Li Yuemin held the gun in his hand, suppressed his inner excitement, and waited for the other red dogs to appear one by one.
Generally speaking, a red dog pack consists of about ten jackals, with a female jackal as the leader, a father, two followers, and the rest are jackal cubs.
This group of red dogs obviously did not meet this standard. There were as many as twenty-five or twenty-six of them, and most of them were adult jackals. It was obvious that they were a combination of two or three small groups.
The one that came out first was relatively large, about one meter and three meters long. He was obviously the leader of the red dogs. Li Yuemin nicknamed him Red Wolf.
Red Wolf looked up at the setting sun, probably because she was sure that the people inside couldn't see clearly at this time.
Then he let out a long, shrill, blood-boiling howl, and led the pack of dogs, which formed a formation and rushed into the cave.
It was already dark at this time, and Li Yuemin's vision was disturbed, but it did not affect his performance at all.
He raised his hand, aimed at Red Wolf's head and shot it. The shot was steady, accurate and fierce. Red Wolf died before she even understood what was happening.
When the other red dogs saw that the leader jackal was dead, they did not scatter as Li Yuemin had said before. Instead, led by another female dog, they charged forward even more fiercely.
"Damn it, you're treating me like air!"
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Seeing this, Li Yuemin quickly pushed the bullet into the magazine and pulled the bolt again.
"Bang"
"Bang Bang"
The two shots knocked down two male dogs directly, one hitting the abdomen and the other hitting the thigh.
The shrill cries of the two red dogs almost frightened Ma Dalong, who was lighting a fire, to the point of stumbling. His hand trembled and fell directly into the pile of dry bones.
Just as the red dogs were about to enter the cave, a ball of red light suddenly burned up. The bright flame frightened the leading red dog so much that it retreated repeatedly, with an expression of fear on its face.
Li Yuemin seized this rare opportunity and fired several shots in succession, knocking down several more.
"Son-in-law, you have great marksmanship!"
"Yuemin, you are so awesome. If I had known you were so capable, I would have married my daughter to you."
Ma Dalong did not go to beat Hong Gouzi, but instead held his arms high and watched the fun.
At this moment, Li Yuemin had no time to pay attention to all this. He knew that the red dog was more agile than a leopard, more cruel than a wolf, smarter than a fox, and could run faster than a hyena.
More importantly, the red dogs are good at teamwork. Although five or six of them were killed, the main force is still there.
Just when Li Yuemin was preparing for a big fight, a strange cry suddenly came from the bushes outside the cave, which seemed to be sending a signal to the attacking pack of dogs.
"Damn it, another Red Wolf shows up?
You are still playing this game with me, don't you see who I am? "
Li Yuemin was cursing, but his hands were not idle.
He locked onto the position where Red Wolf was hiding by feel, pulled the trigger, and a bullet was fired.
A shrill scream was heard piercing the night sky. Upon hearing it, the pack of dogs instantly dived into the bushes and disappeared without a trace.
Li Yuemin wanted to chase them, but he was afraid that Red Dog was too cunning. If they split into two groups and one group attacked them secretly, then his father-in-law and the other two would be finished.
Thinking of this, he stopped walking.
After waiting for a while and seeing no more movement, they began to count the bodies of the red dogs.
"Son-in-law, you are really capable. No wonder my daughter always praises you in front of me. Today I saw it with my own eyes, and it is true.
You see, in just the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, you have killed seven or eight red dogs, all of them were big ones.
It seems that these red dogs will not dare to come down the mountain for a while."
"Father-in-law, since it's dark now and there's nothing to light up, we have no choice but to give up.
But if we don't kill all of these guys, there will always be hidden dangers."
Unlike Li Yuemin's worries, Ma Dalong fiddled with the corpse of Red Dog and said excitedly:
"Yuemin, look, you killed so many of them, why don't you bring one back for me.
My house hasn't smelled meat for a long time, so stewing it is a good way to satisfy my craving.
Besides, you can peel off the dog skin and make me a coat to keep me warm, killing two birds with one stone."
"Uncle, it's not that I'm stingy, but you must not think of taking advantage of it.
The meat of this thing is poisonous and cannot be eaten, and the red dog skin cannot be used to make coats.
It's too late, and the forest is dangerous, let's go back quickly."
