Reborn in 1963: I Hunted and Stockpiled Meat During a Famine

When they passed by the guard team, the three of them picked up Ma Quanxue.

Afterwards, the four of them continued their journey to Baijia Village.

Not long after, Qin Qiming, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?"

Several people quickly caught up with them.

"Qiming, what's wrong? What happened?"

"This mud is freshly tamped; the stuff just passed by not long ago."

Qin Qiming stared at the mark on the ground.

"These things look big, and there seem to be quite a few of them."

"What is that?"

Qin Kang took a few steps forward, looked around, and roughly understood what was going on.

"Judging from his appearance, he must be a big guy."

"Big guy?"

"If we really catch a big guy, we'll have a good meal tonight."

Qin Qiming's eyes lit up as he came up with a way to capture the tiger.

He walked over to Qin Kang and examined the footprints on the ground.

The messy footprints indicate that there is more than one deer here.

However, according to others, red deer, especially male deer, begin to shed their antlers in early summer after the snow melts, and it takes at least two months for new antlers to grow. During this time, they live alone.

Once the autumn estrus season begins, if a male deer cannot find a female, it will fight with other male deer to snatch her away.

"What's wrong, Qiming? What are you thinking about?"

Qin Kang noticed the change in Qin Qiming's expression and asked.

"I'm thinking about that thing with Da Hu."

Qin Kang became interested upon hearing this.

"What trick have you figured out?"

"I can't really say it's a brilliant idea. I just wanted to catch a live creature and then release it. When tigers catch prey, their favorite bite is the neck."

If we could catch a big, lively guy, apply the stuff Uncle Yao gave us, and then bleed him a little…

Before Qin Qiming could finish speaking, Qin Kang slapped his thigh.

"Your idea may not be the most brilliant, but what could be more comprehensive right now?"

I had thought about what to use to make a trap before, but I never expected this last resort.

Those little creatures like the mountain jumpers and flying dragons are so small they're barely enough to fill a tiger's teeth, so they'd definitely look down on them.

If we really encounter something big, and catch it alive, we'll release it.

Aside from the tiger, even two or three ordinary leopards wouldn't be a match for us.

The methods we used to use to catch leopards will definitely not work against tigers.

If this doesn't work out, we might as well just take a gun and rip them off.

Anyway, we won't lose money.

"Hey, how about we give it a try?"

"Just try it!"

Qin Kang stood up and waved his hand.

"Let's go catch something big, alive!"

"Brother Kang, now everyone in the group chat is a woman with her babies."

"Not necessarily. At this time of year, the males have probably already grown new antlers, and they might even blend into the herd ahead of time."

Qin Kang did not say directly that if there were no male deer, he would try to capture female deer.

Rules are meant to be followed by people, but compared to 25,000, breaking them once won't have any serious consequences.

So the group quickened their pace and followed the footprints left by the deer.

"Kangzi, we need to hurry, it'll be dark in an hour."

Liu Qingsong said, panting heavily as he quickly caught up with Qin Kang.

“These mountains and forests are not easy to navigate after dark. Even if there are many of us, if we are not careful, we will all be stranded in these mountains.”

"I know what I'm doing, so don't worry. If we can finish this job before dawn, then we will. If not, we'll rest in Baijia Village for the night and come back tomorrow," Qin Kang replied.

After hearing Qin Kang's words, Liu Qingsong remained silent.

As the group walked further, the gaps between the trees became larger and the trees became sparser, and their view became much more open.

Qin Qiming saw from afar several red deer of varying sizes leisurely strolling in front of him.

The mother deer was looking down and nibbling on something.

The fawns were also frolicking happily.

However, what delighted Qin Qiming the most was that there was indeed a male elk in the herd.

The group stopped when they were about 300 meters away.

Going any further would disturb the deer herd.

"How to do?"

The group bent down and asked, "Have we hunted them all?"

"You rascal, there are still some fawns inside. Hunting a mother deer or fawns is a sin!"

"They don't threaten our lives, so we don't need to hunt them all."

If you really want to hunt, wait until the fawns grow up, then you can hunt them however you like.

Back then, they could grow to several hundred kilograms; hunting them now is a waste of resources.

"What should we do then? Make a decision quickly!"

Qin Kang looked at the deer in the distance and said, "Uncle Liu, you decide."

Liu Qingsong remained silent, steadily moving forward, his mind as calm as still water.

For him, hunting deer was nothing special.

He advanced several dozen meters and found that there were fewer and fewer obstacles in front of him.

Then, he slowly pulled out a gun and aimed it at one of them.

After a few dozen seconds of silence, he pulled the trigger.

"Hit!"

The doe in the herd perked up her ears when she heard the gunshot.

Seeing a group of people approaching from a distance, they quickly fled with the fawn.

As for the male deer, it was left where it was.

The male deer neighed and struggled to its feet.

"Uncle, your marksmanship is excellent, right in the leg."

Judging from the size of the deer, Qin Qiming determined it to be an ordinary adult male deer, weighing approximately 500 jin (250 kg).

Liu Qingsong: "If you can't even hit a deer that's barely moving, you might as well just throw the gun away."

Qin Qiming smiled and took out the net he always carried with him.

The others did not continue firing, but instead tied themselves securely with ropes.

The group of people struggled to carry the struggling live deer, staggering towards Baijia Village.

"Hey guys, you've come all this way, why make such a big fuss, bringing such a huge adult male stag! This is no good, our hearts can't take this shock!"

Bai Zhuan was so shocked by the large group of people that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.

Having spent decades navigating these mountains, what haven't I seen?

I've never heard of bringing a live deer when visiting relatives.

The bear that Qin Qiming killed last time was carried back to Baijia Village with the help of others, who even paid him for it.

"Old Zhuan, you really overestimate us."

We've never done this in other villages!

Liu Qingsong chuckled, greeted the villagers around Bai Zhuan, and then continued.

"We met this in the mountains when we came here, and we thought we'd keep it in the village tonight so we could use it as bait tomorrow."

"What? Using such a huge thing as bait? That's a bit too extravagant!" Bai Zhuan's eyes widened.

"Haha, if we still can't hit it after all this, then we're really out of options!"

Liu Qingsong had a look on his face that said, "I'm going all out."

Bai Zhuan looked at the deer that had been put down and nodded.

"You guys are really amazing. To be honest, if it were me, I wouldn't be willing to do that."