Hunting 81: Gathering Goods in the Mountains, I Spoil My Ex-Wife to the Extreme

"Bang!"

The sudden gunshot killed the male stag and also startled the dozen or so red deer nearby.

Immediately afterward, seeing the male stag fall to the ground, the remaining dozen or so red deer scattered like monkeys after a tree has fallen, running away in all directions.

Red deer have strong and powerful limbs, especially their strong hind legs, which have explosive power and can run very fast, covering a great distance in a flash.

However, no matter how fast a deer runs, it can't outrun a bullet.

Within seven paces, the gun is both accurate and fast; beyond seven paces, the gun remains fast.

The muzzle velocity of a Mosin-Nagant rifle bullet is around 800 meters per second. Even after Gao Hongmei shot and killed the male stag, the remaining stags scattered and fled. Li Yunshan fired five or six seconds later, but with a crisp, droplet-like gunshot, the bullet still caught up with one of the fleeing stags.

With a "plop," blood splattered everywhere.

A hundred meters away, the red deer, which weighed about 300 pounds, was struck as if by an invisible battle axe. The 7.62 mm bullet accurately hit the female red deer, entered its skull through its right eye, and shattered its brain tissue.

Blood splattered everywhere, and the female deer collapsed. Her four legs kicked and twitched unconsciously, kicking up snowflakes. She let out intermittent moans, and the light in her eyes was visibly fading away.

After hitting the female deer, Li Yunshan stopped shooting at the other running deer.

Firstly, they hunted two red deer, which was already a great harvest.

The ancients said, "draining the pond to catch all the fish." Even if he had the ability to hunt one or two more red deer, continuing to hunt more would damage the red deer population.

Furthermore, with his current abilities, he can only manage to get those two deer back at most.

Moreover, it takes a lot of effort.

After all, judging from the size of the deer, the male deer that Gao Hongmei killed first weighed over 400 jin (200 kg), and the female deer that he just killed also weighed around 300 jin (150 kg).

Gao Hongmei definitely couldn't lift the male deer she had killed, and she couldn't even lift the female deer he had killed, which was much smaller than the male deer.

The only way to get both deer back is to gut them, drain their blood, and remove their internal organs to reduce their weight.

Although deer blood is a rare and highly nutritious food, it is still seven or eight miles away from Guapigou Village, and they did not bring any containers to hold the deer blood. For now, they can only waste the blood from these two red deer.

In addition, although the internal organs of red deer can be eaten, they are not very profitable to sell.

After all, we are still living in a planned economy era, and many people still don't have enough to eat.

Even if ordinary people have money, when they want to buy meat, they will prioritize pork, and they will prioritize buying pork with more fat.

Because fatty pork can be rendered into oil, and the cracklings can be cooked simply to make a delicious side dish.

Ordinary people wouldn't be willing to spend money to buy venison, let alone venison offal.

Even if it were given away for free, people would probably still think about it before accepting it.

"Li Yunshan, I killed a deer."

At this moment, Gao Hongmei jumped out from her hiding place. She ran to the other side and collapsed on the snow. Looking at the male deer that had completely lost its vital signs, her eyes showed surprise and disbelief.

Perhaps Gao Hongmei never imagined that, although she had hunted a wild boar before, she would one day be able to hunt such a large prey as a red deer.

However, after a brief moment of surprise, Gao Hongmei began to have a dilemma when she saw the huge male red deer.

This red deer is so big, how can I get it home?

Although she hadn't been hunting with Li Yunshan in the mountains for long and hadn't gone hunting many times, she subconsciously knew that they were currently quite far from Guapigou Village.

How to get two deer back from such a long distance is a real problem.

"Look at that, you're really something, you killed the biggest deer, impressive, awesome."

Seeing Gao Hongmei's excited and overjoyed appearance, Li Yunshan naturally didn't hold back his praise, giving her a thumbs up and showering her with compliments, giving her plenty of emotional value.

"It's all thanks to your excellent command. If you hadn't been directing me, I wouldn't have been able to hit this deer."

To Li Yunshan's surprise, Gao Hongmei did not show any smugness, which was unprecedented.

She recalled the impulsive way she had acted when she saw the spotted tiger hunting a deer and dragging it away, and how she had acted impulsively when she approached the deer just now. Gao Hongmei secretly rejoiced that she had listened to Li Yunshan's advice and hadn't rushed out recklessly, but instead calmed down and waited patiently for the prey to take the bait. That's how she managed to hunt down a deer by sheer luck.

