Hu Zi had never seen such a scene before. He swallowed his saliva and picked up the hatchet to block in front of him.

The bear-man waited for a long time for Chen Yuan and Hu Zi to come over, and became a little impatient. He growled and quickly approached them.

Chen Yuan held the hunting rifle and shot at the bear-man, but the bear was too fast and the shot only hit the bear-man's forelimbs.

"Huzi, you'll be chopping at its stomach and neck in a moment, be careful!"

Hu Zi nodded heavily, his attention highly focused.

The bear-man shook his front legs that were hit, and the growl became louder and louder. Chen Yuan clearly felt that the bear-man was angry.

The bear-man bared his teeth, and the heavy breath coming out of his nostrils turned into white mist.

This time it was very careful, preparing to dodge Chen Yuan's hunting rifle and attack Hu Zi beside it.

The bear-man was at least three meters tall. He jumped up and pounced on Hu Zi.

Hu Zi swung the hatchet and rolled on the ground to avoid the attack of the bear man.

The hatchet scratched the man-bear's shoulder, and hot blood flowed out, dripping onto the snow, appearing particularly glaring.

Chen Yuan took advantage of the gap between the bear-man's attacks and shot the bear-man in the neck.

The shot accurately hit the back of the bear's neck, but it was not fatal.

The bear-man pounced on Chen Yuan like crazy, wishing to tear him in half.

Hu Zi was startled and shouted, "Brother Yuan, be careful!"

He had just rolled on the ground, hidden in the snow, with only the sharp corners of the stone showing and scratching his palm.

He didn't care about the pain at this moment. He picked up the hatchet quickly, got up from the ground and went to help Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan took out a hatchet from his waist, stared at the bear-man's movements vigilantly, and retreated repeatedly.

But a stone tripped Chen Yuan, and his body swayed and he accidentally fell to the ground.

The man-bear saw the right moment, pounced forward, and slapped the stone with his palm.

He was just injured and shot, but the bullet did not hit Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan reacted quickly, swung the hatchet and slashed at the bear man's neck.

A stream of hot liquid splashed on Chen Yuan's face and body, and the bear-man fell to the ground and landed beside Chen Yuan.

Fortunately, there was a big rock next to Chen Yuan, otherwise he would have been smashed into a meat patty if this heavy object weighing hundreds of pounds had hit him.

Hu Zi also rushed over and, with all his strength, stabbed the man-bear in the stomach with a knife.

When he came to his senses, he found that Chen Yuan had already killed the bear man.

Hu Zi slumped on the ground, gasping for breath, looking like he had survived a disaster.

Compared to Hu Zi, Chen Yuan seemed much calmer.

"Well, if you feel it's dangerous, then..."

Before Chen Yuan could finish, Hu Zi rushed to say, "No!"

"I'm coming! If I'm scared off by a beating like this, I'd be really unworthy of the tiger in my name!"

Hu Zi's real name is Wang Hu. His parents passed away early and he was raised by his grandmother.

Hu Zi now wants to work hard with Chen Yuan, save more money, and marry a wife so that his grandmother can feel at ease.

Chen Yuan chuckled, "The bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish."

"This bear man is full of treasures, including his skin, paws, and gallbladder. They are all very valuable."

Hu Zi chuckled, "No wonder this bear is called a man-bear. It was standing there waving at us just now. If I didn't see clearly, I would have thought it was a person!"

Chen Yuan sat on the ground, looked at the bear-man with his head tilted, and kicked the bear-man's palm with his foot.

"If you get tricked, you'll be dead with this slap."

He had just escaped death, and the rocks next to him were cracked.

Chen** calmed down and slowly got up from the ground, only to find that Hu Zi's hand was injured.

He quickly took out a strip of cloth from the snakeskin bag and bandaged Hu Zi's wound.

These strips of cloth were the leftover scraps from when Sun Weiwei was making a waistcoat. Chen Yuan casually put them into his snakeskin pocket, but he didn't expect that they would actually come in handy.

"After I take care of the bear, we'll go down the mountain."

Hu Zi stood up to help. It was just an injured hand, not paralyzed.

He already felt bad enough about not being able to help when hunting the bear just now, and he would feel even worse if he didn't do some work now.

Seeing that Hu Zi insisted, Chen Yuan did not stop him.

The two of them quickly dealt with the bear-man and buried the useless parts with snow.

"Let's go down the mountain and go home. Tomorrow you will go to the county with me."

"It takes two hours to walk to the county. If it snows for even longer, we'll have to leave around four o'clock. Remember to come early."

Hu Zi nodded, followed Chen Yuan, and the two went down the mountain together.

Chen Yuan also picked up a lot of firewood, tied it up with hemp rope and tucked it under his armpits.

The two returned home before the sun went down.

As soon as Chen Yuan entered the house, he saw Sun Weiwei sewing clothes with cloth in her hand at the dining table.

"Why don't you do it on the kang? It's so cold in the living room."

Sun Weiwei was shocked when she saw the blood on Chen Yuan's body. She suddenly stood up and walked forward, frantically checking whether Chen Yuan was injured.

"Brother Yuan, where are you injured? Is it serious?"

Only then did Chen Yuan remember that the bear-man's blood was splattered all over him.

"It's not mine, it's ManBear's."

Sun Weiwei just breathed a sigh of relief, but then became nervous again.

She had heard from the old people that the man-bear was three or four meters tall when standing up and was very scary.

"Man-bear? This is too dangerous, Brother Yuan!"

Chen Yuan pointed to the hunting rifle in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, I have a hunting rifle in my hand!"

Sun Weiwei felt sorry for Chen Yuan. If life at home wasn't so difficult, who would be willing to live on the edge of a knife every day?

Chen Yuan knew Sun Weiwei's worries, so he didn't tell her about the encounter with the bear-man.

"I'm going to the county tomorrow. Is there anything you want?"

Sun Weiwei shook her head. As a rural person, she was content as long as she could have enough to eat. She didn't have any big demands.

"If you have two balls of wool, I'll knit sweaters for you and Yiyi. The one you're wearing is old."

When he was in the Chen family, Chen Yuan would wear sweaters that Chen Shan and Chen Hai didn’t want anymore, and he couldn’t change them even if they were old.

Sun Weiwei felt sorry for her husband. Now that their lives were better than before and she could make her own decisions, she wanted to knit a sweater for Chen Yuan.

"You want tickets and money? I'll get them for you!"

Chen Yuan thought about it and asked Sun Weiwei to give him two dollars and the remaining tickets.

After dinner, Chen Yuan boiled a pot of hot water and planned to wash himself thoroughly.

When Sun Weiwei saw Chen Yuan boiling water for a bath, she thought of that night and her face turned red unconsciously.

As Chen Yuan boiled water, he said to Sun Weiwei, "When I get back tomorrow, I'll go to Carpenter Zhang's house and ask him to make us a large wooden tub for bathing."

Sun Weiwei nodded slightly, not daring to look up at Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan looked at his wife's shy appearance and chuckled.

"Am I that scary?"

Sun Weiwei nodded shyly, fled the scene in a panic, and went back to the house to coax Yiyi to sleep.

Only Chen Yuan was left in the kitchen to boil water.

No matter how fast the rabbit runs, it can't outrun the big bad wolf. Chen Yuan is not willing to let Sun Weiwei go easily.

The two of them made noise until very late, and only when Sun Weiwei was exhausted did Chen Yuan let go of the person under him.

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