Chapter 32: Into the Mountain
When he arrived at the Guniu Town Market, he turned around several times before he bought all the materials needed for wintering, Liu Zixuan hesitated on the street for a long time, and then entered an old shop that sold hardware and miscellaneous parts. www.biquge.info had followed his father to this shop a few years ago, and he knew a little bit about the shop. The owner of this shop is surnamed He, and he is the only person Liu Zixuan knows in this town, because Zixuan's father often came to live back then, and this Boss He also knows the situation of the Liu family well, and even Liu Zixuan's old lover was also his vine.
As soon as Liu Zixuan entered the store, the shrewd shopkeeper recognized him at a glance, immediately greeted him politely, asked Liu Zixuan how the situation was at home, and asked him if he was married now, and said how deep his friendship with Zixuan's father was back then. After a moment of greetings, Liu Zixuan said that he wanted to buy some hunting bombs, and the shopkeeper knew Zixuan's intention, said wait a minute, and then entered the small dark room behind the counter, and only after a long day's work did he take a small box out and put it on the counter. Liu Zixuan opened the box and saw that there were ten rounds of ammunition neatly placed inside, and after asking the price, he reached into his arms and took out the money, but the boss held Zixuan's hand and said, "Little brother, don't be in a hurry to give money, you can just use it!" ”
Seeing the boss's resignation, Liu Zixuan was suddenly surprised, and hurriedly said: "Then how can I do it, how can I use your things for nothing?" ”
The boss smiled, lowered his voice and said, "Little brother, listen to me, just by virtue of my friendship with your father, you can use this thing with peace of mind." What's more, since your father passed away, the yellow skin on the bull's head slope has not been beaten for three or four years, as the saying goes, 'tiger father has no dog son', if you can take over your father's business, wouldn't it be a good livelihood? I think this is good, it looks like it's going to be winter, and when it snows, you go to the cow's head slope to get some skins, and bring them to me next year, these bullets are just a few skins of money, if you can fight more, I will naturally give you more money, and you also have to subsidize the family, right? It stands to reason that you understand these words if I don't say them, but now that you have become a family, you have to support your family! Little brother, you don't know, the price of this skin is not comparable to your father's time, and even rabbit skin has a good price. ”
Liu Zixuan naturally understood the words of the shopkeeper, he secretly sold hunting bombs in the store, and he wanted to buy yellow wolf skins from hunters near and far, and make a profit from them after changing hands.
"How can it be justified to use things for nothing? Besides, I don't have any experience, so I don't necessarily get the skin. Liu Zixuan spoke, but still took out the money.
"Little brother, if you are polite, Uncle He will not be happy. I have another sentence, do you listen to it or not, what is the most important thing for a man to live in this world? It is to let the woman who was unwilling to be with you not secretly laugh, and it is to let the woman who was willing to be with you not secretly regret it. If you understand me, get the money back. The shopkeeper said, and pushed Liu Zixuan's outstretched hand back.
After Liu Zixuan heard this, he had to retract his hand, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Since Uncle He said so, I will use the yellow wolf skin to offset the money for this bullet in the coming year." No matter how much or how little, you must get it here! ”
Seeing that Liu Zixuan agreed, the shopkeeper smiled: "That's right, that's how I used to deal with your father." I have a relationship with your father, you probably don't know ......" suddenly saw the dog at Liu Zixuan's feet, and then said: "What a big black dog, look at it, there are guns and dogs, and the home is in such a good place, you don't go into the mountains, it's a pity, it's not the production team for a while, the things in the mountains are more and less, all of them are your own, I just heard the radio a few months ago, this year the state began to encourage the development of rural sideline industries, you go to the mountains to hunt, it can be regarded as the development of barren mountains and wild forests, and you have responded to the call ......"
After listening to the shopkeeper gossiping for a long time, Liu Zixuan said goodbye and left.
After leaving the shop, the materials that should be bought have been purchased, and then he carried a basket full of them and embarked on the return journey with the big black dog.
