RBCT Chapter 73 Learning a Foreign Language
Chapter 73 Learning a Foreign Language
Chen Tuo saw Sun Changkui's frustration as a good thing.
Whether you start by talking about his hunting and fishing or about the ecology of the mountains, it's not necessarily a bad thing for wolves to come into the mountains.
The presence of large wolf packs in the mountains became one of the writing materials for "Blood Wolf Dog".
Protecting the flora and fauna in the mountains does not align with current values.
Then what about Zhang Taibao, the dog king of Songling, who drives away dogs and wolves?
With this direction in mind, Chen Tuo immediately modified the framework of the Blood Wolfhound.
This change will also better lead into the next installment, "Blood Wolf Plains".
In Bloodhound, a pack of wolves rises up in the mountains.
In the Blood Wolf Plains, the wolf pack suffered a crushing defeat on the Bloodstained Ice Plains.
The wolf totem remains the same, but without the wolves, the animal communities are out of balance, and the ecosystem is in trouble...
Chen Tuo, who was modifying the Blood Wolfhound frame, was interrupted by a series of hissing and laughing sounds.
Even Zhang Taibao, who was still working in the back, was slurping and laughing as he ate the spicy stewed bear offal.
For the Sun family's sons, Chen Tuo's two handfuls of chili peppers were a bit excessive.
"Hongye, bring me my notebook, and go to the smoked meat shop to get a few pieces of smoked bear meat. Let them fry some..."
Listening to Chen Tuo ordering Hong Ye around, and watching Hong Ye obediently bring him a notebook, and then go to pick bear meat.
Sun Changkui shook his head. Chen Tuo in front of him looked exactly like the handsome doctor in his family, a young master and a young lady.
When the educated youth first arrived in Songling, they looked just like this.
But after being exposed to the cold and getting tired, most of them became obedient.
In Sun Changkui's view, people like Hu Yuling and Chen Tuo still need more reform efforts.
If you send them to the timber yard to carry timber for two years, they won't have these bad habits anymore.
But it must be said that the handsome doctor with the appearance of a young lady is indeed very popular.
Not only did Sun Changkui obey her every word, but there were also quite a few people in the entire Songling Forest Area keeping an eye on her.
Thinking of this, Sun Changkui grinned. He had never considered those people as a threat, simply because he was still in his prime!
Although the wolf pack has fled into the mountains, it is not difficult to wipe them out once their tracks are found again.
Chen Tuo was jotting down his inspirations with a pen and notebook, while Sun Changkui was also thinking about the handsome doctor at home.
The eldest son of the Sun family took out a handful of small orange-red fruits from his pocket and distributed them to his younger brothers to relieve the spiciness.
"Section Chief Sun, what does your child eat?"
Chen Tuo and Sun Changkui didn't notice the actions of the eldest son of the Sun family, but Hong Ye, who had just picked the smoked bear meat, saw it clearly.
In the mountains, the more brightly colored the fruit, the more poisonous it is.
It is common for young boys to be bitten by snakes or gored by badgers in forest areas.
Food poisoning from overeating is quite common.
"You little brat, what are you putting in your mouth?"
Hong Ye warned him, and Sun Changkui, who knew the dangers of eating wild fruits, raised his hand to hit him, but was blocked by Chen Tuo's notebook.
"The wild apples Qi Ergou gave me..."
If the eldest son of the Sun family was right, that would be fine; but if he was wrong, it immediately stirred up Sun Changkui's pent-up anger.
It's not that mountain fruits are inedible, but rather that the children are too young to recognize all the edible fruits found in the mountains.
Once a child accidentally ingests a poisonous fruit, they often cannot explain themselves, and there is no way to save them.
"Hawthorn berries are red, didn't I tell you? Don't lead your little brothers to eat wild fruits indiscriminately, you little brats who deserve a beating."
After a careful look, Sun Changkui recognized that what his eldest son was holding was a sea buckthorn fruit. He was about to hit it again, but Chen Tuo stopped him once more.
"These are sea buckthorn berries, right? Can I have a few to try?"
After eating a few sea buckthorn berries that were both sour and slightly sweet, Chen Tuo was about to suggest something different, but then he remembered the wolf pack and stopped himself.
"Go, take the second and third brothers, get a piece of bear meat, and exchange it for some for your Uncle Chen. He can't eat anything without some vegetables."
