Siheyuan, don't mess with me

"I don't want to drink it. The wine brewed by Lao Liangtou is too spicy!" The old lady had a look of disgust on her face. Living in the mountains, it was cold, so the old lady would occasionally drink a few small cups to get rid of the cold!

"Second aunt, I'll serve you some!" Zhao Chunhua picked up the bowl and asked Chen Zhiguo to pour half a tael of wine. Chen Zhiguo just put down the jar and said, "You can also pour some and try it, just don't drink too much!" Grandpa spoke, and Chen Zhiguo picked up the jar and poured himself a tael of wine!

Grandpa moved his chopsticks first and started eating. Chen Zhiguo passed the meat he picked up with his chopsticks to grandma. As a result, his chopsticks met grandma's chopsticks in the air! "Grandma, you eat meat!" "Grandson, eat meat!"

Chen Zhiguo's action made his grandmother very happy, but when she looked at Chen Dahu, who was gnawing on a bone, she saw a look of disgust on his face!

After Chen Zhiguo picked up some meat for Xiaomei and Xiaoyue, he picked up a piece of rabbit meat. What can I say about this rabbit meat? The meat is quite tough. If it is stewed with fatty pork, it will be very delicious. But now there is no such condition. It is good enough to eat meat!

Look at my second uncle. Apart from the first piece of meat he picked up with his chopsticks, he ate the rest of the bones left by his two daughters. He ate them cleaner than a dog. He would just bite the smaller bones into pieces and swallow them. My second aunt went straight for the side dishes: dried beans and potatoes, but she didn't eat any meat!

Grandma did the same. Apart from picking some for Chen Zhiguo, she also picked some for her two granddaughters. It was very fair!

"Grandpa, I toast you a glass!" Chen Zhiguo picked up the wine bowl, not daring to drink too much. He took a small sip. The wine smelled fragrant, but after it went down his throat, a spicy feeling burned from his throat all the way to his stomach. Chen Zhiguo held it in for a while, then exhaled the smell of wine, "This wine is really spicy!"

"Of course not, it's 60% alcohol," Chen Dahu showed off! This made his grandfather roll his eyes again. If it weren't for the meal, he would have done it again!

At the end of the meal, there was only a little soup left, which my second uncle ate with a cornmeal bun. He was really good at eating. A rabbit doesn't have much meat, but grandma added a lot of dried beans and potatoes, and the whole pot was full, and he finished it all. It was because of the lack of oil and water in his stomach. Without oil and water, he couldn't resist hunger, so he ate a lot of food. This was why there was not enough food and everyone had a big belly!

The second aunt helped grandma clean up the kitchen, then took the children back home. The second uncle sat for a while, and then he didn't know where he went! Chen Zhiguo put the six traps that grandpa had cleaned up aside and went to the side room. Since Chen Dayong moved to the city, the original house has been empty, and he piled up all the things that he couldn't take away with his grandparents!

What Chen Zhiguo wanted to take was Chen Dayong's gun. Initially, when Chen Dayong returned to the village, he was appointed as the captain of the village militia, and he had a gun. He had never handed it over, which was very normal here, because there were often wild beasts coming down the mountain due to the proximity to the mountain, and time was urgent. It would take some time to go to the team headquarters to get the gun, so the backbones of the militia here were equipped with guns to deal with emergencies!

Just as Chen Zhiguo was disassembling and oiling the Type 38 rifle for maintenance, he heard someone outside shouting, "Brother Zhiguo, Brother Zhiguo!"

Chapter 11 Returning to hometown for hunting! (3)

Chen Zhiguo put down his gun and walked out of the room. He saw Daniu and Erdan carrying bamboo baskets and standing at the gate, looking out. "Come in!" Chen Zhiguo waved his hand.

Chen Zhiguo pointed at the animal trap placed at the door and said, "Help me set it up. I'll get something and then we'll set off!" Da Niu and Er Dan each carried three traps on their backs. There were also bundles of hemp rope in the backpacks, which were used to bundle firewood!

