The whole mountain is my hunting ground

Chapter 862
December 1987, 11.

This morning Wang Meilan really woke up at three o'clock. She lit the stove to boil water, and after washing, she poured boiling water into the thermos.Then use the gourd ladle to add water to the cauldron again, and after adding half a pan of water, Wang Meilan poured a basket of small potatoes into the cauldron.

Wang Meilan added more firewood to the stove, and when the potatoes were cooked, Wang Meilan would use a large spoon to mash them into the pot, then add a little corn flour and salt to it, and put a pot of food for the dogs of the two families. .

Before the water boiled, Wang Meilan tied up her turban and put a triangular pouch in her pocket.Then she walked to the dish shelf, opened the door of the dish shelf, took out a basin containing soybeans from it, put the basin on her waist with one hand, and went out of the house to change tofu and get pancakes.

The big pancake shop was next to the tofu shop. Wang Meilan picked up four pancakes and four pieces of tofu along the way.

As soon as Wang Meilan left the house, Zhao Youcai woke up. When he put on his clothes and reached for his watch, he suddenly found something in the middle of the watch strap.

"Hmph!" Zhao Youcai snorted softly, and then brought back the big golden pottery with the word "wealth" in his hand.

The moment the ring was exposed on his hand, Zhao Youcai suddenly realized that the man's family status was earned by himself.

If she had returned empty-handed yesterday, Wang Meilan would have returned the ring to herself in the end, but those three-seven knots (gā) words must be set in one set.

Zhao Youcai got down from the kang, stretched out his hand to the partition of the cabinet and squeezed a few pieces of toilet paper, took a dog fur hat from the wall and put it on his head, then walked out of the room and closed the door gently.

Walking to the stove, Zhao Youcai lifted the lid of the pot and took a look. The water in the pot was just starting to boil, and it should be boiling soon, but it took a while for the potatoes to be cooked.

So, Zhao Youcai put the lid on the pot, opened the door and walked outside.

At this time, the sky was not yet bright, and the moon was hanging in the sky, but Zhao Youcai knew it was still sunny today just by looking at it.

"Hmph!" Zhao Youcai, who was earning money, especially liked to vent his breath through his nostrils these two days. He hummed softly and walked out of the courtyard.

When Wang Meilan came back from the outside with her bag and basin in her hand, Zhao Youcai had already packed her things in the west room.

The things he packed were the ones that Zhao Jun usually brought up the mountain.

Bandages, pain relievers, pain reliever powder, Zhao Youcai put these things in Zhao Jun's shoulder pocket.

There are also bullets. Zhao Youcai stuffed two packs into his pocket, one pack of 25 rounds, two packs equals fifty rounds.

In addition, Zhao Youcai had twenty rounds of ammunition in his pockets and trouser pockets.

"Are you up?" Wang Meilan came over and asked, Zhao Youcai didn't answer Wang Meilan's question, but said: "Look, we went up the mountain before, how can we have these things?"

Wang Meilan pouted slightly, went into the room and put the triangular bag containing the big pancakes on the edge of the kang, and said, "Here you are, the pancakes are made for you."

"Let Zhao take a look." Zhao Youcai amused himself by pawing at the edge of his bag and taking a look. The newly spread large pancakes were dusted and folded into rectangles.One sheet is nearly two taels, and five sheets is one catty.

"Yeah!" Zhao Youcai looked at Wang Meilan, nodded and said to her, "The task is well completed!"

Wang Meilan smiled faintly, rolled his eyes at him, turned and walked towards the outer room.She has to make dumplings later, how can she have time to talk to Zhao Youcai?

But Wang Meilan's connivance, in Zhao Youcai's view, means that her "career" is successful, and her daughter-in-law dare not stab her.

Zhao Youcai took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a puff, and secretly cheered himself up, saying: "You are rich, you are rich, this trip up the mountain, the gun is good, the dog is strong, this is my Zhao Youcai." It's time for the Hunting Gang to rise!"

Just as Zhao Youcai was thinking, Wang Meilan's voice suddenly came from the outside room: "There is hot water in the thermos bottle, hurry up and wash your face, the corners of your eyes are still blurry!"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai raised his hand subconsciously to touch his face, and then hurriedly walked to the outer room.

Zhao Youcai came out from the west room, Wang Meilan carried the panel in, put the panel on the kang table, and brought the dumpling stuffing and noodles left over from last night, and began to pick out the dumplings, roll out the skin, and make dumplings.

There were about fifty dumplings per curtain, and after they were wrapped, Wang Meilan carried them outside the house.

Then, Wang Meilan turned around and came back. She opened the pot and scooped the inserted dog food into the big basin.

"You boil the water yourself." Wang Meilan yelled into the back room, then took the basin out of the room to feed the dog.

It was not yet five o'clock, the two little girls hadn't woken up yet, so Wang Meilan couldn't have such a breakfast?

