Chapter 1034: There Are Beasts in Every Mountain. Youcai Wants to Be a Model Worker.
Today, it was another busy day for the little donkey.
Since Wang Meilan led it out in the morning, it has been grinding the mill non-stop. Although there were guests in the middle, Wang Meilan went into the house to greet the Du brothers, and the donkey did not dare to stop working outside.
At nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, the donkey completed the task of grinding 70 kilograms of rhubarb rice.
Yang Yufeng and Xu Chunyan kneaded the rhubarb rice into dough in the house, and then the two came out of the house and prepared to rush to the Zhao family.
It takes four days for a donkey to grind the 300 kilograms of rhubarb rice of the Zhao family, so the Zhao family's sticky bean buns have to be made for four days.
Xu Chunyan went to the next door to lead the donkey, but the donkey said that it would not go home no matter what. Seeing this, Yang Yufeng said: "Yan'er, don't worry about it, let the old aunt lead it later."
Xu Chunyan agreed and followed Yang Yufeng away.
At this time, sticky bean buns were out of the pot in the Zhao family's house.
Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei gathered around the big pot to pick up bean buns, while Xie Sun placed small bowls on the side and took out the jar of lard from under the bowl rack.
The Zhao family didn't have much else, but a lot of bear lard. But the jar was not filled with bear lard, but lard.
Xie Sun opened the lid of the jar, used a small spoon to scoop a little lard into the bottom of each bowl, and then shouted at the children to come and eat sticky bean buns.
The hot sticky bean buns just out of the pot fell into the bowl and melted the lard. The sticky bean buns rolled, and the outer circle was greasy. The skin of the sticky bean buns was fragrant and sticky.
When the bean filling inside was exposed, it was dipped in the syrup made from beets, which was comparable to honey. It was really sweet and delicious.
The picked sticky bean buns were stacked on the lid curtain and taken outside to freeze. Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei continued to fill another pot.
They kept steaming until dark. When steaming the last pot, Wang Meilan stewed sauerkraut and potatoes in the pot.
Wang Meilan ignored Zhao Youcai's suggestion to put less meat and cut a lot of pork belly into the stew.
As the aroma filled the house, the commuter train stopped outside Yong'antun.
Li Dayong, Li Baoyu, Lin Xiangshun, and Han Dachun got off the train together. When entering the village, Han Dachun said to Li Dayong: "Don't forget. If you run into Youcai on your way back, tell him to go to work tomorrow."
"Hey!" Li Dayong laughed and said, "I can't forget it!"
As they walked into the village, Han Dachun and Li Dayong separated. When Li Dayong and his friends were about to get home, they saw a Jiefang car coming from the opposite side.
Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai are back!
However, when they arrived at the village, Zhao Jun made a detour and came in from another village entrance, so as not to let people see that the father and son were not working.
"Big brother!"
"Brother!"
Seeing Zhao Jun and Zhao Youcai get off the car, Li Dayong and Li Baoyu shouted loudly and ran to meet them.
"What's up, brother?" Li Baoyu has long legs and runs faster than his father. He asked Zhao Jun first.
"It's settled!" Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Big Claw has returned."
Today, the Zhao family father and son wandered around in the mountains for a day and finally confirmed that Big Claw had returned to Laoguitouziling. Although they didn't know why the Siberian tiger gave up halfway, their goal had been achieved. The next step was to find a way to catch the Siberian tiger so that it could eat the rations during the New Year.
"Brother, did you use the gun?" Li Baoyu asked again before Li Dayong.
"No." Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "I don't know what happened. It turned back last night!"
"Brother, this is called fleeing at the sight of the wind!" Li Baoyu flattered him and said, "That big claw may have heard of the reputation of Fu Hujiang."
Zhao Jun and Lin Xiangshun laughed when they heard this, and Li Dayong saw that Zhao Youcai was unhappy, so he pushed Li Baoyu aside and asked Zhao Youcai and Zhao Jun, "Brother, what are you two going to do?"
Li Dayong said he was asking Zhao Youcai, but he was actually asking Zhao Jun. After all, he had confidence in Zhao Youcai's spear skills, but capturing alive was not what Zhao Youcai was good at.
"I don't care about the rest." Zhao Youcai waved his hand and said, "You can let me kill it, but I can't catch it."
"Ah..." Hearing Zhao Youcai say this, Li Dayong smiled faintly and asked hurriedly, "Brother, then you don't have to go up the mountain tomorrow, right?"
"Yes!" Zhao Youcai said, "I want to take the tigers out for a stroll tomorrow, and see if I can catch a few pigs or something."
Recently, Zhao Baotou was short of money, especially tomorrow he had to return 40 yuan to Wang Meilan for buying ginseng. In addition, New Year's Day was approaching, and Zhao Youcai had to fulfill his promise to Wu Feng and Hong Yuntao to catch wild boars.
