Liang Guocheng unloaded the panther from the dog's plow and patted it on the head. He took the panther to find Gaokan and visually measured the range of his fire. The hunter who surrounded and suppressed the prey did not lie in ambush directly to the entrance of the cave, and the ridge he found was on the right side of the boar cave, and he arched the snow on the top of the ridge, and the panther also fell down beside him sensibly.

The sun came out and reflected colorful rays on the snow. In his trance, there was a person running towards him with open hands in the light of the sun. It looks a bit like a light rain, the sunlight is too strong, and the piercing eyes can't see clearly, and I can't see clearly even if I rub my eyes hard. He was just about to stand up to meet him, when the panther bit his skin.

Only then did I realize that I had just fallen asleep. Following the direction of the panther's eyes, the two wild boars came out of the nest together. It seems to be a male and a female, because it looks like one is bigger and the other is smaller. He hurriedly took aim at the larger one, held his breath, and took advantage of the opportunity for it to turn its head and fired. * Spew out a ball of fire and run towards the wild boar.

After the boar was shot, it screamed and ran wildly, and the other took the opportunity to escape. Liang Guocheng took the black panther and followed the snow trails bit by bit in the snow, and chased it all the way for several miles, but the panther found it first. The panther screamed and pounced, screaming and biting a few times before retreating. He knew that such a big boar could not be killed with a single shot.

This wild boar is also too big, nearly 200 catties, and the injured wild boar fights for trapped beasts, bites the panther and loses its helper. He hurried to the front, but the boar was wounded and bleeding too much to stand up. When he saw someone coming, he stared at him with blood-red eyes. He instantly remembered Li Yuanchao, in order to complete the task, that fearless spirit, that helpless look.

He picked up his gun again, closed his eyes and fired. The boar barely cried out again, and lay in a pool of blood; When the earth snatch shoots, it gets too close to the boar, and punches a dense bloody hole in the boar's chest. Blood flowed down the wound of the gunshot, not bleeding out, but "goo, goo." Thinking that he didn't dare to look at the chickens he killed when he was a child, he took * to shoot people in North Korea, and now he shoots people at close range.

He shook his head helplessly and pulled the dog over the plow. In this mountain at minus 30 degrees, lifeless animals will soon freeze into a tower. The stiff corpse could not be secured on the pouch and could not be transported back to their place of residence.

After a three-hour journey, it was dark before returning to the residence. With the panther by your side, no matter how complicated the mountain road is, you don't have to worry about getting lost. This was the first time he had hit a big animal, and the panther couldn't pull it on this rugged mountain road, so he had to put a rope on it to help pull it, and it was already time to hold the light when he got home.

The old man was very happy, it was rare to see such a large wild boar on the mountain. Generally, if you find such a large wild boar nest, you have to ask a pig man to fight together, in case a shot can't hit the point, it will attack people in turn. Only a new hunter like Liang Guocheng is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and it is still two wild boars shooting together. Fortunately, he hit the vital point of the wild boar, and he was too painful to run for his life, so he didn't attack him in turn, otherwise he and the black panther would have been worried about their lives! The old man was happy, but also secretly worried about him. But in general, it is still lucky, this wild boar has nearly 200 catties, and according to the purchase price of three cents at that time, it can be sold for more than 50 yuan. The low consumption of hunters in the mountains is enough for two people to live for three months.

Entering January, it is also the coldest season in the north. Liang Guocheng wore a rabbit skin hat, a roe deer fur coat, and sheepskin pants, and chased the prey regardless of wind or snow. He is accustomed to crutches in the snow, almost no wrestling, and the crutches are big, faster than normal people, the black panther behind him and his white coat are in great contrast, and are affectionately called black and white by hunters!

It has been snowing heavily for half a month, and the snow has reached one meter. He hadn't gone out for a few days, because the snow was so thick that he had one foot down to the base of his thigh, and he was too slow to move, and the earth gun hit the larger animals, and he rarely shot them to death, and some had to chase them for miles. The panther is here in the thick snow, and it is impossible to make an exhibition.

The elderly were also sicker, coughing incessantly day and night. It snows these days, which may be related to air pressure; It's even more coughing and tightness. A few days ago, I held a small medicine jar, and it would be better to eat some, but it seems that the medicine doesn't work recently. Especially at night, you can't lie down and sleep at all, you can only sit on the kang and doze off. However, the hunter's livelihood for a year is the winter months, and if the winter does not store enough meat for the next year, and the money obtained from selling large animals, he will not be able to survive in the mountains the next year.

The old man couldn't go out at all, and the livelihood of the two of them for a year naturally fell on him. Today, the snow finally stopped, and a nasty wind blew again, and he wanted to go out and try his luck. In such bad weather, although it is difficult to hunt, it is even more difficult for animals to survive. Every winter, thousands of animals die of hunger when they can't find anything to eat in this meter-thick snow!

The animals that graze all go to the higher mountains, where the wind rises to the sun. The snow is a little thinner, and the grazing animals can arch the snow and eat the dead grass underneath the snow, which of course also attracts meat-eating predators, which is actually a place for survival.

