After eight shots, Zhang Cheng didn't immediately go over to check if the bear was really dead. He just stood there, the gun still smoking, waiting.
He knew in his heart that with the gunfire going on like this, Uncle Zhaocai and his men would definitely arrive soon.
It wasn't just the people from Zhangjia Village; people from Wang Village probably heard it too.
Because of the recent wolf incident, every household in Zhangjia Village has gotten wolf meat, and no one wants to venture into the mountains anymore.
But Wang Village is different. That place is poor; they can't go deep into the mountains, but they'll wander around the mountainside.
Maybe we can catch something; it's better than going back empty-handed.
As soon as Wang Hongzhao heard the gunshot, he felt something was wrong. The sound was like a hunting rifle. Who would fire a gun in the mountains at this time?
Could it be from Zhangjia Village?
He immediately called for his men to rush towards the location of the gunshot.
Within minutes, Wang Hongzhao and his group arrived and immediately spotted a large, dark creature lying in the snow. As they approached, they exclaimed, "Wow, a bear!"
There was a pool of blood beneath his body, which stained the snow red.
"Damn it, is it really a bear?"
Wang Hongzhao's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He turned his head to find the person who fired the shot, and when he saw Zhang Cheng, he paused, stunned.
"Old Ming's youngest son?"
He knew Zhang Cheng, the one who caused trouble in Wang Village last time, because of Wang Jian's matter.
Wow!
People around Wang Hongzhao clicked their tongues in astonishment.
"They even dare to hunt bears, they're incredibly brave!"
"That's right. Back when I was in the mountains, I would avoid bear poop whenever I saw it. Who would dare mess with that thing?"
"That kid's got guts!"
Although the people of Wang Village still remembered the trouble Zhang Cheng caused with his men last time, they were truly impressed to see him kill the bear single-handedly.
"Hey, the youngest son of the Ming family,"
Someone shouted,
Are you selling this bear?
"Yeah, yeah, let's sell some bear meat. Our village hasn't had any meat in ages."
"Zhang Cheng, right?"
Your aunt and I are cousins, so please sell us some money as a family.
"How about this? When spring comes, we'll give you a few days of work, and I guarantee you'll earn a year's worth of work points in a month!"
Wang Hongzhao, carrying a gun on his back and a smile plastered on his face, walked over; his smile was quite honest and simple.
You can't hit someone who's smiling, and besides, Zhang Cheng didn't have any grudges against them, so he smiled and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket—Feima cigarettes—and distributed them around.
"Hey, Pegasus Smoke!"
Someone with sharp eyes shouted,
"Good stuff for just over four cents a pack!"
"Er Gouzi, where did you get your Pegasus Smoke?"
"These cigarettes are expensive, and you need cigarette coupons to buy them. Where are we fruit tree growers supposed to get cigarette coupons?"
"Come on, let's smoke some more. Er Gouzi is my cousin, so we'll accept this as a gift from him."
Wang Long chuckled as he pulled out a match and lit someone's cigarette.
"This smoke is much better than welding fumes; that stuff chokes your throat."
"Nonsense, they cost two cents each, how can they be the same?"
As the smoke dissipated, the hunters from Wang Village looked at Zhang Cheng with even greater warmth.
Wang Hongzhao, smoking a cigarette, asked with a smile,
"Hey Er Gouzi, how about selling some bear meat?"
The villagers are all craving the taste of meat.
"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to sell,"
Zhang Cheng shook his head.
"We really can't sell it."
"Why can't we sell it?"
Some people don't understand.
"This bear,"
Zhang Cheng lowered his voice.
"I've eaten human flesh."
"What?!"
Upon hearing this, the faces of the people from Wang Village changed. The relaxed atmosphere from before suddenly became serious, and their eyes turned serious as they looked at the bear on the ground.
At this moment, Zhang Jucai and his group arrived. They saw Zhang Cheng smoking with the people from Wang Village from afar and quickly ran over.
Zhang Cheng smiled and offered cigarettes to Zhang Jucai and the others.
"Er Gouzi, you're really something!"
Li Yongheng, smoking a cigarette, gave Zhang Cheng a thumbs-up.
"Among you young people, you are the most promising."
It's a pity about Houcheng's family. Ah, you've avenged them, haven't you?
After Li Junyi died, Li Houcheng even went to Zhang Cheng's house to cause trouble.
Now Li Houcheng has been killed by a bear, and Zhang Cheng has killed the bear as well.
"What a pity for this bear."
Wang Hongzhao looked at the bear and sighed.
Who would dare to eat the flesh of a bear that has eaten human flesh?
"Hey guys, let's carry it back."
After finishing his cigarette, Zhang Jucai called to his men and walked towards the bear.
Wang Hongzhao and the others didn't say anything more and just nodded.
Zhang Jucai and several other strong laborers struggled to lift the bear, which weighed over 300 pounds.
Luckily it was a black bear; if it had been a brown bear, it really wouldn't have been able to be lifted without tools.
After exchanging a few more polite words with Zhang Cheng, Wang Hongzhao and his men returned to the village.
As soon as Wang Hongzhao and his group returned to the village, they spread the word about what they had seen on the mountain.
Wang Weiguo, Wang Jimin, and the others were gathered at Wang Jian's house when they heard the news, and they were all dumbfounded.
These past few days, they were still thinking about how to get revenge on Zhang Cheng, but he turned out to be the one who single-handedly killed the bear, a killer bear that had eaten human flesh!
How can we retaliate now?
"He's a ruthless person."
Wang Weiguo muttered something, saying that when he was young, he went into the mountains with his elders and saw a bear; his legs went weak at the time.
"What's so great about hunting a bear that just came out of hibernation?"
Wang Jian was still unconvinced.
"Give me a gun, and I can kill a bear too!"
Wang Weiguo opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.
Wang Jimin, however, agreed with Wang Jian's words. His leg injury had not yet fully healed, and he hated Zhang Cheng with a burning passion.
Those in the village who were related to Zhang Cheng were all beaming with pride, visiting each other throughout the village and praising Zhang Cheng to the skies, almost saying that he was a reincarnation of the God of War.
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