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

Chapter 199 What I like to hear most is the children calling me dad
The three dogs in the yard were barking and wagging their tails vigorously, as if anyone who wagged slowly would be disliked.

Soon the little foxes also ran out from their dens in the main hall. The little foxes liked Chen Weidong the most.
But among the four little girls in front of him, except for Xiaosi, Xiaowu and Xiaoliu, they also like Sanni very much. When Chen Weidong ignores them, they will be the most diligent in front of Sanni.

"Whee!"

Sanni squatted down happily and touched the little fox.

The little fox imitated the puppy, licked her fingers with its tongue, and rolled over on its belly in front of her, making Sanni giggle.

Chen Weidong picked up a shovel and went to the donkey shed in the yard to clean the donkey nest for the little donkey!
He first cleaned the donkey shed, and then covered it with a layer of hay to create a warm nest for the donkey.

When Bingzi arrived, he happened to see Chen Weidong busy in the donkey shed, so he hurried over to help.

"Bingzi, when did you come?"

When Chen Weidong saw him, he was stunned for a moment, then he called out to the little girls, "Sanni, Sini, Wuni, your Uncle Bingzi is here, why don't you call for help?"

Guard Chen smiled and said, "They were playing with the puppy and the little fox and probably didn't see me. Brother Weidong, I came to ask you for help."

"What's the matter? We are brothers, why should we be polite? I will definitely help you if you can!"

"It's nothing, actually. The cow owned by Old Man Li in my wife's village gave birth to a calf two months ago. My mother and wife wanted me to buy it, but I've never bought one before. Brother Weidong, you're good at bargaining, so my mother asked me to go with you!" Bingzi explained.

"Bingzi, you are planning to buy a cow now!" Chen Weidong patted Bingzi on the shoulder: "No problem, I will go with you to take a look. What is your price?"

"..."

After Chen Weidong discussed it with Bingzi, he said goodbye to Liu Xueting and went out.

The little girls also wanted to go along, but were stopped by Liu Xueting.

It was already noon when Chen Weidong came back. After discussing for a long time, Chen Weidong, Bingzi and Old Man Li successfully bought the calf.

In fact, Chen Weidong didn't help much, because buying cattle was a big deal.

Not only did all of Bingzi's family go except his third uncle Chen Guangkun, but even Bingzi's wife's family went. Chen Weidong went there only to say a few words on behalf of Cun.

back home.

"dad!"

"dad!"

"father!"

"Dad~"

When a group of children saw him coming back, they shouted one by one. Si Ni shouted the longest and loudest, as if she was afraid that Chen Weidong couldn't hear her.

"Ah."

Listening to the children's clear and rising cries, Chen Weidong was very happy and nodded repeatedly with a smile.

What he likes to hear most is the sound of children calling dad.

That would make him feel inexplicably fulfilled!

"Da Ni, Er Ni, did they bully you again today?"

Chen Weidong walked up to the eldest and second daughters and asked with concern.

"No!" Dani shook her head.

"No, Li Xiaotao and Luo Dahe gave me candy and told me not to beat them up!"

Erni giggled.

"Second sister, are you scared of beating them?" Sanni said in a baby voice.

"Of course! Second sister is so awesome! Right, second sister?" Si Ni was most afraid of Second Sister, and immediately turned into Second Sister's little licker.

But when Si Ni saw her second sister take out candy from her pocket, her eyes lit up. She still felt a little painful for giving the candy to her younger brothers this morning.

"Second sister, can you give me a piece? I gave my candy to Donkey Egg and the others!"

Si Ni licked her lips.

"for you!"

Erni was very generous this time and gave a piece to Sini. The other little girls also came over and said nice things to her. Even Xiaoliu imitated her grandma's cry.

Erni generously distributed a few candies to her younger sisters.

Chen Weidong was relieved! Then he went to the kitchen to help Liu Xueting cook.

"Dad, Third Grandma is here!"

Before Chen Weidong lit the fire, he heard the voice of the little milk ball outside, and then saw Liu Guifang rushing into the kitchen.

"Third Aunt"

"Aunt San, why are you here?"

Liu Xueting and Chen Weidong greeted each other immediately.

