The whole mountain is my hunting ground

November 13, 1987.

When Zhao Jun got up, he smelled the aroma coming from the outhouse.

Wang Meilan shared the leftover noodles and fillings from making dumplings yesterday among several families. She didn't care how others ate them. Anyway, Zhao Jun's family was eating pies this morning.

The dough of the beef pie was golden brown, and the meat was fragrant after taking a bite. Zhao Jun felt that something was missing after chewing twice, so he moved his legs off the kang and went to the outhouse, and pulled a head of garlic from the garlic braid hanging on the window frame. .

Zhao Jun broke off the garlic as he walked into the house. When he returned to the kang table and sat down, Zhao Jun placed two cloves of garlic next to Zhao Youcai's bowl, but Zhao Youcai shook his head and said, "I won't eat it. I'll go to work soon!"

Zhao Youcai is quite particular about not eating onions and garlic before going to work, so as not to offend others.

"Huh?" Hearing Zhao Youcai say he was going to work, Zhao Jun was stunned and asked in surprise: "Dad, didn't you ask me, Uncle Li, to take a few days off for you?"

When Zhao Jun asked this question, Zhao Youcai was putting pie in his mouth and did not have time to answer.

So, Zhao Jun followed up and asked: "Dad, why didn't you tell me yesterday? Why don't you follow me up the mountain to catch pigs today?"

Zhao Jun was right. Zhao Youcai asked Li Dayong to ask for leave for him. Yesterday he also said that he would go up the mountain to catch wild boars with Zhao Jun, but the plan could not keep up with the changes!

"No!" Zhao Youcai said, "I'll have to take a look at it in class today!"

As he spoke, Zhao Youcai dipped his pie into the vinegar and chili oil in the bowl, then raised his head and continued: "Can I survive without the canteen?"

Zhao Jun frowned and looked at Zhao Youcai. It seemed that his father didn't mean what he said. At this time, Wang Meilan came in with a plate and chopsticks, and put the freshly baked pies on the plate into the basin on the Kang table one by one.

"Eat, son!" Wang Meilan called Zhao Jun and said, "Eat more!"

"Ah!" Zhao Jun responded, glanced at the pie on the table, and hurriedly called to Wang Meilan: "Mom, sit here and eat with us. This is enough for the three of us. The two children haven't gotten up yet. What?"

After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai, who was busy working over there, and then said, "What did your dad say, bake a few more cakes and give them to Ruhai when you're done?"

Zhao Jun clicked his eyes and instantly understood what was going on.

"Son!" At this moment, Wang Meilan suddenly remembered something and said to Zhao Jun: "You have to go up the mountain in a while. How about mom bake some pies for you to carry?"

"No!" Zhao Jun waved his hand and said, "I'm tired enough to go today."

"What's going on?" Wang Meilan asked curiously, and Zhao Youcai, who was biting the pie, also raised his eyes and looked at Zhao Jun.

"Haha." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhao Youcai, then smiled faintly, and said: "Brother Zhang is going to Lengchang today, and my old uncle is going with me, but it's just the two of us who have to deal with the old dogs. Who can we take? Whoever owns it, no one is happy to abandon it to whomever. Let me think about it and pull it down, then I will let the little bear go and take it around the farm!"

Hearing Zhao Jun's words, Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at him and thought to himself: "Why did this boy ask me to go up the mountain with him? We have been working for a long time and we are short of people!"

"If you don't want to go, don't go." Wang Meilan said, "You are staying at home to rest today. There will be a conference tomorrow. Don't you have to go too?"

"Isn't that right?" Zhao Jun nodded and said, "After the meeting, I will have to work for a few days."

After Zhao Jun finished speaking, he received another look from Zhao Youcai, but in fact, Zhao Youcai was very envious that his son did not have to go to work and could go up the mountain to fight siege every day.

…

After breakfast, Zhao Jun lay leisurely on his side on the kang, holding his head with his right hand and feeding malted milk to the little black bear in front of him with his left hand.

The little lynx was now standing in the hollow of Zhao Jun's knees, with a pair of front paws on Zhao Jun's legs, staring at the little black bear.

