Chapter 251 A Little Trouble
After finding a place for a short rest at noon, they drove all afternoon. When it was getting dark, Yue Feng and the others found a small hotel where they could spend the night.
In hotels in this era, a letter of introduction was required to check in. Yue Feng had inquired about these details before going out and prepared them in advance. The brothers opened a Datong shop, and the four of them took the dog. The child slept in the same room as the eagle. Although the smell was a bit strong, there were many people and guns, so there was no problem in the night.
Early the next morning, everyone checked out of their rooms at dawn and continued on their way. It was not until about four o'clock in the afternoon that they arrived at Jianshe Township in Lincheng.
After nearly two days of long travel, the brothers were exhausted. When they were hungry along the way, they could only eat frozen hard buns, and when they were thirsty, they would grab a handful of snow. They could only stay in a hotel to rest at night. Only then can you drink hot water.
However, the conditions were difficult, but none of the four brothers complained.
After arriving at the township station, it was not far from Yue Feng's grandma's home, Daliu Shutun, so the brothers just worked hard and drove the carriage forward.
At around 5:30 in the evening, a dusty carriage carried four young men into Daliushutun.
This year, the flow of people is very poor, so if a stranger comes to the village, the villagers will soon find out.
As soon as we entered the village, we were stopped by a middle-aged uncle in his forties.
"Whose children are you? Why are you coming to our village so late?"
"What do you call me, uncle? I am Meng Fanqiu's nephew, and my mother's name is Meng Yulan! I miss my grandma. Come back to grandma. Let’s take a look!” Yue Feng smiled before saying anything, taking out a cigarette from his pocket and identifying himself.
"Children of Xiaolan's family? Are you the eldest?"
"No, I am the second eldest. My brother worked in the coal mine as a worker!"
"According to the village Seniority, you have to call me uncle! My name is Meng Fancheng, and Fan Qiu is my own family member who has not yet entered the fifth server!"
"Uncle!" Yue Feng called immediately.
"Xiaolan married far away and hasn't come back very often in these years. Do you still remember the road to your grandma's house?"
"I don't remember it very well. The last time I came back, I was five or six. Years ago!"
"Okay, follow me!"
Soon, the man who claimed to be Uncle Yue Feng led Yue Feng and the others into the village. After turning the corner, the carriage was led to three adobe houses.
The house in my grandma's house is a bit worse than the house that Yue Feng's family lives in. The eaves are made of straw and the house is also made of mud, but the yard is quite big.
"Fan Qiu, your nephew has brought people to vote for you!"
Meng Fancheng stood at the door of the courtyard and shouted, and soon a man who looked fifty years younger came into the room. Men come.
"Uncle!" Yue Feng recognized his uncle at a glance and greeted him immediately.
"Xiaofeng? Why are you here? Come in quickly! Fancheng, don't leave either. Let's eat at home tonight!"
"No, if we meet our nephew at the entrance of the village, I will lead them to the door and then go back!" Meng Fancheng waved his hand, turned around and left.
Soon, the four brothers Yue Feng were let into the house by their uncle.
The yard is quite spacious, and it is not difficult for the carriage to enter the yard. The dogs are temporarily tied to the carriage by Yue Feng. When they arrive in a strange place, these dogs are not frightened. Yue Feng lets them Staying quietly, these dogs rested next to the carriage.
After entering the house, Yue Feng soon saw his grandparents and aunt.
My uncle is two years older than Yue Feng’s mother. He is 49 this year. There are two children in the family, both daughters. The eldest is married to a neighboring village, and the second cousin is married a little further away, about 20 years away from Daliushutun. Satoyama Road.
Now, there are four people living in the old house, Yue Feng's grandma and grandpa, plus his uncle and aunt. Although their life is poor, it is still stable.
After all, they are blood relatives. Even though they rarely move around on weekdays, Meng Fanqiu was still very enthusiastic when he saw his nephew coming. He immediately arranged for his aunt to kill chickens and cook them to entertain the nephew and his party.
Not to mention Yue Feng's grandparents. When they met their grandson, they took Yue Feng's hand and asked questions about various situations in Yue Feng's family.
Yue Feng has been secretly observing his uncle's home since he entered the house. There is almost no change from the last time in his memory, except that there are many more wrinkles on his uncle's face and he is a bit older.
The furnishings at home are old and dilapidated, much worse than what Yue Feng's home looked like when he was first reborn.
"Grandma, grandpa, I'm here this time. I've brought a lot of things for home, and they're all packed in the truck bed! Let's unload the truck first!" Yue Feng said after having enough intimacy with his relatives.
