Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 100 Going into the Mountains to Pick Pine Cones

Raising and training a dog is like raising and educating a child. You can't be too restrictive, but you can't be too indulgent either.

Dalong, Erlong - the four puppies have been used to living in the main room these days, so they naturally don't want to go in. But this is not a problem for Chen Weidong. He first moves the dog baskets of the four puppies into the dog pen.

Then he personally carried the four puppies into the dog pen and closed the door.

Dalong and the others were dumbfounded. They couldn't jump out of the courtyard wall, so they could only cling to the door of the dog pen, howling and protesting.

So Chen Weidong walked into the kitchen, took out some small broken bones, and threw them into the dog pen. Now these puppies are no longer able to eat small bones like when they were first brought home.

The four puppies immediately became well behaved. They picked up the bones obediently, found a place each, and started chewing happily!

Seeing this situation, Chen Weidong smiled triumphantly. You little bastards, can’t I deal with you?

Then the black tiger was led to another kennel in the dog pen, so that there were kennels, which could prevent the black tiger and the white tiger from fighting.

The dog pen has just been built. Although Chen Weidong and Liu Xueting only spent one day on it, the dog pen is well-equipped. The dog pen is close to the west wall.
The toilet is in the southwestern corner, and next to the toilet are two dog kennels, one large and one small. There is a circle made of adobe bricks outside, and inside the circle are small adobe houses. These are the dog kennels.

The outside is called the dog pen
The big one is where the dogs usually live, and the small one is for the female dogs in the future.
You can put the female dog in a small circle alone and put the male dog that is going to be used for mating in there as well.

The door was made by Chen Weidong using several large wooden boards and nails. Although small, it has all the necessary facilities. There is a separation between big and small dogs in the middle to prevent big dogs from biting small ones.

Then feed the black tiger and the white tiger, and then pet the two dogs one by one to cultivate their relationship.

The five little girls started playing "Eagle Catches Chicken" again.

"Dad~"

Xiaoliu ran to Chen Weidong and pointed at the sisters, screaming!
"You mean your sister won't play with you~"

Chen Weidong didn't understand the baby's cries, but seeing how anxious she looked, he could guess what she was talking about.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the little baby nodded quickly.

"Haha, you're the youngest, grow up quickly, and I'll take you out to play!"

Chen Weidong smiled, then picked up Liu Ni and kissed her twice.

"Woo~"

Little baby, wipe it hard!
How dare you dislike your father?

Chen Weidong kissed her again.

I spent three days with my wife and children, enjoying the leisure time.

Of course, Chen Weidong had a lot of things to do at home during these three days. Because he needed to heat the kang, Chen Weidong chopped more wood to prepare enough firewood for the family.

Because the winter in Northeast China is very long, it lasts about six or seven months a year, and the summer is very short, only about half a month, and the rest of the time is spring and autumn.

So every time Chen Weidong went out to chop trees, a bunch of little girls would follow him.

They followed to pick up branches. Si Ni and Wu Ni, the two troublemakers, were not good at other things, but they were very hard-working in picking up branches. Of course, in that era, most children in rural areas did this job.

There is also a big hole in the roof of my parents' house. My parents are old. Although my mother has always had a problem with Liu Xueting, she has gotten better recently.
Moreover, mother Wu Xiuqin has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She nags not only Liu Xueting, but also her sister-in-law, eldest brother, and father. On the contrary, she is very partial to her youngest son.

Chen Weidong and his elder brother Chen Weihai repaired the roof for their parents.

In the meantime, Chen Weidong took Shitou and Bingzi to go hunting in Sandagouzi. Sandagouzi was only two or three miles away from Jiuqutun. Usually, there were no big wild animals.
Even greyhounds were rare, so Old Zhang set a few traps in Sandaogou. When he went to collect them, he saw three or four wild boars coming to Sandaogou.

It is normal for wild boars to appear anywhere in Laoheishan. In the past, wild boars often ran into the village. Even in the past two years, during the autumn harvest, wild boars often ran into the farmland around the village and destroyed the crops.

So when Chen Weidong heard the news, he immediately took two people to Sandaogouzi. However, after half a day, Chen Weidong and two people searched Sandaogouzi thoroughly, but found no wild boar hair.

It’s not that Old Zhang lied, but that he was beaten to it by the hunters in the village.

Shitou and Bingzi were very upset after making such a wasted trip.

Chen Weidong was also a little disappointed. After all, an adult wild boar could be worth hundreds of dollars.

Not to mention the entire Yushu Valley, even if there were only a few hunters in Jiuqutun, it was common for each hunter to make a wasted trip after receiving the news.

Then Chen Weidong didn't hear any news about any big prey, so he decided to go to the old pine tree, hunt graylings, and pick up pine cones by the way.

Although pine cones are not valuable now, if Chen Weidong remembers correctly, the purchasing station in Heishong County will soon start collecting pine cones. Although the price is cheap, they are valuable if there are large quantities. Pine cones are also a good snack and can be fried and eaten when you have nothing to do.

