Chapter 339 Raccoon Dog
The more than 2 cubic meters of wood temporarily allocated by Songjianghe were finally completed after more than a month of intense work by workers at various forest farms.

Carloads of wood carrying the blessings and expectations of forestry people in the Northeast were transported to their destinations day and night along the railway line, which played a very important role in the post-disaster reconstruction work.

After this batch of tasks was completed, everyone went down the mountain to rest for a few days, and then the winter transportation production in the forest farm was about to begin again.

Since Sheng Xiping, Chen Weiguo and others were recruited as formal workers, they could not return to the educated youth team.

In addition, the educated youth team had a large number of people, made a lot of money, and advanced year by year. Several other work teams were not convinced.

So this year the forestry farm decided to break up the educated youth team and assign them to various work teams to work together with the older workers.

"Xiping, do you think you will join the engineering team this winter? Or stay in the security department?

If you join the work team, you won't be able to be a work captain this year, and you will have to start as a tractor assistant. "

Wang Jiachuan had just finished a meeting with front-line workers and came to Sheng Xiping again to ask his opinion.

In the past, the educated youth team was an independent work team, with Sheng Xiping as the captain.

Now that he has recruited workers and has become a worker, he has to follow the procedures for formal workers. Newly recruited workers have to start from the bottom. It is impossible to make him a work captain as soon as he comes up.

Sheng Xiping passed the tractor driver training and has a certificate, but in the first year as a worker, he must start as an assistant. If he does well, he can be a tractor driver next year.

Sheng Xiping was on temporary secondment in the security department. As expected, when the winter sports began, Sheng Xiping would have to return to the work team.

But Wang Jiachuan was more interested in Sheng Xiping, so he came to ask for his opinion.

When Sheng Xiping heard this, he was silent for a while.

From the bottom of his heart, he really didn't want to go back to the work team. If he could still be a captain and earn more, it wouldn't matter.

But when he returned, he had to start working as a tractor assistant. The work was dirty and tiring, and he didn't earn much. Sheng Xiping was not very happy from the bottom of his heart.

Yes, there is a future as a tractor assistant.

After a few years of doing well, you may be promoted to production scheduling, and if you get a promotion, you might even be able to become the director of the production site.

But how low are the odds?Sheng Xiping didn't have high hopes.

The job in the security department is actually quite good. It’s relaxing and not tiring, and I have plenty of free time.

From the beginning of spring to this time, Sheng Xiping went into the mountains when he had free time, either digging gastrodia elata, herding mountains, or hunting. He made a lot of money, several times more than what he earned as a work captain in the mountains.

Moreover, winter is a good season for hunting. In previous years, Sheng Xiping and the others had to go up to the mountains to cut trees in winter, and they missed many opportunities.

Sheng Xiping thought about it in his mind. He felt that it was not cost-effective to work as a tractor assistant in the mountains. It was better to work in the security department.

"Uncle, I'd better be in the security department. There's no shortage of tractor assistants for me on the mountain. I think I can play a greater role in the security department."

Sheng Xiping looked at Wang Jiachuan and said tentatively.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether you are in the security department or the work team, it's all the same. If you live on that small salary, you won't be able to save a lot of money in your lifetime.

Sheng Xiping had already thought about it. When the policy was relaxed in a few years, he would take a leave of absence without pay and find a way to do business.

After being reborn, you can't live any worse than your previous life, right?

This job is not a guaranteed job. In a few years, there will be fewer jobs in the forest, and workers like them will also have to find their own jobs.

Since you have to go out to work sooner or later, why not lay your foundation in advance?
Taking advantage of the trend of reform and opening up, what can you do without making money?Do you still have to work in the forestry team to earn this hundred and eighty?
Wang Jiachuan laughed when he heard this, "I just guessed that you wanted to be in the security department.

Alas, in fact, both sides have their own advantages.

If you join the work force, your level will increase quickly and your salary will increase quickly, but you will be tired.

The security department is easy, but the salary is not that high and the ratings are difficult.

That's fine. If you stay in the security department, you can still take care of the family. Otherwise, all three of your fathers will be stationed in the mountain, and no one will be able to make decisions about the big things at home. "

There are so many people in the forestry team, and one of them is Sheng Xiping. With Sheng Xiping's ability, he can also play a big role in the security department.

Therefore, Wang Jiachuan didn't worry about this, as long as Sheng Xiping made the decision.

There was a leap August this year, but it got cold very early. On October 28, the sixth day of the ninth lunar month, the first snow fell at the Qianchuan Forest Farm.

The forestry farm held a meeting and decided that this year’s winter sports will officially begin on November [-]nd.

Just like in previous years, on the morning of November [-]nd, the forest farm held a swearing-in meeting for the winter sports, and then everyone beat gongs and drums to send off frontline workers to the mountains for work.

This time, Sheng Xiping was not on the commuter bus, but in the send-off team.

“Boss, if you don’t go up the mountain this year, you should worry more about your family affairs.

