Everything was ready to stop, and the three of them, Yakzi, Old Man Gao, and Li Gang prepared to act the day after tomorrow, and while going into the mountains to hunt, they marched towards the Horqin grassland.

Late at night, Yakzi and Xiaomei got up to say goodbye, a cold wind blew outside, and the crescent moon in the sky was like a hook, twinkling with a little starlight.

It was dark and couldn't see the road clearly, so Xiaomei accompanied the drunken yak and pushed the bicycle all the way west and walked home.

Yakzi was still excited, and along the way, he and Xiaomei kept talking.

After drinking and spitting out the truth, the fox revealed his heart to Xiaomei and said: "Xiaomei, how good would it be if we could do this every day in our lives?" But, how is it possible, you will definitely suffer and suffer when you are with me in the future, I feel too wronged by you when I think about it, in fact, we are not suitable at all, who am I? A soil leopard, except for a body of strength, has nothing. ”

Xiaomei said: "Brother Yakzi, what are you talking about, why do you want anything?" It's enough to have you, and I'm not the eldest lady of the golden branch and jade leaf, why are we not suitable? ”

"I'm not worthy of you, I know best, I know best what the situation is in my family, you could have lived a good life, but my family is so poor, what benefits can you get if you marry into my family? can only suffer with me, as soon as I think of this, I am afraid that who will mention the matter of the two of us again, Xiaomei, I don't want you to be wronged, you shouldn't live a hard life with me. ”

The yak was very sad, and when he said this, his true feelings were revealed, and he even wiped his tears.

"Brother Yakzi, don't be like this, as long as you are by my side, I am not afraid of anything, I don't feel wronged, I believe that no difficulties will be difficult for you, and the future will definitely get better."

Xiaomei knew that he had drunk too much and understood the inner pain of the yak, and the more he said this, the more she felt that he was real, reliable, and sincere, and that he was a person who could be trusted for life.

"The difficulty is not difficult for me, but I don't know when I will be able to get through, I just feel that I owe you too much, I can't live with you, you shouldn't be like this."

"Brother Yakzi, I don't allow you to say this again, and if you say it again, I will ignore you."

"It's good if you ignore me, I wish you ignored me, if you ignore me, I feel better."

"I don't let you feel good, I want to make you uncomfortable every day, you have always owed me, you owe me for the rest of your life."

Xiaomei said, holding the arm of the yak tightly, and resting her head on the shoulder of the yak, Xiaomei felt extremely happy at this time.

The wind was blowing, like a jealous witch venting frantically, and the bicycle sprocket kept making a slight sound, as if counting the footsteps of the yakzi and Xiaomei all the way.

The journey from Dongshan to Xingfutun is not far, but the yaks and Xiaomei Xinghu are snuggling up and walking very slowly, and they wish they could go on like this.

Helpless, the front is Xiaomei's home, and the two are standing at the door of Xiaomei's house.

"Xiaomei, go back, don't worry about me, I didn't drink much, it's okay."

"Then you walk carefully."

"Got it."

After saying that, he watched Xiaomei walk into the yard, and he stood at the door of Xiaomei's house for a long time before walking to the production team compound.

This night, the barn fell asleep soundly because of the wine, while Xiaomei tossed and turned all night.

Moreover, on the second day, Xiaomei brought ten yuan from home to the yakzi, who, according to the instructions of the old man Gao, went to the supply and marketing cooperatives to purchase leg bandages, gunpowder, gun litter fuses, buckle guns and paper cannons, and went to the production brigade to open two letters of introduction, one for the purchase of cows and the other for the convenience of the journey.

The production team took out 500 yuan from the accumulation, all of which were 10 yuan and 5 yuan, and Xiaomei's mother helped sew it into the sheepskin jacket.

Three pairs of sheepskin gloves were ready, Xiaomei's mother spread a thick stack of pancakes, as food along the way, Xiaomei filled the small kettle with brown sugar water, and also asked the yaks to bring it.

In the early morning of that day, the old man Gao, and Li Gang were fully armed, put on cotton wool shoes, tied their legs, put on sheepskin jackets, put on dog skin hats, and tied cotton gloves to their waists.

The batters carried shotguns, bullets, food and salt; The old man carried a gun, enough ammunition, and a jug full of wine; Li Gang carried three roe deer skins and a machete on his back.

Captain Wang Kui and many members of the club rushed to see him off, and told him that this meeting was like sending a strong man on the expedition.

The fourth girl also came, she brought the water hyacinth, and wanted to let the yakzi take it, but saw that Xiaomei had prepared a small kettle for the yak, so she had to give up.

Yakzi went to buy cows for the production team, and his father's stubborn son objected, thinking that he was tossing blindly, but the opposition was invalid, and Yakzi is now the deputy captain of the production team, and his father had no way to take him.

Only Dahan didn't listen to his father's persuasion and came out to see him off, and Li Guixiang was drunk by the big stubborn and didn't let him out of the house.

The rooster crowed three times, and the three of them were ready to set off.

Starting from Xingfutun, don't take the main road, follow the footsteps of the sun, go all the way to the west, and you can go to the Horqin grassland.