Chen Zhiguo returned to the room, checked the Type 38 rifle, and then assembled it. When he went to get the bullets, Chen Zhiguo hesitated! Taking a gun privately is risky after all! Chen Zhiguo still didn't want to carry the gun up the mountain like this. Besides, his marksmanship was not very good!

After much hesitation, Chen Zhiguo put the gun and bullets into the space, saving them for self-defense as the last insurance! Chen Zhiguo picked up the hunting tools that Chen Dayong used to have at home, javelins, three short javelins, one meter and two meters long, with iron gun bodies and 30-centimeter gun heads. They were specially made by a master craftsman at the steel rolling mill. They were extremely sharp, with three-edged gun tips and deep blood grooves on each side. The gun heads were not put on the gun barrel, but were threaded and screwed on, so it was very convenient to disassemble!

Seeing Chen Zhiguo coming out with a javelin, Daniu and Erdan were stunned. That boy didn't want a weapon! It was just that they were too young to use the guns at home!

Grandpa and grandma were taking a nap, so Chen Zhiguo didn't call them. He closed the gate and set off with Daniu and Erdan!

There was no prey on the mountain above the village, as it had been cleared many times. If he wanted to get something, he had to go inside. After climbing along the mountain road for more than an hour, Chen Zhiguo finally saw prey, a pheasant in the bush.

Before Chen Zhiguo could do anything, he saw Daniu pull out a slingshot from his waist, aim for a long time, and then, he missed! The bullet made a small sound and went straight into the snow, fortunately it did not alarm the pheasant!

Daniu blushed and took out another stone. Chen Zhiguo said, "Let me try it." Daniu didn't try to show off and handed the slingshot to Chen Zhiguo. Chen Zhiguo took a look and found that the bow handle had been used for many years and was shiny and polished. The rubber band was new and had been replaced not long ago. Chen Zhiguo tried it and found it was very elastic! He just watched Daniu pull it with great difficulty!

Since he started meditating, Chen Zhiguo's sensory abilities have been significantly enhanced. Pulling the rubber band, Chen Zhiguo slowly relaxed his mind and his breathing naturally entered the meditative breathing method. After waiting for a minute, Chen Zhiguo released the rubber band, and "pop", the pheasant jumped and fell to the ground motionless!

"Hit it!" "Hit it!" Da Niu and Er Dan cheered and ran forward. When they got closer, they saw that the stone hit the pheasant's chest and knocked the pheasant unconscious!

Da Niu twisted the pheasant's head and threw it into the backpack. After the victory, the three people became more confident!

But this forest was still too close, and after wandering around for a long time, they only caught a rabbit! Chen Zhiguo took advantage of their inattention and picked a lot of wild fruits from the mountains and stored them in the space. Chen Zhiguo tasted them and they were all very sweet!

The six traps were not wasted, Chen Zhiguo set them all. Come and have a look tomorrow!

On the way back, Daniu and Erdan started to chop firewood. They only chopped dead trees in the forest. Living trees were not allowed to be touched. This was the rule of the village. Except when the family needed wood to make furniture, they could chop down a few trees with the consent of the village and the elders. They were not allowed to chop more! If you chop trees secretly, you will be sent to the ancestral hall! If you are not punished to kneel for seven days, three days is enough for you!

With the help of Chen Zhiguo, Daniu and Erdan quickly collected firewood. There was too much firewood and they could not carry it, so Chen Zhiguo also cut down two dead trees and dragged them down!

When they returned to the courtyard, grandpa and grandma had already gotten up. When they saw Chen Zhiguo dragging the dead tree in, grandma hurried over to greet him and said, "Grandson, don't do it next time. Let your grandfather and your second uncle do it!"

"Grandma, it's okay, we'll just drag it down when we get up the mountain!" Of course Chen Zhiguo wanted to do more so that his grandfather could do less!

"Brother Zhiguo, here..." Da Niu handed the pheasant and the rabbit to Chen Zhiguo, "What are you doing? We went up the mountain together, and we have to share the prey equally! I want this pheasant. The feathers are just right for my sister to make shuttlecocks. They look good!" Chen Zhiguo handed the rabbit to Da Niu, "Take it. If you don't take it, don't go into the mountain with me next time!" Chen Zhiguo looked at the hesitant Da Niu,

"Brother Zhiguo, are you going tomorrow?" Daniu's eyes sparkled.

