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

Chapter 61: Home Plans and Mountain Plans
As the old saying goes, a man is innocent unless he is in possession of a treasure.

Of the five hammers in Dai Song's arms, except for the broken one that couldn't be sold, the other four together would be worth at least over a thousand yuan.

The main thing is the "eight taels" old hammer that Xie Shubao dug up. It will definitely not grow back in more than a hundred years. Just judging by the weight, age and surface, it would cost more than six or seven hundred yuan.

How could people from Northeast China not know that hammers are valuable?
What should he say to calm his family, prevent the news from spreading, and allow them to wait quietly until the pestle is dried and taken to town?

Just as he was groping in the dark, Jiang Weiqun called out and delicious dishes were served on the table one by one.

In addition to the Northeastern home-cooked stews, Jiang Weiqun also took the trouble to make a pot of fried badgers with green onions today. When Dai Song was peeling the badger skin yesterday, Jiang Weiqun pinched her nose and said that the thing had a smell of meat (fishy, ​​closer to smelly), and it was inedible, and it would be a waste of seasoning to cook it.

But Dai Song insisted that this thing was delicious because of its wild flavor, and he was so bold as to provoke Jiang Weiqun.

On the one hand, he told me not to be reluctant to throw away the onions, ginger and garlic, while on the other hand, he shouted that if I couldn’t cook it, I should just leave it there and wait for him to come back and show off his skills.

As a result, Jiang Weiqun, who never gives up, performed exceptionally well today and made this dish of fried badgers with green onions that made the whole family give thumbs up.

Seeing that everyone was enjoying the meal, Dai Songxin made up his mind and started a conversation directly.

"These days, I followed others and found a nest of clubs in the mountains."

The noise of eating suddenly became quieter.

"Ball?" Dai Bo was alert and kept winking at Dai Song - Brother, you must not forget our agreement! If you hit me with another hammer, I will not be able to bear it!

"Yeah. We discussed whether we should take turns guarding the mountain and get all the clubs out overnight."

The family members didn’t know the so-called “rules”, so he planned to “bully” the outsiders and lay the matter out first.

"Keep watch?" Jiang Weiqin's eyes suddenly fixed, "Old man, you've only recovered for a few days, and you're already thinking about going out again?! Can't you find a better excuse?!"

Dai Song's scalp suddenly went numb. He had originally thought of bringing up this matter first and then taking out the mallet tomorrow night.
This way, there will be a process, and everyone will not get too excited afterwards, thus avoiding leaks.
As a result, Jiang Weiqin gave him the rank of general. How could he handle this? !

He subconsciously looked at Nan Chunwan, only to see that her eyes suddenly became confused. She was silently holding the bowl and trying to hide her emotions by shoveling corn porridge.

Dai Song felt as if his heart was being grabbed tightly, and he felt very uneasy.

But the next moment, he suddenly realized that this was a good opportunity to use the hammer to clear his name.

Dai Bo's eyes at this moment must support me!

Brothers are as close as brothers! In that case, there is no need to avoid you and sister-in-law!
Thinking of this, Dai Song stepped back on the kang with his hands, and took out the five rolls of birch bark paper from his arms.

"Mom, I'm not looking for an excuse to go out. I'm serious. Look."

As he spoke, he untied the red ropes that bound the sticks, and one by one the hammers appeared in front of everyone.

Dai Bo exploded instantly.
He slumped beside the table on the kang, his eyes staring at the ceiling with empty eyes, his mouth opening and closing, moving non-stop, and no one knew what he was mumbling.

Beside him, Tang Liping was in high spirits, her eyes full of anticipation.

Everyone else had a look of shock on their faces.

Although Xiao Yingying didn't know what it was, she saw her grandmother, mother and aunt all staring with eyes wide open as if they were very surprised. She touched her greasy little mouth and followed their example, opening her mouth wide and making "wow wow" sounds.

"Such a big stick! Brother! Can you show it to me?!" Dai Xiaoqian's eyes were wide open, staring at the biggest one without blinking.

Dai Song smiled and distributed five mallets to everyone. "These are not all mine. They are not convenient to place in other people's homes, so I temporarily put them here. Look, the biggest one and the one on the top of the split fork were taken out by others."

This sentence immediately extinguished half of the joy in everyone's hearts.

As a Northeasterner, who doesn’t know that bangchui is the most valuable of the three treasures of Northeastern China? Who doesn’t know that bangchui is valuable?

This big hammer was almost as good as the other four combined, but Dai Song said it was not his. You can imagine how disappointed he was.

Dai Bo came to life after hearing this. He thought he could struggle a bit.
"Songzi, so these three are yours?

When are you going to sell it? You must sell it!
This thing is so valuable, you can't just sell it and keep it at home, right?!"

"Yeah." Dai Song scratched his head in confusion, thought for a moment, and continued,
"Sell it, but not all of it. Did you see the 'leg' that's broken off? I can't sell it for a high price, but the efficacy of the medicine is not affected. I think I'll just keep it at home."

Dai Bo suddenly collapsed. He felt as if his soul was slowly leaving his body...

