Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 279 You may be tired of it. If the east is not bright, the west is bright.

The sun was high in the sky and it was already noon.

Standing on Gangliangzi in Dongshan, you can feel the cold wind scratching your face like a knife. Both Xu Ning and Yang Yusheng are wearing scarves.

Yang Yusheng followed Xu Ning's footsteps and occasionally asked about condoms and clips. It seemed that he was also very interested in hunting and was somewhat enthusiastic about it.

Xu Ning briefly introduced the types of hunting tools, mainly the various commonly used clamps and covers, and then the catching feet, yin and yang cellars, wooden cats, rivet poles, net bags, hanging feet...

Yang Yusheng asked: "I think this mountain is full of traps and clips. Are there really so many little beasts?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Yes, most of these little beasts migrated from Nanshan in summer and autumn. There are several springs in Dongshan. Dongshan mainly produces various fruits, pine nuts and so on. There is another reason..."

Yang Yusheng blinked and said, "Is it because it is next to a crop field?"

"Yes! Third uncle, you are sensible. There are crop fields, which means there are many birds and beasts building nests in the mountains and forests. When I was a child, I used to dig out bird's nests in the east mountains. I can even lay more than ten bird eggs. "

Yang Yusheng smiled and said: "Then we used to play the same things when we were young. At that time, we were chopping firewood, digging out bird's nests, and playing with mud..."

Ma Liu turned around and smiled: "What are you doing? It's hard for me to walk twenty miles. Last time I went deer hunting with you at Hufeng. I rested for two days before I recovered."

Yang Yusheng held the cigarette in both hands and asked, "Brother, where did you serve as a soldier before?"

Before he could finish speaking, Xu Ning said anxiously: "Don't act blindly. How old are you? Why are you talking about this? If you really want to fight me, I will go with you then."

In his hand, he was untying the pliers, because there was a small female roe deer weighing about thirty to forty pounds in the harness. At this moment, she had crooked her neck and died.

Xu Ning and Yang Yusheng also touched behind him.

Ma Liu, who was covered in bearskin, heard the sound of stepping on the snow and raised his hand to grab the gun leaning against the tree.

"Hahaha!" Xu Ning laughed.

Xu Ning put the lead pellet bullet into his hip pocket and introduced Yang Yusheng and Ma Liu to each other.

At this time, Yang Yusheng stood next to him, took out the cigarette pouch from his pocket, and asked, "Brother, would you like to smoke one?"

Xu Ning hunched over and stepped forward. Because he made a sound when stepping on the snow, he quickly alerted the person who made the sound in front of Roe Deer.

When Xu Ning saw it was Ma Liu, he and Yang Yusheng had already put away their guns and were in the process of withdrawing ammunition.

Xu Ning briefly stated what happened to Lao Jiang. After hearing this, Ma Liu said: "If this old leopard is injured and smells his blood, it will definitely have to go down the mountain."

Ma Liu didn't answer, and instead said, "Er Ning, that brown bear went to Bai Shilizi, are you going to peel it?"

With an elder like this, how can any younger generation be unconvinced? How could anyone dare to be disrespectful? Because Yang Yusheng has already made a difference.

"That's really awesome."

Ma Liu didn't raise his head, waved his hand and said: "Take it back if you want it. This set belongs to me, and you still used it politely."

Walking near the last roe deer holster, Xu Ning heard a rustling sound. He quickly slid the handle of the old gun to the crook of his arm, then took out the lead bullet and pressed it into the barrel of the gun.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "That's okay. Hey, uncle, are you going to check for that brown bear?"

Ma Liu's movements were very coherent. After he grabbed the barrel of the gun, he lay on his side in the snow, pointing the gun at the two of them, but he was slightly startled when he saw Xu Ning.

After Ma Liu finished speaking, he grinned: "Why are you here?"

Yang Yusheng saw his movements. Although he had some doubts, he did not ask any questions. He also picked up the 56 and pulled the bolt of the gun.

This man was wearing a bear skin and squatting against a tree. From a distance, he looked like a black blind man.

The two of them looked at the two roe deer traps in succession. They were both hollow traps and there were no traces of the beasts around. It seemed that the roe deer had not come back, or it might have been intercepted by others on the way.

"Yeah, I'll be there in two days. Will you come with me?"

"Ah." Hearing that Ma Liu was in a bad mood, he stopped asking further.

Ma Liu glanced at Yang Yusheng and nodded, then turned around and continued to untie the condom, saying: "Then you came at the right time. I will carry this little roe deer home later, and I will have something fresh to eat tomorrow."