Therefore, this curtain dumpling was prepared for Zhao Youcai.

And Zhao Youcai was not polite, he opened his belly and ate two plates of 52 dumplings in total.

After eating the dumplings, Zhao Youcai made another bowl of dumpling soup, "Duang" put the bowl on the table, Zhao Youcai took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one and smoked.

At this time, Wang Meilan came in to pick up dishes and bowls, and Zhao Youcai asked, "Why haven't they come yet?"

It's nearly six o'clock now, and Zhao Jun usually goes up the mountain at seven or eight o'clock.But just as Wang Meilan said yesterday, Zhao Jun took a car to go up the mountain, so it was convenient to go anywhere, and there was no need to worry.

But Zhao Youcai didn't have that condition, so he had to leave home early.

"You ask me... how do I know why they don't come?" Wang Meilan looked back at the clock on the wall, and asked Zhao Youcai, "What time did you set with them?"

"It's set at 06:30!" Zhao Youcai said quite confidently, "Then do you have to step on it?"

The corner of Wang Meilan's mouth twitched, she turned around and left with the plates and bowls in hand.

Zhao Youcai sat on the kang smoking a cigarette, while Wang Meilan made sugar water for him in the outbuilding.This is what Zhao asked for by name, but Wang Meilan dared not neglect it.

At this moment, the door of the Zhao family's room was pulled open from the outside, and with a gust of cold air, the three fathers and sons of the Li family came in.

"Sister-in-law!" Li Dayong greeted Wang Meilan as soon as he came in, and then asked, "What is this all about?"

"Ah..." Wang Meilan said, "Your elder brother said that you have to drink a bowl of sugar water before going up the mountain."

"I'm coming, I'm coming!" Hearing this, Li Dayong hurried over to pick up the two large white porcelain bowls, and walked quickly to the West Room.

"Brother!" Seeing Li Dayong, Zhao Youcai was about to greet him, but Li Dayong walked a few steps and presented the bowl in front of Zhao Youcai.

Li Dayong looked at Zhao Youcai, handed the bowl and said, "Brother, please drink up this cup!"

"Ah? Ah." Zhao Youcai probably understood Li Dayong's meaning, and reached out to take the bowl, but when he was about to drink, he heard Li Baoyu muttering to Li Ruhai, "Look at the two brothers, it's like drinking Zhuang Xingjiu of……"

Before Li Baoyu finished speaking, Li Dayong got a pestle on his arm. Li Dayong opened his tiger eyes wide and glared, "What are you talking about?"

Seeing his brother being beaten, Li Ruhai chuckled, took a step forward and cupped his hands at Zhao Youcai, saying, "Master, I wish you success!"

"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was startled after drinking the sugar water, thinking to himself, didn't the child tell Zhao Jun yesterday morning what he said?

Seeing Zhao Youcai stunned, Li Dayong turned to Li Ruhai and shouted, "Noisy! Get back!"

Li Ruhai, who was still guilty recently, saw that he was flattering on the horse's hoof, and quickly stepped aside.

At this time, Li Dayong stretched out his hand to Li Baoyu, and Li Baoyu was taken aback.
Immediately, Li Baoyu remembered something, and hurriedly took off a brand new large canvas backpack from his back.

This thing is a rarity in the forest area these days.

This big back is bulging and stuffed, so it should be filled with things.

"Brother!" Li Dayong put his back pocket on the edge of the kang, he sat sideways, Li Ruhai hurriedly pushed Li Baoyu when he saw this, Li Baoyu instantly understood, and the two brothers went to stand beside Li Dayong together.

Li Dayong was now looking at Zhao Youcai, and he said to Zhao Youcai: "Brother, this bag was issued by Baoyu's team. I think it's quite strong. I'm going to come down and carry it up the mountain for you to decorate things."

The large army green canvas backpack looked pretty good, but Zhao Youcai asked in surprise, "Dayong, what's in that bag?"

"I'll fill you with half a bag of corn noodles..." As soon as Li Dayong opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Zhao Youcai, "What are you doing with this thing for me?"

"Brother, don't you want to lodge in the mountains?" Li Dayong replied: "You take the pancakes, and you all eat. What about the dog? No matter who you live with, don't you have to give the dog something to eat?"

"Oh..." Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes, praised Li Dayong and said, "Brother, you are still thoughtful!"

In this mountain field, there are many old mountain dogs pressing down on the shacks.Zhao Youcai knew most of these people.

These days, mountains have their own rules.

These mountain dogs, rich or poor, obeyed the rules.

Not to mention that Zhao Youcai knew each other, even if someone he didn't know went and said he was gone, it would be fine if he wanted to stay for a night and have a meal.

But the premise is that you can enter other people's shacks at will during the day.But at night, you have to call the door outside and get the owner's permission before you can enter.Otherwise, once a person enters the house, he will be easily shot.

