Reborn in 78, I made my fortune by working in the mountains, supporting three families on my own.

"Damn it!"

Qin Bowen roared and chased after him.

The other goats, startled, turned and disappeared into the woods.

A goat that hasn't suffered a fatal injury can run at lightning speed.

In just a few bounces, they disappeared from people's sight.

Qin Bowen ran to the edge of the woods, glanced inside, and cursed, "Damn it! They got away!"

It's a real shame, but there's nothing we can do about it now.

He turned to Zhao Lei and helped hold down the dying leader: "Brother-in-law! I'll hold it down for you, you go help Uncle Changlin."

Hunting isn't like what you see on TV, where the prey falls to the ground immediately after a single shot, and the hunter just quietly goes over to collect the kill.

Animals are very resilient.

It's like when you're killing a fish, even if you've emptied its internal organs and removed its scales, and it looks completely dead, it can still thrash around the moment you put it in the oil, splattering oil all over you.

The same principle applies to killing chickens and ducks.

Even if you kill off the entire head of a chicken or duck, its body can still run quite a distance away.

This is the remaining life force of a living organism that exists within its body!

If you are not careful, you may cause unnecessary casualties to the hunter.

Therefore, Zhao Lei would almost always take this precaution when hunting prey, forcibly suppressing the opponent and preventing its remaining vitality from suddenly flaring up and causing trouble.

Especially for such large animals, even if their hearts are pierced by a sharp arrow, they can still run for several miles by instinct and the surge of adrenaline.

If you don't want to waste your energy chasing it for miles, it's best to control it while it's injured.

Qin Bowen held down the lead sheep's two front legs with all his might.

Zhao Lei was relieved and picked up the hunting rifle next to him, quickly starting to load it.

At the same time, he looked up to observe the situation on Qin Changlin's side.

The wild goat that was shot by Qin Changlin was in this situation.

It was wounded in the abdomen, but despite the serious injury, it was tenacious and darted around the threshing ground with great vigor.

They crushed the rice that everyone had spread out to dry, disrupting a large area of ​​it.

The women and children screamed and ran away in all directions.

Qin Changlin was getting on in years, and chasing after him was becoming somewhat difficult.

After loading his ammunition, he prepared to fire a second shot, but he hesitated to fire, fearing that he might accidentally injure the fleeing women.

Zhao Lei didn't dare to delay. After quickly changing his ammunition, he rushed forward and shouted to the crowd, "Everyone, run outside!"

Without him saying a word, the elderly, women, and children, fearing being hit by the goats, took off running as fast as they could.

The children cried loudly, and the women screamed in alarm, plunging the scene into chaos.

The severely injured goat was startled and disoriented, bumping into haystacks one moment and falling over on the rice paddy the next.

Zhao Lei didn't care about anything else and rushed forward in two strides.

When he was about ten meters away, he seized the opportunity, raised his gun, and pulled the trigger with a bang!

boom!

Instantly.

The goat seemed to have been hit by a cannonball, slipping and sliding five or six meters across the threshing floor.

Zhao Lei's shot hit its head, and it instantly froze on the ground.

His limbs twitched.

Zhao Lei followed the same method.

He rushed forward, drew his knife, slit the throat, and bled out!

Bright red blood gushed out, staining large swaths of grain red.

He held the other person down tightly until the other person's life force completely dissipated.

Qin Changlin watched from a short distance as Zhao Lei raised his gun amidst the panicked crowd and shot a goat that was running around wildly.

He shouted excitedly, "Well done, Lei Zi!"

A few minutes later, everything quieted down.

The elderly, women, and children carefully began to return to the threshing ground at Dashiba.

Then they saw Zhao Lei and Qin Bowen each carrying a goat weighing seventy or eighty pounds, and leaving it on the open ground of the threshing ground.

Everyone gathered around.

Many women and children had never seen such a scene before, and they pointed at the goat carcass and discussed it amongst themselves.

"Hey! This is the thing that's ruining our grain! Look at its belly, so full, it must have eaten a lot of grain!"

"Hey? Isn't that a serow? That animal is very clever and runs incredibly fast."

"Wow... Lei Zi, you guys actually managed to hit that? That's amazing!"

A young woman looked at Zhao Lei with eyes full of admiration: "Brother Zhao Lei, your marksmanship just now was absolutely amazing, so cool!"

Upon hearing this, everyone realized that everyone in the entire Dashi Dam threshing ground had just witnessed Zhao Lei's agile figure.

Since Zhao Lei returned, he has become the talk of the town in every household.

Many people say that Zhao Lei is a skilled hunter, even surpassing Qin Changlin in skill.

Many people initially didn't believe it, thinking it was exaggerated or misleading, but today they've witnessed it firsthand.

Zhao Lei shot the leader in a vital spot, then swiftly pounced to finish him off. His movements were so fluid and graceful that everyone was speechless.

In comparison, although Qin Changlin also hit a vital spot in the abdomen, he made a big mistake in the subsequent handling, causing the prey to panic and escape, almost injuring a person.

It was also thanks to Zhao Lei's quick reflexes and finishing shot that the enemy was killed.

Zhao Lei has a tall and upright figure, coupled with a handsome face.

Just now, he performed another clean and efficient hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act in a critical moment, which made many women admire him.

The young woman who spoke earlier was named Wang Cuilan. She was not an outsider; she was Wang Zhongbao's third sister.

Her husband died in an accident two years ago while working on the construction of a reservoir in Sanhe Township.

Wang Cuilan was twenty-four years old, in the prime of her life, and her deceased ex-husband still had several single brothers.

To avoid suspicion and so that she and her child could live a better life, she had no choice but to take her child back to her parents' home alone.

She had long harbored feelings for Zhao Lei, but she was no longer a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl and would consider things much further ahead.

Zhao Lei used to hang out with shady characters like Lai Mazi, and he lived a very frugal and chaotic life.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Cuilan gave up the idea of ​​getting close to Zhao Lei.

But recently, Zhao Lei returned from outside, and in just one month, his family has undergone tremendous changes.

Outsiders might not know the inside story, but Wang Cuilan knew that her younger brother, Wang Zhongbao, worked for Zhao Lei and had not only bought a 28-inch motorcycle but also saved more than a thousand yuan!

Wang Cuilan was deeply shocked, and her opinion of Zhao Lei completely changed.

Seeing Zhao Lei's dashing appearance in person today made her heart flutter even more.

My heart was pounding.

Lei Zi is handsome, strong, and capable. Even if he's been divorced three times, it's not a bad thing.

Wang Cuilan secretly made her own plans.

Although Zhao Lei is widowed and lives with his three ex-wives, they have all been divorced long ago.

Zhao Lei is, in essence, a bachelor who has been divorced three times.

Thinking of this, Wang Cuilan's mind began to race...