The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1581 Chen Dalai visits Zhang Yuanmin at night

Chapter 1581 Chen Dalai visits Zhang Yuanmin at night

Chen Dalai didn't lie, there was really no good food in his house. There were only two plates and a bowl on the table.

There was a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes with sauerkraut, a plate of frozen cabbage, sauerkraut hearts, and dried radishes, and the bowl was filled with soybean paste.

In Zhao Jun's house, this dish would only be served after eating meat. But in Chen Dalai's house, it is considered a delicious dish.

At this time, in the field outside the house, Chen Dalai's wife and children were holding their bowls, eating cornmeal pancakes and salted radish strips.

Zheng Linying's face was frosty, and she muttered reluctantly, "What kind of person is this? He's worse than a big crotch."

It's like this in forest areas and rural areas these days. Any delicious food at home must be served to guests.

This is not stupidity, this is simplicity, this is the sincere feelings between people in this era. This is also mutual. When I come to your house, you treat me like this; when you come to my house, I will do the same.

Zheng Linying was unhappy because her family had never had any dealings with the Zhang and Tao families. And not to mention the distant past, just a year ago, the Zhang and Tao families looked down on their Chen Dalai.

When Chen Dalai followed Zhang Yuanmin and took detonators, fuses and explosives to the top of a high mountain to blow up Daxiongba, Qin Qiang, Zhang Laibao and the three brothers of the Tao family all looked at Chen Dalai and ignored him.

Just about five minutes ago, Chen Dalai and Chen Youliang had just sat down around the kang table when Zhang Laibao and Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng opened the door and came in.

Out of politeness, after saying hello, Chen Dalai asked, "Have you eaten? If not, have a bite here." As soon as he said this, the three of them went straight to the kang.

After taking a sip of wine, Tao Ersheng picked up some pickled cabbage and shredded potatoes with chopsticks. After taking a bite of the food, Tao Ersheng asked Chen Dalai, "Brother Chen, why didn't you go up the mountain today?"

"Guangjun and Guangcai are gone today." Chen Dalai said, "I'll rest at home for a day."

The Guangjun and Guangcai that Chen Dalai mentioned are his two brothers-in-law Zheng Guangjun and Zheng Guangcai.

The two brothers followed Chen Dalai for half a year and almost made it. During the spring hunt in Yongan, Chen Dalai, who was not a forestry worker, borrowed a semi-automatic horse from the forestry farm through Zhao Jun's back door.

With this semi-automatic, plus his 16-gauge shotgun, their small group of three now has two guns.

From then on, the three of them took turns going up the mountain in pairs, and none of them rested.

It just so happens that Chen Dalai is on vacation today, otherwise he wouldn't be at home.

"Ah..." Hearing what Chen Dalai said, Tao Ersheng secretly glanced at his third brother and Zhang Laibao.

Zhang Laibao, who is the same age as Li Baoyu, Jie Chen and Zhao Jinhui, does not have the enthusiasm and sunshine of a young man at all because of the "hardships of life". He even has a gloomy face when he goes to other people's homes to eat their food.

Zhang Laibao didn't say anything, so Tao Sansheng had to help his second brother and said to Chen Dalai: "Brother Chen, I won't waste my words with you. The three of us are looking for you because we want to invite you to join us in beating the black bear. Do you dare?"

"Beat the black blind man?" Chen Dalai was stunned when he heard this, and immediately started to wonder.

To be honest, Chen Dalai was a little scared.

The origin of Chen Dalai's fear of black bears came from the two times he and Zhang Yuanmin killed Xiong Cangzi.

Although he escaped death both times, the incidents were extremely thrilling. As a result, from then on, whenever Chen Dalai heard people mention Black Blind or Big Bear, he would feel uneasy.

This kind of thing is very common among mountain hikers. Many artillerymen who engage in large-scale hunting will develop a fear of black bears or wild boars after being chased by them.

Not everyone is Zhang Yuanmin, who gets shamelessly exposed again and again.

Seeing that Chen Dalai didn't say anything, Zhang Laibao put down his chopsticks, looked at him and sneered, saying, "What, you don't dare?"