"Xue Ting just cooked!"

"Weidong, you've been a great help today. Let's go to Aunt San's house for dinner!"

Liu Guifang greeted quickly.

"No need, Aunt San! I can't help you much!" Chen Weidong waved his hand politely.
"Why are you being so polite to Auntie San? Auntie San has prepared the meal. Come quickly! Your uncle San wants to have a drink with you!"

Liu Guifang pulled Chen Weidong's clothes.

Chen Weidong looked at Liu Xueting helplessly, but the latter didn't even look at him!
……

"Uncle San, how are you?" Chen Weidong looked at Chen Guangkun who was sitting on the kang and asked with concern.

"Your uncle looks much better than before. Weidong is doing this thanks to you!" Liu Guifang said with a smile, "You two uncles can chat first! The meal will be served in a while. Bingzi, you stay here with your brother Weidong. I'll go see Xiaofang!"

"Weidong, come and sit down. Let's have a drink later. We haven't had a drink together for a long time!" Chen Guangkun said with a smile.

Chen Weidong could see that Chen Guangkun looked much better now than before!
"it is good!"

Chen Weidong responded with a smile.

As the three of them were talking, Liu Guifang came over and put the table on the bed, helped Chen Guangkun sit up, and then quickly brought a plate of sausages, a plate of peanuts, a plate of pickles, a dish of sauce and green onions. Zheng Xiaofang took out a bottle of wine from the cabinet next to them and poured wine for the three of them.

Chen Weidong, Chen Weibing and Chen Guangkun started drinking.

As for Liu Guifang and Zheng Xiaofang, they could not sit at the table, mainly because they themselves did not want to. Then Third Aunt served the dishes one after another.

"Weidong, Bingzi is really grateful to you for taking care of him. This cup of wine is a toast to you! Bingzi, you must follow your brother Weidong well. Your brother Weidong is very capable!"

"Uncle San, we are one family, why are we talking to each other? You are too polite!"

Chen Weidong said politely.

"Weidong, what can Third Uncle do to help you? Bingzi often asks me where Xiong Cangzi is at home. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but Third Uncle used to hide from Xiong Cangzi when he saw him!"

"But now that I think about it, I do know that there is something good in a certain place in the mountains. I also heard this from an old hunter.

But I haven’t been there either, and the snow is about to melt, so you can only go there before the snow melts. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait until next year!”

Chen Guangkun remembered something under the influence of alcohol and suddenly said to the two of them.

Chen Weidong and Bingzi on the side immediately brightened up when they heard this!
"Dad, you know what good things there are in the mountains, why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"Isn't that too dangerous? I don't want you to go. Besides, whether it's true or not, I haven't been there either! It was a long time ago, and as for the old hunter, he died a long time ago!"

Chen Guangkun waved his hand.

"Uncle San, tell me in detail!"

~

The meal lasted until after three in the afternoon. Before going home, Chen Weidong asked Bingzi to inform Li Shengli and Shitou.

After returning home, Chen Weidong drank some wine, lay down on the kang and took a nap before getting up.
Liu Xueting and I fed the dogs at home and the deer and musk deer on the farm.

Then, Liu Xueting washed her hands and started cooking, and Chen Weidong helped her.

Liu Xueting didn't cook either. She just made a pot of rice porridge, steamed buns, and some pickles. That was the meal for the family of eight.

After dinner, they lit the fire and it was Chen Weidong's turn to wash his feet before getting on the fire.
The little girls were playing and fighting on the kang, and when they saw him passing by, they all rushed over to him.

After playing with the little girls for a while, they finally quieted down after Liu Xueting spoke.
Chen Weidong was lying on the kang and thinking about the good things in the mountains that Chen Guangkun had told him about. To be precise, this was a "treasure" in the mountains.

According to Chen Guangkun, there is a "treasure" on the Black Mountain Peak northeast of Tiger Ridge!

This treasure is blocked by swamps and ordinary people cannot enter. This so-called treasure is the shed antlers of a deer hidden in a valley in the Black Mountain Peak.

