My village can't be like this

Chapter 97
Now that he had decided to go into the mountains the next day, Zhang An started to pack his things at night and tried to set off early tomorrow morning.

Steel forks and chopping knives are a must. If you want to spend the night in the mountains, you should also bring a plastic tarpaulin, just in case it rains.

You also need to prepare insect repellent powder. There are a lot of snakes, insects, rats and ants in the mountains, there are many poisonous ones, and there are a lot of other things added up.

Zhang An went to bed early at night, and Zhang An woke up early the next morning when the sky was bright.

Wang Fang got up at dawn to pick up the coal fire, and when Zhang An got up to wash, she was ready to cook for food.

And Zhang Jianguo also took the steel fork and hatchet that Zhang An was going to take away, and began to sharpen it with a whetstone in the yard.

This steel fork was used by Zhang An to poke a wild boar last time. The handle of the steel fork is made of green bark tree, which is very strong and durable.

Zhang An became more and more satisfied with the fork as he used it. Unknowingly, he had transformed into the fork-wielding boy Runtu described by Mr. Shuren.

It's just that there is no 猹 nearby, which is less interesting after all.

After making Zhang Anshi a large bowl of steaming pork oil and pouring noodles with simmered noodles, Wang Fang put the crispy meat left over from yesterday's frying in a layer of oil.

After Zhang An had finished his breakfast, the crispy meat in the pot had cooled down and the oil was filtered, so he put it in the bamboo basket that Zhang An usually used to hold pancakes.

Although he could find something to eat in the mountains, Wang Fang still felt sorry for his son, and picked up rice cakes after filling the crispy meat.

But in fact, even if there is no food to eat, Zhang An is not worried about this problem.

She thought in her heart that after all, Zhang An would only go for a day or two, and she wouldn't be able to eat much by herself, so she would bring some convenience food, so she wouldn't have to waste time picking up food.

Although many people say that there is no shortage of food for experienced hunters in the mountains, it is actually not an easy task to find some food in the mountains.

It takes a lot of time to hunt the prey in the mountains, to process it, and then to ripen it.

Therefore, when the old hunters in the vicinity enter the mountain for a short time, they will bring some food to save trouble.There are very few people who enter the mountain for ten days and half a month, and even if there are, they enter the mountain in small groups.

"Mom, you don't need to bring so many things. It's a burden to walk with you. You are afraid that I will starve if you are with Xiaohu."

Watching my mother tidy up like this, it seems that Zhang An didn't go into the mountains, but went on a trip.

"But it's inconvenient to clean up in the mountains. It's easy to clean up with some."

"What's the trouble? I finished eating, but the dog still wants to eat. Anyway, we have to clean up together."

After Zhang An's persuasive persuasion for a long time, Wang Fang changed the big bamboo basket into a smaller basket, and picked out many things.

After packing up all the equipment and eating, Zhang An set off with Xiaohu.

But Wang Fang stopped Zhang An and asked him to take the other two dogs with her. She knew that her dogs were quite fierce, so she asked her son to take them with her because it would be safer in the mountains.

In the end, Zhang An took the big tiger with him, and the two tigers stayed at home to look after the house. There were so many livestock and poultry in the house that they couldn't live without dogs.

As for why he brought the big tiger, it was because Zhang An felt that the big tiger was naturally jumpy, and he was not as stable and reliable as the little tiger and the two tigers, so this time he took him into the mountains to experience it and cure his temper.

Look at Dumb's expression that he doesn't want to be beaten, as if he is saying to someone, come, treat me.

Zhang An, with two dogs, set off from home towards the back mountain.

In the early morning of the slack season, many people in the village got up.

Some people are going to the fields to weed and spread fertilizer for the corn, and some people are going to the field dams to cut pigweed for their livestock.There are all kinds of things.

Although it is said to be slack, everyone is not idle.

The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains is relatively large. After the sun comes out in the morning, the temperature will continue to rise for a period of time, so now the nearby mountains are full of mist rising with the wind.

And Zhang An came out of the village, walked along the ditch to the mountains, and met several villagers who were going to work in the fields, and everyone greeted each other.

Someone also asked where Zhang An was going, Zhang An just smiled and said to go to the field to see the crops.

