Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Chapter 144: Top Predator, Leopard

"Yuan En, I'll take care of your matter. I'll ask Master Guan to come forward and I'll definitely help you propose marriage."

Fang Wei then patted his chest and told the other party not to worry.

Zhao Jinsheng smiled but said nothing. When the girl's parents came to ask for his opinion, he said a few good words.

In fact, several young people who have a good relationship with Fang Wei have grown into the backbone of the team.

The next few days.

Fang Wei, Zheng Hu and Guan Chongyang helped Deng Yuanen prepare things in advance, and only when they felt that there were no loopholes did they go to Zhaojiazhuang to propose marriage.

The girl's family felt very proud that the captain and deputy captain personally came to propose marriage on behalf of the boy. In addition, Guan Chongyang was knowledgeable and polite, so they were very satisfied.

The marriage was thus decided, and the wedding was planned to take place before the summer harvest.

"Hu Zi, you and Yuan En are good brothers after all. You even got married together. But it's better this way. Get married early and feel at ease."

Zheng Hu is scheduled to get married in May, and Deng Yuanen is scheduled to get married around the same time.

Fang Wei actually agreed that the two should get married as soon as possible. No one knew what would happen in the next few years, and no one could say for sure.

"Third brother, you must drink a few more glasses of wine at Yuan En and I's wedding."

Zheng Hu likes Tie Yanhong very much, and he becomes very happy when talking about marriage.

The two of them talked as they walked and soon arrived at the infirmary.

Today, Zhao Baocheng and Wang Guizhi both returned from the county town. The commune health center sent medicines and equipment, which they needed to register and organize.

In a blink of an eye, they had been studying in the medical school for several months, but the team's medical room had not yet been put into operation.

"Doctor Zhao, Doctor Wang."

Fang Wei and Zheng Hu entered the house and greeted the two people who were busy.

Zhao Baocheng and Wang Guizhi felt embarrassed when they heard this title. Strictly speaking, they were not doctors. The current official title was "rural health workers."

"Captain Fang, Captain Zheng, please don't call us that. We dare not call each other doctors."

Wang Guizhi waved her hands repeatedly. She had worked as a midwife in a hospital in a big province or city, and she knew the weight of the title "doctor".

Zhao Baocheng seemed a little uneasy.

"From now on, you two will be treating the members of the 12 production teams in Xiatang Brigade. How can you do that without authority? Those who can heal illnesses are doctors. This has been the principle since ancient times."

Fang Wei explained with a smile, asking them not to underestimate themselves.

Zhao Baosheng and Wang Guizhi finally smiled. Who doesn't like to be respected? They also strengthened their determination to study medical knowledge and serve the members wholeheartedly.

Afterwards, Fang Wei went to check out the medicines and other items that had been delivered today.

Well, there are not many medicines, only some painkillers, anti-inflammatory drugs and some common western medicine tablets.

There are also some injections, but very few varieties.

Forget about examination instruments. The medical room only has items such as stethoscopes, syringes, bandages, injection needles, blood pressure monitors, a few delivery instruments, and a large medicine box that can be carried on the back.

The above is all the belongings of the infirmary.

"Hu Zi, I asked you to buy two bicycles a few days ago. Did you ask someone to do it?"

After checking, Fang Wei turned and looked at Zheng Hu.

Zheng Hu didn't know anything about medical matters and was chatting with Zhao Baocheng.

When asked, he replied, "I've already bought it and it's next door."

Rural doctors do not treat patients in the clinic, but need to travel through mountains and rivers to visit members' homes.

The 12 production teams in Xiatang Brigade were relatively scattered, and the rural roads were difficult to travel on. Without bicycles, two people could not get here at all.

"Thank you, Captain, for your thoughtful consideration. Baocheng and I have agreed that we will come back every week to see everyone."

Wang Guizhi has a strong sense of responsibility. Even though she is still studying, she still thinks about treating the members.

Fang Wei nodded approvingly, then asked Zheng Hu to hand over the bicycles to the two men. From then on, the two bicycles would be theirs for 24-hour use.

From that day on, Zhao Baocheng and Wang Guizhi studied at the medical school during the day and rode their bikes back to the second team after school.

If someone in someone's family feels unwell at night, they will be there at any time without any complaints.

Being a health worker doesn't actually bring many benefits to individuals, as it's a half-doctor, half-farmer job.

There is no salary, but you can get full work points. The subsidy depends on the situation of the team, which is about 3-5 yuan per month.

