Catch the Mountain 1985

Chapter 54 Eat, drink, and chat with you
Zhang Peng finished dinner at Li Chunmei's house and chatted with his future mother-in-law for a while. He asked about the situation at home with concern and talked about recent experiences. He just skipped the dangerous ones. Satisfied, please listen to his recent harvest. This Chunmei will no longer be hungry after getting married, and her life will be more prosperous. She will feel relieved, and she will be worthy of her deceased father. Li Chunmei is also happy in her heart, knowing Zhang Peng sincerely cares about his family, takes family matters as his own, and feels that this man is worthy of being entrusted to him.

Looking at the time, Zhang Peng was ready to get up and leave. Today, he mainly came to see if there was anything missing at home, and then there was a process of getting familiar with each other. Although Zhang Peng was already too familiar with Li Chunmei's family, but now Her family is still in the familiar stage.

Zhang Peng stood up and left. Both Li Chunmei and Li Chaoyang were a little reluctant to leave. The former had not seen each other for a long time and missed him a little, while the latter had not heard enough stories about going up the mountain. This deeply aroused Li Chaoyang's interest, and the subsequent life also changed. It has gradually changed with this contact, but it is too early to tell now. I just have some interest in mountain climbing.

"Daughter, go and see Xiaopeng off," Lan Guihua said with a smile.
"Yeah, okay, Mom," Li Chunmei agreed shyly.
Then the two of them walked out of the house and walked side by side on the road. Li Chaoyang wanted to follow, but Lan Guihua dragged her back with one hand, so they could join in the fun and go back to study.

The two were walking on the road. They hadn't seen each other for such a long time and didn't feel strange at all. They chatted about interesting things that happened recently and novel things that happened near home. Li Chunmei said that she likes to raise animals and will definitely do so in the future. He wanted to raise some and then sell them to support his family. This coincided with Zhang Peng's idea. There seemed to be no barrier between the two of them, and they were chatting happily. Zhang Peng found that Li Chunmei seemed to be more lively in this life. Maybe this was the reason. It must be her nature. In her previous life, she was always tired of life, so there was no time to release her nature.

Unknowingly, the two of them had reached the entrance of the village. At the entrance of the village, they were both reluctant to leave. They both wanted time to pass more slowly so that they could stay with their loved ones for a while longer.

"Chunmei, please go back. Don't send any more gifts. If you do, you can only send them to my house."

Zhang Peng said with a smile. He could also see Li Chunmei's reluctance and wanted the two of them to spend more time together. This was the time when he was worrying about gains and losses. If he hadn't seen her for a long time, he would unconsciously think about it.

"You're just talking nonsense, what are you doing back during this time?"

"I joined the hunting team in the village. Winter is about to come. I will go to the winter camp as soon as I get ready. I won't see you for a while again."

"You can meet anytime you want. Just come over when you have time. I have nothing to do at home this winter. I don't know what to do."

"Okay, even if I don't have time, I will make time to see you."

"Huh, you're just talking nonsense. Don't forget to go back and take care of your aunt." After saying that, he stretched out his hand and lightly hit Zhang Peng, and then urged him to go back.

Zhang Peng laughed, agreed and turned around and walked home. Li Chunmei looked at Zhang Peng's back and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Peng didn't stop along the way. It was around three o'clock in the afternoon when he got home. He went back to say hello to Wang Xiufen and also said hello to Li Chunmei, then climbed over the wall and went to Zhao Chunming's house. Li Cuihua was not at home, saying she was out to visit. , leaving only Zhao Chunming lying bored at home.

"Second brother, you are back"

When Zhao Chunming saw Zhang Peng entering the house, he sat up happily. He suddenly felt that he had nothing to do without going up the mountain. He went to find Zhang Peng and Wang Xiufen told him that Zhang Peng had gone out to the neighboring village. This left Zhao Chunming with no choice but to go to the neighboring village. I have repaired the fishing net at home and am going to take some time to get some fish back in the winter. Now there is no shortage of oil and water at home, and the fish can also be a change of taste.As a result, Zhang Peng didn't come back until the cultivation was completed, so he could only continue to lie down in boredom.

"You're such a laid-back kid. You're lying on the kang, drinking water and eating melon seeds. You really enjoy yourself." Zhang Peng was not polite and patted Zhao Chunming, then sat down on the kang and grabbed the food on the kang. I started eating melon seeds.

"Second brother, what are you enjoying? It's boring all the time, but the mountains are more interesting. The day is full of things and you are full of energy."

When Zhang Peng heard what he said, he also laughed and scolded: "You are really a hard-working person. It's not a good thing to be here with nothing to do. You don't have to worry about food and clothing. When the winter siege starts, we won't have time to rest. Cherish it." It’s time now”

"Hehe, isn't it boring to be idle? Second brother, tell me about winter girdle." Zhao Chunming also smiled when he heard this, and then sat up from the kang.

Zhang Peng rolled his eyes at him, then thought about it and told Zhao Chunming what he knew about Dongwei.

"The wind blows three times, and it blows for three days." Old Northeastern people all know this saying, that is: the wind in winter can only blow for three days, and it will definitely stop after three days.

After a "big smoke bubble", it is also the best time for hunters to go up the mountain for "winter hunting".The Northeastern people's "hunting" generally refers to hunting, which can be divided into "red hunting" in spring, "autumn hunting" and "winter hunting".

The origin of "hunting" can be traced back to ancient times, when human productivity was low and could only surround and annihilate prey through the power of groups.Since the emperors of the Qing Dynasty were keen on military operations in which Qing soldiers surrounded the area from all sides and drove prey to designated areas for hunting by the royal family and nobles, "hunting" was promoted to its heyday.

With the development of the times, what is now called "hunting" among the people has been greatly different from the concept of "royal hunting" in the Qing Dynasty. The hunting venues, forms, scales and hunting tools are all completely different.

Hunters are now able to group freely, and the vast northern mountain forests are ready-made hunting grounds. The hunting dogs that have been domesticated by humans for a long time have taken on the task of encirclement and have become the main force in the hunt.

Bloodthirsty wild wolves are close relatives of hunting dogs. The "wolf pack tactic" of first surrounding the prey and then taking turns to attack it makes all animals in nature shudder.After being domesticated by humans, the wolf genes in their bones (that is, hunting dogs) have been re-activated, and their attack power on prey is no less powerful than the ferocious wild wolves.

Using hunting dogs to drive away prey, then gathering them together and shooting them is the most common winter hunting method. With the help of hunting dogs, hunters can save energy and do not have to travel through mountains and snow to find traces.

Of course, there are also some who walk around on their own. Such old hunters basically have their own unique tracking methods, which are generally not shared with others. This is a treasure passed down from generation to generation.

This is the origin of "Winter Wai", a unique winter activity in Northeast China.

(End of this chapter)