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

Chapter 215: Trouble before entering the mountain (two in one)
While Dai Song was checking the frog seeds, Erhan came over with a mean look on his face.

The big head kept trying to get into Dai Song's arms.

What are you fiddling with?
Let me take a look too!

When he saw the full seeds in the forest frog's belly, his eyes lit up.

The smart brain instantly remembered what Dai Song said yesterday, and immediately pulled the head out of Dai Song's arms.
He ran to the ice surface and dug a hole in it with two "bangs". The forest frog inside climbed out of the hole instantly.

The little bear grabbed one with his paw, and after catching it, he squatted on the ice, closed his eyes, and tasted it with relish.
As its big mouth opened and closed, the wood frog made a crisp sound when it was bitten, and the seeds flowed all over its palms.

Erhan was doing everything he could, and it seemed that his full belly could not limit his performance. He ate the buffet next to the ice hole with a serious look on his face.

During this period, some forest frogs were lucky enough to travel a long way in front of Erhan and escape to the edge of the ditch or pond in a dignified manner. However, as soon as they touched the snow, they kicked their legs as if they were electrocuted.

Erhan took a glance at them and thought that all these creatures were frozen to death, so he ignored them for the time being. However, after a while, the forest frogs actually recovered and zigzagged their way into the deep snow, so the little bear was too lazy to dig for them, so he saved a frog's life.

As the water level in the ditch and pond dropped, water soon stopped flowing out of the gap.
There was still one-third of the water level left in the pond, and more than half of the frogs were still crowded together and crawling around at the bottom.

Dai Song looked at the three large sacks filled with wood frogs and rubbed his hands.
"Uncle, brother, these were just minor incidents before, but now it's time for the real hard work."

"Why bother? There's so much food. We'll all be so happy if we take it back!
In the past, we could only catch a basketful of fish, but this time, we caught the whole pond! How will we carry them later?"

"Haha, if you can't carry it, just chop down a few ash trees and make a sled to drag it back!"

Jiang Haohan was quick and had already stuck the fishing net into the ground, refilled the gap in the pond, picked up the hoe and prepared to break the ice.

As soon as he dug the hoe, the "suspended" ice made a crisp crackling sound.

Like lightning, a finger-wide crack appeared from the ice hole dug by Jiang Haohan and instantly spread to the ice hole smashed by Erhan.

Immediately, Erhan, who was licking the frog seeds on his paws stupidly, felt something empty under his butt. Just as he was about to get up to see what was going on, the whole bear fell into the ditch along with the collapsed ice.

The mud instantly submerged the lower body of the little bear. Even though it was a bear, it was suddenly frozen to the bone and sneezed continuously.

The three people by the pool were dumbfounded. The two brothers looked at Jiang Haohan, who looked bewildered.
"I just swung a hoe, the ice was more than ten centimeters thick, how come it all cracked in an instant?!"

"It must be Erhan who pressed on him. Quickly, untie his legs and lend some strength to Erhan. Otherwise, the more he struggles, the more he will be sucked into the mud at the bottom of the pool."

Dai Bai was experienced and he untied Dai Song's leggings as he spoke.

Every spring, fishing gangs would cast their nets in the water pools around Songjiang River.

Without the support of the ice, those bubbles covered with silt and aquatic plants become natural traps that can swallow people. Countless arrogant fishermen have been trapped in them. As the next generation of fishing boss, Dai Bo can easily deal with this situation.

But when he untied it to his ankles, he suddenly closed his eyes, leaned to one side, staggered twice in the snow, and finally scraped the bottom of his eyes with his thumb joint.
"Oh my god! Songzi, what's wrong with your feet!
Why does it taste so good?

The smoke is so strong that I can’t even open my eyes. Forget it, I won’t take off my leggings.

Once you throw this legging down, Erhan won't be able to climb up by biting it, and it will be lucky if he doesn't get fainted by the smoke!"

As he spoke, he pulled out the knife from Dai Song's waist and pulled Jiang Haohan to the side to chop down a small tree.

In order to speed up, one person bends down and chops wildly, while the other person holds the tree and shakes it vigorously. (Do not imitate this)
When the two of them were walking back with the small tree in front and behind, they saw that Erhan had been fished out of the pit by Dai Song.
Erhan was a little confused, and licked Dai Song's cheek honestly, with innocence in his little eyes. His lower body was covered with mud, outlining his "plump" curves.

Not only that, one of Erhan's front paws was still hanging in the air. The two were startled and dropped the small tree and rushed over.

Surrounding Erhan and looking around,

"What happened? Are you injured?"

"Did the broken ice cut your soles?"

The two of them talked back and forth, all their worries were turned into saliva, sprayed on the little bear's face without reservation.

