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Chapter 320: The old leopard caught on guard!

March 1984, 3, the seventh day of the second lunar month.

It's about seven o'clock in the evening.

Taiping Village, Lao Fang’s lower house.

Xu Ning was sitting on the kang, drinking tea, while Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Guan Lei were cleaning their guns. They had been staying at Lao Fang's house for ten days in a row, and the horizontal bars in the sheepfold were fixed four times.

The sheep pen had to be cleaned basically every day, because Lao Fang was so unethical. Xu Ning had reminded him not to send ewes and lambs into the sheep pen, but Lao Fang just didn't listen.

It was enough to show that Lao Fang did it on purpose, and Xu Ning did not care about it. After all, Lao Fang was just such a person.

There is another reason, that is, Lao Fang and the old lady were a little unhappy because they had not been able to guard the old leopard for such a long time. They often complained behind their backs, but no matter how much they complained, they did not say it in front of Xu Ning. Pretend that's not the case.

But Li Fuqiang was a little angry. If the old leopard doesn't come to eat the sheep, what does it have to do with them? This is too unreasonable. Are you really thinking that you can become a landlord just by spending money? joke!

Xu Ning's meaning was very simple. Lao Fang gave him two dead sheep after all. This was regarded as a reward. Since he received the money, he had to do something.

They basically had to go to the old forest every morning to track down the old leopard. Once they found that the old leopard had returned to the mountain, Xu Ning had to return the two dead sheep. However, the old leopard never left. The main whereabouts these days were to bring Chang Xifeng back. The only remaining old dog in the family was killed.

Chang Xifeng was asleep in the house at midnight that night. When he heard the old dog's scream, he jumped up, took off the shotgun from the wall and ran out. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a black shadow biting the dog tied with a rope. Old dog.

Chang Xifeng was about to hand out his gun to hold the fire, but the old leopard reacted too sensitively and actually gave up the prey in his mouth. After a leopard roar, he turned around and jumped out of the fence, waiting for Chang Xifeng to run away. After leaving the hospital, the leopard shadow was no longer visible.

Chang Xifeng became angry. Although these two old dogs didn't cost much, they both died miserably. One was beaten to death by him with a shovel, and the other was eaten by the old leopard.

He greeted Chang Beifeng with an angry look on his face and wanted to chase the leopard up, but he was stopped by Gao Yanhong, Zhang Yan, and Chang Lijuan. It was too risky to go hunting for the leopard in the forest in the dark.

Besides, Chang Beifeng bumped into a leopard last time and was almost licked by the leopard. Fortunately, Chang Beifeng managed to escape the disaster with his quick wit, so Zhang Yan was a little scared and couldn't let the two brothers go out at night, no matter what. If you want to fight, you have to wait until tomorrow day!

The Chang brothers stopped, dragged the dead old dog to the outhouse, and spent the night peacefully. However, Chang Xifeng was still full of anger. Early the next morning, he and Chang Beifeng went to the woods, but there was no trace at all. Because there were too many leopard tracks in the forest, they couldn't tell which ones were new ones, so they could only swallow their anger and return home in despair.

Wang Hu loaded up the gun parts and said: "Chang Xifeng hasn't given up yet. When I went to the store in the afternoon, I heard Liu Guangmin say that they bought two kilograms of cakes and wanted to stay in the forest tonight..."

Li Fuqiang said: "Squat down, otherwise they will be taken out by the old leopard and let them fight!"

Guan Lei said: "It would be unreasonable to let them squat for ten days. How can it be in vain if we have to endure this for ten days?"

Li Fuqiang saw that Xu Ning was silent and asked, "Brother, can't you get angry in a hurry? Oh, it's okay! Can I blame you if the old leopard doesn't come?"

Xu Ning smiled and said: "Why am I so angry? I can make a business with one shot, but if I don't pull j13, I'll be ruined! I was just wondering if it's time for the old leopard to come after he hasn't eaten these days."

