Chapter 2 Hunting in the Mountains
The school in Taozhen always has a day off in the middle of the month and at the end of the month, and in the blink of an eye, it is the middle of the month, and the teenagers have ushered in the long-awaited day.
The beef noodles at Center Street are very delicious, and the recipe is simple: put the noodles into a pot after the water is boiled, pick them up after boiling, and drizzle with the butter that has already been cooked and brightly colored. To eat, pinch a handful of tender bean sprouts into a spoon, put them in boiling water to heat, lie under the noodles, and then add boiled beef, offal, spicy seeds and other coriander shallots. Taozhen people have this bowl of noodles too early, and with the rice wine that has been brewed for a long time, it makes people unhappy. There are many such noodle restaurants, and many of them are open on the street, and they are still crowded every morning.
Ning Yinhu, Jiang Ying, Meng Yi and the four brothers came to eat in the morning is this Huang Ji noodle restaurant, the four brothers all ate in a big gulp, and from time to time they took a big sip of rice wine, Meng Yi looked up at Jiang Ying: "Yingzi, did you notify them last night?" If they don't come, if they don't come, the four of us can go, don't waste our time. Jiang Ying looked up after eating a mouthful of noodles in her mouth and said, "I said, I said it in front of Chen Lin, Zhang Hui, and Mo Changlin yesterday, and I also arranged for Zhang Hui to take the guy." Before the words fell, a sharp voice sounded: "Let's eat first, after eating, if they don't come, we will leave, it's too much to give them face, and playing with them is worthy of them." "It turned out to be Song Tan, who has a handsome appearance, but his eyebrows are a little ruthless, his face is as angular as an axe and a knife, and his slender eyes and thin lips all show his character." It's okay, just wait a little longer, maybe I'll be here in a while" Ning Yinhu said, then turned around and said to the owner of the store: "The boss has four more oil nests, it's not enough to eat, please trouble you." The boss took a plate and brought it over, and at this moment a loud and joyful voice came into the store.
"Brother Yi, Brother Hu, we are all ready, we have eaten, we are waiting for you on the South Bridge, Zhang Hui has also prepared the guys, and Jia Xin is also here, bringing a few good bows and crossbows and machetes." Chen Lin, who is usually a hanger, said with a hippie smile, pulled a bench and sat down. The Jia Xin he said is a wealthy family in Tao Town, the two richest people in Tao Town, one is the Yan family, Yan Cong's family, and the other is the Jia family, the Jia family has been a businessman for generations, pawnshops, and the façade is all over the ten miles and eight towns in Tao Town, although Jia Xin is a child of a rich family, but he never bullies others, and he likes to make friends from childhood to adulthood, especially the kind of friends who are righteous and heroic, when he was a child, he was not tall, and there were very few people who played with him, and then he met this group of buddies, and he liked to play with them every day, He said that among the brothers, there are two people he admires the most, one is Ning Yinhu, who has responsibility and strategy, when he was a child, others bullied him, Ning Yinhu will help him go back, and the other is Song Tan, if he doesn't make a move, he will subdue the opponent if he makes a move. Ning Yinhu nodded at Chen Lin, everyone hurriedly put the noodles into their mouths in three or two bites, ate the oil nest quickly, and said to the boss to keep the account first, turn around and finish, and go to Nanqiao together.
As soon as I arrived at Nanqiao, I saw three teenagers chatting and joking with each other on the guardrail, one of them was dressed like a rich family is Jia Xin, who is a little lower, but he looks strong and handsome, and the other is quite handsome, and the one with bright eyebrows and bright teeth is Zhang Hui, you must know that Zhang Hui is still a family heirloom blacksmith, his father and grandfather are famous blacksmiths in Taozhen, but Zhang Hui is extraordinary, delicate, and very clever, and Ning Yinhu Jiang Ying is basically alley by alley, all iron gathering, The rest of the one looks like he has a big belly and a round waist, he is Mo Changlin, and his family runs the largest Fujulai restaurant in Tao Town, so there is a reason why he is so fat, aside from his clothes, he has the taste of a gangster, and he is also a man from all directions, and he knows how to observe words and feelings, and his communication skills among the brothers are only weaker than Jiang Ying, who is born with a ripe cook, he mainly has the best relationship with Meng Yi, and the two of them have been wandering around and playing since they were children, and they will also do some bad things together to steal chickens and dogs.
