Chapter 10 10. You must get ahead of the poachers

Since Zeren left the old horse behind, Yifeng has been practicing horse riding hard for more than half a month.He has tried frog style, butterfly style, swallow style, freestyle, dog eating shit style, donkey rolling style and various wrestling methods with high difficulty coefficients, but he has always carried forward the spirit of getting up wherever he falls , persevere!I believe that with his hard work, one day...he won't be able to get up. On this day, I helped Yifeng go to a small clinic in the county to buy bone-beating medicine, and happened to meet Gongga. Gongga pulled us aside, put his sleeve on his mouth and said mysteriously: "We found a litter of little wolf cubs, do you know?"

"Your news is outdated, it's a fox's den." "Wolf den!" Gongga flicked his sleeves, "It's absolutely true! The little wolf is running on the mountain! The entrance to the wolf's cave is blocked by thorn bushes, and there is a sandy platform. There are many yak skeletons on the mountain..." Every word in Gongga's description hits the characteristics of the wolf cave. It seems that this time it is a real wolf den.The two of us immediately cheered up: "Which mountain is it? Did you see it with your own eyes?" "No, I saw it through the binoculars when the herdsmen in the back mountain were grazing sheep. The wolf cave is on the back mountain!"

"Houshan..." We both hesitated, Houshan is our restricted area.From the time we returned to the grassland, we knew that the back mountain was the main stronghold of the wolves, and it was not surprising that they would choose their nests and raise their offspring in the back mountain.But we have been reluctant to go to the back mountain to disturb the wolves, because we are not sure whether we can gain the trust of the wolves. If the wolves reject us and people advance and retreat, they have nowhere to go.Originally, we expected the wolves to nest in the front or middle peaks, and we might be able to see them with a telephoto lens, but the back mountains are absolutely hidden, and can only be seen by climbing the ridge of the middle peaks.

When I thought of Zeren saying that a litter of wolves had been taken out of the mountain two years ago, I felt anxious: "Where is the wolf's den located in the back mountain?" "The herdsmen refused to say the exact location, because they believed that wolves were the mountain gods who guarded the pasture. Since the original wolf nest in the back mountain was taken out by poachers, his pasture has not been good. The grass looks like a mangy head, and the rabbits Rats ran around, and many cattle and sheep died of illness. In summer, his family did not dare to dry the milk dregs on the grass outside the tent. A pack of wolves has come, and the pasture is looking better, and we must not lose the blessing of the mountain god again."

The shepherd refused to say!We were relieved, and Yifeng asked: "Do they really believe in mountain gods?" "Believe it! There are many legends about mountain gods on the grasslands. The mountain gods in Taiweiruo Village went to a herdsman's house to buy cattle. One winter night, when it was snowing heavily, a stranger knocked on the door of a rancher. This man was dressed in brown. He was dressed in Tibetan clothes and covered with a turban. Although he couldn't see his face, his eyes were gray and blue, and he was very divine. At first glance, he was not from this village. The man said: "I am a servant of the mountain god, and the mountain god wants you Is a cow okay?" The rancher thought for a while, and said, "Okay, take it if God wants it." On the second day, a wolf as big as a yak came to the pasture and killed one of them. Big cow. Later, the calves of the herdsman’s family were born one after another. The wolves did not disturb his pasture, and the calves successfully passed the most dangerous period of newborns. The tradition of our prairie is not to care too much about death, but more See more life."

From Gongga's serious narration, we vaguely saw some relics of grassland beliefs. Although we don't believe in God, we have a close feeling to religion.We must know that if the grassland rat plague is put on the expert's proposal, most of it is artificially exterminated rats, and it has nothing to do with the "mountain gods". They believe that man will conquer nature.The more advanced science is, the farther God is from people. Only in places where science is underdeveloped can we find miracles and the power of awe.And it is this kind of awe of nature that sometimes works better and lasts longer than science.

