Back in the 1980s, hiking in the mountains was also a way of life

Chapter 1078 A Shocking Scene

Then, Huang Li took out another handful of candies and distributed them to her mother and younger brothers and sisters first, giving each of them two pieces. She then left two pieces for Huang Baoguo, leaving only one piece in her hand.

After hesitating for a while, Huang Li gave the last piece of candy to her sister Huang Ying, and said to her brother Huang Zhong:

"Give this piece of candy to Xiaoying. Next time I go home, I'll give you another piece."

It must be said that Huang Li really acted like an eldest sister. Although she had been to Wang An's house for so many days, she herself did not even get to eat a single piece of candy.

Huang Zhong, who was only 15 years old, immediately said:

"No need, big sister. When I earn money from harvesting the land, I'll buy it for Xiaoying. If there's any candy, you can eat it yourself."

As soon as Huang Zhong finished speaking, Huang Ying stuffed a piece of candy into Huang Li's hand and said:
"Big sister, I only need two pieces. You can have this piece of candy."

Huangli immediately said anxiously: "Hey, just take it if it's given to you. It's not like I haven't eaten it before. I always eat it at their house."

In the end, Huang Li was unable to defeat Huang Ying, and Huang Ying stuffed the candy into Huang Li's mouth.

When Wang An saw this scene, he didn't know why, but suddenly his nose felt a little sour.

It is said that children from poor families grow up early. These three siblings are really sensible.

Just as Wang An was feeling emotional, he heard someone outside the yard shouting:

"Brother Baoguo, Brother Baoguo, are you home?"

Huang Baoguo agreed casually:

"Hey, I'm at home."

As he spoke, Huang Baoguo stood up from the tree stump and looked outside. Of course, Wang An did the same thing.

Following the sound, I saw a person running towards us outside the fence.

The yards of these vagrants are surrounded by fences made of branches or twigs, and these fences are equivalent to the courtyard walls.

However, the fences of every household are not very high, only about the height of an adult’s chest.

A courtyard wall like this is actually just a device to protect against good guys but not against bad guys, and it can be knocked down with one kick.

Soon, the man ran in from outside the yard, holding an axe in his hand, and said to Huang Baoguo breathlessly:

"Brother Baoguo, there's a bear in our cornfield. We knocked on the trees and pots but it wasn't afraid. It just sat there eating corn and we didn't dare approach it. Brother Baoguo, Uncle Dachuan asked me to come over and say hello to you."

Corn is maize, also called cob.

In the Northeast, people in different places call it differently, but no matter what it is called, the locals can understand what it means.

After this man finished speaking, he nodded and smiled at Wang An as a greeting, and then turned his gaze to Huang Baoguo.

When Huang Baoguo heard what the visitor said, his face suddenly became anxious, and he said with anger:

"Er Gangzi, did you see it clearly? Maybe it's the same bear from last year? Didn't they say that Zhang Sanyan killed that bear? How did this one show up?"

Er Gangzi said:
"Who knows which one it is? This bear is just like the one last year. It's not afraid of any noise. Later, it wasn't afraid even when Uncle Dachuan struck the gong." Animals are like this. One or two knocks can scare them away. Three or five times will be no problem. But after too many times, they will get used to it and become immune to the sound.

From this point, it can be seen that these vagrants have no guns, otherwise, this big bear would have died long ago.

You should know that any bear gall, even a grass gall, can easily be sold for two or three hundred yuan.

In this day and age, if you have two or three hundred yuan lying around, who wouldn’t want it, let alone a vagrant or even a formal employee?
Therefore, even if there is only a 10% chance of success, these vagrants who are so poor that they can't even afford food would be willing to take the risk to kill the bear.

However, when facing a large beast like a bear, it is absolutely impossible to deal with it without a gun.

Wang An couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the conversation between the two. There was a ready-made bear there, and as a hunter, Wang An would definitely be very interested.

The main thing is that a bear that cannot be scared away even by the sounds of beating pots and gongs would be very easy to fight. With Wang An's marksmanship, he can easily end the battle with just one simple shot.

However, at this time, Wang An could not speak actively, because as the old saying goes, "It is not a good deal if you are the one who rushes to help." Besides, how to distribute the spoils after killing Xiong Ba was also a big problem.

You can't say that Wang An's help was in vain, right?

Just as Wang An was waiting calmly for Huang Baoguo and Er Gangzi to speak, Huang Baoguo, as expected, looked at Wang An.

Huang Baoguo said to Wang An with a pleading look on his face:
"Master Xiao An, how about you bear the fatigue for a while and come with us after you're done?"

Wang An originally wanted to talk about the distribution issue, but then he thought that Huang Baoguo and Er Gangzi probably couldn't make a decision either, as they all seemed to listen to the guy called Uncle Dachuan.

So Wang An nodded and said:

"Where is it? Is it far?"

After Wang An asked, Er Gangzi couldn't wait to say:

"Not far, only three or four miles. Just pass the reed field ahead and climb over the hill ahead and you'll be there."

As he spoke, Er Gangzi pointed towards the southwest.

Wang An took the Type 56 submachine gun off the sidecar, checked the magazine, and then nodded:
"Okay, let's go, I'll go with you to take a look."

Er Gangzi was obviously a little shocked when he saw Wang An took out the Type 56 submachine gun. The main reason was that although various firearms were common in that era, the ones that were often seen were single-barreled and double-barreled hunting rifles, or Type rifles and water-link rifles. There were even hunters who used Hanyang and Zhongzheng rifles, which were so old that they couldn't be any older.

There are not many hunters who can afford 56 and a half, but Wang Anke is so good that he just rushed out with a full 56.

Just like that, Huang Baoguo took out a spear from somewhere, while Er Gangzi still held his axe, and the three of them walked together in the direction Er Gangzi pointed.

While walking on the road, Wang An discovered that the place where these vagrants lived was really clean. There were small pits left by digging wild vegetables everywhere in front of the village, and there was not a single edible wild vegetable to be seen.

Moreover, of all the elm trees that could be seen along the way, only the trunks were left, and the leaves and tender bark on them had all been stripped clean. Even the tender branches of many willow trees had been stripped bare.

To be honest, this scene was extremely shocking to Wang An.

Because it is obvious that the reason these elm trees have become like this is because their leaves and bark have been eaten by these vagrants.

Wang An knew that elm bark ground into powder was more effective in resisting hunger than mushrooms and wild vegetables, but so many elm trees had been treated like this, which showed how these vagrants made a living.

(End of this chapter)