"Oh, you have harvested well these two days. I think the tree is almost full of prey."

Chen Ling took Heiwa into the forest and said with a smile.

Hearing his voice, Xiao Jin ran over from behind the tent from afar, jumped on him and rubbed against him.

"Yes, there are a lot of little gadgets in the mountains this year. Hairy mice and yellow-skinned mice are running around. Look at the mountain raccoons and foxes, we have caught so many of them."

In front of the tent in the camp, Wang Lixian and Liu Guangli were sitting on the rocks busy with their own affairs. When they heard Chen Ling's words, they pointed to things hanging on the nearby trees.

I saw something hanging on a tree that looked like a large weasel with a black face and yellow body.

This is Shanzizi.

It is also known as the yellow-throated marten, also known as the yellow sable.

Next to it were a squirrel and a beggar with a white fox face.

Squirrels, the locals call them hairy mice, because they have long hair, a big and long tail, and fluffy hair, so they are called squirrels.

As for Hua Huzi, he is not a fox, he just looks like a fox.

The scientific name is actually civet. This thing is found in the south and north, and is widely distributed.

As for weasels, locals generally don’t catch them.

"It smells so good. Is it the meat of a furry rat or a fox?"

Chen Ling pulled the hanging prey a few times, suddenly shrugged his nose, and smelled a very special smell of meat.

Wang Lixian shook the peeled skin in front of him and said: "It's a hairy rat, the meat of this thing is very delicious."

I just peeled it and stewed it. At noon, I had Shan Gu stewed fur rat meat."

As the old saying goes, a golden mouse and a silver mouse are not as good as a furry mouse.

In other words, squirrels have good meat. In the old days when I was hungry, when I came to the mountains to look for food, the first thing I ate was this furry mouse.

"Haha, you're so kind, I'll bring you two big bags of white flour steamed buns and steamed cakes, so feel free to eat them today."

Chen Ling went to the fire pit, opened the lid of the pot, looked at it, smelled it, and said with satisfaction.

But there are so many people, this pot may not be enough to eat.

Well, at least one more pot is needed, otherwise, let alone others, this is not enough for him.

This squirrel meat must be much more delicious than wild boar meat, and he didn't want to miss it.

Then he stood up and walked around. When he saw that there was no one else in the camp, he asked, "What are they doing? Why are you two here?"

"Go out and put on the traps and condoms. In the past two days, we have caught a lot in the surrounding woods. These little things don't dare to go near here. We have to go farther to catch them."

Wang Lixian glanced at him, pointed to the peeled squirrel skin and said: "This thing is a valuable commodity. It's rare that there are more of them in the mountains. Why don't you just catch more if you can? It's just that it's hard to sell.

You have to spend time traveling far away to sell it.”

"To Bastard City? Or Fenglei Town?" Chen Ling sat on the stone next to Wang Lizhan and watched him skin the squirrel neatly.

"Anyone can go, but the people here usually go to Bastard City, where they keep collecting and are willing to pay."

During the slack season after autumn, in addition to continuing to work outside, many people go into the mountains to collect herbs and products.

But while collecting mountain products, setting down a trap or something to catch some small prey can also add a lot of income to the family.

Small prey are mainly hares, squirrels, pheasants, foxes, mountain civets, etc.

Except for pheasants and hares, most small game animals are not sold for meat, but for their skins.

In the late 1980s, you could make a fortune selling leather.

Take squirrels, for example. Although this little thing may not look impressive, after winter comes, a piece of squirrel fur can be sold for fifty or sixty yuan.

This was still the price in the late 1980s.

The fur that is more expensive than squirrels is that of foxes. Foxes are difficult to catch, and their numbers are small. Unlike squirrels, you can get something just by wandering around the mountains.

Wang Lixian often engaged in this business in the past. According to him, half of the money he spent to support his family's five daughters in studying was from selling leather.

This also allowed him to develop excellent skinning skills.

Peeling is a delicate job. If you don't peel it well, there will be too many holes in the skin. A piece of skin will cost a lot less, so you have to pay great attention to the knife skills.

