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Chapter 13 The Predator

With Li Cuizhen's hesitation, no one knew what her plans were, and several pairs of eyes were fixed on her, waiting for her to make a decision.

"...Why don't you ask for another half-day leave, Boss?" In addition to the previous half-day, I asked the captain to intercede, not counting as a whole day.

Li Cuizhen has a stubborn temper, walks in a hurry, speaks and does things in a snappy way, and is not at all muddled. She is such a person who should do what should be done.It was the first time she spoke in interrogative sentences, and the whole family felt dizzy, unable to determine what she meant.

Zhao Wenduo didn't know whether others saw it or not, but she could see it clearly anyway, Li Cuizhen's distressed expression looked like she had been cut off two catties of flesh, and she had to give up her love and give it away.

For a person who takes food as his lifeline, it is really not easy to let go of this mouth and say that he has a half-day vacation.

Zhao Wenduo understands that it's all because of her hard work for the past two days. The little transparency at the end of the family has finally found some sense of existence, and it's fine if she can hear this sentence.

"Don't you still have to deduct the food when the boss asks for leave? There is no need for that." Zhao Wenduo said: "School ends early in winter, and I go up the mountain when I come back. I cut two bundles every day, and I can make more from less. And on Sundays I You can also go to rest, anyway, I can cut enough firewood this winter."

"Then don't you have no time at all? What about studying? You don't have time to do your homework." Zhao Wenlan has been to the mountains twice and knows that chopping firewood is not an easy job. You have to go, it's exhausting.

"It doesn't matter. What I learned is easy. I can't let it go. I just wrote my homework when I have time." I got it right.

"Really, don't brag that you will be a big duck when the time comes?" Zhao Wenlan teased with a relaxed look.

Zhao Wenduo is the monitor of the class. Not to mention the best academic performance, the top three can always be in the top three. The mid-term and final exams are generally above 95 points. It is purely a joke to say that the exam is zero.

Several people laughed happily, but acquiesced to this decision.

This is the current situation of the Zhao family. If they don't go up the mountain, they will not be able to survive this winter.The children of poor families have long been in charge of the house, knowing that the work is hard, but they still agree, which is somewhat helpless.

It's all about being able to live a good life. Zhao Wenduo can appreciate the bitterness of it, and he doesn't feel that it is unfair. He is supporting this poor family with his income. At most, you have more and I have less.If you want to think about it seriously, it means that she is still younger, but she knows that although the outer skin is tender, the core is already an old cucumber, which can withstand wind, frost and rain, and will not be so fragile.

What's more, she was the one who came up with the idea, even if she was tired, she had to continue.

"You don't have to go to see the sky, third child. Take another time to go there and cut a dozen or so bundles. It's enough to save a little burning a year ago." Li Cuizhen couldn't bear to do this kind of work.

"Well, I see, I'll see what to do."

With Zhao Wenduo's answer, no one said anything anymore, and it was assumed that she knew it well and would not tire herself out, so this matter was settled.

She said she was going up the mountain to cut firewood, but she was the only one who knew what the real plan was.Cutting firewood is just an excuse, but what I really want to do is something else.

The county where Bailangli Village is located is a mountain city, and there are countless large and small peaks in the territory. Looking around, the peaks are scattered and undulating.

As the saying goes, rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, rely on the sea to eat the sea.Guarding the mountain city, the best way to survive is naturally to harvest the gifts from the mountains.

The older generation of people in this land also follow this law of survival, giving birth to children and multiplying here.

If there is no accident, this method will be passed down from generation to generation.

It's just that the special era has become this unexpected.

There are more than a dozen mountains around Bailangli Village. In addition to vegetation and trees, there are many kinds of animals in the high peaks and low hills.Hare is just one of them, besides it, pheasant is also the most common.Dongshan is relatively low, and these small animals are the most numerous.

Human beings are at the top of the food chain in nature.Once this supreme king is restricted, the food chain will lose balance to a certain extent.Without the biggest natural enemy, some populations will develop and reproduce rapidly, and the team will continue to expand day by day.

Everyone in the village knows that the rabbits on the east mountain jump and the pheasants fly, and the wild wolves on the south mountain howl.The mountain is full of meat that can run, but it is a pity that it can only be seen but not touched.

Since the Great Movement, hunting in the mountains and fishing in the rivers have not been allowed.Even those who have that kind of thought have to be sneaky and can't be discovered by others. Once they are reported, they will be criticized immediately.