Guan Lei's eyes lit up, and his whole body was full of energy. He said, "Brother, can you old leopard come tonight?"

"I guess it will definitely come in these few days. Who can't be greedy after tasting mutton? The same goes for livestock. Look at our dogs. They haven't gone to the mountains to eat meat these days. Yesterday I fed some wild boar meat. It’s a great meal.”

"Yeah! That's what happened."

"Let's go to bed later. When we get up at three or four o'clock, we'll leave the door and guard it. Otherwise, if we continue like this, we will all be ruined."

Wang Hu asked: "Second brother, can the four of us sleep together?"

"Well, let's wait for three more days. If the old leopard still doesn't come, then let's bring back those two dead sheep."

The three of them looked at each other, and finally Li Fuqiang said: "Okay, listen to my brother."

There was still no movement that night, which made the four of them a little frustrated, but they had to stay up for two more days for the leopard skin.

On the way to Lao Fang's house the next day, Li Fuqiang wondered if the reason was the sheep. The old leopard might not be willing to eat the ram because he disliked the smell of ram urine.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested. When he entered Lao Fang's house, Xu Ning greeted Lao Fang and chatted for a few words, asking him to lead the ewes in the house to the sheepfold and put the rams into the house.

At first, Lao Fang was a little unhappy because the ewe was worth much more than the ram. Finally, Xu Ning gave Lao Fang an extra five yuan, and Lao Fang reluctantly agreed for the sake of money.

At 11:30 in the evening, the four people who woke up rubbed their faces with cold water. Their original sleepy state immediately disappeared, and they suddenly became much more awake.

Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang stood in front of the door leading to the sheepfold. The door was ajar so they could rush out immediately. They were holding a 56 and a half and a spear respectively.

Wang Hu and Guan Lei were in front of the door leading to the courtyard, holding an old pout handle and a nylon net in their hands. This net was woven out of leftover nylon ropes, and the net pockets were not tight. It was large, only two meters in diameter, and Guan Lei could just open his arms.

No one in the house made any noise, they just stared and listened to the noise outside. Only Xu Ning stood in front of the small diamond-shaped window on the door, observing the situation in the sheepfold.

After waiting attentively in the house for an hour and a half, Xu Ning seemed to hear the sound of stepping on the snow at about one o'clock in the middle of the night, but the wind was so loud that he mistakenly thought it was an auditory hallucination.

But only half a minute passed, Xu Ning noticed a dark shadow outside the sheepfold. He raised his head and touched Li Fuqiang next to him with his elbow.

Li Fuqiang was stunned for a moment, then he felt happy. He turned to Wang Hu and made a "bah" sound. The sound was not loud, but Wang Hu and Guan Lei who were in the same room also heard it.

The two of them looked happy at the same time, and their hearts were filled with excitement. They stood there listening to the "dong dong" heartbeat, and tightened their grip on the shotgun and nylon net in their hands.

In fact, Xu Ning was a little nervous, because after staying here for more than ten days, he finally saw the old leopard showing his head. If he let it run away now, it would be difficult to catch the old leopard in the future.

Xu Ning took a deep breath and stared at the sheepfold intently. At this moment, a dark shadow flashed outside the sheepfold. His two front paws were scratching the wall. His head slowly moved up. His eyes were shining, waiting to be seen in the corner of the sheepfold. Behind the sleeping ewe, it licked its fangs, then easily kicked off its hind legs and ran up the wall.

The old leopard did not jump down in a hurry, but took a special look at the oak leaves on the floor of the sheep pen. Although he had doubts in his heart, the ewe was so close that he was so greedy that he had to put his doubts behind him.

Moreover, it had not eaten for three or four days and was already starving.