Since it is about the luck of the pasture and religious rituals, the rancher will definitely not harm the wolf. Although we also want to watch a litter of young wolves grow up like observing a fox den, the back mountain is the only remaining territory of the wolves, and the wolves will become more sensitive and aggressive to intruders during the breeding period. Whether you can trust us, we are not yet fully sure.Wait patiently, and hope that the little wolves will grow up quickly, and when the big wolves fight with new forces, we will see a stronger wolf pack. Saying goodbye to Gongga, we passed Tashi Ranch on the way back to the hut after leaving the county, and stopped by to visit Tashi.

Tashi welcomed us into the tent: "It's just in time. I'll introduce a friend to you. He used to specialize in wetland protection and is very familiar with this grassland and poaching." I am very happy, and I am looking for someone to answer my worries. Following Tashi into the tent, a dark man sat at a small table, estimated to be less than fifty years old, but people from the plateau looked older than their actual age.He has thick brows and thin eyes, a straight nose bridge and broad nose wings, clean-shaven beard, a light blue beard that outlines a sharp chin, and slightly curly long hair tied into a bunny tail braid behind his head. Put it on the sheepskin collar of the Tibetan robe.A coral string weighing several kilograms hangs on his chest, a huge gold ring inlaid with turquoise is worn on the right hand holding the wine bowl, and a string of Bodhi counting beads is fiddled with in the left hand. He is a standard Tibetan man.When he saw us coming in, he was really taken aback, and put down the wine bowl.

Tashi put his palms on both of us, and introduced: "Yifeng, Li Weiyi. This is Suolang." "Hello!" Yifeng stepped forward and stretched out his right hand. Suo Lang stared at Yifeng's outstretched hand, frowned and stood up slowly: "I don't deal with strangers." After speaking, he put on the felt hat and walked out of the tent. "Stop!" Tashi's temper exploded, "If you dare to go out, I will release the dog! If you don't give me face, don't be my friend!" Suo Lang raised the door curtain, just took a step, and when he heard Tashi's words, he stopped at the door, hesitating.He is obviously not afraid of letting dogs go, but Tibetans value friendship very much, so the words "not to be friends" have to be weighed.

Tashi forced Suolang to sit down, and said to Suolang in Tibetan: "Believe me, you must first understand. If they are bad people, you kick me again. They protect animals just like you." Although Suo Lang sat down because of Tashi's face, he ignored us and said with a sneer, "Are you here to put up slogans, or to promote?" I squinted at Yifeng who was still rubbing his hands in embarrassment, so I pulled him to sit down by the corner of his clothes, and replied with a slight smile: "We neither put up slogans nor engage in publicity, but ordinary people want to do something for the grassland. I also want to ask you for some local knowledge... don't you talk with soft nails, okay?"

Suolang snorted: "Girl, you are wrong, I am a hard nail! The grassland people have a strong awareness of environmental protection, and it is not just now. This is the tradition of the grasslands from generation to generation. Thousands of years of Tibetan Buddhism advocates the equality of all beings. , not killing is environmental protection. Ecological protection is not taught by modern civilization, but our belief itself. Do the animals here need to be protected by you Han people? You can ask all over the grasslands. Tibetans don’t eat the sky. Those that fly, don’t eat anything that swims in the water, don’t eat things with claws, don’t eat companion animals, but you Han people eat everything in the sky and on the ground! You outsiders killed all the animals here, plundered the resources of the pasture, and destroyed our Tradition, on the contrary, educates us to protect the environment!" What Suolang said originally made my face turn green and white, but I couldn't help it when I heard it later: "I also hate poaching. I don't deny that most poachers are Han Chinese, but there are no Tibetans." Poaching? Some sinicized Tibetans are more abominable than Han people! Besides, what about overgrazing? Those cattle and sheep have gnawed tens of thousands of hectares of grassland and turned it into desert. Was this done by outsiders?" After a few words, Suo Lang didn't answer, so I calmed down a bit: "I respect your traditions. Farming peoples do lack faith and have a lot of bad habits. However, society is developing, and nomadic peoples are also plundering the grasslands. The ecological problem is not a national problem. In the final analysis, it is caused by the entire human activity. If you are really good for the grassland, you are not competing with me here. Every nation will have scum and positive energy. We should unite and spread the positive energy Spread the word, instead of confronting