My eldest sister is very aware of the situation at home.
The little extra money my father had was spent on drinking or losing at cards. Although my father had made a lot of money these days, there were so many people in the family that a piece of clothing or a pair of shoes for each person was a huge expense. What's more, her father is planning to send her, her second sister, her third sister, her fourth sister, and her fifth sister to study next year.
Studying is expensive!
The key is that since they all go to school, the family is even more lacking in labor force.
In rural areas, why everyone likes sons and dislikes daughters is because sons will be strong laborers when they grow up, but daughters will not be able to do much heavy work.
Therefore, the eldest sister was very worried whether her father had lied to her.
In her heart, she is actually very eager to study, because she also knows very well that if she wants to change her destiny, she must study!
But she was worried about her family, which was really too poor.
But if Dad can hunt down the big guy again today, it means that Dad’s hunting skills are very good. In addition to not having to worry about not having meat to eat, he doesn’t have to worry about running out of money at home.
Therefore, she was particularly looking forward to her father being able to catch the big guy. She even couldn't help but go to the entrance of the village and wait, hoping to see the prey her father had caught as soon as possible.
"Sister, why are you going to the village entrance in such a cold weather?" asked the second sister.
"I'll wait for dad." The eldest sister said.
"Then I'll go too."
"I am coming too."
"I also need to go!"
Ever since, a group of children went.
When Tang Linbao brought Tang Genshui and others to the mire, they saw Tang Jiancheng squatting beside the mire, studying the source of the hot spring.
His hands were covered with mud, and there was mud on his body as well. Fortunately, with his efforts, he finally found the source of the hot spring, and then peeled away all the mud around it, forming a small pool, and the hot spring gurgled out in wisps. White smoke floated out, obviously the temperature was not low.
However, everyone just glanced at him, and then, everyone's eyes fell on the bison lying in the mud taking a hot spring bath.
"Bison?!"
"Damn it! It's really a bison!"
"so much?!"
"Fourth child, you have been very lucky lately!"
Tang Jianwen and other brothers were all amazed.
"Isn't it awesome? Oh my god, I almost choked to death on this journey! Do you know? Grandpa Jiancheng is so awesome. He took me all the way through the mountains and forests, wherever it was desolate, he would crawl into it, and I I almost collapsed, I thought he was deliberately trying to mess with me during the heavy snow! I didn’t expect that he actually knew that there was a mire in this place and found so many bison!”
Tang Linbao took a long breath, and then started squealing.
"You don't know how much hardship we have endured along the way. There is thick snow everywhere and the road is difficult to walk, but Grandpa Jiancheng is walking as fast as flying..."
"You don't know how many prey we saw along the way, but Grandpa Jiancheng didn't even kill a single one!"
"You don't know that we captured these six bison without using up a single shot or ammunition! It's incredible!"
Everyone knows that Tang Linbao loves to play the piano. Normally, they would be too lazy to listen, but now they listen with gusto because today's harvest is really great.
Six bison, each weighing almost a thousand pounds!
According to the current price of beef, if it’s 50.6 cents per pound, that’s at least more than 3,000 yuan!
Everyone was shaking with excitement.
"Dad, is there any way to capture all these bison alive?" Tang Jiancheng asked.
"Catch alive?"
Tang Genshui looked around, then at everyone, then shook his head and said, "If there were only one or two bison, so many of us could capture them alive, but there are six here, so it would be difficult."
"It's not six heads, it's eight heads!"
Tang Linbao cooed again, "Didn't you see those two are cows? The cow's belly is so bulging, there must be calves inside!"
"It really is!"
Only then did everyone realize that the bellies of the two cows were unusually large.
"Dad, I remember when we were working together, didn't they use salt to lure cattle to the countryside for medical treatment?" Tang Jianwen suddenly said, "Can we also use salt..."
"That's my own cow, and there's only one. Now there are six. It won't work with salt." Tang Genshui shook his head.
"Otherwise, just kill them. Anyway, if you take them back, you will kill the meat sellers." The second brother, Tang Jianwu, said, "Just take those two cows back alive."
Tang Jiancheng thought for a while and said, "I still want to catch all six bison. The bison are gentler than wild boars. As long as we don't offend them and drive them slowly, we may be able to drive them back."
"In this case, eldest brother, second brother, and third brother, you go to the mountains and get some fresh branches, as long as they are branches that bison like to eat."
"Dad, fifth brother, Lin Bao, you use the rope to lasso the cow over there. You must be gentle and don't cause it to resist. Sixth brother and I will lasso the cow over here."
Tang Genshui said: "The rope we brought is enough, otherwise, we will trap all the bison?"
Tang Jiancheng thought for a while, shook his head and said: "We can't be greedy, otherwise we won't be able to pull a single cow by then. As long as we lasso two cows, and then move gently to prevent them from feeling threatened, we may be able to pull them all." Rush back."
"Cows are actually social animals, and they value and take care of pregnant cows. Therefore, as long as we hold two cows, the other cows cannot run away."
"Of course, the premise is that we can't let them feel threatened!"
"Once threatened, they may go crazy. Not only will they run away, but they may also injure people."
"A bison is a bison after all, so don't be careless!"
"Okay, just do as you say."
Everyone then started to act separately.
Tang Jianwen, Tang Jianwu and Tang Jianbo acted very quickly, and it didn't take long to get several large bundles of fresh and delicate branches.
Tang Genshui, Tang Jiantao, and Tang Linbao slowly walked towards a cow with a rope. Tang Genshui took the end of the rope and tied a knot to form a loop, and then slowly put the rope loop on the cow's head.
These bison must have felt comfortable in the hot springs, but they actually watched everyone's actions without any reaction.
Tang Jiancheng and Tang Jianbing also went smoothly.
"Don't be in a hurry. Brother, bring some branches to Dad. Brother, bring some to us. Brother, please observe the reactions of other bison at any time. If there are any signs of anger, signal them quickly."
Under the command of Tang Jiancheng, everyone went their own way in an orderly manner.
Not long after, the two cows slowly stood up, lured by the fresh branches and leaves. Everyone held their breath, and then, little by little, they lured the cows ashore.
Maybe they were hungry, or maybe the fresh leaves and branches were so delicious, the two cows just called lightly and followed them ashore.
The other bison looked up and slowly stood up.
Only the largest bison still lay in the warm mud and did not get up, but its eyes were always paying attention to the surroundings.
