The whole mountain is my hunting ground

In the mountains of Northeast China, when winter comes, the weather is freezing.

When I came out from home, I filled my kettle with water and wandered around in the mountains all morning before it froze into lumps of ice.

Therefore, if mountain runners are thirsty in the mountains, they can either grab a handful of snow to eat or drink tail tea.

Tail-sticking tea means digging a hole in the ice, sticking one's buttocks and sullen head to drink the cold water with one's mouth.

In this winter, the water surface is frozen, and the water under the ice is in a state of hypoxia. People suddenly cut a hole in the ice, and the insects in the water were the first to float to the surface to obtain oxygen.

Therefore, there is a layer of white flesh worms visible to the naked eye floating on the surface of the stick-tail tea.

Mountain runners generally don't pay too much attention to it. They close their eyes and drink the worms and cold water together.

It's just that when they are full, they will stuff two universal painkillers into their mouths.

Zhao Jun drank tea with his tail pushed out a lot in his previous life, but this time he was more particular about drinking tea with his tail pushed out. And if he was hungry, he would be asked to catch snow to eat, but Zhao Jun would not do it.

So, he prepared a small pan that was not much bigger than a palm. While setting up the fire to roast the dry food, Zhao Jun melted the small pan into snow water and drank it.

While eating baked cakes and drinking hot water, Jiang Weifeng couldn't help but lament that he had not been able to relax with Zhao Jun after all these years of fighting with Huang Gui and Chen Xueyi.

After eating and drinking, the three of them pushed the snow with their feet to put out the fire. Jiang Weifeng volunteered to pick up the roe deer, and the three of them walked down the mountain path, digging all the way up the mountain.

They came out in the morning and traveled from home to here for a total of five hours, but there was a detour along the way. I took a shortcut back and walked for more than two hours.

By the time the three of them entered the village, it was already past four in the afternoon, and it was almost dark in the mountain village.

Jiang Weifeng dragged the roe deer and said to Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin: "Brother, is the roe deer dragging it to my house?"

"Okay!" Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Let's go, Brother Jiang, come to your house."

"Hey, hey." Jiang Weifeng happily pulled the roe deer and led Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin to his home.

When the three of them entered Jiang Weifeng's house, Huang Yan was peeling potatoes in the outer room and preparing to make dinner.

Huang Yan didn't expect Jiang Weifeng to come back so early, because Jiang Weifeng didn't eat at home these days.

We ate at Huang Gui's house before, but yesterday even if Chen Xueyi didn't keep Zhao Jun and Huang Gui for dinner, he did keep Jiang Weifeng.

Today, several people went up the mountain to fight again. Huang Yan thought Jiang Weifeng would have to leave someone else's house to eat. Unexpectedly, Jiang Weifeng not only came back, but also brought back his guests and prey.

Huang Yan greeted Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin, and called her daughter and son to come out to meet people.

Jiang Weifeng's family has a son and a daughter. The eldest is a daughter. She is fifteen years old this year and her name is Jiang Nan.

Naming a girl such a name is actually similar to Zhao Di or Lai Di, just because she wants to have another boy.

Don't tell me, this trick works quite well in Lao Jiang's family. Jiang Weifeng's son is ten years old this year and his name is Jiang Guodong.

After letting the child get to know Zhao Jun, Huang Yan asked Jiang Weifeng, "Where is the eldest brother-in-law?"

"Brother-in-law..." When Huang Yan asked about Chen Xueyi, Jiang Weifeng couldn't help but hesitate. He paused for a while before saying, "I'll probably be back soon..."

When Jiang Weifeng said this, he was a little unsure, otherwise he wouldn't have added the word "ba" at the end.

At the same time, among the mountains and forests, Chen Xueyi was sitting on the legs of a big blue poplar tree. He rubbed the calf of his left leg with his left hand, put his right hand on the ground, grabbed a handful of snow, and stuffed it into his mouth haphazardly.

Chen Xueyi is not thirsty when he eats snow, he is hungry!

I’m really hungry and there’s nothing I can do!

In these three hours, Chen Xueyi should have walked out of the mountain. But the problem is, he is too hungry to walk!

