As an old hunter, Zhao Tuanqing is definitely not someone who can live by guarding a piece of land at the foot of the mountain. The mountains and forests are his eternal home.
Lu Lu felt that it was very possible to go to the Jiayin River, but it was unlikely to find Zhao Tuanqing, so he still had to go into the mountains.
Since you want to go into the mountains, hunting rifles and hunting dogs are indispensable.
Along the way, there are many forest farms and farms. Lu Lu wanted to go directly by car and find a guest house or a farmer to stay. However, if you bring these things with you, there are mountains and dense forests on both sides of the road, and no one dares to let you go there by car.
Check in.
This is also the reason why Lu Lu chose Zhuifeng. With it, it is more convenient to travel far away and can completely bypass the inspections at various places and the troublesome procedures and certificates required for accommodation.
The two rode horses along the road to Jiayin, with five dogs running behind them.
Lu Lu probably thought about the route. He would go all the way through Youhao District, Hongshan, Wuying, Wuxing, Hongxing, to Xinqing District, to Tangwang River, then turn northeast into the mountains and go to Wulaga Commune on the bank of Jiayin River.
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The banks of the Jiayin River are where the Oroqen people gather after coming down from the mountains, and there are even more Oroqen people in Ulaga.
To inquire about someone, you have to go to a crowded place, where it is easiest to get the result.
Although Xiaoxing'an Mountains has continuous peaks and is covered by large tracts of primeval deep forest, the peaks are not high and have many gentle slopes and meadows, which makes riding a horse through it not a problem at all.
Lu Lu initially estimated that three days would be enough to cover the two hundred kilometers.
The main reason is that the weather is too hot and Yuanbao and the others can't stand running for a long time. The foot pads are made of meat after all. Running on a hard road full of stone particles will not stand it. Their feet are not as soft as those in the mountains.
Soil, rotten leaves.
Otherwise, if Chai Feng can run a thousand kilometers in one minute and pull a heavy vehicle ten kilometers in half an hour, excluding the time for rest and grazing, it would be quite easy to arrive in two days.
Along the way, the contrast between Lu Lu's Chai Feng and Chen Xiuqing's horses was immediately apparent. They couldn't keep up with each other in terms of speed. Lu Lu deliberately slowed down.
Seeing that the sun was getting hotter and hotter, the two of them rode horses and walked and ran for a long distance. Lu Lu rode directly into the mountains and found a meadow with water and grass to rest, preparing to wait until noon.
When it gets cooler, we'll catch up again.
Riding a horse is not an easy task. The body must vibrate and coordinate with the movement of the horse. Over time, it will be quite tiring.
Fortunately for Zhui Feng, he ran quite smoothly. In addition, Lu Lu often rode, and thick calluses had grown on his thighs. He was already used to this kind of movement, and he acted like nothing happened after he dismounted.
Chen Xiuqing couldn't stand it any more. The bumpy ride along the way made her fall off her horse and fall directly to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.
After breathing for a while, he turned over and stood up, trembling with his legs, untied his trousers and bent over to look at it: "Brother Lu, the skin of my thighs is broken and it hurts like crazy!"
Lu Lu smiled and pointed to the hunting bag beside him: "There is medicine in it, take some yourself... This is a relatively flat road. If you go on a mountain road, you will be even more uncomfortable."
"Then why are you acting like nothing is wrong?" Chen Xiuqing looked at Lu Lu's state and was very puzzled.
"Can your horse compare with my horse? Besides, didn't you see what happened when I trained a horse for the first time? My legs are full of calluses. At least I will still have them next time.
After two days of traveling, you should practice hard and get used to it."
Lu Lu said with a smile: "If you can't bear this little pain, I still want to go to Changbai Mountain to release the mountains. It's farther there, nearly a thousand kilometers away."
"Ah...a thousand kilometers!"
Chen Xiuqing was shocked.
