Besides He Chaochao, who was the most seriously injured, and Luo Yonggang, who had an injured right arm, everyone else helped to cut the wolf meat.
Leftover wolf meat is cut into strips, smoked with pine and cypress branches, and then hung in a well-ventilated place to dry. Over time, it becomes dried wolf meat.
Li Jiabao looked listless, and the giant panda Gun Gun also seemed a bit lethargic. It huddled in the den of the black tiger and black leopard, burying its head in its chest, neither eating nor drinking nor moving.
Black Tiger and Black Leopard were chased out by the giant panda, barking frantically at it, but the giant panda ignored them completely. Having no other choice, Black Tiger and Black Leopard approached Bai Yulong, begging for wolf heart and liver.
It took the group two days to completely skin and dismember the seven gray wolves. As for the remaining short-legged wolf, Li Xiangdong thought it was cunning, so he chopped it up and fed it to the dogs.
In the past two days, as the wolf carcass turned into wolf meat, Li Jiabao and the giant panda Gun Gun have both regained their energy and spirits. Li Jiabao's favorite thing to do now is to feed Gun Gun bamboo shoots.
However, Gun Gun doesn't really pay attention to Li Jiabao; it prefers to chase after Li Xiangdong.
When Li Xiangdong changed the dressing on its leg, it behaved extremely docilely.
The county sent a team to exterminate the wolves. Luo Hongkai and the members of the wolf extermination team went out early and returned late every day, venturing into the deep mountains and dense forests, and killing any wolves they saw.
For a time, the mountains and forests within a hundred miles of Liangbo Brigade were very quiet, and even wild boars dared not come out to roam.
After Li Xiangdong and his team used coarse salt and traps to lure and capture more than a thousand wild boars, the other wild boars all stayed in Wild Boar Ridge and dared not come out easily, so the traps became useless.
Li Xiangdong stayed at home for a few days and then thought of the ebony wood under the cliff of Wild Boar Ridge. Although he had managed to bring up more than 200 jin last time, there was still much thicker ebony wood down there!
However, the logs were buried in the silt at the bottom of the pool and were difficult to dig out.
Now that there are no more dangerous large animals in the mountains, Li Xiangdong has given up on digging up submerged wood.
He first went to Kong Dezhu and said that he had found some old, thick pieces of wood at the bottom of the cliff, which were perfect for building houses as roof beams, and he wanted to pay for them.
Kong Dezhu took the cigarette Li Xiangdong offered, lit it, took a puff, and then slowly said, "Why bother with all this trouble? What kind of wood don't we have on this mountain? The wood from the bottom of the cliff is hard to pull up, and it's old and worn out; it won't be sturdy enough to build a house!"
Li Xiangdong shook his head. "I know you're a kind-hearted person, but I just don't want to cause you any trouble. Doesn't the county have a repurchase quota for mature timber? If you give it to me, what will we give back to the county?"
“I looked at the wood below the cliff. Although it wasn’t as good as the wood from the mountain, it was dry enough. To be honest, my family is building a house for me, and that’s why I came to western Sichuan – I also wanted to buy some roof beams.”
Li Xiangdong spoke earnestly, "I will still pay you the price for the timber, but I need you to send a few people to help me transport the timber up from the bottom of the cliff."
Kong Dezhu tried to persuade him for a long time but couldn't, so he had no choice but to agree.
As soon as Li Xiangdong left, Kong Dezhu's wife asked him in bewilderment, "Why would he refuse good timber and insist on using old, aged wood? Is there something wrong with this child's head?"
Kong Dezhu lightly scolded his wife, "I think you've got something wrong with your head!"
Although he didn't know why Li Xiangdong had to go to such lengths to get old wood, he was fine as long as he got paid.
Feeling the twenty yuan deposit that Li Xiangdong had prepaid in his pocket, it was practically free!
After getting approval from the brigade leader, helping Li Xiangdong transport timber became a collective task, and everyone who wanted to earn work points had to do it!
However, Li Xiangdong was a generous man. He prepared several packs of "Panda" brand cigarettes for Luo Yonggang and Bai Yulong in advance, and would give one to whoever was tired from work.
A cigarette after a long day feels like being in heaven.
With many hands making light work, after digging out many small pieces of wood, they actually unearthed a complete ten-meter-long piece of submerged wood from the silt at the bottom of the pool. The wood was straight and round.
Kong Dezhu was finally relieved, as he had finally dug out a piece of wood that could be used as a roof beam!
With so many branches and forks dug out, he was worried that Li Xiangdong would change his mind and ask for the money back!
Li Xiangdong's heart was pounding with excitement, but he managed to keep his composure, maintaining a tense expression to suppress the smile that kept creeping onto his face.
Kong Dezhu stole a couple of glances at him. This kid knew he had acted foolishly, look how tense his little face was!
However, we can't give you a refund, after all, so many people have worked hard for many days!
So, amidst Kong Dezhu's wild thoughts, they spent five days digging out ten mature logs from the cliff and transporting them all to Luo Hongkai's house.
Having been away for almost a month, Li Xiangdong decided to go back first and transport the ebony, wild boar, dried bamboo shoots, and various dried mushrooms back to Huichuan County.
Bai Yulong and Luo Yonggang naturally had to escort the car over.
Bai Yufeng held Luo Yonggang's hand reluctantly, and Luo Yonggang squeezed her small hand, saying, "You're coming with me this time! We can go to the big city to buy some things for the wedding!"
Bai Yufeng shyly agreed.
Following the customs of Huichuan, Liu Jiangsu made a meal of water celery and wolf meat dumplings for her son and grandson as a farewell dinner. Just after they finished eating, she saw the old man Luo Hongkai packing his luggage.
"What are you doing? Are you going to Huichuan too?"
Liu Jiangsu asked in surprise.
Luo Hongkai nodded, "It's not just me going, you have to go too!"
Liu Jiangsu's expression changed. "I don't want to go!"
Luo Hongkai helped her up, "Your illness isn't fully cured yet. I've spoken to Xiang Dong, and he can arrange for you to get a checkup at a major hospital!"
Liu Jiangsu was anxious and slapped his hand, "You old fool! Xiangdong is so young, and you still have to worry about so many things every day. You're just adding to his troubles. You really are something else!"
Li Xiangdong lifted the curtain and walked in. "Grandma, aren't you treating your own grandson like an outsider by saying that? Don't you want to live to be a hundred years old, watch my uncle get married and have children, and watch me get married and give you a great-grandson?"
Li Xiangdong's one sentence is worth ten thousand sentences from Luo Hongkai.
Liu Jiangsu's eyes were filled with tears, her hands trembled, and she kept saying, "Good, good, I'll watch you all get married and have children!"
Having lived to this age, Liu Jiangsu has experienced all sorts of joys and sorrows. His only remaining obsession now is to see his children and grandchildren get married and start their own families.
After the family packed their luggage, Li Xiangdong looked at the big, chubby boy sitting across from him eating bamboo shoots and felt troubled.
A few days ago, its foot injury healed, and it can run and jump again. Now, there are no traces of wolves and wild boars in the mountains, and the big glutton can live safely in the forest again.
Unfortunately, the big hamster seemed to have taken a liking to Li Xiangdong. No matter how many times he sent it back, it would run back on its own.
In the end, having no other choice, I left a bunch of bamboo shoots in front of the door, put a large basin of water in it, and asked my neighbor to look after them.
So, early in the morning of the ninth day of the fifth lunar month, the group hurriedly went down the mountain and left, leaving only the sleeping Big Rolling Panda and Black Tiger and Black Leopard to guard the house.
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