The whole mountain is my hunting ground

"Xiaojun is back!" Zhao Ling, who was blanching deer ribs in the outer room of the Zhao family, greeted Zhao Jun and winked at him.

"Uncle." Zhao Jun's eyes followed Zhao Ling's gaze and drifted to the west room. At this time, Wang Meilan came over and looked at the sack beside Zhao Jun and asked, "Son, what did you buy?"

"Some vegetables." Zhao Jun smiled and took out a plastic bag from the sack. The moment Wang Meilan saw the plastic bag, her eyes lit up. After taking the plastic bag, she was even more surprised when she opened it.

"Oh, there are cucumbers here?" Zhao Ling turned around with a strainer and took a look. Liu Lanying said beside her, "You are from the south?"

Her second sister-in-law's husband is the manager of the supply and marketing cooperative. She can eat cucumbers every winter.

"And garlic sprouts." Wang Meilan held the bag in one hand and took out the garlic sprouts with the other hand, and said to Jin Xiaomei: "Xiaomei, go outside and get the dried tofu rolls, we will cut cold dishes in the evening."

"Hey!" Jin Xiaomei agreed and ran out. In the summer when there are vegetables, cut two cucumbers, two pieces of dried tofu, and chop some coriander to make a bowl of cold dishes.

This is a favorite of people in Northeast China. But after winter, the only vegetables left are cabbage and radish. If you want to eat this again, you have to wait until June or July next year.

"Ouch!" Zhao Jun glanced into the pot and said in surprise: "Big guy?"

"Yes, your uncle and his family went up the mountain." Wang Meilan said: "And your elder brother Huang and his family also went, and they got two deer."

"My sister thinks the meat of the big female deer is not tasty." At this time, Wang Qiang appeared at the door and pointed at the pot, smiling and said to Zhao Jun: "This is a bull egg. If it doesn't run away, the meat will be better."

The running away that Wang Qiang said is mating. This word can be used to describe animals or people. Whether livestock is domestic or wild, the meat quality is much worse after running away.

While they were talking, Huang Gui, Jiang Weifeng, the Chen brothers in the west room, and Jie Chen, Jie Sun, and the old lady who were watching TV in the east room all came out.

But what made Zhao Jun wonder was that every time he came back from the city, his two sisters would come out to see what good things he bought for them. But today, the two little girls didn't show up, which made Zhao Jun feel something was wrong.

Zhao Jun took out the vegetables he bought. The remaining peanuts and melon seeds were all raw and had to be fried before they could be eaten.

Wang Meilan asked Xu Chunyan to go out with her to sort out the peanuts and melon seeds. Zhao Jun and Huang Gui and others went into the west room.

As soon as he entered the west room, Zhao Jun saw Zhao Youcai sitting cross-legged on the kang.

"Dad." Zhao Jun asked hurriedly, "Are you okay? Still can't cough?"

"Cough cough!" Zhao Youcai coughed twice when asked by Zhao Jun, and said stiffly, "It's okay."

Zhao Jun was startled, and then he heard a "hum hum" sound. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw the little black bear struggling to climb out of the pine box, fiddling with his legs on the kang and running towards Zhao Jun.

"Three eyes." Zhao Jun reached out and picked up the little black bear. There was a white spot on the left eyelid of this little thing, so Zhao Youcai named it Three Eyes.

The little black bear is like a puppy. It recognizes people and sometimes clings to people.

Zhao Jun picked up the little black bear, and the little black bear buried his face in Zhao Jun's arms.

At this time, Huang Gui picked up the apple on the table next to him, showed it to Zhao Jun, and said, "Look at this little thing that was used to bite the apple."

Zhao Jun saw that one side of the apple was full of small tooth marks. The little thing had been drinking goat milk these days, and its teeth had not grown yet. It took a lot of effort to bite the apple skin.

"Your little tiger cub is still chewing the frozen chicken." Then Jiang Weifeng's words stunned Zhao Jun. He looked at Jiang Weifeng in surprise and asked, "Why is it chewing the chicken?"

Zhao Jun was puzzled. How could the chicken be delivered to the little lynx's mouth? And it was a frozen chicken.

As soon as Zhao Jun said this. The room fell into silence instantly.

Seeing that Huang Gui and others were looking at Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jun had a story in his mind.

But seeing Zhao Youcai's gloomy face, Zhao Jun didn't dare to ask more, and the room became quiet at this time.

"Well..." Wang Qiang felt that the atmosphere was not right, and called everyone, "Let's go, let's go watch TV?"

"Ah, let's go." Huang Gui and others got up and went to the east room. Wang Qiang called Zhao Youcai and said, "Brother-in-law, you can go too."

"No!" Zhao Youcai refused stiffly, and as soon as he finished speaking, Wang Qiang turned and left.

