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Chapter 636: Running to the Mountain to Hunt Black Hair

The autumn wind is blowing, and the mountains and forests are covered with yellow leaves. The branches are empty, which makes the view much wider, but some shrubs and pine trees are evergreen.

Now is a good time to hit pine cones. Even if you pass under the tree, you may get hit on the head by the falling pine cones. It's so exaggerated!

Last night, Xu Ning wiped the 56 rifle twice very carefully. He didn't want anything to happen to the gun again. He loaded two clips of bullets and placed them in a cowhide bag. He also checked the ropes, clips and sheaths for tying up livestock. Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu also made the same preparations when they returned home. They also polished their knives and spears.

Before six o'clock, Xu Ning and Wang Hu rode two donkeys, tied their dogs to the donkey's guardrails, and went to Li Fuqiang's house. After having a simple meal, they tied their leggings, took their lunch boxes, and headed straight for Nanshan.

The three of them were full of confidence along the way, and they kept saying that they must kill two animals with their own hands, so that they could relieve the depressed mood of many days.

They turned right at the Nanshan fork and headed towards Shuangfengling. After arriving at Xiaofeng Mountain, the three men hid the donkey and untied the dog leashes, allowing the dogs to move freely. They ran around in the mountains, sometimes urinating under a tree, sometimes biting each other's ears, or hanging around Xu Ning.

Li Fuqiang and Wang Hu have both learned how to use the double knot, but have not yet learned how to set the trap. When Xu Ning was setting the trap, the two of them watched very carefully, fearing that they would miss any step.

The technical content of setting traps lies in concealment. Because the newly dug pit will have a fishy smell, timid small animals dare not come over easily, so it is necessary to cover it with pine needles, rotten leaves, etc. to restore the environment to its original state. The last step is to place bait.

The bait made by Xu Ning himself is a mixture of tofu dregs, cornmeal and millet. The tofu dregs and cornmeal have a strong smell, and people cannot smell them after they dry, but the noses of small animals are better than humans.

A total of 8 clamps and 40 traps were placed on the west side of Xiaofeng Mountain, and more than 30 traps were placed between the east side and Mangtou Mountain.

There are some techniques to setting traps. You need to observe the animal trails and traces, and you cannot damage the trails. You must be very careful when walking.

The three men didn't finish their work until it was bright in the sky and the sun had risen into the sky. The dog gang just lay on the ground, blinking listlessly.

"Brother, where are we going?"

"Go directly into the mountains from here and head towards Heixiazi West Valley. Take a stroll first to see if there is any stock. If not, go to Laoniu Valley."

"Okay!"

Xu Ning turned around and waved. The dogs saw the signal and got up to chase after him. Their spirits changed from the moment they got up.

Li Fuqiang looked at the lively dogs and said with a smile, "My brother is the one who leads them. When we went to Wangxing to run in the mountains before, they were quite obedient, but they were a bit difficult to control."

Wang Hu nodded: "Not really. The blue wolf had a lot of fun on the mountain before, chasing the wild boar and we couldn't catch up. That guy made Third Brother tired..."

"If the blue wolf is chasing livestock, don't chase it. It's not an ordinary dog. Even if it runs into a big egg-digger, it won't get hurt. If it's a black wolf, you have to stop it. This dog is just stupid and can only run away..."

Li Fuqiang said: "I think the flower wolf has trained well. When Wangxing started to fight, its speed and stamina were basically the same as the blue wolf. The three black dogs were a little behind."

"Second brother, if this dog can be dragged on properly, I think it will be more powerful than the blue wolf."

Xu Ning looked at Hualang out of the corner of his eye and said, "It knows too little right now, so it has to delay a little longer. But Qinglang's journey is the farthest, so I think Hualang is almost there..."

The three of them walked south along the deep ditch and climbed over two hills before reaching Heixiazi West Ditch. The dog gang strolled slowly in front, looking back at Xu Ning from time to time.

Today the three of them ran much slower than usual because they hadn't run in the mountains for a long time. They had to conserve some strength and activate their bodies step by step. Otherwise, if they got hurt from running today, they would definitely not be able to get off the bed tomorrow.

At a little after 10 o'clock, the three men and the dog gang had reached the middle of Heixiazi West Ditch. Xu Ning listened to the wind and felt that there should be no goods in West Ditch. If there were any livestock, the blue wolf would have killed them long ago at the current wind speed.

"Let's go up the mountain from here and stroll to the back garden. If there's nothing happening in the back garden, then we can go directly to Lao Niu Gou."

"Okay, if I had known we were going to the back garden, I would have taken the foot piercings!"

Xu Ning turned around and asked, "What are you doing? Are you going to climb a tree and pick pine cones?"

