wavenovel Chapter 109 Mountain Rules
Chapter 109 Mountain Rules
The sixteen people each drank the venison blood wine and took a piece of fresh venison.
Guan Tianpeng's side has also been dealt with, including the seven wild boars lying in the snow.
Of the seven wild boars, Chen Tuo only managed to kill four; the other three fell down the hillside.
Of course, the wild boar that escaped might have been shot, but now no one dares to chase it into the ditch.
"Grandpa, Grandpa Wu, there are seven pigs in total, three males and four females, all of them are large pigs, and there are also two male deer."
After gutting the pig, Guan Tianpeng didn't rest. He pulled the pig behind the group and started skinning it.
While skinning the deer, he also thought about his recent hunt.
For hunters, allocating the prey after setting out to hunt is a skill in itself.
If you don't score well, the hunters might turn on you with knives and guns...
Therefore, most people will agree on the proportion of prey to be distributed before going into the mountains.
Those who can identify mountains and track tracks should be taken more often, as should those who can produce guns and dogs.
The amount of effort a person puts in has nothing to do with the distribution of prey.
When hunting in the mountains, everyone has their lucky moments and their unlucky moments.
Before going up the mountain, no one mentioned how to distribute the prey; according to the rules, it had to be divided equally.
"Get back to work! Are you trying to impress me?"
Guan Tianpeng was saying this to Wu Laowai, but the one who responded was his own uncle, Guan Dunzi.
We weren't just besieging the area; we were helping the armed forces with a rescue mission up the mountain.
The vehicles, horses, sleds, bullets, tobacco, alcohol, knives, axes, and rope saws were all provided by the armed forces.
According to regulations, even if a tiger is hunted down, it falls to the armed forces department...
"Guan Dunzi, let's get this straight, kid. Each of you get a pig's hind leg. If that's not enough, you get two front legs. We'll talk about it later!"
Guan Dunzi was reasonable, but Wu Laowai knew that the danger came from the wolf pack that had not yet shown itself.
These people were not only the town's militiamen, but also seasoned veterans who had seen it all.
If we don't give them some benefits, I'm afraid these old fogies will just slack off.
"Old Wai, you're really generous! This young man is your apprentice? Why don't you just adopt him as your godson? You can pass on all your possessions to him!"
"Even venison isn't enough to fill your mouth? They're educated youth sent to the countryside, hurry up and eat and drink, then cut down a dozen or twenty trees, otherwise there won't be enough to burn!"
Old Wu was thinking of taking Chen Tuo as his godson to care for him in his old age and see him off in his final days.
But he knew it was impossible. He had tried when the educated youth were still around, but none of them were willing to settle down in Songling.
Those female educated youth were the same; once they ate and drank, they would get out of bed and deny everything.
If there really is someone willing to be with him, how could he not have children?
A joke from someone else made Wu Laowai feel melancholy. He had tried Chen Tuo's deer blood wine and venison, but they were just so-so. He didn't want pork hind leg.
"I don't want the pig's leg, give me the deer hide and antlers! The wild boar hide is mine too!"
His words, however, put Guan Tianpeng, who was tidying up the leather goods, in a dilemma.
Wild boar hide doesn't matter, nor do deer antlers.
Even if we hunt roe deer, we don't care about the roe deer skin or horns.
But deerskin won't do!
Like the iron birch and yellow pineapple trees found in the mountains, this is a type of military material used by the Air Force to make leather jackets.
"What? You two are young, so what? Why don't you two form a hunting team and let us old folks kick you into the ditch?"
First, Guan Tianpeng tried to secretly divide the prey among himself, and then Chen Tuo treated him as the leader, letting him take whatever he wanted.
At this point, Wu Laowai couldn't remain silent any longer; he was one of the militiamen who had gone up the mountain with Sun the Cripple.
Although he and Guan Dunzi were the only two full-time mountain runners, the rest of them also frequently went into the mountains, mainly for hunting.
In Songling, besides forestry engineers and railway soldiers, there are relatives and family members who have come to join them.
