hunting in 1986

Chapter 10

"Of course it's true, brat, when did I ever lie to you?" Papa Wang laughed.

His spine was injured by a black bear, and he has been unable to do heavy work since then. In the countryside, as long as a man cannot do heavy work for whatever reason, he is looked down upon very much.

It's much better in the city. After all, some jobs in the city rely on mental work to make money, but in the countryside in 1986, you can't make money by relying on mental work.

Father Wang was very happy to see his son hunting bears, and he had an illusion in his heart that "the son avenged his father".

"Then when will the shotgun be ready?"

"There is no rush."

"OK then."

It was getting late, and tomorrow he had to go to the county to sell bear bile and bear paws, so after Wang Yuan talked to his parents a few more words, he went back to sleep in the westernmost room.

"Meow~"

The fat big white cat was lying on the kang with its paws in its mouth, but when it saw Wang Yuan walking towards the west room, it quickly jumped off the kang with a soft cry, and ran towards the west room.

When Wang Yuan entered the Westinghouse, he could faintly hear his parents talking.

Mother Wang blamed Father Wang and said: "Why did you agree to Xiaoyuan's hunting? Bears are such dangerous animals. Many hunters have been killed by bears. In the end, even the corpses were gnawed."

"Xiaoyuan wants to hunt, can't you see it?"

"That's it?"

"In addition to this reason, I was also thinking about when I might really have to fight. Now I am hunting and practicing marksmanship. When I really fight, I will be able to play a better role in the guerrillas and protect myself better. "Papa Wang's voice gradually weakened.

Westinghouse.

After making the bed, Wang Yuan was sitting on the edge of the kang to "squeeze" the fleas for the big white cat.

hula hula~
Outside the window, the corners of the newspaper pasted on the window seams seemed to be warped, making a whirring sound in the cold wind.

"fight?"

When Wang Yuan heard Papa Wang's words, he fell silent for a moment:
"The Northeast in 1986 was facing enormous pressure from the north, and Lindu City was on the north side of the Northeast, with a national border, so it would bear the brunt of a fight."

People of later generations know that there was no fight back then, but people of this era don't know.

"It's such a silly cat. Do you know why you kept it? It's because you were kept with the little girl. Why do you follow me every day? The fleas on your body bite me every day."

Wang Yuan stroked the cat, and bang~ another flea was squeezed to death.

The little black fleas ran very fast in the cat's fur, so instead of catching fleas, he rubbed the cat's fur to look for fleas.

After finding it, compact the cat hair, use the cat hair to "press" the fleas, and then gently squeeze with two thumbnails. With a crisp sound, the fleas are crushed and burst.

"Meow~"

"Don't move, look~ is this flea gone? I really want to beat you up."

At this time.

Mother Wang's voice came from the east room: "Xiaoyuan, turn on the light and go to sleep, don't catch fleas, the electricity bill is very expensive."

"Oh, alright."

Wang Yuan no longer cared about the big white cat, but lay on the kang, stretched his hands under the edge of the kang and pulled the light cord, bang~ the light went out, and the filament was still glowing red.

Hearing the whistling wind outside, Wang Yuan quickly fell asleep beautifully.

……

The next day.

After Wang Yuan got up, he found that his elder sister Wang Qing was washing blueberries in the outhouse, and the little girl Wang Xiaodie was squatting beside her with a greedy expression on her face.

Steam was rising from the pot, and there was still fire in the stove, but my parents were not in the house.

"Second brother, are you awake?" After seeing Wang Yuan, the little girl immediately called out in a childish voice.

"Well, where are my parents?"

At this time.

Wang's father and Wang's mother came in from the outside, and there were voices of talking.

After entering the house, Father Wang said with a smile: "I have already asked the village chief to open a letter of introduction... There is a Mori Railway going to the city, and we just take the train to the city, so let's go as soon as we don't have time to eat."

With a few warm vegetable pancakes in his pocket, Wang Yuan and Papa Wang went out. After meeting the second and third uncles, Wang Meng and Wang Hu, the six of them rode three 6 bicycles to the station.

The morning wind was a bit cool, sitting in the back seat, Wang Yuan couldn't help but put his hands in his sleeves.

In Northeast China in 1986, spring and autumn were very short. After summer, winter would soon enter. Wang Yuan looked at the gloomy sky, and he suddenly felt that it was going to snow.

The forest railway station is very small, with a lot of weeds growing nearby, and there is an abandoned locomotive not far away.

A black iron train was about to leave. Father Wang greeted a man wearing a hat, and then he, Wang Yuan, second uncle, third uncle and others carried their bicycles onto the train.

This carriage seems to be for the forestry farm. It has a roof and is empty on the return journey. Therefore, villagers from the forestry farm and nearby villages are allowed to take the car, and of course they must have acquaintances.

There were already more than a dozen villagers in the carriage, most of them carried loads and baskets on their backs, some brought their own small benches, and most of them sat on the ground, taking out big cigarette pouches from their waists and chatting with others while smoking.

The smoke is lingering, a little choking the nose.

Wang Yuan looked very strange.

wow~
After the door was closed, the interior of the carriage became dark, only the smoke pot was emitting light. Occasionally, someone would strike a match and light a cigarette pot, which instantly illuminated a small area.

Take the fertilizer bag from the clip on the back seat of the bicycle. Wang Yuan, Wang Meng and Wang Hu are sitting on the bag on the left, and father and brother Wang are sitting on the bag on the right.

"Brother, we have a letter of introduction, so why do we need this piece of paper?" Wang Hu asked, sitting on the left, holding a small plastic-wrapped card.

Wang Yuan's face was dark: "That's the ID card, don't lose it."

"Oh, I know, it costs money to reissue this thing...the writing on it is really ugly, the 1967 in 7 looks like a 1." Wang Hu said disgusted.

They still use the first-generation ID card, and it is a special one-handwritten, single-page card, and sealed with Mylar.

Wang Yuan knows that this kind of ID card is easy to forge, and some bold people will indeed...

Before having an ID card, people had to have a "letter of introduction" from their work unit or village when they traveled, otherwise they would be blind wanderers and break the law. After being caught, they usually end up not very well-either repatriation after paying money, or reform through labor.

In the first few years after you have your ID card, it is best to ask for a letter of introduction when you go out, because many places only accept letters of introduction, not ID cards.

Take out the vegetable pancakes and share them with his family. It is very happy to have vegetable pancakes to eat.

"And besides—"

The black-leather train for transporting wood started, and it was very bumpy. When it arrived at the freight station in the suburbs, Wang Yuan's buttocks were about to fall into eight petals.

Leaving the cargo terminal, the six people rode three bicycles to the city.

"As expected of a city, it is bustling." The second uncle said with a smile while pedaling.

"Yeah, eh~ That state-run restaurant has four "fronts" hanging on it. It looks so high-end. It sold the bear bile for money. Let's go there and have a meal?" Third Uncle laughed.

"Don't go!"

Father Wang smiled and said, "Is that place affordable for us rural people? Isn't a meal worth the sky-high price?"

(End of this chapter)