The whole mountain is my hunting ground.

Chapter 1199: The Dragon and the Phoenix

Whether Wang Meilan is feeding dogs, chickens, sheep or donkeys, she likes to talk to the animals while feeding.

In the past, when Wang Meilan was feeding the donkey, she would always say to the little donkey: Eat well, eat enough so that you can grow meat, and we can eat your donkey meat when you grow fat.

It would be fine if the little donkey didn’t understand, but it would be strange if he could eat it even if he understood.

In the past two days, Wang Meilan said to the little donkey: Eat, eat, eat well so you can work better, after the New Year, we will go to collect mountain products.

Therefore, the little donkey had a very comfortable life in the past two days. Eating the grass that Wang Meilan carefully mixed, it became fat in just two days.

When Wang Meilan, full of murderous intent, came with a hammer in her hand, the little donkey suddenly realized that he might have been hit by a sugar-coated bullet.

Just as the donkey's eyes were filled with tears and it was ready to accept its fate, Wang Meilan walked past the donkey shed under the little donkey's frightened gaze.

The little donkey's hooves went weak and it almost collapsed to the ground, but Wang Meilan and Jin Xiaomei walked to the roe deer shed.

"Ah! Ah...ah..." Someone came over and the roe deer screamed and stretched its neck. Its limbs were fixed in the wooden frame made by Zhang Yuanmin, but its neck was out of control and it struggled desperately, shaking its head.

Wang Meilan put the hammer aside, put her hands behind her ears, and said to the stunned Jin Xiaomei, "Rope!"

"Hey!" Jin Xiaomei hurriedly handed the rope to Wang Meilan. Wang Meilan took the rope, shook it open, skillfully tied one end into a loop, and threw the rope towards the roe deer's head with a shake of her hand.

The roe deer tilted its head to the side, avoiding the rope buckle, and screamed at the top of its lungs.

Wang Meilan retracted the rope, expanded the chain buckle, took two steps forward, and put the rope buckle around the roe deer's neck with a shake of her hand.

"Pull!" Wang Meilan gave an order, and Jin Xiaomei stepped forward, grabbed one end of the rope, and pulled it back hard, and actually pulled the roe deer's head over.

The next second, a black shadow flashed through the air, and an eight-pound hammer fell on the roe deer's crown.

There was a muffled sound, and the roe deer's eyes bulged and rolled back, and its limbs went limp. However, it did not fall to the ground as it was tied to the rack, but it was bleeding from its mouth and nose and twitching all over.

Wang Meilan handed the hammer to Jin Xiaomei behind her, then she stepped forward to untie the rope tied to the roe deer's hind legs and tied the two hind legs of the roe deer together.

At this time, the roe deer suddenly exerted force on its back, flapped its wings twice with all its strength, then kicked forward with its front legs and backward with its hind legs, its eyes rolled back, and it died.

Wang Meilan calmly untied the roe deer's front legs, then called Jin Xiaomei over, and the two of them worked together to hang the roe deer upside down on the beam of the shed.

The roe deer's throat was cut and blood spurted out into the basin like an arrow, making a splashing sound.

Soon, the blood flow became smaller and smaller, and gradually stopped.

"Xiaomei!" Wang Meilan said, "Go home and boil some water to steam the blood."

"Sister-in-law, do you want to eat this blood?" Jin Xiaomei said, "Didn't the army say that we are not allowed to eat the blood of wild animals?"

"We won't eat it." Wang Meilan said, "We'll feed it to the dogs."

As she spoke, Wang Meilan gestured towards the front yard and said, "Feed the three dogs your eldest brother bought. Those three dogs have never seen a war. Xiaojun said to steam the blood and feed them."

"Then we can't steam it, right?" Jin Xiaomei asked. Wang Meilan said, "Just fumigate it with steam until the blood flocs are removed."

At this point, Wang Meilan reached out and held Jin Xiaomei's arm, saying, "Is Ruhai not at home? Let him watch the pot."

Steaming blood should not be done for too long. Especially when training a dog to have a "favorable impression" of roe deer, the blood fed to the dog should not be too raw or too cooked. After it is steamed and solidified, put it in a basin and mix it with the dog's food tomorrow.

"No need for him!" Jin Xiaomei refused angrily when she heard Wang Meilan mention Li Ruhai.

"Oh my!" Wang Meilan clapped her hands on the back of Jin Xiaomei's hands and frowned, "What's the matter, sister? Why can't you get over it?"

As she spoke, Wang Meilan poked Jin Xiaomei and said, "Yuanmin and Feng'er are back. Everyone should come here in the evening. Ask the children to come as well."

At this point, Wang Meilan patted Jin Xiaomei on the shoulder and said, "It's not the case with our own children."

"Hmph..." Jin Xiaomei let out a long breath and said, "I get mad just thinking about him."

"Okay, okay." Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "It's almost done. Let Ruhai watch the pot while you go outside and light the pine torches."

There was going to be a big banquet today, so Wang Meilan asked Jin Xiaomei to light the "beacon tower" early in the morning.

Jin Xiaomei responded, turned around and walked out, while Wang Meilan took a knife and prepared to skin the roe deer.

