There is a mountain in her arms

"What's wrong? Is this book still not allowed to see the light of day?"

"You know? That's not the case. With the resumption of the college entrance examination, no one has pursued those sensitive books in the past. Now the country has a lot of work to do and needs all kinds of talents. The country is also trying to find ways to train them vigorously, so naturally it has been more relaxed than before. It's just that overseas relations are still a bit special for the time being, so I'm afraid they won't be relaxed so quickly."

"Don't worry, we don't have any overseas connections. The book was sent to her by her teacher."

"teacher?"

"Well! Now that they have been rehabilitated, I think I can tell it now."

Grandpa Jiang then briefly told the story of Jiang Yichen becoming his apprentice.

"Mr. Qi? It turns out that Mr. Qi is her teacher. Mr. Qi used to be a very good talker. He never suffered any loss in foreign exchanges, but he suffered a loss in his own country."

"you know?"

"Yes! Mr. Qi now lives very close to Yuxuan's grandfather. The country wanted to invite him to come out of retirement, but he refused."

"I'm afraid I'm hurt."

"This decade of catastrophe has chilled the hearts of countless people with lofty ideals. And countless people with lofty ideals have died in vain. This is a loss to the country."

"I don't understand that. As long as we have enough food to eat, we are living a good life."

"Haha! You're right. Uncle, I want Yuxuan to stay at your house for a few days. His mother won't be back until after the New Year, and I'm going to start working tomorrow, so I'm afraid I won't have time to take care of him."

"What's the matter? Don't worry!"

"Okay then, I'll pick him up when his mother comes back."

"You can stay as long as you want!"

"Haha! Even if that's not possible, he still has to go to school!"

"Ha ha……"

Gu Yuxuan and Jiang Yichen got up at about the same time. They warmed up and practiced a few moves against each other.

After breakfast, Gu Yanbang said a few words to Gu Yuxuan and left in a hurry.

Only then did Jiang Yichen realize that he wanted to stay.

Gu Yuxuan mysteriously pulled her into the room and pointed at the foreign book.

"Cheng Cheng, can you teach me French?"

"Why are you learning this?"

"I will join the army in the future, so I want to learn more so that I can refer to the weapons information of other countries."

“What a lofty goal!”

"Then why did you learn these? How many do you know? I heard from dad that you learned them from Mr. Qi."

"Well, I learned four because I was bored."

"Four?"

"Why are you making such a fuss? I've only learned the basics, and I still need to improve."

"Teach me, and see if I have these talents."

"Even if I teach you, you don't have time to learn! It's not like you can learn it in a day or two."

"Then I'll come here to study during the winter and summer vacations. I don't want to go back to the capital."

"Is your family from the capital?"

"Yeah! But we don't stay in the capital often, and I don't like it. Everyone in my family is so weird."

Okay! She understood. I'm afraid it's the intrigue in the big family.

"what ever!"

"Chengcheng, do we want to go up the mountain today?"

"Didn't we just go there yesterday? Besides, the bloody smell in that trap yesterday was so strong that it might have attracted a lot of large animals to come down the mountain. It's not safe."

"Then what do we do?"

"Shall we go fishing in the river right outside our door?"

“Fishing in winter?”

"It's okay, let's give it a try. If we catch any fish, I'll ask my grandma to make fish hot pot for us. If not, we'll just use it as a way to kill time."

"That's okay too!"

Jiang Yichen went to the utility room and found a few narrow-mouthed traps that she had asked her grandfather to make for her last year. She then kneaded some wheat flour bait and mixed the leftover multi-grain rice from yesterday with a spoonful of lard and sesame oil, and kneaded it until it became bait.

Gu Yuxuan looked at her wasting things and suspected that it would be a waste of this configuration if she couldn't catch any fish.

As soon as they went out, they met Jiang Zitao and his two companions who came to look for them, especially Jiang Zixiao, whose eyes were shining.

"Cousin, are you going fishing?"