Zhao Youcai, Wang Qiang, and Zhang Yuanmin are all tenants of Yongan.No matter which shack you go to, even if you don’t know those mountain dogs, you can definitely get in touch with relatives, friends, old neighbors and old houses.

Even if there is nothing delicious in those coyotes' shacks, they can always be given a mouthful of hot food to fill them up.

As for the ten catties of pancakes that Zhao Youcai prepared, they were for satisfying hunger in the mountains at noon during the siege.

So now there is another question, what do dogs eat?
The Zhao Family Dog Gang has a dozen or so dogs. If this dog gang hunts prey, they can eat meat.

But what about mornings?

Why do you have to feed the dog half full in the morning, and the half full, the dog owner is willing, but those who press the shack are not willing.

People can feed people like Zhao Youcai, but they definitely don't want to feed these dogs.

You must know that those people are in the mountains, unlike Zhao Youcai and other dog breeders who prepare potatoes and melons for dogs at home.How difficult it is for those mountain dogs to get food from the mountains. There is only some food, and I usually have to calculate and eat it. How can I be willing to feed the dogs?

Therefore, Li Dayong prepared half a pocket for Zhao Youcai, nearly twenty catties of corn noodles.

Li Dayong was able to help himself think about this, which made Zhao Youcai very satisfied, but after looking at the ten catties of pancakes and twenty catties of corn noodles, Zhao Youcai frowned, and said to Li Dayong: "Brother, these things are quite a lot. ah."

"It's okay, big brother." Li Dayong said with a smile: "These things...you let your subordinates take them."

As soon as Li Dayong said this, Li Baoyu, Li Ruhai, and Wang Meilan who was in the outer room all curled their lips together.

"Hey, that's right!" Zhao Youcai patted the table lightly, and said, "Let them take it, and I'll let the dog talk, and I'll take the shot."

As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, the dog outside barked.If nothing else happened, it should be Zhao Youcai's "subordinates" who came.

Sure enough, the door of Zhao's house was opened, and Wang Qiang and Zhang Yuanmin came in one after the other.

Wang Qiang was carrying a bag, but no gun.It was agreed yesterday that he and Zhao Youcai would each take one of the two semi-automatic rifles in Zhao Jun's house.

And Zhang Yuanmin, in addition to a shoulder bag, also carried a long black cloth bag on his back.

Seeing his subordinates coming, Zhao got down from the kang, took two 56-type semi-automatic rifles, handed one of them to Wang Qiang, and carried the other on his shoulder.

"What's all this?" Wang Qiang glanced at the big and small parcels on the kang, and then looked at Zhao Youcai in astonishment.

"This is provision." Li Dayong answered first, Wang Qiang twitched his mouth, and said to Zhao Youcai, "Brother-in-law, why don't we come back at night! After all this trouble, it's better to build a shack for you in the mountains!"

As soon as Wang Qiang finished speaking, he saw Zhao Youcai pointing at the big canvas pocket and said, "Put it on your back! Let's go!"

This brother-in-law and brother-in-law usually talk and quarrel, but Wang Meilan married Zhao Youcai when Wang Qiang was ten years old.But Wang Qiang's elder brother died early, Wang Qiang has been following Zhao Youcai since he was ten years old.

At that time, their family was in decline, and only Zhao Youcai hunted prey, so Wang Qiang could have meat to eat.

Later, when Wang Qiang went up the mountain, he also followed Zhao Youcai.

So, no matter what Wang Qiang usually said in a weird way, as long as Zhao Youcai spoke, he would still listen.

Just like that, Wang Qiang carried the twenty catties of corn noodles on his back, and Zhang Yuanmin carried the triangular bag containing the big pancakes on his arm.

The two of them went first, but the third father and son of the Li family had already gone out before them, and released all the dogs of the two families, except Hualong and Xiaoxiong.

It's okay for Hualong to say, but Little Bear screamed anxiously.

But this time, Zhao Youcai didn't plan to take it.

Three people led twelve dogs, but they couldn't be tied up, so they had to lead them loosely up the mountain.

It was almost seven o'clock, and the sky was gray, but it was already dawn.

Just as Zhao Youcai was about to step out of the yard, he was stopped by Wang Meilan.

"His father!" Wang Meilan felt that Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong were not in a good mood this morning, so she persuaded: "Be safe when you go up the mountain."

Zhao Youcai glanced back, seeing Wang Meilan's worried face, Zhao Youcai's heart warmed up, and he comforted him with kind words: "Lan, don't worry, this time you can just watch me!"

Zhang Yuanmin: "Huh?"

At this time, the black tiger who ran out of the yard trotted all the way to the snowman with a hook on the back of the fork outside the yard, raised his hind legs, and a stream of steaming urine hit the snowman.

(End of this chapter)