Chapter 4: The Hunters
On the way home, the more Cheng Kun thought about it, the more unhappy he became.
I'm so angry, why do I want to become a child, it's inconvenient to do whatever I want now, he decided to go back and talk to his father.
When he got home, Cheng Kun mentioned to his father Cheng Zhen that he had just met his cousin, and the uncle agreed to him joining the Hunter Team, and said with a serious face at the end of the sentence: "Dad, I also want to join the Hunter Team." ”
Cheng Zhen's eyes widened, and he didn't want to refuse directly: "Nonsense, how old are you, do you want to make trouble for me when you go into the mountains?"
When the hunters enter the mountain, in order to ensure the harvest, it generally lasts for ten days and a half months, during which all the food and accommodation are on the mountain, not to mention the danger, the conditions are also very difficult, Cheng Zhen of course does not want his son to suffer this.
But Cheng Kun had already made up his mind, and he decided to take this opportunity to break the concept of "he is still a child" in his father's mind.
"Daddy, in terms of experience, I have already hunted tigers, and in terms of strength, I don't have to be a cousin, how can I say that I am fooling. ”
Cheng Zhen was choked by his son for a while, but he still didn't want to agree.
Cheng Kun saw that his father's attitude was very resolute, so he resorted to a killer move: "Dad, if you don't take me, then I'll go by myself." ”
Cheng Zhen is out of line now, covering his chest, as if he has been stabbed by someone, and such a son is destined to be anxious. Anyway, who said that this kid was sensible before?
He knew that his son would definitely do what he said, and after he led everyone up the mountain, his wife couldn't control this little bastard like a monkey at all!
There was no way, so he had to agree first: "Okay, I promised." But you haven't used a bow and arrows, you can't go up the mountain empty-handed, let your uncle teach you these days, you can learn as much as you can, I still have a spare bow here. ”
Cheng Kun looked confident: "I don't need a bow and arrow, I just need this, and I won't drag everyone back." So saying, he picked out a thick, straight branch from the pyre, and sharpened a simple wooden spear with his knife.
In his opinion, the bows and arrows used by his father and uncle are good for dealing with small animals such as hares, but the damage is very limited when encountering large beasts. Because everyone's bows are basically homemade, the power is not large, and the range of arrows is also very close.
In the previous life, Cheng Kun and his comrades-in-arms used military mechanical crossbows when they were hunting near the base when they were idle, and they naturally looked down on this shrunken bow and arrow within a hundred meters.
Cheng Kun held the spear in his right hand, kicked the ground with his front foot, and the muscles of his thighs, waist and abdomen, and arms were tense and relaxed in turn, and threw the wooden spear forward violently. It flew thirty paces away in the blink of an eye, stuck on the ground, and the tip of the spear trembled half a foot into the ground.
Cheng Zhen looked at this scene, his pupils shrank, he had fought on the battlefield, and he knew very well the power of this spear, if there was someone in front of him just now, most of them would not be alive at this time.
He looked at his son, and suddenly found that his head was a little dizzy, and he had only one thought in his heart: How did Lao Tzu give birth to such an awesome son?
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Daddy's level has finally passed, but Cheng Kun has no time to celebrate, and his mother has to persuade herself.
Sure enough, Cheng Li learned that her son was going up the mountain with her husband, and she didn't agree to anything, she didn't care about the reasons explained by Cheng Kun, so she recognized a little, Cheng Kun was still a child, and it was too dangerous to go up the mountain with the hunters, and in the end, her eyes were red and tears flowed.
This time it was Cheng Kun's turn to be dumbfounded, and he had no choice but to turn his eyes for help to his father.
Cheng Zhen didn't regret it, and took his wife aside without knowing what to say, Cheng Kun only vaguely heard a few words, "Xiao Kun...... Tiger...... Grow up ......"
After a while, Cheng Li walked back with a silent expression, but after all, he did not speak again.
After dinner, Cheng Li lit the oil lamp and prepared to sew a warm leather jacket for his son, sewing and sewing and couldn't help crying, Cheng Kun was moved and helpless in his eyes, so he had to pretend to be stupid and cute next to his mother, and finally made his mother laugh and feel better.
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Seven days later, the members of the village hunter team gathered at the entrance of the village with their bags on their backs, a total of twenty-three people.
Cheng Zhen and Cheng Kun were among them, Cheng Kun was carrying a firewood knife in his hand and carrying a leather bag specially sewn by his mother, which contained eight sharpened wooden spears.
Others already knew that Cheng Kun was going up the mountain together this time, but they all thought that he would just want to join the hunter team because he was bored at home, and maybe he would know that he would go down the mountain after staying on the mountain for a few nights. Moreover, Cheng Zhen, as a father, agreed, so they naturally had no position against it.
Cheng Kun's cousin Cheng Quan stood beside him, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Kun, don't run around after you go up the mountain, follow me, if you encounter danger, I will protect you." ”
Cheng Kun looked at his cousin, he didn't say he agreed or disagreed, but he was brewing in his heart, ready to pretend to be a big man.
