Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 161: Pigs sleep better than humans and dig out the squirrel’s granary

After leaving Ma Liu's cellar, Xu Ning carried his gun but did not return home. It was less than three o'clock, so he happened to stop by and take a look at the place where the roe deer was set.

This distance is only more than two miles, and for a young mountain runner like Xu Ning, it is almost effortless, because people who run in the mountains have to start ten miles away if they walk through the snow. It is common to chase prey away for twenty or thirty miles.

But mountain runners never say how many miles they have traveled. Even if they run thirty or forty miles, they still have to say more than ten miles.

Because it feels different when you say it. If you say, "It has to be forty miles away from home," you will definitely feel uncomfortable and a little uncomfortable. When you hear this long distance, you will be easily discouraged.

Moreover, people who run around in the mountains walk much faster than ordinary people, just like the legs of a race walker. People with slow legs and feet cannot catch up at all, and they will fall far behind if they are not careful.

And an old man like Ma Liu, who is nearly 70 years old, still wanders around in the mountains all day long. He has to walk more than 20 miles every day, visiting all the nearby ravines and valleys. How can there be mushrooms, fungus, wild vegetables, etc. in the east mountain? Yes, he knew it all clearly.

So he knew that Bai Shilizi had big skin. Xu Ning was not much surprised, but he was just curious about why he told himself?

Just because Xu Ning came to look for him and bought him something? No way...

Although I was puzzled, I didn’t think blindly. I just came to the five roe deer traps and walked around. This trap was made by Liu Daming later. No matter the height, angle and terrain, it was very regular. If the roe deer followed the animal path, It's bound to be a hit.

Xu Ning walked all the way towards Qing'an Tun, looking at many traps, covers and traps, as well as explosives, ground guns, wooden cats made by others, but some wooden cats, traps... were all destroyed.

This Dongshan is close to the village, so many people come here to hunt for dogs and other traps, so people who are doing dog hunting or fighting don't want to come. They are afraid that if they step on the traps or traps accidentally, the dogs will be disabled.

Xu Ning hurried forward and strolled back to Qing'an Village. It was almost four o'clock, and the sun in the west was glowing red, reflecting a colorful cloud.

As soon as he entered the house, five puppies jumped on him, grunting and looking at the pitiful ones. Xu Ning took off his gloves and gave each one a rare look.

These bastards lived with him for half a month and were so close to him that they could no longer be kissed, but Xu Ning did not put them in the hospital.

Because the puppy's hair is short, there is little down, and the pads of its feet are too tender, so when the puppy goes to the hospital, he crawls inside the house, and he really can't stand the cold weather.

Xu Ning was also afraid that they would get sick, so he left them hanging around in the house. Although they pooped and peed in the house, they all went to the same place, so it was easy to clean up, but the house smelled a bit.

There's no trick. Who knows that some animals are more valuable than people these days?

If someone raises pigs, the pigs will have a better place to sleep than people.

If a pig gives birth to piglets, the pig must be allowed to sleep in the house and must be cared for eight times a day.

If a little pig dies, then the family will definitely suffer from heartache and be miserable for several days.

Because if this litter of pigs and lambs is raised, it will bring rich returns to the family, and it can even give their son a wife!

Tonight, Lao Xu's family ate dumplings stuffed with cabbage and bear oil. At noon, Liu Lizhen, Wang Shujuan and others made four to five hundred dumplings. After making them, they dipped them in water, hung them with wax, and spread them on the curtain. It's freezing outside.

Han Fengjiao, Yang Shuhua and Wu Qiuxia took part of it home for dinner, and Liu Lizhen put the rest in the tank. If she didn't know what to eat, she would cook some dumplings to save herself the trouble of studying.

The next day, Xu Ning was playing with the puppies at home, and Wang Hu climbed over the wall with a bag in his pocket, scratching his head with bared teeth and seemed a little embarrassed.

Xu Ning looked at his appearance and asked, "Gaha?"

Wang Hu smiled sheepishly: "Second brother, didn't you tell us last time that you were going to take us up the mountain to get some hazelnuts or something? Brother Qiang and I were thinking about going alone, and after that we went there for two days without having anything to do. You can take us two there."

"Ah, then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"I saw that you were very busy earlier. I just walked a long way, so I couldn't stay home for a rest."

Xu Ning lowered his head and glanced at his watch. It was five minutes to nine o'clock, and he nodded and asked Wang Hu to go into the house to get the gun. He had to change into the clothes he wore when going into the mountains.

After Wang Hu stood at the door with two guns on his back, patted his pockets and said he had taken thirty single-head bullets, the two walked out of the courtyard and went straight to Li Fuqiang.

Going into the mountains today was not unexpected. Originally, Xu Ning had thought about going to the mountains in the next two days to look for roe deer and deer. Before he went to visit Xing, Yu Kaihe had ordered fifty yuan of meat with him. The bear meat that Ke returned from a few days ago left him with some surplus, but the roe deer and venison also had to be delivered.

Meeting up with Li Fuqiang, the three of them walked towards Shuangfengling. They chatted for a long time on the road, mainly talking about running to Nanshan all day long. It was a waste of time on the road. If there was a car, it wouldn't take long to get there. In Shuangfengling, it will be easy to do anything and you won’t have to be tired.

By the time they arrived at the small peak of Shuangfengling, it was already noon. Li Fuqiang took out the cake, and the three of them took a bite of it without any help.

Li Fuqiang pointed at Shuangfengling and said: "Brother, Huzi and I have been wandering around the three mountains in the past two days, and we haven't done anything! We just looked at some greyhound tracks, and even the shadows were not visible. Didn’t touch it.”

"That's because you didn't find the right place. Let's go over the mountain and take a look to the south."

