Return to 1983 Hunting Xing'an Mountains

Chapter 74 The meaning is perfect, driving into the mountains

Lao Chai's family heated the kang so hot that the three of Xu Ning were sweating in the first half of the night, but they slept soundly.

If you live on a kang in the countryside, the bedding and air in the house will have an earthy smell, but the bedding in Lao Chai's house is fragrant. It must have been washed with UFO brand soap.

At present, the oleochemical factory in Qi City, Heilongjiang Province has not yet closed down. Its products are widely sold in the province, and a piece of UFO brand soap costs 3 cents.

It can be used to wash hands and face, as well as wash clothes and so on. It is very practical and smells good.

At about half past five, the three of them woke up one after another.

Xu Ning was wearing clothes, and Li Fuqiang was leaning against the wall of the kang, holding a handshake cigarette given by Chai Feng, which cost 1 cents a pack.

There are also Chinese cigarettes now, priced at 2 yuan a pack.

Li Fuqiang exhaled the smoke and said with a hoarse voice: "Oh, I slept on this kang, and my throat is on fire."

"Haha, I was sweating profusely in the first half of the night, so I just fell asleep with my legs outside." Wang Hu lifted the quilt and stood up.

"My brother Jian moved to the end of the bed and fell asleep."

Xu Ning put on her socks, turned around and said with a smile: "Then you two can't move anywhere, don't you know how hot it is?"

Li Fuqiang said: "If I don't think about moving, it would be a waste of my efforts. But don't tell me, I slept very well this time."

"Well, this bedding smells so good. Why should it be made? Second brother, do you know?"

"Laundry soap is just soap."

"Oh my God, it smells like mugwort."

"Yes, this smells really good." Li Fuqiang said.

Xu Ning stood up and ran to the ground, "You two, get up. I'll go to the outhouse to wash my face. Third brother will be here later."

"Eh."

The two of them responded and hurriedly got dressed.

After tying their leggings, the two of them arrived at the outhouse.

Xu Ning had just finished rubbing his face, and pointed to the soap on the washbasin shelf and said, "This is the soap, it smells delicious."

"I'll rub it too."

Usually the soap they use costs only 2 cents and smells of animal fat.

Otherwise, if you are rich, you can enjoy better things.

Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang rubbed their faces and smelled their hands, grinning each time.

"It's delicious."

At this time, there was a sound outside.

Chai Bing looked at the lights in the house, but still knocked on the door and asked, "Brother, are you up?"

"Get up, third brother, come in."

Chai Bing opened the door and saw that the three of them had put on their clothes for going up the mountain, and asked, "How was your sleep last night? Was it cold?"

"Why is it cold? Third brother, you gave me a warm sweat last night. You can lighten the heat tonight."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "My brother's throat is so hot that it's so hot, haha..."

"Haha, the hot spots are good. If I let you freeze, then my dad will kick me to death. Come on, go to my dad's house for dinner. Your sister-in-law has fixed everything."

"Eh."

The three of them followed Chai Bing to Chai Liangyu's house, where Chai Liangyu was sitting on the bed.

The children were not up yet, so the eldest sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law of the Chai family were preparing meals in the outer room, while the second sister-in-law was folding quilts for Chai Liangyu on the kang.

The three brothers of the Chai family set the table and picked up the dishes and chopsticks. The Chai family looked at them as quite lively, mainly because they were afraid that Chai Liangyu would be angry when it was hot in the morning.

Chai Liangyu looked at Xu Ning and the others entering the door and said, "Er Ning, you three should sit down and eat quickly."

"Hey, uncle, can we come together?"

"You guys can eat, I won't do any work, how about breakfast?"

Chai Shao put a bowl of eggs on the table and said with a smile: "Er Ning, you three pick up the eggs and eat them."

"Hey, brother, how do you boil these old eggs? Just let the three of us eat some."

"Is that okay? This egg has a meaning. It's called... Dad, how do you say that?"

Chai Liangyu gave him a blank look, "Can't you remember this? This is what your wishes come true, perfect!"