The others looked at all the hammers, but they became cautious with the two hammers from outsiders, for fear that they would get hurt and then have to explain themselves later.

Nan Chunwan was still extremely excited, even though the biggest stick was not Dai Song's.

But she has never asked for much. She is satisfied as long as Dai Song lives a good life with her.

Now Dai Song can not only do this, but also make money. How can she not be happy?
Dai Song saw that her expression had softened, and he felt relieved, so he returned to the topic.
"I don't need to tell you how valuable these mallets are. Mom, before I sell them, you must keep this secret and don't let anyone know!"

Jiang Weiqin's eyebrows were also flying at this moment. After hearing what Dai Song said, she didn't notice anything wrong with his words.
As he picked up the mallet and handed it to Dai Song, he nodded continuously.
"Don't worry, I'll hit you! How could mom not count?!
This matter is specifically for you to keep secret!

Old man, if you sell those two mallets, you'll have enough money to build a house, right?"

"Ah."

Dai Song nodded, and looked at Nan Chunwan with a little more smile in his eyes, "Actually, I think the money for building a house is not urgent. I can buy some furniture and appliances for the family first. Even if I save enough money to build a house, I have to wait until the spring, but I can enjoy the appliances first."

"Home appliances?" Jiang Weiqin fed Yingying a mouthful of porridge. "What do you want to buy?"

Dai Song didn't dare to mention the TV and washing machine, which could easily get him beaten, so he had to try to find out.
"Three turns and one ring can make a complete set..."

"What?!"

Not only Jiang Weiqun, but other adults were also stunned when they heard it.

Every old woman in the village knew that Xiang Dongfang had bought a bicycle and a radio, and that the two items together cost nearly two hundred yuan.

These are just two things. Now Dai Song said he wanted a whole set of three turns and one ring, which would cost 500 yuan. Jiang Weiqin started to criticize him.

"Forget it! Stop thinking about it!
If you dare to buy it, I will kick you and your belongings into the river!"

"Aren't there still bear gallbladders, bear paws and the hammers that haven't been dug up on the mountain?" Dai Song stiffened his neck.

After his rebirth, he made money to make his family's life better. Why can't he be tougher? And he has made up his mind.
If they agree, then buy it openly. If they disagree, then do it without consulting me later.

"All the clubs on the mountain are yours?! And I would have forgotten about it if you hadn't mentioned it. How dare you talk about the bear gallbladder?!"

"Ah?" Dai Song didn't know what happened, but his arrogance subsided instantly.

"The whole bear gallbladder is said to be valuable, but I only saw you cook it once.

Don’t worry about it after that. Xiaowan will help you take care of that thing.

Day after day, you have to dip it in hot water and then find a ventilated place to hang it up.

You are so tall, why don't you do this? You can only tease Xiaowan to stand on a bench every day to hang the bear gall on the beam...

When the bear gall is sold, you have to give all the money to Xiaowan!"

Dai Song was stunned. Jiang Weiqin scolded too quickly, and he automatically ignored the second half.

In my heart, I have a deeper understanding of the phrase "marry a virtuous woman".
So when he heard about handing over Xiaowan, he nodded quickly.
"Oh, that's fine!" Seeing that Dai Song had given in, Jiang Weiqun returned his bowl and chopsticks, and Dai Song was able to continue his meal.

But after the meal, Dai Bo stayed in the house and refused to leave.

Tang Liping patted Dai Bo's shoulder and said, "Let's go? Do you still want to live in this room?"

"Well~ You go back first, Songzi and I have something to talk about."

"What? Songzi has been busy on the mountain all day, let him rest early."

"No, I have to say it. You can go back first and go to bed without waiting for me."

"What's wrong? If you have something to say, please tell me now. I'll wait for you and help Xiaowan with some work."

Without waiting for Dai Bo to argue, Tang Liping went straight to the stove, replaced Dai Song, and spread the mallets on the ash on the stove.
"Songzi, your brother is looking for you. He said he has something to say to you and you won't go back until you tell him."

"Okay," Dai Song understood and nodded repeatedly, "Don't worry, sister-in-law, I have to fart quickly, two minutes! Wait a moment!"

Dai Bai was listening in the room, his face twitching. When he saw Dai Song come in, he jumped up from the kang.

Close the door.

"Songzi!!!" He gritted his teeth and hugged Dai Song's shoulders, "You must give your mallet to our parents!!!"

"Brother! Brother!" Dai Song was gritting his teeth as he was pinched by his iron-like hands. "Don't worry, this hammer will never be used by sister-in-law to bully you. Let go, let go."

"real??"

"Really!"

Dai Bo narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth when he heard this.

I don’t know if it was because Dai Song saw it wrong, but at this moment Dai Bai’s face was actually “beautiful”.

He smoothed Dai Song's clothes, called Tang Liping, and walked out of the house leisurely.

Dai Song followed him out of the room to see him off.
Seeing that the mallet had been put away and the pig leg at the door was gone, he went to the side room and brought out the little flower dog.

