Chapter 252 A rising tide lifts all boats
"The price of big leather has been rising in recent years!" The second uncle said in a confused manner when faced with Yue Feng's inquiry.
"Huh? What happens next?" Yue Feng was a little confused and didn't know what he meant.
“The price of big leather is getting more and more expensive, and there are a few waves of people focusing on the places where a lot of big leather is produced every year!
That’s what I know about Jindingzi. There are at least two coyotes lying there, sneaking around and beating Dapi's traps every day!
As for Blind Tuozi Mountain, it just snowed for the first time this year, and several waves of people there were even using their guns to fight for territory! "
"Is it so fierce? "After hearing this, Yue Feng felt his heart skip a beat.
Before coming here, he heard from Uncle Zhao that the people here are fierce, and the hunters are especially ferocious. Yue Feng was a little mentally prepared, but he didn't expect it to be so ferocious.
The mountain is the country's mountain, and there is no such thing as individual contracting. Whoever gets the livestock and various products on the mountain will own it.
Even if there is an occasional dispute over the ownership of the prey, the benefits are worth it. Use a gun?
The second uncle explained helplessly: "There are not many ways to make money here, and it is difficult to sell mountain livestock such as wild boars and roe deer for money.
The township purchase station is more valuable and relatively There are only a few common things, such as bear bile, mink skin, tiger cub skins, etc.
Wolves are more abundant than meat, so if you want to eat enough, don't you have to rob them? ?
If you use your hands, it will not be so good. If you use the knife, I will use the gun. If we both have guns, it will be more important than whose hands are black and whose gun is stronger.
Whoever has the most power has the final say
Let me say, after finally coming here to stay for a few days, it is not worth risking your life for that little benefit! It rains frequently this year, and the mountains here are rich in livestock. I will take you to hunt wild boars, roe deer, etc., and you can also get a good harvest! "
" According to what you said, hunters from outside are not allowed to go to Blind Tuozi Mountain? "
After hearing what his second uncle said, Yue Feng was somewhat unwilling to give up, so he wanted to learn more about it in detail.
"It's not that I'm not allowed to go, then he's not a bandit! The mountain belongs to the government, so why should ordinary people not allow others to hunt in the mountain?
A more accurate statement is that no other hunter is allowed to hunt sables in places where a wallet has already been placed!
This thing is expensive, a big piece of leather is worth hundreds of dollars, and there are only so many places suitable for clipping. If someone else clips off, you can also slide the clip. If you hit the prey, you can carry it down the mountain with it in your arms. No one knows!
So there were conflicts later because of these trivial things, and then it escalated into a fight!
It's okay to go hunting, but it's taboo to wander around where others are trapping. If you go to trap next to someone, you're bound to get into trouble, and maybe you'll get into trouble! "
"That's it, then it's okay! Let's catch sables and catch them alive with an eagle! We don’t want the dead mink that was caught without the clamp! "After hearing this, Yue Feng's tense nerves relaxed a lot.
In the end, it is still a word, money and silk touch people's hearts.
"If you want to say that, you are willing to give it a try. I can take you around! They are all familiar faces who have been running in the mountains all year round. They are somewhat thin-faced!" the second uncle said after hearing Yue Feng's detailed explanation.
"That's it! Come on, grandpa, uncle, and uncle, I'll give you a toast!"
Yue Feng's hanging mental arithmetic finally came to a conclusion, and he turned his attention to Eat and drink.
The family was very happy to see their eldest nephew. My grandfather was over seventy years old and he drank a jar of wine in the evening. left and right) highly diffuse.
After eating and drinking, the whole family gathered around the table and chatted a lot about Yue Feng’s family. After learning that Yue Feng’s family had purchased a bicycle, a sewing machine, and a semiconductor, whether it was The uncle and grandparents all smiled and lamented that life at my daughter's family was getting better.
After chatting for a while, the time unknowingly reached nine o'clock in the evening. The two brothers had been on the road for two days. It would be a lie to say that they were not tired. After getting drunk, Xiaotao was the first to nod and doze off. .
Seeing this, Uncle Yue Feng immediately started making arrangements for the children to sleep.
There are only three rooms in the house. My parents and my uncle sleep in one room each. Now that there are four more people, it’s hard to sleep.
However, this kind of thing is not difficult to solve. Once a few people put it together, they will have an idea.
My second uncle’s cousin lives in junior high school, and no one usually sleeps on the kang in the west room. For now, grandma and grandpa will sleep on the kang in the east room of my second uncle’s house, while my second uncle and my second aunt sleep in their son’s room. The room, the kang in the east room of my uncle's house, was given to the four brothers Yue Feng. The second aunt took two more beds from home and built them up, so that the four children could sleep on them.
Living conditions in this era were limited, and there were no privacy taboos. With a simple adjustment, the four brothers settled at home.
That night, my aunt boiled hot water for the four children and boiled their feet. After eating and drinking, they heated their feet. The brothers felt tired and soon got into bed and snored. Go to sleep.
Yue Feng is a relatively light sleeper and still recognizes the bed. Although his eyelids can no longer be opened, he still can't fall asleep.
The three guys next to him were already fast asleep. Yue Feng tossed and turned over pancakes until midnight before falling asleep.