each other and blaming each other, do you want to relieve your anger or solve the problem? What's the point of complaining but not taking action!" The status of Tibetan women is relatively low, and Suo Lang didn't expect a girl to refute him. He fiddled with the number beads and stared at me with a frown.Only then did Tashi find a free moment, took out the book I gave him in the drawer, and communicated with Suolang in Tibetan.Suo Lang looked carefully at the photos of Green in the book, his expression gradually softened, and he was far less aggressive than before.After browsing for a while, Suo Lang closed the book, felt the words "Return to Wolves" on the cover, and asked: "There are so many first-class protected animals and even endangered animals, why do you only choose wolves to protect? Don't you like giant pandas?" Is it? Black-necked cranes are also mascots, and wolves are not popular in pastoral areas and have a bad reputation." "Animals are not classified into different categories. Your Buddhism also says that all living beings are equal. The standard for national protection of animals is mainly based on the number of these animals, not on their importance. We also pay attention to other animals, but especially Valuing wolves, no matter how famous they are, no animal in the biological chain can replace the role of wolves. You are a senior, and you have been doing wetland protection for so many years. We don’t need to say how important wolves are to grasslands. Why wait until the point of no return? What about salvage protection?" Suo Lang stroked his beard, and his tone was much softer: "What did you say you wanted to ask me earlier?" I was overjoyed when I heard the words, and this led to the topic.I turned on the computer and asked him about some hidden animals we photographed, their living habits and current situation. "This is the Tibetan Gazelle, which is rare now. This thing that looks like a cat is a mantle...Wow! This..." Suo Lang's eyes lit up suddenly, "You even took pictures of him! This is the desert Cat! Many people have never heard of this species. This is an animal that many experts have not photographed for more than ten years! Quite mysterious! Quite endangered! Quite rare! I thought all desert cats disappeared in this grassland Yes, I didn’t expect there to be more! This photo is so precious! Can you give me a clue?” Suo Lang used several “equal” words, and we became more congenial when talking with us. It seems that after seeing these information photos, he finally I can feel that these two Han people are not here to play around. We are happy to copy some photos for Solange as information. Although Solange said that desert cats are very rare, we are most concerned about wolves.When asked about the current situation of the local wolves, Suo Lang sighed: "The wolves in Zoige are not considered endangered, but the biggest problem is that the wolves here are aging. As soon as these old wolves die, there will be no more wolves. The wolves in the early years were young and strong. I have seen the biggest and most powerful wolf. He can jump over a river two meters wide with a big sheep in his mouth. Now this kind of young There are too few strong big wolves." "Why are there no young wolves?" "Poaching! Digging out wolf dens! Over the years, wolves have hardly been able to find a safe breeding ground, and the pups were taken out before they could grow up." My heart tightened, and I quickly opened the aerial photos of the back mountain: "Do you know this mountain? Is it safe here?" Suo Lang recognized the location: "This is the core area of ​​our wetland. There is no place that poachers cannot go. On this mountain, the Living Buddha once released a sika deer. The poachers have been greedy for the deer for more than a year. Due to the herdsmen's constant They didn't dare to do it, but they often hang around there waiting for an opportunity. If the wolf den is here, the wolf cub will be discovered sooner or later..." Yifeng and I became anxious immediately: "We know that those people are poachers, why didn't your reserve arrest them?!" "The protected area has no law enforcement power, only persuasion and education. The first forgiveness, the second and third fines. Those fines of tens of hundreds of yuan are too light, poachers are oily, even if you stop him seventeen Eight times, he also said it was the first time. Over the years, I have known those poachers.” Suo Lang gritted his teeth, hesitated and said the unspeakable words, “A few years ago I worked in the reserve, My partner and I specialize in combating poaching. Sigh... Don’t be afraid of your jokes, this job is really useless. When we see poaching, we don’t even dare to say harsh words. Because we have no law enforcement power, even warnings can only be good words Persuasion. After a long time, you will know that the reserve is a toothless tiger, and you can scare it when you meet small thieves. When you meet those professional poachers, they are not afraid of you. They not only