Three thousand miles in exile

Because of the lack of food in winter, it is best to trap small animals that are hungry, so the Liu family has pheasants and hares to eat almost every other day.

Half of the winter hadn't passed yet, and Zhao's family had already stored more than a dozen furs of hares.

In the beginning, Liu Xueyuan would criticize him severely. Every time Liu Zhan just listened, and then continued to commit crimes against the wind.

On this day Liu Xueyuan saw that Liu Zhan had gone out early in the morning and knew that he had gone up the mountain again, so he could only sit in the main room angrily.

"Brother, you don't have to worry too much, I think Zhan'er is clever and nothing will happen." Liu Xueyi sat down beside him.

Liu Xueyuan let out a long sigh. "The wild boars are infested on the mountain. If you don't meet them every day, two days, or three days, you will meet them one day. Next time, you will not be so lucky to let him kill the wild boars!"

Everyone understands this truth, but the conditions at home are here.

"The children are all greedy for meat. Now we can taste some meat every other day. Zhan'er is the greatest contributor. Even my mother's body is much healthier." Liu Xueyi sighed.

Liu Xueyuan sighed deeply, he didn't understand this truth, he once asked Liu Zhan to take him with him, but Liu Zhan refused.

While the two brothers were chatting, Ning in the room began to cry inexplicably again, and Liu Xueyi's face immediately became gloomy.

Ning's condition is getting more and more serious, she was in a daze at first and now she has to cry several times a day.

Now there are three houses in the Liu family, the old lady lives with Liu Xueli on the other side, and Liu Xueyuan and Liu Xueyi live on the side next to the kitchen.

Because Ning's condition is getting worse, the old lady and Fang basically don't come to visit except for meal time. Life is already miserable, and she listens to Ning crying all day long, so it's no wonder that people avoid it.

Even Liu Xueyi himself sent Xin'er and Che'er to live with his grandmother in the next room, otherwise the two children would be driven crazy.

Liu Xueyi couldn't take it anymore and went out with a dark face.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao came out of the room and went to the opposite door to check on Mrs. Ning, and comforted her for a while, her voice gradually became quieter.

Liu Xueyuan shook his head and sighed tiredly looking at the direction where his younger brother left.

The Qiyun Mountains in winter are veritable forests, seas and snowfields. Apart from some local people who choose to stay out in Maodong, there are also some people who catch small prey like Liu Zhan and the others.

It is relatively safe when wild boars are infrequent in winter, especially after heavy snow covers the ground and there is a lack of food for wild animals. In the local dialect, it is a good time to catch stupid chickens and rabbits.

If more people were caught, Liu Zhan's harvest would be much worse, and today they only had one pheasant, which was not enough for the five of them to stuff their teeth.

Liu Zhan looked into the depths of Lin Hai and was moved. "There are not many prey in this forest outside. I plan to walk in. Do you dare to go?"

"Boss, I'll go if you go!" Cao Zhuang was the first to respond.

"Me too, anyone who doesn't go is a coward!" Zhang Xiaoman was full of momentum.

These words simply mean that the remaining two people have no choice. Liu Zhan rolled his eyes in his heart. This boy with the second illness is enough.

"Let me tell you first, we are going to the territory of the Wild Boar King. If you are afraid, you don't have to go, but if anyone goes there and hinders me, don't follow me in the future."

The four teenagers swallowed together, and finally followed Liu Zhan into the mountain without both fear and excitement.

After going up and down the mountain for this period of time, Liu Zhan already has a general understanding of the nearby terrain, let alone knowing it well, but at least he won't get lost.

The wild boar king's territory is a pine forest. In spring and summer, wild flowers and wild fruits are very lush in the forest. In autumn and winter, the pine cones produced by the pine trees become the most nutritious winter food for the wild boar king. No wonder the wild boar king's family thrives here. not leaving.

Liu Zhan picked up a large pine cone that fell on the ground, it was bigger than his fist, and there were plump nuts in the pine cone.

This thing can be eaten, and it will not be sold cheaply in later generations. He is considering whether to pick some back, and it seems good to use it as melon seeds, but it's a pity that he can't take much with him without a backpack, so he can only pick it up tomorrow with a backpack.

Holding the big pine cone in his hand, Liu Zhan led the four of them to continue walking in, seemingly casually, but in fact Liu Zhan was always paying attention to the marks on the snow.

There has been no snow from yesterday to today, and the traces left by some small animals walking on the snow are still clearly visible, and there are even footprints of wild boars. Liu Zhan deliberately avoided places with wild boar footprints, and then chose a place full of small footprints In some areas, pine nuts are used as bait sets.

The five teenagers hurriedly set up several traps along the road.

"Boss, is this okay?"

