Chapter 82: Orphans (2)
Since ancient times, mountain people have relied on the mountains to eat the mountains and the water, and although the life of the hunters is not rich, they can be more or less self-sufficient. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoWith the rapid development of the modern economy, many mountain people go out of the mountains to work hard in the city, hoping to get a better life. Gradually, fewer and fewer people stayed in the mountains as hunters.
The ancestors of Mr. Liu have lived in Laoshan for three generations, the people are prosperous, small and large-scale, and the nearby hunters have gathered together to become a village, and the Liu family accounts for half. In Liu Changguang's generation, only his family is still living in the mountains guarding the craftsmanship of their ancestors.
Every autumn, he and his wife would go to the supply house in the mountains to prepare, and try to get enough wild animals before the cold winter came, some of which were needed by his own family, and some of which were sold to those who went into the mountains to receive goods in exchange for food stamps, which generally ensured their family's food supply for a quarter.
Today was no different from usual, Liu Changguang and his wife climbed several small hills as usual, and advanced towards the supply house in the mountain. They had traveled a long way, expecting to be able to rest when they reached the wooden house, but they did not expect to see that the wooden door was wide open, and almost half of the house was destroyed.
Liu Changguang held a shotgun in his hand and cautiously approached the wooden house, keeping an eye on the surprise attack of the fierce beasts in the mountains at any time. In his experience, it is estimated that the destruction of a house like this is either a bear or a large beast like a tiger. However, in recent years, due to the hunting and killing of outsiders, he has not seen these big guys for a long time. In the past, they were kings of the mountains, happy and happy, and it was difficult to capture them without sending twenty or thirty people, but now they can be killed with just one dose of anesthesia, and their majesty is no longer there.
He suddenly missed a little, looked forward to it, missed the yellow-skinned and black-streaked guy he saw as a child, and looked forward to it walking majestically through the forest. That innate kingly aura made other animals surrender one after another, and they deserved to be the overlords of the mountains and forests.
The house was in a mess, the briquettes in the coal stove were burning, and there seemed to be a person by the fireside. He was bold and walked slowly forward step by step, while signaling his wife outside the house not to come in for the time being. He turned the head of the gun upside down and poked the man's leg with his wide handle, and saw that the opponent's foot shook a few times in the direction of the force, and then fell to the side, and there was no movement.
"Hey!"
He came closer, and the butt of the gun poked into the man's buttocks, which was not the stiff state that a person should have after death. The big stone in his heart finally landed, and if an unidentified dead body was found here, he didn't know how troublesome it would be.
He slung the gun over his shoulder, crouched down beside the man, held him down and shook it.
"Hey!" There was still no response.
"Dad, what's wrong?" Outside the house, the wife couldn't bear it anymore and walked in and was startled when she saw the people on the ground. "This, who is this man?"
"Well, the devil knows."
"He, he's not going to ......"
"No, my body is still hot, I guess I'm just fainting."
"What are you going to do?"
"What else can I do? Lift it up! ā
"Huh?"
"Ahh He dragged the man's upper body, "Hurry! ā
"Uh-oh." The wife stepped forward and grabbed the strange man's feet, and the man suddenly muttered, his voice was small, his pronunciation was blurred, and he couldn't hear what it was.
"Ahh His wife spread her hand, and the man's legs fell to the ground.
"Girls who have never seen the world are shocked." He frowned, "You're afraid to talk in a dream!" ā
It took a long time for the two to finally move the man to the bed, Liu Changguang panted and sat on the edge of the bed with his legs crossed. Half of the wall in the left front of the hut had collapsed, and the remaining half was crumbling, and it was hard to see a few good pieces of wood. The evening breeze blew into the wooden house, and he couldn't help but shrink his shoulders and rub his palms together his arms. His wife was already shivering from the cold, so he took off his shoulder and threw it to her.
"Put it on, when the time comes, I'll take care of two!"
"Huh."
His wife's cold red face was full of happy expressions, and she put on her shoulders like a baby.
"Dad, are you going to be cold? Otherwise, let's wear it together. ā
"You can wear it, where there are so many things."
"I ......"
"Okay, you look at him, I'll go find some trees, vines and wood, and survive tonight."
"Well, be careful on your way."
His wife sent him to the door, and it was not until she could see him that she remembered another person in the house.
She added briquettes to the coal stove and looked at the stranger on the bed, curious. The man was well-dressed, and like the outsiders in the village, he used good materials. Next time, in addition to the food stamps, I would like to change some fabrics and make clothes for the girl and his father.
When she thought of the girl, she immediately put on a loving smile. Then I thought of Liu Changguang's lukewarm attitude towards the girl, and I couldn't help but sigh. She knew that Liu Changguang was always looking forward to adding a boy to the family, but it was a pity that they had been married for many years, and they had no other heirs except for a girl three years ago.
It's all to blame for this uncompetitive stomach, she thought about it, and tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, which was very familiar, it was Liu Changguang. She pulled up her shoulder and wiped it on her face, and happened to touch the half-soft and half-hard object in the embedded pocket, and she took it out to see that it was a photo of the girl for 100 days. She remembers that they went to the city and spent half a year's savings in the only photo studio to take three photos in total, but when they returned home, there were only two left. Liu Changguang said that he fell on the road, but he didn't expect it......
"Hey! Come out and help. ā
"Eh, here we go."
She suddenly didn't feel cold at all, and her chest seemed to have a hot current, so hot that she laughed out loud even when she worked. Liu Changguang asked her, but she didn't say anything, just smirked.
The couple were working feverishly outside the house, not noticing that Fang Jie had woken up. He tried to sit up, but he couldn't beat the pain all over his body, so he had to give up.
In the second half of the night, the remedial work of the wooden house was almost completed, and the wind in the house suddenly became much lighter, and the heat of the stove barely filled the house. The couple returned to the wooden house one after the other, and happened to face Fang Jie, who was full of apologies.
"Are you awake?"
"Well, thank you, uncle."
"No, you don't."
"That, uncle. Yes, I'm sorry, the house became like this, all because I ......"
"Forget it, it's almost made up now anyway." He raised his eyes and looked at Fang Jie, "Boy, my ability is not small, although my house has been around for many years, it is still quite strong, and no matter how windy it is, I really don't know how to do it with your small body." ā
"Hahaha......" Fang Jie smiled awkwardly, "How can I have that ability, I met a bear and was chased here by it." Luckily it couldn't get in, and it poked its nose when it was shooting the house, so it ran away, otherwise it ......"
"Oh?"
Liu Changguang's eyes showed suspicion, and his eyes were sharp and confronted Fang Jie.
After a while, he suddenly retracted his gaze and said with a smile:
"You haven't seen a bear in years, you're in luck."
"Yes, yes."
Since then, Liu Changguang has not asked him about this again, I don't know if he really believed him, or if he didn't want to investigate deeply.