Chapter 41. Zhao Baotou sleeps in a shack in the snow
Hearing what Zhao Jun said, Jie Chen was very happy, and Zhang Yuanmin, who was lying on the kang, was even happier.
Because, he didn't know about this before.
It wasn't that Zhao Jun hid this from him, but that he never had time to tell Zhang Yuanmin.
Wang Qiang, Xie Chen knew, Zhao Jun also told them on the way to Yongxing Brigade. Zhao Jun had just returned home after returning from Yongxing.
"Brother!" Zhang Yuanmin struggled to get up, but Li Baoyu who was nearby was startled.
"Brother, please just lie down and take a good rest." Zhao Jun glanced at Zhang Yuanmin and said with a hint of complaint: "I shouldn't even arrange this job for you, look at you who built it on the mountain."
Zhang Yuanmin knew that what Zhao Jun said was angry, so he smiled and said: "Brother, your eldest brother will never be able to do that again."
At this moment, Yang Yufeng came over after hearing the commotion. She didn't hear Zhao Jun's words clearly, but she heard Zhang Yuanmin's movements. She came here simply because she was afraid that Zhang Yuanmin, who was lying on the kang, would cause trouble to others.
After Yang Yufeng arrived at this house, she heard that Zhao Jun had arranged a job for Zhang Yuanmin. Yang Yufeng's eyes were red with excitement.
"Brother, sister-in-law, thank you!" Yang Yufeng thanked Zhao Jun again and again. The importance of the iron rice bowl in the Northeast is engraved in his bones.
"Sister-in-law, you also know." Zhao Jun first inoculated Yang Yufeng and said, "There must be some danger in going up the mountain. We should try to avoid it if we can. If it is really unavoidable, there is no way."
The ugly things have to be said upfront.
"Brother, you don't have to say anything!" Yang Yufeng said: "If something happens to your eldest brother if he goes up the mountain with you, it will be his life. It is better than having trouble by himself."
"Hey? You bitch..." As soon as Zhang Yuanmin opened his mouth, Yang Yufeng said: "What are you talking about? You said it yourself, which time you were injured was not your fault?"
Zhang Yuanmin was silent and everyone laughed.
With the good news brought back by Zhao Jun, the atmosphere in the room gradually recovered.
At this time, the cold wind howled in the mountains and snowflakes filled the sky.
The snow was not very heavy, but not light either. The snow was flying in the wind, and the sky and the earth were confused.
Zhao Youcai and his party of five, holding torches, trudged on their way with their heads lowered.
They were facing the wind, and the wind and snow slapped their faces head-on. The five of them could not lift their heads or open their mouths.
On the two sides of the mountain, there is a nest of wind circles.
Zhao Youcai and five others rested here. At this time, the five of them were hungry and cold.
But there was no other way. There was no turning back, and the five of them could not return to the forest farm now. They could only continue on their way and stay overnight in the shack where Zhao Youcai met Laoshan Gouzi.
Looking around, Li Chunming and the other four were stunned.
In virgin forests, visibility is inherently low.
It gets lower at night.
It's not only night now, it's also a snowy night.
The sky is full of wind and snow, and the world is confused.
"Master Zhao." Li Chunming asked Zhao Youcai, "How far are we still?"
"Oh!" Zhao Youcai smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "Chief Li, to tell you the truth, I was also confused."
As soon as Zhao Youcai said these words, Li Chunming, Qin Zhusong, Zhang Dongzhi, and Zhao Jicheng's eyes widened: "Oh my God!"
Zhao Youcai opened his mouth and gasped. He moved his hands around the four outer circles and then said to the four people: "When it snows, I can't tell which is which."
Hearing what he said, Li Chunming and the others almost shed tears.
Isn’t this seeking death?
But it's no wonder that Zhao Youcai was covered in wind and snow, and no one could see out.
Therefore, the only thing to blame is that the snow came at the wrong time.
"Let's go!" Zhao Youcai stood up in the silence of everyone. At this time, Zhao Boss, his face full of determination, and his words were sonorous and powerful, said: "What are you doing sitting here? Let's go!"
"Master Zhao, you said let's go!" Zhang Dongzhi, the youngest, spoke hastily and said, "There's no direction, where should we go?"
"Then we have to go!" Zhao Youcai said coldly: "The five of us separated and walked down while looking for the number stakes! If we couldn't find them, we gathered at the bottom of the ditch and pond. After we were done, we went to the opposite post and we separated again!
"
Zhao Youcai was so strong that he gave Li Chunming and the others a backbone. Li Chunming took the initiative to form a group with Zhao Youcai, and the five soldiers moved down in two directions.
After walking down for more than two miles, Zhao Youcai discovered the bugle pile when he was about to reach Goutangzi.
The bugle post is the boundary stake of Lin Ban's trumpet. Zhao Youcai squatted on the bugle stake and shined a light with the torch in his hand. It read: Yong'an Forest District 98 Lin Ban 14 Trumpet.
"Running 98 is here!" Zhao Youcai stood up and stood in the wind and snow.