Xiao Yingying was playing happily with the little flower dog. When she saw Dai Song suddenly take it away, she hurriedly followed behind it and called out in a baby voice,

"Dad~ Xiaohuadu~ plays with Yingying~"

"Xiao Huadu?" Dai Song was stunned, then looked down at the puppy he was holding.
"Yingying, this is the name you gave it~"

"Hmm~" the little girl said in a soft and cute voice. Seeing the little flower dog was held up by its belly with its four legs hanging in the air, she quickly stretched out her arms to take it.

"Huadu, Yingying loves you~ Dog, Yingying likes it~"

"Oh~ Yingying is talking about flower mushroom~"

Dai Song and the little flower dog looked at each other. It turned out that the little flower dog had a white base coat with several yellow and black spots of different sizes on its body. Each large spot was made up of many small spots. It looked a bit like leopard spots, or a mushroom with a cracked cap.

The little girl likes to eat this kind of mushroom the most. Seeing that the dog's fur color is similar to the mushroom, and she likes both of them, she just calls it by the same name.

As soon as Dai Song put the little dog down, he immediately saw the little dog circling around Xiao Yingying and licking Xiao Yingying's face from time to time.

It grows very fast. It has grown a lot in less than a week since I came home.

The teeth in the mouth began to emerge one after another, and the limbs also began to "sprout", becoming increasingly long and slender, with the agility and elegance unique to thin dogs.

"Yingying, Dad is going to start training Little Flower Mushroom from today, do you want to watch it together?"

"Xun Nian?" The little girl hugged the mushroom's neck to stop it from licking and rubbing.

"It's to make Xiao Hua Mushroom stronger, so that he can go up the mountain with his father and bring back more meat~"

"Okay~" Xiao Yingying held the head of the flower mushroom very seriously, "Hua Du~ become greasy, help daddy to beat the meat!"

Dai Song was really touched by his daughter's cuteness. He quickly walked to the stove, picked up the wild boar ear and gave it to his daughter.

"Hold it, dad will give you a sample first, and then Yingying can just bite the flower mushrooms~"

"Okay~" Yingying grabbed the pig's ears with both hands and looked at Dai Song with a smile.

Dai Song took the wild boar's ear and started teasing the flower mushrooms.

This is the first step in hauling the dog, allowing the dog to get familiar with the smell of the prey, and at the same time planting the idea in the dog's mind that "this thing can be hunted."

To put it simply, "drag the dog" means that the hunter drags the dog onto the hunting trail.

It is impossible for an untrained dog to chase prey in the mountains.

Even if they are extremely hungry, they will just follow their instinct to catch some small animals to fill their stomachs.

In the eyes of dogs, wild boars, black bears, and even larger animals are not their prey at all.
If you want the dogs to find and chase these animals, you need hunters to drag the dogs.
Little by little, let the dog understand that these animals can be hunted.

Since Huagu came to Dai Song's house, he has never eaten eggs again. The few meats he has tasted were those that Xiao Yingying secretly hid during meals, or some bone and meat scraps from leftovers.

At this moment, Dai Song just lifted the tip of the wild boar's ear and used the blood-piercing ear base to tease its mouth a few times. The little flower mushroom, which had been craving for meat for a long time, immediately became addicted to the smell, and kept shaking its feet and reaching for the pig's ear in Dai Song's hand.

In fact, Dai Song had carefully considered using pig ears to drag flower mushrooms.

When hunting dogs bite their prey, they don't just bite randomly.
Instead, they will choose the position they are most familiar with. Dai Song uses wild boar ears to drag the flower mushroom in the hope that the flower mushroom will actively bite the wild boar's ears when facing a wild boar in the future.

This is called hanging pliers in the jargon.

There are only three ways for wild boars to attack: one is to hit, two is to pick, and three is to step on.

The most dangerous of these is picking.
But if the hound can bite the wild boar's ears firmly and hold them tightly, thus restricting the wild boar from shaking its head to attack, then the wild boar's strongest attack method will be destroyed, and subsequent hunting will be much easier and safer.

Looking at Erhan again, he has made rapid progress after these few trials.
From the first time he went hunting, he was pushed to the ground by a wild boar and dared not resist, to the time when he took the paw of a black bear for himself.

Then there was the time when he first got a gun. Because of the problem with the gun, he missed the opportunity to hunt the old sow. He used himself as bait to lure the old sow away...

After hunting again and again, Erhan’s growth is tremendous!

But its biggest disadvantage is that it is not flexible.
This is the brown bear's weakness.

When faced with wild boars and black bears, which it cannot currently defeat by force, it has no other options but to fight back.

If it could have a helper like the flower mushroom to help it limit its prey,
I believe that if we give it some time to grow stronger, we can get used to each other and go hunting together.
I guess in the end it won’t be my turn or the little backpack’s turn to take action, the two little guys will be able to take down the prey directly!

This chapter has 4000 words, and there is still one chapter to go before it’s almost afternoon.

In the future, the update time of two chapters will be staggered.

One chapter at 12 noon, one chapter at 18:.

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