Chapter 177 Kill the brown bear!

Why is it said to be a tall figure?

Because it was standing up, raising its hand to reach for the clothes that Zhao Yeqing had hung on the rope, which was a brightly colored undershirt.

The brown bear is an animal that can distinguish colors. It was so attracted that it raised its hand and made eye contact with Mu Xi who opened the door and came out.

Brown bears are not necessarily brown. This brown bear's fur is dark gray, and its height when standing up is estimated to be more than two meters.

I used to always hear old people say that black bears are scary and have extremely strong attack power, but the height of a black bear is only about 1.8 meters at most, and this brown bear is more than one size larger than a black bear.

Mu Xi gently turned his gaze away. If he looked into the brown bear's eyes, it would think that he was trying to provoke it.

The brown bear's temperament is much more aggressive than the black bear's. He didn't dare to turn around, but just slowly backed away. He had only taken one step just now, but now it seemed extremely difficult and long to take back this step.

The distance between him and the brown bear was about ten meters, which was equivalent to nothing. If the brown bear wanted to, he would be gone as soon as it pounced on him.

There is no point in playing dead, the bear doesn't care whether you are dead or alive.

Zhao Yeqing felt the cool breeze behind him and turned his head with some confusion.

Normally, Mu Xi would close the door immediately after going out to ensure that the temperature in the room would not drop. At first, she thought that Mu Xi was having trouble opening and closing the door with the stone, but the cold air behind him lasted for a long time and did not stop.

She stood up in confusion and saw Mu Xi standing stiffly at the door. He didn't hold the stone pestle in his hand but placed it at his feet. It was obvious that he had opened the door and was standing there motionless without bending down to pick it up.

Zhao Yeqing was about to ask when Mu Xi flipped his fingers behind his back and made a gesture to her. She didn't understand, but subconsciously didn't say anything.

She glanced outside, and even though Mu Xi's height blocked most of her view, the black figure outside was so tall and eye-catching that her breath suddenly stopped in her chest.

Maybe it was the angle, the bear didn't seem to see her, and she stood up without causing the brown bear to make any other movements.

She was thinking quickly about how to deal with it.

This bear was obviously the one by the lake. It probably smelled the scent they left and followed them.

To find food?

Zhao Yeqing didn't know whether it was hungry or not. Although bears would eat a lot before hibernation before winter, they are almost the animals that can go the longest time without food in nature, and can go without food for up to half a year.

But just because I can tolerate it, it doesn’t mean I don’t like to eat it.

Now she could only pray that the meat covered in ice in the yard would not be discovered.

If it finds food, it may not attack the two people for a while, but once it finds food here, it probably won't leave. Feeding a bear when encountering one in the wild is a big taboo.

With the bear's arm strength, the brick house might be able to withstand a few blows, but the rooms filled with hay could not withstand a slap from the bear with a force of more than 1,000 kilograms.

The cattle and sheep are still in the yard, which may attract bears to attack at any time.

After all, in addition to eating fruits and fish, bears also eat ungulates.

The cattle and sheep in her pen now seemed like cans of meat waiting to be opened.

Zhao Yeqing's eyes were fixed on the gun in the house. The bear had a very high defense and it might not be killed even with a gun.

Its skull is too hard to penetrate unless you aim at the eyes or lungs and fire several shots.

But if you can't kill him and he gets angry, that will be even more troublesome.

Before Mu Xi could retract one of his legs, the brown bear's breathing seemed to have quickened a little. The sub-zero temperature forced beads of sweat to form on his forehead.

He pointed to the corner with his hands behind his back.

That's where the shotgun was.

The finger that was pointing at the shotgun changed direction and pointed at the roof.

This is to get her on the roof and shoot.

Bears can climb trees, but when the house was built, because Mu Xi was tall, in order not to appear oppressive, the height was built relatively high, nearly four meters.

Now it seems that the only way is to stand on the roof where the bear cannot go for a while and shoot.

The puppies had obviously smelled the scent. Huhu Xuebing and Dahuang stood up vigilantly. It was probably the first time for the puppies to smell the scent of a bear, and they hid behind them in fear.

Zhao Yeqing touched their heads, gestured to them to stop making any sound, bent over, took the gun and bullets, went out from the back door of the pet room, and climbed up the ladder to the roof.

Thanks to the exercises that Mu Xi had taught her some time ago, the strength of her arms and core allowed her to climb onto the roof without making any sound.

When she pointed the gun at the bear, the bear seemed not to have noticed her.

