This kid is called the bolt. Wearing leopard skin and shoulders, with a hunting knife pinned to his waist, and two pheasants on his back, his eyes were bright, with the demeanor of a little hunter, and his voice was extremely loud: "Dad, who are they, why did they come to our mountains to hunt." ”

Cheng Shi said: "What nonsense, Daqingshan is not our family, the prey of this mountain, whoever has the ability to fight." ”

Chen Zikun saw that he was straightforward, open-minded, and had a heart to make friends, so he held the shotgun again: "Strong man, I want to make you a friend, if you don't accept this gun, you will look down on me." ”

Cheng Shi took the shotgun, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, I'll take it, but I can't ask for your gun for nothing, this bear will be given to you." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Then how can I do it, you killed the bear, I can't ask for it." ”

Cheng Shi suddenly blushed and had a thick neck: "Then I don't want it." He threw his shotgun over.

Chen Zikun didn't expect the men in the mountains to be so upright, and some couldn't get off the stage, but Xiaobei said: "We can't carry the big bear if we want it, so it's better to give us the little bear." ”

The proposal was overjoyed, and apart from the fact that the bolt was a little unhappy, he also wanted to take the bear home and raise it.

Cheng Shi took the shotgun again, fiddling with it curiously, he didn't know how to do it, he pouted and grabbed it, Chen Zikun handed over the belt full of ammunition, Cheng Shi loaded two bullets, closed the breech with a click, checked it in his hand, and praised: "Good gun!" ”

Then he took off his earthen spear and threw it to his son, along with a gourd containing gunpowder and iron sand: "Here you go!" ”

The bolt took the earthen gun, couldn't help but be overjoyed, and fiddled with it.

The bear cub was put on the ground, crawled towards the body of the mother bear with a roar, and was carried aside by Xiaobei, even if it was a small animal, it was not a comfortable thing to see the mother being slaughtered.

Chen Zikun said: "What to do with this bear, it's not good to leave it here for other beasts to eat." ”

Cheng Shi said: "What's so difficult about this. He carried the female bear straight, this bear weighed at least 200 pounds, and it was very easy for him to carry it, and he planned to carry it all the way home.

"Cheng Zhuangshi, are there any tigers in this mountain?" Chan asked.

Cheng Shi glanced at him: "You really want to fight tigers?" ”

Xiaobei said just now that he was here to fight tigers, but Orion didn't take it seriously, thinking it was a child's nonsense, but now that it comes out of Chen Zikun's mouth, it is naturally serious.

"We came into the mountains to fight tigers." Chan said.

Cheng Shi said: "The tiger is a sacred beast guarding the mountain, and it can't be beaten. ”

Xiaobei said: "Tigers eat people, why can't they fight." ”

Cheng Shi said: "Child, tigers only eat people when they are very hungry, I have been hunting in this mountain for decades, and I have never heard of tigers eating people, this vast mountain, Lang insects, tigers and leopards have their own way of getting along with humans, whether it is a beast or a human, they are hunting for food, fighting tigers for the sake of fighting tigers, and it is not a good thing to break the rules of the mountain gods." ”

Although Orion's words were straightforward, they were full of nature's philosophy, and Chen Zikun thought so, and said solemnly: "I have been taught." ”

When he said this, Cheng Shi was embarrassed: "You are here to hunt, how can you do nothing, go into battle with father and son, fight tiger brothers, let's fight together, the prey is divided in half." ”

Chen Zikun was naturally happy to hunt with such an experienced hunter, and the two pairs of father and son took a circle around the neighborhood with shotguns, shooting two pheasants and three hares, half of which were shot by Chen Zikun with a pistol, and Cheng Shi was impressed by his superb marksmanship.

Suddenly, Cheng Shi seemed to have discovered something, put down the shotgun gently, tiptoed forward, a fiery red shadow burst out of the hiding place, disappeared into the mountain forest, Cheng Shi chased after him, walking barefoot in the forest like flying, dense bushes and big trees did not hinder his progress in the slightest.

"Tie the pillar, is your father always chasing prey like this?" Chen Zikun said curiously.

Zhu Zhu replied nonchalantly: "Well, when the gunpowder is not enough, my father will rely on two legs to drive out more than ten miles, and the prey will not be able to run, and he will catch it alive." ”

Chan was thoughtful.

It didn't take much effort, Cheng Shi came back with a dead fox, and Xiaobei said excitedly: "It was the one I hit." ”

Cheng Shi turned the fox over and saw that there were no wounds all over his body, and it turned out that it was not the one that Xiaobei hit.

The prey is abundant, Cheng Shi is ready to go home, and warmly invites Chen Zikun and his son to sit at home and drink a glass of bud valley wine, Chen Zikun agreed without hesitation, peeled off a piece of bark before departure, and carved a few words on the trunk for Double Happiness and them.

Cheng Shi lives in the depths of the mountains, over two mountains, a cliff canyon appears in front of him, although it is not very wide, but extremely deep, the probe looks, the clouds and mist are dizzy, there seems to be the sound of gurgling water, Cheng Shi said, this is called the tiger jumping stream, which means that only tigers can jump over.

Chan asked, how do you cross the stream?

