Chapter 361 New Year's gift: A bandit leader who doesn't want to be a cook is not a good captain!

On the New Year's Day, Uncle Wei came back in the midst of heavy snow and wind.

The family sat on the warm kang, eating dumplings happily. The younger uncle pulled Uncle Wei to complain, saying how Gu Sinian had bullied him in the past two days.

Gu Sinian saw him complaining, so he turned around and pushed him down onto the kang.

My uncle was so burned that he covered his butt and screamed. The hot kang that had been burning for a whole day was extremely hot!

Uncle Wei only had Mother Bai in his eyes. He seemed oblivious to the farce happening in front of him and smiled as he shared with Mother Bai his life in the countryside during this period.

Grandpa and Mingdai sat aside, eating melon seeds and watching the excitement on the kang.

The dumplings on the table were steaming, the people on the kang were laughing and making noise, and outside the house there were the sounds of firecrackers, accompanied by the howling of a big wolf.

Mingdai had never experienced such a vivid atmosphere of fireworks before.

Especially when she woke up the next day, the pile of red envelopes next to her pillow gave Mingdai a big surprise.

Mother Bai and Wu Zaiza have already woken up, and Mingdai is the only one left in the room.

Gu Sinian heard laughter from inside the room, so he got some hot water and pushed the door open. What he saw was Mingdai hiding under the quilt, secretly counting money.

He was so touched by her cuteness that he couldn't help but chuckle.

Ming Dai looked up when she heard the voice and saw that it was him. She said happily, "Gu Sinian, I received a lot of red envelopes! And small yellow croakers!"

Gu Sinian smiled and nodded, put the basin on the kang, soaked the towel, and wiped Mingdai's face while answering: "I have some too, I'll give it to you too."

After saying that, he pulled out a stack of red envelopes from the back like a magic trick and handed them to Mingdai.

Mingdai's eyes were wet from being wiped with a hot towel. She took the red envelope and counted it.

"Gu Sinian, I have more money than you!"

Gu Sinian smiled and applied lotion to her: "Grandpa and the others like you very much."

Ming Dai said embarrassedly: "Isn't it not good to accept red envelopes when you are so old?"

Gu Sinian looked at her rosy little face and couldn't help but pinched it gently: "No, Grandpa said that as long as you are unmarried, you will be treated as a child. Therefore, we can still get the annual allowance for several more years!"

Mingdai slapped his hand away, held the red envelope and counted it again and again. When she had had enough, she put it under the pillow with satisfaction.

Just as she was about to put on her clothes, Gu Sinian brought over a pile of clothes from the kang next to her, with a pair of new leather boots on top.

"Wear this, this is the new dress that mom and aunt made for you. You should wear new clothes from head to toe in the new year, so that everything will go smoothly in the new year!"

Only then did Mingdai notice that Gu Sinian was also wearing new clothes today.

Touching the cotton padded jacket, Mingdai couldn't help but rub it because it was so fluffy that only new cotton could be.

After she changed into new clothes and shoes and was about to get off the kang, Gu Sinian handed her a big red envelope.

"Happy New Year, Mingdai."

Mingdai opened it and took a look. It was a photo album. The first photo was the buttocks of the person who caused the misunderstanding.

Mingdai's mouth twitched and she quickly flipped through the photos. The rest were relatively normal ones, all of which were taken by Gu Sinian. Some of them were even taken by Mingdai without her knowledge.

Turning the pages one by one, Mingdai never expected that she looked so beautiful in Gu Sinian's camera.

The last photo was taken by Jia Cong on the day of the first snow, when the two of them looked at each other. From this angle, the love in Gu Sinian's eyes was almost materialized, and Mingdai blushed a little.

Ming Dai touched the photo album and said embarrassedly: "Gu Sinian, I didn't prepare a gift for you."

Gu Sinian lifted her waist and carried her to the ground: "I already have the best gift, you don't need to give me any more. Go and brush your teeth. Grandpa Wu wants to borrow the big wolf to go hunting in the mountains. Do you want to go?"

Ming Dai's eyes lit up immediately: "I want to! I want to go!"

Gu Sinian scratched her little nose affectionately and said, "If you want to go, go brush your teeth. The big wolves are ready and waiting for you."

Mingdai stuffed the photo album into his hand, picked up the toothbrush with toothpaste squeezed on it, put it in her mouth, and went to brush her teeth while holding the toothbrush holder.

Gu Sinian put the red envelopes and photo albums away, went out with some water, and served out breakfast. By the time Mingdai had finished brushing her teeth, the breakfast had also cooled down.

