Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 426 Treating the Dog's Eyes and Fishing
The scenery of Sandaohe is not much different from that of Qing'an. Perhaps because of the addition of a reservoir, the hillsides next to the water source are covered with lush vegetation, so the way into the mountain is very difficult. Fortunately, Sun Jiye parked the Dongfeng 140 at the foot of the north ditch slope of Dajiapigou, three miles away from the dam.

The slope is quite steep, but fortunately there are man-made stairs. Walking up the mountain along the stairs does not feel tiring. Instead, it gives me a sense of leisurely strolling in the garden.

Sun Jishan said that across the mountain is the cemetery of Dahe Village, where many deceased people are buried, and Old Guotou is buried on the mountainside. After arriving at the place, Sun Jiye took Old Hei over. He held a piece of yellow paper in his hand, half squatted down and lit it, muttering something while touching Old Hei's head.

Lao Hei is a dog, but he also has feelings. After hearing what Sun Jiye said, he hummed twice in depression.

Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Sun Liansheng and others stood not far away, looking at the peaks in the distance. Those were two rows of undulating mountains. Xu Ning had heard an old man say that sitting and looking at two rows of mountains could take care of two generations. It was not clear whether it was true or not, but people always have to have some faith and hope that their descendants will get better and better...

Not long after, Sun Jiye came back leading Lao Hei. Compared to the excitement he had when he saw the torn mattress and the dog bowl, Lao Hei's current mood was even more depressed.

But Xu Ning still suggested trying Lao Hei's job first. The duty of a hunting dog is to find prey for the hunter. If it doesn't work, can it still be called a hunting dog? So it must be adjusted as soon as possible and can't be allowed to continue to immerse itself in a depressed mood.

So Sun Jiye suggested going directly to the old temple, which was about five or six miles away from where they were now.

"There are fruits all around the old temple, and wild boars love these things the most. I originally wanted to go further into the mountains, but since Lao Hei came home, he has never worked with me, and I am afraid he will give up."

Xu Ning said, "Uncle San, you can't think like that. What is a dog for? It helps us hunt animals. It's only us who have to give up our responsibility, not the dog. To put it bluntly, you are the master, and it is the master."

Sun Jiye nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, but I just can't bear to be ruthless!"

"If you are not ruthless now, when will you be ruthless? When you are in trouble in the mountains and it abandons you and runs away, then you will be ruthless."

"That's the case..."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Uncle San, it's time to let go. You're still trying to tie it behind the animal's butt."

"Haha! Look, I was so busy chatting with you that I forgot about this!"

Sun Jiye hurriedly bent down to remove Lao Hei's dog leash, patted Lao Hei's butt and drove him away, "Go! Go play!"

Lao Hei stopped and turned to look at him, then jumped forward, went straight into the grass nest in front, then crossed his legs and urinated.

"I haven't taken it into the mountains for a while, so I guess it's a little rusty."

"Don't be afraid of being unfamiliar. A good dog can adjust itself once it enters the mountains."

The crowd chatted as they walked towards the old temple, and their pace was not slow at all. They went around the hillside covered with bushes, followed the ravine to the top of the mountain, and then went down the mountain to reach the old temple. However, Lao Hei was just strolling in front, with no intention of joining in at all.

In the early afternoon, they were all strolling with Lao Hei, and when it was almost noon, Sun Lianfang started to prepare a fire and heat up rice. Since they had eaten early in the morning, everyone was a little hungry, so they put down their cloth bags and divided the work to collect firewood, make a fire, and heat up rice.

Fang's mother brought a lot of food. There were fifteen buns alone, plus five boxes of rice and six boxes of vegetables, which were enough to fill the stomachs of nine people.

Sun Jiye said, "Let's walk until two o'clock. If Lao Hei still doesn't start, we can go home."

He wanted to go home early to have dinner, and then go to the village office to ask Xu Ning to call the Chai family to discuss the blind date between Sun Lianjun and Chai Hongyan.

After all, this is the main thing. Hunting and catching dogs is just a way to kill time and find exciting entertainment in spare time. Anyway, the Sun family has no shortage of meat or money. If they can catch a black bear, they will definitely feel a little vanity and a sense of accomplishment. If they don't catch anything, it doesn't matter...

But Xu Ning was different. He was aiming to earn money through hunting to change his life. His starting point was different from Sun Jiye's, so every time Xu Ning went into the mountains he was ready to make a big splash. Like the brown bear that killed Li Shan and injured Hu Zhiyong and Li Ye, Xu Ning would talk about it every now and then, he was itching to do it!

In the afternoon, after they packed up their things, they continued to walk around the old temple. When they reached the vicinity of Dadonggou, Lao Hei suddenly became energetic. He stretched his neck, raised his head and howled twice, then turned around, glanced at Sun Jiye and ran out.

"Oh, fuck me?"

Sun Jiye was a little surprised at Lao Hei's move. While he was stunned, Xu Ning had already rushed out, and Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei were thinking of following him.

Sun Lianfang grabbed Sun Jiye's arm and said, "Uncle San, Lao Hei is making a noise! ​​Hurry and chase him away!"

