This year's luck was good, and the well-trained hounds surrounded the herd of wild boars on the first day, in a col thirty miles away from Savage Tun, with three large ones and a small herd. The hounds are very clever, they give up chasing the big pigs that are good at running, and specialize in the small pigs, and the big pigs guard their cubs and turn around and fall into the circle of the hunters.

The level of the hunter is very strict, as the leader of the hunter Uncle Miao has the right to decide which pig to shoot, the mountain people here strictly abide by the instructions of the ancestors, the female beast that is pregnant with a cub can not fight, can only fight the big one not the small one, and can not kill all at one time to keep the population. So Uncle Miao picked two of them, one male and one female, and the pig ** on the belly was not in the range of choice, because it needed to be breastfed.

Their ancestors believed that the wild beasts in the mountains were a gift from nature, as long as they had enough to eat, they could not ask for too much, and they had to know how to make appropriate trade-offs to ensure that the species here continued to thrive.

The gunman with good marksmanship was chosen, and after two shots, two pigs fell to the ground, both of which hit the heart. There is a skill in fighting wild boars, you can't hit the head or the body, the skull of the wild boar is quite hard, not to mention that even if it is a rifle, it may not be able to penetrate it, and it tickles on the pine tree all year round, and a thick layer of pine grease has condensed on the skin, which is equivalent to wearing a layer of armor.

Once the gun is wounded and not dead, the boar will pounce, and the fangs and daggers of that thing will have to be bent to both sides, and if it is not killed, it will have to break several ribs. The boar's only chance of life is in the anterior ribs, that is, the lower abdomen of the left leg, where the flesh is the softest, from which the bullet can hit the heart directly, and only an experienced hunter with excellent marksmanship can be sure of killing with a single shot.

Shi Fatzi was naturally itchy to see them shooting, but before he volunteered to go to the front line to ask for help, the task of our two pigs had already been arranged, dragging these two pigs back to the village to be dealt with by the butcher. Although reluctant, but this trip is still rewarding, there is a little pig probably frightened by the sound of gunshots, just standing in place trembling how not to go, Miao Daddy said that such piglets are afraid that they can't live in the wild, let us take them back together to find a place to raise, if we can feed, this pig is even an additional benefit for us.

The two pigs had a total of nearly 400 catties, and we and the other two young people were responsible for pulling them back to the village. He cut a pine tree on the spot and made a pole, tied the pig's feet with a rope, and then passed through it with a pole, and carried it one by one.

On the way, we heard from the other two people that the pig sent back opened its belly, and the pig will be dealt with on the day it is put into the water, and the person who carries the pig can have the opportunity to share an additional pair of pig intestines.

That afternoon, we set up a pigpen in the open space outside the warehouse and threw the small one in, and called Miao Lan over in the evening.

The fat man said that he was going to come tonight without getting drunk, saying that this was to celebrate that we had successfully passed the inspection period, and no one stopped him, anyway, he drank alone, just to find an excuse.

The dishes that night were very rich, Miao Lan boiled a big pot with pig water and wild mushrooms, and put the peppers brought by Shi Fatzi in the pot, in the season when winter was about to begin, everyone was sweating profusely, and it was the most refreshing meal we went to eat in Tunzi.

This dinner was supposed to be resting, but the fat man was quick, and he suggested that we could go hunting by ourselves tomorrow.

Miao Lan shook her head again and again after hearing this: "No, you are all educated youths who have cut in line, and you are from the city, the terrain of Savage Tun is complicated, besides, the hunting dogs and guns have been taken away, even if you really have that heart, there is no condition." ”

"Sister, the fat man grew up in the field military region, he can read military maps at the age of four, and he won't miss the target when he shoots at the age of five, don't underestimate me, and we won't go far to go outside."

"That's not going to work, even if you can understand the terrain, you don't have a gun."

Shi Fatzi's eyes rolled and said: "Don't you still have a pole and gun, Ming'er borrowed it from me to try, and you will share half of what you hit!" ”

"No, no, my gun is too old, it was still used by my father when he was young, and it was barely okay to shoot pheasants or something, and it would be in vain to encounter a big commodity like the one you saw today. Besides, the earth gun is not a shotgun, so it is not so easy to use. ”

"You underestimate me, don't talk about the earth, do you know five or six and a half?" As soon as Shi Fatzi said this, he became energetic, and he scolded all the guys he had seen in the department since he was a child, and made Miao Lan stunned, but in the end, Na Nizi still insisted on her own principles, no good, no way.

The fat man saw that the stubborn pestering was not working, so he changed his outwitting and said: "In this way, you see that after a while, I will send a letter to my home, and ask them to get a military cotton jacket, and how about giving you one when the time comes?" ”

At that time, the rural materials were indeed scarce, who could make a new dress a year, all of them were sewn and mended year after year, Shi Fatzi's words were said to Miao Lan's heart, she wanted a new cotton jacket to wear in winter, her cotton had already leaked, and there was no area between wearing it and single clothes

Don't, the winter wind blows like a knife in this tun, and no one can stand it.

"What padded jacket?"

