The days passed in a flash, and it was the 23rd day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

The so-called "Laba sacrificial stove, the year comes." ”

After drinking Laba porridge, and then to the sacrificial stove on the 23rd, it kicked off the prelude to the Lunar New Year.

In Ota Village, the festival is usually held at night.

After dinner, Wei Hongyu took out the clean dishes used for the sacrificial stove, and took a lot of dried fruits, as well as apples, bananas, pears and other fruits as offerings, and of course, the most important sugar melon.

It is an indispensable offering to worship the king of the stove.

Sugar melon, sweet and sticky, the common people hope that Zao Jun's mouth will be stuck after eating, so as not to report the right and wrong of the family to the Jade Emperor, on the other hand, it is also to please Zao Jun, let him say more good things, and bring good luck to his family.

Wei Hongyu had just placed the offerings, when Liang Juan ran in from outside, "Mom, are you okay here?" Dad has already pasted the painting of the stove king. After saying that, he picked two cashew nuts and threw them into his mouth.

After chewing a few bites, he saw that the peanuts on the plate were good, and when he was about to reach out and grab a handful, he was caught by Wei Hongyu.

"Mom" Liang Juan touched the back of her slightly reddened hand that was patted by her mother, and muttered dissatisfiedly.

Wei Hongyu glanced at Liang Dou, who was standing aside and staring at Liang Dou, who was looking energetic with big black eyes, and reprimanded softly: "There are no rules!" Don't know how to be a good example in front of your brother. ”

Liang Juan smiled, took advantage of her inattention, grabbed a handful of almonds, turned around and stuffed it to Liang Dou, "Come, you are also touched by the blessing of the Lord of the Stove." ”

Probably afraid that Wei Hongyu would talk about her, and immediately flashed with the offerings.

Wei Hongyu watched Liang Juan hurriedly leave the room, turned her head and glanced at Liang Dou who was covering her mouth and stealing fun, and shook her head helplessly.

The custom of Huaxia has always been that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not sacrifice to the stove." ”

The same is true for Ota Village.

After the offerings were placed one by one on the table in front of the stove, Wei Hongyu came out of the stove room, and Liang Xuetao led Liang Dou to kowtow and worship, and said with words in his mouth: "The head of the family of Grandpa Stove King, tell you to go to the west, go early and come early, say less about right and wrong, and more about convenience." Bring more whole grains."

Liang Dou looked strange, shook his head and read it randomly.

After the Stove King Festival, the next day is the day of dusting.

Early this morning, Liang Xuetao's family of five started cleaning after breakfast.

Wei Hongyu wrapped her hair with a clean cotton cloth, then found an unused mop and rubbed the walls of the main house and the wing room one by one.

After cleaning the dust on the wall, Liang Juan and Liang Wen began to clean the room.

Liang Xuetao is responsible for cleaning the window glass.

The double-sided window cleaner is stained with glass cleaner, and the rope at the top of the window cleaner is pulled, and the whole glass is immediately much cleaner and brighter.

As for Liang Dou, the little guy was too young, and Wei Hongyu arranged some errand work for him, washing rags, handing things or something.

Not long after lunch, Liang Xuetao finished wiping the last window, Zhou Cheng suddenly came, helped Liang Xuetao wash the screen, and then installed them one by one, he said the purpose of the trip straight to the point.

"Hunting in the mountains on such a cold day?" Liang Xuetao couldn't help frowning when he heard this.

Zhou Cheng smiled, "I asked Uncle Dog, as long as we don't go deep into the mountains, it's fine, go and come back the same day, and don't spend the night in the mountains." ”

"Uncle Dog?" Liang Xuetao didn't remember who this person was for a while, but Wei Hongyu woke up on the side, "It's Uncle Dog at the entrance of the village, remember?" Originally, his house was a thatched hut, and it took two years to build a mud house. ”

Saying this, Liang Xuetao has a little impression, this person's nickname is Ergouzi, his parents died early, he grew up eating 100 family meals, he loved to drill into the mountains since he was young, calculate his age, this dog uncle is almost seventy this year, right? Can you still climb mountains at such an age?

Wei Hongyu glanced at him, "Don't underestimate people, Uncle Gouzi is not an ordinary person, our village counts him as the most times he has gone up the mountain, he also helped me work in the field when he was busy farming in the early years, and his strength in his hands is great."