Wang Qiang also stepped forward, and for a while, only the father and son were left in the room. Zhao Jun sat sideways on the edge of the kang with the little black bear in his arms, and whispered to Zhao Youcai, "What's wrong, Dad?"

Zhao Youcai turned his head to look at Zhao Jun. Although his little eyes were squinting, Zhao Jun saw a faint cold light flashing in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Jun was startled and stood up subconsciously.

At this time, Wang Meilan's voice came from outside the house: "Son, did you have lunch?"

"Ah..." Zhao Jun walked out of the house and replied: "I ate, Mom."

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Zhao Jun carried the little black bear through the outer room to the east room, and when he came in, he saw that the three little girls, Zhao Hong, Zhao Na, and Li Xiaoqiao, all had red eyes, obviously they had just cried not long ago.

"Second sister." Zhao Jun came close and pulled Zhao Hong, who turned back and called "brother".

Seeing the little girl's cheeks twitching slightly and tears in her eyes, Zhao Jun blinked and looked at the people around him.

Seeing that they all looked strange, Zhao Jun shifted his sight and stared at the TV screen without moving away.

Zhao Jun knew without asking that the three little girls were definitely not bullied by outsiders, otherwise the family wouldn't have said a word. There was only one reason for their silence: the perpetrator was the child's mother.

Seeing that his elder brother was not looking at him, Zhao Hong curled his lips, but did not dare to cry. Because when she cried, Wang Meilan slapped her again and told her, "Hold it back, or I'll make you cry all you want."

Zhao Hong was not as afraid of boiling water as Li Ruhai, so the little girl didn't dare to make any more noise.

When Zhao Jun and the others were watching TV in the east room, there was a constant smell of aroma coming from the outer room.

Take the dried tofu into the house and soak it in cold water, so it will thaw quickly. Cut into shreds and then blanch them in water to make the dried tofu meatier when eaten.

Blanch the dried tofu in cold water and put it into a basin together with cucumber shreds. In this winter, there wasn’t even coriander, so Wang Meilan made minced garlic.

In addition, she also took two strips of meat from the deer leg, cut it into shreds and stir-fried it in a pot, then mixed the soup with the meat and seasonings into shredded cucumber and dried tofu.

Cold dishes, stir-fried meat with garlic sprouts, stewed potatoes with sauerkraut, stewed deer ribs with soybeans and radish, there are only four dishes today, but the dishes are large and the quantity is sufficient, and they will be served when Li Dayong and the others come back.

At the dinner table, everyone talked about the murderous brown bear.

"I don't know what's going on today?" Lin Xiangshun shook his head and said, "It seems like the big bear bully kicked someone again. The security team drove out at noon, and they didn't come back when we got off work."

"Nothing can happen to people." Li Baoyu continued: "They have about ten semi-automatic trees. Let alone the big bear, the elephant will die if it comes."

"Is that the case?" Li Dayong said: "With so much snow on the mountain, it's impossible for people to pile up together."

"Besides, they have never fought a siege." Zhao Jun added: "A siege and a war are two different things. Yesterday I went to the old Hong's house and heard them say that Big Bear Ba was defeated, but Hong Yuntao and the others didn't notice."

"What a day...cough..." Zhao Youcai was about to express his opinion, but when he opened his mouth, he couldn't help coughing.

As soon as he coughed, his words were picked up by Zhao Jun.

"Uncle." Zhao Jun asked Li Dayong, "Why doesn't Ruhai go home? Are you angry?"

"Who knows, little brat!" Li Dayong said angrily: "If he is capable, he will never come back."

"Brother." Li Baoyu asked Zhao Jun, "What's going on? Why are you asking him?"

"Tsk, have you forgotten?" Zhao Jun asked back, "My mother wants to elect a women director. I think Aunt Qi and the others are trying to get votes, so we are not prepared."

After saying this, Zhao Jun added: "Ruhai can organize things. I'm thinking of letting him help us organize things."

"I just said, let's..." Zhao Youcai was about to speak when he heard the dog barking extremely fiercely outside the house.

"I'll go take a look." Zhao Jun put down his chopsticks, stood up, took the cotton-padded jacket hanging on the wall, and walked quickly outside.

When Zhao Jun came out of the house, another jeep stopped outside his yard.

The car door opened, and Zhou Chunming, Yu Quanjin, and the driver Han Genliang got out of the car.

After getting out of the car, Zhou Chunming, Yu Quanjin, and Han Genliang all looked up at the red lanterns on both sides of the Zhao family's gate.

So majestic!

"Uncle Zhou." Seeing Zhou Chunming coming, Zhao Jun hurried to the door of the courtyard. He didn't ask Zhou Chunming what he was doing here. He just said, "Come in quickly."

Zhou Chunming walked to the courtyard. He had not been to the Zhao family's courtyard for more than three years. The last time he came was when Zhou Jianjun and Zhao Chun got married, the day the Zhao family was doing business.

