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

"So, did you understand?"

Li Yunshan asked.

"I don't quite understand it."

Gao Hongmei shook her head.

There was no other way, so Li Yunshan taught her again, step by step.

"I understand, I'll give it a try."

This time, Gao Hongmei didn't shake her head, but her gaze towards the Tiger Head brand hunting rifle in Li Yunshan's hand was filled with fervor.

"Here you go, take your time, don't rush." ​​Li Yunshan first ejected the bullets, then handed her the shotgun and bullets.

After receiving the shotgun and bullets, Gao Hongmei began loading the ammunition herself, following the instructions Li Yunshan had given her.

Following Li Yunshan's instructions, Gao Hongmei successfully loaded the bullets.

Although the movements are a bit slow and the skills are not yet proficient, it is at least a good start.

"Practice ten more times, and if you can do it without any mistakes, I'll teach you how to use a gun."

"OK."

Upon hearing that Li Yunshan was going to teach her how to use a gun, Gao Hongmei was immediately filled with high morale and enthusiasm.

Then, she took the shotgun and bullets and, following the instructions Li Yunshan had given her, loaded and unloaded the bullets ten times. To her surprise, she didn't make a single mistake, which also surprised Li Yunshan.

However, considering what Gao Hongmei said, that she had participated in militia training and had relevant experience, and combined with her boldness and meticulousness, it's not surprising that she didn't make any mistakes.

"How did I do?"

Not a single mistake occurred, and Gao Hongmei couldn't help but proudly raise her chin slightly, looking at Li Yunshan defiantly.

This guy was laughing at her not long ago, saying she was only fit to stay home and mend clothes. He probably never expected she could do it flawlessly.

"It's alright, but there's still a lot of room for improvement."

Seeing Gao Hongmei's smug expression, Li Yunshan couldn't help but pour cold water on her enthusiasm.

"What? I think I did a great job. I didn't make a single mistake. I did everything exactly as you asked." Gao Hongmei pouted, somewhat dissatisfied.

"You didn't make a single mistake, but you're not very skilled either. When you go hunting in the mountains, if you encounter a tiger or a bear, half a second faster or slower in reloading can determine whether the hunter or the beast lives or dies. Don't be arrogant."

Li Yunshan retorted.

"What? Where am I proud?"

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Li Yunshan was too lazy to argue with her, so he taught her how to aim and how to fire a gun.

After finishing his lesson, Li Yunshan looked around and suddenly noticed a pheasant in the snow not far away. He patted Gao Hongmei on the shoulder and pointed to the pheasant in the snow, saying, "Look, there's a pheasant up ahead. Try to shoot it down."

"Leave it to me."

When Gao Hongmei saw the pheasant, she confidently patted her chest and assured her that the pheasant was already hers.

After saying that, she picked up the gun and aimed it at the pheasant not far away.

In the snow, pheasants are walking around, occasionally using their claws to dig through the snow and pecking at the grass seeds that have been exposed to the light of day.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, and the pheasant was startled and quickly flapped its wings and flew away.

"Ugh, how come I missed? I'm so mad!"

Seeing the pheasants startled away by the deafening gunfire, Gao Hongmei couldn't help but stomp her foot, feeling quite annoyed.

Li Yunshan snapped his fingers: "See? I told you hunting wasn't that easy, but you didn't believe me."

"It's not normal to make a mistake the first time, let's try again."

Gao Hongmei glared at Li Yunshan, annoyed by his talkativeness.

"Okay, let's do it again. But the small animals around here have probably been scared away by the gunshots. We need to go to other places to see if there are any prey."

"Then let's hurry up and go find it."

After Gao Hongmei finished speaking, she took her hunting rifle and walked ahead to another place.

"Look how anxious you are! You know, haste makes waste."

Li Yunshan couldn't help but roll his eyes. Gao Hongmei was too eager to prove herself. Although he understood that Gao Hongmei wanted to improve her marksmanship as soon as possible so that she could go hunting in the mountains with him and earn money to pay off her debts, he didn't approve of her approach.

To hunt, you must first calm your mind, so as to avoid getting agitated when you can't catch any prey.

Or, if a hunter suddenly encounters a ferocious wild animal such as a tiger, bear, or wolf, a good mindset can help him deal with it more calmly and steadily, and prevent him from putting himself in a dangerous situation due to impatience or cowardice.

"You're so capable, all talk and no action."

Gao Hongmei glared at Li Yunshan, annoyed. Suddenly, she remembered a question and asked, "Li Yunshan, I'm quite curious. You've never really gone hunting in the mountains before, and your father's gun has just been gathering dust at home since then. How did you develop your marksmanship? And how did you dare to go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, wolves, and tigers?"

"I suddenly had a breakthrough, I learned it all on my own, and my marksmanship became incredibly accurate without much practice. Maybe it's a talent I inherited from my dad, haha."

