Chapter 6: Bear Hunting
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The snow in the mountains melted at the beginning, and after the snow melted, it was immediately frozen by the cold and biting weather, forming a layer of ice shell on the ground, allowing the sun to shine, just like countless light bulbs suddenly appeared on the ground, and the people who were shining couldn't open their eyes, but it added a little brightness to the already beautiful mountains and forests after the snow. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network
But it looks extraordinary, but if you walk in the mountains, you will feel that such a place is really terrible, some places the ice shell is not very strong, a foot down, the ice surface shatters, the snow below immediately reaches your knees, this is nothing if it is flat, but in such a mountain, it is very dangerous, who knows what is under the snow? If there is a stone or something like that, at most it is a foot on it, and if there is a hole or a broken branch underneath, it will kill people.
Zhao Shi squatted quietly on the branch of a tree, and there was a lot of frost hanging on his eyebrows, which showed that the time was not short, in fact, he had been in the mountain for four days now, the ice and snow in the forest had begun to melt, and the beasts that had hid because of the heavy snow had also begun to come out to feed, speaking of which, he had already hit three hares, and also got a few gophers, but this was not enough for him to go out of the mountain, in his mind, at least a larger prey had to be hit.
The body couldn't help but began to tremble, the biting cold was making his legs and feet begin to be numb, followed by the stinging pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, Zhao Shi estimated how long he could endure it, he had endurance and steely nerves that ordinary people could not imagine, but the current body was definitely far behind.
Here, he found the footprints of a large animal, he is not very good at hunting, he can't tell what kind of animal it is, maybe it's a tiger, maybe it's a bear, who knows, but tracking according to the traces left behind is his strength, he just heard that animals generally don't walk around in the jungle, like people, they have their own range and route, and generally don't change much, so he stays here to try his luck, he doesn't lack patience, he doesn't lack time, he has been waiting here for a day, He will continue to wait.
Slowly stood up, moved his limbs slightly, took out the skin bag placed close to his body in his arms, raised his head and poured two mouthfuls of liquid inside, and then mixed with the spicy smell of wine and the fishy smell of blood diffused in the mouth, stimulating Zhao Shi's taste buds, directly to his stomach, a warm current rose from the bottom of his heart, slightly dispelled the chill all over his body, this is a small amount of water and wine and coarsely filtered blood mixed things, normal people will never do this, only that smell can make most people vomit on the spot, But what could increase the calories in your body more than blood and wine in this snowy mountain?
A slight sound came, Zhao Shi's eyes narrowed, his body slowly squatted down, and carefully put the skin bag, he knew that maybe he had not waited in vain for such a long time.
After a while, a huge figure appeared in Zhao Shi's sight, this is an adult brown bear, the long winter days have made its body much thinner than normal, the sudden heavy snow makes the weather more cold, food is more scarce, and it also makes the real king of the mountains wake up early.
From time to time, it sniffed around the ground, hoping to find some food to satisfy its stomach, and from time to time it stood up and let out a vigilant roar.
Its nose is very sensitive, and suddenly a tempting fragrance attracted its attention, exuding a few things that looked like snow balls, it fiddled with it suspiciously, and patrolled around with some vigilance, and then unceremoniously ate a few snow balls into its mouth, the food was extremely slippery, after the entrance, before it chewed, it had already entered its stomach, for it with a huge appetite, this thing was really nothing, and looked around, Without any gain, it slowly disappeared from Zhao Shi's sight.
After a while, Zhao Shi slowly climbed down the tree, moved his body and limbs that had become extremely stiff, rubbed his hands and feet with snow, and ate a few mouthfuls of dry food that was hard like a stone on his body, his stomach ached, Zhao Shi frowned, the familiar feeling made him lose his mind, few soldiers are not stomach problems, especially special soldiers like them, sometimes they may not be able to eat a decent meal for ten days and a half months, and they have to do hunger training from time to time.
