Chapter 40: The Hunt
Lying on the bed, Wang Lung reflected on the experience of this day.
Xue Jiao didn't gain anything, and Niu Guohua's grocery store didn't gain anything except for finding an inconsequential TV.
The day was busy from morning to night, and it can be said that the results were dismal.
Tomorrow seemed to continue, Wang Lung made up his mind and prepared to go to bed, but Qing'er's knock on the door rang again.
After opening the door, I found that Xiao Nizi was holding a book in her hand, which was the novel on the theme of cultivating immortals that was ordered by the old ghost not to read again.
Due to the old ghost's strict order, he was still taken away by Qing'er the next day, but the other party did not hand it over.
Although this is the first novel that Wang Lung has read, in reality he has already read it.
However, he didn't ignore Qing'er's kindness, and took the book handed over from the other party's hand to know the reason why Qing'er sent him the book.
Although Wang Lung didn't lie in bed this morning, when a clear-eyed person looked at his bloodshot eyeballs, he knew that he hadn't slept well last night.
Qing'er thought that Wang Lung couldn't sleep well without reading novels, so she automatically sent it to the door as soon as her heart softened.
She wanted to hide it from the old ghost, but the latter just asked her to inform Wang Lung to accompany the three old men into the mountains to hunt tomorrow, and took the opportunity to inform Wang Lung to return the book to Wang Lung by the way.
Seeing Qing'er away, Wang Lung lamented in his heart, going into the mountains to hunt is not a matter of one or two days, and it is not common for Wang Jun and Liu Neng to be happy, and it is common for them not to come back for ten days and half a month.
It seems that the plan to go to Niu Guohua's house tomorrow will be changed.
I wanted to take advantage of the fact that Xue Jiao was going to be discharged from the hospital in three days, and wanted to get rid of the old ghost's entanglement, but the other party didn't give Wang Lung a chance at all.
Xue Jiao's affairs are handled by Qing'er, after all, they are all girls, and some things are inconvenient for Wang Long.
Wang Lung didn't even have the most embarrassing excuse, so he could only honestly accompany the three old guys into the mountains to hunt.
After packing his bags and looking at the tools piled on the ground, Wang Lung sighed in his heart.
This time entering the mountain seems to be similar to my own conjecture, don't think of it for ten days and half a month.
I want to cry without tears, I don't want to be beaten in my mouth, so I can only go hunting.
Wang Lung hated it in his heart, he wanted to change the first order of Niu Guohua and his family to the old ghost, but when he thought about Qing'er and the old ghost as a group, he could only stare dryly.
There's no way, since Qing'er is put at the back of the closest, then you can't move the old ghost now, you can't move and you can't move, but you can observe the other party's flaws and shouldn't hinder it.
After making up his mind, Wang Lung's mood was much better.
Secretly glanced at the old ghost, and thought to himself: "Old guy, it doesn't count to bully me every day in reality, and he still plays with me and disappears after the worst of the time, and he doesn't forget to slap me twice when he runs to the illusion, hum! ”
Stop-and-go, at noon, Wang Lung and they had already entered the depths of the bamboo sea.
This place is beyond where the film crew disappeared, and there are not many beasts, most of them are in the depths.
The old ghost and Wang Lung are in good health, but Wang Jun and Liu Neng can't keep up.
This time going into the mountains to hunt is secondary, the main thing is to get together to play, recalling the days when they carried guns together in the army, since the tone has been set, then there is no hurry.
The three old guys sat on the ground, Wang Lung could only run errands to make a fire, it was impossible to stir-fry, Wang Lung couldn't at all.
Raised by the other party since childhood, Wang Lung knows what virtue the old ghost knows best, and the old ghost does not embarrass Wang Long, but it is still okay to boil some boiling water.
Just as Wang Lung was about to take out the dry food and cured meat in the package for lunch, Liu Nengha smiled, quickly got up and grabbed the shotgun next to him and hugged it on the grass in the distance.
Hearing only a "bang" gunshot, Wang Lung and the others looked at it at the same time, and a lively little rabbit was shot directly through the head and lay on the grass and twitched.
The treasure knife is not old, it is still Liu Yigun back then.
All kinds of praise came into Wang Lung's ears, and others laughed, and he could only disemboweled the rabbit bitterly on the side.
Lunch is considered to have fallen, a rabbit that is not fat, although it is not enough for four big men, it is much better than eating cured meat.
Even in reality, Wang Lung has never seen Liu Neng shoot, but today he has seen it, and his reaction and eyes are definitely trained from the army.
Wang Lung and the old ghost never used weapons such as shotguns when they went into the mountains to hunt, at most they brought a knife, mainly for the dissection of the prey, even if they ran into a black bear, the old ghost and he only fought with their bare hands.