"Brother, how about someday?" When Li Dayong was talking, several people were walking to the Zhao family yard together. Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu went to the warehouse to see Erhei and Hua Niuniu.
Zhao Youcai wanted to go, but he was stopped by Li Dayong.
"Brother!" Li Dayong said to Zhao Youcai, "Old Zhang asked you to go to work tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai was about to refuse when he heard Li Dayong say, "It's New Year's Day, and our site is selecting a model worker. He has put your name on the list."
"What?" Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up instantly when he heard this, and his tone was a little more joyful. He looked at Li Dayong and said, "Model worker? Me?"
In fact, this matter had been decided long ago. At first, Director Chu had chosen Zhao Jun, but after Zhao Jun and Zhou Chunming discussed it, they "honestly" gave this honor to Su Jinbao, who was about to retire.
But this matter was only known to Zhao Jun, Zhou Chunming, Zhou Jianjun, Zhao Chun, and Hu Sanmei.
Things like this cannot be spread outside, so even if Zhao Jun came back, he didn't tell his family.
This led to Zhao Youcai not knowing.
These days, people have a special desire for honor. It may be an exaggeration to say that it brings honor to the family, but it is definitely a matter of showing off.
When Zhao Youcai heard that he had the opportunity to participate in the selection of model workers, his heart was surging, and he didn't even care about the dog.
"Second uncle! Second uncle!" Lin Xiangshun smiled and said, "Don't be so happy, they didn't say it was given to you, but they reported it to you in the canteen."
"Shunzi, that's not right!" Li Dayong stopped Lin Xiangshun, then he stretched his neck and looked around, and then whispered to the two of them: "As long as he reported it to my eldest brother, how can it be given to others?"
Li Dayong and Zhang Guoqing both believed that with Zhao Youcai's status as the secretary's relative, as long as he participated in the selection, the model worker would definitely be his.
Zhao Youcai also thought so. He grabbed Li Dayong who was about to open the door and asked in a low voice: "Will my salary increase if I am selected?"
"Yes!" Li Dayong said: "If you are a production model, your salary will increase by one level every month in the future!"
"There will be a bonus at the end." Lin Xiangshun followed suit. Although he participated in the selection on behalf of the team, he knew that he could not compete with those old people. Instead of giving it to others, it is better to give it to his second uncle.
"Great!" Zhao Youcai smiled and pulled the door open to enter the house, but the moment the door opened, he heard Wang Meilan asking in the house: "What's so great?"
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai waved his hand and said: "Nothing, my...my...my son and I were chased back by that big claw."
"Really?" Wang Meilan asked after hearing this: "Where's your son?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai turned around and took a look, then shouted to the warehouse: "Didn't I tell you? Stop gossiping about them!"
Although Zhao Youcai was shouting, he took the opportunity to turn around and winked at Li Dayong and Lin Xiangshun.
The two of them understood each other, and after entering the house, no one mentioned Zhao Youcai's participation in the selection.
Since Zhao Jun entered the yard, he went to see the dog with Li Baoyu, and he didn't know about this.
When the two brothers entered the house, the meal was ready.
There were no extra dishes today, and there was a large pot of sauerkraut stewed with potatoes and pork belly in the middle of the table.
The flavor of stewed sauerkraut lies in the soup. Break up some roasted dried chilies and put them in the soup. Take a sip and you will find the soup is sour, fragrant and full of flavor.
After having enough food and drink, the men sat on the kang and chatted, while the women cleaned up outside.
Wang Meilan came to the west room on purpose and said to Zhao Jun in front of Zhao Youcai and others, "Son, someone came down from the mountain to look for you today."
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was startled when he heard this, and frowned and asked, "Who is it, Mom? Who is looking for me?"
As he said this, Zhao Jun moved his butt inward and made room for Wang Meilan on the bench.
Wang Meilan sat sideways and took the little black bear from Zhao Jun's arms and stroked it twice. Now the little guy has opened his eyes, and his little eyes are rolling around, just like a puppy, sensible and clingy.
"Two brothers with the surname Du." Wang Meilan said, "They are the boss of the 77-yard. You checked their rulers last year."
"Ah, ah!" Zhao Jun suddenly realized, and Li Baoyu on the side nodded repeatedly.
"What's the matter, Mom?" Zhao Jun asked Wang Meilan, "What is he doing here?"
When asking this question, Zhao Jun also thought about whether there was something wrong with the yard, whether Du Chunjiang and Zhang Xuefeng had a conflict.
But the next second, Wang Meilan smiled and said, "Good news, son!"
"Huh?" Zhao Jun was stunned, and then he heard Wang Meilan emphasize again, "Great news!"
When Wang Meilan said this, she instantly attracted everyone's attention, and even Zhao Youcai put down the cigarette that was brought to his mouth.
"He said that there was a local leopard on the mountain opposite them!"
Everyone's eyes lit up when Wang Meilan said this.
Local leopard!
No, it should be called a golden leopard!
The damaged leopard skin was sold for a whopping 8,800 yuan!