have sleeves, traps, poison, but also guns. , detonators, explosives. And we have no weapons, no funds, and we even borrowed vehicles temporarily. We once stopped several people from Mao County, and found that they had guns. After a search, I found out that they were wanted criminals at the provincial level. They had killed people and fled to the grasslands. Most of the long-term poachers on the grasslands are desperadoes. Poaching is huge profits, and whoever blocks their way of making money, they will fight with their lives." My scalp was numb, and I couldn't help thinking that when I met a dead cattle dealer on New Year's Eve, Zeren had warned us to be vigilant. There were many escaped murderers hiding in the prairie, and they were engaged in poaching and selling dead cattle.Now hearing Suo Lang mention it again, it can be seen that even the anti-poaching staff in the local reserve can't do anything about them.If we want to protect the wolves, sooner or later it will touch the interests of those people.For the first time, I felt a hidden crisis. "In 2006, the annual income from illegal fishing alone was 600,000 yuan, and a marmot could be sold for 200 yuan, and a skilled person could poison 40 to 50 animals at a time. The income of several million yuan is not counting foxes, cats, desert cats, eagles, falcons, leopards and other rare prey. The temptation of hunting wolves is even greater. If you have seen wolves for sale, I will not say more It's gone." Suo Lang's gaze stayed on Yifeng's face, "I'm begging you, brother, if you want the wolf pack to come out of the mountain alive, you have to get ahead of the poachers. Now it's almost here It’s the May Day holiday, and there are more tourists and more sales, so poaching is very fierce at this time.” It seems that this time we have to "know that there are wolves on the mountain, but go to the wolf mountain".Although we have stayed in Wolf Mountain for a long time before, we did not find any wolf cubs at that time, and we always respected the territory of the wolves and never disturbed them deeply. Moreover, with Green leading the way at that time, we always felt a sense of security.Now after two years, I don’t know if Green is alive, we don’t know if the wolves are familiar to us, and we don’t know if the wolves still buy the account of the expired “wolf mother”!Wolf Mountain is not easy to break into, and the wolves who guard their cubs will never dare to provoke them.In the process of approaching wolf cubs, once you encounter a big wolf, don't even think about going out of the mountain.What's more terrible is that they may encounter poaching at any time. Wolf den, to go or not to go?Even if we found a wolf den, what can we do for them?This matter has to be discussed in the long run. Before going out, Tashi asked: "If you really encounter poachers, don't confront them head-on, tell us, and we will help you!" Tashi's words were obviously a reassurance, but it was like a heavy hammer that confirmed the danger of entering Langshan alone. Everyone knew that there was danger in the mountain, and no one could save him if he shouted for help. After discussing and discussing, we decided to launch an aerial camera to patrol the mountain for reconnaissance. We will monitor by remote control near the hut. This is the safest method.Due to the vast territory of Langshan, Yifeng specially increased the range of the ground radar image transmission system, so that signals within ten kilometers can be transmitted back to the ground. The first flight, a circle around the wolf mountain, the camera caught a wolf next to the water source, he looked up strangely - what kind of big bird is this?Then he ran away quickly, and after that, the aerial camera never found the wolf again. Go to Wolf Mountain!Find the wolf den!When this decision was made, both men's blood boiled. Although we don't want to disturb the wolves' territory, the long-term passive waiting made us almost crazy. As wolf idiots and miss Green, we have long wanted to take the initiative to approach the wolves, and we have long wanted to go into the mountains to find out Green's whereabouts.Perhaps the reunion with Green is in the mountains, and those who are more fortunate may see wild wolf cubs playing in the mountains with their own eyes. What a yearning picture! Excitement belongs to excitement, nervousness is inevitable.We began to discuss ways to approach the wolves. Since the herdsmen believe in mountain gods and dare not disturb the wolves, it is inconvenient for us to ask the herdsmen, and the fewer people who disturb the wolves going up the mountain during their childbearing, the better, the more a stranger, the more dangerous, and the less encounter with wolves hope.Based on our knowledge of wolves, we decided to search for them ourselves. Deploying control at water sources becomes the second step in our reconnaissance and testing of wolves, which is the most common method for observing wild animals. Both humans and animals cannot live without water. Under normal