Chapter 110: Into the Mountain
Sure enough, Ju'an waited for a night, only three waves of children asked their parents to bring them over to beg for candy, and it wasn't until more than eight o'clock that the last two little babies came to Ju'an's ranch, and they didn't come to beg for candy, they came to play with Wu Song Teddy on the way, that is, Emily and Jerry, the two little ghosts.
As soon as the two little ghosts knocked on the door, Ju An immediately went over to open the door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw the two little ghosts say: "Uncle Ann is good" and then quickly drilled through Ju An's arm, and went straight to Teddy and Wu Song in the house, leaving a depressed Ju An and a smiling Kerry.
Ju An said to Kerry, who was standing outside: "It seems that few people are here today, come in and sit down, I guess you have been running all night." He invited Kerry to sit down on the couch in the house, and he made Kerry a cup of coffee.
When Kerry got on the sofa, took off the cowboy hat on his head and put it on the armrest, Ju An handed Kerry a cup of hot coffee, Kerry took it and said thank you, and then said: "This night, running is really tiring, the two little guys asked for a big circle of sugar in the town, don't look at the small bucket in your hand, there are a lot of them in the car, the atmosphere in your house is also very good, there are more than a dozen pumpkin lanterns at the door, I saw two at the door of your ranch."
Ju An said depressedly: "Isn't it the first time I've celebrated Halloween, people have given me a lot of pumpkins, I carved a dozen or so, scattered everywhere, originally I thought that there were many children would come to the ranch to beg for candy, who knew that after waiting for a few hours until now, I met two or three kittens, and bought so many chocolates for nothing."
Kerry took a sip of coffee, laughed and said to Ju An: "There is no atmosphere in the town for the festival in the ranch, after all, everyone lives far away, and it is estimated that there are not a few families to ask for sugar in the ranch for two or three hours, it is better to go to the town where there are many people and close, so generally begging for sugar, adults will take their children to go there, next year you will have experience, basically do not need to prepare anything, our family did not go out to buy any sugar at all, we also went to the town to ask for a circle back, passing by you, seeing the headlights outside, The two little ones just wanted to play with Teddy and them, so they came over." After speaking, he glanced at the two little guys who were playing with Teddy and Wu Song. The two of them were peeling the sugar in their small buckets, feeding Teddy and Wu Song, Wu Song would not ask for one in his mouth, Teddy was like a little glutton, as long as he stuffed it, he opened his mouth to take it, regardless of whether he finished eating it in his mouth.
Ju An glanced at Jerry and Emily and said, "Don't feed them too much sugar, I've already eaten a lot today, this guy still eats so much for dinner, Wu Song is fine, Teddy is like a bottomless pit."
Kerry looked at Teddy's bulging little belly and smiled and said to the two little guys: "Bears are like this, they basically open their eyes to food every day in the wild, and when they don't stop, you two little guys, don't let them eat so much, Teddy will get tooth decay if he eats too much."
Emily listened to Kerry's words and asked curiously, "Teddy is a bear, can bears also have tooth decay?" After speaking, he looked at his brother Jerry with some disbelief, and Jerry seemed to be stopped by his sister's words, scratching his head and not knowing how to answer.
"Then you see if Teddy has teeth, if he has teeth, he will definitely get tooth decay, just like you were some time ago, it hurts, isn't it" Kerry walked up to Emily, squatted down, stroked Emily's little head and said.
Emily thought for a moment, then nodded, and handed the basket to Kerry, who took it from the hands of the two little ones and placed it on the coffee table.
Juan picked up the grapes in the fruit bowl on the table and said to Emily and Jerry, "Come and eat some fruit, and feed Teddy a little more by the way, it's all meat and sugar tonight, just let them eat some fruit" After saying that, he put the grapes in the two small hands that stretched out the meat.
Kerry turned to Juan and asked, "Now the cattle are all here?" Now I walk past the edge of your ranch and I feel like a real ranch, and I used to walk for half a day without seeing a cow."
Ju An nodded and said: "Well, the last wave arrived this morning, and now there are more than 30,000 cattle in total, and the brokerage company has also given away less than a hundred calves."
"These guys, it might as well be a little less brokerage, and the calves will be fed for another year," Kerry said with a smile.
Ju An also smiled and replied: "It's better than nothing, by the way, how are your ranches doing now, and the quality of tourists is okay."
Kerry nodded and said, "Well, yes, it's basically good, Taylor has always been smiling during this time, business is very good, and some shops in the town have made a lot of money, and now they all like these generous Chinese customers."
Hearing this, Ju'an also put his mind at ease. He asked, "It's hunting season, do you have any plans, will you go hunting again this year?"
Kerry shook his head: "Not this year, the group that came to the ranch has been scheduled for Christmas, where will there be any time, why are you going to hunt?" ”。
Ju An nodded and said, "I'm going to go into the mountains to hunt in two days, and I'm going to hunt a big deer with more than a dozen forks."
