Chen Fan was wearing a hat and a robe, riding on a horse, holding a shotgun in his hand, a pistol pinned to his waist, his eyes were full of murder, and he looked at all directions.

Zhang Wenliang was dressed in the same costume as him, riding a mule, and on his waist was a ninety percent new flower-mouthed picker, that is, the Belgian Browning M1910, which he didn't know which year the militia won the prize for winning the championship.

It's just that what he is holding in his hand is not the most commonly used 56 and a half, but a very ordinary earthen gun. That is, the earthen gun that uses gunpowder to fire iron bullets, this thing has no crosshairs, just a seamless steel pipe, every time you hit it, you have to load gunpowder and bullets, and after loading, you have to take an iron rod and stab it twice into the barrel to press it tightly, and call out that the old antiques are light, and it is no problem to say that it is a living fossil of the gun family.

In fact, compared to Chen Fan's two shotguns, this thing is the most commonly used hunting equipment in rural families today.

Chen Fan searched and found no target, so he let the little mare step on the mud.

He turned his head to look at Zhang Wenliang's bird gun, and asked puzzledly, "Why do you bring this thing?" ”

Zhang Wenliang was still thinking about whether he wanted to teach Zhang Cui'e as an apprentice, or whether he wanted to find a tool man, and then facilitate him to go out hunting.

From the objective facts, this person is very suspicious of evading work and going out to hunt, but from the perspective of common sense, Chen Fan is not like such an unreliable person?

Just when he was weighing left and right, when he heard Chen Fan's words, he turned his head to take a look, raised his bird gun and said, "You have to rely on this to really hunt, otherwise you use a rifle, and if you shoot it, the meat will be less than half a catty, and it will be wasted." ”

Chen Fan blinked and thought for a while, and raised the shotgun in his hand, "What about me?" ”

Zhang Wenliang glanced at him, "You're actually not very suitable for here, but it's quite suitable for mountains or grasslands, places with large prey." The Nanhu area is a hilly area, and the largest wild animal used to come out, that is, more than 100 catties of wild boar, and the number is very small.

The terrain of Nanhu Lake is flat, the waters are vertical and horizontal, here is the paradise of birds and fish, beasts, foxes, yellow skins, pig badgers, dog badgers, roe deer, otters, hares, basically these are the kinds of things that can be beaten, and the most others are mice, do you want to fight? ”

The corners of Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, not wanting to pay attention to him.

Zhang Wenliang saw his expression, but laughed and said, "So, in our place, powerful rifles and shotguns are basically useless, they are all small animals, if you want to use a rifle, one shot will be missing." ”

As he spoke, he shook the earthen gun in his hand, "It's different with this kind of gun, a bullet can kill the prey, but also not damage the fur and flesh." ”

Chen Fan nodded suddenly, paused, and asked puzzledly, "But I see that you took a lot of rifles out in the morning?" ”

Zhang Wenliang said with a smile, "When the militia travels, they still have to carry rifles, and if they encounter dangerous elements, they can also fight at any time, which is called never forgetting to fight."

Again, although wild boars are rare now, it cannot be said that there are no them at all. Wild boars can cross rivers, and if they cross rivers from other places, they can't be dealt with with dirt guns, so they have to use rifles to clean up, and they take rifles with them, just in case. ”

Chen Fan nodded again and said with a smile, "I see, I understand." ”

Then he raised the shotgun in his hand and said with a broken face, "Then I didn't buy the wrong gun?" ”

A shotgun is good-looking, but in terms of practicality, it is really not as good as an air gun.

If the fox who stole the chickens in Captain Zhang's house with an air gun last time would definitely not be able to escape.

Why don't you go buy a rifle?

Just when Chen Fan was a little entangled, the cry of a falcon suddenly came from the sky.

Chen Fan was suddenly shocked, looked up at the sky, and then patted the horse's neck, and the little mare galloped out.

splashed Zhang Wenliang with mud.

Zhang Wenliang wiped the muddy water on his face expressionlessly, and then galloped away with a mule, and shouted at the same time, "The surname is Chen, you wait for me." ”

However, Chen Fan rode an Oriental horse bred from world-famous horses such as Anglo-Norman horses, thoroughbreds, Don hippos and Arabian horses, and although they have not been professionally trained as war horses, their speed is far from being comparable to that of ordinary horses, let alone mules that are only good at carrying weights and not good at running.

Almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, Zhang Wenliang watched Chen Fan run farther and farther, and in the blink of an eye, only a small black dot remained.

Then I only heard a "bang" gunshot, and the little black dot slowly stopped.

Zhang Wenliang just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly thought of something, and lifted the horsewhip to beat the mule's butt hard, and ran forward quickly.

When he arrived at the place, he saw Chen Fan carrying a fox with a broken head, smug at him.

Zhang Wenliang was shocked at first, this guy's marksmanship is so good?

Then his face darkened, and he said to him, "I don't know that the whole team is hunting today, you are running so fast, if you catch up with the hunting team and shoot, you are not afraid of being injured by mistake?" ”

When Chen Fan heard this, he hurriedly looked left and right, "Where is the hunting team?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of more than a dozen people ran over from a forest.

