At the end of April, the grass on the mountain has not yet opened, and the grass on the ground has just sprouted its bud tips and young leaves.
If Zhao Youcai wants to use this sheep as bait, he cannot give it a large range of movement. The sheep can also wander within one meter of the tree where the rope is tied.
When the sheep were at Lao Sun's house, they ate bean cakes and drank ewe milk throughout the winter. When the weather was cold, they came up the mountain and ate some green grass, which was fresh.
But after it gnawed away all the grass around it, the two damaged seeds were nowhere to be seen and took it home.
Sheep scream miserably when they are hungry.
Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun thought it was a leopard coming when it called out! But when they came closer, they saw that it was hungry.
Zhao Youcai touched the side and found that there was no grass left at this time. There were only dots of grass on the ground, which could not be gathered in bunches. He had to pull them out one by one.
Zhao Youcai frowned in annoyance and said to Zhou Jianjun: "What else can we do? Go back. Not only are the sheep hungry, but I am too."
"I'm hungry too." Zhou Jianjun muttered. He came out of home before eight o'clock in the morning, and it's almost half past two now. Who can't be hungry?
But now that the person has gone back, what should I do with the sheep?
When Zhou Jianjun asked, Zhao Youcai almost laughed out of anger, and just said: "Carry it back! Can you still throw it into the mountains?"
"Carry..." When Zhou Jianjun heard this, he suddenly felt bad. He carried this sheep from Yongsheng Village for twenty miles to the mountains. In the end, he had to carry it back on his own...<
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Isn’t this a silly boy?
But what can I do if I don’t carry it? If I throw it into the mountains and let the wild animals eat it, wouldn’t I lose another ten yuan in vain?
You know how difficult it was for Zhou Jianjun to save those ten yuan.
Carry it!
Zhao Youcai walked in front with a gun on his back, and Zhou Jianjun walked behind with little lamb on his back.
Weng and his son-in-law went all the way down the mountain, and when they approached Yong'an Village, Zhou Jianjun hurriedly stopped Zhao Youcai, who was in a hurry to go home for dinner, and said to him: "Dad, there is something I have to tell you."
"What's the matter? Let's talk about it when we get home."
"We can't talk about the sheep at home." Zhou Jianjun hurriedly put the sheep on the side of the road and let the sheep eat some grass. He looked around and saw no one before saying to Zhao Youcai: "Dad, I'm back.
Chun'er must ask where this sheep came from, can't you say I paid for it?"
"Then you said I paid for it?" Zhao Youcai asked back, and then said: "Why did I get up in the morning to get the sheep? You have been hiding your secrets from my daughter for a long time. The couple has to live a good life.
How can you hide money secretly?"
"Dad, isn't there anything I can do about it?" Zhou Jianjun complained: "Chun'er usually gives me five yuan a month, but if I just buy lunch for lunch, what's left? I usually have something to do.
How can you do it without money?"
"Then what you said." Zhao Youcai seemed to disagree with Zhou Jianjun's words, and educated him seriously: "Then for whom is my daughter so careful? Isn't it all for your family? Isn't it all for you?
Are you living a good life? Look at what my daughter spends on herself throughout the year."
"Yes, yes, Dad, you are right, it's my fault." Seeing that his father-in-law was in a hurry, Zhou Jianjun hurriedly admitted his mistake and said, "But Dad, you have to take care of this matter for me today. I want Chun'er to ask
, just say you paid for it."
"Okay." Zhao Youcai thought for a moment, waved his hand forward and said, "Go home quickly, I'm already hungry."
After Zhao Youcai finished speaking, he left. Zhou Jianjun hurriedly picked up the sheep and followed closely behind.
The two of them entered the village and returned home. Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei had been waiting at home for a long time. When they saw them coming back, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came out to see them. Hu Sanmei was shocked.
Didn't you talk about going up the mountain to hunt leopards? Why did you come back with a sheep on your back?
Looking at the sheep, Zhao Chun realized that yesterday the child's father asked him for money, but he didn't give it.
"Jianjun." Zhao Chun asked Zhou Jianjun directly, "Where did this lamb come from?"
Speaking of this, Zhao Chun said to Hu Sanmei: "Mom, yesterday Jianjun said he wanted to buy a lamb and take it up the mountain to hook that leopard. I couldn't bear it. Mom, tell me, isn't this a waste of money?"
"This is not okay." Hu Sanmei held Zhao Chun's hand with one hand, raised her other hand, pointed at Zhou Jianjun, and said: "Chun'er didn't give you any money, where did you put the money?"
"No." Zhou Jianjun hurriedly stepped back from Zhao Youcai, held Zhao Youcai's arm and said, "My father-in-law bought this lamb with money."
Normally Zhou Jianjun would just call Zhao Youcai dad, but when talking to Hu Sanmei, he could only call Zhao Youcai father-in-law.
