The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Small 43 Lengchang, with shacks in the west.

Under the dim light of the horseshoe lamp, Zhang Yuanmin sat surrounded by quilts, flipping through the little book in his hand.

With the help of Zhao Jun, Xie Zhong hired two Lin Bans and hired two gangs of tenants.

Due to the large number of people, these tenants could not fit in one shack, so they lived in two separate shacks.

Both shacks face south and north, one on the east side and one on the west side.

The shack to the east was occupied by people like Jie Zhong and others who came from Xiangyangtun. The shack to the west was filled with people found by Zhang Yuanmin.

Those tenants in Xiangyang Village were all relatives of Xie Zhong. Jie Zhong was embarrassed to live in the shack at the head of the house, so he took Jie Chen to live with those tenants.

In this way, his head shack will be freed up. Today, Xie Zhong told Zhang Yuanmin to let him live there. After all, the conditions in the separate shack would be better.

But Zhang Yuanmin refused. He said that he wanted to get close to the masses and have fun with them, so he lived in the west shack.

There are more than thirty people in their shack, and they all sleep on a large bunk bed at night.

I have to say that the environment in this shack was already very bad after these people had only been here for a few days.

But Zhang Yuanmin didn't choose this, and these people respected him and let him sleep on the hottest kang. On his right side, there was a horseshoe lamp hanging, which was also the only light source in the shack.

"Old Zhang!" At this time, Jiang Jinyou, who was next to Zhang Yuanmin, turned over, squinted his eyes drowsily, and whispered: "It's almost time to go to bed. I'll read again when I have time tomorrow. I'll light up the lamp to stay up." What are you doing with the oil?"

"That's right." Zhang Yuanmin closed the book "Thirty-Six Stratagems to Conceal the Sky and Cross the Sea" and muttered: "It's getting late, I should take a rest."

With that said, he stood up and prepared to take off the horseshoe lamp and send it outside the door.

Normally, these lamps should be placed by the door outside the shack, one on the left and one on the right.

"Brother!" But at this moment, Zhang Yuanmin heard someone calling him.

I remember when Zhang Yuanmin set up a stick in 77 Lengchang, the people who lived in the same shack with him all called him "Big Brother". Otherwise, Zhang Yuanmin would not be able to attract so many people to Xie Zhong.

"Oh!" Suddenly, Jiang Jinyou screamed, stood up and gave Ma Xiaoguang a pestle.

There are three people separated between Ma Xiaoguang and Jiang Jinyou, and four people separated from Zhang Yuanmin. At this time, he turned over from these people to Zhang Yuanmin's side, and accidentally pressed Jiang Jinyou's ankle just now.

"Brother!" Ma Xiaoguang approached Zhang Yuanmin and whispered, "I have something to tell you."

"Say it, brother." Zhang Yuanmin said.

This Ma Xiaoguang was none other than Ma Xiaoguang. It was he who provided Zhang Yuanmin with information about the black bear, and then he, Jiang Jinyou, Li Yuan, and Li Wei followed Zhang Yuanmin to kill the black bear.

At this time, Ma Xiaoguang whispered to Zhang Yuanmin: "Our south end is at No. 42 Lengchang, right?"

"42..." Zhang Yuanmin thought for a moment and said, "Yes, over there is the 42nd class."

"Yeah." Ma Xiaoguang nodded and said, "It was the day before yesterday. Why didn't we go to the forest farm with that man?"

"Ah!" Zhang Yuanmin knew that the man Ma Xiaoguang was talking about was Zhao Youcai. They drove the sledge that day to help Zhao Youcai deliver the wild boar to the forest farm.

Ma Xiaoguang continued: "After this, before we come back, why don't you pick up the wild boar he gave us?"

"Yeah." Zhang Yuanmin said, "Aren't you going to sell the pig to Jie Zhong? Isn't that what we eat at night?"

It should be said or not, Xie Zhong is really interested in them working.

"Yes, but that's not what I'm talking about." Ma Xiaoguang said: "We walked back after picking up the wild boar and looked at a former villager of mine. His surname was Liu, and his family moved away later. We used to The two families live in the same house in front of the production team. His mother and my mother are two old ladies who talk about being sisters."

There was a production team in 1958. At that time, a group of people went to the farm to eat in a big pot. In some places, houses were built, but due to difficult conditions, the houses for the production team at that time were no different from the shacks they live in now.

A large kang can sleep more than thirty people, so it certainly cannot be just one family. Therefore, there are usually four or five households living in that house, and some can even house seven or eight households.

Because we eat from a big pot, we don’t usually have to open the fire ourselves, so we just sleep in this room.

And there are more than thirty people lying on the same kang, including men, women, old and young. They are not even a family. What should we do?

It's easy to do, just draw a curtain between two households to separate each household.

The era is different.

No one can agree to this in the 21st century. But in that era, this pattern continued for many years.

