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Chapter 166: Some animals in the Li family found traces of Big Skin

Night, around six o'clock.

Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu held pine Mingzi torches with gray heads and dusty faces, and their eyelashes, hat brims, and cotton cloth around their faces were all covered in white frost.

At this time, the temperature in the mountains has reached minus 24 or 5 degrees Celsius. Although the wind is not strong and there are no big smoke cannons, it is still bitingly cold when blowing on people.

After they arrived at Baishilizi, they searched for the cave along the north and south, and walked straight for half a point before finally seeing a relatively secret cave. There were many branches piled outside the cave entrance to cover the cave entrance to prevent wild animals from entering.

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu cleared away the tangled branches, and the entrance to the cave appeared. It was extremely dark inside, and it seemed bottomless.

There are obvious traces of artificial excavation at the entrance of the hole. Perhaps it was only a small hole originally and was enlarged by the sledgehammer.

Xu Ning walked in front with his gun loaded and loaded, and Wang Hu followed behind holding a Song Mingzi torch. They had to explore the situation inside the cave first. If any animals settled here, they would catch the three unsuspecting people by surprise. Then they would even regret it. Can't find it.

The cave is very spacious, with a space of more than ten square meters just four or five meters away from the cave entrance. Although the ground is not flat enough, there are many urala grasses piled up, and there are even traces of man-made fires, and there are a few burnt black seeds piled under the roots of the cave wall. wood and dead roots.

Xu Ning walked more than ten meters in it, and saw two giant rock stacked in one place, only exposing the gap of the palm of the palm. People must not be able to drill in. Let Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu cage fierce rice.

The rice cakes that the three of them had eaten at noon had now been completely digested. The feeling of hunger in their stomachs made the three of them weak, and they could only walk to Baishilizi with a strong energy.

Li Fuqiang asked Wang Hulong to heat the rice. He went out to find some dead wood and dragged it into the cave. Then he chopped it with a hand ax, cut it into arm lengths, and piled it into the fire.

Xu Ning found six branches and strung together four prepared chickens. He placed wood on both sides and melted the ice not far from the fire.

The feathers of the chicken were not plucked, but the internal organs were cleaned. After the chicken melted into water, Li Fuqiang pulled out a pile of red-hot charcoal, spread the chicken flat and threw it on the hairy side.

After more than forty minutes of tossing, there was enough firewood piled up in the cave to burn for one night. Li Fuqiang piled the branches from outside to the entrance of the cave again, and then turned back to eat.

The three of them devoured all four chickens, and then ate two boxes of pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli and six corn pancakes, and then they were barely full.

"Second brother, do you think the Li brothers are home yet?" Wang Hu swallowed the corn flour pancake and had some strength to speak.

Li Fuqiang held a cigarette in his mouth and looked at Xu Ning with a half-smile.

"It's only around seven o'clock. Whose house are we going to? I guess we can't get to Qing'an until eleven or twelve o'clock."

Wang Hu threw two ice cubes into the aluminum lunch box sitting on the hot coals. There was still some cabbage vermicelli in the aluminum lunch box, but it was already a bit dry.

When the ice cubes are thrown into the aluminum lunch box, there is a "thumping" sound, and as the ice cubes emit white steam, they melt quickly.

"Hehe, they should be able to remember this time."

Li Fuqiang shook his head helplessly: "These two people are fighting against those two bastards from the Chang family. I still don't fully understand what they think."

"I don't understand either."

Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang turned to look at Xu Ning at the same time, only to hear him grin, "You two don't understand, can I understand? Okay, no matter what they think, we haven't suffered a loss. Hurry up and clean up." A place to sleep.”

"Got it!"

Then the three of them got up and spread out the withered grass and urala grass. After the sleeping area was laid, Li Fuqiang took the aluminum lunch box out of the fire. The ice inside had turned into water and was already boiling.

At this time, the temperature in the cave could barely reach 1 or 2 degrees. The three of them drank up the vegetable soup in the aluminum lunch box and threw a tree root into the fire.

The tree roots can hold up for the first half of the night, but the temperature in the cave will definitely have to cool down in the second half of the night. Who can't bear it then to get up and fill the fire.

Although the cave is filled with smoke, there is a crack in the cave that breathes out and blows all the smoke out of the cave without causing poisoning.

When Xu Ning and the others lay on the straw mat and fell asleep, the Li brothers who had just walked to Xima Duozi were in extremely miserable condition.

The two of them were black smoked by Songmingzi. Because they did not wear a cotton scarf, their lips and nose, eyelashes, and brims were hanging frost, and the wind blown lightly, frozen them.

The two Li brothers held a torch in one hand and an ash tree in the other, walking down the mountain ridge of Xima Duozi with trembling steps.

As soon as he took two steps, Li Feng felt that his legs and feet were no longer his. He stumbled from side to side and fell to the ground, rolling down the mountain.

"Oh, what the fuck..."

