The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Among the three people in front, an old man walked slowly and slowly with his hands behind his back. There were two middle-aged men on his left and right, both carrying things in their hands.

At this time, Jiang Jinyou wanted to call them to make way for him, but before he could shout, he was stopped by Zhang Yuanmin.

"Stop, stop." Not only that, Zhang Yuanmin also asked him to stop the sledge.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Yuanmin said nothing and stretched out his hand to help Jiang Jinyou rein in his horse.

"Hey!" Although he didn't know why Zhang Yuanmin acted like this, Jiang Jinyou still reined in his horse and stopped the sledge.

As soon as the sledge stopped, Zhang Yuanmin immediately got off the sledge. He didn't recognize the old man, nor the lame middle-aged man, but he recognized the other person as Zhao Guofeng, the commander of Yong'an Village.

All three of them heard the sound of horse hooves and the shouting of horses. Zhao Guofeng turned around and saw Zhang Yuanmin. He couldn't help but was slightly startled, but he didn't pay attention. Instead, it was the old man who saw four big bear paws on the sledge at a glance.

"Ah, it's a blind man, he's a gunner!" The old man glanced at Zhang Yuanmin and said to the lame man next to him.

But seeing that the lame man ignored him, the old man walked towards Zhang Yuanmin and said, "It was you who beat this blind bear."

"Yeah." Zhang Yuanmin responded, then pointed to the bear's paw on the sledge and said to the old man: "Today, we killed a black blind man in the mountains. Are these paws still here?"

"Die to death?" Hearing this, the old man said with surprise on his face: "Can the black blind man still die from death?"

"Yes?" Zhang Yuanmin said, "I don't know how to shoot, so I just killed him with a knife."

The old man was even more surprised when he heard this, but Zhao Guofeng said with a smile: "Uncle Tao, don't listen to him, his two blows..." At this point, Zhao Guofeng shook his head repeatedly.

This old man was none other than Tao Fulin, the old Taoist man Zhao Jun had met on the mountain. The lame man following him carrying gifts was his eldest son Tao Dabao, who was also the security director and militia platoon leader of the Yong'an Brigade as Wu Feng said.

It is said that Tao Dabao joined the army at the age of 20 and made many military exploits. He was injured in a battle in 1980 and retired honorably.

During his more than 20 years as a soldier, Tao Fulin was always supported by his second son, Tao Xiaobao, but it cannot be denied that Tao Dabao was indeed a filial son.

That day, Zhao Jun told Wu Feng about Lao Tao going up the mountain to hunt wild boars. When Wu Feng sent the old man home, it was the moment when the family was so anxious that they went to bed. Tao Xiaobao, who couldn't find his father after searching for a day, even complained about his wife. Tao Xiaobao's daughter-in-law was also a filial woman and kept crying with worry and self-blame.

It wasn't until Wu Feng sent Tao Fulin back that the Tao family turned from worry to joy and thanked Wu Feng profusely. However, Wu Feng said that the person they should really thank was Zhao Jun.

Then, Wu Feng told the Tao family what he heard from Zhao Jun.

The family was shocked and frightened when they heard that Mr. Tao had been homeless all day and had gone up to the mountains to hunt wild boars.

I think this old man is already so old. If he were poked and picked by a wild boar, would he still be alive?

After Wu Feng left, Tao Dabao asked the old man what happened. After hearing the embellished story from the old man, Tao Dabao analyzed it and found that the Zhao Jun Wu Feng mentioned was indeed the old man's savior.

So Tao Dabao found Wu Feng again the next day, and when he asked, he found out that Zhao Jun lived in Yong'an Tun.

According to Tao Dabao's wishes, the two brothers came to the door the next day with gifts to express their gratitude, but the old man insisted on coming together. But his foot sprained on the mountain, and it was swollen when he woke up in the morning. He had to wait for the swelling in his ankle to subside before he came over.

Wu Feng only knew that Zhao Jun's family lived in Yong'an Tun, but he did not know the specific address. However, this did not bother Tao Dabao, who rushed to Zhao Guofeng's house when he arrived.