As soon as he entered the yard, the dogs in the yard barked even more fiercely.

"Brother Yu, Brother Han, let's go to the house." Zhao Jun called to Yu Quanjin and Han Genliang again, then he ran two steps to catch up with Zhou Chunming and blocked the dog for him.

Seeing Zhao Jun protecting the visitor, the hunting dogs all stopped. At this time, I saw Zhou Chunming coming through the window. The men and women in the east and west rooms of the Zhao family put down their chopsticks one after another. As the hosts, Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan were the first to greet them outside the house. As relatives, Wang Qiang, Zhao Ling and Li Dayong, a forest farm employee , Li Baoyu, and Lin Xiangshun also followed.

"In-laws!" As soon as Zhou Chunming entered the house, Zhao Youcai dragged his sick body forward to greet him, held Zhou Chunming's hand, and without asking why he came, just said: "Come quickly to the room and get on the Kang. Haven't you eaten yet? Leave it here. Eat."

"In-laws!" After Zhou Chunming shook hands with Zhao Youcai, he turned around and took two net bags and a butter paper bag from Yu Quanjin. He carried these things and asked Zhao Youcai, "Are you feeling better?"

"Much better...cough..." Zhao Youcai coughed again. Seeing this, Wang Meilan hurriedly took the things from Zhou Chunming's hand, and then said to Zhou Chunming: "My relatives are my own family, why are you buying this?" ah?"

"I didn't buy anything." Zhou Chunming smiled and said, "Just give my in-laws a soft mouth."

Zhou Chunming got four boxes of gifts, a bag of apples, two bottles of canned peaches and a pack of cakes. But Zhou Jianjun just came here with gifts yesterday, and Zhou Chunming must have something to do when he comes back today.

And why he came, everyone knew it.

"In-laws, you are still worried about this." Zhao Youcai pulled Zhou Chunming over and said, "You can't eat at this point, so just eat here."

With that said, Zhao Youcai waved his other hand to Wang Meilan and said, "Lan Na, hurry up and get the bowl and chopsticks."

In front of others, Wang Meilan gave Zhao Youcai enough face, nodded in agreement, and said, "Hey, you and your in-laws, please come into the house."

"You, Xiao Hanzi." Zhao Youcai called Zhou Jianjun and Yu Quanjin and said, "Let's go, everyone comes to the table."

When they arrived in the west room, everyone moved the bowls and places around, and asked Zhou Chunming and Zhao Youcai to sit on the kang.

"Xiao Jun." Zhou Chunming said to Zhao Jun as soon as he sat down: "I'm not here to fight Xiong Ba."

As soon as Zhou Chunming said this, everyone was stunned.

At this time, Wang Meilan came in with three sets of bowls and chopsticks. She distributed them to Zhou Chunming first and said, "My dear, you and I are rich. You eat and drink first, and I will stir-fry two dishes."

"Stop working, mother-in-law." Zhou Chunming hurriedly stopped after hearing this: "I have a toothache, and I can't eat much."

"What's wrong, in-laws?" After hearing what Zhou Chunming said, Wang Meilan couldn't leave immediately and asked him with concern.

"Oh, Fire Fang." Zhou Chunming covered his left cheek and said, "A fire started."

After saying that, Zhou Chunming looked at Zhao Youcai and said, "Another person died on the mountain today."

Everyone had just heard what Lin Xiangshun said, so they were mentally prepared, and Zhao Youcai asked: "Who died?"

"There is a tenant in Lengchang 129." Zhou Chunming said: "They are a group of two. This morning, they were standing on the northwest fork and used the pinch hook to move down the wood. They heard the call of the big man, and they ran down. The big bear jumped over and was pushed down by one person. The other person ran down in panic and went to Lengchang to talk to the boss. When he got there, he hurriedly led the people up and saw that the bear was hard at the tenant. ”

Zhou Chunming's words made everyone fall silent.

At this time, Zhou Chunming continued: "I reported to Lengchang, and Liu Jinyong led seventeen or eight people and went directly. Those who left at noon went out, and they came back after get off work. They said they had not chased them away all afternoon."

"Where did the chase go?" Zhao Youcai asked. His question was completely subconscious and came from the hunter's instinct.

"Put it on the northwest fork." Zhou Chunming said: "Put it there and circle. Liu Jinyong and the others separate to block it, and it will jump up and down."

Speaking of this, Zhou Chunming asked Zhao Youcai: "My dear, don't you also know? The northwest forks are all eight-legged hills."

Bajiozigang, also known as Chicken Claw Gang, means that the mountain topography is like chicken feet and is full of hills. When there are more forks in the hills, there are more escape routes for the big brown bear. It can rely on its keen sense of smell to evade the pursuit of the security team.