"Life is hard at home, you kid, why are you bringing things here!" Although the uncle muttered, he still followed Yue Feng to the yard.
Yue Feng lifted up the linen piece covering it and immediately revealed the supplies underneath.
A whole fan of two-year-old gilt wild boar meat, a red deer leg, two 50-jin bags of corn pellets, a 100-jin bag of white flour, a 30-jin bucket of cornmeal Soybean oil, plus a bag of blue chintz that Yue Feng brought specially to the city, snacks, candy bars, cans of malted milk, etc., even filled a wicker basket.
Originally, Meng Fanqiu thought that when his nephew came, it would be good to bring some mountain products such as mushrooms and fungus that were dried at home, but when he saw this half truck of supplies, his eyes widened.
"Second nephew, did you come here to rob the county? Why did you bring so many valuable things?"
Yue Feng grinned: "Hey! Don't worry, uncle, I paid for all this. I bought it!
In the fall, I took my brothers from the hunting team to the mountains to hunt hawks, hunt small animals, and sell them to the coal mine canteen in the city. I made a lot of money, got dogs, and bought guns. Get better!"
While speaking, Yue Feng opened the holster of the canvas bag on the other side, revealing a shiny new 56 semi-automatic rifle.
“This is the big boy?”
Although Meng Fanqiu himself does not hunt, he is familiar with guns. This thing is a rare thing. There are at least ten or twenty families in the entire Daliushu Village who use sticks and earthen guns. There is only one in the gun cabinet at the village headquarters. This thing.
"Well, I brought three guns with me this time. This one belongs to our family, this one is from the forestry farm, and the last one is hung with the No. 16 pipe. Uncle Zhao from the village knew that we were traveling far away. Temporarily borrowed!
Our mountain is rich with livestock, right? You can take us up the mountain later, and we can get some wild boars and roe deer to eat until the beginning of spring!" Yue Feng introduced himself calmly! The three guns he brought back this time were already too much to hold in Meng Fanqiu's eyes.
The last time I saw my nephew, he was taciturn and looked like a boring gourd. It has only been a few years, but he seems to be a completely different person this time.
After a full five seconds of pause, the uncle finally accepted the reality that his nephew had become a prodigal. He swallowed and asked, "With so many guns, it's really not difficult to go hunting in the mountains! This dog is also raised by our family. ”
“Well! These four dogs are all adult dogs. This one is called Rhubarb, and this one is a black wolf. ! The other two are help dogs. These four dogs are enough to hunt a pig of about 200 kilograms!
I still have four half-sized cubs at home, and they will probably be able to take them to the mountain in the spring. The largest one weighs more than seventy pounds!”
“How big is the hunting team if we have eight dogs?”
“The hunting team is not big, just the four of us.
These are the children of my former neighbor, my Uncle Li, Li Mingtao and Xiaotao. These are the children of the Zhang family in our village. The eldest is named Zhang Xiaowen and the second is named Zhang Xiaowu! They are all good brothers who go up the mountain together, earn money together, and shoulder everything together!
This time we are here, firstly, to see our relatives in our hometown, and secondly, to catch live sables at Blind Tuozi Mountain and Jindingzi. You have to give us the details later. lead the way! "
"You want to go into the mountains to hunt for big skin? ”
Hearing this, the uncle finally got a taste of it. My nephew brought people here this time, not only to see his relatives back home, but also to hunt.
"It's not about hunting big cats, it's about catching live female minks!" In the two places I mentioned, there must have been quite a few sables in the past few years, right? What's going on now? "Yue Feng continued to ask.
"There are not many people going to Blind Tuozi Mountain and there should be a lot of sables. You should not go to Jindingzi. There is a tunnel planted by hunters from the next village. Every year after the snow falls in winter, there are mountain dogs. I've been picking up big skins with leather rackets over there. It's quite rewarding if you go there!
I don't go hunting in the mountains. I don't know much about the specific situation. I'll wait for your second uncle to come and ask him later! Let me tell you, every winter, he goes into the mountains with our hunting team to do miscellaneous tasks, and he knows more about the conditions in the mountains than I do!"
"Okay! Let's move everything into the house first! , I divided all the things before coming here, not counting the food I brought. I divided the things I bought from the city into three parts, one for my grandpa and one for you and my second uncle’s family!”
“ Okay! Don't mention bringing things to see your grandma and grandpa. Even if you come empty-handed, your uncle will take care of the food!" Meng Fanqiu was very satisfied with his nephew's mature performance and patted Yue Feng's head with a smile.
