Reborn in Changbai Mountain, I rely on my divine eyes to dig ginseng and hunt

This temporary enclosure is very simple. It is usually built in a cone shape with six or seven long thin wooden sticks. The ground diameter is about three meters. It is lined with roe deer skin and covered with fire-resistant canvas. This can block most of the wind and snow. The roof is open to the sky, so you don’t have to worry about gas poisoning when you light a stove inside. Many hunters use this simple tent, which has a variety of names, including a yurt and a round tent.

Li Damei unloaded a simple stove made from a used gas tank and two chimneys over one meter long from the horse's back and praised: "It's so convenient to have a packhorse. Even the iron stove was brought in. It's much safer than a campfire."

The management is relatively lax these days, and hunters would make campfires when spending the night in the mountains. But twenty years ago, lighting fires in the mountains was not allowed at all.

The iron stove was lit in the tent, burning broken dry branches. In the big forest, there was a lot of snow in winter, and broken branches were everywhere. There are many pine trees in Changbai Mountain, which contain a lot of oil and are very easy to burn. The temperature rises very quickly. In just over ten minutes, the temperature in the tent has reached more than ten degrees, which is much warmer than the minus 17 or 18 degrees outside.

More people work faster. A six-meter by six-meter fence was built on the periphery, with wooden spikes, wire and other protective devices. Inside was a conical tent, with a gas lamp and a stove lit. After clearing a little bit of frozen soil on the surface, there was nothing to do. Next, Li Hu and Xu Xiong cleaned the outline. At this time, they could still use a shovel, but they had to be careful. This kind of large cargo is very valuable, and even a little bit of damage would be a huge loss.

Li Shaoling walked around the area and came back with a processed wild boar. It wasn't much, just about 30 pounds of good meat. He added water, ginger and scallions to the camp pot and cooked the meat directly.

In the tent, Li Hu and Xu Xiong dug for more than two hours, and their wrists were sore.

Li Damei came in and took a look: "This is too big, and we have only dug one-third of it."

"The roots are everywhere. I don't dare to dig hard. I just dig them bit by bit."

Li Shaoling opened the curtain and said, "You two take a break, I'll start digging for a while."

Li Hu said, "Master, just cook the meat. I'm afraid you'll get dizzy and cut off the whiskers."

"Get lost, I'm only in my thirties, I'm not even that old yet."

I had a simple meal. It was colder at night in the mountains than during the day, so I had to eat meat to get energy.

Xu Shiba found two large pine trees that were as thick as a man's embrace nearby, and chose a suitable location four or five meters above the ground. He simply wrapped it with straps, covered it with leather, and made a simple sentry post. From his high vantage point, he could suppress the wild beasts on the ground.

The two trees were only a few dozen meters apart from the tent, forming a triangular defense zone.

It was getting dark, and Daya and Erya set up a simple tent and fell asleep.

Liu Xia Lian looked at her watch and it was already past eight o'clock.

"Li Hu, Xu Xiong, the two of you go build a small tent next to each other and sleep there. You two will keep watch for the rest of the night."

"Okay, no problem." The two of them made a simple tent, went in and fell asleep, and soon they started snoring.

All six hounds also slept near the tent, where there was a stove and the temperature was much higher than other places.

Liu Xia Lian and Li Damei used small shovels to clean the fine soil from deer bones. This job was not easy at all and required a lot of patience and experience. Li Damei was the best among them and did her work very carefully. Digging ginseng was like archaeology, digging, shoveling and brushing.

Women are talkative. Li Damei said, "Sister, what are your plans? I heard that the forest farm is going to build collective housing, and they only charge 100 or 20 yuan per square meter. Do you want a two-bedroom apartment?"

"A 60-square-meter two-bedroom, one-living room house is really small. There's no toilet or shower space. Besides, there are too few people here, and even fewer factories and enterprises. The house has no potential for appreciation. I really don't like it. I'll ask my mother later. If she wants one, I'll get one."

"Hearing what you said, I feel the same way. After all, once the forest farm is closed, it is still unknown whether the forest farm zoo can be established. A house costs more than 7,000 yuan, which is equivalent to my father's salary for 12 years. Should I buy it or not?"

"Buy it. You can get a loan and buy one for yourself. Pay a little every month. It will be a place to stay. When you are free, I will take you to Pengcheng to have a look. Then you can buy a few houses and you will have no worries for retirement in the second half of your life."

Li Damei smiled and said, "Isn't it too early to think about retirement at the age of 20?"

"Life is like a fleeting moment. In the blink of an eye, you will be old. It is better to plan everything in advance."

"Where is that Pengcheng? Is it south of Shimencheng? I didn't study it seriously in school. I'm so bad at geography."

It was almost ten o'clock, Liu Xia Lian yawned, and Li Damei added some firewood and went to sleep.

At around one o'clock in the middle of the night, Liu Xia Lian woke up because she had to urinate.

Generally, it is men who go into the mountains in winter. It is really inconvenient for women to go into the mountains. I left the tent and found a place to hide behind a big tree. The cold wind was blowing and my butt was hurting. As soon as I pulled up my pants, I saw four dark figures running hurriedly from the north. I couldn't see who they were in the dim light of the snow.

The dogs were barking, woof woof, woof woof. Xu Shiba and Li Shaoling also noticed the situation and prepared their weapons.

Then I saw a black shadow running and shouting: "Don't shoot, I am Liu Mazi."

Li Shaoling asked angrily: "Liu Mazi, what the hell are you doing? Don't come and disturb us in the middle of the night."

"I'm sorry, we encountered a pack of cadaver dogs ahead, about 20 to 30 of them. It happened suddenly, and one of our brothers and two hunting dogs were mauled to death. We had a hard time getting here."

Xu Shiba cursed: "You bastards, you are harming us."

Liu Xialian pulled up her pants and tidied her clothes. Li Hu, Xu Xiong, Daya, and Li Damei had already woken up, and one by one they picked up their weapons and checked their ammunition, but Erya was the only one who was sleeping soundly.

Li Shaoling jumped down from the tree and saw that the four people had blood on their bodies. It didn't look like they were pretending, but one should not have the intention to harm others, but one must always be on guard against others.

"The four of you go to the cabin on the east side. That way we can form a crossfire and suppress the corpse dogs."

"Okay, we must be more careful, there are quite a lot of them." Liu Mazi led their men into the wooden house next to them, where there were simple fortifications built by Li Hu and Xu Xiong, which were just right for accommodation.

The four men were already tired from running, and like lost dogs, they went into the wooden house. They were quiet for about an hour, when they suddenly heard a monster howling. It turned out to be a group of ghouls that had arrived.