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

Here, take it.

Director Zhou handed the bag containing bullets to Li Yunshan.

"Brother Zhou, come in and have a seat."

Li Yunshan accepted it and extended a warm invitation.

"Let's do it next time. I rushed back so early this morning not just to deliver bullets to you, but because there's a meeting at the forest farm and a ton of work to do."

"Next time, let's go hunting in the mountains together, and have a good drink together."

Director Zhou patted Li Yunshan on the shoulder, then got into the sidecar, started the engine, and drove off.

As soon as Director Zhou left, Li Yunshan eagerly opened the cloth bag and saw bullets inside that gleamed with a yellowish copper light.

He took the bullets back to the main room, poured them onto the table, and carefully counted them. Sure enough, there were fifty-three 7.62mm Mosin-Nagant rifle bullets.

"Fifty-three bullets, plus the nine bullets I had before, I now have a total of 62 7.62mm rifle bullets. If I use them sparingly and only when I encounter large prey, it will last me a long time."

Large prey are scarce in the mountains; bears and tigers are extremely rare, and encountering one is considered incredibly lucky.

Even the red deer, whose numbers far exceed those of bears and tigers, are not something you can encounter casually.

If he doesn't encounter large prey like these, but instead comes across medium to small prey such as roe deer, wolves, or rabbits, Li Yunshan naturally won't use a Mosin-Nagant to hunt; instead, he'll use a shotgun.

A Tiger Head brand hunting rifle is sufficient to hunt small to medium-sized prey such as wolves, rabbits, roe deer, and gazelles.

With sufficient ammunition, dealing with bears and deer should not be a problem.

However, Li Yunshan suddenly remembered what Director Zhou had said: that the fifty-three bullets were obtained from his old comrade-in-arms.

Moreover, Director Zhou instructed him to use them sparingly, which means that even with Director Zhou's connections and abilities, it might be difficult to find more bullets after using these fifty-three bullets.

Moreover, he couldn't keep bothering Director Zhou to get him bullets.

After all, although he helped Director Zhou by killing the tiger at Hongxing Forest Farm, he also benefited from it in the end.

He got all the proceeds from selling the tiger, and the Hongxing Forestry Farm also gave him a bonus of 1,000 yuan and a job.

As for the time when Director Zhou asked him to accompany Old Liang on a hunting trip into the mountains, he actually benefited a lot from it.

He and Old Liang split the wolf pelts 50/50 when they hunted wolves; he also kept all the proceeds from selling the adult bear he killed and the bear cubs he captured.

Now, Director Zhou has brought him far more ammunition than he had previously used, so the matter is considered settled.

If he runs out of bullets and asks Director Zhou for help to replenish them, he will owe Director Zhou a favor.

Another point is that gun control is becoming increasingly strict, and even with Director Zhou's connections and abilities, it may be difficult to get him ammunition to replenish his supplies.

"Looks like we'll have to find our own way to replenish our ammunition."

Li Yunshan muttered to himself.

Actually, there are ways to replenish ammunition.

Since the Mosin-Nagant was the standard-issue rifle of the Russians, when the Russians crossed the border and went south to fight the Japanese, there must have been some stray bullets left on the battlefield during the fighting.

At that time, the Russian army of one million and the Japanese army of several hundred thousand were engaged in fierce fighting. With such a large army, even if there were only scattered remnants, it would still be a considerable number.

As for the bullets that were scattered and lost back then, they should have entered the underground black market after the founding of the People's Republic of China. After so many years of trading, it's hard to say how many can still be obtained.

After Li Yunshan became wealthy in his previous life, he once bought more than twenty bullets for a Mosin-Nagant rifle from an old man.

However, Qinghe County has no underground black market. If you want to get Mosin-Nagant rifle ammunition, you have to go to the city or even the provincial capital.

Of course, some people in rural areas may have them, but if you don't know them or don't have an introduction, you generally can't buy them.

After carefully storing the bullets that Director Zhou had given him, Li Yunshan took his hunting rifle and bullets, locked the door of the main room, and went out.

This time, he didn't plan to go deep into the mountains. He just wanted to wander around the outer edges to see if he could catch some roe deer, rabbits, or pheasants to improve his fourth sister Li Yunlan's meals.

For dealing with small to medium-sized prey such as roe deer and hares, a Tiger Head brand shotgun is sufficient.

After leaving home and the village, Li Yunshan carried his hunting rifle and headed into the mountains alone.

About half an hour later, he finally ventured into a mountain area where no one had ever hunted before.

At this time, because it hadn't snowed for several days, the mountains and forests were only covered with a thin layer of snow, and a thin layer of mist was drifting through the forest.

Li Yunshan didn't venture deeper into the mountains and forests, but instead wandered around the perimeter of the forest.

The snow in the mountains and forests is thin and loose; when you step on it, it doesn't even cover your feet.

