Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 266: This is the condition of our family. Let me listen secretly.

It was noon, and the north wind came in bursts, swaying the grass standing on the bank of the reservoir, and blowing on everyone's faces and feeling cold, but the winter sun exuded warmth, making everyone move around wantonly. warm current……

Xu Ning, Xu Laowang, Yang Yusheng and others squatted or sat on the shore, looking directly at Xu Feng, Wang Biao and other children who were playing with ice carts and one-legged donkeys on the ice.

At first, Xu Laowei explained to Yang Yusheng why there was no lengchang here. The reason was that north of Daqinggouzi was the boundary of Wangxing, and the lengchang under the forestry farm were all in Qing'an.

Then they chatted and chatted about everything from national policies to the filial piety of the parents in the village.

Xu Ning raised her wrist and glanced at her watch, then stood up and dragged Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei and Wang Hu down to the ice of the reservoir. She raised her hand and waved loudly to greet Xu Feng, Wang Biao and others.

Although Xu Feng had run out of fun just now, the child's energy was much better than that of an adult. It didn't take long for her to become energetic again, and she rushed to the ice while paddling the ice car...

At this moment, when she saw Xu Ning waving hello, she hurriedly called Wang Biao, and then a group of people rowed the ice cart, one-legged donkey, put away the ice boat, and quickly ran to the shore.

Xu Ning looked at the dejected faces of Wang Biao and others and asked with a smile: "Why didn't you have enough fun?"

"Second brother, no matter how much fun you have, it's not enough. We are having fun at the peak of our energy."

Yang Liguo said: "Second uncle, I didn't mean that..."

Yang Liguo smiled and nodded: "That's okay, Third Uncle, then when are you going back? I'll come and pick you up."

Han Fengjiao looked sideways at the door of the courtyard and said with a smile, "I couldn't help but murmur. I just murmured a few words and then came back."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Brother, it's not that I don't care about you, I can't stop you from making money... Originally, I was thinking of taking you to run in the mountains, leading ten dogs. The scene was so big that the whole Qing'an You can’t find the second one.”

In the Xu family, white smoke was rising from the open-air stove in the courtyard, and the stew in the pot was venison shank. Wang Shujuan happened to be steaming rice in the east wing, so she would come out from time to time to add fire to the open-air stove.

Yang Yusheng held the dry cigarette and said with a smile: "No one needs to give it to me, I have my own tricks. Is there a phone in this village?"

Yang Liguo put the tea cup on the floor cabinet and said, "Uncle, we have to go back tomorrow. The hotel has to open at noon on the tenth day of the lunar month."

After they washed their hands, they sat on the edge of the Kang or on a stool. Some held teacups and drank some hot water, while others ate melon seeds.

At this moment, everyone in the room was looking at Yang Yusheng. After seeing Yang Liguo's eyes, Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "Okay, I've been listening to you talk about hunting for the past two days. It makes me feel so sad." Liguo , then you can go back tomorrow, I’ll stay here for a few days.”

"Let's play. They haven't been out much since the Chinese New Year. It's good to go for a walk. It's better than staying at home and being bored."

"Come on, it's about twelve o'clock now. We can have dinner when we get home for a break."

At this time, Xu Feng ran into the courtyard and rushed into the outhouse. She shouted excitedly: "Mom, look at my cotton-padded jacket, it's not wet at all."

Xu Ning and others threw the ice cart, one-legged donkey and other things at the wall of the lower room, and strolled into the room. Since more than ten people were crowded in the east room, Xu Laowen took Xu Feng and Wang Biao who had just finished fetching water. , Li Jinyu and others rushed to the West House.

"Well, you've got your business down. Go get a basin of water for your third uncle to wash himself off."

Yang Liguo rolled his eyes at him, "Why are you so capable?"

"okay!"

Xu Laowen raised his hand and said: "Uncle knows what you mean. You don't have to worry about it. My third brother can go wherever he wants. I have to send it to him wherever he goes."

