60s: I have a store

Chapter 307 Autumn Hunting
With the soybeans distributed by the government, those people who ate all kinds of bad things finally felt better.

In fact, apart from anything else, at least that pound of soybeans is enough to feed a person for two or three days, or even longer.

On this day, Zhou Daming and his companions were preparing to go into the mountains to hunt. The weather was getting colder and colder. When winter came, hunting would be even more difficult as some animals would begin to hibernate. So they could only hunt more now before winter completely arrived.

Autumn hunting is the best.

In the fall, many wild animals enter their last fattening period before the breeding season, so they are more active and easier to catch while searching for food.

In addition, fall is also the season when many animals migrate, and hunters can take advantage of this opportunity to wait and hunt their targets along the migration routes.

Ever since Zhou Dafu, the lucky star, disappeared from their hunting team, Zhou Daming and his team’s hunting gains have decreased a lot.

I can only say that Chow Tai Fook is indeed a blessed man.

Everyone originally thought that the guy’s money was cheated away by others, so he would accept his fate and stay in the village obediently!

Unexpectedly, not only was the money recovered, but Zhou Yimin was also arranged to work in the factory and became an enviable truck driver.

The young people in the village were so envious that they all wanted their parents to talk to Zhou Yimin to see if they could be arranged to work in the factory, and it would be best if they could become truck drivers.

However, this idea was strangled in the cradle by my parents as soon as I expressed it.

There are two completely different concepts: something given by others and something you ask for.

Everyone was afraid that Yimin would be disliked because of this matter, so no one took the initiative to bother Yimin.

Zhou Yimin saw Zhou Daming and his men carrying hunting rifles and preparing to go into the mountains to hunt. He had traveled through time for so long, but it seemed that he had never gone into the mountains to hunt before. He immediately stepped forward and asked, "Daming, can I go with you?"

If he were alone, he wouldn't dare to go in. The mountains are not like those in later generations where there were no large wild animals. Now there are all kinds of large wild animals.

It’s still okay to go and have some fun with the main group now.

Zhou Daming quickly responded: "Uncle Sixteen, of course."

You have to know that now in the village, who doesn't want to get closer to Zhou Yimin? If Zhou Yimin is happy and arranges you to work in the factory all of a sudden, then you will be "rich".

However, there are still many rules when hunting in the mountains, such as not killing pregnant animals or animals in estrus.

In ancient times, there were rules that prohibited the hunting and killing of pregnant animals or animals in estrus.

Another thing is not to kill all the animals when hunting: when hunting, you cannot kill all the animals, you have to leave a certain number of survivors to protect the reproduction of animals and the ecological balance.

In some areas, a series of rituals are performed before hunting, such as calming the gods, inviting gods, opening the mountain, closing the mountain, thanking gods, etc., in order to seek the help and protection of the gods.

When the old branch secretary learned that Zhou Yimin was going into the mountains to play with them, he came over to give instructions to Zhou Daming and others.

"Protect your Sixteenth Uncle well. If anything happens to him, don't come back." said the old branch secretary.

Zhou Daming and others patted their chests and guaranteed that they would bring Uncle Sixteen back safely.

A group of people started to go into the mountains, but Zhou Daming and his group mostly hunted on the outskirts of the mountain, usually pheasants and rabbits. If they wanted to hunt large wild animals, they had to go deep into the mountains.

Zhou Daming originally wanted to hand the village hunting rifle to Zhou Yimin: "Uncle Sixteen, you should also take a hunting rifle, so that we can be more secure."

"No, I have one." Zhou Yimin refused and pulled out a pistol.

In the village, Zhou Yimin could be bolder and take out anything without worrying about being reported.

That is why he prefers to stay in Zhoujiazhuang where he feels more comfortable.

Zhou Daming and his men were envious when they saw Zhou Yimin's pistol. You know, pistols are usually only used by officers, while ordinary soldiers use rifles.

Since we entered the mountain in the morning and didn't come out until almost evening, the time was quite long, so we also needed to bring some food, but it was all dry food.

Zhou Daming and his friends brought sweet potatoes, corn cakes, steamed corn bread and other things.

Zhou Yimin was carrying a bag, but no one knew what was inside.

"I heard from Dafu that there are tigers in the mountains. Is it true?" Zhou Yimin asked.

Zhou Daming rolled his eyes and said, "That kid Zhou Dafu is full of nonsense. Uncle Sixteen, just believe him."

"Even if there are tigers, they won't appear so far out. Let's go to the small pond in front and see if we can encounter some animals to drink water."