Li Shan saw his brother slipping down the mountain with dull eyes. Although he was very worried, he didn't scream loudly because he didn't even have the strength to speak.

It felt like my throat was frozen, and every breath I took was like an ice knife cutting through my throat.

Li Shan hurriedly dragged his lead-filled legs and stepped towards Li Feng.

"Isn't it superfluous? Do you think we are superfluous?!"

Li Feng rubbed his elbows and slapped his thighs angrily. After Li Shan came to him and helped him up, he took his arm and continued walking down the mountain.

When Li Feng saw that his brother remained silent, he could only swallow the sorrow in his heart.

At this time, the two brothers were resentful of Chang Xifeng, Xu Ning and others, believing that they were the ones who ended up like this because of their trickery and unkindness.

After going down the mountain, the two brothers tightened their waistbands again and walked forward for another two miles. Finally, they saw the broad straight road leading directly to Qing'an Tun.

When they almost reached the intersection between Qing'an and Taiping, they couldn't help but feel a little excited because they were finally home.

At this time, there was a man squatting next to the fork in the road, holding a pipe and pot in his mouth. After seeing two figures wandering towards them, the man quickly stood up and shouted in the direction of the two.

"Mountains, peaks..."

When Li Feng heard the noise, he held Li Shan's arm and pointed forward with bright eyes, "Dad...Dad!!"

Li San saw that the two brothers were exhausted and hurried forward. Although he had been waiting here for a long time, he came here after having a full meal, so he was naturally more energetic than the Li brothers.

Li Shan walked up to the two brothers and asked hurriedly: "What's going on? How did you create such a sexy thing!"

"Dad ... don't ask, hungry, boring, go home ... say."

Li Shan grabbed his father's arm and squeezed out broken words from his throat.

When Li San saw the appearance of his two sons, he felt heartbroken and hurriedly pulled them home.

It was almost eleven o'clock at home. Li San hurried to let the boss daughter -in -law bring the food sitting in the pot, and Li San threw the bedding he covered by his buns to the side, letting the brother lie down on the hoe to warm and warm.

"Cuiping, hurry up and give them some hot water to wash up."

"Eh."

As soon as Sun Cuiping finished the meal, she didn't wait to put the table, so she received the order from her husband. She hurriedly went to the house to find the pot to fight the water.

At this time, Li Shan regained his composure. He stood up and looked at the food placed on the edge of the kang, almost kicking it over.

"Are you so blind? You don't know how to put the table first! Huh? I think you're looking for a beating!" Li San poked Li Shan, "Where are you? The children are asleep, you can't wait for a while. ah?"

At this time, Sun Cuiping had already placed the Kang table and brought the food to the table. She turned around and hurriedly went out to get the enamel basin, holding it in her hands for the Li brothers to wash.

After Li Shan washed his hands, he turned around and looked at his face under the shadow of the kang table, "Where are the bowls and chopsticks? Should I grab them with my hands? Did you eat it with your brain?"

Sun Cuiping dragged the enamel basin in his hand and rushed his hand. After Li Feng washed his hand, he turned his head and said, "Big brother, my sister -in -law is the pot, you can almost order it."

"I'm chatting with my wife, and I have something to do with you, so shut up."

Sun Cuiping carried the enamel basin to the outhouse in a muffled voice. After picking up the bowls and chopsticks, she served the brothers a bowl of rice and then left the east room.

Li San held the pipe and pot and asked, "What's going on? Why did you come back just now?"

"Dad, we brothers are being played with..."

Li Shan called Qu, and then told the reason while eating.

After hearing this, Li San frowned and said: "Brothers Xiaofeng lied to you? No way... Then Xu Erning is not easy to talk to, but they dare to fire a gun?"

"It's not good! It almost ruined my reputation."

Li Feng grabbed the food and said, "Dad, I don't want my uncle to do this, and they don't know about Xu Erning..."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Shan. Li Shan said angrily: "Quickly pull him down! If they hadn't gathered us to get close to Xu Erning, how could we have suffered this?"

Li Feng was a little speechless. He did complain when he put it on the mountain, but when he thought about it carefully, it had nothing to do with anyone else. It was all the fault of his brothers. After all, if they didn't want to follow, how could they suffer this?

Li San took a puff from his pipe and pot, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Don't you blame Xu Erning?"

"I blame you! But the three of them told us not to follow them from the beginning. We stayed behind and followed secretly. This is really our fault. Who knew they were going to Lao Beicha!"

Li Shan put down his chopsticks and rubbed his face, looking speechless.

When Li Feng heard this, he was a little bit embarrassed. Why did he complain about our elder brother and don't complain about Xu Erning?

"Lao Becha? They go to Nagaha."

"How could I know? Anyway, they brought dry food for three days."

Li San nodded and felt a little puzzled, but without thinking much, he said: "Our family can't afford to offend the old Xu family. Since we can't get together, we should have less contact in the future."