All under one roof, bumps and bruises are inevitable. But at that time, there were very few people who were too pretentious, and the feelings between people were also simple.

Of course, there are definitely people who don’t get along well with each other. But if we get along well, it's really like a family.

At this time, Ma Xiaoguang continued: "He saw us trimming the wild boar, so he helped us trim the wild boar, and after he finished trimming it, he followed us to Lengchang."

After hearing what Ma Xiaoguang said, Zhang Yuanmin understood. The man named Liu came all the way because he wanted a piece of wild boar meat.

Ma Xiaoguang gestured behind him and said to Zhang Yuanmin: "They haven't come up yet. There is room in this shack, so I'll let Liu Chunhui stay for one night."

"Ah..." Zhang Yuanmin clicked his eyes twice and asked, "What's wrong? He wants to come and work here? That's easy to handle. I'll just tell the boss tomorrow."

Ma Xiaoguang had been grinding for a long time, and Zhang Yuanmin guessed that this was what he meant. And he doesn’t do it all, because as long as it’s Lengchang, he’s never afraid of having too many people working. If anyone is willing to join us, that would be great.

"No, no." Ma Xiaoguang suddenly looked back and saw that Jiang Jinyou had fallen asleep and no one was looking around, so he whispered to Zhang Yuanmin: "We were chatting tonight, and he told me something. .”

Speaking of this, Ma Xiaoguang paused and added: "He knows there are two black and blind men!"

"Huh?" In an instant, Zhang Yuanmin's eyes were brighter than the horseshoe lamp!

"Where are they?" Zhang Yuanmin grabbed Ma Xiaoguang's hand and asked, "Those two blind men?"

"On the mountain behind their 42 Lengchang." Ma Xiaoguang whispered: "They raised the head."

"Raised?" Zhang Yuanmin looked at Ma Xiaoguang in shock, thinking, besides my brother, are there any such evil people in Yong'an Forest District?

"Yeah!" Ma Xiaoguang nodded heavily and said, "The two two-year-old black men weigh one hundred thirty or forty pounds."

"Two two-year-old blind men..." Zhang Yuanmin frowned and asked, "What do they call their heads?"

"I don't know what his name is." Ma Xiaoguang shook his head and said, "I heard his surname is Jiang."

"Where is your home?" Zhang Yuanmin asked again.

"My family belongs to Wangkui." Ma Xiaoguang said, "My bare-headed baby and I came from the same village."

"Wang Kui?" Zhang Yuanmin said, "It's not us..."

Halfway through, Zhang Yuanmin remembered that Ma Xiaoguang was from Lingnan, and quickly changed his words: "Are they also from Lingnan?"

"Yeah!" Ma Xiaoguang nodded and said, "It would take us two hundred miles to go east to their village."

"No..." Zhang Yuanmin immediately discovered the problem and continued to ask: "He is from Lingnan, why did he come to our place to raise a black blind man?"

"He was raised by someone else's family." Ma Xiaoguang said, "It's from one of his relatives..."

"Relatives?" Zhang Yuanmin's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood what was going on.

Sure enough, Ma Xiaoguang said: "That relative of his... is also from the forest farm, and seems to be a cook as well."

"Haha." Zhang Yuanmin smiled when he heard this, raised his hand to interrupt Ma Xiaoguang, and said, "You don't need to say anything, brother, I know whose family it is."

After saying this, Zhang Yuanmin couldn't help but feel happy: "Hehehe..."

It's late at night, it's quiet.

Jiang Jinyou, who was sleeping next to him, was startled by his hehe. When he opened his eyes and raised his head, he saw Zhang Yuanmin sitting there with a silly smile. He couldn't help but cursed: "You are so quick to die, we have to get up early tomorrow!"

Zhang Yuanmin was not angry after being scolded by him. Instead, he leaned close to Ma Xiaoguang's ear and whispered: "Where are those two blind men now? Do you know?"

Zhang Yuanmin knew one thing, that since the two black blind men were placed in the mountains, they would definitely hibernate.

And the most important thing is that those two black blind men will definitely not be in the 42-row field. Otherwise, not to mention the black blind man hibernating and sleeping, even the entry and exit of cattle and horses would be affected.

As soon as the cows and horses smell the smell of black blind man, they will immediately get hairy and wait for something to happen!

"I just told them to leave it behind in Lengchang." Ma Xiaoguang said, "He doesn't know where exactly it is. Anyway, he said it was placed in a tree barn."

At this point, Ma Xiaoguang added another sentence, saying: "Put both of them into that one."

"Ah..." The corners of Zhang Yuanmin's mouth raised slightly. Since someone arranged for the black bear to enter the tree barn, then this tree barn must be special.

"Then what..." Ma Xiaoguang said to Zhang Yuanmin with some embarrassment, "Brother, look, if we beat a black blind guy like this, will it break the rules?"