Chen Xueyi felt weak all over and his calves felt weak. He stopped and walked, and from time to time he would grab handfuls of snow and stuff it into his mouth.

"I fucked your three mothers!" Chen Xueyi swallowed the snow in his mouth and muttered curses at Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin and Jiang Weifeng.

At this time, Chen Xueyi felt so cruel in his heart, but it was already dark when he saw it. He struggled to stand up with the pine tree Mingzi he had picked up, and staggered to find the birch tree.

When Chen Xueyi arrived in front of the birch tree, it was dark and he could no longer see anything. He rubbed and tore off two pieces of birch bark from the tree, and with difficulty took out a match and struck it, trying to light the birch bark.

Birch bark is like paper, and it comes in sheets. It can be said that it ignites with just a little fire.

But in the evening, the wind started blowing in the mountains. Chen Xueyi blocked it with his body and struck the match with great effort, but the weak flame was extinguished by the wind!

"I'll fuck you three!" Chen Xueyi couldn't help but cursed again, and then continued to strike matches.

After striking the match this time, Chen Xueyi twisted the matchstick with one hand, shielded the wind with his body and the other hand, and carefully lit the birch bark.

Just when the flames were about to reach the bark of the birch tree, a gust of wind blew up and the flames suddenly went out again!

"Fuck these three mothers!" Chen Xueyi hated Zhao Jun and the three of them so much that he threw the match away and pointed in the direction of Qiaotou Village and cursed.

But after he finished scolding, Chen Xueyi had to squat down and strike a match to light the birch bark.

This time, Chen Xueyi finally lit the birch bark on fire. He was so surprised that he used his hands together by the light of the fire to pick off a lot of birch bark and throw it into the fire.

Then, Chen Xueyi took the pine tree next to him and inserted one end of it into the fire. Seeing the black smoke rising from the pine tree, Chen Xueyi looked up in the direction of Qiaotou Village and murmured: "I'll fuck you three, You guys are waiting for me to go back!"

Like birch bark, pine bark is also easy to absorb, but it emits black smoke, which turned Chen Xueyi's face completely black within a few minutes.

But Chen Xueyi couldn't care less at this time. He held a torch in one hand and grabbed snow with the other and stuffed it into his mouth.

Chen Xueyi, who had eaten five or six handfuls of snow in a row, felt extremely sad and angry. He thought about those old ancestors who used to eat handfuls of fried noodles with snow when they fought in Beibang. When we get here, there is only snow!

Who's to blame?

It's all those three people's fault!

Chen Xueyi cursed again, stood up suddenly, held the torch, and walked away!

In the primeval forest shrouded in darkness, Chen Xueyi stepped on the ice and snow and walked with fire.

Look at the back, keep moving forward!

But just after walking two or three hundred meters, Chen Xueyi found a place to sit down again.

You won’t be hungry even if you eat snow!

Without food to replenish his strength, Chen Xueyi can’t walk!

…

Qiaotou Village, Jiang Weifeng's home.

After Huang Yan asked Chen Xueyi, she then asked Jiang Weifeng: "The eldest brother-in-law has not come back, so what about my eldest brother staying with him?"

"No." Jiang Weifeng replied: "Li Song's daughter is sick, and the eldest brother followed her into the city."

"Huh?" Huang Yan was surprised when she heard this and asked quickly: "What's going on?"

At this time, Zhao Jun stepped forward and briefly explained what happened in the morning, but he also did not mention that he had given Huang Gui money.

"Ah!" After hearing this, Huang Yan suddenly understood. She glanced at the roe deer on the ground and then said to Jiang Weifeng, "I asked you how you pulled the roe deer back."

If Huang Gui or Chen Xueyi were around, Jiang Weifeng wouldn't be able to drag the roe deer home.

Jiang Weifeng chuckled and said, "Daughter-in-law, my two brothers and I will go into the house and talk for a while, while you and my daughter will be ripped off by this roe deer."

Hearing what Jiang Weifeng said, Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin were ready to follow him into the house, but Huang Yan said: "Don't be so cautious."

As soon as Huang Yan said this, Zhao Jun, Zhang Yuanmin, and Jiang Weifeng were all stunned.

