Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

At the moment, Yu Qiutang was less than eighty meters away from the Wolf King. His eyesight was beyond that of an ordinary person. If he really wanted to attack, the Wolf King would surely kill him with one strike.

If the wolf king dies, the other wolves will surely scatter.

But just as Yu Qiutang was about to pull the trigger, his hand moved away from the trigger.

The gunshots were very loud in the mountains.

If we use a gun directly, almost all the animals within dozens of miles will run away, except for the stupid roe deer.

Hide away.

Especially many timid animals may not come out for several days or even more than ten days.

The forest musk deer is one of the timid animals.

Once they hide, it is harder than climbing a mountain to find them again.

Yu Qiutang hung the gun back on his back, changed the gun into a crossbow, quickly rushed down the mountain and ran towards that direction.

His halberd was right there, and with that weapon in hand, with his current strength and agility, these wolves would not be able to hold on.

They need to win by clever tactics after all.

As he charged forward quickly and without concealment, the wolves on the other side soon discovered him and immediately changed their formation.

The head of the triangle was originally pointing at the two people, but now one of its "heads" will be separated and face Yu Qiutang. The team changed from a single head to two heads, and the wolf king was in the middle of the back row, staring at Yu Qiutang with a fierce look.

"Cousin!"

Yu Qiyuan was overjoyed when he saw him rushing towards him.

Yu Qiutang responded and rushed to them. "What's going on? Why are there so many wolves? Why don't you light a fire?!"

Yu Qiutang rushed over and joined the two of them. He put the musk bag against the wall and took the halberd from Yu Qiutang. With the halberd in his hand, he felt much more confident.

It’s not that the gap is too big with bare hands, but I’m worried that I might be scratched by those damn teeth, which would be quite troublesome.

It is much more difficult to find rabies vaccine these days than in later times.

It’s better to be safe.

"Nothing can be done."

Yu Qiujiang held the knife tightly in his hand from beginning to end, and his eyes never left the wolf pack.

But because of Yu Qiutang's arrival, he felt much more relaxed. He then took some time to wipe the sweat off his clothes, and his breathing gradually calmed down.

Only then did he quickly tell Yu Qiutang what had happened.

It turned out that they also encountered the newcomer protection period.

Yu Qiutang waited for a few musk deer in the azalea bush above, and it took him a lot of effort to get two. On Yu Qiutang and Yu Qiyuan's side, because Yu Qiuyuan was a novice, he actually saw a male musk deer very quickly.

The female musk deer probably didn't expect that there would be people here and was completely unprepared, so she was captured alive by them. It might be that the smell released by the musk deer in a hurry was so strong that it attracted the nearby wolves.

They were surrounded and there was no time to light a fire.

Only then did Yu Qiutang notice that there was a bag in the moss between the two men and the wolf pack, which was still wriggling slightly. It must be the musk deer they had caught.

It was too dark just now and I didn’t notice it.

"Cousin, why is the fragrance so strong?"

Yu Qiutang smelled the scent of musk from the beginning and thought that he had brought the scent of musk with him.

Now, after hearing Yu Qiyuan's question, I realized that the fragrance was indeed too strong and something was wrong.

Suddenly, he thought of a fatal question and asked hurriedly: "Did you tie up the musk deer's mouth after you caught it?"

"Ah, why tie its mouth? Just tie its legs, then it can't run away, right?" Yu Qiyuan said.

Yu Qiutang smiled bitterly.

He forgot to tell these two people the precautions for catching musk deer.

Probably not.

The musk deer here must have bitten the sachet into pieces in a hurry, otherwise where would the strong fragrance come from?

But right now, it’s useless to say this. The most important thing is to deal with these wolves and recover some losses.

Wolf skin is not as valuable as musk deer, but wolf skin is a good thing. A bad one can be sold for 150 yuan, and a good one can be sold for more than 200 yuan.

This mountain wolf is a subspecies of the Mongolian wolf. Its fur is very thick and dense, and is considered the best quality wolf skin.

Take it to the market and reap a lot of rewards.

"Brother Jiang, give your invasion knife to Yuan Zi, and you use mine."

Yu Qiujiang glanced at him, hesitated slightly, handed the knife to Yu Qiyuan, and took over Yu Qiutang's halberd.

The halberd is indeed heavy, and he needs to be very strong to use it well. Most people cannot afford it.

"You two help me guard, I'll use the crossbow."

Yu Qiutang took the crossbow off his back again, put the arrow on the string, and fiddled with it gently. Suddenly, he lifted it up abruptly.

"call out!"

The crossbow arrow was shot out with a strong wind in an instant.

"Ouch."

With such a short distance, Yu Qiutang believed that he would hit the target with one strike.

