Chapter 43: Into the Mountains and Winter Hunting Wolves
The person who eavesdropped outside was Shen Lu, originally she wanted to report Gao Chunmei, but now that she heard them eating nests, it was useless for her to make this trip.
Forget it, it's better to go up the mountain to collect firewood, without firewood you will freeze to death in winter, and you can pick up as much as you can.
Song Qianqian heard that people were walking away, and Gao Chunmei knitted the sweater and cleaned it with warm water.
"Sister Chunmei, don't hang your sweater outside." Song Qianqian reminded aloud.
"Don't worry, I understand these common sense, I'll go burn the kang to dry the sweater." Gao Chunmei happily ran back to the room.
Song Qianqian continued to translate books, Gao Chunmei made a nest in the evening, Tang Ruyan came over to chat together, and the three of them got along quite well.
"Song Qianqian, Ji Mufeng, he likes you, don't promise him easily." Tang Ruyan said badly.
"Tang Ruyan, you can't do this thought, he didn't confess to me, which means that he doesn't like me." Song Qianqian will not admit it.
"Pull it down, we're not blind, he must like you very much." Tang Ruyan was extremely sure.
"When he comes back from hunting, you can ask him." Song Qianqian said that it had nothing to do with me.
"It's actually normal for him to like you, I'm a man and I like you, your figure really makes me envious." Tang Ruyan looked at her very informally.
"Okay, you're a rascal." Song Qianqian said coquettishly.
Deep in the mountains, Ji Mufeng was wearing a military coat, drank a sip of water and continued walking, and he heard a few wolf howls.
"There are wolves nearby, everyone should be careful." Ji Mufeng reminded everyone loudly.
"Everybody, get up the tree, there's a big pack of wolves." The old Orion shouted loudly.
Many young people climbed up the trees, Ji Mufeng had a sickle and an axe in his hand, and he stood there without fear of the wolves.
The old hunter fired several shots in a row, and when he got close, he replaced the machete, and there were several hunters on the ground, seeing that Ji Mufeng did not go up the tree, he wanted to shout that he was too late.
Ji Mufeng hacked the wolf to death with an axe, and directly cut off the wolf's neck, and several hunters were relieved, it turned out that this educated youth really had two hits.
There are dozens of wolves, and the head wolf is standing not far away to watch the battle, Ji Mufeng is absolutely ruthless, and several hunters are also at ease, they have enough experience in dealing with wolves.
Several of them were red-eyed, wolf blood was splashed all over their clothes, Ji Mufeng was young and had good physical strength, and he was very energetic in the front.
"This kid is really powerful, he must have trained a lot before, and he looked like he had been a soldier." One of the Orions said with a smile.
"He's really powerful, and he's very powerful, cutting off the wolf's neck with an axe." Another hunter is also very optimistic about Ji Mufeng.
Soon, the ground was full of wolf corpses, and several wolves ran away, running away with the first wolf.
Then, the young men in the trees jumped down, and needless to say that they were not dead and mended their knives, and they dragged the wolf corpse back to the village first, and there was no way forward with the meat.
"Ji Zhiqing, are you injured?" The old hunter asked with concern.
"Thank you, uncle, I'm not hurt." After Ji Mufeng finished speaking, he opened the kettle and saw the bottom.
The few young people left behind were boiling water, and there were still many small streams in the mountains that could still find water, and some people ran to pick up branches and boil them before drinking.
The stream in the mountains is very clean, but there is not much water in the cold weather, but the locals can find it, and this is the law of survival.
A few people wiped their clothes, others began to eat dry food, Ji Mufeng found the cloth bag and walked to the side to eat rice balls.
They picked up a lot of branches, and they were here tonight to tidy up, and everyone slept around the fire, taking turns to rest and be vigilant.
After boiling the hot water and taking turns to drink, Ji Mufeng held the cloth bag and sat next to the fire to catch up on sleep, but it was not cold with a military coat.
Several of the hunters were wearing military coats, and their conditions were obviously better, and later I heard that they were veterans, but they were not of high rank, so they returned to the village to become hunters.
In the village, the courtyard door of the captain's house was slammed.
"Uncle Captain, we will carry back dozens of wolves and hand them over to you in the barning field." The person who came was Li Bin, who was still a relative of the captain.
The group of young men put down the wolf and ran back, and the captain himself ran to tell the butcher to work overtime.
Then, a fire was set up on the barn field, and as soon as the horn sounded, every family had to send people, and even the educated youth had to go to someone, Qin Zhou and Li Dali went to help.
Knowing the youth, Song Qianqian was knitting a sweater, the kang was already burning very hot, and she was a little worried about Ji Mufeng.
Deep in the mountains, Ji Mufeng was already asleep, full of food and drink, close to the fire, and no one stepped forward to disturb him.
"This kid can really sleep, it's better to be young." The old hunter looked at Ji Mufeng with admiration.
"He's trained in the army, and he's certainly not been around for a short period of time." Another Orion said.
"The world outside is in chaos, many people have no choice, he should have been forced to come."
"It's possible, looking at his family background, it must be good, and he has been in the army, and his family is estimated to be in a high position."
The sound of several people's talk came into his ears, and Ji Mufeng continued to sleep when he didn't hear it, it was really cute to have a little girl in his dream.
The wolves were forced to shift their positions, and there were many prey in the mountains, and their target was wild boars, which had a lot of meat to boil oil.
Soon, all the young people returned, and everyone rested after eating dry food, and no one was tired enough to speak.
In the middle of the night, some people took turns to keep vigil on duty, and there were many people here who did not dare to slack off, and there were also Orions with wine in their hands, which was the most effective to resist the cold.
The next morning, they set out after eating dry food, and they had enough to eat and drink before they had strength.
Then a lot of prey was harvested, there were silly roe deer, pheasants, hares, wild goats and wild boars, etc.
They came down the mountain after a full harvest, and they had only been there for three days, and the barn was full of prey.
The old hunter divided the prey first, Ji Mufeng distributed a lot of prey, and someone helped him send it to the Zhiqing point.
The rest is for the captain to share, and the villagers have no opinion, after all, people are fighting with their lives.
"Qianqian, come out and help." Ji Mufeng shouted directly.
"Here we go! Oh my god! Scared the hell out of me. Song Qianqian suddenly saw a wild boar's head, and was startled by Ji Mufeng and patted her chest.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Ji Mufeng hurriedly apologized.
"It's okay, I know you didn't mean to." Song Qianqian was very happy when she saw the meat.
From today onwards, they can eat meat in the open.
The two looked at each other and laughed, obviously thinking of going together, Gao Chunmei also ran over to help, Song Qianqian went back to get the salt jar, the wild boar can be pickled, and the others are frozen outside.
I didn't count how much I shared, Ji Mufeng resolutely didn't want wolf meat, and all I divided was roe deer and pork.
Wolf meat is not delicious because of its sour taste, and Ji Mufeng doesn't want wolf skin, so the meat is a little more.
The other educated youths all went to line up to receive meat, they were not in a hurry anyway, they were in the last line, they didn't have much after all, but it was better than nothing, and the boiled water was fragrant.
In the end, Song Qianqian and Gao Chunmei also went to get the meat, and even if it was fried peppers, it would be good to get it back.
In this era, even one or two pieces of meat are treasures, Song Qianqian happily brought them back, and they ate braised pork at night.