Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 198 Who is applauding? (Two in one)

North of Zhazi Forest Farm.

Inside a simple snow-sheltered camp formed by two crossed and fallen Chinese larch trees.

Belfshka came up to the fire and frowned at the shipping order in his hand.

Arabella, who had taken off her leather boots, was using a silk handkerchief dipped in hot water from a small tin cup to repeatedly wipe her fair, slender feet, with a resentful expression.
“Beshka, what’s the plan next?
Judging from Ivan Ekalov's delivery note, we won't be able to make it back for the holidays this year!"

"How could this happen?! These past few days we have been..."

Red-faced Pana took out a knife, turned over the green-headed duck whose hair had been singed on the bonfire, and scraped off the black hair on the surface.
Every time Arabella said something, he scraped the duck with his knife.

The sound of the knife scraping across the crispy duck skin seemed to remind Arabella to be quiet.

The brown-haired young man sitting on one side of the campfire was disgusted by Pana's behavior, but he didn't know what to say at the moment.

It's snowing heavily outside.

Under the pine trees, there is only a row of bonfires as a source of light.
The thoughts of several people collided silently beside the campfire through their eyes. The crackling and gushing sounds of the oil in the pine branches seemed to be the most real evolution of this game.

A long time passed.

Beshka folded the delivery note and handed it back to the brown-haired young man.

"Keep it, Private Ivan. When our team can return to the motherland, it all depends on you!"

The young man took it with both hands, his eyes still a little confused.

Arabella, who had taken good care of her feet, was delighted. She stretched her feet in front of Beshka, stroking the instep of her feet and opening and closing her sparkling toes.
"Beshka! Have you decided to continue advancing into the hinterland?!"

"Hmm." Beshka twirled his beard and looked at the pair of slender feet. The aesthetic taste of the Zhengmao Banner began to take effect.
“Compared to previous years, the number of wolf skins this time is too small. Too many gray wolves have escaped from the river and are scattered in the mountains.

We are here to hunt and skin animals as efficiently as possible, and we don't have time to fight with the wolves that have escaped into the mountains.

Most of the fur is not as valuable as wolf skin.
We could stay at our current depth and wander around the surrounding mountains, but that would basically mean working overtime until next spring.

Therefore, if you want to go back earlier, you can only take a risk and go deeper..."

"Great! Let's pack up and go now!"

Arabella didn't know whether she was happy about the decision or excited by Beshka's reaction to her.
He turned around and crawled into the simple triangular sleeping tent made of tarpaulin, preparing to pack his equipment, but was interrupted by Beshka.
"Don't be in a hurry. If you go deeper, the risk will increase sharply. You need to make a rigorous plan.
We don't have enough intelligence about those barbarians. Everything is unknown. We have to rely on ourselves.
Moros and I will need to discuss the route later.

The time of action also needs to be changed. In order to improve safety, from now on, we will move at night and rest during the day."

Moros, who was sitting in front of the tent with his knees hugged, suddenly lost his expression. He raised his buttocks, quietly took out a bottle of red ink from his arms, dripped a few drops, and then sat back.

At this point, he could only pretend to be injured and hope that Beshka would stop bullying him because he was the only scout in the team.

Beshka didn't notice Moros's little move, and turned to look at the brown-haired young man who looked a little lost. He reached out and patted the other's shoulder, revealing a very sunny and healthy smile.

"Private First Class Ivan, the subsequent transportation mission will be very difficult, especially when passing through those barbarian villages. You know without me telling you that if we are captured, there will be only one outcome for us, and the organization will only accept this outcome.

After you send this batch of furs back, you can apply for rest and rotation.
The danger of going deep into the hinterland should not be borne by outstanding young people like you.

You should devote a lot of energy and talent to building the motherland.

Arabella won't stay at the front for long. Her training is over. It's time for her to return to the opera company and continue her unfinished performing career."

Beshka's attitude and assurance were like a gentle breeze, which instantly ignited the ember of love in Ivan's heart.

As a highly educated person, he did not remain silent or ask directly how long the process would take like the bumpkin Pana, but responded with the same enthusiasm.
"Lieutenant Beshka, I request to stay until this mission is completed!

I don't think it's wise to make a temporary substitution, as others may not be as familiar with our route as I am.

If there is a real situation, you can't move faster than me. It is a soldier's lifelong shame to retreat in the face of a battle!"