"Chase them! Erning, how do you plan to fight?"

Xu Ning waved and said hello without saying anything, because as soon as he opened his mouth, a strong wind rushed into his mouth. After running forward for more than 200 meters, Xu Ning felt that the wind resistance was reduced. He turned his head and glanced at the positions of several people, and quickly arranged: "Huzi, Lianjun, Xudi'er! The three of you hold our cloth bags and follow behind. Big brother, you and Leizi chase first, listen for Laohei's voice!"

Sun Jiye threw the cloth bag down, and Sun Lianxu bent down to pick it up. Sun Lianfang, wearing a face scarf, said, "Uncle San, my brother has fought in the big hunting, how about this arrangement?"

"Good!"

Sun Jiye had been hunting for many years, and of course he had also hunted in large areas. But he had never been a leader, and he didn't know how to arrange the hunt. In the past, when hunting in Sandaohe, Lao Guotou and Lao Liutou were the leaders, and more than a hundred people followed the command and hunted wherever they were directed.

Sometimes when we encounter a herd of fifty or sixty wild boars, if we properly deploy more than a hundred people, we can wipe out the entire herd of wild boars!
Xu Ning followed Lao Hei quickly, but Lao Hei was agile and fast. After only a short while, Lao Hei left Xu Ning and the others behind.

"Brother, it seems that Lao Hei's speed is almost the same as Qing Lang's."

Xu Ning affirmed: "Not as fast as Qinglang, but the movements are smoother than Qinglang."

A dog relies on its tail for balance when running. Lao Hei has a very good sense of balance, so its movements are smooth.

Moreover, there was no other dog to help Lao Hei. He was the only dog ​​running forward. How much courage did he need? But Sun Jiye said that Lao Hei had once killed a black bear weighing about 300 kilograms alone, so it was no problem for him to kill a wild boar alone. Even if he encountered a big egg digger, Lao Hei was able to deal with it.

After running for more than three miles in the forest, Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, and Sun Jiye saw Lao Hei, who was now trapping an old sow in a gully. If the old sow wanted to run, he would block it in front of her. If the old sow was squatting, he would stand beside her and bark. If the old sow rushed towards him, he would quickly dodge, then pounce on the old sow and bite it twice, then run in front of the old sow and bark to warn her...

"What a damn good dog!"

Xu Ning felt a little jealous when he saw this scene. Although the black wolf could intercept the beast and the blue wolf could grab the crotch, Xu Ning's dog gang was not good at restraining the prey. After forming a dog gang, they were focused on capturing the animals and would not give them a chance to escape.

Sun Jiye laughed: "Haha, I really didn't expect that you came over and gave him a few tricks, and Lao Hei really did the work!"

Xu Ning said: "These are all trivial matters. Uncle San, did you fire a gun?"

"Go ahead, let me see if your shooting skills are as amazing as they say."

Xu Ning hid behind a tree and said, "It's only 40 meters away from the old sow. What kind of shooting skills can be seen from such a distance?"

At this time, Sun Lianfang pulled the bolt and said, "Uncle San, brother, if you two don't fight, I'll cut it!"

"Go ahead and peel it! Don't hurt Lao Hei."

"No harm, I can just see the old sow's head from where I am."

Sun Lianfang stood leaning against a tree, handed out the gun and pulled the trigger.

Bang!
In an instant, the squatting old sow was killed, and her four hooves were stiff after she fell to the ground. When Lao Hei heard the gunshot, he was stunned. He turned around and saw Sun Jiye running towards him. During this time, he did not cry out, nor did he try to take credit.

This dog... is so nice.

Xu Ning didn't even have time to look at the dead sow. He just stared at Lao Hei's head and said, "Hu Zi?"

"Brother, Huzi is at the back and hasn't come up yet." Guan Lei said.

"Then you go and bleed and disembowel me."

Li Fuqiang handed the spear to Guan Lei, "Use this."

After Sun Lianfang fired the shot, he did not shout in excitement. It was just a wild boar, not worth celebrating... "I'll do it! Brother Qiang, can you tell me how good my shooting skills are?"

Li Fuqiang smiled and said, "Okay, did your sister-in-law tell you about my dream of practicing marksmanship?"

"Yeah, she said you kicked her so hard that she almost went to the outer room."

"Hahaha……"

After Li Fuqiang, Guan Lei, Sun Lianfang and Sun Liansheng had bled the wild boar, Xu Ning squatted down and looked at Lao Hei's paws and buttocks, and said, "Uncle San, should this dog be bred with my Hua Xiong this year?"

Sun Jiye was stunned and asked, "Why not pair it with Qinglang?"

"Blue Wolf is a male dog..."

"Ah! What about the gray wolf?"

"It's so slippery, I've been thinking about knocking it over someday."

"Stop talking nonsense. I'll send you to Qing'an when Lao Hei starts to grow seedlings. You can choose any match you like."

"Okay! This dog is really good. Come here, Lao Hei, let me pet it..."

Lao Hei glanced at him, but squatted at Sun Jiye's feet without moving. Why do you say he is good? He is emotionally stable, not arrogant or impatient, and works efficiently.