He didn't know how many times he had been into the mountains. He couldn't say that he had a thorough understanding of these mountains, but he did have a certain degree of understanding.

The people present did not think there was anything wrong with Zhou Daming's arrangement.

They all knew that the small pond was the only water source nearby. Animals outside had to go there if they wanted to drink water. If they could encounter a few pheasants or rabbits, they could go home directly.

Isn’t it great that you can return home with a full load without taking any risks?

The small pond is a bit far from the village, otherwise it would have been brought to the village long ago.

Just as Zhou Yimin and his companions were on their way to the pond, they suddenly heard the sounds of "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"What's that noise? It sounds like gunshots, but when you listen carefully, it doesn't seem like gunshots." Zhou Yimin was a little confused.

Zhou Daming thought for a moment and said, "From the perspective of the time interval, it looks a bit like an old cannon barrel."

The old cannon barrel is a gun, but unlike a rifle, it needs to be loaded with gunpowder and iron sand, or it can be replaced with steel balls. However, steel balls are very precious nowadays, and most people are reluctant to use steel balls as bullets. They usually use some iron slag instead.

Experienced hunters knew that using an old cannon barrel would take at least thirty to forty seconds, and they would usually leave quickly after using it. It was rare for them to fire two shots in a row, let alone three shots in a row.

"Uncle Sixteen, are we going to rescue people?" Zhou Daming asked.

Zhou Yimin asked puzzledly: "Save people?"

Zhou Daming explained: "It seems that the man is in big trouble, otherwise he wouldn't fire three shots in a row. Old guns usually fire once and then leave the spot."

"Why are you still standing there? Go quickly!" Zhou Yimin said without hesitation after he understood.

Life is at stake.

After hearing Zhou Yimin's words, everyone rushed towards the direction of the gunshots, fearing that if they were a little slow, the man's life would be in danger.

Zhou Yimin and his group were all running forward.

At this moment, another "bang" sound was heard.

Another five or six minutes passed, and Zhou Yimin and his team finally arrived at the place where the gunshots came from.

At this moment, a man pointed ahead and said, "Uncle Sixteen and Brother Daming, do you see a person over there?"

Everyone looked in the direction that the man pointed, and indeed saw a middle-aged man lying on the ground with his chest still heaving. However, there was a lot of blood on the ground, and it was unclear whether it was from the middle-aged man or from a large wild animal.

"What are you still looking at? Go and save them!" Zhou Yimin reacted at this time.

After hearing this, Zhou Daming and the others reacted and everyone took out their shotguns, ready to fire at any time.

Zhou Yimin took out his pistol just in case, then quickly came to the middle-aged man and asked, "Comrade, are you okay?"

Everyone gathered around and surrounded Zhou Yimin and the middle-aged man to prevent them from being attacked by large wild animals.

The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes and warned in a weak voice: "There are wild boars. Be careful."

After hearing this, everyone became more alert. The wild boars must have been frightened by the sound of the old cannon's gunfire and left temporarily, but they probably didn't go far.

Zhou Daming asked, "Uncle Sixteen, should we leave now, or should we defeat the herd of wild boars?"

If we can defeat the wild boars, we will become rich.

You have to know that even wild boar meat is worth one yuan per catty now. A wild boar weighs at least one or two hundred catties, which means one or two hundred yuan. If you have a group of them, you can easily make thousands of yuan.

Except for Zhou Yimin, everyone present was tempted. One thousand yuan, they had never seen so much money before.

Zhou Yimin originally wanted to leave, but soon he saw a group of wild boars slowly surrounding him. It seemed that he could not leave, so he had to start fighting.

In order not to waste bullets, no one fired randomly. They wanted to wait until the wild boar got closer before shooting. This not only increased the hit rate, but also saved bullets. You know, bullets are not cheap nowadays.

A bullet costs about six cents, which is enough to buy a pound of vegetables.

The wild boars were getting closer and closer, so Zhou Yimin said, "Shoot!"

Zhou Daming and his friends originally wanted to let the wild boar get closer, although it was a bit risky, but since Zhou Yimin had already spoken, they had no choice but to do as he asked.

Zhou Yimin took the lead in firing, and hit a large wild boar in the head with one shot. However, the wild boar did not fall to the ground, but went crazy instead.

It's still a bit difficult to shoot wild boars with a pistol.

The skin of some wild boars is very thick, and it is hard to say whether it is possible to penetrate the skin.

Generally speaking, the skin thickness of wild boars can exceed 1 cm, and the skin thickness of some special individuals can even reach cm.

