sbdcsierra Chapter 1367: Horror in the Shack (8k)
Chapter 1367: Horror in the Shack (8k)
Chapter 1367: Horror in the Shack (8k)
The Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce collected a lot of dried vegetables during the day, so the dishes for dinner were mainly dried vegetables.
If dried vegetables are to taste good, they must have enough oil and water.
Wang Meilan had some Haraba bones and spines saved from wild boars at home, so she blanched them and made braised bones.
When stewing the pork ribs, Wang Meilan put some dried vegetables in it.
In those days, refrigerators were not yet popular. For five or even six months a year, Zhao Jun's family had to rely on pickles, dried vegetables and autumn-stored vegetables for three meals a day.
In life, people continue to innovate and learn from each other, making the methods of pickling and drying vegetables more and more diverse.
Just like drying eggplants, you can cut them into dice and wrap them with wood ash to dry in the sun. When you want to eat them, you can use them to stew potatoes.
You can also boil the eggplant first, then tear it apart and dry it in the sun. The dried eggplant is delicious when stewed with fish.
In addition, you can also use a knife to cut along the big end of the eggplant. When cutting, it is very important to know which knife can cut and which knife cannot cut.
After cutting in this way, the whole eggplant will be cut into a long eggplant strip as thick as chopsticks.
Of the three types of dried eggplants, the most popular one is the one that is boiled first and then dried in the sun. But the number of dried eggplants of that type is very small, and a large eggplant becomes only a thin slice after being dried in the sun.
Moreover, because the eggplant is boiled, it has more moisture and is not easy to dry when dried in the sun, so it is easy to grow hair and deteriorate.
The living conditions of the people in Xishan Village were originally poor, so they did not dry the eggplants. The eggplants that Zhaojia Chamber of Commerce received today were only two types: rolled cubes and long thin strips.
Wang Meilan and her colleagues tied the long and thin strips of dried eggplant and green bean shreds into bunches with white cotton thread, and then cooked them in the braised meat soup.
The cooked dried eggplant and shredded beans are tied with cotton thread so that they stay together in the pot. You can pick them out with chopsticks and put them on a plate.
Anything that is stewed with meat is rarely bad. The shredded beans and dried eggplant served with the marinated bones have a special flavor. Zhao Jun picked up a piece of dried eggplant and put it in the rice. The soup absorbed by the dried eggplant soaked the surrounding rice.
The aroma of the broth and the unique fragrance of dried eggplant, along with the aroma of rice, whetted Zhao Jun's appetite.
Yesterday, Xie Sun promised to kill a goose to welcome Li Tongyun. When she agreed to this, Xie Sun had her own little plan.
Later, Xie Chen refused to agree, so Xie Sun's plan failed. But Xie Sun was a person who cared about her reputation, so she would do what she promised. Today, she slaughtered two geese.
At this point, not only the gander she bought for the dinner party was eaten up, but even the female goose she had saved for laying eggs was eaten up.
But the goose stewed with dried potatoes is really delicious.
There are also various cold-water river fish that are dried in the sun and fried in oil. The Zhao family has no shortage of oil, and the main focus is to make the food as fragrant as possible.
In addition to fried dried fish, there are also fried shrimp chips and fried peanuts, which can also be used as side dishes.
There are not only hot dishes, but also cold dishes.
Today the Zhao family’s cold dish includes blanched radish.
The dried radishes received by Zhao's Chamber of Commerce today include green radishes and red radishes. Green radishes are mainly used to make pickles, while red radishes are eaten with sauce after blanching.
Dried red radish with meaty ends coated with egg sauce is suitable for eating with rice or drinking.
In addition to this, other cold dishes include cabbage hearts and sauerkraut hearts, which are also eaten with dipping sauce.
Some people jokingly say that people in Northeast China are the first in the world to eat vegetable salad. There is a bit of a sarcasm in this statement, but most people in Northeast China love it.
Today's dishes have more vegetables than meat, but the Zhao family members enjoy them very much, especially when paired with freshly cooked rice.
The fragrant rice produced on the black soil has a glossy texture when stewed into rice.
The fragrance of rice flowers is in the pot and when the rice is simmering. In summer, when someone is steaming rice, the neighbors can smell the fragrance of rice in the pot.
When you put it in your mouth, it doesn’t smell fragrant, but the meat is chewy.
This rice goes perfectly with any dish.
