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Chapter 664 What is "beating a roe deer with a stick"? Catch it alive!

A trail of white smoke rose from the mountain. Looking closely, it was Blue Wolf leading the dog gang rushing madly towards the south. Their bodies kept rising and falling, and their heads stretched forward. Their speed was so fast that Xu Ning, Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei who were chasing behind were left behind by a hundred meters.

Xu Ning noticed that something was wrong with the dog gang's momentum. At this moment, the blue wolf had stopped barking and did not bark continuously. This was quite strange. If the animals were not too far away, why didn't the black wolf and the spotted wolf bark?
The three of them did not open their mouths when they were running because they were facing the wind. Although the breeze was not strong, the convection of cold wind into their mouths could easily cause them to get a stitch in the side and catch a cold.

They ran continuously for nearly 40 minutes in the snow-covered mountains and forests. Even though Xu Ning and Guan Lei were young, they could not hold on any longer. Li Fuqiang, whose body was as strong as an animal, was also gasping for breath. However, none of the three called for a stop.

If the animal that Blue Wolf smelled was a Black Bear, once the three of them stopped, it would be very likely that the Dog Gang would be in danger. If something unexpected happened during this period and the three of them could not catch up in the first time, the Dog Gang would be waiting for injury or death!
Xu Ning ran forward while squinting his eyes and looking around, and found that he had run along the big ditch to Lao Niubei!
The terrain here is a bit complicated, with not only dark ditches, but also ditches, ponds, and shallow ice...

At this time, a dog barked in front of him. Xu Ning's heart skipped a beat and he shouted, "Run!"

Li Fuqiang and Guan Lei said nothing, but took big strides and ran forward.

When the three of them climbed up the gentle slope, Xu Ning suddenly shouted, "Stop! Stop!"

The two of them hurriedly stopped and turned around to ask, "What's the matter, brother?"

"Don't talk, I want to listen..."

After stopping, Xu Ning could only hear his heartbeat at first. After three or five seconds, he heard the faint barking of a dog.

"It's in the snow! It's right in front! Go quickly."

After Xu Ning finished speaking, he continued to run forward with the two of them. After running about 60 meters, they saw a big pit in front of them. The pit was definitely not dug by humans, but formed naturally. After all, who would have nothing better to do than to dig a pit in the deep mountains and forests?

There was a meter thick layer of snow in the pit. In addition to the dog gang led by the blue wolf, there were also seven roe deer!
Among them, there are two male roe deer and the remaining five are female roe deer.

Guan Lei exclaimed: "Oh my god! What do you call this? You can't find it even after searching everywhere!"

"Hahaha, seven roe deer in total. Brother, we finally got one this time."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Yes, we found some. We need to think of a way to get the dog and the roe deer out."

"I'll just jump down..." Li Fuqiang said casually.

Xu Ning refused decisively: "No, do you know if the bottom is solid or hollow? If it is hollow, there is no way to save you if you fall in."

Li Fuqiang pointed at the dog howling in the snow and said, "You have to go down, or the dog will suffocate to death if you delay any longer."

"I'm not suffocating. I can breathe in the snow. Has Shitou got the rope?"

Guan Lei said: "The ropes are all in Hu Zi's cloth bag."

"Then you go back and meet Hu Zi. We'll chop some branches here and make a ladder later."

"okay……"

"Be more careful."

"Know!"

After Guan Lei left, Xu Ning squatted down and looked at the three-meter-deep pit and shook his head slightly. Li Fuqiang lit a cigarette and said, "Brother, can't the dog suffocate to death?"

"I really can't die. If I could suffocate to death, I would have jumped down just now."

Li Fuqiang nodded, took out his sword and went to chop branches with Xu Ning, and asked, "How can there be a big pit here? Could it be someone else who came to rob the gravel?"

"How is that possible? Do grave robbers need to dig such a big pit? Besides, there are no bricks or clay around. Let them suffer for a while. It will be fine for a while."

Since Xu Ning said so, Li Fuqiang naturally had no objection. The two of them cut down many branches and then cut off the twigs.

Before the two men finished cutting the branches, they heard the voices of Guan Lei and Wang Hu, "Second brother, what happened? Why did the dog fall into the ditch?"

"Look, what else is there in the ditch?"

"I heard from my brother Lei that there are seven more... roe deer! Oh my god, is that true? These roe deer are so unlucky that they could fall into a ditch in such a huge mountain?"

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Pass me the rope first. These roe deer should have just fallen down, otherwise the blue wolf wouldn't be able to smell them."

Wang Hu took out a rope from his cloth bag, and then the four of them started making a ladder. Guan Lei said, "The visible part of this pit must be three meters deep, so the snow inside must be at least one meter thick, right?"

"Well, it has to be one meter thick. Let's make a five-meter-long ladder. I'll go down first later."

Guan Lei waved his hand: "No, I'm the lightest among the four of us. Let me go down, otherwise you will break the ladder and we will have to start over."

