Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 11 Give the Blind Bear a Slide

"Yes, it's buried here. My boss even helped dig the grave." Someone confirmed it with a solemn oath.

The more people talked about it, the more it started to get weird.

Just at this time the red sun was setting, and the western sky was dyed blood red, as if dyeing the earth red.

"Why do I feel a little creepy? Let's go back, let's go back~"

"I'll go too. I'd better stop talking about others behind their backs. This seems to be a very weird thing."

The women dispersed. The first woman who gossiped ran very fast, and was worried that if she ran slower, the clod of dirt would hit her again.

In the distance, Yu Qiutang heard everyone talking and laughed secretly.

His hearing and vision were indeed better than in his previous life, and he could hear sounds from a distance that were previously inaudible.

Of course he was the one who smashed the clod of earth.

A little punishment for a few gossiping women will not cause much harm, but it will definitely hurt for a while.

"From now on we must hold our heads high and behave ourselves. If anyone wants to gossip about us, we must fight back immediately. Even if we cannot win, we cannot lose in momentum. If we really cannot, I am still behind you." Yu Qiutang guided his nephew.

This child looks stubborn, but he is actually a child with low self-esteem and sensitivity, otherwise he would not have taken that path of no return in his previous life. Although he has temporarily escaped a disaster in this life, if his character is not completely corrected, there may be other disasters in the future.

All human choices are determined by character, and choices are sometimes more important than hard work. Once the wrong choice is made, it will naturally lead to an unfortunate ending.

If you want him to be completely happy, you must try to adjust and guide him before his personality is completely determined. Only by making him optimistic and sunny can you eliminate the pain caused by the loss of his parents.

"I know, uncle." Yu Xiaowei kicked the clod of earth under his feet and replied with his head down.

"That's good~"

The two returned to the troglodyte courtyard and saw Wang Chunhua sitting on an old-fashioned recliner eating melon seeds, while Yu Chunmei and Yunyun had cleaned out the debris from the old kitchen.

A large pile of dirt was dumped in the yard.

Seeing them come back, the two immediately noticed the bag on Yu Xiaowei's back and hurriedly followed him back to the kiln. When they opened the bag, a bunch of yellow rats appeared in front of them. Yunyun was so scared that she quickly dodged, while Yu Chunmei was quite surprised.

"So many yellow rats!"

"Impressive, isn't it, Third Miss? These are all made by my uncle. There are eight of them, and they probably weigh more than ten kilograms!"

"It's really amazing." Yu Chunmei exclaimed sincerely.

Due to her physical disability, she cannot do many things. When she was very young, the condition was not so severe. She also went with her cousin to get it pumped, but it only lasted for a quarter and she didn't get it pumped out many times.

Later, her legs became more and more difficult to walk, and no one took her out to play anymore.

Capturing yellow rats became a childhood memory.

She knew how difficult it was to force-feed yellow rats. Seeing that Yu Qiutang and his partner had managed to force-feed so many in just one afternoon, she couldn't help but marvel at how amazing Yu Qiutang was.

Beyond her imagination!

"Third sister, please take care of the yellow rat for us first. If it's dead, its meat won't taste good. Kill it with salt and we can eat it slowly. Go directly to Chen Meidi for the salt. I believe she won't make things difficult for you."

"Okay, I'll handle it."

"Xiaowei, you and Yunyun carry the dirt from the entrance to the outside. I'm going out to look for something."

"Yeah." Yu Xiaowei was still immersed in the excitement of the harvest and was very enthusiastic about the things arranged by Yu Qiutang.

After Yu Qiutang arranged everything, he picked up the small axe stuck on the firewood and went out. Before he left, he could feel that the curtain of his father's cave was pulled open a little, and someone was watching him from inside.

But he ignored it. After he went out, he looked at the sky. It was about five o'clock, and the sun had not yet set, but it was not that hot.

Rongcheng is two hours behind the capital in time zone. It gets dark at 9 pm in the summer, and the sun sometimes sets after 8 pm.

It is very hot here at noon in summer, but the temperature will be much lower in the evening. The temperature difference between day and night is quite large. It may be more than 30 degrees during the day and only 10 degrees at night.

You may even have to cover yourself with a blanket even in the hottest summer.

The village where Yu Qiutang lived was called Wangzhuang Village. The village was built around mountains and covered a large area. There were thirteen production teams, with a total of six or seven thousand people.

It is a typical large village.

Unlike many villages in the south where a population of two to three thousand is considered a large village, this area is vast and sparsely populated, and relatively backward, making it impossible to set up too many institutions. Often a village has to radiate to an area of ​​one to two hundred square kilometers.

The Yu family is a group of foreigners who fled here. It is said that they crossed the Qinling Mountains from Sichuan. They have only four generations of roots in Wangjia Village, so they are a small clan.

Following the setting sun, Yu Qiutang came to the east of the village, which is the place closest to the mountain.

It is part of the Qinling Mountains and is called Houtouling.

It is said that this mountain used to be shaped like a monkey's head, but with successive earthquakes and mudslides, the top of the monkey's head has collapsed. From a distance, the entire Monkey Head Ridge looks like a chair.

Most of the people in Wangjia Village can only move around in low areas, which account for less than one-tenth of the area of ​​Houtouling Mountain. The wider mountain area is more than a hundred meters higher.

The mountain is covered with lush and dense trees, there are no established roads, and there are all kinds of wild animals. Except for hunters and rangers, most people dare not go up there.

During this period, there were some ignorant teenagers and several waves of criminals who illegally cut down trees. As a result, a child was taken away by a leopard and two illegal loggers were beaten to death by blind bears. This served as a wake-up call to all those who do not believe in evil.

Yu Qiutang wanted to go to the mountains to find some flexible wood before dark.

He wanted to make a crossbow and a slingshot.

Being at the foot of the mountain and having the background of a ranger, he certainly could not miss out on the mountain, a holy place with unlimited wealth.

Becoming a part-time hunter is the most suitable path.

But the problem now is that he has no gun.

Gun control in this era varied across regions, and in the northeast and southwest borders, bullets could be purchased even in department stores, and there were also places that specialized in selling guns.

But the Northwest is different.

Due to some special reasons, gun control is quite strict here.

In his previous life, he officially got a five-six-and-a-half-barreled rifle after he became a ranger. Before that, he had only touched a few old single-barreled rifles commonly used by hunters.

The old single-barreled gun is barely worth a thing in the hands of a mature hunter, but if it is held by an ordinary person, it is basically just a decoration.

They can only hunt rabbits, foxes, etc. They may not be able to deal with jackals or raccoon dogs, let alone carnivorous beasts such as weasels, wolves, wild boars, etc.

Sometimes, an old single-barreled rifle is not even as useful as a good slingshot or crossbow.

When he was feeding the yellow rats in the afternoon, he thought very clearly.

Eating a fat man in one go obviously does not meet the requirements.

Just make a handy slingshot and a crossbow first, use the experience from the previous life and his current revised attributes, and find a few good dogs, that will be enough in the early stage.

You can develop while looking for sources of guns.

At least I have to get five or six and a half like in the previous life, then I can truly return to the depths of the mountains and give the blind bear a sliding tackle.

(End of this chapter)