"Fangfang, this area was already dug yesterday, let's walk a little further ahead."
Wang Shufen pulled Lu Fangfang along and walked a few dozen meters further.
Just as she was about to squat down and continue digging, Wang Shufen suddenly caught sight of something. She shuddered and quickly tugged at Lu Fangfang beside her.
"Shufen, what's wrong?"
"Leopard...leopard."
Lu Fangfang was startled. She looked in the direction Wang Shufen was pointing.
On another snow-capped mountain peak not far from the two, a "big cat" was looking up at the horses in the valley.
As if it heard a sound, it turned its head and looked at Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen.
"hiss."
Lu Fangfang hurriedly drew the dagger from her waist.
"Oh my god."
Wang Shufen shuddered and, imitating Lu Fangfang, pulled out the dagger from her body.
"Sister Shufen, it's alright, this thing doesn't eat people."
Lu Fangfang stared at the snow leopard in the distance, and then offered Wang Shufen a word of comfort.
However, there was one thing she didn't say: this thing doesn't eat people, but it has a history of injuring people.
"Don't eat people?"
"Yes, this is a snow leopard. It's different from tigers and wolves. Sis, we don't need to be afraid of it. If it gets really desperate, we can each stab it. Maybe we can even get some leopard meat."
The snow leopard on the neighboring mountain wasn't big, and Lu Fangfang, holding a military dagger, wasn't really afraid.
What she held in her hand was no ordinary weapon; it had a blood drain groove on it. One strike from the awl would surely leave the snow leopard in a terrible state.
She figured that as long as the snow leopard didn't bite her neck, she should be able to take a bite, since the snow leopard's mouth was small, but it definitely couldn't withstand her stab.
"Girl, you're right. I'm not afraid. You come behind me. I'm strong. If it dares to come any closer, I'll hold it down. You can give it a good whack."
As they were discussing their plan, a snow leopard in the distance seemed to know that the two were not to be trifled with.
It glanced at the horses below the mountain, then turned and disappeared in a flash.
"call……"
Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen exchanged a glance, then collapsed to the ground.
Encountering a wild beast can put immense psychological pressure on a person.
Lu Fangfang reached into her clothes and touched her back, only to find it wet. She took out a handkerchief and quickly wiped herself.
"My goodness, what is all this? Sister, shall we keep digging?"
Wang Shufen gasped for breath, still shaken.
Lu Fangfang hesitated. In her memory, as long as you don't provoke a snow leopard, it usually won't hurt you.
"Hey, Sister Shufen, let's not stray too far. Be careful. This thing must have been attracted by the horses down the mountain."
Wang Shufen nodded.
She was scared, but she was also reluctant to leave, since she could earn two or three yuan a day by digging.
Next, the two of them started digging for cordyceps together.
The two women were only seven or eight meters apart, unlike yesterday when they were so far apart.
The two of them didn't focus all their attention on the cordyceps; they would get up from time to time to look around.
Because of the snow leopard, the two men's pace of digging for caterpillar fungus suddenly slowed down. By noon, they had only dug up a little over a hundred pieces.
After lunch, the two dared not take a short rest, so they could only rest briefly before digging for cordyceps again.
In the afternoon, while the sun was still high in the sky, Lu Fangfang and Wang Shufen finished their work.
The two carefully descended the mountain and told Old Xu about their encounter with the snow leopard.
"Snow leopard? There are snow leopards in the mountains?"
Lu Fangfang nodded and recounted her encounter with the snow leopard in detail.
“I feel that this snow leopard came for the horses down the mountain. When Sister Shufen and I saw it, it was looking at the horses in the valley. Old Xu, you have to be careful.”
Xu Huayun's face was very solemn.
The horses in their six herding teams all belong to the public, and not a single one can be harmed.
"Comrade Lu, thank you for telling me about this. I'll go report it. Please wait for me."
Old Xu rode away on his horse.
Lu Fangfang looked on with a hint of envy.
Looking around, she saw the chestnut horse she had touched that morning was not far away, and she walked quickly over.
She had just reached out to stroke the horse's back when its head popped out.
Lu Fangfang was so frightened that she dared not move.
The horse snorted, sniffed her, and then nudged her towards the bag slung over her shoulder.
"You want to eat cordyceps?"
Lu Fangfang was both amused and exasperated. Seeing that the horse kept nudging her, she had no choice but to take out a stick and put it near the horse's mouth.
Unexpectedly, the horse sniffed the cloth bag but seemed uninterested and continued to nuzzle it.
Wang Shufen stood aside watching the commotion. She seemed to have figured something out and said, "Girl, I think it definitely wants to eat the pancake in your bag."
"cake?"
Lu Fangfang hesitated for a moment, then reached out and broke off a piece of butter cake.
This time the horse didn't refuse and took a bite.
"You're really not being polite."
Lu Fangfang took the opportunity to touch the horse's head. If there hadn't been no saddle, she would have really wanted to try riding it.
After a while, Xu Huayun returned on horseback.
He grabbed the reins and said apologetically, "Comrade Lu, Comrade Wang, the team has decided to drive the horses back early today, so we can't teach you how to ride."
Lu Fangfang was very disappointed when she heard this, and she quickly patted the horse's head again.
"Old Xu, how did your team decide to deal with the snow leopard?"
"When you come back tomorrow, have the militiamen in the team carry guns. Comrade Lu, when you and Comrade Wang are digging for caterpillar fungus, be very careful. If you encounter a snow leopard again, wave down the mountain and we'll shoot to scare it away."
Lu Fangfang nodded, feeling much more at ease.
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