Chapter 13: Hunting
Everyone was already stunned by the speed at which wormwood ran over, and they were stunned by a series of actions of the Ji family's father and daughter, and they didn't come back to their senses until wormwood's cry came.
Hurry up and explain and comfort Wormwood word by word, and automatically forget that Wormwood just ran at the "speed", I just thought that I was too worried about her father and ran out of potential. And wormwood also roughly understood the whole process from everyone's words......
On the way back, the grain delivery team was unlucky and ran into a herd of wild boars, but everyone only had a flat shoulder in their hands, and there was no family to take advantage of.
When everyone was about to despair and even prepared to be buried here, Father Ji pulled out a dagger from his neck and said, "You guys are in groups of five or six to deal with a wild boar, and I will sneak attack." ”
It looks like an ordinary dagger on the outside, but it is also the key to their desperate survival, no one wants to die, no one wants to sit still.
After everyone divided the labor, they worked together, relying on Daddy Ji's flexible figure and a dagger, and really killed 5 wild boars... I couldn't bear it in my heart, and I couldn't help crying when I fell to the ground, I really escaped death! Except for a few people who were slightly injured, at least everyone was intact, and there were no missing arms or legs.
After a short rest, the people immediately carried the wild boar to the ox cart and cart, pried some of the blood stains on the ground covered with dirt, and hurried back, fearing that the smell of blood would attract another wave of wild beasts, and it would really be fatal.
And Daddy Ji was covered in blood because he killed pigs at close range.
After understanding the process, Wormwood could only secretly rejoice in her heart, glad that she disliked the woodcutter at home, which was heavy and blunt, and bought a new dagger after having gold coins; Fortunately, she was seen by her father, and saw that Hunter Xinxi confiscated it; Fortunately, her father likes it so much that he secretly hides it on his body and carries it with him every day; Glad......; Glad her dad was fine.
Everyone worked together overnight to deal with the wild boar, the offal was washed and hung in the well on the ice, the village decided not to sell all the 5 wild boars, in addition to leaving enough for the next day, and the pig offal and pig blood together to cook the meat of the "pig killing vegetable", as well as 20 catties per person in the food delivery team, Ji's father contributed up to 40 catties, and the rest was divided according to the centimeter.
Everyone has no dissenting voices, because every household has a food delivery team, which is equivalent to 20 catties per family, which is very fair.
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In the morning, the whole village of people with bowls and pots in their hands, and they all gathered under the old banyan tree, which was very lively.
"You're going to cook a lot of meat this time, right?"
"That's for sure, the secretary said, just after the summer harvest, everyone has worked hard, treat everyone, let us eat enough this time!"
"There are so many people in our village, is it enough?"
"How is it not enough? I've heard that it used nearly a pig! ”
"Is Grandma Twelve still in charge this time?"
"Isn't she who she is? There is no one else in our village who can afford the scene! ”
"That's right, I heard that the ancestors of the twelve grandmothers also served as imperial chefs!"
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"Did you say it was almost ready? I can't wait. "Bear child A said.
"It should be soon, I can smell the fragrance, I don't know if my mother can give me a bite first, and then take it home." Bear Child B.
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The villagers were in groups of three or five, and there were twelve grandmothers who didn't say a word, looking at the spoon, chatting absentmindedly.
On the open-air stove, the twelfth grandmother and several old ladies with outstanding cooking skills in the village are boiling pig-killing dishes in full swing.
A burst of fragrance came to the nose, mouth-watering, and Twelve Milk really deserves to be the descendants of celebrity chefs.
The whole village is divided into dishes, two large spoons for those over 12 years old, and the following are one big spoonful, which can be a separate bowl or a family and take home to eat.
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Dongshan and Zhulin Mountain are short, and the other end of Dongshan is Xiaotian Village, which also belongs to Hongqi Township, so in addition to wild vegetables and wild fruits, even pheasants and hares can hardly be seen on Dongshan, and although there are few pheasants and hares in Zhulin Mountain, there are many bamboo rats, and it takes skill to catch bamboo rats.
The winding mountains, the mountains are undulating, and the deep mountains of Camellia Mountain are slightly safer than Tiger Mountain, and the strong laborers in the village form teams to hunt in Camellia Mountain every year.
It's just that in order to protect the ecological balance, it is generally after the autumn harvest and during the slack season, I go to it two or three times a year, and it will not be too frequent.
After the summer harvest of this year was handed over to the public grain, there was not much left, and I don't know what the situation was in the autumn harvest!
The cadres of the Xiaoye Village Committee are still very aware of danger, in order not to go hungry, in order to get as many mountain goods back as possible, they race against time to lead everyone to collect mountain goods - grain storage; There is a saying: if you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart.
The village secretary had no choice but to wait until after the autumn harvest, so with the only five shotguns left in the village, they organized the rest of the villagers to go into the camellia mountains to hunt with the rest of the villagers, except for babies under the age of 10 and the elderly over 65 years old, who were inflexible and could not follow up the mountains for safety.
