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

The unusual behavior of the dog and the wolf immediately made Mu Xueli and Wang Li pick up the 56 half-cart and quickly move closer to Wang An while looking around.

When the three men saw the tiger, which was clearly dead, they were immediately taken aback and exclaimed almost simultaneously:
"Big claws!"

At the same time, the three of them realized what had happened to Wang An.

Because it is virtually impossible for one person to kill a tiger without getting hurt.

Hearing the commotion, Wang An turned around and saw the three people. He couldn't help but say:
"Why are you all staring at it? I left it right here."

At this moment, Wang An's voice was filled with weakness.

Seeing Wang An lying motionless in the bushes, the three of them quickly stepped forward. Mu Xueli said, her voice trembling with tears:

"Brother-in-law, where are you hurt?"

Wang Li also said in a trembling voice:

Fourth Brother, are you alright?

Huang Zhong said even more urgently:

"Big brother, how are you?"

Before Wang An could answer, the three men stepped forward to help him up.

Wang An grinned and quickly said:
"Don't touch me, don't touch me, please don't touch me! Listen to me, you two, I got slapped on the back by that bastard, and my internal organs are injured. You two hurry up and go find where those three horses went with the sled. After that, lift me onto the sled and go straight to the county hospital to find a doctor."

Wang An knew perfectly well that with internal organ dislocation and injury, it was best not to sit up easily, but to remain lying down, which would at least reduce the risk of further injury.

After giving these instructions, Wang An grinned and muttered under his breath:
"Damn it, those claws are really strong. They almost killed me with one swipe. I'm so pissed off, how did I end up running into this bastard?"

For a long time, people have only heard how ferocious and savage tigers are, but most hunters have no concept of this.

As for ordinary people, they might never see a wild tiger in their entire lives, so they have no concept of it at all.

Everything about tigers comes from rumors and legends.

Wang An was able to kill the tiger partly because of his superb marksmanship, but mainly because of the invincible power of the Type 54 pistol and Wang An's incredibly resilient physique.

The power of the Big 54 is well known; it can kill not only tigers, but even elephants.

Wang An shot the tiger in the head with every shot; it would be strange if the tiger didn't die.

But no matter how powerful a gun is, there still needs to be an opportunity to fire it.

If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be killed on the spot by a single claw from a tiger, with no ability to fight back.

You should know that the force of a tiger's claw is more than 2,000 pounds, which can easily knock over an old ox. Even if the tiger was in a hurry when it swung its claw at Wang An, it must have weighed more than 1,000 pounds. How could an ordinary person's body withstand that?

Of course, Wang An was also badly injured and is now unable to move at all.

Following Wang An's instructions, the main reason was to see that Wang An, apart from being unable to move, could still curse, so he didn't seem to have any major problems.

Therefore, Mu Xueli, Wang Li, and Huang Zhong immediately felt reassured, and the panic on their faces disappeared.

Mu Xueli said to Wang Li and Huang Zhong:
"Why don't you come with me to find the horse, Fifth Brother? After that, Xiao Zhong, you stay here and watch over your eldest brother."

Upon hearing this, Wang Li nodded in agreement:
"Yeah, let's go. Those horses just got all puffed up, so they're probably not very well-behaved right now. Xiao Zhong probably won't be able to handle them."

As they spoke, Wang Li and Mu Xueli followed the tracks left by the horse, while only Huang Zhong remained with Wang An.

After resting for so long, Wang An felt much better and asked Huang Zhong:

"Have all the wild boars been skinned?"

Huang Zhong was taken aback by what he heard. He was completely surprised that Wang An was still thinking about the wild boars at this point.

However, Huang Zhong immediately said:

"Almost done, we've skinned 20 heads already, just 6 more to go." Wang An nodded, then added:
"Go check if those big paws are male or female?"

Huang Zhong was taken aback again upon hearing this, then nodded in agreement, stood up, and said to Wang An:
"This is the male, that big guy, it must weigh six or seven hundred pounds."

Wang An's face lit up with joy, and with a smug look, he said:
"Isn't Big Brother ruthless enough? He single-handedly killed this big claw."

Huang Zhong said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry:
"Yeah, you're really something, big brother. You killed Big Claw all by yourself."

Wang An wanted to laugh to express his happiness, but after only two laughs, his internal organs were aggravated again, causing him to gasp for breath in pain.

Huang Zhong couldn't help but say:
"Brother, you should just lie down and not cause any more trouble."

Wang An grimaced and struggled for a while before recovering.

To be fair, although Wang Anyi's boasting had a profound impact, the fact that he killed a tiger by himself was indeed incredibly impressive, the kind of impressive that would be accompanied by lightning.

What Wang An didn't know was that the male tiger had come here specifically to see the female tiger with two cubs, because those two cubs were the male tiger's offspring.

To put it bluntly, the male tiger, the female tiger, and the two tiger cubs are actually a family of four.

Male tigers go into heat every year, but female tigers with cubs do not. They only go into heat after the cubs have left their mothers, which is about two or three years later.

So the male tiger, having failed to mate, was gazing at the female tiger from afar, his mind racing with thoughts of how to get a chance with her when Wang An, driving a sled, wandered into its territory.

Now it's all good; it no longer has to gaze at the tigress from afar.

I just wonder if the female tiger will avenge the male tiger now that it's dead.

Startled mules and horses usually only stop running when they are tired.

But the three horses were already tied together, and each horse was pulling a sled, so they didn't go very far before getting stuck in the big tree.

Fortunately, all three horse-drawn sleds were quite sturdy and were not broken apart by the impact.

Following the marks, Mu Xueli and Wang Li quickly caught up with the three horses stuck in the tree hollow.

At this moment, the three horses, each tightly bound by harnesses and reins, had completely calmed down.

However, without human intervention, these three horses would starve to death here sooner or later.

Mu Xueli and Wang Li unloaded the three horses from the sleds one by one, pulled the sleds out of the tree gaps, and then put the horses back on.

However, as they approached the location of Wang An and the tiger, new problems arose.

The main problem was that Mu Xueli's blue horse and Wang Li's white horse had stopped moving forward, while only the eldest son's horse continued to walk, but it was walking very cautiously.

Mu Xueli frowned and said:

"Last time when we led Brother Wu and the others to fight that tiger, this horse wasn't this fierce before we came down the mountain. What happened this time? Damn, this thing is a complete mess."

Wang Li thought for a moment and said:
“Last time we skinned the tiger before loading it onto the sled, and the tiger was still whole. I think the eldest horse is alright, so why don’t we tie the sled here for now?”

Mu Xueli glanced in the direction of Wang An and said with a hint of anxiety:

"Okay, let's leave our horses and sleds here for now. Saving my brother-in-law is the priority."

After discussing it, the two tied their horses to trees, then each took a rein in their older horse and walked forward together.

Mules and horses are like this: when they are scared or agitated, their owners must stand next to their heads and hold their bridles to calm them down.

And so, the two of them led the eldest horse back to Wang An's side, carefully lifted him onto the sled, and headed towards the county town.

As for the white-skinned pig and the other two horses that were caught today, they were temporarily left on the mountain.

There's nothing we can do; compared to Wang An, these things are all insignificant. (End of Chapter)