"Yes!"

"I'm going too. No, I want to go back and get my fish basket."

Jiang Zixiao turned around and ran back, and Jiang Ziqing followed him out of concern.

"Gu Yuxuan, why haven't you gone home yet?"

Jiang Zitao looked at him, somewhat puzzled, for he had seen his father leave in the morning!

"I'm here to stay for a few more days, why are you not welcome?"

"Welcome! How about you give me some pointers sometime?"

"But I want to go fishing now!"

"Together!"

The river in front of the door was not deep, and there was a thin layer of ice on it. Jiang Yicheng broke the thin ice directly, then scattered the bait in the trap, threw it into the river, and then tied a bolt with a line to fix it on the shore.

"It's that simple?"

"I don't know, let's give it a try! I used to fish, but now the temperature is not high, so it's not easy to fish!"

"Now what?"

"Wait!"

"Cousin, here I come!"

Jiang Zixiao came excitedly carrying his fish basket, and Jiang Ziqing followed closely behind.

"There's no fish yet, let's go back and wait! I'll give you some peach cakes to eat!"

"it is good!"

"Cousin, I want one too!"

Jiang Zixiao's eyes lit up, and Jiang Ziqing couldn't help herself either, as she loved eating peach cakes the most.

"Let's go then!"

"Gu Yuxuan, since you are free now, why don't we practice together?"

Jiang Zitao has been practicing for a year. He was embarrassed to pester his cousin every day, so he practiced at home. Now that he finally caught a boy, he naturally stayed with him.

Gu Yuxuan's face was full of black lines!

At noon, Jiang Zitao and other two had lunch at her house. Grandpa Jiang and Grandma Jiang were looking at the table full of children with smiles on their faces.

When Grandma Jiang came over, she saw that the three little ones had already started eating, and her eyes were filled with helplessness. Then she brought over a basket of pickled mustard greens and dried beans.

After dinner, Jiang Ziqing coaxed Jiang Zixiao to go back for a nap, but the little guy refused to sleep in order to wait for the fish, and ended up sleeping with An An at her house.

Jiang Yichen took Jiang Ziqing to read books. She was reading a foreign language book, while Jiang Ziqing was reading a third grade second semester textbook.

Jiang Zitao pestered Gu Yuxuan to practice military boxing, Grandma Jiang was making spring clothes for them, and Grandpa Jiang was sitting in the yard doing bamboo work.

When Jiang Zixiao woke up in the afternoon, he ran out barefoot without even bothering to put on his clothes.

"Cousin, did you catch any fish?"

"Hey, little ancestor, why are you not wearing any clothes or shoes? Go back and put them on quickly, or you'll catch a cold."

Grandma Jiang was so scared that she put down her needlework and pulled him back to the room.

Jiang Ziqing heard the sound, ran over, and angrily slapped him on the butt twice.

"Why are you panicking? You're the only one who's acting like that. Have you forgotten how uncomfortable it was when you were sick last time?"

"Sister, I saved it."

Jiang Zixiao thought of the last time, shrank his neck and shook his head vigorously.

Jiang Yichen felt that the time was about up, so he took a bamboo pole and prepared to go out to set up the trap.

"Cheng Cheng, I'm coming! I'm coming!"

Gu Yuxuan volunteered, and Jiang Yichen gave the task to him and carried the fish basket himself.

Jiang Yichen taught him how to operate it, and Gu Yuxuan quickly picked up six traps.

Everyone stared at the trap with some anticipation, and Jiang Yichen poured the trap into the fish basket.

"There are really fish!"

Gu Yuxuan was a little surprised.

"Why are they all small fish?"

Jiang Zixiao was a little disappointed. He also brought a fish basket, but how could he put so little fish back?

"It's good to have small fish. Big fish are not stupid!"

Jiang Zitao touched his brother's head and comforted him.

Jiang Yichen poured two more traps in a row. The fish basket itself was not big and was half full in a short while.