"Hey, if Xu Ning and Chang Xifeng hadn't had a feud, would he be able to use guns and cannons when he saw us brothers? Dad, after so many years, Chang Xifeng didn't say that he would teach us brothers to fight sieges. He When did the animals from the mountains get sent to our house?"

Li Feng frowned and said, "Brother, that's what people do to make money, why are you still arguing about this?"

"How are we making a living? He went to Nanshan to fight a siege, and we went to Wolong Mountain. We are not next to each other. What are they afraid of?" Li Shan squinted his eyes.

Li San sighed and said: "Okay, after all this, you two came back alive. If you really die in the mountains... Feng, when the time comes, I will find Chang Xifeng to fight for my life. You can't blame me, right?"

Li Feng was stunned, "Dad, what are you talking about?"

Li San waved his hand and knocked the pipe and pot against the edge of the kang. "Okay, go to sleep now. It's time."

Li Shanyu pulled the to the ground, looked back at Li Feng, and muttered: "The cleaning of the elbow is turning out, who is your father and brother,"

Li Feng lowered his head and looked at his shoes, his heart felt a little tight, and a feeling of suffocation spread throughout his body.

He really didn't turn his elbows out, so he just said what happened today. At first, he was forced to suffer in the mountains. He did complain a few times, but after returning home, he figured it out. In the end, it was his brothers who were blamed for this matter. Together with the Chang brothers and Xu Erning doesn't have much to do with him.

In fact, Li Feng didn't understand that it was precisely because his more correct views were completely opposite to those of Li San and Li Shan that Li San looked down on Li Feng, so he had been looking down on Li Shan since he was a child.

The next day, when Li Feng was going to deliver a gun to Chang Xifeng, he was stopped by Li San. He said that the Chang brothers were recovering from their injuries and would definitely not be able to attack the siege. People go to the mountains and move around, and maybe they can be able to hold things.

Therefore, Li Feng can only let his daughter -in -law Chang Lihong return to her mother's house and talk to Chang Xifeng, because Li Feng feels a little embarrassed.

In the morning, Li Shan didn't know the reason. He picked up the feathers and pumped Sun Cuiping. He howling Sun Cuiping, and the neighbors sighed straightly when he heard it.

After Li Feng stopped him, he asked Chang Lihong to lead Sun Cuiping out quickly. He stayed at home to persuade Li Shan. When he found out the reason, Li Feng realized that it was Sun Cuiping who didn't wash his clothes.

Everyone in the village knew that Li Shan beat his wife. The old women who usually gathered in the shop often talked about it. Although they always scolded Li Shan for his bad death, Li Shan's spirit was getting better day by day.

But in Baishilizi, a hundred miles away, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu were not in good spirits. The reason was that it was too cold in the cave last night and the three of them didn't get much sleep.

After getting up in the morning and eating, Xu Ning asked Li Fuqiang to stay in the cave. It would be best to find some stones to surround the entrance of the cave to avoid the wind.

This is winter. If Li Fuqiang comes and puts a kang in the cave and makes a wooden door for the entrance of the cave after spring begins, it will be easy. But now he can only find stones, and the stones are not easy to find because they are all frozen by the soil. If you live, you have to use a hand ax to knock.

Xu Ning and Wang Hu carried guns on their backs and went to the pine forest near Baishilizi. This pine forest extended to the northwest fork and Xiaobeigou in the southeast, and after passing these two places, they reached the boundary of Wanye.

The snow in this pine forest is very thick, and it will snow when you step on it, because the Baishi Lazi is in the center of Gongyao Ridge, and the distance from Wanye, Qing'an and Ji Province is at least sixty or seventy miles. It can be said that There are no people in the mountains.

"Second brother, do you think this is the trace of a roe deer?"

Wang Hu asked a series of traces in the snow.

Xu Ning glanced at it and replied: "This is a deer trace, it must be six or seven days old."

"Fuck, there are a lot of animals in this forest?"

"There must be a lot, there should be any play in this forest, what are you playing above your head."

"Frozen green!" Wang Hu grinned and said, "Second brother, shall we fix it?"

"What are you doing? Let's do business first and go back as soon as you are done."

"Eh."

The two of them wandered around the pine forest for three or four hours. Just as they were walking back, Xu Ning suddenly spotted a line of tracks on a large fallen tree.

"Dapi Zong!"

Wang Hu stopped hastily and called out: "Where are you putting it?"

"Let's slowly retreat from the fallen tree. We'll take a detour first and come back after noon."

Wang Hu glanced and nodded: "Okay."

Although he saw the big traces of skin, Xu Ning did not take off the traps or clips. This was because the traces on the fallen tree were very fresh and might have been left just in the morning. If he went to remove the clips and clips at this time, it would be easy to remove the traps. He ran away in shock.

　Give it two days and I should be fine tomorrow. Today I have a low fever, drowsiness and can't open my eyes.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)