"This is great...cough..." Zhao Youcai was about to express his opinion when he suddenly coughed. At this time, Zhou Chunming said: "After they came back, they met Ruhai in the cafeteria. Ruhai said that the big bear would be easy to deal with if he went to the northwest fork, but he has to be able to deal with it."

Hearing Zhou Chunming's words, Zhao Youcai twitched the corner of his mouth and said in his heart: "This is exactly what I want to say."

What Zhao Youcai didn't expect was that Zhou Chunming immediately said: "Ru Hai said that that hurtful black blind man came out of Heixiazi Ditch and ran to the northwest fork. It was you who led Dayong and Qiangzi to fight with others. dead."

"Cough! Cough!" Zhao Youcai coughed twice, but this time he did it deliberately to interrupt Zhou Chunming's words.

"Huh?" Wang Meilan, who was standing aside, looked at Wang Qiang with wide eyes. Heixiazigou was named after the black bears that continuously injured people. In those years, the mountain people were so scared that they did not dare to go into the mountains to harvest.

The top secretary of the forest farm at the time offered a reward of 200 and asked gunners around to hunt bears.

In those years, two hundred yuan was a huge sum of money.

As the saying goes: Man dies for money, and bird dies for food. Hunters from eight nearby villages went up the mountain one after another, but according to legend, the black blind man died under Xu Changlin's gun.

The moment he looked at Wang Meilan, Wang Qiang turned his head and the hand on his lap clenched his fist involuntarily.

Xu Changlin was indeed present when he hunted that bear, but it was definitely not his fault alone.

At that time, Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Wang Qiang teamed up to go up the mountain and chased the black bear for three days with no results. It was not until they met Xu Changlin at the Northwest Fork that Old Xu Pao made a plan for the four of them to join forces to hunt the bear.

After the bear hunt was successful, the four of them shared the prize money equally. When sharing the proceeds from selling bear bile, Xu Changlin asked for an extra share on the pretext of adding a gun for himself.

I don’t know why, but Li Dayong and Wang Qiang got into an argument with the old man at that time. When Xu Changlin was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, Zhao Youcai opened his mouth to smooth things over.

At that time, Zhao Youcai agreed to give Lao Xutou two shares, but there was one condition: the matter had to be in his name, Lao Xutou alone, and Lao Xutou had to promise not to tell others that their three brothers were also involved in the matter. .

Xu Changlin agreed immediately. When he returned home, his wife asked him for money. Only then did the old Xu leader understand.

Old Xu Tou was forced to tell the matter to the old lady, but he told the old lady that he could not tell others, otherwise Zhao Ergudong would have to come to the house to ask for money.

In this way, this secret has been kept for so many years. But more than half a month ago, when Li Ruhai was walking to the east and running to the west, he kindly helped old Mrs. Xu who fell while walking.

The old Mrs. Xu who fell was not ungrateful or ungrateful. Instead of blackmailing Li Ruhai, she took Li Ruhai to her home. No matter what he said, he wouldn't let Li Ruhai leave, and insisted on making pickled cabbage baskets for him to eat.

Li Ruhai was also free, sitting on the kang and chatting with the old man and the old lady. Even though the old couple were older, in terms of chatting, they were not as good as Li Ruhai if they were tied together.

Under Li Ruhai's guidance, the old couple told some old stories. Li Ruhai talked about some of these things in the village as a matter of fun. But he didn't say anything about it because Zhao Youcai was his biggest shady backer at the time.

"Cough!" Although Wang Qiang did not look back at Wang Meilan, he felt like a light on his back. He coughed lightly and said to Zhou Chunming: "Brother Zhou, that mountain farm is different from before. In the past two years, there have been huge trees on the mountain. The attack is almost done, it’s all Lao Liang’s fault. Now we have to line up the battle, and we can’t do it without 20 people.”

"Well... I don't understand either." Zhou Chunming said, "There are not many people in their security team who have ever fought a real siege. I thought I'd ask you what's going on? Tomorrow, Dayong... or Qiangzi, can you go up the mountain to teach those security guards?"

"This..." Li Dayong and Wang Qiang looked at each other, and both looked at Zhao Youcai. In their small group, Zhao Youcai is the leader.

"Ahem!" Zhao Youcai coughed lightly and was about to speak when he heard Zhao Jun say, "Uncle Zhou, if we can knock down this big bear, will our place give a bonus?"

"Ah!" Zhou Chunming nodded and said, "It was four hundred before, and now it has increased to five hundred."

"Then let's go." Zhao Jun said, and he swiped his hand on the table, pointed at Huang Gui and others and said to Zhou Chunming, "Uncle Zhou, look at our group of people, I'll find a few more after that, isn't that enough?"

When Zhao Jun said this, Zhou Chunming's eyes lit up, but Zhao Youcai bit his lip.