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

Li Ju'an whistled twice, calling for Da Hu. He threw the triangular hook lifeline he was wearing at his waist to the ground. Like a good dog, Da Hu spotted the hook and ran towards the tree roots near the cave entrance.

The short-tailed, gap-eared male wolf pounced on the tiger, ready to bite.

Li Ju'an turned around and fired a shot at the wolf with the missing ears, which was 80 meters away.

boom!

A flash of flame erupted from the muzzle, the spent cartridge ejected, and the gun rose. After firing, he paused briefly, not even checking the result, then "clicked" the bolt back, aimed at another short-tailed wolf, and quickly fired again.

boom!

Another shot was fired, the cartridge ejected, and with the immense recoil, his body paused for a moment, his eyes narrowed, and a fierce glint flashed in his brown pupils. He quickly ran towards the cave entrance to close the distance.

He fell to the ground with a gaping ear, the ground covered in blood, his limbs still stiff and twitching. He had been shot in the head, and a large eye was blasted out on the other side of his head, with brain matter flowing out of the eye.

The other short-tailed wolf turned and ran as soon as it heard the noise, a bullet entering its back and leaving a trail of blood. There was no need to chase a severely wounded wolf; it wouldn't live long.

The tiger had already hooked the triangular rope in its mouth, hung it on the tree root, and the rope hung down into the cave.

Lu Zhiqiang exclaimed in delight, "Good dog!"

He carried a musket, tugged at the rope, and climbed up the edge of the cave. Next was Song Desheng, who was about to climb up when Niu Jianghe stepped on his shoulder and kicked him, making him furious and cursing loudly.

Niu Jianghe shouted, "Thanks for the bullets, brother! Watch me kill these bastards!"

The three climbed to the entrance of the cave and found Li Ju'an firing from a seated position. More than 20 wolves had already rushed towards the stone bridge, and the lead wolf had almost stepped onto the gunpowder pad and wool felt.

Li Ju'an bent the leg on his strong side and placed it under the leg on his weak side, then straightened the leg on his weak side, held the gun, aimed it at the powder pad and wool felt, and fired.

boom!

A precise shot shattered the wool felt padding. The wool felt was instantly hit after the shot, but nothing happened.

Li Ju'an cursed and turned to retreat: "Lu Zhiqiang! You damn bastard!"

Immediately afterward, the gunpowder inside the wool felt was ignited, creating a deafening explosion that blew the nearest alpha wolf to pieces. The wolves behind were terrified and turned to run. But there was only one path leading up the stone bridge, and with more than twenty wolves jostling each other, none of them could climb up in time.

The force of the blast wave propelled Li Ju'an forward, sending him flying and crashing into the snow.

Lu Zhiqiang laughed heartily, excitedly aiming his gun at the more wool felt piles beside the stone bridge, and shouted, "See that? Our Lu family has modified landmines! What are these called? They're called landmine covers!"

He stood ten paces away from the stone bridge, carrying a musket. After loading the gunpowder and bullets, he lit the fuse and began firing at the other felt tents under the bridge.

boom!

The deafening explosions of gunpowder, along with the pungent smell of gunpowder filling the air, caught the wolf pack completely off guard. Seven or eight slower wolves were trapped under the stone bridge, blown to pieces. Some wolf's flesh and blood flew through the air and crashed to the ground. A piece of intestine even bounced in the stone pond.

The howling of the wolves ignited the hunters' blood, causing their blood pressure to surge and their heads to buzz. They felt an urge to smash their gun butts, grab their knives, and engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Song Desheng raised his gun and roared with all his might, "Brothers! Get those bastards!"

The four men used tree roots as a base to set up their guns, their violent aura radiating from them. Their eyes were bloodshot and fierce, fixed on the fleeing wolves with a gaze as if they were looking at inanimate objects. With each gunshot, their adrenaline surged, and the exhilarating thrill they felt made each shot even more rapid and thunderous.

boom! boom! boom!

The bullets whistled through the air, striking the fleeing wolves in the back with lightning speed. Even the most cunning and treacherous wolves couldn't withstand the gunpowder scattered on the ground and the furious counterattack of four shotguns.

boom!