Wang Lung doesn't know how to fry and fry these kitchen chores, but he is very good at barbecue, after all, he has lived in the deep mountains and old forests since he was a child, and if he can't even do this kind of kung fu when he goes out hunting, then what do he do in the mountains, just buy a piece of tofu and kill him.
Eating the rabbit meat roasted by Wang Long, Wang Jun and Liu Neng were full of praise, only the old ghost nodded symbolically.
After lunch, Wang Lung filled in the soil and buried the fire, after all, this is a bamboo sea, and no fire can be left, otherwise it will induce a fire.
Continuing to move into the mountains, today's plan is to reach the cave ten miles ahead for the night.
There are no caves in the deep mountains and old forests, and sleeping at night is a problem, and wild beasts are rampant everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will get into trouble.
Find a cave that can at least temporarily close the entrance to the cave, sleep peacefully, and have the energy to continue hunting tomorrow.
If there is no cave, it must be Wang Lung's vigil at night, three old guys plus a good guy, with their feet, they can know who has the right to sleep.
Thanks to Liu Neng's shot at noon, Wang Jun and Liu Neng were very excited all afternoon, and they couldn't wait to run all over the mountain with rabbits.
Before dark, Wang Lung and the others finally arrived at their destination, but unfortunately they didn't have the luck of noon, let alone rabbits, and they didn't even hit a sparrow.
Digging the stone at the entrance of the cave and entering the inside, Wang Lung cleaned up a little, here he and the old ghost often come, not very dirty, if you don't use the stone to seal the entrance of the cave, the next time you come to the road, I don't know that the road is entrenched by that beast.
When Wang Lung first discovered this cave, there were two mountain wolves living in it, and there was no meat to his mouth that he didn't eat, Wang Lung not only slaughtered the mountain wolves but also occupied the other party's cave.
Seeing Wang Jun and Liu Neng's listless appearance, the old ghost smiled slightly, raised his eyes to look at Wang Long, and then nodded silently.
Wang Lung understood very well what the old ghost meant, that is, to let himself go out to get some fresh goods and serve the three old guys as snacks.
Seeing Wang Lung walking out of the cave silently, Wang Jun and Liu Neng were a little puzzled, but seeing that the old ghost didn't tell them what they meant, they didn't bother to ask, they were not familiar with this place, but Wang Lung grew up here, so they didn't have to worry about it at all.
After all, he is old, Liu Neng is older than Wang Jun and the old ghost, and it is really hard to say how to distinguish it in reality, but after all, he has been staying in the army, and his body is actually tougher than Wang Junhai.
Even if it is so, it is not much stronger, only Liu Neng and Wang Jun of the three old guys behaved normally, sitting on the ground knocking their arms and rubbing their legs to relieve their physical fatigue.
After about half an hour, Wang Lung returned, carrying two striped spotted hazelnut chickens in his hands.
As soon as they saw the prey in Wang Lung's hand, Liu Neng and Wang Jun came to their spirits, and vigorously kicked Wang Lung to roast according to their own ideas.
Seeing that the two old men were fighting for red faces, Wang Lung spoke out to convince them, after all, they were two spotted-tailed hazelnut chickens, and they couldn't do it in one way.
After listening to Wang Lung's proposal, the two old guys also laughed.
Seeing that the other party was smiling happily, Wang Lung thought about whether to return to reality and take Liu Neng and Wang Jun to play a real hunt!
After running for a day, Wang Long and the old ghost didn't matter, but Liu Neng and Wang Jun were a little tired, so they drank a little wine during the meal and rested early.
Although the three old guys talked a lot about the previous stories when they drank, most of them were inseparable from the life in the army, although Wang Lung had taught eight soldiers, but he really didn't know anything about the life of the army, especially the story of the three old guys, which dates back to before and after the liberation.
And so the day passed, and there was no discovery at all, worse than yesterday.
The next morning, the three old fellows got up the earliest, and when they reached their old age, they didn't sleep well, even if they were tired the day before.
After packing his bags, Wang Lung simply cleaned up the cave, and the group continued to march towards the mountain.
If calculated according to Wang Lung and the old ghost's usual hunting schedule, there is still a cave in the deep mountains where you can rest, and that cave is the stronghold where Wang Lung and the old ghost squatted in the mountains, but there are still more than 20 miles away from here.
Whether they can reach their destination depends on the physical strength of Wang Jun and Liu Neng, and it is really not good, so they can only find a camping spot in advance, and the night in the province is restless.
The old ghost's physical strength was not problematic at all, Wang Lung's worries were indeed right, they had only advanced less than ten miles in a whole day.
The campsite was arranged by the old ghost, and he was more familiar with the entire mountain forest than Wang Lung.