Erhan had a sullen look in his eyes, looking aggrieved and as if he had survived a disaster. He waited until Dai Song, who was standing beside him, re-tied his leggings and patted his head heavily.

The small medal held in its dangling claws accidentally slipped out.

Dai Bo: ...

Jiang Haohan: ...

Erhan's physique is strong after all.

After making sure that there were really no injuries on its body, Dai Bai left a footprint on Erhan's butt with a mixture of anger and amusement.

The little bear didn't care. As long as the little medal he was thinking about was safe, everything would be fine.

Without Dai Song saying anything, he ran to a nearby place, shook his hair vigorously, and then lay down in the snow, chrysalising like a dying earthworm.

It’s true that animals’ ability to clean themselves is really amazing.

When the three of them filled all ten sacks, Erhan's lower body, which was covered in mud and looked like it was wearing thick stockings, actually became fluffy again.

Although many tips of the hair are still stuck together by the mud, making it look very messy, the overall condition has improved a lot.

Dai Song waved to Erhan, and the little bear immediately came over.

"Roar! Roar?"

Erhan blinked his eyes and saw Dai Song holding a large sack in each hand, walking up to it and asking it to lie down.
Then the two sacks were tied to the rope on its chest, one on the left and one on the right. The sacks were hung on both sides of its shoulders without hindering its walking. From a distance, it looked like it was wearing a wig with a middle part.

Dai Song didn't let Xiao Erhan carry the rest of the things, and put them all on the small sled made by Dai Bai and Jiang Haohan.

After all, the road back is all mountainous and bumpy. If he carries less, Erhan can still keep steady. If he carries more, he will stumble and the frog seeds will probably be squeezed out.

I looked at the time and it was almost ten o'clock. I could go back just in time for lunch and I could also quickly fry some wood frogs to try while they were fresh.

The only problem is that Jiang Haohan didn't seem to say hello to the leaders before coming out. Will the director of the forest farm be looking for him all over the world?
When Dai Song raised his doubts, Jiang Haohan's face visibly froze.
"It's alright.
It's not my turn to make decisions on particularly important matters.

I'm not here for other matters, so other colleagues can take care of it first."

Having said that, Jiang Haohan's eyes were always looking into the distance, and his eagerness to return home was written all over his face.

The two brothers looked at each other and said in tacit understanding,
"Then, uncle, take two more bags and share them with the leaders later!"

"Yes, uncle, thank you for helping us pick up frogs.

Take more, share it with the leaders, shut their mouths, and they won’t say anything.”

Jiang Haohan nodded when he heard this, then looked at Dai Song and said,
"This is the only way for now. After you said that, I suddenly remembered that I wanted to ask you before, but I forgot about it when I started working.

What did you talk to your leaders yesterday?

Did you mention the mission of [leading a team to investigate the location where the Sumao people crossed the border]?

Why didn’t I hear you talk about this when you came back?
How?
Are you trying to hide this from your uncle?
Going deep into the Greater Khingan Range is no joke, not to mention that you have to go all the way to the border.

Do you know how dangerous it is here?

Who have you picked? Go back and introduce them to me, and I’ll go with you!
No matter how reliable outsiders are, they are not as trustworthy as our own people! " Jiang Haohan babbled a lot, and directly spoke to Dai Song hesitantly.

Upon hearing this, Dai Bai slowed down his pace and let the little bear, who was carrying two sacks, swaying in the front. Anyway, the little bear knew the road, so there was no problem in letting it lead the way.

"What's going on, Songzi? What are you hiding?

Uncle, what do you mean you want to go too?

What does it mean to go deep into the Greater Khingan Range?

What does border mean?"

Dai Bai was dumbfounded. Hearing these key words, coupled with the fact that he had watched a lot of TV recently, he instantly imagined a big drama in his mind.

He pinched Dai Song's shoulders and shook him hard, as if he was about to face a life-and-death separation.

"No, brother, don't be so nervous." Dai Song pried open Dai Bo's fingers.

"It's just an ordinary mission."

Seeing his brother and uncle eyeing him covetously, Dai Song felt that he could hide it from his uncle but not from Dai Bo.

He then dragged out the whole matter, and the two of them immediately screamed in surprise.

"What the hell? No one's been chosen yet? Are you planning to go by yourself?"

"More than 200 kilometers! The round trip might take half a month!"

"No! I'll go with you!"

Dai Bai and Jiang Haohan squeezed Dai Song in the middle, one on the left and one on the right, and said in unison.

Dai Song grinned, his thoughts running fast, but he was interrupted by Jiang Haohan as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Songzi, don't say anything!
I'm not trying to undermine your confidence. Don't think that you are a fool and that you can win the game by entering Daxing'anling.
The dangers in the old forest are hard to guard against, not to mention that you are alone and deep in the woods. What will you do at night?
Can't you sleep?

