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

Chapter 66: Laoyu Valley (Part )
"Yes, there is one. In Wangjiatun below our village, Wang Laosi's dog just gave birth to a litter of puppies.

His is a wolfhound, I'll ask for you when we get back!" Li Shengli frowned and thought for a while before speaking.

"That's great! Thank you, Brother Shengli!"

"Brother Weidong, you are just too polite. Why are you being polite to your brother Shengli? If it weren't for you, I would have lost my life."

After Li Shengli finished speaking, he frowned and looked at Chen Weidong and reminded him, "But it's not easy to raise too many hunting dogs. They eat a lot. I have three dogs and it's already hard. Most of the prey I hunt usually goes into their stomachs. What's more, you have six children at home!"

"Brother Shengli, I know what's going on." Chen Weidong smiled but didn't explain.

Then, the two of them went over mountains and across rivers.

There is a section of mountain road leading to Laoyu Valley that is very difficult to walk on, especially on the hillside where there are a lot of gravel. If you are not careful and step on empty space, you will slide down. Even if it is not a big deal, it will delay a lot of time.

Li Shengli walked in front with the two dogs, and Chen Weidong followed behind with Heihu.

Along the way, Heihu called several times, but Chen Weidong ignored him.

The black tiger must have found prey, but Chen Weidong was not sure what the prey was. If it was some worthless prey, it would be a waste of time!
The same thing happened to Li Shengli. As they were talking, the two of them had already climbed up a ridge.

"Laoyu Valley is in front of us! There is a mixed forest over there. That's where I found the herd of wild boars. There were about six or seven of them, two sows, and the rest were piglets."

Standing on the hill, Li Shengli pointed to a ravine in the distance and said. However, what Li Shengli did not tell Chen Weidong was that at that time, due to the dense forest, he did not see whether there were any cannon eggs in the wild boar herd.
So I didn't dare to go there rashly, otherwise I wouldn't have found Chen Weidong and just did it myself.

If there were no cannonballs, the wild boars would be much less threatening. Once the gun was fired, the wild boars would run away! It would be a big profit if we killed one of them.

Laoyugou is a ravine that was used for flood discharge in the mountains a long time ago.

There is also a small river in Laoyugou.

It is a time of high water now. The river is about three meters wide, but not deep. The deepest part is only one meter deep, and you can see the bottom at a glance.

"Yeah!" Chen Weidong nodded.

Autumn is the time when wild boars gain weight. Wild boars are omnivores. The bushes in this forest provide good food for wild boars. Therefore, no matter whether it is a wild boar or anything else they come across as food, they will not leave easily until they have finished eating.

Wild boars usually like to sleep during the day, and woods and bushes are their resting places. At this moment, the two guessed that the wild boar was still hiding in the bushes and sleeping!
At the moment, the only thing to do is to release the dogs to scare the wild boars out of the mixed woods, because the area of ​​this mixed woods is not very large and there is no hiding place for wild boars in other places.

Of course, Chen Weidong and Lin Shengli did not dare to follow in rashly. After all, the forest was full of bushes and trees. If a wild boar was hiding in it and suddenly jumped out, no one would be able to cope with it!

Soon the three hunting dogs rushed into the woods, and Li Shengli and Chen Weidong followed them in with guns in hand.

Three hunting dogs, barking loudly, ran through the woods, but they did not scare out a single wild boar.

"Weidong, it seems that the wild boars have left the forest!"

After a while, Li Shengli said a little disappointedly, out of this mixed wood, the trees ahead are sparse, and anyone with a little hunting knowledge knows that wild boars can only hide in this mixed wood. Now, it is possible that this group of wild boars have run away!
It would be fine if Li Shengli came alone, but he just called Chen Weidong to come together. It would be embarrassing if he couldn't hit anything.

Chen Weidong nodded when he heard this. Li Shengli was right. Looking at the mixed woods in front, there were obvious traces of wild boars.

And the grass over there, if you look closely, the traces here are all fresh, but there are no traces behind, it is impossible for the wild boar to leave without finishing its food.
At the moment, either a hunter came or it was scared away by some wild animal! Wild boars usually run for a long time when they are frightened, so it is too late to chase them now.

"Weidong, I'm so sorry for making you run here in vain. I guess we were a step too late." Li Shengli said embarrassedly.

"What are you talking about, Brother Shengli? Isn't this how we hunt?"

Chen Weidong smiled, not feeling disappointed. This was hunting in the mountains, full of unknowns, and the group of wild boars would not wait for him specifically.

"Haha, Brother Weidong is right, but I can't let you make this trip in vain. I know a few badger holes. Let's go dig them in a few days!"

"Brother Shengli has agreed. I will definitely go when the time comes."

Chen Weidong agreed without hesitation. People like Li Shengli who often hunt in the mountains must know a lot of good places.

Just like the beehive that Chen Weidong had cut before, as long as the bees are not all dead, he can cut them again next year. This is a good place he knows, and there is also Xiongcangzi~ This is also the guarantee for hunters to gain a foothold in the mountains.

"Brother Shengli, since we are here, we can't come here in vain. Let's take a look ahead."

"Ah."

After the two of them discussed it, Chen Weidong and Li Shengli started to walk forward! The two of them walked one on the left and one on the right, and soon they came to the easternmost part of Laoyu Valley.

"Woof! Woah! Woah"

Suddenly, the three hunting dogs in front barked, and then Heihu, Dacai, and Ercai ran to a big poplar tree in front.

Seeing this, Chen Weidong and Li Shengli also chased after him.

After running a short distance, they saw three dogs standing under a crooked poplar tree, turning their heads and barking at Chen Weidong and Li Shengli.

There is another corpse under the big poplar tree.

Both of them were mountain miners who made a living. They could tell at a glance that these were the remains of a deer carcass. They didn't know what animal had eaten it, leaving only a pile of remains, and it must have been eaten not long ago.

"Weidong, it's a young deer. There must be a herd of deer in this area! It's a pity that it was targeted by some prey. I don't know if it ran away."

Li Shengli said,
"Brother Shengli, we will know if we look ahead!"

Li Shengli also nodded with deep concern.

Then the three dogs, Heihu, Dacai and Ercai, sniffed the ground here and there and ran forward.

Chen Weidong and Li Shengli also hurried to catch up, and the two followed the dog over several hillsides.

The three dogs suddenly started to speed up and rushed towards a thorn bush on the left.

Chen Weidong and Li Shengli looked at each other, and at the same time, they readied their guns and quickly followed. After all, the three hunting dogs changed directions at the same time, so they must have discovered something.

However, the black tiger did not rush into the thorn bush, but stopped on the periphery. After sniffing a few times, it sat down directly on the spot and looked at Chen Weidong.

Chen Weidong ran over quickly and took a closer look, only to see that there was a lot of blood on the ground of the thorn bush.

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(End of this chapter)