"Why don't you pinch me? I took a look a few days ago. I saw that I was heading towards Baishilizi. It's a bit far over there. My legs and feet..."

"Fuck, how can I be such an animal like you?"

Xu Ning turned around and said with a smile: "Third uncle, when you were playing with mud when you were little, did you also paste it on other people's windows?"

"Hey." Xu Ning nodded and approached Yang Yusheng. The two of them squatted next to them rolling cigarettes.

Xu Ning did not continue to persuade, and said directly: "Then you just go home and take a walk. By the way, don't go to Nanshan now. An old leopard is coming. There is a man in our village who met it in the mountains yesterday. If it hadn't been When my dog ​​barks, he has to stay in the mountains.”

"What's the matter?"

"Pull him down quickly. My legs and feet are not very agile and I will easily become a burden."

"Damn it, you little brat scared me! Who am I thinking about?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Third uncle, my uncle lives in the mountains all year round. He mainly keeps bees and occasionally hunts."

After spending a few days with Yang Yusheng, he found that the third uncle had no airs and really cared for him as a senior. Moreover, the third uncle was different from the old man next to him. He was not a particularly controlling person. When something happened, he would ask Xu first. Ning's opinion.

Ma Liu frowned and said sullenly, "I've never been a soldier."

"You can keep it for yourself, there is meat at home," Xu Ning said.

"I'm looking for a condom, uncle, this is my third uncle..."

Although Xu Ning has never met Yang Yusheng's two sons, he figured that these two sons should get along well. After all, family education is here.

Just as Ma Liu was about to refuse, he realized that what Yang Yusheng was taking out was Laohan cigarette and said: "Then smoke one, boy, roll one for me."

Yang Yusheng nodded: "Er Ning said the same thing yesterday."

Ma Liu smiled and said, "Er Ning's hunting skills and understanding of livestock habits are better than mine."

"Oh my god, uncle, please stop boasting. I didn't even come back last time when I was away..."

He told Yang Yusheng about this matter, and he was talking about meeting the three big cats.

"Ha ha……"

The two old men squatted and smoked under the poplar tree. Xu Ning squatted in the snow shell half a meter away, grabbing the knife and pulling the little roe deer. The roe deer only weighed thirty or forty pounds and had no meat. He emptied out the lantern hanging to get some leftovers. Twenty kilograms of clean meat is plenty, and can be used to make dumplings at most.

But this little roe deer had a hard time dying. It was still steaming hot when it was disembowelled, so the food was fresh.

"Why don't you go sit at my place for a while? Let's eat here at noon." Ma Liu stood up and said.

Xu Ning shook his head: "My mother and the others have prepared the meal, what else do you need? Do you still have wine?"

"I don't need anything, I have it! You brought me two bottles of wine two years ago, which was enough for me to drink until the first lunar month. I used to be greedy without wine, but I'm not happy to drink it with wine."

Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "Yes, everyone is like this. When you don't have it, everything is a treasure. But if you have it, you don't care about it anymore."

"Not good."

Xu Ning tied up the little roe deer, raised his head and said, "That's it, uncle, you go back and finish the meal quickly, we both have to go back too."

Ma Liu waved his hand: "Let's go quickly."

Immediately, Xu Ning and Yang Yusheng walked towards the southwest direction of Dongshan, dragging the little roe deer effortlessly, chatting and eating all the way, and soon arrived at the crop field at the west end of the village.

After they left, Ma Liu trapped the roe deer on the animal trail again. This trail smelled of blood, and the roe deer and deer would not come again unless a heavy snowfall covered it up and washed away the smell.

Just entering Tunxi, Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "Why does Brother Ma live in the mountains? He has no children?"

"No, he has no relatives here. I only got to know him a few years ago because of something. He has a weird temper and most people can't control him."

Yang Yusheng said: "You are the only one who can figure it out?"

"Haha..." Xu Ning smiled.

Walking on the village street, still sixty or seventy meters away from old Xu's house, Xu Ning heard someone calling from behind.

"Second brother!"

He turned around and saw that it was Wang Biao. He was carrying a cloth bag with a lunch box in it and ran over with a grin.

"Third uncle, why did you two come back?"

"Isn't this a little roe deer? Please wait for a while. What are you doing?" Yang Yusheng asked.

Wang Biao said with his teeth: "I sent a meal to Lao Jiang. Oh my god, once the meal was delivered, I felt really different. Uncle Jiang's attitude towards me was so immediate!"

Yang Yusheng smiled and said: "You are quite good at it. You have been studying a lot these days. You are very clear in your small words." "Haha, third uncle, I am learning from you. Since you came here, my dad often stays home. "You said you are educated and your speech is really good, let me and my brother learn more."