Zhao Youcai raised his head and glanced at his uncle, then turned his head and smiled at Zhao Chun and Hu Sanmei: "Yes, I paid for it. I was thinking of spending some money to knock down the leopard, which would be good for my family and Jianjun."
There are benefits to all.”
Hu Sanmei also knew what was going on, but the old lady in the countryside had been used to it all her life, feeding lambs to mountain livestock, which made her feel really sad.
But I have to say that in the past six months, the Zhao family has been trying to help them. Before the Chinese New Year, Zhao Chun brought back the bear gallbladder from her parents' house. It was a copper gallbladder, and it cost less than 1,800 yuan.
And a few days ago, Zhao Jun defeated the pig god. If he wanted to sell it, it would cost more than three hundred yuan.
Of course, the price of 300 yuan is their price in Yongshengtun. In Yongantun, it can only be sold for more than 200 yuan. The hunters in Yongshengtun hunt wild boars, including the skin, meat and bones, which costs 30 cents per kilogram! p>
But Zhao Jun gave it to him as soon as he was told. Hu Sanmei kept all this in mind.
So at this time, she said to Zhao Chun: "Daughter, my in-laws cannot take this money. Hurry up and let us spend it. This is to do something for us."
"Yeah." Zhao Chun responded, and then asked Zhao Youcai: "Dad, how much did you spend to buy this lamb?"
"If you don't have much money, why should you give it back?" Zhao Youcai knew that even if Zhao Chun took the money and took it himself, wouldn't he have to give it to Zhou Jianjun later?
If this is the case, it is better to put the money in the hands of his daughter. Therefore, even if he felt Zhou Jianjun's expectant eyes, Zhao Youcai said to Zhao Chun: "These ten yuan, just treat it like I spent it on my grandson."<
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"How can this be done..." Hu Sanmei on the side wanted to persuade her again, but was interrupted by Zhao Youcai.
Just listen to Zhao Youcai say: "What's wrong? I'm talking about my biological mother, let alone money or not. Is there anything to eat? I'm already hungry."
"Yes, why did I forget about this?" Hu Sanmei said and walked into the house. As she walked, she said: "Hurry up and come in, I will prepare a meal for you right away."
When Zhao Youcai heard this, he turned around and walked into the house with his hands behind his back. Zhao Chun directly asked Zhou Jianjun, who was leading the sheep, and said, "My dad bought the lamb for ten yuan. Why did you care that I asked for twenty yesterday?"
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"I..." In fact, Zhou Jianjun asked for money first yesterday and then bought the sheep. When he went to buy the sheep, he didn't know how much the sheep would cost, so he asked for a little more.
But now, he had a guilty conscience. When Zhao Chun asked him, his head was a little short-circuited, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.
"You were waiting, you." Zhao Chun said a harsh word and returned to the house, leaving only Zhou Jianjun, who was leading the sheep, messy in the wind.
At this time, the hungry sheep began to bleat again.
Zhao Chun entered the house and went straight to Zhao Youcai's room. When she got to the door, she called out "Dad" in a low voice, but when she heard Zhao Youcai's voice inside, she pushed the door open and came in.
"What's wrong, daughter?" Zhao Youcai asked.
"Dad!" Zhao Chun walked up to Zhao Youcai and asked him eagerly: "Are you hiding money behind my mother's back again?"
"Li Ruhai!" At this moment, only one person's name flashed through Zhao Youcai's mind. He thought that this little brat with a broken mouth had come to Yongsheng Village. When he returned, he had to let Li Dayong give him a discount.
The legs are not allowed.
But he was overthinking it and heard Zhao Chun continue to ask: "Don't deny it, can my mother give you so much money? Where did you get ten yuan to buy a sheep? My mother must know this.
Don’t I have to deal with you again?”
"What are you talking about..."
"Dad, didn't my eldest daughter tell me that you sewed the money into my quilt? When my mother wanted to wash the quilt, she took it all out. In the end, the quilt was not washed by you? Isn't this going to happen again?
Let my mother find out..."
"Go! Go! Go! Go! Go..." Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai raised his hand to coax Zhao Chun, saying: "Hurry out and help your mother-in-law prepare a meal!"
"Hey!" Feeling that Zhao Youcai was a tough talker, Zhao Chun sighed, turned around and walked out, but when he got to the door, he still turned around and persuaded Zhao Youcai to surrender, saying: "You old man, what are you telling you?
, you won’t listen either. How about I ask Jianjun to call the Tunbu and ask Xiaojun to come over.”
Zhao Youcai pointed at the door and shouted: "Get out!"
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Early the next morning, after dinner, Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun packed up their things and prepared to continue going into the mountains to hunt leopards.
Different from yesterday, today the father-in-law and his wife prepared a lot of things. Not only did they pack some bean cakes for the sheep in their little pockets, but they also brought several pieces of steamed rice cakes for their lunch.
