Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 330 Don’t pay too much to earn money
The gray wolf perfectly demonstrated the role of a dog relying on the power of its master. It was not a bully who feared the strong and bullied the weak, but rather liked to tease others. It raised its head and opened its mouth to bark non-stop, then jumped on all four legs to curse. Its ferocious appearance almost made Xu Ning laugh.

However, it was the critical moment of the gang merger, and Xu Ning had to take it seriously. He repeatedly scolded the barking wolf, kicked the wolf's belly lightly with his foot, and scolded it verbally.

Da Laba was leading four dogs and was only four or five meters away from Xu Ning. The four dogs opened their mouths and whimpered softly, as if they were frightened by the dog gang led by Qinglang. Da Laba kept cursing them, "You bastards!" It was a waste of money to give them three back.

"Brother, can you do it now?"

Xu Ning led Qinglang, Heilang and Hualang forward and said, "Let's meet first. Uncle and Brother Huzi, you guys have to wait a while..."

"Okay!"

After responding, the three men stood still with the dog. No matter how the dog rushed forward, the three men did not take a step forward.

Behind Da Laba is Lao Jiang. His family used to have a dog, but after the dog was killed by the big orphan pig, Lao Jiang never thought about having a dog again.

Why? Because he was short of money, and raising a dog was a laborious and time-consuming job. To put it bluntly, he didn't even know where his next meal was going to come from, so how could he afford to raise a dog?
He looked at Xu Ning curiously. He had heard a lot about Xu Erning during this period. He also saw that the Xu family had changed because of his decision to stop at the brink of disaster. Their conditions were indeed better than before. He had no doubt about Xu Erning's ability in hunting. After all, he could still remember him vividly about hunting big boars, hunting black bears, and catching leopards.

He was looking forward to going hiking and hunting with Xu Ning today. He really wanted to see with his own eyes whether Xu Ning was as weird as he said. So when he saw Xu Ning joining forces with the dogs, he was very curious. He thought, if the big gang joined forces with the small gang, wouldn't the big dog gang bully the small dog gang?

However, he was a little surprised when he saw the three dogs led by Xu Ning ran to the four dogs and sniffed them without any intention of biting them. Aren’t these two dogs known as the most powerful dogs in Qing'an just going against their will? Why didn’t they make a sound?

"Is this the Green Wolf? Why isn't it making any noise?" Old Jiang couldn't help but ask.

Blue Wolf was sniffing the buttocks of four dogs. Xu Ning looked up and said with a smile, "Uncle Jiang, these three are all head dogs. Blue Wolf, Black Wolf, and Spotted Wolf are the parents with their daughters."

"Oh, I know. I was wondering why they didn't bark."

"These four dogs smell like my brother. My brother just came to my house yesterday and took a look around the doghouse. He also smelled like the blue wolf, so he didn't bark. But the gray wolf has a beastly temper. Look, it's still barking."

Lao Jiang suddenly realized, glanced at the gray wolf that was barking with its neck raised, and nodded. When the gray wolf saw the blue wolf sniffing the buttocks of the four dogs, it immediately stopped barking and crawled under Liu Daming's legs with some boredom.

Seeing that Qinglang and the other two didn't attack, Xu Ning turned around and called out, "Uncle, big brother Huzi, bring the dog over here."

"Is it possible?" Liu Daming asked.

"Okay! Bro, what are the names of your four dogs?"

Da Loudspeaker said with a smile: "Lao Fei, Da Bai, Dapang, Er Pang, Lao Fei was my former leader. He traveled over two miles and only three miles. He is far inferior to Qing Lang and Hei Lang."

"It's okay. Just drag it a few times and it will stretch its legs..."

"OK!"

After Liu Daming, Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu slowly walked over with their dogs, the dog gang officially united. None of the eighteen dogs barked, but just sniffed each other's scent.

"Okay, let's hurry up and go into the mountain from the 28th corner and head towards Ximaduozi."

No one had any objection, because the dogs had formed a gang and the people had also formed a gang, and when the two gangs got together, there had to be someone who had good words and could make decisions.

First of all, Da Laba would not object, and the uncle also believed in his second nephew. As for Lao Jiang? There were mainly two reasons. One was that Xu Laonian dragged him back from the mountain, which saved his life. The second was that Xu Ning was really good at hunting. Not to mention anything else, just the recent hunting of the old leopard, others didn't even catch a glimpse of it, and he was strangled to death after squatting for ten days.

The facts are before us, beyond doubt.

Several people were walking on a narrow path in the middle of the old forest. At first, everyone was looking forward to what kind of animal they could hunt today. After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to selling skins.

Lao Jiang said, "Erning, you are right. The price of leather has indeed gone up."