"Quickly pull it down. Why don't you learn from me? Learn more from your second brother and know how to step back from the brink and stop losses in time."

"Hey, why are you praising me again?" Xu Ning said with a smile.

After just chatting for a few words, the three of them walked into the courtyard of Lao Xu's house.

Xu Laowen and others were sitting under the eaves to bask in the sun. When they saw Yang Yusheng coming in, they stood up to greet him.

"You really fucked up the roe deer? Dongshan's animals are quite thick." Xu Laowen said.

"It's quite thick. We walked around and saw a lot of pheasants and jumping cats, but we didn't pick them up," Yang Yusheng said with a smile.

Xu Laowen nodded: "No matter what, our family has these things. Jane, the third brother is back, hurry up and bring the food."

They didn't know when Yang Yusheng and Xu Ning would come back, so they started eating at meal time. Sure enough, they were right not to wait for them. If they had waited for them, they would have been hungry for two hours.

Xu Long put the kang table on the kang, and Wang Shujuan and Yang Shuhua brought the food sitting in the pot to the table. Then they got on the kang, picked up their rice bowls, and started cooking.

After the meal, Yang Yusheng asked how Lao Jiang was doing, and Xu Laowen said: "I had a fever last night and it went away this afternoon. Lao Zhang gave him two bottles of medicine and I think he will be fine in a few weeks. "

Neither he nor Xu Ning ate much, so they took a bite first and then had another meal in the evening, just enough to last them until bed.

Liu Tianen rushed over from the west room, approached Xu Ning and asked, "Second brother, will you go into the mountain tomorrow?"

"If you don't go, stay home and rest. Why, can't you stay idle? Then you go to the old forest to pull firewood." Xu Ning teased.

Xu Laowen heard this and said hurriedly: "Don't let him go to the old forest. What if there is an old leopard?"

"Hey, I was teasing him."

Liu Daming said: "Then I will go to Lao Huang's house later to borrow a mahjong set, and we can play mahjong at home tomorrow."

"One point or two points?" Wang Erli asked.

Xu Laowen turned around: "Third brother, can you play?"

"If there's anything we can't do with our friends and family, how about just the four of us? What can Erning and the others do?"

Wang Biao clapped his hands and said, "Uncle Third, let's play poker! Hey, my uncle and my dad won a lot last time we played poker."

Yang Yusheng said with a smile: "You are all making fun of my child's money."

"Haha, it's fun to have a picture!"

At around 3:30, Xu Laowen and others were drinking tea and chatting in the east room.

When Xu Ning came back from the hut and passed by the outhouse, he saw Yang Shuhua and Wang Shujuan chopping vegetables and meat for dinner, while Liu Lizhen and Han Fengjiao were sitting on a wooden pillar leaning against the kitchen bowl and picking sesame seeds with their heads down.

These sesame seeds were sent by Chai Bing years ago, along with a bag of peanuts and red beans.

"Mom, are you just going to make stuffing today?"

Liu Lizhen said: "You can't do anything about it. You can do everything right before eating. Then why don't you rush?"

What they are making is Yuanxiao stuffing. Yuanxiao and glutinous rice balls are not the same thing.

Yuanxiao is steamed first and then fried, while glutinous rice balls can only be boiled, so Yuanxiao is more popular in Northeast China.

Making Yuanxiao among the people is not complicated. You just need to prepare the stuffing first and then wrap it with flour and starch, but it requires some technical skills.

What Liu Lizhen wants to make is sesame peanut filling and red bean paste filling. Anyway, she has these ingredients at home, but she needs to grind the sesame, peanut and red bean into fine powder, using a stone mill.

Stone millstones and stone rollers are two different things. The stone millstones of old Xu’s family were stones that Liu Daming picked up in the mountains the year before last.

I brought it back and carved it out with a drill. It was only thirty or forty centimeters in diameter.

Although grinding tofu is a bit laborious because making tofu requires a lot, grinding sesame seeds, peanuts, and red beans is more than enough.

After dinner in the evening, Liu Lizhen poured the three ingredients into a large basin, soaked them in water, and took them out early tomorrow morning before grinding them.

But Liu Lizhen did not soak them all, but left some dry ones. Such sesame seeds and peanuts were ground and put into the filling to make them crispy.

The next day, Xu Ning and others gathered in the east and west rooms of Lao Wang's house and had a great time playing mahjong and poker.

Don't think that they didn't want to help the ladies prepare meals and Lantern Festival, but the ladies didn't agree at all, because the men's work was too rough, and the ladies looked at it with disapproval.