"Of course I have to go, the clamp is still on the mountain!"

"Then can I go with you tomorrow?" Daniu and Erdan looked at Chen Zhiguo with hope on their faces. "Of course, I'll also need you to help me carry the prey!"

"Okay, Brother Zhiguo! I'll call you tomorrow!" Daniu answered quickly.

"Okay, I'll wait for you tomorrow morning!"

Daniu and Erdan carried the hare and the firewood and left! Chen Zhiguo handed the pheasant to his grandmother, "Grandma, let's have chicken tonight! Let grandpa kill the chicken!" "Okay! Grandson, wait, I'll call your grandpa!" Grandma was so happy that she shouted to the room, "Old man, old man, come and kill the chicken!"

"My eldest grandson is great. This pheasant is fat!" Grandpa picked up the pheasant and looked at it. "Grandpa, save the feathers from the tail for me. I will make a shuttlecock for my sister!"

"I got it. I'll keep it for you!" Grandpa said happily. With his eldest grandson around, life is full of fun!

Chen Zhiguo chopped the two trees he had dragged down into firewood. His distressed grandmother kept telling him not to do it! She was still muttering, "I don't know where that little bastard Dahu has gone to again. He's very active in eating, but no one is working!"

While cleaning up the chicken, grandpa said, "When he comes, you clean him up!"

Grandma nodded, and mentally made a note of the second child! Chen Zhiguo swept the wood chips on the ground and put them in the chicken coop. Seeing that her eldest grandson worked carefully, grandma was even happier. After seeing that he had finished, she quickly dragged him out of the room and directly pushed him onto the kang, telling him not to work any more!

Chen Zhiguo was also happy about his grandmother's concern. He was lying on the kang and chatting with his grandmother. Not long after, his grandfather came in with a processed pheasant. "Grandson, how do you eat this chicken?" "Grandma, make some soup. It's still hot!"

"Okay, we'll listen to our eldest grandson. Old man, go soak the wild mushrooms and use them to stew the chicken later!" The old couple started to get busy and refused to let Chen Zhiguo come down to help!

When the fragrant pheasant stewed with mushrooms was served on the kang table, the second child came in with a smile, and grandma's face immediately darkened, "Why are you here? Have you eaten?"

"We've eaten, we've eaten! Xiaomei and Xiaoyue want to play with their brother, so I brought them here!" The second uncle answered quickly, looking at the pheasant soup and swallowing his saliva, "Can't they find the way? They need you to lead the way!" The old lady said unhappily,

"Grandma, grandma!" Xiaomei and Xiaoyue ran into the yard! "Come in, come in!" Seeing her two granddaughters, the old lady's face changed instantly, and she smiled!

"Have you eaten, Xiaomei?" Seeing Xiaomei and Xiaoyue coming in, Chen Zhiguo reached out and pulled them onto the kang.

"I've eaten, big brother!" Although Xiaomei was greedy for the pheasant soup, she still told the truth.

Chen Zhiguo rummaged through the casserole, took his own bowl and grandma's bowl, and picked out two chicken legs. "One for each of you, eat quickly!"

"Zhiguo, they have all eaten!"

"It's okay to eat a little more after dinner. I can't let my sister watch me eating meat as a brother!" Chen Zhiguo's words made the three people in the room feel warm. Grandma took the chopsticks and handed them to Xiaomei and Xiaoyue, "Sit down and eat a little. Just listen to your brother from now on!"

"Grandma, you come and eat too!" Chen Zhiguo picked up two chicken wings and gave them to his grandparents. "I don't like it!" Grandpa was stunned and was about to take it back. "If you don't like it, give it to me. My eldest grandson picked it for me!"

Grandpa retorted, "Why should I give it to you? He is also my eldest grandson!"