The loud speaker clapped his hands and said, "Oh my god! The price has indeed increased, and it's quite a big increase. The yellow fur has increased by three yuan, and the black bear fur has increased by ten yuan..."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "It will go up sooner or later, Uncle Jiang, is it okay to trust me?"

Lao Jiang nodded and said, "Of course there is nothing wrong with it! Then how do you know that the price of leather can go up?"

"I don't know if the price of leather will definitely go up, but Uncle Jiang, think about it, are the livestock in the mountains thinner and not as thick in recent years?"

Liu Daming nodded: "That's true. I remember before we split up, the whole mountain was full of pheasants. The other day when I was working in the mountain, pheasants dared to fly up to me and stroll around..."

"Well, just because the mountain passes are not as thick as before, I think the price of leather will definitely increase."

Lao Jiang nodded and said, "That makes sense. How much do you think it will increase?"

"I don't know about that, Uncle Jiang, what's the matter, are you in a hurry to use the money?"

"I want to pay back the famine quickly, otherwise it will always weigh on me and make me feel uncomfortable! Besides, Xiaoqiu will be going to high school next year. Even if he fails the entrance exam, he can go to a vocational school. I have to save some money for tuition or something."

Old Jiang is a man who lives a normal life. He has seen through his daughter's path. Jiang Qiu'er is really good at studying. Her class teacher often says that she is a good candidate for high school. How can Old Jiang not be happy when he hears this? He is so happy that he almost flies.

He calmed down and thought, since his daughter was able to get into high school, then he, as a father, must not hold her back. Even though the family is poor, as long as they want to make money, how can they not afford to have a high school student?

But what he didn't expect was that since he set the trap to catch the yellow-skinned man, a lot of bad things happened at home...

Many parents often say: If you study like that, I will sell everything I have to support you!
This is no joke. Even though Lao Jiang had a lot of problems, he still didn't give up the idea of ​​catching yellow-skinned fish, because if this thing is done well, he can catch at least ten yellow-skinned fish in a year, which can be sold for nearly three hundred yuan! Excluding food, social relations, and medicine, there will be at least two hundred yuan left.

As I said, he didn't expect that he almost died in the mountains. When he lay on the kang to sleep at night, he felt a wave of fear as soon as he closed his eyes. What if he really died and left Jiang Qiuer alone?

"Uncle Jiang, I still say the same thing, don't cheat on the yellow skin. You cheat a lot every year. There is not much money left. You have suffered all kinds of sins."

"Not really. I told your Uncle Jiang about it a couple of days ago." Liu Daming agreed.

Lao Jiang sighed and said, "How can I make money without picking up yellow skins..."

Xu Ning said: "Uncle Jiang, it depends on whether you want to make money safely or with fear. If you want to make steady money, I also have a way..."

Dababa was smoking a cigarette and asked anxiously, "Brother, what's the trick?"

"From now on, you can sell the animals you kill."

"That's not speculation..." Liu Daming said worriedly.

Xu Ning shook his head: "Uncle, that's not the case now."

"No way. Didn't they arrest a lot of people last year?"

"That's to crack down on those people who create a bad atmosphere in society..."

Li Fu emphasized, "Brother, you can just be the one who slipped through the net among this group of people." "Hahaha, I am the one who pulled back from the brink of death. There is a saying that goes, a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold."

Liu Daming listened to his nephew's chatter and smiled: "Oh my god, don't flatter yourself. But what should be done is what should be done. My second nephew can have the current ideas and achievements, which are inseparable from my brother-in-law's education."

Xu Ning held his forehead and said, "Uncle, my dad is not here either, so please stop bragging for him."

"Haha, then there's really nothing wrong with my brother-in-law treating me well, so what if I praise him a few times?"

Li Fuqiang nodded: "That's right, my uncle is really capable!"

The loud speaker said: "Not so good!"

I have to say that although Xu Laonian looks unreliable, he is actually very popular and has a good reputation among the Gang of Six.

"Erning, since there is no talk of speculation now, let's talk about how to make money."

Xu Ning got back to the point and said with a smile: "When I said we were selling livestock, I didn't mean you to pull a sled around the village and shout, but I wanted you to go door to door and ask, for example, go to Old Deng's house in Taiping and ask him if he wants meat? No meat coupons are needed, how much is a pound of roe deer meat, set a price, and then you can go to the mountains to catch it and have it delivered to your home..."

Wang Hu said: "Second brother, isn't this move similar to Wang Xing's?"

"Yeah, it's about the same, but Wangxing is a big family, and we are just a small business, so the price can't be too high, and our villages are not very wealthy."

Da Loudspeaker glanced at Liu Daming and Lao Jiang and said, "Uncle, Brother Jiang, I think this can be done! It's just a matter of talking. As long as you can convince a few families, you can make some money. It's much better than saving pig stomachs."

