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Chapter 292 Jackals hunt little Xu Pao

The brown bear has a strong body with bulging shoulders and back. The thick hair on the whole body comes in many colors, such as gold, brown, black, brown-black, gray, etc. The hair will grow in winter, up to 10 cm, and will become shorter in summer. It is also deeper than winter.

The weight of males ranges from 600 to 1000 kilograms, and many males can reach 1200 kilograms. During the post-autumn period, as brown bears prepare for hibernation, there are very few adult male brown bears weighing in during this period. Can reach 1600 pounds.

Guan Lei did not refute what Li Fuqiang said, but just nodded silently. He also grew up in the mountains, and of course he had heard of brown bears. When he was a child, his parents not only used big horses and monkeys to scare their children, but also often talked about bears and human bears eating their children. thing.

This bear is the crescent bear, a black blind man often referred to in the Northeast, and the human bear is naturally a brown bear, which was called Zhu in ancient times!

At this moment, the brown bear lay quietly in the snow, and the blood from its buttocks stained the white snow red.

Guan Lei stepped forward, stretched out his hand, touched it, and said with a smile: "Oh shit, this big brown bear is quite warm."

"It must be a little warm after it died. This bear looks quite small. I estimate it only weighs about 600 pounds. Brother? Take a look..."

Xu Ning was looking around with a gun. He turned around and said, "Let's talk later. I heard something moving around. You two can pick up some firewood nearby. Hu Zi will throw all the firewood under your feet."

"Eh!"

The other shot penetrated its head, so it died instantly.

Li Fuqiang, who was scanning the surroundings, heard this and exclaimed: "The whole thing is broken? Oh my god!"

"Brother! Jackal!"

Guan Lei also heard about Li Shan being attacked to death by a brown bear a few years ago. He turned his head and looked without making a sound. He only looked firmly at the dark forest and suddenly saw a few eyes with yellow light.

"What?"

There was enough light now, because the fire was not far from the brown bear's body, so I could see it carefully, but Xu Ning felt something was wrong as soon as he laid eyes on it.

"where?"

There wasn't much light before, and he could only see a rough outline. In addition, the jackals had just left, and Xu Ning was afraid that they would turn back and surround him, so he didn't dare to be careless. Xu Ning was very patient now, so he just Ask for a safe one.

"Where! There were three eyes just now..."

"This brown bear is smaller than the brown bear described by the Niu brothers. When I went to Dongshan to find Uncle Ma, he told me that he had seen the brown bear that killed Li Shan before. There was a scar on the eye of that brown bear. , Uncle Ma made me beat him with his stick! Look at this brown bear, there are no scars on either eye."

Xu Ning stood on the brown bear's hind legs and looked at its body. He frowned and went to the top of its head. He saw the two bullet holes on the side of its head. He shot it under the ear, almost grazing the scalp and penetrating. The sound opened the brown bear's right ear and a piece of scalp, and the round little ear could be found about a meter and a half away.

Wang Hu heard the sound and raised his head: "Second brother, what's wrong?"

When Xu Ning and Wang Hu heard about it, they immediately forgot about the brown bear and ran over with guns in hand.

"Okay!" the two of them responded.

Xu Ning said: "Brother, Shitou, you two look around, and I'll go take a look at the brown bear."

Xu Ning glanced at the position Guan Lei was pointing at. Although he didn't see the eyes glowing with yellow light, he believed that Guan Lei was right.

Xu Ning squatted down with 56 on his back, and pulled the brown bear's head over. Wang Humao glanced at it, scratched his head and said, "Isn't this brown bear the one that killed Li Shan?"

"Something's wrong." Xu Ning muttered with narrowed eyes.

Wang Hu squatted on the fire and threw firewood into it. After Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei pulled a dead tree nearby, they chopped off a few branches with knives and axes and threw them into the fire. The flames started to burn brightly. It's a bit bigger, illuminating the surrounding area.

"Huzi, go and bleed and disembowel me, and quickly take out the guts."

Wang Hu filled the fire with another handful of firewood, and the fire burned even more intensely. Then he stood up and held the old pout handle and came to Xu Ning's side.

Wang Hu responded: "Okay!"

Li Fuqiang grabbed the handle of the old pout. In this dark night, the temperature had dropped sharply, and his hands without the gizzard were frozen.

"Brother, are you sure? Isn't this brown bear really the one that killed Li Shan?"

Xu Ning nodded: "Yeah, it's definitely not the case. That brown bear was injured by Uncle Ma and had scars on its eyes. This one doesn't have any at all. It's covered in jackals..."

Suddenly, Xu Ning recalled the wound he had just seen and said, "You two, take a closer look, and I'll take another look."

"Eh!"

