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

Chapter 137 Picnic Artifact
Not long after we climbed the mountain, a cold wind blew up, blowing through the forest, making waves of ghostly howling sounds, which sounded a bit creepy.

But the four of them were used to it and continued skiing. Li Shengli led the way, Chen Weidong and Shitou Bingzi followed closely behind, with the six dogs following in front and behind.

Soon we arrived at the first Tiancangzi, which is Xiaqidaochazi on the north side. There is a large poplar forest here.

"Weidong, I remember that Xiongcangzi should be near here, but it's been so long that I can't remember clearly."

Li Shengli said.

"Well, everyone, be careful, keep the dogs on a leash, and don't shoot randomly."

Chen Weidong ordered.

"Ok!"

Shitou and Bingzi nodded quickly.

The four people split up and began looking for Kumakurako.

It is not difficult to find Xiong Cangzi. First of all, if there is a tree hole where Xiong Cangzi lives, it must not be an ordinary big tree.

At the very least, it must be as thick as two people can hold it, which is a tree with a diameter of more than 1.23 meters.

Then, there must be a tree hole in the big tree, and the blind bear can get through the hole.

Chen Weidong led the black tiger and the white tiger and slowly slid on the snow while searching in the jungle.

"Brother Wei Dong!"

"Brother Wei Dong!"

"Brother Shengli! Come quickly!"

Just as Chen Weidong was leading the dog and sliding on the snow to search carefully, Bingzi's shouting suddenly came from a distance. Hearing the sound, Li Shengli and Shitou also rushed over to Bingzi.

"Brother Weidong, is that Xiongcangzi over there?" Bingzi shouted excitedly, pointing at a large poplar tree that was three arms thick.

Chen Weidong looked in the direction Bingzi's finger pointed, and saw a large poplar tree that was three arms thick. There was a hole two meters above the ground.

However, Chen Weidong did not show any excitement, because there was no white frost on the trees, which meant that there were no blind bears hiding in them.

"Brother Weidong, how do we fight?" Bingzi asked excitedly.

"Why are you still fighting? Look, there's no frost in this tree hole, which means there are no blind bears in this bear barn!"

Chen Weidong laughed and said, Shitou and Bingzi would never understand these things.

Then Shitou and Bingzi released the dogs and looked into the warehouse with their own eyes. The result was just as Chen Weidong said, it was empty.

Although Chen Weidong was a little disappointed, he didn't take it seriously. After all, there are not blind bears in every cave. The last time Chen Weidong discovered a bear cave, he went to see it a long time ago, but still found nothing.

For Xiong Cangzi, whether there is one or not, it is a treasure for hunters. If there is none today, it does not mean there will be none next year. If there is none next year, it does not mean there will be none in the future...

"Brother Shengli, what should we do with this empty warehouse?" Bingzi asked.

"It's okay. This bear barn is the closest to the village. There are blind bears there, but they may be smaller. I know of two more bear barns. Let's go and take a look together."

Li Shengli said with a smile.

"Well, let's go!"

Shitou and Bingzi nodded quickly. Then Chen Weidong and the other two followed Li Shengli and began to dig out the bear's nest. As they walked deeper into the mountain, the wind became stronger and stronger, and the four of them couldn't help but shrink their heads.

Finally we arrived at the second bear warehouse, and it was still an empty warehouse.

"Let's take a break first and then go to the next place later!"

Chen Weidong gave the order, they had already been on the mountain for five or six hours.

Not only people are tired, but dogs are tired too.

"Brother Weidong, I'll go find some hay and branches!" Shitou took the initiative to speak when he heard about taking a rest.

"I'll go with you." Bingzi also went.

Chen Weidong took the opportunity to feed the six dogs, while Li Shengli cleared a space in the snow.

"Weidong, I only know of one last bear warehouse nearby. If there's still no such warehouse, we can only go to the deepest part of Laohei Mountain. A few years ago, I went there with several hunters in the village. We also know of a sky warehouse and an underground warehouse, but they are a bit far away and I'm afraid we won't be able to get down the mountain for several days!"

After clearing the snow, Li Shengli took out a cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath and smiled.

"Brother Shengli, we are going into the mountains to hunt. It is normal to stay in the mountains for ten days or half a month. Isn't it a little far? Let's go to the last one first! If it doesn't work, we can rest for two days and then go."

Chen Weidong said.

"Okay, you're young and quick-witted, I'll listen to you!"

……

"Brother Weidong, Brother Shengli, it's too cold. Let's drink some hot water to warm ourselves up. I brought a pot from home this time!"

As soon as the fire was lit, Bingzi took out his backpack and took out four steel bars about 50 cm long.

Then he took out a circle made of steel bars. There were four nuts welded on the iron ring. He put the steel bar into the nuts. A small nut welded on the steel bar just caught the iron ring, so that the iron ring would not fall off and stood firmly on the ground.

In this way, a simple stove is assembled.

Bingzi then took out a small iron pot from his backpack and placed it on the iron ring. This was simply a simple stove for making fire and cooking in the wild.

"Bingzi, what a great thing! Why didn't you take it out earlier!" said Li Shengli.

"I just found it at home. My mom told me that my dad hired someone to make it a long time ago."