Summer is the rainy season. The river water in the ditch behind the village is much deeper and clear to the bottom. You can also see some mountain crabs and stream groupers migrating in the water.

However, if it rains suddenly, it may look different. At that time, when the water in the ditch is muddy and muddy, when it flows into the big river, it is obvious that there is an obvious junction between the clear water and the muddy water.

In Zhang An's opinion, Changqing's mountains are pretty good compared to other places. Several nearby towns have been opened up for coal mines.

The water flowing out of those mountains is yellowish coal rust water, and even the river ditches are covered with yellow sediment after a long time.

In recent years, the country has not started to clean up small coal mines, and many nearby villages will go up the mountain to dig coal and carry it back for burning.

There used to be one in Changqing Village, but probably because of the topography, there are many stones on the mountain in Changqing Village, and the soil layer is very thick. If you want to dig coal, you need to dig very deep.

And I had to dig my back down from the big mountain, and it took several hours to walk.

For everyone, this simply means that the effort cannot be directly proportional to the harvest. In the end, everyone gave up the idea of ​​digging coal in the mountains.

If you have that time, wouldn’t it be good to just pick up some dry firewood and do more work?
Walking up from the ditch behind the village, we soon came to Wild Boar Rock. No one was seen on the road, so Zhang An threw the things on his back into the space.

Take Xiaohu and Dahu and walk towards the big cave.

After entering Wild Boar Rock, it means entering the mountains.

There is still some land for planting corn on the periphery of Wild Boar Rock, but there is no more land if you continue to walk in, it is all woods.

These are all when the land was just divided, everyone was full of enthusiasm and opened up all the nearby land that could be reclaimed for land use.

These places were like terraced fields when Zhang An was a child.

But because there is no water source, it is forced to change to dry land. If there is water source, everyone is willing to grow millet.

After all, millet can not only eat rice, but even if it is sold to grain stations, it is much more expensive than corn.

However, over the past decade or so, these terraced fields no longer look like terraced fields, but have evolved into slopes.

The nearest mountain from Changqing Village is Wild Boar Rock. Zhang An heard from the old man in his family that there used to be a lot of wild boars here, and they were called Wild Boar Rock.

At that time, they often went down the mountain to harm the crops in the field. Every year when they went down the mountain, there were groups of dozens or hundreds of them, which was a great harm to Changqing Village.

The people in the village suffered unspeakably, and Changqing was not the only village that suffered, and several nearby villages were miserable.

In the end, everyone had to join hands and went to the town to ask for help.

At that time, the armed forces had just been established in the town, and the work of suppressing bandits had just been completed. The armed forces could be said to be well-equipped with sufficient ammunition.

Moreover, every folk family still has earthen guns, so with the concerted efforts of the army and the people, they encircled and suppressed the group of overlords in Wild Boar Rock.

It is said that at that time, a big pig king of seven or eight hundred catties was beaten. The fangs were frighteningly long, as long as two feet long.

Now the pair of wild boar tusks are still well preserved by the county government.

But yes, without the leadership of this wild boar king, there would not be so many wild boars gathered here.

In Zhang Erye's mouth, recalling the years when wild boars were suppressed, his face was suddenly filled with high spirits.

That year was also the only year in the villages around here that every family had meat to eat.

However, although most of them were wiped out, some wild boars still fled to the mountains behind the wild boar rock.

They come out of the mountains every year when the crops are ripe, but they are no longer as swaggering as before, often appearing in the crop fields.

Compared with before, it is already drizzle, and the villagers can be driven away by organizing themselves.

Walking up from the woods of Yezhuyan for an hour or two, you will find the farthest hillside cave in Changqing Village. There is a particularly large cave here, hence the name.

After liberation, there were quite a few bandits and bandits in this area, and caves like this in the mountains were often the bases of those bandits who ruled the mountains as kings.

A group of bandits lived in this cave before, and they used it as a cottage, and now they can still see some facilities such as dilapidated stoves, doors and windows.

When it comes to bandit cottages, the people nearby are no strangers. When Xiaotian invaded in the past, they were beaten everywhere, but Zhang An and the others were not beaten here.

Some old people said that because of the bad mountain roads, the trucks transporting troops and weapons could not enter in small days, and some said that because the various cottages in the mountains joined forces to keep the enemy out.