Xu Ning hurriedly turned around and came to the brown bear. Mao Yao stared at the wounds on the brown bear's front arms. He reached out and pushed the hair to both sides, frowning and said: "This brown bear has been shot! I don't know where it ran here. , I see that it is not big, so I guess it must have woken up from hunger while squatting in a warehouse, and came out looking for food..."

Wang Hu stabbed the bear's neck twice. There were already many wounds on the brown bear's skin. In addition to the two bullets on the head that were shot by Xu Ning, there were also two bullet holes on the body, as well as dozens of bloody bites from jackals. Daozi, so although Wang Hu's two swords hurt the bear's skin, the bear's skin has long been of little value.

Wang Hu raised his head and said, "Second brother, where did it come from?"

Xu Ning said: "Remember when I asked you if you noticed the bear's whereabouts? Did you say you didn't pay attention?"

"Remember."

"I felt something was wrong at that time, but I couldn't explain it... If this brown bear came from Baishilizi, it would have to go here. Why didn't it go down to the Northwest Fork instead of going in such a big circle?"

Xu Ning looked at the fire and said, "It probably didn't come from Baishilizi. Uncle Ma was also anxious at the time. We just tracked it when it came over and didn't even look behind it. If we looked behind it, we might be able to find it." Where did it come from?"

As he spoke, Wang Hu had already disemboweled the brown bear, pulled out the lantern hanger inside, grabbed the knife and poked it into the belly, cut the lantern hanger with the tip of the knife, and dragged it out.

Li Fuqiang took a stroll, turned around and glanced, asking: "Which brown bear attacked Li Shan to death, or was it the one that rested on the white stone lid?"

"I can't be prepared. Baishilizi belongs to the deep mountains. There are a lot of edible things in the mountains. In the mountains next to Qing'an, all the livestock have been killed. Brown bears love to eat fish. Maybe they found a ditch and pond to fish... …”

The last sentence is just for fun, but there is nothing wrong with it. In the winter, there are no plants and honey. Besides digging for fish, brown bears can only dig open dead trees to find meat worms, or dig out greyhounds in tree holes. son.

Xu Ning saw Wang Hu carrying the lantern hanging and walking towards the east, so he stopped talking. After Wang Hu threw the lantern hanging on an oak branch five or six meters away from the brown bear, he continued:
"The two Lao Niu brothers were also frightened at that time. When Uncle Ma saw the brown bear, it was more than 600 jins in the autumn. They said it was 700 or 800 jins... but it was almost the same. There was still a year between them. "

Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei retreated to the brown bear, and together with Xu Ning, they surrounded Wang Hu because Wang Hu was taking the bear's bile.

"Brother, our brown bear must weigh more than 700 kilograms. Niu Li said it can look at its belly when it stands up. So it must be more than three meters tall?"

Xu Ning said: "It's just shy of three meters. A brown bear weighing 700 to 800 kilograms is estimated to be only 2.45 meters long. It should be less than three meters long when it stands."

At this time, Wang Hu took out a large green bile from the brown bear's belly. He pinched the bile duct with three fingers and lifted the bile up. He said with a smile: "Second brother, this brown bear is very brave. Take a look." "Xu Ning turned around and said with a smile: "It's normal. It was brave because of the fight with the jackals just now, is it green?"

"It's green, but it's a little yellow inside..." This yellow is very hot.

Xu Ning took out the small cloth bag containing the courage from the inner pocket of his jacket, opened it and said: "The green one is okay, but the price is two to three hundred yuan lower than the black blind man's courage."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Brother, that's good. Isn't it better than running for nothing?"

Li Fuqiang glanced at the green bile and said: "That's true. We all wanted to leave originally, but we didn't want to listen to it calling. I thought it was calling us to come over. Otherwise, if we go home today, we will come back tomorrow. I have time to make a trip..."

Because this brown bear has been tortured by the jackals to the point of being out of shape, even if Xu Ning and the others did not come, the brown bear would have died at the mouths of the jackals. By then, let alone being brave, it would not even be able to eat the bear meat.

Xu Ning smiled and put the bear gallbladder into his inner pocket and said: "The copper gallbladder is not trimmed, the whole green gallbladder is also good."

"Not good."

Wang Hu asked: "Second brother, what should we do with this brown bear? Should we drag it home?"

Xu Ning shook his head: "It's such a big toy, it's quite far away from home, how can I drag it home... I think it weighs nearly 600 kilograms. It's so heavy. Cut off its legs, put it in the belly and cut some more. Oil. Brother, have you got the sack?"

Li Fuqiang took off the cloth bag on his back and said, "I took two and put them together with Marezi."

Guan Lei said with a smile: "Brother Qiang, you are such a good boy."

"That's a must. You have to carry it with you whenever you go up the mountain. You never know when you'll be able to use it."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "It's good to have some."