The bowl of rice in the east room is almost gone, and the rice in the west room has hardly been touched.
This was because the table in the west room was occupied by all men, and Li Ruhai was not able to squeeze in today. He was sent directly to the east room to eat with the women and children.
Zhao Youcai and others accompanied Zhou Chunming to drink, but Zhao Jun was the only one who held the bowl and ate voraciously.
In the past few months, there has been a lot of meat and fish every day, and there are only a few dishes at home. Zhao Jun is already tired of it.
Today's dishes, whether it was the dried vegetables in the braised pork pot or the large dried radishes dipped in sauce, were all very much to Zhao Jun's taste and he enjoyed the meal very much.
The only drawback was that Zhao Youcai always glared at him with his little eyes, which made Zhao Jun uncomfortable.
The drinking party in the west room lasted until nine o'clock. The men saw Zhou Chunming off, and Wang Meilan loaded the things she had prepared long ago into the car for Zhou Chunming.
There was a whole sack filled with various dried vegetables, mostly dried sweet potatoes and dried pears. This was specially given by Wang Meilan to her eldest grandson.
After seeing Zhou Chunming off, the guests went back to their homes. Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan walked into their houses from their own courtyard gates, and Zhao Youcai followed behind.
Without looking back, Zhao Jun could feel Zhao Youcai's sharp gaze.
After entering the house, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Hong and Zhao Na to turn off the TV and go to bed. Zhao Jun returned to the west room and just closed the door, but was pushed open by Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Jun, saying, "Do my job right now!"
I've only heard of fathers finding jobs for their sons before, but this is the first time I've heard of a son finding a job for his father.
Just because Li Dayong found an opportunity to ask Li Ruhai about changing his job when they were drinking not long ago. Li Baoyu said that it was going quite smoothly and Li Ruhai had already reached an agreement with Liu Jinyong. From today on, Li Ruhai became a glorious security guard.
Zhou Chunming also listened at that time, but as the head of the forest farm, he didn't care who guarded the gate of the forest farm. Instead, he found it quite interesting.
But his relative Zhao Youcai didn't find it interesting at all. Zhao Youcai had no choice but to come to find his son.
"Oh, okay... Dad, I'll study and figure out what to do for you." Looking at Zhao Youcai who was drunk, Zhao Jun decisively agreed vaguely.
This man is drunk, so you can't do the same as him. Otherwise, if he gets slapped twice, will Zhao Jun be able to fight back?
Zhao Youcai took Zhao Jun's words as Zhao Jun's agreement. He glared at Zhao Jun with satisfaction, then turned and left.
Zhao Jun shook his head, took out the foot basin, poured hot water in it, and sat on the edge of the kang to soak his feet.
When Zhao Youcai returned to the east room, Wang Meilan had already warmed the quilt, and the two little girls were sitting on small stools washing their feet.
"After the girls have washed, you can use the rag to wipe their feet." Wang Meilan instructed Zhao Youcai, "When you are done, take the girls to lie down."
"What are you doing?" Zhao Youcai asked, and then Wang Meilan took out a small notebook from her briefcase and said, "I'll take the account and show it to my son."
"Fuck!" Zhao Youcai was a little reckless due to his drunkenness. He casually snatched the account book from Wang Meilan's hand and said, "Show it to him? Why don't you show it to me?"
Wang Meilan twitched the corner of her mouth, but seeing that he was drunk, she didn't bother with Zhao Youcai.
Zhao Youcai opened the account book and flipped through it randomly. His eyes were almost squinted, but he still couldn't make any sense of it.
"What a crap thing." Zhao Youcai threw the account book aside and said to Wang Meilan, "You can just mess around with it for a day."
Wang Meilan rolled her eyes at Zhao Youcai, took the account book and left the house. She went to the door of the west room and called out "son" softly. After hearing Zhao Jun's response from inside, Wang Meilan pushed the door open and entered the house.
"Son, take a look at today's account." Wang Meilan handed the account book in her hand to Zhao Jun as if she was presenting a treasure.
"Oh my!" Zhao Jun opened the account book and saw the number of gray skins written on it. He asked Wang Meilan in surprise, "Mom, it's only been a few days, and they got so many gray skins?"
Last Thursday, the people of Xishan Village rented thirteen air rifles from the Zhao family. But the shooting of gray leather can only be done in the morning, so the people of Xishan Village only shot for three days.