Lao Jiang nodded: "I think that's fine. We can eat less and sell more..."

"Okay, let's decide on it. We'll study it further when we get back." Liu Daming nodded.

He said that he would also do the research with Xu Laonian. As long as Xu Laonian nodded, Liu Daming would definitely rush forward without looking back.

Maybe someone will ask, since Xu Ning has this trick, why didn’t he tell you about it before?

There are three reasons. The first is that the livestock that Xu Ning and his companions hunted back were not enough to feed their own family, so how could they sell them outside?

Secondly, it is winter now and any kind of meat can be kept. If we wait until summer and keep the meat in the cellar, it will go bad within three days. By then, even if we don’t sell it outside, we have to send it out, otherwise it will all be wasted.

Thirdly, the Xu family didn't need these little things, and they weren't big enough to cause any trouble, so Xu Ning never mentioned it to his mother.

Everyone followed the big ditch leading to the 28th Lengchang into the mountains. Xu Ning had chosen this place on purpose because he thought that if the city could approve a new Lengchang, it would definitely be approved here because there were many deciduous trees...

He came here today to take a look at the terrain and memorize it clearly. Then when he gets home he will have to figure out where to build roads and level the land.

"Let the dogs loose."

The loud speaker was stunned, "Brother, are you going to let go now?"

"Well, these dogs haven't been in the mountains for a long time. Let them get used to it first."

"it is good!"

Then the six people worked at the same time to untie the leashes of the eighteen dogs. As soon as the ropes were untied, the blue wolves, the black wolves... jumped far on the spot and dived into the snow, rolling around in the snow and having a lot of fun.

"This guy is so happy."

"That's for sure."

Wang Hu rolled up the dog leashes and put them in his cloth bag, but there was no way one cloth bag could hold all the leashes, so Da Laba opened his own cloth bag and said, "Huzi, put them in here, and we'll divide them up when we get home to tie up the dogs."

"it is good."

Then, a group of people walked towards Xima Duozi. During the walk, the four leading dogs did not bark and just played. Xu Ning did not scold them. After all, they had been holding back for so long, so they might as well play for a while.

It was not until noon that they found a sheltered spot on the top of the east peak of Ximaduozi and cooked a hot meal.

Zhang Guifang prepared sauerkraut and fried shredded potatoes for Da Laba, and Lao Jiang brought potatoes stewed with cabbage and tofu. Since six people went into the mountains together, they certainly couldn't eat separately, so Xu Ning asked Li Fuqiang to gather all the dishes together, and then everyone sat in the snow to eat.

After dinner, Xu Ning was busy rubbing the dogs' bodies. These dogs were really dirty, and after rubbing them one by one, the originally white snow turned into black mud.

"Are we going to miss today? No way..." Liu Daming muttered.

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Let's just take a walk in the mountains today. At worst, we can come back tomorrow."

Lao Jiang said, "Isn't it miserable for the dog to come home with an empty mouth?"

"It's a shame, but there's nothing we can do about it... Logically, there shouldn't be no animals in this area. Besides the few of us who come here frequently, how many times have you been here?"

"I've come here five times this year," said Lao Jiang. The place where he caught yellow foxes was right behind the forest farm, so he didn't need to walk so far.

The loud speaker said: "I come more often..."

A few of them chatted casually to pass the time, but they did not stop until two o'clock in the afternoon, when they reached the sunny slope of the west peak of Ximaduozi. Blue Wolf and Black Wolf started roaring at the same time, and then they ran out with their gang of dogs.

Xu Ning and others were chasing closely behind. As the temperature had risen in recent days, the snow on the mountain showed signs of melting, so when they stepped on the mountain, they would not sink too deep, and their speed was naturally much faster.

After chasing for about three or four miles, they ran to a pine forest and saw a gang of eighteen dogs!
These dogs were tearing apart three wild boars, all of which were yellow-haired pigs, weighing about 140 to 150 kilograms.

When the loud speaker saw this, he was shocked and said, "Oh my god! He took a bite the first time?"

Xu Ning was also a little confused, because the three dogs bought behind the loudspeaker were biting the wild boar's legs!

"Fuck, Brother Huang, you three are really badass. I think your bites are pretty ruthless!"

"Oh my god, did I pick up a treasure? Hahaha..."

Liu Daming said: "Your four dogs are all good, but I didn't see how they got scared..."

Xu Ning was running forward, and he turned back and shouted, "Uncle, big brother, quickly draw your knife and let the blood flow."

When he turned around and ran to the four dogs, Lao Fei, Da Bai, he was stunned when he took a closer look.

(End of this chapter)