"Don't you think you don't like it?" Grandma continued to confront Grandpa, "Eat it even if you don't like it. My eldest grandson picked it for you!" The two old people were bickering, and Chen Zhiguo watched with a smile. Xiaomei and Xiaoyue ate a big chicken leg and drank a bowl of chicken soup, then crawled to the side and sat behind Chen Zhiguo. Chen Zhiguo took out a handful of wild fruits from the mountain and handed them to them to eat!

The second uncle also sat up and picked up the bones that his two daughters had chewed and started chewing them. Grandpa and grandma saw this but didn't say anything! We are all family!

Just then, the neighbor's uncle came in with a bowl of hare.

"Zhiguo, how are we going to give the rabbits to Daniu and the others? I had already stewed them when I got home!"

"Uncle, we went up the mountain together, so of course we have to divide the prey equally!" Chen Zhiguo answered calmly. After having the space, Chen Zhiguo's vision also opened up!

Grandpa and grandma were also smiling. Their eldest grandson was very generous, which was a good thing!

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The next day, the weather was exceptionally cold. Fortunately, the wind was not too strong, otherwise Chen Zhiguo would have given up on going into the mountains! While he was drinking cornmeal porridge from a bowl, he heard Da Niu calling him "Brother Zhiguo, Brother Zhiguo!" from outside the yard.

Chen Zhiguo came out holding a bowl and asked, "Have you eaten?"

"I've eaten! Brother Zhiguo!"

"Wait for me, it will be ready soon!" Chen Zhiguo finished the porridge in just a few gulps, put down the bowl, and set off. Grandpa and grandma knew that they did not run around in the mountains, so they let them go without worry!

It was still the same road, following yesterday's footprints, the three of them talked as they walked. With six traps, they had a lot of harvest today. The first five traps caught two wild rabbits. Daniu didn't say anything to Chen Zhiguo, and threw the frozen rabbits into the bamboo basket!

When he was about to reach the last trap, Chen Zhiguo stopped and pulled the big bull in front of him, "Hurry up the tree, there is a wild boar ahead!"

Last night, Chen Zhiguo spent a longer time in meditation. Perhaps it was because the air in the mountains was good. When he woke up this morning, Chen Zhiguo felt that he was in particularly good spirits. His ability to perceive in the mountains and forests also became stronger. He could even hear the grunting of wild boars in the distance!

Daniu and Erdan also often go up the mountain, and the adults have taught them how to avoid wild boars! After listening to Chen Zhiguo, the two did not hesitate, dropped the bamboo baskets behind them, and only took the hatchets, each of them chose a tree and climbed up!

Chapter 12 Returning to hometown for hunting! (4)

"Brother Zhiguo, aren't you going up?" Daniu looked at Chen Zhiguo who was still under the tree.

"I'll go and take a look later!" Chen Zhiguo felt relieved when he saw them climbing up the tree. Since he brought them up the mountain, he had to protect their safety. Even if he couldn't defeat the wild boar, he could just hide in the space. In that way, he would not be able to protect Daniu and Erdan!

"Don't come down! Wait for my notification!" Chen Zhiguo reminded again, then slowly moved forward with the javelin in hand!

At the place where Chen Zhiguo set the last trap yesterday, there were several wild boars, two big pigs, followed by four small pigs, surrounding the trap and gnawing at it! What a good opportunity! Chen Zhiguo was very jealous. With a big fat pig, he wouldn't have to worry about the New Year! But he only had three javelins in his hand. What should he do? Which one should he shoot first?

After choosing and choosing, Chen Zhiguo was not sure about his javelin ability. He was strong enough, but he was not sure about his accuracy. So he just chose the one that was easiest to hit!

Chen Zhiguo picked up a javelin, aimed at the last wild boar, took aim, exerted force with his arm, and the javelin flew out. Regardless of whether he could hit it or not, he quickly picked up the second javelin, aimed at the largest wild boar, and threw it with all his strength.

The description in words is slow, but in fact it is a continuous movement, as fast as lightning!

The piglet cried out in pain as the spear pierced its back. The spear's 30-centimeter tip sank directly into the hard snow. The piglet couldn't move. It was being targeted. It could only scream desperately.

