In October, the weather is getting colder. There is still a bit of sunshine under the sun, but when we enter the forest, we feel a little bit of shade.
The villagers were very busy during these days. It was when the late rice was about to mature. Gao Mingcheng also said that medicinal materials would be collected. When the medicinal materials were no longer collected, every household would turn their attention to the late rice in the fields.
Some people's rice was planted well and is ready to be harvested, while some people's rice was not planted well and is not yet mature, and some are hollow.
Gao Mingcheng's rice was also ready to be harvested, but this time no one from the family came to call him to go back and help. Since they didn't call him, he didn't take the initiative to go back and help.
On this day, he went into the mountains again. He planned to get some valuable game before going out.
The main thing is that he is almost out of money in his pocket!
As the saying goes, a poor family will get rich. If you don’t have money in your pocket, you won’t have enough confidence to go out.
He had worked in the south, but had never been involved in the medicine industry, so he was willing to make more preparations.
After entering the mountain, he did not rush to find prey. Instead, he followed the mountain road and checked the beehives that had been placed in the mountain.
He made a total of twenty beehives and placed them in places with natural honey sources. He couldn't fully name some of the vegetation in the mountains, but he knew that some trees were blooming and some were not.
He placed the hives under the shade of a tree, which protected them from the sun and rain.
Walk along and check out along the way. Because there are not many honeycombs in the beehive recently, the worker bees are busy building nests and have not yet had time to make honey. At the end of this year, honey can be harvested once, but in winter, there are few honey sources, and the bees themselves also have to consume honey. If all the honey is cut away, the bees may not be able to survive the winter.
Gao Mingcheng doesn't plan to catch all the beehives. After putting down these beehives, he won't touch them again this year. He will wait until next spring when the honey source increases, and then harvest honey again.
Suddenly, he became mentally alert. He stared at a place and slowly pulled out the dagger from his waist.
The knife was unsheathed, and a cold light flashed through it.
He waved his hand, and the blade passed through the void. When the blade passed, the body of a wasp was cut off and fell to the ground from mid-air.
Wasps are the natural enemies of bees. If there is no human interference, after being targeted by wasps, the entire hive of bees may be eaten by them.
Next, Gao Mingcheng swung his knife again and killed several more wasps.
Using a military dagger to kill a mere wasp felt like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. However, Gao Mingcheng liked the feeling of wielding a knife very much. It was even more joyful to reap rewards with every cut.
Soon, the wasps lingering near the beehive were killed one by one by Gao Mingcheng.
He checked nearby and found that there were not only wasp corpses but also bee corpses on the ground. It could be seen that some bees had been killed by wasps.
He lifted the lid of the beehive and looked inside.
Because some of the bees were killed, the nesting progress of this beehive was lower than that of other beehives. Gao Mingcheng frowned. It seemed that he would have to pay attention to this beehive in the future. If all the bees inside were killed by wasps, then he would You have to change places and come back again to find a swarm of bees.
In this way, he checked all the beehives in this area, and then went to look for traces of prey.
His goal today was to hunt a wild boar, so he walked towards the area where wild boars often appeared.
It is almost late autumn, when the wild fruits in the mountains are ripe and the roots in the ground are full of starch. This is the time when wild boars are most in need of food.
There are traces of wild boars everywhere in the ravines and on the hillsides.
Gao Mingcheng passed by a sloping land and saw that the mud there was lifted up, plant debris was scattered on the ground, and there were a large number of wild boar footprints and feces.
There is a patch of kudzu growing here. This kind of plant can be seen all over the mountains in their mountains. In November, the villagers will go into the mountains with hoes to dig kudzu and clean the dug kudzu. Finally, grind it, filter it, take the starch and dry it in the sun, which is arrowroot starch.
People can eat kudzu, and so can wild boars. Its leaves and rhizomes are both wild boars’ favorite food.
The surface of the soil was still fresh, and Gao Mingcheng judged that the wild boar herd had just left. He followed the traces left behind.
There was a cowhide belt tied around his waist, with not only a military dagger hanging on it, but also an ordinary sharp knife.
One time he found some hares. When he was about to pick up stones and throw them at them, he found that there were no stones at all in that area.
After being stunned for a moment, he suddenly reacted. Since he is so accurate at hitting rocks, he can definitely get some knives, spears, javelins and the like!
After he woke up, he ran to the blacksmith's shop to prepare suitable tools. He just wanted a javelin. You can't just buy it. You have to wait for a while to wait for the blacksmith to build it.
Before getting the javelin, Gao Mingcheng bought an ordinary sharp knife and planned to practice Xiao Li's flying knife. If necessary, he could throw the sharp knife out. After hurting the prey, the speed of the prey's escape would be affected. , and then catch up again.
Originally, that military dagger was definitely more useful than an ordinary sharp knife, but he couldn't part with it!
If an ordinary sharp knife is lost, forget it, but a military dagger cannot be lost!
While chatting with the blacksmith, he also discovered one thing, that is, as long as you pay enough money, the blacksmith can make a gun for you.
Guns are also guns, but they are firearms from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
It's old and hard to use. Even if you get a bird gun, you can only hit some small prey, but not large prey.
Another one, although the blacksmith can make it, the quality...
Well, you can imagine!
Gao Mingcheng followed the traces of wild boars all the way, and after climbing over a mountain, he found the group of wild boars in a puddle.
At this time, wild boars were gnawing on fresh wild vegetables, and some were digging the ground with their tusks, looking for bugs in the ground to eat.
Gao Mingcheng lowered his body and hid behind a bush to observe.
The herd of wild boars is small, only eight wild boars, about five adults and three piglets. The patterns on their bodies are not obvious, and most of them are black. They are covered in mud and look dirty.
The wild boars were eating and playing leisurely, unaware that danger had quietly arrived.
Gao Mingcheng took off the sharp knife and held it in his hand, staring at the wild boars, looking for his target.
Once the wild boar is frightened, it will run away quickly, so he only has one chance.
If you can't attack first, you will have to run and chase him. Although he runs fast, wild boars are also smart. They will get into the lush bushes and hide in ditches. These places are not so convenient for Gao Mingcheng.
