Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

Jinghan held the crossbow in her hand, her eyes fixed on the black bear, and then said to Wenhan and the others, "Don't act rashly. This guy doesn't seem to have the intention to attack us now. Try not to offend him."

In Jinghan's mind, she recalled a few friends from her past life together discussing black bears attacking humans. At that time, an older person said that black bears are actually afraid of humans and will not attack humans easily. However, special circumstances are not excluded. Generally, female bears will hurt people when their cubs are in danger, or at the end of summer, when black bears are in estrus.

At that time, everyone was still talking about how to avoid a black bear if they encountered it. Some said they climbed trees, some said they fell to the ground and pretended to be dead, some said they ran around corners, it didn’t matter. In fact, when I really encounter it, all of these are useless. Bears can climb trees, otherwise why would there be such a thing as a blind man falling fat? In addition, pretending to be dead is useless. Bears actually eat carrion. If you pretend to be dead, it will eat you. Running around corners is even more nonsense. In the mountains and forests, no matter how much people go around corners, they can't outrun the bear. How can you still have it that is familiar with the mountains and forests?

If you meet a black blind man, it probably depends on your luck. If you're lucky, the big guy won't pay attention to you at all. If you're not lucky, don't even think about running away. Even if you don't die, you'll still be skinned.

The black bear was still walking forward leisurely, not very fast, as if he was going shopping, not in a hurry.

Jinghan and the others could only retreat slowly, little by little. Jinghan held a crossbow in her hand, her clothes were soaked with sweat, and her palms were covered in sweat. It seemed that she couldn't even hold the crossbow.

There is a ring of white hair on the black bear's neck, and the black bear's weak point is on the tip of the white hair, which is the chest. If you want to kill it, you can only shoot there. The rest of the black bear's skin is very thick and often stained with pine oil and other things, so bows and arrows cannot penetrate it. But now this guy won't stand up at all, so his weakness won't be exposed. Jinghan really can't do anything about it. If it can't be shot at once, everyone will be in danger.

In this way, the black bear moved forward a little bit, while Jinghan and the others retreated step by step. The two sides remained in a stalemate for more than a quarter of an hour. The few people present were all highly nervous, staring at the big guy intently.

Suddenly, the black bear looked up at Jinghan and the others, then turned around and walked slowly to the other side.

Everyone just stared blankly at the black bear walking further and further away, gradually losing sight of it. Only then did Jinghan relax, and the crossbow suddenly fell to the ground. Her hands could not help but tremble, her body swayed, and she almost fell. Wenhan, who was next to him, quickly stretched out his hand to support Jinghan, "Let's go home quickly." Then Wencheng and Wenhan helped Jinghan back one by one.

Mingyu, Jingxian and the others didn't go too far. When they saw the blind man leaving, they stopped and waited for Wenhan and the others. "Sister, what's wrong with you?"

"Come on, Jinghan is too nervous."

Everyone hurried back and soon returned to the venue. Zhixin is making ginseng soil over there and is not at home. As soon as Mrs. Xue saw Wen Han and Wen Cheng coming back supporting Jing Han, and everyone looked pale, she quickly asked, "What's going on?"

Everyone helped Jinghan into the house and sat on the kang. Jingxian quickly went out and poured a glass of water and handed it to Jinghan.

Jinghan took the water, drank it, and then spoke, "I'm fine, I was just too nervous just now. I'm feeling better now, brother, I'm so useless."

"What are you talking about? You were like this just now because you were worried about us. You are the best archer in our family. At that time, you must have been thinking about killing that big guy in one go, so that we would be fine. . You were under too much pressure, so you collapsed immediately after the black blind man left. If it had attacked us when we found it, the big guy would have been dead by now." He held his sister's shoulders and comforted her softly.

Only then did Ms. ? Okay, you must be accompanied by an adult when going into the mountains. You are not allowed to go into the forest alone, do you hear that?”

Jinghan has calmed down this time. What Wenhan said just now is that if the big guy attacks them when they encounter a black bear, Jinghan will definitely be able to kill it. But being in a stalemate for two times only consumed people's energy and physical strength even more, so Jinghan collapsed after the black bear left. After a high level of mental and physical tension, no matter who you are, you won't be able to bear it once you relax, let alone Jinghan, who is still a girl.

"Mom, I'm fine. The black bear didn't attack us for some reason. Then he turned around and left. We will never go into the mountains alone in the future. Don't worry, Mom." Jinghan's voice still didn't have much strength. Feel.

"Okay, let's all rest. I'm going to cook." As soon as Mrs. Xue saw that the child was fine, she went out to cook.

