Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 48 Join the Hunting Party

"Haha, you guys can do it. You are tough enough to knock this blind guy down." Cui Weixing sighed with a smile.

"Uncle Cui, we are just lucky. Don't praise us. Didn't we just call back this morning? Then we wanted to bring it over for you to recognize. If we are sure, we will solve one of your problems. Secondly, it can also help the villagers not to worry, and we are also doing something to eliminate harm for the people."

"Hahaha, you guys are really good at talking. Let's do this. I've recorded this sentiment. I think it's right to eliminate harm for the people. I think your methods are good. Are you interested in joining the hunt in our village? Team, we are going to have a winter siege soon, and there will be rewards for hunting down prey in the village." Cui Weixing asked with a smile.
"Okay, there will be more Uncle Cui." Zhang Peng quickly agreed. This is a good opportunity. The hunting team belongs to the organization under the village headquarters. Although there is no establishment, it belongs to the soldiers under Cui Weixing. Isn't this related? Slowly getting closer, Zhang Peng's purpose is also to get closer to Cui Weixing, so that when he gets promoted, he will still be in love and be able to take care of himself to the greatest extent.

As for the winter hunt Cui Weixing mentioned, it is actually a unique winter activity in the Northeast. Due to different seasons, the hunting methods and times are also different.

In the northern region, the deer hunting season is between April and May of the lunar calendar, mainly hunting deer antlers, deer fetuses, deer tails, etc., commonly known as "Dahongwei".Hunting activities carried out in late autumn and early winter are called "autumn hunting" and "winter hunting".

Qiuwei is divided into two types: "Shui Qiu" and "Da Qiu".The so-called Shuiqiu refers to the autumn rainy season, when the corn has matured. Wild boars and black bears smell the smell of ripe corn and go down the mountains to eat corn. Therefore, Shuiqiu is basically about hunting wild boars and black bears. The purpose of hunting is to protect the autumn. .

The winter cycle starts from the first snowfall and lasts until the beginning of spring of the next year.The winter season is long and there are many types of hunting.There are roughly two types: one is precious fur animals, commonly known as "fine-haired animals", such as foxes, weasels, raccoon dogs, etc.At this time, the animal fur is thick and hairy, with good color and high economic value.The second is to hunt large animals, such as wild boar, black bear, roe deer, etc. Black bear bile can be used as medicine, bear snout and bald cap are Chinese medicinal materials, both of which have high economic value. Wild boar, roe deer, etc. are mainly eaten, while bear skin can be used as medicine. Make bear skin coats, and roe deer skins can be used as moisture-proof and cold-proof leather mattresses.

Because it is late autumn now and winter is about to begin, Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming just happened to catch up with the winter parade. According to Zhang Peng's previous thoughts, they actually wanted to seize the last moment to see if they could carry the mallet again, and then winter You can just stay at home and hunt some furs when you want to stretch your muscles. It won’t be too strenuous.

But now, let’s prepare with both hands. If you join the hunting team, it will be good to be given bonuses in the village. Although the process is hard, you can quickly accumulate funds in the winter, and you can start some side business in the spring. Of course, it must be small-scale. This At the beginning of the year, it was still a planned economy, and we accumulated in the past few years. When the market economy opened up in the 90s, we could always be one step ahead by relying on primitive accumulation.

Zhang Peng and Cui Weixing chatted for a while. Zhang Peng said to Cui Weixing that he would send some bear meat to Cui Weixing later. Can he not pay the price for hurting Uncle Cui?Cui Weixing laughed.Afterwards, he and Zhao Chunming went home. Neither party mentioned the bear bile at all. This is the rule of going up the mountain. Whoever kills it belongs to him. If Cui Weixing also participated, he should get a share, but he It was just an injury, not a fatal injury, and the wounds were scabbed. If you give bear bile or valuables to Cui Weixing, it means you look down on him, and things will get worse.

After returning to the gate of the courtyard, the people in the village dispersed. Firstly, they saw that the bear was indeed too thin and could not cut off a few kilograms of meat. Secondly, most of the people had just received wild boar meat some time ago, and they would not be able to lose face if they came back now. When the two of them entered the yard, Rhubarb screamed excitedly. It smelled the scent of Blind Bear. Zhang Peng was also happy to see Rhubarb, so he took out the bear's heart and threw it to Rhubarb. This was a meritorious member of the family. , but also depends on it to lead the dog gang.The two of them watched Rhubarb wolfing down the heart of the bear, and then put the bear aside. Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua also walked out of the house. Seeing that the two of them had beaten another blind bear, they were also happy from ear to ear. , and were even more happy when they learned that the two had joined the village's hunting team, so that the two families would have an extra income in the winter, and their lives would be easier.

Zhang Peng handed the bear bile to Wang Xiufen, and then he and Zhao Chunming peeled off the bear skin. Although the bear skin had a few holes in it and could not be sold at a high price, it was more than enough to make bearskin hats and gloves for the two families in winter. of.

The bear meat was only about [-] kilograms, so the two families couldn't share much, and the bear basically had no fat, so there was no way to make some bear oil. Fortunately, there was still a lot of bear oil from the last time. I didn’t care so much. I removed the four bear paws and threw the remaining bones to Rhubarb so that he could chew them.

The two of them had a casual meal at home, said hello, and left to go back to Dijiangzi. On the way back, the two of them calculated the harvest in the last period of time, and felt that there were not many prey near Dijiangzi, so it would be safest to go back. The solution is to guard the alkali field. Guarding the alkali field can at least ensure some continuous harvest.

However, guarding the alkali field all day long was a waste of time, so the two agreed to wait two hours each in the morning and evening. During the rest of the time, they could freely hunt or pick some valuable medicinal materials. Mosquitoes, no matter how small they are, are still meat, so it would be a long time to accumulate them. Considerable.

While Zhang Peng and the two were in the mountains, the village committee was also holding a meeting. The leader of the meeting was the village branch secretary. The only other participants were the accountant and the militia captain. The main topic this time was the winter siege. How to proceed? Because this year is somewhat special. It is implicitly stated above that the assigned quota must be met. Therefore, this year is not only a heavy task, but also very difficult. The most important thing is the meat quota of 50000 kilograms. It is said that it belongs to the supporting city. Construction, this is a hard rule.

At this time, the village headquarters was filled with smoke. The old village party secretary was sitting at the head, holding a pipe and pot and smoking. He looked solemnly at the militia captain and hunting captain Cui Weixing sitting below. Cui Weixing was looking at his nose. Look at your nose, your mouth, your mouth and your heart. Your face is expressionless and motionless, like a clay figure. What kind of task is this? How many prey do you have to kill in one winter to make up the number? Think about it, this is troublesome, so just keep your eyes shut. .

"Ahem, Weixing, please tell me." Ding Shengli, the village party secretary, saw that Cui Weixing was not talking, so he specifically called him by name.

"Uncle Ding, you also know the situation in our village. There are only six people in the hunting team now. Two more people have been added recently. This is only eight people. This target requires [-] kilograms of meat. What do you think we should do?" Cui Weixing Knowing that I can't escape, I also complained.
"Besides, you also know that this winter fence depends on luck. If you encounter a large herd of wild boars, it's okay. We can easily win the target by hitting this target. But what if we are unlucky? Who can say things accurately?”

(End of this chapter)