Chapter Seventy-Four: The Beautiful Black Land of the Northeast

After we buried the couple, because of the death of the driver, we fell into a difficult situation, put the driver here, we were a little unbearable, if we took the driver away, that would not work, over the devil's checkpoint, easy to cause unnecessary trouble. Zhong Dabiao asked the housekeeper, here along the road three or four miles further, it is the last checkpoint of the devil, and further on, it is all mountainous, the transportation is inconvenient, the bandits are rampant, and the devils have no garrison except for sweeping.

After we asked clearly, we decided to go over the mountain road by ourselves, not to go to the checkpoint, and let the housekeeper pull the car's body back, and we gave the housekeeper some money, and asked the housekeeper to arrange the carman's funeral, and finally arranged everything, we took out guns and ammunition, and then separated from the housekeeper.

Because we have guns on our bodies, this road is not able to walk, can only take the mountain road and the path, this village is not far from the mountain, our group entered the mountain, the shape of the mountain has changed, the rocks have decreased, are tall pine trees, walking in the mountain, as if to another world, the sky cannot be seen overhead, the foot is thick pine needles, and the thick carpet is about the same, stepping on the soft, the animals in the mountain have become more, there are birds, pheasants, rabbits, these things, almost not afraid of people, Jumping around not far from us.

Senior disciple Tianning said: "There are so many things here, I don't know how many times more than on the mountains we have there. ”

Zhong Dabiao said: "Yes, the black land of the Northeast Gada, is indeed a treasure land, when the ancestors came to the Northeast, they were stunned by the black soil of the Northeast, the black black soil, with a hand can be grabbed out of the oil, at that time many people did not have land, followed the landlord to do long and short work, when seeing these things in the Northeast, like to the sky, the products here are even more rich unimaginable, with a wooden stick can kill the roe deer, with the fence can catch countless fish, pheasants are many, sometimes just open the lid of the pot, you can fly to the rice pot. At that time, the people who had gone through a lot of hardships came to lie on this black soil one by one, unwilling to get up for a long time, and at that time, the ancestor knew that his roots were rooted in the black soil and he could no longer walk. ”

When Mao Qinglian heard this, he said: "Big brother, your leg is injured, let's sit here and rest, you just tell us how much things can be in the Northeast, and we will listen to it." ”

Zhong Dabiao said: "Okay, just rest, let me tell you, there are so many things in the Northeast." ”

After finishing speaking, we found a place to sit on the ground, and then Zhong Dabiao began to talk about more things in the Northeast, he said: "This Northeast is vast and sparsely populated, there are countless beasts, these beasts do not see many people, so some things are easy to catch, first of all, it is a silly roe deer, this silly roe deer is like a deer, likes to eat grass in the woods, the buttocks are snow-white, and usually sees people, they will cock their tails." In autumn and winter, they often come in groups of three or five, haunting the hillside outside the village, and sometimes even breaking into the village. Its flesh resembles venison and is delicious and edible. The fur is crispy and thin, and it cannot be used as a fur, but it is cold and insulated, and it is mostly used as a roe deer skin mattress.

When this thing runs, it first jumps up in the grass, and then runs away quickly, and you have to shout first to hit this thing, otherwise the speed is too fast, and in the blink of an eye, there will be a shadow, in which case you will have to wait in place for a long time. ”

I said, "Big brother, you're trying to make us happy, everyone knows, you can't make a sound when hunting, and when you make a sound, the prey will run away, and when the prey runs away, the shadow can't be hit, and you're still waiting in the same place?" ”

Zhong Dabiao smiled and said, "You don't know this, right?" Why is the silly roe deer called the silly roe deer, it is because it is stupid, this thing is particularly easy to be curious, as long as you shout, the roe deer will involuntarily stop to see who is shouting it, even if it runs, it will come back again. There is an old saying in our northeast, that is, the tiger eats the deer and waits, it is the deer and the stupid roe deer, in fact, don't look at the tiger majestic, but run, it is really not the opponent of the roe deer and the deer, after a pounce, you can only wait for the deer and the roe deer to send themselves to the door, in fact, the deer and the roe deer are completely killed by their own curiosity, after they ran, they will come back, see if the tiger is gone, find that the tiger did not go, and then run, after repeating a few times, when exhausted, the tiger can easily catch the prey. ”