He is not making a concave shape, but recalling the mountain topography along the way.
"Master Zhao!" Li Chunming looked a little anxious, but at this time Zhao Youcai raised his free hand to stop Li Chunming from talking, and then said: "Chief Li, shoot and call them!"
In a moment, Zhao Youcai relied on his rich experience to analyze the route he should take.
This mainly depends on the familiarity of the mountainous areas. If you are not familiar with the surrounding mountainous areas, it will be useless even for NB hunters.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
Li Chunming raised his gun in the air and fired, and a moment later he waited for the other party's response with gunshots.
Hearing the direction from which the gunfire came, Zhao Youcai motioned to Li Chunming to follow him, and then the two of them went to join the three men.
Li Chunming was a little confused about Zhao Youcai's decision. He asked Zhao Youcai why he didn't wait here for Qin Zhusong and the others to arrive.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai raised the torch in his hand. The cold wind on the snowy night blew the flames almost parallel to the sky and the earth. However, due to the high oil content in the pine seeds, even the cold wind could not blow out the torch.
Zhao Youcai looked at the direction of the flames and said to Li Chunming with the wind at his back: "It's northwest wind, let's go south. I remember it was 95. If we turn over, we can look at the fork in the river, and we can go down by stroking the water. We can probably do it."
I met someone who was trying to suppress the shack."
After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, Li Chunming was convinced and followed his footsteps.
When the five people gathered together, Zhao Youcai took them on their way. At this time, Zhao was leading the way, holding a torch.
At the same time, thirty miles away to the southeast, a black tiger was walking majestically among the mountains and forests.
It stands to reason that with the heavy snow falling, mountain birds and animals no longer look for food, but instead seek shelter from the wind and snow.
But this black tiger still runs rampant in heavy snow.
Its wanton behavior alarmed the birds and wild beasts along the way, which led to many accidents.
In the woods about three miles away from it, six jackals were surrounding each other.
These jackals encountered wind and snow near dusk, so they took a rest under a large ash tree.
This large ash willow is tall and tall, with grape vines at its roots that climb all over the tree.
Mountain grapes hang down from the branches, like a curtain, providing a shelter from the wind and snow for the six jackals.
The six jackals thought they would be able to stay here until tomorrow afternoon, but they didn't expect that one of them had rushed over in a panic.
Six jackals got up to do business. Their method of killing wild boars was somewhat similar to that of a dog gang hunting.
They have a clear division of labor, some harass and some contain. The real threat to the wild boar is the two jackals that cut off the wild boar's back path.
In this way, the jackals forced the wild boar to sit in front of a fallen tree. Then six jackals surrounded the wild boar and took turns testing its jaws. Finally, they worked together to press the wild boar to the ground and bite out his throat.
Hot blood flowed on the snow, and the jackal king began to bite the wild boar's anus.
It’s not that they have a special taste, they simply like internal organs. Even the intestines and belly covered with excrement are still delicacies to them.
"Aw...wow..." But at this moment, a tiger's roar shook the mountain forest, and the jackal king screamed, speeding up the tearing.
Other jackals also joined in, trying to get as many bites as possible before the black tiger arrived.
In this cold windy and snowy day, they also need to replenish their energy.
The roar of the tiger was getting closer and closer, but the six jackals had already ripped open the belly of Ge Nian Shen, and their mouths were full of blood and dirt.
With the king of beasts approaching step by step, the six jackals did not move away. Because according to their survival experience, even if the tiger arrived, they would just let the food out.
This is normal. No matter how ferocious the tiger is, it will not eat jackals. Now that there is wild boar meat in front of us, the tiger will just eat the meat.
But what these jackals don’t know is that water and soil support all living things.
The mountain forest where they are located has plenty of food, and the tigers here have no shortage of food.
Moreover, there are no wolves in this mountain forest.
But it's different over there in Siberia, where it's colder and predators need food more urgently.
Moreover, there are wolves over there.
Siberian wolves will even compete with Siberian tigers for living space.
What's more, this black tiger is extremely murderous. It came from Shuguang Forest Farm and actually took a twenty-mile detour to find trouble with One Ear.
One Ear's territory was taken away from him, but he didn't want it anymore. On the way to hunt down One Ear, he killed a bear.
"Ouch...ow..." The tiger roared again.
"Woo..." The sound of wind and snow filled my ears.
"Wow..." The tree branches swayed in the wind and snow.
Under the big ash tree, six jackals were eating happily.
The next second, the Jackal King arched his back and let out a sharp whistle-like cry.
Immediately afterwards, the jackal king jumped out, and the other five jackals started to move one after another.
They just started to speed up, but at this time the black tiger had already started to accelerate.
"Woo..." The tiger roared muffled, as if it had bitten something.
"Ouch..." The jackal king screamed. The black tiger pounced on it and bit the back of its neck.
The jackal king struggled violently, but the black tiger not only had an amazing bite force, but also pressed it with a pair of front paws.
There was a loud cry of jackals, and five jackals surrounded the black tiger.
