Chapter 62. The black blind man released from the tree
Yongli Village, Xing Zhiyong’s home.
Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Hu Manjiang, Xing Zhiyong, and a man named Li Hu were sitting on the kang, eating around the kang table.
In another room, Xing Zhiyong’s wife and two children opened another table.
This is also a rule in the Northeast. When guests come to the house, women and children cannot serve.
Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu didn't drink, and kept eating hard. Hu Manjiang, Xing Zhiyong and the man named Li Hu, the three of them exchanged cups, and you came and I went.
After a few glasses of wine, Li Hu started bragging about how great he and Xing Zhiyong were at hunting.
Zhao Jun looked at Li Hu, who was boasting, with a calm expression on his face, but he was very contemptuous in his heart. Although today was the first time he saw Li Hu in his life, he knew what kind of thing he was in his previous life.
Zhao Jun was silent, but Li Baoyu on the side stopped. Li Baoyu thought to himself: "If you are really good, how can you come to Yong'an Village to move us two brothers?"
Although these words cannot be spoken, it does not prevent Li Baoyu and Li Hu from bragging to each other.
"My two brothers are in class 35 today, so they went to the Jiaohe River and fucked more than 400 kilograms of cannon eggs to death." Li Baoyu said proudly: "My two brothers didn't care about the meat, so we just followed today.
You are here."
When Hu Manjiang heard this, he put down his wine glass and asked Zhao Jun: "Nephew, is it true or not?"
"Really." Zhao Jun said with a smile: "It's just over four hundred."
"Then the pig is thrown up the mountain and walked up?" Hu Manjiang continued to ask.
"It's okay. My dad will find someone to help him tomorrow." After Zhao Jun dealt with Hu Manjiang, he asked Xing Zhiyong: "Second brother-in-law, did you find that the black blind man is a squatter? Or a hunchback?"
"A hunchback." Xing Zhiyong replied. When he was at Zhao Jun's house, he didn't have time to say it.
On the way, Xing Zhiyong was unable to talk to Zhao Jun because he had to drive the sledge.
When they got back to his house, Hu Erya had already prepared meals, and it was already after six o'clock. The three of them were also hungry, so they went straight to the kang to cook.
Xing Zhiyong was a little drunk at this time, and he gestured to Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu to introduce the whole story, during which Li Hu also interrupted.
In the end, they talked in plain language. Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu didn't understand a bit, but that's not the point.
After eating and drinking, Hu Manjiang was older and returned home first. When Li Hu was about to leave, Xing Zhiyong personally sent him out.
When he arrived outside the door, Li Hu suddenly grabbed Xing Zhiyong and said to him: "Brother, I see that the boy named Zhao Jun has a gun on his back. Be careful tomorrow and don't let him beat that black blind bastard to death."
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"Well, I understand."
What are these two people discussing?
It turned out that the two men had been working as part-time workers in the forest farm since the beginning of winter, driving sledges and pulling sets.
The group they were in had a total of twenty sledges and more than forty workers, doing everything from felling, beating and building.
Cutting down means cutting down trees to release wood, and knocking down big trees.
To hit means to break branches. Use a big ax to knock off all the branches on the fallen tree.
To build is to make materials and saw them into pieces.
Then, they used oxen and horses to pull them down the mountain.
Three days ago, the chain saw operator and the chain saw assistant of their group went up the mountain to release the tree. After bringing the tree down, the two of them went to the side to smoke.
But they never saw that there was a tree hole two-thirds of the way up the trunk of the big tree. After the big tree fell on the snow, a black fur ball rolled out of the hole.
The fur ball rolled on the snow and stretched out. It was a small black bear less than one meter long and weighed about eighty or ninety pounds.
The little black bear seemed to be stunned and got up in a daze. At this moment, a big black bear came out of the tree hole.
This female black bear weighs about 250 to 60 pounds. They are called black bears because of their poor eyesight, but their sense of smell is extremely sensitive, definitely more than ten times that of dogs.
The big black bear smelled the smell of unknown creatures in the distance, and quickly climbed up the hill with the little black bear.
From the moment the two black bears appeared to the time they left, the chainsaw operator and chain saw assistant who were smoking and chatting at the side had no idea.