One of the leaders was still laughing, "Teacher Chen is amazing, he put down this fox with one shot, and we all chased it for a long time, but we couldn't catch it." ”

Chen Fan smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know it was your prey, so ,......"

He held up the fox in his hand, "This one is yours." ”

Zhang Wenliang took a few steps forward with the reins, stood shoulder to shoulder with Chen Fan, and whispered, "This is Team 9, and the leader is Wu Fengfei, the leader of Team 9. ”

Chen Fan's eyes were thoughtful, "Who is Wu Fengwen from the veterinary class?" ”

Zhang Wenliang glanced at him and said with a smile, "My brother." ”

Chen Fan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it was okay.

Robbing other people's prey, no matter where it is, can't say it, although he has decided to return the prey, but if he encounters someone with a small amount of energy, he will still have a pimple in his heart.

This is what Xiao Liewen and Zhang Wenliang both told him, one of the rules of hunting, whose prey belongs to whom, others can't interfere at will, even if it's kind to help, and others are not you, who knows if you are kind or evil?

So just now Chen Fan heard the man say that they had been chasing for a long time, so he decided to return the prey without hesitation, anyway, he came out mainly to enjoy hunting, as long as he could shoot the prey, the ownership of the prey was not important.

But now, I guess this fox can't be delivered.

Sure enough, when Wu Fengfei approached, he immediately said loudly, "What are these words, the fox was beaten by Teacher Chen, how can we ask for it?" ”

Then, without waiting for Chen Fanduo to say, he said, "Teacher Chen, it's rare to come to Team 9, and you will have a light meal here at noon today?" ”

Chen Fan turned over and dismounted, and immediately waved his hand, "No, no, I made an appointment with Company Commander Zhang to go to his house to do it." ”

Wu Fengfei grabbed the reins of the little mare, turned his head to Zhang Wenliang and said, "Company commander, don't give this face?" ”

Zhang Wenliang also fell to the ground, looked at Chen Fan, then at Wu Fengfei, and nodded with a smile, "Okay, I'll listen to your arrangement today." ”

Wu Fengfei suddenly laughed, "Okay, okay, I'll arrange it today." ”

The dozen or so militiamen who followed him were also honored, grinning.

Zhang Wenliang raised his hand and looked at his watch, and said, "It's still early, do you want to stop playing a circle?" ”

It's only 8 o'clock now, it's still early at noon, and after coming out, in order to avoid the hunting area of the other squads, they have been walking on the main road, and until now Chen Fan has beaten a fox, he hasn't opened it yet, of course he doesn't want to go back like this.

Wu Fengfei smiled, "Okay, let's continue to fight." ”

Then he turned to a person and said, "Go, talk to the third uncle and let him arrange it." ”

The man nodded, turned and ran back.

Chen Fan looked left and right, and could only passively accept it.

Fortunately, before I came out today, I told Jiang Lili that it was possible not to go back, and I saved the effort of going back to report the news.

Waiting for the man to leave, Wu Fengfei looked at Chen Fan and Zhang Wenliang, and said with a smile, "Are you with us, or are you acting alone?" ”

Zhang Wenliang and Chen Fan glanced at each other, "We'll still beat ourselves, and we'll go to your house for dinner later." ”

"Okay."

Wu Fengfei nodded, Zhang Wenliang spoke with a spit and a nail, and promised to go if he would go, so he said to Chen Fan, "Teacher Chen, your fox will be handed over to us for you to hold first, and you can come directly later." ”

Chen Fan was also not polite, and handed the fox over, "Then it's troublesome." ”

Wu Fengfei smiled, "What's the trouble with this." ”

He took the fox, turned around and handed it to another person, only then took two steps back, waved at Chen Fan and the others, and watched them leave.

Chen Fan and Zhang Wenliang continued to hunt, and as the militia squads of each squad were dispatched, wild animals were frightened and scurried around.

They do not dare to run into the paddy fields, because if they run in, they will be stuck in the quagmire, and they will only be captured alive, so there is almost no effect on the growing rice fields.

As a result, they can only run around the ridges and slopes.

Chen Fan was reminded by Zhang Wenliang that he didn't dare to shoot indiscriminately, and only shot at the prey when there was no one in front of him.

One morning, they went from the southernmost end of Lujiawan to the northernmost side, and after they reached the embankment, they circled along the embankment.

By the time he finally returned to Team 9, the two sacks that Chen Fan was carrying had been filled and hung on horseback on both sides.

And that's just a fraction of his prey.

Because he didn't want most of the prey, such as yellowskins, dog badgers, and hares, some of them were because he helped other teams intercept and kill them, so he naturally refused to ask for them, and some of them were caught by himself, and then thrown to the nearby team, and exchanged fox skins with them.

So at this time, almost all of the sacks were full of foxes.

He wanted to see if he could save a fox coat to keep as a souvenir.

(End of chapter)