Lucky husband

Bai Zhiwen was very familiar with the whole process from setting the bow, aiming, to setting the string and shooting an arrow. It was obvious that he was a person who could use bows and arrows proficiently.

Seeing that Bai Zhiwen is so proficient in bows and arrows, which are relatively difficult tools, Zheng Shan no longer doubts his ability to protect himself, and after thinking about it, he nods and agrees: "I can go to the back mountain with you, and you don't need money." Yes, I want to marry Ming Xia, and you want to marry brother Li, our relationship is closer than that of ordinary villagers, so it doesn’t matter that much.”

Don't look at Zheng Shan's vicious appearance, he doesn't seem to be very smart, but in fact he is not stupid at all.

Now the Li family is already the most respectable family in Shanghe Village, let's look at the development of the Li family's houses in the future.

In Dafang, there is Li Mingde, a scholar, and Li Mingli, who works in a bookstore and has a bright future.

Although Sanfang has relatively few children, there is only one brother and one son, but the brother-in-law is a scholar, and their son Li Mingkang should also follow the path of studying in the future.

As for the second room, although they seem to be more prosperous now, it is uncertain what will happen in the future, because Li Mingxia's younger brother Li Ming is not a material for studying.

If there is no accident, the Li family will become prominent in two more generations, and this prominence is more likely to be based on the development of the big house and the third house.

Zheng Shan felt that since the Li family had separated, the relationship between the father-in-law and the brothers might be very good, but when it comes to the next generation, the next generation is uncertain.

Zheng Shan didn't want his son to follow him to hunt for a living, going in and out of dangerous deep mountains and old forests to support his family. It would be great if he could let his children go to school too.

Now, Zheng Shan had an opportunity to make friends with a scholar, and he naturally didn't want to let it go, so he hurriedly made friends with a person like Bai Zhiwen who seemed to have a bright future at first sight.

"No, I can't let you work for nothing." Bai Zhiwen firmly disagreed.

First of all, since the two of them are going to become brother-in-law in the future, they can't use affection to offset everything. If this continues, no matter how much affection there is, it will be offset one day sooner or later.

Secondly, entering the mountains is a dangerous and troublesome thing. Even brothers and good friends cannot help for free.

A scholar with a brilliant tongue, a country guy like Zheng Shan, who is stupid with a mouth, couldn't beat him at all. In the end, the two each took a step back and agreed on the price of two hundred Wen a day.

Now this season is the time when the animals and plants on the mountain reproduce. Generally speaking, Orion Zheng would not let Zheng Shan go to the back mountain to hunt at this time. This is a rule passed down from generation to generation by their family.

However, there were no exceptions. For example, the last time Zheng Shan went to Li's house to propose a marriage, the father and son went hunting wild boars together in the mountains, fearing that the sow with a young wild boar would be accidentally injured, and it was a boar.

What Bai Zhiwen wanted to hunt this time was a pair of wild geese, one male and one female. Zheng Shan told Bai Zhiwen and then turned around and went into the house to ask his father. He remembered that his father said that he was going to hunt females on the mountain. Worship to the mountain god.

Zheng Shan's memory was not wrong. This season, he went to the back mountain to worship the mountain gods, so that the mountain gods would not be angry when they found out what they had done, and would prevent them from hitting prey again.

The Zheng family's father and son's method of offering sacrifices to the mountain god was very simple. They didn't prepare complicated incense candles for offering. Zheng Orion just asked Zheng Shan to kowtow to the direction of the back mountain devoutly, and told them what they were going to do up the mountain.

To be honest, Zheng Shan felt that the ancestral rules of their family were more like looking for psychological comfort, which was too simple.

But that's fine and saves trouble, as long as he is sincere in his heart, I believe the mountain god will not blame them for it.

If the heart is not sincere, just going through the motions, what's the use of making the ceremony grand, contrary to what I said to the mountain god, the mountain god will definitely not continue to bless their Zheng family.

The Zheng family's grandparents may have thought the same way for generations, so no one has thought about changing it.

Zheng Shan and his father finished the pre-departure preparations together. He found out the knife he had brought up the mountain when he was twelve or thirteen years old. After confirming that the knife was still sharp, he handed the knife and bow to Bai Zhiwen.

Then, Zheng Shan wrapped coarse cloth around their calves, not just one layer, but two layers carefully.

I have to wear trousers, and I have to wrap them with two layers of cloth. This season will make my calves feel stuffy and uncomfortable. The feeling of being restrained is particularly obvious, and walking is uncomfortable.

Worried that Bai Zhiwen would not be happy, Zheng Shan explained that the purpose of wrapping a layer of coarse cloth around his calves was to prevent snakes from biting him. At this time, the snake had already passed hibernation. Snakes, non-poisonous snakes are okay, but poisonous snakes are bad. Wrapping two layers of coarse cloth can prevent the snake's teeth from piercing the skin and prevent poisoning.

Bai Zhiwen knew a little about these things to pay attention to when going up the mountain. He was very cooperative and not unwilling.

After wrapping up the coarse cloth, Zheng Shan took some anti-mosquito and hemostatic medicine, and he called Bai Zhiwen to set off up the mountain.

What Bai Zhiwen wanted to find were wild geese, who were still alive. When Zheng Shan was making preparations, he had already gone through the entire topography of the back mountain in his mind.

