Reborn in the fiery age, I am a salted fish in the mountains

Chapter 160 Meeting the Monkey Group Again
There is no meat to eat at home.

In the past few days, everyone was busy opening up wasteland and farming, and no one cared about going out to hunt.

Cousin Liu Hongdong fired a few shots.

However, he was too tired to reclaim the wasteland, so he fired a few shots indiscriminately when he was out of breath. Liu Hongdong was there to practice marksmanship and familiarize himself with the performance of long and short firearms.

Except for killing a few caterpillars and shattering a few wild mulberry trees, the jetted iron sand didn't hit a single bird feather.

A few days ago, everyone's meals were supported by the wild wolf meat. After the wolf meat was eaten up, the family would have no meat to eat.

But fortunately, in those bamboo baskets in the creek, Aju and Zhou Min have been keeping some black fish and big grass carp.

After eating up all the wolf meat, the next few days were supported by these fish meat.

Everyone works very hard. If you don't eat more meat or add more protein, your body really can't handle it.

The end result of the labor is impressive, but the process is not easy: These days, I have been busy building greenhouses and digging that fertile silt from the bottom of the stream to fertilize the fields.

I have a little spare time, and I have to be busy collecting dead branches and leaves, mixing it with chicken and duck droppings, things in the latrine, including the poop of the two dog brothers, Big Tiger and Two Tigers.

According to what Han Xiaokang read in a book, what is "Berlik's 18-day retting method".

Everyone was not too dirty or too tired, and worked together to build countless "compost heaps" in the open space between the land in the backyard.

From a distance, it looks like countless termite nests popping up in the field in front of you, which is very spectacular.

During this period,

The little macaque, Zhizhi, who wandered around all day long, ran over and pulled Han Xiaokang several times, making gestures and gestures, as if implying that it found some other beast somewhere?
It's just that the language of the little macaque has surpassed Han Xiaokang's cognition, and he really didn't understand for a while: what is it implying?
Anyway, looking at its fearful and hating appearance, Han Xiaokang knew that the beast Zhizhi found would not be a wild wolf, let alone a blue sheep.

So I've been ignoring it for the past few days.

Now that the land in the front and back yards has been reclaimed with great difficulty, Zhou Min, who is extremely itchy, encourages Han Xiaokang to go hunting every day.

Zhou Jian took all the farm tools to the pig farm and continued to reclaim the wasteland.

Liu Hongdong went out of the mountain.

Because it is estimated that the procedures for the district animal husbandry station to appoint him as the animal defense officer of the Wujiazhai production brigade should be completed in a few days, so Liu Hongdong needs to go to Wujiazhai to have a look.

By the way, he also needs to pick up the rations allocated by the animal husbandry station and the feed for breeding.

Zhou Jian was left alone to help him raise pigs, and at the same time he had to be responsible for reclaiming the land and cooking three meals a day for himself.

Tired!

Surviving in the mountains is indeed very tiring at the beginning, and no one can relax.

"Brother Xiaokang, you can go at ease!"

Seeing that Zhou Min insisted on taking Han Xiaokang out to hunt, Aju knew that Han Xiaokang was hesitant and refused to agree.

It was purely out of worry that Aju was left alone in the hut.

So Aju said, "Now I have a fence here, and there are little wolves Lele and Pingping, and Erhu is with me. It's all right."

Aju smiled softly, "Brother Xiaokang, don't forget, when I stayed here just now, Erhu was the only one with me. I wasn't afraid at that time, so why worry now?"

Zhou Min also chimed in, "That's right! There is such a strong fence, and there are three little guys standing guard for Aju, and there are firecrackers in the house, so there is really no need to worry about it.

Besides, the place where my younger brother lives is not far from here, and he can hear it when he fires a gun, and it only takes a while to run over!We can't always live by touching some fish and shrimp, can we? "

Except for practicing her hunting skills, Zhou Min was eager to go hunting, which was just one of the reasons.

In fact, there are several other factors, which she did not explicitly mention: if you catch prey, you will have meat to eat. Once you have meat to eat, your appetite will decrease, thus saving a part of the precious food.

She is thinking about the long life.

In the past, Zhou Min would feel that living in the mountains with her younger brother Zhou Jian could be regarded as being dependent on others, and she could only exchange hard work for food.

But since the last meeting, when Han Xiaokang discussed the profit distribution ratio with everyone, Zhou Min began to understand: all this does not belong to a certain person, but everyone has a share.

In particular, the hopes that burst out from the newly reclaimed land and rice fields are the fruits of everyone's concerted efforts, sweat and hard work.

Seeing that the home is being built up day by day, little by little.

This kind of very participatory and fulfilling experience cannot be replaced by lip service.