After "ouch" twice to no avail, the little lynx changed to chirping. In the past, when it was hungry and wanted to drink malted milk, it would chirp at Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun glanced at it, raised the spoon in his hand, and asked, "Are you going to drink it?"

When the little lynx heard this, it jumped up instantly, but Zhao Jun raised his legs and blocked it again.

Zhao Jun knew that this little guy had evil intentions, so he smiled and said: "I'll give it to you. If you don't drink it, see if I don't strangle you to death!"

The little lynx couldn't understand such complicated human language, but when it saw Zhao Jun's evil smile, it guessed it was not a good thing, so it quickly retracted its front paws and got off Zhao Jun's legs.

Zhao Jun chuckled and brought another spoonful of malted milk to the little black bear's mouth. When the edge of the spoon touched the black bear's mouth, the little black bear stuck out his tongue in cooperation and licked the malted milk from the spoon.

At this time, Wang Meilan came in holding a thermos bottle and was startled when she saw the little lynx lying behind Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun is currently lying on his side. If he turns over, the little lynx will be severely disabled even if it does not die.

Wang Meilan put down the kettle and reached out to pick up the little lynx. This little guy has a really good personality. If he were replaced by a puppy, he might not be happy with it. But when the little lynx was picked up by Wang Meilan, she opened her mouth and yawned.

At this time, Zhao Jun had just finished feeding the little black bear the last spoonful, then took a washed and dried drawer cloth, wiped the little black bear's mouth first, and then tied the crotch of the little black bear.

After cleaning up, Zhao Jun put the little black bear back into the pine box and wrapped it in a quilt.

With such a small thing, apart from eating, there is also sleeping.

"Come!" Zhao Jun turned around and reached out to Wang Meilan, took the little lynx over, hugged it with one hand, and stroked the little lynx's head twice with the other hand.

While stroking, Zhao Jun lamented that the little guy's hand was getting better and better.

"Son, can you bring it here and there?" Wang Meilan asked. Others really didn't know what the two of them were talking about.

"Bring it, Mom." After Zhao Jun said that, Wang Meilan turned around and went out, and soon came in with an aluminum lunch box.

When Zhao Jun put down the little lynx and took the lunch box, the little lynx stood on his lap again.

"This little thing." Zhao Jun held the lunch box in one hand and touched the little lynx's back with the other.

This little guy, if he didn’t tell anyone, no one would know that this was the third largest feline beast in Northeast China.

Zhao Jun opened the lunch box, and the little lynx's small tail swayed at a very high frequency.

It turns out that this lunch box contains some leftovers collected after cutting up the beef yesterday.

These were all raw meat. Zhao Jun poured some of them on the lid of the lunch box. The moment he put the lid of the lunch box on the kang, the little lynx jumped over with a "swoosh" and pierced its head with the melon to eat.

"Ah wow..." This little guy was not very good at eating. He wolfed down the food and made a sound without saying anything.

"Shut up and chew." Wang Meilan smiled and stretched out her hand to flick the little lynx's ball-like tail. She was just teasing the little guy, but the little lynx ignored her and continued to gobble it up.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Jun laughed and said, "Mom, look at it and it doesn't even chew it."

"Haha, it's not bad." Wang Meilan tilted her head and glanced, smiling: "Looking at what it eats, it seems to be very harsh."

After the little lynx finished eating, it looked up at Zhao Jun eagerly. It had no habit of licking the plate.

"Okay!" Zhao Jun picked up the lid of the lunch box and fastened it again, then pushed the little lynx away from him. But seeing the little lynx rushing towards the pine box, Zhao Jun quickly scooped it up into his arms.

"Give it to me." Wang Meilan took the lunch box from Zhao Jun's hand, as if she had remembered something. After looking out the window, she smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "If the tiger watches you feed the kitten meat, It has to be unhappy."

Zhao Jun also laughed and said to Wang Meilan: "Oh my god, why don't you give it to them? Our family is not short of this meat, but we just can't give it to them!"

After saying this, Zhao Jun added with a smile: "You've already done this to the old cows. After that, you feed them beef. Then the next time you see the old cows, why don't you moan?"

