The whole mountain is my hunting ground

I have been with Zhang Yuanmin for more than half a year. Zhao Jun had figured out some patterns. As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said something like, "It's up to me," or "Pinch it with your hands," something would most likely go wrong.

But this idea was a bit metaphysical. Zhao Jun couldn't tell others, so he just followed the plot he watched on TV in his previous life. If the people around him said something unlucky, he would say "poof" to the side.

His "poof" confused Zhang Yuanmin and others. Jie Chen asked him: "Brother Jun, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah, I'm confused." Zhao Jun made up a reason, which was quite reasonable. According to the old folk prescription, if you are blinded by the wind and sand, you will spit on the ground three times and try everything.

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanmin hurriedly pointed to the ground beside him and said, "Brother, how about one more bite?"

"No need." Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "My eyes are healed."

"Ah." Zhang Yuanmin didn't have any doubts. He just gestured to the tree and said, "Brother, I'll go up there."

"Nothing else." Zhao Jun stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Brother, why don't you let Baoyu go up?"

"Yeah." Li Baoyu on the side stepped forward excitedly, put the gun he just took from Zhang Yuanmin back into Zhang Yuanmin's hand, untied the rope from Zhang Yuanmin's waist, and said, "I'll do it!"

Seeing Zhang Yuanmin stunned, Zhao Jun pointed to the tree branch next to the smoke outlet and said: "Brother, you are a good marksman. Let's keep our guns guarded. If the treasure jade is not caught, we can shoot."

Zhao Jun's words are quite reasonable. Zhang Yuanmin participated in militia shooting more often than Li Baoyu, and his marksmanship was also better than Li Baoyu. Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Zhang Yuanmin readily agreed and took back No. 16 from Li Baoyu. Then he smiled at Zhao Jun and said: "Brother, you better think about it." So thoughtful.”

After hearing what he said, Zhao Jun chuckled and motioned to Li Baoyu to climb up the tree. Li Baoyu rubbed his hands, then jumped up the tree, climbed to the position in a few times, put the hemp rope in his hand on the upper branch of the tree, pulled the two ends together and tied it around his waist.

Then, Li Baoyu wrapped his legs around the tree and used the rope to stabilize himself on the tree. He freed his hands and reached down. Jie Chen hurriedly handed the net up. Li Baoyu grabbed the net pole and swung it upward, and the net mouth appeared. The top of the head covers the hole from which the smoke comes out.

Pine Mingzi, what people later called amber wood, was called pine oil tree in the Northeast at this time.

As the name suggests, this stuff has a high oil content and emits black smoke when it burns. But at this time, most of the black smoke came out of the hole at the root of the tree.

But when Zhao Jun asked Jie Chen to move a stone and block the entrance of the cave, the air burned, the fire weakened, and it became more smoky.

I saw black smoke billowing from the tree where the net was covered.

Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jie Chen couldn't hear it, but Li Baoyu, who was on the tree, faintly heard a creaking sound in the tree. He held the net tightly with both hands and fastened it at the entrance of the tree hole.

At this moment, Li Baoyu noticed a sudden force coming. He looked up and saw the net bag falling down, and something seemed to be flapping inside.

Li Baoyu hurriedly twisted the wooden handle in his hand, turned the net mouth over, and folded the net bag in the middle. A little squirrel fluttered at the bottom of the bag, but the soft net bag made it difficult to use it, and its claws were hooked into the net bag. in the gap.

Li Baoyu controlled his hands and slowly lowered the net bag. Jie Chen had already stepped forward wearing two layers of labor protection gloves and pinched the middle part of the net bag to prevent the little squirrel from jumping out.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin stepped forward to help, and cooperated with Jiechen to take down the entire net. Jiechen held it alone, ran to the big iron cage, caught the little squirrel and stuffed it into the cage.

Zhao Jun moved away the stone blocking the hole at the bottom of the tree, used wooden sticks to pull out Song Mingzi, and then completely crushed the stone.

Just as Li Baoyu untied the rope and came down from the tree, a little squirrel was captured alive by Zhao Jun and others.

As soon as Li Baoyu landed, he heard the barking of dogs from the north. Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin rushed towards him with their guns on their backs.

At this time, Big Fat, Three Fatty, Tabby Cat, White Dragon, and Dahuang, five dogs gathered under a tree. Big Fat and White Dragon stood like humans, each using their two front paws to alternately scratch the tree trunk. Call. The tabby cat, Sanpang and Dahuang were sitting under the tree, looking up at the tree and meowing.

And on the branch, a little squirrel jumped back and forth anxiously.

Suddenly, the cry of a black tiger was heard from the left again in front, and Zhao Jun hurriedly asked Zhang Yuanmin to rush to support.

It wasn't Zhao Jun who was calling people, but the little squirrel in front of him. If Zhang Yuanmin were to fight it, when the squirrel fell from the tree, the dog gang would swarm them, and Zhang Yuanmin would not be able to drive them away.