"Then you better be careful, brother. Cut another stick and let the stone hit the roe deer's head later."

Li Fuqiang wondered: "Are they just going to kill them directly? Are they not going to catch them alive?"

"It will take two people to catch them alive, so I'll go down with Shitou."

"Second brother, Brother Lei and I will go downstairs, and you and Brother Qiang can go upstairs and show off."

Xu Ning did not refuse. He had observed just now that it had been half an hour since the dog gang fell into the pit, and the dogs were still able to wriggle in the snow in the pit, which meant that the snow should be solid underneath. However, the seven roe deer could not move because half of their bodies were buried in the snow and they could not use their limbs at all.

They lowered the ladder they had made into the pit. The ladder was about 1.2 meters deep in the snow. Wang Hu stepped down the ladder. When he stood firmly, the snow had already covered his waist...

Xu Ning instructed: "Just walk along the edge first! Use a stick to probe the rocks to make sure there are no hidden pits."

"okay."

Guan Lei walked forward with a stick, and the two of them quickly carried Hualang and Duyan out of the snow. They then tied the two dogs to their abdomens with ropes, and Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang pulled the dogs up.

The spotted wolf and the one-eyed wolf were shivering all over, shaking off the snow on their fur, then jumped up and pounced on Xu Ning, but Xu Ning had no time to care about them. He just lowered his head, grabbed the rope, and pulled the black wolf and the gray wolf up...

They were not in a hurry to take care of the roe deer, because the roe deer could not escape from the big pit, so they had to take care of their own dogs first.

After working for more than 10 minutes, all the dogs were finally pulled up. The blue wolf stood at the edge of the pit and barked loudly at the roe deer in the pit. No matter how Xu Ning tried to stop it, it was useless. It must have complaints. After all, they came all the way here just to hunt roe deer. Who would have thought that these roe deer were so useless and actually fell into the pit. The blue wolf and the dogs also rushed down as if they had no eyes.

"Brother, how do you tie up this roe deer? I'm afraid it will bite me if I reach out my hand."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "First tie its neck and then its legs. If it moves, chop its head! Shitou, you two start with the smaller roe deer..."

The roe deer in the big pit probably knew that the four people were going to rescue them, so when Wang Hu and Guan Lei tied their necks and hind legs with ropes, they didn't move much and just made whimpering sounds.

First, they pulled up the five female roe deer, and Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang tied them directly to the tree. Since they had killed eight animals yesterday, Wang Hu brought more than ten ropes today. Besides, if the ropes were not enough, there were still dog leashes, so they could be used in any way.

It was not until after four o'clock that all seven roe deer were pulled up. After Wang Hu and Guan Lei climbed up the ladder, they saw a group of roe deer lying on the ground and laughed.

"How many points do these seven roe deer and two wild boars give you?"

Li Fuqiang said confidently: "Seven times thirty-one, plus the ten points from the two wild boars, the total is forty-one!"

Xu Ning covered his face and said, "Oh my god, brother, what are you counting? Isn't seventy-seven forty-nine?"

"Forty-nine? I was thinking thirty-one."

"Hahaha, Brother Qiang was quite confident just now, still very confident..."

"Oh, I didn't even finish elementary school, so I'm lucky enough to be able to calculate a number, I don't care if it's correct or not."

At this moment, the setting sun was hanging on the top of the mountain, dyeing the sky a dazzling yellow and red, and the snow was also dyed red.

Xu Ning raised his wrist to check his watch and said, "Let's go back quickly."

"We're leading the roe deer? What if they don't follow us?" Guan Lei bared his teeth and said, "Let the black wolves chase them from behind. If they don't leave, let the blue wolves grab their crotches!"

Xu Ning laughed and said, "You are even more ruthless! It's easier to lead it along, but if it doesn't move, just cut it... Be careful when you walk, they may butt against you when they get angry."

"okay!"

Then, Xu Ning called over the dog gang that was baring its teeth at the roe deer. He led the dog gang behind, while Li Fuqiang, Wang Hu and Guan Lei walked in front, leading seven roe deer.

It was not known whether these roe deer were intelligent or what, but when the three of them were leading them, they did not resist at all. They just followed the force and there was no need for a dog to drive them away.

"Brother, are we still going to kill these roe deer?"

Xu Ning frowned and said, "Let's talk about it when we get home. I want to send it to my third brother, Brother Quan, and Lianfang's father. There's nothing to give as gifts during the holidays, and it's hard to deal with a lively roe deer..."

"Then send it!"

"I think it's okay. They have everything they need except fresh animal meat."

Guan Lei nodded and asked, "Brother, did you know that the date of Lian Jun and Hong Yan's engagement party has been changed?"

"I know. My third brother called me last month."

"Ah, I heard it from Lianfang, why are you thinking of changing the date?"

"Who knows? Maybe there is something to say."

"..."