The young men got together, first played with each other, then packed up the equipment, and walked to Wuhu Mountain, Wuhu Mountain is the largest mountain near Tao Town, the mountains and forests are dense, so there are more wild things, wild boars, rabbits, pheasants are more common, today they brothers want to go to Wuhu Mountain to play some wild things, Wuhu Mountain is mainly composed of five peaks in the mountains, each peak alone looks like a tiger lying down, quite a momentum.
In a blink of an eye, they reached the foot of the mountain, the eight young men all stopped, Chen Lin and Mo Changlin put down the sack they were carrying, Ning Yinhu nodded at Song Tan, he neatly took out two machetes from the sack, and took Jiang Ying to the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain, Ning Yinhu also began to speak: "After a while, the eight of us are divided into four groups, I and Mo Changlin are in a group, Meng Yi and Chen Lin are in a group, Jiang Ying and Zhang Hui are in a group, Song Tan and Jia Xin are in the mountains, we will go separately in the mountains and forests, everyone has a little bit in their hearts, Three hours or so regardless of whether the prey is hit or not, we have to come back here if we fight more or less, we gather here together, Jia Xin prepared four strong crossbows in the sack, and our brothers Meng Yi, Zhang Hui, Song Tan and I are all better, each take one, and four machetes are a few other people, so arrange it first. Although Meng Yi has always been the boss among the brothers, everyone is more willing to listen to Ning Yinhu's arrangement, because Ning Yinhu has more ideas, and everyone admires them, so they don't have any opinions, and after a while, I saw Jiang Ying carrying four sharpened long pole bamboos, and Song Tan came over with four short pole bamboos that are one meter long, all of which are slightly thinner than the wrist, but all of them are harder and sharper bamboos at one end. After shooting the prey, use a long pole bamboo to test, can not touch directly, if necessary, directly stab to death, encounter a herd of wild boars can not act rashly, try to avoid. Also, if you get lost or injured and it is inconvenient to evacuate, try to go up the tree as much as possible, don't worry, we will come to look for you, remember to blow the whistle. After that, Song Tan took four small short whistles made of bamboo from his cuffs and gave them to everyone. It's not the first time this kind of hunting, but every time Ning Yinhu will still talk about it in detail, and their grouping is also learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and they can cooperate tacitly.
After a little rest, everyone took the tools and walked along the path to the mountains and forests in four directions, and when they were thirsty, they could find some mountain spring water to drink, and they were all full before they came, so they were waiting to enjoy the fun of hunting in the mountains and forests.
Time will always pass little by little when everyone is concentrating on enjoyment, Meng Yi and Chen Lin's harvest is very good, Meng Yi seems to be more cunning, he grew up on the street since he was a child, Chen Lin is also very clever when he sees people and talks about people, although the two of them did not encounter wild boars, but they also hunted four hares, two pheasants, and dug some wild winter bamboo shoots. Jiang Ying and Zhang Hui are two people, Jiang Ying acts boldly and often imaginatively, Zhang Hui is careful and serious, the two encountered a big wild boar several times halfway, Jiang Ying decided to go, but Zhang Hui refused, afraid that he would not be able to take it down, and it was easy to have an accident. Zhang Hui used a crossbow to shoot a lot of pheasants and hares. Song Tan's family background is also very good, his parents are selling cloth and silk in the town, but he has never felt that he is superior, he likes to play and hunt with his brothers, they sometimes sell these wild things, and sometimes they will take a share of each home to the old man at home to taste, Song Tan is very ruthless, they also met a lone wild boar, he did not choose to give up, he aimed the crossbow star at the neck of the wild boar, under Jia Xin's nervous face, a crossbow arrow swished out, straight into the neck of the wild boar, This crossbow arrow is also sharp, bright red blood flows down the skin, "good crossbow arrow" Song Tan said a word, under Jia Xin's surprised gaze, he took away the long pole bamboo from his hand, rubbed it and ran towards the wild boar, and inserted the tip of the bamboo along the neck