The Rise of the Ranch King

Chapter 295 294. The wolf is coming

It is estimated that the hare in the quiet grassland has never encountered such a big challenge. In the past, it was at most chased by dogs. After a long time, it was impossible to avoid the wolverine.

And most importantly, wolverines are very good at digging holes, a trait that canines do not possess.

The figures of the four wolverines did not stop throughout the afternoon, and soon there were many carcasses of small animals on the ground, which shocked those who saw them.

Nicholas's son Christo was a brave little boy. He volunteered to bring the basket and began to skillfully pick up the animal carcasses on the ground. His movements were brisk and natural, like picking up fallen leaves in autumn.

Children who grow up in pastoral areas are more precocious than their peers at an early age, and some have already learned to ride horses before going to school.

Looking at Christo's busy figure, Lin Feng admires their tenacity and independence and hopes that his children can be like this in the future.

Cowboys are always restless.

David and Nicholas held pistols and began to test their marksmanship. The targets were naturally the unlucky ones who were running for their lives in the loess.

Lin Feng also joined this hunting game.

"Great job!" David praised.

Nicholas smiled and nodded repeatedly, and at the same time raised a Remington M700. Judging from his focused aiming expression, he should be aiming at a target in the distance.

He should be a complete gun fan. When he moved before, he saw Nicholas moving out several long black boxes, all of which were filled with guns.

"These hares are enough to feed us for a month," David said.

With his rifle in hand, he quickly took aim at a fleeing hare.

Last year, shooting animals felt a bit cruel, but now I have become accustomed to it. Even when I see animals, I want to shoot them.

Lin Feng was curious and walked over.

Ever since I became a rancher and bought my first gun, I have been out of control.

Rabbit meat still tastes a little weird compared to beef and mutton, this is Lin Feng's feeling.

The moment the trigger was pulled, the hare fell to the ground!

He was fascinated by the smell of gunpowder after shooting.

The three men competed in shooting skills, and turned around to find little Christo showing off the carcass of a hare he had picked up.

With a crisp gunshot, a hare should have been hit wherever Lin Feng could see.

Some rabbits were still bleeding, and their hands were scarlet.

Nicholas also has a Victor submachine gun, which is the famous "dagger". Lin Feng likes its super sci-fi appearance.

Don't give it a month, I'll probably get tired of it after a week.

Lin Feng felt that this boy was different from ordinary people, at least much more mature and calm than other children of the same age.

He took the rabbits out of the box one by one, tied a knot with their ears, and then strung them together with a rope.

Men are addicted to guns. Before taking over the ranch, Lin Feng had rarely touched a gun, and he didn't have a good feeling about it.

Lin Feng clapped his hands, and David gave him a thumbs up.

Lin Feng had heard of the reputation of this gun for a long time. It was a best-selling gun and very popular among American people.

"Krystal, what are you doing?"

The young man looked up at him, his eyes still pure.

"Drying rabbit meat."

"But you haven't cleaned your internal organs and drained the blood, so it won't taste very good." Lin Feng said seriously.

Little Christo shook his head, "No, not for people to eat."

Lin Feng was a little confused, "Who is it for?"

He answered: "Leo." "Leo?"

Lin Feng felt that there was a story in it, maybe it was a little pet he kept.

Sure enough, Christo's next words verified the conjecture.

Leo is a Canadian lynx active in the mountain forest near the tranquil meadow.

Lin Feng asked curiously: "How did you meet Leo?"

Christo continued to dry the rabbit meat while answering: "I found it in the woods. It was very young and injured at the time, so I took it home. Now it has grown up, but it is still very... Rely on me."

Like many cases of bonding between people and animals, it all starts with rescue.

"So this rabbit meat is for it to eat?" Lin Feng asked again.

"Yes, Leo likes to eat fresh rabbit meat." Christo nodded, his young face showing a calmness beyond his age.

Lin Feng was even more impressed by this little boy.

Not only does he have a maturity and calmness that belies his age, he also has a reverence and love for life.

Christo said that every few nights he would take some meat and put it on his balcony, and Leo would jump off the roof and eat it all.

Now there is rabbit meat, enough for Leo to eat for a while.

Lin Feng had seen a lynx before. It had a fierce face and looked full of strength. He didn't like this kind of "cat". It felt like it could rush over and break a person's neck at any time.

"Christo, have you ever thought about what kind of person you want to be in the future, be a cowboy or run a ranch like your dad?" Lin Feng changed the subject.

When I was a child, adults often asked themselves, and now I have begun to ask others.

The little boy thought for a moment and said, "No, I want to be a sailor."

This was beyond Lin Feng's expectation.

He added: "I have never seen the sea, but I know that the seaside is beautiful. The world has 71% of the ocean, but we only live in 29% of the small area, so I want to go on a boat."

Hearing what Christo said, Lin Feng hadn't seen the sea for a long time.

My hometown is close to the sea. I used to see it every day but turned a blind eye. Now I can’t see it but I miss the sound of the waves.

Christo is definitely a thoughtful boy and cannot be allowed to bury himself on the ranch, so he hopes that his father Nicholas can do something serious with the three hundred thousand.

In the evening, Lin Feng and Uncle David stayed at the Quiet Grassland to have dinner.

The "staple food" is of course the large amount of hare meat that we caught today. Even if you don't like the meat, it will become extremely delicious as long as the seasonings are in place.

In addition to roast rabbit, Nicholas's wife also cooked some simple meals, such as French fries, vegetable salad and so on.

A few people were drinking beer and eating barbecue around the stove. Different from the lush grassland of the lakeside pasture, what we faced here was the pitted yellow land, which had a unique flavor.

There is a sense of immediate survival in the desert.

Nicholas turned on the radio, which was a relic of the old McClun. Now he has inherited it and takes it with him every day. It is good to listen to the radio when he has nothing to do.

On the local Montana channel, a piece of news tonight made some of them become serious.

The Fish and Wildlife Service issued a warning to herders that a large number of wolves are migrating toward human habitats. Their purpose is unknown. They are now only three kilometers away from the northernmost ranches.

Wolf.

Since being equipped with firearms, Lin Feng has seen lone wolves in the wild just like seeing wild dogs. He never runs away and sometimes even threatens them with a gun.

But once wolves form a large-scale group, their combat effectiveness immediately soars, and even North American brown bears are somewhat afraid of them.

Lin Feng remembers that in winter, a group of coyotes were forced to enter human settlements due to food shortages. In the end, no one left alive, and the ending was tragic.

Now that summer is about to begin, there is no shortage of food to be honest. This phenomenon is quite abnormal.

(End of this chapter)