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Chapter 199: Marksmanship leads to a group of roe deer

At this moment, Xu Pao and the others had already rushed down the mountain on their snowboards and caught up with the dog gang that was rushing forward. When the black wolf and the green wolf saw the three of them, they followed behind them and jumped with all their strength.

However, because the snow crust was too thick, it was far less fast than on flat ground. However, it aroused the confidence of the dog gang, and they only showed their strength, grinning like dogs, and jumped three or four meters in a few leaps.

Xu Pao, who was following behind, grinned twice. He was happy from the bottom of his heart. He had been holding it in for three months and finally got a chance to vent it. At first, listening to Xu Ning hunting pig shell black blind man, he felt very anxious in his heart. Yes, after all, he doesn't want to obey his old age. Now that he has left Xu Ning and these three young people far behind, he feels really comfortable.

The dog gang stopped barking, and they moved forward for nearly a hundred meters, running along the ridge on the edge of the mountain towards the south.

Chang Danian said: "Old Xu, I won't see the animals soon."

"Well, let's fire the gun together and let the dog chase me away. I finally made it to the mountain. How can I have fun?"

"Haha, that's it!"

Xu He heard the conversation between the two from behind, but did not stop him. Instead, he said with a smile: "Dad, Uncle Chang, you two just have fun, and I will help you when the time comes."

Xu Pao turned around and felt a little surprised, but he said, "I'll use you as my striker. Er Ning will come over later and you can join him."

The roads in this mountain are very dangerous. Unlike the ski trails of later generations, which are all flat and smooth, this is backcountry skiing. The snow crust is sparse, and there are many shrubs, branches and trees.

After Xu He said this, Xu Ning and the others stopped next to him.

Xu He smiled bitterly to himself. Ever since he finished chatting with Xu Ning, he had been remembering Xu Ning's instructions and followed Xu Pao's words to praise him one after another. However, the old man didn't answer at all, which made him a little embarrassed.

Xu Ning saw him slipping twice and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll slow down after just learning. Where's my brother?"

Xu Ning waved his hand, "Then let's go quickly. There is a depression down there. Let's go around it. You two, be careful not to fall into it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fuqiang swooped down from the mountain. He saw Xu Ning and laughed and said, "Brother! Nothing happened, I feel so good!"

"brother!"

If you go too fast and don't know how to slow down and turn, if you don't pay attention, you will hit a tree, or trip over branches and shrubs. It's easy to say that your arms and legs will be broken if you fall hard, but you are afraid of hitting your head on a tree or stone. , that’s enough.

Chang Danian and Xu Pao passed by the old sow that fell to the ground while skiing on the snow. They only glanced at it and followed the dog's trail to the old forest to the south.

Since the old sow was hit head-on, she huddled in the snow shell and became motionless on the spot. The big planer egg was shot in the neck. It arched to the right and went straight down the slope to the old forest to the south. Four yellow-haired boys followed behind, kicking down.

"Isn't this normal? My father calls me a little loser every day."

He waited there for three or two minutes. Wang Hu took the lead and slid down the slope. Seeing him standing there, he hurriedly moved the pedal left and right to slow down.

Wang Hu took off the pedal and walked to the old sow to take a look, raised his head and asked, "Second brother, would you like to disembowel the pig?"

"Oh, fuck me!"

"Brother Qiang is at the back. We fell twice just now."

Xu Pao was a little surprised, because he was the one who fired the gun that shot the big egg, "I haven't played with a gun in the past three months, so my hands are a little raw, huh?"

Xu Pao frowned and waved his hand: "Don't be stupid, who is so cowardly and annoying."

"That's it."

Li and Wang followed behind him, skating very smoothly. Wang Hu was a quick learner, but his marksmanship was a bit weak, but now he is good at it, and he can hit from thirty to forty meters away, while Li Fuqiang has a strong He is very energetic, so he learns to play pedals quickly.

Behind, in the middle of the slope about more than 300 meters away, Xu Ning was standing next to an old poplar tree, holding the trunk of the tree with one hand, turning his head and looking back. He was really not worried about Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu.

Xu Ning turned around and said, "Let's skate slowly and let these two old men have fun."

"Got it."

After following Xu Pao's and the other three's skiing tracks southward for about two miles, the three of them heard two gunshots.

Xu He nodded: "Hey, you go over first, I'll wait here for a while."

Chang Danian laughed and said, "Isn't this normal? What should we say?"

"Open it, you guys clean it up first, I'll go check on the two uncles. Brother He, you can leave it alone."

"What can I say? The dog gang has all been chased away. He, just wait here. Er Ning, I'll go down with your Uncle Chang and take a look."

"Second brother! Why wait here?"

This was because he strongly opposed everything Xu Pao did before. If he wanted to change Xu Pao's view of him, he would have to work hard.

Xu He smiled and said, there was nothing unhappy in his heart. After all, he was almost four years old and it was a blessing to be scolded by his father.

"Okay!" Xu He grinned.

"Hey, Dad, that gun you just shot was straight, don't be too bad."