Look at the blue wolves again. Every time they capture an animal, they have to ask Xu Ning for credit. They also have to compete for Xu Ning to touch their heads. If Xu Ning doesn't touch them, they will keep humming.

Sun Jiye smiled and asked, "You have so many dogs, won't my brother and sister-in-law tell you?"

"What are you talking about? It's all my family's fault. My parents really like dogs, but we didn't have much food in the past, so we couldn't afford to feed a dog."

"Hey, your third aunt has been afraid of dogs since she was a child. When Huabang came home and jumped on her, he wanted to get close to her. She was so scared that she jumped onto the kang. Now she is much better..."

"You were bitten by a dog when you were a child? You can't be so scared."

"I haven't been bitten. I heard from my father-in-law that someone in their village once raised a group of dogs. When your third aunt came home from school, she chased the dog up a tree..."

While the two were chatting about family matters, Wang Hu, Sun Lianjun and Sun Lianxu arrived late, carrying cloth bags on their backs.

Wang Hu saw that there was only one wild boar and asked immediately, "Why is there only one?"

Xu Ning said: "How many do you want to kill? Just kill one to satisfy your craving."

"Too……"

Ever since he followed Xu Ning to hunt in the mountains, Wang Hu has never dragged a pig home. Basically, he had to drag two or three pigs every time, so Wang Hu blurted out this sentence.

After Guan Lei bled and gutted the old sow, Sun Lianxu pulled out two ropes, and he and Sun Liansheng tied up the sow's hooves, then the two of them dragged the wild boar down the mountain.

Sun Jiye glanced at his watch as he walked and said, "It's a little after two o'clock now. I'll be home at almost four o'clock, just in time for a hot meal! Do you often run in the mountains until late at night?"

"We usually leave in the morning and return home at three or four o'clock. Sometimes we can't see any animals at all in the afternoon, so we go home after lunch. In this case, it's useless to stay in the mountains."

"That's right. When luck is not on your side, you have to leave. It will only be futile if you just waste time."

"Yeah, I think Lianfang is pretty good at shooting. Did you teach her?"

Sun Jiye shook his head and said, "No, her uncle Liu taught her. In the past, Uncle Liu was the gunner among our group and had the most accurate shooting skills."

"what!"

At nearly four o'clock, the group threw the wild boar into the carriage of the Dongfeng 140, then everyone got into the car, and Sun Jiye drove home.

When passing by the reservoir, Sun Jiye said, "Let's go fishing at the reservoir tomorrow afternoon. If we can't catch anything, we can cast the net! How about casting the net over at Qing'an?"

"No, there are only ditches and ponds. There is a small reservoir, but it is quite far from our home. In winter, we basically just fish and catch some fish..."

"Can you also make your eyes pop out? This is a technical job."

"What kind of technical job is this? Just find the right direction and do it! How big is the ditch and pond? If I really come to such a big reservoir to play, I won't know how to do anything else except fishing with an anchor."

Sun Jiye was surprised and asked, "You can anchor fish? Anchor pike?"

"Well, just use the big aluminum hook to anchor it. What's the matter, Uncle San? Don't you know how to do it?"

Sun Jiye slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, I... don't mention it. I've only been learning to fish with anchors for two years, and I've only caught three fish in all these years! I'm so mad! Well, why don't you come over and play this winter?"

"Okay, I'll come over when I have time."

The car stopped at the door of Old Sun's house, and Fang's mother and Third Aunt came out to greet them. When they saw the old sow, they hurriedly praised them for their ability, saying that Xu Ning was so well treated that he didn't know how to respond. If this happened at home, Xu Laonian would definitely say in a sarcastic tone: Oh, why did you only treat one pig? The rest of the pigs were fed to the dogs?

"Erning, Leizi, Qiangzi, Huzi... hurry up and go into the house to wash up. I didn't expect you to come back so early. The food has just been put into the pot."

Third Aunt said with a smile: "In the past, your Third Uncle would always come back from hiking in the mountains until dark..."

"Ah, why did he ask me on the way when I would be home after hiking?"

After Sun Jiye's past was exposed, he said calmly: "I just want to do something important tonight, otherwise I will take you to live in the mountains!"

"Hahaha……"

Sun Jiwei asked, "Erning, have you ever seen a big cat?"

"I have seen them. They are on the western mountain. At that time, my eldest brother, Hu Zi, and Lao Chai's third brother and I saw three big cats together. There was another big cat not far away..."

"Four heads? Is that Crouching Tiger Mountain over on Sandaoling?"

"OK!"

Li Fuqiang said: "The four of us almost didn't come back."

Wang Hu said with lingering fear: "It was not that bad. My legs were weak. Those three big cats were driving 60 or 70 wild boars. We went there just for the wild boars and didn't expect to run into big cats."

Sun Jiye nodded: "Then you are lucky to have saved your life. Speaking of this, I remember that a few years ago, a group of us killed thirty or forty wild boars and left them at the foot of the slope of Dadonggou in Lao Miao."

Xu Ning said: "Then there is a good chance that we will fight together."

"Yeah, I think so too."

(End of this chapter)