Forest Farm 1985: Raise a bear cub to climb the mountain

Chapter 222 Overnight (Two in One)
When Dai Song was wondering what to do, a white light suddenly flashed on the roof of the shack.

It was obvious that the third team saw the signal flare and rushed over in the dark.

When this team saw Dai Song and others were there, they felt relieved and immediately squeezed into the small snow cave to confirm the situation with everyone.

When they learned that the little grasshopper's legs were broken by the cannon eggs, their expressions suddenly became ugly.

The two teams pondered for a long time and finally had to decide.
"Little Grasshopper must be sent back quickly. We have no choice but to disband the gang."

"Dismantling the gang?" Dai Bai blinked his eyes and looked at Dai Song in confusion.

Actually, it cannot be blamed on Dai Bo’s ignorance of gang dismantling. When he was young, his family was poor, so he went to primary school in the forest farm until the third grade, and then he started to help with housework.
I haven't attended classes for so many years that my concentration has long been lost. When I listen, I basically only listen to a few key words in a sentence, and then try to understand by guessing. Now when I hear the two new words "chai bang", aren't I at a loss?

Moreover, the team has two strong generals, Dai Bo and Jiang Haohan, and he has a clearer understanding of his own position - leave the hard work to me, and you guys should think more about the thinking stuff, so he just stops using his brain.

But even so, Dai Bo's basic curiosity was still there, so that when he heard something interesting or incomprehensible, he would immediately ask questions.

This time, no one disliked Dai Bo for not knowing anything.

After all, he had just eaten someone's sticky rice dumplings, and he was the shortest eater, and this brother looked like a real tiger, not a "hermaphrodite", so he patiently explained to him;

The so-called breaking up of a gang actually means disbanding it.

Except for Dai Song's group, the teams behind were all in groups of five. And because the departure time was a little later today, including Dai Song, there were only three groups in total.

To break up the gang now actually means to take people from these two gangs to send Little Grasshopper back, and then use the remaining people to form a new gang.

But by doing this, the original three teams were forcibly reduced to two teams, which would inevitably affect the progress of the entire mission.

As Dai Song is the most core executor of this mission, his opinion must be sought when such a situation occurs.

So the two teams quickly decided on the people who would go back, and then reported their opinions to Dai Song.
"Comrade Dai Song, let's discuss it. One person will be sent out from my team, and two people will be sent out from their team.

There are three people escorting little Grasshopper back, so there must be no problems as this is a road they have been on before.

What do you think about the remaining six forming a new gang and continuing the mission?"

Dai Song remained silent, but Li Qinghai, who was squeezed in the middle and whose beard was almost burned by the flames, said,
"What should we do if we are one team short?

When you were talking about flares before, didn’t you say that this thing can only be placed at a distance of about ten miles at most, and it can’t be seen any further away?

Now we are one team short. There are flares coming from behind. Isn't it going to be cut off?"

What Li Qinghai said was exactly what Dai Song was thinking.

Not only that, Dai Song was still thinking about how to plan his trip for tomorrow.

Moreover, we have not even left the forest yet and have encountered such a thing.

Once you leave the forest farm and head north, there will be fewer people and you never know what you might run into.

He and Li Qinghai were in their team, so unless they met the Mountain God, they would not frown.

But the same cannot be said for the teams behind.

As the old saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. Even if these people are well-trained, they will be at a loss if they really encounter wild animals.

The surroundings fell silent for a moment. Li Qinghai's question was like a stone thrown into a lake. Apart from splashing a few ripples, there was no response.

After a few dozen seconds of silence, it was the little Grasshopper who broke the silence first.

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry. It's my fault. I delayed this mission. I will take all the responsibility after I return..."

Dai Song raised his hand to stop the little grasshopper.
"Don't blame yourself. This is not your fault. If you really want to talk about it, I also have some responsibilities that I cannot get rid of.

They were the vanguard, but they failed to open up a safe path."

"Comrade Dai Song, you are forcing yourself to take the responsibility!"

"Yes, Comrade Dai Song! The animals in these mountains are all alive, wandering around everywhere, and you can't control them.

This was indeed our fault due to carelessness. We will be fined when we return. We accept the punishment!"

Everyone was getting more excited as they talked, but their confidence was declining. Jiang Haohan saw that something was wrong and interrupted everyone's self-blame in time.

"Okay, okay, comrades, in the mountains, let's listen to what Lao Li Pao and Dai Song have to say.
"Old Li Pao? Can you say something?"

Li Qinghai was still wondering what to do with the missing team. When he heard what Jiang Haohan said, he suddenly realized.
Once you enter the mountains, the most important thing to avoid is a loss of morale, and the second most important thing to worry about is a loss of confidence.