"Hey!" Chen Dalai smiled when he heard that and said, "What's there to be afraid of?"

"It's OK if you dare." As soon as Chen Dalai finished speaking, Tao Ersheng said, "Brother Chen, if you have no problem with that, then the four of us will go."

"Huh?" Chen Dalai was startled. Just as he was about to speak, he heard two coughs coming from the outer room.

As soon as Chen Dalai heard it, he knew that the two coughs were made by his wife Zheng Linying.

The two coughs interrupted the words that Chen Dalai was about to say and also made him come back to his senses.

Look at what Tao Ersheng said, "Let's go just four of us", which clearly means that he will not bring anyone else, which means that Zheng Guangjun and Zheng Guangcai will be excluded.

Everyone has selfish desires, including the Tao brothers, Zhang Laibao, and Zheng Linying. Who doesn't know that bear gall is valuable? How much wild boar meat can be exchanged for a black bear's gall? With such a good opportunity, Zheng Linying wanted her two younger brothers to get involved.

Chen Dalai, who understood what his wife meant, immediately asked Tao Ersheng, "Ersheng, your brother-in-law is not going?"

When Chen Dalai asked about Qin Qiang, Tao Ersheng, who was eating, shook his head and said, "He's not going. My brother-in-law has already returned to the mountains."

Zhao Jun's rebirth directly and indirectly changed the fate of many people, some for the better and some for the worse.

Qin Qiang was one of the bad ones. After Zhao Jun was reborn, he watched Hua Xiao and didn't let her go up the mountain with Qin Qiang. Without Hua Xiao, Qin Qiang failed to hunt bears with his dogs. Not only did he hurt the dog gang, but he was also scratched by a black bear and lay on the kang for a long time.

Not long after he recovered from his injury, Qin Qiang lost his newly formed dog gang while hunting a bear, and Tao Dasheng also lost his life.

Qin Qiang was not physically injured this time, but he was traumatized psychologically. He stopped hunting and sold his gun to Zhang Laibao.

After raising the fish at home for a while, Qin Qiang heard that there was a ready-made hide farm in the mountains that could produce many hides a year.

Qin Qiang went there with a ruthless heart, and met Xing San. He never expected that the old mountain dog was even more vicious than the black bear, and stabbed him with a knife when they disagreed.

Qin Qiang has only recovered after nursing for so long. But he has decided that next year he will not even pick wild vegetables, but just stay at home and farm.

He was quiet, but his two brothers-in-law were not. Tao Ersheng and Tao Sansheng took out their wives' money and bought the gun that Xu Changlin had.

Two years ago, when Xu Changlin sold the dog, he didn't sell the gun. The old man wanted to keep it as a souvenir. But at the end of last year, Xu Changlin's wife fell ill, so the old man sold all his possessions.

The 16-gauge barreled gun ended up in the hands of the Tao brothers. Even with the gun, the Tao brothers didn't dare to shoot black bears. So they targeted Zhang Laibao.

Zhang Laibao has been doing pretty well recently. He was beaten up by Li Tongyun a few years ago, but he turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

He was kicked in the chest by Li Tongyun that day. When he returned home, Zhang Laibao cried out that his chest hurt.

Seeing her two sons being beaten up like this, Xu Meihua wanted to go to Li Dazhi's house. But thinking about how Li Dazhi's family was with Xie Sun every day, and that Xing San had recently appeared, Xu Meihua mustered up her courage several times, but also gave up the idea several times.

Although her eldest son was disabled, he was still her own flesh and blood. Xu Meihua had no choice but to go find Xu Guangyi from another village.

This Xu Guangyi is the old Xu who set Li Baoyu's bones in Li Ruhai's short story "The dog Laibao steals the autumn grain at night and the silly Baoyu loses an arm".

When the old man arrived at Zhang's house and touched Zhang Laibao, he felt that he was not seriously injured. But seeing that Zhang Laibao kept crying out in pain, Xu Guangyi prescribed two prescriptions for him, along with two plasters.

