When Zhang Peng and Ma Lan returned home, Wang Xiufen quickly asked how the situation was. She learned that the blind date was successful, and the other party's family was also satisfied, and they were also happy from ear to ear. In this way, Zhang Peng was allowed to get along first, and when the opportunity was ripe, the parents of both parties

Just go over and meet and get engaged.

After thanking Malan repeatedly, Wang Xiufen asked Zhang Peng to bring a piece of bear meat to Malan and asked her to take it back and give it to her family to taste. Malan thanked her repeatedly, and then Malan stayed at Zhang Peng's house for a while, then got up and left.

After a while, Zhao Chunming also came to Zhang Peng's house. When he learned that the blind date was successful, he also smiled and congratulated Zhang Peng and asked when he would meet his sister-in-law.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming talked about the mountains for a while, and then Zhang Peng told Zhao Chunming that he would go up the mountain to prepare himself tomorrow. This trip was expected to take a week. He had agreed with his family that he would pack everything he needed to bring. Then

He also asked Zhao Chunming how he was familiar with the gun. He was told that he was almost familiar with it, and only live ammunition practice was left. He promised Zhao Chunming that he would teach him and practice gun practice after Zhao Chunming had finished the underground gun.

After Zhao Chunming heard this, he also excitedly asked when he would be there tomorrow. Zhang Peng thought for a while and said, "Let's leave early tomorrow. This way we can work when we get to the place and finish things early, so we can go hunting early."

Zhao Chunming nodded when he heard this, and stopped chatting. He said hello and went back to prepare. In fact, the things that need to be prepared in the past few days have been almost packed. All he needs to do is check it again.

Early the next morning, Zhang Tiejun and Wang Xiufen got up. Wang Xiufen made breakfast, put the leftovers from last night into a pot, and boiled the water until it was hot. Zhang Tiejun waited for the water to boil and removed it from the pot.

Scoop out some corn noodles and blanch them in boiling water, and add some salt to them. You have to rely on rhubarb and sunspots when going up the mountain. They can provide early warning and tracking, and can solve big problems.

Wait until the corn noodles have cooled down, take them out and cut them in half so that they can eat half full. The hunting dog cannot eat until it is full before going up the mountain, so it will not be excited, and a heavy belly will not be conducive to the hunting dog going up the mountain.<

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After feeding the dog, Zhang Tiejun returned to the house. At this time, Zhang Peng also got up and packed his luggage. After a while, Wang Xiufen had heated up the food, and saw Zhao Chunming opened the door and walked in. Wang Xiufen asked Zhao Chunming to eat something together, and Zhao

Chunming said she came over after eating at home.

, Wang Xiufen gave up, and when Zhang Peng finished eating, Li Cuihua also came over. Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming carried their guns and luggage, picked up shovels and pickaxes, and left home while Wang Xiufen and Li Cuihua shouted for safety.

Heading towards the mountain.

When the two of them arrived near the Immortal Cave that they had previously hoped for, they put down their luggage, tied up rhubarb and sunspots, and sat on the ground. After resting for twenty minutes, Zhang Peng said to Zhao Chunming: "Chunming, let's get started. It's estimated that today

If we can’t dig it out, let’s build a temporary Xianrenzhu so that we can live in it at night.”

Xierenzhu is a traditional residential form of the Oroqen and other ethnic groups in Northeast China. It is a movable residence inherited from their long-term hunting life.

After Zhang Peng selected the construction site, Zhao Chunming took an ax and chopped more than 20 birch poles about 4 to 5 meters long nearby, and then built them into an umbrella-shaped house frame. Zhang Peng then covered them with birch bark.

The surrounding scroll as a slanting pillar, also known as "Tiekesha", is placed between two wooden poles facing east or south, and the roe deer skin brought as a door to the residence is used. At this point, a slanting pillar is completed.

The overall appearance of the Xieren Pillar is conical, with an internal height of more than 3 meters, and a diameter of about 4 meters at the bottom.

To keep out the cold and keep warm.

By the time they finished building the Xieren Pillar, it was already noon. The two of them took out the dry food they had brought, ate something casually, drank some water, and started to prepare to dig the underground tunnel.

The underground cellar evolved from the all-hole type house of the Manchu ancestors. A pit was dug in the ground in the leeward direction, and a shed was built with wood branches and thatch on the pit, leaving a small door facing the sun for entry and exit. From the appearance, it looks like a short

From the inside, half of the shack is lower than the ground, so you can bend down and move around inside.

Choosing a place with leeward direction and facing the sun, they had to dig a deep pit that was five meters long, three meters wide, and about one and a half meters deep, so that two people could live in it, and there would be room for luggage in case winter arrived.

Keep warm when you are cold.

The two got to work in full swing. First, they removed the hay and fallen leaves from the soil. Zhao Chunming used a pickaxe to loosen the soil. It was late autumn and the soil had not yet frozen, so it was relatively easier to dig.

, Zhang Peng took the shovel and dug deeper into the soil. By the time they dug out something, it was already about three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming stopped, feeling that they could not continue. Such a sudden high-intensity work would exhaust their bodies. They returned to Xirenzhu, where they boiled the newly purchased small iron pot with water and waited for the water to boil.

I opened it and took out a large piece of birch bark. Put the corn noodles I brought on top and blanch it in boiling water. This is the dinner of rhubarb and sunspots.

The two of them took out the pickled pork they had brought, cooked it in a pot, and ate it with the dry food they had brought. After eating and drinking, Zhang Peng suggested practicing with guns and fired them in the distance.

A piece of wood, and then asked Zhao Chunming to aim and shoot from a distance. For the first shot, Zhao Chunming loaded the gun. Because he did not understand the recoil of the gun, he raised the muzzle high.

Zhao Chunming's face turned slightly red when he missed the target. Zhang Peng encouraged him and explained the precautions when shooting. Although the subsequent shots did not hit the center, they at least were on the target. Zhang Peng was very happy about this.

Satisfied, Zhao Chunming made rapid progress because he was strong and relatively able to hold the muzzle steady when firing.

Because he was very tired today and bullets were valuable, Zhang Peng asked Zhao Chunming to rest after practicing a few shots. He spread hay and branches on the ground of Xieren Pillar, covered it with sacks, spread a quilt on top, and lay down in his clothes.

It’s time to take a rest.

At dawn the next morning, the two of them got up, heated up the leftover meat from yesterday, took a bite, and continued digging. By noon, the depth, length and width were basically enough for both of them.

After resting for a while, Zhang Peng built an earthen kang in the cellar and waited for people to move in and lay it out.

The animal skins lived on it. There was a stove made of mud and stones at the entrance. A hole was cut out on one side of the wall, and a chimney was built on it. They also used this as their kitchen, saying

It sounds simple, but it only takes another day to make.

On the third day, the underground cellar was completely completed. The underground cellar was made of strong pine beams, covered with a thick layer of branches, and then covered with 20 centimeters of soil, which was strong and warm. The door was covered with tape.

The long nails they brought made a strong wooden door to prevent them from hunting and wild animals sneaking in.

The two of them did not move in that night. Instead, they lit a fire inside, heated the earthen kang, and burned firewood in the stove. They smoked it all night to remove the moisture inside, and then moved in.

As for the Xierenzhu where they lived before, the two of them did not demolish it. If there is no place to put the meat that they brought back, they can put it in it, which can be regarded as a temporary warehouse.

On the first night they moved in, Zhang Peng and Zhao Chunming cooked a big meal together. They cooked pork, shot two chinchillas and roasted them, plus steamed sorghum rice. It was a celebration and a sign of their successful settlement.
Chapter completed!