But Zhao Jun was different. He aimed his gun upwards, and when the little squirrel's body paused, he immediately fired.

"Bang!"

There was a gunshot, and the squirrel fell down. Dahuang jumped up and caught the squirrel in his mouth.

When it landed on the ground, it ignored Zhao Jun's whistle, bit the squirrel and shook its head so hard that the squirrel's tail was rolled up on the dog's head.

"Go!" Seeing that the other dogs were about to fight for Rhubarb, Zhao Jun rushed over with his whip, blasted Big Fatty and White Dragon away, pointed his whip at Rhubarb, and shouted: "Spit it out!"

Dahuang stood there, looking up at Zhao Jun, and when he saw him pointing a whip at him, Dahuang relaxed his jaw and the squirrel fell to the ground.

Zhao Jun picked up the squirrel, and before he could check whether the squirrel's fur was bitten, he heard Zhang Yuanmin's whistle from over there.

Zhao Jun went forward alone. When he came near, he saw that the minister had arrived. He took the match and was about to light the pineapple. But there was no figure of Li Baoyu around.

A big red pine has a tree hole next to the branch one and a half meters high from the ground. The black tiger, flower wolf, green dragon, and black dragon all surrounded the tree, aiming at the hole in the tree.

Zhao Jun stopped the Jiechen who wanted to focus on Song Mingzi, and then looked around the tree, but did not find any other holes in the tree.

Zhao Jun drove the dog away with his whip, then stopped Jie Chen and asked, "It can't be so neat. Don't we bring thin wire? Use a stick and let Song Mingzi pick it in."

What if you just throw the burning pine trees into the hole of the tree and then burn the tree?

Jie Chen listened to Zhao Jun's words, took out the thin wire from his shoulder bag, and tied a piece of pine seed to one end of a tree stick like a fish bait. Wait until the pine trees are lit, then use a stick to probe the smoking pine trees into the hole.

At this time, Li Baoyu came over carrying two sacks. When he saw Zhao Jun holding a squirrel, he opened the mouth of one sack and asked Zhao Jun to throw the squirrel inside.

Zhao Jun looked at the other sack next to Li Baoyu's feet. He could see that there was something in the sack, so he asked doubtfully: "Baoyu, what's in that sack?"

After loading the squirrels here, Li Baoyu twisted the mouth of the sack and took another sack from the side.

Zhang Yuanmin on the side also came over and took a look into the sack with Zhao Jun. When Zhang Yuanmin raised his head again, he looked at Li Baoyu with strange eyes.

"Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin asked, "Why do you do all this?"

Li Baoyu laughed, and Zhao Jun also laughed and said: "Brother, we did it last year."

It turned out that the sack contained mostly hazelnuts, a few pine nuts, and a few pecans. Apparently Li Baoyu had gone to dig out a squirrel's nest again.

Zhao Jun blinked twice and asked doubtfully: "It's impossible to hide this in the cave just now, right?"

Zhao Jun was talking about the tree where they caught the squirrel just now. There were holes in that tree, so there was no way to hide the dried fruits.

Hearing this, Li Baoyu smiled and said: "It's not that tree. I just walked over here and saw a tree hole. I touched inside and found that there was something in it."

Zhang Yuanmin listened to Li Baoyu's words, shook his head and said: "You are not afraid that there is a greyhound there, and it will bite your finger off."

"No way!" Li Baoyu said, "The little flower passed by just now, and I carried it to the entrance of the cave. It tilted its head, so there is nothing there."

Zhao Jun smiled and said: "You are quite smart."

As he was talking, black smoke was coming out of the hole in the tree. Zhao Jun and others looked up and down, but saw no smoke coming from anywhere else in the tree. It was obvious that it was just this hole.

This was easy to handle. Jie Chen was waiting with a net in hand. After waiting for a short time, he saw black smoke billowing and getting thicker. A little squirrel rushed out and plunged into the net.

Jie Chen turned the mouth of the net and dropped it to the ground. Li Baoyu took out the labor protection gloves from his pocket, put one or two on his right hand, and then reached into the net to catch the little squirrel.

Another squirrel was captured alive, escorted back by Li Baoyu and put into a cage. By this time, it was already past eight-thirty.

It stands to reason that squirrels usually come out to look for food early in the morning and only return to their nests to rest after nine o'clock. But when the gunfire rang out and the dog gang rushed, where were the squirrels wandering outside?

Seeing the dog gang coming back one after another, Zhang Yuanmin asked Zhao Jun: "Brother, should we stop them?"

"Don't go back!" Zhao Jun waved his hand and pointed forward: "Let's continue to catch him."

"Still catching them?" Zhang Yuanmin asked in surprise: "The greyhounds have already entered the den, how can we catch them?"

At this time, Li Baoyu held the big cage with both hands and ran back with great effort to return it. When he put the cage on the ground, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jie Chen all came to see it.

The moment the cage landed, the two little squirrels jumped up and down, trying to escape from the cage.