The forest farms and mooring stations on the mountain also required a large workforce for logging and mooring, and these people became the residents of the Songling area.
Some of these people are willing to go up the mountain to work, while others are unwilling to go up the mountain to suffer.
Of those who were unwilling to go up the mountain, how many were easy to deal with?
If Chen Tuo and Guan Tianpeng really stirred up the morale of the people, it would be fine if the wolf pack didn't come, but if they did, these people would dare to flee for their lives.
"Uncle Wu, that's not what I meant!"
"What does 'not that' mean?"
It was better for Chen Tuo to speak than for the eldest son of the Guan family to speak. Old Wu winked at him before scolding him:
"Every family has its rules, and every mountain has its regulations. I started this, so I'm in charge! If you dare to cause trouble again, my hunting rifle won't stand in your way!"
Whether it's hunting, encircling, trapping, or running in the mountains, the mountain rules that Wu Laowai talks about are nothing more than rules to avoid conflict and protect one's life.
The distribution of prey is not fair; some fight openly, while others sabotage and trip each other up behind the scenes.
This can easily lead to injuries or fatalities during hunting.
Therefore, the greatest purpose of mountain rules is to enable hunters entering the mountains to live together peacefully.
As for mountain rules such as not beating mother animals, not beating cubs, and not killing all animals, they are much more lenient.
People can't even get enough to eat, who cares about mother animals or cubs?
When the forestry engineer first arrived, if he wanted to eat meat, he would simply fence off a forest and hunt whatever was available.
"Uncle Wu, why don't you tell me about the mountain rules?"
Seeing Wu Laowai's signaling look, Chen Tuo gave him face and gave him the opportunity to perform.
But Chen Tuo's words left Wu Laowai speechless.
What kind of mountain rules or mountain runners' regulations exist?
It's simply a matter of different versions of the story in different places and different versions of the story from different people.
Whether they were hunters in the Xingan Mountains or hunters from the hunting authorities in the Changbai Mountains, they were, in modern terms, tragically exploited victims.
Wu Laowai had only heard scattered stories about the hunting and hunting offices in the Changbai area.
However, during the period before the fall of the Qing Dynasty, the various ethnic groups of hunters in the Xingan Mountains often suffered from famine.
The reason why Bailong's Reindeer Tribe has so many people is because they raise deer, so their food supply is relatively secure.
Around the Xingan Mountains, there are the Evenki who herd reindeer, the Daur who use dogs, the Oroqen who raise both reindeer and horses, and the Hezhe and Xibe who hunt and fish.
According to the older generation, they were all wild men raised in the mountains by the Qing Dynasty.
They're being raised like savages, what kind of rules can they possibly have?
The so-called rules are simply to avoid breaking the law as much as possible.
The Xingan Mountains are a vast, uninhabited area. No one saw it, there was no evidence, so breaking the law was no big deal.
Nowadays, the established rules for mountain management are: no hunting tigers, no hunting elk indiscriminately, no cutting down birch or yellow pine trees, and no starting fires during the fire season.
As for the rules among hunters, they can be summed up in one sentence: you must be able to get things down from the mountain!
Only when something is hit can it be divided, and only then can conflict arise.
There's not a single hair to be seen, they're starving and crying for food, so what's the point of making a fuss?
But when Chen Tuo brought it up, Wu Laowai could only offer a few perfunctory words.
It's simply a matter of sharing the spoils; those who hunt in the mountains should help each other, and avoid doing things that the forestry bureau forbids.
Listening to Wu Laowai's somewhat unconvinced mountain rules, Chen Tuo blinked. Judging from his words, the so-called mountain rules were nothing more than decorations.
Since there were no rules, he had a new idea when he saw the bushes on the hillside.
"Uncle Wu, could we light the campfire on the hillside?"
Chen Tuo's terrible idea left Wu Laowai completely bewildered once again.
After heavy snow closes the mountains in winter, the fire prevention level is lowered, but actively starting a forest fire can easily get you shot...