Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 190 Return to the village
After filling the sacks, they were piled on the sika deer, and the remaining sacks that could not be filled were carried back by several people.

Although pine nuts are cheap, they can still be a huge fortune as long as there are enough of them.

Everyone worked together, carrying the sacks full of pine cones with great effort, and then walked back with difficulty.

Soon the previous excitement disappeared, and all that was left was tiredness, very tired.

As happy as I was picking pine cones just now, I feel as tired now.

I was so tired that I didn’t even want to say anything.

Lu Jiansheng was leading the reindeer in front, but it was not an easy job for him either. He had to carry all the large and small bags that everyone brought up the mountain, and was also responsible for keeping watch.

As for the six little foxes, he made a simple small cage for them, put them in the backpack behind him, and carried them on his back.

On the way, they met two silly roe deer, standing less than a hundred meters away from them, looking at them curiously. Lu Jiansheng was too lazy to shoot them.

Although, at this distance, neither of the two stupid roe deer could escape, Lu Jiansheng did not want to add more weight to the already overloaded sled.

Of course, it is also because the meat of roe deer is not tasty and worthless!!
On the way back, they encountered several groups of wild animals, which looked at them from afar as if they were watching a fun event.

There was even a lone wolf with a bald tail that circled around their convoy before disappearing into the forest in the distance.

"This wolf is so huge!"

Lu Erniu sighed.

"Lone wolves of this size are usually those that failed in their fight for the title of wolf king and were driven out of the pack. These lone wolves are often the most dangerous to humans."

Li Dazhu explained on the side.

"Yes, Dazhu is right. After Erniu wins, if you encounter this kind of lone wolf in the mountains, it's best to stay away from it!"

Lu Jian said.

However, since it ran away, Lu Jiansheng didn't have to chase it.

"We should hurry up. If we delay any longer, it will be dark soon."

They stopped and walked along the way, and finally returned to the village when it was getting dark.

As soon as he entered the village, Lu Jiansheng arranged to transport the pine cones to Liu Shengli's home. His own family was building a house, and there were donkeys and dogs in the yard. The space was too small and he had no room to spare.

Several people were carrying sacks, especially the red deer, which was covered with large sacks, which alarmed the villagers.

"Jiansheng, what are you doing?"

"What's in this sack?"

A group of women gathered around and greeted Lu Jiansheng and his friends.

"Today I took Shengli, Erniu and Dazhu from Kaoshantun into the mountains to pick some pine cones." Lu Jiansheng smiled faintly.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but curl their lips. What do you call this?
"Pine cones? You picked up so many?"

"This must be several thousand kilograms! Look at how high the sacks are piled on this sika deer."

“This pine cone is so huge!”

"With a pine cone this big, the pine nuts inside must be big. I heard someone is buying them for 1.2 cents per pound?!"

"Jiansheng, where did you pick up this pine cone?"

"Yes, Jiansheng, where did you pick it up from? Take us with you to pick up some and bring it back for the children."

"Aunts and brothers, don't just watch the fun! Let us take the things back too!"

Liu Shengli said impatiently, you know, they are still carrying sacks, they are already panting from the long journey, and they are hanging on by a breath. "Okay, make way, give me a hand, where did you pick it up from, I'll tell you, where is there a lot of pine cones this big?

Lu Jiansheng said slowly,

"Good, good, good."

Don’t just stand there and watch, come and help, look how tired these kids are!

When they heard that Lu Jiansheng was willing to tell them where he picked it up, someone immediately called everyone to come forward to help.

There was nothing wrong with telling everyone about the place where he picked up pine cones. That place was not his, and he did not plan to continue picking pine cones tomorrow, so it did not matter to tell them.

Of course, there are many places in the deep mountains where you can pick up big pine cones, but they are all in the deep mountains and ordinary people can't go there.

Those who can go there look down on these pine cones.

Immediately, several people took the sacks from Lu Erniu and the others, and then carried them to Liu Shengli's house.

"Jiansheng, where did you pick up these pine cones?"

"This one must be at least 30 to 40 centimeters long, right?"

"This is longer than half a corn cob."

After helping, no one left. They surrounded Lu Jiansheng and others and started asking questions.

"These pine nuts are in the mountains. You have to go up the mountain from the second bend in the south of Kaoshantun, then walk north for most of the day, and then go over a hill. There is a large pine forest over there, with large pine trees that are hundreds or thousands of years old."

"We picked these up under an old pine tree." Lu Jiansheng directly told everyone the location.

“·········”Everyone was speechless.

That place is deep in the mountains and forests, with all kinds of wild animals.

There are even rumors that tigers and bears have been seen there.

Although they were envious of the pine cones, they didn't dare to go over there to pick them.

Some people get unhappy and ask us to help them, so they tell us a place that no one else dares to go.

We know a lot of places like this, but aren't we all afraid to go there?
Otherwise, why would I ask you?
If they dared to go, would they have to run so far?

"Jiansheng, will you be okay tomorrow?" Someone thought quickly and started to think about Lu Jiansheng.

If Lu Jiansheng could take the people of Kaoshantun into the mountains to pick pine cones, why couldn’t he take them into the mountains to pick pine cones?
We are all neighbors in the same village. Isn’t our relationship closer than that of a mountain village?

Lu Jiansheng has lived for so many years in his later life. What has he not experienced?

They don't need to say it, you can tell what they want to do just by looking at their butts.

Lu Jiansheng said first: "You can go with so many people, dozens of people, and call a few hunters from the village and bring dogs.

What wild animal dares to come here?
There is no need to worry about not having enough pine cones for everyone to share. The entire hill over there is covered with hundreds or even thousands of years old pine trees. Even if hundreds of people go there, we can guarantee that everyone will return with a full load.”

Jiansheng, if you have nothing to do tomorrow, can you take us with you?
So many pine nuts, it's more profitable than hunting."

“We have pine cones to pick tomorrow, so we can’t go into the mountains with everyone else to pick pine nuts.

In addition, I would like to point out that these pine cones are not mine alone, but the collective harvest of all of us.”

What Lu Jiansheng said was right. Even though they picked up so many pine cones, each person would not get much money. Of course, this was only what Lu Jiansheng said. With so many pine cones, each person would get at least dozens of dollars. For Li Dazhui and others in Kaoshantun, this was not a small income.

(End of this chapter)