HPDBC Chapter 1758 The Zhao Family Father and Son and the Dog
Chapter 1758 The Zhao Family Father and Son and the Dog
Chapter 1758 The Zhao Family Father and Son and the Dog
The older generation of mountain herders would cut down pine trees nearby when they carried out their clubs in the mountains.
The so-called "cutting the bark" involves cutting off a piece of bark and then leaving traces in the area where the bark was missing, corresponding to the number of people who went into the mountains and the harvest.
So that people can see from the above, such as "three people went up the mountain and carried out one seedling with three leaves and two seedlings with four leaves".
At this moment, the ginseng omen in front of Zhao Jun, with three human-shaped features on the left, must represent the three people releasing the mountain.
The key is the six bars on the right. The bars are similar in length and the spacing is roughly the same, so it should look like a single plant with six leaves.
But this...
Zhao Jun looked around; this ridge was a muddy ridge. Pressing down on the ground, there was black soil for about ten centimeters, and then it all turned into yellow mud.
Yellow clay has fine particles with small gaps. It easily becomes sticky when wet and shrinks and hardens when dry.
In Northeast China, most of the mud used for plastering kang beds and firewalls is yellow mud, and Zhao Jun knows the characteristics of this type of soil very well.
Wild ginseng has exceptionally high requirements for its growing environment. It needs to be located near mountains and water, in a cool and moist place, with fertile and loose soil, mostly humus soil.
Zhao Jun has been a herdsman in the mountains for two lifetimes, and he has never seen wild ginseng from Huangnigang.
Looking at the pine tree stump, Zhao Jun wondered to himself, "Could someone have just randomly chopped this down?"
Just as Zhao Jun was lost in thought, a dog's paw reached out from the side and shoved him in the face.
"Hmm?" Zhao Jun turned his head and saw Black Tiger wagging its tail at him, its dog eyes also watery.
Seeing Zhao Jun looking at him, Black Tiger raised its paw and touched the large piece of brown bear meat in front of Zhao Jun's feet, as if to say: What are you thinking about? Hurry up!
"You son of a bitch..." Zhao Jun glared at Black Tiger. After the battle, of the fifteen hunting dogs in the Zhao family's dog gang, one was dead and thirteen were wounded, but Black Tiger was unharmed.
Zhao Jun cut off a piece of meat and put it next to Black Tiger's mouth. As Black Tiger tilted its head and put it in its mouth, Zhao Jun said, "Stuff it in."
Black Tiger paused, his mouth loosened, and the bear meat fell to the ground. Zhao Jun's use of "sou" meant "to eat," but it was a highly derogatory and offensive term.
"What?" Seeing the bear meat fall from Black Tiger's mouth, Zhao Jun said coldly, "You were watching the show before they went to war, weren't you?"
Black Tiger was intelligent, but it couldn't understand sarcastic remarks. It just felt that Zhao Jun's words were not kind, so its upright tail drooped down.
At this moment, the green tiger, green dragon, and other dogs were all lying to the side. Those whose injuries weren't serious were able to eat some meat. But it was nothing like when they were in good health, so only the black tiger hadn't finished eating yet.
"What are you looking at? Eat up." Zhao Jun picked up the bear meat from the ground, shook off the dry grass and leaves, and casually stuffed it into the black tiger's mouth.
When its owner gave it meat, the black tiger's droopy tail stood up again, and it happily chewed on the bear meat that entered its mouth.
But Black Tiger's happiness lasted only a second before its master laughed, "All you ever think about is food. All you do all day is eat, you eat like a fat thief."
"Fat thief" is a Northeastern dialect term used to describe a very fat person, but it is clearly a derogatory term.
The black tiger, who was eating meat, stopped chewing, glanced at Zhao Jun, and made a "whooshing" sound between its lips and teeth to indicate that it was very angry.
"Ha!" Zhao Jun, feeling depressed, continued to bully Black Tiger, saying, "One of you is worth three before the battle, but I don't know where you were hiding before the battle."
After saying this, Zhao Jun felt something was wrong. He suddenly remembered that when the three brown bears pounced on him, he had seen the black tiger chasing and tearing at them.
Zhao Jun squinted and looked at Black Tiger again, only to see Black Tiger barking at him: "Awooo! Awooo! Awooo!"
