We are not very familiar with the conditions in the mountains here, and we don’t know what there is to eat.
So, no matter what you pick, don't eat it. Let's go back and have someone check it out to see if there's anything wrong with it."
Among this group of people, only Chen Lanying and Dong Guizhi were slightly older, so they reminded everyone to be careful throughout the whole process.
"Besides some unfamiliar things on the mountain, everyone should also be careful of wild animals.
I heard that wolves often come down the mountain to steal sheep. We don’t know if we will encounter them, so we must not go too far.”
Jiang Mengxue was also worried that some people didn't know how dangerous the mountains were, and it would be troublesome if they went deep into the mountains.
They came here together and need to take care of each other. If something really happens, it will be too late to go back and seek help.
In fact, their hometowns are all close to mountains and water, and they are all aware of the dangers in the mountains, so self-protection is not a problem, as long as they don't encounter anything that ordinary people can't deal with.
After everyone had made things clear, they headed up the mountain together.
Few people come to this area because it is not far from the army, but a little distance from the people's villages.
Although soldiers in the army often go into the mountains for training, they will not cause too much damage to the mountains.
Especially at the foot of the mountain where they came, there were basically no signs of human arrival.
"Don't worry too much. Our soldiers are always training in the mountains. If there are any large wild animals, they will be hunted down and brought to the cafeteria for snacks.
Really large wild animals won't come down to the foot of the mountain. Before I came here, I brought the pistol that my husband, Zhang, left at home. I've practiced my shooting skills with him. I can't say I'm perfect, but I can definitely protect myself if I encounter any danger."
Although Chen Lanying is over 40 years old this year, she is very brave. In the past when they were fighting against the Japanese, she and several men from the same village dared to beat up the lone Japanese soldiers.
Later, she married Zhang Liming and often pestered him to learn shooting and self-defense techniques.
So when she was in the countryside, not to mention the old women in the same village, even the old men were few and far between. She couldn't beat them with her bare hands, but anything on the roadside could become her weapon.
Even the sons in the family were taught by her so that they dared not go east or west.
"Sister-in-law, have you practiced spearmanship? I've practiced before, but never had the chance to use it.
My old man asked me to bring his gun with me. I thought going into the mountains might be dangerous, so it would be best if I didn’t have to use it.”
In fact, Jiang Mengxue's gun has been kept in the space and has basically never been taken out and used, but it is not her decision.
She said she would take it, and the thought had already shifted to her shoulder bag.
Chen Lanying didn't take it seriously and said nonchalantly, "What's the big deal? If everyone becomes a soldier, and we don't learn some skills, then when we encounter problems, won't we just have to wait for others to come and rescue us?
In our place, both men and women have to train during the slack season.
The commune arranged for us to train uniformly, in machete and gun skills. I can’t say how amazing they are, but those who haven’t practiced before are definitely no match for them.”
Jiang Mengxue had really never heard much about this, and she really had no memory of it.
But maybe she just hasn't experienced it.
In an era when everyone is a soldier, everyone from the elderly in their seventies and eighties to children of a few years old has to learn.
Just like now, many people still keep machetes and guns at home.
The social security at this time cannot be compared with that of later generations, and there are many hooligans on the streets.
Some roads from the production team to the city were not safe either, as there might be bandits hiding on any hillside.
From time to time, they rob passers-by and vehicles.
So people who don’t have any ability have to be careful even when going out.
The light gets darker the further you go into the mountains, but fortunately the woods here are not very dense.
Many wild fruit trees have no children visiting them, but the fruits are still hanging on the trees.
If there were children around here, the fruits would be picked before they are ripe.
The first thing everyone discovered was a few jujube trees.
However, the dates are still fresh at this time and have not fallen.
Unlike the carefully pruned jujube trees at home, the wild jujubes in the mountains grow sparsely. However, since we have finally found a few, we certainly cannot let them go easily.
Jiang Mengxue broke off a tree pole and asked everyone else to hide aside. She used the pole to knock the dates off the tree, and everyone just picked them up directly from the ground.
Although there are several trees, there are not many dates to pick.
Tang Qianqian looked up at the top of the jujube tree and said with some regret, "The jujubes at the top are the best, but it's a pity we can't reach them."
"What's the big deal? I can climb trees, and I happened to have a sickle with me. I'll go up and cut off the top branches. If I prune the branches, maybe the dates will grow better and bear more fruit next year."
Dong Guizhi had been eyeing the dates from above for a long time. Now that she was here, she would not be willing to take back some crooked dates.
Having said that, he climbed up quickly without waiting for others to react. Jiang Mengxue was still picking up dates on the ground, but when she raised her eyes, Dong Guizhi had already climbed up the tree with a sickle on her waist.
I was quite worried at first, but seeing Dong Guizhi's agile skills, I could tell that she had climbed trees many times before, so I was not so worried anymore.
Soon several branches fell from above, each with a number of ripe dates on it.
Everyone was also very considerate and left the best one to Dong Guizhi. They couldn't let her work hard for a long time and get nothing in the end.
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