He and Zhao Guofeng, one was the brigade leader and the other was the village chief, had met during a meeting in the town the year before last.

After Zhao Guofeng heard the whole story, he personally brought the Tao family and his son over. But what he didn't expect was that not far from Zhao Jun's house, he met Zhang Yuanmin, who was pulling the black bear.

When Mr. Tao heard that this was a strong man who could kill a black bear with a knife, his eyes immediately gleamed.

But if others don't know about this aid to the people, how can he, Zhao Guofeng, not know about it?

Let’s just talk about the time after the Lantern Festival. If Zhao Guofeng and Xu Changlin hadn’t tricked Qin Qiang and Zhang Laibao into getting guns and dogs to rescue them, Zhang Yuanmin would have been kicked by Xiong Ba long ago.

Zhang Yuanmin also knew that he could no longer brag in front of Zhao Guofeng, otherwise Zhao Guofeng would easily spill his story, so he chuckled and said nothing more.

But Jiang Jinyou didn't know that this guy was not only outspoken, but also very smart. He didn't want his co-workers to be looked down upon, so he said to Zhao Guofeng with a serious face: "This big black blind man is really what Lao Zhang is trying to kill, eh?" He was killed with just a few blows."

Jiang Jinyousheng has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a loyal and honest face. What he says makes people feel credible.

Hearing what he said, Zhao Guofeng and the other three people instantly turned their attention to Zhang Yuanmin, especially the old Tao leader, who looked at Zhang Yuanmin with even more brilliance.

But looking at Zhang Yuanmin's figure, if he hadn't practiced, he wouldn't have been able to do this.

Tao Fulin walked in front of Zhang Yuanmin and asked, "Have you ever been a soldier or something?"

"No, that's not the case." Zhang Yuanmin chuckled and said, "About ten years ago, I wanted to be a soldier, but my father was in poor health and had to wait for the elderly at home."

"Hey, what a filial son." Tao Fulin looked at Zhang Yuanmin with admiration, and then encouraged Zhang Yuanmin, "You have such skill, but it is amazing. If you have the opportunity to practice your spear, you will be more comfortable in sieges and other things."

At this point, Tao Fulin glanced at Tao Dabao beside him, and then said to Zhang Yuanmin: "If you can't handle the gun, come to me in the Yongxing Brigade. We will go up the mountain together and learn how to shoot and hunt."

Old Boss Tao's words frightened Tao Dabao. His father had loved hunting in the past few years, but he only hunted rabbits, squirrels, and chickens. He had never hunted wild boars.

What he did a few days ago has already frightened Tao Dabao. Hearing what he said today, he might be going to attack the blind man.

Tao Dabao knew that that thing was definitely not comparable to a wild boar.

But sometimes, whatever you fear comes to you.

Although Zhang Yuanmin is a bit of a tiger, he would not dare to take this old man into the mountains.

But for a moment, he didn't know how to refuse, so he could only look at Tao Fulin with an embarrassed look.

"Dad, how old are you? What kind of hunting are you hunting?" Seeing this, Tao Dabao hurriedly stepped forward to hold Tao Fulin's shoulders and pulled him aside.

Zhao Guofeng looked at the two men with great interest. When he saw them walking aside, he curiously asked Zhang Yuanmin, "What are you doing here with these bear paws?"

"Ah." Zhang Yuanmin replied: "I'm thinking of getting something to come and see my uncle and aunt."

"Your uncle..." Zhao Guofeng realized that the uncle and aunt mentioned in this picture were Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan.

Since we are all going to the same place, let’s go together.

Zhao Guofeng and Tao Dabao held gifts, Jiang Jinyou led the horse, and a group of five people came to the door of Zhao Jun's house.

Before I even got to the gate, I heard the dog barking in the yard.

"What about that? Our brother's family also has a dog?" Jiang Jinyou asked Zhang Yuanmin.

"That's right." Zhang Yuanmin said: "Our brothers are very good at hunting dogs. In one winter, we can kill more than a dozen blind men alone, and even two tiger cubs."

As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said these words, Tao Dabao on the side groaned secretly.

