In the next few days, Lu Lu, Zhang Shaofeng and others have been patrolling the surrounding areas of the breeding farm, cleaning up wild animals and constructing overwintering ponds in the forest frog breeding farm.
He also wrapped the tiger dung in oil paper bags, divided it into several portions, and hung them around the forest frog farm.
The wild animals around the farm had just been cleaned up a lot, and the effect of hanging tiger dung could not be seen yet, but he believed it would have an effect, at least it would be very good at driving away animals like foxes.
In the past few days, the road from the Sika Deer Breeding Farm to Lannigou has been connected, and everyone has begun to prepare for the cleaning and construction of the wintering pond.
When the temperature drops to ten degrees, wood frogs will begin to descend the mountain in preparation for hibernation.
Things must be prepared early. Recently, the temperature has dropped sharply, and it can be clearly felt that it is cold in the morning and evening.
It's already the harvest season. Rice is harvested in September, followed by corn in October. There are a lot of things to be busy with.
Soon the winter snow of the year will come.
Meng Zhaohua found Lu Lu in the evening and brought a lot of tobacco, wine, sugar and tea. He came to ask Lu Lu to be a matchmaker.
In fact, Xiushan Tun and Huilong Tun are not far from each other, and most people know them.
Lu Lu accompanied him on a trip the next morning and briefly explained his purpose. Pu Guiying's parents agreed to the matter without much hesitation.
They felt that it would be convenient for their daughter to marry close to her and return home. Secondly, they also felt that such a naughty girl like Pu Guiying was finally married out.
Meng Zhaohua and Pu Guiying had good feelings and righteousness, and Lu Lu was the matchmaker himself, so things became logical.
Among other things, Pu Guiying stayed with Lu Lu and his family on their family farm and brought back a lot of money every month.
Lu Lu's reputation in Xiushantun is not low now.
That afternoon, Lu Lu invited Zhang Shaofeng and Zhao Yongke to help, and went to the deer deer farm to take out the musk from several male deer deer.
This thing, during the estrus season, the musk it secretes can be smelled from a long distance away.
Especially every morning, after Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu get up, the smell is very obvious. As a precious Chinese medicinal material and perfume stabilizer, smelling the smell alone is more of a fishy smell, which is not good.
experience.
So, after a busy afternoon, I harvested hundreds of grams of musk, put it in bottles, and sealed them with melted beeswax.
Don't look too young, that's another twenty or thirty thousand dollars.
In later generations, the global annual supply of musk was only sixty or seventy kilograms, which was far from enough to meet demand.
This is probably the reason why musk is so expensive and its export was banned early, so we don’t even have enough of it at home.
The main reason is that it is really difficult to raise deer. The chosen breeding place must be remote and quiet, with good forest and mountain water environment, and the conditions are harsh. The key is that this thing is too timid, and it is not familiar with feeding at all. As long as people come over, it will
, just keep jumping up and down the wall to run away. It is easy to accidentally fall yourself to death or become crippled.
The musk was removed, and the smell that filled the meadow finally returned to normal.
The next day, Lu Lu called a few people to check on the big paw again.
It's been seven or eight days, and with Big Paw's appetite, the wild boar meat should have been almost consumed.
If they are still lingering nearby, you can drive them away.
Several people rode their own horses and led Yuanbao and the others to the meadow where they saw the big paw last time.
I carefully walked around a lot, but I didn't see Big Claw. Instead, I found the wild boar meat that Big Claw had hidden in the forest, buried with dead branches and leaves.
The yellow-haired wild boar had been completely eaten, and as for the meat of the cannon eggs, most of it was left, and it was extremely rancid.
As soon as people get close, they will startle a lot of blowflies.
It is said that big claws are not scavengers, but in fact it is quite the opposite. Big claws are very good at eating carrion.
Because eating carrion allows them to fill their stomachs with minimal cost, when food is scarce, they often hide leftover prey in case of emergency.
Next, a few people spent a lot of time searching in the forest, and found several piles of tiger dung. Finally, they saw the footprints left by the big paws in the ravine. According to Zhao Yongke's judgment, the footprints were from two days ago.
of.
So, the five people rode horses and followed him all the way, ten miles deeper into the mountains. This distance was already very far.
Once you are deep in the mountains, there is no need to continue chasing.
After the five people fired a few empty shots to scare them, they headed back home. Unexpectedly, when they were halfway back, Yuan Bao screamed and got a little angry.
Could it be a big claw?
Lu Lu and others followed the direction pointed by Yuan Bao, carefully watching each other's surroundings, and went over.
However, when a few people found it, they were stunned.
They saw a skinny tiger cub huddled in the bushes.
A few days ago, several people looked through the scope and recognized at a glance that this was the weakest of the three tiger cubs. The other two were much larger than it.
Seeing Lu Lu and others approaching, the tiger cub stared blankly for a while. After realizing the danger, he stumbled and ran into the forest. However, he fell to the ground after only a few steps, looking weak.
"Look around carefully. Are there any footprints of big paws..."
Seeing the tiger cub, Lu Lu became extremely vigilant, fearing that the big claws were lurking nearby.
Several people searched for a long time in an expanded area. As a result, they saw nothing. It was basically certain that the big claws were not around.
"Could it be that this Biao was abandoned?"
Although Lu Lu has already explained that Biao is an animal that exists more in legends. If there is one, it is likely to be an animal like a golden cat. Moreover, this tiger cub also has stripes on his body, but it still does not hinder
Liang Kangbo used the word "Biao" to refer to this tiger cub that was still extremely thin after three months of growth.
"It is very likely that with its size, it will not be able to compete with the other two bigger tiger cubs whether it is eating milk or meat. Moreover, as the tiger cubs continue to grow, their needs will become more and more important."