This Shuangfengling Ridge is not high, so I flipped over to the south without using the upper half pull point. Standing on the top of the mountain overlooking the Chaoyang Slope, Xu Ning handed the gun to Li Fuqiang and took the slingshot and stones from Wang Hu.

Greyhounds, also known as squirrels, that live in the Northeast, some will hibernate in their nests like black blind dogs, while others will not hibernate. Their schedules are related to sunrise and sunset, and most of them usually come out for a walk at noon.

If they encounter strong winds or extremely cold weather, they will not move in their nests for several days. They mainly eat nuts, seeds, pine cones, fruits and fungi...

In autumn, nuts and other things are scattered and hidden on the ground or in tree holes, and fungi are hidden on the branches. The stored food will help them survive the cold winter.

"These greyhounds are very smart. If they make the slightest movement, they won't be able to come out. Our main purpose today is to find some hazelnuts or something like that. If we touch them, we'll beat them. If we don't touch them, we'll pull them down."

Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang nodded.

"Walking along this beam, knock on the dead or fallen trees when you see them, and smash them if they hear any unusual noises. Don't worry about the greyhounds. We'll come back to deal with them before autumn."

"That's it!" The squirrel meat is edible and has a faint pine scent, and the fur is also very valuable. Six or seven squirrels a day can cover nearly three months' wages of the workers.

The three of them scattered around Shanliangzi, searching around for a long time, and finally found something hidden in a dead tree. Li Fuqiang took out a hand ax and chopped it off, and something fell out of the dead tree.

Wang Hu hurriedly opened the bag and continued, "Second brother, I am so worried about young and old, why didn't I see that there was a hole in this tree?"

Xu Ning pulled at the bark of the tree and pointed to the branch on the top, "The entrance to the hole is a skylight, how can you look at it on the ground?"

"Brother, just now I saw holes in two trees. They are about three meters high. Are we going to dig them out later? Maybe we can tame the greyhound."

"Pull it down, don't bother, we came too late, just go back on time with hazelnuts or something like that."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

Xu Ning Shunshan Liangzi looked at a fallen tree. The fallen tree was blocked at both ends, its uneven cross-section was blocked by grass and branches, and it was covered with snow.

A small fallen tree with an obvious blockage like this must be a grain warehouse for greyhounds to prepare for the winter. Xu Ning asked Wang Hu and two people to come over quickly. After Li Fuqiang split it open, a pile of walnuts and pine trees were revealed inside. Tower and hazelnuts.

The hazelnuts in the Northeast are as big as the belly of a finger, and the pine nuts are red pine nuts. They can also be used to extract oil, but stir-frying produces black smoke. The stir-fried vegetables have a pine aroma and can also be used as skin care products.

They searched for nearly two hours on the mountain and collected two and a half bags of hazelnuts, pine cones and walnuts.

"Second brother, what are you looking at?"

Wang Hu looked at Xu Ninglao groping on the ground and asked.

"Look, look, haven't you seen the roe deer in this mountain these past two days?"

"No wow."

"Brother, why are you hungry for roe deer? Then I will go for a walk in Dongshan. If I catch the person who stole our roe deer..."

Xu Ning looked at Li Fuqiang and said with a smile: "I have arranged this matter, let's just wait for the opportunity."

"The arrangements are complete. How did you arrange it?"

"Don't ask, you will know when the time comes. This game depends on luck. We will gather more livestock before the year, including wild boars, deer and roe deer. Tomorrow we will go into the mountains to look for them."

"That's it." Li Fuqiang did not continue to ask more questions, but simply responded.

Wang Hu carried his cloth bag and followed Xu Ning down the mountain, "Second brother, why should we go ahead?"

"About half past six."

When the three of them came down the mountain and were walking north, a shout suddenly came from behind them.

Xu Ning turned around and squinted his eyes, because this person was none other than the big yellow speaker!

At this moment, although Huang Dadaxiao was empty-handed, he was very happy after seeing the three of them, and he hurriedly called out to them.

"Oh shit, why did you touch him like this!"

Li Fuqiang looked at Xu Ning and said, "What a coincidence."

Xu Ning nodded and asked, more than thirty meters away from the loudspeaker: "Why are you leaving it here?"

"Haha, we bumped into each other here! Brother Xu, let me just say that we are destined. I am thinking of going for a walk in the mountains. If I look at Heixiazicang, we can come together again."

Li Fuqiang said: "Why is the black blind man so easy to find? How many days have you been wandering around?"

"It's been three or four days, and the shit hasn't been fixed."

When Big Speaker came closer, he looked at the shape of their cloth bags and asked, "Have you gone to the mountains to dig out hazelnuts?"

"Well, I have nothing to do."

Da Xiaoxiao said with a smile: "I am just wandering around with nothing to do. Brother Xu, do you know where I went? I went to the Black Stone Pond for a walk, but I didn't dare to go in... If there is a black blind man inside, I will be the only one." People definitely can't get out. I stayed in the mountains and watched deer... It should be the trace of roe deer, but I didn't see the shadow, and the trace was almost hard."

Xu Ning was stunned, "Are you looking at the roe deer and deer tracks? Where are you looking at them?"

"Just leave the Heixiazi Ditch behind Shuangfengling. What, you didn't go to the ditch?"

"I'm not going. We're going to pick out hazelnuts on the mountain."

Heixiazi Valley and Xiazi Valley are two places. Heixiazi Valley is a V-shaped ditch, which is similar to the white lines on the chest of Heixiazi, so it is named Heixiazi.

Xu Ning asked: "Which ditch do you put your things and look at?"

"Donggou! I originally wanted to go back from Xima Duozi, but I don't want to go back to this place."

Li Fuqiang said: "Then you have gone quite a long way around this time."

(End of this chapter)