"Which three things?"

Zhang Wanshan heard this and asked curiously.

"First, I need a sufficient amount of bullets.

Second, I want the big black guard dog, Hu Zi, of Li Guolin’s family.

Third, I want a string of firecrackers, preferably with three thousand rings.

And these things must be prepared within fifteen minutes, and..."

At this point, Li Yuemin glanced at the villagers around him and said:

The villagers just said that the reward of grain must be paid immediately. I will not go up the mountain unless I see the grain delivered to my home with my own eyes!!”

"What the hell? Li Yuemin, you're still thinking about my dog, aren't you just taking advantage of the situation?!"

Upon hearing that Li Yuemin was actually going to take his guard dog up the mountain, Li Guolin felt extremely reluctant.

...

...

He shook his head like a rattle and refused to hand over his dog no matter what.

Zhang Wanshan saw this and immediately glared at him, and sternly rebuked him:

"Li Guolin, do you have a general view? The situation is urgent now, and the blind black bear may come down the mountain at any time.

Do you want to sacrifice the lives of the entire village for your own selfish reasons?"

"Yes, yes, this Li Guolin is too selfish.

How can we go hunting in the mountains without hunting dogs?

Did he want to watch his cousin get killed by a bear on the hilltop?

"That's not a big deal. We've already lost one mountain guard. If we sacrifice another one, and the big bear comes down the mountain, won't our village be in trouble?"

The words of the village chief Zhang Wanshan caused a huge uproar. For a moment, all the villagers present expressed their dissatisfaction with Li Guolin's behavior.

“I, I…”

Seeing this, Li Guolin was like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain.

The only village secretary who could support him, his second uncle Wang Jiguang, was not in the village at the moment, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and lend Hu Zi out.

At the same time, I prayed silently in my heart:

"Li Yuemin, I don't care whether you are reborn or not, it's better if something unexpected happens and you die on the mountain.

Only in this way can I relieve the hatred in my heart!! "

"Chun Tao, listen to me, I have something important to tell you!"

Soon, after the enthusiastic call of the village chief Zhang Wanshan, the grain in Li Yuemin's yard was piled up like a mountain.

Before going up the mountain to hunt bears, Li Yuemin looked at Zhang Chuntao, who looked reluctant, pointed at the food beside her, and whispered to her:

"Chun Tao, there is a cellar behind our adobe house, which was left behind when my father built the house.

You and Yuejin will have to transfer the food there and hide it, leaving only enough for you to eat for a few days.

My mother is soft-hearted, so you must take good care of these grains.

Remember, no matter who comes to borrow food, even if they say it's worth a lot, you can't lend it to them, understand?"

"Don't worry, Brother Yuemin! I will definitely do this little thing well. But..."

Seeing that her beloved was about to go up the mountain to hunt a bear, Chuntao's eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Her big, blinking eyes were soon filled with tears. She ignored the strange looks from others and threw herself into Li Yuemin's arms, hugged him tightly, and said reluctantly:

"Brother Yuemin, promise me that you will pay more attention to safety, okay?

Chuntao doesn't want a bear skin, she just wants you to come back safely!! Woo woo woo"

"Chun Tao, don't worry."

Seeing Chuntao crying, Li Yuemin's eyes couldn't help but turn slightly red.

But he buried his head in Chuntao's neck, sniffing the familiar and charming scent of her hair.

Then he gently kissed her forehead, held her little face and said:

"Don't worry, nothing will happen to your husband.

Just wait for me to come down from the mountain and make you a bear skin coat, and then cook bear meat and steam bear paws for you to eat!"

After saying that, Li Yuemin reached out and gently wiped away the tears flowing down Zhang Chuntao's cheeks.

After pecking her pink lips hard, he picked up the hunting rifle, led Hu Zi, and walked quickly up the mountain without looking back.

…

In the winter, the forest is covered with snow, and the black bear's footprints are very obvious on the snow.

Li Yuemin noticed that there were seven or eight empty bullet casings scattered in the bushes next to the snow, and a pool of dried blood next to them.