"Or is it the same as in previous years, with strong laborers leading the way and hunting, while women of all ages follow behind and gather slowly?" The village chief discussed with the village secretary.
"Well, it's still the men in front, free to combine, divided into several teams." Too many people together, the wild things are scared away, what else to fight; Of course, not just anyone can form a team, in a team, there must be a team member who has objects that can be warned, such as xun, flute, small gong, etc., and it is really okay to whistle.
In this way, when encountering large wild objects, you can call for help and minimize the danger to the villagers.
"Na~ You heard the secretary's words! If there is any problem, say it in advance! ”
"Village chief, secretary, what should I do if no one teams up with me?" The famous lazy dog Erdan in the village, no one wants it every time he hunts.
The main thing is that the big wild things are the collective division of the village, and the small wild fowl, the village stipulates who hits whom, the members of the same group discuss it themselves, and they are generally divided according to the head, and the dog and the second egg don't know if it's bad luck, or the lazy even the wild fowl can't look down on him, every time he can't hit something, but also to occupy the molecule, this is obviously a loss, once or twice, because of the affection of the same village, don't care about him, after a long time, no one is a fool, this is not ......
In fact, the dog was not like this when he was a child, he was still a smart and diligent baby at that time. It's a pity that after his brother's dog egg was accidentally gone, his father and mother were afraid that something would happen to him, so they asked the stars not to give the moon, and they were afraid that they would melt in their mouths.
"Dog Erdan, you can't hit anything anyway, it's useless to follow, or you still pick wild vegetables with us, how much is the same meaning...... Hahaha! No, the village secretary hadn't spoken yet, and Aunt Li couldn't help but laugh first.
"Yes! Dog, you're kicked around by them every year, aren't you tired? Follow us directly, pick wild vegetables, we don't dislike you...... Poof......"
"Village chief, secretary, you have to call the shots for me! Look at it, everyone is laughing at me! I also want to hit something, so I can have meat to eat! Isn't that my bad luck before! I'm going to transfer this time, you can't look at me with colored eyes, people will change. "The dog is worthy of being a famous lazy man, who was laughed at by a group of old ladies, and he was not brainy, and he analyzed it methodically.
"Okay, okay, the dog is still with me this time." Village Chief Ye Hongjun can't help it, he can't be treated differently as a leader!
Hearing this, Ye Hongjun's mother-in-law Zhao Cuihua was furious, every time their family suffered, others became village chiefs to make money from the family, and he was good at subsidizing it every time, of course, it was not that she wanted her man to make mistakes, but that her man's heart was too soft (in fact, his ears were soft and he had no ability to distinguish)! When people cry a few times there, he wants to take out his heart and give it to others.
Every once in a while, there are lazy people who like to take advantage of small things to eat and drink at her house, and the beautiful name is that the village chief is a cadre and a servant of the people, and he should take care of the weak. She really didn't want the whole family to be tired and tired, so she let him subsidize it, she was already tired of coping.
It's just that in addition to divorce, she has no way at all, and usually Ye Hongjun won't listen to her, if she says it, she can think about it, everyone will say that he is doing a good deed, and he can't be too stingy when he is a mother-in-law, and he must support the work of the Red Army, but the flesh is not cut on herself, she doesn't know the pain, she has enough of this life, and the love between husband and wife is all exhausted because of these and other reasons, but she still cares about a few children in the family, and she can't divorce.
Forced to endure it again, in fact, things like this are all small things, and she is used to it, but she can't listen to similar things now, and when she hears it, she can't control her temper, and she can't help but get angry.
The village secretary saw that after everything was settled, there was nothing else, so he motioned for everyone to disperse in groups.
Picking wild vegetables, picking mushrooms, as long as it is eating, no matter how old or young, no piece of armor remains.
Since Daddy Ji discovered the dagger, Wormwood began to break the jar and break it, and he no longer deliberately concealed it, anyway, her father never asked, so he was smart!
This time, he bought him a crossbow arrow to defend himself, and hid it in his cuff, but he couldn't use it until he had to.
In addition to her father, Wormwood didn't even dare to buy weapons for her two brothers, so she really couldn't find an excuse to take them out, so she could only follow the hunter team unhurriedly with her mother, but fortunately, she was in a group with several uncles and cousins at home, which also made it convenient for Wormwood to follow behind, and she could always pay attention to their safety.
Wormwood also saw that Ye Shoujun was in another group, too-he was a good hunter, how could he be less in the mountains.
Ye Shoujun turned his head as if he had a feeling, and his sharp eyes shot straight into Wormwood's heart, Wormwood was startled, and subconsciously smiled at Ye Shoujun.
Seeing Wormwood's bright smile, Ye Shoujun's eyes darkened, and he turned around and continued to walk forward.