"Hey, why is Gouwazi here?"
"Brother Sheng, I also want to go into the mountains with you."
"What!?"
Xu Sheng, who had just walked in, was startled. He immediately turned to look at Li Shiqiang and asked, "Erwa, are you really going to take Gouwazi into the mountains?"
"The only thing we can do is ask him to wait at the foot of the mountain and help us carry some things back."
Li Shiqiang calmly shook his head and asked, "Have you eaten?"
"Nope."
Xu Sheng put down his things, sat at the table and drank porridge.
After several people finished their breakfast, Li Shiqiang also turned to look at Gou Wazi and said, "After eating, go back and sleep for a while, and wait for us at the foot of Laowu Mountain in the afternoon."
"Brother Qiang...I..."
Gou Wazi wanted to say something more, but Li Shiqiang waved his hand to stop him: "You said it yourself, if you don't want to go into the mountains with me, then help us carry something.
If you follow us now, why don't you just wait at the foot of the mountain? "
"Fine."
Gouwazi hesitated for a moment, then stood up and returned home.
"Ms. Chen, I'm going back first."
"Wait a minute, I have some rice cakes here. You can take them back to your sister."
After Chen Xianglan stuffed a few rice cakes into Gou Wazi's hands, she sent him out.
At this time, Li Shiqiang and Xu Sheng also packed their things and prepared to go up the mountain.
"Mom, we're leaving too."
"I want it."
"You must remember to pay attention to safety. You must be back before dark!"
...
On the way to Laowu Mountain, Li Shiqiang briefly explained what happened in the morning, and then said: "There are still some eucommia left on the mountain. We will try to get all the eucommia down today. Then I will take you to the county seat to sell the things."
"Take me to the county seat?"
Xu Sheng was stunned for a moment, somewhat unexpected.
"Um."
Li Shiqiang nodded and said: "There are so many Eucommia ulmoides, which are hard to put on bamboo rafts, and a lot of things at home have to be sold. The meat alone weighs several hundred kilograms."
"Okay, let's borrow an ox cart from Mr. Chen and take it to the county seat."
Xu Sheng smiled, with some expectation on his face.
As usual, the two of them entered Laowu Mountain and headed straight for the Eucommia ulmoides forest.
But not far up the mountain, a strong black figure suddenly flashed in front of the two of them.
"A black deer."
Xu Sheng just took a brief look and then lost interest and prepared to leave again.
But Li Shiqiang on the side suddenly grabbed him, picked up the five or six half in his hand and chased the petite black figure.
The black deer is a tufted deer. This kind of deer is smaller than the mountain deer and the deer deer. Its whole body is dark brown, and only its belly and tail are white.
Although the black deer didn't have much meat, Li Shiqiang still remembered the deer whip that Uncle Zhou in the county asked for.
I was planning to go to the county town in a few days, and I bumped into a black deer right in front of me, so I wanted to shoot him again to make some extra money.
Although the tufted deer has a well-developed sense of hearing and smell, and like other deer species, it has a flexible body and is good at running. But it has a very fatal weakness, that is, when escaping, it will raise its tail high, exposing its white hair.
They are similar to the silly roe deer in the Northeast. They have white hair on their butts and they are all stupid and stupid. It's just that the tufted deer has an extra pair of canine teeth than the silly roe deer.
Guided by the eye-catching white hair on the back of the crested deer's buttocks, the two of them hung firmly behind.
When it finally stopped and thought it was safe, Li Shiqiang immediately raised the five and six half in his hand.
"boom!"
Unexpectedly, at the moment Li Shiqiang fired, the tufted deer lowered its head and gnawed on the tender grass on the ground.
After the gunshot was fired, the hooded deer immediately ran away in panic.
"empty?"
Li Shiqiang frowned, somewhat unexpectedly.
I thought it was a prey that could be killed with a single shot, but I didn't expect such a coincidence to happen.
"Er baby, are you still chasing me?"
Xu Sheng, who was next to him, didn't expect that. Seeing the crested deer running away again, he asked again with some uncertainty.
"Forget it, go scrape the bark."
Li Shiqiang sighed softly and put away his gun.
There was no point in continuing to chase a tufted deer. I was just thinking about taking a casual shot.
After the two men identified the direction and location, they headed to Eucommia ulmoides Forest again.
After the two of them arrived at Eucommia ulmoides Forest, it was almost noon.
The two made a fire, ate some baked rice cakes and roasted sweet potatoes, and then began to peel off the bark of the tree.
The two of them had done this kind of thing many times, and they were able to scrape off the skin of Eucommia ulmoides with ease.
"Erwa, when you sell the bear bile, bear skin, and these barks, it should be enough for you to buy three big items, right?" Xu Sheng asked Li Shiqiang while working.
Li Shiqiang kept moving, calculating in his mind: "It should be a little worse, what's wrong?"
Xu Sheng smiled sheepishly and said, "Didn't I see that you were going to get married and get a wife, so I just wanted to find someone to help introduce one to me."
There are relatively few free relationships these days, and most of them rely on introductions from family elders or matchmakers.
Xu Sheng's sister-in-law only cared about exploiting him, so how could she find him a wife?
So after Li Shiqiang heard Xu Sheng's words, he responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll tell my mother when I get back and ask her to help you find a good girl to marry."
"hey-hey."
After Xu Sheng smiled honestly, he was ready to continue working.
But just as his hand moved, it suddenly stopped.
"Er baby, listen, is someone calling for help?"
"Help!?"
Li Shiqiang narrowed his eyes and listened carefully to the movements in the mountain.
"Help~...Help~..."
Faintly, several women's cries for help came from Laowu Mountain.
"Let's go and have a look!"
Li Shiqiang nodded to Xu Sheng and quickly took five or six halves. Xu Sheng on the side also brought a gun.
The two of them walked quickly in the direction of the sound. Soon, the woman's cry for help got closer and closer, becoming more and more anxious.
Not long after, the two of them saw a girl stumbling down the mountain. She looked about sixteen years old, skinny and disheveled.
When she suddenly saw Li Shiqiang and Xu Sheng appearing at the bottom of the mountain, the girl immediately showed ecstasy and shouted hurriedly: "Brothers, hurry up, help!"
Li Shiqiang raised his gun hand slightly, looked behind her and said, "What is chasing you?"
The girl hurriedly shook her head again, and when she was about to speak, she slipped and rolled down the hillside.
"careful."
Xu Sheng stepped forward quickly and grabbed the girl who was rolling down the slope.
Li Shiqiang looked at the woman's empty back with some confusion, and asked again: "Sister, why are you calling for help?"
The girl ignored the pain in her body and quickly raised her head from Xu Sheng's arms and said, "Brothers, go and save my mother! A blind bear is chasing her!"
"Blind bear!?"
Li Shiqiang stared, held the five and six halves tightly, turned around and asked, "Where is your mother?"
"Not far up the mountain, we were walking along the mountain path when a blind bear suddenly ran out of the forest."
The girl quickly pointed to the mountain, then immediately fell to her knees and begged: "Brothers, please save my mother!"
Just when Li Shiqiang was about to ask something more, Xu Sheng on the side agreed enthusiastically: "Come on, show me the way out, and I'll go rescue your mother."
