Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 352 Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes

Zhang Peng and Wang Xiaoli are looking for birch trees of suitable thickness, preparing to make a few "hanged ghosts" according to local conditions.
The hanged ghost is a hunting tool used for hunting deer, roe deer, wolves, mountain civets and other wild animals.Its structure is to bend the birch tree on the forest path where animals often move, fix the tree head in the form of a hammer, and then tie it with iron wire or oil wire sleeves.
When an animal passes by and accidentally slips into the trap, it encounters an iron chain while struggling, bends it up, and hoists the trapped animal so that it cannot move and has to be captured.Generally, those who go up the mountain will choose to use birch trees as hunting tools, mainly because birch trees are very flexible and will not break even if they are bent into a large arc.

By the time Zhang Peng and Wang Xiaoli set up the "Hanged Ghost" device, it was already almost noon. No one had rested this morning, and they all knew that time was tight. The wolf howling they heard last night was not far away from them. It doesn't look too far away.
In fact, relatively speaking, the chances of the underground cellars being attacked during the day are not very high. What Zhang Peng and the others have to guard against is at night, which is their active period of activity. These early warning devices are all designed to enable timely attacks at night. discovery, and traps are designed to kill them as much as possible.
After dinner at noon, Zhang Peng and others had no plans to go out anymore. Everyone was very tired this morning. They took a good rest in the afternoon to recharge their batteries. I don’t know what will happen in the evening. Zhang Peng and others Lying on the kang, after a while, their snoring could be heard.
Just as Zhang Peng and others were preparing on the mountain, four people came up from the foot of the mountain not too far away from them. They were all wearing large sheepskin jackets, and the leader was carrying a stick on his back. The other three men were holding axes and spears made of knives, and none of them had dogs with them.
The leader was a middle-aged man in his 50s or 20s, who seemed to be an old hunter. The other three were younger, probably in their [-]s, and followed the middle-aged man with curious expressions on their faces. It was obvious that this middle-aged man was the leader.
This group of people walked forward cautiously, as if they were looking for something, and they didn't make any loud noises along the way.
After marching like this for about an hour, the group of people was panting heavily from exhaustion. The middle-aged man in front wanted to continue walking, but turned around and saw that the three young people behind were already tired. Panting, a gesture made them stop.
"Okay, everyone, let's take a rest for a while. After we have a rest, we can continue to move forward." The middle-aged man turned his head and said to the three people behind him.
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the three young people also breathed a sigh of relief. Then they found a raised stone or a fallen tree trunk, cleaned it a little, and sat on it.
"Third Uncle, I'm so tired going up the mountain. You're really amazing at climbing up and down like this every time." One of the young men said to the middle-aged man.
"That's right, we have just climbed so much, and we are already too tired to walk." Another young man also said.
"Haha, it's okay. You will get used to it after you come up a few times. Let's give it a try this time. Don't you always brag to me at the bottom of the mountain? After the experience of going up the mountain, let's see if you still dare to go up the mountain again." The middle-aged man Said to the three young people.
Hearing the middle-aged man's words, the three young people all smiled and said nothing more. The middle-aged man looked at them, did not continue, found a place to sit down, and then looked around.
"Third uncle, we have already discussed this trip up the mountain. We have to help us find something wherever we go, so we can have an explanation when we go back." The young man who spoke before sat for a while and then said to the middle-aged man. .
"I understand, how about I take you up the mountain?" After hearing this, the middle-aged man said helplessly.
This somewhat helpless middle-aged man is named Fan Haiyi. He is a famous gunner in Yishun Township. Although Yishun Township is not a big township, its scale at this time is definitely not small.
Fan Haiyi is also one of the top gunners in the township. The reason why he went up the mountain this time was completely helpless, because the three young people he brought were all family members of the cadres in the township. Even though their township was relatively small, But young people in the countryside still have their own circle.
The young people in their township are divided into two groups. One group is led by the children of the top leaders in the township. These people are all airborne outsiders. However, although they are outsiders, because of the adults in the family before, they are more or less the same. I have some sources of income, so no matter how old I am, everyone has some spare money in their hands.
The other group is led by the second-in-command child in the township, who can be considered a native of the country. This group can be considered a local faction. They are relatively conservative, and the township does not have many resources. So in terms of money, he may be slightly inferior, but in terms of connections, he definitely has an advantage, and he can be said to be the most powerful person in the village.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes, so the two groups can be said to be that no one is convinced by the other. The foreigners parachuted here look down on the locals, thinking that they are country bumpkins, unable to do anything, and think they are rustic and poor.
The local gang also looks down on outsiders, thinking that they are too good at pretending, don't know what to do with a little money, and just go around talking nonsense in the countryside when they have nothing to do. They look down on such people.
So the two gangs would bump into each other when nothing happened. Although they were very restrained and did not cause any harm, the village itself is not big, so the two gangs would often encounter each other. As a result, they had to fight for everything. .
Today this group of people met at the guest house, so we have to fight for the location of the private room. Wherever you are, I must be there, and I can't let you compete with me.
Not long ago, the two gangs met again. This time, the local gang got a pair of mountain fox skins from somewhere, and the ones they beat off were relatively complete. They showed off them while eating. As a result, this group of people from outside happened to go over for dinner, and I saw them shouting and showing off.
In fact, the outsiders didn't pay much attention to it at first. They had no interest in leather in the first place. After all, they were probably older and might have some feelings for it, but they were all young people and saw them more often, so at this stage I just wanted to play something novel, and when I saw those old haters showing off their skills, I secretly felt a little disdainful.
They didn't care, but it didn't mean that trouble wouldn't come to their door. In fact, the local gang saw it when the foreign gang first came in, so they deliberately raised their voices just to show off, but the result was that the other side didn't. The reaction made Yang Yongsheng, the leader of the local gang, a little dissatisfied.
This piece of leather that was finally obtained did not even have a bullet hole on it, which is very unusual. Compared with ordinary mountain raccoon leather, the price is doubled, so after Yang Yongsheng got it, he immediately So he led a group of them to the guest house in the village to prepare for a proper celebration.
Without raising his head, he saw Li Jintao, the leader of the foreign gang, leading the others in.
(End of this chapter)