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

Sun Weimin really went all out for this trip into the mountains. First, he brought over a dozen hunting dogs, and then he asked three relatives from the Sun family to help with the hunting. As soon as he entered the mountains, he excitedly set more than 20 snares. He thought to himself, with more than 20 snares, he should be able to catch some jumping catfish or pheasants. If he was lucky, he might even catch a grouse.

If he could really catch a wyvern, that would be incredibly lucky! A single wyvern could yield more than half a pound of meat, which could be exchanged for at least 5 yuan at the market. Add to that the bear paws, bear gallbladders, and bear shells he could trade for… He was so excited that his movements became much faster.

As a result, the Sun family searched high and low, covering the entire Changgouzi area, but still couldn't find the black bear's granary. The Sun family relatives all complained to Sun Weimin, saying that the young man didn't stay and go hunting properly, but instead rushed to be the cannon maker, and in the end, he didn't find a single granary.

Sun Weimin lost his temper and, by sheer coincidence, saw Lu Zhiqiang sneaking around eavesdropping. Seeing that Lu Zhiqiang didn't have a hunting rifle, he came up with an idea. He deliberately replaced the rusty inner blade of the oldest hunting rifle in the team and handed it to Lu Zhiqiang.

He knew that the rusty inner panel was dangerous, but Lu Zhiqiang might not have known.

After he sent Lu Zhiqiang away, the complaints in the team grew louder, and an uncle spat and cursed his bad luck, saying he was going down the mountain.

After much effort to calm everyone down, he finally found the mark left after stepping in bear dung last time and arrived at the Tiancang tree. He secretly thought to himself, "Oh no!"

If it is a hibernating bear, there will only be claw marks on the trunk of the tree that are climbing upwards, indicating that the bear is still hibernating in the tree after it went down from the top.

But now, the tree trunk is covered with claw marks, not only upwards but also downwards. This indicates that the bear had a good opportunity to climb in and out, and who knows what might have provoked it to frequently leave its enclosure and become so agitated.

He caught up with Li Ju'an and immediately spotted the bear's head on Li Ju'an's sled, along with the separated bear head, paws, and other parts. He roared angrily, "You bastard, you despicable scoundrel, you stole my bear! I'll make you pay! Give me back my gall!"

He searched everywhere for bear gallbladders, even trying to grab them from Li Ju'an, but the psychological trauma of being beaten by Li Ju'an was too severe, so he only dared to shout loudly.

What was there to be afraid of? He had brought so many men with him. He took two steps back and shouted, "Li Ju'an, I'm just looking at you, what are you going to do about it? If you've got the guts, let's fight."

More and more villagers are coming to surround the village.

When the women in the village saw that someone was arguing and fighting, they immediately perked up and came out to watch the spectacle. Some tried to break up the fight, some waited to separate them, and others fanned the flames and watched the fun.

There were still members of the Lin family in the courtyard, so it wouldn't look good if the two of them started arguing in front of Lin Mei's house.

Li Ju'an was just worried that Sun Weimin wouldn't come knocking on his door, but now that he has, he can finally settle accounts with Lu Zhiqiang.

Just as Li Guaizi rolled up his sleeves, ready to start cursing, Li Ju'an stepped forward and said, "What makes you so tough? You don't dare to cause trouble at the Lu family, but you dare to act tough here. It's pitiful that the Lu family has lost a dog and lost face. If I were the Lu family patriarch, I would knock your teeth out."

Upon hearing that the Lu family was involved, the villagers immediately perked up. Some even asked Sun Weimin, "Why are you at odds with the Lu family again?"

The two families just broke off relations over the death of their dog, how did they lose face again?

Who from the Lu family is missing?

Sun Weimin panicked. The more confident Li Ju'an looked at him, the more guilty he felt. Lu Jinyang from the Lu family was already on his way with the Lu family patriarch.

Lu Jinyang immediately asked, "My brother hasn't returned to the village yet? Sun Weimin, didn't you go up the mountain? Did you see my brother?"