of the wild boar, and suddenly the blood flowed down, and the wild boar fell down with a wail, Jia Xin walked over slowly, and said to Song Tan in surprise: "Brother Tan, it's really fierce, I want to learn from you in the future." Song Tan said without saltiness: "Put the wild boar blood to reduce the weight a little, there are more than 100 catties, we will carry it together for a while, this is not far from the foot of the mountain, we should have the greatest harvest!" Ning Yinhu and Mo Changlin didn't have so much good luck, so they hit two pheasants, the two of them observed slowly, and they didn't dare to startle the prey, suddenly Ning Yinhu noticed the movement, gave Mo Changlin a look, and the two of them walked over there slowly, and were shocked, it turned out that there were so few pheasants and hares, and eighty percent were shocked by this wild boar herd, Mo Changlin whispered: "Brother Tiger, do we want to give up?" "Let's take a look, otherwise we will lose too much, and we will see if there will be any lone left behind," Yinhu said. After waiting patiently for a long time, the wild boar herd finally dispersed, but there was also a small black boar, where the pile of dry leaves was arched, and after waiting for a while, they decided to start, Yin Hu slowly aimed the bow and crossbow, at this moment, Mo Changlin said softly: "Brother Tiger, can you let me also think about it." Yinhu turned his head to look at him expectantly, so he simply handed him the bow and crossbow, "Yes, remember to shoot the neck." Mo Changlin caught it with a smile, slowly aimed at the target, pulled the trigger without hurrying, and shot an arrow into his neck, bringing up a string of blood flowers. Ning Yinhu was also like Song Tan, and inserted a long bamboo pole into the throat of the wild boar and killed him with one blow. "Hehe, Brother Tiger, I'm not bad." Mo Changlin ran over with a grinning face and said. "It's not bad, it's not heavy, it's a harvest today, we can go back." Yinhu said. The two of them waited for a while, and Mo Changlin alone picked up the wild boar on his shoulders and walked back, "Brother Hu, I think you are the one who can be the eldest brother, although Meng Yi and I are also Tieju, if you fight with him, I will support you" Mo Changlin said. Yinhu immediately said in a deep voice: "What nonsense, my Ning Yinhu's eldest brother is only Meng Yi, are you testing me?" With that, he cast a questioning look at him. What's there, I'm just joking haha," Mo Changlin said with a look of shame.
At the foot of the mountain, the teenagers returned to the gathering place with the wild goods, and after confirming that everyone was not injured, they began to count the wild animals. The wild boar has two heads, one large and one small, adding up to two or three hundred catties, nine pheasants, and seven hares. In the end, with the unanimous consent of everyone, it was decided to sell the wild boar to Jiang Ying's family, and the money in exchange was used for the brothers to eat, drink and have fun in the town, which should be enough to play for a while. Give the master two pheasants and hares, and everyone will take the rest to Mo Changlin's tavern for storage, and everyone will enjoy it slowly.
When everyone returned to Tao Town tired, it was already evening, and some old people couldn't help but stretch out their thumbs when they looked at the wild things that these teenagers were fighting, and said in admiration: "These guys, you really want to get it!" "After arranging everything properly, sending what should be sent, returning what should be returned, everyone unanimously decided to go home to clean it, explain it to the family, and have a drink together in the Mojia Restaurant in the evening.
In the evening, a few teenagers together on the rice wine that has a lot of stamina, feasting on the spicy and fragrant hare bowl, fried oily pheasant meat and a few home-cooked side dishes, chatting together, all seventeen or eighteen years old, the family doesn't care much, Chen Lin happily played all kinds of jokes with everyone, Jiang Ying was excited, and Mo Changlin compared the wine, even the rich child Jia Xin began to drink loudly, and finally when everyone was still ready to go back to their respective homes, Jia Xin dizzy his head and said a word, A sentence that Ning Yinhu will never forget in his life, "By the way, Brother Hu, you are really amazing, I heard my uncle who just came back from the capital the day before yesterday that something happened to the imperial court, and the general returned to Beijing, it is said that it seems to be a rebellion!" ”