circumstances, most animals nearby will go to the water source to "check in", while wolves need a lot of water after every hunting and eating.As long as we set up hidden cameras at the water source, we can wait for work at leisure. Maybe we can take pictures of the wolves coming here to drink water and wash the residual blood on their faces after a full meal. Maybe Green is among them. If the water source is close to the wolf den, maybe it will be Can photograph little wolf. I drew a topographic map of Langshan, and He Yifeng analyzed it on the map. We are very familiar with this area.Langshan is like a giant hand with five fingers spread out on the grassland. There are six main mountain ranges. Counting from east to west, they are the Thumb Mountain Range, Index Finger Mountain Range, Middle Finger Mountain Range, Ring Finger Mountain Range, and Little Finger Mountain Range. We call it "Duanzhi" for the isolated peak with a broken meaning, and there are cliffs and roads behind the Duanzhi mountain.Our hut is on the west side of the Thumb Mountain Range, Green's Wolf Cave is on the east side of the Index Finger Mountain Range, and the hut and Wolf Cave are far away from each other.The Middle Finger Mountain Range and Ring Finger Mountain Range were frequented by wolves two years ago, but now that fences have been built and pastures have been divided, wolves have decreased.The Little Finger Mountains and Broken Finger Mountains are the current gathering places for wolves. There are a total of five cleanest water sources in the Langshan area, distributed between every finger of the Langshan Liuzhi Mountains.In winter, the snow water from the main peak of Langshan seeps into the ground, and after the beginning of spring, the permafrost softens, and the snow water sealed in the permafrost gushes out from the cracks in the ground, flowing into streams on the soft mud surface.The place with the coolest water quality is the spring. If the snow water flows down the mountain, it will carry a lot of silt and sediment. When it flows to the pasture, it will become muddy water mixed with various microorganisms and cow and sheep feces. Wolves love clear springs. Although adult wolves are not that picky when they go out, wolf mothers are different. Newborn wolves are weak and prone to infection. Just as every human mother must choose the safest milk for her children, wolf mothers must also give milk to their children. Children search for the highest quality water.One of the five clear springs must be the designated drink for the wild wolf mother and her son. We have a total of eight hidden cameras, three of which are used near the fox's nest, and two were installed near the black-necked crane's nest some time ago to observe their hatching.At present, there are only three cameras left for deployment and control, and five water sources must be chosen.I will label the five water sources according to their importance: The No. 1 water source is between Broken Finger and Little Finger Mountains. As the water source of the wolves gathering place, this spring is the focus of monitoring. The No. 2 water source is between the little finger and the ring finger mountains. The wolves look like they are playing games. The No. 2 water source should also be a place they often go to and must be included in the scope of monitoring. The No. 3 water source is between the ring finger and the middle finger mountains. Wolves often pass by here. For the sake of safety, it also needs to be monitored. The No. 4 water source is located between the middle finger and index finger mountains. There are herders grazing cattle there. The water quality is not good due to human and livestock disturbance. It is unlikely to see wolves, so you can give up. The No. 5 water source is between the Thumb and Index Finger mountains, and has the largest amount of water. After years of erosion, the ground has been washed out into a deep ditch six to seven meters wide. Even in winter, the creek at the bottom of the deep ditch still has clear springs gushing under the ice.Although this creek has a lot of water, it is very close to our hut, and we often go to fetch water. There are people coming and going. It is estimated that the probability of wolves drinking water here is very small.Besides, the No. 5 water source can be seen at a glance with a telescope in the hut, and there is no need to deploy control here. Once the location is set, the time has to count.You can’t catch up with the camera when the wolves are in a meeting: “We want to shoot you.” The wolves will definitely say: “We want to shoot you to death!” We have to keep a low profile and go quietly. Wolves are usually active in the morning and evening, and they rest and sleep from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. During this time period, the possibility of encountering wolves is very small.Six hours is just enough for a round trip, but we have to go there and back quickly under the scorching sun. At ten o'clock in the morning, we set off with