"It's over now." Wang Meilan said, patting Zhao Jun's wrist twice before continuing: "He said there's another one in their 78th class."
"Another one?" Everyone was shocked.
"What's the other one, mom?" Zhao Jun asked knowingly, but he wanted to hear confirmation from Wang Meilan.
"Another leopard." Wang Meilan said: "The leader surnamed Du said that these two leopards were standing twelve or thirteen miles apart, barking at each other."
"Oh my God!" Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai in surprise, and Zhao Youcai was also shocked at this time.
This situation has only appeared in the legends of the older generation of hunters.
This is called: There are beasts in all mountains!
Changbai Mountain has been known as a sacred mountain since ancient times.
According to the older generation, there are immortal caves in all the peaks of Changbai. In those caves, there are elixirs and herbs, as well as fierce beasts to guard the caves and serve as foot soldiers for the immortals.
The fierce beasts in Northeast China are nothing more than tigers, leopards, lynxes and bears.
Among them, bears are very common. As for the other three cats, even mountain runners may not see them a few times in their lifetime.
But in recent years, with the increase in the number of vegetarian animals such as deer, roe deer, and hares, tigers, leopards, and lynxes have increased.
The Far Eastern leopard, which was not seen in previous years, appeared several times this year, and the lynx was so dense that it had to go down the mountain to find food.
As for the Northeast tiger, it has begun to migrate to Luosha.
No matter what the older generation said, mountain runners only believe in the gun in their hands, and there are fierce beasts in all mountains. For them, it is an unprecedented prosperity.
Zhao Jun even knew that this was his only chance in his life. Starting from the second half of next year, almost every household in the entire Yong'an Forest District will have a gun, let alone for sieges.
Many forest farm workers do not take the commuter bus to work in the morning. They carry guns and walk from home. On the way to the forest farm, they hunt squirrels and sand grouse.
Squirrel skin is also called gray skin. These days, it can be exported and exchanged for foreign exchange. A complete squirrel skin can be sold for about thirty-five yuan. Three skins a month are equivalent to Zhao Youcai's monthly salary.
It is precisely this kind of universal hunting that has led to the dwindling number of wild animal resources. By 1997, hunting was banned in Heilongjiang and Kyrgyzstan.
For Zhao Jun, the ban on hunting was inevitable. It was not promoted by him, but caused by thousands of mountain people.
There was nothing Zhao Jun could do to stop this kind of thing. Moreover, Zhao Jun will not put away his guns before hunting is banned. For him, going up mountains to fight siege is not only a way to make profit, but also a hobby.
He loved hunting, as some people love fishing. In his previous life, Zhao Jun also caught fish with a fishing rod after he returned to his village. But he always felt that something was missing from fishing, missing the feeling of blood rushing when hearing the sound of hunting dogs.
Nowadays, there are ferocious beasts in all the mountains, and this is a prosperous time for the people of Dawei.
Zhao Jun subconsciously looked at the steel gun hanging on the wall. At this time, Li Baoyu took the initiative and said: "Brother, if you want to fight the local leopards, I, Baoyu, are indispensable in front of the saddle and behind the horse."
"Huh?" After hearing what he said, Lin Xiangshun's expression changed, and he raised his hand and said, "Aren't you going to work tomorrow?"
Li Baoyu smiled and said to Lin Xiangshun: "Brother Shunzi, let me ask you for a leave."
Lin Xiangshun smiled when he heard this, waved his hand and said: "Go, go!"
Li Baoyu was very happy to get the fake. At this time, Zhao Jun looked at Zhao Youcai and asked, "Dad, will you come with me tomorrow?"
"Huh?" Zhao Youcai, who was deep in thought, was startled and looked at Zhao Jun blankly.
"Dad, these two local leopards must have said something." Zhao Jun asserted: "Tomorrow, you, me, Baoyu, and Xiaochen, the four of us will divide into two groups and copy them all!"
In Zhao Jun's view, the danger of native leopards is far lower than that of Siberian tigers. The father and son each have one person to protect themselves.
But what Zhao Jun didn't expect was that Zhao Youcai clicked his eyes twice and said with difficulty: "Well... I have to go to work tomorrow."
"You're talking nonsense!" As soon as Zhao Youcai finished speaking, Wang Meilan said anxiously: "Normally, you don't have anything to do beforehand, and you think about going up the mountain every day. You shouldn't go to fight the local leopard."
Zhao Youcai sighed helplessly, shook his head, and thought to himself: "I want to go more than anyone else..."
At that time, the price of good squirrel skin was 35-38 yuan. It was exported and was a luxury product. It's not something that ordinary people can use at home, so it's really so expensive.
A brother asked me to change it, saying it would make a difference. It's true, how do I change it?
What did you say? It was said that leopards are valued by hunters because of their valuable skin. In the past two years, because the squirrel skin was expensive, the entire forest area was buying air guns, and the price of air guns increased several times.