Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 274: Seeing the Northeast Leopard, Big Speaker and Gifts
The black blind man crawled into the ice cave?

This may seem appalling at first glance.

What Xu Ning refers to as drilling holes in the ice is actually a hunchback-walking black blind man who cannot find food in winter, so he has to walk dangerously and drill into holes under the ice of rivers or ditches.

The formation of this kind of cavity is very simple. It is because the temperature drops sharply and the cold air freezes the water surface instantly, while the water below slowly flows downstream, so the cavity is formed.

There is a chance that there is a nest of fish hidden under this kind of hollow, so when the black blind man cannot find food, he will crawl into the ice hole to look for fish...

But the space in the ice cave is very small, and some black blind men are so big that they cannot turn around in it, and they may get stuck.

But it's just stuck. The black blinds will not die. There is a chance that they will choose to hibernate again.

However, there are also unlucky black blind people. The ice hole they drilled happens to be a deep puddle. If they fall in, they will not be able to get back out. There is a high probability of being drowned...

But the probability of this is very small. Xu Ning has only heard of it once, and the black blind man was drowned in the Lanji Reservoir. In the spring of the following year, he floated on the water and was soaked, and his whole body exuded stench.

At 3:20, on the northwest mountain ridge of Tiaoshitang, two men carrying guns and wearing ragged cotton-padded jackets stood.

Xu Ning glanced down and shook his head: "No, this is the trace of the tabby cat."

"Hey, it's really a long day. It's already dark now. Look, the sun hasn't set yet."

"It's not good. This game is as ruthless as Qingpizi."

Xu Ning's left leg was bent and stepped on the big rock, and his right foot stepped back on the snow. He squinted and looked down at the scenery of the jumping stone pond. Although he couldn't see the whole picture from here, he could still see most of it.

Tiao Shi Tang has water all year round. On the left side of Xu Ning, there is a small waterfall of more than 40 meters. There are milky white ice skates hanging on the waterfall. The thick ones are as thick as thighs and the thin ones are as thin as fingers. , of course there are also ice skates attached to the rock wall, like a layer of armor on the rock wall.

"There is really no trace..."

Xu Ning frowned and looked at the flat snow surface, and said: "Let's walk down, and our brown bear came from behind the Black Stone Pond."

When the rainy season comes, a small lake will be formed on the flat land of Heishitang, so there is a word "tang" behind it.

"It's half past three."

"It's normal to have a tabby cat here. It probably plays less than the big cats. Don't just wait here. I've been watching it for three or five days. Maybe it hasn't gone away."

Although he returned without success, Xu Ning didn't feel depressed. After all, this was too common for mountain runners.

The two of them walked downstream for more than a mile and came to the mountain road leading to Xima Duozi. This road was only one person wide, with mountains on one side and steep cliffs on the other.

"It's not good, it will get longer and longer."

The topography of Tiao Shi Tang is completely different from that of Black Stone Pond, which is a flat land on the mountainside with piles of large stones washed down by rain from the mountain. The stones are black and gray, hence the name Black Stone.

In fact, these big rocks were originally mountains, but the surface soil was washed away by rain and exposed to wind and sun for several years, forming a unique landscape.

The tabby cat is the Amur leopard, the Siberian leopard, the golden leopard, and the mountain folk are commonly known as the old leopard, the leopard, the tabby cat, etc...

"Row."

Walking along the mountain road to Xima Duozi, Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang saw a dark figure in front of them just less than a mile away. They looked at each other, picked up their guns, pointed their muzzles at the ground, and slowly Take a step forward.

After walking forward for more than thirty meters, I saw the remains of a wild boar lying in front of me.

Surrounding the pool are large exposed rocks. They are like viewing stones in a fish tank, integrated with the stone jumping pond.

"Fuck! Brother, what do you think this is?"

Li Fuqiang pointed to a row of footprints on the ground and exclaimed: "Big cat!"