"Ouch!" Zhao Jun stood up, grabbed the armor on the black tiger's body, and the black tiger's roar instantly changed: "Awooo..."
Zhao Jun squatted down and hugged Black Tiger, rubbing his chin against the back of Black Tiger's head. The fluffy texture felt nice and made Zhao Jun's depressed mood a little better.
Hugging and nuzzling his owner, Black Tiger squinted and tilted his head back to press against Zhao Jun.
"Sigh!" Suddenly remembering the deceased Old Black, Zhao Jun sighed heavily, then opened his mouth and gently bit Black Tiger's pointed ear.
"Ouch!" Black Tiger cried out in pain, broke free from Zhao Jun's embrace, and leaped out.
"Haha..." Zhao Jun laughed heartily, feeling much better.
"Come on, Tiger, come on!" Zhao Jun picked up the meat that Black Tiger hadn't finished eating and called to Black Tiger, "I'm not going to mess with you anymore, come and eat some meat."
That's why they say nothing is more loyal than a dog. Black Tiger, who had just been bullied by Zhao Jun, forgot the pain of having its ear bitten and ran happily to Zhao Jun to take the meat its master handed it.
Zhao Jun freed his hand and gently stroked the back of Black Tiger's head. At that moment, Black Dragon came over, pushed Black Tiger away, and then rubbed its mouth against Zhao Jun's hand.
At the same time, Qinglong dragged his injured body to Zhao Jun's side, hunching over and curling up at Zhao Jun's feet.
Zhao Jun stroked the green dragon, then the black dragon. For some reason, he suddenly recalled that it was when he was five or six years old, and his family had a dog named Da Sha.
One day, Zhao Jun went out to play and his pants ripped open in the crotch, which made Zhang Laibao laugh at him. Zhao Jun ran home with his legs clamped together and asked Wang Meilan to sew up his pants.
It was summer, and the windows and doors were all open. Also, for those years, the family didn't leash their dogs.
While Zhao Youcai was at work, Zhao Chun was at school, Wang Meilan was sewing trousers in the east room, and Zhao Jun was sitting cross-legged on the kang (heated brick bed) in the east room, Da Sha sneaked into the room and started eating the leftover food from the dish rack. His movements were so sudden that he knocked over the plate containing the food.
Wang Meilan was sewing pants when Zhao Jun said, "I'll go take a look," and then got off the bed with his bare bottom exposed.
When Zhao Jun went to the outer room, he saw that the dish rack door was open and the plates were broken all over the floor. He grabbed a broom and rushed out, chasing Da Sha all over the yard.
Two legs can never catch up with four legs, but Zhao Jun remembers that as long as he stopped, hid the broom behind his back, and said "I won't hit you, I won't hit you," the dog would stop running. Then he would wave his hand, and the dog would come running back.
When the dog got close, Zhao Jun swung a broom and hit it. The dog then ran away, and he chased after it naked. When he couldn't catch it, he used the same trick again to lure the dog back to him...
In the end, no matter how many times Zhao Jun deceived Da Sha, as long as he showed goodwill to Da Sha, the dog would come close to him.
That big dog, capable of single-handedly catching a 170-180 jin (approximately 85 kg) wild boar in the mountains, never bared its teeth at Zhao Jun, no matter how much it was chased, tricked, or beaten.
"Sigh!" Thinking of the dogs that died in battle over the past two years, such as Hua Xiao, Da Qing, Da Huang, and Da Pang, Zhao Jun suddenly sighed, lowered his head, and used his knife to cut off another piece of meat to feed Black Tiger: "Eat up, Tiger, eat your fill."
Black Tiger glanced at Zhao Jun before carefully putting the meat in his mouth.
After Black Tiger had eaten its fill, Zhao Jun carried the sack containing Big Black Tiger on his back, whistled, and led Black Tiger and the other dogs down the mountain.
They didn't care about brown bears or deer anymore. If they had known the battle would turn out like this, Zhao's army wouldn't have come.
After descending the mountain and getting into the car, they settled the dogs and the injured. Xie Chen drove, Liu Hanshan and Gu Yang sat in the passenger seat, and Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, and others took care of the dogs in the trunk.