the camera. We guessed right, there were wolf footprints in the No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 water sources, but there was no wolf droppings near the water source. It seems that they pay great attention to maintaining the cleanliness of the spring water.I took pictures separately. Some small wolf paw prints can be seen on the soft mud of the No. 1 water source, which are about the same size as Green's paw prints when he was one and a half months old. They are chubby and cute.The little wolf was able to come out of the nest to drink water by the stream, I was secretly happy, thinking: "There is something going on here." There are the most paw prints on the side of the No. 2 water source, and they are all big wolf paw prints. There are also small paw prints at the No. 3 water source, but they are thin and sharp, which should be the paw prints of a fox. No. 4 water source has no wolf paw prints, but Yifeng accidentally found a large piece of wild leeks, and he was overjoyed. "This is a good thing!" He pulled out a few handfuls and put them in his backpack. "Let's improve the food tomorrow!" After deploying and controlling according to the scheduled plan, we quickly evacuated. I went back to the hut and looked at my watch, it was six o'clock in the evening.The safe time was just right, and I didn't bump into a wolf. Before going to sleep at night, we excitedly guessed what would be captured, how the wolves would react when they saw the camera, and chatted until we were extremely sleepy before falling asleep. Yifeng said that I can't pretend in my heart, I will have a dream when something happens, I will either wake up with a fright or laugh, but tonight's dream has a deep meaning.I dreamed of the lame wolf with the hawk, sitting by our hidden camera, grinning wolfishly at me.Was he making fun of our childish gear, or was he trying to pose for the camera? After sleeping until dawn, I was awakened by the fragrance.Yifeng has never been so hardworking. The birds on the eaves hadn't woken up yet, so he got up, lit a fire, boiled water, cracked a few eggs, and now he was chopping vegetables. "Hey! What's so fragrant?" "Wild leek!" Every time Yifeng cuts it, the leek juice will diffuse into the air, and the fragrance will permeate the whole room, making people want to take a deep breath. The temptation that makes people greedy, CK, Dior, and CHANEL are all good Step aside.You said that these perfumers don’t have a leek scent? After Yifeng cut the wild leek, he put his hand on the tip of his nose and smelled it deeply, and praised: "It's cool!" Then he fried the leek with eggs, and the smell made his nose water. Lu Wang didn't care about the heat, so he grabbed the stove and wanted to look into the pot.Yifeng hastily held the pot high and kicked Luwang out of the door with his feet. I watched Yifeng knead the dough, recalled last night's dream, and leaned against the bedside to gnaw my nails. "Stop chewing, save some stomach and try my leek zygote." I put down my fingers, leaned on the table with my chin in one hand, and murmured: "I always feel a little incomprehensible. Do you remember that the cameras we installed next to so many dead sheep and horses have never photographed wolves?" , and the eagle wolf saw the camera turn around and left from a long distance. Can the camera capture the wolf this time? Feng, what do you think?" Yifeng chuckled, and clasped his flour-stained hands at me: "My lord, according to the officer, since the eyeliner has been put on, you don't have to worry so much, just wait a few days at ease. Even if the big wolf is suspicious , How much sense can a little wolf cub be born to be playful? Besides, eating meat can be a mouthful, but drinking water is a 'just need'. There are only a few water sources in Langshan, if you don't believe it, the wolf will not come!" "But it's too obvious that our camera is standing there. Do you think a wolf is a three-year-old child?" Yifeng winked and smiled: "Isn't he (Green) only three years old?" I patted my forehead, closed my eyes, and had nothing to say to him. After I finished washing, Jian Yifeng added two pieces of charcoal to the stove, and put the kneaded dough under the basin, looking like a chef carefully crafting ingredients. "How long are you going to do this?" "The noodles have to wake up for a while before they can be rolled out and filled with stuffing, and the charcoal has to wait until it is overheated, and fry slowly with the last simmer..." I walked around the room a few times and couldn't stay idle.Check the time, ten o'clock in the morning. I carried the concealed tent on my back, carried a piece of air-dried meat in my arms as rations, took a bottle of mineral water, and grabbed a small bag of flour, "I'll come back as soon as I go. I'll eat your chives at noon." Yifeng let out a "hmm" and concentrated on cooking his dishes without asking any further questions.I went out and went straight to the Middle Finger Mountains. I always think that I can't just rely on the