Thirteen people killed twenty-five gray skins in three days, which is really a lot.
Squirrels are very small, highly alert and agile, so it is not easy to shoot them, and it requires a certain level of marksmanship.
"Son, you don't know." Wang Meilan said to Zhao Jun: "Those people may have suffered a lot."
Zhao Jun looked at Wang Meilan and heard her say, "The group got up at four or five in the morning and went into the mountains. It was almost dawn when they arrived. After that, they fought for two hours and went home at around nine o'clock. They said they were frozen when they got home at noon."
Five or six o'clock in the morning in the northeast in winter is the coldest time of the day, so cold that it is called "ghosts' teeth baring". It means that if ghosts want to come out, they will be frozen and their teeth bared.
The people of Xishantun get up early and go into the mountains, and they are really able to endure hardship.
"Where are the guns?" Zhao Jun asked Wang Meilan, "Where are the guns that we rented to them?"
"They all bought it." Wang Meilan said with a smile, "Not a single one returned it."
At this point, seeing that her son did not ask any more questions, Wang Meilan took the initiative to say, "Son, there are still people who want to rent guns today, but I told them everything as you said. There are a few people who I think are indecisive. But there are two boys who I think can buy guns."
"Oh my!" Zhao Jun sighed after hearing what Wang Meilan said. If I had known that the business would pick up so quickly, I would not have held back on that batch of guns. Now the air guns worth 20,000 yuan are sitting in the warehouse, and I don't know when they can be cashed in.
"Mom." Zhao Jun asked Wang Meilan, "The last time we rented guns, the ten people had to kill at least a few people."
"One." Wang Meilan said, "But he didn't return it. He didn't ask for the deposit. He just gave me the ticket."
Zhao Jun nodded, and Wang Meilan asked, "Son, if there are more people who want to rent, why don't you rent them for a few days? They will keep the guns for a while after getting a taste of the benefits."
"That's incredible, Mom." Zhao Jun shook his head upon hearing this and said, "They bought it just because they saw others making money."
"Okay, son." Wang Meilan smiled and said, "I'll listen to you."
When Wang Meilan was at her mother's house earlier, even when Wang Dabazhang was seriously ill and the family relied on Wang Meilan to support the family, Wang Meilan always listened to her father's words.
Over the past year, Wang Meilan has been treating Zhao Jun in the same way. She listens to whatever her son says.
It can be said that of the three obediences and four virtues of traditional Chinese women, Wang Meilan only skipped the middle one.
"Mom, I'm going to Hebei before the New Year, so we have to spend the money quickly." Zhao Jun said, "The sooner the better."
"Yes." Wang Meilan agreed, and then asked Zhao Jun, "Son, do you think this will work? Let me drive the car tomorrow and take Ru Hai for a tour of the villages. Contact those mountain runners and ask them to deliver the hides to our house."
"Okay." Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Let Xiaochen drive Ruhai away tomorrow, and Baoyu and I will ride motorcycles up the mountain. When we leave, Mom, give me a thousand yuan."
That day, Zhao Jun and Xing San went up the mountain to do business. They passed two shacks and met two old men. One was Kong Fanrong, whom Zhao Jun sent home, and the other was Deng Zhaoshan.
Zhao Jun saw that old man Kong Fanrong was too fussy, so he did not mention the matter of collecting the skins to him.
But at Deng Zhaoshan's place, Zhao Jun promised him that he would collect the yellow leaves that Deng Zhaoshan was picking.
That day, Deng Zhaoshan said he had twenty yellow leaves, so Zhao Jun prepared to take one thousand yuan with him.
Go there and buy the yellow leaves picked by Deng Zhaoshan, and then go to Jie Zhong's Lengchang to find Xing San.
After these days, I believe that the old man will be able to get him a lot of business.
"Okay, son, Mom will get it for you tomorrow morning." Wang Meilan agreed readily.
Zhao Jun flipped through the account book again and found that Li Tongyun not only recorded it in great detail, but more importantly, it was very simple and clear, so even he had no difficulty reading it.
Zhao Jun returned the account book to Wang Meilan. Wang Meilan reached out and held it under her armpit. Then she stood up from the edge of the kang, bent down and picked up Zhao Jun's foot washing water, preparing to pour the water for her son.
This mother spoils her son too much.
Her son had another request. Zhao Jun said to Wang Meilan, "Mom, the big radish dipped in sauce is great today. You can have some corn porridge tomorrow morning."