Li Yunshan laughed it off.

"Pah, who would believe that? You inherited your father's talent? When we were together, you were such a stupid bastard, yet you were self-taught."

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but laugh at him.

"Where am I so stupid?"

"You're not stupid, can we get a divorce?"

Gao Hongmei scolded him fiercely.

"I……"

"Giggle giggle..."

Just as the two were bickering, a voice suddenly came, and Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei immediately held their breath.

Looking in the direction of the sound, I saw several pheasants digging away the snow and pecking at grass seeds they had dug out from the surface of the soil under a large pine tree a few dozen meters away.

"Oh my god, Li Yunshan, look! There are several pheasants up ahead!"

At this moment, Gao Hongmei's excitement was palpable, but she tried her best to suppress it and pointed to a few pheasants under the tree roots in the distance, saying to Li Yunshan.

"Calm down, calm down, let's sneak over slowly, and you can shoot when we're closer."

"By the way, you just fired a bullet. Before you go over, load another bullet into the barrel so that you don't run out of bullets and don't run out of time to reload."

Li Yunshan pressed down on her shoulder, signaling her not to be so excited or impulsive, and even reminded her to put a bullet into the barrel.

After saying that, he handed a bullet to Gao Hongmei.

After receiving the bullet, Gao Hongmei quickly added another bullet to the barrel.

In this way, the two barrels of the shotgun were once again loaded with two bullets.

Then, Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei quietly crept over to the pheasants.

To avoid alerting the pheasants, they moved as slowly as possible, afraid of stepping on dry branches under the snow and making a noise that would scare the pheasants away.

But perhaps it was divine intervention, they made their way nearly thirty meters closer to the pheasants without causing any trouble, and finally stopped when they were only about thirty meters away from the pheasants.

Li Yunshan and Gao Hongmei hid behind a small, snow-covered mound, cautiously peeking out to peek at a few pheasants foraging for food not far away.

"They were all large pheasants."

Gao Hongmei couldn't help but mutter something under her breath.

"Aim carefully before you fire, and don't fire blanks or scare these pheasants away."

Li Yunshan whispered a reminder in her ear, and the hot breath he exhaled made Gao Hongmei's ears feel itchy, and the base of her ears even felt a little hot.

"Okay, you talk too much. Just watch me. This time I definitely won't leave empty-handed."

Gao Hongmei rolled her eyes at him, then extended the barrel of her hunting rifle from behind the small mound and aimed it at the pheasants not far away.

After aiming for about ten seconds, a shot rang out, and a pheasant not far away fell to the ground. The bullet pierced its body and hit another pheasant less than half a meter away.

The remaining three pheasants were immediately startled and flapped their wings and flew away.

"Li Yunshan, did you see that? I killed two pheasants with one shot. Still looking down on me?"

Gao Hongmei stood up from behind the small mound, glanced at the two chickens lying in the snow, and looked at Li Yunshan with a rather smug expression.

"Impressive, impressive, I underestimated you."

Li Yunshan gave her a thumbs up, but inwardly he couldn't help but think, "We're so close, and I've been aiming for so long. If I can't even hit the pheasant with this shot, then Gao Hongmei can forget about going hunting in the mountains with me."

As for the final result of killing two birds with one stone, Li Yunshan could only say it was luck.

"Tch, not a single word of the truth." Gao Hongmei rolled her eyes at Li Yunshan.

Li Yunshan was not embarrassed when Gao Hongmei exposed his lie.

Gao Hongmei ran over, picked up the two pheasants lying on the snow, and weighed them in her hands. She estimated that the two pheasants together weighed about four or five pounds, which was quite a good harvest.

But Gao Hongmei was still not satisfied. She wanted to do better and catch more prey. She wanted to show Li Yunshan her abilities so that he would take her into the mountains to hunt.

"Here, hold this for me, I need to continue."

Gao Hongmei, feeling justified in handing the two pheasants to Li Yunshan, became even more eager to try.

"Hongmei, we've already caught two pheasants, why don't we call it a day?"

"No, I need to practice my marksmanship some more."

Gao Hongmei refused. She glanced at Li Yunshan, then looked him up and down before saying, "Li Yunshan, you're not worried that I'll run out of bullets, are you? Don't worry, I'll cover all the bullets used."

"That's not what I meant. I don't need the money for those bullets," Li Yunshan quickly explained.

Even if Gao Hongmei used up all the bullets he brought, he wouldn't feel bad.

If we run out of bullets, we can just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy more.

He actually just wanted Gao Hongmei to give up, but he didn't expect that Gao Hongmei seemed to have become addicted to hunting.

"Let's continue then. Let's walk around the foot of this mountain again and see if we can encounter any roe deer or wild rabbits."

"Well... alright, let's walk around the foot of the mountain then. But I'm telling you, once we've walked around the foot of the mountain, we have to go back."

"Alright, alright, I know, you're so long-winded."