The fat man gestured at himself and said: "Military, women's kind, with a cinched waist, is very good-looking." ”

Miao Lan's eyes lit up suddenly: "Really? ”

Shi Fatzi patted his chest and said, "I promise it to ** that it is absolutely true!" ”

"That's okay, that's okay, only a few of us know about this matter, and no one can tell my father, otherwise I'll be miserable."

"Hey, hey." Seeing that the plan succeeded, Shi Fatzi was happy, stood up and danced and said, "Xiao Yi and Wen Bin, we are brothers, how can they say it?" Xiaobai is his own sister, let alone say. ”

Yuan Xiaobai glared at the fat man and said, "Hey, hey, fat man, be careful when you speak, who is your sister!" After staying with us for a while, Yuan Xiaobai also began to adapt to this tone of voice, and gradually became one with us.

I also quipped: "That's it, I don't look at my body type, I think the one in the pigsty outside is your brother, right, Wenbin?" ”

Cha Wenbin just smiled, he came here for so many days and still didn't talk much, I can always see him alone there in a daze, but when he worked, he was full of energy, no less than those adults who worked hard, and the people in the tun had a good impression of him.

"With you, let me tell you, I'm not doing this for everyone's benefit, am I? Miaozi, let me ask you, what is the most valuable thing about the beast in this mountain? "Miaozi is Miao Lan's nickname, this is what the fat man gave her, he said that it was too ** to call Lan Lan, for fear of misunderstanding, so he simply called Miaozi.

Miao Lan said with a smile: "The tiger is the most valuable, do you dare to fight?" ”

"Really worth it?"

Miao Lan took a sip of food into her mouth and said: "Tiger skins, tiger bones and tiger whips are all collected at high prices, and there are people rushing to ask for them in the Chinese medicine cooperatives outside, but no one can get them, I heard that a tiger can exchange the rations of the whole family for two years." When she saw that the fat man seemed to have that idea, she immediately interrupted: "Hey, don't think about it, it's impossible for me to fight a tiger with my earthy gun, and you can't even pick up a tiger hair, but you will take your own life." ”

"Then you don't care, I naturally have a way to deal with it, but there are really tigers in this mountain?"

"Yes, why not, there are Siberian tigers here, and livestock used to be stolen from the tun."

"Where?" The fat man asked.

Miao Lan seemed to remember something, and said: "Xishantou, hey, by the way, don't think about it, that place usually everyone in our tun won't go, you must not go, something will happen." ”

"What's the matter?"

Miao Lan asked the fat man, "What are we called?" ”

"Savage Tun!"

"yes, isn't that the end of it, Savage Tun, no savage can call it by that name?" Miao Lan glanced out the window and said: "It is said that there are wild people on the west side of the mountain, who specialize in eating people's hearts, livers and lungs, coming and going without a shadow, and before they can understand what is going on, they are caught and eaten." ”

"Nonsense, you're just a savage, do you want a military coat?"

"Yes!" Miao Lan continued: "If you want to go to Xishantou to fight tigers, then I would rather not have your military coat, there are really wild people over there, and there have been accidents before." Before the liberation, there was a year when the heavy snow came very early, only at the end of September, most of the places in the tunli were covered by heavy snow, but there was a mountain on the west side of the mountain that had not yet accumulated snow, and it was indeed hungry and there was no way, people had to find a way. At that time, there were people like you who didn't believe in evil and wanted to go to Xishan, but they didn't come back after they went, and they found him at the foot of Xishan half a month later, and their stomachs were broken, and their hearts, livers and lungs were all gone! When Miao Zi said that he was gone, he spread his hands to both sides, and his voice suddenly increased again, startling a few of us who were listening attentively.

The fat man stopped his hand and said, "Okay, okay, just don't go over there, I promise you." ”

Not long after dinner, Miao Lan sent the gun over, as well as a few corners of black powder and projectiles, and repeatedly instructed not to go too far, only to find out if there were any small animals such as pheasants and rabbits in the surrounding area.

Shi Fatzi finally sent Miao Lan away after a hundred promises, and as soon as he closed the door, he said to me and Cha Wenbin: "Brother rest early in the evening, let's go to Xishan to fight tigers tomorrow morning." ”

I said, "Didn't you say you wouldn't go to Xishan?" ”

The fat man glared at me and said, "If you don't go to fight a tiger, will you get her a military coat?" ”

"Isn't your family going to send it to you?"

"Hey." The fat man sighed and said, "Last year, what was a coat?" Now, hehe, I don't know where my family is locked up, and I don't know where to send the military coat, I don't even know where to send the letter, don't mention it, people can only rely on themselves outside, which of us has winter clothes? I've seen all of you've seen it,

You, Wen Bin and Xiaobai, the four of us are all single, we are southerners, this is the northeast, after a while, it is dozens of degrees below zero, and every urine can freeze in a place, what are you going to do? I really thought I was stupid to go to play with the tiger, it's not impossible, just our little work is usually even nervous to eat and add clothes, even if we resist the past, what should Xiaobai do? She's a girl, have you ever thought about it? ”

"That ......" I think what Shi Fatzi said makes sense, but Miao Lan also made it clear to us that her words don't seem to be fake, so I set my eyes on Cha Wenbin.

Unexpectedly, he who had always been silent only said one word: "Dry!" ”