Although the jackal king was restrained by the black tiger, the five jackals under his command did not dare to rescue him head-on. They only dared to sneak attack on the black tiger.
But a black tiger is not a wild boar.
With a muffled sound, the black tiger shook its hindquarters and pulled out its tail like a steel whip. A jackal was struck and knocked to the head.
The black tiger stood up, and the female jackal king, who weighed more than 20 kilograms, was dragged by it for a long time. It was obvious that she had died.
The black tiger took the jackal king in his mouth and walked to the wild boar carcass, dropped the jackal king and started to eat the pork.
Seeing this scene, the five jackals did not dare to step forward, but they lay down behind the black tiger.
It ate for an hour and a half this time. After eating only some scraps of the wild boar, it tore open the jackal king's belly.
After eating all the internal organs of the jackal king, the black tiger stood up unsteadily with its slightly bulging belly.
The snow kept falling, but when the black tiger was eating, its body moved, and the snow accumulated on its body slipped away.
The five jackals were lying not far away and did not move much. At this time, there was a lot of snow accumulated on their bodies. As the black tiger got up, the five jackals bounced up one after another, and the snow on their bodies fell off.
The black tiger didn't even look at them and walked away.
As soon as the black tiger left, five jackals swarmed up, some tore up the remains of the wild boar, and some to bite the carcass of the jackal king.
But just when they were about to feast, a bad wind roared, followed by the jackal's screams, which became louder and louder.
Just as the black tiger started killing, Zhao Youcai, who was chasing it, led the four people to a shack.
There must be someone living in this shack, because outside the shack, two strands of No. 8 wire are hung between two trees, and a dough bag is hung on the wire.
That should be the ration for the owner of the shack, hung up to prevent rats.
When Zhao Youcai arrived at the door, he didn't knock on it. Instead, he asked in a low voice, "Is there anyone there? We are mountain runners."
There are rules for mountain running.
When you encounter difficulties in the mountains, you see shacks and cellars. No one can enter inside, and there is food to eat inside. It’s okay if you don’t have a chance in the future. If you have a chance, you can make up for it.
But there is a prerequisite, it must be during the day.
If it is night, you must not enter someone else's shack without the owner's permission.
Things are getting better these days. A few scoldings and a couple of slaps are enough.
Before liberation, if you broke into other people's shacks at night, they would pick up a gun and shoot you.
Zhao Youcai asked in a low voice to test, not to shout loudly at this time, because people might be asleep, and shouting loudly would easily startle people.
Mountain runners live in the mountains and have become accustomed to the various sounds made by nature. Although it is windy and snowy outside, as long as there is no earthquake, they can sleep.
But they also have light sleep and will wake up whenever there is any special movement.
Although Zhao Youcai's voice was low, as soon as he finished speaking, someone in the room shouted: "Who is it?"
The people in the room spoke loudly, which seemed to be a deterrent, but in fact it was to embolden myself.
"Uncle, we are mountain runners. We are walking through Madan Mountain. Can we stay overnight in your shack?" Zhao Youcai didn't know how old the people inside were, but at this time, even if there was a young person in the room, he had to be called uncle.
"Wait!" At this time, the voice came from inside, and Zhao Youcai and others suddenly looked happy.
After a while, a glimmer of light came from the shack.
Immediately I heard movement behind the door. The doors of the shacks and cellars in the mountains were all unlocked. It was necessary to block the doors with something on this windy day, otherwise the doors would be easily blown open.
At this time, a voice came from the shack again: "You guys open the door and come in."
"Uncle, I'm coming in." Zhao Youcai changed his usual stubborn attitude and opened the door and entered the shack first.
In the shack, under the dim light, an old man stood in front of the kang.
The old man was holding a lantern in one hand and holding a knife behind his back in the other hand.
And on the edge of the kang, there is a No. 16 tree.
"Oh, my big brother!" Zhao Youcai shouted when he saw the old man. When the old man saw Zhao Youcai, he was stunned for a moment, and then called out: "Second brothers!"
This old man is none other than Qin Qiang's father, Qin Dajiang.
As soon as they saw that Zhao Youcai was acquainted with the owner of the shack, Li Chunming and the four of them came in with a roar.
"Close the door quickly, or all the heat will escape." Qin Dajiang directed Zhao Jicheng, who was walking at the end, to close the door. Then he turned to look at Zhao Youcai, whose face was red and his eyebrows were covered with frost, and asked: "Second brothers, the snow is howling in the sky.
, what are you doing?"
When Zhao Jun was reborn the year before last, there were conflicts between the Qin and Zhao families, but they didn't break up. When they met on the road, they would say hello when they should.
"Don't mention it, brother." Zhao Youcai wanted Qin Dajiang to give him a whole mouthful of food, but he remembered something and asked, "Why did you come here? Shouldn't you be over there at 52?"
"Oh, don't mention it, brother." Qin Dajiang waved his hand and said: "Brother is not afraid of your jokes. You live in the countryside, don't you know? Your third nephew of mine was stabbed by others.
That old mountain dog is evil (nē), I was afraid that he would punish me, so I changed places."