Early the next morning, before it was dark outside, I heard the sound of my aunt preparing breakfast from the outside kitchen.
Last night, Yue Feng and his second uncle agreed that they would go up to the mountains early this morning to do some siege work, make breakfast, and fork dog food. All the women in the family could do it. Yue Feng sat up from the bed, then stared in confusion and started to put on his clothes. After tidying up, he rolled up his bed and got off the kang, quietly left the house and walked around the yard.
The bay-red horse, which was tied up in a sheltered area by the barn, was quite honest all night. Yue Feng gave him a bundle of corn stalks and ate a lot of them. Regarding the work of serving the horse, Lao Li told Yue Feng in detail how to drink the horse, how to feed the horse coarse food, and how to give refined grain. Yue Feng only had to follow the process.
The bay red horse is in good condition. Several hounds tied in the barn also stood up when they heard Yue Feng's movement. There is no kennel at grandma's house, so these four dogs are somewhat miserable and can only stay under the eaves of the barn. Huddle together for warmth.
However, thanks to the fact that the standard of dog food is not low, the four dogs are so fat and smooth that they can survive being tied up in the yard for a few days.
Compared with the dog and the bay horse, the thing that was most uncomfortable was the big black eagle that was brought along with them.
Big Black Eagle came to a strange environment for the first time. He had never seen his uncle, aunt, grandma and grandpa before, so he acted a little wary.
After dinner last night, my second uncle asked Yue Feng to take off the eagle's hat as a sign of curiosity. As a result, the big black eagle didn't recognize these distant relatives and became quite nervous when they were too close. Yue Feng kept comforting him. , fed a few more pieces of meat, and finally calmed down.
The sleeping room did not have a falcon platform for the big black hawk to stand on, so it could only be temporarily replaced by a stool covered with towels. As a result, this guy was not honest during his rest time at night. He still wore his hat and stood on the temporary falcon platform Jumping up and down twice made Yue Feng's sleep quality extremely poor.
In order to let the big black eagle meet new relatives, Yue Feng got up and took a walk. When he entered the house, he took off the hat of the big black eagle. He held the eagle and sat next to the stove where his aunt was lighting the fire. The bench watched, desensitizing the big black hawk.
After a morning of getting along with each other, the big black eagle behaved a little more calmly. When eating next to his uncle and aunt, it stopped croaking. The uncle tried to touch it, but the eagle stopped hiding.
The breakfast at my uncle’s house is quite simple. It’s corn porridge, plus the leftovers that I didn’t finish last night. I cut some shredded pickles and mix them with soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and other condiments, and it’s done. Work.
Yue Feng and his friends all came from hard times, and no one found fault with the food. They all held bowls of porridge and drank porridge. After a while, they filled half the pot with rice. The dirt and porridge will be wiped out.
After Yue Feng had fed the dog and prepared all the gear for going up the mountain, his second uncle also rushed to his uncle's house.
I saw that the second uncle was wearing a gray-white cotton coat and trousers, a thick sheepskin coat on the outside, leggings on his legs, a pair of cowhide leather shoes on his feet, and a pair of leather shoes on his head. A dog-skin hat, this look looks like a very professional mountain hunter.
"Is everything packed? Shall we set off now?"
The second uncle looked at the Yue Feng brothers and saw that they were all carrying hunting bags, guns and leggings, and nodded repeatedly.
Whether you are an amateur or an expert, you can tell from the outfit and equipment.
With just a glance, the second uncle could tell through some details that his nephews all had a lot of experience in climbing mountains.
"Okay, second uncle, can you take us for a walk around the surrounding mountains first?" Yue Feng asked while nodding.
The second uncle shook his head: "There are no decent wild animals in the mountains here in front of our house. I will take you to Lao Sow Valley! A group of wild boars came over there a few days ago. No one should have hunted them yet. I will take you there this time. If we're lucky, we'll get a few back. It won't be a big deal for you guys!"
"Okay! Let's drag the sledge up!" Yue Feng responded and said hello immediately! Pulling a sledge.
Two detachable wild boar skin sledges and two fixed sledges were quickly put into place. The brothers assigned them according to the normal division of labor. Then they led the dog and the eagle, and a group of five people set out in a mighty manner. Out of the village.
On the way out of the village, the second uncle led Yue Feng and his group. He was very confident. When he met the villagers in the same village, the second uncle always said with great pride: "This is my nephew! Today we went up the mountain to hunt. Go back and wait until you come back from hunting the mountain animals, you will be rewarded!”
On weekdays, the second uncle followed the hunting team up the mountain, playing a marginal role as a handyman.
Although he had accumulated a lot of experience in hunting in the mountains, he never had the courage to go it alone because he didn't have a gun or a dog.
It's different now. My nephew came with a man, a dog and three guns. Naturally, the second uncle has gained confidence among the villagers in the same village.
Yue Feng can understand this kind of mentality and thoughts. He sees through it but does not explain it clearly. He is holding back his strength in his heart.
The Yue family is proud and proud in Xing'an Village. Now that they have come to grandma's house, they naturally have to help their uncle and uncle's family live a good life!
Chapter 3,000 is completed, with a total of 11,000 words!
Who said I was short? Who said my update would stretch my hips?
The little prince is here!
(End of this chapter)