Such thick skin is considered to be the best among all medium and large animals.

What’s even more amazing is that the wild boar skin is not as flat and smooth as that of a domestic pig. Instead, it is covered with tiny granular protrusions and darker brown wrinkles.

The skin of wild boar is very tough and it is basically difficult to cut it without special tools. This is also an important reason why ancient people often used wild boar skin to make armor.

Those who know wild boars know that they love mud baths, and males spend a lot of time rubbing the sides of their bodies against stumps, rocks, and hard river banks, thus grinding their skin into a hard protective layer.

Zhou Yimin saw this and quickly fired a few more shots. The wild boar finally fell to the ground and struggled, but it was getting weaker and weaker.

"Hit the biggest one for me." Zhou Yimin shouted.

That wild boar was obviously the leader, with its fangs.

It is said that to catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. The same applies to fighting this kind of wild beast. You must kill the leader first, otherwise they will charge forward without fear of death.

Once the leader is killed, it's like losing their spiritual support and they have no desire to fight anymore.

Zhou Yimin’s words were still very effective, and everyone immediately pointed their guns at the largest wild boar.

In fact, the main reason was that the wild boar was not particularly big. If it was one that weighed more than 500 or 600 kilograms, Zhou Yimin would not provoke it! If he was hit by such a wild boar, he would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

The leading wild boar rushed towards Zhou Yimin and others, roaring.

"Dashan, quickly attack from the side," Zhou Daming commanded.

Zhou Dashan responded and immediately ran to the side, aiming at the wild boar's eyes and fired three shots in a row.

The wild boar weighing about 400 kilograms fell down about seven or eight meters away from Zhou Yimin and his group.

Without the big boar, the other wild boars immediately fled in all directions.

Zhou Daming and his men were not there to just sit there and do nothing. They chased and fought at the same time.

After about an hour, the group of wild boars was almost wiped out.

"We have killed so many wild boars. There is no need to kill them all." Zhou Yimin said.

Zhou Daming and his men were so bloodthirsty for a moment that when they came to their senses, they found that all the bullets they had prepared were used up. Even if they wanted to continue hunting wild boars, it was impossible.

Everyone started to return and collect the dead wild boars.

Returning to the previous position, there were nearly twenty wild boars piled together, which was quite spectacular.

In addition to the wild boars, there are also two silly roe deer.

They were hunting! Two silly roe deer came over to watch the fun.

It's not convenient to just deal with them.

In this era, there is no such thing as not killing if you love it, everyone just knows that it is also meat.

The middle-aged man had recovered a lot at this time, and said: "Thank you so much, if it weren't for you, I would probably be dead today."

The injury he suffered was not serious, he was just hit by a wild boar. At the beginning, he did feel that his internal organs were displaced and he almost died in one breath.

After resting, I was able to sit up barely.

Zhou Yimin waved his hand and asked with a smile: "Comrade, where are you from? Why are you hunting in the mountains alone?"

You know, it's very dangerous to go hunting alone in the mountains.
Middle-aged man: "I am a villager from Daheng Village. I went into the mountains to hunt in order to improve the food for my family. Who knew that I almost lost my life."

Before entering the mountains, he was thinking about hunting wild boars, pheasants and the like.

Who would have thought that we would encounter wild boars, and a group of them.

He didn't dare to provoke it, but the wild boar rushed towards him as if it had eaten gunpowder. He quickly climbed up a tree, but it was useless because the tree was broken.

He was unable to dodge and was knocked away by one of the wild boars.

There was nothing he could do! He had to shoot.

The gunshots finally scared the wild boar away temporarily.

He couldn't move for a while and thought he was waiting to die. If the wild boar turned back, it would be really dangerous. Fortunately, God was kind and someone came to rescue him.

"Can you still walk?" Zhou Yimin asked again.

"No problem! I feel much better now."

Zhou Yimin: "Uncle, pick a wild boar and carry it back!"

Anyway, we have killed so many of them, so it doesn’t matter if we let one go.

This time we encountered the herd of wild boars thanks to this uncle’s gunshot.

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly: "How dare you take your prey?"

"What's the big deal? If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't have encountered these wild boars today. Stop talking, just pick one to take back!" Zhou Yimin said.

After hearing what Uncle Sixteen said, the others had no objections.

"Yes! Thanks to you."

It was hard to refuse the kindness, so the middle-aged man picked the smallest one, which weighed less than 100 pounds and was just the right size to carry back.

(End of this chapter)