"I'm afraid this is difficult to pour. Let's take it back and pour it in a wooden basin."

Several people helped to take the things home, and Grandpa Jiang helped them get the wooden basin.

Jiang Yichen emptied the remaining three fish baskets into a large wooden basin.

"So many small fish. Brother, there are stupid fish!"

Jiang Zixiao looked at a silver carp weighing almost two kilograms and danced with excitement.

Grandma Jiang walked over holding An An's hand, and was a little surprised to see so many fish in the basin.

An An was very curious and tried hard to catch the fish, but was stopped by Grandma Jiang.

"There are also river shrimps! I'll fry some small fish and shrimps for you tonight. As for the silver carp, I'll make boiled fish for you tomorrow."

"it is good!"

Everyone applauded.

Seeing that the basin was mostly filled with small fish and shrimp, Grandma Jiang estimated that she would not be able to finish processing them today, so she filled half of Jiang Zixiao's fish basket and asked him to take it home.

Jiang Zixiao was very happy because he finally had fish in his fish basket. He happily went home with his elder brother and sister.

Grandma Jiang invited them to come over for dinner in the evening, and Jiang Zixiao happily responded.

There were many small fish in the wooden basin, all about the length of a finger. Grandpa Jiang picked out the very small fish and released them to let them grow and multiply.

Jiang Yicheng and Gu Yuxuan wanted to help, but the old couple disagreed.

Jiang Yicheng took An An and Gu Yuxuan to practice English conversation. Gu Yuxuan was full of confidence at first, but later he found that Jiang Yicheng's English was also very good.

"Cheng Cheng, you are such a genius!"

"Not really. As long as I want to learn, I will put in more effort."

"Oh! Don't be so discouraging. I used to think I was very smart, but after meeting you, I feel like I'm just an ordinary person."

"We are all ordinary people, but we are good at different areas. You have to discover this yourself."

"You sound old-fashioned, you're not that old!"

"hehe!"

Today's dinner was a little late. While Grandma Jiang was frying fish, Jiang Yichen and Gu Yuxuan stayed in the kitchen to eat.

Jiang Zitao and the other two did not come, probably because they were stopped by their families.

Dinner was white rice, a large pot of fried fish, a plate of fried sausage with dried radish, a plate of cabbage, and chili sauce made with grandma ginger.

Gu Yuxuan was sweating profusely while eating, and he found the food quite appetizing.

The next morning, they ate hand-rolled noodles with the fried fish that they didn't finish last night.

"Chengcheng, let's go up the mountain and take a look today. It's been two nights, and the smell has long gone. Besides, my dad will come to pick me up in two days, and I won't have the chance to go up the mountain."

Gu Yuxuan had been nagging Jiang Yichen since the whole morning, and Jiang Yichen compromised when she saw how pitiful he looked.

"Okay! Take Ah Chu with you. He has a good nose."

"Then let's go!"

Gu Yuxuan couldn't wait to urge her to take the slingshot, put on the small backpack, and put the sickle in it.

After the two of them took Achu up the mountain, Jiang Zitao and his brother and sister-in-law came over but found nothing and went home in disappointment.

Gu Yuxuan became excited again when he reached the mountain, and Jiang Yichen carefully took him to the trap from last time.

They found that the trap was destroyed beyond recognition, with signs of a large animal struggling, and a stupid roe deer had fallen underneath, unable to get up because of a wooden thorn that pierced its body.

Seeing that its body was still shaking slightly, Jiang Yichen felt that it would not be long before it fell.

"How about we take this roe deer home first and then go up the mountain in the afternoon?"

"Ok!"

Gu Yuxuan was afraid that the roe deer was not dead yet, so he knocked it unconscious. He jumped down to get it out, and Jiang Yicheng buried the trap directly with a sickle.

The two men stuffed the roe deer into a backpack, tied it up with dead vines, and even picked up a bundle of branches and tied them on top to cover it up.