"Ah! We must get some pine cones. We didn't get many last year. They were all picked out from the rat warehouse. We must get some fresh ones this year!"

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Forget it. Picking pine cones is more risky than hiking. What if you fall down? You can just pick up some pine cones on the ground when you have time."

"Hey, nothing happened. Don't you know my physique? I climbed the tree just for fun!"

Wang Hu said, "Brother Qiang, you really have to listen to my second brother this time. Don't take it lightly. Didn't you hear that a few days ago a teacher from our school went into the mountains to pick pine cones and fell from the tree?"

Li Fuqiang was stunned for a moment without saying anything. Xu Ning frowned and asked, "When did this happen?"

"It was the day after you went to pick up the Liu brothers. The teacher wanted to get some pine cones for the students as snacks, but when he was halfway up, he lost his footing and fell down. Fortunately, it wasn't too high, so he just sprained his foot and it seemed his arm was broken, but he was fine."

Xu Ning was a little surprised. What happened? He clearly remembered that in his previous life, this teacher broke his leg and was licked by a black bear.

"I heard it from Lianfang, and Lianfang heard it from Jiang Qiuer. At that time, the teacher led five or six students there. Fortunately, there were students accompanying them..."

Li Fuqiang said: "This guy is really a jerk. Why did he bring students with him to Da Songta? What if something happened to the students? How is he going to explain to their families?"

Hearing this, Xu Ning felt that Jiang Qiu'er should have conveyed what he had said to her teacher and classmates. He said, "Brother, this is a lesson for us. Think about it yourself."

"Well, I won't climb the tree to pick pine cones, so that's all. If I can't do it, I'll spend some money to find someone else to do it..."

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Your brain is working pretty well now, huh? You've even learned to pay people to do the work."

"Hahaha, before I had no money, so I had to do it all by myself! Now that I have money, I can do whatever I want."

Once people have money, their way of thinking will also change. Just like Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu, and Guan Lei, they used to have more money in their pockets than their faces, but now they feel that even a hundred yuan in their pockets is not enough. In the past, they did everything themselves, but now they only think about hiring people to do it. Li Fuqiang grinned and said, "What else can I say? I have learned it by studying with you."

"Well, second brother, a few days ago, Brother Qiang and I talked about pine cones. Why did Brother Qiang climb trees to pick pine cones? Mainly because he wanted to experience it and see if it was tiring..."

Li Fuqiang nodded and said, "You have leased a mountain behind you, so we can think about whether we can lease a pine forest and collect pine cones to sell for money!"

Wang Hu continued: "Second brother, do you think this can be done?"

Xu Ning looked at the two of them with a smile on his face: "Very good, this is a good idea! But now is not the right time. The pine forest in our area is either managed by the forest farm or belongs to the collective. If you want to contract the pine forest, I'm afraid you have to wait two or three years..."

"Ah, how much money can this job make?"

Xu Ning said: "The cost and profit should each account for half. Songta also depends on the weather. This thing is good one year and bad the next, just like mushrooms."

"We can't contract pine forests now. When there is a chance in the future, we can contract a few more forests. I was chatting with Hedong before, and he said that pine nuts and hazelnuts are very expensive in the south. Even in the provincial capital, they are more expensive than here."

"That's for sure. Scarcity makes things valuable..."

Just as he finished speaking, everyone was about to walk towards the back garden when they saw Blue Wolf, Black Wolf and Flower Wolf suddenly stop, stand in place, raise their heads and move their noses.

The next moment, the three dogs barked loudly and rushed towards the pine forest in the back garden. One-Eye, Gray Wolf and other dogs followed closely behind, and in an instant they rushed out more than ten meters.

"It's on!"

"Oh my god, I finally got here! Let's chase him away!"

The three men paused slightly, then ran after them, following the dogs' backs. During the chase, Xu Ning clearly felt that the ground was a little soft. This was due to the accumulation of fallen leaves and branches. Sometimes they would fall down if they ran too fast, so they could only move forward steadily, and their speed naturally slowed down.

Xu Ning looked at the blue wolf as it rushed out and shouted, "It should be not far away! You two should watch your step!"

"Know!"

Li Fuqiang's eyes were determined. He just stared at the road under his feet, glancing in the direction of the dog gang from time to time. Wang Hu also gritted his teeth and ran forward, with a hint of excitement and excitement in his expression.

It's like when you are fishing and the fish finally takes the bait. The process of fishing makes you feel excited and happy.

When the three of them ran to the back garden, 20 minutes had passed. This high-intensity running made Xu Ning, who hadn't run in the mountains for a long time, feel a little tired. But as long as he got over this fatigue, he no longer felt tired.

