Li Dashan said, "Gao Zhiqing is using techniques trained in the military. Have you ever served in the army?"
Gao Shujing: "Someone in my family is in the army, and I learned from them."
Li Dashan: "Gao Zhiqing was originally a military dependent. After I returned from the army, I lost touch with my former comrades. If Gao Zhiqing has time, we can chat more."
Gao Shujing's strength was no less than Li Dashan's, so Captain Huang no longer insisted on kicking him out.
Captain Huang said, “With Gao’s skills, our hunt the day after tomorrow will be safer. Anyone who wants to go up the mountain, please sign up. We will only select the fifty best people, no more.”
The Shangfen Brigade has over a thousand people, with several hundred being strong men. There were too many people signing up, and Brigade Leader Huang was afraid that if too many people came, they would scare away all the prey as soon as they rushed up the mountain, so he limited the number of people.
Upon hearing that the number of hunters was limited, the men no longer cared about Gao Shujing and all gathered around Li Dashan, asking him to write down their names.
Gao Shujing successfully registered and returned home.
Yu Rujia was in the backyard with several children. She was watering the vegetables while the children played nearby.
Gao Shujing stepped forward and took the bucket from her hands: "I'll do it."
Yu Rujia: "You're back so soon? Didn't you say you were going to stay until tonight?"
People were coming and going outside, but Yu Rujia didn't pay much attention and had no idea that they had already handed over the grain and held a meeting.
Gao Shujing: "We're the first ones, no need to wait, we'll be back as soon as we hand it in. The brigade leader has scheduled a hunting trip up the mountain the day after tomorrow, and I've signed up."
Yu Rujia: "Why did you run up there? We're not short of meat. Don't you have any meat coupons?"
Hearing the words "our family," Gao Shujing felt a sweet warmth in his heart: "We have hostages. The fact that the brigade leader thought of hunting is all because of the electrification issue. I was worried that someone might be in danger, so I went up with him."
Although Captain Huang is now actively pushing for the telegram in order to catch up with Xiafen Brigade, it is ultimately because Gao Shujing started it first. If he hadn't brought it up, Captain Huang wouldn't have thought of going up the mountain.
Gao Shujing is skilled in martial arts, and he can always be of some help when he goes up the mountain.
Yu Rujia: "Are you good at fighting?"
The original owner of this body had never seen him make a move, but Yu Rujia could tell that he had practiced martial arts, though she didn't know how strong he was.
In fact, Gao Shujing would also practice when he came to Shangfen Brigade, but he mostly practiced in the morning, when Yu Rujia was still in bed and hadn't seen him.
It's because this person stopped cooking much after Gao Shujing arrived. He would stay in bed until Gao Shujing had prepared breakfast and came to call him before getting up with the kids.
Gao Shujing: "I trained with soldiers in the army for more than ten years, and my skills are better than many veterans, so don't worry."
Yu Rujia: "As long as you know what's going on, that's fine."
After dinner, Yu Rujia handed the medicine she had prepared to Gao Shujing: "These medicines include antidotes and wound medicines, all labeled with their names. Take them with you the day after tomorrow, just in case. Also, these are medicines to repel snakes, rats, mosquitoes, and other insects. Keep them with you."
The mountain is home not only to wild beasts but also to poisonous creatures; a bite could be fatal on the spot.
Gao Shujing: "Okay, do you have a favorite type of meat? If so, we'll pick more when we hunt it."
Yu Rujia: "There are only so many animals on the mountain. I'll go pick some more when you come back."
Wolf meat is bitter and astringent, so she doesn't like it; tiger meat is fishy, so she doesn't like it either; all things considered, the wild boar and pheasant that she usually eats are better.
If only there were wild goats, she would be happy. She hadn't eaten mutton or hot pot outside in a long time. She decided to keep an eye on the group coming down the mountain, and if she saw any mutton, she would ask Gao Shujing to find a way to get some to make hot pot.
The reason she's not telling Gao Shujing that she likes lamb is simply because she's worried that if he finds out, he might go out of his way to get it, and that would be terrible if he encountered any danger.
The hunting party, armed with their own weapons, and the militiamen with guns, marched up the mountain in a flurry, heading straight into the deep mountains, startling the small animals into a frenzy.
The team members, who were hoping for a big catch, ignored their usual favorite pheasants and rabbits and walked resolutely into the deep mountains.
There are plenty of bigger prey waiting for them ahead; who would even bother with a pheasant that has little meat? Even if they were to hunt one, they'd wait until they were out hunting. Hunting pheasants and rabbits now would only delay their hunt for bigger prey.
Everyone has their own mental ledger, and they keep track of everything clearly.
Li Dashan grew up here and spent ten years in the army. He was very experienced in hunting and soon found several wild boars. The larger ones weighed over 200 jin (100 kg) and the smaller ones weighed 70 or 80 jin (35 or 40 kg), with a total of nearly 1,000 jin (500 kg) of meat.
Upon seeing this, everyone's eyes lit up with golden light, and they unleashed their best skills, quickly beating the wild boars to a pulp, leaving blood flowing everywhere.
Captain Huang shouted, "Hurry up and move the pig away, lest the smell of blood attract other wild beasts."
The team members were all experienced; without delay, they quickly took out the ropes they had prepared beforehand, tied up the wild boar, and carried it away.
With only half an hour's walk left before they were about to leave the mountains, Captain Huang had a small group of people bring the wild boar back, while he led the team back into the deep mountains.
One of the team members accidentally spotted a pile of feces and exclaimed, "Captain Li, what kind of animal's feces is this?"
Li Dashan turned around and took a closer look: "It's a herbivore, like a deer or a sheep."
Province Y is surrounded by the Shiwan Mountains, which form a natural barrier against cold air. It is precisely because of this barrier that Province Y can maintain a temperature above zero all year round.
Often, while it's snowing heavily on the other side of the Ten Thousand Mountains, the weather in Y Province remains dry.
The Shiwan Mountains stretch for more than 2,000 square kilometers, and there are countless prey animals on the mountains.
Unfortunately, precisely because there are so many prey and so many wild beasts in the mountains, normal people dare not venture deep into them.
Captain Huang led the team up the mountain, but they only went a few miles in. They were still on the outer edge of the Ten Thousand Mountains. Everyone knew that they wouldn't dare to go any deeper.
The most common prey hunted by the brigade members were pheasants, rabbits, and wild boars. They encountered wolves more often than deer or sheep, and whenever they heard that it was one of those two animals, everyone in the brigade wanted to chase after it.
Captain Huang glanced at the feces and said, "The feces are still wet, so the prey is very likely nearby. Let's look for it."
With Li Dashan around, they were very accurate in finding prey, and two adult deer and three sheep came into their sights.
Deer and sheep were much easier to kill than wild boars. A group of people formed a circle around them and pressed forward step by step. Before long, they had captured the animals.
"I've never eaten lamb or venison before, so I'll be able to try them when I go back this time."
"The two deer together weigh over a thousand pounds, the sheep are a bit small, the meat from the three sheep together only weighs a few hundred pounds, just enough for a taste."
Before even bringing the prey back, the team members were already fantasizing about what to do with it.
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