"Hey? Sister-in-law!" At this moment, Wang Meilan heard Jin Xiaomei calling her. She turned around and saw Jin Xiaomei standing next to the donkey pen, pointing at the donkey and saying, "Sister-in-law, why is the donkey trembling? Is it sick?"

"Oh my god!" Wang Meilan heard this and hurried to the donkey pen. Looking at the little donkey that was shaking all over, she said, "If I had known earlier, would I not have killed the roe deer?"

Upon hearing this, the little donkey's mane stood up and it cried out, "Uh...ah..."

……

After leaving Yong'an, Zhao Jun and Xie Chen went straight to Yongfu Village. They first went to Xu Baoshan's house to deliver roe deer and wild boars, and then went to Zhang Guoqing's house.

When they arrived at Xu Baoshan's house, Xu Baoshan had already gone to work, but Xu Baoshan's wife was at home. Zhao Jun and Jie Chen helped her send the wild boar and roe deer to the sunny side of the wall in the backyard, then refused Xu Baoshan's wife's invitation to stay and left.

The two wild boars and two roe deer were sold to Xu Baoshan, but Xu Baoshan was not at home today, and Zhao Jun did not ask Xu Baoshan's wife for money. But it didn't matter, the account would not be missed.

After leaving Xu Baoshan's house, Zhao Jun directed Jie Chen to go out of the village. Zhang Guoqing's home was in Yongli Village, so they had to go there.

When he was about to reach the entrance of the village, a sled was coming towards him. The road in the village was narrow, so Xie Chen slowed down, pulled over, and stopped the car to let the sled pass first.

But when he got closer, the driver of the sled reined in the old ox, raised his hand and called out, "Brother! Brother!"

Zhao Jun twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, reached out and pressed on Jie Chen's leg, signaling Jie Chen not to get out of the car, and he pushed the door and went out.

"Second brother-in-law." After getting off the car, Zhao Jun smiled at the man and said, "It's fine, these days?"

The man driving the sleigh, wearing a big cotton hat, was Xing San's nephew Xing Zhiyong.

"Not bad." Xing Zhiyong handed the whip to his left hand, came over to shake hands with Zhao Jun, and said, "Brother, I was thinking of looking for you these two days."

"Hmm?" Zhao Jun smiled and asked, "What's the matter, second brother-in-law? What do you want to see me for?"

"I was thinking of going hunting with you." Xing Zhiyong said, "I went up the mountain to see a dark barn a few days ago, but we didn't dare to dig it."

"You two?" Zhao Jun grasped the key point in Xing Zhiyong's words, and saw Xing Zhiyong nodded and said, "Yes, and Li Huzi, your third brother Li."

"Hehe..." Zhao Jun smiled faintly and asked, "What is Black Blind Warehouse? You two didn't dare to pick up the two guns?"

"Brother, let's not talk about this here, let's go home!" Xing Zhiyong said, and waved to the car, "Brother, why haven't I seen this before?"

"Ah..." Zhao Jun turned around and looked at Li Chen, then smiled and said to Xing Zhiyong: "He is a younger brother of mine, not from our forest district."

"Ah!" Upon hearing this, Xing Zhiyong raised his hand to greet Jie Chen, and Jie Chen quickly responded.

Then, Xing Zhiyong turned around and said to Zhao Jun: "Brother, come to my house. We haven't seen each other for a year. Let's chat at home."

In his heart, Zhao Jun didn't really want to go. But since Xing Zhiyong had said so much, Zhao Jun had no choice but to agree.

Xing Zhiyong drove his sled in front to lead the way. Zhao Jun got on the carriage and said to Xie Chen, "Little brother, take the lead and follow the big brother."

"What's the matter, Jun brother?" Xie Chen asked, "I see you don't seem to be willing to go with him?"

Jie Chen saw it all. Zhao Jun sighed and said, "He wants to find us to dig into the black blind man's warehouse."

"Isn't this a good thing?" Xie Chen said, "If they invite us, we will go. We can share the meat and gallbladder."

"Oh my!" Zhao Jun sighed and said, "I'm really afraid they're going to catch me alive."

"Ah..." Xie Chen was amused. He asked Zhao Jun with a smile, "Brother Jun, is he the one who caught the black bear?"

"Hmm..." Zhao Jun pouted and responded with a long tone, "I even caught a leopard before."

Xing Zhiyong drove the sled in front, while Zhao Jun and Jie Chen drove behind. After a few minutes, they stopped outside Xing Zhiyong's house.

As soon as the car stopped, the dog in Xing Zhiyong's house kept barking. Xing Zhiyong and Hu Erya, who came out of the house, tried to chase the dog away but to no avail.

Zhao Jun knew that it was Xing Zhiyong's hunting dog that smelled the scent of a wild boar in the carriage, so he asked Jie Chen to park the car farther away.

Sure enough, after Xie Chen drove away the Jiefang car, the dog in Xing Zhiyong's yard gradually became quiet.

"Brother." Xing Zhiyong reacted and asked Zhao Jun, "What's in your car?"

"Wild boar." Zhao Jun replied: "The director of our forest farm canteen asked me to help catch the wild boar."