This is just right, my second son and I can feel at ease in the mountains. "Before getting into the car, Sheng Liancheng told his son.

"Dad, don't worry. I'll take care of everything. You can just work on the mountain without any worries. When I have free time, I will take the three and six children up the mountain to see you."

Sheng Xiping nodded. He knew what he should do without his father's instructions on these matters.

After the front-line workers were assembled, they all got on the commuter bus. There were several sections of domineering circles and delivery buckets behind the bus, which contained various logistics supplies.

When the time came, the whistle blew in front, the commuter bus started, and drove away from the small train station and headed for Shiye District deep in the mountains.

The people seeing him off stood there, waving their arms vigorously, until the commuter bus went further and further away and was no longer visible. Then everyone turned around and left in twos and threes, each going home.

Sheng Xiping stayed in the security department, where the work was easy and he had a lot of free time.

After the snow falls, it is a good time to go hunting in the mountains, and Sheng Xiping will not miss it.

Chen Weiguo, Wang Jianshe and others were all stationed in the mountains to cut trees. As for the people from the security department, Sheng Xiping led them into the mountains for hunting several times, but they always felt that they didn't fit in well.

Hunting is all about people working together as one team, and people not working together to hunt together. If something unexpected happens, there will be danger.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping basically acted alone. He took the dog into the mountains alone, and when he encountered prey, he would hunt it, and if he did not encounter it, he would trap it.

Sometimes when the dog gets tired from walking up the mountain, Sheng Xiping goes into the mountain to walk the dog by himself.

When I catch up with the day shift, I go out at four or five o'clock in the morning, walk home at seven or eight o'clock, and go to work when I have a meal, so I don't miss anything.

It's just in time to catch up with the night shift. I sleep in the field department at night and don't miss anything during the day.

This morning, Sheng Xiping didn't take the dog and went into the mountain with a gun on his back.

He used frozen green and salt water as bait in a second-crop forest, and set a trap around it, intending to trap a roe deer or deer.

The weather is getting colder after winter, and meat can be frozen. Sheng Xiping plans to save more, not only to eat at home, but also to send some to Zhou Mingyuan.

In winter, animals are short of salt. Even if the ice is frozen by salt water, the wild animals can smell it and attract it.

Not to mention, there are also delicacies like frozen greens. Double superimposed, it is definitely the favorite of deer and roe deer.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping was full of confidence and thought that he would definitely gain something this time.

But when he finally reached the place where he had placed the trap after climbing over mountains and ridges, all he saw was a trail of blood on the ground, and the roe deer that was supposed to be trapped had disappeared.

"Fuck, what the hell stole my prey?"

Sheng Xiping knew as soon as he saw the situation in front of him that this must be some kind of wild beast that killed the prey in the trap and took it away.

But what exactly is it?There were only blood stains and dragging marks on the ground, and the tracks of the beast were covered by the dragging marks.

This guy looked very cunning, but he didn't leave any traces at all. "I don't believe in evil anymore. I have to see what kind of thing dares to steal my prey today?"

Sheng Xiping was so angry that he took off his gun, held it in his hand, and chased him along the trail.

Sheng Xiping came out of home at four o'clock in the morning and walked here for about an hour.

In winter in the Northeast, the days are short and the nights are long, and it’s just dawn at this moment.

Sheng Xiping's eyesight was very good, and there were blood stains on the ground, so it didn't take much effort to track them.

In this way, Sheng Xiping chased forward along the blood stains and dragging marks, climbed over a mountain ridge and went down, looking at the rocks and weeds in front of him from a distance, it seemed that something was moving.

Sheng Xiping lowered his body, carefully avoiding branches and weeds, trying not to make the slightest sound, and walked forward quietly.

As I got closer, I could vaguely see two dark brown things in the weeds. They didn't seem too big and I didn't know what they were.

Sheng Xiping held the gun and slowly moved closer, then aimed at the weeds and pulled the trigger.

There was a bang of gunfire, and one of the two dark-brown animals in the weeds had his head smashed, while the other made a shrill cry and turned and ran away.

Sheng Xiping took five or six and a half. With his shooting skills, how could he let the other one escape?
As soon as the guy moved, Sheng Xiping immediately pulled the trigger.

The little thing had a chubby body and couldn't run very fast. Sheng Xiping's shot hit the little thing in the head again.

The little thing slumped forward and stopped moving.

Sheng Xiping put away his gun, walked quickly closer, and carefully looked at the two little beasts on the ground.

This thing is one and a half to two feet long. It looks like it only weighs about ten pounds. It has a short body and a plump and round body. It is smaller than a dog or a fox.

The semi-automatic gun was so powerful that it shattered the head. Otherwise, you should have seen two round spots on this little thing's face that looked like a pirate's mask, much like a raccoon.

Raccoon dog, that is, the raccoon dog of the same species, belongs to the family Canidae and has rich and soft fur. It is the best leather second only to mink.

The fur of this thing can be used as a hat or a scarf to keep it warm.

Raccoons are monogamous animals, usually two together.