"Why...are you scared?" Lu Lu glanced at Chen Xiuqing with a meaningful look.
"I can definitely do it. It's just a skin injury, and it won't kill anyone!"
Chen Xiuqing's legs, which had been shaking just now, suddenly straightened up. She gritted her teeth and walked to Lu Lu's side. She dug out two hundred and two from her hunting bag, sat on the grass and applied medicine to herself.
Seeing him like this, Lu Lu nodded slightly.
Although Chen Xiuqing is not very spiritual, he is also very resilient.
Maybe he won't be a particularly good mountain driver, but there are always a lot of things he can do with him by his side.
When hiking in the mountains, there is always a lot of division of labor. Chen Xiuqing's patience and resilience, coupled with his willingness to put in effort, actually have his place.
"After applying the medicine, make a fire, get some food, and take care of the horses and dogs while I walk around."
Lu Lu glanced at the five hunting dogs that were panting with their mouths open and tongues hanging out, then turned and walked towards the forest.
Yuan Bao immediately stood up and trotted over, but was pushed back by Lu Lu.
Lu Lu carefully followed the ravine where Caodianzi was located and walked slowly deeper into the mountain, while listening to the movements around him.
Not long after, a pheasant was found in the woods.
To deal with this thing, you don't need a gun, a slingshot is enough.
Whether he hits the head or the neck, the power of his slingshot is enough to kill...
Chen Xiuyu was also using a slingshot, aiming at the greyhound on the tree.
After Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing left, not long after, Pu Guiying, Zhou Cuifen, Wang Yan and Zhao Meiling all arrived at Caodianzi one after another.
This was something they had already mentioned to them when they were walking around Xiushan Village yesterday, and they went into the mountains to pick mushrooms together.
Everyone was carrying a backpack. After meeting, Chen Xiuyu greeted Wang Dalong and others, and they made an appointment to go into the mountain together.
After the lynx in the nearby mountains was killed by Lu Lu, the surrounding small animals slowly gathered from everywhere.
The forest, where little animals were rarely seen before, gradually became lively.
Compared with other women, Chen Xiuyu is not only good at picking up mushrooms, but also has the skills to use a slingshot.
After discovering this greyhound jumping on a branch after being startled by several people, Chen Xiuyu immediately put down her backpack and took out the slingshot Lu Lu had made for her.
Seeing this, several other people also stopped their actions very cooperatively, their eyes wandering between Chen Xiuyu and the greyhound running and jumping on the branches, all wanting to see if Chen Xiuyu could hit it.
Chen Xiuyu held the bow frame with her left hand and the bullet bag with the clay balls in her right hand. She looked at the greyhound on the branch with burning eyes and walked carefully. After following for a distance, the greyhound finally stopped.
, squatting on a branch, looking at Chen Xiuyu motionlessly.
The opportunity has come!
Chen Xiuyu gently raised her hands and slowly tightened the bow skin.
"Snapped……"
The bow leather made a soft sound when it rebounded, and the projectiles in the bullet bag shot out, accurately hitting the head of the greyhound on the branch.
The greyhound barked and fell from the branch.
Chen Xiuyu was overjoyed and ran towards the bush where the greyhound had fallen. There were several other people who were more excited than her.
"Xiuyu, you are so amazing!"
Pu Guiying trotted up to meet him, looking at the greyhound in Chen Xiuyu's hand in surprise, and reached out to pick up the greyhound's ears and look through it.
"Sister Yu, when did you practice this? How are you so accurate?"
Wang Yan also came over and looked at Chen Xiuyu with envy.
"Needless to say, I must have learned it from my eldest brother. That eldest brother is so good at hunting..."
Zhao Meiling also smiled and said that she didn't find it strange at all. On weekdays, she often heard Wang Dalong talk about Chen Xiuyu and Lu Lu when he went back.
