Xing'an Mountains 1984: Starting from climbing mountains to support the family

Chapter 53: Retracting the clamps, gunshots
"Xueting, let me take care of the child, you eat first!" Chen Weidong smiled and took Liu Ni from Liu Xueting's arms.

Liu Xueting was not polite either.

present.

She picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of Feilong soup and put it into her mouth.

The next second, a delicious fragrance spread in the mouth.

"Is it tasty?"

Chen Weidong asked with a smile.

Liu Xueting couldn't help but nodded.

"good to eat."

"Dad, Dad! Eat~"

Feeling someone pulling at his clothes, Chen Weidong looked down and saw Liu Ni's anxious look. He smiled and said, "I almost forgot about you, Xiao Liu, Daddy will feed you right away!"

Feilong Soup is very nutritious and suitable for children, especially Liuni. This little girl had congenital malnutrition, which has improved a lot now, which makes Chen Weidong feel relieved.

Looking at Liu Ni's pink little face, Chen Weidong teased her while feeding her mouthful by mouthful.

Then the little ones started praising Chen Weidong for his delicious Feilong soup.

Chen Weidong gladly accepted the compliments from the little kids. As a father, he had the responsibility to establish a tall image in front of the children.

But it’s not that Chen Weidong’s cooking skills are good, but the ingredients are good. Feilong’s ingredients are top-notch ingredients, and top-notch ingredients only require the simplest cooking methods.

Then the family of eight ate up all the Feilong soup. There was still some rabbit and pheasant meat left. Chen Weidong mixed it with rice and fed it all to Heihu.

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The next day.

Because he had to collect the clamps that he had set up yesterday, Chen Weidong got up at daybreak.

Chen Weidong made a simple breakfast. After eating, he carried his gun, took his equipment, and led Heihu out into the mountains.

First, he came to the small valley and collected the four traps. Of the four traps, only two were triggered, but Chen Weidong only caught one rabbit, and the other one was left with only rabbit hair on the ground. He didn't know what had eaten it.

After collecting the traps, Chen Weidong soon reached the river. He stepped on the big tree on the river to cross to the other side. Chen Weidong heard the shrill cry coming from the entrance of the water dog's cave from afar. He couldn't help but feel happy: "The goods are on the way!"

Water dog is kept as a pet by many people in later generations because they like its cute appearance and its whimpering sound, but to Chen Weidong, it is all about money.

The shrill cry heard at this time was the strange cry made by the water dog when it was trapped. Chen Weidong could even hear the sound of it struggling and colliding with the rocks on the river beach while dragging the wooden clamp.

Chen Weidong hurried to the entrance of the water dog's cave and saw that the wooden clamp was clamped on the water dog's neck, along with its short front limbs.

The strong clamps clamped the long, slippery and soft body, but it was not easy to break free, and it was already a little exhausted.

However, the wooden clamps were connected to the wooden stakes driven deep into the ground with strong iron wires, and it could only circle around the stakes. It did not have enough strength to break free, and could only roar continuously.

When the black tiger saw it, he immediately shouted and rushed forward.

Hearing the sound, Shui Gouzi struggled to drag the wooden clamp, jumped up, and rushed towards the black tiger to bite. However, because the wire rope was not long enough, he fell to the ground under the tension. He stood up again and roared at the black tiger.

Don’t be fooled by its small size, this little creature is very fierce, especially the sharp teeth in its mouth, which should not be underestimated.

"Black Tiger!" Chen Weidong hurriedly called out.

The intact fur cannot have several holes in it just because of a bite from a black tiger.

Chen Weidong moved closer and to prevent himself from being bitten, he took out the slingshot he carried with him and hit it hard on the head at close range.

The water dog let out a shrill cry, then fell to the ground, its four legs trembling and its tail sweeping back and forth on the ground.

Now, at this distance, the power of the slingshot, if it hits the head, is already fatal.

The water dog soon stopped making any movement.

Chen Weidong stepped forward, opened the wooden clamp, and took the water dog out.

Reach out and stroke the fur, it’s smooth, soft and comfortable!
After putting away the wooden clamp and wire rope, Chen Weidong led Heihu towards another wooden clamp that was baited with water dog feces.

There are many animals that have a special liking for water dog feces, some big and some small. If you encounter a big one, the wooden clamp is not good enough, so Chen Weidong didn't hold out much hope.

But when I got closer, I was surprised to see that there was goods on the wooden clip.

It was a small animal the size of a house cat with copper coin markings on its body.

After a quick identification, Chen Weidong was delighted. This was clearly a mountain raccoon cat, also known as a leopard cat or a golden cat.

This is another valuable piece of good leather. This is really a good place.

This raccoon was unlucky. It stretched its head to eat the feces of a water dog placed on the wooden clamp, which triggered the clamp and got it clamped on the neck, suffocating it.

This saved Chen Weidong a lot of trouble.

He simply opened the clamp, took out the beaver, and put it into the bag like the water dog.

The mountain cat didn't eat the feces of the water dog. The claws bounced up and broke apart.

Chen Weidong simply collected the feces back and put the wooden clamp back in place.

Then, Chen Weidong continued to explore along the river with his gun in hand.

However, he did not encounter any valuable prey afterwards. With the help of Heihu, he killed two gray dogs and dug out their den. He also found some pecans and the like. Then Chen Weidong followed the river and crossed two ridges.

"Bang! Bang, Bang!"

"What's that noise? It's gunfire."

Chen Weidong originally planned to follow the river over the small hill, and if he still didn't get any results, he would go hunting on the hill to the right. However, before he reached the hill, he heard gunshots from the left.

"The interval is quite long. As expected, it should be an old foreign cannon."

The old foreign cannon is not like a rifle. It needs to be loaded with gunpowder and iron sand. Steel balls can also be placed in it, but some hunters are reluctant to use steel balls and use crushed iron slag instead.

Even for an experienced hunter, it would take at least thirty seconds to reload after each shot. And just now three shots were fired, and judging from the time intervals between them, it was undoubtedly an old foreign cannon.

Chen Weidong originally knew that it was a hunter from a nearby village who went into the mountains to hunt, and he didn't want to join in the fun. However, after a while, two more intermittent gunshots were heard, which made Chen Weidong immediately decide to take a look.
After all, any hunter with a little experience knows that after firing the old foreign cannon, you have to run away, unless you can't run away.

Otherwise, the second shot would generally not be fired. It was obvious that the shot just now was fired within a short interval, which means that the other party reloaded quickly, which means that the other party may be in trouble.

Although there are relatively few ferocious beasts in this place, herds of wild boars would come from time to time, and occasionally ferocious beasts would sneak in from the deep mountains!
Of course, the reason why Chen Weidong decided to take a look was definitely not to be a good man and help others solve their problems. After all, he has a wife and six daughters to support at home. If they really encounter any danger, he will definitely be the first to run away!

(End of this chapter)