Usually, it will live in open areas in the forest and close to water sources.Omnivorous, eating birds, small mammals and fruits.

Some people say that raccoon dogs also hibernate in winter. In fact, they are just lazy and sleepy. They will come out to look for food when they are hungry.

Raccoons will find caves to live in in winter, but they do not dig their own holes. They often find abandoned caves of badgers.

Or, in autumn, they stay outside Badger's cave and serve as a cart for Badger.

With the belly facing up, the badger scooped up the soil and put it on the raccoon's belly. Then the badger took the raccoon's tail and dragged it out of the hole and dumped the soil.

Don't think that the raccoon has good intentions. In fact, this thing is cunning.

In the autumn, when the badger works as a cart, the badger will dig a separate room for the raccoon in the hole.

Then, after the badger hibernates and falls asleep in winter, the raccoon dog will dig up the soil, block the cave where the badger lives, and suffocate the badger to death.

Then, the raccoons dragged out the dead badgers one by one and ate them.

Sheng Xiping had encountered this once before when he and Liu Changde went up the mountain to pick out badger seeds.

Use a pickaxe to dig out the badger's hole, and you can see that there are piles of soil at intervals inside, blocking the exit of the cave.

Liu Changde said, that was the good deed done by the raccoon dog.

Not only that, when hunting is difficult in winter, raccoons will also focus on the food of lynx and wolves.

In fact, lynx and wolf are the natural enemies of raccoon dog, but this little thing has the courage.

After the lynx or wolf has eaten the food, they will pick up some leftovers to fill their stomachs.

A roe deer weighs thirty or forty pounds, so two little guys like that won't be able to drag it.

Therefore, Sheng Xiping guessed that these two people should have come to pick up leftovers, but they were met by Sheng Xiping and lost their lives.

Okay, one roe deer is exchanged for two raccoon dogs, it’s not a loss.

Sheng Xiping turned around and looked at the half-hidden roe deer in the snowdrift, with its internal organs eviscerated and some meat still left.

It feels like this should have been done by a lynx.

A lynx would definitely not be able to eat a large roe deer in one sitting, so most of them would find a hidden place and bury it in snow.

I'm waiting to eat it again next time, but I didn't expect that as soon as the lynx hid the roe deer in its front feet, two raccoon dogs stole its back feet.

Sheng Xiping did not move the roe deer, but bent down to pick up the two raccoon dogs, then put his gun on his back and walked back.

This trip went well and it was just [-] o'clock when I got home.

"Mom, I killed two raccoons today. I'll peel them off and dry them in the dark. I'll cook them when I have time. They'll be good for making hats or something."

When Sheng Xiping came in, everyone at home who was studying and working had left. Zhang Shuzhen put Sheng Xinhua in a big flower basket to play with while she was cleaning up and washing the dishes.

"Hey, I came back early today. The food is in the pot in the east room. You should hurry up and eat some."

When Zhang Shuzhen saw her son back, she put down the dishes she was washing and turned around to serve Sheng Xiping some food without even looking at him.

"Mom, don't worry, I'll peel off the skin of the raccoon dog first."

Sheng Xiping stopped Zhang Shuzhen. He had already touched the two raccoon dogs, so he just peeled off the skin of the two raccoon dogs and cleaned them up first. There was no rush to eat, he didn't go to work until eight o'clock.

Sheng Xinhua in the big flower basket immediately became happy when he saw his father coming back and shouted to Sheng Xiping.

"Dad, Dad." The little guy was so anxious that he stood up immediately holding on to the edge of the flower basket.

"Hey, your dad still has work to do, why are you in a hurry?

Come on, grandma is holding you, don't be naughty, be careful of falling out of it. "

The flower basket was made of willow strips and was used to hold potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things.

When Huahua came to Sheng's house, she had no place to put it, so she took the flower basket into the house, put it on straw and cotton mats, and gave it to Xiao Huang and Huahua.

The flower basket is quite large, and the height of the rim is right at Sheng Xinhua's waist.

Logically speaking, Sheng Xinhua was not that capable at this time to come out from inside.

But Zhang Shuzhen was afraid that Sheng Xinhua would try too hard to straighten the flower basket, so how could she straighten it if she put the child in it?
Zhang Shuzhen didn't want the baby to see those bloody things, so she took the baby into the house.

Sheng Xiping also took advantage of the opportunity and quickly skinned the two raccoons.

For this kind of furry animal, you usually start from the mouth and work your way down. People with good skills can just pull out a tube.

Then stuff the inside with corn, straw, etc. and hold it up until it dries slowly, or you can sell it, or you can cook it yourself and make something with it.

In fact, you shouldn’t use five or six and a half to fight this small animal.

You should use an old-fashioned shotgun with bullets as big as soybeans. It's not so powerful and won't damage the leather.

This means that Sheng Xiping's marksmanship is very good, and he can shoot a headshot with one shot. If he hits a raccoon dog with one shot, his skin will be basically useless.

(End of this chapter)

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