I said, "Even then, you can't hit a roe deer with a stick." With the cleverness of a roe deer, it will be stupid enough to get a stick in front of it? ”

Zhong Dabiao smiled and said: "You don't know this, we have a strange hospitality custom here in the northeast, that is, after the guests come, the host will carry a stick out, and after a while, he will drag back a roe deer, and then there is a sentence to beat the roe deer."

In fact, the roe deer is called flying on the grass, even if you are stupid, you will not wait for someone to hit it with a stick, in fact, the stick beats the roe deer, which is only available under special circumstances. In the winter in the Northeast, the springs in the ravines are not frozen, and the water is constantly flowing out. But the water that came out quickly froze, and day after day, the area around the spring was frozen into ice several meters or more than ten meters wide. The cloven hooves of roe deer are not slippery and cannot stand or walk on ice. Normally, they don't go to the ice. But sometimes when I encounter any danger, I panic and run to the ice, and my four little hooves are like skates, and I slip after a few struggles, and I can't stand up again. At this time, if anyone touches it, they can break a stick and beat the roe deer to death.

In another case, heavy snow fell for several days, and the mountain recesses and ravines were filled in, and the snow was frozen with a layer of hard shell. These stupid roe deer accidentally stepped into the snow urn and got stuck there, their hooves hanging in the air, and they could only stare dryly and wait for death. Therefore, after every heavy snowfall, the young people in our tun would take a stick and lead a dog to go around the mountains. If you run into a roe deer that has fallen into a snow ditch, you will have something to eat at night with a stick. ”

I said, "I see, this is the first time I've heard of this, and by the way, what's the matter with scooping fish with a hedge?" Is it that the river is dry, cleaning the water or muddying the fish? ”

Zhong Dabiao said: "The water in the mountain spring here is sent out in the deep mountains, and the fish in the water are densely packed, catfish, silver carp, crucian carp, grass carp, and there are many of them, especially in front of the small bridge, when the water flow is less, the fish at that time are gathered together, there are chopsticks long, there is not much water at this time, the fish can only toss desperately together, we see these, we will go home to take the fence, scoop the fish out with the fence, those fish can scoop out four or five, after we scoop the fish, we will wear it with wicker, Get it cleaned up at home, dried into dried fish, and stay in the snowy mountains, when there is nothing to eat.

As for the pheasant can fly into the rice pot, that is even more spectacle, the northeast here is a shrub on the mountain, the ditch is a meadow, very suitable for pheasants to make a nest, hide, avoid eagles, foxes and other natural enemies. And pheasants, like domestic chickens, lay eggs and hold their nests, so there are pheasants everywhere, and in spring, it is the season for pheasants to court, mate, and lay eggs. The pheasant's nest is bowl-shaped or plate-shaped, relatively simple, mostly dug a shallow pit in the ground, and the pit is made of withered grass, leaves and feathers. Pheasants hold a nest a year, and each nest lays more than 10 eggs, and more than 20 eggs. Pheasants are very clever and leave the nest immediately after laying eggs, and get some leaves and blades of grass to cover the nest, and sneak in the grass for a while before taking off to avoid exposing the nest.

This thing is good-looking, bells and whistles, we go relatives here, are to mention two pheasants to go relatives, this pheasant is good-looking and delicious, the meat is chewier than the chickens fed at home, in autumn, the pheasants are the fattest, the pheasants eat pine trees, one by one fat oil, after catching, stew with mushrooms in the mountains, or stir-fry with small peppers, that thing is a good dish to drink, eat it is called a gluttony, think about it and drool. ”

As he spoke, Zhong Dabiao seemed to be recalling, and I said, "Big brother, I'm going home, don't think about that, hurry up and talk about how the pheasant got into the rice pot?" ”