sbdcsierra Chapter 1284 The Snow Stops and the Work Begins
Chapter 1284 The Snow Stops and the Work Begins
Chapter 1284 The Snow Stops and the Work Begins
After his wife passed away, Qin Dajiang went into the mountains to work on shacks, setting traps, clamps and paddles.
Having lived in the mountains for seven or eight years, Qin Dajiang can definitely be called an old mountain dog.
Nowadays, all mountain runners follow the rules. An experienced mountain runner like Qin Dajiang has a fixed territory in the mountains, and other mountain runners will not easily come to his territory to set traps or something.
But because of that conflict, Qin Dajiang moved away from the old nest he had run for many years, which can be regarded as leaving his hometown.
People are looked down upon when they leave their hometown. After moving out of his original shack, Qin Dajiang could no longer find such a good place.
Although the forest area is large, with more than a hundred forest blocks, if you want to set traps, you have to find old forest blocks that have been selectively felled.
Selective felling is different from clear felling. Clear felling is when all the trees on a hillside are felled. Selective felling is selective, and only the thickest trees are cut down.
After selective felling, the tree stumps form tree branches, which are the main food source for roe deer in winter.
The remaining elm and pine trees have been selectively felled and will drop their fruits in autumn. Wild boars and squirrels are still active here.
That way, prey is plentiful.
The key is that after selective felling, the tree stumps will sprout branches in the spring and fill the felled forest, making it easier to set traps.
Good places like this have long been occupied.
Qin Dajiang had no choice but to run to the 95th Forestry Team and guard the river bank, which is also the water source.
Then, every day find a place with shallow water and ice to set up clamps and catch the yellow leaves.
But there was logging every day in front, the sound of chainsaws and shouting, and trees falling all over the place, so everything nearby was reduced to ashes, not even many weasels.
From the Qin Dajiang River to here, I only caught two yellow leaves.
Two yellow leaves, one male and one female, could be sold for more than 60 yuan, but this was still not enough to pay for his son Qin Qiang's medical treatment.
The more Qin Dajiang spoke, the more aggrieved he felt. The more aggrieved he felt, the more he wanted to say. Once he started talking, he couldn't stop.
After all, Li Chunming and his four companions were not from the mountains. After hearing what Qin Dajiang said, Zhang Dongzhi narrowed his eyes and said, "Who is this? Isn't this a bandit? Uncle, where is the old man?"
"Oh my!" Seeing this, Zhao Youcai quickly interrupted the conversation and said to Qin Dajiang: "Brother, why didn't you tell me about this earlier? Your nephew is now a security guard, and he is in charge of forest patrols. Just let him solve your problem!"
How could Zhao Youcai not know who the old man who "bullied" the Qin father and son was?
He said this to prevent Li Chunming and others from interfering, otherwise it would be troublesome.
"Oh, second brother!" Qin Dajiang heard this and held Zhao Youcai's hand with a look of surprise, saying, "Is my nephew so successful now?"
"Hey, that kid is good and very motivated." No matter how the father and son get along in private, when Zhao Youcai mentions Zhao Jun in public, his face is all smiles and he can't hide his pride.
"Then I'll have to trouble my nephew!" Qin Dajiang shook Zhao Youcai's hand.
At this time, Li Chunming interrupted and said to Zhao Youcai: "Master Zhao, if you think about this matter, you must tell your Zhao Jun."
"That's right!" Qin Zhusong echoed, "It's been so many years since liberation, are there still besieged people in the mountains?"
"Not really, haha." Zhao Youcai smiled and waved his hands, saying, "What beard?"
As he spoke, Zhao Youcai gestured towards Qin Dajiang, and then continued, "Brother Qin was fighting with someone for territory, and they started arguing. He was old and had a bad temper, so he started fighting."
"Second brother..." Qin Dajiang seemed to want to say something, but was stopped by Zhao Youcai.
"Brother!" Zhao Youcai said to Qin Dajiang, "Give us something to eat quickly. We are all hungry."
"You haven't eaten yet?" Qin Dajiang asked with wide eyes. Zhao Youcai waved his hands and said, "Not very good. I'm feeling choked up. What do you have? Hurry up and give us a bite."
"Then hurry up." Qin Dajiang said as he got down to the ground, moved the tree stump leaning against the door, opened the door, and went to untie the hanging sacks in the wind and snow.
After a while, Qin Dajiang came back with a bag of leftover noodles and an aluminum lunch box.
"Let me give you some hot porridge." Qin Dajiang said, but Li Chunming and the other three looked at each other.
Although they went up the mountain to hunt, they were just playing and no one had ever really lived in the mountains.
They thought that even if Qin Dajiang couldn't cook two dishes, he could at least cook a pot of hot noodle soup and a few poached eggs.
"Okay, big brother." Zhao Youcai said as he stood up and took the small stew pot next to the stove.
Zhao Youcai opened the stewing pot, picked up the water bottle next to it, and poured the water into the stewing pot.
At this time, Li Chunming and the other three had not said anything. They thought that Zhao Youcai poured water to clean the stewing pot.
But what they didn't expect was that Zhao Youcai directly placed the stew pot on the stove cover.
