Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 70 Buy it

The price of dogs these days is not high. Good hunting dogs may be more expensive, but they are not much more expensive. Most adult hunting dogs cost about thirty or forty yuan. If they are sold as meat, it is even cheaper.

You must know that most of Guangzhou County is mountainous. In fact, many hunters used native dogs as hunting dogs. Generally, native dogs raised in the mountains since childhood are not only smart, but also familiar with the mountain terrain. They help hunters drive rabbits and pigs, which is no better than some Hunting dogs are bad, and Li Laosan’s big yellow dog is a living example.

Like Old Man Li's dog, first of all, it is quite old and can already be seen as old. Generally, it is bought for the purpose of eating dog meat, regardless of hunting dogs or native dogs. Lu Jiansheng can also see that the old man is not willing to part with it.

In fact, before Lu Jiansheng came over, Old Man Li had never sold it before, but when he saw the age of the dog, he shook his head and left.

Why spend a lot of money to buy an old dog?

Do you think it is old and eats a lot?
  Or do you want the meat to be delicious?

Especially the nose of this dog is a little white, which is not a good sign. It is not sure whether it is sick. Don't spend money to buy it back. If you don't eat the dog meat, you will eat yourself up.

As for the fact that this dog has a crooked back, that was made up by Lu Jiansheng simply to lower the price.

Although old dogs can have a hump, it only appears after they are ten years old. This dog's back hair and back are arched simply because he is too nervous.

He took out a big bill and handed it to Old Man Li. After receiving it, Old Man Li looked at the old dog reluctantly, then turned to Lu Jiansheng and said, "Little brother, what I told you before is not all false." talk."

Wu Guofu also helped, but he didn't expect that Lu Jiansheng would actually fall in love with this old dog.

"It doesn't matter if you touch it."

Once the money is cleared, the dog has nothing to do with him since he took the money. This is the rule of the older generation.

"make a deal!"

Lu Jiansheng's words made Old Man Li blush.

"If you want to sell, then sell. If you don't, I'll be put down."

"You should think it over carefully. I didn't buy the dog just to eat dog meat."

"Old man Li, you are too shady. You want this old dog to be fifteen. If you sell this old dog to our restaurant, I won't hesitate to take it."

Lu Jiansheng thought about it and didn't lower the price. After all, although dog meat is very cheap these days, this old dog weighs eighty or ninety pounds.

Before Lu Jiansheng finished speaking, the man put the dog's rope on Lu Jiansheng's hand at lightning speed.

Old Man Li sighed and wanted to touch the old dog's head again, but as soon as he raised his hand, he took it back.

Lu Jiansheng: "..."

Old Man Li smiled awkwardly and said, "Then how about we tell you the number, little brother?"

"To be honest, if my daughter-in-law hadn't given birth again at home, the family would be in trouble, so I wouldn't be willing to sell it."

Then he stretched out his hand in front of Lu Jiansheng.

"ten bucks!"

"My old dog is very spiritual. What kind of spiritual method is it? I am not educated and can't describe it. You will know it after you raise it for a while."

Lu Jiansheng didn't care about these details.

"No, just treat it well."

"This dog has suffered a lot around me. He eats leftover soup all day long and lives in a leaky shack. Yet he follows me wholeheartedly every day. Hey!" "He is a good dog, but he is old. That’s right.”

Old Man Li grinned bitterly, sighed, wrapped up all the vegetable stalls, and planned to set up a stall somewhere else.

This dog is loyal.

With him here, the buyer will definitely not be able to take the dog away.

"Little brother, if you give me ten yuan, it's not expensive."

"No one knows the goods except you."

Old Man Li sighed, shook his head, took a deep puff from the pipe in his hand, and disappeared lonely around the corner of the rural market.

The old dog whined and chased after him until he was violently restrained by the straight dog leash.

If it were another big dog, seeing its owner walking further and further away, it would either bark anxiously, pull hard on the leash to chase him, or bite him, the culprit.

But this dog was different. After feeling the force of the tug, he immediately turned his head and glanced at the donkey and Lu Jiansheng next to him. He didn't struggle or bark, but just squatted on the spot and watched his old master leave.

After a long time, the old dog turned around and walked to lie down next to Lu Jiansheng.

Lu Jiansheng squatted down and stretched out his hand in front of the big dog. He was not afraid that the old dog would bite suddenly.

Dogs that generally live for seven years or more are more or less spiritual and will not bite without the owner's order.
  As for whether this dog is as spiritual as Old Man Li said, he still needs to get along with it slowly, but Lu Jiansheng knows that this old dog will definitely not bite him. This old dog behaves like he has never hunted before. It can be seen at a glance.

After seeing the old dog sniffing his hand several times, Lu Jiansheng tried to touch its head gently.

The quality of the dog's hair is not very good. It's obviously because he didn't eat well and it's not as shiny and smooth as it should be.

The old dog leaned close to him, without any overreaction, but it seemed that he was not in a good mood, a little depressed, his head resting on his two front paws, and he looked sad to the naked eye.

Different from the common mutts with large bodies, earlobes, and thick fur, this old dog has triangular-shaped eyes, brown eyeballs, and deep eye sockets.

The head is a bit big and the hair is dark, a bit like a "mountain dog", but I can't tell the breed. This old dog probably has too many strings. As for whether it is good for hunting, I will have to go up the mountain to try it out before I know.

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After bidding farewell to Wu Guofu, Lu Jiansheng rode his donkey and led the dog back home. It originally took three or four hours to go to the countryside to go to the market, but with the donkey, it took more than half an hour to come back. This was when Lu Jiansheng bought a dog in the countryside. It took a lot of time,
  It was great to have a donkey, and he was not tired at all, but he had never ridden a donkey in his life, so it was a bit painful.

"Drive~drive~"

Along the way, Lu Jiansheng was riding a donkey on the road. Fortunately, there were still some people riding donkeys in this era, so it didn't attract much attention.

But it was different when he arrived at Liuligouzi Village. They all knew each other. Lu Jiansheng came back on a donkey. He imagined that it would be impossible to keep a low profile.

Fortunately, there were few people, and a few villagers who happened to see him riding a donkey back to the village were so shocked that they could not speak for a while.

There was unavoidable envy in his eyes when he looked at him, but this was human nature. If someone wanted to talk to him, Lu Jiansheng would smile and make some perfunctory remarks.

Of course, there were some who were jealous, especially Lu Chengcai. When he passed by his house, he happened to be smoking a cigarette at the door. His jaw dropped! !
  Along the way, Lu Jiansheng discovered that although this dog was a bit old, its endurance was extremely exaggerated, and it didn't feel tired even after running all the way.

Moreover, his body is quite flexible and his obedience is super strong. As long as he shouts a little, the old dog will immediately stop and tilt his head to look at him.

(End of this chapter)