Sure enough, when his troubled father heard this, a pair of cloudy old eyes shone with light, and he muttered: "Damn it, Mr. Zhao lied to me that day, he told me that he didn't know how to hunt. "

Zhao Guofeng was also happy when he heard this. He said to Old Tao Tou: "Uncle, he is not lying to you, he should be joking with you."

At this time, Jiang Jinyou had tied his horse outside Zhao Jun's house, and Zhang Yuanmin took off two bear paws from the sledge. These two were intended to be given to Zhao Jun's family, while the other two were reserved for his wife and daughter.

So many strangers came to the door, and the smell of black blind palm made Zhao and Li's dogs bark non-stop.

As soon as the dog barked, the house knew someone was coming from outside. Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei both came out of the house to watch.

When Jin Xiaomei saw that it was someone from the Zhao family, and that Zhao Guofeng and Zhang Yuanmin were there, she turned around and went back to the house.

Wang Meilan came out and welcomed everyone into the courtyard.

Although Wang Meilan is a rural woman with no education, she must have understood the old rules. After getting to know each other, she stepped aside and let the elder go first.

As soon as Mr. Tao entered the yard, he saw the dogs stretching their necks and barking at him. A look of joy appeared on his old face. He pointed at the white dragon and said to his eldest son: "What a dog. Look at this dog. That’s good.”

"Well, okay." Tao Dabao curled his lips after hearing this, wondering how his father could tell that this dog was good.

Behind him, Zhang Yuanmin, who had just entered the hospital, stopped Wang Meilan and said, "Auntie, I won't go into the house. I want to tell you something here."

"What's going on?"

Zhang Yuanmin pointed at the two bear paws that he and Jiang Jinyou had placed in the corner of the courtyard wall, and said to Wang Meilan, "Auntie, I got you two black blind paws and left them there for you."

"Ah?" Wang Meilan was busy greeting the Tao family and Jiang Jinyou just now, but she didn't notice that Zhang Yuanmin also raised two bear paws.

When she saw the two bear paws, Wang Meilan was very surprised and asked, "Where did this get done?"

Zhang Yuanmin smiled and said: "Today we went up the mountain to fight, and we hunted down a black blind man. I will bring two bear paws over here to see if you and my uncle can."

This is a good intention and a good intention.

But I don’t know why?

Wang Meilan felt very uncomfortable when she heard this. She looked at Zhang Yuanmin and sighed: "You went to Lengchang to do some work. Let's work hard when we get there. Don't poke around with these things every day. What do you think?" It’s going to bump or touch, but what should we do?”

"Auntie, don't you think I'm okay?" Zhang Yuanmin said, taking out the small cloth bag containing bear bile from his pocket, handing it to Wang Meilan and saying, "Auntie, I've finished dipping this bear bile, but I have to Please help me keep it. I'm not at home, just the two of them, I don't dare to put this at home."

"Ah, this is counterintuitive." When Wang Meilan heard this, she immediately nodded in agreement. She then wanted to tell Zhang Yuanmin a few more words, but Zhang Yuanmin had already left with Jiang Jinyou.

At this time, Zhao Guofeng and the Tao family had not yet entered the house, and Wang Meilan had no way to chase Zhang Yuanmin, so he and Jiang Jinyou had to go.

After Zhang and Jiang left, Wang Meilan hurriedly let the three people in the courtyard enter the house. After the three people sat down in the house, Wang Meilan went out to the warehouse to hang up the bear gall bladders, and then returned to the house to make tea and water for the three people.

At this time, Tao Dabao laid out all the gifts he had brought, including ten kilograms of apples in a triangular bag, four bottles of canned peaches, four bottles of canned hawthorns, and two boxes of peach cakes.

This gift was quite a big one. How could Wang Meilan know what they were going to do? But when Tao Dabao explained his purpose, Wang Meilan knew that her son was doing good things outside again.

Wang Meilan was very proud of this, and she was so happy that she couldn't open her mouth from ear to ear.

"Daughter." At this time, Old Tao, who had been silent since entering the room, spoke. He only heard him say: "Does your boy Zhao know how to hunt?"