Putting aside these not very happy memories, I grabbed a handful of snow and wiped it on my face, and I couldn't help but feel refreshed, I had to work hard to live wherever I went, and ...... What's more, he is also a family now, Zhao Shi's eyes showed a little self-deprecation.
The next step was careful tracking, and the snow provided the best environment for tracking, and the conspicuous footprints kept him on his heels.
Two days later, Zhao Shi finally heard the painful roar of the brown bear not far away, Zhao Shi did not immediately catch up, he knew that the beast at this time was crazy, with his current body and body, he did not have enough strength to fight face-to-face in front of the crazy beast.
After following for about five or six miles, the day passed quietly, and the roar of the brown bear in the distance gradually weakened, and Zhao Shi cautiously approached.
The huge brown bear was lying on the ground at this time, blood oozing from its mouth from time to time, although its body was still twitching from time to time, but no one could see that this sturdy brown bear was dying.
Although Zhao Shi's footsteps were soft, the instinct of the beast still made the dying brown bear aware of the impending danger, and it tried hard to prop up its head and roared warning in the direction of Zhao Shi, but at this time it had no extra strength to stand up again, the colic in its abdomen took away most of its strength, and the blood that flowed out made its body slowly become cold......
When the figure that was far from strong appeared in the sight of a family of three who had been waiting at the entrance of the village, tears instantly blurred their eyes, and their stiff bodies, which had been frozen, seemed to be full of vitality immediately, and the three of them stumbled up to meet them......
"Did you hear that? The little two of the Wanshan family hunted back a bear ......"
"Who doesn't know this, I saw it with my own eyes just now, the bear is afraid that it doesn't weigh a thousand pounds, even if it's lying there, it's weird and scary, since our ancestors came here when they came to the Tang Dynasty, I haven't heard of anyone who can hunt fierce beasts such as bears and tigers......"
"It is said that the second child of the Wanshan family has been dumbfounded since he fell into the well that time, but he didn't expect to have such a big ability......"
"In my opinion, it is Wanshan who blesses his baby in the sky, otherwise, you say that our Zhaojia Village has been for so many generations, how many hunters have been produced? I haven't heard of anyone who can hunt bears, he is a doll's family, can he have that ability? Besides, how could he get a big bear to come down the mountain as a child? ”
"That's the same reason, I went to the town a few days ago, and I heard that Shi's aunt has become an adult in the salt farm......
"Are you talking about the Zhang family kid who often comes here? The tax collector? ”
"Not him or which? Didn't I say you, the Zhang family kid is also called by you? If this were in the city, I would be afraid that it would be a meal to press you to the ground......"
"How big does that have to be?"
"Listen to the people in the town, that is an official as big as the county order, and you don't have to salute when you see the county order, the Zhang family and the Wanshan family are serious relatives, you say that if there is no ancestor blessing, the Wanshan family can climb such a family? Although Wanshan is gone now, there is such a relative, and his family's life in the future will not be wrong......"
"What is said is reasonable, what is said is reasonable......"
People in the countryside, it is best to talk about some homely gossip, since Zhao Shi returned to the village, in less than half a day, the people in the village have all known the news, and they are not only surprised, but they don't believe that a teenage child is capable of fighting bears and tigers, and finally it is all attributed to the gods and ghosts......
Zhao Shi doesn't know this, life in the mountains for many days, so that his still slightly naïve face has a little more weather, although his soul is that steel like iron modern warrior, but after all, the body is still a child, unpolished, after this training, in his body, immediately a little more sharp, and before is very different.
The family is very lively, the village will hear the news will come here to see a few glances at the body of the brown bear, especially those children, how to catch up with the side, the body of the brown bear has frozen stiff like iron, but as the saying goes, the tiger is dead, although the king of the mountain is dead, but it is still scary, from time to time there are children who come forward to try to touch a handful, and then scream and run away, proudly show off in the buddy, will be a small courtyard as if the New Year.