Of course, the rule is that the dead are alive, and there is no absolute in everything.It's hunting, just look at how to define it.It's like Zhao Wenduo went up the mountain to cut firewood and accidentally hit a rabbit. This kind of situation is considered an exception and cannot be included in it.In other words, if there is no subjective idea of ​​hunting in the mountains, it is unlikely to be strongly defined.In other words, they all live in the same village, they don't look up and look down, they don't really do it too conspicuously, and no one will go online, and they have to be caught, unless they offend someone and deliberately find that person Stubble, that's another matter.

Zhao Wenduo has some understanding of these things, and the most suitable way is to play this side ball, using chopping firewood as a cover. In fact, the main target is the rabbit and pheasant that can be seen all over the mountain.

According to the method left by the older generation of local people, there are only a few methods to go up the mountain to hunt wild animals. One is the earthen shotgun, which is quick and convenient.But this is the most inapplicable right now, as soon as the sound is heard, everyone in the village will know it, without the slightest concealment, just drop it.

The second is to dig a trap, cover it with grass and trees to camouflage it, and if any animal runs up it, it will fall in directly, and you can pick up a ready-made one when you are half hungry.It's just that this kind of thing doesn't work, the animal is cheating, and the person is not easy to find out, whoever passed by, fell down, broke his leg and broke his arm, who wouldn't ask the person who dug the hole to settle the score? ?Don't talk about criticism, you should have the thought of eating.

The third is to place animal traps to clamp the legs of the little animals that run up, so that no one will run away.But this one is also the same as the previous one. There are many villages living around, so the probability of going up the mountain is very high. If you don’t know which one is unlucky, just step on it. Well, the result can be imagined.The last one is to set a snare. Iron wire or steel wire is twisted into a twist, tied into a special live button, one end is tied to a tree, and the other end is a snare. The prey will step into it and find danger. Struggling, the cover is getting tighter and tighter, and finally locks the prey.

Compared with the first three methods, this set of prey methods is more concealed, and the damage is the least if you mistakenly encircle people, but the probability of this kind of trigger is small, and it needs to set up paths for beasts on multiple mountains, and the hunters will Work harder, you need to inspect the place where the trap is set up from time to time, and if you find prey trapped, you must collect it in time, otherwise you may be taken by others, and your efforts will be in vain.

Because of the special age, only the last of the four hunting methods can survive, and this is not something everyone can do. It requires extremely rich experience to be able to distinguish animal claws and hoofprints, judge the size of prey, and run in groups. Some professional-level knowledge such as pathways, etc., and it also needs to be courageous, not afraid to go into the deep mountains alone, and have the physical strength to climb mountains and walk dozens of kilometers.

Even if you meet the conditions for appeal, you still have to be careful. Things that are not allowed in government orders are always hidden from the light.

There is a family named Wu in the village, and Wu Dakui, the head of the household, is such a stealthy hunter.I usually go to work with the crowd, and start my own business when I find time. I look for the small forked road in the mountain farther from home, marked with animal hoof prints, and set up several batches of wire sleeves, separated by three or five. If you take a trip every day, you will always gain something more or less.

There are eight members of the Wu family, and like most other families here, they are struggling to get enough food and clothing. They eat porridge and pickles for three meals, and occasionally a pot of corn pancakes is considered an improvement.

At the beginning, as the head of the family, Wu Dakui gritted his teeth and followed his wife Cui Yulan to discuss with his wife Cui Yulan, and sneaked into the mountain when he saw that his children were not full enough to eat and were hungry all day long.

Unlike the small earthy hills in front of you, the prey in the mountains is more abundant and diverse, such as wild boars, badgers, tigers, and roe deer, and sometimes you can meet blind bears. Of course, you can’t catch the latter. It's time for people to flee for their lives.

Wu Dakui was also lucky. He had been in and out of the mountains countless times, but he had never been injured once.This food is brought back a lot, rabbits and pheasants are the norm, roe deer and badgers are also hunted from time to time, and once a wild boar slipped away, and the dishes at home have been covered with oil for more than half a year.

Zhao Mingyu and Wu Dakui are brothers from two aunts, and Li Cuizhen and Cui Yulan also get on well, the two families are relatively close, and they also tacitly understand the matter of entering the mountain.Occasionally, when Wu Dakui has a big harvest, he will think of sending a copy to make up for the children.Of course, this has to be done secretly so that no one can discover it.

Of course, this matter cannot be hidden from the children of the Zhao family. During the time Zhao Wenduo came here, he ate badger meat from the Wu family twice. The special taste of oily fragrance is impressive.

It is precisely because he knows how to improve the life of the Wu family here, coupled with some understanding of the current general environment, if he does not go hunting clearly, it cannot be regarded as hunting, at most it is good luck, and luck follows. It can't be stopped, and no one can tell what the other is wrong.

(End of this chapter)