"Yeah, they fired two shots and hit the old sow, so what if? My dad fired one shot and hit the big egg hunter, but he didn't kill it directly. He led the dog gang down the mountain to chase it away. went."

"Brother He! Are you ready?"

Before the dog gang pounced on them, Xu Pao and Chang Danian fired their guns fifty meters away. They hit the old sow and the big egg hunter first, causing the four yellow-haired pigs to run around in shock.

Immediately, Xu Ning put his feet together and leaned forward, and the pedals went down the slope. He deliberately bypassed a depression because the snow here was up to a person's waist, and the snow surface was relatively flat, even with the pedals on. It’s also easy to sink.

Xu He, on the other hand, stood still and took off his skis first, then took out the cigarette case from his pocket and lit a cigarette. After finishing the cigarette, he saw Xu Ning and the others sliding over slowly.

"Jiang is still very old. Sanyue has not played with guns, and he can still touch the hair of animals, which is good."

"That's not good. I tried to comfort my dad just now, but I didn't intend to scold me. Hey, this old man..."

Xu He laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha..."

In front, Xu Pao and Chang Danian were looking at a litter of wild boars. There were six wild boars in the litter, including an old sow, a big egg hunter, and four yellow-haired pigs.

Immediately, Xu Ning slid down the pedal and followed the dog's trail to chase it down the mountain, leaving Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Xu He to clean up the old sow. This old sow was not big, weighing less than 200 kilograms, but the meat of this kind of pig The most delicious.

Xu Pao and Chang Danian also fired their guns for a purpose. First, they shelled the most delicious meat first, and second, they shelled the eggs that could hurt the dog.

Xu Ning walked down the mountain slowly, taking off his snowboard and carrying it on his back. The old forest in the south of the Old Sow Forest was a valley. The terrain was relatively flat. There were densely grown trees and shrubs, and there were almost no paths to walk on. , every step you take you have to be scraped by branches or shrubs.

He followed the dog's tracks and the footprints of the two uncles and went into the woods. He had just walked about sixty or seventy meters when he heard two gunshots. After walking five or six meters further, he heard two more gunshots. As the distance got farther and farther, he heard two gunshots. As we got closer, we heard the barking of dogs.

Xu Ning frowned and listened, feeling something was wrong. He quickly slipped the gun belt off the crook of his arm, held the old gun handle in one hand, took out a single-ended bullet from his pocket and pressed it in, then stood there and listened quietly.

Since his vision was not very good, while his eyes were scanning, he was also concentrating on listening to the dog barking.

Come on! Ouch!

The roars of pigs and dogs were mixed together, and Xu Ning stepped towards the right. Only half a minute later, he saw a yellow-haired man charging towards him, followed by two dogs, a green wolf and a gray wolf.

Ouch! The gray wolf saw Xu Ning, howled at the top of his lungs twice, and then spread out with the green wolf, leaving an empty space behind Huang Maozi.

Xu Ning watched Huang Maozi coming straight towards him. He held out the gun only when he was twenty meters away, and then pulled the trigger and fired the gun.

Bang!

Then I saw Huang Maozi swooping forward, sliding nearly half a meter in the snow shell, and plunging into the grass nest.

The green wolf and the gray wolf ran up to Huang Maozi and sniffed. Seeing that Huang Maozi had stopped moving, the gray wolf bit Huang Maozi under his arm and then followed the green wolf to Xu Ning's side. Wagging his tail and making a fool of himself.

Xu Ning knelt down and touched the heads of the two dogs, then heard a sound coming from far away.

"Who fired the gun? Was it Erning?"

Xu Ning stood up and shouted: "It's me!"

"Haha... I knew it was you. How about that? Are you still here?"

"The shell is dead!"

The old forest was too dense, and I could only scan the silhouette of the person, but couldn't see the face, but Xu Ning also knew it was Xu Pao from the voice.

Xu Pao walked over through the snow and saw that the green wolf and the gray wolf were there. Then he looked at the yellow man stuck in the grass nest and nodded: "Yes, not bad, the gun is straight and gliding."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "I thought the forest was too dense, and it came straight towards me. It didn't fire its gun until it got close."

"I've never fought with you before, but this time I'm really looking at your handles. You're really pissed off. No wonder you praise everyone when you meet me. Lao Chang and I are old. We just fired four shots in a row, and we were both on both ends. Huang Maozi...if the dog gang hadn't surrounded him, he would have definitely run away."

Xu Ning waved his hand and said: "Hey, uncle, don't say this. What an old man? Who doesn't have arm and leg pain? How many people will not live to be fifty, like me, Brother He and Sister Xiaohe You also have sons and daughters, and you also have grandchildren, shouldn’t we be satisfied?”

Xu Pao laughed loudly when he heard this: "Hahaha, you kid, tell the truth, you are so open-minded when you are nagging me! I am quite contented, Qing'an is a famous place, and I have two sons and daughters, and now they are all talented, and I have What’s so dissatisfying?”

"That's right. Counting all of Qing'an, who is as lucky as you?"

"Hahaha, it must be!"

Xu Pao knelt down and touched the green wolf's head, and the green wolf went straight into his arms. When the gray wolf saw it, he ran over and jumped on the green wolf, grabbing Xu Pao's hand with it.