Sun Weimin was terrified. If the Lu family found out that he had lent Lu Zhiqiang that rusty old pistol, and that the pistol had accidentally discharged and killed Lu Zhiqiang, wouldn't they hold him accountable with their lives?

The more he thought about it, the more likely Lu Zhiqiang was to have died on the mountain. Otherwise, why would that bastard Li Ju'an be so certain that he and Lu Zhiqiang had met in the mountains?

He quickly crouched down and led the Sun family members away, almost fleeing for their lives into the Sun family's house.

He quickly barked and locked the door, panting heavily, as if he were fleeing for his life.

When his father, Sun Quande, heard the commotion, he asked him what was going on.

Just as Sun Weimin was about to speak, panting heavily, the voices of the Lu family members came from outside the door.

"Sun Weimin! Where did you take Lu Zhiqiang?"

He was so frightened that his soul almost left his body. He could almost hear the sound of Lu Zhiqiang's chest exploding, and the scene of the police arresting him and making him kneel down to be sentenced.

He didn't expect Lu Zhiqiang to actually die when he borrowed the gun. It was just revenge. Who told Lu Zhiqiang to beat him so badly for the sake of his dog that day, leaving him bedridden for three days?

Sun Weimin's voice trembled as he shouted, "I don't know! Go into the mountains yourself and find someone!"

The Lu family waited for a long time but no one came out, so they had to organize people to go into the mountains to look for them. But the Sun family was not so easy to fool.

Some of Lu's relatives were timid, but when questioned by Sun Quande, they confessed everything.

After learning the whole story, Sun Quande was both shocked and furious. He hung Sun Weimin up, grabbed a rattan cane, and whipped him until he dared not breathe.

Sun Weimin worked hard in the mountains for two days and one night for nothing, and when he got home he was beaten. He was so pitiful.

……

Li Ju'an led Li Guaizi and Song Desheng into the county town.

On the small train in the forest, it was the same familiar faces. Hunters from several nearby villages would come to the county town every Sunday to exchange their game for money. Over time, he and these old hunters had become acquainted.

"You think you can take down a black bear? What a coward!"

"black."

"Wow, you did a really good job on this. Hehe, that iron will is worth a fortune."

Several old hunters took another look at the pile of snake bodies on Li Ju'an's sled.

They didn't recognize it at first either. It was an experienced hunter from the next village who showed a surprised expression: "A golden python? It's so thick, how long must it be? It must be a dragon!"

The 16-meter-long yellow snake is a python. Local hunters often perceive such large pythons as possessing a certain demonic quality, believing they might transform into a dragon and soar away at any moment.

Li Ju'an peeled back the snake scales and said, "It's not a golden python; it should be some kind of hybrid snake."

Even a hybrid python was enough to make the old hunter on the little train look on with envy.

When they go into the mountains, they mostly hunt wild boar, takin, and set snares to catch pheasants and squirrels. Or they go in groups to hunt hibernating bears.

Now, this young man not only hunted a bear, but also had the good fortune to find an iron gall bladder, and even casually killed a 16-meter-long yellow python on the way. The money he could get by sending it to the supply and marketing cooperative's purchasing station would make even the veteran hunters envious.

There are many mobile vendors in the county town's markets.

The market was bustling on Sunday. There were stalls selling fruit from flatbed carts, candied hawthorns from pushcarts, sesame and peanut candy, cigarettes, soft drinks, and even chicken. However, Li Ju'an's gaze wasn't fixed on these vendors; instead, he was watching the hunters' stalls to see what they had caught in the past few days.

After reading it, he went with Li Guaizi and Song Desheng to the supply and marketing cooperative's purchasing station and pharmacy to inquire about the selling price of bear bile.

They say you should compare prices from three different vendors, and the same applies to selling bear bile. If he misses out on a vendor offering the best price, he'll lose a lot of money.

He had just taken out the black bear bile in the pharmacy when a middle-aged man walked in and parked his bicycle.

The middle-aged man saw the bear gall in his hand and exclaimed in surprise.