Soon, everything in the car was unloaded.
Yue Feng unhooked the carriage, then led the bay-red horse to the corner of the warehouse and tied it up.
We don’t have a stable at home, and it’s a bit quiet here, so we can only place it here temporarily.
While we were busy unloading the car and preparing for dinner, my second uncle and his wife, who heard the message, also came over carrying large and small packages.
The second uncle was younger than Yue Feng's mother, Meng Yulan. Hearing that the second nephew was driving the car, the second uncle Meng Fanxue also returned to his hometown.
In contrast, the life of my second uncle’s family was slightly better. When I returned to my hometown, I was carrying an old hen and a small flour bag with about ten kilograms of white flour in it. In his hand, he held a roe deer spine and a bag of dried vegetables.
Farmers who make a living by farming usually live a daily life without eating meat like the Yue Feng family does now. Without even looking at it, Yue Feng knew that the old hen was raised at home for laying eggs.
Money and food are deducted from the butt of the chicken. In normal life, needles, threads, kerosene, oil, salt, soy sauce and other things are exchanged for eggs. If this chicken is slaughtered, the life of the family will be greatly affected.
However, what makes Yue Feng very gratified is that the relatives in his mother's house are not the kind of people who are calculating. The nephew has come more than a hundred kilometers away, and whatever conditions the family has, he will arrange for them. My uncle and aunt brought all the savings they needed to survive at home.
"Second uncle, aunt!!" Yue Feng greeted the person immediately after seeing him.
"Xiao Feng, I haven't seen you in a few years, and you've grown so tall! Your second uncle went up to the mountains to hunt with others, and we got the roe deer spine, and we'll stew it for you at night!" Auntie grabbed her. Yue Feng looked up and down his hand.
"Okay, let's try my aunt's cooking!
The stay here may be a bit long, and eating horse chews costs a lot of money, so I brought some food with me when I came here, and also brought other things Things, I told my uncle just now that my uncle, uncle, and grandma all have a share!
When your nephew grows up, he will also make money! Get well!"
Hearing what Yue Feng said, the second aunt nodded, but she was not in a hurry to see what her nephew had brought.
However, after the intimacy was over, when they entered the house and saw a pile of things placed in the outhouse, the reaction of the second aunt and the uncle's family was similar, which was quite surprising.
The nephew brought a half-drawn wild boar, which naturally opened up a lot of options for cooking that night. At Yue Feng's request, the egg-laying hens at home were not killed, but only the roe deer backbone, wild boar meat, and venison were cooked. Had dinner.
It was almost dark when we got home, and we kept lighting the oil lamp until about seven o'clock, and then the family had dinner in a lively manner.
In the eyes of my family, this meal may not be of such a high standard even during Chinese New Year. It consists of white flour steamed buns, braised pork ribs, roe deer spine stew with dried vegetables, scrambled eggs, and pickled cabbage stew, all of which are hard vegetables.
My nephew has become successful, and the people in my hometown are also happy. When the family was eating around the big table, my second uncle heard that Yue Feng was leading people with guns and dogs, and a big black eagle was going to the mountains to hunt. , I immediately became energetic.
"Let me tell you Xiaofeng. In the past few years, I have followed the hunters in the village and traveled almost all the surrounding mountains. Now I have guns and dogs in my hands. I know at least a few places where there are... Pigs! I'll take you to fight them later!
My second nephew actually got ten big ones and two more. This kind of firepower can keep them alive even if he encounters a group of pigs when he goes up the mountain! ”
“Hey! Okay, second uncle will take us there! Let’s hunt down some more mountain animals and drag them back, so we can have a good New Year!
By the way, uncle, do you know the topography of Xiatuozi Mountain and Jindingzi? In two days, I plan to go there to catch live sables! "
Yue Feng brought the topic back to the main purpose of this visit.
"A living sable? What are you going to use to catch him? The gun you are carrying is not good for shooting sables! "The second uncle asked after hearing what Yue Feng said.
"Use an eagle! I was on the mountain behind our house. I caught two of them a few days ago. I killed and skinned the big male mink. The female mink had babies in her belly. I plan to catch more. The babies will be born after spring. Save the seeds for breeding!”
“Oh, that’s right! I forgot about the falcon training skills passed down from your grandfather! If you go up to the mountains to hunt roe deer and wild boars, no one will care about it, but If you want to catch the sable, it will be a bit troublesome!"
"A bit troublesome?" Yue Feng was slightly startled when he heard what his second uncle said.
Second update of 4000 words, there is another chapter in the afternoon
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