"Yes! Er Ning, pick up the eggs and eat them quickly. You must have a perfect egg when you go up the mountain the first day."

Xu Ning smiled and said: "Haha, okay, then I won't be an outsider."

"Oh, what are you heretics? Come to your uncle and be generous! Make it quickly and come back early in the evening. I want to cut the bones and eat them."

Xu Ning nodded: "Okay, I'll make sure you eat the deboned meat tonight."

"Hahaha, then I'll wait!" Chai Liangyu laughed twice.

Xu Ning and the other three were not polite, they scooped up two bowls of rice and each scooped two eggs into their bellies.

However, they were not full, and they were barely full.

Because I need to run up the mountain later, it is easy to choke after eating too much.

After the meal, Xu Ning looked at the wall clock. It was just past six-ten.

He went to the shack in the courtyard and took a look at the dog gang.

The nine dogs saw that he was very energetic in the clothes he wore for climbing up the mountain, and they pounced on him.

"Brother, do you want to take the gun and leave?" Li Fuqiang asked.

"Let's go! Brother, go get the gun. Huzi will lead the dog with me."

"Got it!"

Chai Bing was warming up the car. When Wang Hu and Xu Ning came over with the dog, he opened the back rail of the car, and then the three of them put the dog in the car and tied it up.

Li Fuqiang stood next to the car, carrying three 56 and a half guns on his back, 80 rounds of ammunition in his pocket, and a cloth bag hanging on his arm, which contained marbles and wire covers.

"go!"

Xu Ning waved and said.

The three of them sat in the passenger seat. Chai Bing held the steering wheel, stepped on the accelerator and drove toward the southeast.

The high mountains in Wangxing are called Sandao Ridge, and there is a mountain in this area called Wohu Mountain. A hero once went to suppress bandits and won a great victory!
  But Wangxing Village is quite far away from Wohu Mountain, because Wohu Mountain is deep in the mountains, and further east is the Lanji Reservoir. As soon as Chai Bing drove out of the village, a truck followed him.

He told Xu Ning that there were four young men in the car at the back, who were there to pull livestock.

The two trucks drove towards Laojingou in the southeast. Although Laojingou has gold characters, there is no gold because it is named after a person.

It is about seven or eight miles from Wangxing Village to Laojingou. Because the mountain road is not easy to walk, the car swayed forward slowly.

When it was getting dark, they just arrived at Laojingou.

Xu Ning stretched out her hand to wipe the frost on the car window, and then looked at the terrain and environment outside the window.

"Third brother, aren't there many people here?"

"Well, these nearby villages all grow ginseng, and the hunters have changed to ginseng households, so there will be fewer people going up to the mountains to hunt livestock."

Xu Ning nodded: "Then let's park in the open space in front, and let's take the dog for a walk in front."

"Okay, I'm also afraid that the dog will get carsick again."

The Chai soldier parked the truck in the open space in front, and they got out and went to fetch the dog.

Four people also got out of the truck following behind, carrying two 56 and a half.

"Third brother."

"Uncle Three."

The four of them had different names. Chai Bing introduced the three of Xu Ning to them, and they nodded and they knew each other.

Chai Bing told the four of them, "The three of us will follow up the mountain later, and the remaining two will guard the car. Don't run around after you go up the mountain, do you understand?"

"I know. You gave me all your instructions last night."

"Well, my three brothers have strong handles. You can just look at them and it's over."

"Eh."

The four of them looked at Xu Ning and the other three, and found that Li Fuqiang, who was slightly older, was also following Xu Ning, and they knew that Xu Ning was the leader of the three.

After putting the dog down in the car, Xu Ning and the others led the dog towards Laojingou.

There are woods on both sides of Laojingou, and the mountain is not too high, with an altitude of about a hundred meters.

Chai Bing led the two men to follow him. Xu Ning stopped after walking less than 2 miles.

He looked at the good terrain of the mountain. There were many pheasants, jumping cats, and greyhound footprints at the foot of the mountain. Looking further in, he saw a pine tree.

"Brother, are you setting a trap?" Li Fuqiang asked.

Xu Ning shook his head: "Let's go forward."