The second javelin of Chen Zhiguo pierced directly into the hind leg of the big wild boar, passed through the abdominal cavity, and stabbed it. After all, it was an adult wild boar, and the mud on its body formed a hard armor, so that Chen Zhiguo's javelin did not pin it to the ground. The wild boars instantly exploded and ran madly along the way they came. The injured wild boar was also running, but its injured hind legs could not use its strength, and its speed gradually slowed down. Chen Zhiguo did not rush to chase it, but went to deal with the little wild boar pinned to the ground. The last javelin pierced the wild boar's neck. Blood spurted out along the blood trough, and soon the little wild boar became limp.

Chen Zhiguo then pulled out his javelins, holding two javelins and began to chase along the blood and footprints!

After chasing for more than 300 meters, the big wild boar had fallen to the ground, and the ground was covered with pig blood. The blood groove of the spear head used by Chen Dayong was very deep, and the blood was drained very quickly. The faster the wild boar ran, the faster the blood flowed! The wild boar was already dying, and could only lie there and groan sadly!

Next to it, there was a wild boar circling around him, trying to push him up. It was a good opportunity. Chen Zhiguo quietly moved to the upper hand and threw the javelin again. With his experience, Chen Zhiguo threw the javelin more accurately. The sharp javelin head went directly into the pig's head, and the wild boar fell to the ground with a bang!

Chen Zhiguo waited for a while, and when he saw that the two wild boars were still, he walked forward and poked them with his javelin for a few times. When he saw that there was no reaction, he stepped forward and took the wild boars in! His mental strength was not enough now, so he could only get close to them to take them in!

After collecting the wild boar, Chen Zhiguo quickly left the place. The ground was full of the smell of blood. It would be dangerous if it attracted a pack of wolves!

Returning to the piglet, Chen Zhiguo picked it up and walked away. This place was not safe either. He held the wild boar in one hand and the javelin and trap in the other. As he walked, he shouted, "Danniu, Erdan, come down quickly!"

Hearing the shouts, when Chen Zhiguo came over, they had already climbed down and saw the wild boar in Chen Zhiguo's hand, "Brother Zhiguo, you really got a wild boar!"

"It's just a lone wild boar that ate this pheasant." Chen Zhiguo pointed to the half-eaten pheasant!

"Hurry up, this pig is still bleeding, go back!" Daniu and Erdan often go up the mountain. Although they have never hunted wild animals themselves, they have heard from the old people in the village that the smell of blood can attract wild animals! They don't know if there are tigers, but everyone knows that there are wolves on this mountain!

The three men quickened their pace. The wild boar was not big, weighing only about 50 jin. Chen Zhiguo carried Erdan's backpack, which was just enough to hold 50 jin. Erdan was small, so he carried two traps. Daniu carried the remaining traps, two hares, and half a pheasant! Chen Zhiguo didn't let them take the javelin, so he took it himself and walked faster!

In this way, they hurried on with their heads down until they were close to the mountain village, and then they breathed a sigh of relief and slowed down their pace! Erdan was a little young, so he couldn't keep up with the forced march!

I felt better after slowing down. Actually, it was mainly because I was nervous!

"Grandma, I'm back!" Chen Zhiguo started shouting as soon as he returned to the yard, "Daniu, Erdan, go home and call your dad, let's kill the pig together!"

"Got it, Brother Zhiguo!" Da Niu put down the backpack and ran back home. At this time, grandpa and grandma also came out. Looking at the wild boar in the backpack, their faces tightened. "Grandson, you encountered a wild boar!" Grandma asked nervously.

Chen Zhiguo held his grandmother's hand and said, "Grandma, it was a lone pig that ate half of the pheasant I caught in my trap. It just happened to run into this pig!"

Hearing that they had not encountered a group of wild boars, grandma was relieved. "If you encounter wild boars, you must hide away. Wild boars are very fierce!"

"Don't worry, grandma, I will run far away. It's just a little pig, so I just caught it. If it was a big wild boar, I would have run away long ago!"