"Ah, yes!" When she mentioned this, Wang Meilan couldn't shut up her chatter, and immediately praised Zhao Jun so much that the Tao family's father and son's eyes changed.

Tao Fulin was eager with a hint of expectation. He didn't know why. When he was young, he didn't do siege, but when he got old, he liked running in the mountains. In the past two years, I just left the whole sand gun around my home and used it to shoot small things. Unexpectedly, I am still thinking about shooting big things now.

Therefore, Tao Dabao was frightened as he listened. He and his brother Tao Xiaobao were busy on weekdays, and his sister-in-law also had work at home. How could he follow the old man all the time?

If the old man comes out again one day and thinks about the black blind man and the wild boar, he will be in trouble.

Thinking of this, Tao Dabao thought that he must find an opportunity to meet Zhao Jun. But he was in charge of ten production teams, and those thousands of people had conflicts every day, and he had to deal with them. Today was to express gratitude, so he took this trip in person. When spring comes in a few days, he will be even busier.

But Tao Dabao suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Meilan: "Sister, after a while our Yongxing brigade will have the militiaman Chun Xue. Your boy is a good hunter. Please let him come over. One of our family members will thank him. Another thing, if he can make a big deal, our team will be rewarded with money and food stamps."

These days, there is no such thing as protecting animals, and those animals are a disaster to the people in the mountains.

From wild boars and black bears to pheasants and rabbits, they all harm crops and food.

Especially in July every year, when the corns begin to ear, wild boars and black bears begin to descend from the mountains, causing harm until the autumn harvest.

July is summer, the weather is sultry, the grass is gone, and hunting is impossible.

Therefore, the superiors ordered the production team to organize the militia for spring hunting. The spring hunting time is at the end of March and the beginning of April every year. At this time, the black bears have just come out of the barn. All the fat on their bodies has been used up during the winter, and the bear paws have become thicker. It's thin and tender, and it will sting your feet when walking on mountain roads, and its combat effectiveness is not as good as usual.

As for the wild boars, they started circling and mating from Xiaoxue. By this time, it was the time when the female wild boar was giving birth or was about to give birth, and the big and small ones happened to be rowed together.

This is not cruel. For now, apart from their skin and flesh, none of these animals are beneficial to humans.

As for some people who say that hunting must be benevolent, or that these beasts must continue to reproduce, so young ones cannot be hunted, and pregnant ones cannot be hunted.

In fact, this is pure nonsense.

If you fight a dog siege, the hounds will be released. They don't care whether you are pregnant, old or young. You can't go there and see the dogs surrounding the piglets. You go and start a fight, right?

Or is it possible to tell the dog in advance, don’t catch the pregnant ones, and don’t catch the young ones.

As for beating around, it has to be placed 180 meters away. Who knows whether it is a male or a female?

Not to mention using a condom. You must know that even someone like Xing San, who lives in the mountains all year round, cannot slip a condom every day.

After they laid traps all over the mountains and plains, it might take ten and a half days before they could escape. By then, no matter how old or young they were, they would all be dead in the trap.

As the militia platoon leader of the Yongxing Brigade, Tao Dabao takes the militiamen into the mountains every year to clean up as many black bears and wild boars as possible in nearby mountain fields.

This year is no exception.

Doing the math, the second dragon raising its head in February this year happens to be March 1st. Zhao Jun reported to work on March 2nd the next day, and as of today it is March 22nd.

In a few days, starting from March 30, there will be a week-long spring hunting for the Yongxing brigade.

After the spring hunting, the villagers in the brigade began to collect wild vegetables or prepare for spring planting.

For this reason, Tao Dabao specifically asked Wang Meilan to tell Zhao Jun that if he could take leave, he would go to Yongxing Brigade in those few days and stay at his house so that he could participate in the spring hunting.

Because Zhao Jun still had to go to work, Wang Meilan couldn't promise Tao Dabao. She just said she would wait and see.

Tao Dabao had some concerns about this, because he believed that as long as the Zhao family understood what was going on, they would not refuse his kindness.