It is said that there are many deer with antlers that Chen Guangkun mentioned. As for how many there are, he is not sure, because as far as he knows, the old hunter also went there on a snowy day.
Chen Weidong knew that deer were intelligent. When they were about to shed their horns, they would hide, and when they reappeared after a while, the horns on their heads would have disappeared.

There are thousands of sika deer and red deer in this vast mountainous area. Each year, they shed their antlers.

Even though not all deer shed their antlers here, there are still quite a few that do, and the antlers are too old to be useful.

Of course, the antlers shed by a deer itself have no medicinal effect, so a single antler is not worth much.

If you take it to a pharmacy in the county, you can only get a few yuan. If you take it to Hajiang City, you should be able to get ten or eight yuan.

However, many of the deer inside have shed their antlers!

It was a hassle to transport it back. The terrain there was special, so we could only carry a big person, and a sled was not useful. We couldn't bring back much at a time.

Perhaps if an ordinary person found a deer with shed antlers, they would take as many as they could and sell them directly, but Chen Weidong had a good idea in his mind.

He could remove the antlers from the deer and process them into more precious and valuable antler glue.

Deer antler glue, which is made from deer antlers, is a nourishing tonic that can replenish the liver and kidneys, and nourish the essence and blood.

It can treat impotence and spermatorrhea, soreness and coldness of the waist and knees, emaciation due to deficiency and fatigue, metrorrhagia, bloody stool and hematuria, and swelling and pain in the genitals.

The farmed deer antler glue in later generations costs one thousand six hundred to one thousand seven hundred yuan per pound, and the best quality deer antler glue can reach two to three thousand yuan per pound.

These are all pure wild, and the deer antler glue made from them is top quality deer antler glue.

Even now, the purchase price of pharmacies is around one hundred yuan.
Of course, Black Mountain is so big that it is not easy to find its specific location!

"Where is the Black Peak where the deer lost its antlers?"

Thinking like this, Chen Weidong fell asleep unknowingly.

The next day, Chen Weidong got up at dawn, put on his clothes for going into the mountains, washed up, fed the dog, and put on leggings.

Picked up the 56 semi-automatic rifle, pulled the bolt, and checked it again.

Open the cupboard, take out a handful of bullets from it, take out the magazines from the backpack, and fill each magazine with bullets.

He then took out his pistol and removed the magazine, carefully inspected the pistol, refilled the magazine with bullets, and then inserted it back into the gun pocket on his belt.

The two guns were ready, Chen Weidong washed his hands and enjoyed the breakfast made by Liu Xueting.

"I'm going into the mountains with Shengli and the others today and will stay there for about six or seven days," Chen Weidong said to Liu Xueting while eating.

"Ah! Why do you have to be gone for so many days this time? How will you live in the mountains? And don't you also need to make wine?"

Because of Chen Weidong, Liu Xueting now knows a lot about hunting, especially knowing that the snow in the mountains is now hard and it is impossible to dig snow nests, so she asked Chen Weidong about his residence.

"There are shacks or caves in the mountains where we can live. I know from my uncle where deer shed their antlers. It's not convenient to take them out directly, so I plan to boil the antlers into antler glue in the mountains, and then I'll have enough time to make wine when I come back."

Chen Weidong explained.

"Is it dangerous?" Liu Xueting asked with concern.

"It's not dangerous. The valley where deer shed their antlers should be the safest place. If it's not safe, deer won't go there to shed their antlers. It's just in front of Tiger Ridge. After you pass it, there is a swamp. There are no wild animals in the valley inside the swamp." Chen Weidong said.

"Okay then, come back early."

"Okay, wife! I'll be back soon." Chen Weidong quickly assured.

As they were talking, Li Shengli, Shitou and Bingzi all came to Chen Weidong's house.

Because we were going to stay in the mountains for several days, everyone brought a lot of things.

Chen Weidong took his gun, backpack and dry food. Black Tiger, Big Dragon and the four dragons howled as they watched Chen Weidong prepare to enter the mountain.
However, Chen Weidong did not plan to take them with him. This time he went into the mountains not for hunting, but to look for deer with shed antlers. Bringing too many dogs would only cause trouble, so he only needed to bring one dog.

(End of this chapter)