The four of them chatted as they walked, and went back to the back garden to get two wild boars. They then dragged the wild boars and led the roe deer towards Shuangfeng Ridge.

By this time it was already dark and the four people's stomachs were rumbling. Fortunately, the temperature was not particularly cold, otherwise the cold air would have taken advantage of the situation and they would have easily gotten sick.

After leaving the mountain, Xu Ning glanced at his watch and said, "It's exactly 6:7. I'll be home at o'clock and can have a hot meal."

"I don't know if my dad and my uncle have returned home."

"Just go to the fork in the road and take a look. If you don't see Li Tielin, it means they have all arrived home."

They put the roe deer and the dogs into the trunk of the car and drove away quickly. At the fork in the road, they drove towards Ximaduozi. Not seeing Li Tielin's car, Xu Ning turned around and drove straight towards the village.

As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I heard Xu Laonian's evil laughter coming from inside the house.

"Hahaha, oh my, I didn't think I could shoot a deer! I don't know what happened to this deer, its leg was injured. I saw it eating in front of the bushes, so I raised my gun and fired twice, both shots hit its head!"

Wang Erli said: "Brother, it was obviously me who saw it first, and I wanted to fire the gun but you didn't let me..."

"Nonsense! The gun is in your hand, how can I stop you from firing it? Jiang Er, don't you think so?"

Lao Jiang said with a smile: "Brother, stop fighting. We are on the same team. No matter who wins, the points will be counted."

"Points are worth a few dollars, the main thing is the excitement!" Xu Laonian said with pride, looking up.

Liu Lizhen said, "Isn't it just a deer shot in the mountains? Look how crazy you are. Yesterday my son shot two deer. Do you think my son is crazy?"

"Does his arrogance work? I'll give him a brain slash to stop him from farting!"

At this time, Xu Ning pulled open the door of the plastic shed and said, "Who are you trying to shave? Dad, I'm not saying anything bad about you. We caught seven live roe deer. Did you see me showing off when I came in?"

Sun Lianfang clapped her hands and said, "Oh my god! Brother, where did you catch the roe deer? Where is it? Let me take a look!"

"It's outside the door in the car."

Xu Laonian squinted his eyes and said nothing, but Liu Daming smiled and said, "It has to be my second nephew. How did you catch the roe deer? I heard that last year, you and Xu Pao went to the old sow forest and caught a few roe deer."

"Last year, the roe deer was caught in the riverbed of Laoniugou. This year, it was also caught in Laoniugou, but on the back slope. There was a big pit there. The blue wolf chased the roe deer to the front and somehow it fell into the pit."

Lao Jiang asked, "Didn't the dog fall in?"

"It fell in, but it was alright. Hu Zi and Shi Tou went down and carried it out. Then after we got the roe deer out, we led them back."

At this time, Sun Lianfang rushed into the house and shouted, "Auntie! My brothers really caught seven roe deer, all of them are quite big! How do we eat them?"

"How come you only know how to eat it? My brother said to save it for gifts."

Liu Lizhen smiled and said, "Giving gifts is giving gifts, but our family members also need to taste what it tastes like. Let's raise it for a few days and then slaughter one after a while!"

Xu Laonian curled his lips and said, "I just started to brag and he came home to steal my limelight. It's really annoying."

Wang Erli said with a smile: "Brother, this time I am not competing with you, Erning is much better than you."

"It's only natural that a son is better than his father! What? Isn't Hu Zi better than you?"

Liu Lizhen said, "You two should calm down and go out and help get the roe deer back into the pen!"

"Where is the circle in our house?"

"Why isn't there a circle? Haven't you noticed it since you walk by the gate all day?"

Han Fengjiao said, "It can be placed between our two houses, but we have to enter through the back garden."

Then, everyone in the house went out and saw the seven roe deer. They were amazed. The two male roe deer were really big and plump...

After driving the seven roe deer into the pen, Xu Laonian said, "We have to take them to the forest farm tomorrow, right?"

"Erning, stop struggling..."

Xu Ning nodded: "Let's not bother with that. Just ask Brother Liu to record it tomorrow. At worst, we can just sell it to the forest farm as a live roe deer."

"I think so! What should we do with these roe deer?"

Liu Lizhen said casually: "We will keep two for ourselves and send the remaining five to the Sun family, the Chai family, and the Wu family, one for each family."

"There are still two left."

"Keep them first and wait for Hedong to come. Then have him take them to the province and give one to Xu Pao on the way."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Okay, look at how detailed my mother's arrangements are."

"Okay, hurry up and wash up and go into the house to eat."

"My dad just got home too?"

Xu Laonian nodded: "I just got home a short time ago and asked Li Tielin to stay here for dinner, but he insisted on going home, saying that his brother-in-law broke his leg."

"How did you break your leg?"

"It seems like I was unloading goods for others and the goods got damaged. Anyway, it's very annoying."

"What happened today?"

"Yeah, it happened this afternoon."

(End of this chapter)