"Second brother! The dogs are barking on the left!"

Xu Ning shouted, "Go to the right! Load your gun first... When you see an animal, just chop its head!"

"okay……"

As time went by, under the leadership of the three leading dogs of Blue Wolf, the dog gang went into the red pine forest. At this time, they had stopped making any noise except for the sounds of their footsteps and fur scraping against branches.

The blue wolf grinned, sticking out its drooling tongue, and ran forward with its head up and down, while the black wolf and the spotted wolf were on both sides of it. The speed of the three leading dogs was almost the same, leaving the spotted wolf and the two yellow dogs behind them more than ten meters away. Only the one-eyed wolf and the gray wolf were following closely.

50 meters ahead, on a sunny slope, there was a litter of black-haired wild boars resting. This litter consisted of only old sows and yellow-haired piglets. They were simply...

Just as the blue wolf was about to rush towards the largest sow, it suddenly noticed a pig's cry coming from the right. It was a big egg-digging sow weighing nearly 400 kilograms!

Upon seeing this, the blue wolf quickly turned its head and started barking!
ooh ooh...

A series of dog barkings scared the wild boars so much that they suddenly jumped up.

But the blue wolf didn't care about the old sows and the little yellow-haired pigs. It and the four dogs, the spotted wolf, one-eyed wolf and flower egg, rushed straight towards the 400-jin big egg digger.

The black wolf led the gray wolf, two yellow dogs, the spotted bear and three black dogs towards the pigs. The gray wolf's eyes were very clear, because it saw a yellow-haired little pig weighing less than 100 kilograms. It stopped in front of the yellow-haired little pig with two barks. It was like a bandit who suddenly appeared on the road and saw a young girl...

After the dog gang rushed into the pig herd, they drove the wild boars away, but they were not in a hurry to eat them. Instead, they chased the wild boars, one chasing me and the other running. This strategic method was not taught by Xu Ning, but they were born with it.

There are totally 9 wild boars in this litter, including a 400-pound big egg-digging pig, an old sow weighing more than 300 pounds, two old sows weighing more than 200 pounds, and the remaining five are small yellow-haired pigs weighing about 100 pounds.

From this we can know that these little yellow-haired kids were born around May this year. After 5 months of growth, they will grow to 5-80 kilograms.

At this moment, the Blue Wolf and the Big Egg Digger bumped into each other head on. The dog and the pig were all stunned. Just when the Big Egg Digger was about to pounce, the Blue Wolf suddenly dodged to the left, and the Big Egg Digger almost hit a tree. When it stopped, the Blue Wolf turned around flexibly and bit its crotch!
When Flower Wolf, One-Eye, and Flower Egg saw that Blue Wolf had already taken the bait, they also pounced on it. Flower Egg first grabbed the left ear of Big Planer Egg. One-Eye saw that there was no room left. What should he do? He suddenly jumped up, stepped on the back of Big Planer Egg and grabbed the right ear...

Big Eggdog screamed in agony after being bitten, shaking his body constantly, trying to throw One-Eye and Flower Eggdog off. He took small steps on all fours, shaking his head left and right, trying to use his fangs to kill the two dogs!
The blue wolf glared and tore at the crotch of the egg-digging beast with all its might. Its four claws tightly grasped the ground, and it even sat on the ground with its buttocks, but it was unable to subdue the 400-pound egg-digging beast.

The big egg was bitten to pieces, and its screams echoed in the forest. It turned around in circles and even banged its butt against a tree, but the three dogs still didn't let go...

The wolf had been watching from the side for two or three seconds. It found the right moment, and when it saw the egg-digging creature open its mouth and scream in pain, it pounced forward and bit the egg-digging creature's nose directly!
Moreover, the position of the wolf's bite just avoided the fangs of the big egg-planing thief. However, when the big egg-planing thief felt the pain, he raised his chin with all his strength, and one of his fangs accurately scraped the wolf's lips, leaving a gash at the corner of his mouth.

The flower wolf endured the pain and still didn't let go. The more the big egg struggled, the harder they bit! The worst was the blue wolf. It bit and pulled at the same time, almost tearing off the crotch of the big egg...

Not far away, the black wolf, the spotted bear and other dogs also took action. Their target was the largest sow among them. Only the gray wolf and the three black dogs were playing with the five little yellow-haired pigs.

After the black wolf, the spotted bear and the two yellow dogs had trapped the 300-pound sow, the other two 200-pound sows had already run away, but the five little yellow-haired pigs did not escape because their escape route had been blocked by the four dogs, so the five little yellow-haired pigs could only run in the opposite direction.

(End of this chapter)