On the weekend, I drank tea with my third uncle and chatted about recent hearsay and trivia. Although the third uncle has retired, he knows international events very well, and sees reports that us deputy secretary of state Harris recently visited Singapore, and Singapore immediately provided a tanker for the United States to use. I joked that "these places are quite loyal, and beauty is not required." The third uncle pondered for a while and said, "The wolf is coming, you don't lose a bone, it will eat people"!
Shouting, this conclusion is in one sentence, but it sounds like it has some deep meaning, reminiscent of the third uncle's rich experience of knowing the youth, there should be some stories here. So I urged him to talk about his experience. The third uncle picked up the teacup and took a sip without putting it down, his eyes were deep, as if he was recalling the old times in the past.
Loess plateau
At the age of 16, the third uncle went to the countryside to the western mountains to work as a young man in a remote mountain village, where the environment was harsh and life was generally relatively poor. The third uncle was not good at running crops, so he was arranged in the breeding room, raising cattle and herding sheep with a kind local uncle.
These things are what the third uncle is willing to do, he likes animals, there is a big dog in the breeding room, physically strong, on weekdays with the third uncle to graze, at night will take on the responsibility of nursing home, the third uncle named it black tiger. After more than half a year of getting along, the relationship between Black Tiger and him is very harmonious, almost inseparable.
The winter of the third uncle going to the countryside, the first Spring Festival is coming soon, the third uncle has long prepared the items to go home to visit his relatives, in fact, there is nothing special, mainly some frozen lamb, which is the meat distributed to him by the team, he plans to take the New Year to take home to share.
Rural farmers
On the day he returned home, after eating breakfast, the third uncle prepared a nest head and a few pieces of cooked meat bones as dry food, ready to embark on the way home. The uncle of the breeding room told him that he must take the main road, and that there are many people going to the town to catch the market at this time, and it is safe to take the road.
The third uncle promised on his lips, but in his heart he planned to take the path outside the village, this path is a canyon, washed by the flood for many years, forming a valley leading to the Bitter River, on the western Loess Plateau, such large and small canyons are very common, viewed from a high place, like the roots of large trees scattered in the mountains of the Loess Plateau, they converge from all directions into large and small rivers or streams. During the rainy season, these gorges wash the flood of the mountains mixed with countless mud into the river, and the once small stream level soars, roars into the Yellow River, and then flows eastward.
Ravines and gorges on the Loess Plateau
These dangerous gorges, which in the rainy season become a series of convenient roads, connecting the river valleys straight, and the plains on both sides of the valleys are full of villages and have new and convenient asphalt roads. The main road in the mountains is winding and winding, and it takes a day to reach it, while it takes only half a day to reach it if you cut a short path and walk through the canyon.
The third uncle who was eager to go home, carrying his bag and going straight to the canyon, this road he followed the breeding room uncle several times, still familiar, soon down the hillside to the bottom of the valley, the valley bottom is relatively flat, there is no water in the valley during the dry season, the soft loess is scattered with the footprints of large and small animals, which is left by the animals in the mountains to drink water.
The third uncle hummed a little song and walked back happily, less than two hours to walk a small and a half distance, he felt a little hungry, found a big stone to sit on it to rest, as the saying goes, the half-big boy eats poor laozi, he quickly ate a large piece of cooked meat and dry food, the bones are not willing to throw, planning to go home and boil a hot drink. People today may not understand that at that time, materials were scarce, and meat was very precious, and it was often only eaten during the New Year's Festival.
wolf
When uncle three was about to get up, he suddenly found a sheep skeleton in the nearby grass, and the bones that had no flesh were covered with tooth marks, it was a wolf! The third uncle suddenly woke up, there are wolves in the mountains! He had often heard the teacher talk about it, but he had never seen it, and at this moment this sheep bone was the masterpiece of the wolf.
The third uncle was shocked and a little afraid, but at this time he had already walked half a distance, he gritted his teeth and sped up his pace, and trotted all the way to the outside of the canyon. Although the canyon is roughly straight, the canyon is winding and winding, there are many winding roads, and boulders and caves washed out by floods are often visible. According to the experience of the third uncle, walking through a big bend in front of him is not far from the river. His heart relaxed slightly, and his feet slowed down, at this time the tension was somewhat released, and his legs felt sore.
When he slowly turned the bend, he suddenly felt the sound of stones rolling down nearby, he looked up, and suddenly his scalp was numb, his mind was blank, two big gray wolves were standing on the stones not far away, they seemed to be resting, when they saw the third uncle coming, they also stood up nervously, staring motionlessly behind the third uncle, when they were sure that there was no one behind the third uncle, they began to approach the third uncle.
Wolves and dogs
At this time, the third uncle was already stunned, he wanted to turn around and run away, but he could not move his feet, watching the two wolves getting closer and closer, the third uncle calmed down a little, he groped for the bones in the backpack, threw out a leftover bone, the two wolves stopped and nibbled for a while, but this bit of meat slag was obviously not enough, the third uncle had to throw out the cooked food and dry food he was carrying.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the two wolves to grab the bones, the third uncle plucked up the courage to slowly go around and escape, but when he went around, a wolf looked up and sniffed violently, it smelled the smell of frozen meat, it followed again, the third uncle plucked up the courage, roared, picked up the stone and threw it, the two wolves were startled and jumped away, but the attraction of the frozen meat was too great, and they surrounded the third uncle in a mountain pass, and they faced each other like this.
The wolves kept approaching, and the third uncle had to take the frozen meat from his backpack and throw it to them piece by piece, and soon, the meat bones brought by the third uncle were thrown away, but for the two wolves, these were simply not enough to eat. After they finished eating, they still stared at the third uncle, approaching step by step, the third uncle thought to himself, this is over, he did not have time to regret not listening to the teacher's words, his mind became blank again because of nervousness, he shouted, hit the wolf, while mechanically shaking the empty backpack.
Looking at the wolf getting closer and closer, the saliva flowing from the corner of the wolf's mouth was clearly visible, and the third uncle was a little desperate. Suddenly, a series of abrupt and piercing metal impact sounds were heard, and then a huge dog bark came from the canyon at great speed, a black shadow came straight over, the teeth of the dog were staggered, and the wolf barked, it was a black tiger! The third uncle was so excited that his tears were about to fall, and at this moment he felt that the barking of the dog and the harsh metal impact were as beautiful as the sound of nature. After a while, the uncle of the breeding room also rushed over, and the two wolves fled along the canyon, and the uncle shouted at the black tiger who wanted to pursue.
Black Tiger and Wolf
The third uncle was already paralyzed on the ground, the black tiger licked his cheek, that day, the third uncle did not come home, he was carried back to the village by the uncle of the breeding room, he was overly sick because of fright, and also spent his first year in the local area.
Later, the third uncle heard that it was the black tiger who found him cutting a short path to walk through the canyon, and then bit the clothes of the uncle of the breeding room with his mouth and dragged it out, so there was a follow-up scene.