The whole mountain is my hunting ground

At the end of April, the grass on the mountain has not yet grown into ponds, and the grass on the ground has just sprouted its bud tips and young leaves.

If Zhao Youcai wants to use this sheep as bait, he can't give it a large range of movement. The sheep can also wander within one meter of the tree where the rope is tied.

When the sheep were at Lao Sun's house, they ate bean cakes and drank ewe milk throughout the winter. They came up the mountain whenever the weather was cold and ate some fresh grass.

But after it had gnawed away all the grass around it, the two damaged seeds were nowhere to be seen taking it home.

The sheep scream miserably when they are hungry.

With this cry, Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun thought it was a leopard coming! But when I came closer, I saw that it was hungry.

"Dad, what's going on?" Zhou Jianjun asked Zhao Youcai.

Zhao Youcai touched around and found that there was no grass left at this time. There were only dots of grass on the ground, which could not be gathered in bunches. He had to pull them out one by one.

Zhao Youcai frowned in annoyance and said to Zhou Jianjun: "What else can we do? Go back. Not only are the sheep hungry, but I am too."

"I'm hungry too." Zhou Jianjun muttered. He came out of the house before eight o'clock in the morning, and it's almost two-thirty now. Who can't be hungry?

But now that the person has gone back, what should I do with the sheep?

When Zhou Jianjun asked, Zhao Youcai almost laughed out of anger, and just said: "Carry it back! Can you still throw it into the mountains?"

"Back..." Zhou Jianjun suddenly felt bad after hearing this. He carried this sheep twenty miles from Yongsheng Village to the mountains. In the end, I have to carry it back on my own...

Isn’t this a silly boy?

But what can I do if I don’t memorize it? If you throw it into the mountains and let the wild animals eat it, wouldn't you lose another ten dollars in vain?

You know how hard it was for Zhou Jianjun to save those ten yuan.

Carry it!

Zhao Youcai walked in front with a gun on his back, and Zhou Jianjun walked behind with little lamb on his back.

Weng and his son-in-law went all the way down the mountain. When they approached Yong'an Village, Zhou Jianjun hurriedly stopped Zhao Youcai, who was in a hurry to go home for dinner, and said to him: "Dad, there is something I have to tell you."

"What's the matter? Let's talk about it when we get home."

"We can't talk about the sheep at home." Zhou Jianjun hurriedly put the sheep on the side of the road and let the sheep eat some grass. He looked around, and when he saw no one there, he said to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, I'm back. Chun'er must ask where this sheep came from, can't you say that I paid for it?"

"Then you said I paid for it?" Zhao Youcai asked back, and then said: "Why did I get up in the morning to get the sheep? You have been hiding your secrets from my daughter for a long time. The couple should live a good life. How can you hide money secretly?"

"Dad, isn't there anything I can do about it?" Zhou Jianjun complained: "Chun'er usually gives me five yuan a month, and if I have to buy lunch for lunch, can I still have any leftover? I usually have to do something, Doudou How can you do it without money?"

"That's what you said." Zhao Youcai seemed to disagree with Zhou Jianjun's words, and educated him seriously: "Then for whom is my daughter so careful? Isn't it all for your family? Isn't it all for you? Are you living a good life? Look at what my daughter spends on herself throughout the year."

"Yes, yes, Dad, you are right, it's my fault." Seeing that his father-in-law was in a hurry, Zhou Jianjun hurriedly admitted his mistake and said, "But Dad, you have to take care of this matter for me today. I want Chun'er to ask , just say you paid for it."

"Okay." Zhao Youcai thought for a while, waved his hand forward and said, "Go home quickly, I'm hungry."

After Zhao Youcai finished speaking, he left. Zhou Jianjun hurriedly picked up the sheep and followed closely behind.

The two of them entered the village and returned home. Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei had been waiting at home for a long time. When they saw them coming back, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came out to see them. Hu Sanmei was shocked.

Didn't you talk about going up the mountain to hunt leopards? Why are you carrying a sheep back?

Looking at the sheep, Zhao Chun realized that yesterday the child's father asked him for money, but he didn't give it to him.

"Jianjun." Zhao Chun asked Zhou Jianjun directly, "Where did this lamb come from?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Chun said to Hu Sanmei: "Mom, yesterday Jianjun said he wanted to buy a lamb and take it up the mountain to hook the leopard. I couldn't bear it. Mom, tell me, isn't this a waste of money?"

"That's not okay." Hu Sanmei held Zhao Chun's hand with one hand, raised her other hand, pointed at Zhou Jianjun, and said, "Chun'er didn't give you any money, where did you put the money?"

"No." Zhou Jianjun hurriedly stepped back from Zhao Youcai, held Zhao Youcai's arm and said, "My father-in-law bought this lamb with money."