Although Yang Yusheng and others had made an appointment for the ice car race in the morning, no one mentioned it after they arrived at the reservoir. Why?

"Put it in the back. Is the food ready?"

"Why didn't Er Ning come back?"

Li Fuqiang answered: "Then you go back, my third uncle has to stay here for a while."

"That's not good. Who can have the leisure to feed ten dogs?"

Wang Erli said: "Li Guo, don't worry, this is our own home, can we still let the third brother walk back by himself?"

"These kids are really having fun. It's been a while and they haven't come back yet."

"We've rested for a long time. Anyway, there's nothing wrong with us just sitting around and chatting. We can eat some meat without feeling too busy."

Xu Laowei, Yang Yusheng and others walked in the front, pointing to the surrounding mountains or villages as they walked, talking about the dividing lines and mountain trends of the Qing'an area.

They came here driving a donkey cart, which Yang Liguo borrowed from his fellow villagers.

Li Fuqiang waved his hand and said: "Why do you still need to pick it up? I will send Uncle San back when the time comes. Brother, you can give me the whole car when the time comes..."

"Well, third brother, you go inside first and wait for a while. We'll have dinner soon."

"Third brother, let's go for a walk in the mountains together tomorrow. It will be fun to hunt with us together."

Wang Hu said: "I see you are not hungry."

Xu Laowen excused himself to be yin and yang and turned to look at Yang Yusheng.

Because they are old and weak-minded, it is impossible for them to compete with the children to play.

"The third brother said he wanted to take a walk in Daqinggouzi, which is located to the north of the reservoir."

Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "Okay, you have been exhausted this whole afternoon, and you didn't even have time to take a break, right?"

"It's done!" Li Fuqiang clapped his hands happily.

As it should be, Xu Feng never does anything like crossing a river and demolishing a bridge. This is much better than Xu Laowen. He just throws it away after use and picks it up again before use...

Immediately, Xu Feng, Wang Biao and others picked up the ice cart and one-legged donkey and followed Xu Ning's footsteps towards home.

"You're so hungry now, why don't you go back now? Second brother." Wang Biao asked.

In the outhouse, Wu Qiuxia squatted next to the kitchen, washing the dishes in the large aluminum basin, Han Fengjiao stood next to the cutting board, mixing cold dishes, and Yang Shuhua used a long-handled spoon to pull out the pheasant mushroom stewed vermicelli...

When Xu Laowen and others entered, Liu Lizhen asked, "Where have you been wandering around?"

Xu Laowen said: "Yes, let's leave it to the Tunbu."

"Then I'll make a call later and ask Erning to take me there. No one needs to follow."

Xu Laowen nodded in response, looked at Xu Ning and said, "Okay! You can go to Tunbu later to borrow a 56-and-a-half from your uncle. If your third uncle is not used to the old pout, the 56-and-a-half will definitely be able to use it."

Yang Yusheng participated in the War to Aid Korea and must be a good hand with guns. The guns he used at that time were Soviet-made 1944-style rifles, also known as Shui Lianzhu, and imitation Soviet-made guns. Type 53 rifle, as well as Bobosha and Bobosi submachine guns...

Yang Yusheng smiled and said: "56 and a half is pretty good. Before I joined the army, I could only shoot eight or nine at a 200-meter target."

"Oh my God, that's a big deal!" Liu Daming said in shock.

If you can hit the 56-meter target with water or 200 and a half, if you can hit the eight or nine rings, you can be called a sharpshooter, because the gun at this time does not have a scope. Just being able to hit the target at 200 meters with the machine sight is already quite impressive.

Moreover, the guns of today are not as accurate as those of later generations, and their accuracy is poor. Usually, the target used in the army is 100 meters, because once it exceeds a certain distance, the sight of the firearm is larger than the standard half-length target, and it is difficult to hit the target. .

