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

The next morning, Li Ju'an told his mother that Lu Jinyang had come the night before.

The mother, Song Lanhua, was also somewhat incredulous. Neither she nor her son had expected that the old man of the Lu family would be so righteous, willing to send over the water buffalo he had won by drawing lots, all for the sake of Li Ju'an saving Lu Zhiqiang's life.

Li Ju'an was also surprised: "Old man Lu had a temper like a firecracker when he was young, I never thought he could be so understanding in his old age."

Mother Song Lanhua quickly came to her senses: "Old man Lu is getting old and has become more open-minded about many things. Apart from life and death, nothing else matters."

Li Ju'an hadn't understood this principle before, nor after his rebirth, but now, with his mother's guidance, he seemed to grasp some of it. Aside from life and death, nothing else mattered. As long as he was healthy and his descendants were safe, what did worldly possessions matter?

The mother, Song Lanhua, was still worried about the household registration issue after the land was divided among households, fearing that her uncles and sisters-in-law would cause trouble.

Li Ju'an reassured his mother, patting his chest and saying, "Mom, don't worry, with me here, no one can bully our family!"

“Whether it’s the eldest uncle or the second uncle, they’ll get their share according to policy. But no one can take our share. If anyone tries to take it, we’ll fight them to the death.”

Having said those words, Li Ju'an felt as if a heavy stone had been lifted from his heart, bringing him a sense of relief. In this life, he hadn't gone south; he stayed in his hometown to care for his mother and sister. In this life, he would never allow his wicked relatives to bully his widowed mother and sister, to trample on them and bully them.

With me here, no one can bully our family even a little bit!

My mother's eyes were slightly red, and her nose was tingling. A few strands of her hair had turned gray at her temples, and fine lines of time had crept into the corners of her eyes.

She's getting old, and her son has grown up and is different from before; he's capable of handling things now.

Looking at his mother's eyes filled with mixed emotions and his younger sister's sensible appearance beside her, Li Ju'an's nose also tingled. He quickly changed the subject and said, "If Captain Yang is going to count the locations of the land distributed to households, no matter what Uncle and Second Uncle say, we'll stick to our guns and not give up on the land in Changgouzi."

The mother paused for a moment. Changgouzi was a desolate and isolated place, full of snakes. Who would choose that place?

But her son must have his reasons for saying that. Song Lanhua's support now was her son, so she nodded and replied, "Okay, if the brigade leader asks me about it later, I'll just ask for the land as you said."

Li Ju'an knew in his heart that although Changgouzi was now desolate and deserted, so barren that even birds wouldn't bother to take it for free, and getting to and from the fields required crossing mountains, the government's village-to-village road construction project would take place about 10 years after the houses were allocated.

During the project, the village's winding mountain road was designed to pass right next to Changgouzi, which made Tian's location much more convenient for travel.

Later, many villagers gradually built their houses along both sides of the road. Although many families still built houses in the old village areas, the locations were somewhat remote compared to the new houses. So he asked his mother to choose Changgouzi. After the new house was built, it was right next to the winding mountain road of the village road construction project, which was very convenient.

Li Ju'an had two sticky rice cakes made by his mother in his pocket, then picked up a bundle of wire loops, called for Qingchuan Dog Da Hu, and left the Li family's old house to find Li Guaizi. He arranged to meet Li Guaizi at Niubei Village next door to set a trap and capture the mountain civet.

Li Guaizi wasn't at Old Li's house.

Li Ju'an asked Aunt Zhang next door, who said that Li Guaizi had gone to borrow a dog from Lao Tao.

He perked up when he heard that. Wasn't Lao Tao the Dog Commander, training and selling dogs? How could he lend dogs? If he could really lend dogs at a fair price, he would borrow a few from Lao Tao this time when he went into the mountains, so that Da Hu could lead a large group of his underlings and show off his power as the leader dog.

He shouted at the stern-faced Big Tiger, "Go borrow two underlings? If something happens, the underlings will take care of it; if nothing happens, the underlings will take care of it."

Qingchuan Dog Dahu glanced at him indifferently, then turned his head away speechlessly, licked his tail, and smacked his lips twice.

Li Ju'an laughed and scolded, "You little rascal! Who are you trying to insult?"

……

A commotion broke out at the entrance of the Tao family's old residence.

When Li Ju'an arrived, he saw two half-grown dogs being unleashed. As soon as they were released, the two half-grown dogs started fighting.

This would have been absolutely impossible in the past, leaving Li Ju'an stunned. He looked at the yard repeatedly; it was indeed Old Tao's old house. Wasn't Old Tao a dog lover? How come he allowed dog fighting?