Then she saw Huang Yan pulling out a wood-chopping ax from behind the dish rack at her house, handing it to Jiang Weifeng and saying, "Well, chop it open where the roe deer rests on the beam."

"Ah?" Jiang Weifeng was startled when he heard this, frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"If I ask you to cut it open, you can do it." Huang Yan said: "After cutting it open, let the two brothers pull it back in the back seat."

When Jiang Weifeng heard this, he quit immediately. The back seat refers to the back of the roe deer's waist, including the back and two rear thighs. It can be said that almost all the good meat on the roe deer was given to Zhao Jun and the others.

Seeing that Jiang Weifeng didn't take action, Huang Yan handed the ax forward again and urged: "Hurry up, what are you thinking about?"

"No." Jiang Weifeng took the ax and said, "It's divided among the five of us. This..."

"Where did these five people come from?" Huang Yan asked with a frown.

Jiang Weifeng held an ax in one hand and counted his fingers with the other, saying: "Two brothers, me, the eldest brother-in-law, and the bastard Hu Er."

Hu Er is the guy who reported the wild boar to Chen Xueyi the day before yesterday.

"Hu Er bastard?" Huang Yan asked anxiously: "What's the matter with him? What are you doing for him?"

Seeing that Huang Yan's momentum completely overwhelmed Jiang Weifeng, Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin looked at each other, and both of them laughed secretly. Huang Laopi's younger sister seems to be a sweetheart, but Huang Yan is honest in front of her elder brother, but she has a different face with Jiang Weifeng.

"Give him..." Jiang Weifeng organized his words before saying, "It was the letter he gave us. We just went up the mountain today."

"He gave it to Xin'er?" Huang Yan said loudly: "Isn't it a wild boar that he gave to Xin'er? Isn't this the roe deer that my brother shot? What's the matter with him?"

Huang Yan said a few words, and Jiang Weifeng became silent. At this time, Jiang Nan was standing aside with his arms around Jiang Guodong, and neither brother nor sister dared to say a word. Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin were unable to interrupt and could only watch Huang Yan deal with Jiang Weifeng.

Huang Yan stretched out her hand and tugged on the sleeve of Jiang Weifeng's clothes, then pointed at the roe deer on the ground and said, "Cut off the back seat, and you and my elder brother-in-law Le can divide the rest as you wish."

Jiang Weifeng glanced at Huang Yan helplessly, squatted down and took the ax to the roe deer, but he touched the ax in front of the roe deer's hip and elbow.

At this time, Huang Yan shouted: "Move forward!"

As soon as Huang Yan said this, Jiang Weifeng hurriedly moved the ax forward, and then heard Huang Yan say: "Okay, let's chop."

Jiang Weifeng raised his ax and started to chop, but Huang Yan turned around and entered the house.

Jiang Weifeng chopped off the roe deer's spine with two axes, and then cut the entire roe deer in two with one stroke on both sides of the knife.

When Jiang Weifeng took action, neither Zhao Jun nor Zhang Yuanmin helped. They also saw that the family would not let them eat today. But Huang Yan is much more particular than Chen Xueyi and his wife. If this roe deer can produce fifty kilograms of meat, then more than thirty kilograms of meat will be given to them.

Zhao Jun thought that he would wait for Huang Yan to come out, say hello to her, and then drag the half-drawn roe deer back to Huang Gui's house.

But when Huang Yan came out of the house again, she put on the cotton-padded jacket she had left for home. Seeing this, Jiang Weifeng couldn't help but ask, "What are you going to do?"

"I'll buy some food for the two brothers." Huang Yan replied to Jiang Weifeng, then turned to Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin and said: "Brothers, you stay home for dinner tonight, and my sister-in-law will buy you canned food."

"Ouch!" Zhao Jun was shocked. He hurriedly said: "No, sister-in-law, let's go back to my brother Huang's house..."

"What's the big deal!" Huang Yan interrupted Zhao Jun directly. As expected of a brother and sister, Huang Yan's words and tone were similar to Huang Gui's.

I saw Huang Yan saying to Jiang Nan, "Daughter, you and your father leave home and pick off the remaining roe deer."