Gu Yuxuan carried a backpack weighing nearly forty or fifty kilograms and went down the mountain easily.

Grandpa Jiang didn't expect them to come down so soon, and hurried to help Gu Yuxuan put down the backpack.

Jiang Yichen quickly closed the gate and pulled the wooden bolt.

"Grandpa, there's a roe deer in here!"

Jiang Yicheng whispered in his ear, and Grandpa Jiang was startled.

"Old lady, go and boil some water."

Grandma Jiang put An An down, looked at the roe deer on the ground, and quickly walked into the kitchen.

Jiang Yichen was afraid of scaring An An, so she covered his eyes, carried him to the room, and coaxed him to eat peach cakes.

Gu Yuxuan followed Grandpa Jiang and was not afraid when he saw him skinning people.

Roe deer meat has a strong smell and must be marinated with salt, blanched in water, and then specially processed to remove the smell.

After peeling the skin, Grandpa Jiang washed it several times with hot water, chopped it into several pieces with an axe, and sprinkled a lot of salt on it and rubbed it.

This roe deer weighs thirty kilograms, and after skinning and bleeding it still weighs about twenty kilograms.

Grandma Jiang simply blanched it in one pot. Now that the temperature is low, it can be kept for a few more days and eaten in several meals.

For lunch, we had roe deer meat stewed with potatoes, fried bacon with garlic sprouts and some small green vegetables.

It was the first time that Gu Yuxuan ate roe deer meat. He felt that the taste was very special and he couldn’t stop eating it.

Jiang Yichen advised his grandparents to eat more because roe deer meat is high in protein and can nourish the body.

She ate a few mouthfuls herself, and because she had a keen nose, she could sense a slightly earthy smell.

Grandpa Jiang said she was being pretentious and stopped trying to persuade her to eat, and ate a few more pieces himself.

After dinner, Jiang Zitao brought his brother and sister-in-law over and was very happy to see Gu Yuxuan.

Upon learning that they were going up the mountain in the afternoon and strongly requesting him to go as well, Jiang Ziqing was forced to stay at home to take care of Jiang Zixiao and An An.

Because of the presence of Jiang Zitao, Jiang Yichen chose another relatively safe route up the mountain this time.

The little wolf Achu led the way. He had a sharp nose and led them to look for pheasants and rabbits, and he always caught them accurately.

There were only two slingshots, and Jiang Yicheng ended up being the runner-up. Jiang Zitao was tempted by the sight and snatched her slingshot away.

Neither of them had very good aim, and a pheasant was frightened by them and ran around in the forest, startling the birds in the trees.

Jiang Zitao finally felt the joy of going up the mountain. He used to be the good boy in the family.

I went to school, went home to take care of my younger siblings, or practiced martial arts, and never went up the mountain to play.

The three of them spent the entire afternoon chasing pheasants and rabbits in the woods. The two of them finally improved their accuracy, and of course they returned home with a full load in the evening.

In the evening, Jiang Zitao carried a wild rabbit and two pheasants back home in a backpack, which surprised his family.

Jiang Weitong was a little jealous and pulled his nephew to ask him.

"Why didn't you ask me to come with you when you went up the mountain? I can still protect you!"

"Uncle San, we went to the mountain just to have fun, and your skills are not as good as mine! We don't even know who is protecting whom?"

Jiang Weitong was so angry at his nephew's words that he asked him shamelessly how he got the game.

Jiang Zitao shared his great achievements with some pride, and finally went to his grandfather to ask him to make him a harder slingshot.

Grandma Jiang was originally worried about the safety of their children going up the mountain, but later she felt relieved when she heard that Gu Yuxuan's martial arts were as good as his father's.

Gu Yanbang is able to fight a 400-pound wild boar, so Gu Yuxuan must be no different.

Jiang Yicheng's team joined the mountain with another person, Jiang Weitong, who followed them to learn hunting. Jiang Yicheng was reduced to a person carrying a backpack and could no longer use a slingshot.