The two chatted for a while, then went down to the water pool of Tiaoshitang Falls, walked around the pine trees and stood next to the water pool and took a few glances.

The two of them walked downstream for more than two hundred meters. The footprints of others were walking towards the back of the Black Stone Pond, so Xu Ning took a closer look and decided to continue walking downstream.

Why can't I see clearly? Because the wild boar was lying in grass nests and branches, most of its sight was blocked.

Xu Ning turned around and glanced at the trail of the cat that was heading towards Bai Shilizi. He and Li Fuqiang walked more than 20 meters before saying, "I probably know where that brown bear went."

Under the waterfall is a pool of more than 200 square meters. At this time, the surface is frozen and covered with a layer of snow. But if you listen carefully, you can hear the sound of running water under the ice.

"Old leopard? Damn it, how did it come here? Look at what you paid for this yellow-haired pig..."

"Yeah, let's search down there, and when we get to Black Stone Pond, we can go home."

Li Fuqiang nodded: "Okay, it's past three o'clock now, right?"

"Why did these people get behind?"

Li Fuqiang pointed to the pines and cypresses next to the pool and said, "Brothers, let's go around to the left and get behind the pine tree, otherwise we won't be able to go down the mountain."

"Let's go home, it's already past four o'clock."

The belly of this wild boar had a big hole torn open. The lantern hangings, liver and other items inside had been emptied out. A large piece of meat on the belly bag had also been chewed off. There were a lot of blood spots on the ground. .

Several gangs were organized in nearby villages, and about forty or fifty people went into the mountains but couldn't find the brown bear. How could they just take a look at it just by walking into the mountains?

"Where?" Li Fuqiang was stunned.

"Row."

There is no point in tracing the path that others have walked. It is like others eating sauerkraut, and the two of them can only drink some sauerkraut soup.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Maybe I'm looking for a trace. Let's stroke it down. If you can see the trace, it's better. If you can't see it, pull it down."

"Ah, then go back quickly. If it stays nearby, we may not be able to deal with it."

When the two of them came down the hillside, they followed the traces of the brown bear. There were also footprints of other people, about twenty or thirty people, indicating that many people were thinking about the brown bear during this time.

"Bai Shilizi, if we don't follow the trail and go south directly along the mountain ridge of Tiaoshi Pond, we might be able to follow the trail."

Li Fuqiang blinked and slapped his thigh: "That's right! There are big rocks on the mountain ridge where you jump to the stone pond, and the layer of snow on top has been blown away by the wind! Oh my god! Brother, you really can't prepare for this. "

Xu Ning nodded: "This brown bear is wary. He went down to Jumping Stone Pond and then detoured back to Black Stone Pond. He should have taken a look at Li Shan..."

Why does Xu Ning speculate like this? Because the bear tracks on the ground had been covered by human footprints, the people from the nearby villages were probably not mountaineers. For their own benefit, they did not want others to see the tracks, so they erased all the tracks.

But Xu Ning saw two overlapping bear tracks behind Tiaoshitang Water Pool and Black Stone Pond, so he dared to speculate.

"I think they're almost the same. Now that a leopard appears, they can't touch each other and start having sex, right?"

Xu Ning smiled and said: "Probably not. The leopard is not missing a string in its head. Why bother with a six to seven hundred pound brown bear? Is it just sitting around with nothing to do and scratching its eyes?"

"Hahaha……"

Encountering the leopard trace was an interlude. The two of them chatted and walked to the gentle slope of the west peak of Xima Duozi, and then came to the place where Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang set their traps.

Anyway, we came here and just happened to hunt around and picked up three pheasants and four jumping cats. Because they didn’t have cloth bags, they could only change the bag into a leg binding, hang it on the muzzle of the gun and carry it. Go home.

After such a long time, it became dark. The sun had set, and the darkness suddenly enveloped them. Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang lit two pine trees and hurried on. After walking two miles, they heard a shout.