He instructed his eldest son to take his two younger brothers and carry bear meat to Lao Qi's house to exchange for sea buckthorn berries. Sun Changkui also explained the purpose of his visit.
"Xiao Chen, checkpoints have been set up in the town, the area, and on all the roads. It's just you and Master Wu here. We'll see when you leave."
Chen Tuo hesitated to speak just now because he was afraid there were wolves around and it wouldn't be safe for the child to go out.
Sun Changkui sent several of his sons out to exchange for sea buckthorn berries, which refers to Songling's methods for dealing with wolf packs.
There's food in the mountains, so the wolves won't come down easily. There's no need to be overly alarmed.
The most dangerous area now is the horse stables in the mountains. The armed forces and the forestry bureau have already begun distributing equipment.
"Brother-in-law Sun, I know if anyone in our area speaks Russian. Section Chief Xiao delivered a few boxes of books today, mostly in Russian..."
After leaving aside the story of Sun Changkui's setback in hunting wolves, Chen Tuo also mentioned the books that Xiao Kai had given him.
"Then you've come to the right person! Your sister Lingzi studied Russian, and she also speaks Evenki, but she calls it something like Tunguska."
Chen Tuo's eyes lit up when he heard that Hu Yuling also knew Tungusic languages.
While this may not be considered source material, it is definitely one of the most impressive pretentious skills in the literary and artistic circles.
"Brother-in-law Sun, besides Evenki, does Sister Lingzi also speak Daur, Oroqen, and Hezhe?"
"Aren't they all the same thing? Your sister Lingzi is the only doctor in the Forestry Bureau who can perform surgery in the field, no less skilled than a military doctor."
When talking about his wife Hu Yuling's advantages in language and medical care, Sun Changkui's gloomy expression vanished.
The skilled doctors in the forest area are just as good as the experts in the provincial capital's major hospitals.
Moreover, for the hunters in the mountains, Hu Yuling was not just a doctor from the Forestry Bureau.
If it weren't for the prohibition against accepting the hunters' property, their family wouldn't be working themselves to the bone for six rascals.
Whenever Hu Yuling arrived at the hunters' settlements in the mountains, even if she wasn't there to see a doctor, the hunters would kill or hunt deer to treat her.
Sun Changkui wanted to sing his wife's praises again, but the woman in question stood in front of him with an angry expression.
"Old Sun, what brings you here?"
Hu Yuling was angry for a simple reason: Chen Tuo hadn't given her a quota, and it was already excessive for five children to come over.
With another adult feasting and drinking at the educated youth settlement, how will Chen Tuo survive the winter?
"Sis, my brother-in-law came to warn me that a pack of wolves has entered the mountains. Be careful! I've cooked too much bear offal stew; I can't eat it all by myself. I was worried about who would help me!"
As Chen Tuo was explaining, Hong Ye, who was frying bear meat, came out and disrupted things again.
Watching her two little ones grab large chunks of bear meat and keep switching them over because they were burning their hands, Hu Yuling could only sigh in frustration.
Grain storage in the Songling Forest Area is a crucial point that must be addressed at all times.
Sun Changkui, who was in charge of a huge logistics warehouse for the armed forces department, should not have lacked food and drink.
Besides making rounds to check on the mountain, Hu Yuling would also make rounds to check on one or two hunter settlements every month. If she really needed to ask for food, she would never be short of it.
But neither of them wanted to be shy, so they struggled to make ends meet.
"Lingzi, Xiao Chen wants to learn Russian from you!"
Knowing why Hu Yuling was angry, Sun Changkui glanced at Shui Lianzhu, who was leaning against the gatehouse wall. He wanted to let her go, but he was afraid that Chen Tuo might have an accident because of the gun.
After thinking for a while, all he could do was mention learning a foreign language.
"Learn Russian?"
Hu Yuling glanced suspiciously at her husband and Chen Tuo, and then a look of disappointment returned to her face.
She is not only fluent in Russian, but also in English, German, and French.
The Tungusic language Sun Changkui just spoke was merely a form of entertainment for her in the Songling Forest Area to relieve her worries and boredom.
"Yes! Section Chief Xiao from the Forestry Bureau gave me several boxes of books, mostly original Russian works, which I can't understand at all."
After Chen Tuo confirmed it, Hu Yuling suppressed her disappointment, nodded, and said softly:
"Xiao Chen, speaking Russian is easy, but learning it is not. Their alphabet, the printed version is okay, but the handwritten version is unreadable..."