"Oh, Hongmei, that's rare. It's uncommon to see you so humble."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but laugh and make a joke.

"People grow up, you know. I know I was quite impulsive before, and you had to spend a lot of time persuading and scolding me. From now on, I'll listen to you when we go hunting in the mountains."

After being teased by Li Yunshan, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but blush and confidently replied.

"Do you still want to go into the mountains in the future? Don't come back. I know you came with me to hunt and earn money to pay back the money I owe you. If you sell this deer now, it should be enough to pay me back. Once you've paid me back, don't risk coming into the mountains with me."

Li Yunshan felt a headache coming on when he heard Gao Hongmei say that she wanted to go into the mountains with him again in the future.

Whether in his past life or now, he usually goes into the mountains to hunt alone, having long been accustomed to being a loner.

The reason he agreed to take Gao Hongmei hunting in the mountains was because he felt guilty towards Gao Hongmei and Gao Zhankui. In addition, he knew that even if he didn't ask Gao Hongmei to repay his debt, Gao Hongmei would repay it anyway, given her strong sense of right and wrong.

That's why he agreed to take Gao Hongmei into the mountains, hoping that she could earn money as soon as possible and pay off her debt to him.

Once the debt is paid off, Gao Hongmei will no longer feel pressured or have unfounded thoughts.

Now, if they sell this deer, the money they earn will be enough for Gao Hongmei to pay off his debts, and Li Yunshan really doesn't want to take Gao Hongmei into the mountains to hunt anymore.

Because Gao Hongmei has a carefree personality and sometimes acts impulsively.

Just now, this tiger woman actually tried to hit that striped tiger; wasn't she just asking for trouble?

In the end, it took him a few words of reprimand to subdue Gao Hongmei.

"What else can we do? We can only gut these two deer, drain all the blood, remove the worthless internal organs to lighten the weight, and then carry the deer meat back."

As Li Yunshan spoke, he drew a sharp, short knife from his waist.

Looking at the two red deer lying on the snow, completely lifeless, he showed no pity. Without hesitation, he precisely stabbed the male red deer in the soft belly with his sharp dagger, then sliced ​​open the male red deer's abdomen.

As the deer's abdomen was cut open, its still-steaming internal organs were revealed.

Li Yunshan put the dagger aside, reached into the deer's belly, and slowly pulled out the deer's internal organs.

As he moved, the strong smell of blood and the unique odor of deer entrails permeated the surroundings.

"Hold the gun and keep an eye on your surroundings. The smell of blood will attract carnivores from the mountains. If you spot any of these animals approaching, call out to me."

While dealing with the deer, Li Yunshan gave Gao Hongmei some instructions.

Dissecting two red deer is a huge undertaking, especially in such cold weather.

When the hands and feet are affected by the weather and become less mobile than when the weather is warm, dissecting two red deer will take much longer than usual.

"OK."

Gao Hongmei nodded and immediately loaded a bullet into the barrel.

In this way, the gun barrel was filled with two bullets again.

This allows her to fire twice in quick succession when encountering prey or wild animals.

Out of the corner of his eye, Li Yunshan saw Gao Hongmei reloading her shotgun and nodded in satisfaction.

Gao Hongmei had only gone hunting with him a few times, but through those few instances of his instruction, she had learned a great deal from his experience.

Don't underestimate the action of refilling the shotgun. Gao Hongmei had already fired a bullet when she shot the male deer, so there was only one bullet left in the barrel of the shotgun.

If Gao Hongmei doesn't mention reloading her gun with a bullet when she encounters prey again, she will only be able to fire one more bullet.

Now that she has added a bullet to the barrel, she can fire twice in quick succession when she encounters prey.

Don't underestimate the extra chance to fire a bullet. In a dangerous situation, having an extra chance to fire a bullet greatly increases your chances of protecting yourself compared to having only one bullet to fire.

If the first bullet misses the prey or only causes limited damage, you can quickly adjust and fire the second bullet, and then quickly reload.

After turning his gaze away from Gao Hongmei, Li Yunshan didn't dare to delay and began to focus on dealing with the deer.

It was past noon, and although the sun overhead was shining brightly, the temperature was still below zero.

Gao Hongmei stood there holding her gun, vigilantly watching her surroundings, occasionally glancing at Li Yunshan who was dealing with the deer.

After about half an hour of treatment, Li Yunshan was able to remove all the internal organs from the male red deer's stomach.