Zhao Yeqing's heart was beating like a drum, but if he didn't fight, he would have to sacrifice either a cow or a sheep today.

There's definitely no way to escape.

When a bear encounters another animal, it will stand up and appear very tall.

But this would completely expose her chest!

She recalled the shooting movements that Mu Xi taught her, relaxed her shoulders and aimed at the brown bear.

"Bang! ——"

The bullet flew away and hit the bear in the chest!

The moment the gunshot rang out, Mu Xi retracted his legs, quickly stepped back, and slammed the door shut and locked it.

The bear was hit and roared in pain and anger!

Zhao Yeqing fired the second shot without caring about his arm which was numbed by the recoil.

Both bullets hit the chest, but the bear did not fall down. It ran forward two steps on all fours and tried to climb onto the roof.

Mu Xi locked the door and rushed out the back door. He stepped on the ladder and pushed himself with his hands, and reached the roof in a few seconds.

Before the bear could climb up, Zhao Yeqing had already loaded the bullet.

The bear's angry roar was right in front of it, and it couldn't climb up. The protruding part of the eaves was made of cement, and was smashed to pieces by the bear's slap.

The shattering sound seemed to hit her tense nerves, and Zhao Yeqing's nostrils were filled with the stench of the bear.

She was so focused that she didn't notice that Mu Xi had already climbed up to the roof behind her, snatched the gun from her hand, and shouted, "Go down quickly, go back to your room and close the door!"

One gun cannot be used by two people. Her shooting skill is not as good as Mu Xi's, and staying on it will be a hindrance.

Zhao Yeqing got down from the roof without hesitation, returned to the room and closed the door. Only now did she feel the cold sweat soaking her back.

If you encounter a bear in the wild, the most effective method currently is bear spray, but we don’t have that stuff at home.

The weather was cold some time ago, and everyone ate in the room. Zhao Yeqing opened the bag in the corner, took out the chili peppers, cut them into pieces with scissors and put them into the water.

It has the same pungent smell, so it should be useful...

She was not sure and could only try her best to do what she thought would be useful. When she finished this set of actions, gunshots rang out above her head again.

But the shooting angle was not so good. The first shot missed and the bullet went straight into the snow and ice in the yard.

It was not until the second gunshot that she heard the bear's howl again, and the sound was extremely tragic.

There was no movement in the sheep pen, probably because they were all scared silly. But in the cattle pen, there was a frenzy. The cows inside wanted to escape and banged against the walls of the cattle pen hard.

The window facing the yard was not big, and was completely blocked by the brown bear. After the howl, the brown bear that was standing upright and climbing up outside the window fell down.

The huge body fell and hit the snow and ice in the corner of the yard, splashing a sea of ​​white.

Zhao Yeqing quickly opened the window and poured a large bowl of concentrated chili water into the bear's face.

Close the window immediately after pouring.

Mu Xi on the roof had replaced the bullets in his gun at this time. He fired two more shots at the fallen brown bear, then reloaded the bullets and fired two more shots.

Bullets shot into the bear's body one by one, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the bear's movements gradually calm down and stop.

Zhao Yeqing looked out of the window. The bear was almost motionless, and if he looked closely he could see very slight rise and fall of its chest.

She opened the door carefully. The dogs barked at the brown bear's body, but did not dare to get too close.

The door of the cowshed was suddenly pushed open, and the bull, with a small belly, rushed out and was about to run out of the yard.

If the cow runs, she will definitely not be able to catch up.

Dahuang rushed out in a flash, and the other dogs followed behind, restraining the frightened cow in place.

Mu Xi climbed and jumped down from the roof, took a rope and tied the cow back.

Huhu and Xuebing stood at Zhao Yeqing's feet, their backs still unrelaxed, their eyes fixed on the brown bear that was slowly losing its breath.

The two leopards walked forward and touched the brown bear tentatively with their claws. Only after they were sure that there was no movement did Zhao Yeqing dare to move forward.

Only now did she see that Mu Xi's second shot hit the brown bear's eye. No wonder it screamed so miserably.

The brown bear opened its mouth, and you could tell without even probing that it had completely stopped breathing, because in that weather you could see white mist when it breathed.

Zhao Yeqing was shocked when he saw the bloody holes on the brown bear's body.

He was shot six times in the body and once in the eye, but he barely managed to die.

This is really tough.

Mu Xi tied the cow back. The door of the cowshed was broken, so he could only close it with difficulty.

Walking over and looking at this oversized prey, the two were speechless for a moment.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the prey that had come to his door with a complicated expression.