Normally Zhou Jianjun would just call Zhao Youcai dad, but when talking to Hu Sanmei, he could only call Zhao Youcai his father-in-law.

Zhao Youcai raised his head and glanced at his uncle, then turned his head and smiled at Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei: "Yes, I paid for it. I was thinking of spending some money to knock down the leopard, which would be good for my family and Jianjun." There are benefits to everything.”

Hu Sanmei also knew what was going on, but the old lady in the countryside had been used to it all her life, feeding lambs to mountain livestock, which made her feel really sad.

But I have to say that in the past six months, the Zhao family has done a lot to help them. Before the Chinese New Year, Zhao Chun brought back the bear gallbladder from her parents' house. It was copper gallbladder and cost less than 1,800 yuan.

And a few days ago, Zhao Jun beat the pig god. If he wanted to sell it, it would cost more than three hundred yuan.

Of course, the price of 300 yuan is their price in Yongsheng Village. In Yongan Village, it can only be sold for more than 200 yuan. Hunters in Yongshengtun hunt wild boars, and the meat and bones are worth three cents per kilogram!

But Zhao Jun just gave it to him. Hu Sanmei keeps all this in mind.

So at this time, she said to Zhao Chun: "Daughter, my in-laws cannot take this money. Hurry up and let us spend the money. This is to do something for us."

"Yeah." Zhao Chun responded, and then asked Zhao Youcai, "Dad, how much did you spend on this lamb?"

"It's not much money, so why give it back?" Zhao Youcai knew that even if Zhao Chun took the money, he would have to give it to Zhou Jianjun later.

If this is the case, it is better to put the money in the hands of my daughter. Therefore, even though he felt Zhou Jianjun's expectant gaze, Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Chun: "Just think of spending these ten yuan on my grandson."

"How can this be done..." Hu Sanmei on the side wanted to persuade her again, but was interrupted by Zhao Youcai.

Just listen to Zhao Youcai say: "What's wrong? I'm talking about my in-laws, let alone the money. Is there anything to eat? I'm already hungry."

"Yes, why did I forget about this?" Hu Sanmei said and walked into the house. As she walked, she said, "Hurry up and come in, I will prepare and eat for you right away."

When Zhao Youcai heard this, he turned around and walked into the house with his hands behind his back. Zhao Chun directly asked Zhou Jianjun, who was holding the sheep, and said, "My dad bought the lamb for ten yuan. Why did you care that I asked for twenty yesterday?" "

"I..." In fact, Zhou Jianjun asked for money first and then bought the sheep yesterday. When he went to buy a sheep, he didn't know how much the sheep would cost, so he asked for a little more.

But now, he had a guilty conscience. When Zhao Chun asked him, his head was a little short-circuited, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"You're waiting for me, you." Zhao Chun said a harsh word and went back to the house, leaving only Zhou Jianjun, who was leading the sheep, messy in the wind.

At this time, the hungry sheep began to bleat again.

When Zhao Chun entered the house, she went straight to Zhao Youcai's room. When she got to the door, she called out "Dad" in a low voice, but when she heard Zhao Youcai's voice in the room, she opened the door and came in.

"What's wrong, daughter?" Zhao Youcai asked.

"Dad!" Zhao Chun walked up to Zhao Youcai and asked him eagerly: "Are you hiding money behind my mother's back again?"

"Li Ruhai!" At this moment, only one person's name flashed through Zhao Youcai's mind. He thought that this little brat with a broken mouth had come to Yongsheng Village. When he returned, he had to let Li Dayong give him a discount. The legs cannot be used.

But he was overthinking it and heard Zhao Chun continue to ask: "Don't deny it, can my mother give you so much money? Where did you get ten yuan to buy a sheep? My mother must know this. Don’t I have to deal with you again?”

"What are you talking about..."

"Dad, my eldest daughter told me that you sewed the money into my quilt. When my mother wanted to wash the quilt, she took it all out. Didn't you wash the quilt in the end? Is this going to happen again? Let my mother find out..."

"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go..." Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai raised his hand to coax Zhao Chun, saying: "Hurry out and help your mother-in-law prepare a meal!"

"Hey!" Feeling that Zhao Youcai was a tough talker, Zhao Chun sighed, turned around and walked out, but when he reached the door, he still turned around and persuaded Zhao Youcai to surrender, saying: "You old man, what are you talking about? , you won’t listen either. How about I ask Jianjun to call the Tunbu Department and ask Xiaojun to come over.”

Zhao Youcai pointed at the door and shouted: "Get out!"

…

Early the next morning, after dinner, Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun packed up their things and prepared to continue going into the mountains to hunt leopards.

Different from yesterday, the father-in-law and his wife had prepared a lot of things today. Not only did they pack some bean cakes for the sheep in their small pockets, but they also brought several pieces of steamed rice cakes for their lunch.