It had lived in the forest two villages away for so long, and it had indeed lived a good few days. At least it had better food than in the mountains. However, it encountered two hunting interruptions during this period, which made it a little uncomfortable. The meat from its mouth flew away. , how can we not miss it?
Why did it take so long to come? The reason is that it uses sheep as food reserves. This one was really hungry, so he came over.

At this moment, the old leopard no longer hesitated. He kicked off the wall with his hind feet and fell down. When his four paws touched the oak leaves, they made a "rustling" sound.

Inside the room, Xu Ning took a deep breath to relax her whole body, and opened and closed her 56-and-a-half-inch hand to prevent her fingers from becoming stiff due to long-term gripping.

The ewe woke up from her deep sleep. After she saw the old leopard, she was stunned for a moment, then remembered the night more than ten days ago, and then bleated in horror.

When the old leopard saw the ewe raising her head and trying hard to get up with all four hooves, and making a harsh cry from her mouth, the old leopard immediately made a decision and rushed forward. It could not let the ewe get up. Once it got up, its hunting process would become complicated. If The ewe is lying on the ground. It jumps over and bites off the ewe's neck in one bite. That's how easy it is. Xu Ning stood in the room, watching the old leopard leap forward, flying more than two meters high as soon as its front and rear legs landed on the ground, and its landing point was two meters in front of the ewe, so it still had to Take off once.

At this moment, Xu Ning suddenly pulled off the rope at hand, and then the wooden wedge stuck on the roof of the stone roller was pulled out, and fell on the oak leaves together with the rope.

Even if the old leopard noticed it at this time, it could not react because its body was suspended in the air.

Then the stone rollers on the roof began to roll. In less than a second, the stone rollers fell from the eaves in a very small arc.

Bang!
Before hearing this sound, the old leopard had just gathered its four legs and landed on the ground. During the fall, the stone roller pulled the rope and quickly contracted. When the old leopard was about to take off, the edge of the nylon net lifted up and it hit it head-on. He entered the net bag on the edge, so his whole body was uncontrollably lifted up by the nylon net...

However, the frame built by three horizontal bars sank, but did not loosen. Instead, it firmly hung the leopard in the air!

At the same time, Xu Ning held 56 and half pulled the door open and ran out. In just a moment, he didn't even see how the old leopard was picked up. He only saw the old leopard kicking and struggling in the nylon net, grinning and roaring wantonly. .

Ouch!

The roar of a leopard is a bit like a bubble sound, deep and penetrating, making people feel like their eardrums are inflamed after listening to it.

The ewe was bleating. Li Fuqiang followed Xu Ning and jumped out. Wang Hu and Guan Lei also opened the door and ran to the yard like crazy, and then went straight to the fence gate on the outer wall of the sheep pen...

Xu Ning took two steps forward. When he looked up at the old leopard held in the air, his heart skipped a beat. Why? Because the old leopard was carried too high in the net bag, Xu Ning stood on tiptoes and stretched out his arms and could only grab the bottom of the net bag...

"Brother! Give me the gun!"

Xu Ning turned around and handed out 56 and a half. Li Fuqiang heard this and stretched out his left hand to take it. He held the spear in his right hand and handed it forward. Then Xu Ning firmly grasped the spear with both hands and shouted: "Huzi! Flashlight!"

"it is good!"

At this time, Wang Hu and Guan Lei just ran to the outer wall of the sheep pen. Guan Lei pushed open the fence and rushed in first. Wang Hu turned on his flashlight and shined a light into the sheep pen. The light shone directly on the old leopard, and he saw its body. type.

However, because the old leopard was struggling so hard in mid-air, the frame made up of three horizontal bars shook a little. Xu Ning felt a little bad when he saw this situation, so he shouted: "Stone!"

Guan Lei didn't stop since he entered the sheepfold. He stepped forward and replied: "Here he comes!"

He held the nylon net in both hands and ran forward. At this time, the old leopard's whole body suddenly swung vigorously, causing the entire frame to collapse.

