Li Mancang brought more than 20 young and middle-aged men from the village to the brigade headquarters. When they saw Zhao Weiguo and his group walking into the yard, they hurried to greet them.
After a few people exchanged pleasantries, Zhao Weiguo pulled over an old man in the crowd and said to everyone, "Let me introduce you to Zhang Shuangqing from Shilibao Village. Old Zhang is the most powerful hunter in the several brigades under the jurisdiction of our Shengli Commune. More than half of the people I brought here today used to eat with Old Zhang. Li Laosi from your village also used to follow him. Originally, Old Zhang didn't plan to go into the mountains this time, but I persuaded him hard and finally he agreed. This time when we go into the mountains to hunt, everyone must obey Old Zhang's orders. If anyone disobeys orders and acts without authorization, the commune will not be responsible if they get into danger. You will be held responsible! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" everyone agreed in unison.
"Jianguo, come here!" Zhao Weiguo looked at Xu Jianguo in the crowd and said.
Xu Jianguo walked over and asked, "Boss, what's going on?"
Zhao Weiguo looked at Old Zhang and said, "Old Zhang, this is Xu Jianguo. He is the youngest in the team going into the mountains this time. Please take good care of him!" After saying this, he whispered a few words in the old man's ear. Zhang Shuangqing, who had originally squinted his eyes, suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Xu Jianguo with curiosity and relief in his eyes.
After Zhao Weiguo finished speaking, Old Man Zhang walked up to Xu Jianguo, patted him on the shoulder, and said with full energy: "Jianguo, good job, you didn't bring shame to your parents. After entering the mountains, you just stay by my side, and I, this old man, will guarantee that nothing will happen to you!"
Xu Jianguo didn't understand what was going on, but thought the old man might know his parents, so he quickly said, "Okay, thank you, Grandpa Zhang!"
After they talked for a while, a group of more than 30 people, carrying hunting rifles, bows and arrows and other weapons, and accompanied by seven or eight hunting dogs, set off into the mountains in a mighty procession.
Sandaliang Village is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Mr. Zhang meant that this trip into the mountains would take a month and he would return to the village before the Gregorian New Year.
The route is planned to enter the mountain from the south of the village, because the wild boars that attacked Li Erniu entered the village from this direction. After entering the mountain from here, you will go all the way east through Laoniugou, then cross Wulongbei, and reach the mountain east of the village. Then rest for two days in a valley below Yingzui Cliff, then cross the ridge and enter the red pine forest in the mountain north of the village, and finally exit the mountain through the waterfall pool.
Xu Jianguo set off with the team carrying a bamboo basket. In the basket he put a military water bottle, cornmeal cakes, some beef jerky, and a dagger he had sharpened using farm tools from the space warehouse.
Of course, these things are for others to see. After all, with his current cultivation level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, any stone he throws is as powerful as a bullet.
A group of people walked in the winter forest. The biting cold wind rustled the surrounding pine trees. No one spoke on the road. The only sounds in Xu Jianguo's ears were the people's breathing and the sound of branches being stepped on.
The people brought by Mr. Zhang walked at the front of the team, leading hunting dogs. They moved very fast, leaving the others far behind.
Just as everyone was about to walk out of the pine forest, the crazy barking of hunting dogs suddenly came from the front.
Old Master Zhang didn't say anything, but he just walked a little faster. Looking at his back, Xu Jianguo couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart. For an old man who is nearly seventy years old, it is rare to have such a physique.
When everyone gathered together, the person leading the way pointed in a direction. Xu Jianguo looked in the direction he pointed and found a wild boar behind a bush not far to the left front.
At this time, everyone else also saw the wild boar, and expressions of surprise suddenly appeared on their faces, but since Mr. Zhang didn't say anything, no one moved.
The old man was seen squatting behind a big pine tree, putting a finger into his mouth, then taking it out and placing it away from the pine tree. Xu Jianguo knew that this was an ancient method of judging wind direction, a technique commonly used by hunters.
After looking at the terrain nearby, the old man whispered a few words to the people who were leading the hunting dogs, and then those people led the hunting dogs in one direction.
Xu Jianguo made a judgment and couldn't help but sigh at Mr. Zhang's cunning. The direction those people left was downwind of the wild boars, so there was no need to worry about the smell on people being smelled by the wild boars and alerting them. This would undoubtedly increase the success rate of hunting.
Seeing that several people were in place and the ropes tied to the hunting dogs had been untied, Mr. Zhang bent the little finger of his right hand, put it in his mouth and blew hard. A sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests, accompanied by the barking of the hunting dogs.
“Ouch!”
The wild boar's angry roar echoed throughout the forest, causing the birds to scatter and the grass to tremble.
At this time, seven or eight hunting dogs had surrounded the wild boar. They crouched down and slowly circled around the wild boar, growling from time to time, as if ready to deliver a fatal blow to the wild boar at any time.
Xu Jianguo estimated that this wild boar should weigh more than 300 pounds, smaller than the one he had killed before.
The wild boar's gray-brown hair is covered with a thick mixture of pine oil and sand, as hard as armor, and its sharp fangs flash with cold light, which is breathtaking.
Xu Jianguo couldn't help but want to laugh when he heard the sound of people swallowing saliva from time to time around him. He didn't know whether they were nervous or hungry.
The wild boar had a fierce look in his eyes as the hunting dogs' encirclement kept tightening. He roared and tried to find a chance to break out. His waving fangs showed his inner anger, but despite this, the hunting dogs remained unafraid.
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