It was Xu Long, Wang Hu, Wang Biao, and Liu Tianen who drove the donkey cart to meet them.

As soon as he got on the donkey cart and headed home, Xu Long turned around and asked, "Did you find it?" "I didn't look at anything, and my traces were all trampled on," Li Fuqiang said.

Wang Hu said: "That's what I'm thinking about. There are a few people in Yongsheng Tun who don't follow the rules. I heard from the loudspeaker that a few days ago, a few people in Yongsheng Tun almost got into a fight because of two wild boars."

Xu Ning turned around and asked, "Are you looking at the loudspeaker?"

"Well, Big Speaker went to our village to check on something. We just met him when we entered the village." Wang Biao said.

Liu Tianen said: "Second brother, the loudspeaker said that he wants to see you for something."

The four of them brought the wild boar home, and then borrowed a donkey cart from Yu Kaihe to drive it into the mountains. Liu Lizhen also gave instructions. After all, Danan Mountain is quite far away from Qing'an Village. They had already spent a day running in the mountains. After a long journey, will my feet not hurt?
"You didn't say anything?"

Wang Hu shook his head: "There were too many people at the time and he didn't mention it to us. He told my aunt at home before, but he didn't say anything specific."

Li Fuqiang curled his lips and said, "If he has anything to do, just tell him. He's always hiding cats all day long..."

He now has a somewhat different view of Big Speaker. Although he is not so resentful of it anymore, he is still a bit dissatisfied with the way Big Speaker works. They are all big men, so if you have anything to say, just say it.

In fact, Big Speaker also wanted to speak directly, but he went to Xu Ning again and again, but he was not at home.

Xu Long drove the donkey cart and said, "I guess it's nothing urgent. Do you have such a good relationship with Big Speaker? When he went home this time, he was not empty-handed. He heard from his mother that he brought another bag of hash. ant."

Xu Ning said: "Ah, he can eat whatever he gets. It's okay. I'll go to Taiping in a few days and ask him what he wants to do."

"Then you have to pass the fifteenth day. Mom directly told him that there is something at home, and you have to pass the fifteenth day before you are free."

"Row."

When I got home, it was pitch dark.

Although red lanterns were hung in front of each house, there were no candles. Even during the Chinese New Year, no one dares to light lanterns or candles all day long these days. They can’t afford it, so it’s worth saving what you can.

Xu Laowen and others sent a big egg, an old sow, and half a yellow-haired pig to Du Shoucai on the way. The two big pigs were for the poor households to share, and the yellow-haired pig was for Du Shoucai's family. The remaining The lower half of the yellow-haired pig was sent to Lao Meng's house.

After everyone got home, Liu Daming unloaded a yellow-haired pig, and then Liu Lizhen led the old ladies to get busy.

First, I fried a pot of small crispy pork, made two pots of pork and radish meatballs, and at the same time cooked the meat with sauerkraut...

At this moment, Xu Laowen, Yang Yusheng and others were sitting in the east room chatting. As soon as they reached Xu Ning, they heard the voices of Xu Ning and Xu Long.

They first went to deliver the donkey cart to Yu Kaihe before heading home.

"This little kid is back." Xu Laowen said with a narrowed smile.

Yang Yusheng looked at the dark courtyard through the window and asked, "What kind of weapons are they hanging on their guns?"

"The pheasant is dancing like a cat. It must have come out along the Xima Duozi. I walked around the Xifeng. I don't know if I saw the bear."

In fact, Xu Laowen is also very concerned about the brown bear. After all, a bear bile can be sold for a lot of money. Although the bear bile sold cannot be obtained by him, it adds a cornerstone to the family, and Xu Laowen is very happy as the mainstay.

Xu Ning entered the house and was slapped twice by his mother. Without any words of complaint, he opened the door curtain and entered the house with a smile.

"Uncle Three."

Yang Yusheng nodded: "Hey, you're back? How are you?"

"I didn't even look at the bear fur, but before we came back, we walked down the mountain road to look at the tabby cat."