"This is an order, Private Ivan. Follow it."

“No, Lieutenant Beshka.

When superiors make an obviously wrong decision, subordinates have the obligation to point it out and are qualified to refuse to implement it. This is the first rule of our special team.

I apply to stay and continue to carry out the mission until it is completed!"

Beshka twirled his beard, finally grinned, and looked at Arabella, who was sitting cross-legged in the triangular tent across from him.
"Okay young man, I understand. You can stay. It's still four or five hours before nightfall. You still have plenty of time to rest. Go ahead."

Ivan was overjoyed. He shyly moved to Arabella's tent and took out something from his arms. The two of them whispered to each other.

Beshka took out an old map and called Moros and Pana to come over.

"Moros, further south is the barbarian forest. This map was left behind by our experts when they evacuated fifteen years ago. The current situation is completely unknown. What is the probability of you tracking down the mother bear?"

Moros stuck his butt out, looking painful, frowning, afraid that others would not see the red spot on his pants.
"If the entire mountain range is covered with snow, the probability of finding them is only 40%. If only this mountain is snowing, the chance of finding them is almost 100%, as long as there are no special circumstances."

Moros raised three fingers and shook them, then retracted two.

"Three days, no, just one day, I can find it, as long as you can keep up!"

"Don't rush for the sake of speed, Moros. No matter how urgent the situation is, we must make a complete plan."

Beshka said, looking at Pana,
“Once you enter the forest, if you want to efficiently harvest animal fur in the same way as before, you must do a good job of defense.

Pana, I'll leave this to you, is there any problem?"

Pana's face became redder in the light of the fire.
He did not answer immediately. Instead, he used a knife to look at the roast duck in front of him. After making sure that the surface was cooked, he used the knife to cut several deep cuts on the chest and abdomen.
Blood and juice flowed out from the cut, emitting a rich meaty aroma.

He took out a handful of dry leaves from his arms, crushed them, and sprinkled them on the duck.
The fire roasted, and the rich aroma of cumin immediately wafted out.

Then he took out two small bags from his arms, took a pinch of powder from each bag and sprinkled it on the surface of the roast duck.
The aroma levels rise again.

After doing all this, Pana proudly put the roast duck back to the campfire, with a rare intoxicated expression on his face.

"If those barbarians dare to come, I will cook them like ducks."

Beshka nodded. He understood why his superiors said that this former KGB agent was "stupid and unsuitable to continue working for the KGB".

However, the opponent's fighting ability and psychological quality are still worthy of his trust.

Moros, who was standing by, saw that Beshka had made up his mind, and immediately seized the opportunity to express his opinion.

"Then I will go look for the mother bear now. Hurry up and try to find her location accurately before night falls. You just follow the marks I left and find her directly!"

“Moros, how can you ensure that you can avoid all the villages?

Or, can you escape from those barbarians?

According to past intelligence, these barbarians like to roam all over the mountains and plains.

They are much more difficult to deal with than those crazy people in the Middle East who always threaten to launch suicide attacks.
Sometimes you can’t even tell they’re following you.”

"Don't worry, Lieutenant Beshka!" Moros twisted his butt subconsciously, "The wind will warn me.

The training of the Empire will also give us an untold advantage when we clash with those barbarians.

Besides, I have no intention of fighting with him.

In the mountains and forests, the only beasts that can make me feel afraid are the top beasts."

Moros's face was flushed.

He wasn't bragging. He was originally famous for his exaggerated sense of smell and animal-like physique.

Only then can you enter this skin-hunting team and become the most dangerous and important reconnaissance destroyer.

Lead the direction of the entire team, most of the time acting alone without any form of supervision, and prioritize ensuring that their equipment and ammunition are sufficient;
This job can no longer be described as simply fat.
God knows how many precious furs he has hidden in some unknown corners?

Beshka took out an old pocket watch from his pocket, and finally nodded, agreeing with Moros' suggestion.

After Moros marked the general direction on the map, he climbed out of the simple camp and headed towards the mountains.

The heavy snow only visited this part of the mountain. The sudden change in temperature created air pressure.

The surrounding mountain winds caused it to flow back towards the camp where everyone was staying like a broken dam.

And in the birch forest far downwind, an orange-haired beast was following the scent floating in the cold wind, moving slowly towards the direction of its prey.

……

At the foot of Bald Mountain, Erhan lowered his head, feeling that his life as a bear was bleak, and his steps were not even as brisk as the mother bear's.

