The snow didn't stop until noon the next day. It was almost 20 centimeters thick. After lunch, Xu An was still listless when he was about to go to school. When he reached the door, he looked back and saw Brother Lu and his sister were carrying their things and preparing to go up the mountain.
Seeing him like this, Lu Xiaotang said with a smile, "Study hard, I will take you to the mountain again on Sunday."
After hearing this, Xu An's eyes lit up instantly, and he left happily.
Lu Xiaotang and Xu Ning sent Xiao Mo to the cowshed. They went up the mountain under Xiao Mo's envious eyes. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Lu Xiaotang half squatted down and said to Xu Ning, "Come up, I'll carry you up. The snow is a bit thick and it's not easy to walk."
Xu Ning looked at the person half-squatting on the ground, and suddenly her eyes became moist. In her previous life, because of the influence of her father, she had never been in a relationship from the time she graduated from university to when she started working. She had always been a very independent person. After her grandparents passed away, she had never allowed herself to rely on anyone.
Her aunt loves her very much, but she has her own family after all, with parents-in-law and children. She has grown up and doesn't want to make things difficult for her aunt.
She had never thought about getting married. She just wanted to save money to buy a small house and live a stable life. She didn't expect that she would travel through time and space here. When she had a dream about using the demolition money to buy supplies, she felt that she was a little crazy.
The parents here love their children very much, but they are helpless after all. No matter how much they want to help, they are unable to do so.
She didn't dare show any weakness in front of Xu An and wanted to be his backbone.
But ever since this person appeared in front of her, everything he did made her feel warm and calmed her ever-restless heart.
Seeing that she hadn't moved for a long time, Lu Xiaotang turned around and urged, "Xiao Ning, why don't you come up?"
When he turned around, he saw her looking at him with red eyes. He immediately stood up and said, "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Then we won't go," and then he planned to take her back.
Xu Ning hurriedly pulled him and said, "It's okay, I'm not feeling unwell, Brother Lu, let's go up quickly! You don't have to carry me, I'm used to walking on mountain roads often."
Seeing that she was very persistent, Lu Xiaotang said, "Then I will go ahead and you can follow my footsteps."
After walking for almost half an hour, we passed the place where people were picking up mountain products and chopping firewood. We could see a few pheasants and rabbits occasionally appearing on the snow.
Lu Xiaotang took out the gravel he had picked up at the foot of the mountain from the bag and threw it at the rabbit not far away. He would hit it five or six times out of ten.
Xu Ning looked at the increasing number of hares and pheasants in the backpack, her eyes shining with excitement. She had heard Xu An say how great Brother Lu was before, and she thought Xu An was exaggerating. But now that she saw it with her own eyes, she thought Brother Lu was really handsome.
Seeing how happy she was, Lu Xiaotang asked with a smile, "Are you cold?"
Xu Ning shook his head and said happily, "It's not cold, not cold at all."
Lu Xiaotang helped her wrap the scarf around her again, leaving only her eyes exposed, and said, "If it's not cold, let's go inside and see if we can encounter bigger prey."
The two walked forward for a while, and Lu Xiaotang suddenly stopped. Xu Ning was walking behind him and almost bumped into his back. She raised her head and pulled down the scarf on her face. She followed Lu Xiaotang's gaze and saw two sika deer, one big and one small, not far away.
Lu Xiaotang pulled Xu Ning to a big tree nearby, stepped on the snow on the ground in the leeward side, and asked Xu Ning to stand there. He said, "Stand here and don't move. If there is any danger, climb up the tree."
Then he tied a noose on both ends of a long rope he had brought with him, quietly walked towards the two sika deer, and stopped a few meters away from them.
He threw the noose in his hand towards the big sika deer. The rope slid from the deer's head to its neck in an instant. Lu Xiaotang pulled the rope back hard, and the sika deer fell to the ground in an instant.
The other sika deer saw its companion being attacked and attacked Lu Xiaotang.
Xu Ning was horrified and picked up the hatchet from the backpack and was about to rush over to help. Before she could move, Lu Xiaotang put the noose on the other side of the rope around the neck of the sika deer. Both sika deer fell to the ground. He pulled the rope tight, and both sika deer died without making a sound.
He pulled the rope forward, and the two sika deer left two deep tracks on the snow.
Xu Ning stared blankly as he was pulling two deer towards him with a rope. The big one looked to be over 150 kilograms, and the smaller one was about 120 to 130 kilograms. It only took him a few minutes to catch them with a rope.
Seeing her staring at the two deer in a daze, Lu Xiaotang said with a smile, "Are you frozen? Let's go back."
Xu Ning reacted and said with starry eyes, "Brother Lu, you are so amazing."
Then he took the rope from his hand and said, "I'll pull it. I'm strong."
Lu Xiaotang watched the thin girl in front of him easily pulling two deer weighing nearly 300 kilograms in total on the snow. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately picked up the backpack next to him and walked forward.
He caught up with Xu Ning, took the rope from her hand, and said, "I'll hold it, and you hold the backpack."
Xu Ning said, "Brother Lu, I'm very strong, it's okay."
"You are still young and growing. Even if you are strong, you can't exert so much force. You must work in moderation in the future. You can earn the same work points as ordinary girls.
If you don't have enough food, just buy some. Don't worry about not having enough money. I'm now the deputy battalion commander, and I get over 60 yuan a month, plus allowances for missions, which I'll send to you every month."
Xu Ning lowered his head and walked along the trail left by the two sika deer. Water drops dripped from his face onto the ground.
Lu Xiaotang was still in front and asked, "Do you understand?"
Xu Ning sniffed and said, "Got it, Brother Lu."
When the two of them reached the foot of the mountain, it was still a while before dark, so Xu Ning asked her to wait there for a while, and she went back with the backpack to see if there was anyone there.
Xu Ning went to the cowshed first. Everyone knew that the two had gone up the mountain to hunt. When they saw her coming back alone, they hurriedly asked, "Where's Xiaotang?"
Xu Ning said that Brother Lu was at the foot of the mountain. After hearing this, the others understood. Father Xu and Father Lu hurried to the foot of the mountain.
Father Xu and Father Lu helped pull the two deer to the door of the cowshed, and Lu Xiaotang asked them to go back, not letting them go to Xu Ning.
Lu Xiaotang put the two deer in the kitchen, drained their blood, and began to skin them. Xu Ning boiled water to pluck the pheasants.
When Xu An came back and saw so many preys, he put down his schoolbag and ran over to help.
Two deer, five rabbits, and nine pheasants. It took the three of them more than an hour to clean up the mess.
Xu Ning asked Lu Xiaotang to take the skins of two sika deers and a rabbit to the cowshed and asked Seventh Grandpa to process them. Seventh Grandpa had learned how to process the skins from his adoptive father.
They also chopped off a deer leg and asked him to take it over so that Aunt Xu and Aunt Lu could cook it for them in the evening. They would not send it over.
Lu Xiaotang put the things Xu Ning had packed into a large backpack and planned to send it to the cowshed. Xu Ning then said, "Ask Grandpa Qi again, how do you eat deer antlers and deer blood?"
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