When a hound loses confidence, it becomes cunning and useless.
The hunter's confidence was crushed. At best, he could only hunt small things in the future.

To put it in a worse case scenario, you might die at the hands of wild beasts at any time!

So he hurriedly said, "The mountains are really not as simple as you think, otherwise anyone can make a living in the mountains, right?
Although you have all been trained a thousand times, the moves you have trained are only for the enemy.
If you really encounter wild beasts, and you don't have any ready-made countermeasures in your heads, wouldn't you be at a loss?

Not to mention reacting immediately to deal with the wild animals, it might not even be possible to run away at the first opportunity.

Haha~ After all, I, an old man, also walked through it step by step this way.

So, let’s not talk about who will take responsibility now. Let’s first think about what we should do now that one team of people is missing.

If you insist on continuing to argue about this issue of responsibility, then I won't say anything else.
I am an old man, and I haven't read much, so I may not be able to follow your thinking, but I just want to ask,
Why do you have more people in your team than us?

I remember that Dai Song should have clearly mentioned to your leaders before that having too many people in the old forest might not be a good thing. If something really happens, they will cause trouble to each other, right?
Even so, why did the leaders assign so many people to each team? "

Li Qinghai stopped talking after he finished speaking, but the answer emerged in everyone's mind at the same time:
Casualties!

Everyone who understood the situation looked at Dai Song, and the scarred man said,
"Comrade Dai Song, what do you think we should do next?"

At this time, Dai Song also had an idea, so he said:

“Under the current circumstances, the best solution is to dismantle the gang.

How about this, tomorrow morning, you guys send Little Grasshopper back, and the rest of you guys stay where you are.

We agreed to send out a team in the morning when the sun rises and is three fingers above the ground. In this case, the rest of you should wait here for two and a half hours. After two and a half hours, the second team should set off, and then you can set off again."

"Doesn't this mean that the overall duration of this mission will be extended?" Dai Bai said hurriedly.

“Well, but as it stands, it’s only extended by two and a half hours.

On the whole, the two and a half hour extension did not have much impact on the progress of the mission.

I reserved enough time before I came here. With Erhan's scent, a delay of just a little while will not affect its accuracy in tracking by scent."

"Hmph~" Xiao Erhan, who had been resting his head on Dai Song's legs, raised his head and yawned loudly. Before coming, everyone was mentally prepared, knowing that Dai Song would bring a little bear with him, and everyone knew the story of this little bear.
After they met, Erhan had always been well behaved and would help with some work within his ability. But when they saw Erhan yawning and showing his big canine teeth, everyone in the snow den suddenly became nervous.

Dai Song saw that everyone was frightened by Er Han, so he stroked Er Han's head with a smile and continued,
"And, to be honest, this isn't really a big delay.

Everyone can rest for two and a half hours, during which time they can take a good rest, reflect and review the situation, and strive to handle similar situations better in the future."

"Okay!" Everyone looked at each other and finally nodded. The scarred man raised his hand.

"Comrade Dai Song, what do you say? You will set out tomorrow at the agreed time when the sun rises three fingers above the ground, right?"

"Almost." Dai Song did not say yes directly, but looked at Li Qinghai and Jiang Haohan beside him.
"Old Li Pao, this incident has given us a wake-up call.

This mission is not just for our team. If we fail to take good care of the team behind us, if something goes wrong, it will definitely affect our overall mission.

Now that it has happened, we can’t just ignore it, right? "

Li Qinghai was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes instantly reflected a brilliant light. Jiang Haohan also instantly became alert and asked tentatively,
"Matsuko, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to go clean up that cannon egg to prevent it from causing trouble again!"

"Is this... necessary?" Jiang Haohan was worried about complications. If something happened again, it would not be a matter of whether things went smoothly or not. It would be more like God was reminding them that they should go back as soon as possible.

"It is necessary!" This time it was not Dai Song who answered, but Li Qinghai.

The old man was in high spirits, his beard trembling, "Let's not even analyze the normal feeding range of the cannon egg. With this commotion, the cannon egg has become a real bullet.

Even though we usually describe people as stupid pigs, both wild boars and domestic pigs are very smart!

If the pig is shot but not killed and runs away, it will become a bargain for grabs, and the reaction of people who still have the gun will be much greater.

It will definitely be more violent and cruel, and also more cunning.

The possibility of hurting people will definitely increase significantly! We can't just watch that cannon egg become a disaster and hurt the people behind it!"

Jiang Haohan nodded, and then looked at Dai Song, "Songzi, what should we say?"

"Let's get up at the first light tomorrow morning, and take advantage of the fact that the cannon egg can't get up in the morning, and go and kill it directly!

Others replied or waited.

Let's move quickly, and once we're done, we'll have Erhan follow the scent to the border, and it should be about the same time."

