Free Web NovelChapter 1056: Chapter 929: Climbing the Mountain, Feeling Wronged
In the height of summer, at four in the morning the sky was already bright, and the Daqing Mountain, shrouded in the misty light of dawn, gradually revealed its true face.
After passing the mountain path and reaching the halfway point, the number of weeds and mosquitoes increased, and danger was everywhere. Zhang Guoqing saw the two little sons’ faces full of excitement and knew this wasn’t good.
Though the old forest had many trees, it also had a lot of wild fruits. Especially after walking further, apart from the mountain stream, there were big trees everywhere and clusters of blooming wildflowers, the scenery was truly breathtaking.
But wanting to hunt in the Dashan, truly isn’t romantic, and indeed is very dangerous.
In recent years he hadn’t returned to his hometown, nor had he gone up Daqing Mountain, but he also knew that as the older generation of hunters aged, and there was enough grain at the foot of the mountain, nowadays Daqing Mountain was not the same as a few years ago.
Are there many wild animals in the deep mountain old forest?
Of course, there are many!
In the Dashan, there are muntjacs, roe deer, wild rabbits, grouse, many indeed! But also in the Dashan, there are earth wolves, tigers, leopards, black bears, wild boars, poisonous hornets, and wild chicken neck snakes. These things aren’t to be trifled with, encountering them will mean bloodshed and claiming lives!
On the mountain, one need not fear having the best and most real instructional materials. Zhang Guoqing first checked the long sleeves and trousers of his sons, then re-examined the insect repellent powder they were carrying.
Afterward, he tied up his two little sons front and back, took a machete to open the way, "Ping’an, look after your mom, Liu Yiwu, May 1st, don’t throw stones around."
"Okay, dad, I want to pick flowers for mom to wear." May 1st at this time never forgot to sweeten things up.
Yet some just love this sort of thing, "Good son, play again on the way home." This must say they are indeed a magical father and son.
On the way up the mountain, Zhang Guoqing wasn’t seeking efficiency, but started explaining each place along the way. These scenes made Ping’an feel both familiar and cozy.
He once grew up listening to these on his father’s lap.
The closer to the wooden nest, the wild chickens in the forest flying, the squirrels on the trees hopping, the roe deer rushing on the ground were often seen. Daqing Mountain had been recuperating for years, yet had to meet this family of "bandits."
There’s luck that no one can envy. As soon as Fuwa arrived, it seemed that even good fortune followed Zhang Guoqing, upon reaching the wooden nest, they saw a group of silly wild deer frolicking by the pond.
If it weren’t for Zhang Guoqing being intimately familiar with every grass and tree, animal habits in Daqing Mountain, he would have suspected he was mistaken and had gone the wrong way.
He didn’t wait to express his amazement, the "attachments" hanging on him were already shooting stones with a "swoosh swoosh," but naturally, the result was nothing, the little fellows were too impatient, and too far away.
On the other hand, Ping’an, he steadily drew his bow and arrow, hitting two running heads in succession.
"Wow... Brother, you’re amazing!"
With his two younger brothers staring at him with starry-eyed admiration, exaggeratingly waving his arms to make him smile happily, Ping’an, revealed a pair of dimples and feigned indifference, "It’s just ordinary."
"Brother, I want to learn."
"Yes, brother, teach us."
Zhang Guoqing, who was watching and eating melon and faced teasing glances from his wife, helplessly smiled. His son was not inferior to him, but isn’t that also thanks to his own efforts!
"Fool! Brother learned from Dad, why not ask Dad?" Ping’an somewhat hated iron for not becoming steel, how could his younger brothers be ignorant, not understanding eye signals?
May 1st immediately hugged Zhang Guoqing’s neck, not forgetting to glance at the small cloth bag with little stones in his hand, and giving him a big kiss on the cheek, "Dad, I love you the most, you have to teach me everything."
From behind, Liu Yi did not forget to nod repeatedly, "Yes, Dad is the best."
Being the backdrop, Zhou Jiao speechlessly watched her three sons exchanging glances, playing around with their words, then looked at the silly man continuously grinning, she really wanted to say she didn’t know them.
"Wife, you stay here and prepare with the sons. Ping’an, you protect Mom, don’t kill those two deer yet, wait for me to bring your brothers back down the mountain first."
Ping’an knowingly nodded, "Dad, be careful and come back soon."
After Zhang Guoqing left carrying his two sons, this lad still knew to drag it to the wooden nest, pull out the bow and arrow, pull some grass to cover the bleeding spot, then go out and keep a lookout.
"Baby, no need to trouble yourself so much."
"Mom, better safe than sorry. While the brothers are not here, I’ll take you fishing, let’s catch more to bring back for grandpa and grandma to enjoy."
"..." Looking at the little guy cautiously examining around, Zhou Jiao felt both proud and helpless, the children growing up aren’t really fun.
"Not going with your dad, will you feel a bit uncomfortable?"
Ping’an smiled and shook his head, "No rush, let the younger brothers get familiar first. Mom, I’ll help you collect more things to hide, management is tighter now, game hunted and brought down the mountain all has to be handed over."
The mother and son holding hands walked toward the pond, Ping’an said: "Do you know why the brothers said their cousins are selfish yesterday?"
"Oh, tell me."
"Just after grandpa took us on a mountain trip to collect herbs, you know how lucky the brothers are, in the mountain gorge halfway up, they found a small wild ginseng, not big, just twenty years old. But that day a few cousins insisted on splitting it evenly, at that time we three brothers couldn’t say anything."
"Another time, that was in the county, we were playing near the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Yi and May 1st found money, wrapped in oil paper, over fifty dollars and some miscellaneous tickets.
We three brothers seeing the outside handkerchief was old, thought we’d wait for someone to come looking for lost money. Waited and waited, they left Brother Stone, others said they had to leave first. freewebnovёl.ƈom
You must know I was only ten, the brothers were only five, Brother Stone also only a teenager, what if someone came deliberately impersonating and trying to rob us?
Zhou Jiao didn’t mention that no one would really dare to rob their things in the county, not because she didn’t want to defend the nephews, but because her Ping’an was also right, she naturally favored her own children.
"I thought, different after all who are blood brothers. If it’s Liu Yi, May 1st, no matter how big or capable, I’ll keep them company first, what if something happens, you say right?"
"Later, when there was no one, Liu Yi told me Aunt was smiling, but actually didn’t care much for him. She kept telling him and May 1st to learn from her sons in the future. Hmph, really a joke! No matter how capable her sons were, without grandfather and father’s influence, how could they get a good job?
May 1st also said Auntie mixed milk powder for little cousin, but never thought to give him and Liu Yi a cup too. But if I’m there, she wouldn’t act like this, does she think they’re small and don’t understand?
He remembered before Lunar New Year you and Dad sent two bags of milk powder to their home. We’re not greedy for that petty benefit, just feel it’s meaningless."
Zhou Jiao sighed lightly, stopped walking, hugged her son, really didn’t expect these details to hurt the children, it really wronged them.
"Baby, everything can’t be forced. Our family all live away, coming back home will be even less, maintaining appearances on the surface is enough."
"Hmm, I also told my brothers that. Don’t offend people, don’t favor people, just be filial to grandparents, for the others, if they’re good to us, we’ll remember, if not, then keep distance in the future."
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