"Ah..." Xing Zhiyong heard this and said to Zhao Jun with envy: "Brother, our villages all say that you are good at hunting. Can you take your second brother-in-law with you one day?"

"Brother-in-law, this..." Zhao Jun hesitated for a moment and said, "Now I don't have the final say. We are a group of four brothers."

As he spoke, Zhao Jun raised his hand and gestured outside, saying, "Including the little brother who was driving just now, there are four of us brothers plus my uncle, so there are five of us. What are we fighting for? Let's divide it up."

When Zhao Jun said this, Xing Zhiyong and Hu Erya both heard Zhao Jun's refusal. Hu Erya was fine with it, but Xing Zhiyong felt a little unhappy.

In fact, if it were someone else, Zhao Jun might not refuse, but from that hunting trip, Zhao Jun felt that Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu had evil intentions. Zhao Jun didn't want to hunt with such people. Zhao Jun didn't even want to kill Hei Xia Zi Cang.

At this time, Xie Chen, who had parked the car, came back, and Xing Zhiyong and his wife hurriedly invited Zhao Jun and Xie Chen into the house.

After entering the house, Hu Erya went to boil water, while Xing Zhiyong took Zhao Jun and Jie Chen into the inner room.

After getting on the kang, Xing Zhiyong took off his dog-skin hat, and Zhao Jun and Jie Chen saw that Xing Zhiyong had no ear on the left side of his head.

This was a bite from a leopard. Originally half of the earlobe was bitten off, but when I went to the hospital the doctor also cut off the remaining earlobe.

"Come on, brother, have a cigarette!" Xing Zhiyong took the small basket of tobacco leaves and handed it to Zhao Jun and Xie Chen. Zhao Jun declined on the grounds that he did not smoke. Xie Chen rolled one, but after taking a puff, he frowned.

At this moment, the dog outside the house barked twice. Xing Zhiyong looked outside, turned back and smiled at Zhao Jun: "Look, your third brother Li is here!"

"Ah, haha, is that so." Zhao Jun glanced out the window and saw that it was Li Hu who came.

Li Hu entered the house and exchanged greetings with Zhao Jun again. After getting to know Jie Chen, the four of them sat down on the kang, smoking the cheapest tobacco and drinking boiled water poured by Hu Erya.

At this time, Li Hu took off his gloves, and Zhao Jun and Xie Chen saw that his ring finger and little finger on his left hand were missing.

This is the same injury as Xing Zhiyong's missing ear, both of which were left by a hand-to-hand fight with a Siberian leopard.

"I was just about to tell our brother Zhao Jun when you came." At this time, Xing Zhiyong got straight to the point, but he said to Li Hu: "The black warehouse that we two can't dig out, our brother Zhao Jun can!"

As he said this, Xing Zhiyong winked at Li Hu.

"Not bad at all!" Hearing this, Li Hu looked at Zhao Jun and said with a smile, "Brother, when are you free? Let's go together?"

"Brother Li." Zhao Jun smiled faintly and said, "What is this black warehouse? Can't you two brothers kill it with two guns?"

There must be a reason for wearing leather pants over cotton pants. Either the cotton pants are too thin or the leather pants have no fur.

Zhao Jun must ask clearly, otherwise he can't go no matter what.

"Tsk!" Li Hu smacked his lips and sighed when asked by Zhao Jun, "What about that black warehouse? It's so wicked! It's placed in the cracks of the rocks, with the door facing south. Three or four meters to the south is a big rock pile."

Zhao Jun understood immediately that it would not work if he stood on the south side facing the cave entrance, because the black bear would jump out of the cave, and there would be no place for people to hide.

"The southeast corner is downhill." At this time, Li Hu continued: "If you are shooting there, you have to wait for the black bear to get close to you before you can see it."

As soon as the Zhao army heard it, they knew that the southeast direction was not an option either.

"The southwest is the Dashitang belt." Li Hu added, "We two brothers have slow guns and our dogs are not good enough. We didn't dare to measure it after that."

After he said that, Zhao Jun understood again. The southwest is a vast area, but there is nowhere to hide here. If a black bear suddenly attacks, the dog raised by Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu will not be able to hold it back.

"Is it Black Bear? Not Big Bear?" Zhao Jun suddenly asked. Xing Zhiyong and Li Hu looked at each other. Then Xing Zhiyong squinted his eyes and said to Zhao Jun, "It should be."

Xing Zhiyong pinched his hands and said, "The footprint is so big, it must be about 300 kilograms."

"Second brother-in-law, where did you see the footprints?" Zhao Jun asked. Xing Zhiyong said, "We saw them in the reed pond ditch and followed them."

"Weitanggou?" Zhao Jun frowned and asked, "Is that the old Class 9?"

"Yes!" Xing Zhiyong said, "It's not that this black bear was frightened. Anyway, it kept running up the mountain and went behind No. 69..."

"69?" Xie Chen realized something was wrong at this time, and he looked towards Zhao Jun.

"Behind Squad 69..." Zhao Jun looked at Xing Zhiyong and asked, "Isn't that Laoguitouzi Ridge on the other side?"

(End of this chapter)