But when the dog gang came around, especially when the black tiger opened its mouth to bite the cage, the two little squirrels huddled in the middle of the cage, their big furry tails wrapped around their bodies, shivering.

"Let's disperse in a moment!" Zhao Jun called the three of them together and said to them: "Go west along the hillside and look at the trees one by one. If you see which tree has a hole in its root, or which tree has a hole that is not high, If the dog wants to bark, let's smoke it with pine seeds."

"Yes!" Li Baoyu heard this and continued: "If the dog doesn't bark, let's dig out and see if there are any hazelnuts."

After Li Baoyu finished speaking, he saw Zhang Yuanmin and Jie Chen looking at him with strange expressions. Jie Chen frowned and said, "Brother Li, why didn't Ruhai put back a bag yesterday? What else did you do with it?"

Li Baoyu pointed to the cage containing the little squirrel and said, "If you catch it back, don't you have to feed it?"

Zhang Yuanmin also asked: "How about we pick up some pine cones?"

These days, pine nuts are not as expensive as they were twenty years ago, and few people pick up pine cones when they fall on the ground.

Li Baoyu said: "Then don't you still have to dig it out?"

With that said, Li Baoyu pointed to the cage again and said, "Let's take them all back. It's useless for them to collect food."

At this time, Zhao Jun raised his whip and pointed forward, saying: "Hurry up, we are very busy today. After capturing this post, we still have to find a place to catch our feet."

This hill is nearly five miles uphill and downhill from east to west. Zhao Jun and four other people, with their dog gang, swept all the way over and dug at tree holes when they saw them. Those who have squirrels catch squirrels, and those who don’t have squirrels dig out rat food.

Not to mention, once the squirrel entered the hole, it was almost unable to escape due to the smoke and the net cover.

There was only one lucky little squirrel, and when Jie Chen's hand shook, he got out of the net opening. He thought he could escape, but he was chased by the dog gang.

When it climbed onto the tree branch, it was shot away by Zhao Jun. If he had known this, the squirrel would definitely not have run away.

The four of them walked around the entire north and south slopes of the hill. Seventeen little squirrels were already locked in the cage. They were chattering and jumping around without stopping.

Seeing that the morning had passed, the four of them sat down to rest near the ditch.

We have been busy since nearly seven o'clock, and it is now almost one o'clock. The four of us are quite tired, but we don't feel hungry. This should be attributed to Sugar Bun.

Zhao Jun asked Jie Chen to bring out dry food, and the four of them ate two steamed buns. The remaining two steamed buns and eight large pancakes were distributed by Zhao Jun to the Dog Gang.

This morning, the Dog Gang spent a lot of money. But in autumn, hunting dogs must be allowed to move around and reserve more energy.

After they had eaten and drank enough, Li Baoyu carried the big iron cage containing the squirrel, while Jie Chen and Zhang Yuanmin each carried a sack.

We caught a lot of squirrels, and naturally we dug out the squirrel nests too. A sack was full of hazelnuts. And the other, nearly a sack of hazelnuts, only had three dead squirrels on top.

Zhao Jun was not idle either. He carried four guns on his shoulders, two nets on one side, and a curved saw and a whip with a triangular belt in one hand.

The four of them led the dog gang and walked along the ditch and pond to the outside of the mountain farm. As long as they reached the end, there was a firewood transport road. Walking along the road is the car they drove. It is definitely much easier to walk on the flat road than climbing over the mountain.

These dogs are familiar with the situation as they come and go by car every day. Seeing the car parked in front, they all ran over and sat on the left and right sides of the car, waiting to get in the car and go home or rush to the next battlefield.

When the four of them arrived at the car, Zhao Jun got into the trunk first and picked up things one by one.

First, there was the large iron cage handed over by Li Baoyu, and Zhao Jun took it and placed it inside. Then Li Baoyu also got on the carriage and took a sack with Zhao Jun each.

After handing the sack to Zhao Jun, Jie Chen prepared to open the barrier of the parking space to let the hunting dogs jump up.

After loading all the dog gang into the car, Zhang Yuanmin asked Zhao Jun: "Brother, where are we going?"

Zhao Jun looked around, pointed to the west and said: "This way, go to the sow forest!"

"Let's go!" After hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhang Yuanmin raised his hand and pointed forward. He and his ministers both got into the car. Zhang Yuanmin showed the way, and his ministers drove straight to the sow forest.

In the back of the car, Li Baoyu touched the ears of Dahuang in front of his feet and said to Zhao Jun: "Brother, I heard people say that when you go to the sow forest, you will either meet an old sow or a big solitary pig. This time you will meet a big solitary pig. Don’t you hurt the dog?”

When Zhao Jun heard this, he looked around at the hunting dogs lying around in the carriage, and then said to Li Baoyu: "The ability to deliver goods these days is all thanks to our dog gang. Nine dogs, go out together, and surround everything. But there are still tough battles, and there are few. .Except for Little Bear and Rhubarb, none of the remaining dogs are called tough. We are going to meet a big lone dog today, and we just want to see a tough dog and train them."