In the tranquil mountain forest, the occasional chirping of birds could be heard, and the snow on the trees rustled as the mountain wind blew, shaking off the snow that had been on the branches.

After circling the perimeter of the forest for less than ten minutes, Li Yunshan saw footprints left by small animals in the snow.

Some were left by wild rabbits, some by pheasants, and some by silly roe deer...

"There are so many prey tracks in this forest. Looks like I'll be eating all by myself again!"

Li Yunshan grinned and showed his teeth.

He scanned his surroundings and, although he didn't find any prey, the footprints on the ground gave Li Yunshan a clue.

After loading two shotgun shells into the barrel and engaging the safety, Li Yunshan abandoned his laziness and became focused and serious.

He held his gun, pricked up his ears, and strode steadily through the snow in the forest. He activated his thermal imaging ability, searching for any prey hiding in the surrounding area.

Soon, Li Yunshan used his thermal imaging ability to discover a heat source emanating from under a patch of snow.

Without a second thought, he knew that the source of the heat was a wild rabbit.

He grabbed his gun and ran quickly over, ready to catch the wild rabbit hiding in the burrow.

But just as he reached the snowdrift where the rabbit was hiding and was about to crouch down to dig out the rabbit hole, the snow seemed to be blown away by a firecracker, and a figure quickly jumped out from inside.

After landing, the rabbit quickly ran off into the distance.

"Damn, that brat's pretty clever."

Li Yunshan laughed and cursed, then quickly stood up, picked up his gun, and aimed it at the fleeing rabbit.

By this time, the rabbit had already run more than 30 meters away.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the wild rabbit that was running wildly was instantly hit and fell to the ground. Its long hind legs only had time to kick twice before it died.

Seeing the rabbit fall to the ground after being shot, Li Yunshan grinned.

He loaded a bullet into the barrel, locked the safety, and then ran toward the wounded rabbit.

He quickly ran to the rabbit and picked it up.

Holding it in my hand and weighing it, I realized this wild rabbit was quite large, probably weighing five or six pounds.

He took a burlap sack from his waist, put the rabbit in the sack, and then wrapped the sack around his waist.

"We'll have dry-pot rabbit again tonight to improve our meals."

Li Yunshan patted the burlap sack wrapped around his waist and said with satisfaction.

However, since the fourth sister is going back to her parents' home, he and Lin Xiulan will definitely have to take Dou Dou to the eldest brother's house so the whole family can have a meal together.

This wild rabbit was simply not enough to feed eleven people.

Don't be fooled by its apparent weight of five or six pounds. Once you get home, gut it, and skin it, you'll be lucky to find it weighs three pounds.

Seeing that it was not yet noon, Li Yunshan was not in a hurry to go back.

So he followed the trail of footprints left in the snow.

In the woods, there was a long string of footprints on the soft snow. Li Yunshan recognized them as the hoof prints of a roe deer.

Judging from the number of hoof prints, there must have been quite a few roe deer, at least five or six, to create such a messy array of hoof prints.

He followed the trail and soon emerged from the forest into a ravine.

The terrain in the ravine was a bit steep, and because it was covered with a layer of snow, Li Yunshan didn't know where to put his feet, so he wasn't in a hurry to go down.

He stood at the edge of the forest, looking down for a while, and finally saw six or seven roe deer digging through the snow covering the ground in the gully, nibbling at the exposed grass stems.

Because there were still more than 200 meters to go before the group of roe deer, and the effective range of the Tiger Head brand shotgun was only about 60 meters, Li Yunshan immediately squatted down and carefully approached the roe deer. At the same time, he would occasionally glance at the group of roe deer in the ravine.

If the roe deer discovers him and runs away, he will immediately take off running after it and shoot.

But if the silly roe deer fails to spot him, he will sneak up and then attack.

Grass-eating animals have keen ears, so Li Yunshan carefully crawled towards the silly roe deer.

After crawling forward for a distance, Li Yunshan stopped.

He peeked out and estimated that he was still about fifty meters away from the group of roe deer.

This distance is already within the effective range of a shotgun.

Under normal circumstances, the closer you are to your prey, the higher your hit rate.

Among the group of roe deer not far away, the lead male was very alert. It would nibble at the exposed grass stalks for a couple of moments, then look around, appearing ready to bolt at any moment.

The other roe deer were also very alert. They would nibble on the grass stems for four or five minutes, then look around, all in the same posture as if they would run away immediately if they noticed any unusual activity around them.

Seeing how wary these silly roe deer were, Li Yunshan knew that if he continued to sneak closer, he would definitely alert them, so it was better to stay at this distance and fire his gun.

Because Li Yunshan was confident in his marksmanship.

At a distance of about fifty meters, with his marksmanship and accuracy, hitting the roe deer would be a sure thing.