Only now can she say that this is the prey. It was not certain who was the prey ten minutes ago.

"How do we deal with this thing?"

Mu Xi squatted down and said, "There are several bullet holes on the bear skin. Let's peel it off first and see if we can do anything about it. I have no experience."

We can only try it according to the method used for cattle and sheep.

Brown bears usually give birth during hibernation. When I saw this brown bear, there were no cubs behind it.

The brown bear looked very large, and the two men used all their strength to turn the bear's body over.

It was indeed a male bear.

Male bears are one to two times the size and weight of female bears, and this one is estimated to weigh nearly 500 kilograms.

The most important thing is to peel off the bear skin while it is still warm.

Mu Xi went to prepare the tools for skinning and cutting, while Zhao Yeqing took a broom to sweep up the gravel and debris on the ground.

The large and small pieces of rubble were all dropped after the bear smashed the eaves of the house.

Sweep them together and pile them in the corner. Even if they are broken into pieces, they can be reused later and they won’t be wasted.

It took more than an hour to peel off the bear skin, revealing the flesh and fat tissue beneath the skin.

In order to survive the winter, this bear has obviously made sufficient preparations and has a very thick layer of fat on its body.

If the previous cow produced more than 100 kilograms of oil from more than 1,000 kilograms, it was considered relatively high. Then the fat rate of this bear is extremely high.

The extra-thick fat wrapped around the muscles allows the bears to survive in this kind of weather and remain energetic enough to go without food for half a year.

Bear meat is red meat, and it smells even stronger than the wild boar meat. The texture looks a bit rough, and I don’t know how it tastes.

There are also four extra-large bear paws, something that would have been unimaginable in the past.

The meat was cut up, frozen outside for a while, and after the surface hardened, it was placed in a natural cold storage. Fortunately, this place was not discovered by bears.

If the bear is discovered and starts eating, not only will the family's cattle and sheep be in danger, but all the food they have stored will also be eaten up.

In this weather, the bear had taken over their house and food, and the two men would be killed if not killed by the bear.

After the frozen bear meat was stuffed in, the space in the cold storage was filled to the brim.

Mu Xi was dealing with the bear skin with a headache, while Zhao Yeqing took the remaining bear meat into the kitchen.

First, I cut a fresh piece and fed it to the porridge and snow cakes next to it.

Wait until the food is cooked before feeding it to the dog.

The bear meat has such a strong taste that Zhao Yeqing wanted to cook it the same way as wild boar meat.

There is a lot of blood in bear meat, so you have to soak it in water first.

Heat water in a pot, blanch the bear meat with cooking wine, white wine and ginger slices and then take it out.

Add various sauces and water into the pot, and stew the bear meat in the rich sauce soup.

I kept a portion that was only blanched in water, cut it into small pieces and put it into the dogs' food bowls.

I just finished the cowhide some time ago, and now here comes the bear skin.

The cowhide last time was too big, the processing technique was unfamiliar, and the nitrate treatment was not very good.

For this bear skin, Mu Xi learned from his previous experience and improved the technique and the ratio of salt water, striving to make the fur softer.

Zhao Yeqing returned to the room and picked up Shi Dao, who had been forgotten by both of them, standing by the door.

Mu Xi had just finished making the bear skin when he hurried forward to take the heavy stone pestle from her hand, put it in the kitchen, and lit a fire on another stove.

A pot of water was placed on the stove. When the water boiled, some flavor was added to the beef. Then the two sat on the chairs and started to fry the meatballs.

Grasp the pounded beef in your hand and squeeze the meat filling out from the base of your thumb and thumb. Form the meat filling into a round meatball and put it into boiling water.

As soon as the beef balls were put into the water, the red surface turned gray.

Zhao Yeqing was making the meatballs slowly, the thrilling experience just now seemed to still flash before his eyes.

“It’s so scary.”

She suddenly remembered that she had not had time to change the sweaty clothes on her back.

Mu Xi blamed himself a little, "When I take the dog out, it might pee on the road. I guess the smell is too strong, so I didn't notice it."

Zhao Yeqing sighed, "I didn't pay any attention to it either."

The two had been staying on the meadow for so long, and apart from the wolf pack they encountered last time, there had been almost no dangerous animals.

It is inevitable that one will become a little slack mentally.

Zhao Yeqing's tense nerves had not yet completely relaxed. She thought for a moment, went back to the room, and took out the bucket of goat's milk that she had not finished.

"I'll make something delicious to relax me."