He invited Wu Biao to have a meal at Tian Youcheng's restaurant. Lu Lu didn't drink any wine and didn't delay too much. He ate and drank enough and settled the bill. After leaving Wu Biao, Lu Lu went to get a haircut again.
After leaving the store, I regained my composure and then rode back on Zhui Feng.
Passing by Huilongtun, he saw Liang Kangbo and Du Fengjuan surrounding the family's roosters in the yard.
"Brother Liang, what are you doing!"
Lu Lu tightened the reins, causing Zhui Feng to stop, and asked with a smile: "It made the chickens and dogs jump."
"I was drying the rice in the yard, but the rooster jumped out and scratched everywhere, causing the rice to be everywhere. Brother, you came at the right time, come in quickly, kill the chicken for lunch, and eat this chicken."
Liang Kangbo stopped chasing and smiled at Lu Lu.
"I won't come in, but I can't let this big rooster suffer because of me. I just came back from selling things in the district, and I had dinner with people in the district. Brother Liang, I sold the bear bile for one thousand and one thousand dollars today.
One hundred and eight yuan..."
Lu Lu said, taking out the money that had been divided and passing it through the fence of Liang Kangbo's house: "This is your half, keep it!"
Liang Kangbo was stunned for a moment, but did not go to take the money immediately: "Brother, I still feel that I shouldn't take this money, just keep it for yourself..."
"Hurry up!" Lu Lu interrupted him: "Do you want me to repeat what Xiuyu said to you? Don't belabor it and continue quickly."
Liang Kangbo shook his head with a wry smile, took a deep breath, and took the money: "Brother, come in and drink water!"
"Let's talk about it some other time. I'm also drying grain in my yard. I have to go back and take care of it. Come and sit at home when you have time!"
Lu Lu smiled slightly, tucked his legs under the horse's belly, and continued walking to his meadow.
Du Fengjuan stretched her head and looked at the road outside. She didn't see Lu Lu until she could no longer see him, then she turned back and looked at the money in Liang Kangbo's hand: "It was because our little brat was hunting chickens in the shed that he came to our door.
I still hold a grudge in my heart. Fortunately, I was scolded by you a few times. Now that I think about it, I feel that I have long hair and short knowledge. I really misunderstood the kindness of this big brother."
Liang Kangbo smiled at his wife: "I told you earlier, that person would never come to our door to tell us such things. I never worry about money, and I really dare to do it when I have something to do. I am a heroic and righteous person. Like this
He is a rare person. Anyway, I am convinced by him. And Xiuyu, that girl is also quite sensible and dares to think and do. From now on, you have to move around more."
"Yeah!" Du Fengjuan also nodded seriously.
Lu Lu went all the way back to Caodianzi, took off the saddle, and let it go to Caodianzi to graze. He rubbed his head one by one at the six dogs that were constantly flapping around him, and then entered his yard.
Use a wooden rake to stir up the rice hanging on the nylon cloth in the yard.
Chen Xiuyu, who went into the mountains after breakfast, would not come back for lunch. Lu Lu had eaten too, so there was no need to prepare food.
After getting a haircut, the broken hair on his head couldn't be cleaned off. It stuck to his body and clothes and made his body very itchy. He went back to the house, got some soap, and washed his hair by the river.
I wiped my upper body with the cool river water.
Turning the clothes over, shaking them vigorously, and putting them on again, Lu Lu returned the soap and towel to the house, and after making himself a bowl of honey water, he suddenly felt that he had become a little idle.
After thinking about it, he first went to the bee farm to check the situation of black bees, and then walked deeper into the meadow to see the deer and deer kept there. Everything in the meadow was fine, so he took the
Two pieces of cowhide were given to Zhao Yongke.
As soon as the corns are harvested, winter comes in a blink of an eye, and it is a good time for hunting. The protective vests prepared for the dogs also need to be played with early. Winter is the time when they need to put in a lot of effort.
