At four o'clock in the morning on June 7, Xu Shiyan had already finished his meal, put the dry food in his pocket, and rode his bike to Dadianzi, Baixi, with several young people in the team.
Baixi Dadianzi is five or six kilometers east of the Baixi fork, very close to the Baixi Forest Farm.
This place will be developed into Baishan Airport thirty years later.
But right now, this place is still a very desolate Dadianzi.
Most of what the locals call Dianzi refers to closed depressions in the mountains, that is, swamps.
Most are located in river valleys and streams near broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests.
Xu Shiyan and others put their bicycles outside Dadianzi, found a thicker tree, tied an iron chain to the tree, and locked it with a lock.
These days, a bicycle costs more than a hundred dollars, and it would be heartbreaking to lose it.
In a few years, there will be people in places like Baixi Dadianzi who will look after cars for 20 cents.
After locking the car, everyone carried their bags and walked into the field.
The pockets they carry are woven bags. They take off the straps of the baskets, tie the two corners of the woven bags underneath, and tie the mouth of the bags tightly on top. This is lighter and more convenient than carrying baskets.
The trees in Dadianzi are sparse, mainly small shrubs and grasses, especially the tall grass is widely distributed.
Everyone wore water boots and tried to step on grass or tree roots when walking, otherwise they would fall into the water accidentally.
Niumaoguang is distributed in such meadows.
There are clusters of buds, about 20 centimeters long. The leaves have not yet unfolded, and they are all shrunk into a ball, like a baby's head, and they are hairy.
After entering the pond, everyone dispersed in all directions, each bowing his head and picking up the hair from his cow.
Xu Shiyan held a small knife in his hand, and cut the base of the cow's hair about two centimeters above the ground, and obtained a pile of cow's hair.
Put it in the hand basket first, then put it in the back pocket when it is full.
Baixi Dadianzi has not been affected by the late frost this year, and the cow's hair is growing very well. Everyone no longer has time to talk and chat, and they all take the time to pluck the cow's hair.
There are more mosquitoes in the swamp, and there are also small gnats flying in swarms in front of people. If you are not careful, you will be bitten and cause a big bite.
In order to prevent mosquito bites, most people can only smoke cigarettes and try to smoke away the mosquitoes.
Some people also brought their wife's gauze scarf and directly wrapped it around their heads.
The gauze scarf is very thin and transparent, so it doesn't block your sight when wrapped around your head, but it will make you feel uncomfortable after a long time.
There is no other way. In order not to get bitten, I have to do this.
Xu Shiyan still used the old method, breaking off a piece of old beef liver, burning it and tying it to the top of his head. It worked.
The morning passed quickly. I found a dry place to sit down and rest at noon, had a meal, and continued in the afternoon.
When three o'clock came around in the afternoon, Xu Shiyan shouted at everyone and started to wander back. After leaving Dianzi, he found his bicycle and walked out.
After pushing the cart a few steps, I saw a group of things flashing past in front of me.
"Damn it, it's a deer, a bunch of deer." someone shouted loudly.
"Why are you so excited? We don't have a gun either."
Xu Shiyan also saw the group of deer, probably coming to browse the moss and lichen around Dianzi.
The deer ran very fast, and they didn't even have guns, so they didn't have to think about that, it was just a waste of excitement.
Hearing what Xu Shiyan said, the two young men next to him looked unwilling, "If I had known I could encounter a deer, I should have brought a gun into the mountains."
Xu Shiyan glanced at the speaker. This young man's name was Huang Shengli. He was just across the road from Xu Shiyan's house, in Daonan.
"Do you have a gun at home?" Xu Shiyan asked casually.
"Yes, my father is a veteran hunter in Donggang. My father can also hunt. I have a stick at home."
Huang Shengli said casually, "By the way, Brother Xu, I heard that you can also hunt, right? Let's wait for the winter and let's go together."
Xu Shiyan shook his head, "Without a gun, we can't fight."
Now that we are no longer in a big house, we can use the guns and dogs in the team. How can we hunt without guns and dogs?
"What's so difficult about that? Tell Secretary Yu and borrow it from the team." Huang Shengli shook his head with a smile.
"Our secretary appreciates you so much, so what's the point of borrowing a gun? If not, you can still borrow it from Zhou Qingguo.
He is the security assistant and commander of the militia company, and he is also in charge of guns and ammunition. You two have a good relationship, so it will not be difficult to borrow a gun."
In fact, here in Donggang, there are not many young people who can hunt. Many people work in industries and forest farms.
Influenced by his grandfather, Huang Shengli likes hunting. Unfortunately, few people can go with him. Huang Shengli's father does not allow him to go into the mountains alone.
Xu Shiyan shook his head, "No, it's not good to borrow the team's gun and use it yourself."
A lesson learned. Xu Shiyan didn't want to cause trouble now. Now that he had finally established a foothold in Donggang, it was good to just plant ginseng and farmland honestly.
Even if you want to hunt, you have to find a chance to buy a gun and raise a few dogs, and never give others a chance to criticize you.
"If you don't want to borrow it, you can buy it, but it's too expensive, hundreds." Huang Shengli was unwilling to give up and continued to mutter.
Xu Shiyan's heart moved and he turned to look at Huang Shengli, "What? Do you have a way to buy a gun?"
"Yes, what's so difficult about this? We used to have a lot of gunners in Donggang.
Right now, many people go to work and don't like to go hunting in the mountains.
I know several companies that have guns, please wait until I get back and ask them for you."
Huang Shengli patted his chest and assured Xu Shiyan that he would leave this matter to him.
It would be great to get a gun. Xu Shiyan immediately became happy, chatted a little more with Huang Shengli, and asked him for help.
When the other young men nearby heard this, they all shouted to follow them up the mountain when the time came.
They were all young people, and most of them were neighbors who got along well with each other. They all talked and laughed and rode their bikes all the way home.
"Daughter-in-law, I'm back. How are you at home? Is everything okay?"
When he got home after five o'clock, Xu Shiyan pushed the car in and saw Su Anying cooking in the kitchen, so he asked casually.
"Where's Yuanyuan?" Yuanyuan, his son's nickname.
"It was hot inside the cart, and it was hot on the kang. I was afraid that he would get heat rash, so I threw him in the cart and swayed around.
You're back just in time, help me take a look to see if he has peed."
Su Anying was busy putting cakes in the pot and couldn't spare her time, so she asked Xu Shiyan to come in and look after the children.
The cradle Su Anying mentioned was the cradle. This cradle was made by Xu Chenghou when Xu Jinfeng was born, and was used by all the children in the family when they were young.
On the day when Xu Haiyuan was full moon, Xu Chenghou specially brought it over for Su Anying to coax the child with.
Tie a rope to the beam and hang the cradle on it. The baby lies in the cradle and is rocking so easily that he can be coaxed to sleep.
This is also a big weird thing in the Northeast, raising a child and hanging it up.
The main reason is that there used to be a lot of wild beasts in the Northeast. If there were wolves or something like that, they would break in and take the children away and put them in a stroller, which would be safer.
"Wait a minute, I'll change some clothes first. I've been walking around in the woods all day, and I won't be able to protect myself from all the grass crawlers."
Xu Shiyan was particularly concerned now. He hurriedly went to the house to find a shirt to change into, washed his face and hair, and then went into the house to coax his son.
"My dear eldest son, come here and let daddy hold you."
Although Xu Haiyuan would either urinate all over Xu Shiyan or cry every time he saw him, Xu Shiyan still liked to hold his son and play with him.