The car started, and the mountain wind blew into the trunk.
"Brother," Li Baoyu said to Zhao Jun with a worried expression, shielding his eyes from the wind, "This battle has resulted in heavy losses. How am I going to explain this to my uncle when we get home?"
"Oh!" Zhao Jun's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and Zhang Yuanmin and Zhao Jinhui next to him also turned their gazes over.
Everyone knows what kind of temper Zhao Youcai has, and they also know his obsession with developing the Dog Gang.
Now, before the Zhao family's hunting gang could even take off, its wings were broken. Zhang Yuanmin and Li Baoyu both thought it would be strange if Zhao Youcai didn't cause a big scene.
But to everyone's surprise, Wang Qiang said, "What's there to explain? We're not Jingyi'er's people, my brother-in-law can't say anything."
"Uncle." Before Zhao Jun could speak, Li Baoyu said to Wang Qiang, "Erhei is my uncle's eyeball. He let a bear scratch it like that. Is my uncle capable of doing that?"
"Capable." Wang Qiang waved his hand and said, "Don't underestimate my brother-in-law. He's not a petty person."
"Hmm?" Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Li Baoyu and Zhang Yuanmin exchanged glances. Wang Qiang's words didn't sound sarcastic. But in their impression, Zhao Youcai was indeed not very magnanimous.
Seeing that Zhao Jun was also looking at him, Wang Qiang continued, "How dangerous was today's battle? We were almost pinned down by the bear, and the injured dogs were unavoidable, not something anyone wanted to do. When we get back, we'll tell my brother-in-law everything that happened, and he won't say a word."
Hearing Wang Qiang say this, Zhao Jun and his men were skeptical.
At 4:56 p.m., the Jiefang truck drove into Yong'an Village and went to Liu Hanshan's house first.
Gu Yang helped Liu Hanshan out of the car, and Zhao Jun instructed Gu Yang to go and call Han Shang over for Liu Hanshan. Then, the Jiefang truck headed straight for the Zhao family compound.
As soon as the Jiefang truck stopped outside the compound, the dogs left at home, including Hua Niu Niu and Bald Tail, started barking.
The days are long, and it's the busy farming season, so even now, the women's group led by Wang Meilan is still out in the fields and hasn't returned yet.
At this time, several children who had just finished school were being led by Li Tongyun to study in the main house in the east wing. Meanwhile, Zhao Youcai, along with Zhao Weipeng, Xing San, and Grandpa Zhao, were cooking in the field outside the house.
Li Baoyu got out of the back of the truck, opened the gate, and let the Jiefang truck drive into the courtyard, heading straight for the front of the house.
Zhao Youcai, who was cooking in the outer room, looked out the window with a spatula in his hand and said, "Why did they bring the car into the yard?"
"They hit a big bear, didn't they?" Xing San chimed in, and Zhao Youcai's face immediately darkened. He remembered the scene of Zhao Jun leaving him alone in front of the convenience store.
"Big brother." Just then, Zhao Weipeng said to Zhao Youcai, "Put the lid on this pot and let it simmer slowly. Let's go out and take a look."
"I'm not going..." Zhao Youcai had barely uttered these words when he saw Li Baoyu catch a dog being handed down from the trunk of the car.
"Ouch!" Zhao Youcai knew immediately that the dog was injured, so he quickly dropped the spoon and went outside.
As soon as Zhao Youcai stepped outside, he saw Li Baoyu carrying Hualong towards the backyard. Seeing Hualong wrapped in bandages, Zhao Youcai's small eyes widened, and he asked, "Why did you injure the dog like that?"
Li Baoyu didn't dare to say a word, and quickly walked towards the backyard with the dog in his arms.
At this moment, Zhao Jinhui waited outside the car, and Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang handed Xiaohua to him.
"How many dogs are injured?" Zhao Youcai asked again. Zhao Jinhui didn't dare to say a word and went to chase after Li Baoyu while holding Xiaohua.
"Damn it... Erhei!" Seeing Zhao Jun and Wang Qiang hand Erhei from the car to Jie Chen, Zhao Youcai hurriedly stepped forward.
Upon seeing Zhao Youcai, Erhei let out a whimper. Zhao Youcai held Erhei's head in his hands, looked at the bandages on Erhei's body, and asked Xie Chen loudly, "What happened to you?"