But it was not like this. At that time, this place was an important barrier for the base camp of the warlords in Chongqing, and it was a very important place.

So when Xiaotian hit the door on the first day, the next door exploded, and a large number of troops were urgently dispatched to defend, and the two sides faced off at the border for a long time.

Seeing that this place is already heavily defended, it is impossible for Xiaotian to take it down in the short term. Even if it is taken down, it will take a lot of money, which is not worthwhile for them.

Compared with other places, the strategic significance of this mountainous area is not that important, so the whole army retreated in the last small day, and before leaving, they destroyed the local occupation.

Since Zhang An entered the mountain alone, he soon came to the mountain opposite the big cave.

Looking at it from a distance, you can see the entrance of the big cave, which occupies less than one-tenth of the entire mountain, but the mountain opposite is several hundred meters high. This is not the altitude, but Zhang An's estimation. Approximate height from the base of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

So it is conceivable how big that cave is. According to the second grandfather, there used to be more than 100 bandits living in it.

Later, the country sent troops to suppress the bandits, and it took more than a month to fight them down. At that time, the sound of artillery fire could be heard in the village.

Even if you go to the big cave now, you can still see some broken pots and pans, pots and pans.

If it is changed to another place, it must be developed, and then a sign will be hung "such and such bandit suppression site".

Zhang An found a place that could be regarded as a high ground and began to rest. After taking a look at the scenery of the nearby mountains, he continued to advance into the forest. There was a little tiger and a big tiger opening the way, so Zhang An didn't need to startle the snake.

In the forest in midsummer, the chirping of various birds and the concert of summer cicadas on the trees made the forest very lively and not quiet at all.

From time to time, Zhang An found some Ganoderma lucidum on some big trees, but they were all very small. Zhang An simply didn't bother to pick them off, but continued to walk inside.

His goal is Eagle's Mouth Cliff, and now he won't waste time on the road.

Along the way, Duhu was very energetic at the beginning, rushing to the front for a while, and running back for a while, even if he saw a butterfly or bird, he would jump at it, like a child who has never been in the mountains.

Xiaohu walked in front of Zhang An honestly, and the behavior of the two dogs was completely opposite. Those who didn't know thought that Xiaohu was the big brother and Dahu was the younger one.

Just like this, one person and two dogs quickly shuttled forward in the forest, and drove for four or five hours in a row. At this moment, Dug's energy had been exhausted, and he was a little limp.

Zhang An also felt that they were a little hungry, so he simply found an open place, took out the food in the back basket, and one person and two dogs started to eat.

Although Wang Fang installed a basket of deep-fried crispy meat for Zhang, one person, two dogs, and three all had big appetites, and they were all eaten up soon.

Zhang An took out some pancakes that he had received at home before. Dahu and Xiaohu were obviously a little hungry. They ate several boxes of pancakes in a row, and they probably choked because they ate too fast.

Zhang An had to give them both a pot of space spring water, and they both drank happily.

The big tiger and the little tiger were drinking water, while Zhang An took out some cherries and peaches, and began to enjoy the fruits after the meal.

At this moment, this scenery, this artistic conception, do not have a pleasant feeling.

After resting, Zhang An continued to walk towards Yingzui Cliff with the two dogs.

Because only when you reach Yingzui Cliff, you can enter the door of Wumeng Mountain. There are things that are not there outside, and the surrounding places are small hills and hills.

The closer you get to Yingzui Cliff, the quieter the forest becomes, and even the chirping of cicadas on the trees becomes quieter.

There were even some faint animal roars coming from the mountains in the distance. Of course, ordinary people would not be able to hear them that far, but Zhang An's hearing was much better than ordinary people, and he could hear movements a little farther away.

Yingzui Cliff is a very tall rocky mountain, and because the entire mountain rock extends outward on the top of the mountain, on the east side of the mountain is a straight and towering cliff.

The part at the top of the mountain looks like the beak of a fly from a distance, hence the name Eagle Mouth Cliff.

On the other side of Yingzui Cliff is a dense forest, although most of the mountains are rocky.

But there are also many towering trees. In this forest, most of them are common trees such as pine trees and fir trees.

There are also some catalpa, birch, cypress, etc., and in these forests, there are low tree species such as jujube.

(End of this chapter)