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Chapter 24 Picnic in the Forest - Li Da’s Skills
  At this time, Black Wolf squatted next to Wang Hu after eating the meat, looking at him eagerly.

Wang Hu understood and said with a smile: "Why are you not full? I'll give you another piece."

Chang Danian heard this and said, "Young man from the Wang family, cut the liver into three pieces, give the big piece to the black wolf, and give two small pieces to the two wolves and the three wolves. They will eat the roe deer liver with pride."

"Hey, that's good."

Wang Hu raised his knife and threw the big piece of liver in front of Hei Lang. Hei Lang stepped on the liver with his foot, then lowered his head and bit it.

The three wolves were very clever. When they saw the black wolf nearby, pretending to be poor and having something to eat, he hurriedly ran over.

Wang Hu threw a small piece of liver to the mouth of the three wolves, and he took the liver in his mouth and ran away for a long distance. He stopped under a white birch tree in the forest and chewed it slowly.

The third wolf was afraid that the second wolf would come back and steal its food, but when the second wolf came back, he was attracted by Wang Hu's shouts and didn't even look at it.

At this time, Li Fuqiang and Xu Ning had already gathered some firewood and started a fire.

The flames jumped up, and soon the firewood was burned red and turned into charcoal. Xu Ning picked out the red charcoal and gathered it into a pile. He spread out the lunch box and sat on the burned red charcoal.

"Huzi, put some roe deer meat on skewers and let's grill it and eat it!"

"It's done!"

Li Fuqiang stabbed the willow tree with his knife and said, "Uncle, come here and warm yourself up."

Chang Danian came over after hearing the sound. He sat down next to Xu Ning.

He looked at the lunch box and asked, "What good food have you brought?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My three lunch boxes are sauerkraut and vinegared cabbage, and the other three lunch boxes are pickles, shredded potatoes and fried pork slices with green onions."

Chang Danian's throat rolled when he heard this, and he frowned and said, "Why are you just eating vegetables?"

"How can that be possible? Isn't there corn flour pancakes and scallion pastry here?"

Chang Danian took a puff of cigarette, squinted his eyes and recalled: "Now you go up the mountain as if you are enjoying a blessing, unlike our time. At that time, we walked in the dark in the morning on an empty stomach. We had to endure hunger when we went into the mountain. When we were thirsty, we ate snow and drank. You have to hold the animals to eat."

"Uncle, was it hard at that time?"

"Think about it, that's all. How can we be miserable or not? We've all come here."

Xu Ning nodded, he could understand what Chang Danian said.

Nowadays, the staple food in rural areas is basically corn pancakes. Very few people can afford rice, because rice now costs 70 cents per kilogram.

For a family of four, they need to eat at least two to three kilograms a day, which means they have to spend nearly one yuan a day, which is thirty yuan a month!
  For example, there are two workers in Lao Xu's family who can earn nearly 90 yuan a month, but they dare not eat and drink casually.

Because they had to save up to build a house for Xu Ning to find a wife, Xu Long and Wang Shujuan also had to have children, and they usually had zero, three, eight, and four, so they couldn't use the money.

But Xu Ning knew that it would take less than twenty years, at most ten years, for every family to be able to eat rice, and by then the cornstarch noodles would have become a bitter meal.

Wang Hu cut off two strips of fat and thin meat and handed them to Li Fuqiang. After they finished threading the skewers, they handed them to Xu Ning.

Xu Ning put the roe deer meat skewers on the red charcoal fire and grilled them. It didn't take long for them to become stained and oily.

But none of them brought any salt, otherwise the taste would be better if sprinkled with salt.

One person eats corn flour pancakes and pastry together, and eats sauerkraut, vinegared cabbage, pickles and fried pork slices with green onions. It is so comfortable in this mountain forest.

Although the three dogs were full and full of food, they sat beside him with their mouths dripping when they saw that the man was eating deliciously.

Chang Danian did not spoil them, so he shaved the ears of three dogs.

If there are people who love dogs, they like to take food from the dining table for their dogs and feed them on the spot. But hunters generally don’t do this.

Dogs have dog food, and people have food. Dogs must know that they are different from people, otherwise the dogs will lose their temper and stop working in the mountains.

Chang Danian made two pancakes and a scallion pastry, which he enjoyed eating with sauerkraut and pickles, especially the roe deer meat skewers grilled by Xu Ning, which smelled fragrant as soon as they reached his mouth.

He swallowed the roe deer meat, turned to look at Xu Ning who was jealous of the cabbage, and said: "Boy, if you want the three bastards I left for Xu Dapao, I can help you."

"Uncle, I'll excuse you." Xu Ning said with a wink.

"Young master, you are just pretending to me. Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Didn't you say you want Qinglang? But Qinglang is different. It is Xu Dapao's lifeblood. If you try to escape, Now that you are gone, how can you let Xu Dapao survive?!"

Xu Ning nodded solemnly: "Uncle, I'm not as bad as those two bastards. I really want Qinglang, but I have to go through you. If you don't nod, I will never mention it again."

Chang Danian hummed, "Good boy."

At this time, Li Fuqiang swallowed the corn flour pancake and said: "Uncle, can those three bastards be surrounded? My brother really wants to encircle them. As you can see, my brother's skills are no worse than those of the old hunters."

Chang Danian shouted: "You don't have to tell me, I'm not blind! I can take the initiative to mention the dog bastard to Xu Dapao, but I definitely can't mention Qing Lang's dogs in front of Xu Dapao. Just mention it. Digging people's graves. We brothers have been together for so many years, and we can't let you ruin it."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "It's necessary, sir, so I'll trouble you."

Chang Danian shook his head: "If I hadn't seen you as a tough guy, I wouldn't have done this for you."

"Well, my uncle is still kind to me."

Chang Danian laughed and scolded: "Get out of here, you used to not say a word when you saw her on the street, but now you don't care."

"Then I wasn't sensible before. It's not too late to rein in the situation now, isn't it? Master."

"It's not too late. When Xu Dapao and I were as old as you, we did nothing all day long and just followed the bearded ass, and then we had to be beaten by our parents before we stopped. Otherwise, we wouldn't be alive today. "

Wang Hu was startled and asked urgently: "Uncle, have you ever been a beard?"

"I haven't done anything. I just deliver a message to the beard and give us some meat when I'm done."

"What letter are you sending?"

Chang Danian looked up at the thick tree trunk and said: "Our area was not called Qing'an at that time, it was called Xiaoangou."

"There are more than a dozen ghost animals and a group of Ergouzi entrenched here. Xu Dapao and I will send them a letter where these Ergouzi are."

Chang Danian pointed at Li Fuqiang and said: "At that time, your father was the second artilleryman among the beards. He was known as Li Da's skill and his marksmanship was really accurate. But the gun he used was an old foreign cannon, and he only killed two Ergoos... Then He was also wounded in a battle and died not long afterward."

Li Fuqiang clapped his hands and said excitedly: "Brother, take a look, my eldest brother isn't bragging with you, is he? My father has really beaten two beasts to death!"

The two beasts and the two dogs are both toys.

Chang Danian smiled and nodded: "This is true. All the older people in our community know it. Hey, do you still have the old foreign cannon that your father left for you?"

"Here! Just..."

Hearing Li Fuqiang hesitate to speak, Chang Danian asked in confusion: "What is it? Just tell me."

"It's just that the old foreign cannon is too old, and the handle of the gun is broken to pieces."

Chang Danian suddenly opened his eyes when he heard the sound, grabbed the snow on the ground and threw it towards Li Fuqiang.

"Fuck! That gun is older than you and is the same generation as your father. You take it up the mountain?"

(End of this chapter)