Mingdai was anxious and poured the food from the bowl into her mouth. Gu Sinian fed her buns while telling her to eat slowly.

After drinking the porridge, Mingdai snatched half of the bun from Gu Sinian's hand and stuffed it into her mouth. She greeted Old Man Bai vaguely, then pulled Gu Sinian and ran out.

Gu Sinian quickly pulled the hats of both of them up.

Looking at the two people's busy backs, Mr. Bai smiled with his eyes narrowed into slits: "It's great to be young!"

When they arrived at the Wu family, Grandpa Wu was training the dogs. Unlike the dogs who followed the instructions precisely, the big wolves had clear eyes and stupidity that was too obvious. They just tilted their heads and grinned foolishly, and did not understand Grandpa Wu's instructions at all.

Master Wu tried for a long time and fed the wolf a lot of meat, but the wolf still just smiled foolishly and couldn't even shake hands. Master Wu could only give up the idea of ​​training the wolf with regret.

Mingdai and Gu Sinian watched silently, not having the courage to tell Old Man Wu that the big wolves always shook hands and were just playing dumb to get the meat.

After everyone was gathered, Master Wu gave the order to harness the carriages and set off!

Mingdai and Gu Sinian naturally still rode the wolf sleigh.

As soon as they came in front of Gu Sinian, the big wolves immediately became much smarter. Not only did they take the initiative to shake hands, they also consciously crawled into the noose and waited for Gu Sinian to tie them up.

When Master Wu saw this, he realized that he had just been deceived by the wolf, and he smiled and cursed the wolf for being cunning.

The Lookout Mountain Winter Hunt is an annual tradition to drive away large wild animals from the area.

When they got to the foot of the mountain, a group of people untied the dogs and started to take out their weapons and load them in preparation. Even Mingdai and Gu Sinian were assigned to the real weapons.

Ming Dai listened to the clicking sound of the gun being loaded and sighed again, no wonder she was born in a bandit's den, her skillful technique must have been inherited from her family!

Gu Sinian held the long wooden handle himself and gave Mingdai a small hand-held wooden handle, which was the one that Uncle Wei gave to Mingdai.

Gu Sinian had taught Mingdai in the space before, so Mingdai knew how to use it.

The group of people set out in leather pants, leading their dogs, and wading through the snow.

Mingdai lay on Gu Sinian's back, looking at the vast snow-covered mountains and forests, without any trace of animals.

"What are we hunting for?"

Ming Dai pointed at the spray in Master Wu's hand and said, "Hunting bear. There is a bear in the mountain. It has come down the mountain several times and injured many livestock and almost injured people. This time we came mainly for it."

Mingdai glanced at the spray gun in Old Man Wu's hand and mourned for the bear, saying that it was born in the wrong era.

It was a cloudy day today. When we reached halfway up the mountain, thick fog rose up and we couldn't see people more than ten meters away.

Fortunately, they all brought their dogs with them, so they didn't get lost.

In the whole morning, we didn't see any bears, but we did catch a lot of roe deer. There's nothing we can do about it. They are too stupid. When someone fires a gun, they will come in groups from a long distance to see what happened.

After seeing their peers lying on the ground, they were frightened and scattered in all directions, with the white hair on their tails bursting out, and they ran away in jumps and skips.

A timid roe deer may even scare itself to death after running a few steps, and then fall to the ground and fall asleep. There is no need to shoot, just go over and pick up a ready-made one, put a rope around its neck, give it a date, and the silly roe deer will forget everything, chewing the date with its little mouth twisting and turning, its eyes shining, and you can't drive it away.

Don't worry even if they run far away. Just fire another shot and more curious people will surely come over.

Mingdai and Gu Sinian also picked up two. Looking at the cute and adorable roe deer, Mingdai felt that it was their innocence that enabled them to become national second-class protected animals in the future.

The fog on the mountain was getting thicker and thicker. Master Wu asked some people to take the prey down the mountain, while the others headed towards the old forest in the mountain.

As soon as they reached the edge of the woods, the hunting dogs started barking fiercely, and the big wolves also growled at the woods, unwilling to get any closer.

Mr. Wu took people to look around and confirmed that there was wild bear feces around.

After reiterating the need for safety to everyone, a group of people carried wooden warehouses and surrounded the woods.

Mingdai and Gu Sinian dragged the reluctant big wolf and followed them inside.

Looking at the hunting dog working diligently, and then at the frightened wolf in her hands, Mingdai didn't know whether to laugh or cry. From now on, if anyone said that the wolf was as frightened as a dog, she would not believe it.