Even though the little red hat on its head has been put on straight by Dai Song, it still has no motivation.

With the addition of dragging three roe deer, his steps became heavier. After walking a few more steps, he simply lay down in the snow and gave up completely.

"Ho~ho~"

Erhan was blowing the snow in front of him, his face full of despair and a sad emo expression.

Dai Song's comfort and the delicious food at home were nothing more than belated fertilizer and water to the little bear whose heart was as dry as grass.

Its life is over and it no longer sees any hope.

After all, it's hard to find a young bear with an old hairstyle.
There might be something wrong or something is not right.

This is no longer a question of whether the appearance is attractive, but whether it will attract bears' disgust.

Erhan was filled with sorrow and despair. He was thinking about how to spend his long and lonely life.
As a result, just when it was halfway through thinking, and even had some vague ideas in mind (why not just play with the musk deer in the new den, team up with it, and bully the little dog), the mother bear came in front of it without knowing when.

The little bear, who had been coaxed by Dai Song for a long time but had no signs of regaining his fighting spirit, had his little eyes miraculously become bright again after the big mother bear pulled off his Little Red Riding Hood and licked his smooth head.

No one knew what the two bears had communicated with each other, but Dai Song saw that the originally listless Xiao Erhan suddenly became as vigorous as a donkey that had been injected with breeding drugs.
He just rubbed affectionately with the mother bear, then dragged the three roe deer and ran wildly on the knee-deep snow, without any sign of his previous dejection.

The mother bear was strolling towards Gouzi Mountain. Dai Song looked at her graceful back and grinned. She dragged two roe deer and chased after Erhan hard.
"Wait for me, idiot! Wait..."

According to Liu Laoliu's recollection afterwards, Dai Song was finally dragged to the entrance of the village by the little bear.

Xiao Xiong had leggings tied on his shoulders and was dragging three roe deer behind him. Dai Song also had two roe deer on his shoulders, but he was out of breath from running, his eyes were unfocused, and his mouth was cracked.

Even though he was being pulled by the little bear that kept jumping forward, he could only make sure not to fall in the snow. His entire upper body leaned backward, and he moved his legs woodenly, relying entirely on the little bear's strength to run forward.

After arriving at the village, the little bear pulled at the wooden door of the village entrance in a very familiar manner, tilted his head back, and kept barking.

The bear's voice was so distinctive that Erhan's roar scared all the children in the east of the village into tears.

Many adults also felt inexplicably palpitating, but they soon realized that the cry should be the little bear returning to the village.

They left the house one after another and found that the neighbors all had the same idea, so they simply ran to the entrance of the village together.
Climb up the wall,

Sure enough, I saw the little bear who was locked outside the village, pulling at the wooden door, and Dai Song who was leaning against the door and panting.

"Oh my god! The little bear is back!"

"Look! There's a rope tied around it!
What's that thing dragging behind the rope? Is it a roe deer? "

"What's wrong with Songzi? Why are you so listless?"

After a night of adaptation and contact in the morning, many villagers were no longer afraid of Erhan. They all knew that this chubby little bear knew his limits, so even though it was not wearing a muzzle at the moment, many people still helped to move the door open.

The little bear monkey was so anxious that he squeezed in as soon as the door opened a crack.

Dai Song handed the roe deer to a fellow villager, and then untied the leggings on Erhan.
"Fellow villagers, please send these five roe deer to the village headquarters and tell Qi Shunli..."

"What are we sending to the garrison?" Qi Shunli pushed through the crowd and came to the front. When he saw the five roe deer, his eyes lit up and he reacted instantly.
"These were all fought with the help of Erhan?!
Sure, Xiao Erhan! You are so capable!
Help Songzi kill five roe deer at once!

Now we are only 10 roe deer short of our specimen mission!"

The villagers around were even more amazed when they heard this, and they all admired Erhan very much.

Erhan didn't quite understand the specimen mission, he just knew that everyone around him was praising it.

Then he circled around Dai Song, happily passing by the surrounding villagers, wagging his little tail proudly.

Qi Shunli wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to touch Erhan's big, smooth butt, but was discovered by the latter's rolling eyes.
Just when Qi Shunli was about to touch it, he quickly jumped away and hid behind Dai Song, leaving Qi Shunli awkwardly maintaining the posture of reaching out.