In the end, Xu Laowen and others were scolded by Lao Wang's house. In fact, Liu Lizhen and the other old ladies were more comfortable working. They were grinding sesame and peanuts while chatting about household chores. They didn't have to worry about the gentleman's face and could talk about anything.

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month, early morning.

As soon as Xu Ning got up from the kang and opened the curtains, he saw heavy snow falling outside the window, and the goose-feather-like snow was falling straight down. His heart suddenly dropped to the bottom, because this heavy snow would cover up the brown bear that was finally watching in the mountains. .

But Xu Ning still held on to a glimmer of hope. He thought that the brown bear should still be in Baishilizi, so he did not give up looking for the brown bear. Even if he didn't find the bear, he could still go to Baishilizi to take a look at the big skin!

As soon as he put on his clothes and came to the outhouse, he saw that there was a layer of snow in the courtyard as thick as the instep of his feet.

Xu Laowen, Xu Long, and Guan Lei were already sweeping the snow with brooms.

"Oh my god!" Xu Feng exclaimed in the room.

In the outhouse, Liu Lizhen, who was filling the thermos with water, heard this and said angrily: "Why are you shouting? Are you calling Hun'er so early in the morning?"

"Why is it snowing so heavily?"

Hearing Xu Feng's words and gasping for air, Liu Lizhen gritted her teeth and said to Xu Ning: "Go into the room and give her two slaps! It makes my heart pound so early in the morning."

Xu Ning walked up to her mother with a smile, put her arms around her shoulders and patted her back, "Mom, calm down, why are you angry with her? What, did my dad mess with you last night?"

"He's not a good guy either!" Liu Lizhen rolled her eyelids.

Yesterday, Xu Laowen and four people played mahjong. In the end, Yang Yusheng was the boss. He and Wang Erli shaved Liu Daming's head. The game was one point and two points. The winnings were five or six yuan. This kind of win or loss is considered big. .

Brother Xu Ning and the others are just having fun, not trying to win money at all. As long as everyone is happy and has a comfortable New Year, then the goal will be achieved.

Wang Shujuan went into the house and folded the bedding, then walked out of the west room to add a fire to the stove and said, "You can't go into the mountain now."

Xu Ning wiped her face and said: "Well, let's not go then. We will talk about it after the fifteenth day. Sister-in-law, do we have a small iron basin at home?"

"What do you want to do?"

"I'm thinking about going to Baishilizi again. There is a small iron basin that can make some porridge or something." Xu Ning said.

Liu Lizhen frowned: "Why are you still going to Baishilizi? I wouldn't be happy if you went back! You made me stay home and miss you for several days, and you and I went to Wanye for a tour. You really have a leisurely mind..."

"Hey, Mom, I have something to do at Baishilizi."

Wang Shujuan said: "You four? Are you going too? How about you just use lunch boxes? It's convenient."

"The lunch boxes have darkened the Ba area, and it will be difficult to clean them when the time comes."

"It's okay, just use the lunch box..."

Before she finished speaking, Liu Lizhen straightened up and asked: "Are you going to Baishilizi to look for the black blind man who killed Li Shan? You don't want to go! Don't think that you have hunted a few black blind men before you start complaining. , that black blind man weighs more than 700 pounds, can you figure it out?"

"I'll take a 56 and a half. Two shots will kill it..."

Liu Lizhen said with a straight face, "You are so capable."

At this time, Xu Laowen came into the room and happened to hear this. He said: "Why did you make your mother angry again? Come on, let me see what you can do?!"

Liu Lizhen raised her hand to stop her and said: "You are everywhere, but you are the most irritating one. Hurry up and hide here!"

Xu Laowen froze on the spot, "Hey, Mom, I'm leaving you here, why are you pushing me?"

"I don't like you, what's wrong?"

"Ah, let's talk it over if you have anything to say. What's the reason for you two to be so glaring?"

Liu Lizhen said: "He wants to go to Bai Shilizi to beat the black blind man who weighs more than 700 kilograms! Tell me how bold he is."

Xu Laowen was stunned when he heard this, "It's snowing here, can you find it in the mountains? That's nonsense!"

"Yes, the black blind man is walking on a hunchback. He shouldn't be able to find a barn to squat in. I thought about going to the direction of the Baishilizi, because there are only a few places on that end where there are things he is willing to eat. Go around. Take a look around, and then take a look at the big skin. "

Xu Laowen pretended to be serious and said: "If it's not bright in the east, it's bright in the west. When it's dark, there's north in the south? That's okay..."

On the side, Liu Lizhen raised her palm and gave him a slap, and said angrily: "It's okay, it's okay! Is there anyone like you who can be a father?"

(End of this chapter)