And Xu Ning was only more than one meter away from the old leopard. The spear in his hand was ready to be sent out at any time, but he couldn't find the right angle at all, because while the old leopard was shaking, its head was also swinging, and there were still words in his mouth. Let out a harsh roar.

Lao Fang's house, main house.

Fang Min woke up from his sleep. After hearing the roar of the leopard, he shouted: "Master! The leopard is coming!"

Lao Fang, who was sleeping on the kang, stood up suddenly and shook his head from side to side as if in a daze. "Is the leopard coming? Damn it! My sheep..."

Fang Daquan lifted the quilt at the edge of the kang, turned around and ran to the ground, but was grabbed by Fang Min: "Dad! Don't make trouble. Master, Xu Ning didn't say that no matter what noise he heard, he wouldn't let us Are you going out? Look at my face..."

Lao Fang suddenly sobered up a lot and nodded: "Yes! Anyway, it's just a ewe. If it dies, Xu Er will have to compensate me!"

Next door, the old lady shouted: "The old leopard wants to eat our sheep, what should we do?"

"Don't be so arrogant! Nothing will happen. If the sheep dies, Xu Er will have to compensate me. I'm so scared! Hurry up and put it in the house and keep your eyes shut!"

Fang Min lay on the kang and approached the window with his eyes open, but he didn't see anything.

"Sir, I'll go take a look in the outhouse."

Lao Fang turned around and went to the ground, "I'll go with you."

When the two went out, they happened to see the old lady and the eldest daughter-in-law coming out in cotton-padded jackets. The four of them lay in front of the window of the outer room and looked outside. However, they could only see a little light, but could not see what was going on in the sheepfold.

However, they can hear sounds.

"Second brother! Run quickly..."

Li Fuqiang was shocked: "Brother!"

There are three horizontal bars on the outer wall of the sheep pen. Because the old leopard in the net is hung in the middle, the animal itself is not very heavy, but its body is shaking around. The force is quite strong, making the three horizontal bars set up The shelf only lasted less than five seconds before tilting towards the north...

At this moment, Xu Ning happened to be in the north. His eyes had been staring at the old leopard, and he didn't pay attention to the situation of the shelf above his head.

Wang Hu took a look with a flashlight and yelled. Li Fuqiang, who was following Xu Ning, was shocked. He took a big step forward, stretched out his right hand, grabbed the back of Xu Ning's neck and pulled him back hard. After two steps, the horizontal bar happened to land where Xu Ning was standing just now.

At this time, Guan Lei dodged the falling horizontal bar. He lost his footing and slipped on an oak leaf. He gritted his teeth and stood up with one hand on the ground. He stepped on the horizontal bar and jumped forward. He grabbed the nylon net with both hands and his body was horizontal. Falling violently in the air.

After the old leopard, struggling in the nylon net, landed on its legs, he wanted to run towards the open space, but was directly hit by the falling Guan Lei!

"What a fool! You dare to run?"

Guan Lei's chest hit it on the butt, and the net bag in his hand covered its head. Originally, the old leopard had just stood up and had not yet stood firm on its four feet. How could it withstand Guan Lei's weight of more than 100 kilograms? ?

So this time, the old leopard was smashed to the ground, letting out a roar.

"Stone!"

"Oh, fuck..."

Xu Ning saw Guan Lei hitting the old leopard, and immediately jumped over the horizontal bar and rushed forward. He switched the spear with both hands, and with the end without the gun head, he suddenly opened his fangs at the old leopard, trying to stretch its neck to tear it apart. Bite Guan Lei's mouth and slap it away!
"I'll beat you to death!"

Bang!
A stick drove blood out of the old leopard's mouth. The old leopard roared in pain, and Xu Ning's hand also buzzed with pain from the shock.

Guan Lei took advantage of this opportunity, turned from the ground to a kneeling position, held the nylon net with both hands to pick up the old leopard, held down its hindquarters, and rode on the old leopard.

(End of this chapter)