"I inquired in advance, and I also asked Uncle Gouzi, there is no one in the village who is more familiar with the terrain in the mountains than him, and he still has this in his hand" Zhou Cheng finished speaking, gesticulating.

"Firebolt?" Liang Xuetao raised his eyebrows.

Zhou Cheng nodded and said: "Well, Brother Xuetao, I have seen your skills, there is nothing to say, plus I and Uncle Dog have guns in our hands, if we are lucky, we may be able to get a wild boar down the mountain this time." ”

Liang Xuetao hooked the corners of his mouth, nodded and agreed, and then the two talked about some matters that need to be paid attention to when going up the mountain, and agreed on a time, Zhou Cheng left in a hurry.

After he left, Liang Dou suddenly ran over and walked around Liang Xuetao for a long time, and then Ai Ai asked, "Dad, will you take me up the mountain tomorrow?" ”

Liang Xuetao naturally refused sternly, Liang Dou saw this, he could only save the country and beg Wei Hongyu, but he didn't expect his mother, who had always treated him like a jewel, to resolutely disagree this time, on the grounds that hiking and hunting are the most prone to some accidents, Liang Dou is only nine years old this year, and she is really not at ease when she goes up the mountain at such a young age.

Liang Dou grinded for an afternoon, said endless good things, and finally did not get his parents to relax, and he was a little unhappy, until Liang Juan coaxed him with words, and promised to play checkers with him all day tomorrow, and the little guy smiled again.

At four o'clock in the morning of the next day, before the curtain faded, Liang Xuetao appeared at the foot of Yu Mountain on time.

Zhou Cheng and the others arrived at the assembly place early, all carrying their bags and looking ready to go.

When Liang Xuetao walked over quickly, Uncle Dog couldn't help but bark in surprise.

Everyone followed his line of sight and saw that Liang Xuetao was wearing a thin jacket, black sweatpants, hiking shoes, and a travel bag.

Compared with him, the other people's clothes are much thicker, not only cotton pants and cotton clothes are covered with several layers, hats, scarves and gloves, and in order to prevent wind blowing, the neckline and trousers are also tied tightly with ropes.

Zhou Cheng saw that everyone had arrived, and asked Uncle Dog to explain some matters to be paid attention to when going up the mountain, and then, the group turned on a flashlight and stepped into Yushan at night.

Yushan is located in the southwest of W province, 1,300 meters above sea level, stretches for nearly 100 miles, spans a city and three counties, and is only separated by dozens of miles from the famous Chongling Mountains in China, due to regional climate and other factors, the vegetation in the mountain is composed of evergreen broad-leaved forest, deciduous broad-leaved forest, coniferous forest, grassland and so on.

There are a total of ten people in the hunting team this time, Zhou Cheng, Zhang Aimin father and son, Zhang Chungang, Uncle Gouzi, and two young and strong guys from the Xu family.

When I first entered the mountain forest, there was a trail in the forest that could be walked by one person, and the snow on the ground was not too thick.

Compared with spring hunting and autumn hunting, there are naturally many shortcomings in eastern hunting, but there is one thing that cannot be compared with other seasons, that is, there is no need to worry about being troubled by insects and snakes.

If you're lucky, you might be able to catch a few hibernating giant snakes, usually spitting snake letters, but they look extremely ferocious at this time, but they are like kittens raised at home

** And Zhang Hai felt that if they couldn't get wild boars, it would be good to find a way to catch a few snakes and go back to make soup.

The brothers were hunting for the first time, and their mood was inevitably a little excited, and while walking, they couldn't help but dance and chat a few words, but after a while, they all obediently closed their mouths, not that they didn't want to talk, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they would pour a cool breeze into their stomachs, and no one would be willing to continue to do such stupid things.

Liang Xuetao was much more sensitive than ordinary people because of his visual and auditory sense, and he was at the forefront, and the tail end of the team was pressed by Zhang Aimin.

This was arranged before the ascent to the mountain.

The group walked for more than two hours on the mountain road, and when the sun rose, the scene in front of them gradually opened up, and because no one walked all year round, the road under their feet became overgrown with weeds, and the snow in some wastelands began to thicken.

Seeing this, Zhou Cheng and Liang Xuetao took out the hiking poles in their bags one after another, and as for the natives such as Uncle Dog, they carried a wooden stick in their hands when they went up the mountain.