Liu Zhan nodded basically satisfied, and he will definitely not return empty-handed when he sees it again tomorrow. "Let's go, let's go down the mountain."

The teenagers chatted and walked back.

"It's a bit far from the way we used to walk, and we have to go through the pine forest to go back." Wen Qingshan muttered.

The mountain road is rugged, but the teenagers are not walking slowly.

"Going forward is a forest of thorns, why don't we go back from there." Cao Zhuang raised his finger and pointed in one direction.

"Aren't there wild boars in the thorn forest?" Cao Ming said.

Cao Zhuang swept the back of his head angrily. "Fuck! How big is the wild boar that can go in the thorny forest? We are the ones who killed the wild boar anyway, and we are afraid that he will be a ball."

"Walk, walk, maybe we will meet the little wild boar again!" Zhang Xiaoman looked excited.

The scar is really healed and the pain is forgotten, Liu Zhan is too lazy to talk to the four middle school boys.

Needless to say, the piglets that have not been weaned needless to say that the piglets that have just been weaned are all looking for food next to the sow. You guys should cry when you meet them. Besides, wild boars are not domestic pigs, as long as they are five or six months old Wild boars are extremely aggressive.

Perhaps it was because of Liu Zhan and his group's excessive hunting some time ago. There were very few footprints of small animals in the thorny forest, and there were even no footprints of wild boars. Gradually, the teenagers relaxed their hearts and began to talk loudly.

Suddenly Liu Zhan seemed to hear a dog barking?

"Did you hear a dog barking?" Liu Zhan asked.

Zhang Xiaoman said: "Chen Baihu's family has two big yellow dogs in our village, so they shouldn't come here."

The military households almost can't get enough to eat on weekdays. Where can there be extra food for dogs?Either it was wild dogs, but they were born and bred and had never heard of wild dogs near Tian Cang Village.

Liu Zhan has already walked over. "I gonna go see."

After walking not far, Liu Zhan saw a dustpan turned upside down on the snow, and the sound of the milk dog whimpering came out of it.

Liu Zhan lifted the dustpan and quickly grabbed the gray hairy ball that wanted to take the opportunity to escape. He lifted it up and looked at it. Liu Zhan almost didn't laugh. This guy's prototype looks like a husky, and he looks like he has just been weaned Little looks silly.

Cao Zhuang and the others also found it amusing to surround them.

"Hey, there really are dogs."

"Why does this bastard look different from Chen Baihu's family?"

"You are stupid, this is a gray-haired one, and Chen Baihu's yellow-haired one must look different."

"That's weird, why is there a milk dog here?"

Liu Zhan held the "little milk dog" in his arms, because this unexpected joy made him feel very happy. "Let's go, let's go down the mountain."

"Boss, do you want to raise?" Wen Qingshan asked.

Liu Zhan nodded. "This is called a wolf dog. It was born of a wolf and a dog. It is rare to see it in a hundred years. You all keep your mouths shut and don't tell the story. When I grow up, I can take it to hunt wild boars."

wolfhound?The teenagers were all taken aback, just hearing the name is very domineering!

But in fact there is no such thing as a wolf dog, this is clearly a real wolf cub!Liu Zhan liked keeping dogs in his previous life, especially big dogs. He had long wanted to get a wolf cub to play with, but he never had the chance.

When he got home, Liu Zhan didn't tell Liu Xueyuan immediately, but hid the wolf cub in his room first. The wolf cub was afraid of life, so he immediately curled up in a corner and shivered.

After dinner, Liu Zhan fed it with pheasant bones. The little wolf cub was very wary at first, but he couldn't hold back his hunger. After a while, he couldn't hold on anymore and ate happily from the bowl.

At this time, Mrs. Zhao came in suddenly and caught Liu Zhan. His plan to tell his family later was exposed that day.

"Where did you pick up the dog?" Zhao was surprised.

"I picked it up on the mountain, mother, I want to keep it." Liu Zhan said lovingly stroking the wolf cub's fur.

"Brother Zhan, you can raise him if you want." Mrs. Zhao smiled softly.

How can you afford a pet in this situation at home?Liu Zhan had already thought of a set of rhetoric, but Zhao agreed unconditionally.

"Mother sewed a dress for you, come and try it on." Mrs. Zhao pulled him to the bedside.

Only then did Liu Zhan see that Mrs. Zhao was holding a rabbit leather vest. Isn't that rabbit skin made of the hare that Liu Zhan hunted back?

"Aren't you going to sell this?"

Mrs. Zhao put it on for him and said: "Naturally, the rabbit skin my son hunted will be used by my son. It's very cold on the mountain. How can you only have a cotton coat on your body? No matter how much money you can sell, it can't compare with my son's body." important."

The rabbit fur vest is very warm, once wearing it, Liu Zhan can feel his body temperature warming up quickly.