It wasn't until it was getting late that they returned to the rabbit hill, and Liu Zixuan and the big black dog were so tired that they were panting. Gu Nanyan brought a basin of water and put it in front of Liu Zixuan, who knew that the big black dog came over first, drank it with a bang, and waited until it was full and left, and then Liu Zixuan picked up the water and threw it on his face.
Gu Nanyan was checking the back basket on the side, and when she found a mirror and a peach wood comb, she couldn't help laughing, she didn't ask Liu Zixuan to buy this, you know, the comb she brought from her mother's house has broken several teeth. To her surprise, Liu Zixuan, who usually seems honest and clumsy, is also a caring person, and while thinking about it, he snickered in the mirror for a long time.
Who in the world doesn't like to look in the mirror? In Liu Zixuan's eyes, Gu Nanyan is the most beautiful woman in the world, but that kind of beauty is not something that can be seen when they meet for the first time. The relationship between husband and wife must be a good interactive relationship to maintain for a long time, and Liu Zixuan has already realized this from his father's words and deeds. Of course, in the past six months of married life, Liu Zixuan has a deeper understanding that some things that a man's family has to do must be hidden from a woman in order to better maintain harmony. Taking advantage of the gap between Gu Nanyan combing his hair in the mirror, he put the hunting bullets and a few packets of pepper hidden on his body into the holster in the east wing. If Gu Nanyan knew that he bought the bullet and came back, it would inevitably be awkward again.
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A layer of autumn breeze and a layer of coolness, since the purchase of wintering materials, the north wind is like a day, for several days, Liu Zixuan is patiently waiting for the arrival of heavy snow in the mountains and forests. But half a month has passed, and the sky is windy and snowless after all. What kind of winter is a winter without snow? Liu Zixuan really couldn't wait, and he finally decided to go into the mountain before the snow because he suddenly remembered something.
In order to hunt wolves, Zixuan's father dug three traps in the mountains and forests, thinking of the traps, Liu Zixuan couldn't help but worry a lot, although he knew that there were three traps in the forest, but he didn't know where they were, if you want to go into the forest to kill wolves and hunt ferrets in the future, you must first find them and guard against them, otherwise it is a potential hidden danger. Even though the trap is a few years old, traps, unlike other hunting tools, do not lose their effectiveness over time, on the contrary, the longer they exist, the more dangerous they become, especially in the snowy winter.
Liu Zixuan decided to go into the forest before the snow fell, firstly to find the traps, secondly, to familiarize himself with the terrain, and more importantly, since he reassembled the shotgun, he had not been in the forest for a day or two.
Although there was a slight wind on this day, it was also a good weather. After lunch, Liu Zixuan went to check on his father's grave under the pretext of carrying a shotgun and a black dog into the forest.
A man and a dog hit it off and marched towards the forest together. Since being taken to the rabbit hill, the big black dog has long been eager to go into the forest to run wildly, but under the pressure of the owner, he has not been able to get the opportunity, and now Liu Zixuan wants to take it in, it is naturally grateful to Dade, and followed Liu Zixuan all the way with great interest.
As soon as he entered the deep grass south of Gangzi, Liu Zixuan took out a pack of pepper that had been prepared, tore it open and sprinkled it in the palm of his hand, and put it under the nose of the big black dog, the big black dog was curious about what the owner was holding in his hand, and couldn't help but come over to smell it, who knew that as soon as it smelled the pungent smell of pepper, it immediately choked and sneezed, and saw that it was not a good smell, so he hurriedly hid to the side - this is the method that Liu Zixuan learned from his father, before each hunting, let the hound smell the pepper once, for a long time, It can not only improve the sensitivity of the hound's sense of smell, but also make it enter the state of excitement in advance after it has become a habit.
Entering Niutoupo for the first time as a real hunter, Liu Zixuan was both excited and nervous, but fortunately, he was accompanied by a big black dog, which relieved a lot of pressure for him.
(To be continued)