Back to 80, start from gold digging

Chapter 18

Things were already decided yesterday, and Zhao Wenduo didn't delay on the road. When he got home, he put down his schoolbag, picked up a sickle and a rope, and went to Dongshan.

At this point in the afternoon, there is not much sunlight on the mountain, half of the mountain is in shadow, and the temperature is several degrees lower than when there is sun.The snow on the mountain is too thick, and there is no trace of melting. In the whole white snow field, there are lonely and overlapping footprints, from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

The weather is cold, and there are few people going up the mountain.The snow fell so thickly that it covered the original mountain road. Those who fell into the deep pit accidentally lost the top. Someone went up the mountain and opened the road. Afterwards, the trouble was naturally saved, and the footsteps were followed. It is also safer.

Without the messy footprints stepped on by anyone, it is relatively easier to make animal hoof prints on the flat snow.

The beasts and birds on Dongshan Mountain are all small, the most common ones are rabbits and pheasants. The footprints of these two kinds are like half plum blossoms and three bamboo leaves, which are easy to distinguish.You can tell at a glance.

It was also Zhao Wenduo's luck that he found a rabbit mark when he went to the rabbit mark. After walking less than 20 meters, he found a rabbit, and it fell down with a stone.When they were about to turn around, another one popped out, another one after another, and after a closer look, it turned out that there was a rabbit nest under the snow.I guess they came out together to find food together, but I didn't expect to bump into someone as soon as I came out.

Cunning Rabbit Three Caves. Rabbits are very cunning animals, and they are very alert. Once they find danger, they will immediately dive into the hole.If the cave is not safe, escape from another exit.

Often it's just a blink of an eye, and it's gone by the time you realize it.Otherwise, this rabbit running all over the mountain seems impossible to catch.

As soon as the two rabbits realized something was wrong, they wiped their heads and ran back. How could Zhao Wenduo let them slip away from his hands? Block directly buried the hole.

The two rabbits had never seen this kind of operation before, and they were confused at the time, and stopped standing there for a while. Zhao Wenduo took advantage of this second pause, "嗖-嗖-" two stones passed by, and they were directly overturned.

In an instant, three rabbits were collected, and it was a great victory!

Zhao Wenduo cleaned up the scene and continued to walk up the mountain road.It didn't take long to find a few rows of paw prints. A pheasant nestled under the root of a tree not far away was pecking there. It has brown back feathers and a short bald tail. This is a female pheasant.

Zhao Wenduo eased his hands and feet and moved forward a few meters. After calculating the distance, he could almost go up, then suddenly launched an attack, and rushed forward quickly——

The pheasant was frightened. Seeing the danger approaching, he was dizzy and didn't know where to hide. He plunged into the snow, showing his fat buttocks outside.

Zhao Wenduo couldn't help but want to laugh, this is really caring about his head and disregarding his back. I've heard that pheasants have this habit before, but I saw it with my own eyes. It's very interesting.

Silently retracted the stone in his hand, went up and grabbed the pheasant's tail, and pulled it out of the snowdrift. The snow-stained chicken's head hung down on its chest, flapping left and right, motionless, Frozen is playing dead.

After going up the mountain for more than an hour, it is very good to have these gains.Looking at the sky, Zhao Wenduo took out his sickle and chopped two bundles of firewood on the spot, and tied them with thick hemp ropes, intending to drag them home along the way.

The three rabbits and one pheasant that had been beaten had to be disposed of in advance. They were still placed among the firewood, tied loosely, and could not be seen from the outside, so they put away their hands and prepared to go down the mountain.

"Third brother, I'm here!"

Shouting from a distance, Zhao Wenying climbed up from the foot of the mountain wearing a gray padded jacket with rags and patches, and waved straight at Zhao Wenduo who was halfway up the mountain.

At this time, the team will be off work. Zhao Wenduo guessed that Zhao Wenying had left a little earlier to get firewood together.

Sure enough, when Zhao Wenying came up a while later, she said that she had greeted the team leader in advance, and if she left early, would she be deducted from her work? Before it was completely dark, she would make two extra rounds of firewood, and bring them home to save money. thinking.

