Chapter 173 Picking Up

Han Youran gave the two female comrades scarves that she had knitted herself, and gave Tang Mingli a pair of gloves.

Jiang Xiurong knitted a hat for each of them, filling it with rabbit fur to make it extra warm. She prepared a set of woolen clothes and a hand-sewn leather jacket for Tang Mingli.

Tang Mingli gave Jiang Xiurong a 鴛鴛彈, gave Han Youran a peace locket, and Xia Zhizhi received a warm jade with a pattern of good fortune, longevity and prosperity.

He would accept the coins when people brought them to the black market to exchange them because the price was right.

Xia Zhizhi...

She is not prepared for anything.

Who knew these people would do such a thing?

But you definitely can’t say that.

Xia Zhizhi held the gift with a look of joy: "You guys also prepared gifts for me, I like them all!"

She climbed to the edge of the box and instructed everyone: "Turn around and don't peek!"

The three of them turned around with a smile on their faces.

She pretended to open the box and took out a thick pile of clothes. Then she stood up and unfolded one to show off: "Ding ding ding ding! Look, what is this."

65 Standard Army Green Sheepskin Coat

It is not a regular uniform, but a combat uniform. It does not carry any military rank insignia. Border soldiers wear this when patrolling in winter. It is very warm.

Xia Zhizhi gave Jiang Xiurong and Han Youran each a military green coat.

As for Tang Mingli, he was given a sheepskin hat that matched his green coat.

A sheepskin coat is even rarer than a military coat.

When unfolded, it can be used as a small quilt.

Seeing that she only took out two pieces, Jiang Xiurong asked: "Did Zhizhi keep one for herself?"

This thing is warm, but it is very heavy, and Xia Zhizhi doesn't like it.

She shook out a mink coat that Ah Ju had made for her from the box and showed it to everyone.

"I wear mink."

After exchanging New Year gifts, it was already late, and several people began to yawn and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Early the next morning, there was a knock on the door of the educated youth site.

The children were riding on their skis, chattering at the gate of the educated youth center, “Xia Zhiqing, Xia Zhiqing, we are here to wish you a happy new year!”

That educated youth Xia was lying on the kang.

Tang Mingli came over, opened the door and let them in.

The children stood at Xia Zhizhi's door, knocking and shouting.

Of course, old greetings like "Congratulations on your prosperity" cannot be used anymore.

"Happy New Year, Xia Zhiqing!"

"I wish Xia Zhiqing can achieve new achievements in the revolution this year!"

"I wish that Xia Zhiqing will meet the great leader this year!"

"Xia Zhiqing saw him last year!"

"See you again then!"

Xia Zhizhi opened the door yawning.

The children did not intend to go into the house.

"Xia Zhiqing, please also wish me to meet the great leader this year!"

"I want to shake hands with Xia Zhiqing!"

"I want one too, I want one too!"

Xia Zhizhi shook hands with them one by one, wished them a chance to meet the great leader soon, and took out two photos of the leader for everyone to see.

In the end, he was generous enough to give everyone a handful of candy.

"Wow!" The children cheered collectively!

“I wish I could have this much candy next year!”

“Wish I have it every year!”

As expected, most people don’t understand what the “revolution” is all about. They just follow suit because everyone else is shouting it, following the crowd psychology.

After wishing Xia Zhizhi a happy new year, the children also wished a happy new year to other members of the educated youth group.

After all, I'm here.

Han Youran and Jiang Xiurong also gave candies to each child.

Just after finishing breakfast, Sagawa arrived.

Tang Mingli was a little surprised and asked him what was the matter.

Sagawa said, "We are planning to go to the mountains to make snow caves in a while. I came to ask if you want to go."

Tang Mingli naturally had to go, and the two discussed the specific time.

Sagawa walked up to Xia Zhizhi, a little shyly, and said to her, "Happy New Year, Xia Zhiqing."

Xia Zhizhi responded perfunctorily: "Happy New Year."

Sagawa took out a package of oil-paper wrapped things from his bag and handed it to her: "This is rice cake and rice sausage from my hometown. Try it and see if it suits your taste."

Xia Zhizhi frowned slightly, then relaxed her brows and took the paper bag: "Okay, thank you."

Sagawa secretly observed her expression, like a young boy in love, and smiled shyly: "My hometown is in Yanbian, and the corn rice wine I brew at home tastes pretty good. I'll bring it to you next time."

Xia Zhizhi nodded indifferently.

Sagawa asked her again: "Where is Comrade Xia from?"

"From Suzhou Province."

"Gangnam is a great place. I've always wanted to visit it, but unfortunately I never had the chance."

"There will always be a chance in the future."

"That's true."

The two chatted for a few words in a nonsensical manner.

Most of the time, it was Sagawa who asked the questions and Xia Zhizhi who answered them.

He would also talk about his own situation: "For example, his hometown is Yanbian, and he belongs to the Korean ethnic group. Many families from his hometown have come here to work and live. His parents both work in a machinery factory."

We didn't talk for long before Sagawa left.

A few days later, Tang Mingli followed them into the mountains.

Men always find it difficult to refuse this kind of activity. After being coaxed by him, Jiang Xiurong nodded and agreed to let him go.

The person who led them into the mountains was an old hunter from the next village. His main purpose was not to hunt wild animals, but to take everyone to "pick up groves".

This mountain range is deep and densely forested, with abundant grass and water, and many wild animals.

There were many people hunting secretly in the mountains, and there were also many wild animals hunting.

Therefore, injured animals are found dead in the forest every day, and there are also many remains of animals that have been eaten.

The beasts would often hide the carcasses of the animals they could not finish eating with weeds, snow or dead branches and leaves, and eat them when they were hungry. These thugs would rob people's granaries based on the traces they saw in the snow.

Take it home, wash it, and stew it in a pot to make a delicious meal of wild game.

It is euphemistically called picking up the leftovers.

In Changbai Mountain, this is also called "picking up the stack".

In this day and age, there is no need to tell everyone that unhygienic conditions lead to germs. Bacteria are far less scary than hunger.

They habitually call the uneaten food of tigers, wolves, foxes, eagles, etc. "tiger stack", "wolf stack", "fox stack", "eagle stack"...

The most favorite thing for the old six is ​​to pick up tigers.

Some tigers like to hunt roe deer, sika deer, red deer, wild boars, etc.

But some tigers just like to dig out bears' dens and eat bears in the winter.

When Master Hu robs a bear den, he crawls into the cave, drags the hibernating bear out of the cave, and takes the opportunity to kill the bear while it is trapped, without any moral principles, just biting it to death.

The tiger will eat the bear's intestines first, and then eat the bear's butt, because there is a lot of meat there, so the tiger will be full after eating all of that.

Tigers do not have the habit of burying their prey with dead branches and leaves like leopards and wolves. After showing off, they simply drop their prey and walk away without even bothering to look back.

Originally these guys were experts at hunting bears, but later they discovered that by following tigers when they were robbing bear dens, they could get the bear carcasses left over by the tigers for free, without having to use any weapons. Bear paws and bear gall were the most valuable.

So they created their own hunting method of "hunting for tigers by squatting on tiger spots".