"Ahem, haha~" Qi Shunli retracted his hand and touched his neck, "Erhan is so cute, I can't help but want to touch him~"

Dai Song nodded, "I understand, Captain Qi, but you'd better be careful. Erhan is a bear after all, not a dog. If it wants to, it will let you touch it. If it doesn't want to, and you still touch it secretly, it will get angry and may come back to attack you."

"Yes, yes!" Qi Shunli nodded repeatedly, seeming to feel a little embarrassed, so he dismissed the crowd onlookers on the grounds that it was getting late and asked the man and the bear to go back for dinner, and then personally sent Dai Song home.

Before leaving, he looked back several times, reluctant to leave Erhan.

The latter ignored him.

After working all morning, his stomach was a little empty. His black nose twitched and he immediately rushed into the yard with his shiny fur, trying to pry open the door while raising his head and barking.

Jiang Weiqin opened the door with a shrill voice. Erhan was impatient as usual.
Even though my body is as wide as the door frame, I still like the feeling of squeezing through the crack.
He pushed the door open with all his strength, then sat down on the ground with his big butt, turned around on the spot, pouting his lips, and tentatively pulled at the door panel, secretly checking Jiang Weiqun's face.

It is very clever. After a day of getting along with Jiang Weiqin, it completely understands that Jiang Weiqin is the boss in this family.

It's just like in a wolf pack, the mother wolf has the final say.

Whatever it wants to do, it will succeed as long as it gets Jiang Weiqun's support.

When Jiang Weiqin saw the little bear being so well-behaved, she immediately smiled and stroked Erhan's head while saying,
"Yes, yes! Xiao Erhan is so obedient! He has only been at home for one day and he already knows that the store is going to be closed!
That’s right, just close the door!”

boom--

Erhan's confidence increased greatly after being encouraged, and he exerted force with his claws, and the door panel slammed heavily on the door frame, shaking out a lot of the filler between the door frames.

After he finished, he stood up excitedly, raised his head towards Jiang Weiqun, and roared, asking for praise.

"Oh, it would be better if you were gentler! My clever little bear!"

Jiang Weiqun was about to take off Little Red Riding Hood as she spoke, but as soon as she touched the hat, Erhan immediately shook his head and dodged.

"What's the matter? It's warm in the room, and you're wearing a hat, aren't you hot?"

"Pfft~" Erhan's little eyes showed a bit of loneliness,

Soon he strolled to the stove, climbed onto the edge, poked his head out, jumped and kicked his hind legs, and wanted to look into the pot.

"Okay, okay, if you like it, just keep wearing it~ Are you hungry?
Your rice has been served but it's cold. There's nothing in the pot. What are you looking at?
Come on, come in and eat~"

As soon as Jiang Weiqun saw Erhan looking for food, she immediately ignored all the details, untied the leather rope around Erhan's neck, and led the little bear into the main house.

The little girl had heard Little Bear coming back a long time ago, and she wanted to see what was going on in the main room.
But she was small and short, so even if she lay on the edge of the kang and stretched her neck, she couldn't see what was happening outside the door.
When he saw the little bear being led into the house, he immediately jumped up from the kang with joy and danced with joy.

"A delicious meal~" Yingying said, picking up a piece of braised pork belly from her small bowl, holding it in her palm, and blinking at Jiang Weiqin.

"Grandma, can I feed Xiong Xiong?"

Jiang Weiqun was so overwhelmed by her eldest granddaughter that she was about to agree, but then she remembered that her granddaughter and Erhan didn't spend much time together, and this matter could not afford any unexpected mistakes. Just as she was struggling with what to do, Dai Song also entered the room.

While muttering about why the door was crooked, he took off his coat and sat down on the kang.

I heard the little girl squatting by the kang, holding the pork belly in her little hands, calling "Dad" sweetly.
He immediately understood his daughter's thoughts, picked up Yingying and let her sit on his lap.

"Do you want to feed Erhan~"

"Yeah!" The little girl nodded rapidly, and the little tufts of hair on both sides of her head kept shaking.

"Okay, Dad will talk to Erhan and see if he is willing to let you feed him."

As he spoke, Dai Song pretended to be mysterious and waved at Erhan.

From the moment the latter entered the main room, his soul was half drawn away by the fragrance wafting from the kang table.
As long as it was given a bite to eat, it would be happy to do anything. As soon as it saw Dai Song waving at him, it immediately jumped up and climbed onto the kang.

