Chapter 7: Wild Boars

Winter in Shuobei always comes very early, and in October, the Jiuyuan area is already covered with snow.

At this time, people who still have surplus food will not go out again, who doesn't want to hide in a warm house and burn the stove vigorously?

However, on the snow-covered lone wolf mountain, two teenagers about fourteen or fifteen years old crawled along the mountain road with difficulty.

The clothes of these two people were thin, and they didn't even have cotton clothes for the winter, but they were sewn up with the fur of various small animals and made into a simple shoulder to wear on their bodies.

These two people are none other than Wei Yan and Gao Shun.

"Wei Yan, let's go back, I heard from the people in the village that there are really wolves on Lone Wolf Mountain, and in winter, wolves can't find food, and they are even more ferocious than other times." Gao Shun said with a hot breath in his hand.

"Who did you listen to?" Wei Yan didn't look back, his footsteps didn't stop, and he continued to climb up.

"This is what Wei Datou from the east of the village said."

"Don't listen to his nonsense, Lone Wolf Mountain is so big, it's not the first time we've been here, have you ever seen a wolf?"

"Not really."

"Okay, don't rub it in, take advantage of this good weather, maybe our food for the winter will be gone." Wei Yan said.

"What? Is this the weather? Gao Shun felt the cold wind, and he was really speechless.

"Just look at it," Wei Yan said with his head down and looking around, unfathomable.

"There it is!" Suddenly, Wei Yan shouted happily, quickened his pace and walked forward.

"What's wrong? Wait for me. Gao Shun didn't care about the cold, so he hurriedly followed.

Wei Yan walked to a big tree and stopped, then took out a trap.

This trap is composed of two iron jaws, the upper and lower jaws, supported by a drill in the middle, once an animal steps on it, the drill will fall down, and the open iron jaw will close.

The two rows of iron jaws are fang-like serrations, and once closed, it is difficult to break free.

"Let's go." By the time Gao Shun came over, Wei Yan had already put the trap away.

"Wei Yan, is it okay to put it here? It's so empty, and there's nothing to eat, and the hares and pheasants won't come. Gao Shun didn't understand why Wei Yan put the trap here.

Usually they put traps in the grass or sprinkle a little sorghum to attract pheasants and the like.

"You'll see." Wei Yan smiled mysteriously, changed direction, and continued to walk forward.

The direction he chose was a bit steep, the mountain was steep, and after walking a few steps, he suddenly slipped under his feet and rolled down.

Wei Yan...... Wei Yan ......" Gao Shun's face changed greatly, and he wanted to catch Wei Yan with a roll.

Who knew that Wei Yan rolled down too fast, Gao Shun not only didn't pull it, but he was also taken and rolled down.

"Ah~"

"Ah~"

Fortunately, Lone Wolf Mountain is not a dangerous peak, there are many big trees in the middle, and after rolling down about twenty meters, the two people each grabbed a big tree and stopped the falling body.

"I'll go~" Wei Yan's head buzzed.

"Wei Yan, are you okay?" As soon as Gao Shun stopped his figure, he rushed towards Wei Yan with a rolling belt, completely ignoring his own safety.

"I'm fine, you're okay." Wei Yan said.

"I'm fine, I'm scared to death, be careful." Gao Shun said.

"Got it, pull me up." Wei Yan smiled and stretched out his hand.

Gao Shun pulled Wei Yan up, climbed up a little along the place where he had slipped just now, and picked up the hunting fork that had fallen.

"Wei Yan!" Suddenly, Gao Shun shouted loudly.

"What's wrong?" Wei Yan didn't understand why Gao Shun, who had always been steady, was shouting.

"Wei Yan, come and see, come on, there may really be wolves here." Gao Shun shouted hurriedly, and at the same time beckoned vigorously.

"There are wolves!" Wei Yan was taken aback.

Although this place is called Lone Wolf Mountain, even the best hunter has never hunted a wolf here, and the reason why he dared to go up Lone Wolf Mountain with Gao Shun is because he believes that there are no wolves here.

And at this moment, Gao Shun actually said that there might be wolves here, and looking at Gao Shun's nervous appearance is not like lying.

The main thing is that Gao Shun never lies.

Wei Yan was also a little panicked in his heart, after all, he and Gao Shun were still young, if they really met a wolf, the end would definitely be ugly.

didn't have time to think about it, he quickly came to Gao Shun's side, "Where is the wolf?" ”

Wei Yan didn't see the shadow of the wolf at all.

"Look at the feet." Gao Shun pointed to his feet and said.

Wei Yan looked down and saw that there was a row of very large footprints under his feet, and the footprints were very deep, indicating that the animal passing by here was huge in size and not light in weight.

"It can't really be a wolf, right? Otherwise, let's go. Gao Shun looked into the distance a little nervously.

Wei Yan squatted down, looked at it carefully, and then grinned at the corner of his mouth.

"You're still laughing, it's too late for the wolf to find out about us, let's go quickly." Gao Shun said that he was going to pull him.

"Hey~ Don't worry, this is not the footprints left by the wolf at all." Wei Yan said.

"Not a wolf? What is that? Gao Shun asked suspiciously.

"Look," Wei Yan pulled Gao Shun and asked him to squat, then pointed to the marks on the ground and said, "This footprint is very strong on the snow, which means that this guy is a bit bulky, and there are only two petals in front of this footprint, and it doesn't look like a wolf." ”

"Seems so." Gao Shun nodded.

"If it's not a wolf, what could it be?" Gao Shun frowned, as if talking to himself.

Suddenly, Gao Shun had a flash of inspiration and stood up suddenly, "Wei Yan, do you think this could be a wild boar or a goat, a deer or something like that?" ”

"Well, it's quite possible." Wei Yanwei agreed with Gao Shun's view.

"Great, if we can catch this big guy, we won't have to worry about it this winter." Gao Shun said excitedly.

"Let's go, look further ahead." Wei Yan was also very excited, picked up his hunting fork and walked forward along the footprints.

The two of them had been hunting for some time, but only small animals such as hares and pheasants had been struck.

Although I can eat enough now and not go hungry, I don't have any money.

Wei Yan ventured into the mountains after the heavy snow this time, just to have a good harvest and get some money as soon as possible.

Now that there is such an opportunity, how could he let it go so easily?

The mountain road was too slippery, and the two didn't dare to walk too quickly, until they walked hundreds of meters, and the footprints gradually disappeared.

"What if the footprints are gone? It must have been too windy and the footprints were covered. Gao Shun said with some annoyance.

"It's okay, maybe it's going out to find food, and once it's full, it'll go back to its nest, maybe it'll go this way, let's put a trap here." Wei Yan said.

"That's all it can be." Gao Shun was a little discouraged, he really didn't have much confidence in this method.

The two followed the footprints a little further back, stopping in a gap between two large trees.

"This is it, there are two trees in the way, the place is narrow, and once it walks from here, the chances of stepping on the trap are much greater." Wei Yan had already placed the trap as he spoke.

Wei Yan thought about it again and untied a piece of hemp rope from his body.

The hemp rope was something they brought with them just in case.

Now he untied the twine, tied one end to the tree, and the other to the trap, and then found some thatch, and disguised it a little.

"What are you doing?" Gao Shun asked.

"Our trap is a little small, if we catch the big guy, it is likely to be taken away, then we will lose a lot, so it's a little safer." Wei Yan explained.

"It's still thoughtful." Gao Shun smiled innocently.