Chapter 174 Snow Rabbit

Tang Mingli and they went into the mountains for four or five days and then returned.

We were lucky this time. Although we didn't get to the tiger stand, we found an animal trail. When we were chasing roe deer, we unexpectedly saw a half-grown elk with a broken foot that was alone.

Be decisive and strike at its source while it's ill.

Each person was given a pot of deer blood, and everyone drank it while it was hot.

Each person was given about 20 kilograms of elk meat. The antlers were of poor quality at this season and were difficult to sell, so each person was given a piece to take home for themselves.

Including the harvest of two roe deer, Tang Mingli and Sagawa each shared about 30 kilograms of meat.

As for the veteran hunters, they will definitely get more.

There were only six of them, so the number was too small to compare with a large-scale hunt, so this harvest was quite good.

It was unsafe to carry too many prey in the mountains, so they returned home.

Tang Mingli and Sagawa separated from the gunners next door at the foot of the mountain, and then returned to the educated youth point with Sagawa.

Jiang Xiurong stretched his neck every day, looking forward to Tang Mingli's return.

I finally saw someone and trotted over to pick him up.

Tang Mingli was wearing the green sheepskin coat lent to him by Jiang Xiurong, and a green hat of the same style on his head. His face was covered, leaving only a pair of sparkling eyes exposed.

Tang Mingli smiled as he watched Jiang Xiurong run over to him. He quickly reached out to support her: "Be careful, the ground is slippery. Don't fall."

As soon as Jiang Xiurong stood firmly, he let go of her hand.

People these days are more innocent, and most dating partners are considered brave if they can hold hands, hug or kiss each other in a secluded place before marriage.

Sagawa looked at Jiang Xiurong, then at Tang Mingli, and joked, "I really envy you, Tang Zhiqing."

It was cold outside, so Jiang Xiurong asked them to go inside and keep warm.

The slaughtered meat was placed in a basket and had already frozen hard. Tang Mingli hid the meat in a large jar, which served as a natural refrigerator.

He took out the food he was going to eat that night and threw it on the stove to thaw. He then took out a piece of meat weighing more than a pound and gave it to another group of educated youth.

Only then did he enter Xia Zhizhi's little house.

Xia Zhizhi was lying on the kang table, writing and drawing.

Jiang Xiurong said, "You guys sit on the kang and tuck your feet under the mattress to cover them."

There were always people who came to Xia Zhizhi's room to climb on the kang, so she specially put a set of bedding there to cover their feet.

Jiang Xiurong planned to make a cup of brown sugar water for the two of them.

Tang Mingli quickly took it over and said, "I'll do it, you take a rest."

He made two cups of sugar water and invited Sagawa to get on the kang.

Sagawa didn't rush to get on the kang, but took out a rabbit from his basket.

It's a snow rabbit, a species unique to this place. It usually squats like a fluffy ball, but when it stands up it shows its long legs. It has black eyes, and its fur is brown-gray in summer, but turns pure white in winter, just like snow.

The one caught by Sagawa was particularly fat, estimated to be around five kilograms.

He rubbed the rabbit with snow twice, and now the whole rabbit was white and clean and very cute.

Sagawa handed the rabbit to Xia Zhizhi: "Comrade Xia, this is for you."

"Thank you!" Xia Zhizhi reached out and grabbed the rabbit's ears. Looking at the rabbit's two strong hind legs, it would be very painful if it kicked someone. Of course, it should taste very good too.

She instructed Tang Mingli righteously: "Take it down and kill it, and make it spicy, with more chili!"

Seeing that she wanted to kill it and eat it, Sagawa was not surprised. He smiled and seemed to be doting on her: "As long as you like it."

Before Tang Mingli could even sit down, he was pulled off the kang to do work.

Fortunately, she was willing to burn coal, so the house was warm enough. After the two men drank a jar of hot water, they could no longer wear their thick coats.

The two men took off their coats and Tang Mingli prepared to kill the rabbit.

Sagawa rolled up his sleeves seemingly casually, revealing his arms with clear and smooth muscular lines, and went over to help Tang Mingli.

Before the meal, Tang Mingli brought out a pot of soup made from red deer bones and velvet antlers, hoping that Xia Zhizhi would drink it.

If this thing was brought to her by Han Youran or Jiang Xiurong, she would probably have just eaten it with her nose pinched.

Seeing how much she resisted, Tang Mingli explained: "I heard from old hunters that stewing bones with deer antlers can nourish the body."

Xia Zhizhi was still shaking her head wildly.

Tang Mingli looked at Jiang Xiurong beside him, and Jiang Xiurong also shook his head to reject him.

All right.

Tang Mingli had no choice but to pick it up and do it himself.

The meat of roe deer and red deer tastes like beef and is not bad, but the texture of roe deer is more delicate.

Tang Mingli decided to keep the roe deer meat for himself and take the red deer meat to sell.

After dinner, Tang Mingli went to wash the dishes.

Jiang Xiurong and Han Youran went to clean the meat.

Sagawa approached Xia Zhizhi hesitantly, and hesitated for a while to speak.

He wanted to confess to Xia Zhizhi, but he always felt that the way Xia Zhizhi crossed her legs like an old man did not fit the atmosphere of the confession.

But if I don't say it now, I don't know when I can find the right opportunity. I gritted my teeth, looked at Xia Zhizhi with affection, and said, "Xia Zhiqing, you are as pure as the bright moon in the night sky, as dazzling as the sunset glow in the sky, and as gorgeous as the rainbow in the sky."

Xia Zhizhi had eaten her fill and was lying down, but when she heard him say that, she immediately became interested, sat up straight, and looked at him with sparkling eyes: "Anything else?"

Sagawa paused for a moment before he realized what she meant by asking.

I had no choice but to continue to flatter her: "When I was in the mountains, I couldn't help but think of you in my mind, like the fleeting beauty of a flower, or the sunlight reflected by the morning dew. I think even the golden rays of the morning glow are not one-tenth as brilliant and beautiful as you!"

"You're right." Xia Zhizhi nodded, expressing her high agreement with his aesthetic.

Sagawa felt that he had hope, so he flattered others for a while, but it was getting late.

Then he reluctantly carried the frame on his back, said goodbye to them, and prepared to go back. Before he left, he did not forget to instruct Xia Zhizhi: "Take good care of yourself. I will come to see you again when I have time. If you go to the city, you can find me at No. 63 Paoma Street."

Everyone can see Sagawa's feelings for Xia Zhizhi.

Tang Mingli went into the city with him, carrying a backpack.

When he came back, he told Xia Zhizhi, "I went to his home and saw that his family was quite well-off. His parents were quiet and he had a younger brother. Everyone in that area had the surname Zuo and they all migrated from Yanji."

Xia Zhizhi nodded to show that she understood: "Don't worry about it, I will take care of it."

Tang Mingli said no more.

He was not a meddlesome person to begin with. It was only because Xia Zhizhi had helped him a lot before and he wanted to repay her that he was worrying about such unnecessary things.

Zuo Chuan came to the educated youth site twice and brought some Korean delicacies. The second time, Xia Zhizhi confiscated them and said to him, "Comrade Zuo, I don't like these foods. Please don't send me so many bags."

Sagawa's eyes dimmed a little, and then he asked, "Then what do you like?"

“I like small, delicate, shiny things.”

Sagawa's dim eyes lit up again: "I understand!"