Reborn in the 60s, I hunt to support my family and even seduce the village beauty.

After a loud roar.

The father and son were so frightened that neither dared to go any further.

Chang Kun, holding his father's breath, retreated step by step, holding his gun straight and aiming it at the source of the shout.

They didn't stop until they had retreated fifty or sixty meters, and they slowly exhaled.

"Dad, is that a bear?" Chang Kun asked, but he was already somewhat certain in his heart.

There have always been legends of bears in this mountainous area, but everyone thought it was just hearsay. Unexpectedly, the father and son went too deep into the mountains this time and actually encountered one.

Chang Dashan nodded, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said in a low voice:

"It really might be a bear. My legs are a little numb from that roar just now."

Chang Kun looked around. The surrounding forests were sparse, and there wasn't even a trace of a bear on the hill.

He thought about it for a moment, but still didn't dare to risk getting closer.

My system can only sense prey weighing less than 240 pounds. But the roar I heard just now was powerful and deep, probably from an adult giant bear. What I sensed was just a cub.

A bear's nose is extremely sensitive. If my father and I go up the hill again, we'll easily be spotted by a bear, which could be quite dangerous.

Chang Kun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then took a few steps back with his father and stood behind a big tree.

"Dad, I'll fire a shot over there on the mountain and leave as soon as I'm done. Let's see if I can scare anything out of there."

They're so far away now, it's unlikely that the bear could find him and his father.

Chang Dashan nodded, picked up the musket, and scanned the surroundings to keep watch for his son.

Chang Kun peeked out from behind the tree, knelt steadily on the ground, and aimed at the location detected by the system.

If the system doesn't detect the bear's location, firing a hundred shots at random on the hillside will likely result in a zero chance of hitting it.

*Smack!*

As the gunshot rang out.

A mournful roar echoed across the hillside.

"Cough! Cough—"

Even from a great distance, Chang Kun and Chang Dashan were still terrified.

Two round black bears, one large and one small, suddenly darted out of the woods and disappeared over the hillside in the blink of an eye.

Chang Kun and Chang Dashan waited for more than ten minutes, but there was no further movement from the mountain.

Chang Kun carefully sensed the surroundings and found no other prey on the hillside.

The two immediately tensed up and slowly climbed the mountain, stopping every now and then. The short ten-minute climb left them both drenched in sweat.

Walking between the three small trees, I saw tangled vines growing on them, with wild fruits growing on them. A pool of blood was very noticeable beneath the vines.

Chang Dashan paused for a moment, then turned to look at his son, feeling a bit amazed.

From that far away, I just randomly fired a shot and it hit?

With that kind of luck, if you used it to gamble and roll dice, you'd definitely dominate!

"Dad, the black bear is eating wild berries here. It's a pity we didn't hit its vitals, sigh!"

That's right. If you hit a bear, you could get more than one job quota, or even two or three jobs at the supply and marketing cooperatives.

This bear is a treasure from head to toe, unlike a wild boar.

Roasted and ground bear nose powder, when mixed with rice wine, is very effective in treating epilepsy.

Bear kneecaps can cure pseudo-rheumatism.

The most expensive bear bile, needless to say, has a remarkable effect in clearing heat and detoxifying. If a child in the family has a fever, using a little bit will have an excellent effect.

The father and son stood on the hilltop, looking in the direction the black bear had gone, filled with regret.

It's unlikely we'll encounter black bears again; they're extremely rare in these mountainous areas.

The two walked back along the road they had come from, searching for traces of prey along the way.

Perhaps he used up all his luck by encountering the black bear today, because even as he was almost out of the deep mountains, Chang Kun didn't sense any large prey.

The father and son got tired and sat down to rest on a large rock by the roadside.

Suddenly, Chang Dashan shouted:

"Xiao Kun, a big snake has darted past in the grass over there, come quick!"

With that, he ran towards the bushes.

Chang Kun rubbed his legs and stood up.

He had actually sensed the snake long ago, but he only wanted to hunt large animals like wild boars and blue sheep. He wasn't really interested in snakes, which had little meat and little oil.

When they reached the edge of the bushes, Chang Dashan had already used a stick to lift the snake into the air, his face full of excitement.

In fact, this is the norm when hunting in the mountains. Returning empty-handed is common, but occasionally catching a wild rabbit or pheasant is enough to brag about when you get home.

"Little Kun, look at this snake, what do you think? It's quite plump. Let's make some soup at home, have a cup of wine with it, perfect!"

Chang Dashan caught the snake himself, and he was very pleased with himself.

"Father, one snake isn't enough for little sister to eat..."

Chang Dashan's smile faded. "That's right," he thought, "there's Chang Qing and Chang Mu at home, and those two little ones can eat a lot."

This snake isn't even enough to fill their bellies.

"There are still quite a few snakes over there, why don't we go catch a few more?" Chang Kun pointed in a direction.

Chang Dashan glanced at his son, wondering where his son had learned this fortune-telling skill after being expelled from school and returning home. He could even know where the prey in the mountains was.

The two walked to a barren slope, where clumps of wild grass grew and millstone-sized stones were scattered everywhere.

Chang Kun stopped pretending in front of his father and pointed directly at a rock, saying:

"Dad, there's a big snake down there, let's move it out."

Chang Dashan shook his head. "No, it can't be a clod of dirt inside, we should be careful."

The earthworm, scientifically known as the short-tailed viper, had venom that was virtually incurable given the medical conditions at the time. People in every village around the area had died from being bitten by this snake.

Chang Kun chuckled and said, "Dad, the one you just hit was a rat snake. There's an old saying, 'If there's a rat snake for one mile, there won't be any poisonous snakes for ten miles.' Although it's a bit of an exaggeration, it's probably not a poisonous snake down there since we're this close."

Chang Dashan adopted the expression of an old mountain runner and lectured his son, saying that one should be careful in everything, and that one can never be too careful in the mountains.

In the end, Chang Kun found two sticks, one to use as a crowbar to pry open the stone, and the other as a weapon to kill the snake.

As the stone was lifted, the snake that had been hiding underground in the shade was exposed, and it turned out to be a rat snake.

They killed the snake with a few quick blows, but the father and son both disliked the bitter taste of the snake's gall and were unwilling to remove it.

The two then searched for and killed snakes on the barren slope. By the time the sun was setting, they had a sack full of more than a dozen snakes. When they opened it and looked inside, they were overcome with trypophobia.

The father and son didn't linger any longer and went back to the village.

Villagers resting at the village entrance stood up to greet Chang Kun and Chang Dashan as they passed by.

Seeing the bulging sack that Chang Kun was carrying, everyone looked on with envy.

They knew that the Chang family had truly risen to prominence, and with such a capable son, Chang Dashan would enjoy endless blessings.

Chang Dashan strolled around with his hands behind his back, enjoying the praise from the crowd, his mouth agape with delight.

As Chang Kun walked to the outside of the courtyard, he frowned.

Why is that woman here again?

Is it because I'm born a masochist and addicted to being scolded?