1942, I lived on hunting

Li Hao served as a soldier for two years in his later life, but he was not in a special forces unit, not even a field unit. He stood sentry for two years, but later he could not stand the constraints and retired and went home after his service. During the two years, he received the most basic military training. His military skills can be said to be very poor. He fired five times in two years, and fired less than 5 bullets in total. Moreover, it has been almost 20 years since he came here, and it is hard to say how many memories of that time are still in his mind. Later, TikTok became popular, and he liked to watch some videos about fishing, animals, or wilderness survival. When I was a child, I followed adults to catch rabbits and pheasants in the fields. I only knew the method, and I didn’t catch any hair in the winter. It can’t be said that I don’t know anything about hunting, but it is only limited to theoretical knowledge. There is no way, I can’t risk going to the police to try it, right?

Li Hao walked slowly down the hillside along the path in the mountains. Now he wanted to go down the hillside to find some water. An adult generally needs 2000-2500 ml of water a day, and more if it is hot, injured, doing strenuous exercise, or doing physical labor. If a person can survive a week without food, then he can only survive three or four days without water. If he encounters animals on the way to find water, he will try to hunt them. If he cannot, there is nothing he can do.

On the way, I saw a straight small tree as thick as an egg on the side of the road. I took out an axe from the space and cut it down with great effort. I trimmed the branches and used it as a crutch.

The path is not easy to walk on. There are always protruding stones and tree roots in the middle of the road. If you are not careful, you will trip. The thorny plants such as the jujube thorns on the roadside will also extend into the path, so you have to be careful when walking. There are no jujubes on the jujube trees. It is probably due to the drought. There are not many fruits. They will be eaten by animals soon after they fall to the ground. Many animals that need to hibernate are short of food this autumn. If they don’t seize the last bit of time before winter to find food and increase their body fat, they will have to brave the severe cold to find food when the cold winter comes. If that happens, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to survive this winter. Recently, they have abnormally appeared more frequently in open places to look for food, which will also give Li Hao more hunting opportunities, but he doesn’t know it yet.

Li Hao endured the dizziness and walked down the hillside with a cane. The short 2,000-meter distance took him nearly an hour to walk.

Below the hillside is a canyon that leads to nowhere. The canyon is winding and there is a seasonal river in the middle of it. There is no water in late autumn, and the dry riverbed is exposed. Pebbles spread along the river to the distance until the canyon turns a corner and disappears from sight.

Li Hao had seen a video on Douyin before that introduced how to find water on the riverbed of a dry seasonal river. First, you need to find a relatively low position on the riverbed at the river bend to see if there is water, then observe whether there are concentrated trees or vegetation, walk along the river, and pay attention to whether there are stone caves beside the river, etc. Li Hao didn't want to leave the mountain for the time being, so he walked upstream, stepped on the pebbles along the river, and observed as he walked.

In later times, there will always be white garbage and household waste on both sides of the river. No matter which river it is, as long as there are people living upstream or nearby, there will always be garbage. This era did not have this situation. Except for some dead branches and weeds, both sides of the river were clean.

Li Hao was very cautious along the way. First, he was afraid of encountering danger. You know, these days are not peaceful. There are bandits in the mountains. Bandits don't have to wear military uniforms. That is to say, everyone who appears may be a bandit or a bandit's spy. And some bandits are simply civilians in peacetime and bandits in wartime. They gather in the mountains with their families as the core. The devils also send troops to sweep with puppet troops from time to time. So you have to be careful! Second, many types of animals also need to drink water. If you can meet animals that come to drink water, you can follow them to find water sources. Even if you meet animals that don't need to drink water, can't you try to hunt them? Third, only by careful observation can you discover some details and will not miss the water source without knowing it.

From the time the sun just rose in the morning to the time the sun was due south at noon, he didn't know how far he had walked. Li Hao's lips were already peeling because he was so thirsty that physical fatigue was secondary.

Li Hao still hasn't found any trace of water. It hasn't rained since June or July, so the groundwater can't be replenished and the water level has dropped dramatically. There are also some traces of digging in the river, which probably means someone has looked for water before but failed. So there has been no human habitation nearby, maybe everyone has moved away, after all, people can't survive without water.

His legs felt heavy, his head felt dizzy, and his body felt cold. All of these things were a wake-up call for him. Gradually, a feeling of despair filled his heart. Li Hao didn't know how long he could hold on. He only knew that if he couldn't find water, he might die.