Old Xu said at the time that this was a new medicine he had developed. In fact, this internal medicine and external plaster were the prescriptions of Huang Gui and Heihu for treating legs, which were improved by Xu Guangyi. He replaced the wild ginseng chicken soup for food supplement with a traditional Chinese medicine prescription for strengthening tendons and bones, reducing inflammation and relieving pain.

It should be said that this old man is quite capable. Once the plaster was applied, Zhang Laibao no longer felt any pain. After taking two doses of the medicine, Zhang Laibao was surprised to find that his old crotch injury had also healed.

Of course, what Xu Guangyi prescribed was not a panacea, and there was certainly no hope of regenerating the severed limbs, but after taking his medicine, Zhang Laibao's old injury was not so painful anymore.

When Xu Meihua learned about this, she immediately asked Xu Guangyi to get medicine for him. He didn't stop taking the medicine even during the Chinese New Year. Until today, Zhang Laibao almost didn't feel any discomfort in his crotch, and he could move much more easily than before. Although he still walked like a duck, walking and jogging were not as strenuous as before.

Zhang Laibao, who had recovered, wanted to revive his family business. Just as Yong'an was going to spring hunt, he asked Zhang Laifa to borrow a semi-automatic horse from the forest farm.

Zhao Jun knew about Zhang Laifa borrowing guns. After all, he was the one who registered, and the people who issued the guns were his people.

But Zhao Jun did not stop him, because Zhang Laifa was a forestry employee and according to regulations he could borrow guns for his relatives and friends.

Zhang Laifa not only helped Zhang Laibao borrow a gun, but also bought fifty rounds of bullets for his brother out of his own pocket. In this world, apart from Xu Meihua, Zhang Laifa wanted his brother to be well the most. In addition to brotherhood, there was also a relationship of interest. Because if his brother was well, at least he would not be a burden to him.

After getting the gun, Zhang Laibao was more active than Zhao Youcai and went to the mountains with the gun every day.

As time went by, he was targeted by the Tao brothers. Qin Qiang and Zhang Laibao started their business two years ago. They raised dogs together and even hunted bears together.

Because of this friendship, and the fact that Zhang Laibao himself is indeed weak and alone, today's "strong alliance" was formed.

When he heard that Qin Qiang was not going, Chen Dalai was too embarrassed to directly ask to bring his two brothers-in-law along.

The Tao brothers and Zhang Laibao were on guard against this. After all, there was a big difference between dividing the spoils among four people and among six people.

At this time, Tao Ersheng said, "Brother Chen, Lai Baozi has a semi-automatic rifle, I have a barrel, and my third brother borrowed a double-barreled hunting rifle. Add you, that's four guns. Can't we hold the rifle in our hands when we fight against a black bear?"

"Hmm?" After hearing Tao Ersheng's words, Chen Dalai was a little dazed for a moment. He felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't find any fault with Tao Ersheng's words.

The four guns are semi-automatic, and the firepower is enough to knock down an elephant.

Suddenly, Chen Dalai felt that he knew what was wrong, so he asked Tao Ersheng: "Ersheng, you already have three guns, so why are you looking for me?"

Yeah, what’s the difference between three guns and four guns?

Chen Dalai thought that these three people came to him with sufficient firepower, simply because they were impressed by his mountain running experience and strength. If that was the case, he could definitely offer to bring two more people.

"What's going on, Brother Chen?" Tao Sansheng said, "We know a black bear barn in the mountains. It's a lime tree barn, and the door is about five or six meters above the ground. We saw frost on the door and claw marks on the tree, but we still don't know if there are black bears living inside."

"Ah?" Chen Dalai frowned upon hearing this and said, "Then I'll go. I don't know either. Didn't you knock on the tree to see if it's an empty tube?"

"Knocked." Tao Ersheng reached out and took Chen Dalai's cigarette holder, preparing to roll a cigarette for himself, while saying, "The first two meters above the ground are solid, and the second two meters above are empty. We can't be sure if anyone lives inside, and we dare not shout."

Tao Ersheng said this not to say that they did not dare to shout loudly, but that they did not dare to rashly use guns to attack Cangzi.

"Then what's the point of you looking for me?" Chen Dalai frowned and asked, "Let me go and call?"