Xu Ning pulled out the knife to bleed Huang Maozi and disembowel him. After hanging the lantern and throwing it on a branch, he chopped the pig liver into two halves and divided them between the green wolf and the gray wolf.

Xu Pao saw that the two dogs were not full, so he asked Xu Ning to cut off two more dogs. After the two dogs were full, Xu Ning took out the rope and tied it to Huang Maozi's hind hooves.

In the distance, Chang Danian had just finished picking up Huang Maozi and feeding the dog gang. Xu Ning and Xu Pao went to pick him up first. After the three of them reunited, they followed the footprints they came from and walked up the mountain.

Each of them pulled a yellow-haired dog and chatted while teasing the dog. However, just as they walked out of the old forest, the dog gang howled and rushed forward. Fortunately, Xu Ning tied up the green wolf and the black wolf, otherwise they would The designated ones fled out.

The three of them looked at each other, and the green wolf and the black wolf pulled them forward vigorously, dragging them to the edge of the old forest at the bottom of the mountain about a hundred meters ahead. Then the three of them saw a trace slipping ahead.

Xu Ning, Xu Pao, and Chang Danian immediately stopped where they were. With their eyesight, they all saw that this was the trace of a roe deer!

"There must be more than ten roe deer in this group..." Xu Pao scratched his cheek, obviously a little moved.

Xu Ning smiled and nodded: "Well, this was just a small meeting. It wasn't there when I entered the forest. How much time does it take to do this?"

Chang Danian said: "Our idea is a blessing! Lao Xu, what do you say? Is it going to be done?"

Xu Pao glanced at the two of them, gritted his teeth and said: "It must be punished! This is what we are told. If we don't punish these animals, I won't be able to sleep tonight."

"Okay, then let's throw this to the pigs?"

"There are dogs..."

At this time, three people were skiing down the hillside. Xu Ning took a closer look, clapped his hands and said, "It's done this time! Let me, Brother He, watch the dogs while the five of us go chasing them."

"I think it works!" Chang Danian nodded.

Xu Pao narrowed his eyes and said, "Yes."

Xu He, Wang Hu, and Li Fuqiang rushed down quickly and stopped five or six meters away from the three of them, causing a cloud of snow mist to rise.

"Dad, there's so much to do! Where's the big egg removal?"

Seeing that he didn't know how to chat, Xu Pao stared blankly without saying a word. Chang Danian said, "The big planer ran away."

Wang Hu saw a trace slipping through the snow shell and said in surprise: "Oh my God, uncle, second brother, this is the trace of a roe deer!"

"Haha, Huzi has some eyesight." Xu Pao said with a smile.

Wang Hu scratched his temples and said, "I learned a little from my second brother. Sir, when did this roe deer trace be left?"

"I guess it's half a stretch."

Li Fuqiang's eyes lit up and he said: "Uncle, let's chase them away! Give them all their shells and put them all in your mouth."

"Expulse!" Xu Pao nodded with a smile.

Chang Danian grinned: "Then we have to chase them away! It's not easy to watch more than ten roe deer."

Xu Pao raised his eyes and looked at Xu He and said, "Just leave it here and watch the dogs."

"Ah, you won't take me with you?"

"What can you do? It will be useful to take you." Xu Pao retorted rudely.

"Okay, I'll set up this cage and build a fire to wait for you."

Seeing Xu He nod, Xu Ning and others tied all nine dogs to the tree, untied the ropes tied to the wild boar's hind hooves and put them in the cloth pockets, then threw down the pedals and useless cloth pockets before leaving. Xu Ning also left an invasion knife for Xu He before.

Then the five men, carrying shotguns on their backs and spears in their hands, followed the roe deer's trail with light clothing.

This journey was a bit boring, but their footsteps and mouths were not idle, chatting and amusing while walking quickly forward.

Xu Pao led the way, and the roads he walked were all in places where the snow was not deep. This was the experience of old hunters. Although Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu knew that they had to walk in places where the snow was shallow, they couldn't see it at all. The snow is deep and shallow out there.

Two hours have passed since they finished hunting Huang Maozi, and the sky gradually darkened. Xu Ning raised his arm and glanced at his Sanfeng watch. It was already around three forty.

They had followed the roe deer's trail for more than a point, but none of the five of them had retreated.

It is not easy to see a group of more than ten roe deer, because in the Gongyao Lingzi area, it is rare to see a group of more than ten roe deer.

It is quite common in the large meadow plain of the Wusuli River. After all, Maozi's territory is across the bank. Xu Ning once met an old hunter. At that time, he drank some wine and was probably bragging. The old hunter said that he had seen him. There were no less than two hundred roe deer in the group. At that time, he fired his gun and killed two of them. In the end, he was unable to catch up with them on horseback.

Xu Ning did not doubt the authenticity of this, because it is very real that roe deer swarm in plain areas, and there are quite a lot of green skins there, especially in the 1960s and 1970s, basically every village had a green skin. Which village has never entered Qingpizi? That is strange.

(End of this chapter)