In the end, the others led the way with dogs, searching for traces of the wild bear. In Mingdai's group, Gu Sinian led the way, with Mingdai lying behind him, followed by four timid wolves.

The fog in the forest was getting thicker and thicker, and the people we were traveling with could no longer be seen around.

Mingdai quietly used her ability to detect treasures in space and soon found traces of the wild bear deep in the jungle.

That direction happened to be the search area of ​​Master Wu and Wu Lei. Fearing that something might happen to them, Mingdai told Gu Sinian, and the two of them began to approach that direction.

Before the two of them could get there, there was intense dog barking and gunfire. The people of Wujia Village shouted at each other and chased the wild bear all over the woods.

Covered by the white mist, the wild bear was soon lost.

After confirming that the bear was in the woods, all the dogs were released and went into the woods to search for the bear.

Gu Sinian also let go of the leash of the big wolves. Not only did the big wolves not run into the woods, they also held the leash in their mouths, wanting Gu Sinian to tie it back.

. . . . . .

Damn it!

Mingdai didn't rely on them. She located the bear herself and directed Gu Sinian to run into the woods.

During this bear hunt, whoever kills the bear can take the bear gall!

This is a rare medicinal herb in later generations, and Mingdai wants it.

With the space to cheat in treasure hunting, the two of them found the bear before anyone else.

After determining the position, Gu Sinian let go of the rope and advanced into the thick fog.

Almost at the moment the rope was let go, the big wolves grabbed the rope and turned around and ran away.

Looking at their backs as they ran away, the two were speechless.

No wonder they had their territory taken away by other wolves in the middle of winter. It was really unfortunate!

Ignoring them, Gu Sinian held the gun and walked forward carefully with Mingdai on his back.

As the distance got closer, Mingdai became more and more nervous.

The fog around us became thicker and thicker, and it was almost impossible to see clearly a few meters away.

Just as he was about to approach the bear, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

Gu Sinian thought it was a bear and was about to shoot when the figure opposite him suddenly waved.

Gu Sinian's hand holding the gun almost went off accidentally. He immediately paused his finger on the trigger and looked at the opposite side with a frown.

The tall figure was still waving, as if urging the two of them to come over.

But there was no dog beside "him", and he didn't seem to be holding a wooden warehouse in his hands.

Gu Sinian recalled that there was no such person among the people who followed them up the mountain.

Ming Dai also felt something was wrong, and after using her space treasure hunting ability to check again, she found that there was still only a bear on the opposite side.

"Gu Sinian, something is wrong, that thing doesn't look like a human, it's a bear!"

Gu Sinian observed carefully and found that, indeed, the figure opposite was waving, but his movements were clumsy and stiff.

Just as the two were about to move closer to confirm, shouts came from the other side of the woods.

"Brother, why are you alone? Have you lost your companions? It's very dangerous to be alone in the forest. Why don't you come with us?"

It’s Wu Lei!

Hearing the voice, the figure turned around decisively and began waving in the direction of Wu Lei.

Wu Lei, the silly guy, saw the figure waving and walked forward without any doubt: "Did something unexpected happen?! Wait! We'll come over right away!"

Seeing that Wu Lei and the others were about to run over, Gu Sinian quickly stepped forward and confirmed through the mist that the tall figure was the big bear!

At the same time, Wu Lei also arrived in front of the bear. By the time he realized something was wrong, the bear had already pounced on him, and the fishy, ​​hot and humid breath hit his face.

Just when he thought his life was over, there was a loud bang, and half of the bear's head was blown off, and red and white sticky substances sprayed all over his head and face.

The mountain-like figure fell down, and Wu Lei, panting, saw Gu Sinian who was still holding the wooden warehouse on the opposite side.

He, the survivor, sat down on the ground with a thud, staring at the dead bear for a long time without saying a word.

The young men following behind him were also frightened and stayed where they were for a long time without daring to move.

Only the hunting dogs they brought were lying on the bear, biting it and making growling sounds.

Hearing the gunshots, Old Man Wu and his men rushed towards the location of the sound, and Wu Dalei followed behind.

Seeing the scene, he was also shocked and hurried to check whether Wu Lei was injured.

When he saw Wu Dalei, Wu Lei's frightened soul finally came back to life. He hugged Wu Dalei and burst into tears, with red and white brain matter all over his body.

"Dad! You almost have no son!"

Wu Da Lei: . . . . . .

After he finished explaining the whole story, Wu Dalei pushed away his son who was crying in his arms.

"There's no need to emphasize whether you're my biological child or not. When I get back, I'll go find Old Lady Zou and ask her if she threw the baby away when she gave birth to you and kept the placenta. Otherwise, how could I have such a stupid son like you!!"