"Hey! Brother! Why is it coming up?"

"Songzi, stop it!"

When the Dai family members on the kang saw that Little Bear was about to get on the kang, they suddenly panicked.

Although Erhan is loved by everyone, the kang is a place where only humans can go up. Jiang Weiqin also pretended to be angry.

He slapped Erhan's big butt hard.
"It's the opposite of Tiangang, isn't it?! Do you think you can climb up this place?

I sneaked in to sleep last night and I haven't come to settle the score with you yet! You want to get on the bed today?

If I let you sleep on the kang today, you will definitely be on the roof tomorrow..."

Jiang Weiqin muttered to herself, and once she started to teach him a lesson, she couldn't stop talking like a lit firecracker.
Dai Song grabbed the confused little bear's ears, leaned close to his ear, whispered a few words, and then looked at the little man in his arms.

"That's enough~ I told Erhan that what you feed it is the only good thing in the world. Just this one bite, look at its little appearance, it is already so excited, feed it quickly~"

"Hehe, Daddy~" The little girl smiled, then leaned forward and stretched out her little hand, "Grow tall, bear~Grow tall, meat~"

"Whoo~"

Erhan endured Jiang Weiqin's occasional educational slaps on the head, and his little eyes slowly focused.

Seeing the little girl's face full of anticipation, he gently and slowly put the fried dough in her hand into his mouth.

There is no need to say much about the taste of the pork belly stewed in a clay stove. Everyone who has eaten it gives it a thumbs up.

As soon as the meat entered his mouth, Erhan's little eyes lit up, his lips smacked, and his two little ears trembled because of the deliciousness.

"Why are you already eating before I've even finished talking?"

Jiang Weiqun finally patted Erhan’s head in a reproachful manner, then turned and hugged Xiao Yingying from Dai Song’s arms.

The others also consciously sat on the kang to make more space for Dai Song.

"Let's eat! Sorry to have kept you all waiting. If you encounter this kind of situation next time, don't wait for me. Eat first!"

"Oh no! How can this be possible? A family should eat together!" Dai Bai took a sip of wine. Just as he was about to say the second half of the sentence, Dai Song handed him a cloth bag.

"What is this?! Matsuko!"

"Open it and take a look."

Dai Bo had a feeling and his mouth was almost grinning to the back of his head, but just as he got the thing in his hand, it was snatched away by Tang Liping who was standing beside him.

He was not annoyed, but instead had a relieved expression, and expressed his gratitude by clinking glasses.

Dai Song also took advantage of the conversation with Dai Bo to vividly describe a series of events that happened on the mountain, which surprised and delighted everyone.
"Xiao Wan! I never thought that you could save the mother bear's life with just a few strands of hair!"

"More than that! I guess the mother bear established friendship with my brother because of my sister-in-law's smell. And when the waiter saw my sister-in-law yesterday, didn't he also rush over to smell her scent?

My sister-in-law has indirectly saved my brother from the danger of being attacked by a mother bear!"

"Hey! That's true!

Thanks to Xiaowan! When Xiaowan first married me, I said that she would definitely be a virtuous and prosperous daughter-in-law!
Look at this..."

Everyone was talking one after another, praising Nan Chunwan until her face turned slightly red. Dai Song, who was eating sizzling food, was reflected in her bright eyes, and the happiness brewing in her heart almost overflowed.

The little girl's crackling applause heightened the atmosphere to a climax. Jiang Weiqin snatched the small wine glass from Dai Laohan's hand and raised it towards Nan Chunwan.

“Our family’s life is getting better and better!

Xiaowan, Mom is happy today, so drink a little too. You don’t have to drink. You deserve Mom’s toast to you…”

"Crackling..."

There was another burst of soft applause.

"Yingying~ It's too early to applaud~ Wait until grandma finishes drinking~"

Jiang Weiqin smiled and rubbed Yingying's round little face. The little one in her arms raised his head and blinked his big black eyes.
"Grandma~ I didn't clap my hands~"

"Ah? Then who..."

“Crackling…”

There was another round of "clapping", and everyone looked at each other.

Only Dai Song, who was sitting by the kang, reacted. He leaned over and saw Erhan squatting by the kang with his head lowered, and Huagu hiding behind Erhan. He immediately shouted,
"Flower mushroom! Don't lick it! Is that edible?!
If you lick me again, I'll cut you!"

(End of this chapter)