Two half-grown dogs started biting each other. One spotted dog had the upper hand, while the other small gray dog ​​was fast and fierce, sustaining continuous injuries. Before long, both dogs had blood streaming from their mouths.

Li Ju'an had often seen dogs fighting in the village before. Dog fights were fierce, and they would often come in packs. One dog would challenge another to a fight, and the two sides would charge at each other and start fighting. But it had never been as dangerous as today. Most of the time, the fights ended with minor skirmishes.

Now, the two half-grown dogs were covered in injuries, which terrified Li Ju'an.

He shouted to Lao Tao beside him, "Brother Tao, don't you feel sorry for your dogs? If you hit them again, both dogs will die."

Besides Lao Tao, Li Guaizi, Widow Chen, and an acquaintance were also standing at the entrance of Lao Tao's courtyard. Li Ju'an looked closely and realized that this was Lao Qin, the "Cannon Head," also known as the "King of the Longbai Mountains," who was the same Lao Qin that the forest farm had invited to help with the last raid.

Old Qin's face looked very grim.

Old Tao, on the other hand, was smoking a cigarette, puffing out clouds of smoke as he watched the two half-grown dogs fight, making sarcastic remarks: "It would be better if they were dead. What's the point of keeping these animals around?"

Li Ju'an took a closer look and realized something was wrong. Sharp ears, triangular eyes, long forked snout, tall legs, slender waist, whip-like tail, and imposing presence.

These aren't two half-grown dogs! One of them is clearly a purebred gray wolf!

There was another dog with spots, and its muzzle and tail didn't look like a local dog, a Qingchuan dog, or any kind of hunting dog at all. It looked more like a mixed breed with wolf blood.

He was startled and horrified, but he still gave her face and said, "Brother Tao, it's a top-quality Khan's dog. Why aren't you training the Qingchuan dog? Why are you turning it into a Khan's dog?"

Old Tao's face was stern, he stopped smoking, and stood up with a cold laugh.

The widowed woman from the Chen family hurriedly put on a smiling, submissive face, but dared not say that the dog was actually a wolf.

Old Qin, the dog owner from Changbai Mountain, used a wooden stick to separate the two half-grown "dogs," and then re-chained one of the gray ones before leaving.

Old Tao coldly shouted at him, "A wolf is a wolf, no matter how big you raise it, it's still not a dog. Send it back to the mountains and let it fend for itself!"

Old Qin tightened the iron chain, restraining the still baring wolf cub, and said coldly, "It depends on how people train it. This cub will become the best lead dog in the Xinganling area."

He looked longingly at Qingchuan Dog Dahu, then gave Li Ju'an a meaningful glare before turning and leaving with the wolf cub.

After Lao Qin left, the previously tense atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

Li Ju'an breathed a sigh of relief, finally able to breathe freely.

He asked Lao Tao what was going on, how he could properly train the kennel and suddenly have an extra half-blood wolfhound mixed-breed, and Lao Qin even brought over a wolf cub.

Old Tao's tone became much sterner, and he sneered twice: "What a load of bull! This guy from Changbai Mountain is desperate for a dog. We told him he was courting death. We've told him countless times not to pick up wolf cubs, and it's all rubbish! But he still picked them up anyway, and he even picked up four of them."

"Goodness, four wolf cubs? Qin Pao is really not afraid of the mother wolf's revenge."

Widow Chen quickly explained, "If it were really four wolf cubs, that would be better, but I'm afraid the mother wolf would be finished. Qin Pao picked up one wolf cub and three bear cubs, all from the same litter."

Li Ju'an inquired carefully and discovered that the hibernating bear had previously adopted a wolf cub. In winter, many hunters would go into the mountains to hunt bear enclosures. Qin Pao hunted a bear enclosure, killed the mother bear, and then found three bear cubs and a wolf cub inside. They had all been raised by the mother bear.

Wolves raised by bears like this are rare in the Xing'an Mountains, but they have appeared before. Experienced hunters say that wolves raised by their mothers are called "Wolf Eyes," and the bear cubs that grow up with them are called "Bear Claws." When the wolf cubs grow up, Wolf Eyes and Bear Claws work together to steal livestock from villagers, making them incredibly difficult to guard against. Therefore, Wolf Eyes must be removed as early as possible.

Now, Old Qin is in a strange situation. Not only did he not knock out the wolf's eyes, but he also brought back all four of them—the wolf's eyes, the bear's paws, and the wolf's eyes—to raise.