Mountain driving career since 1982

Chapter 544

Chapter 544

Led by Lu Lu, the group kept walking and talked about their arrangements all the way, mainly talking to Zhang Shaofeng about the rules in the process of carrying the stick.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Lu arrived at Daguokui Mountain.

Instead of rushing into the forest, Lu Lu led a few people along the ridge to the top of the mountain.

Walking through the forest, you can't see anything. Only by getting a high place can you grasp the general trend of the mountain and see all the wind and clouds.

As the saying goes, have a panoramic view.

Drilling blindly into the ravine is not the first choice.

Lu Lv didn't stop until he reached the top of Daguokui Mountain. After resting for a while, he chose a big linden tree and climbed up towards the top of the tree.

When he reached a height of more than ten meters, he pushed aside the thick branches and leaves of the linden tree, and scanned the vast mountain.

It was the hottest time of the day, and it hadn't rained in the past few days. If there was fog, it was mostly in the morning, so it was obviously impossible to see the fog.

He was comparing the topography and landforms he saw below, distinguishing the subtle differences in the dense atmosphere on the hillside. The light and shadow refracted by moist air and dry air are different, but such light and shadow can be distinguished in detail There are not many people.

After looking at it for more than ten minutes, he suddenly noticed that Daguokui Mountain was close to a large slope to the south.

It is a circle-shaped mountain depression with dozens of hectares, mixed with pine trees, oak trees, ash trees, linden trees and other tree species.

Although it is to the south, the forest has a high degree of canopy closure, and it can be said that the branches and leaves are luxuriant. No matter how strong the sunlight is, it can only be sprinkled from the gaps in the branches, spreading on the dense branches and leaves, although it is not in the southeast. It is not in the shade, but under the high-temperature transpiration of the sun, it seems to have a strange halo.

"Purple Qi!" Lu Lu's heart moved slightly, and he muttered in a low voice.

Afterwards, he scanned the rest of the forest, and found that the three Guokui Mountains were indeed good places. Several places, measured by the mountain scenery, were more suitable for the growth of clubs. However, he immediately Unable to make a more accurate judgment, I plan to go to the ring-shaped depression in Nanshan today to settle down first, and then find the right time tomorrow morning to go to the top of the other two mountains to see the morning mist in the morning.

Even if you see a piece of land with purple air, you have to look at the soil and the vegetation inside to be sure.

After getting off the tree, Lu Lu led Zhuifeng, Yuan Bao and a few other dogs went forward and continued on their way.

We started to enter the mountain, and we all knew we had to keep our mouths shut. None of them said a word, and they followed quietly. After another half an hour, the group of people finally arrived at the circle of land.

Lu Lu scanned the surroundings. Acanthopanax can be seen everywhere on the hillside. This is a plant that is a close relative of the mallet. The similarity is extremely high. The biggest difference is that one has thorns and the other has no thorns. Oftentimes, a vertigo is easy to see. This thing was mistakenly called a mallet.

Acanthopanax tender leaves are also wild vegetables, and can also be used to stir-fry tea.

In the mountains and forests, there are many plants that are similar to mallets, and you have to pay attention to distinguishing them, as they are very confusing.

In addition, Lu Lu also saw a lot of maidenhair ferns around, which is also a kind of fern, but the stems are relatively thin, black, like iron wires, distributed in clusters in the forest.

With these plants, Lu Lu can basically judge that this is a place suitable for the growth of clubs.

Then, he squatted down again and dug up the soil on the ground.

After changing several places, they are all loose and loose humus soil, mixed with yellowish fine particles, not sticky or dry, and it is also the moist soil that the mallets like to grow.

Lu Lu made a decision: "This is the place, let's go down the mountain, find a place with water, build a house, and start arranging sticks tomorrow, looking for sticks!"

After speaking, he led the way forward and went down the hillside. After walking for more than ten minutes, he heard the sound of rushing water in the mountains from a distance.

I walked closer and looked at it. The mountain stream is not big, but the water quality is clear. Take a sip and taste it. The taste is clear and sweet.

Several people lay down beside the mountain stream, pouted their buttocks and drank their fill.

Then, beside the mountain stream, I chose a relatively flat and spacious field, and started to set up tents and prepare firewood.

This place is not too deep into the mountains. Standing on the top of the mountain and looking around, you can see villages several kilometers away from a distance. Although it is a virgin forest, it is also a place where you can easily distinguish the direction, which is why , When you come to this place, there is no need to hit kidnappers as road signs.

The tent is easy to set up and can be erected in a few minutes, which is much more convenient than cutting wood branches and leaves.

While the others were busy collecting firewood, Lu Lu drove the horses of the others to graze on the meadow by the river, explored the surrounding terrain, and took the slingshot along the way to get some small animals and feed the dogs.

Faintly, one could hear shouts from far away in the mountains.

At this time, it is the time when the most people carry sticks into the mountain, and it is not surprising to hear shouts.

Zhang Shaofeng and the others were setting up the tent, preparing a place to sleep inside, and then started to light firewood. They were not in a hurry to cook, but took out the pork belly they got yesterday to fry oil.

Chen Xiuqing also took the knife by the way, cut some pork belly slices, put them on sticks, and roasted them by the fire.

The fire smoke spread and rose among the dense forests, telling the surrounding area that there are already people in this area.

There are ready-made dinners, and after the oil pan comes out, it can be solved by simply heating it.

The weather is hot, and all kinds of food are prone to spoilage, so you can't prevent it, so you have to eat the cooked food first.

After a meal, Zhao Yongke found some wormwood in the mountains, kneaded it into long strips, put it on a piece of bark, and lit it to smoke the mountain mosquitoes, small bites and chaff that found opportunities to sneak into the tent through the gaps in the curtains. bugs like that.