If there are too many, it will be difficult to survive if it follows the big claws."
Lu Lu shook his head slightly.
"What should we do now?"
Zhang Shaofeng asked in a low voice: "We can't just let it go. It would be a pity if he died."
"I can't let it go, but I'm more worried about taking this little thing back, in case the big paw comes..."
Lu Lu was also in trouble: "Big Claw's temperament is ferocious and cruel, and it is extremely aggressive. If it breaks into the village, it would be too dangerous, but it cannot be left here. If it is really abandoned by Big Claw, after this night
, I am afraid that it will be eaten by other wild animals...
Let’s get some wild animals to feed first. We’ll wait until later to see if the big claws still don’t appear. We’ll take it back. I don’t dare to raise it. This thing is not easy to tame. If it grows up, it will be fierce.
When sexual outbursts occur, the children and women in the family will suffer.
Let’s feed it first, and fourth brother will contact the superiors to see how to deal with it!”
A few people think about it, and it seems that this is the only way to do it now.
Later, Lu Lu asked a few people to guard him. He went out for a while, beat a gray dog and came back. After skinning it, he shaved off some of the meat and cut it into small pieces. Zhang Shaofeng brought the tiger cub over.
At the beginning, the tiger cub kept struggling and bared its teeth at several people, but it was too small and had no deterrent effect at all.
When Lu Lu brought the chopped meat to its mouth, it was probably too hungry, so its cute and ferocious look suddenly calmed down, and it smelled the greyhound meat, and then opened its mouth and handed it to Lu Lu.
The meat was swallowed.
This eating got out of hand, and within a short time, the meat of a greyhound was completely eaten by it!
Lu Lu simply threw the remaining internal organs and bones in front of it, and watched as it lay on the ground, holding it with a pair of front palms, tearing it apart with all its strength.
Seeing that it was almost done, Lu Lu called a few people, led the dogs and horses to stay away from each other, and then hunted the small animals in the mountains and forests.
Of course, for Lu Lu, it was about beating small animals, but for Zhang Shaofeng and others, it was purely about practicing their eye skills.
Lu Lu went into the mountains that day to find a fire-glazed bow and fork, and he also had a ready-made cuff in his hand. He took the time to make a few people's slingshots in the evening. When they met, he gave the things to them, and they made their own.
I had yellow mud pellets, which I carried with me when I went into the mountains, so I took them out and put them to use now.
Playing a slingshot and using a semi-automatic are actually, to some extent, more difficult than using a semi-automatic.
As long as you understand the semi-automatic three-point-one-line aiming method, it is relatively easy to aim accurately.
The slingshot is different. There is not such a good way to aim, and there is a certain amount of attention to it. But more often, you rely on the feeling gained from diligent practice to grasp the target.
The casually made slingshot does not have the aiming aids such as infrared rays of later generations.
Of course, in Lu Lu's opinion, with those kinds of assistance, playing slingshot would be a lot less fun.
In this way, what a few people even ate for lunch was greyhound meat roasted in the mountains and half-roasted chicken that was beaten and cooked on the fire.
Until evening, I beat several small animals, fed Yuanbao and the others half full, and led them back to see the tiger cubs.
As a result, it was found that the little thing was still waiting in place, and there was still no trace of the big paw, and Yuanbao and the others never responded in any other way.
Lu Lu was basically sure that the tiger cub had been abandoned.
What Lu Lu didn't expect was that the little thing seemed to be in a slightly better mood after being fed by Lu Lu once. When he saw Lu Lu and others, besides being wary at the beginning, he actually took the initiative after discovering that it was Lu Lu and others.
Walked towards Lu Lu and others.
"Who will raise you?" Lu Lu squatted down, reached out and touched the tiger cub's head, and asked with a smile.
He was even more worried that this little thing would accidentally be harmed by a Yuanbao or a lynx when it came to his home. Although it was a tiger, now it was just thin and cute.
Chen Xiuqing and Zhang Shaofeng shook their heads decisively: "I can't wait!"
Liang Kangbo also followed up and said: "We are all in the village, which is a more suitable place to raise children. Just you and Lao San are in a remote location!"
"How about I raise it? It's only a matter of a few days anyway!" Zhao Yongke thought for a while and then said: "My grandma might like this little thing! It can eat meat now, so it's easy to feed."
Lu Lu nodded, and then asked: "Why did dad go away for so long this time?"
He said he was going to buy horses, but it turned out that he had been there for almost half a month and still had no news. Lu Lu was a little worried.
"After finally going out, he had a lot of fun. I heard that this time he not only planned to go to the houses of some of his old friends to play for a few more days, but also planned to go to the mountains to visit an old friend who had not yet left the mountain.
, I guess I have to live in the mountains for a few days, and I won’t be surprised if I don’t come back for another ten days and half a month. He used to do this often, and he often left for more than a month."
Zhao Yongke said it very easily.
Seeing that Zhao Yongke was not worried, Lu Lu was relieved. As his son, Zhao Yongke was undoubtedly the person who understood Zhao Tuanqing best.
A group of people took the tiger cub back to the breeding farm. When they saw the tiger cub held by Zhao Yongke, they all wanted to come over and touch it. It was so strange.
Lu Lu also took the opportunity to give the collected tiger dung to Lin Yulong and asked him to hang it out while patrolling the mountain.
And just when Lu Lu and his gang returned to Xiushantun, they met Wang Demin who was in a hurry.
"Uncle, where are you going in such a hurry?"
Lu Lu tightened the reins and asked Zhui Feng to stop. Zhang Shaofeng and others also stopped.
"Uncle Li has passed away. His family just came to tell me that I have to find someone to help..." After Wang Demin finished speaking, he left without stopping.
Lu Lu sighed slightly, Li Minghai passed away, he has to go and help in the past few days!