The route led by Old Man Gao is not to take the big road, but to cross the mountains and rivers, and only take the small road. Old man Gao said that this could reduce the distance by a third.

The sun had risen three feet high, and we walked through a village, and in front of it was a ravine, and in the ravine was the willow maodianzi.

Suddenly, there were two dumb cries of pheasants from the willow hair, and the old man Gao was very excited when he heard this cry.

"Let's go, let's see."

Old man Gao said, and ordered Li Gang to go around to the opposite side to catch up on the mountain, and he and the yak searched in the front. Li Gang had never seen hunting, and he didn't understand Old Man Gao's intentions, and Old Man Gao told him to coax pheasants here.

Li Gang understood, but he was afraid of being shot, so the old man Gao told him: "Are you afraid of hanging?" We won't hit you when we fly. ”

"Don't go off with your gun." Li Gang left a word of reminder to the pig, followed the instructions of the old man Gao, went around to the downstream of Liumaodianzi, and kept coaxing the pheasants.

Suddenly, a pheasant was coaxed by Li Gang, and it flew in the direction of the old man Gao and the yak.

said that it was too late, and then it was fast, and I saw the old man Gao raise his shotgun, and he didn't need to aim, and shot at the pheasant.

He raised his shotgun, and before he could react, the pheasant had already plunged into Dianzi.

"Hit, hit."

Li Gang hurriedly ran over and found the hit pheasant. The pheasant was still struggling to escape, and Li Gang chased for a long time and pressed a male pheasant with a long tail in his hand.

As soon as the old man's gun rang out, several pheasants, sand chickens and a flock of small birds flew in the distance. He admired the old man's marksmanship, and regretted that the prey had flown away, and he had no chance to shoot.

The three of them continued on their way with pheasants. At noon, just restock some food on the way, rest for a while, and continue along a mountain road.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, they needed to find a village to rest, but there was no end in sight to the mountain road, so the three of them quickened their pace. Although Old Man Gao is old, he is not lost to Yakzi and Li Gang at all when he walks.

As I walked, I saw a house in the col in front of me, and there was smoke from the house.

"Why is it just one family?" Li Gang asked confusedly.

"You don't understand this, nine times out of ten it is a silkworm farmer's house, let's go, we'll live there tonight." Old man Gao guessed.

"Grandpa Gao, how do you know?" Li Gang asked.

"Do you see that some of the oak trees have silkworm cocoons hanging on them?"

The old man replied for the old man, Li Gang suddenly realized, and the old man Gao gave the old man a thumbs up.

The three of them were almost in front of the house, when a black dog ran out and stopped them.

Old man Gao was in front, and Yakzi and Li Gang were behind, ignoring the existence of the black dog and continuing to walk forward.

The man walked forward, the dog retreated, retreated to the front of the house, only to see the black dog showing its fangs, more than that, making an appearance of attacking at any time, holding the last line of defense and not retreating.

It is a house with a mountain on one side and a dry base on three sides. There is a courtyard in front of the house, in which some dry firewood is piled up, and a small vegetable patch is cultivated next to the courtyard.

Li Gang didn't care, he walked forward with a machete, the black dog pounced on him and bit Li Gang, Li Gang didn't dare to hurt the black dog, but the black dog bit his trouser leg and didn't let go.

At this time, a man about fifty years old came out of the house, barked the dog, and when he saw the three of them, he became alert.

"Uncle, excuse me, we're going to Horqin to hunt, passing by you, it's late, I want to borrow a night from you, can it be convenient?" He stepped forward and said.

"Where are you from? How did you get here to get to Coleheart? The man asked.

"We are from Lushan Commune, Liaodong County, and we are walking from here to take a shortcut." He pulled out a letter of introduction and gave the man a look.

"I have a small house here, and the house is simple, since you don't have a place to stay, don't dislike it, then come in."

The old man looked at the man and never spoke. Entering the courtyard, the old man Gao asked, "Fellow, what kind of place are you?" How many years have you been raising silkworms here? Why do you still live here this season? ”

"This is Xichagou, I have been raising silkworms here for five or six years, and in winter, like you, I like to hunt in the mountains, and it is convenient to live here."

The man led the three of them into the house, which was not very big, except for a sleeping place in the back room, a small outhouse, where a middle-aged woman was cooking by a fire.

The middle-aged woman greeted the woman politely, and the middle-aged woman was kind and kind, and the three of them were very warm.

Li Gang handed the pheasant to the middle-aged woman, who was glad that she could cook a hearty dinner.

Entering the house, the old man Gao chatted with the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man's surname was Yang, also known as Lao Yang, a silkworm farmer from a nearby forest farm, and he also liked to hunt.

Xichagou this place once belonged to the Shengjing Xifeng enclosure, there are roe deer and wild deer on the mountain, however, there are not many prey on the mountain in recent years, and now there is no heavy snow, and there is no trace of roe deer and wild deer.

In the evening, there were pheasants, the old man Gao had wine, and the yak was carrying pancakes, and the three of them had a good meal with Lao Yang.

After dinner, the three of them spread mountain grass and roe deer skins on the floor of the outhouse, and slept in their clothes.

Besides, he was suddenly awakened in his sleep, and he felt a chill in his neck, and something was slowly moving through his neck.