Back to 1984: Hunting in the Mountains

Chapter 51 The Bicycle Was Stolen
"call out!"

The two were spying in the bushes as the fight over there was briefly decided. The civet cat, which was originally at a disadvantage, suddenly bit the daylight snake's tail. The snake felt the pain and subconsciously unfolded its body, and the civet cat immediately ran away.

The snake followed closely behind.

But the little civet cat was about to run towards the cave entrance, but after running for more than ten meters, it suddenly braked and turned around, running towards the place where Yu Qiutang and the other man were hiding.

"broken!"

As soon as Yu Qiutang had the thought, he saw the little civet cat was in front of him. In a flash, its body jumped between the two people. Old man Qin, who was affected, finally reacted and was about to stand up when he saw the daylight snake coming towards him.

We just happened to meet face to face!

In an instant, both the snake and the man were frightened.

Snakes are afraid of people, but at this moment its brain circuits could not react, and it was still in a fighting and chasing state, so it subconsciously took Old Man Qin as an attack target and bit directly at his neck.

It is difficult for snakes to reach a person's neck. They will not swoop up and leave two tooth marks on a person's neck like they do on TV.

But at this time, Old Man Qin was hiding behind the bushes and was just about to stand up, while the snake was climbing up along the bushes, so they met by chance.

In desperation, he subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop it, but before his hand reached halfway, the snake was already in front of him. He felt that he had no way to avoid it and could only close his eyes.

Huh?
The imagined pain did not come.

The "whoosh" sound in the air suddenly stopped and disappeared into thin air.

He slowly opened his eyes and found that the snake was shaking its tail in Yu Qiutang's hand, while Yu Qiutang was pinching the snake's head tightly, holding the snake in his hand.

He shook the snake gently a few times and said, "It's okay. Go check on your black-footed civet cat."

"Damn it, it almost killed me," Old Man Qin tapped the snake's body with his gun and said with a smile, "Leave it to me. This thing can be used to make wine. It's very nutritious."

Yu Qiutang smiled, walked to the side, put the snake into the grass, and watched the snake quickly leave.

“You are…” Old Man Qin stamped his feet, looking regretful. “It’s okay if you don’t want to sell it to me. I can give you the same price for this snake as I did for the black-footed civet cat.”

Yu Qiutang shook his head, turned around and clapped his hands, "Forget it, this snake is in the egg-laying period..."

"That's a great tonic."

"Why would we kill them all? It won't matter to us if we don't have the snake, but if we kill it, there will be at least a dozen less small snakes on this mountain..."

Yu Qiutang really wanted to tell the old man that it was because of this situation that the number of the sun snake gradually decreased even though it laid more than a dozen eggs each time, and finally gradually approached extinction.

Since he carries the memories from the future, he should maintain a certain degree of goodwill towards this animal that is clearly on the verge of extinction.

"Well, let it go. It's just a snake. I'll go get the black-footed civet cat first."

Yu Qiutang sat down on a rock nearby and watched Old Man Qin smear the civet incense he had prepared in the bottle on the rocks and branches outside the cave entrance, and then waited quietly outside.

Sure enough, not long after, the black-footed raccoon father suddenly ran out, followed closely by four black-footed raccoon cubs as big as house mice.

When the black-footed raccoon's father came out, he did not see his wife. Just as he was about to look around, a bag fell from the sky and put him into the bag. The bag was turned over, leaving only his head sticking out of the bag.

Old Man Qin seemed to be quite familiar with this matter. The mouth of the bag he prepared had two ropes. As soon as the black-footed civet's head appeared, he took the opportunity to tie it to the mouth of the bag, so that only the head could be seen pitifully.

This will ensure that it will not bite the bag, which is similar to the principle of Yu Qiutang tying its mouth.

The remaining few little guys were more simple-minded, with almost no chance of escape, so they were put into the bag one by one.

He lifted the bag and shook it with satisfaction, returning with a full load. "Are you satisfied?" Yu Qiutang asked.

"Satisfied, quite satisfied," Old Man Qin came to sit next to Yu Qiutang, carrying two bags. He took out a box of cigarettes and was about to light it, but then he remembered that they were in the mountains, so he put the pack back.

"Thanks to Brother Yu, this thing is actually very hidden. It rarely makes caves in places like the sour jujube forest. If you hadn't brought me here this time, I would definitely not have found this place."

Yu Qiutang smiled.

Old man Qin took out a stack of money from his pocket and counted out five big unity notes for Yu Qiutang.

"Here, according to the agreed price, I'll give you 10 dollars if I find one. Although the male black-footed civet cat is an adult, the male one can't be sold at a high price. I have to make some money, right?"

Yu Qiutang took the money and put it in his coat pocket. After spending part of the money from yesterday's sales, he had exactly twenty yuan left. With the fifty yuan, he had seventy yuan for the time being.

It can be considered a small fortune.

"Happy cooperation." In fact, he was very grateful to Old Man Qin. To make money from hunting, it not only depends on the hunting skills, but also on the channels to sell the prey. If no one wants it, what you hunt can only be eaten, which is meaningless.

"That was quite pleasant," Old Man Qin looked up at the sky, "The west looks gloomy, with thick clouds. It's expected to rain soon. Let's go down the mountain now."

"Okay, let's go down the mountain."

Yu Qiutang also wanted to go back and fix his slingshot, and then find a way to fix the crossbow.

It is not easy to fight without any weapon and relying on bare hands.

He couldn't help but look at Old Man Qin's gun again, feeling very envious. If he could get such a gun, it would be much more convenient.

When going down the mountain, the two took the main road, which was relatively easier to walk on and took less time than when they came up.

Yu Qiutang estimated that he would be home in an hour to fix his stuff.

But who would have thought that when the two men went down the mountain and arrived at the place where the bicycle was buried, they found that the branches that originally covered the bicycle had been removed and thrown aside, and the bicycle inside was missing.

"Could it be that I remembered the wrong location?"

Old man Qin was a little confused and looked around.

Yu Qiutang shook his head. How could he remember it wrong? The two of them put the branches there together. Besides, with his current memory, how could he forget it completely?

He could guarantee 100% that the bicycle was buried here.

Old Man Qin is actually similar to him. As someone who often walks in the mountains, he must have no problem remembering the way, and he won't be so confused as to forget something that happened an hour or two ago.

"So, my car was stolen?"

Old Man Qin was a little confused. "What's going on? In a place like this, there are barely any human hairs. How could anyone know to hide a car? Is there a ghost in this place?"

Old man Qin wasn't even angry; he was almost laughing from anger.

A bicycle now costs nearly three hundred yuan, and even a second-hand one will sell for more than one hundred yuan. For many families, a bicycle is the most valuable asset.

It was actually stolen, which was unacceptable even for a wealthy man like Old Man Qin.

Yu Qiutang was not in a hurry. He squatted down and began to check the traces. It had just rained and the traces of the wheels were faintly visible.

(End of this chapter)