Li Chunming and the other three looked at each other. They saw with their own eyes that there were still cracks on the inner wall of the stew pot. It was obvious that Qin Dajiang did not clean the pot after the last meal.
Li Chunming and the other three are not very clean at ordinary times. As men, they are careless, but there is nothing like this!
"Master Zhao." Zhang Dongzhi called Zhao Youcai softly and asked tentatively, "Aren't you going to wash the pot?"
"Wash the pot?" Zhao Youcai smiled, raised his hand and pointed to the door, saying, "Go get some water."
Zhang Dongzhi shut up. They were more than a mile away from the river bank. They were walking along that path and slipping all the way.
"Haha, this is what the errand shack looks like." Qin Dajiang said with a smile. Then he held the flour bag in one hand and grabbed cornmeal from the bag with the other hand and threw it into the pot.
Seeing this scene, Li Chunming and the other three were shocked, but no one said anything.
Qin Dajiang's hands were black, his fingernails were long and full of mud!
Qin Dajiang sprinkled two handfuls of cornmeal into the pot and was stopped by Zhao Youcai.
"Brother, you can keep the remaining ones." Zhao Youcai said, "Brother is busy now, wait for me to finish, and I will carry 20 kilograms for you."
This scene again left Li Chunming and the other three stunned.
Hearing Zhao Youcai say this, Qin Dajiang took a look into his pocket, tied the bag, and said to Zhao Youcai with a smile: "Okay, second brother, you just watch the pot, don't rush around."
When cooking porridge, if you cover the pot, you should splash the water as soon as it boils.
"Hey." Zhao Youcai responded. Qin Dajiang pointed to the aluminum lunch box he had placed on the edge of the kang and said, "That's the pancake. Put it on the pot cover to heat it up later."
After saying that, Qin Dajiang went out with the flour bag. There might be mice hiding somewhere in his shack, so he couldn't put the food in the house.
After Qin Dajiang left, Zhang Dongzhi opened the lunch box and saw a large stack of pancakes inside.
The pancakes are as big as the palm of your hand and are stacked upright. There can be twelve or thirteen of them in a lunch box.
"Master Zhao." Zhang Dongzhi looked at Zhao Youcai and said, "Shall we eat this?"
"Then what do you want to eat?" Zhao Youcai smiled and said, "It's good to be able to eat this. Just have a bite. We'll beat that big claw to death tomorrow and then we can go back to the place to eat something good!"
The porridge was cooked as soon as it boiled. The stewing pot was moved to the ground, and Zhao Youcai stuck the pancakes one by one on the black stove lid.
Li Chunming and three other people are retired military personnel. They can endure hardships, but they just haven't had any in many years.
Today, they ate a dirty meal in this shack. It was not convenient to use water in this shack, so the four of them didn't even bother to wash and just lay down on the kang with their cotton-padded jackets on.
The whistling sound of the wind in the outer room could be heard clearly in the shack.
At this time, in the Zhao family of Yong'an Tun, the house was filled with joy and peace.
Today, except for the Zhang and Jiang families, the other families have bought color TVs. Coupled with good food and drink every day, each family feels that life is getting better and better.
As it was almost nine o'clock, families began to leave with their children.
"Nephew." Before leaving, Wang Qiang asked Zhao Jun, "Tomorrow morning at seven?"
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun blinked his eyes and said, "Uncle, come early tomorrow. If it doesn't snow, you and Xiaochen should be here at half past six."
"Okay." Wang Qiang responded, and Xie Chen also said, "Okay, Brother Jun!"
After all the guests left, only Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan and their two little girls were left at home.
Wang Meilan was warming the quilt in the room. Zhao Jun took a towel, tucked it into Zhao Na's collar, and then washed the little sister's face.
After washing Zhao Na, wash Zhao Hong.
The two little girls were particularly cheerful today. They pulled Zhao Jun and chattered non-stop.
Zhao Jun washed the feet of his two sisters before putting them into bed.
"Okay, you two go to sleep!" Zhao Jun rubbed their little heads one by one, and then said to Wang Meilan: "Mom, don't worry about it. Didn't you hear what my second brother said? My dad went to some old mountain dog shack."
Zhao Jun comforted Wang Meilan like this, but he was also worried. He knew better than Wang Meilan that it was windy and snowy outside, and Zhao Youcai might get lost.
But there was no way, Zhao Jun didn't even dare to tell Wang Meilan this.
"Go to sleep, son, and don't bother with him!" Wang Meilan's words were harsh, but Zhao Jun knew his mother. When Miss Wang cursed, she must have been very anxious inside.
Although Zhao Jun was not very good at persuading others, he tried to comfort Wang Meilan.
But there is one person missing at home. This person is now in the mountains, where it is windy and snowy.
Zhao Jun couldn't comfort Wang Meilan's worries at this time. Zhao Jun didn't say a word and was driven back to the west room by Wang Meilan.
Zhao Jun was also exhausted after a long day, and he fell asleep soon after lying on the kang.
He fell asleep, and Zhao Hong and Zhao Na in the east room also fell asleep, but Wang Meilan couldn't sleep.
