Lao Jiang didn't care about the black or white muntjac, but stared at Ge Weihan with piercing eyes and said, "What next?"
"These are not the only things that can shock you!"
"Mr. Jiang, you Chinese people are very observant." Ge Weihan laughed and said: "There are two things that really surprise me. First, black muntjacs are naturally timid. Even if a bird flies by, they will jump more than ten meters in fright. How dare you follow us all the way?"
"Secondly, and most importantly, I found traces of domestication on the adult deer on the hillside."
Hearing this, Lao Jiang and I couldn't help but trembled: "Are you kidding me? Deer can still be tamed?"
The history of domestication can be traced back to ancient society. At that time, in order to survive, our ancestors began to tame some animals in nature to ensure basic living needs.
For example, domesticated pigs can provide meat.
For example, domesticated horses can be used as transportation.
For example, domesticating wolf dogs can help you hunt.
Slowly, six animals and six birds were formed.
But from ancient times to the present, few people tame deer! Because deer look cute and friendly, but in fact, there is a rebellious gene flowing in their blood.
They only believe in mountains, forests and rivers, and they stubbornly refuse to lower their noble heads to humans.
"Yes! This spirit is similar to ours in the West: Give me freedom or give me death." Ge Weihan said with an analogy.
"What's more, compared to the six domestic animals and six poultry, the number of deer is small, the meat is not delicious, and the fur is not warm, so who is going to domesticate this..."
"But they are very suitable as pets." Yin Ling'er suddenly poked her head out, holding a bouquet of wild flowers picked from somewhere in her hand, and inserted them into the big bamboo basket.
Ge Weihan seriously corrected him: "For ancient humans, value determines everything! What you just mentioned was spiritual needs. In that era, there was only enough food and clothing, and there was no spiritual enjoyment."
I had no choice but to tap Yin Ling'er's forehead, wondering if this girl had listened to us carefully just now. Would she rather die if she allowed these black muntjacs to be her pets?
Lao Jiang was not amused by our words, but continued to ask the question he was most concerned about: "So, how did you determine that these deer were domesticated?"
Facing Lao Jiang's doubts, Ge Weihan immediately opened his thick notebook and flipped through it.
I took a peek and found that every page recorded the strange species he encountered during his expedition. There were not only pictures, but also dense insights.
No wonder someone can become a principal. As expected, attitude determines everything.
"found it!"
Ge Weihan's flipping hands suddenly stopped, and what came into view was a lifelike animal skeleton, which belonged to an elk.
He pointed his finger at the skeleton and said: "Have you noticed it? In the wild elk, its third thoracic vertebra is protruding, but in the adult deer we met, the opposite position is concave. This is the thoracic vertebra on the back. Location."
One, two, three, west.
I counted carefully, and sure enough it was so!
"Is that what you meant?"
Ge Weihan squinted his eyes and smiled slightly, like a cunning hunter: "My meaning is very obvious. Wawu Mountain is densely forested and there is no room for horses to survive. So someone successfully domesticated this group of deer and regarded them as The dents on their backs are the marks of being ridden by humans for many years.”
"In other words, these deer all have owners..."
"Now I have a bold guess. The reason why these deer are following us is because they were ordered by their master!"
These few words of Ge Weihan are like pebbles dropped into the lake, making our hearts completely uneasy.
I couldn't help but step back and exclaimed: "How is this possible?"
But Ge Weihan just sneered, as if he had just narrated a rare and ordinary thing: "Guawazi, when you climb over a hundred mountains and cross a hundred rivers, you will know that there is nothing in this world at all. Impossible. Deer are elves in the forest. Once they are tamed, it is a piece of cake to track a few people.”
As he spoke, Ge Weihan suddenly looked fascinated: "Let me tell you a story that I have heard personally. This story is about deer..."
A group of Hakka people live in Leshan, Xichuan. They live on the mountains and often collect medicine and hunt in the mountains.
One day, when an old man came to collect medicine on time, he suddenly heard a painful low sound. He followed the sound and found an injured deer lying in a bush. The deer's foot was stuck tightly with the sharp teeth of the trap. Due to its violent struggle, the entire foot was worn out with white bones and bloody flesh.
The old man tried to open the animal trap. In the process, the deer was tortured extremely painfully by the sharp teeth, but he also knew that the man in front of him was here to save him.
After the deer was finally rescued, the old man couldn't bear to look at the hoof that was about to wear out, so he treated its wound on the spot. He applied cool herbs to the bloody wound, which made the deer happy.
After doing all this, the old man was ready to leave. However, there are many ferocious beasts in the mountains, and a deer that loses the ability to move is just waiting to die.
After some psychological struggle, the old man finally took the deer back to his home.
Under his careful care, the fawn finally stood up again. After confirming that the fawn had fully recovered, the old man released it back into the forest.
Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, there were sudden knocks on the door of his home. When he opened the door, he saw that it was the little deer!
No matter how many times the old man released it into the forest, it could be found accurately every time. In the end, the old man had no choice but to keep it.
The childless old man regarded Xiaolu as his own family, and they stayed together for the next few years.
The deer even died for him. Only when he saw his savior buried in the ground with his own eyes did the deer disappear into the vast forest...
In the first half of my life, I protected you out of kindness.
In the second half of my life, I returned to the mountains and forests for freedom!
"This little deer is much stronger than many people... Just like Maomao, Feifei, Lulu and the others, they never have bad intentions." Yin Ling'er held her little face and said sincerely.
I couldn't help but echoed: "Who says it's not the case? The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring. Deer are indeed spiritual."
But at the same time, there was a faint worry in my heart.
It is now very clear that there is a group of mysterious people living on this tile-roofed mountain that no one dares to climb. For thousands of years, no one knows their existence or their identity.
These deer all over the mountains and plains are like their eyes. Once someone sets foot in this forbidden area of death, they will know it.
So the question comes again, since they have discovered us, have they also discovered Usi and the others?