The ground reeked of gunpowder; the pungent smell was exhilarating, making one want to hunt more.

Li Ju'an's sharp, piercing gaze swept over, precisely striking the head of a wolf trying to escape. He emptied his magazine, then swiftly snapped the butt of the gun downwards with his right hand, pulling out the empty cartridge cases. He then shoved a handful of bullets into the chamber, snapping the gun shut with a clean "click."

Under the cover of night, he steadied himself, aimed at the fleeing male wolf, held his breath, and pulled the trigger.

boom!

Gunshots echoed through the darkness, startling a large amount of snow from the forest floor. The male wolf was shot in the lower back, causing his entire hindquarters and both hind legs to tilt to the side. He tried to brace himself with his front legs, but found that his hindquarters were not functioning properly and he could not lift himself up. The tiger pounced and began to bite.

Li Ju'an neither shooed the tiger away nor forcibly pulled the dog off the wolf, precisely to prevent the tiger from receiving the wrong message. If he told the tiger to step back at that moment, the hunting dog would interpret it as its master meaning it shouldn't bite anymore after the shot was fired.

Da Hu and the heavily wounded wolf fought, Da Hu sustaining minor injuries from the bite. Li Ju'an stepped forward and plunged his dagger deep behind the wolf's ear into its skull, killing it instantly. Da Hu's wound wasn't serious, and after a while, the bleeding stopped, so he left it alone for the time being. He needed to let the hunting dogs remember the feeling of fighting predators; it would enhance their fighting spirit and killing intent.

After the last gunshot, the entire forest fell silent.

The night was dark, and crimson blood was spilled in the white snow. The corpses of seven or eight wolves lay scattered under the stone bridge, beside the bridge, and behind the tree roots.

After the intense and exciting shooting, everyone was panting heavily, and a few people looked at each other and smiled.

Niu Jianghe laughed loudly: "These two shameless bastards! They even tried to flank me from behind. I'll just go up there and blow their heads off with two shots!"

Li Ju'an squinted and said, "Who was begging on their knees just now?"

Niu Jianghe was taken aback: "What do you mean? You're like the Seven Fairies playing jump rope, all you do is pull out a bunch of balls."

Song Desheng and Lu Zhiqiang slapped him across the neck, making him clutch his neck and yell, "Why did you two hit me?"

Song Desheng laughed and scolded, "What the hell did you just say? I think you're just being stubborn and have such a sharp tongue. If Brother Li hadn't come today, you'd still be kicking your legs and trying to slide up from the bottom of the cave."

Niu Jianghe was a straightforward man. When he saw that Li Ju'an had come all this way to rescue people, not only Wang Guochang and his brother Niu Jianghai, but also him a second time, he shouted, "Li Pao'er! Come eat in our yard! We don't have enough vegetables, but there's plenty of meat! Everyone come! Come and eat, or you're not giving me, Niu, any face!"

He handed the last small piece of cornbread he had hidden in his pocket to Li Ju'an and solemnly declared, "From now on, Li Pao'er is my savior in Niu Jianghe. As long as I have a bite to eat, Li Pao'er will have a bite to eat too. Just follow me and eat and drink to your heart's content!"

The group laughed heartily and went down the mountain together.

Heavy snow has blocked the mountain pass of Niubeitun in the Northeast forest area.

The villagers of Niubeitun get up from their heated brick beds and start shoveling snow. Their life is simple but very interesting.

Li Ju'an and his two companions followed Niu Jianghe to Niubei Village, where they found that Wang Guochang had already been taken away by the clinic on a stretcher. Niu Jianghai and Sun Weimin had minor injuries, and they learned that they had been harassed by a few lone wolves along the way down the mountain.

Fortunately, the main force of the wolf pack was drawn away by Li Ju'an, which prevented a larger conflict.

Niu Jianghe personally led his brothers to unload the pig, and he roared, "Today, our savior Li Pao is coming to the village, so let's slaughter a pig and have a feast!"

The villagers of Niubeitun were all very happy, and the atmosphere immediately became warm and lively.