"It's easy to hunt deer, just find a pond and squat for two nights to always meet deer, but a dozen forks of the big deer are not easy to find, basically have to go into the mountains, when the time comes, go to the water source in the mountains to guard, and it depends on luck to hit, what do you do to hunt this, even if you are lucky, you have to stay in the mountains for five or six days, and if you are unlucky, you will wait" Kerry said strangely.
Ju An replied: "Seeing that the dozen forks of the deer that people have made into specimens, it is the kind that only has the head of the deer and looks good when hung on the wall, and I am also going to make one myself and make a specimen to hang at home."
In fact, the main reason for Ju'an is a little nostalgic for the feeling when they went camping with old Taylor, the spiritual shock of Tiangao Shan Xiong's closeness to nature, and the ranch has been busy these days, and there is just an excuse to escape into the mountains.
"If you go, I'm going to suggest you bring a couple of dogs, preferably this guy with you," Kerry said. After saying that, he pointed to Teddy.
"What are you doing with this guy, he seems to only eat and drink, and how troublesome it is to prepare something for him to eat," Ju An asked puzzled.
"In the wild, Teddy is better off than you, he knows what he can and can't eat, and you will never get lost with him, otherwise how would he have lived before he met us?" Kerry explained.
The two of them looked at the conversation and talked about it, Kerry took the two little guys to get up and say goodbye, Ju An filled the baskets of the two little ones with several large handfuls of chocolates, so there was still half a jar left, so he had to keep it for Wu Song and Teddy to make snacks, and it was enjoyable to divide these two pieces every day.
The next morning, Ju'an went to the town, went through the formalities of deer hunting, and paid more than a hundred dollars in exchange for a piece of paper that allowed Ju'an to hunt ten male deer. The next thing is to go to the supermarket to make a big purchase, eat and drink a lot, ready to put it in the space, even if a rabbit can't hit it, Ju'an can live for more than ten or twenty days by relying on the space.
In addition, this time Ju'an is going to bring a sleeping bag, so he doesn't need the tent that he had to put up last time. After a big purchase, Ju An drove his GMC back to the ranch, of course, halfway through to find a free time to put all the purchased things into the space.
After following Thomas, he prepared to pack up and set off for the mountains tomorrow. Thomas advised Ju'an not to go into the mountains alone, after all, there were bears and wolves in it, and Ju'an had never entered the mountains alone, and Ju'an promised not to go deeper, just to hunt a deer. Thomas couldn't help but be persuaded so he freed the tiger head and the preserved eggs and let Juan take them with him, so that he could carry two horses and a chestnut castration stallion to carry the luggage.
When it was time to set off, he helped Ju An check his luggage, and old Thomas carefully asked Ju An how to read the map, how to use a compass or something, and finally said to Ju An: "When you enter the mountains, you must pay attention to the use of fire, and you must keep the bonfire unextinguished at night, many wild beasts are afraid of fire." And don't eat casually, if you see a fruit, let Teddy go first, if Teddy eats you can eat, if he doesn't eat you definitely don't eat it, it's poisonous."
Ju An said with a smile: "Don't worry, I really don't go deeper, I'll be back in five or six days, don't worry, there are three guys, tiger head garlic and preserved eggs, you are still afraid that I won't be able to get out of the mountains."
Old Thomas shook his head and said: "It's not that I'm afraid that you won't be able to get out of the mountain, as long as you face the sun or walk with the sun on your back, you can always come out, I'm afraid that you will encounter wild beasts."
"I'm with a guy" After speaking, Ju An smiled and patted the rifle on Doucao's back and the revolver on his waist, he didn't bring a pistol because it was more troublesome in case it was jammed, and the pistol was not as good as the revolver at this point.
"I'm afraid you'll be flustered, knowing that you're good marksmanship, but that's when you usually shoot, and it's different when you're really in danger, and many people won't even pull out their guns when they encounter beasts at close range, if it weren't for the fact that you can't leave here in the ranch, I really want to accompany you in," Thomas said.
"Don't worry, I'll still be alive in a few days," Ju An said, in the no, buddy can also flash into the space, where can there be any danger, but this can not be said to Thomas.
"If you haven't come back in seven days, I'll call the police, and then the police will send a helicopter to find you," Thomas said solemnly.
When Ju An heard this, he said: "There is no need for such a big battle, and the helicopter will be dispatched."
Thomas nodded: "We are taxpayers, and if you don't come back for a week, you may be in danger, and it is their duty to let them go to you."
Juan had no choice but to let Thomas promise to return to the ranch in six days at most, and during this time, all the affairs of the ranch would be handed over to him.
Riding on the bean grass, with a shake of the reins, the bean grass walked forward, and Wu Song, on the back of another chestnut gelding named Tucker, also followed the reins, and the follower Bean Cao walked forward, and the three guys with Teddy ran happily on the ground. The tiger heads also let out a whimsical cry from time to time, and they were very excited about the reunion with Ju An.