Cheng Shi grabbed an old vine on the cliff and said, "Use this to swing over." ”

Cheng Shi first grabbed the rattan for demonstration, and swung over, Chen Zikun tied the bear firmly and pushed it over, and then the two children and the prey, the child was light, and it passed with a swish, Chen Zikun's height and weight, but he swung several times before passing.

After the Tiger Leaping Stream, there is still a mountain road to go, Chen Zikun was afraid that Cheng Shi was tired, and offered to help him carry the bear, as soon as he got on his shoulder, he knew that this thing was dead and heavy, and he was out of breath after walking dozens of steps. Cheng Shi saw it and secretly admired it.

Finally came to the village where Cheng Shi is located, this is a completely stone built up of the village, the shape is quite orderly, easy to defend and difficult to attack There are dozens of families in the village, all surnamed Cheng, the patriarch is an eighty-year-old man, very hospitable, I heard that there are guests, personally entertained, Chen Zikun was very surprised to find that the people here are all dressed in the Ming Dynasty.

Old man Cheng slowly told the ancient story, it turned out that the ancestor of the Cheng family was a general judge during the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, and he was unwilling to descend to the Qing Dynasty to lead the clansmen to the depths of the mountains, living an isolated life, farming and hunting, until the Xianfeng years, he gradually communicated and intermarried with the outside, and exchanged the prey for some living items, because it was really remote, and the county government was too lazy to care about them, so it was until the Republic of China.

There are traces of the Ming Dynasty everywhere in the village, the ancestral armor and waist knife of the ancestors are enshrined in the ancestral hall, which has been rusted, there are shooting holes on the wall of the village, and there is an old three-eyed gun placed on it, although it has been beaten by wind and rain, it still sticks to its duties.

The ancestors of the Cheng family are scholars, although they abandon martial arts and literature, the habit of reading has not been pulled down, when they took refuge, the most things pulled into the mountains were not weapons, not clothing, food tools, but a collection of 10,000 volumes, and there was a gentleman in the village who was responsible for educating children to read, and it was going from generation to generation, so Cheng Shi could export into chapters.

Caught a bear, the village people were very happy, Cheng Shi hung the male on the stone wall, and peeled off the bear skin completely, leaving two of the four bear paws, and two were given to Chen Zikun, this time Chen Zikun did not shirk, and accepted it very happily.

Eat bear meat for dinner, drink bud grain wine, although the village has been cultivated for many years, but the arable land is still not much, the yield of the bud grain planted is not high, in addition to being a grain, there is a small part used to make wine to improve life and worship ancestors, the countrymen are simple, do not persuade wine, just drink happily, while drinking wine and eating meat, while chatting about the world, listen to Chen Zikun talk about things outside, trains, ships, large planes, high-rise buildings, railway bridges, the villagers who listen are fascinated.

Cheng Shi used an arquebus, rain and wind are not good, how can Chen Zikun give him Winchester is easy to use, the village hunters came to appreciate this foreign gun, one by one full of praise, said that with this gun, there is no longer afraid of wild boars ruining the bud valley.

It turns out that the most powerful beast in this mountain is not a tiger, but a wild boar, which often comes in groups to spoil the crops, so this valley also has another name, called Wild Boar Valley.

Cheng Shi said: "The gun is good, but unfortunately there are not many bullets, I don't know if there are any sales in the county." ”

Chen Zikun said: "This kind of bullet is made in foreign countries, and it is not even sold in the provincial capital, so it can only be brought from Shanghai." ”

Cheng Shi showed a look of regret: "Wouldn't it become a burning stick after the fight." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I have a way to make you use endless bullets, but I don't know that you don't have this ability." ”

Cheng Shi's eyes lit up: "You say." ”

Chen Zikun didn't speak, went straight out of the house, pointed to a big tree in the distance and said, "Let's compare, who can run under that tree first." ”

The two started a race under the moon, and the result was naturally Cheng Shi who won, he had two rabbit legs, and his explosiveness and durability were extremely strong, although Chen Zikun was born in martial arts, and his speed was not slow, but he was still a lot behind compared with the iron feet practiced in the mountains.

"I'll take you out to race with people, and if you win, you'll get money, and we'll have half of each of us, what do you think?" Chan has a tempting suggestion.

Cheng Shi couldn't believe it: "There is such a good thing? ”

Chen Zikun said: "I can still fool you." ”

The life in the mountains is hard, hunting and farming can only barely make a living, the words of the guests outside the mountain made Cheng Shi moved, he first asked the patriarch, and then discussed with his mother-in-law all night, and finally gave Chen Zikun a reply the next morning.

"I'm willing to do it."

……

Yao Yilei and the others waited for a day and a night before Chen Zikun and his son returned, bringing a large number of wild animals and a strange man dressed as a hunter.

"Pack your things and get ready to go back to Shanghai." Chan said.

Yao Yilei was taken aback: "Just come and leave, we haven't had enough fun." ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's too late, the Berlin Olympics will open in August, and I have to hurry to the Olympic Organizing Committee to register." ”

Yao Yilei said: "Are you crazy? Who is participating in the Olympics, could it be that you found this one?

Chen Zikun said: "You guessed it, it's him, I'm going to let him participate in hurdle running, sprinting, long-distance running, and marathon." ”

Yao Yilei touched her husband's forehead and said with pity: "I have a fever, and the fever is not light." ”