Reborn in 80: Starting with hunting in the mountains to get rich

More than 20 hunters chuckled as they tied up the helpless roe deer and pulled it up.

The hunt for roe deer using the snow cellar has come to an end. Four roe deer were caught in one afternoon, a pretty good haul!

There was an old hunter in the team named Lao Qian, who worked at the forest farm. He brought his two sons with him this time, his second son who was sixteen and his youngest son who was thirteen, saying that he wanted to broaden their horizons and give them a taste of life.

Old Qian doted on his youngest son, who was wearing a wolfskin hat that Old Qian had made for him.

At Qin Pao's signal, the hunters led their large livestock, which were carrying their prey, across Sow Gully in order to find a place to spend the night before dark.

The forest is a hunting ground frequented by hunters. Experienced hunters know that there are earthen houses for hunters to rest under the rocky cliffs where they can avoid the wind and rain. They can find an earthen house, light a fire, and the fire doesn't need to be big, just enough to heat up the food cooked with lard or roast some game.

Li Ju'an led a mule, which pulled a sled, to which a howling roe deer was tied. Beside him, Da Hu, still with his tough-guy demeanor, followed him expressionlessly.

As a novice, he obediently followed the hunting team from the forest farm, but Sun Weimin was different.

Sun Weimin was quite talkative, chatting with Lao Qian, teasing Lao Qian's youngest son, and even joking about the 12 dogs that Lao Zhang had brought.

"Old Qian, where did you get that wolfskin hat?"

Old Qian was a straightforward man. He breathed out white puffs of steam and laughed, "Where could I get that? I made it myself after killing a wolf."

Sun Weimin was also surprised when he saw the wolfskin hat: "Why is it so small? Is it made from a small wolfskin?"

"Of course, the wolf skin is firm yet soft, making it comfortable for children to wear."

The atmosphere in the team suddenly became a little strange.

Li Guaizi, who was usually noisy and talkative, and Lao Zhang from the security department also shut up, shook their heads, and secretly cursed what a mess they had been through.

There are rules to hunting; generally, you can't hunt animals that will kill all their offspring.

The rules for hunting in Northeast China are that pregnant female animals and newborn animals are not hunted. Even when several hunters work together to hunt, they must hunt some and release others.

Old Qian didn't believe in these things in his younger days, nor was he afraid of offending the mountain god. As he put it: "Haven't you heard the saying after the founding of the People's Republic: 'Don't believe in ghosts and gods, down with demons and monsters!' We don't believe in these supernatural forces, we only believe in our Qian family ancestors!"

Old Qian firmly believed that his ancestors would protect him. So, back in the day, as the "Head of the Gun," he disregarded these rules. His marksmanship was accurate and his firing speed was fast, earning him praise. However, he often hunted extinct predators, killing them all, especially wolf cubs. Therefore, most hunters were unwilling to hunt with Old Qian.

It wasn't until Old Qian got old and needed to take his two sons out to practice that he finally lowered his head and joined Old Qin's hunting team at the forest farm.

Li Ju'an kept his head down and followed Lao Qin on the road.

He only carries the necessary equipment and nothing else. Anyone who has climbed a mountain knows that by the end, you'd want to throw everything away and go all the way empty-handed.

Moreover, he was leading a mule, and the mule would inevitably carry more and more as the game progressed, so the prey couldn't be left behind. He had a knife tied to his waist with a hemp rope, a hunting rifle on his back, and apart from his clothes and a piece of plastic sheeting, he carried almost no other unnecessary items.

He listened intently to the conversation in the group, thinking to himself that when they arrived at the hunter's earthen house, he would have to find a spot near the fire to sleep. The temperature at night could drop to minus 20 degrees Celsius, and if it weren't for the fire, people could freeze to death in the mountains at night!

Sun Weimin suddenly shouted.

"Uncle Qian! You've killed so many wolf cubs, won't you attract the attention of wolves in the mountains?"