"Uncle, don't ask anymore," Jie Chen whispered, "I can't carry you anymore."
Even Xie Chen struggled to carry Erhei, who weighed 115 jin (approximately 67.5 catties).
"Go!" Zhao Youcai snapped irritably, but Xie Chen felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly walked towards the backyard.
Without understanding the situation, Zhao Youcai stepped forward, looked into the back of the carriage, and his small eyes were filled with disbelief.
Although some of the dogs could move, Zhao Youcai could tell at a glance that every single dog in the truck was injured.
"What have you been doing?" Zhao Youcai shouted at Zhao Jun, "Going to kowtow to the big shots?"
"No, Dad..." Zhao Jun was also afraid that Zhao Youcai would get angry. After all, this was his father. No matter how powerful or reborn a son is, he can't hit his father.
"Huh?" Before Zhao Jun could finish speaking, Zhao Youcai asked, "Why is one dog missing?"
Zhao Jun was taken aback by Zhao Youcai's question, while Zhao Youcai's gaze swept over the dogs before he looked up and asked Zhao Jun, "Where's Lao Hei?"
"Brother-in-law!" Wang Qiang hurriedly jumped off the carriage and said to Zhao Youcai, "Old Hei was killed by Xiong Ba."
"What kind of bully is this?" Zhao Youcai shouted, "What kind of bully is messing with my dogs?"
“Three bear tyrants, brother-in-law,” Wang Qiang said. “One big female bear tyrant, leading two big cubs, those cubs are all over 300 pounds.”
"Damn it..." Strangely enough, upon hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhao Youcai's small eyes blinked and then instantly calmed down. He turned his gaze to Zhao Jun and asked, "Is he alright?"
People's subconscious reactions are the most genuine; Zhao Youcai's biggest concern was still his son.
"Dad, no one was hurt," Zhao Jun said. "It's just that Fifteen Dogs killed one, wounded thirteen others, and Hua Long and the others were seriously injured..."
"Alright," Zhao Youcai interrupted Zhao Jun, saying, "Stop talking, hurry up and get the dogs, everyone get to the backyard shed. I... I need to wash my hands, I'm done..."
At this point, Zhao Youcai paused for a moment, then asked Zhao Jun, "Is there anything that needs to be done by removing intestines?"
“The flower dragon needs to be picked.” Zhao Jun replied, and Zhao Youcai said, “I’ll do it, I’ll pick it for you. I’ll go inside and get the scissors or something, and then I’ll disinfect myself.”
After saying that, Zhao Youcai turned around and walked into the house.
Zhao Jun looked at Wang Qiang with surprise. He didn't expect that Zhao Youcai would not lose his temper after the Dog Gang suffered so many casualties.
"See what I said?" Wang Qiang laughed. "My brother-in-law..."
Just as Wang Qiang finished speaking, Zhao Youcai, who had walked to the door, suddenly turned around, took two steps back, glared at Wang Qiang, and asked, "What the hell are you nagging me about now?"
"I...I didn't say anything to you!" Wang Qiang quickly gestured to the side and said, "I said you were good, you can ask my nephew if you don't believe me."
"You son of a bitch!" Zhao Youcai didn't trust Wang Qiang and cursed, "You're the worst kind of bastard. That year you were so cocky, you secretly took my dog up the mountain and shot it right through the head."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun and Zhao Weipeng both looked at Wang Qiang, who quickly walked to Zhao Youcai's side, gently nudged his arm, and said, "Brother-in-law, look at you, this happened so many years ago, why are you bringing it up again?"
Zhao Youcai glared at Wang Qiang, then asked Zhao Jun, "Where's Lao Hei? Buried him?"
“No, Dad.” Zhao Jun pointed to the back of the truck and said, “Liu Hanshan was here today, and I was afraid he wouldn’t tell the truth, so I packed Lao Hei up in a sack and brought him back.”
Upon hearing this, Zhao Youcai walked to the back of the truck, looked at the bulging sack, and sighed, "What a waste, this dog hasn't been with me for more than a few days."
After saying that, Zhao Youcai turned and walked into the house.
(End of this chapter)