"Don't be so surprised! The noise scared me!" Xu Laowen glanced sideways at his brother-in-law, then turned around and said, "But what should I do? The third brother's shooting skills are really amazing..."

"What a great thing, I haven't hit a moving target in many years."

The moving targets that Yang Yusheng was talking about were not the targets running around on the shooting range, but the living creatures that were shot in the wild.

"How is Er Ning's marksmanship?"

Li Fuqiang said: "Third uncle, my brother's marksmanship is also very good. Last time we were eighty or ninety meters away, he used his old stick to kill the big gouging egg, hitting him right on the forehead."

"That's really awesome..."

Everyone chatted in the house for a while, and Liu Lizhen, who was plating the dishes in the outer room, shouted to put the table down. Then Xu Long, Wang Hu and others quickly got up and went to the outer room, picking up the floor table, Kang table, and large table top. …

Today, the old Xu family also has to put three tables, but the space in the east room is small, so they have to put a kang table in the west room for the children to eat on the kang. Without the urging of adults, the children will definitely eat more happily.

Xu Ning was not idle either. He stood up and took the bowls and chopsticks, set up the stools, or carried dishes. In short, he was everywhere where there was work.

His actions made my mother a little confused. There is a saying that goes well: if things are abnormal, there must be monsters, if people are abnormal, there must be swords, and if you don't mean what you say, there must be ghosts! "You Gaha?"

Xu Ning stood in front of the vegetable basin with a plate in both hands, while Liu Lizhen used a spoon to put vegetables on the plate. She looked at her old son and asked.

"I'm serving food, you're looking at me like that." Xu Ning said with a grin.

Liu Lizhen frowned and said, "Usually you haven't moved anywhere, why are you so diligent now?"

"Hey, let me show off, isn't there someone in the family?"

Liu Lizhen said: "That's nonsense. Did you teach Feng'er to get us foot-washing water yesterday?"

"No, she tried to flirt with me, but I ignored her. Only my dad can trust her."

"Hey, what do you think you are doing for fun? Be careful and don't throw the dishes away..."

"I know."

Xu Ning carried two plates of meat mixed with dried radish strips into the room and placed the dishes in front of Yang Yusheng's eyes.

"Uncle Third, you can try this meat later. It will be delicious with radish strips and rice."

Yang Yusheng smiled and nodded: "Hey!"

Xu Laowen poured the wine and said, "You are very diligent today."

"Dad, look at what you said, what day did I not work hard? What did my second uncle do?"

"Going home to pick up the drinks."

"Why, Third Uncle also wants some strong wine?"

Yang Yusheng said: "Why should I fix it? Your brother Liguo wants to fix it. He grew up drinking medicinal wine. Otherwise, how could he have such a good physique?"

"Ha ha……"

After a while, Wang Erli came into the room with an enamel vat and sat next to Yang Liguo. The two exchanged experiences on drinking strong wine.

As the dishes were served one after another, Xu Ning, Xu Long, Guan Lei, Li Fuqiang and others also took their seats. Everyone waited for a while. After Liu Lizhen, Han Fengjiao and others washed their hands in the outer room, they entered one by one. It was only when the kang was in the room that the chopsticks were officially used.

"How many of the boys have been groomed?" Xu Laowen asked.

Liu Lizhen sat on the edge of the Kang and said, "They have all eaten. Why didn't you pour wine for the third brother?"

Yang Yusheng said: "I'll take a seat first and drink with them later."

"Third brother, eat the food first. Wine is not a good thing. Try not to touch it from now on..." Liu Daming said.

Xu Laowen said: "You Biao? Why are you talking?"

"Hey, why don't you ask me why?"

Xu Ning stood up and asked, "Uncle, why is this?"

"Who dares to drink with Third Brother? I'm trying to persuade him to drink less today, and then drink it under the table for me. Why won't your uncle tickle me when we get home?"

"Hahaha……"

Liu Daming told a relatively blunt joke, which stirred up the atmosphere in the room.