The atmosphere became strange again. These words were taboo to begin with, and when the young man blurted them out without thinking, Old Qian felt extremely uncomfortable under everyone's gaze.

Sun Weimin then realized he had made a mistake. He reacted quickly and blamed Li Ju'an, who had been walking silently the whole time, by shouting.

"It was Li Ju'an who asked!"

As expected, Li Ju'an felt more than a dozen eyes on him. He kicked Sun Weimin and cursed loudly.

"Get lost! Is your butt itchy again? Do you want to spend two days in the hospital?"

"If you ask me, have you been keeping an eye on your dog? That old bastard, always whining and whining, always looking down on others."

Big Yellow hasn't come back yet.

As the lead dog, the surrounding dogs will follow its instructions.

The lead dog was still in Sow Gully and hadn't returned, so all the hunters stopped and looked at Sun Weimin.

Sun Weimin panicked when he felt someone staring at him and said, "I just went to check the post a long time ago, but I didn't see Dahuang anywhere."

"Dahuang is the Lu family's dog. It probably saw that it was getting late and went down the mountain by itself."

Hunters who are on good terms with each other in the same village will occasionally borrow dogs from each other.

The Sun and Lu families have been on good terms for generations. Sun Weimin, Lu Zhiqiang, and Lu Jinyang are practically brothers who grew up together. In addition, Sun Weimin tempted the Lu brothers with two cans of malted milk powder, and they secretly called over Dahuang to lend it to Sun Weimin for a few days when the old man wasn't looking.

If it were your own dog and its owner was still in the mountains, the hunting dog would never run home on its own. But with a borrowed dog, no one can say for sure what will happen.

Adding to the fact that Lu's dog, Dahuang, was frightened by a wolf pack in its early years, and of the eight hunting dogs, only Dahuang survived, so it's hard to say what Dahuang will do.

Old Qin, the gunner, glared at him and called to Old Zhang, "You tell Da Hua and Er Hei to go look in the south. I'll take some men to Xigang. Sun Weimin, you go check the east ridge again."

"Okay!"

Old Zhang has the most dogs, a total of 12.

The twelve pack dogs rushed out, and all the hunters searched along the route according to the directions, releasing the dogs as they went.

More than 40 dogs were scattered throughout the forest. Sun Weimin searched again at the place where the dogs had originally been lost.

The ground was covered with dog footprints, and he couldn't tell which dog's footprints they were. He continued wandering in the mountains, growing impatient. He glanced at the sky; it was getting dark. If they didn't reach the hunter's earthen house before nightfall, the whole team would freeze.

Sun Weimin cursed impatiently.

"The little beast that the Lu family raises has probably abandoned me and run away again."

This wasn't the first or second time that Da Huang had abandoned him and run back to the Huang family. Every time, he would go to Da Shan and break his leg. Today, he finally managed to borrow a dog and wanted to get a bigger share, but Da Huang from the Lu family caused this commotion again.

Sun Weimin suppressed his irritation and found Lao Qin, the gunner, and said with a grin.

"Big Yellow took a shortcut down the mountain to go back. Qin Pao, at least my dog ​​did his part, so count me for the roe deer earlier."

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Sun Weimin spoke with certainty, so the hunters couldn't say anything more. After all, these were the dogs Sun Weimin had brought, and they didn't want to meddle.

In addition, it was getting darker and darker. If they didn't reach the hunter's earthen house under the cliff before dark, and if they encountered any emergencies, the whole team would have to freeze in the freezing winter night with temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius.

But a pack of dogs can't be without a leader. Old Qin, the leader, glanced at Big Tiger, who had been brought by Li Ju'an, and immediately said, "The leader position goes to Big Tiger."

Sun Weimin was taken aback.

Li Ju'an was also taken aback and looked up in surprise.

Only the mountain-chasing dog, Da Hu, standing at his feet, seemed to have received a mission, its resolute and determined face radiating with spirit.