After finishing their cigarettes, the two took out their axes and prepared to cut branches, but as soon as they arrived in front of the tree, they discovered a series of footprints.
They work in the mountains all year round, how could they not know that these are black bear footprints?
As soon as they saw it, they thought a black bear was nearby. They were so frightened that they dropped their axes and chain saws and ran down the mountain.
It wasn't until they ran back to the forest farm that they realized that all the food they had eaten was left in the mountains. How would they make money after this?
It was just in time for lunch break, and everyone in the same group came back to the canteen to eat. The two men told their colleagues about today's experience.
A chain saw is worth a lot of money these days, and workers in the same group have room and board together for several months, and they have feelings for each other.
So, after lunch, taking advantage of the lunch break, more than 20 people drove a few sledges and huffed into the mountain.
When they arrived at the place, there was no trace of the black bear around, so the chain saw operator and the chain saw assistant picked up their equipment.
But at this time, Li Hu called Xing Zhiyong aside.
"What's wrong, Third Brother?" Xing Zhiyong asked.
This Li Hu works as a third party in his house. People who are familiar with him call him Li San'er, and those who are close to him just call him Lao San.
"Brother." Li Hu pointed his toes at the footprints left by the little black bear on the snow, and said to Xing Zhiyong, "This is a big black blind man with a cub."
"Ah, what happened?"
A small pair of black bears were left behind.
Li Hu said: "Brother, don't you have two dogs at home? Let's take the guns and lead the dogs around."
"This..." Xing Zhiyong couldn't help but hesitate a little when he heard this, "Brother, it costs a lot of money to lose one day's work."
"My big brother!" Li Hu slapped his thigh, but lowered his voice the next second and continued: "How much does it cost for two bear gallbladders? That little wage is nothing!"
When Xing Zhiyong heard this, he was also moved. Thinking about it, if the two of them worked for a whole winter, their wages would not be as much as that of a little bear.
Seriously: people die for money and birds die for food.
When the two returned to the field, they went to the foreman to ask for leave, saying that someone from their family had sent a message saying that they had something to do at home and asked them to go home.
The foreman was puzzled after hearing this. He thought that these two people were not from the same family. How could they have something to do at home together?
But both of them were temporary workers, and they were paid according to the work they did. It didn’t matter if they took leave or not, so the foreman allowed them.
On the way home, Li Hu said to Xing Zhiyong: "Brother, we are going to fight the gangsters tomorrow. Don't tell your father-in-law about this."
Although Xing Zhiyong and Hu Manjiang do not live together, they are three houses apart from each other and they move around every day.
Xing Zhiyong was confused and asked: "Why is this?"
"You are stupid!" Li Hu said with hatred: "You are brave enough, but your father-in-law is not allowed to let you take money to give your third brother-in-law a wife?"
"Oh, that's right." When he mentioned this, Xing Zhiyong became a little upset. When his second brother-in-law married his wife, his father-in-law came to borrow 80 yuan, and he hasn't paid it back yet.
After the two entered the village, they went back to their respective homes. When Xing Zhiyong returned home, his wife was very surprised.
This household works in the mountains, but those who want to live in the mountains cannot go home until the Chinese New Year.
But when Hu Erya asked him, Xing Zhiyong didn't tell the truth. He just said that he saw a bunch of pigs on the mountain and that he was going to hunt wild boars tomorrow and capture the pork for the New Year.
As soon as these words came out, Hu Erya was so angry that she thought to herself that this man had no business, why would he hunt wild boars if he didn't make money well?
Eating meat is delicious, but the key is that your marksmanship is not good, and the dog at home is not tough. Nine times out of ten hunts, you come back empty-handed.
Now that you have this time, wouldn't it be better for you to just put in the work and make money?
Xing Zhiyong did not tell Hu Erya the truth. He only waited for the next morning, carried a gun and led the dog out of the house, and went into the mountains with Li Hu.
He came to the place where he put the chain saw on the tree yesterday, followed the footprints, and climbed a large hill before Xing Zhiyong let the dog go.
As soon as he untied the rope, the two dogs disappeared immediately, and not long after, he heard the dog barking.
Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu were overjoyed, each holding a handful of No. 16 and ran forward!