Therefore,
Now Zhou Min's mentality has obviously changed: from the previous vassal mentality, it has become "I am a part of this place" and "everyone has to consider the interests of the entire group".

Zhou Min is anxious to make money, and there is another reason: if he wants to survive in the mountains for a long time, he must save money as soon as possible, so that he can use it to buy a batch of supplies and save some food.

There is food at home, so I don't panic.

And if you want to make money, you can only hunt the fastest.

After all, relying on planting crops on the reclaimed wasteland, the effect of this thing is very slow, how can we wait?

Aju kept the two little wolves, and at night, Aju liked to leave the two tigers in the house to sleep with her arms around her, so she decided to keep the two tigers too.

Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min set off before dawn with only Dahu and Zhizhi, and went straight to the valley where the honey pears were picked last time.

Going out this time, Zhizhi seems to have another purpose besides implying that it has found some kind of beast.

No, apart from being vigilant against Zhou Min all the time, this guy basically clung to Han Xiaokang's side the rest of the time, jumping up and down, touching his trouser pockets and Han Xiaokang's bag for a while.

In my satchel, there are bandages, tourniquets and some simple first aid supplies from the first aid kit, as well as sharp syringes and needles.

Han Xiaokang would let the little macaque flip around.Seeing that Han Xiaokang refused to let him touch the satchel, he squeaked and jumped up and down angrily, but there was nothing he could do.

Speaking of the past, the little guy was afraid of Han Xiaokang's inaccurate marksmanship, and envied Han Xiaokang's ability to kill poisonous snakes and pythons.

And since Zhizhi had seen Han Xiaokang's method of dealing with the monkey king, the little macaque's impression of Han Xiaokang had become awe and admiration.

How dare it provoke a ruthless person who can subdue the Monkey King?

I don't bother to care about the little macaque making trouble.

With torches and flashlights on, Zhou Min and Han Xiaokang braved the thick fog and dew, and finally reached the ground.

The two then stood on the ridge, looking down at the peach grove in the valley.

Zhou Min couldn't help admiring: "This is really a good place, sheltered from the wind and facing the sun, and the land is fertile.

Xiaokang, look at the water traces of that brook. The height of the stream has not changed much over the years. The stream is gurgling, and there is neither worry about flooding nor suffering from drying up.

If the large piece of land at the edge of the pear grove is reclaimed, it is estimated that there will be at least 150 mu of good land, and at least 100 mu of fertile land. With these pear trees and wild fruits, it is absolutely no problem to feed 50 people. "

Being reminded by Zhou Min, Han Xiaokang couldn't help thinking: In the future, those people who fled from famine cannot be stopped from flocking to this place.

Wouldn't it be a good thing to settle them here?
If they do that, at least they can prevent them from disturbing Aju's peaceful life, and it won't affect Liu Hongdong's breeding of fine-bred pigs.
Not to mention,
For the same thing, the same place, one more person will have an additional perspective, a new way of thinking and a new entry point.

The weather is fine today.

The sky was full of rays of light, and the breeze was blowing on the ridge. Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min, who had driven the mountain road for several hours, were in a good mood.

But the little macaque became more and more anxious.

At this time, the sky was already bright, the silky morning mist dissipated, and the sunlight splashed on the earth, coating all the mountains, ravines, forests and shrubs with a layer of golden light.

The blue sky and white clouds, the green leaves whirling, the breeze blowing, the beauty in front of you is really intoxicating.

"Squeak, squeak—"

The little macaque's cry was a little anxious, and Zhou Min was very impatient to hear it.

I saw her unloading the long gun from her shoulder, and she was about to shoot, "Is it annoying? The whole road is full of yelling and screaming! Jumping up and down, they don't know what to do, it's really annoying to death!" "

"Squeak -" sound.

The little macaque threw itself on Han Xiaokang's shoulder in fright, pulled its neck tightly against Han Xiaokang's back, only showing a small head, "Squeak! Hoho!!"

The monkey took advantage of others, and the little macaque hiding behind Han Xiaokang's head grinned at Zhou Min.

"What is this for?"

Han Xiaokang reached out and pulled the little macaque off his back, and let him tell himself face to face: What does the little guy want?

Scratching its furry little head, the little macaque picked up a small stone from the ground and put it in his mouth, with a very comfortable and enjoying look on his face.
Zhou Min and Han Xiaokang looked at each other, then shook their heads together: I don't understand football!
"Squeak-"

The little macaque Jian couldn't understand the meaning of the two humans, so he couldn't help becoming a little annoyed, "Zhi, Zhi"

I saw it scratching its ears and cheeks, and its black eyeballs rolled around twice, and then this guy's face suddenly showed a special dazed feeling after he defecated.