He wanted to say something thank you, but felt embarrassed, so he could only stand in a daze and let Mrs. Zhao manipulate him.Mrs. Zhao put on the rabbit fur vest for him, untied his hair and tied it into a bun for him.

Since they settled in Tiancang Village, the Liu family has struggled to survive every day. Although they are not hungry, they are indeed short of everything. Even the kitchen knife is borrowed by the aunt of the Zhang family next door.

Under such circumstances, Mrs. Zhao still lived her life in a leisurely manner, taking care of her husband and son every day, and tidying up her own room.

To be honest, Liu Zhan admired him very much, and it was only this kind of Zhao family that made him call his mother willingly.

At this moment, Liu Zhan really wants to grow up quickly. The 12-year-old age puts a lot of restrictions on him, and he can't do more except go up the mountain to catch some small animals.

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It was Ning Shi who fell ill again, Liu Zhan hurriedly went to check with Zhao Shi, but just arrived at the main room when he saw Liu Xueyi slap Ning Shi's face.

"Have you had enough trouble!!" Liu Xueyi roared almost hysterically.

Zhao Shi wanted to go up to help Ning Shi, but was shocked by such Liu Xueyi.

"Tao'er is dead! How many times do you want me to say it!"

"No, no! No, Tao'er is not dead!"

"Shut up for me!" Liu Xueyi suddenly grabbed Ning's skirt and lifted her up.

"Second brother! What are you doing! Let go!" Liu Xueyuan rushed forward to pull him away.

Liu Xueyi seemed to be going crazy, shaking Ning's eyes and shouting with scarlet eyes. "Tao'er is dead! Buried on the side of the road! Already dead!"

"Yi'er! What are you doing!" The old lady rushed over with the support of Mrs. Fang and Liu Xueli after hearing the movement, and angrily reprimanded her.

"Yi'er, don't let go! Are you really going to drive her crazy!"

Liu Xueyi roared. "Mom! Either she's crazy or I'm crazy now! I've had enough of her! I wish I could strangle her to death!"

"Second brother! What crazy words are you talking about!" Liu Xueyuan cursed in pain.

At this time, Xin'er and Che'er ran over from the next room and hugged Ning Shi and cried loudly, but Ning Shi was thinking about Tao'er, Liu Xueyi already hated such Ning Shi to the bone.

After this night, Ning went completely insane, she didn't recognize her relatives, she sometimes cried and sometimes laughed, and she had to be taken care of every day, otherwise she would run out of the house in a blink of an eye, and ask everyone if she had seen her family Tao'er.

Then one evening, Ning ran out of the house and never came back.

On the night when the Ning family left, there was heavy snowfall on the mountain, Liu Xueyuan entrusted the Cao family, the Zhang family and the Wen family to help find them.

However, the snow was so heavy that everyone could only look for it in the village, and it was impossible to move an inch outside the village. This night, the Liu family was sleepless all night.

After finally waiting for the sky to clear up the next day, more people were alarmed by Ning's disappearance. Almost half of the village came out to help find it.

In the end, everyone found Mrs. Ning lying down on a field ridge seven or eight miles away from the village, frozen to death.

Liu Xueyi cried bitterly for a whole day holding Ning Shi who was carried home.

After Ning's burial, because the Liu family's house was empty, they could only be swept with grass and buried in the back mountain.

After Ning's departure, the Liu family finally calmed down, but there was a icy dead silence. It was not until the beginning of spring, when the heavy snow slowly melted, that the Liu family regained a little vitality.

The plan for a year lies in spring. Needless to say, the importance of spring plowing to the farmer's family, plowing, sowing, and transplanting rice seedlings, everything is ambiguous. In addition, the Liu family has no vegetable land, and they still need to reclaim the dry land in front of and behind the house. Plant vegetables.

Counting the reclaimed vegetable fields, the Liu family has ten mu of paddy fields and one mu of dry land, but the only laborers are Liu Xueyuan and Liu Xueli.

Liu Xueyi is completely useless, after the beginning of spring, he doesn't know where to go to fool around all day, sometimes he comes back drunk and sometimes he doesn't return at night.

There were rumors in the village that Liu Xueyi often stayed at a certain widow's house and had a fierce fight. Liu Xueyuan persuaded and persuaded and scolded this younger brother.

Without Liu Xueyi as a strong laborer, the Liu family's farm work suddenly became tighter. Liu Xueyuan had no choice but to let Liu Zhan and Zhao's go to the field together, and Fang's housework was done by himself.

In the beginning, the Fang family was also crying, not to mention how chaotic the family was during those few days. Fortunately, the Cao family, the Zhang family and the Wen family would come to help every day, otherwise the Liu family's ten acres of land would definitely not be able to catch up with the schedule to complete the spring plowing.