After packing everything up, Zhao Youcai carried the gun and Zhou Jianjun carried the sheep, all the way into the mountains to the ambush place.

After tying the sheep, Zhou Jianjun sprinkled the bean cakes in front of the sheep and then hid behind a tree.

Then, the father-in-law and his son-in-law squatted behind the tree until noon. They did not come out. When they were hungry, they ate steamed cakes behind the tree and drank cold drinks brought from military kettles.

Another two hours later, the sheep suddenly made a rapid cry. Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun sensed something was wrong. They both pressed their faces against the tree and looked forward with one eye.

A leopard appeared in the sight of the two of them. It crawled cautiously in the forest and walked towards the lamb step by step.

The sheep seemed to sense the danger and kept barking at the top of their lungs.

At this time, the leopard was very close to the sheep. After every step forward, the leopard would carefully bend down and look left and right. Only when there was nothing strange on the left and right, would it continue to get up and move forward.

Zhao Youcai was less than thirty meters away from the leopard. Zhao Youcai wanted to take action, but the leopard came towards Zhao Youcai head-on, so it did not spare Zhao Youcai's face.

Big face, in hunting siege, means that when the prey turns sideways, one side of its body is exposed to the hunter's muzzle.

At this time, Cheetah and Zhao Youcai were facing each other, making it difficult to shoot.

Therefore, Zhao Youcai did not rush, but kept looking for the opportunity to shoot. He believed that as long as the leopard turned sideways, it would definitely give him a chance.

But Zhou Jianjun didn't know. He watched from the side as the leopard was very close to his father-in-law, but Zhao Youcai didn't take action yet.

For a moment, Zhou Jianjun thought that Zhao Youcai had not noticed the Siberian leopard. He immediately stretched out his hand, pointed his finger forward, and said in the smallest voice to Zhao Youcai from a meter away: "Dad, over there."

When Zhou Jianjun reached out to point, the leopard suddenly jumped up, flew down from the sky, and bit the back of the lamb's neck.

Following the scream of the sheep, Zhou Jianjun called dad from behind the tree. At this time, Zhao Youcai had already picked up the gun. He only waited for the leopard to turn around and reveal his face before he fired.

But at this time, before Zhou Jianjun could say "Where", he saw the leopard jump up to the tree, then jump up to the willow tree not far away from it, and then jump up again and disappear. Forest.

Zhao Youcai missed a shot. He tried to shoot again, but there was no trace of the leopard.

"What did I tell you?" Zhao Youcai turned around and shouted at Zhou Jianjun who was hiding on the side: "I'm telling you, I don't let you speak, I don't let you speak, do you have to speak at this time?"

"Dad, didn't I Xunsi tell you?" Zhou Jianjun hurriedly explained: "I Xunsi didn't see it."

"I didn't see it? What were you doing when I was sieging you?"

Zhou Jianjun couldn't refute, so he could only change the subject and said, "Dad, what should I do if the lamb is dead?"

"Carry it back!" Zhao Youcai shouted: "Go back and peel it to see how many kilograms of meat you can get, and then eat it. Wouldn't it be a waste to throw it away?"

This is one of them, and the other is that the leopard will come back soon and eat the dead sheep to fill his stomach. Then he might show up again one day.

You know, Amur leopards are very tolerant of hunger and can go without food for several days.

Next, the two men got busy and ripped off the lamb. Less than six kilograms of meat was left. Zhou Jianjun carried it all the way home.

After walking down the mountain, Zhao Youcai said, "Jianjun, I'll go back tomorrow."

"Dad, nothing else!" Zhou Jianjun heard this and hurriedly stopped him and said, "The leopard hasn't been hunted yet, so you can't leave."

"How can we fix it if we don't leave?" Zhao Youcai asked: "The sheep is dead, and I can't hook it tomorrow. What are you doing with it? Go home quickly. If you need to farm, then farm. If you need to go to work, then go to work."

"It's okay if there are no sheep." Zhou Jianjun stopped Zhao Youcai and said, "I'll buy another one tomorrow."

"Do you still want to buy it?"

"Buy!" Zhou Jianjun said decisively: "When I get out of home tomorrow morning, I will go to Lao Sun's house."

"Okay." Zhao Youcai seemed reluctant to agree, but suddenly asked Zhou Jianjun: "After you buy one and another, how much money are you hiding behind my daughter's back?"

"No more this time." Zhou Jianjun said with a bitter smile: "Since the Chinese New Year, I have saved more than twenty-three yuan. If I can buy two lambs, what is left?"

Anyway, it was Zhou Jianjun who spent the money and Zhao Youcai didn't need to worry about it, so Zhao Youcai just ignored him.

But when the two arrived at Zhou's house, they found someone from Zhou's house.

This is tonight’s update. The two chapters are posted together. I’m too lazy to separate them.