hidden camera, and the second plan of approaching the wolves must be carried out simultaneously. It takes a lot of time to win the trust of the wolves.Before we enter the mountain, I will set up the hidden tent on the wolf mountain in advance, so that the wolf can check it and dispel doubts.I have to push the tent a certain distance every few days until the wolves can accept the existence of the tent, and then we can hide in the tent and observe them. Ascending the middle finger mountain range, there are wolf dung at the mountain pass, as well as lodging grass roads, which are the routes often taken by wolves. I climbed to the nearby ridge a few hundred meters away and took out the tent from my backpack.This is a hand-throwable concealed tent for observing wild animals. It is only the size of a washbasin when folded.The surface of the tent is patterned with camouflage leaves and weeds, brownish gray with green, it looks like cow dung piles everywhere on the grassland from a distance, and it blends well with the environment.I nailed and fixed the tent, and then took out flour and sprinkled it on the grass around the tent along the wind, and when the dew moistened, the flour stuck to the ground and the grass.When there is no snow, the flour can leave the wolf's trail. After the arrangement was completed, I looked around, and there seemed to be a herdsman on a horse on the pasture a few kilometers away, reining in the reins, and looking towards me.I have never dealt with the herdsman of this family, so I don't know his temperament, so I should leave early to avoid complications. Walking down the hillside, my hiking shoes were always uncomfortable. The sharp grass thorns stuck on the socks along the upper of the shoes, and then slipped along the socks into the shoes. Every step I took hurt.When I got to the mountainside, I couldn't help it. I sat down by the bushes, took off my shoes and socks, and saw that there were several bloody eyes pierced on the soles of my feet.I pulled out the grass thorns one by one, finally cleaned the socks, and shook the grass clippings in the shoes, tried them on, and they were much more comfortable. I unscrewed the mineral water bottle and took a sip. When I was about to turn over and get up to walk again, I was suddenly stunned—a big wolf stood less than fifteen meters above my back!I concentrated on picking the thorn for a long time, but I didn't know when the wolf came, but it came so close behind me, I didn't even notice it!My adrenaline soared and I stared at the wolf. At this moment, the wolf didn't seem to have noticed me yet. The wolf turned its back to me and was concentrating on watching the tent I just pitched on the mountain ridge.The tent target was much bigger than me, and this was the first thing he noticed about the abnormality in the territory. I squinted at the swaying long grass around me, fortunately, I was downwind.I knelt on my knees and moved slowly, shrunk and hid behind the bushes. I only felt my temples swell and throb. I couldn't even think about running away. According to the speed at which the wolves attacked, I only had time to close my eyes at most... Click!I stepped on a bush branch and broke it. I panicked. The mineral water bottle was overturned by my side, and half of the bottle of water was spilled all the way down the hillside.My brain exploded immediately, and I quickly covered my mouth to prevent myself from screaming, but my teeth were chattering uncontrollably. Such a big movement, the wolf must have heard it!The strange thing is that he still stood there quietly, neither looking back at me nor leaving.With my back to the enemy, I have only seen this kind of temperament in martial arts movies. However, it’s been a long time since I saw the wolf’s back at such a close distance. The mountain wind blew his neck hair, I squinted my eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of intimacy.Could it be Green?I seized the glimmer of hope and tried to call out: "Green—" He didn't respond. A gust of cool wind suddenly blew over my head, a falcon glided above the wolf, flapped its wings fiercely, and flew towards me again, the wolf turned back in the direction the eagle flew! In an instant, the fuse in my heart blew—he was not Green!It's a wolf! ! The sense of intimacy was gone, and the joints in my whole body were extremely stiff, petrified in place, only my fingers were constantly trembling. Man-wolf confrontation, what to do! Unexpectedly, when the wolf saw me, his whole body trembled, and he hurriedly turned around to face me, with his front paws on the ground, his hind legs slightly bent, his whole body leaning back, his tail clamped tightly, as if he wanted to escape but stopped.Impossible, did he just discover me? The falcon landed slowly on the mountain ridge behind the wolf, and time seemed to stand still. The male wolf in front of him has a big head, a thick neck, and a slightly shrunken right front leg in front of him... Could it be him—the little wolf whose ears were blown deaf by poachers