Guan Lei removed the cloth bag that contained the lunch box. There was also a sack at the bottom. He pulled it out and handed it to Wang Hu.

There are three sacks in total, which can hold at least one hundred twenty or thirty kilograms of clean meat.

Li Fuqiang said: "Huzi, you cut the meat, and I'll chop some branches. We can save a lot of effort by pulling the whole sledge back."

"Got it!"

At this time, Li Fuqiang was about to take a step to the left, but Xu Ning grabbed him.

Li Fuqiang was stunned for a moment. After seeing Xu Ning's eyes, he followed Xu Ning's eyes and saw three pairs of eyes glowing with yellow light.

Guan Lei hurriedly walked to Wang Hu, grabbed the handle of the old pout, and said: "Brother, how do you fix it?"

Wang Hu also saw a few pairs of eyes. He glanced behind him, and when he saw two pairs of yellow eyes behind him, he was shocked, "Second brother, there are two behind you too!"

Xu Ning held the 56 and a half and said anxiously: "Go to the fire. Is there any firewood left?"

The firewood was almost extinguished, leaving only a small fire burning.

"Yes! Brother, can I pick up firewood while standing still?"

Xu Ning pinched the 56 half and said: "You pick it up, I'm watching. Look behind the tiger zips and stones. If the jackals rush towards you, don't fire your gun yet. Brother, throw the firewood in after you've picked it up. Hurry up." Take out the marlezi..."

"it is good!"

Xu Ning guessed that the jackals hadn't left yet and were just hanging around in front of them.

In this dark and silent night, the sight of Xu Ning and the others was blocked. They could only see an area of ​​more than 20 meters covered by fire. Looking further away, it was dark. Occasionally, the gauze clouds were blown away by the wind, and the moon could be seen. There are a few tree shadows, but the sky is not very good tonight, and the moon is covered by clouds most of the time.

If the jackals were not facing Xu Ning, but turned their backs and slowly approached Xu Ning and others, Xu Ning would not be able to detect the jackals from forty or fifty meters away.

Li Fu bent down fiercely to pick up the dead tree on the ground, quickly put it under his arm, removed the cloth bag containing Marlezi, and opened the mouth of the bag with one hand, "Leizi, grab two handfuls quickly!"

"Hey!" Guan Lei turned around and reached out to grab a handful of marlezi.

Li Fuqiang held the cloth bag in his mouth. Seeing that he had difficulty moving, Wang Hu hurriedly came over to take the dead tree, then chopped off the branches with a knife to fill the fire.

Guan Lei put Marezi into his pocket, and was about to take out the cigarettes from his pocket, but was stopped by Xu Ning, "Don't light the rocks yet, use an open flame later! Don't be anxious... These jackals are quite special. patience."

"Ah, then, what should I do now?"

Li Fuqiang said: "Leizi, you and Huzi change positions. When the jackal pounces on you later, you can climb up the tree. Our guys are not even firing continuously. The reloading is too slow. Before the reloading is finished, the jackal will You have to pounce."

"Okay! Huzi, let's switch, I'll pack the firewood..."

Wang Hu threw down the dead tree, stood up and moved next to Xu Ning. The three of them stood in a triangle, staring at the six pairs of bright yellow eyes in the distance.

Suddenly there was a whistle, and then the jackals howled and roared.

This is the unique cry of jackals. They do not howl like wolves, but they make a whistle sound when greeting their companions, so as to achieve the purpose of communicating and coordinating with their companions.

When expressing hostility, they will bark and growl. Xu Ning knows these habits from watching the animal world. He has never fought a jackal in his previous life, but he has encountered one once, and it was only from a distance, and he has never observed it up close.

The main reason is that jackals are not common in the Northeast these days. It is normal to encounter jackals in the past two years. In six or seven years, jackals will no longer be seen in the Northeast.

"Be careful, these jackals are about to attack. Let's gather around the fire. Can you pull out a handful of rocks and firewood?"

"can!"

"Hurry up and order a bunch of them."

Guan Lei grabbed a handful of burning firewood, raised his hand and brushed a handful of eucalyptus leaves, then walked one meter in front of Xu Ning and lit a fire.

This oak tree is deciduous, but some oak trees still have dry leaves hanging in winter. As for the specific reason, Xu Ning doesn't know.

Guan Lei had just gathered the fire and turned around, and then he heard the rapid roar of the jackals, and then the jackals slowly approached forward, baring their mouths and fangs with a ferocious look.

Xu Ning said: "Don't panic, they will rush forward and fire the gun again, and they will hit you accurately..."

"I know! This jackal looks several times smaller than Qingpizi, and is about the same size as a flower wolf. How can it be frightened by them?"

(End of this chapter)