For the sake of prudence, they did not tell Xu Laogen from the beginning that his destination was Heihuling, but said that he would go to Erdaoling, which was the most frequented by visitors, which was only three mountains away from Heihuling. Pen~Fun~ Pavilion www.biquge.info it's not too late to ask for it when you get to that place, and it's a big deal to increase the remuneration for Xu Laogen temporarily.

At nine o'clock in the morning of the same day, taking advantage of the early sunny days after the snow, everyone packed up and went on the road, different from Luo Lie and his party riding up the mountain, Xu Laogen's means of transportation was a common climbing plow in Manchuria, the climbing plow was wooden, nearly one meter wide, about one meter three long, there was a rectangular ladder-shaped wooden frame up and down, and the four corners of the wooden frame were connected up and down by four columns. The front edge of the lower ladder-shaped wooden frame is longer than the upper one, and the head is slightly cocked, which is shaped like a knife, so as to prevent the plough from turning forward.

Xu Laogen's climbing plough is dragged by two sturdy big yellow dogs, which are common local dogs in mountain villages, although they are not precious dog breeds, they are strong and hard-working.

An Datou saw his companion, stretched out his tender red tongue, shook off the four small short legs and ran towards the big dog, before he got closer, the two big yellow dogs roared, frightened An Datou turned around and slipped into the feet of the blind man, the blind man hugged the puppy in the crook of his arm with pity, and glared at the two big dogs viciously: "Damn, bully my baby, believe it or not, I ate you?"

Fighting a dog still needs to see the owner, Xu Laogen was sticking something to the plow on the side, and when he heard the blind man's words, he looked at the blind man without showing weakness, his eyes were cold and did not give in.

The blind man couldn't see the details of the other party's expression clearly under the strong light, but all this did not escape Luo Lie's eyes, Luo Lie couldn't help but be stunned in his heart, judging from his eyes, Xu Laogen was a ruthless character.

Xu Laogen tied up his luggage, sat on the climbing plow, and said loudly: "Uncles, let's go into the mountain while the weather is fine!" Speaking of this, the leather whip in his hand was rounded, and he made a whip in the air, like a firecracker explosion, crisp and pleasant, and the whip echoed in the snowy night for a long time. The two big yellow dogs spread their hooves and ran in the direction of the sun.

The blind man cut a disdainful voice and said: "Lao Tzu still doesn't believe it, just his eight little short legs can outrun the four long legs of my family's jujube!" The blind man likes nicknames, and has named his mount Dazao, Arnold's jujube red horse is called Xiao Jujube by him, and even Arnold is nicknamed Golden Retriever by him. Chang Fa was not spared, the blind man called him stuffy gourd behind his back, the reason is that Chang Fa was silent, as for the sparrow can survive the reason is that her real name is like a nickname, the blind man really can't bear to give the sparrow a nickname, the canary, the lark are more noble than the sparrow, in fact, the blind man wanted to call her an old thief, but in the end he dispelled this idea, he knew that the sparrow was not easy to mess with, and he suffered under her when they met for the first time.

The blind man followed closely behind the dog pulling the plow, and he could still keep up at first, but after running for a distance, the jujube was obviously a little tired, and his stride slowed down significantly.

Sparrow and Chang Fa were the first to overtake the blind man, and then Arnold also overtook him on a small date.

Luo Lie, who was accustomed to leading the way in front, slowed down today, and chose to walk with the blind man, the blind man took out his sunglasses and put them on because he couldn't stand the strong light, and said while panting for white steam: "Luo Lie, I really don't understand, how can these long legs not outrun the little short legs." ”

Luo Lie laughed: "The ruler is long, the inch is short, the environment is different, their abilities are naturally different, these horses on the snow can't give full play to their strengths, and when they go up the mountain, I'm afraid they will slow down." ”

His words were soon fulfilled, and as they entered the mountain, the mountain gradually became steeper, and the people had to choose to descend and walk.

Luo Lie led the horse and strode up to Xu Laogen, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, how far are we from Erdaoling?"

Xu Laogen narrowed his eyes, looked up at the sun between the leaves, and said in a low voice: "Early, just started, if some go well, we will be able to rush to Erdaoling at noon the day after tomorrow." ”

Behind him, Sparrow said, "Doesn't that mean we're going to spend two nights in the mountains in a row?"