two years ago? He didn't mean to turn his back on me, but he simply couldn't hear.Although the front leg he broke when jumping off the cliff was deformed, it still supported his body stubbornly.The overwhelming grass road behind him extends from the mountain pass. Maybe he noticed the tent as soon as he got out of the mountain pass, and he was so focused on the tent above that he walked over that he didn't notice me in the bushes below.His world is silent, until the eagle came to remind him, he was surprised that I was only more than ten meters away. I remember Zeren said that he needs a falcon to guide him because of his deafness, and the eagle is a diurnal animal, so this wolf always goes to work during the day.I figured out that when the wolves were off the night shift, I dared to come up the mountain, but I forgot that there was this guy on the day shift. At this moment, I hide behind the bushes to hide from the wolf, but in the eyes of the wolf, maybe I stare at him like this to wait for an opportunity to pounce?His lame leg trembled with tension.He may be struggling: what is this person doing behind?Do you have a weapon?Can my lame leg outrun her?Do you rush forward desperately or retreat quickly? After recognizing this wild wolf and hearing about his life experience, my soul gradually returned to its place, and I felt a little bit more sympathetic.Your leg is disabled, and my foot was also pricked. I was limping and limping, and it was hard for anyone to chase.However, I sympathize with him for losing one leg, maybe he still despises me for only having two legs. It's rare to meet a wolf so close, but I didn't bring a camera, and I cried to myself, but I still have a piece of air-dried meat in my arms.Seeing the wolf's defensive and fearful posture, I dare not take extra actions, and I really want to show my goodwill.I froze, and slowly stretched my right hand into my bosom, the wolf bared its teeth and backed away half a step, with a grunt in its throat.I stopped my movements, my nose was sweating, and when the wolf calmed down a little, I slowly took out the dried meat and handed it to him carefully. The wolf didn't look at the meat at all, and stared at my eyes, as if it wanted to penetrate my eyeballs and dig out all the thoughts in my mind.He twitched his upper lip, ready to show his fangs at any moment.I didn't dare to wipe my sweat, and gently threw the meat out with my fingertips.Unexpectedly, as soon as the meat fell to the ground, it was like throwing a lighter into the oil depot, and the tense atmosphere between humans and wolves exploded instantly. Woohoo!The wolf roared and rushed towards me! Damn!I turned around and ran, running down the hill in a panic! After running for a few minutes, the wolf still hadn't caught up with me. I bravely looked back, and the wolf had already fled up the mountain ridge, and was also looking back at me.Only then did I realize that his yelling and pounce just now was just a false move to scare me, and the ultimate goal was to buy myself time to evacuate.When a wolf is really about to launch a surprise attack, it will not growl to make the opponent take precautions. The wolf limped and disappeared behind the mountain. I patted my chest to calm my heartbeat.This unlucky boy smiled at me in the dream yesterday, but today he pricked my hair.I wiped the sweat from my brow, didn't dare to delay any longer, and returned quickly. Before turning down the index finger mountain, I could smell the aroma of fried wild leeks and zygotes in the hut.Immediately, I felt that my stomach was so empty that I felt lighter, and I almost drifted back along with the fragrance. I grabbed the leek zygotes just out of the pan, and I made a big mouthful!Well... life is full of oily beads! Yifeng kept showing off his cooking process: "Chives are still fragrant from the wild, and fried eggs are added to make stuffing. The dough must be rounded and thinned so that it can be folded into such a half-moon-shaped big flat zygote. The food is not cooked through, either raw or mushy. My experience is to use slow fire and thin oil, and it will be crispy after deep frying. How about it, the skin is crispy and the stuffing is delicious?" Yifeng saw that I had eaten too much to even bother to praise him, and then he noticed the distressed appearance of me being hung on the thorn fence along the road: "Why are your clothes torn?" With a hot-mouthed chive zygote in my mouth, I breathed out and said, "I just met a wolf on Middle Finger Mountain, that deaf wolf with an eagle, he jumped at me..." "Ah!" Yifeng stared, opened his mouth wide, his jaw almost fell into the bowl, "You actually went up the mountain alone!" I feel guilty.When he went out in the morning, Yifeng probably thought that I was picking up cow dung, but in the end I ventured up the mountain alone, so he must have been very worried. I smiled softly, trying to comfort him: Don't worry, I'm fine. Unexpectedly, Yifeng closed his jaw: "Why don't you bring some leeks back by the way!" This foodie!