During busy farming seasons, such as harvesting and planting, we also have to participate in collective labor.

Since there were too few medicines in the infirmary, Fang Wei contributed most of the herbal medicines he had prepared.

Zhao Baocheng knows some Chinese medicine and has a great demand for herbal medicine.

night.

While eating, Fang Wo discussed with Pan Lianhua: "Sister, I plan to help the infirmary collect more herbs. Do you have time to accompany me into the mountains?"

People in the village often use herbal medicine when they are sick. Pan Lianhua used to walk through the woods often and could recognize most of the herbal varieties.

"Okay, I'm not busy lately. In fact, most of the seedling cultivation work for this year has been completed."

Pan Lianhua smiled sweetly and was happy to go into the mountains with the man to collect herbs.

Early the next morning.

The two men walked deep into the mountains with guns and backpacks on their backs.

The herbs we are looking for this time are mainly plants with the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, relieving inflammation and pain, clearing away heat and detoxifying.

They were both familiar with the growing environments of various herbs, so picking them was relatively easy.

What's more, Fang Wei also has skills like "identification", so the possibility of misjudgment is zero, and he will never confuse herbs that look similar.

At noon, the two did not make a fire, but ate some dry food and drank some water. At this time, they had reached the edge of the primeval forest. They could collect some more herbs in this area and then return.

This place is rarely visited, so Fang Wei dared not be careless and remained vigilant at all times.

Suddenly, a warning arose in his heart, and he realized that danger was approaching.

"Girl, be careful!"

Fang Wei let out a low cry, then quickly took down his rifle. Pan Lianhua's movements were not slow either, she put away the tools in her hand and also raised her gun.
The two of them quickly moved closer, back to back, and began to search for any abnormalities in the surrounding area.

Not far away, a nimble leopard flashed by. If someone had a slower reaction, they would even wonder if they were seeing things.

"Bang! Boom!"

Based on the feedback in his mind, Fang Wei subconsciously fired two shots, and Pan Lianhua also fired a shot.

It took only a very short time for both of them to see the leopard and open fire. This reaction is unparalleled.

It was a pity that the leopard was not killed on the spot. When the two men cautiously approached to check, they only saw a pool of blood. "Third brother, the prey is injured. Should we chase it?"

"Chase! Otherwise, a wounded leopard hiding in the dark is hard to guard against."

Fang Wei decided to track the injured leopard. He couldn't be soft-hearted or lazy at this time. Any hesitation might bring him into big trouble.

He tried to designate the nearby mountains and forests as a [hunting area] and succeeded.

The combination of personal attributes and regional attributes greatly increased his strength, and the area of 750 acres also gave him ample room to maneuver.

Adjusting the "tracking" attribute value to the highest, the two followed the traces left by the leopard and chased it all the way.

There were traces of blood along the way, which showed that the leopard was seriously injured.

This further strengthened the two men's determination to track it to the end. Nowadays, it is difficult to see traces of leopards in the mountains near the village. It is not easy to see a leopard in the deep mountains. It requires luck.

The two of them were extremely lucky today, but other people would rather not have such luck. After all, encountering a leopard is a very dangerous thing.

But Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua were both good at walking around in the mountains and forests, and they had hot weapons in their hands, so they were not afraid of a leopard.

Fang Wei walked in front and Pan Lianhua followed behind. The two of them cooperated well and were always on guard against the prey's sudden attack.

Injured tigers and leopards can become even more dangerous, so be extremely careful.

But obviously, this injured leopard no longer had the strength to fight back.

As they walked, Fang Wei suddenly slowed down and gestured to Pan Lianhua behind him. Pan Lianhua was on high alert, with the rifle loaded and ready to shoot at any time.

After passing through a dense grass, the two saw a leopard lying under a big tree.

This was a typical leopard, with a slender body, a top predator in the mountains. However, it no longer had the strength to stand up. After seeing the two of them, it struggled a few times and collapsed to the ground.

Fang Wei stopped and calmly watched the leopard's movements with his gun in hand.

Pan Lianhua took a few steps across, aimed at the leopard's eyebrows and shot it.

"boom!"

The bullet hit the leopard's head accurately, and the leopard twitched a few times and then became motionless.

After waiting for a while, Fang Wei signaled Pan Lianhua to be on guard, and he walked forward cautiously to make sure that the leopard was dead.

"Third brother, we killed a leopard!"

Pan Lianhua is different from the women in the village. She is not the weak type.

She was so excited about being able to kill a leopard today that she wanted to go back to the village immediately and show off in front of her brothers and sisters.