He stretched out his claws, squeaked and tore off a leaf, then wrapped the small stone in the leaf, and twisted the two ends of the leaf a few times pretendingly.

Then peel it off again, put the small stone into its mouth again, and keep licking it.
"What is this for?" Zhou Min asked.

"It wants candy."

He remembered the last time he was in this valley, facing the rebellious Monkey King and his two bodyguards.

At that time, Han Xiaokang used a whip and candy to force the monkeys to work for him.

It may be that the scene at that time left a deep impression on Zhizhi, so when he arrived at the valley full of honey pears, the little macaque would think of Tangtang and the monkey king.
After being gestured by the clever Zhizhi, Han Xiaokang finally understood the little guy's intentions.

So Han Xiaokang reached out and grabbed a handful of hard corn candies from his satchel, took out 2 or 3 candies and handed them over.

I didn't think so,
After Zhizhi took the candy, he didn't rush to eat it, but stared straight at Han Xiaokang's hand, and then stretched out a paw, opening and closing it non-stop.

It is signaling Han Xiaokang, hoping to give it some more.
"It's really greedy!"

Zhou Min pouted, "Don't give it to Xiaokang, we can't let it get used to this problem!"

"squeak!"

The little macaque seemed to understand Zhou Min's words, it turned its head suddenly, and bared its lips fiercely at Zhou Min!

Han Xiaokang glanced at Zhou Min, signaling her to be calm.

The little guy didn't hesitate to risk offending Zhou Min, or even risk being threatened by Zhou Min's firearms, but he had to ask for candy from himself?
From this point of view, candy may be very important to the little macaque!
He gave Zhizhi all the candies in his hand, this guy seemed to be a little dissatisfied, Han Xiaokang stretched his legs angrily
"Squeak! Squeak!!"

The little macaque yelled a few times, then jumped to the top of a tree on the top of the mountain, and roared wildly at the opposite hillside.

"Squeak, squeak."

"Squeak, squeak—"

On the opposite side of the mountain, on the cliff where the group of monkeys lived, the group of monkeys responded in disorder.

Zhizhi grinned with joy, jumped off the treetop, grabbed Han Xiaokang and ran away!

After getting down the ridge, the little macaque pointed to the higher and steeper mountain ridge on the opposite side and added a few times, as if telling Han Xiaokang that he would definitely gain something if he went to the top of the opposite mountain to have a look.

Then this guy left Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min behind, plunged into the group of monkeys in a few leaps, and refused to come out again.

Han Xiaokang picked a honey pear for Zhou Min, and took a pear himself, eating while climbing the mountain.

The next crop of honey pears has already ripened a lot, and it seems that they can still pick 2 catties.

It's a pity that I have Zhou Min by my side, so it's really inconvenient to ask the monkeys to help pick these honey pears and take them outside the mountain to sell for money.

Leading Zhou Min, Han Xiaokang crossed the pear grove, wasteland, and stream between two mountain ridges, and then began to climb the slope.

This mountain ridge is much higher than the hillside that came down just now.

Looking at it from a distance, I don't think it is so difficult to walk, but in fact, it takes at least 4 to 50 minutes to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.

Most Bashu people are good at climbing mountains, and Zhou Min is naturally not a pampered girl, but halfway through the climb, she was sweating profusely and panting.

"That hozen is disgusting!"

Standing on the half slope to rest, Zhou Min wiped the sweat from his forehead, turned his head and complained to the little macaque playing on the edge of the cliff, "Xiaokang, look at that annoying monkey. Show off in the group!"

At this time, Zhizhi was sitting next to the Monkey King, and very flatteringly offered the Monkey King 3 corn candies.

Among the monkeys, the monkey king was undoubtedly the most capable male monkey, and Chi Chi had obviously had a deep friendship with this monkey king.

Otherwise, the Monkey King wouldn't let him squat beside him.

Zhizhi first offered candy to the Monkey King, and then the guy jumped onto a tree by the cliff, took out two candies, and respectfully handed them to the old monkey who was on guard.

In this group, the monkey king is the most able to fight, but the one with the highest prestige and the most trustworthy by the group of monkeys is undoubtedly the old monkey.

This guy!
something will happen
And on the lower stone steps, there are a large group of female monkeys drooling and looking eagerly at the candies in the hands of the little macaques.

All of them were eager to move, wanting to go forward to ask for it, but they were frightened by the monkey king's despotic power and dared not make any mistakes.
"puff--"

Zhou Min covered his mouth and smiled, "Why do I feel that the monkey king among the monkeys will sooner or later be dyed green by the monkey?"

(End of this chapter)