Liang Guocheng was worried about the old man's illness and wanted to keep the black panther as a companion, but the old man was worried about his safety and worried that he would get lost in the snowy mountains, so he insisted that he take the black panther with him. He went out in the wind, and the panther ran ahead with joy. Out of his own courtyard, every step forward, the snow would sink into the thighs. The panther could not walk in such deep snow, and if it fell into a snow pit, it would suffocate it. Liang Guocheng asked it to go back, and the panther went back step by step as if he was reluctant.

Liang Guocheng's crutches made it more difficult to go up the mountain in the one-meter-deep snow. The area of the crutch is too small, and every step forward is more than others. When he was about to reach the top of the mountain, he heard what looked like a deer's cry, and he hid sideways behind the snowdrift, and after observing for a while, there was no sign of the deer. He felt that it might be a delusion, and as soon as he stood up, he heard the sound of a deer barking. If you look closely, you can see that there is no sound, and if you listen carefully, there is no sound.

He didn't want to waste time, he wanted to rush to the hunting ground in the mountains as soon as possible and find a place to hide. With such a deep snow, it is the time to ambush large prey. He had taken a few steps forward and heard the sound of a deer barking again; This time it was not just the cry, it was the wailing of the animals. Let him be sure that there must be a deer around him, and he will not be able to get up if he falls into a hole in the snow. For hunters, this is a gift from heaven.

When looking for animals in the mountains, you generally can't listen to the sounds, because the mountains are undulating and the echoes are uncertain. He found the deer's footprints around here, and slowly followed the footprints to find a pit. It is three meters in size from the edge, and most of the pits on the mountain are waterways in the early years, and later the natural diversion of mountains and rivers remains.

The pit was covered with snow, and the deer sank over it. The more he struggled, the deeper he sank, and his whole body and even his head fell into the snow, leaving only his mouth and nose gasping for breath with his head raised. Hunters hunt to alleviate the suffering of the animal by killing it as soon as possible. Liang Guocheng took the gun off his shoulder and shot it in the neck. The deer did not bark again, and lowered its head at the sound of the gunshot, and the blood turned red with the snow around it.

Fortunately, the deer was not too big, tied four hooves around its body, and rushed back to its place of residence before dark. The panther stood at the gate of the courtyard and screamed uneasily, and when he patted it on the head, the panther immediately calmed down. Today the dog seemed to be crazy, and grabbed his clothes and tore them in the house. He let go of the rope, threw the deer on his back to the ground, and followed the panther into the house. The old man lay beside the stove, and the small medicine jar shattered beside him.

He hurriedly helped the old man up: "Uncle! Uncle! ”

The old man opened his eyes slightly, and said in a weak voice: "Medicine, medicine." ”

The jar had been shattered. However, the hunters who are in the mountains all year round have lost any contact with the outside of the mountains because of the heavy snow that covers the mountains for half a year every year. The daily necessities under the mountain can't be up, and the people on the mountain can't buy them if they need or have money, so things that are commonly used like pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, medicine bottles and medicine jars are backed up, and those that are fragile and fragile are prepared in two or three copies. The old man's medicine jar also has a backup, and the medicine is picked when the weather is warm, and the package is prepared and wrapped in case of accidents!

He moved the old man to the bed in the back room and began to cook the medicine from the new medicine jar. The Chinese medicine is afraid of frying, so it must be stirred constantly. The old man in the back room kept coughing and couldn't breathe; The pant was like a bellows, and the sound was tight. He was on crutches, and the outhouse stirred a few pills; Hurriedly ran to the back room and gave the old man a few beats on the back.

The medicine is decoctioned. He kept filtering out the medicine residue and went into the back room with the medicine bowl. The old man lay on the edge of the kang, his head drooped out of the edge of the kang, and half of his yellow mouth was spit out, dripping around his mouth. He helped him clean up and straighten the kang on which he was lying. The old man had difficulty speaking, and he was dying of weakness. But his mind was still clear, he fed him medicine, and he gently pushed it away. "I've been in the hut for decades, and this hut is where he belongs." ”

Liang Guocheng parted with life and death after the war, although he was a little sad, but he seemed to see through life and death. Said calmly: "Uncle! It's almost spring, and your illness will be cured of spring. ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "I know my own illness. ”

At this time, he suddenly felt that the old man was not coughing, and his breath seemed to be even clear. He had heard of patients having a reflection of light, but he had never seen it. He didn't sleep all night, and kept taking care of the old man, for fear that something would happen. When it was almost dawn, see that he slept soundly; The old man may have survived. Suddenly, the old man gasped rapidly, accompanied by continuous coughing, fed him medicine in his mouth, and instantly coughed and vomited.

Liang Guocheng shouted anxiously, and the old man was speechless. When it was dawn, the old man raised his hand as if to speak; Just opened his mouth a few times, his hand slowly drooped, and he swallowed his last breath.

Liang Guocheng witnessed the helplessness of the deceased in the face of death, and the helplessness of the living in the face of the death of their loved ones. He changed the old man into the longevity clothes that the old man had prepared a long time ago, and in order to prevent wild beasts from coming in and eating the corpses, he put up the doors and windows with stones, and risked his life to go down the mountain to deliver a letter to Li Guizi.