The next day, early in the morning.

In the kitchen.

While Liu Xueting was busy cooking, she reminded Chen Weidong to be careful.

"Ah."

Chen Weidong smiled, knowing that his wife cared about him, and quickly responded. He just went up the mountain to pick pine cones and hunt greyhounds, so the danger was minimal.

After a while, we had dinner.

Chen Weidong wore a wolfskin hat and put on leggings. He picked up the bolt and checked the Hanyang rifle. He took out a handful of bullets from the box and put them in his pocket. This time his purpose was to shoot greyhounds, so he also brought a slingshot and mud balls.

"Brother Weidong! Sister Xueting, we are here."

After a while, Shitou and Bingzi came over with guns on their backs and dogs.

"Ah."

Liu Xueting nodded, then put the prepared dough into Chen Weidong's bag.

After cleaning up, Chen Weidong led the donkey out first. This time he went to pick pine cones from the old pine tree. There were many pine cones there and the donkey could use them.

"Black Tiger, White Tiger!" Then Chen Weidong led the two dogs, Shitou led the donkey cart, Bingzi led Dahuang and Xiaohei, and the three of them set off.

Although they were just hunting squirrels and picking pine nuts, and there was no need to bring so many dogs, Chen Weidong still took the opportunity to take the two dogs to the mountains for some fresh air.

Not long after they left the village, they saw a familiar figure walking towards them.

"Brother Shengli, where are you going?"

The person who came was Li Shengli from Lijiatun, so Chen Weidong greeted him.

"It's Weidong. Come take a look around. Where are you going to hunt? And you're leading a donkey with you."

Li Shengli said with a smile.

"Nothing, just picking up some pine cones!"

Chen Weidong did not hide the fact that pine cones were worthless and hunters like Li Shengli would definitely not look down on them.

"Let's go pick up pine cones. Great! I have nothing else to do, so I'll go with you guys to pick up five or six pounds of pine cones to take back to eat."

Li Shengli laughed.

"That's fine."

Chen Weidong smiled and didn't refuse.

Then the group of four walked towards the old pine tree.

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"Weidong, how far is it from the place you mentioned? Shall we take a break?"

Li Shengli walked up to Chen Weidong and said while panting.

"Brother Shengli, hold on a little longer, we'll be at the top of the mountain soon. Once we get over the top, we'll be there soon."

Chen Weidong glanced at Li Shengli. He did not agree with Li Shengli's request. The old pine tree was not close, and this section of the road was uphill, so it was difficult to walk on and everyone was very tired.

But this is not a reason to stop and rest. This is how it is when walking on a mountain road. You can climb slower, but you must not rest. The more you rest, the more tired you will be.

Of course Li Shengli understood this logic, but he was old and could not compare with the three young people. They had already walked on the mountain road for two or three hours and he was really tired.

"Brother Shengli, work harder. We will be there soon after we pass this hill!" Bingzi said at this time.

Hearing that the hill was almost there, Li Shengli mustered up his strength and walked laboriously in the mountains.

Hearing Bingzi's words, Chen Weidong couldn't help but laugh. After passing a hill, there was another hill, and after passing another hill, there was another hill.

You know, the place they were going to was very close to Erlonggou.

After twenty minutes, we finally climbed to the top of the hill.

"Weidong, you're not going to Erlonggou, are you? Someone from our village went there the day before yesterday and just came back early this morning. I just encountered him when I went out, and he didn't catch anything. Don't tell me you're going to Erlonggou to hunt wild boars."

Li Shengli suddenly said.

Chen Weidong smiled. The wild boars in Erlonggou had already been killed by the three of them, and the remaining wild boars had long since run away. Of course, there would still be wild boars coming after a while.

"No."

"Oh, just don't go to Erlonggou."

"Okay, Brother Shengli, let's take a five-minute break and then we'll go down the mountain."

Chen Weidong said.

After resting for five minutes, Chen Weidong called the three people and continued to move forward.

After walking over one hill after another, the group finally arrived under the old pine tree after two hours, and Shitou tied the donkey up.

The arrival of the four people startled the squirrels living in the tree. They crawled out of the tree holes one by one, jumped back and forth on the branches, and squeaking.

These squirrels, far away from human habitation, have no idea what the evil nature of human nature is.

He even dared to jump on the branch and yell,
Last time it was because they didn’t bring slingshots, but this time Chen Weidong and the other two brought them, specifically for the purpose of shooting these greyhounds.

Chen Weidong immediately took out the slingshot, put the bullet into the bullet bag and took aim.

Snapped……

A squirrel fell from an old pine tree.

At the same time, Shitou and Bingzi took out their slingshots and fired two slingshots directly at the squirrel on the tree.

Snapped.

The two have been playing with slingshots since they were young, and their slingshots are quite accurate, especially for squirrels that don't know how to dodge. Two squirrels were easily shot down by Shitou and Bingzi's slingshots.

It was not until seven or eight greyhounds were beaten that the squirrels in the tree finally reacted. They squeaked and fled in all directions in an instant.

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