Hearing this, Chen Weidong couldn't help but admire his uncle's brain. It used to be quite useful. This stove was much more convenient than the stoves made of three stones used by other hunters.

And it is easy to carry! It is simply a picnic artifact.
You know, they usually bring water with them when they go into the mountains, but it would have been cold by now. It was only because it was stuck inside their cotton-padded jackets that the water did not freeze!
"Let me do it!"

Chen Weidong looked at the clumsy Bingzi and said.

Then he got a pot of clean snow and moved the campfire under the stove.

After a short while, the snow turned into snow water. After a while, watching the snow water in the pot emit steam, Chen Weidong took the pot down and brushed it with the snow water. Then he poured the water from the kettle into it, heated it up, and poured it in again.

I have to say, it feels so refreshing to drink a sip of hot water in this cold forest.

Everyone drank the hot water and felt much better.

"Weidong, I'll go see if there are any pheasants nearby. Even though we didn't kill any blind bears, we can't let our stomachs go bad." Li Shengli said with a smile.

"Let's go take a look too!"

Bingzi and Shitou also spoke slowly.

"Go ahead, don't go too far, we have to go to the next Kuma Cangzi later."

"okay!"

The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, so it would be difficult to handle a pheasant if we caught it at other times. But now that we have a pot, we can boil some hot water to scald the feathers, and we can also stew the pheasant.

After a while, I heard a few gunshots!

After a while, Li Shengli came over holding a flying dragon, but Bingzi and Shitou were empty-handed.

"Did you encounter a flying dragon?"

"Just now, when Shitou and Bingzi were walking over there, one of them was startled and ran into the muzzle of my gun."

Li Shengli smiled proudly.

Well, first cut open the dragon's belly, and then pluck its feathers.

Then Chen Weidong put the gutted flying dragon into a pot of boiling snow water, scalded it, and gave it to the three people to pluck its hair. He then boiled snow water again to scrub the pot, and then boiled another pot of snow water to wash the flying dragon and chop it into pieces.

I made another pot of clean snow.

Put the pot on the stove.

When the snow melted into water and began to emit steam, Chen Weidong put the Feilong meat into the pot.

Boil out the blood, then take out the flying dragon meat, pour out the blood, and then use the accumulated snow to scrub the pot clean.

Then pour the flying dragon meat into the pot and stir-fry, then pour the freshly boiled water from the kettle into the pot, add some simple seasonings, top-notch ingredients, just use the simplest method!

Cover the pot.

Then the four of them chopped branches, using simple chopsticks while talking to each other.

After a while.

Chen Weidong lifted the lid of the pot and saw that the Feilong soup was almost done, so he called Li Shengli and the other two to start eating.

The four of them ate the flying dragon meat while taking the steamed bread or pancakes they brought and soaking them in the flying dragon soup.

The dry food for the four people had already frozen hard and was so hard that it could be used as a weapon in the hands.

However, don't be fooled by how hard it is now. Break it apart and soak it in Feilong Soup. After the dry food absorbs the juice, it will be delicious.

Unfortunately, they are all in one pot. Now that we have Bingzi, this "picnic magic tool"

Chen Weidong plans to get a few aluminum lunch boxes from the village supply and marketing cooperative, which will make it more convenient to eat and can also hold dry food. Aluminum lunch boxes are rare in rural areas these days, but they are sold in the village supply and marketing cooperative.

The four of them finished their meal and then put out the fire with snow. Then, they continued to move towards the next target mentioned by Li Shengli.

When we reached the destination,

Chen Weidong and his three companions searched for a while, only to find another empty warehouse.

"Forget it. Blind bears are not that easy to find. Let's stop here today! We'll go into the mountains in two days."

Seeing that it was getting late, Chen Weidong had no choice but to take the three of them back skiing.

Inside the hall.

Liu Xueting was sitting on the kang, busy with her work, while six little girls were lying on the kang, listening to the radio!
Hearing the sound of the door opening, the little ones' eyes lit up and they all leaned over the windows on the kang to look towards the door.

"It's Dad!"

"Dad is back!"

Da Ni, Er Ni and their younger sisters climbed down from the kang one by one. Xiao Wu stepped on a chair and slid down. Xiao Liu had no choice but to hold Liu Xueting's hand and point at her sisters, crying loudly.

Liu Xueting smiled.

"Dad~, looking for dad!" Xiaoliu said in a baby voice.

Liu Xueting put her shoes on and put them on the ground. The little girl staggered and ran out with her sisters.

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As soon as Chen Weidong closed the door, he saw his daughters running out of the house one by one.

The four little Ni and the five little Ni jumped straight into his arms. The other little ones ran towards him happily, and even the six little Ni followed behind staggeringly.

"Dad, there are so many people at home today? Grandma and Grandpa are here too!"

Sanni said in a baby voice.

"They all came here to listen to the radio. Si Ni wanted to hear stories, and grandma wanted to listen to opera."

"Ha ha……"

Since we bought a radio, our home has become a lot more lively. Many old ladies in the village heard the news and came to join in the fun, including my mother Wu Xiuqin and my sister-in-law.

"Dad, what did you catch today? Why didn't I see it?"

Si Ni glanced behind Chen Weidong.

(End of this chapter)