Immediately, everyone was chatting while eating vegetables. Although Xu Laowen and others had wine in their glasses, no one mentioned the first glass of wine. In the end, Yang Yusheng picked up the glass.

"Hey, third brother, let's drink slowly, don't get bored." Xu Laowen was frightened by his aura.

"Haha, I look like you're scared. I see you guys aren't talking about it. I'll bring you a drink and we can all have a casual chat. This time it's mainly about chatting. I'm quite happy to listen to your chatter. Come on, let's go one by one."

"Okay, come on, let's all raise a toast."

After the wine entered their stomachs, everyone finally opened up. Why were they so tense just now? For fear of being embarrassed in front of Yang Yusheng, the scene where no one in the room drank from him yesterday is still vivid in my mind.

The dishes served this afternoon belong to the home-cooked dishes of the old Xu family, because they are all the dishes that the old Xu family usually eats, including stewed vermicelli with pheasant and mushrooms, braised big stick bones with pickled cabbage, vermicelli mixed with cabbage hearts, stewed deer ribs with dried beans and potatoes... There are twelve dishes in total.

There is no way, the old Xu family has this condition, if they want to make new dishes, they have to wait until summer and autumn.

Mom said, I haven’t eaten much fresh vegetables this winter. When spring comes, I must order more beans, cucumbers, persimmons, etc. in the back garden to satisfy my craving.

After the children had eaten and drank in the west room, Wang Biao led them into the east room, said hello to Yang Yusheng, Xu Laowen and others, and ran out to play.

The drinking session ended when the sky turned dark. Xu Laowen, Wang Erli, Yang Liguo and others didn't drink much. Each of them drank about six or seven taels.

But Yang Yusheng only drank two drinks. He mainly listened to Xu Laowen and others chatting, and he could count the number of toasts with one slap.

While Liu Lizhen and others were moving down the table, Xu Ning stood up and said, "Third uncle, let's go to the Tunbu."

"Okay! Brother, just chat, I'll be back later."

"Okay, I'm waiting for you to come back and have tea."

Immediately, Xu Ning and Yang Yusheng went out and went straight to the Tunbu.

The door light of the Tunbu room was on and there was no one in the house. Du Shoucai must have gone home for dinner.

Xu Ning walked into the house with ease and found the light cord. He pulled it down and the lights came on in the house.

"There happens to be no one around. Third uncle, the phone is on the table. You can call me. I'll go out for a walk..."

Yang Yusheng looked at his cleverness, grabbed his arm and said with a smile: "It's not a shameful thing, just leave him in the house."

"Okay, I'll listen secretly." Xu Ning said with a grin.

Yang Yusheng walked to the table and picked up the phone, dialed a number and transferred it to the city. He waited for a while before the call was connected.

"Xiao Ma? I'm Yang Yusheng. Well, you can come to Qing'an Tun on the morning of the 16th day of the first lunar month and wait at the west entrance of Qing'an Tun... It's around eight o'clock, yes! Well, that's it."

After saying that, Yang Yusheng put down the phone and turned to look at Xu Ning with a smile, "Do you hear anything?"

"I didn't listen to anything." Xu Ning deliberately pretended.

"Ha ha……"

At this time, Du Shoucai hurried into the house from the courtyard, opened the door and saw that it was Xu Ning.

"Oh shit, you scared me."

Xu Ning stood up with a smile and said, "Uncle, why didn't you lock the door?"

"I was thinking about going home for a bite to eat. Who would have thought you were here? This is..."

Immediately, Xu Ning introduced the two to each other. Yang Yusheng and Du Shoucai were about the same age, but Yang Yusheng was several months older than Du Shoucai.

"Third brother, why did you come here before?"

Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "I just arrived yesterday morning."

"Come and take a look at Qiangzi?"

"Well, this kid was quite troublesome in the first few years. I heard that he has improved, so I thought about it and came over to take a look."

"Ah, Qiangzi is doing well these days..."

(End of this chapter)