However, upon closer inspection, he realized that his target was the wolf king, but he hit a gray wolf on the side.

Moreover, it shot right on the wolf's neck.

The wolf fell to the ground.

next moment.

At the sound of the wolf king's howl, all the wolves pounced on the three people.

They were very cooperative.

Two of them dealt with Yu Qiyuan and Yu Qiujiang respectively, and the other three rushed directly towards Yu Qiutang. The wolf king himself was still observing from behind the team, but the wolf hair on his neck had all stood up, obviously ready for alert.

"Go away!"

Yu Qiujiang snorted coldly and slapped the wolf that pounced on him away with his halberd.

But because he used too much force, the halberd carried his body forward a few steps, and he lost his balance for a moment.

It was Yu Qiyuan's first time to use the Qin Dao. Facing the ferocious wolf, he completely lost his fighting power and could only swing the Qin Dao around randomly.

Fortunately, the wolves besieging him had average fighting power.

Intimidated by his swordsmanship, the wolf just kept digging at the ground in front of it and did not dare to rush over forcefully for a while.

Yu Qiutang became the main target of the wolf pack's attention.

Almost at the same time, three wolves rushed towards it.

And he only reloaded his crossbow with one more arrow.

It seems that the wolf is quite smart, knowing to kill the enemy first by dealing with the archers...

Yu Qiutang was very calm. His consciousness was faster than that of the wolves. Even though three wolves seemed to pounce on him, he had enough time to react.

"Pass!"

He first kicked the wolf on the left away, then raised his right elbow and knocked the wolf on the right away again, and finally sent the crossbow arrow into the wolf's forehead.

In the eyes of others, it only took a moment for him to complete a triple kill.

Except for the one in the middle which died on the spot, the two next to it were not dead yet, but they were already gasping for breath, exhaling more than inhaling.

Yu Qiutang did not stop at all. He loaded the crossbow again and prepared to fight the wolf king. However, he found that the wolf king was even faster than him. Almost the moment the wolves landed on the ground, he turned around and ran away.

Yu Qiutang hurried to catch up, but it was too difficult to catch up with the wolf in the moss. The wolf's speed was obviously more suitable for this terrain. In addition, it was dark at night, and the wolf king disappeared without a trace in less than a minute.

"Huh!" Yu Qiutang stopped, looked in the direction where the wolf king disappeared, and let out a long sigh.

"Damn it, he runs so fast." Although he knew in his heart that the wolf king was definitely not comparable to ordinary wolves, the fact that he ran so decisively and quickly was really beyond his expectations.

Now, there were five wolves left on the scene, some alive and some dead, lying on the ground unable to move, and a little wolf with its head bowed and its teeth bared.

This wolf looks like it is less than a year old, medium-sized, and probably still a little confused.

It failed to pounce on Yu Qiyuan just now. Now all the other wolves have been defeated and the wolf king has fled, but it is still grinning and putting pressure on Yu Qiyuan, not knowing that it is now the meat on the chopping board.

Sure enough, Yu Qiyuan was still confronting him, and Yu Qiujiang killed him with a single blow of his halberd.

If young wolves don’t understand the darkness of society, they will be sent to death directly.

Yu Qiutang also went over and checked the other wolves one by one. As long as they were not dead, he would strangle them to death with the bowstring.

This kind of wolf skin is the most valuable.

The price is at least 30% higher than that of a wolf shot to death.

When selling wild animal fur, it must be both practical and perfect. If the fur is complete, it will give the user a special feeling.

Seeing that all the wolves were dead, Yu Qiyuan squatted on the ground holding the knife in both hands.

Head full of sweat.

Although it is not snowing here like above, the temperature is not high either, only a few degrees. The fact that Yu Qiyuan is sweating so much shows how much pressure he is under.

This is slightly inferior to Wang Haofeng.

But he also has an advantage, which is that he is obedient.

Although he was very scared, he still insisted on staying there and did not run around so as not to make Yu Qiutang and Yu Qiujiang worry about him.

Holding two people back.

That's good enough.

Everyone has shortcomings and advantages, which all come from their own personality traits. However, we must know our own shortcomings and consciously improve them so that we can gradually become mature.

If one always thinks that this is his character, always indulging and letting things go, then this kind of person is not suitable for long-term development.

When Yu Qiutang and Yu Qiutang saw their little cousin like this, they looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

Without calling on him to take action, the two of them pulled all six wolf corpses together.

Then Yu Qiutang patted Yu Qiuyuan on the shoulder and said, "Yutan, if you have a good rest, Brother Jiang and I will make a fire for us. I will take care of the wolf."

Human fear is like this, the longer it remains in memory, the harder it is to eliminate.