At this time, a pair of turtledoves flew over his head, and Li Hao was immediately excited. According to his understanding, turtledoves usually live near water sources, and basically drink water every day if conditions permit. Moreover, they are not migratory birds, so they are just passing by. In other words, there should be a water source within 500 meters. It depends on whether the pair of turtledoves go to drink water. If so, follow them and you can find water.

After all, turtledoves fly very fast. Li Hao certainly couldn't keep up with their speed, but he stared at their flight path, trying to see where they would land to drink water. But they flew over a small earthen slope, which blocked Li Hao's sight and disappeared from his field of vision.

Li Hao cheered up and walked quickly in the direction where they disappeared. He walked around the slope. The cliffs on both sides of the canyon in front were no longer large pieces of stone, but layers of rocks stacked together. In this environment, spring water would seep out through the cracks in the stone layers, which means there is likely to be water here. The cliffs on both sides formed an angle of about 75 degrees with the ground. There were no tall trees on the cliffs, only some sparse shrubs in the cracks of the rocks.

The two turtledoves disappeared here, but no one knew where they landed to drink water. Li Hao did not dare to relax for a moment and observed the cliffs on both sides, for fear of missing the turtledoves' take-off and landing points.

"Gulp! Gulp!"

"Gulp! Gulp!"

On the shady side of the cliff, about 50 meters away from Li Hao, there was a small platform about three meters above the ground. There were several thorny trees growing crookedly on the platform. A turtle dove had already drunk water and was standing on a branch of the thorn tree, cooing. Finally found it, Li Hao walked quickly to the location of the small platform. In order to thank the two turtle doves for their guidance, Li Hao did not even take out his slingshot. Although he might not be able to hit them, he had to be grateful. Before Li Hao could get to it, the vigilant turtle dove flew away.

From a distance, the platform seemed not very high from the ground. When I got to the bottom of the platform, I realized that it was more than three meters high as I estimated. This layer of stone was probably five meters high. Li Hao looked up and observed that the stone layer directly below the platform was close to the river. It would be washed away by floods every summer. It was smooth and steep, and it was not easy to climb up. However, in the current desperate situation, he had to try anyway.

Li Hao looked around, looking for a suitable climbing route. There was a suitable climbing area more than 30 meters to the right of the platform. Climbing up was not a problem, but he didn't know if there was a way to reach the platform after climbing onto the stone layer at that point.

Li Hao walked 30 meters to the right and came to a suitable climbing point. It was a little farther from the river and the slope was not that steep. He climbed up with his hands and feet, and had to find a suitable foothold for each step before moving up. He was already sweating after climbing this layer of stone. There was about half a foot's width between the stone layers for him to stand on. He moved step by step towards the platform, and it took him about five minutes to reach the platform.

The platform was covered with bird droppings and feces of unknown animals. I don't know how long it has been accumulated. It seems that this is a long-term drinking water point. On the inner side of the platform is a large stone crack more than 50 centimeters high. The crack becomes narrower as it goes inward. It is dark and I don't know how deep it is. A little more than one meter away from the outside, there is a thin crack in the upper stone layer, half a centimeter wide. Drops of spring water flow out of it, forming a line, falling into a small puddle on the stone layer below, and then overflowing and flowing into the depths of the large stone crack.

Li Hao took out the kettle from the space and leaned half of his body in to catch the spring water flowing from above. The water in the puddle below has been visited by countless animals, and there is no telling how many germs there are. Li Hao dared not take the risk of drinking the water. He would rather drink the water slowly than become a jet fighter and die of diarrhea and dehydration. And you have to know that the Japanese have dropped a lot of bacterial weapons on the land of North China. Who knows if these animals that come here to drink water carry any of them.

After filling a pot of water, he retracted his body and slowly sat up, and began to drink water in small sips. The water was very cool and sweet, like drinking nectar, tempting Li Hao to swallow it in big gulps. When people are extremely thirsty and lack water, they cannot drink a lot of water crazily. Li Hao took a mouthful of water in his mouth, slowly waiting for the water to become warm in his mouth, and then slowly swallowed it into his stomach several times. After drinking for a while, he felt a little better, his body was slowly recovering, the symptoms of dehydration gradually eased, and his mouth was no longer bitter.

He didn't want to leave the platform for the time being. He would need to drink water several times next. It was not easy to go up and down the platform, and he didn't want to waste his energy.

He broke off a few bramble branches, held them together to use as a simple broom, cleaned a corner of the platform, took out the old clothes from the space and spread them on the ground, sat on them leaning against the stone wall and began to look through the mall.