Yes, isn’t dragging dogs just to let them taste the sweetness of eating meat? Dogs that didn't recognize wild boars in the past started to recognize wild boar after eating wild boar. After eating the black bear meat, I got to know the black bear again.

If these dogs recognized the old cows, how many old cows would be driving sledges in this huge forest area?

Especially at the time of winter production, there are tens of thousands of acres of forest in the entire mountainous area, and there are more than 200 large forest teams. Each forest team has an average of forty or fifty sets, which is half cows and half horses, which is more than five thousand cows.

The richest man Wang is confident that he can afford to pay for all the cattle in Yong'an Village, but she really can't afford to pay for the cattle in the mountains!

Therefore, Zhao Jun didn't even give the dog a little bit of beef dregs to eat!

While the two women were talking, someone came from outside. After Li Dayong and Li Baoyu came in, they divided their forces into two groups. Li Dayong went to the east room to look for Zhao Youcai, and Li Baoyu went to the west room to look for Zhao Jun.

"Auntie!" Li Baoyu came in and said hello to Wang Meilan first, then took the little lynx from Zhao Jun's hand and chatted with Zhao Jun while stroking it.

After finishing petting the little lynx, Li Baoyu wanted to pet the little black bear again. When Zhao Jun lifted the little black bear out of the pine box, the little lynx followed the little black bear to Li Baoyu's arms.

This little black bear probably only recognized Zhao Jun's scent, but when Li Baoyu hugged it, it kept squeaking.

Li Baoyu had no choice but to return it to Zhao Jun. When Zhao Jun took over the little black bear, the little lynx ran towards the little black bear, but Li Baoyu caught it again.

Li Baoyu stroked the little lynx's head twice. Seeing Zhao Jun stuff the little black bear into his arms, he couldn't help but curiously asked: "Brother, why are you acting like you are raising a child?"

"Let's take this..." Zhao Jun pulled Li Baoyu to sit next to him, reached out to push away the little lynx's head, and then said to Li Baoyu: "I don't plan to sell it, I want to keep it."

"Feed?" Li Baoyu was startled, and Wang Meilan next to him exclaimed, "Son, how do I feed this?"

Although there are many livestock and poultry at home, the food intake of all those things combined is probably not as much as that of a black bear.

Zhao Jun laughed, stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Meilan to sit on the other side of him, and said to her: "Oh my god, can't Ruhai sit in the cafeteria and play with corn navels? Let's just leave that thing."

"Ah..." Wang Meilan clicked her eyes twice and said, "This is OK."

There are two canteens in Yongan Forest Farm, each of which can produce two to three hundred kilograms of corn navels every month.

But in the canteen under Zhao Youcai's jurisdiction, everyone has always divided these things up. Once you get it, you can do whatever you want with it.

For example, Zhao Youcai used to raise sheep behind the canteen and used these corn navels.

It wasn't until last year, when Zhao Jun bought back the puppies and picked up the black bear, that the sheep raised by Zhao Youcai were "returned to the public".

As for the Second Canteen, Zhang Zhanshan's rule has always been followed, which is to sell the corn navels ground out every month for money, and then the money is saved together and divided among everyone at the end of the year.

But these days, corn noodles only cost a pound more, and corn navels are even less valuable. Three hundred pounds of corn navel costs at most 3.5 yuan, which is only 50 yuan a year.

For Wang Meilan, this amount of money is just the price of a cow's hoof.

"Brother! It's really good!" Li Baoyu's eyes lit up and he said: "When you raise it, take it up the mountain to fuck the cannon's eggs!"

"Haha." Zhao Jun chuckled and said nothing.

Wang Meilan and Li Baoyu still knew little about bears. They felt that the 300 kilograms of corn in the second cafeteria contained a lot of navel. But Zhao Jun traveled to the Far East in his previous life and saw those so-called fighting nations raising bears.

Normally, a 200-pound black bear needs to eat about 20 kilograms of food in a day, both dry and thin, and both raw and cooked.

These days are not like twenty or thirty years later. There is no feed at this time, and it is really difficult to raise bears, so Zhao Jun decided to sell the two little black bears to Zhang Laibao.