"Ergudong, you are such a lack of moral integrity, just keep showing off!" Wang Meilan cursed and worried about Zhao Youcai.
"A-choo!" Zhao Youcai sneezed suddenly on the earthen kang in the shack.
After lying down for half an hour, Zhao Youcai still hasn't fallen asleep. Li Chunming, Qin Zhusong, Zhao Jicheng and Zhang Dongzhi haven't fallen asleep either.
The conditions were too harsh. Qin Dajiang only had one set of bedding and he had to cover himself. Zhao Youcai and his five companions did not take off their cotton pants and cotton shoes, but covered themselves with cotton jackets and cotton jackets.
After a day of trekking in the mountains, my feet were swollen, but there was nothing I could do because my feet would be frozen if I took off my shoes.
The wood-burning stove was almost lit in more than half an hour. Now the whole shack was warm, and Li Chunming even felt his nose was frozen.
There is also an ear that is not asleep!
Its fur is really resistant to the cold. The tiger is lying under the roots of a linden tree.
There is a hole here, but it can't fit an ear all the way in.
So, the back half of one ear is inside the hole, and the front half is outside.
The place where wild animals hide must be sheltered from the wind.
But one ear was lying on the ground, and snowflakes kept falling on it.
At this moment, One-ear's pair of amber tiger eyes were shining brightly in the dark night. Snowflakes fell on its nose, but One-ear didn't even blink.
Within a radius of five miles around Yi Er, there were no mountain birds or wild beasts.
As long as he doesn't meet Zhao Youcai and doesn't encounter the black tiger, Yi Er is still the king of beasts.
It was almost three in the morning when Yier finally closed his eyes.
At this time, Wang Meilan sat up from the quilt.
The sound of wind and snow outside made Wang Meilan, who was worried, feel upset.
Wang Meilan simply got up, went to the outer room to light the kang, and then kneaded the bread and made dumplings.
The donkey meat stuffing was left over from yesterday and the dough was fermented again in the evening, so Wang Meilan got up this morning to make big buns stuffed with donkey meat.
Under the dim light, Wang Meilan rolled out the dough, wrapped the stuffing, and made big buns on the panel.
Wang Meilan moved very gently, trying not to wake her son.
But at four o'clock, Zhao Jun was awakened by the little lynx doing parkour. He grabbed the little lynx that jumped on him, lifted the quilt and stuffed it into the bed.
At this time, Zhao Jun saw the light coming in from the crack in the door, so he lifted his head off the pillow and listened. Wang Meilan's movements were very gentle, so Zhao Jun didn't hear a sound, so he took the flashlight and shone the light on the wall.
It was only four o'clock. Zhao Jun threw off the quilt, got off the kang, put on his cotton jacket and went out of the house.
Zhao Jun went to the outer room and saw Wang Meilan putting buns into the pot.
"Mom, why did you get up so early?" Zhao Jun asked. Wang Meilan said, "Steam a pot first and send it to your grandmother Jiang and the others when it's done."
After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Jun asked again, "Mom, are you worried about my dad?"
"That old bastard!" Wang Meilan cursed, "Just wait for him to come back."
Zhao Jun pursed his lips slightly and said nothing more. At this time, Wang Meilan asked him, "Son, the wind has stopped outside and the snow seems to have stopped. Are you still going today?"
"We'll go when the snow stops." Zhao Jun glanced out the dark window. At this time, he could no longer hear the sound of wind or rustling snow.
Zhao Youcai was not at home, so Zhao Jun did not go to bed either. He lit a lantern and hung it outside, then began to sweep the snow.
Wang Meilan steamed four pots of buns in a row, sending one pot to the old lady and Jie Chen and others, and one pot to the Li family next door.
The Zhao family's pot is used to steam buns, while the Li family's pot is used to put dog food.
After working until almost six o'clock, Zhao Jun went home for dinner, and Li Dayong and Li Baoyu helped him feed the dog.
After Zhao Jun finished his meal, the dog was also full.
It stopped snowing outside, but the wind started to pick up again.
The howling wind blew the snow all over the sky. Zhao Jun sat on the edge of the kang and tied his leggings.
When he stood up, the dog outside barked twice.
Xie Chen and Wang Qiang are here.
When Xie Chen came, he brought Bailong and Heilong. The two dogs only had superficial injuries, so they didn't need stitches. The wounds had closed after just two days of injections.
Seeing Zhao Jun wearing mountain clothes and coming out of the house with guns on his back, the dogs in the yard jumped for joy.
Zhao Jun went to the warehouse and took out the repaired armor and put it on the White Dragon and the Black Dragon.
As the dogs got on the car, the Zhao family gang set off into the mountains.
Normal mountain animals will not get out of their burrows in the morning after a heavy snow, and will only get up in the afternoon to look for food.
So Zhao Jun, who was originally going to block one of its ears at Laoguitouziling, changed his mind and went to block its bed.
Almost at the same time, Zhao Youcai and his five companions, who had eaten sorghum rice and pickled vegetables in Qin Dajiang's shack, also left the shack with guns on their backs.
(End of this chapter)