Yu Qiutang did not give Yu Qiyuan the opportunity to think about it over and over again, and arranged for him to do the work immediately.

Yu Qiyuan then stood up and went with Yu Qiujiang to get firewood nearby, then came back to light a fire.

While the two were collecting firewood, Yu Qiutang cut all the mosses nearby and dug out a pile of soil with a long spear to make a small wall to block the fire, minimizing the possibility of the flames igniting the mosses.

While Yu Qiuyuan and Yu Qiujiang were lighting the fire, he walked around the area and found a few stones weighing one or two hundred kilograms, which he moved to block the flames.

Pick out a thin and flat piece and place it flat on the ground, preparing to use it as a surface for processing the wolf.

Then there's the waiting.

When the flames were burning, he pulled the first wolf over and gently cut the wolf's paw with a dagger.

The skinning method for wolves is no different from that for deer and sheep.

However, it is not easy to skin a wolf because the connection between its meat and skin is very strong.

It's comparable to a deer.

Most hunters, after catching a wolf, need to find a sturdy branch, hang the wolf upside down on it, and then skin it from its four paws.

It's no different than taking off your clothes.

This process is hard and tiring.

If you can't wipe it off from the top, you need to use a dagger to cut it slowly and carefully, and finally peel off the skin bit by bit.

Of course, most people can’t handle this kind of movement. They don’t have the strength and endurance to do it.

Yu Qiutang had done this kind of thing in his previous life and found it very difficult at the time.

Looking at the six wolves in front of him, he thought that if he finished all of them, he would be exhausted to death.

Besides, there are no branches here, so all the strength of my feet and arms is required, which is even more difficult than before.

but.

When he actually started to do it, he found that it was not that difficult. His strength and endurance were obviously much stronger than before. He didn't need to hang on the tree branches, he could just step on the stones and do it.

This gave him a new understanding of his own strength.

With his current abilities, he always felt that killing these animals was absolutely no difficulty at all and was a piece of cake.

I'm afraid that only giants like the black bear and the antelope would make him a little afraid temporarily.

The most valuable part of a wolf is its fur; wolf meat is of little value.

It’s not that it’s inedible, it’s just that the taste is just so-so. If it’s made more delicious, it’s probably about the same as dog meat.

But it is much more woody than dog meat.

People with bad teeth may not be able to bite the ball.

Therefore, if the people in the mountains catch a wolf, they will only bring the wolf down the mountain as a whole if it is very convenient and there is no other prey.

The wolf skins are peeled off and sold for money, while the wolf meat is smoked dry and then hung up as jerky.

When there is really no meat left, cut a piece and cook or steam it.

It's purely for the taste of meat, not because it tastes good.

If today was the last day, Yu Qiutang might have kept some wolf meat to take back, but the main task of this trip into the mountains was to catch musk deer. So far, he had only caught two alive and one dead, and it was obvious that the predetermined goal had not been achieved.

The only option was to sacrifice the wolves first, leaving only the wolf skins which were quite easy to carry.

After Yu Qiuyuan became famous, he stood next to Yu Qiutang and watched for a while, and then he felt itchy.

"Why, you want to try it?"

Yu Qiutang saw that he was ready to try, so he asked with a smile.

"Can I come?"

"Why not? This way, you can just take this wolf cub. It will be easier to skin it."

"it is good."

So, when Yu Qiutang had finished peeling the one in his hand, he put the smaller one on top and taught Yu Qiuyuan how to peel the skin step by step.

The difficulty is naturally not small.

For those who have never done this before, the soft and slightly elastic touch when the knife cuts through the animal's fur for the first time is often unbearable for them.

Yu Qiyuan was no exception.

I almost vomited.

Yu Qiutang did not offer much comfort, but just waited for him to recover and continue.

Fortunately, Yu Qiyuan had a good understanding, but he was not strong enough, so he peeled the fruits quite slowly.

Yu Qiutang comforted him and said there was no rush and he could just rest here tonight and there was no need to rush.

After slowly peeling off the limbs, all that was left was to peel off the wolf skin bit by bit. Yu Qiutang reminded Yu Qiyuan to be slow and careful, and the knife must not cut the wolf skin. Once cut, the skin would be completely scrapped and its value would be estimated to be only one tenth of the original price.

There was enough material to make a coat, but now only enough for a few pairs of boots and gloves. How much can it be sold for?

Seeing that Yu Qiyuan's performance was basically stable, Yu Qiutang carefully checked the current conditions of the musk deer.

The two he caught himself were in good condition.

Although the male musk deer had a leg injury, he was in good spirits because the injury was well treated and did not look like he was about to die.

The little guy, on the other hand, had a silly and cute look on his face, and didn't even realize that he was already as powerful as a human hand. (End of this chapter)