Xu Laogen nodded and said, "Over the two mountains in front of you, you will arrive at Huangkouzi, where there is a deserted forest farm with a few wooden houses, which can be used overnight." ”

The sparrow has memorized the places marked on the map very clearly, and there is no mention of the place name of Huangkouzi, so it seems that it is not enough to rely on the map alone. In the notes and maps left by my father, there is no mention of Huangkouzi, and they should have chosen a different path for their expedition. Chang Fa silently came to the sparrow, stretched out his hand, took the reins, and tried to reduce the burden of the sparrow.

Under the leadership of Xu Laogen, the group climbed over the snow-covered mountains, and the first day's journey was quite smooth, arriving at the scheduled location at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

Huangkouzi used to be a forest farm, once flourished in the Guangxu years, but everything has the truth that the prosperity must decline, with the discharge of the Qinglong Creek dried up, the forest farm became inconvenient to transport, now the Huangkouzi has been completely abandoned, the huge forest farm is empty, only more than ten wooden houses are left standing in the wilderness, endure the wind and snow, remember the changes of the years.

Xu Laogen was very familiar with the situation here, pointed to those wooden houses and said: "I also lived here in June, you choose a clean room to live in, each wooden house has a brazier in it, you can heat it at night, but everyone should be careful, in case you accidentally burn the house, it will be a big trouble." ”

Luo Lie nodded and said, "Brother Xu has worked hard!"

Xu Laogen squeezed out a rare smile, then picked up the luggage on the plow and walked into a wooden house in the southeast corner, the position of the wooden house was the highest among more than ten wooden houses, and the situation in the accommodation area of the forest farm could be seen at a glance.

Luo Lie asked An Zhai and Arnold to inspect each wooden house one by one, and he and Chang Fa went to inspect the forest farm around, there were no other traces of humans and beasts except their footprints, and when they returned to the place where they settled, they found that Xu Laogen had already built a bonfire in the open space in the middle, and the wood of the forest farm was inexhaustible. Luo Lie felt a little inappropriate in his heart, it was too easy to expose the target by setting up a bonfire here, but after thinking about it, he naturally had to find an open area in the forest farm, and there was no one around it, so there should not be so many surprises. The situation in the mountains is much clearer than them, and since he does this, there should be no problem.

Xu Laogen used two logs to support each other to make two supports, and a log was placed horizontally in the middle, and the iron pot was hung on the log with iron wire, and a simple hanging pot was completed. They brought a lot of dry food from the Tianfu Inn, the dishes have been frozen and hard, and can be stored for many days without spoiling, and now they need to do nothing more than simply heat up.

The people had been hungry all day, and when they smelled the aroma of the food, they all gathered around. The blind man's saliva was about to flow out, and he swallowed his saliva and said, "It's really fragrant, it hooks all the greedy worms in my stomach." ”

Xu Laogen's reaction was extremely indifferent: "It's still fragrant dog meat, do you want to eat dog meat?"

The blind man looked at the two big yellow dogs curled up by the fire to keep warm, and immediately understood that Xu Laogen was still resentful of what he said when he set off, and said with a smile: "I don't eat dog meat, just kidding." ”

"I'll eat!" Xu Laogen sneered, took a bowl of heated food, and went to his wooden house with the rice.

The blind man looked at Xu Laogen's back in a daze, and couldn't help but snort: "Ya is a leader in the way, what's the matter?"

Luo Lie said: "Everyone hurry up and eat and rest early." Although Xu Laogen was invited as a guide, Changfa has always been very careful about the diet, and every time he eats, he always throws some first to let An Datou eat first, and the blind man is very opposed to Changfa's behavior, his love for An Datou is sincere, and he would rather try it himself, but they are very strict in terms of diet, and the food they bring is separated from Xu Laogen, and the other party has no chance to contact it at all.

Arnold was not happy with any wine, took out the wine jug and took a sip and handed it to Luo Lie, Luo Lie shook his head, the blind man took it, and poured a few sips, he and Arnold fell in love in the past two days.

Luo Lie noticed that the two big yellow dogs that were curled up by the bonfire just now also followed Xu Laogen, and the sparrow came to his side and whispered, "Xu Laogen's temper is so big!"

Luo Lie said: "Everyone has a little temper, everyone hurry up and eat, Arnold! Blind, you drink less, you have to be on duty at night." "Once you enter the mountains, you must be careful when you enter the range of bandits on all sides.

The blind man cried bitterly, "How can anyone come from the barren mountains and mountains?

Chang said: "Mr. Luo, I'll come tonight!"

Luo Lie said: "Let's take a turn, you in the first half of the night, and I will replace you in the second half of the night." ”

"Done!"