After the autumn harvest, the team organized a hunting activity.
There are no large jungles or tall trees in the gullies, hills and mountains near Haowan Village. What is common are low bushes.
However, there are many small animals such as pheasants and rabbits in the bushes at this season.
The educated youth, especially the male ones, were very interested in this activity and everyone signed up to participate. Among the female educated youth, only Qin Hanshu and Zhang Kangmei went.
Later I learned that Zhang Kangmei also grew up in a compound and received military education from his parents since childhood.
Ma Chaoyang and Lin Zhiheng are naturally the same, having been handling guns since childhood.
Qin Hanshu signed up for the hunting team, of course not for fun, but to take the opportunity to throw a few pheasants and rabbits into the space so that he could eat meat in the future.
After all, the divine beasts in the space cannot be eaten.
During the autumn harvest, she stole a handful of rice while the millet was drying and planted it in the space. Now there is no shortage of food, but there is a shortage of meat.
The hunting team was led by the militia of the production brigade. At first glance, the militia captain looked short and thin, but he had a sharp gaze and strong arms. He was said to be a sharpshooter.
Seeing so many educated youth coming, he showed a look of disdain, especially after seeing the delicate Qin Hanshu, he waved his hand and drove them away, saying: "Hunting is not a game, please leave if you are not welcome."
Qin Hanshu said: "Captain, I'm not here to play!"
The militia captain glanced at her and asked, "Then can you shoot a gun?"
Zhou Ruilan quickly helped out: "Xiao Wu, hunting doesn't always require a gun. It would be fine if Xiao Qin Zhiqing came with us."
There are more than a dozen militiamen in the brigade, and the militia team only has two Type 56 and a half rifles and six single-barreled gunpowder shotguns. Moreover, the bullets are so expensive that they only took out one Type 56 and a half rifle for use today.
There are more than 20 people in the hunting team, and most of them don't even need guns.
The militia captain said this deliberately simply because he saw that Qin Hanshu was too delicate and was afraid of causing trouble, so he didn't want to take her out to play.
But Zhou Ruilan spoke up for Qin Hanshu, so he couldn't refute it. Who told him that even though he was not young anymore, he still had to call Zhou Ruilan "Auntie" according to seniority?
The militia captain reluctantly kept Qin Hanshu.
Autumn hunting is basically about hunting pheasants and hares, and if you are lucky you may encounter gazelles.
These animals hide in the bushes and are driven around by a group of people to expose the target, which is then shot by armed hunters.
There were even a few people who carried traditional bows and arrows, and they were quite successful.
Qin Hanshu and several other educated youth followed Zhou Ruilan and her group to drive away prey. But soon, Ma Chaoyang, Zhang Kangmei and Lin Zhiheng joined the shooting team.
While picking up prey, Qin Hanshu had thrown two wild rabbits, a male and a female, and a pheasant into the space.
The hare and pheasant were both bitten by the dogs in the team and were half dead. Qin Hanshu hoped to save the hare and see if it could give birth to baby rabbits so that he could have more meat to eat in the future.
Thinking of saving the hare's life, Qin Hanshu wanted to slip away first.
She had just told Zhou Ruilan when Zhang Kangmei came over and said, "Hanshu, come play with us!"
Qin Hanshu hurriedly shook his head and said, "I have something to do. I want to go back first."
"What can happen to you?!" Zhang Kangmei pulled Qin Hanshu and ran, "Come on, come on, our team is short of one person, you come to make up the number!"
Zhang Kangmei and two other people were hanging out with the militia, and gradually, somehow, they split into two factions and started a competition.
There were four people on the militia side and only three on the educated youth side.
Although Zhang Kangmei and his two companions were quite strong, they were definitely not as good as the experienced militiamen when it came to hunting.
The militiamen looked down on the educated youth in the first place, and they were even more unhappy when they saw that the one they had brought over to make up the numbers was a delicate female educated youth.
"With your configuration, it would be unfair for us to win. If it doesn't work, how about we give up one person and make it three against three?"
"Or two people can withdraw, two against three. After all, there is a lesbian on your side."
Zhang Kangmei was dissatisfied and said, "Just because I am a lesbian doesn't mean I am worse than gay men!"
"That's it, four against four." Lin Zhiheng said calmly, "If you lose to the delicate female educated youth, don't cry."
The militiamen were immediately stimulated.
"Lose? I don't even know how to write the word lose!"
Militia captain Zhou Xiaowu also sneered: "For the sake of fairness, no matter how many we hunt, we will divide it by 2 and then compare it with you. Otherwise, I will have no face to show."
The competition is decided by the number of prey caught.
Ma Chaoyang shouted, "Stop talking nonsense, let's finish the fight first."
Zhang Kangmei is already preparing to teach Qin Hanshu how to use Hunter Q.
Qin Hanshu had no choice but to force the issue.
Load gunpowder and add iron sand, then pull the trigger to ignite the fuse, ignite the gunpowder and shoot out the iron sand.
The operation is not difficult, the main thing is whether you can hit the prey.
Lin Zhiheng said seriously: "I believe in your ability. You threw the dirt at that guy last time, and it was quite accurate."
Qin Hanshu said speechlessly: "Can it be the same?"
Ma Chaoyang said: "It's almost there, as long as it's accurate, it's fine."
Zhang Kangmei shared her own experience, "It's all about feeling. After all, the prey is not like Liao Yujie standing still. It moves. You have to judge its next direction."
Lin Zhiheng nodded and said, "Hit it a few more times and you'll get the feeling."
The militia team and the educated youth team divided the area into different areas, and then set a time for the two teams to gather and settle the accounts with the prey they had hunted. Whoever had the most prey would win.
Soon, the two teams separated.
Qin Hanshu was carrying a gunpowder gun on his back, feeling a little scared, wondering if it would explode.
Ma Chaoyang saw her fear and comforted her: "Why don't you just follow behind and help us pick up the prey..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhang Kangmei drove a pheasant out from the bramble bushes. The pheasant was frightened and flapped its wings and flew into the air.
Ma Chaoyang was just raising his gun to aim when he heard a "bang" and the pheasant fell to the ground.
"Who hit him?" Ma Chaoyang looked at Lin Zhiheng, "You hit him?"
Lin Zhiheng looked at Qin Hanshu.
Qin Hanshu slowly put down the Q-tube he had raised, exhaled lightly, and asked, "Did you hit it?"
Zhang Kangmei ran over and picked up the pheasant, "Hit right in the belly!" Then he threw it into the backpack behind him.
Ma Chaoyang was stunned: "Xiao Shu, aren't you scared? Your reaction is too fast!"
Qin Hanshu himself also found it incredible, "I just saw something flying up, and then... a conditioned reflex?"
Ma Chaoyang: "...You just touched the gun and you had a conditioned reflex?"
The sharpshooters in the army are basically fed with bullets!
Zhang Kangmei gave a thumbs up in admiration, "This is talent!"
Lin Zhiheng curled his lips, "I told you you can do it."
After this incident, Qin Hanshu became more confident.
Ma Chaoyang's exclamations could be heard continuously in the team.
At the beginning it was still “Xiao Shu is awesome”, but later on, I don’t know when it started to become “Sister Shu is awesome”.
In the end, without any special counting, everyone felt that Qin Hanshu had caught the most prey.
Suddenly, Zhou Xiaowu's roar rang out.
"Attention - there's a wild boar -"