"How to fight?" Zhang Yuanmin tilted his head. Under the dim light, his eyes were dark and shining, and he stared at Ma Xiaoguang and said: "Brother, what are you going to do about this matter? If you are with that person, you two should be in harmony with each other. It’s no big deal.”

As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Ma Xiaoguang's face turned red instantly. Zhang Yuanmin was right. If those two black bears were beaten to death like that, Ma Xiaoguang's village relative would be cheating on them. This kind of thing would be disgusting no matter where it is placed.

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin smiled faintly, held Ma Xiaoguang's hand, and said, "But don't worry, brother, we don't have him to tip off the information. Even your brother and I can find this black man."

After saying this, Zhang Yuanmin added: "If it is done like this, it will be a mountain of wealth, and there will be no taboos."

"Huh?" Ma Xiaoguang was a little happy when he heard this, but also asked in disbelief: "Brother, where are you going to find such a big mountain with so many trees?"

"You don't have to worry about it." Zhang Yuanmin said with a smile: "The mountain man has his own clever plan!"

"Brother." At this time, Ma Xiaoguang said again: "If we can find this warehouse, let's not find it ourselves. I see that technician Zhao came here today. He has a gun and a dog. Let's let him go. .”

Speaking of this, Ma Xiaoguang also took the initiative to mention the distribution issue and said: "This matter, brother, I just told you as a nagging. Brother, if you really want to find this warehouse, that is your ability. Then Zhao Even if the technician kills the bear bile, I won’t share it with you, as long as you can give me some of the black blind meat.”

What Ma Xiaoguang said was indeed reasonable. Zhang Yuanmin smiled when he heard this and said, "Brother, don't worry. I, Zhang Yuanmin, am not a wealthy person and I can't treat you badly."

"Yes, yes." Ma Xiaoguang nodded repeatedly and said, "I know this, it's over..."

As he said that, Ma Xiaoguang suddenly hesitated.

"Huh?" Zhang Yuanmin was startled and asked hurriedly: "Tell me? What is it?"

"That's it..." Ma Xiaoguang glanced at Zhang Yuanmin and said cautiously: "No matter what, don't mess with this situation yourself, brother has nothing to do with you..."

"What are you talking about?" Before Ma Xiaoguang could finish his words, he was angrily interrupted by Zhang Yuanmin. What do you mean by having no place? Are you saying I want to die?

"Brother, I have no other intentions." Ma Xiaoguang whispered: "You want to stab Heixiazicang, your sister-in-law..."

When Zhang Yuanmin heard Ma Xiaoguang mention Yang Yufeng, he was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Ma Xiaoguang say: "She has to be treated by you again."

After hearing what he said, Zhang Yuanmin exhaled heavily, curled his lips and looked at Ma Xiaoguang, then raised his head slightly and said, "Okay, go to bed quickly."

…

The next day, November 16, 1987.

At around four o'clock in the morning, Zhao Jun was picked up by the little lynx.

Logically speaking, its small body could not restrain Zhao Jun, but it could not stop it from lying next to Zhao Jun's pillow, constantly pushing its nose into Zhao Jun's face.

When Zhao Jun sat up from the kang with a frown, the little lynx jumped from the kang to the ground, ran to the door, turned around and barked at Zhao Jun twice.

Zhao Jun got dressed, went to the door, picked up the little lynx, and pulled the door open.

At this time, a lamp was lit in the outhouse, and a standing table was propped up in front of the dish rack. Zhao Youcai and Wang Meilan were both sitting at the table busy.

Wang Meilan is holding a needle and thread, sewing white gauze to make a pocket. Zhao Youcai, on the other hand, was holding cotton with his hands and constantly dipping it into the pig grits on the butter paper.

The dark red pig grit was dipped in the cotton, and some of it stuck to the cotton. After Zhao Youcai removed the pig grit from the cotton, the cotton in his hand was actually stained a little red.

"Dad." Zhao Jun came closer and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

When he came back yesterday, he dug the pig grit out of the wild boar's belly, spread it out on a piece of butter paper, and placed it on a high place to dry in the shade.

"You have to soak the water dry, then put it in a gauze bag and hang it up." Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun, told him how to store pig sand, and then whispered in a low voice: "I don't understand anything."

After being scolded by Zhao Youcai, Zhao Jun chuckled and didn't care. He really didn't understand, because he had never played with this thing in his previous life, and he had never seen anyone else play with it.

At this time, Zhao Jun reached for the lunch box on the window sill. It contained raw wild boar belly cut into strips with a knife. This was food for the little lynx.

Zhao Jun doesn't care, but Wang Meilan quits. He usually ignores you, Zhao Youcai, but it's not okay for you to say something about my son.

"Yeah." Wang Meilan glanced at Zhao Youcai and said with a smile: "You know, you've never done it before, so what's the use of it?"

Zhao Youcai: "..."