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

Each person's share is counted as one. Li Ju'an, as the gunner, is the foreman, and he brought a dog and a large mule, so that's two shares. Li Guaizi, who fired the gun, is also counted as two shares. Song Desheng, as the laborer, also has one share.

In total, Li Ju'an gets 5 shares, Li Guaizi gets 2 shares, and Song Desheng gets 1 share because he didn't fire the gun.

Song Desheng worked very hard. If he could get a share of that huge iron gall, it would be enough for him to work himself to the bone hunting in the mountains for several months.

He patted his chest and confidently said with a smile, "Brother Li! If there's any more work in the mountains in the future, just call me, and I'll work with you."

Li Ju'an was both amused and exasperated: "With your cowardly attitude, I'm afraid I'll be held responsible if I let you into the mountains."

On the way down the mountain, mules carried the harvest. The three men chatted and laughed, having a great time.

Li Ju'an was already preparing to go down the mountain back to his village to take the bear bile to the county town's supply and marketing cooperative and pharmacies to see which one offered the best price. Both places bought bear bile, and if he could run into merchants from the south who offered even higher prices, he would be very happy.

Suddenly, the tiger barked from ahead.

Qingchuan Dog Dahu doesn't bark much on ordinary days. It's the type that does big things in silence. When it encounters prey, it just bites and leaves the barking to its henchmen.

But now the tiger's barks weren't loud, more like a warning that something was ahead, making Li Ju'an and the others wary.

Li Ju'an quickly looked around the area where the tiger had roared and inspected the old ginseng path in the pine forest. He actually made some discoveries.

The ground, frozen solid by the snow, seemed to have been roughly dug out with a small pickaxe, creating a pit. At the bottom of the pit was a pile of sand, presumably used to secure a trap. The trap was slightly smaller than the pit, so it wouldn't get stuck after the mechanism was triggered.

This is a man-made clamp!

Song Desheng watched with envy: "Even the iron chain of the trap is disguised. Who set the trap? It's very clever."

The bait at the bottom of the pit is made of soybean residue and bran, which is used to catch pheasants.

Throughout the entire mountain range, every hunter dreams of encountering the hazel grouse, also known as the grouse. There's a saying: "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the ground," and here, "dragon meat" refers to the hazel grouse, also known as the spotted hazel grouse. Half a pound can sell for five yuan—it's incredibly valuable.

Who put the trap there?

"Who else could it be? The footsteps have just disappeared; it must be Sun Weimin."

A group of hunters had come to the mountains earlier, led by Sun Weimin, who brought his family to hunt black bears. Li Ju'an clearly saw that Sun Weimin was carrying a cloth bag, and based on his understanding of Sun Weimin, he knew that the kid would definitely set traps and snares.

Who would complain about a small reward? If they could get a wyvern for free, any hunter would be happy to hug and kiss its flesh.

All three guessed that the person who set the trap was Sun Weimin.

Qingchuan Dog Dahu was very uneasy, sniffing the ground pits back and forth, and also tilting its head back to sniff the air.

Li Guaizi was eager to get down the mountain.

"Li Pao, we've already taken the bear bile, so the right thing to do is sell it as soon as possible. Only when we have real money in our hands will we feel at ease."

Li Ju'an understood this principle. Anything could happen in the mountains. This time, he formed a team to act as the lead hunter, aiming to clear out the inventory. Now, he had not only cleared the inventory but also obtained an Iron Gallbladder and hunted an extra Golden Serpent, making his haul very substantial. It was time to hurry down the mountain.

Suddenly, Li Guaizi's hunting dog, Erhua, began barking loudly at the front.

Qingchuan Dog Dahu suddenly charged forward with great speed, followed closely by four pack dogs, as fast as lightning.

The unexpected situation prompted Li Ju'an to draw his gun and shout, "Follow them!"

The hunting dogs were barking from just ahead, not far away, and they must have discovered something terrible to be acting so unusually.

Li Ju'an rushed forward as fast as he could, when he heard a gunshot.

boom!

The gunshot sounded strange, like a gun barrel exploding, as loud as thunder!

He only saw a spray of blood mist in front of him, and a figure falling backward with a thud.

Li Guaizi slapped his forehead and exclaimed inwardly, "Damn it! Whose gun exploded?"

In the cold winter, hunting rifles are prone to bursting, so hunters have to pull the bolt a few times every time they use the gun. Even so, they are very careful.

The familiar voice filled Li Guaizi with lingering fear. He didn't even bother to lead his mule, and rushed to the place where the blood mist had spewed up. When he saw the person who had been blown to the ground, he realized that it was neither Sun Weimin nor any member of the Sun family.

"Lu Zhiqiang?"

The person lying motionless in the snow, who else could it be but Lu Zhiqiang?

A dark shadow flashed by, and Li Ju'an quickly raised his gun to his face and aimed.

The dark figure ran extremely fast, like a bolt of lightning, with a small tuft of white hair flashing by. Before he could even open the scope, the target had already disappeared into the ditch.

Qingchuan Dog Dahu had already run after them. Li Ju'an glanced at the haphazard wolf paw prints on the ground and roared, "Dahu, come back! Don't go!"

Li Guaizi looked down and saw so many wolf paw prints, realizing he'd fallen into a wolf ambush. He was terrified, his scalp tingling. "Have these wolves become spirits?" he thought. At the same time, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "All of you, come back here!"

Good dogs are intelligent and understand their owners' commands. They especially understand daily commands without any problem. If a hunting dog doesn't obey, there's only one possibility: it's not that it doesn't understand, it's that it doesn't want to listen.

Da Hu hesitated for a moment, but still returned to Li Ju'an's feet, looking somewhat unconvinced.

Li Ju'an looked at the numerous wolf claw marks around Lu Zhiqiang and felt lingering fear.

"Damn! These wolves are cunning; they even know how to trick people."

Judging from the wolf tracks, there are probably dozens of them pointing upwards, but it's also possible that an older wolf deliberately retreated and walked in a different direction to mislead people. If that's the case, wolves that have become sentient are truly terrifying.

Furthermore, if there were indeed many wolves, why didn't they just drag Lu Zhiqiang away after he collapsed? Old Master Lu's cousin was dragged away by a pack of wolves back then.

He thought about it and concluded that it was because they arrived in time, each of them had a hunting rifle, and with the help of hunting dogs, they were able to drive the wolves away. But he still had a lingering suspicion: were the wolves deliberately lying in ambush to hunt for meat, or were they after someone else?

"Why is that brat from the Lu family in the mountains? Didn't the old man of the Lu family forbid his descendants from going into the mountains?"

Li Guaizi was acquainted with the Lu family in their younger days. Knowing about the incident with the wolves, he forbade any of the Lu family's descendants from ever going into the mountains again. Even the Lu family's only pump-action hunting rifle was sold by the old man at the supply and marketing cooperative. The Lu family patriarch was resolute in his decision to retire from hunting and never return to the mountains.

The three of them had another question in their minds.

Since the Lu family doesn't have a hunting rifle, where did Lu Zhiqiang get this shotgun that's been blown out?

Is the person dead?