The group quickly set off and walked towards Broken Dragon Mountain.
At first, Cheng Quan focused on his cousin, always ready to pull Cheng Kun when he couldn't keep up with the team, but he found that he was thinking too much.
Cheng Kun's pace is very steady, his legs are raised very low when walking, and his feet are like gliding against the ground, and he has always maintained a suitable rhythm, not fast or slow, to ensure that he can keep up with the team while maintaining physical strength and alertness to the surrounding environment.
After half a day, Cheng Quan was already slightly panting, but Cheng Kun still looked leisurely, as if he was taking a walk in the park.
After dark, everyone found an open space, picked up some dead branches, lit a fire, sat around and ate the dry food they brought, and Cheng Kun also nibbled on the steamed cakes made by his mother.
Suddenly, his ears moved, and he randomly got up and ran into the darkness like a leopard. A few seconds later, Cheng Kun returned, carrying a hare in his hand, his neck had been twisted, he peeled off the skin with a knife, and skewered it with a branch and roasted it.
Cheng Zhen was shocked by his son's actions and broke out in a cold sweat, this stinky boy will make a little moth if he doesn't pay attention, if he gets lost with the team in such a dark night, he has no way to get people back.
Cheng Kun is very experienced in controlling the heat, the rabbit meat is quickly roasted and browned, and from time to time there is fat oozing out of the meat, dripping into the fire, making a "crackling" sound, and the aroma wafts out, making people can't help but drool. After baking, Cheng Kun took out a small packet of coarse salt from his backpack and sprinkled it on it, tore one of his hind legs, and distributed the rest to the others. Everyone took it with a smile, and the laughter continued for a while.
After eating, everyone set up tents together, and the people present were very experienced in sprinkling medicinal powder around the area to repel mosquitoes, and then prepared to rest.
Because today was the first day, everyone was still on the periphery of Broken Dragon Mountain, and there were few dangerous beasts, so Cheng Zhen arranged for his nephew Cheng Quan to keep vigil with him, taking the opportunity to help him adapt to the environment in the mountains as soon as possible.
Nothing was said all night.
At dawn the next day, everyone got up and packed up their belongings and continued their march deeper into the mountains.
At some point, the surrounding environment began to change, and the path under my feet became more and more difficult to walk, and the ground was covered with a thick layer of leaves, and vines grew wildly. The trees are also much thicker, and many of them require two adults to hug each other, unabashedly showing their vigorous vitality to everyone.
In this case, every step of the way, everyone has to use a knife to split the grass and trees blocking the road, this is still the result of Cheng Zhen, who is walking in the front, leading everyone to pick a familiar road, and in other places, you can't see the road at all.
Cheng Kun saw it in his eyes and was also a little amazed. In the past two years, although he has often run in the mountains, he has not gone too deep because he is worried about going home in the evening. As for the earth in the previous life, under the wave of industrialization, almost all the trees in the world have been cut down, and it is estimated that except for a few places such as the Amazon rainforest, it is difficult to see such vast forests in other places.
In such a dense forest, the speed of everyone's march has slowed down irrepressibly, and the consumption of physical strength has also been much faster.
Cheng Quan walked behind the team, his face was already covered with beads of sweat, and his breathing became short.
Suddenly, he was not paying attention, stumbled over the vines, and fell forward.
Cheng Kun, who was walking in front of him, reacted extremely quickly, grabbed his cousin's arm and dragged him up. Cheng Quan stood up straight, looked at his cousin's face flushed, and whispered thank you.
I don't know how long I walked like this, but at a certain moment, the front team suddenly stopped, as if someone had discovered something.
Cheng Kun stepped forward, he saw a pile of animal feces on the ground, looking at the dryness and wetness of the feces, the beast that left it should have left for a while.
A man in his thirties in the hunter team stepped forward and squatted down to carefully observe the shape and color of the feces, and judged the temperature with his hands, then got up and said to everyone: "It's wolf dung, the wolf should be not far from here, and the exact amount is still not clear." ”
He is the one who knows the habits of animals the most among all people, named Hu Si, and Cheng Kun usually calls him "Fourth Uncle" when he sees him.
When Cheng Zhen heard this, his expression became serious, and he ordered everyone to tighten the team, and they should be careful from now on. Wolves are such animals, if it's one or two, it's okay, so many people are easy to solve. But if you encounter a pack of more than ten wolves, then the trouble is big.
The others also held bows or knives in their hands, and Cheng Kun drew a spear from behind his back.
The eight spears he prepared before going up the mountain were all finely adjusted, and the length, weight, and center of gravity were adjusted to the most comfortable level, and the power was much greater.
But Cheng Kun is still not very satisfied, in his heart, the best choice is to use a big gun. There is no authentic descendant of the Eight Extremes and One Vein who does not learn the Liuhe big gun, and Cheng Kun is naturally no exception.
If he had a gun in his hand at this time, he would be ten times more courageous!