"Hey!" Jiang Nan responded obediently: "I know, Mom."

Huang Yan nodded to Jiang Nan, and then said to Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin: "Brother, grab the back seat and let's go."

Zhao Jun pulled Zhang Yuanmin, who was stunned. Zhang Yuanmin hurriedly stepped forward and pulled up the two hind legs of the roe deer. At this time, Huang Yan opened the door and let Zhang Yuanmin go first.

The three of them came out of the house and walked out of the yard. Huang Yan turned around and said to Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin: "Brothers, send them back to Roe Deer to see if my eldest brother and the brother named Jie are back? They are coming back. You four Come over here in a pile. If they don’t come back, you two will come over too, and we’ll eat it today!”

"Sister-in-law." Zhao Jun politely refused: "We won't bother."

"That won't work!" Huang Yan was not angry at this time, but she raised her left hand, pressed her palm lightly in front of Zhao Jun, and said, "I'm going to the store now to buy some food. You have to come over. , or I’ll drag you home.”

"Haha." Zhao Jun chuckled. Before he could speak, Huang Yan continued: "Brother Jiang..."

At this point, Huang Yan paused for a moment before continuing: "Anyway, he doesn't have any evil intentions. He has done and failed to do what you guys have done. Brothers, please look out for your sister-in-law's face and don't be like him."

"Ouch!" When Zhao Jun heard this, he hurriedly said: "That can't be done, sister-in-law, with you and my brother, there's nothing we can say."

"That's right!" Huang Yan smiled and said, "Then we'll come back for dinner later."

Huang Yan had already said this, so Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin could only agree. Then the three of them separated, and Huang Yan hurried to the small shop.

Looking at Huang Yan's back, Zhang Yuanmin couldn't help but complain: "That Brother Jiang is not as good as a good old woman."

Zhao Jun smiled when he heard this. No wonder Huang Yan was so strong in the room just now. She was afraid that Jiang Weifeng would do something wrong again.

…

When Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin returned to Huang Gui's house, Huang Gui and his ministers had not returned yet, so they handed over the half-drawn roe deer to Song Lan. They came out of Huang Gui's house, inquired all the way to the small shop in the village, and bought two bottles of wine. , a bottle of canned peaches and two pounds of sugar, and then went to Jiang's house again with gifts.

When they came back, they saw Jiang Weifeng standing aside, watching Huang Yan pick the roe deer ribs.

Zhao Jun could tell at a glance that Huang Yan had left a lot of meat on the ribs. Seeing Zhao Jun coming in with things, Huang Yan said displeasedly: "Brothers, you can just come. Why are you buying things?"

Zhao Jun smiled slightly, put the things on the stove with Zhang Yuanmin, and said with a smile: "I didn't buy anything. I bought two bottles of wine for my brother Jiang and a can for the child."

At this time, Huang Yan stood up and called to Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin: "When I come back next time, I won't be able to buy these things. Hurry, go inside and get on the kang."

After saying that, she said to Jiang Weifeng: "Hurry up and give your brother a whole drink of water."

Jiang Weifeng followed Huang Yan's instructions and went into the house to entertain Zhao Jun and Zhang Yuanmin, while Huang Yan cooked in the outer room.

She put the whole roe deer ribs into the pot and put only mountain pepper and salt noodles in the water.

With the cooked meat in hand, Zhao Jun broke off a rib, dipped the trembling bone meat into the chive flowers that Huang Yan had pounded before freezing, Zhao Jun bit the meat and shook his head slightly. Once you pull it, as your lips and teeth chew, the bones and meat enter your mouth, feeling full of satisfaction!

When Zhao Jun threw the three gnawed bones on the kang table, the clock on the wall froze at half past six.

At this moment, deep in the mountains and forests, Chen Xueyi, whose legs were weak, was holding a torch in one hand and holding on to the tree with the other. He was standing on the top of the mountain and couldn't walk anymore.

He had to go down the hillside and walk another two miles before he could leave the mountain field and reach the village entrance. In other words, there is still five miles to go.

Although it is only five miles, there are three miles of downhill mountain roads, which is definitely enough for the hungry and exhausted Chen Xueyi to walk for a while.