"You want to eat that?" Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Groats and radishes, how can you help me stay hungry?"
Having said that, Wang Meilan would definitely do what her son asked.
After pouring the water, Wang Meilan scooped up two bowls of corn grits and soaked them with a small amount of red kidney beans in clean water.
Similarly, dried radish also needs to be soaked before eating. Wang Meilan not only soaked the big dried radish, but also soaked the shredded green radish, preparing to mix it with some pickles tomorrow.
The next morning, Zhao Jun ate the corn porridge he had been so fond of.
Wang Meilan got up early in the morning to cook the porridge. She simmered it on low heat for an hour and a half and then simmered it for another half an hour.
The corn grits porridge is thick with rice oil. The corn grits and red kidney beans are cooked until they are sticky, glutinous and soft.
Zhao Jun picked up a piece of dried radish, dipped it in sauce and put it in his mouth. Then he slurped some corn porridge, chewing slowly with his cheeks puffed out. The more he ate, the more delicious it became.
He had just finished his meal when he heard a dog barking outside the house. From the sound of the dog barking, it seemed that the person was not a stranger, but he was not familiar either.
It was just past six o'clock and it was still dark outside. Who could it be so early? Just as Wang Meilan was about to get up, the door to the outer room opened.
Then, someone shouted, "Mom."
"Oh!" Wang Meilan jumped up from the kang in an instant, and Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai also hurriedly put down their bowls and chopsticks.
As soon as Wang Meilan walked to the door of the west room, she met Zhao Chun who was holding a child.
"Oh, my dear girl." Wang Meilan asked in surprise, "Why are you back at this time?"
It is the coldest at this time, and it is not even dawn yet. If I didn't have something to do, I couldn't run back at this time.
"Big sister!" Zhao Jun ran off the kang and asked, "Did you have a fight with my brother-in-law?"
"What are you talking about, Jun?" As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, he heard Zhou Jianjun's voice coming from the door.
"Jianjun, come in quickly." Wang Meilan took the child from Zhao Chun's arms and hurriedly called Zhou Jianjun into the house.
Zhao Jun laughed and asked Zhou Jianjun, "Brother-in-law, you two haven't eaten yet, right?"
Zhou Jianjun rolled his eyes at Zhao Jun and said with a smile, "I haven't eaten yet. Your sister is about to run back after digging her eyes out."
"What's wrong, girl?" Zhao Youcai, who was unpacking the child's quilt with Wang Meilan, turned around and asked Zhao Chun, "Why did you come back so early? Are you going to let the child get cold again?"
"He's the only one who's not cold." Zhao Chun said as he untied his scarf, "His grandmother put two hot water bottles in front and back of him, wrapped him in four or five layers."
Sure enough, the little Zhou Tao was wrapped tightly in five layers of small quilts and slept soundly in the package.
Zhao Youcai put two IV bottles filled with hot water aside, and then asked Zhou Jianjun: "Jianjun, why did you come back so early?"
"Dad, let Chun'er tell you." Zhou Jianjun said, glanced at the table and said, "Oh, are you eating corn porridge?"
"Go and get a bowl for your brother-in-law." Zhao Youcai waved his hand at Zhao Jun and instructed him, "After that, go outside and get a can of food from the cellar!"
"Don't bother." Zhou Jianjun called Zhao Jun and said, "Jun, just eat one bite."
The son-in-law is a distinguished guest at the door, and Zhao Jun has a special feeling for the couple.
Following Zhao Youcai's instructions, Zhao Jun went outside to the cellar and got a can of luncheon meat. He brought it into the house, opened the can, sliced it and gave it to Zhou Jianjun to eat with corn porridge.
Wang Meilan also said that she wanted to heat up some goose meat for her brother-in-law, but Zhou Jianjun stopped her by saying that goose meat smelled bad when eaten with porridge.
"Then Jianjun, come back with your dad in the evening." Wang Meilan said, "Mom will make you something delicious."
"Oh my god." Zhao Jun asked, "What else do we have?"
The last time the TV station came, the Zhao family held a grand banquet and afterwards gave away beef, donkey and horse meat as gifts, which directly led to the Zhao family's stored meat being consumed.
As of today, only bear paws and wild boar trotters are left at home.
