After entering the mountain, the rising sun was blocked by the dense vegetation, and the two men felt noticeably colder.

"Awang, which way are we going today?"

Chen Dazhuang asked.

Chen Wang thought for a moment and replied, "Why don't we open up a new trail? Maybe we'll have better luck than before. On the way back, we can go through the hare forest. After the snow, we should get more harvest there."

After the snow, the rabbits' habitat becomes wet and cold, and due to food shortage, they will come out more frequently.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Chen Dazhuang nodded and agreed.

So, the two of them walked along the original route for a while, and when they reached a relatively flat place, they left the path and walked into a bush.

The two men took turns holding the hatchet to clear the way ahead, chopping the weeds and dead trees that blocked their way, and moved forward slowly.

Not long after they walked away, the little monkey sitting on Chen Wang's shoulder noticed something, pointed ahead and squeaked.

This is the cry of discovering prey, but it doesn't look like a large, dangerous animal.

The two men moved more gently and moved closer, and the two dogs began to become restless.

"It's a pheasant."

Chen Dazhuang said in a low voice.

Chen Wang also saw a pheasant with colorful feathers looking for food in the grass not far away.

After squatting down and comforting Dahei, Chen Wang handed the dog leash to Chen Dazhuang, took the slingshot, and skillfully loaded and aimed.

"puff!"

The glass bead hit the pheasant accurately, but did not hit the fatal part.

The pheasant let out a sharp cry and flapped its wings to escape.

Chen Dazhuang was well prepared and had already untied the leashes for the two dogs.

"Dahei, Marshal, go ahead!!"

"Woof!"

"Woof!"

The two dogs ran out and chased the pheasant whose wings were damaged and could no longer fly.

Chen Wang and the other man followed slowly.

When they saw the two dogs again, the pheasant had been bitten to death, and the two dogs were squatting there waiting for them.

This is another great advantage of having hunting dogs.

As long as the hunter injures the prey first, the hunting dogs will rush over and the hunter will not have to work hard to chase it.

Hounds can easily deal with small prey, and as for larger prey like wild boars and black bears, as long as there are enough hunting dogs, they can also deal with them and prevent them from escaping, delaying their arrival until hunters arrive.

“Well done!”

Chen Dazhuang walked forward, stroked the two dog heads, took out a sack and put the pheasants in it.

It’s not worth much, but it’s meat after all!

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the more meat we store, the better.

In the following hour, the two men caught two pheasants and a hare.

After the snow, only pheasants and rabbits are more common in the mountains.

The hunting situation during this period was basically like this. The two of them were used to it and did not feel too disappointed.

"By the way, Brother Zhuang, the new year is coming soon. You and Master can come to my house, and we can have a hot pot, drink some wine, and watch TV together to celebrate the new year."

Chen Wang invited with a smile.

"Isn't it still more than a month?"

Chen Dazhuang said in surprise.

"I'm not talking about the Spring Festival, I'm talking about New Year's Day!"

Chen Wang explained humorously.

"Oh oh... OK, OK, there's wine to drink and hotpot to eat, we'll definitely come!"

Chen Dazhuang reacted and nodded in agreement with a smile.

People nowadays live in poverty and don’t care about many festivals. For example, there is no such custom on New Year’s Eve before New Year’s Day.

"It's the last night of this month. I told you. Don't forget it then."

"No, no."

“Woof!!”

The two were chatting when two dogs suddenly rushed out barking.

When they looked over, their faces suddenly lit up with joy.

I saw a brown roe deer that had reacted and was running forward frantically, with two hunting dogs chasing it from the left and right.

Generally speaking, the fur color of the roe deer changes with the seasons, appearing reddish brown in summer and turning into brown in winter.

In addition, there is a circle of long white hair at the base of the roe deer's tail, which looks like a snow-white heart-shaped butt from a distance.

At this moment, all the two could see was the silly roe deer's iconic snow-white heart-shaped butt, bouncing up and down as it ran quickly, which was quite funny.

This was an empty forest, and the two of them started to catch up.

After chasing for about seven or eight hundred meters, they saw two hunting dogs blocking the silly roe deer on a cliff, with the animal in a dilemma.

"Are you going to do it or should I?"

Chen Wang breathed slightly heavily and looked at Chen Dazhuang beside him and asked.

"You...you come on, let me catch my breath, I can't hit you accurately right now."

Chen Dazhuang answered intermittently.

Chen Wang nodded, raised his shotgun and aimed, then took a deep breath and pulled the trigger steadily.

"Bang!!"

The sound of gunfire echoed through the mountains and forests, scaring away many birds.

I saw a blood flower bursting from the stupid roe deer's head and it fell directly to the ground.

The big black marshal immediately pounced on him, one biting his neck and the other biting his calf.

“So accurate!”

Chen Dazhuang praised, walked over quickly with a smile, drove the two dogs away, and then took out a knife to bleed the animal.

The next step was to gut the roe deer and cut its heart into two halves, which were then given to the two dogs to enjoy.

This roe deer is a female. It does not have horns, but its body is quite large. After removing the internal organs, it weighs about 40 to 50 kilograms.

Chen Dazhuang threw the processed prey into the sack, with a smile on his face, and said to Chen Wang: "Your idea is still good. We are lucky today."

Chen Wang smiled and nodded.

The two walked to the cliff and looked down.

This is not the cliff where the two went when they first started hunting, and there is no waterfall. It is about seven or eight meters high, and there is a pile of rocks below.

"You are indeed a stupid roe deer. You are running towards your own death!"

Chen Dazhuang couldn't help but make a joke.

"Let's go find a place to have lunch."

Chen Wang smiled and turned back.

"Okay, what's delicious today?"

Chen Dazhuang hurriedly followed and asked with a smile.

"My wife fried small fish, stir-fried meat, and steamed buns!"

"Slurp... Great, great, there's fish and meat, it's like Chinese New Year."

"Have you been eating less meat recently?"

"Hehe... didn't you eat fish?"

The two chatted and laughed as they found a small stream. After washing their hands with the clear spring water, they started to eat lunch nearby.

Lin Xiuqin fried the smaller fish that she caught yesterday in the morning. They were golden and crispy. She could hold them directly in her hands and bite them, and they made a crunching sound. They were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and they tasted so delicious.

You don’t need to spit out the fish bones, just chew them and swallow them, and it can also supplement calcium.

Take a bite of fish and a bite of steamed bun, then use chopsticks to pick up a bite of fried pork with peppers.

The two of them devoured the meal as if they were fighting over food, and they didn't say a word the entire time, as they were afraid that if they said one more word they would eat less.