"It's not that one family doesn't belong to the same family. Now that I'm married to brother Lu Lu, I practice day and night. We Xiuyu can also hunt, right? Xiuyu... How do you practice at night?"
Zhou Cuifen, who is tall and round, took the topic astray in just one sentence.
Chen Xiuyu blushed for a while and said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense, one by one. If you have this time to talk nonsense, you might as well search more to see if you can pick up more good mushrooms. In the afternoon, you have to send them to the district."
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Not only Chen Xiuyu blushed, but also Wang Yan and Pu Guiying, who had never heard anything before, also blushed.
In this case, they would only occasionally tease her among their playmates, but they would not dare to say anything nonsense in front of others, but hearing such words made them feel itchy in their hearts.
"Yo yo yo, you're already married, and you're still blushing. When you get on the kang, your legs are spread like a cross. Xiuyu, isn't this how you practice?"
Zhou Cuifen had no intention of letting her go just like that.
A woman who can easily take care of her own man is quite brave to say that.
Hearing this sentence, even Zhao Meiling on the side was startled, and she quickly pulled Zhou Cuifen: "This is in front of the children, don't talk nonsense!"
Zhou Cuifen was stunned for a moment, looked at Wang Yan and Pu Guiying, reached out and patted her mouth: "Yes, yes, you shouldn't talk nonsense...pick up mushrooms, pick up mushrooms..."
"Having said that, Xiuyu, you have been married for a while, when are you going to have children?"
Zhao Meiling accidentally turned to a question that she also wanted to know: "Let me tell you, Xiuyu, I have been saving the eggs at home."
"Hey, talking about this matter, I also want to save it!" After being reminded by Zhao Meiling, Zhou Cuifen also began to consider this matter.
Chen Xiuyu frowned slightly, and she was also murmuring in her heart.
I do a lot of it these days.
Although Ma Jinlan didn't tell her about this matter, Aunt Duan and Aunt Wu, who took her to chat on the kang yesterday, kept mentioning it to her.
She couldn't help but reach out and touch her belly...
Chen Xiuqing found dry firewood and broken branches, built a fire, boiled millet porridge and chilled it, and was baking steamed buns when Lu Lu returned with two pheasants and a jumping cat.
The pheasant plucked its tail feathers and the jumping cat skinned. Lu Lu used the dull knife he brought with him to shovel the oily skin, then stuffed some hay into the fur to make it firm, and left it aside to dry. The remaining meat was only
He took two rabbit legs and roasted them, and fed the rest to Yuanbao and the others.
After eating and drinking enough, in the afternoon when the sun was not so hot, the two mounted their horses and set off again. They walked until dusk, then turned into the mountains and found a grassland with water to rest.
The two quickly set up the tent. Chen Xiuqing was also busy setting up a fire to cook, while Lu Lu was sneaking around in the woods with a gun.
Unexpectedly, after walking around and it was getting dark, he didn't encounter anything. Lu Lu could only return in frustration with some mushrooms he picked up.
Tonight, we can only have millet porridge with steamed buns and some mushroom soup. As for Yuanbao and the others, they can only make do with it.
What Lu Lu didn't expect was that he didn't see any wild animals while wandering among the trees. When he returned, a small beast suddenly appeared from the bushes nearby.
The little beast is extremely fast and its jumping ability is super strong. Although it may not look big, it can easily jump from a bush more than two meters high.
Before Lu Lu had time to react, he saw it running onto the Shilizi (a relatively large rock on the mountain) in the pine forest. He turned back and looked at Lu Lu, and then jumped off the Shilizi again, running away in the blink of an eye.
Without a trace.
But it was during its brief stay that Lu Lu saw clearly that it was a small beast with short forelimbs, long hind legs, and small hooves and big ears.
When Lu Lu saw this little beast, he was slightly startled. In his mind, the two white zombie teeth protruding downward from the little beast's mouth were still fresh in his mind.
"I never thought I could meet such a treasure in a place like this!"