"Yeah, we're really lucky today! But if we don't hurry up, we might have to spend the night in the woods."

As they tracked the leopard all the way, the two men didn't notice the passage of time at all. In fact, it was already afternoon.

After Fang Wei’s reminder, Pan Lianhua realized the problem and hurried forward to help deal with the prey.

The leopard weighed about 140-150 kilograms, so carrying it all back was too tiring and unnecessary. The two men first peeled off the entire leopard's skin, then cut up the leopard's meat, leaving some of the internal organs to take back and feed to the hunting dogs.

Most of the internal organs will be discarded, but the leopard's bones are good things, so try to bring as many back as possible.

After finishing the work, there were still about 100 kilograms of things that needed to be taken away.

There weren't many herbs in the backpack, so the two of them put them in separately. Some of the extra large and long ones, such as bones, were placed horizontally on the mouth of the backpack, tied up, and carried back directly.

The things Fang Wei was carrying on his back weighed about 40 to kilograms, and the weight of the lotus he was carrying was also about kilograms.

Naturally, they could no longer pick the herbs, so the couple immediately returned home and started their journey home.

When I got home, it was already dark.

"Third brother, you two killed a leopard? Give me some time, this is too shocking."

The two were tired after a long day and hadn't had dinner yet, so they came to Fang Ping's house to eat something ready-made.

When Fang Ping and Tian Guihua saw the entire leopard skin, they were petrified on the spot.

No one in the village had ever caught a leopard, and this was probably the first time in his memory.

"It was a coincidence today. Lotus and I were trying to collect some herbs for the infirmary, but we ended up running into this leopard deep in the mountains. To be honest, if we hadn't both been armed, we would have definitely become its food if we had encountered it."

As Fang Weiyi spoke, he handed the leopard meat to his sister-in-law and reminded her of some things to pay attention to when eating it.

Leopard bones need to be processed before they can be used as medicine. We will talk about this later.

Tian Guihua took a few sweet potatoes and asked Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua to eat them first, then started to stew the leopard meat. The leopard meat was slightly sour, so it needed to be stewed with spices such as star anise, cinnamon, tangerine peel, and dried chilies.

Before long, the whole house was filled with the aroma of stewed meat.

Taking advantage of the gap, Fang Wei took the offal back to feed the hunting dogs. Since there wasn't much offal, he had asked Tian Guihua to save some scraps of meat and fed them to the two dogs.

"Eating meat in the middle of the night is indeed delicious."

Fang Wei and Fang Ping talked about the experience of hunting the golden leopard today. Pan Lianhua and Tian Guihua, who had been busy in the kitchen for a while, also sat down and chatted casually.

The two children fell asleep, otherwise they would definitely pester Fang Wei to tell them hunting stories.

After the meat was stewed, Fang Wei and Fang Ping ate the meat while drinking sweet potato wine, feeling very happy.

After eating and drinking, Fang Wei pulled his elder brother aside and whispered, "I brought back Leopard's whip. Once I've prepared it, you can use it to make wine."

"Get it, get it."

Fang Ping was very happy. It was not easy to get tiger whips nowadays, so having a leopard whip was not bad either.

Afterwards, Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua returned to their home, washed up and went into the house to rest.

Normally, the two of them should have fallen asleep immediately after a tiring day, but they were both very excited and tossed and turned for half the night before falling asleep.

The next day.

The news that Fang Wei and Pan Lianhua had hunted a leopard spread throughout the village.

It's difficult to keep something like this a secret, but Fang Wei doesn't care. It's not a bad thing anyway.

He went to the team headquarters for a walk this morning and ran into Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen when he came out. They came over to him and asked in a frivolous manner, "Third brother, is leopard meat delicious?"

"You'll know if it tastes good if you try it. Come to my room at noon and we'll have a few drinks."

We brought back a lot of leopard meat. Tian Guihua stewed it all yesterday and we couldn’t finish it in several meals.

Since Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen were very curious about what leopard meat tasted like, he asked them to try it at noon, which made the two guys very happy.

When it was noon, Zheng Hu specially brought a bottle of white wine.

Fang Wei called his elder brother and sister-in-law over as well. Pan Lianhua prepared a few other dishes and added a large pot of leopard meat. Everyone had a delicious meal.

Zheng Hu and Deng Yuanen were filled with emotion. They had known that the third brother was powerful, but they had never expected him to be so powerful.

A couple of people can hunt down a leopard. If it were them, they would only be able to run for their lives even with guns.

(End of this chapter)