He led Yuanbao and the others along the way and inspected the fence. When Lu Lu arrived at Zhao Yongke's meadow, he saw that Chen Xiuqing was also there, standing aside and watching Zhao Yongke driving his horse to plow the fields. He couldn't help laughing and said: "Qingzi, what are you doing?
Are you coming?"
"The rice has been collected, and there is nothing to do for the time being. I originally wanted to come over and ask Brother Lu if he could go into the mountain, but when I arrived, I found that there was no one at home, so I came to Brother Zhao. Who knew,
When he saw me coming, Brother Zhao immediately grabbed me and taught him how to plow the land... He obviously knew how to do it, but he didn't believe it."
Chen Xiuqing said with a silly smile.
Lu Lu looked at Zhao Yongke's meadow and saw that half of it had been turned into land. This was a large area.
The couple made up their minds to put down roots here, and they seemed very enthusiastic and serious about the land.
"Brother Zhao, are you planning to turn this meadow into land?" Lu Lu asked.
This meadow is only about the size of a football field and a half, about fifteen or six acres. If the hills on the side are enclosed from the ridge like Lu Lu did, it will still be quite large.
"I would like to, but my grandma said that I need to leave half of it to raise some things. I'll drive it for two more days and that's it."
Zhao Yongke said with a smile: "It is not good to have too much land, as long as the food grown is enough to eat, otherwise, Unakan will not be able to do it alone."
"Have you thought about what to raise?"
Lu Lu has always been curious about this issue.
"My grandma wants to raise anything. She even caught a jumping cat from the mountain two days ago. However, after feeding it for a day, she found it troublesome and roasted it for Zhao Yi and Zhao Ru to eat the next day!"
Zhao Yongke himself laughed when he said it.
Lu Lu and Chen Xiuqing were also amused. Hunting directly in the mountains and raising them back are completely different things. Zhao Tuanqing is very patient when it comes to hunting, but when it comes to breeding, that may not be the case.
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He took a look in Zuoluozi and then looked around. Zhao Tuanqing was nowhere to be seen, so he couldn't help but ask: "Has Father Zhao gone into the mountains?"
"He went to Jiayin!"
"Going to Jiayin again?"
"Don't you and Qingzi want two Oroqen horses? Regarding this matter, I originally wanted to ask Qingzi to go to Jiayin and talk about the matter when I came back. My mother was not worried about the horses I picked, so she went by herself.
I guess he mainly wants to go to Jiayin to find his old friends. He has been there for five days, and if he wants to buy horses, he should be back long ago."
Lu Lu smiled, he was not a master who could stay in this meadow.
However, with Zhao Tuanqing coming forward, Lu Lu believed that he would definitely choose a good Oroqen horse for himself.
He placed the two bags containing the cowhide next to Zhao Yongke's tuoluozi. He looked at Unakan shaking grass roots on the newly dug land and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm here to ask you to help me put these two cowhide bags together."
Tanning it into leather will cause you trouble again."
Wu Nakan looked up at Lu Lu and nodded with a smile: "Just put it there. By the way, the roe deer skin you sent has been tanned. In a few days, I will come over and measure it for you and Xiuyu.
Size, I'll make a suen for you. Those two bear skins will have to wait a little longer."
"There's no rush, just do it slowly!"
Most of the Oroqen people's fur tanning is done by women. There is no process of adding various chemical raw materials in later generations. It is purely manual tanning. This is a very complex and meticulous job.
Lu Lu knew something about this aspect, but if he was asked to do it, he thought he couldn't do it.
The first step is to tan the rawhide to mature skin.
There are two types of leather tanning tools. One is a toothed leather tanning tool called Maodan, and the other is a tool without teeth but with an edge called a Hedler.
When tanning, the rawhide is smeared with cooked and mashed roe deer liver, mixed with sawdust, and after fermentation, the skin is placed on the knees, the dirt on the skin is scraped with Maodan, and the skin is tanned repeatedly with a Hedler.
