Every village would have one or two "village guardians." They were often simple-minded and foolish, yet kind-hearted.
The older generation often said that village guardians came to th...
Under the guidance of their mother-in-law, Chen Wang and Lin Xiuqu, the new parents, are growing up quickly.
After I became familiar with some methods of taking care of children, and with the help of my mother-in-law, it wasn't as tiring as it was at the beginning.
A week later, it was a sunny day.
Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang got up early again and went into the mountains with their hunting rifles and hunting dogs.
As a man, you are destined not to be able to stay at home for a long time and take care of your wife and children peacefully.
One or two days is okay, three or four days is bearable, but if it goes on any longer, you will inevitably feel bored and dull.
In contrast, men always enjoy fishing and hunting.
Besides, there was no fresh meat at home. Although he was not short of money and could buy some in town, Chen Wang, as a hunter, still felt that the meat he hunted tasted better.
"Finally I can go hunting again. Honestly, if you hadn't come, I wouldn't have been able to help but come alone."
Chen Dazhuang took a hatchet and chopped off the dead branches blocking the way ahead, saying with a smile.
"Without the luck I added, you won't get any good stuff."
Chen Wang smiled and said.
"Who said that?"
"Before I got my head around you, didn't you always hunt alone?"
"Uh... maybe I'm lucky now?"
Chen Dazhuang was a little unconvinced.
"Then try separately?"
"No, let's go together. We have such a tacit understanding in cooperation."
"hehe!"
As the two were chatting and laughing, Ruyi suddenly noticed something and rushed out barking.
The other dogs followed immediately.
Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang were not in a hurry, and walked towards the direction of the dogs at a leisurely pace.
As expected, it was another prey like pheasants and rabbits, which a few dogs could handle by themselves.
A few minutes later, the dogs came back with Da Hu holding a hare in his mouth.
Chen Wang squatted down and stroked the dog's head, took the rabbit and handed it to Chen Dazhuang, then took out a strip of meat and fed it to Dahu.
Continuing to move forward, Ruyi and a few dogs chased down several pheasants and rabbits, and also discovered a badger hole.
The two men used fire attack as before, forcing the badger in the cave to come out, where it was surrounded and bitten to death by several hunting dogs.
The harvest in the morning was not small, but I didn’t find any valuable goods.
At noon, the two had lunch by a clear stream.
Now that Chen Dazhuang has a wife, he naturally doesn’t need to eat and drink for free anymore.
Every time he went hunting in the mountains with food prepared by his wife, he was very proud.
What Yan Yulan prepared for him today was relatively simple: three steamed buns, two boiled eggs, and some pickles.
As for Chen Wang, he got the pancakes that his mother-in-law made in the morning and also brought some fruit.
"Hey, today we only have steamed buns and pickles!"
Chen Wang took a big bite of the greasy pancake and joked with a playful smile.
Chen Dazhuang glanced at him, opened his mouth wide and took a bite. Half of the steamed bun went into his mouth. He said vaguely: "What's wrong with steamed buns and pickles? How many people can't even afford steamed buns at home? And I have two eggs. Don't you only have the pancake?"
"So, you have no idea what the value of the pancakes made by my mother-in-law is."
Chen Wang smiled proudly.
"Tsk, I don't care!"
“Same here.”
After eating the pancakes, Chen Wang took out a big red apple from the medicine basket, rubbed it on his clothes, and then began to eat it in big bites.
The apples were brought back from the city hospital. Lin Xiuya bought them and sent them to the hospital. They were very good apples.
Chen Dazhuang could hear the crisp sound clearly after taking a bite, and the juice was so rich.
Chen Dazhuang glanced at the big apple in his hand and suddenly felt that the steamed bun had no taste and was a little choked.
"Awang, do you want to eat eggs? Give me an apple instead!"
"What the hell are you dreaming about? I want to exchange an apple this big for an egg from you?"
Chen Wang rolled his eyes.
"Hey, don't be so stingy. I'll trade you two eggs. Is that ok?"
"No, who wants to eat boiled eggs? Eat more."
"Awang, you have changed. You used to share everything you had with me."
Chen Dazhuang looked at him with resentment.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't look at me like that, it's disgusting."
Chen Wang glared at him and said, "That was the past. You didn't have a wife then, so you were so pitiful. Now you have a family, why do you still rely on me?"
"Also, who was so cocky before?"
"I was wrong, I was wrong. I will never show off again."
Chen Dazhuang admitted his mistake with a wry smile.
“Crack!”
Chen Wang took another big bite of the apple, looked at his fawning face, and took out another one from the medicine basket and threw it over to him with amusement.
Chen Dazhuang hurriedly caught it with both hands, wiped it on his clothes casually, and opened his mouth to eat it.
“Squeak, squeak!”
The little monkey ran back, jumped onto Chen Wang's shoulder and yelled, pointing at the apple that Chen Dazhuang was eating.
"Well, there are yours, too."
Chen Wang reached into the medicine basket again, took out a banana and handed it to the cat.
The little monkey sat on his shoulder and happily peeled the banana and started eating it.
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It was past 3 p.m. and the two continued searching for prey in the forest.
It seems my luck is not very good today, the best prey I caught was that badger.
Badger meat is delicious when stewed, but there is not much meat and it does not have much economic value.
"What should we do? Just go back like this?"
Chen Dazhuang asked with a frown.
But it was already late and it would take another hour or two to get down the mountain.
In the past, when we went into the mountains to hunt in the morning, we would usually return around three o'clock, or even earlier.
"Let's look for another half an hour!"
Chen Wang was also a little unwilling.
"Damn it, there should be more prey in autumn, why are there only pheasants and rabbits?"
"Isn't there a hog badger? That's not bad either."
"Woof!"
As soon as Chen Wang finished speaking, Ruyi suddenly rushed to the side with a few dogs.
The two looked in the direction of the sound and saw something moving quickly in the bushes in the distance.
"What the hell?"
Chen Dazhuang stared at the bushes and his eyes followed them.
Soon, a small gray-brown figure emerged from the bushes, chased by several hunting dogs.
"Muntjac?"
"No, it's a musk deer."
Chen Dazhuang said in surprise.
"Deer?"
Chen Wang was a little confused.
"It's the forest musk deer. The male musk deer has musk, which is very valuable."
"What are you waiting for? Chase after me!"
The two of them ran after him.
The musk deer ran very fast, and the hunting dogs could not keep up with it. The distance between them and the hunting dogs was widening.
Not to mention Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang, they soon lost sight of their prey and didn't even get a chance to shoot.
"Fuck, no, no, this is too fast!"
Chen Dazhuang stopped and said breathlessly.
"Your physical strength is much worse than before you got married!"
Chen Wang also stopped and turned his head to glance at him with a strange look.
Chen Dazhuang blushed and retorted, "No way, I just didn't sleep well yesterday."