Thinking about which place is most likely to be haunted by wild geese, Zheng Shan took Bai Zhiwen and walked directly there.

The back mountain of Shanghe Village is a very large, continuous and endless mountain range. No one knows how big it is behind. Anyway, no one will go there, so the back mountain is collectively called the back mountain.

Zheng Liehu and his family have been hunting in the back mountain for a long time. In order to describe the location of the back mountain to their family members, they gave different names to some mountains near the village, but only their own family knew these names.

For example, the mountains where big worms appear for a long time are called Tiger Ridge, the mountains where wolves are often found are called Wild Wolf Ridge, and the area where wild boars often happen to have a valley is called Wild Boar Valley...

Walking on the mountain, in order to save energy, Zheng Shan basically did not chat with Bai Zhiwen, only when they reached a more iconic location, Zheng Shan would remind Bai Zhiwen.

One was to tell Bai Zhiwen that there were beasts in this place, and the other was to worry that if the two of them got separated on the back mountain, Bai Zhiwen could find the way back by himself.

Zheng Shan's kindness was appreciated by Bai Zhiwen, and he didn't worry that he was so dull all the way and didn't talk because he was unhappy and thinking wildly, so he just memorized the route seriously.

After returning to Shanghe Village, Bai Zhiwen only went up the back mountain during the first period when he needed to cut firewood by himself, which were the one or two relatively short mountains outside the back mountain.

After he stopped chopping firewood, he basically never went to Houshan again. The only exception was the time when he and Li Mingjin were kidnapped, but that time he was taken away in a coma, so he actually I don't know what the back mountain is like.

This time, he followed Zheng Shan to the depths of the back mountain, and Bai Zhiwen found that the depth of the back mountain was actually no different from the unknown mountain that the two men from the Dragon and Tiger Bodyguard Bureau took them to in his memory.

Most of them are thick, tall and lush towering trees, which are connected together to cover the sky and block out the sun, blocking all the sunlight outside.

Under the towering tree, there are some vines entwined on the towering tree. Some of these vines are known to Bai Zhiwen and know their uses, and some of them are not.

Then there are some lower shrubs that grow sparsely, because they cannot grow tall because of insufficient sunlight, and can only grow sparsely in places where the leaves are sparse and sunlight leaks.

Further down are some mosses growing on tree trunks or exposed stones, as well as herbs that don't like sunlight, and mushrooms and fungus buried under tree roots or fallen leaves.

In addition, there are some fruit trees that grow well. Unfortunately, this season is not when the fruit is ripe, and the flowers on the fruit trees are also in bloom, which is neither good-looking nor edible.

The Zheng family has lived on hunting for generations, and they are very familiar with the back mountain. Which places have what to eat, which places are safer, and if you don’t go back that day, you can rest there for the night. The ones that were easier to remember and find were told to Bai Zhiwen.

In fact, there is a relatively hidden small valley that the father and son found the safest place. There are no beasts in it, and there is a small piece of grapes.

After he and his father discovered this valley, they searched for many grape vines and transplanted them over the years. Now when the grapes are ripe, they can directly pick fresh grapes and sell them in Changping County, or they can dry the grapes into raisins Transporting it to Zhoucheng will earn a lot of money no matter what.

This matter involved his family's way of making money, and the location of the small valley was hard to find, so Zheng Shan didn't say much.

Before entering the mountain, it will be a bit stuffy with coarse cloth wrapped around the legs, but after walking to the depths of the back mountain, the stuffy feeling will disappear, and instead it will be a bit cold because of the lack of sunlight.

However, the two of them had been walking on the road, so they didn't feel cold, but when Zheng Shan was distinguishing the direction, Bai Zhiwen had to stop and wait.

After walking for about an hour, they had climbed four mountains, and finally stopped after crossing a higher mountain after wasting a lot of effort.

Zheng Shan pointed to a relatively short mountain ahead: "I have seen wild geese flying out of those mountains from this position. Let's wait here and see if we can meet wild geese."

There is a small lake behind these mountains, and wild geese often stop here.

This location is the place where Zheng Shan has found the most wild geese over the years, and it is also the easiest place to catch wild geese theoretically.

Because the hillside they are on has a particularly good view and they stand high enough, they can easily see movement in three directions around them.

Moreover, there are no tall trees on this hillside, only some low shrubs, which can also allow them to hide their bodies, which is very suitable for people like them who come out to hunt animals.

After finding a bush with a more suitable location to hide, Bai Zhiwen and Zheng Shan took out the water bladder for the first time and started drinking.

Zheng Shan is not a person who likes to take the initiative to talk, but Bai Zhiwen prefers to chat with people and find topics, so the two of them chatted about hunting related matters.

After Bai Zhiwen asked something, or said a few words, Zheng Shan would answer a few words even though he didn't talk much. The atmosphere was not awkward, and the time passed quickly while they were talking. boring.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the tops of several trees on the hill directly in front of the hill suddenly moved a few times, as if something was about to fly out.

Bai Zhiwen regained his energy all of a sudden, sat up straight, grasped the bow and arrow beside him, and stared at it intently.

Zheng Shan has always been in the best state of hunting. As soon as there is a movement in the tree over there, he has already put the arrow on the string.

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