In fact, Li Yuemin had selfish motives in not giving Ma Dalong the dog skin. In his previous life, he knew an old man who specialized in collecting medicinal materials and knew that jackal skin had unique value in traditional Chinese medicine.
It can be taken internally as a decoction or soaked in wine to treat diseases such as stomachache, abdominal pain, dysentery, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism, and bruises.
In addition, red dog bark is recorded in "Tang Materia Medica" and is also used to treat cold paralysis and athlete's foot.
It would be fine if I didn’t know, but now that I know, how can I give away such a benefit so easily?
When Ma Dalong heard that dog meat was poisonous, he stopped talking and cooperated with Zhang Wanshan to clean up the mess.
It didn't take long before four people, with four shoulder poles, walked down the mountain carrying two dead pythons and seven or eight dead jackals.
To prevent the dogs from launching a surprise attack, Li Yuemin asked everyone to hold a burning dead tree in their hands. He himself held a gun in his hand, looked back every few steps, and paid close attention to the movements around him.
The four of them walked with difficulty for nearly half an hour, taking one step deep and one step shallow, and it was already completely dark.
If it weren't for the torches, several people would have been lost.
"It's all Li Guolin's fault. If he hadn't brought Xiaoxue into the mountains, this wouldn't have happened. We almost got Red Dog hungry."
He Qi complained as he walked.
"If anyone is to blame, it's only that evil woman of his who insisted on forcing him to go into the mountains to hunt martens.
This spendthrift woman, besides being a show-off, is also a snob and a lover of the rich.
Guolin, you and he are cousins, you should understand him.
Tell me, what on earth did that little jerk Li Guolin like about her?"
"Well, how can I put it? The turtle and the mung bean just fell in love."
Li Yuemin answered absentmindedly while listening to the sounds around him and scanning the dark woods closely.
"Don't just talk, pay attention to the road you're walking on. If you're not careful and roll down the hillside, you'll be dead."
Zhang Wanshan issued a warning.
Just as a few people were chatting idly, suddenly, bursts of anxious shouts came from the front.
"village head"
"Brother Yuemin"
"father"
"son"
Li Yuemin glanced up and saw figures swaying on the hillside, and five or six flashlights shining at them at the same time.
When I got closer, I saw that the person walking in front was the mountain guard Zhuzi, and walking side by side with him was Zhang Chuntao and his younger brother Li Yuejin.
Following behind him were two militiamen from the village, each carrying a gun on their shoulders.
There are also Ma Dalong’s son Ma Xiaolong and He Qi’s father He Laogan.
Looking further back, I saw this guy Li Guolin.
"Woo woo, Brother Yuemin, you're back! I thought you..."
Zhang Chuntao burst into tears when she saw Li Yuemin. If it weren't for the shoulder pole on his shoulders, she would have thrown herself into his arms.
"Li Guolin, you got into trouble, but you acted like nothing happened. What are you looking at? Why don't you take my brother's place?"
Although Li Yuejin looks only twelve or thirteen years old, he speaks very clearly.
Seeing that Li Guolin had a gloomy face and said nothing, he pushed him hard from behind and said.
When Li Guolin heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to slap Li Yuejin in the face.
But since everyone was there, he had no choice but to reluctantly replace Li Yuemin.
Seeing this, the others also replaced Zhang Wanshan, Ma Dalong, and He Qi and continued walking down the mountain.
"Chun Tao, who asked you to come? Don't you know it's dangerous in the mountains?
What if something happens and you and your son get hurt? "
Li Yuemin had no time to talk to Zhuzi, he grabbed Chuntao's hand and questioned her harshly.
After saying that, Li Yuejin turned his attention to his younger brother Li Yuejin:
"And you, you little bastard, what's wrong with you? How could you let your sister-in-law go up the mountain with you?"
“Brother Yuemin, don’t be angry with Yuejin, I insisted on coming here.
How can I not be anxious when you and my dad don’t come back so late?
If it were me, I would ask Yue Jin to find Brother Zhuzi, because he is the only one who knows the direction of the python cave. Brother Zhuzi informed Uncle Ma's son, Brother Qi, about his father. "
Zhang Chuntao said with grievance and worry on her face.
"What's wrong with this guy? Don't tell me he came here on his own initiative?"
Just as Zhang Chuntao was about to answer, Zhuzi suddenly pointed at the swaying shadows of trees in the distance and shouted:
"Look, Yuemin, what is that?!"
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