Only then did Wenhan realize that everyone was still carrying baskets. "Go and put the basket outside, we haven't even put it down yet." Just now everyone was thinking about Jinghan, who has the time to care about the basket?

Jingxian helped Jinghan lean against the wall, while Mingyu took off the basket on Jinghan's body and took it out. "Second sister, let me help you lie down for a while. You should be tired." In fact, everyone was a little scared. Jingxian was also scared just now, but there were two brothers and Jinghan blocking the front, so she could Be at ease.

"Jingxian, I'm fine, you don't have to worry." Jinghan was much better this time. She smiled and then said, "I really can't let you go into the mountains again in the future. It's too dangerous." These years in the mountains , everyone has also encountered some animals, but this is the first time to see a big one like a black bear.

During lunch, Zhixin also learned about the black bear. "After these few days of busy work, I will go into the mountain to see if I can get rid of this guy. Otherwise, it will be too dangerous."

In the evening, everyone made a fire in the yard. When the fire burned a little too much, I buried the pine cone in the charcoal fire, and then went to have dinner. After everyone had finished dinner, the fire had dimmed, and Wenhan used a stick to pull out the pine cones from the fire.

Wenhan put the pine cone upright on the ground, and then kicked it hard with his feet, so that the pine cone skin and pine nuts would come off. This thing has to be done while the pine cone is still warm. When the pine cone cools down, it will no longer be able to be kicked. Wen Cheng also got several of them, and in the same way as Wen Han, he kicked all the pine cones loose. Some pine seeds just popped out, and Jinghan and the others went to pick them up.

Everyone held a pine cone that had been kicked loose, and then scooped out pine seeds from it. Pick out the pine nuts, throw them into your mouth and crack them open, then spit out the skin and eat the sweet and delicious pine nuts inside. When eaten this way, pine nuts are very fragrant, much more fragrant than eating them raw and then frying them. Everyone didn't care that the pine cone was burnt black. Everyone's hands were stained with a lot of black ash, so they took the pine nuts and put them in their mouths, so their mouths and faces were not spared either. All of them became little tabby cats.

This was the first time for Mingyu to eat pine seeds like this. He thought they were fresh and delicious. He didn't care whether there was any black ash on his hands and just kept loosening the seeds in his mouth.

Zhixin and Zhiming both saw the children's appearance and couldn't help laughing. "Jinghan, hurry up and wash your hands and faces. Look, they've all turned into tabby cats." Ms. Xue said with a smile.

"Mom, it's okay. We'll wash it later after we finish eating. This thing is a mess." Jinghan said nonchalantly. Children don't care about that, just be happy.

Xue shook her head helplessly, and Zhu looked at each other, and both smiled helplessly. "Look, Jingxian and Jinghan don't look like girls anymore? It's all my Jinghan who brought them up, hahaha." Mrs. Xue said.

"That's it. It looks good to me. The four girls in our family, Jingya, Jingwan, Jinghan, and Jinghan, who are lively, are all very good. Looking at these little girls, I thought, back then I wonder what they were doing when they were so old? What was my life like at that time? Now I don’t want to be too strict with my children. "Zhu has only two daughters. For these two daughters, she I also wish I could hold it in my hand.

"By the way, sister-in-law, Wenhan is going to the county school to study, and I think Pengcheng and Zixuan will also go there. Our family has enough manpower in the past few years, and there won't be much work in the field in the future. Zhiming and I We discussed that we wanted to go back to the county to buy a house, and then do some small business. Zhiming had been in the mountains these past few years, and I knew he was still unwilling to do so. Moreover, Wencheng also studied medicine with Zhiming, so they had to be allowed to do so. It's a bit dry. Even if you don't open a medical clinic, you have to get something related to these medicinal materials. Sister-in-law, what do you think?" Mrs. Zhu looked back at Xue with a cautious tone.

Mr. Xue naturally understood after hearing this. Now the Xu family is living a good life. They bought two pieces of land and enough ginseng land to last ten or twenty years. At the beginning, the third child and his family had no other choice, so they stayed with everyone on the mountain. It is indeed not good to live together like this anymore, otherwise, sooner or later, the friendship between the brothers will be worn away. "Yingzi, let's wait until Jingya gets married. We won't have long to discuss this matter. I will talk to my mother in advance. Speaking of which, our two families have been together for the past few years. Yes, my sister-in-law is really reluctant to give it up. Don’t worry, it’s yours. My sister-in-law won’t fight and she will never let you suffer.”

Zhu was a little embarrassed, "Sister-in-law, if my family hadn't bought a house and land, how could we have rescued Zhiming? It's not good for us to be like this." Zhu didn't know what to say.