Chapter 019: Hunting for Fun
Uncle Ji said that it had been snowing for almost a week in the past two days.
The heavy snow had sealed the mountain, and the wild boars on the mountain were almost hungry enough to release bait, so they decided to go up the mountain in the afternoon to round up.
"It's going to be cold when you go up the snowy mountains for a while, so bring this with you."
Ivan brought a long red woolen scarf. How do you look at it, this scarf is newly woven that has not been used, and the color is so bright red, guess, this should be used by women.
After a while, Uncle Kung Fu Ji set off with two people, carrying shotguns and leading hounds, in the direction where they had set a trap, with Lan Yu and Ivan following behind.
"The two of you will follow us at least a hundred meters away, and if we don't move, you will keep your distance and lie down in the snow to observe, and don't come close."
Uncle Ji walked halfway down the road, turned back and told Ivan again:
"If a wild boar is not hit, it is dangerous to run wildly. You have to keep the girl safe. Uncle Ji pointed to Ivan's nose and emphasized.
"Got it! Uncle Ji, don't worry. I'll just follow the rules. He replied to Uncle Ji very seriously, and at the same time wrapped the red scarf around Lan Yu's neck again, almost turning her into a big puppet bear that couldn't turn its neck, but it was indeed very warm.
The snow is so deep that it is much higher than the knee, making it difficult to walk.
Everyone followed the guidance of the hunting dog and went up the hill in the direction of the hillside. When they first set out, the mother and daughter hounds were already very excited, running and jumping in front of and behind people, stirring up the snow on the mountain road everywhere.
The white snow is printed with plum blossoms, among which the sophisticated and steady one is the mother, called Saihu, and the other is the daughter of Saihu, called Huzi, they are mother and daughter, except for the slight difference in body size, they look quite similar.
When Blue Feather followed Ivan and climbed halfway up the mountain, Uncle Ji and the others had already reached a long way ahead, and in Ivan's sight, they had become moving black dots.
Ivan found a place where he could still see the black spots in the distance, and the two of them both lay down and stopped walking.
At this time, I saw that the black dots stopped moving.
According to Uncle Ji's instructions, they took cover in this quiet big snow pit and waited quietly to observe what movement would happen in front of them.
The hot breath exhaled by Blue Feather condensed into a string of snow and ice ballast on the long hair of the dogskin hat, and she threw her head from side to side, and when she threw it to the left, she accidentally threw the ice ballast and broken snow on Ivan's face, and the cold was unguarded, these ice ballast hung all over his face, and he suddenly became a snowman.
She could not find the nose or mouth on his face, but could only see a pair of large, bright eyes under the long blinking snow-white eyelashes, staring at her, as if to tell her:
"Why are you so naughty!".
Lan Yu wanted to laugh heartily, but because he had to quietly cooperate with Uncle Ji, who was rounding up the wild boar in front, he forced himself to hold back.
But the smile in his heart couldn't hold back a "flutter", gasped, and the snow jumped into his mouth.
Although Ivan had already shaken off the ice ballast on his face, and was about to laugh gloatingly, when he saw that she choked on a mouthful of snow, he hurriedly patted her back with his hand, and said:
"This snow is clean, it's okay to eat it, so don't choke the snow into your lungs."
"Okay, okay, it's not in the lungs, it's in the brain." Blue Feather was embarrassed.
However, they flirted like this, and before they knew it, it took a while. While waiting here, Ivan told Lan Yu so many stories about Uncle Ji. Especially why he was alone in this deep mountain and old forest, Lan Yu was particularly moved when he heard it.
After a while, there was a bit of movement ahead.
Ivan took out Uncle Ji's long-necked binoculars, and handed it to Blue Feather when the focus was adjusted.
She picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, and saw a big black Dongdong slowly crawling forward, I don't know what it was staring at, little by little it moved in the direction of the trap, and after a while, it fell down with a "poof".
With the crisp sound of a gunshot, I heard the wild boar's dull strange "hum", and the whole snow-capped mountain became very quiet again.
"Uncle Ji, they might get it." Ivan said with amusement.
After a while, Uncle Ji and the others appeared in front of them:
"Hey, girl, you're really a lucky star!" I saw two hunters behind Uncle Ji, one behind the other, carrying a big wild boar with four legs tied with a rope:
"In the winter of this year, the first battle to round up wild boars was successful, and between this winter and next spring, the hunting will definitely be victorious!" It seems that Uncle Ji is really happy, not just trying to make others happy.
I went back to my lodgings and weighed the bulky boar, and wow! There are more than 300 pounds. Uncle Ji sent someone down the mountain to find some people, so that the big guys could pick up this big Dongdong and prepare for a big snow party tomorrow
After dinner in the evening, a kerosene lamp was lit on the table. Ivan and Uncle Ji called Lan Yu to come over and sit around drinking tea and chatting.
Lan Yu picked up the teacup, and there was a strong smell of rice cereal, and he suddenly felt his stomach stretch. Curious, she took another sip.
Uncle Ji found that this brown rice tea, which was so ordinary that they couldn't be more ordinary, actually aroused Lan Yu's curiosity, and he asked amiably, "Hehehe, what is it to drink?" ”
"Isn't it mushy rice?" When she was a child, her mother used to make the same flavor for her.
"Hahaha, uncle, they are often in the field, they don't have time to make dry food, let alone cook!"
Ivan reminded Lan Yu, thought about it, and simply told:
"On weekdays, they directly fry the unpeeled grains in a pot, put them in a special thin bag about one meter long, tie them up, and carry them on their bodies like carrying a schoolbag. Boil the melted snow water, and it's a meal. Sometimes, if you don't have the conditions to boil water, you just take out a handful and put it in your mouth to chew, which is also considered a meal. ”
"Sounds bitter, right? But this way of eating is more nutritious than eating those polished rice and white noodles! ”
Uncle Ji nagged because his skin was dark, and under the kerosene lamp there were only three bright spots on his cheekbones and nose.
The most prominent thing is the sharp and sharp gaze that hunters often have, but at this time his eyes reveal all kinds of tenderness, and you can see at a glance the bottom of his clear, bright and open-minded heart.
Seeing Uncle Ji so happy, remembering that when Ivan told her about Uncle Ji's life experience when he was waiting in the snow in the afternoon, Lan Yu was in awe of him.
He chose his life so calmly, positioned as an observation post in this deep mountain and wild forest, in order to defend this pure land, he was determined to devote his life's energy to make Lan Yu admire, and he said that this was his ideal, with such an opportunity, he felt that he had no regrets in this life
The next day, when they heard the news, they rushed to the bottom of the mountain and brought several pots of wine made by themselves, and there were more than 20 of them.
Everyone squatted beside the blazing brazier, filled with wine in a large earthen bowl, teased the mountains, and ate all the wild boar and potatoes stewed in the big iron pot.
It was one of her most memorable feasts in the snow.
That day, Blue Feather was very excited, because Ivan was with Blue Feather, and Uncle Ji.
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