Obviously, these were the traces left by the fight between the mountain guard Zhuzi and the black bear.

He squatted down and looked at the blood that had solidified into ice, and his brows furrowed.

The black bear was definitely injured, but it was hard to judge how serious the injury was.

An injured black bear is more dangerous than usual. It seems I have to be more careful!

"Huzi! Follow me!"

Thinking of this, Li Yuemin shouted to the dog that was still smelling the blood.

"Woof!"

Unexpectedly, Hu Zi, who was smelling the scent on the ground at this moment, suddenly pricked up his ears, arched his back, and rushed forward without looking back.

"Huzi, what are you doing? Why are you so disobedient!"

Hu Zi's strange behavior instantly confused Li Yuemin.

I wondered if the dog followed its master, and Li Guolin's dog was just like him, deliberately making trouble for me when I was going up the mountain?

"Huzi, Huzi, come back soon!"

Seeing Hu Zi's figure getting farther and farther away, Li Yuemin, who was at his wit's end, had to grit his teeth and quickly follow him.

After running about one kilometer, Li Yuemin found that Hu Zi had brought him to a cave.

The cave was pitch black, with no light getting in. When you got close, you could smell a very unpleasant stench of decay.

"Huzi, what do you mean by bringing me here? Is there a bear nearby?"

Seeing this, the vigilant Li Yuemin did not approach the cave entrance immediately, but observed from the vicinity.

The footprints on the ground around were very complicated, including those of wild boars, wolves, and even other unidentified animals.

Judging from the footprints alone, it seems impossible to determine the traces of a bear.

Li Yuemin, who was having a headache, carefully observed the nearby tree trunks.

Finally, we found a few trees with peeling bark on the branches near the cave, with a few black bear hairs stuck on them.

Apparently, this is a tree that bears use to scratch themselves.

It seems that this place is indeed where bears live.

After determining the bear's activity range, Li Yuemin was very surprised.

Just as he was about to make a further judgment, Hu Zi next to him suddenly barked again. At the same time, he pointed at the cave in front of him with his front paw.

"Woof!"

"You mean the bear is in the cave?"

But at the moment he was thinking, Hu Zi beside him seemed to be more anxious than him.

After shouting, he rushed into the cave without looking back.

"Damn it, you know there are bears in the mountains, but you still go there, are you that brave?"

Seeing this, Li Yuemin looked at the extremely dark cave, holding his gun, hesitating whether to go in.

He had planned to light a bonfire outside the cave to smoke out the bear.

But when he saw Hu Zi had already slipped into the cave before him, he had no choice but to take out the flashlight from his backpack and wrap it around his hand with a cloth.

After adjusting the light, he entered the cave with his gun raised.

"Huzi, Huzi, are you there?"

After entering the cave, Li Yuemin called out to Hu Zi loudly, but there was nothing in response except his own echo.

"Huzi, Huzi, if you don't come out, I'll leave you alone to feed the blind bear!"

The cave became narrower as one went deeper. As Li Yuemin walked, he suddenly felt the visibility decreasing.

At the same time, there was also a rotten smell of something unknown, which made him frown.

Based on his years of military experience, he judged that there must be a big guy living here.

"Fuck you, you damned dog, next time I find you, you're dead!"

As Li Yuemin shouted again and again, Hu Zi's whimpering was finally heard from the corner.

But this time its sound was very small, as if it was deliberately avoiding something.

"Huzi? Huzi, why are you running? Don't do this again next time."

Seeing this, Li Yuemin stretched out his flashlight and shone it in the direction of Hu Zi, and found that Hu Zi was squatting at his feet, motionless.

Seeing Hu Zi return safely, Li Yuemin was finally relieved. He was about to summon it out, but unexpectedly, the moment he turned around, he found that something was wrong.

The flashlight, which could illuminate several meters, seemed to have an impenetrable darkness when it was shone forward just now.

At the same time, a heavy breathing sounded beside him.

Feeling a little strange, Li Yuemin slowly shone the flashlight over there. Unexpectedly, the scene before him made him tremble all over! "