Chapter 251: There are treasures in the mountains, there are dangers in the mountains

Li Long's idea of raising a small lynx as a pet was dashed.

When he threw away the sack and took down the gun, the big lynx seemed to know Li Long's idea, flashed into the bushes and disappeared, and the small lynxes followed closely, and when Li Long held the gun and chased after them, they had already disappeared.

Li Long was still a bit unwilling, held the gun and looked for a while in the forest, unfortunately, the grass in this forest was quite deep, and he couldn't see the claw prints at all, so he couldn't find them.

Are these guys too fast?

Li Long walked out of the forest somewhat dejectedly, returned to the sack, turned off the gun's safety, carried it on his back, and continued to pick mushrooms.

Almost no one came to this gully. When Li Long picked mushrooms, he could see the mushrooms from before that had dried, rotted, layer by layer. The moss was very lush, and he thought the mushrooms also contributed a share.

This gully hadn't been walked through yet, and Li Long had picked a sack—in his previous life, he remembered hearing from car friends in Yili River Valley that there was a gully because it was close to the border and ordinary people couldn't get in. People who could get in would pick this local mushroom called deer antler mushroom in July and August, picking several sacks at a time.

At that time, Li Long didn't believe it, but now he really believed it.

In places that are rarely visited but suitable for growth, this thing can really grow fast and in large numbers.

Of course, there are also dangers. If Li Long had been near the position of those small lynxes just now, he would probably have been scratched by the big guy again.

These guys move too fast!

Ordinary people really can't keep up at all.

Li Long shouldered the sack and went down the mountain, walking step by step in the grass, startling a pine chicken. Li Long even went to the place where it flew away to see, but didn't find any chicken eggs or chicks.

When he shouldered the sack and returned to the wooden house, the sun had completely set, and the top of the mountain in the west was still slightly red.

The stars could already be seen clearly. Li Long patted mosquitoes while pouring the black tiger palm mushrooms in the sack onto the floor of the small bedroom.

Li Long was relatively careful when picking, and basically didn't bring mud and moss on the roots, so the mushrooms poured on the floor were quite clean at this time.

Li Long spread the mushrooms on the floor, flattened them, locked the door, and then went to the large room to sleep.

He had been busy all day, and Li Long was quite tired. His first feeling when lying on the bed was that if there was a solar panel, it would be good, and then he felt that even if there was electricity, what could he do, he didn't have a mobile phone, and thinking about it, he fell asleep.

Waking up, the window was already bright, Li Long rubbed his face and climbed up.

He slept quite well last night, and the fatigue he felt yesterday had already disappeared at this moment.

He put on his clothes and walked to the outside of the house, feeling a bit chilly, and seeing dew on the grass leaves, it was different in the mountains.

He drew some firewood, found some dry firewood for fire from the room, and Li Long lit both stoves.

Put a pot on one stove, boil porridge with rice, and boil water on the other. During the process of boiling water, he ran to pick some wild vegetables. Although he was alone outside, now that he had this condition and time, he had to treat himself better.

His mouth was light in the morning, and he planned to make some cold dishes. Artemisia and straw mushrooms were readily available, and this thing just needed to be "fried" in water, and then cold-mixed.

There was vinegar, oil-splashed chili made when getting poles last time, and salt on the shelf in the small room, which was enough.

Water boiled, throw the Artemisia in, roll it over and scoop it out, put it on the wooden table to cool, and then break the washed straw mushrooms and throw them in. Mushrooms need to be "fried" for a while to be cooked. No one in the mountains is clear about which grass has parasites—after all, the health center also popularized it in the village in his previous life, that the eggs of hydatid usually are on the grass and in the water, the larvae are in the bodies of cattle and sheep, and the adults are in the bodies of wolves, dogs, or humans.

So it's better to boil it for a while.

After scooping the mushrooms out, the fragrance of the porridge was already very obvious. Li Long went over and stirred it a few times, the porridge was getting more fragrant the more it was stirred, this wasn't learned from that Tang Dynasty novel, this was said by sister-in-law Liang Yuemei.

After scooping the mushrooms out, Li Long added water to the steamer and steamed the dried steamed buns before eating.

He somewhat regretted not fermenting some dough last night. Otherwise, he could eat not-so-authentic Xibo big cakes today.

Scoop out a bowl of porridge, remove the fire, and then start mixing cold dishes.

The cold dishes Li Long knew when he was a child were very simple. After the vegetables were "fried," just put oil-splashed chili, pour vinegar, add some salt, and mix well.

The rural banquet in this era was all mixed like this with mixed vermicelli.

Two dishes were mixed, and the pot for steaming steamed buns had been steaming for a long time. Li Long removed the fire, took out the steamed buns and put them on the plate, and next, start eating!

One bite of steamed bun and three bites of vegetables is relatively luxurious in this era... In the early 80s, every family was generally relatively poor, and there were not many vegetables, usually more rice and less vegetables—especially in winter. It was normal to have one bite of vegetables for two bites of rice.