After packing everything up, Zhao Youcai carried the gun and Zhou Jianjun carried the sheep, all the way into the mountains to the ambush place.
After tying the sheep, Zhou Jianjun sprinkled the bean cakes in front of the sheep and then hid behind a tree.
Then, the father-in-law and his son-in-law squatted behind the tree until noon. They did not come out. When they were hungry, they ate steamed cakes behind the tree and drank the cold drinks brought in military kettles.
Another two hours later, the sheep suddenly made a rapid cry. Zhao Youcai and Zhou Jianjun sensed that something was wrong, and both pressed their faces against the tree and stretched out one eye to look forward.
They saw a leopard appear in their sight. It crawled cautiously in the forest and walked towards the lamb step by step.
The sheep seemed to sense the danger and kept barking at the top of their lungs.
At this time, the leopard was very close to the sheep. After every step forward, the leopard would carefully bend down and look left and right. Only if there was nothing unusual on the left and right would it continue to get up and move forward.
Zhao Youcai was less than thirty meters away from the leopard. Zhao Youcai wanted to take action, but the leopard came towards Zhao Youcai head-on, so it did not spare Zhao Youcai's face.
Big face, in the context of hunting, means that when the prey turns sideways, one side of its body is exposed to the hunter's muzzle.
At this time, Cheetah and Zhao Youcai were face to face, making it difficult to shoot.
Therefore, Zhao Youcai was not in a hurry, but kept looking for the opportunity to shoot. He believed that as long as the leopard turned sideways, it would definitely give him a chance.
But Zhou Jianjun didn't know. He watched from the side as the leopard was very close to his father-in-law, but Zhao Youcai didn't take action yet.
For a moment, Zhou Jianjun just thought that Zhao Youcai had not noticed the Siberian leopard. He immediately reached out and pointed forward, and said to Zhao Youcai from a meter away, in the smallest voice: "Dad, over there."
When Zhou Jianjun reached out to point, the leopard suddenly jumped up, flew down from the sky, and bit the back of the lamb's neck.
Along with the sheep's scream, Zhou Jianjun called out "Dad" from behind the tree. At this time, Zhao Youcai had already picked up the gun, and when the leopard turned around and revealed its face, he fired. p>
But at this time, before Zhou Jianjun could say "Where", he saw the leopard jump up to the tree, then jump up to the willow tree not far away from it, and then jump up again and disappear.
In the forest.
Zhao Youcai missed his shot. He tried to shoot again, but there was no trace of the leopard.
"What did I tell you?" Zhao Youcai turned around and shouted at Zhou Jianjun who was hiding on the side: "I'm telling you, you are not allowed to speak, you are not allowed to speak, do you have to speak at this time?"
"Dad, didn't I Xunsi tell you?" Zhou Jianjun hurriedly explained: "I Xunsi didn't see it."
"I didn't see it? What were you doing when I was sieging you?"
Zhou Jianjun couldn't refute, so he could only change the subject and said: "Dad, what should I do if the lamb is dead?"
"Carry it back!" Zhao Youcai shouted: "Go back and peel it to see how many kilograms of meat you can get, and eat it. Wouldn't it be a waste to throw it away?"
This is one of them, and the other is that the leopard will come back soon and eat the dead sheep to fill his stomach, so he may not show up again one day.
You know, Siberian leopards are very tolerant of hunger and can go without food for several days.
Next, the two men got busy and ripped off the lamb. Less than six kilograms of meat was left, which Zhou Jianjun carried on his back all the way home.
After walking down the mountain, Zhao Youcai said: "Jianjun, I will go back tomorrow."
"Dad, nothing else!" Zhou Jianjun heard this and hurriedly stopped him and said, "The leopard hasn't been hunted yet, so you can't leave."
"How can we get rid of it if we don't leave?" Zhao Youcai asked: "The sheep is dead. I can't hook it tomorrow, so what are you doing with it? Go home quickly. When you need to farm, you farm. When you need to go to work, you go to work." p>
"It's okay if there are no sheep." Zhou Jianjun stopped Zhao Youcai and said, "I'll buy another one tomorrow."
"Do you still want to buy it?"
"Buy!" Zhou Jianjun said firmly: "When I get out of home tomorrow morning, I will go to Lao Sun's house."
"Okay." Zhao Youcai seemed reluctant to agree, but suddenly asked Zhou Jianjun: "After you buy one and another, how much money are you hiding behind my daughter's back?"
"It's gone this time." Zhou Jianjun said with a wry smile: "Since the Chinese New Year, I have saved more than twenty-three yuan. If I can buy two lambs, what's left?"
Anyway, it was Zhou Jianjun who spent the money, so Zhao Youcai didn’t need to worry about it, so Zhao Youcai just ignored him.
But when the two of them arrived at Zhou's house, they found someone coming from Zhou's house.