Men and women eating in the courtyard

Li Xuewu said, put on his leather shoes and got off the ground, put on his cotton hat and mask.

The three brothers of the Zhao family were extremely envious when they saw Li Xuewu's majestic and domineering police uniform, especially the pistol stuck on his waist.

I have never seen a police officer wearing leather shoes in this village, and I have never seen a police officer riding a motorcycle.

Today, I just feel that the sister I thought before married a city man, and I feel that I am in awe of my brother-in-law's family.

Li Xuewu carried his eldest brother's military coat and walked out of the house, followed by Zhao Gen.

Li Xuewu pedaled the motorcycle, changed the direction, put on his sunglasses, let Zhao Yajun sit in the sidecar, Zhao Yamin sat in the back seat, and threw his coat to Zhao Yajun to put it on the front, while Zhao Yamin hid behind Li Xuewu behind the coat.

He said hello to Zhao Gen and followed Zhao Yajun's instructions to ride up the mountain. The children who had followed him earlier were not afraid of the cold and watched from a distance.

The road up the mountain was even more difficult, so Li Xuewu could only ride up slowly for fear of overturning.

After passing a hill, the car couldn't go any further. Zhao Yajun jumped out of the car and pointed to the ravine and said, "Second brother, the condom I set is over there. It's not far for us to walk there."

Li Xuewu stopped the car, took out the key, and got out of the car with Zhao Yamin.

"Leave the car right here, let's walk over."

The snow on the mountain at this time was actually not too thick. Because of the strong wind, the snow was blown away by the wind before it melted. However, the snow was thicker in the ravine.

Zhao Yajun led the way, followed by Li Xuewu and Zhao Yamin.

After entering the first ditch, Zhao Yajun looked at the snow inside, then at the horsehair cover, sighed and said: "No, there are footprints on the snow, but I didn't go in. Let's go, let's look at the next one."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked into the ravine next to him.

Li Xuewu's hunting method is to find the prey and then find a way to kill it, which is relatively straightforward.

This was the first time I saw using horsehair to trap prey. It was obvious that these two brothers came here often. Li Xuewu seemed like a younger brother who didn't understand anything in front of the two of them. The two brothers explained to Li Xuewu very carefully how to do it. How to choose a place when you want to make a trap?

After entering the second ravine, far away, I saw a gray thing lying on the snow at the entrance of a cave.

"It's a rabbit, trapped"

Zhao Yamin screamed in surprise and ran over there, and Zhao Yajun also ran over with his younger brother.

Li Xuewu didn't know the terrain and was afraid of falling into a snow cave, so he could only follow the path the two brothers took.

It was only when I walked in that I saw clearly that the horsehair harness was attached to the entrance of the rabbit hole with a wooden stick. When the rabbit came out to look for food, it was trapped at the door. It jumped tighter and tighter, and finally strangled it to death.

The rabbit was not that big and was gray. Maybe it had been dead for a long time and was already frozen.

Zhao Yamin was holding the rabbit and happily told her brother that it was his own choice.

Zhao Yajun was very happy for his brother and patted his brother who was still holding the rabbit happily.

It was a bit cold now, and his younger brother's face was chapped by the cold, and his nose was still running. Zhao Yajun looked at Li Xuewu a little embarrassed, maybe because he was afraid that Li Xuewu would laugh at his younger brother's inexperience.

Li Xuewu smiled, turned his head and looked at the small village in the distance without saying a word.

The three of them walked around a few more ravines and found only pheasants, including the rabbit from before. In winter, there were still more pheasants and fewer rabbits.

Seeing two pheasants running across the snow, Li Xuewu thought that if he had a shotgun, he would be able to hit them.

Zhao Yajun raised the gun in his hand, but after thinking about it, he put it down again. Not to mention pheasants, even wild foxes would be beaten into sieves if hit with this sand gun, and they would not be able to eat anything.

Afraid that Li Xuewu would misunderstand, Zhao Yajun pointed at the pheasant and said: "This thing looks big, but it actually doesn't have much meat. You can see that it flies very fast, but it only lands and takes off three times, and then plunges its head into the snowdrift." Move, if we have a dog, we will definitely catch it."

"When the time comes, you don't have to chase them. All you have to do is walk up to them and pull the pheasants out of the snow like a carrot."

As he spoke, Zhao Yajun stopped talking and walked back a little dejectedly.

Zhao Yamin followed Li Xuewu with the lassoed pheasants and rabbits in his arms and whispered: "My brother has a dog, and he is very smart in training. It is very good at chasing pheasants. However, there was a food disaster in the past few years, and our family had a large population and was hungry." My father has no choice but to "

As he spoke, he felt a little sad, so he lowered his voice and stopped talking.

Li Xuewu roughly knew what was going on. No one could survive, let alone a dog.

"Can you train a dog?"

Hearing Li Xuewu's question, Zhao Yajun calmed down and replied: "My father is an Orion, and so is my father. They both hunted tigers, leopards and wolves. In the past, I kept dogs at home all year round and trained them by myself." My father has taught me these hunting dogs since I was a child, but my hunting skills are not as good as my father’s, let alone my father’s.”

Li Xuewu thought for a while and asked: "Any dog ​​will do?"

Zhao Yajun raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu. He was a little confused as to why he asked, but he still replied: "Well, a native dog will do. You have been training it since childhood. It will take about one year to follow the hunting dog and hunt, and it will mature in about two years." What a good hunting dog”

Li Xuewu looked at the honest and simple Zhao Yajun, and then at the two brothers who were dressed in patchwork clothes but not inferior. He thought for a while without saying anything, then returned to the car and pedaled back the way he came.

When I got home and looked at the time, I had only been out for about forty minutes. As soon as I parked the car, Zhao Yamin jumped out of the car and carried the chicken and rabbit into the house.

"Dad, there's something real. There's a rabbit that I trapped in a condom."

I saw the second son of the Zhao family running into the house happily.

Li Xuewu followed him in without any hurry, and smoked cigarettes with Zhao Yajun who was accompanying him outside.

Zhao Yajun probably hasn't learned to smoke for long, and he's not very proficient in smoking yet.

Looking at the childish but resolute and simple face, with a somewhat calm or gloomy expression, Li Xuewu asked: "How many grades did you study until you stopped studying?"

Zhao Yajun raised his head, glanced at Li Xuewu, lowered his head, and replied in a muffled voice: "I won't read it in the first year of junior high school."

Li Xuewu nodded and asked again: "Didn't you read the letter and resent Sister You?"

Zhao Yajun shook his head, looking a little confused. After thinking for a while, he said slowly: "My sister is better at studying than me, so it's her turn to continue studying. I'm in good health, and I can help the family with the work when I get home. Otherwise, my brother My sister is hungry, let alone studying."

Li Xuewu had just chatted for a few words when Zhao Gen came out.

"Why are you standing at the door? Stay inside now. It's too cold."

"Uncle, stand outside and smoke a cigarette."

"Smoke in the house, come inside"

After saying that, he let Li Xuewu into the house. His eldest brother Xuewen was still sitting on the kang, chatting with Mr. Zhao about things in the city.

Li Xuewu entered the house and got on the kang. Zhao Yajun entered the house and turned around, then went out with a knife to skin the rabbit.

explain:

Horsehair (zōng) noose: a trap noose woven with horse neck hair.