Wu Lei wiped his face aggrievedly: "The placenta is also yours!"

The Wuda challenge allowed Wu Lei to relive his father's love.

When Mr. Wu saw that Wu Lei was fine, he breathed a sigh of relief. He carefully looked at the place where the bear was hit, and became more and more satisfied.

He looked at Gu Sinian with a smile: "Your shooting skills are good and decisive! How did you know that it was a bear and not a human?"

Gu Sinian couldn't explain why it was Mingdai's fault, so he just said two words: "Feeling."

Old Master Wu took a deep look at Gu Sinian, turned around and kicked Wu Dalei on the butt, causing him to stagger and fall on Wu Lei.

Wu Lei was suffocated by the pressure of his father and kept patting the ground to remind his father that although he was not killed by the bear, he was very likely to be crushed to death by his father.

Wu Da struggled for a while before climbing up from his son's body. He turned over and sat on the side, looking at his father aggrievedly: "Dad, Xiao Shitou made a mistake, why did you hit me?"

Master Wu was holding a spray gun and pretending to hit someone, which frightened the father and son on the ground and made them shrink their necks at the same time: "How dare you ask! If the son does not teach, it is the father's fault! Did I ever teach you that wild bears can imitate people's movements and lure people over to bite them to death?!"

Wu Dalei nodded awkwardly.

Master Wu snorted coldly, his eyes sharp: "Then have you told Little Stone?!"

Wu Dalei lowered his head guiltily. There had been no bears in Lookout Mountain for so many years, so he didn't think about it.

When Wu Lei saw his father being scolded by his father, he grinned secretly. When Wu Dalei saw this, he glared at him fiercely.

Finally, Master Wu ordered the two men to carry the bear's body down the mountain.

After walking all this way, the two of them were so tired that they couldn't say a word.

When they got to the foot of the mountain, Master Wu dealt with the bear himself. He not only gave the bear gall to Gu Sinian and Mingdai, but also gave them two bear paws.

With the remaining bear meat, Mr. Wu personally cooked a bear meat hotpot New Year's Eve dinner for everyone.

I originally thought that bear meat would have a fishy smell, but I didn't expect that the bear meat hotpot made by Mr. Wu not only had no strange smell, but also tasted very delicious. After a bowl of soup, my whole body felt warm.

Sure enough, a bandit leader who doesn’t want to be a chef is not a good captain!

Mingdai immediately asked how to cook bear paws. Old Master Wu taught her a few words. He was surprised to find that Mingdai was quite knowledgeable about food and very smart. He immediately treated Mingdai as an old friend.

There was no other way. There were so many children in the family, but not one had a talent for cooking, so he had no one to teach him the skills.

Just like this, one was willing to learn and the other was willing to teach. During the few days at Lookout Mountain, the Wu and Bai families' tables were filled with delicious food every meal.

Gu Sinian silently loosened his belt, which was quite tight, and reminded Mingdai that it was time for them to leave.

Only then did Mingdai say goodbye to Mr. Wu with a lingering regret.

When Old Master Wu heard that Mingdai was leaving, he was very reluctant to let her go. Not only did he give Mingdai the recipes he had collected for many years, he also prepared a box of spices for Mingdai, all of which are not available nowadays.

Mingdai was so moved that she returned the favor by taking a family photo for the Wu family on the last day, and was waiting to have it developed and mailed to them when she got back.

When he left, in addition to the spices given by Master Wu, Wu Zaza also took the ox horns that he had promised to Mingdai.

Looking at a complete ox horn, Ming Dai rubbed her hands excitedly: "How about I only want half, and you keep the other one?"

Mr. Wu waved his hand, indicating that it was not necessary, as he had another one at home!

Arrogant!

What is arrogant?!

This is arrogant! !

Mingdai plans to go back and make some ginseng honey slices to give to her best friend!

In order to express his gratitude to Gu Sinian for saving his life, Wu Dalei directly carried half a pig and put it on the sled.

Together with some things given by my uncle and Wu Zaizai, the sled was stuffed full and the big wolves almost couldn't pull it!

Because the load was too heavy, Big Wolf took the lead in striking, and no matter how Gu Sinian tried to scare him, it was useless.

Finally, Gu Sinian chopped some pig bones and hung them in front of them with a rope. The wolves were lured by the pig bones and finally managed to pull the rope.

Mingdai found it funny to see the four stupid wolves with only bones in their eyes and not paying any attention to the road.

Sure enough, in front of the gluttonous wolf, nothing is more attractive than meat and bones!