Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 52 Li Laosan
  Zhao Hongmei stretched her neck and shouted: "Zhuzi, are you at home?"

Lu Jiansheng scanned the yard. The houses in the mountains were all wooden houses. There was also a yew tree in the yard. There were some rabbit skins hanging on the branches. He just didn't know if there were any more valuable animal skins in the house.

There was also the injured big yellow dog, lying on the sack in the dog shed in the corner of the yard. When he saw Lu Jiansheng coming, he dragged his incomplete leg and stood up and rushed towards Lu Jiansheng, wagging his tail. He thought he had remembered Lu Jiansheng before. The breath was gone, and there was no barking or biting.

The door was opened, and a young man wearing a patched cotton-padded jacket came out. After seeing Zhao Hongmei, he forced a smile and said, "Auntie, please come in and sit down."

When he said this, he glanced at Lu Jiansheng who was following Zhao Hongmei. After making sure he didn't recognize him, he asked doubtfully: "Who is this brother, aunt?"

"Zhuzi, I won't go in. The family is preparing to cook. My old man should be back soon. I just brought Jiansheng to your house. He is the young man who saved your father the day before yesterday. Didn't you go there yesterday? Didn't you see anyone? They came here in person today."

Zhao Hongmei introduced with a smile, and also praised Lu Jiansheng.

Upon hearing that Lu Jiansheng was his father's savior, Zhuzi's eyes widened. He immediately turned around and shouted into the room: "Mom, come out quickly, our family's benefactor is here."

When he turned around, he saw Lu Jiansheng quickly opening the courtyard door and saying gratefully: "Brother, please come in quickly and thank you for saving my dad."

Lu Jiansheng nodded and walked directly into the courtyard.

Lu Jiansheng followed the pillar and walked into the house. A middle-aged woman with red eyes came out of the door. She looked at Lu Jiansheng excitedly: "Benefactor."

"This is no small matter. If the third child has his shortcomings, how can I survive?"

"Okay." Li Dazhu responded and ran to the kitchen to get busy.

It can be seen that Li Laosan was so injured that Zhuzhu's mother was crying and wiping her tears in the room.

After hearing this, Li Dazhu also hurriedly stepped forward to dissuade him: "Mom, let's invite our benefactor into our house quickly!"

The sound and movement had already attracted the villagers passing by to stop and watch.

Lu Jiansheng hurriedly stepped forward and supported the middle-aged woman.

As soon as the two words came out, she was about to kneel down: "Thank you, my benefactor, for saving my old man."

Lu Jiansheng said with an upright tone.

On the way over with Zhao Hongmei, Lu Jiansheng had already heard about Li Laosan's situation from Zhao Hongmei. His wife Jiang Xiuhua and three daughters were all married off, leaving only Zhu Zhu, a son who was two years younger than Lu Jiansheng, but he was only taller. Looks a little more mature.

After Lu Jiansheng said so, Jiang Xiuhua couldn't be stubborn anymore. She quickly stood up, took Lu Jiansheng's hand and walked into the house. Come in with her aunt quickly. Zhuzi quickly lit a fire to cook. I'll be there in a moment.

At this moment, Zhao Hongmei said hello to the pillar and went home.

"I just encountered it in the mountains and took it easy. I believe that people who go hunting in the mountains will not stand idly by if they encounter such a situation in the mountains. This is a small matter. It doesn't need to be like this. Get up and take care of yourself!"

Then Lu Jiansheng was led by Jiang Xiuhua to the back room. As he walked, he called out: "Old man, look quickly, your benefactor who brought you back from the mountains is here to see you."

"benefactor!"

Li Laosan, who was lying on the bed in the room, looked back weakly at Lu Jiansheng, struggling to sit up. "Uncle, you'd better not move. If you're so seriously injured, just take good care of yourself. If you move around, it'll be serious if it affects the wound again!"

Lu Jiansheng stood by the bed, stopped and then gently lifted the quilt, looking at several vicious wounds on his chest that were as big as centipedes. They were a little red and swollen, but they shouldn't be serious problems. I have to say that Li Fuquan's herbal medicine really worked.
  Li Laosan opened his mouth with difficulty, but in the end he didn't say anything. He lay back obediently and forced a smile: "Little brother, please sit down, old lady, and give me some water."

"okay!"

Jiang Xiuhua suddenly reacted and was about to go to the kitchen.

There is not even a boiling water bottle to store water in this house. If you want to drink water, you have to boil it freshly.

Lu Jiansheng took the opportunity to hand the pound of meat to Jiang Xiuhua: "Aunt, you came to see me yesterday and I was away. This is for you. You can stew some meat to replenish your health.

"My benefactor, you saved the old man, which is already a huge kindness. How can you still give him meat? We shouldn't accept it, and we can't accept it. Please take it back quickly."

Jiang Xiuhua said hurriedly.

When Lu Jiansheng saw this situation, he couldn't help but smile and said slowly: "Auntie, just keep it! Yesterday you brought hares and pheasants. When you came to my house, I heard Ruoxi say that you didn't even eat a meal. Went back in a hurry."

"Those things are all caught on pillars, and they're not worth much! Besides, you are the savior of my family, how can I let you take things."

Seeing this, Lu Jiansheng could only deliberately darken his face: "Auntie, if you do this again, you will drive me out. I won't dare to come here again!"

Jiang Xiuhua hesitated for a moment, then hurried to the kitchen with the meat, scooped out a bowl of boiled water and brought it to Lu Jiansheng: "You guys chat while I go help with the cooking." Then she turned and went to the kitchen. "

Li Laosan: "Little brother, thank you for saving my old man's life. Are my two dogs already dead?"

Although Li Laosan could already guess it, he still had a glimmer of hope.

"Ah."

Lu Jiansheng nodded.

Li Laosan heard personally that the two dogs were dead, and his expression became sad. For hunters, in this mountain, hunting dogs are their best partners and the other half of their lives, not to mention that the two dogs have already died. After raising her for many years, I have already developed feelings for her.

"Uncle, when you were hunting wild leopards in the mountains the day before yesterday, I was passing by the opposite mountain. I heard you fired a few shots in the forest. Even if you couldn't kill the wild leopards, you should have scared them away. Why did you get injured by the wild leopard? And a few dogs were fine at first?”

When Lu Jiansheng asked, Li Laosan smiled bitterly and told what happened in the woods.

It turned out that Li Laosan was not shooting a wild leopard at the beginning, but encountered a roe deer first, and shot it, but he did not kill it. The three dogs chased after him, and he followed.

But how can a human keep up with a dog?
  As a result, Li Laosan did not expect to encounter this wild leopard. After all, this location is close to Kaoshan Village, and there are no leopards usually, not to mention it is broad daylight.
  This wild leopard is very cunning. Fortunately, it was daytime, and Li Laosan was an old hunter. He suddenly looked at the tree with vigilance, allowing him to discover it early.

At this time, the leopard was about ten meters away from him. If there was any surprise before walking forward, the wild leopard also knew that it had been discovered and immediately rushed towards Li Laosan.

(End of this chapter)