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

Wild boars were rampant and wantonly ruined crops, which was a huge disaster for the Qingshuigou production team, but in the eyes of these hunters, it was real wealth.

Zhao Lei raised his hand to signal everyone to stop, and lowered his voice to order: "Everyone, get ready to fire, load the iron shot and gunpowder, and hold your guns steady."

The men moved swiftly, squatting behind the edge of the field to quickly reload their ammunition, their shotguns held firmly in front of them, ready to fire.

Zhao Lei pointed to a spot a hundred meters ahead.

A group of dark figures were huddled together, heads down, eating corn.

At a cursory glance, there were seven or eight adult wild boars, surrounded by a group of half-grown piglets.

The four men bent over, using the crops on the field ridges as cover, and slowly approached the wild boar herd, gradually closing the 100-meter distance.

Qin Bowen's palms were sweating, his heart was pounding, and he could hardly contain his excitement.

He leaned close to Zhao Lei's ear and whispered, "Brother-in-law, is the distance about right? Can we fire now?"

Zhao Lei quickly reached out and pressed down on his hunting rifle, speaking in a deep voice to calm everyone down: "Don't rush. A hundred meters is too far now. Even if we hit it, we can only scratch the wild boar's fur. Once it gets scared, the boars will scatter and disappear into the woods, and we won't be able to catch up with them at all."

We must close the distance to within twenty meters to ensure a single, decisive shot that cripples most of their mobility.

Qin Dashan and Wang Zongbao nodded silently, secretly admiring Zhao Lei's hunting skills and experience.

Anyone else would have been tempted to fire prematurely and scare the prey away.

The group continued to move forward, crouching low...

As the distance gradually closed to thirty meters, Zhao Lei slowly raised his hunting rifle and aimed at the largest adult wild boar in the middle of the herd.

Fingertips rested on the trigger, just a few moments away from pulling it.

At this critical moment...

boom! !

A deafening gunshot suddenly rang out in the silent night sky, its echo reverberating through the valley.

The wild boars, who were munching on their food in the field, suddenly raised their heads, pricked up their ears, and looked around anxiously. The entire herd became alert instantly.

"not good!"

Zhao Lei's expression changed drastically, and he quickly turned around to scan the three people behind him.

The hunting rifles in the hands of Qin Dashan, Qin Bowen, and Wang Zongbao were all intact, indicating that they were not the ones who fired the shots.

"Other hunters were also hunting here, and the gunfire startled the pigs!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Lei immediately gave a stern order: "Charge! Open fire!"

Before he finished speaking, he took three steps in two and leaped out from behind the ridge of the field!

Spanning more than ten meters, he aimed at the largest adult wild boar and pulled the trigger with a thunderous roar.

boom! ! !

Seeing Zhao Lei rush forward first, the other three also jumped out.

However, the three of them had far less hunting experience than Zhao Lei, and their accuracy was much worse!

In the chaos, he raised his gun and fired wildly at the wild boars that were scattering in all directions.

Bang bang bang!

Four gunshots rang out in quick succession, filling the night with smoke.

Startled, the wild boars were thrown into complete chaos, roaring and fleeing wildly in all directions, about to plunge into the dense forest on either side.

Zhao Lei's eyes were fixed on the three- or four-hundred-pound adult wild boar he had targeted.

After being shot, the wild boar fell heavily to the ground, rolling and struggling, trying to prop itself up and escape.

Zhao Lei strode forward, drew a sharp long knife from his waist, and, taking advantage of the moment when the wild boar got up, plunged the knife into its neck!

Warm blood gushed out, the huge wild boar twitched twice, and then collapsed to the ground, unable to move any further.

the other side.

After Qin Bowen and Wang Zongbao fired hastily, they didn't have time to reload the gunpowder. They could only draw their knives and chase after the fleeing wild boar for a few steps.

Unfortunately, the wild boar was incredibly fast and disappeared into the bushes in the blink of an eye, leaving the two of them empty-handed and dejected.

Qin Dashan was the only one who was slightly luckier; his shot hit the hind leg of a small wild boar.

The piglet couldn't run fast, so he chased it for several minutes and finally subdued it.

They came back carrying a small wild boar weighing about 30 pounds.

A moment later, the four met again in the middle of the field ridge.

Qin Dashan tossed the baby wild boar to the ground, let out a long sigh, and said with a frustrated expression, "What exactly happened? Who fired that shot out of nowhere? A whole herd of wild boars were scared away!"

Qin Bowen and Wang Zongbao arrived empty-handed, their faces full of bitterness, and they both shook their heads.

Zhao Lei knelt on one knee on the adult wild boar, pressing down hard on its torso until he was completely dead before slowly releasing his grip.

Gasping for breath, his eyes filled with frustration, he said, "We miscalculated. We didn't expect other hunters to be eyeing this herd of wild boars besides us!"

Zhao Lei stood up and looked around. The wild boar shadows that had been everywhere just moments before had all vanished into the depths of the forest, leaving no trace.

He had already planned it out in his mind: if he got just a dozen meters closer, he could easily take down two or three adult wild boars, with a 90% chance of success.

But a sudden shot disrupted the entire plan!

In the end, they only managed to capture one adult wild boar and one 30-pound piglet.

The rest of the prey fled into the deep mountains, becoming difficult to find again...

Looking at the dark forest, Wang Zongbao couldn't help but stomp his foot in frustration: "What a huge loss! We've missed out on so much prey. I wonder which group got there first and ruined everything!"

Zhao Lei watched the wild boars scatter and flee into the mountains, figuring that searching the mountains now would be futile.

The wild boar was startled and became extremely wary, so it will not show itself again for a while.

Qin Bowen leaned closer, looking dejected, scratching the back of his head in worry: "Brother-in-law, what do we do now? The wild boars have all disappeared. Did we make a wasted trip today?"

Zhao Lei looked up at the crops in the field that had been ravaged by the gnawed crops.

"These wild boars don't learn from their mistakes. There isn't enough food in the mountains and forests. After three or four hours of waiting, when they get too hungry, they will naturally go back to the fields to forage for food."

"While we have some free time, let's move the two wild boars we just got onto the oxcart and settle them in, so that wild dogs and wolves won't come and eat them at night..."

"Okay!"

Qin Dashan, Qin Bowen, and Wang Zongbao responded in unison.

The four of them immediately divided the work and got to work.

The group had just carried the large wild boar halfway down the path between the fields.

Suddenly, a series of chaotic footsteps came from the dense forest on both sides, accompanied by a loud shout!

Qin Bowen's heart tightened, and he almost let go of the wild boar, his grip loosening. He hurriedly looked up.

Eight burly men suddenly rushed out of the woods, each with a fierce expression, carrying machetes at their waists and militia hunting rifles in their hands.

Eight figures surrounded Zhao Lei and his companions, trapping them in the middle of the path.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Seeing this, the four dared not delay and immediately put down the wild boar on their shoulders.

They all raised their shotguns, aimed them at the group opposite them, and pressed their fingertips against the triggers, ready for battle.

Zhao Lei took a step forward, his face cold, and said in a deep voice, "What do you want by stopping us?"

In the middle of the crowd, a burly man with a buzz cut pushed his way through the crowd and stepped out.

The newcomer was broad-shouldered and thick-backed, with bulging muscles all over his body; he was Zhao Chenghu, the captain of the Qingshuigou militia team.

As soon as Zhao Chenghu appeared, he glared and cursed, "Damn it! Where the hell did you guys come from? Do you know that you were firing randomly and scared away the whole herd of wild boars I'd been watching all night?!"