I didn't eat fresh barbecue at night, the stomach of the three old people was not good, although the barbecue was delicious, but it was also necessary to be temperate.
However, Wang Lung did not disappoint Wang Jun and Liu Neng, and he didn't know where Lu Dao got some wild vegetables and mountain fruits, and the two old guys smiled when they ate them.
The vigil was naturally Wang Lung's responsibility, and some medicinal powder to repel snakes and insects was sprinkled around the camp, and Wang Lung was relatively relaxed.
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with the night, but a day was wasted, and the flaws of the three of them were not discovered at all.
It was already the middle of the night on the third day of entering the mountain when they arrived at the stronghold that Wang Lung said, and they did not arrive before dark, but the distance was not too far, and a little hurried night road would prevent them from sleeping in the wilderness again.
After a whole day of tossing, Wang Jun and Liu Neng's physical strength was seriously overdrawn, and the two of them did not rest well when they camped in the wild last night, and their complexions looked very poor.
Before going to bed, Wang Lung picked some herbs and boiled a bowl of Chinese medicine soup for the two old guys with a makeshift stove, just because he was afraid that they would be old and sick in the deep mountains and old forests.
Although I don't know if there are any phenomena such as birth, old age, sickness and death in the realm of the Illusory Road, there is no harm in preventing it.
Looking at the three old guys who had rested, Wang Lung wanted to cry without tears, for three days, there was no progress.
There is no flaw in the behavior and words shown by the other party in the past few days, time passes little by little, Wang Lung really doesn't know when the road will come to an end!
Fortunately, Wang Lung boiled Chinese medicine for Wang Jun and Liu Neng yesterday, otherwise the two would not have been able to get up at all.
In order to recover their strength, the three old guys unanimously decided not to do anything today, take a day off, and then make plans tomorrow.
Wang Lung couldn't refute the old man's decision, but the job of taking care of the three people fell to Wang Longtou.
There are many things in the mountains, as long as you look carefully, you can eat and drink a lot, and all of them are pure natural pollution-free green food.
Wang Lung ran around, searched for a lot of things and put them in front of the three old guys, and put the excess in the deep pit of the cave to keep them fresh.
The deep pit was dug out by Wang Lung very early, more than one meter wide, but the interior is wider, more than ten meters deep, maintaining a constant temperature of zero degrees all year round, a natural refrigerator, especially in summer, put a watermelon down, and then catch it up and eat it in half an hour, cool!
said that it was a day off, but by three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Neng and Wang Jun couldn't be idle, and they lay down for a day plus a lunch break, and their physical strength was almost recovered.
Pulling Wang Lung and the old ghost, the four of them wandered around, hoping to gain something.
Since entering the depths of the Bamboo Sea, Liu Neng only let go of a shot and ate a rabbit meat on the first day, and now he and Wang Jun have not fired a second shot.
As a soldier, he was born with a gun in his hand, and if he didn't take this shuttle out of his hand, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.
Luck is really good, just an hour after the turn Wang Jun actually hit a green-tailed rainbow pheasant, Liu Neng finally let go of the second shot, but unfortunately it didn't hit, Liu Yi's reputation was broken by the beasts in the mountains.
In the laughter and scolding of several people, Liu could make the old ghost show his hands to the brothers, and he hadn't seen the other party shoot for decades, to see if he couldn't even carry the gun.
The old ghost hunts with his bare hands, and the knife is rarely used, let alone a gun, and even Wang Lung has never seen the old ghost use a gun since he was a child.
Seeing that Liu Neng encouraged the old ghost to use a gun, Wang Lung was also full of expectations.
Seeing the expectant eyes of a group of bad friends, the old ghost readily agreed.
took the shotgun handed over by Liu Neng, and the old ghost padded it in his hand, for him, he hadn't touched it for decades, and it was not clear whether he could hit him in his heart.
The old ghost walked in the opposite direction with a shotgun on his back, just now a few of them fired a few shots, even if there were wild beasts, they were scared away, there was no prey, this bullet could not be shot.
Looking at the back of the old ghost, Wang Lung felt a little touched in his heart for no reason.
Wang Lung didn't know what to feel like for the old ghost, maybe he didn't find anything in the past few days, and he hoped to find something from the old ghost.
From childhood to adulthood, the old ghost raised him as an adult, and all the things that Wang Lung knew were taught by the old ghost, and it was not easy to find flaws in the other party.
The first time I saw the old ghost with a shotgun on his back, could he find a flaw in it? Maybe it was possible, Wang Lung pondered in his heart.
The old ghost's judgment was not wrong, and the place where they were hunting just now was no longer a target to hunt.
Dealing with the deep mountains and old forests all the year round, the old ghost is more professional than any hunter, with two comrades-in-arms and Wang Long, he finally found the prey before the dark sky!
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