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

"It's getting late today, and there are people at home waiting for dinner."

"Then you go back first."

The two brothers, Qin Qiming and Qin Kang, left Baijia Village.

Of course, it wasn't about going home, but about going to find a brown bear.

"Where exactly should we look?" Qin Kang asked. "Qiming, do we really not need to get the guards to come and search with us?"

"No, if we delay any longer, that thing might escape to other villages and cause damage. What if something else goes wrong then?"

Qin Qiming answered as he walked, without even glancing at Qin Kang.

"Didn't you consider that if this thing enters our village, it might hurt someone? Or that the guards might hurt someone?"

Qin Qiming observed the ground; the marks were becoming increasingly blurred, and his brows furrowed.

Just as he thought, brown bears are intelligent and choose their own routes, so even if you follow them, you may not be able to find them.

"Qiming, why are you stopping?"

Qin Hao saw Qin Qiming stop and asked him a question.

Qin Qiming didn't say anything, but waved for the two to follow.

He guessed that the bear might be around Snake Mountain, and following the tracks, he became more and more certain of his judgment.

Qin Qiming stopped walking only when the traces disappeared near a stone cave.

He had been to this place before.

It was one of the entrances to the tunnel, and also the place where the Blue-Faced Demon was captured.

Because they were worried about the danger, they sealed the inside completely, leaving only one door for entry and exit in the entire tunnel.

After capturing the Blue-Faced Demon, they transported some things out of here, and then sealed it off a few days later.

From then on, no one came to this place again.

Surprisingly, at some point, a brown bear built its den here...

What puzzled Qin Qiming the most was why the brown bear would change its den. The new den had no sleeping supplies, and there were no suitable places for it to find food nearby.

Perhaps that brown bear has other dens in the mountains, not just one, otherwise it wouldn't be able to survive.

"Qiming, do you really think that brown bear is here?" Qin Kang looked at the cave entrance, his mind filled with doubt. "We brothers have been here before, haven't we? It used to be a bear den, but the bears are gone, and it became the entrance to the tunnel. Remember, we caught Green-Faced Ghost here, and you were the one who led the capture. How could you forget? We didn't see a single brown bear back then. How could it be hiding here now?"

Qin Qiming didn't reply, but pointed to the ground, where a straight mud path led directly to the cave entrance: "Then tell me, who could have made this path?"

Upon hearing this, the two of them immediately fell silent.

Indeed, we followed the trail.

"Since we've come this far, why not go up and see if there are any brown bears inside? It's better than just wasting our time here."

“That’s right. Since we’ve already come all this way, even if there are no brown bears up there, we can just head back to the guard post and have everyone go into the mountains to look for them.”

Qin Kang: "Qiming, how about I go into the cave to scout ahead? You two wait outside?"

“You two stand outside, I’ll go in. You two aren’t familiar with the inside. I’ve been here several times before. Whether there’s anything inside or not, it’s better than you going in.”

"But……"

"I'd better go."

Qin Hao interrupted the two who wanted to argue further: "I've been here many times before, I know it well. Qiming, you shouldn't go. You're a good shot, if there really is a brown bear inside, I can run out and you can shoot from outside, then I might be able to save my life. If you go in, the entrance is so small, no matter how good your shot is, if you don't kill it, and something happens inside, when the brown bear comes out, we'll both be in trouble."

After saying that, Qin Hao was about to walk towards the cave entrance when Qin Qiming stopped him.

"What's wrong, Qiming? Is there anything else you want to say? Don't worry, in the mountains, although I'm not as good as you, I can run fast. If I really start running, even a brown bear can't catch me."

As he spoke, he started to walk towards the cave entrance.

"If you see anything inside, come right back. Don't be a daredevil."

"understood."

Qin Kang watched Qin Hao walk towards the cave entrance. "Haozi, are you sure you can do this? There's a bend in the path. If you run into a brown bear head-on, you're finished!"

Qin Qiming: "Don't bring this up again. Have you forgotten what Brother Meng said last time? People must improve. Staying in the same place will only lead to nothing. Brother Hao also needs to improve."

Qin Kang nodded silently and said nothing more.

Qin Hao walked to the cave entrance, paused briefly, looked around, and after confirming that everything was alright, stepped into the cave.

The last time he came, he was carrying lighting equipment and moving supplies; now, it's all empty.

The cave was very dark, with only the entrance being relatively bright. The further in you went, the harder it was to see anything, and Qin Hao felt uncertain.

Although they didn't quite believe there would be brown bears in the cave, no one dared to question Qin Qiming's claim.

Qin Hao!

You went up the mountain because your own father looked down on you, thinking you were incompetent and useless at hunting.

If you're too afraid to move forward because you're afraid of a brown bear that might not even exist, that's all you'll ever be.

"Be bolder and keep going!"

Qin Hao encouraged himself and carefully walked inside, trying not to make a sound.

At the bend, he slowed down; the distance was shorter, but his vision also became blurry.

At this point, Qin Hao believed Qin Qiming's words; there must be brown bears here.

Because he smelled a foul, rotten odor mixed with the smell of feces.

After walking a few more steps, he heard a sound similar to snoring, which was not loud but very clear.

Qin Hao stopped advancing. Reaching this point was enough to prove that something was there, and the smell of feces was definitely from a brown bear—it was too foul.

Qin Hao slowly backed away, tiptoeing away, but accidentally stepped on an unknown object, making a soft thud, and his body instantly stiffened.

The soft snoring stopped abruptly, followed by a loud noise.

Qin Hao looked up and saw a pair of pale yellow eyes that looked like bright lamps.

His scalp tingled, and he couldn't move his feet for a moment.

Very unlucky.

Everyone says that bears in the mountains are hard to wake up, so why did it wake up as soon as I made the slightest noise?

Moreover, since the bear enters the village at night, it should be sleeping even more soundly during the day. Why is it waking up at the slightest noise now?

This is not common sense!

The muffled sound grew closer, and the distance to the bear rapidly decreased.

Unable to move his feet, Qin Hao's mind remained clear. He bit his tongue, and the sharp pain instantly restored his mobility. He turned and ran, not stopping even after falling. He scrambled towards the light, grabbing wildly with both hands, not caring what he was grabbing.

The muffled sound behind them grew closer and closer; the thing had really caught up!

"Qiming, Haozi has come out." Qin Kang's eyes hadn't left the cave entrance, and as soon as he saw Qin Hao's head pop out, he quickly shouted, "I think you're right. We've been following closely the whole way and haven't gone astray, so the brown bear must be inside. If it weren't for Haozi's quick hands and feet, I would definitely have gone in before him. With his slow pace, even breaking the ice is like a woman knitting clothes."