He made it himself, the taste was also suitable, in less than 20 minutes, two cold dishes with four dried steamed buns, and a basin of porridge were eaten clean. At this time, the sun had already risen, and Li Long felt a bit unwilling to move.

He definitely had to move. He sat for a while before standing up. The ears of the porridge pot were already cool, so he picked it up and put it in the large room, and then carried another pot, holding the stacked plates and bowls to the spring water to wash. After washing, he carried them back and put them in the large room, and the morning's work was finished. He planned to pick at least two more sacks of black tiger palm mushrooms today, striving to dry them in the next two days, and then go to Chen Hongjun to exchange for money.

Of course, before going to pick mushrooms, he had to take out the mushrooms in the small room.

These mushrooms were still very tender after a night, but the room was already full of the smell of mushrooms.

Take all these mushrooms out, spread them out to dry on the wooden floor in front of the wooden house and the wooden table outside. Li Long now felt that the wooden platform in front of the wooden house that Yushanjiang and the others made for him was really too convenient.

After drying these mushrooms, Li Long carried the sack to pick mushrooms.

All the gullies nearby had been walked through. Li Long shouldered his gun and planned to walk east—walking west for not long was the Ma River, and it wasn't easy to cross over here.

After drilling in, Li Long quickly found the first patch of black tiger palm mushrooms, and a small patch of porcini mushrooms. He didn't pick this thing, mainly because there were also inedible ones in the porcini mushrooms, and he couldn't distinguish them. This mushroom looked like a large white brittle, but who knows if it is?

Better to be careful.

Picked 7 or 8 kilograms in one patch, and there was a heavy feeling in the sack. Li Long was quite satisfied.

It's just that the grass in the forest was very deep, and the moss was also a bit slippery, so it was not convenient for Li Long to walk.

It was very quiet in the forest, occasionally he could hear birds calling, Li Long quite liked this feeling. He swiped too many short videos in his previous life, and he was slightly unaccustomed when he first came to this life, but now he felt it was quite good.

Life, itself, doesn't need to be so urgent. Short videos often display some things that were originally long in just ten seconds or dozens of seconds. There are benefits, but it also makes people lose the fun of exploring slowly.

Looking at a large mushroom under the moss in front, Li Long just went over and reached out to pick it, when there was a sudden sound in the grass in front. When he looked up, a gray wild rabbit rushed out.

Li Long didn't move his gun, it wasn't worth it.

That wild rabbit ran out 7 or 8 meters and stopped, stood upright, turned its head and looked at Li Long's side.

Little thing, still provoking!

Li Long was happy, lowered his head and prepared to pick up a stone or something to smash it, but when he picked it up, he found that the rabbit had already become someone else's prey.

And that "someone else" was actually a lynx with pointed ears!

Li Long really saw it clearly this time, the lynx had a rabbit in its mouth, staring at Li Long vigilantly, its eyes very fierce.

Li Long thought to himself, I didn't plan to hit you, is it bad for you to look at me like this?

Then he saw two small heads appearing beside the lynx...

It turned out to be a family!

To tell the truth, looking at those furry little guys, Li Long was really moved!

Raising this thing, it would be very exciting!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 252 =====

Knowing the specific location, Li Long took a shortcut this time, traveling in almost a straight line toward the hot spring; in less than an hour, he reached the gully where the hot spring was located.

The temperature in the gully was a bit low, and Li Long had picked less than ten kilograms of mushrooms along the way, which counted as a small harvest.

Following the gully forward, Li Long did not let his guard down, as wild beasts frequented this area. Although he had only encountered roe deer and wild boars earlier, no one could guarantee there wouldn't be other animals.

As he neared his destination, Li Long stayed cautious; he slipped from the gully into the woods on either side and slowly crept toward the hot spring pool.

When he was still thirty or forty meters away, Li Long couldn't see anything, but he could already hear the sound of splashing water—not the sound of flowing water, but the sound of an animal playing in it.

Li Long hurried forward two steps, wanting to see what was causing the commotion, and then he stopped.

More than twenty meters ahead, an animal was staring in the direction of the splashing water.

A wolf!

Li Long's hand trembled, and he nearly dropped the sack—it was fortunate he had been careful just now, and the splashing sound was loud, otherwise he would have startled this fellow!

Was this wolf lying in ambush to hunt, or was the one playing in the water below also a wolf, and this one was standing guard?

Li Long made a guess and leaned toward the former, because if it were standing guard, it shouldn't be staring so intently at something in the water below, right?

But regardless, upon encountering such a fierce beast, Li Long was definitely going to take a shot and play the role of the oriole.

He slowly lowered the sack, trying his best to make no sound, then took the gun off his back, disengaged the safety, and slowly pulled the bolt to chamber a round.

Just as Li Long was preparing to aim, a wolf howl suddenly came from the opposite hillside, and the wolf in front immediately let out a howl and charged down the mountain!

The hunt had begun!

Li Long was startled and hurriedly raised his gun to give chase—by the time he reached the spot where the wolf had been, he saw through the trees that in the hot spring pool below, three wolves were besieging four wild goats in two pools!

(End of chapter)