Zhao Wenduo has already prepared everything, waiting for Zhao Wenying to tie up three bundles and go back together.

"Oh, third child, your binding is a bit loose. Don't go halfway up and then open it again. It will take a second effort. Come on, let me re-tie it for you—" Zhao Wenying looked over casually, and She found that the firewood was too loose, and based on her experience, she felt that it was not safe, so she immediately wanted to help.In fact, she didn't think too much about it, she just thought that the third sister was young, and bundling firewood was a technical task, not only strength was enough to do it, but it was normal if she couldn't tie it well.

Zhao Wenduo didn't explain too much. It took only a few seconds for him to find out what was going on inside.

In the next second, Zhao Wenying called out: "Ah, there are so many rabbits, and a pheasant—" The simple and honest voice was full of uncontrollable surprise, and the dark face was full of smiles: "Third brother, can you It’s really doable, I’ve beaten so much! This time I can eat my fill.” She didn’t even want to eat the one from the day before yesterday, so she just tasted two chopsticks and put down her rice bowl.

A rabbit is only that big, there is not much except bones and meat, and there are not many mouthfuls for the six members of the family.It’s okay to say that it’s okay to relieve gluttony, but it’s impossible to eat all you can.

Zhao Wenying is the eldest in the family, sensible and filial, always thinking about her parents and sisters, she does the most work, but food and clothing come after her.

Zhao Wenduo knew the position of the boss in the family, and he was just a hard-working old scalper, with a dull temper and a stupid mouth, which was comparable to her little transparent.Nineteen is a 20-year-old girl who doesn't even have any decent clothes. She wears old clothes that have been reformed, with patches piled on top of each other.

"Do you—know where I get this?"

"...Ah?" Zhao Wenying was confused by such a sudden question, what was the incoherent saying, she didn't realize it, she opened her mouth and looked over straightforwardly, only to see Zhao Wenduo The raised eyelids were looking at those rabbits, and it was only then that I realized: "Oh, you are talking about these things, the receiving station probably needs rabbit skins, I don't know if the village will issue a certificate, go back You have to ask Mom and Dad, they will know."

Zhao Wenduo: "..." I still don't understand what she means, how much is rabbit skin worth.

Seeing that she was silent, Zhao Wenying stood in the same place expressionlessly, realizing that she might have misunderstood, and then looked at the wild animals on the ground, paused for a moment, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared, and her voice trembled slightly Said: "You——couldn't you want to sell them all?"

Selling something is like selling your life, which is the expression you can only see in this era, shouldn't you sigh?
Zhao Wenduo looked over quietly, his dark eyes were so silent that it made people feel cold in the bottom of their hearts.

With just one glance, Zhao Wenying understood that she had guessed right, and immediately said with a bitter face: "Oh, my third sister, you really dare to think about it, it's a mistake to make a mistake, and if you ask someone to arrest you If you catch it, you might end up in jail, you—"

"What if you can't catch it?"

Zhao Wenying wanted to persuade her again, but was interrupted directly.

"……what?"

"I mean, if you don't get caught, can you find a place to sell these things?" Zhao Wenduo also figured it out, telling the eldest sister Jane that it won't work, and it will cost more to spend more saliva Come on.

Zhao Wenying realized that the three sisters were serious, not joking, and immediately turned her expression serious. She also knew what was going on in the family right now. There were more people earning less, and there was going to be another one soon. This situation will only get worse. It would be great if we could think of a way.

"——I can't say that well, maybe it's not impossible to find a way." Zhao Wenying lowered her head, said silently, "They said that there is a place in the south of the town, and some people secretly do business there. , I just don’t know if it’s true or not.” She also heard that she’s gotten better recently, she’s not so strict anymore, maybe it really doesn’t matter.

Where there is a need, there will be a market. It is the same in any age, but in a different form.Zhao Wenduo wrote down these words, and knew in his heart that the news Zhao Wenying heard was probably true, and it might be the local black market, so he could go for a walk if he had the chance.

The two said a few more words, and seeing that the sky was getting darker, they didn't hesitate anymore, and each grabbed a few bundles of firewood and went down Dongshan.

(End of this chapter)