After saying this, Chen Dalai picked up his wine glass, invited the three to drink together, and said: "You want me to kill Heixiacang, that's fine. But you have to figure out whether there are people living there or not. What's the point of me going there?"

"Brother Chen, listen to me." Tao Ersheng took over the conversation and said, "We don't know this. If there is a dog, we can find out by smelling it when we get there."

Chen Dalai felt something was wrong when he heard what Tao Ersheng said. He reacted quickly and said, "Then you guys are playing tricks on the dog."

"If we can do it, then what else is there to say." Tao Sansheng said this with a smile. He thought to himself, if we can do it to the dog, why would we come to you?

"What do you mean?" Chen Dalai put down his glass, looked at Tao Sansheng in surprise, and said, "You can't do it, and I have nowhere to do it. Our village is not like the first two years. Your brother-in-law doesn't even keep a dog anymore."

Hearing Chen Dalai's refusal, Tao Ersheng smiled and said, "Brother Chen, you and Dakudang, aren't you on good terms? He has a dog, can't you borrow it?"

"Does he have a dog?" Chen Dalai frowned. He and Zhang Yuanmin had a very good relationship. After all, he had saved Zhang Yuanmin. If Zhang Yuanmin had a dog, it should be no problem for him to borrow it.

But Chen Dalai said doubtfully: "Can his dog... hunt?"

At this time, Chen Dalai suspected that these three people had other plans, such as plotting against the people behind Zhang Yuanmin. If so, Chen Dalai would not dare to get involved.

"Yes!" It was Zhang Laibao who answered, "The two dogs were mine before. We both took them up the mountain. The dogs recognize blind bears and wild boars. We just want to explore the warehouse, so you can just borrow one."

"Yes." At this time, Tao Ersheng helped to add: "Lend him the dog, but don't use it for any work. Go there and smell it to see how the dog reacts. If there is a black bear living in the tree, we will start a fire and clean it up. If not, forget it."

"Ah..." Chen Dalai blinked his eyes when he heard that, then nodded and said, "Okay, he can give me face."

As he spoke, Chen Dalai raised his hand and pointed outside, asking, "Then I'll go after dinner, okay?"

"That won't work." Tao Ersheng hurriedly stopped Chen Dalai and said, "He can't be at home before today. He has to be at Lao Zhao's house. If you want to go, you have to go at night."

……

Tao Ersheng was right. Today, Zhang Yuanmin and his family stayed at Zhao's house until 8:30 before returning.

When they got home and entered the house, while Xiao Lingdang was washing her feet, Yang Yufeng was warming herself on the kang, and Zhang Yuanmin was pointing out the world with a goose feather fan.

"In two days, when everyone in the forest farm is back to work, we will go to the logistics department to find Jianjun and bring back the big color TV and other things." This was said by Zhang Yuanmin. Among the families who hang out together every day, only his family and Li Dazhi's family do not have a TV.

It was fine before, but now that he has become a household with an income of 100,000 yuan, Zhang Yuanmin not only wants to buy a TV, but also a refrigerator and a washing machine.

"Wait until spring, and clean up these two courtyards..." The room was also hot. Zhang Yuanmin was barefoot, wearing a cross-bar vest, holding a goose feather fan in his hand, and talking fluently in vernacular.

The family conditions were getting better and better. As long as he didn't go up the mountain to gossip about Hei Xia Zi, Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang were happy to listen to his nonsense.

Just then, Chen Dalai, who walked to the Zhang family's courtyard for the third time tonight, finally saw the lights on in the Zhang family's house.

As soon as Chen Dalai stood at the door, the two dogs in the yard jumped out of their kennels and barked at the gate.

Yang Yufeng went out to see what was happening, and when she saw that it was Chen Dalai, she opened the gate and brought him into the house.

"Ouch!" Zhang Yuanmin was stunned when he saw it was Chen Dalai, and subconsciously asked, "Why are you here?"

As soon as Zhang Yuanmin said this, Yang Yufeng said, "Lingdang's father, Brother Chen is here, hurry up and get some cigarettes."