When everyone heard this, they all thought that this plan was feasible, so they helped each other and dug two more holes in the snow in the surrounding area, and built two shacks in the same way.

Li Qinghai lay down in his nest and started snoring as soon as he leaned against the firewood pile. Needless to say, the old man slept lightly, so the job of guarding the fire was his.

Jiang Haohan was more particular. The large bag of luggage finally came in handy.

He first spread out a sheepskin pad under his body, then took out a fur coat from his bag and wrapped it around himself, tightening it around his waist with a hemp rope.
He immediately took off his boots and put on a pair of soft fur cotton shoes.

After equipping himself with all these, he straightened the bag a little and put it under his head. It looked very comfortable, which was in stark contrast to Li Qinghai.

The two brothers were more of a compromiser. They each took out two large sacks from their luggage and put them under their bodies to form a "mat" to isolate themselves from the ice and snow.
As soon as the floor was laid, the little boy walked up to it, shaking his head, and lay down, occupying the space in the middle. No matter how the two brothers slapped and drove him away, he just made a "puffing" sound and refused to get up.

The small flower mushrooms are even more outrageous.

After shivering in the snow for a while, I saw Erhan Tuan was as big as a fur ball.

With a running start, he ran directly to Erhan, turned around and stepped on the fluffy hair on Erhan's shoulders.

Xiao Erhan also felt sleepy, his eyes were dazed and he didn't want to bother with the mushroom, so he just let it toss around on his body.

Unexpectedly, Huagu was still not satisfied. He turned around several times but couldn't find a comfortable place to lie down.
Then its little eyes lit up and its tail stood straight up, as if it had thought of a good idea. Then the whole dog followed Erhan's armpits and burrowed into his arms.

Erhan was so sleepy that he didn't even have the energy to sleep, so he just let Huagu toss him around. Huagu finally adjusted its position, and the whole dog nestled in Erhan's arms, breathing with only its little nose showing.

The two brothers couldn't help but find it funny when they saw this. They shrugged their shoulders and lay down next to Xiao Erhan.

It’s no wonder, not long after the two of them lay down, the place where Erhan’s fur was touching became warm.

He reached out his hand into Erhan's arms, which were like a small stove, so warm that Dai Song's palms were sweating.

After a night like this, it wasn't cold at all.

At daybreak in the morning, the group packed up their things, dealt with the two bites simply, and followed the wild boar's blood trail.

The wild boar was injured and it was dark, so it didn't run far.

A few people followed Erhan Huagu and chased him for about two miles, and saw Dapaolanzi sleeping under a dwarf pine tree.

Wild boars prefer pine trees for overnight stays.

Pine trees still have leaves in winter. Although they are all needles, they can still block the snow to some extent.
The thin layer of snow under the tree can also relieve the pain of the wound.

The wild boar made its nest here and pressed its wound against the snow. When the snow melted, the pain was no longer so severe that the boar could lie on the dry pine needles and sleep soundly all night.

At this moment, even though the cannon egg was injured, it slept recklessly;

He was lying on his side on the ground with his butt facing Dai Song and others. One could see that although the gunshot wound on his body was hideous, it had been blocked by a black blood scab and was no longer bleeding.

There was a pair of bulging lumps in the crack of its buttocks, stained red by the blood gushing out of the wound. They swelled and shrank with the breath of the cannon egg, which made Hua Mushroom very excited. Its little tail swayed like a windmill, and it raised a claw towards the cannon egg, eager to try.

If Dai Song gave an order at this moment, it would rush out like an arrow and go straight for the pair of cannon eggs.

When the original dog owner Li Qinghai saw Huagu's condition, he became curious again:
Why didn’t the dog make a sound after finding its prey?

However, compared to figuring out why Huagu didn't speak, Li Qinghai's attention was more focused on Xiao Erhan.

Since he met Xiao Erhan, he has worked with him once.
Although the animal being hunted that time was the giant pig god, Erhan only played the role of driving it away and controlling its escape direction, and there was no hand-to-hand combat.

To put it bluntly, the old man has never seen Erhan use the power of a bear, so he's not satisfied.

With this opportunity before him, he was eager to catch a glimpse of the little bear.

Li Qinghai was not the only one who had such an idea. Jiang Haohan and Dai Bai also looked at Xiao Erhan with eyes full of anticipation.

Erhan felt a little scared by the three people staring at him. He lowered his head slightly, avoiding their eyes, and kept poking his head under Dai Song's armpits. As a result, the latter happily locked his neck:

"Erhan~" Dai Song whispered, afraid of alarming the cannon eggs in the distance, "There's a big wild boar over there, you're almost three hundred pounds now, it's time to test your skills!

Do you have the confidence to do it?"

(End of this chapter)