A few people don't smoke, otherwise, the dry smoke will be lit, and the smoke will come out with more power.

Still, there is a non-smoking solution to not smoking.

After checking each other's grass crawlers and the like, the five got into the tent and lay down to rest.

The horses that had fed the corn stood quietly among the trees, while the six dogs lay down in front of the tent, looking asleep, but they stood up and looked around after a slight movement.

"Old Wu, didn't you say that wherever there is a stick, you can hear the call of the stick bird?"

I had a good rest yesterday, and now I don't feel much sleepy. I lay in the tent and started the chat mode.

Zhang Shaofeng, who followed into the mountain for the first time, seemed full of curiosity about everything.

"Why not, I heard it."

Lu Lu said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang told me that in Changbai Mountain, the language of the club bird's call is different in different places. It is said that in the Tonghua area at the northwestern foot of Changbai Mountain, the call number of the stick bird is 'Brother Wang Gang, Ligu!' .

The stick bird in the Fusong area on Changbai Mountain North Road, the call sign is "brother, come quickly, there is a stick here".

But in the Dunhua and Jiaohe areas, the Bangchui bird shouts, "Brother Bangchui, where are you?"Here's a mallet'. "

"real or fake?"

Zhang Shaofeng was suspicious: "Why does this bird sing differently?"

Liang Kangbo interjected with a smile: "Dialects, people from different places speak differently!"

"I think you guys are lying to me!" Zhang Shaofeng's words were full of disbelief.

Zhao Yongke also said: "Fourth, don't you believe it. I have spent the longest time in the mountains. The same bird will have different calls in different places."

Obviously, in this regard, Zhao Yongke has sufficient authority.

But today I heard a lot of bird calls, Zhang Shaofeng really didn't hear the similar calls that Lu Lu said, so he asked: "Old Wu, what are the calls you heard today?"

"What I heard today is, a stick, a big stick, a big stick that can't be dug!"

The suspicion of bragging is obviously too great, but it is also a good expectation, so several people were drawn to laugh, but no one refuted whether it was true or not.

But I heard Lu Lu then jokingly said: "If you don't believe me, just ask Qing Zi, he heard it today."

"I didn't pay attention!" Chen Xiuqing was puzzled by the question.

Lu Lu asked with a smile: "How can you not pay attention? Think about it carefully, have you heard such a cry: Swallow... Swallow..."

"Will the mallet bird call that?" Chen Xiuqing was a little confused.

"Dialect!" Several people cooperated tacitly and said in unison, and then burst into laughter.

Only then did Chen Xiuqing realize: "You guys are making fun of me!"

Lu Lu took a long breath: "It's not a joke, everyone has their own stick in their hearts."

These words have a lot of meaning.

The reason why ginseng is called Bangchui is not only the rhetoric of the old people who sneaked across the hundreds of kilometers of wicker side walls built by the Qing Dynasty to enter Changbai Mountain to dig ginseng, and muddled through the government, but also hoped that the sticks they dug would look like women. It is as big as the mallet with which we hammer clothes. What's more, the older generation always thinks that expensive things are cheap.

The name is cheap, but it is often the most precious.

But I heard Lu Lu say: "Going into the deep mountains and old forests of Changbai Mountain, there is also the best time to dig sticks, just like when our farmers harvest crops, we must wait until the grains are full and the grain is ripe. Now is the best time to dig sticks. The ginseng seeds are completely red, the most conspicuous, and the most attractive time for mallet birds and various small animals to eat.

At this time, there are still seeds being sown, one generation after another, and they will be dug in the spring, that is to drive them all to extinction.

Where there is a mallet bird, it is a sign, but it does not mean that there is no mallet where there is no mallet bird.It's not a problem to blindly follow the sound to find it. The mallet bird can fly with long wings.

In fact, what kind of bird is the mallet bird? Many people who have carried the mallet in Changbai Mountain for generations only heard the sound of the mallet bird, but did not see its shape. Some said it was a cuckoo, some said it was a great tit, and some said it was a night owl. , There are many opinions, but in fact, you don’t need to worry about so much, just believe me.

Last time Uncle Jiang pointed out that he showed it to me. When we meet, I will show it to you. "

Several people nodded slightly. Among the group of people, only Lu Lu got the true biography of Jiang Zewei, who else can he listen to.

But no one would open their mouths to ask too many questions. They all knew that every industry had its own secrets, otherwise anyone would be able to take the lead.

The more brothers you are, the more you should be like this.

The next morning, when it was just dawn, Lu Lu was the first to get out of the shack, listened carefully to the movement in the forest, and really heard the call of the mallet bird, which was just to the east, and the call remained unchanged for a long time. All of a sudden, I determined the direction I was looking for today.

"Don't you want to hear the call of the mallet bird?"

Lu Lu said to the tent.

There was a commotion in the tent, and a few people walked out of the tent sleepily, listening attentively, and their faces became joyful.

Lu Lu smiled and shouted loudly: "Bring the pot, get the rice!"

This is the jargon of the mallet hut, serving the pot is cooking, and taking the rice is eating.

The few people did not make any noise or mess. They each lifted their shoes and put on their leggings. Then they went to the stream to wash and started cooking.

Lu Lv picked up the semi-automatic and called Zhuifeng, and several dogs followed immediately. After telling them to pay attention to safety, he rode Zhuifeng and prepared to go to the top of Erguokui Mountain and Sanguogui Mountain to have a look.

Now that we have arrived at this place, let’s search for the places where the clubs are most likely to appear. Next time, I don’t know when we will come. There are so many places, so we have to rotate them.

(End of this chapter)