As she spoke, Yang Yufeng threw the pillows she had arranged inside and called out to Chen Dalai, "Brother Chen, hurry up and get on the kang. I'll pour you some water."

"Don't bother, sister-in-law." Chen Dalai waved his hand quickly and said, "I'll leave after I say a few words. If you want to be busy, I won't say a word and will just leave."

After hearing what Chen Dalai said, Yang Yufeng stopped and looked at Zhang Yuanmin.

Zhang Yuanmin smiled, turned around, opened the kang cabinet, took out a box of Shilin cigarettes, unpacked it and gave one to Chen Dalai.

Seeing that Zhang Yuanmin had started smoking Shilin cigarettes, Chen Dalai was filled with emotion.

After taking a puff of cigarette, Zhang Yuanmin asked Chen Dalai, "What's the matter? Tell me. We are brothers, why should we be polite? Just tell me what you want to say."

At this time, Zhang Yuanmin was still waiting to go to bed, so he wanted to send Chen Dalai away as soon as possible. As for Chen Dalai's purpose, Zhang Yuanmin guessed that he came to borrow money.

Considering their relationship and Chen Dalai's character, Zhang Yuanmin secretly decided in his heart that if Chen Dalai asked to borrow two or three hundred yuan, he would agree to it.

Not only Zhang Yuanmin thought so, but Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang also thought so.

But what the family of three didn't expect was that Chen Dalai opened his mouth and said, "I've been thinking about killing Hei Xia Zi Cang these past two days."

"Huh?" As soon as Chen Dalai said this, the three members of the Zhang family changed their expressions instantly.

Yang Yufeng and Xiao Lingdang's faces instantly turned gloomy, while Zhang Yuanmin's eyes flickered and he looked eager to try.

Subconscious reactions cannot deceive people. Zhang Yuanmin has made up his mind not to do anything stupid, but when he heard someone mention killing Hei Xia Zi Cang, he was still moved.

But despite his excitement, Zhang Yuanmin, stared at by his wife and children, shook his head and refused, saying, "It's useless for you to look for me. I can't go with you."

"I don't need you to go." Chen Dalai said, "I know a Tiancangzi, but I don't know if anyone lives in it. I heard that your dog recognizes black bears, so I thought of borrowing your dog to go over and take a look."

Chen Dalai did not mention Zhang Laibao or the Tao brothers, he only said he wanted to borrow a dog.

Given their relationship, Zhang Yuanmin agreed without a second thought: "Take it away, it's okay. It's my dog, you can do whatever you want with it."

"Okay then, well..." Chen Dalai stood up and said, "Then I'll go back."

"Please sit for a while, Brother Chen." Yang Yufeng politely asked Chen Dalai to stay, but Chen Dalai declined and said, "It's too late, I have to go back now."

"Then I'll go get the dog for you." Zhang Yuanmin got up as he spoke. At this time, Xiao Lingdang took his father's cotton-padded jacket and handed it to Zhang Yuanmin.

As long as her father didn't go up the mountain to poke the black bear, Xiao Lingling was willing to carry her father's shit and urine.

Zhang Yuanmin looked at his daughter and smiled, then reached out to take the cotton-padded jacket and put it on, then followed Chen Dalai out of the yard.

Zhang Yuanmin told Chen Dalai to take both dogs, but Chen Dalai didn't want to be surrounded by dogs, so he just took a black dog.

Zhang Yuanmin sent Chen Dalai to the gate of the courtyard, and before Chen Dalai could say goodbye, he said, "Dalai, if you find that they live there tomorrow, why don't you just come and kowtow?"

"Yeah." Chen Dalai nodded and Zhang Yuanmin immediately said, "Hey? Then I'll give you a great trick. I guarantee you can take down that black blind man without firing a single shot."

When Zhang Yuanmin said this, Chen Dalai's face changed. He couldn't help but recall the thrilling two times he went up the mountain with Zhang Yuanmin.

Knowing that he couldn't let Zhang Yuanmin speak, Chen Dalai held the dog in one hand, pushed Zhang Yuanmin with the other, then turned around and ran!

(End of this chapter)