When passing through a small mountain pass, Liang Xuetao suddenly stopped, pointed to a bush not far away and said, "Uncle Gouzi, do you see a rabbit hole here?" ”

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, between a few huge brown rocks, there were many shrubs and grasses, horizontally and vertically, twisting and twisting, looking at it for a long time, they didn't find anything unusual, and they didn't know where Liang Xuetao deduced that there was a rabbit hole here.

Everyone saw Uncle Dog walking forward quickly, and followed one after another, Zhang Aimin had some experience in hunting, and checked nearby, and found that there were indeed two rabbit holes here, Uncle Dog and he glanced at each other, nodded in unison, and made a mark casually.

After a long delay here, everyone continued to walk deep into the mountains.

Not long after, there was a barren grass beach in front of me, the area was not large, about an acre, the withered yellow branches and leaves swayed gently in the morning breeze, and there was a "bang" sound in the interval.

Uncle Dog made a gesture, and everyone's expressions immediately became nervous, one by one they held their breath, and the pace of progress became much slower.

The barren grass beach has always been the favorite habitat of pheasants, and the hiding place of the female is slightly more hidden, and the male pheasant is easy to be found because of its beautiful coat.

However, the pheasant is very alert, and the slightest movement of about ten meters cannot escape its ears and eyes.

Zhang Haihe** went up the mountain this time with their own slingshots, and the marbles were bought separately, smaller than pebbles, with a layer of steel paper on the outside, and I don't know what it is, so it is quite weighty.

** And Zhang Hai took out a slingshot, and was tiptoeing step by step close to the grass beach, when he suddenly heard a few dull "poof" sounds, and then looked at it, Liang Xuetao walked into the grass beach quickly, **Seeing this, he immediately followed.

"Second son, there's another one over there, you go pick it up." Liang Xuetao suddenly shouted.

** Without thinking much about it, he walked in the direction he pointed.

When I got closer, I found that there was a male pheasant among the weeds, who was already dead at this time and couldn't die anymore, there was a small hole in the center of the head, overflowing a trace of blood** Heart, it should be a fatal blow, as soon as this thought came out, I couldn't help but turn my head to look at Liang Xuetao.

"Did you find it?" I saw the other party walking over quickly, carrying a pheasant in each hand.

"Uncle Taozi, you killed all of them?" After speaking, his throat unconsciously stirred.

Liang Xuetao nodded, and at this time, others also came over, seeing that Liang Xuetao killed three pheasants in the blink of an eye, they were all speechless, and they were amazed.

Several young guys led by ** surrounded Liang Xuetao and asked him how he did it.

Liang Xuetao took out a piece of jade the size of a broad bean and polished very smooth from his pocket and spread it out in the palm of his hand to show them.

"That's what killed pheasants?" **As he spoke, he took it in his hand and touched it carefully.

Liang Xuetao nodded.

"Second son, let me see." One of the people next to him couldn't wait to snatch it away.

Several people took turns to check it, and they didn't think there was anything strange about this kind of jade when they looked at it horizontally and vertically, thinking that it should be because of Liang Xuetao's skill.

As a man, he is born with a competitive habit in his bones, and most of the strong people, especially those like Liang Xuetao, have an attitude of envy and admiration, so his gaze at Liang Xuetao is a little hotter.

At such a distance, he didn't even find a pheasant feather, but the other party could achieve an extremely accurate blow to kill, and hit the three yuan, what is even more terrifying is that the weapon used turned out to be this kind of small stone that looks lethal, what kind of eyesight is needed, what kind of technique, and what level of explosive power of the wrist should be reached

It's so godly, it's just that God can't be more god!

**In my heart, I was amazed again and again, and my eyes unconsciously followed each other.

Liang Xuetao was leisurely covering the pheasant with a net pocket at this time, carrying it behind him, seeing that **'s eyes were a little weird, he looked at it expressionlessly, which caused ** to sigh again in his heart - honor and disgrace are not shocked, the great god is simply too fantastic!

Everyone drank some water, rested for a while, and continued on their way.

After walking a hundred meters away, Uncle Dog suddenly asked, "Taozi, why are all the roosters you killed?" ”

When asked this question, everyone was also a little puzzled.

"The mother has to keep it as a seed, it's a pity to kill the monster." Liang Xuetao turned his head and glanced at it, and said lightly

Everyone: ""

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