"How are you, your hands are itchy? Use some condoms on your itchy hands. I also have two condoms tied with thin wire ropes here. You can use them."

Wang Lixian smiled when he saw Chen Ling ready to make a move.

When Chen Ling heard this, he definitely didn't say anything. He patted his butt and asked, "Where is the wire rope?"

"In the tent."

"Uncle Guangli, do you have a rope cover made of wire rope like this?"

"No, I'm not that advanced. Do you want a condom made of leather?"

"Forget it, no more."

Chen Ling shook his head, called the two dogs and walked out.

Liu Guangli glanced at him and said with a smile: "You are quite picky, kid."

As for the cover, of course it is better to use a wire rope cover.

This kind of steel wire rope is not thick, and is even slightly thinner than wool for knitting sweaters. It can be placed in places where prey often hang out, such as in grass, shrubs, or under trees, and the steel wire rope is not easy to knot.

It would be hard to say if it were a cover made of other cotton threads.

Maybe when the wind blows, those ropes and lines will become a mess, tangled up in a random ball, and the open mouth of the noose will be gone, so how can you catch the prey?

Although he is looking for a place to trap small prey.

But Chen Ling still couldn't forget the female leopard.

While walking on the mountain, I let the two dogs sniff the scent respectively. Unfortunately, they didn't respond much after finishing their work. This proved that the leopard was too far away and could no longer reach it.

Even with Xiao Jin's nose, it seems far away, so it's definitely out of the question to look for it these days.

"It seems that there are still too few leopards in the mountains. There are probably only these two in the mountains now,"

Of course Chen Ling also wants to find other leopards.

It's a pity that there are not so many leopards in the mountains. What can he do?

There are few leopards because we were beaten too hard in the past.

Tigers are difficult to catch, so leopards are caught. Many people think that they can be used as medicine instead of tiger bones.

Tiger bone wine can aphrodisiac, strengthen the waist and kidneys, and is an extremely precious medicinal wine. Such things can always be sold at a high price.

With such efficacy and scarcity, it is always a high-priced product.

…

"They probably went west to Eagle Claw Ridge to set up the trap, so I'll go north..."

Chen Ling thought for a while and headed deeper into the mountains to the north.

The location of the campsite is on the mountain near the wetland.

There is a deep mountain stream to the west of the camp. You need to take a detour to reach Eagle Claw Ridge to the west.

To the north, the mountains become taller and taller.

Chen Ling rarely goes deep here, so this time he came to take a stroll to see what's new.

In addition, after looking for the leopard, when the dogs were asked to look for the wild boar, the reactions of the two dogs also pointed in the same direction.

"I'll go. I'm at the right place. There are too many squirrels here."

As soon as they walked into a big mountain in the north, Chen Ling was stunned after walking only a few steps. Heiwa and Xiaojin ran around catching squirrels one after another because there was no need to set a trap on them.

This is simply easier than catching rabbits.

In the past, when no one caught squirrels to sell their skins, squirrels could be said to be the most abundant thing in the mountains, besides wild boars.

Small prey like squirrels.

There are very few shootings with guns.

Because they are small and flexible, it is difficult to hit them with a gun, but it is easier to set traps to trap them.

Another thing, considering that the furs are to be sold, it is definitely not possible to use a shotgun. This small thing used to sell furs will be worthless once it has a hole in it.

Looking at the squirrels that were picked up by two dogs and placed in a row in front of him, Chen Ling smiled with satisfaction: "It seems that a place with fewer people is a good place, just like picking up money in a sack."

Look at the places where the two dogs lower their mouths. They are quite cautious.

"That's right, that's right. The money you get from selling the skins will be your food expenses. Come on."

His words immediately made the two guys excited. They waggled their tails and grabbed squirrels on the mountain. They were so excited that they caught them.

After Chen Ling had a bunch of squirrels hanging on his body and a lot of them were released in the cave, he quickly told them to stop and stop catching them.

These two guys are also very good at it. When it comes to food expenses, they get so excited.

"Woah~"
To be continued...