Until soft.
Not to mention bear skins and the like, just a roe deer skin takes a lot of time and is very hard work, which is not something ordinary people can endure.
And that's not all. The subsequent processes are even more complicated.
The Oroqen people's fur processing and Suen craftsmanship are intangible cultural heritage.
After chatting with Zhao Yongke and Chen Xiuqing for a while, Lu Lu did not delay their work and led Yuanbao and the others back to their meadow.
I thought about walking around with a gun, but when I came home, I saw that there was a large piece of nylon cloth spread out in front of the cellar, and the naked hazelnuts drying on it were being eaten by seven or eight chipmunks.
And the scourge of greyhounds.
When Lu Lu led Yuan Bao and the others down the hillside, they quickly ran into the woods behind the house one by one.
"He's quite good at picking up bargains!"
It's autumn, and what these little creatures love to do after they've had enough to eat and drink is to try their best to store pine nuts, hazelnuts and other winter foods in their nests.
If you let them eat and take them, they can get rid of a lot in one day.
When Lu Lu first came to this mountain, he dug out the greyhound's nest. After a winter, there were still two or three kilograms of pine nuts and hazelnuts left in the nest, which shows how powerful these nature's porters are.
Especially the chipmunk, even though it is much smaller than a greyhound, it can fit five or six hazelnuts in its mouth at one time, or even more, and it is even more ferocious than a greyhound.
Lu Lu knew that he had something to do this afternoon.
Since they were sent to their door, how could Lu Lu be polite to them?
He sent Yuanbao and the others back to the yard, took out the slingshot, moved a wooden block, and placed it seven or eight meters away from where the hazelnuts were drying, and quietly waited for them to appear.
There are so many ready-made hazelnuts, which is very tempting to them.
Even though Lu Lu was sitting and watching, these little things who usually looked timid, after a little trial, boldly jumped down from the branches and ran to the nylon cloth.
Lu Lu took out the projectiles gently, put them in the slingshot pocket, and slowly opened the bow skin.
With a snap, the first greyhound to step into the forbidden land of nylon cloth obediently handed over the fur and the fragrant and tender meat.
For a whole afternoon, Lu Lu stayed here and killed five greyhounds and three chipmunks without moving a single step.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Lu went back to the house and started cooking.
While Chen Xiuyu and others were driving the carriage to pull the picked nuts, Lu Lu had already taken off the furs of several small animals, and even the meat had been fried.
The meal is very simple, stir-fried squirrel meat, stir-fried pork leg with green onions, fried small fish from a cage in the river, fried corn, soup made from green leafy vegetables and cold fungus.
Zhou Cuifen and others were all left to eat by Lu Lu, and everyone's eyes were filled with excitement as they ate.
After several people finished eating and left, Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu were busy collecting the rice and hazelnuts and putting them in the warehouse. Another day had passed.
In the evening, Lu Lu handed over the money from today's sales to Chen Xiuyu, leaving more than a hundred yuan with him.
"Daughter-in-law, please take good care of the rice and the harvested mountain products at home these days. Don't rush into the mountains. I see that the rice has been drying for a few days. I asked Qingzi to help and send it to the Tunli mill for grinding.
, my trip may take two or three days, and when I come back, I will be ready to go to the farm to see Raymond."
When the couple was lying on the bed chatting, Lu Lu told them his plan.
"What are you going to do in the past two or three days?" Chen Xiuyu stood up and asked a little strangely.
"Just go to the mountains and practice shooting."
Lu Lu did not intend to tell her that he was going to Jinlin District.
Chen Xiuyu did not doubt his presence and nodded with a smile.
That night, she sat in Lu Lu's arms, stroking Lu Lu's hair with both hands, feeling very happy.
The next morning, before dawn, Lu Lu, who got up early, disabled his semi-automatic, rode Zhui Feng, and led Yuan Bao from the mountain road straight to Jinlin District.