After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Sheng Xiping escorted his master home. From the Dajianchang (a type of alkali field), they turned north at the foot of the mountain and headed straight for the collective household.

Those male educated youth from Songjiang River, some died and some were injured, none of them came back.

The people currently living in the collective households are from Qianchuan Forest Farm.

Everyone knew that Sheng Xiping was going to lead a group into the mountains to hunt the black bear the next day, so no one made a fuss that night and everyone went to bed early.

This was to ensure that Sheng Xiping and the others got a good rest and were in good spirits for their mountain adventure the next day.

At 5:30 a.m. on the 2nd, Sheng Xiping and the others got up, washed up, went to the canteen for breakfast, and then went to the Sheng family to take the dog.

Sheng Xiping handed over his No. 16 hanging pipe to Wang Jianshe.

The group arrived at the security office, where five or six people were already dressed and waiting.

Li Zhenggang, the head of the security department, found Sheng Xiping a pretty new semi-automatic rifle and also provided him with thirty rounds of ammunition.

The forest farm has training missions every spring, so there are plenty of guns.

So they found guns and ammunition for Gao Haining and Chen Weiguo.

Sheng Xiping and the others went to the shooting range first, tested the guns, and after confirming that there were no problems, they each carried their guns and set off.

The group still came up the big uphill slope on the east side of the forest farm to the simple road over Baimachuan.

Then, following the route taken the night before to rescue people, they headed towards Tudingzi.

Throughout the journey, Sheng Xiping never loosened the leashes on the dogs.

When dogs go into the mountains, they encounter all sorts of things; they bite whatever they see.

But the only purpose of going into the mountains today is to catch that black bear; I can't let the dog run around.

So Sheng Xiping never let the dog off the leash; he just led it around like that.