Zhao Gouzi and the two hunters also heard the news, they were very familiar with the beasts in the mountains, but they were still taken aback when they saw the corpse of the brown bear, they knew that although everyone said that the king of the mountains was a tiger, in fact, an adult brown bear was a beast that even tigers should fear.
The two of them circled around the brown bear a few times, but what puzzled them was that there were no scars on the bear's body, but some blood stains on its mouth, could it be that the child beat it to death with his fists?
The two men entered the house with this doubt.
The house was quite quiet, and there were a lot of people who wanted to come in, but the Wang family sent them out with words such as the baby had just come back, she was tired, and she had to rest.
But Zhao Gouzi is different from each other, he is a frequent visitor to the house on weekdays, plus he is also kind to himself, and his husband's body was found and buried by them, and then there is a lot of help to the family these days, seeing that the two of them came, they immediately let them into the house.
The two entered the house and hurriedly greeted the two of them, with some tears on their faces, it could be seen that they had just cried, and Zhao Shi was sitting on the clay kang and eating.
"The baby is back, this is good, your mother should always be relieved, but, I said stone, you are still young, why did you go into the mountain by yourself, or at this time, I heard that you entered the mountain by yourself, but the uncle and the two were not scared, and quickly took someone to find you, in the end it was still a step late, see that your footprints have been going to the mountain, your dog uncle was immediately anxious, the snow closed the mountain, it was not a joke, I immediately went in to find you, or I dragged him back.
Don't blame your uncle for being ruthless, this winter in the village, it's your father, there are no more people, and there really can't be any more accidents, besides, your dog uncle and I have a big family to support......
Say that these uncles are going to sue you, you are not young anymore, you should know some severity, your father went early, and the family is counting on you, don't say anything, just say that if something happens to you this time, who will let your mother and them rely on in the future? To put it mildly, you are considered to be the last one, are you worthy of your ancestors? Worthy of your father......"
It was another hunter in Zhaojia Village who spoke, his name was Shang Yanzu, he was an outsider, but he married a daughter from Zhaojia Village as a daughter-in-law, this Shang Yanzu was a veteran who returned to the field according to the people in the village, and he had fought with the Hu people in the west, and he was also a knowledgeable person in the village, so he and Zhao Wanshan and Zhao Gouzi were on the same page, but the three of them were dominated by this person.
Zhao Gouzi secretly pulled Shang Yanzu by the side, and said in his heart, the baby just came back from the mountains, and hunted a bear alone, although these words are right, but you can't say it at this time, right?
So he took over the conversation and said, "Tell the two uncles, what's going on with the bear outside, you really hunted it?" Why can't you see any injuries on your body? It wasn't poisoned, was it? That's a waste...... But bearskin can still be used......"
Zhao Shi slowly swallowed the food in his mouth, and the dishes on the table were a plate of dried meat, a plate of pickles, and a few eggs left at home, but Zhao Shi still ate very fragrantly, and there were already beads of sweat on his head, and Wang, who was sitting next to him, quickly brought a towel and wiped him, his eyes were full of distressed looks.
"It's not poison, it's just a few rice balls, with some iron spikes and steel needles in them, and the brown bear is hungry on a snowy day, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to kill it." Although the tone was faint, as if he didn't care, the ears of the two people next to him were very different.
Wrapping steel needles in rice balls? It's also too ...... It's too poisonous, isn't it? The two of them shuddered together, hunted for half a lifetime, really didn't expect hunting to be like this, in their minds, hunting one is to set traps, and then there is bow hunting, it has been like this since ancient times, people will not use the method of poisoning, hunting is to get meat and fur, poisoned prey, who would dare to eat it? ……
In the next few days, Zhao Shi divided the bear meat into dozens of portions, and asked the Wang family and the two sisters to send it to each family in the village one by one. In this way, the families are naturally very grateful, the status of the Wang family in the village seems to be much higher than when Zhao Wanshan was there, even Zhao Shi walked through the village, and the affectionate greetings with a few respectful greetings never stopped, which made Zhao Shi really uncomfortable for a few days.
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