Wang Meilan was also startled when she heard what Zhao Jun said, but when she looked up and saw the hunting rifle hanging on the wall, she said to Zhao Jun, "Son, aren't you going up the mountain later? Go with the gun, and come back when you see something."
"Okay, Mom." Zhao Jun agreed. Zhao Chun and Zhou Jianjun on the side didn't hunt, and didn't think there was anything wrong with what Wang Meilan said.
"Hey, girl?" At this time, Wang Meilan asked Zhao Chun, "How many days can you stay after this trip?"
Zhao Chun's eyes squinted, and Zhou Jianjun beside him smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, you can stay a few more days, but you have to go back on Saturday. Otherwise, my dad won't be happy if he can't see his grandson when he gets home on Saturday."
"That's fine." Wang Meilan was very happy when she heard that her eldest daughter would stay for four or five days. She smiled and said, "Then I'll make more delicious food for you these few days."
"Well..." Zhao Youcai stopped Wang Meilan and said, "Don't just think about eating for now."
When Zhao Youcai said this, Wang Meilan glared at him, but Zhao Youcai pretended not to notice and asked Zhao Chun, "My dear daughter, you two came back so early, what's the matter?"
"There are two things." No one knew what they were. Anyway, Zhao Chun had a serious face at this moment, which made Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan look at each other in bewilderment. The mother and daughter were wondering if the Zhou family had encountered any difficulties.
"Brother." Zhao Chun looked at Zhao Jun and said with a smile, "My father-in-law came home yesterday and said, 'You want to be in the newspaper?'"
"Yeah." Zhao Jun responded, but he didn't know why his elder sister suddenly brought up this matter.
"You can watch it tomorrow, right?" Zhao Chun asked again. Seeing Zhao Jun nod, Zhao Chun smiled and pulled him, saying, "Brother, go to the city tomorrow and buy the newspaper."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was stunned, but heard a "pop" sound next to him. He turned around and saw Wang Meilan clapping her hands and saying, "Yes!"
As Zhao Youcai rolled his eyes, Wang Meilan slapped Zhao Jun on the shoulder and said, "Son, listen to your sister. Go to the city and buy all the newspapers tomorrow."
"Buy them all?" Zhao Youcai curled his lips and said, "How much money do you have? Why do you buy them all?"
"I..." Wang Meilan was about to speak, but was stopped by Zhao Jun, who said, "Okay, Mom. My sister is here, and you haven't been to the city for a long time. Let's go down the mountain for a walk tomorrow."
Zhao Jun felt very happy to be in the newspaper, so he bought a few copies and kept them. If he had the chance in the future, he would show them to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. In his previous life, his wife and children were separated, and he couldn't even see his grandchildren, so he certainly couldn't do that in this life.
When Wang Meilan and Zhao Chun heard that Zhao Jun was going to lead them into the city, their eyes lit up instantly.
"Sister, you two came back so early just for this?" Zhao Jun asked with a smile.
"No." Zhou Jianjun said, "I was thinking of sending it back to your sister. I have to go to work now. If I go to work, who will send her back?"
"Look." Wang Meilan complained to Zhao Chun, "Why don't you go to the village headquarters and call this place and ask your brother to drive you to pick you up?"
"That's not polite." Zhao Chun said, "Once people heard that, they would say that when the daughter of the Zhao family goes back to her parents' home, her younger brother has to drive to pick her up."
"What's there to be afraid of?" Zhao Jun took over the conversation and said, "Sister, why don't you go to the garrison and fight? Can't you let my brother-in-law fight at the unit?"
"Huh?" Zhao Chun looked at Zhou Jianjun and said, "Why didn't I think of that?"
"Okay, let's eat." Zhao Youcai invited a few people to eat, and at this time Zhao Chun called Wang Meilan and said, "Mom, I have something else to do."
"What's the matter, girl? Tell me." Wang Meilan responded straightforwardly. At this time, Zhao Chun looked at Zhou Jianjun who was stuffing dried radish into his mouth.
"Hmm?" Zhou Jianjun was startled, then he heard Zhao Chun ask, "What about the money?"
"Ouch!" Zhou Jianjun turned around and looked around, which surprised Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and Zhao Youcai.
Then Zhou Jianjun jumped off the kang and ran outside.
After a while, Zhou Jianjun came in with a triangular bag. Under Zhao Chun's rolling eyes, Zhou Jianjun handed the triangular bag to Zhao Chun and said with an apologetic smile: "Put it on the handlebars."
