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?


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