meadow again.
On the soft black mud, Lu Lu saw the fresh footprints of the lynx again.
Going to the pond must be to drink water...
It's not surprising to see it once or twice, but this is the third time I've seen the lynx's fresh footprints by this pond, which is enough to show that it has regarded this place as its water source.
"Qingzi, please run back and bring back some iron clamps from my cellar. We will set up the iron clamps here."
Originally, Lu Lu was thinking that the lynx was short of food and was planning to get some small animals to trap. When he saw the pond, he suddenly felt that it was unnecessary.
When the weather gets hot, lynx will inevitably drink water. Judging from the traces on the edge of the pond, it seems that it comes quite frequently.
Chen Xiuqing responded, turned around and ran in the direction of Lulu Caodianzi.
Lu Lu, on the other hand, had already asked Yuan Bao to lead the way, and followed him around behind. Unknowingly, he climbed over two ridges, and Yuan Bao suddenly made a warning sound.
Thanks to the book friend Xue Houchu Sunny Day for the reward!