After spending this year, Zhao Jun felt that he could raise this bear well. When he takes the bear up the mountain to hunt with a lynx and several dogs by his side, he really has nothing to fear.

"What a bullshit!" Zhao Youcai appeared at the door out of nowhere. He rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun, said something to throw cold water on him, and then walked out with an aluminum lunch box in his back.

"Sister-in-law, we're going to work." Li Dayong greeted Wang Meilan, then waved to Li Baoyu, and the two hurriedly chased Zhao Youcai.

Wang Meilan peeked out of the window, turned to Zhao Jun and smiled: "Your dad is in trouble again."

"Yeah!" Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this. He also didn't expect that Li Ruhai had grown to such a point in just a few months and would be able to give Zhao Youcai peace of mind.

Now that I think about it, it was a right decision to let Li Ruhai go to the forest farm to tell stories. Not only does this kid have a job now, but he can also work everywhere, but he is much better than the kid from the small village in his previous life.

Zhao Youcai, Li Dayong, and Li Baoyu walked all the way outside the village. Not far away, they saw Han Dachun hurriedly leaving home.

"Ah!" Han Dachun paused, looked at Zhao Youcai in surprise, and said, "Why are you at work? Lao Zhang even asked me to cook for you today!"

Yesterday, Li Dayong went to the canteen director Zhang Guoqing and asked for three days' leave for Zhao Youcai.

"Ah, I'm back." Zhao Youcai agreed twice and then dealt with the matter.

But before taking two steps, he met Song Tiemin from the Guileng group. He had worked with Zhao Jun in Xinlangchang, and he was also Li Dayong's apprentice.

This was definitely no stranger, so of course he had to say hello when he saw him. But when Song Tiemin saw Zhao Youcai, he was stunned and asked, "Uncle Zhao, why are you at work?"

"Ah..." Zhao Youcai was stunned. Han Dachun knew that he had excuses for asking for leave. After all, they were all colleagues in the same cafeteria. Besides, if Zhao Youcai doesn't go, Zhang Guoqing will definitely have to notify Han Dachun and ask him to help with more kitchen work.

But this Song Tiemin, isn't he from the cafeteria?

Zhao Youcai glanced at Li Dayong, but saw that Li Dayong was also a little confused.

Zhao Youcai managed to cope with it, but after walking a few steps, Lin Xiang followed the side road and came to join him. When the group of people approached the village entrance, they saw Ma Dafu passing through the west alley.

"Ah! You are rich!" Seeing Zhao Youcai, Ma Dafu was also very surprised and asked, "Why are you at work?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

If Zhao Youcai remembers correctly, when he ran away from home that day, no matter who saw him, they would ask, "Why don't you go to work?" But today, everyone asked him "Why did you go to work?"

The key is, how did Ma Dafu know that he had asked for leave?

When we got on the commuter train, more people asked, and Zhao Youcai was confused as soon as he came and went.

Zhao Youcai sat at a loss in the last row and looked around subconsciously. When he saw Li Dayong on the right with his head bowed and silent, Zhao Youcai hurriedly raised his elbow to slap him and asked: "Dayong, what's going on?"

Li Dayong pursed his lips and said with difficulty: "Didn't I tell Ruhai the night before yesterday that he would promote it to you at the venue?"

"Yes!" Han Dachun, who was sitting in the front, turned around and said, "My kid said that you asked for leave yesterday and that you were going to go up to the mountain to fight. What kind of killing... bloody... something like that?"

"What?" Zhao Youcai was startled, and Lin Xiangshun next to him continued: "Well, there is also a jingle."

"What?" Zhao Youcai asked hurriedly: "What kind of jingle?"

"What kind of jingle..." Lin Xiangshun clicked his eyes twice, but he didn't have much education, so he touched Li Baoyu next to him and said, "What kind of jingle is that?"

"Ah!" Li Baoyu said: "Zhao Dabaotou went up the mountain today, and blood stained the west of the mountain... half of the sky!"

Zhao Youcai: "..."

Brothers, let’s go to bed early and will update at noon tomorrow.