Xu Laowen was startled when he heard this, and stood up from the edge of the bed: "Tabby cat? Old leopard? Oh my god, are you here?"

"Yeah, I saw a yellow-haired pig being ripped out when I walked down the mountain road. There was a trace on the ground. My brother said it belonged to a tabby cat."

Xu Ning put the gun on the counter, loosened his leggings and took off his torn cotton-padded jacket, and said, "Dad, why are you so excited? We can't fight even if there are tabby cats."

Xu Laowen said: "Did I say I wanted to be beaten? I just remembered something your father told me."

"What's going on?" Xu Long asked.

Xu Laowen sat down and lit a cigarette and said: "Your second uncle and I were only eight or nine years old at that time. You, your second uncle, and a few others went to the mountains to go to the Yin and Yang Cellars, where they jumped into a stone pond and saw a nest of leopard cubs.

At that time, your father walked home without daring to touch the nest of leopards. They all listened to your father's words, but two of them got home and got up again in the middle of the night. They took Hanyang Zaohe 56 and a half and went dancing. Shitang, and then I never saw these two people again. "

Xu Ning asked: "Being attacked by a leopard?"

Xu Laowen pretended to be serious and shook his head: "No, your father and his two men went to the mountains to look for them, but there was no blood at all on the ground. They didn't even look at their footprints... Your father went to jump into the stone pond and wanted to take a look at that one again. There were leopard cubs in the nest, but the leopard cubs also disappeared in less than two days. You said this is evil. "

Xu Ning nodded without saying a word, and Xu Long answered: "Dad, this matter is indeed quite evil."

"It's not good. My little Qian'er got goosebumps when he heard it." Wang Erli said.

Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "There are such inexplicable things everywhere."

"Third brother, there's nothing wrong with what you said."

Xu Chunlin put out the cigarette, raised his head and asked, "Are we going to have another fight tomorrow? I can see that the Green Wolfs are all jumping around."

"Let's fight. My third uncle's body type can definitely handle it. Can you and my second uncle resist?" Xu Ning said with a smile.

"Mom, who are you looking down on? I'm your father! How can I still bear it? What a joke." Xu Laowen stood up and pouted.

"Hahaha..." Everyone burst into laughter.

At this time, Liu Lizhen shouted in the outer room to put down the table. Her words almost caught up with the imperial edict. As soon as she finished speaking, people in the room started to move.

Everyone was busy, setting the table where it should be, setting up stools to pick up bowls and chopsticks, and carrying plates. After a while, the table was filled with dishes.

Hash ant stewed with tofu, pan-fried old man fish, pork stick bones stewed with pickled cabbage, radish braised pork... a total of ten home-cooked dishes.

"Third brother, why don't you take a little refreshment to relieve your fatigue?" Xu Laowen asked cautiously.

"Okay! Just this one cup will do." Yang Yusheng said cheerfully.

Xu Laowang said with a smile: "Third brother, let me play some tricks. I'll drink half a cup..."

"Haha, you can drink as much as you want, how can I pick you to deal with?"

Wang Erli bared his teeth and said: "Since the third brother is not picky, then I will have half a cup."

Hearing this, the room burst into laughter again.

The children were arranged to the west room, and the old lady sat at the Kang table. Liu Lizhen served the rice, raised her eyelids and said: "Third brother, no one dared to raise their glasses when you were sitting here. You have completely convinced him to drink a few drinks. From now on." I definitely don’t dare to mess around anymore.”

"Hey, I'm convinced, but I still have to drink when it's time to drink! We've been together for so many years, don't you know what my character is like?" Xu Laowei pretended.

Liu Lizhen refused to show off her face, "Then why don't you know? You are just crazy because of how many people love to show off."

"Hahaha……"

Xu Ning took the lead in laughing. His laughter had a magical power that made everyone in the room laugh and made Xu Laowen blush.

(End of this chapter)