Zhao Chun pinched Zhou Jianjun with her eyelids. Not only did she have the same small eyes as Zhao Youcai, but the way she pinched people with her eyelids was also exactly the same as Zhao Youcai's.
"What's this?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Chun smiled and opened his bag, taking out two stacks of big unity notes.
"These two stacks belong to Jianjun and me." Zhao Chun said, and took out four more stacks, saying, "These are my mother-in-law's."
"Ah..." Wang Meilan understood immediately. She smiled and asked Zhao Chun, "My dear daughter, do you want to join us in this great event?"
Wang Meilan learned the term "jointly participate in a grand event" from Li Ruhai, but Li Ruhai said "jointly participate in a grand event".
"Yeah!" Zhao Chun said jokingly, "Mom, you earn money but you don't take your daughter with you."
"Can I not bring it?" Wang Meilan asked, "Everyone else has brought it, so how can I not bring my eldest daughter?"
"Oh my." Looking at the six stacks of money Zhao Chun left on the kang, Zhao Jun asked, "Why did my Aunt Zhou take out all her savings?"
"Haha." Zhao Chun smiled and said, "She said she made money to marry her eldest grandson."
"Yeah." Zhou Jianjun smiled and said, "I don't know how many wives her grandson can marry. I'm going to spend so much money."
They all laughed and then, after talking about the matter, everyone continued to eat.
After breakfast, Zhao Jun sat on the kang, with one foot on the edge of the kang and tied his leggings.
Behind Zhao Jun, Zhao Youcai's small eyes were staring at the back of his head. Zhao Baotou also wanted to live a life where he could go up the mountain whenever he wanted.
Zhao Jun tied his leggings, and his four subordinates, Wang Qiang, Li Baoyu, Jie Chen, and Li Ruhai all came.
As usual, Wang Qiang has to stay at home to look after the house. Maybe someone will come to buy an air gun today.
As for the remaining three people, Li Baoyu followed Zhao Jun to the mountains to do business, while Jie Chen and Li Ruhai went to the surrounding villages to do business.
We rode the motorcycle into the mountain and went up along the firewood transport path.
An hour and a half later, Zhao Jun stopped the motorcycle. He and Li Baoyu got off the motorcycle with their guns on their backs, and carefully stepped on the single-plank bridge to cross the long stream to the bluestone top on the other side.
When he came, Zhao Jun suddenly thought of Qingshi Dingzi and looked at the hanging sheep trap he had set before.
Li Baoyu was happily leading the way in front. I don’t know why, but even though they were going up the mountain together with Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu was particularly happy.
The two brothers walked while observing the trees next to them.
No matter how experienced a hiker is, after setting a trap, he has to leave a mark nearby to avoid being lost when someone sneaks out to escape the trap.
For example, when Zhang Yuanmin set a trap, he wrote the word "insect" on the tree next to him, which represented that he was from the Shu Kingdom camp.
The Zhao army's habit was to draw a triangle on the tree and then cut it diagonally to split the triangle into two.
When Zhao Jun saw the first mark, he knew he was not far from the first trap.
Walking further, Zhao Jun heard Li Baoyu, who was walking in front, exclaimed. When he looked up, he saw Li Baoyu holding the semi-automatic gun on his shoulder.
Although Zhao Jun didn't know what was going on, he quickly took the gun and turned off the safety.
"Brother, come quickly!" Li Baoyu leaned against a tree, holding his gun and looking around on guard.
Zhao Jun walked quickly with a gun in both hands. Before he reached Li Baoyu, he saw a large round footprint on the snow.
Zhao Jun's heart trembled, he squatted down and put his hand in the footprints, then raised his head and shouted to Li Baoyu: "Baoyu, this is not a new footprint."
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Li Baoyu put down his gun and quickly moved closer to Zhao Jun.
"Brother, is it a big claw?" Li Baoyu asked the question with the answer in mind. Zhao Jun looked around and nodded, saying, "It must be. Look at the big claw mark."
Li Baoyu looked down at the paw prints in front of his feet and asked Zhao Jun, "Brother, how big is this tiger?"
Snow falls on the mountains and frost hits the lowlands.
The snow in this place was above Zhao Jun's knees. Such deep snow did not show footprints, which means that the footprints on the snow were smaller than normal footprints.
But the tiger's footprints that Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu saw at this time were not small at all.