As I walked, I observed the terrain, and there was a gentle slope ahead.

But this gentle slope is the shady side, while the area opposite with wild fruit trees and pine trees is the sunny side.

"That's it, brother, let's take off the condom."

Xu Ning turned around and told Chai Bing to go to the shady side and go up the mountain directly from that side later.

Wang Hu would definitely not be able to hold nine dogs alone, and he couldn't let them go now, because dogs like the gray wolf would definitely have to run around.

So Xu Ning tied a few dog ropes to the tree, and then he and Li Fuqiang went to set the trap.

It was quite troublesome to put on the condoms. It took the two of them half an hour to put down less than 50 condoms.

Li Fuqiang still had more than 50 wires in his pocket. The wire was taken from Lao Xu's house. Li Fuqiang went back to surround it the night before.

After putting on the condom, it was already bright.

Xu Ning and others took the dogs and walked towards the shady slope.

Everyone was chatting and chatting, and when they waited until the mountainside, Xu Ning asked Wang Hu and Li Fuqiang to untie the dog's leash.

After the nine dogs of Green Wolf and Black Wolf were freed, they followed the footsteps of Xu Ning and others and moved up the mountain.

Chai Bing told him that this mountain looked very gentle, but there was a mountain lazi, which is a big rock standing on the mountain.

This game should be quite dangerous. If the dog speeds up, it will roll down the cliff if it is not careful.

Xu Ning looked at Chai Bing and said, "Third brother, I see there are a lot of small animals in this mountain. Have you ever heard the villagers say that there are no herds of wild boars in this mountain?"

"Very few of us in Wangxing go for a walk in the mountains. Those few hunters are not good at hunting, so we can't keep up with them."

"Then let's walk around first and get familiar with it for two days."

Chai Bing nodded: "There are a lot of fruit trees in this area. I wonder if there are fruit trees and crop fields, then wild boars are not allowed to come here in groups?"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "This is not autumn. If wild boars do like to run to crop fields and fruit trees in autumn, but now is winter, wild boars at this time are more willing to lie down on ridges or Chaoyang Mountain cols. They also stay in their territories when looking for food. Don’t dare to cross the territory easily.”

"Ah, you are still a professional. My dad is right. We don't know how to fight, so we should try to keep the competition to a minimum."

Xu Ning asked with a smile: "When Uncle Xu and Uncle Chang came before me, didn't you follow me up the mountain?"

"That's when. When I was young, I went to the army to serve as a soldier. After I came back, Uncle Xu and Uncle Chang came in the autumn, and they had to fight the wild boars that were harming the crops. I also had to take care of the ginseng. I don’t have much time to follow up the mountain.”

Xu Ning understood clearly and asked, "How about your shooting skills?"

"My marksmanship is not bad. I can shoot seven or eight rounds at 100 meters. I'm not a marksman. Otherwise, how could I have been a soldier for so many years?"

"That's good enough! Hunting animals mainly depends on their psychological quality. Don't tremble when you see the animals. You will definitely be able to hit them. Let's go for a walk and I'll have the chance to let you shoot a couple of times. Let's have some fun."

Chai Bing smiled and said, "Okay! My hands are itchy."

When they reached the top of the mountain, they felt the warmth of the sun.

Xu Ning looked at the green wolf and the black wolf without talking, and he didn't feel panic.

When fighting a dog siege, it is common for the leading dog to not open its arms.

Besides, their current position was at the top of the mountain, so even if the wind came, the smell of prey would have been blown away.

The first dog Kai Kuang is usually found in dense forests or on the mountainside. The wind in this terrain is a string, commonly known as valley wind.

This kind of wind can blow the scent of distant prey over, and the leading dog will start to fight after smelling the scent.

The group of people walked towards the mountainside valley, followed sparsely by the dog gang.

The two dogs, the green wolf and the black wolf, were playing and biting each other, and they looked very close to each other.

The two yellow dogs were beside Xu Ning, and the gray wolf and three wolves were walking through the woods.

　Thanks to Bu Jian Nanshan for the tip, thank you.

　　
  　
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