Or do you expect Erhan to stay and protect your safety?
It's so small, it can't handle such a heavy task, you know?"

The little ears of Erhan, who was walking in the front, trembled.

She snorted slightly indignantly, pursed her lips, and slowly looked at each other, her gaze focused on the small medal beside her lips.

The sunlight flickered on the surface, reflecting a dazzling light, instantly smoothing out the little unhappiness in its heart.

Then, the little bear's steps regained their previous spirit, and he walked in front of the crowd with his head held high. It seemed that what he was wading through was not the snow, but all the problems in the world.

Dai Bo then continued,
"That's right, Songzi, stop talking. I've also decided to go with you!
We can't let you and your uncle take risks!

I'll take care of your sister-in-law's side."

Dai Song blinked and glanced at the generations of wood frogs on the sled behind him. Dai Bo felt guilty when he saw this.
“That’s not the main reason!

Songzi, you must have faith in the brotherhood between us!"

"No, no. I still believe this.

What I want to say is, if you really want to go with me, you have to behave well today and tomorrow."

Dai Bo: ...

When the three of them returned home, Jiang Haohan immediately carried two bags of forest frogs to the village headquarters to "apologize for his crime".

Fortunately, the leaders did not take any action all morning. It was not until Jiang Haohan came carrying a sack that they realized that he had followed Dai Song up the mountain in the morning.

The first thing Erhan does when he enters the room is to crawl under the crib and admire his little medal alone.

While having lunch, the two brothers confessed to everyone what they had decided on the way back.

Jiang Weiqin exploded immediately.

"What the hell? You two are going to the border?"

"Yeah, I'll go too." Dai Bo was not very sensitive to danger.

Dai Song had clearly been hinting at him to stop talking, but he was still foolish enough to explain to me.

“How can we solve the wolf problem if we don’t go to the border and find the specific place?

And the Sumao people always come to our territory to steal things, what's going on?"

This time, not only Jiang Weiqin, but also Tang Liping's face turned red with anger.
He put the bowl down, twisted Dai Bo's arm hard, and ran back to the next room.

Even little Yingying felt that the atmosphere was not right. She held the small bowl in front of her, looked left and right, and saw that the adults all had serious expressions and were not eating. So she put down the bowl reluctantly and sat obediently in her grandmother's arms.

"What on earth were you two thinking?
Do you know how dangerous this trip is?" Jiang Weiqin's eyes turned red.

"It's not as dangerous as you think, and it's not just us. We still have Erhan.
There will also be support in terms of equipment. The leaders have said that when the time comes, we will provide a batch of grenades and my uncle can go directly to the security department of the forest farm to get them.

Don't worry about guns and bullets, they are definitely sufficient, and the key is that there are other teams following you.

We have calculated that after we set off, a team will be sent out in about two and a half hours to walk towards the border in the direction we are heading.

We will also distribute signal flares. If anything happens, we can send support directly with just one signal flare."

Although Dai Song continued to reveal details of the mission, Jiang Weiqun's face was still full of sorrow, and Nan Chunwan's little hands, which were tightly grasping the corner of Dai Song's clothes, turned pale due to the force.

"But you two are still young! This trip is too dangerous... Especially your brother, your brother hasn't..."

Jiang Weiqun choked up in the middle of her words, and tears rolled down her cheeks, dripping onto the table. This made the little girl in her arms pout and bury her head in her grandmother's arms and sob.

Let’s not talk about Dai Xiaoqian and Nan Chunwan. They started wiping away tears halfway through Dai Song’s speech.

It was a good lunch, but I was about to lose it, and Dai Laohan had to come to the rescue (to divert the fire).

"Alright, alright. Stop crying.

Songzi, look at the thing you have caused. Everyone is worried about it. Couldn't you have discussed it with everyone in advance?
At least let everyone be mentally prepared, right? "

"What do you mean by psychological preparation?" Jiang Weiqin got furious when she heard this. She turned around and kicked Dai Laohan. "Is this something that can be prepared mentally?!"

"Tsk, how can you be so aggressive in front of your granddaughter?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yingying cleverly buried her face in her grandmother's arms, hoping that out of sight, out of mind.

Dai Laohan grinned and continued,
"Matsuko is not a child anymore. You have seen that in the past six months, his ability to withstand the test has increased a lot.
How many black bears, badgers, and other large and small wild animals were killed?

Although I don't quite understand the ins and outs here,
But this time Dai Song went to the border with Haohan and Baizi, and I agree with that.

For a big job like this, you can only feel at ease if you bring your own people with you. No matter how reliable others are, there will always be some resentment. "

(End of this chapter)