"Let's go, Baoyu." Zhao Jun looked around and felt unsure, so he hurriedly told Li Baoyu to leave.
Li Baoyu led the way without saying a word, holding his gun. The two brothers retreated carefully all the way to the other side of the stream, which was Qingshilazi in Yong'an Forest District.
Sitting on the motorcycle, Zhao Jun put on gloves and prepared to start the motorcycle, and said to Li Baoyu behind him: "The black tiger is back."
"Ah?" Li Baoyu was shocked and asked, "Didn't it cross the ridge?"
"My dad was frightened back." Zhao Jun turned his head and looked at Qingshidingzi, and said, "I have to call Uncle Tao and the others when I get back to the village and ask them to try not to go there."
"They are not afraid." Li Baoyu said with a smile, "It turns out that the tiger over there was beaten to a pulp by them."
"Yeah." Zhao Jun pursed his lips, shook his head and smiled, "This black tiger ran to their side, it's not good, it's going to kick."
After saying this, Zhao Jun seemed to remember something. He turned around and told Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, don't tell anyone about the tiger paw print when you get home."
"Ah? Ah." Li Baoyu nodded and said, "I understand, brother."
Zhao Jun didn't let Li Baoyu speak because he didn't want Zhao Youcai to go and kill tigers again. But Zhao Jun was not afraid that Zhao Youcai would kill more tigers than him, but was afraid that Zhao Youcai would make mistakes.
Now that our family's conditions are getting better and better, we have delicious food and spicy drinks every day, so there is no need to take the risk of hunting tigers.
The two brothers rode a motorcycle and headed back all the way to Deng Zhaoshan's shack.
After driving for half an hour, the motorcycle arrived in front of Deng Zhaoshan's shack. When Zhao Jun stopped the car, he was stunned when he looked at the shack.
"Hey?" Zhao Jun murmured, "Why is the door of this shack open?"
"It was the wind that blew." Li Baoyu said, "The old man went out, and the sticks he put to prop up the door didn't hold it up."
There were no locks on the doors of the huts and cellars in the mountains. Sticks were used to prop up the doors when entering or leaving to prevent the doors from opening and letting the heat inside escape.
The door of the shack was open at this time, so Deng Zhaoshan must not be inside. Otherwise, he would not have left the door open.
"Uncle Deng! Uncle Deng!" Zhao Jun tried to shout twice, but no one answered. Zhao Jun turned around and said to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, go and help him prop up the door of the shack. After that, we will leave. We won't wait for him anymore."
"Hey!" Li Baoyu agreed, holding Zhao Jun's shoulder with one hand and moving his legs to get out of the car from behind Zhao Jun.
When they were in the car, Li Baoyu held Zhao Jun's waist. This way, if Zhao Jun wanted to carry a gun, Li Baoyu would not be able to hold him tightly. So, Li Baoyu carried two guns.
At this time, he did not take off his gun, but walked towards the shack with the gun on his back.
Zhao Jun sat on the motorcycle and looked around, wondering where Deng Zhaoshan had probably gone to escape.
"Ah!" Suddenly, a scream came from the shack. It was Li Baoyu's voice.
Zhao Jun's heart skipped a beat. When he subconsciously reached for his gun, he remembered that Li Baoyu had taken it away.
"Baoyu! Baoyu!" Zhao Jun immediately got off the car, shouting and walking quickly towards the shack.
At this moment, there was a fluttering sound in the shack, and then Li Baoyu appeared in front of the door.
It was unknown what Li Baoyu had gone through. His legs were unsteady and when he reached the door, he was tripped by a stick that fell in front of the door.
"Brother!" At this time, Li Baoyu's eyes were wide open and his face was pale. He held the door frame and shouted to Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun took two steps and came up to Li Baoyu. He reached out and grabbed a gun from Li Baoyu's back.
Touching the cold gun barrel, Zhao Jun felt a little more secure.
Zhao Jun squatted down, leaning on his gun with one hand and supporting Li Baoyu with the other, while he looked into the shack.
The shacks had no windows, but most of their doors faced the sun. With the help of the light, Zhao Jun saw the scene inside the house.
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun's eyes widened instantly after just one look.
This chapter is the guaranteed update for today and tomorrow. There will be no guaranteed update for tomorrow, but there will be additional updates every day.
Next time we hold a lucky draw, I will give some rice to the brothers to try.
(End of this chapter)