Chapter 254 The Wolf Couple
After the pigs ran north, Sheng Xiping, Wang Jianshe, and others slid down from the trees and chased after them with guns in hand.
If you can shoot and kill one, shoot it; if you can't, scare the pigs to run north.
As for the people on the east and west sides, they all came down from the trees after the first shot was fired.
Sheng Xiping had previously instructed that after the first round of shooting, regardless of whether the shots hit or not, the shooting must stop.
Otherwise, if he leads his men forward and fires in the chaos, it could easily injure people.
Flanked from both sides and pursued from behind, where could those pigs run? They could only charge northwards, leaping over ridges and running downhill.
However, on the shady slopes, a hard layer of snow had melted on top, while the snow underneath was loose and soft.
The pig's hooves are slender and sharp, and its weight is heavy, so it easily crushed the hard crust on the snow, and its limbs sank directly into the snow.
It snowed quite a bit on the mountain this winter; in some places the snow was almost up to a person's waist, and in the shallowest places it was up to the upper thigh.
Although the weather has changed recently, some of the snow has melted and some has accumulated, but it is still very thick.
Once the pig fell in, it sank in and couldn't move in the snowdrift.
When Sheng Xiping and his men caught up, they saw the scene ahead and Wang Jianshe and the others burst into laughter.
"Xiping, your move was brilliant. Look, those pigs are all stuck in the snow and can't move."
Yes, except for the biggest pig, which, taking advantage of its weight, waded through the snow and ran down the hillside.
The other wild boars were all stuck in the snow, their limbs sinking into the hard snow cover that prevented them from falling in. But with their hooves stuck in the snow and unable to put any weight on them, they could only grunt and howl as they struggled and cried out in the snow.
Sheng Xiping didn't answer the question. Instead, he raised his gun and fired two shots at the pig running ahead.
The first shot must have hit the pig's hindquarters. The big pig was hit, let out a scream, stumbled twice, but after regaining its balance, it didn't stop, but turned a corner and continued running.
Just then, the second shot arrived, and this time it hit the pig's belly.
Neither shot hit a vital spot. Although the wild boar swayed a few times, it still ran away in a flash.
Sheng Xiping fired two shots, wounding the boar but failing to kill it. By the time he tried to fire again, the wild boar had already run far away.
"Oh dear, what a pity, it got away." Wang Jianshe and the others couldn't help but sigh when they saw it.
"What a pity? That thing has been around for who knows how many years. Its flesh is so smelly and rotten that you wouldn't eat it even if you killed it."
Although Sheng Xiping said this, he was thinking to himself that both shots had clearly hit their mark, and that pig probably couldn't have gone too far. He had to chase after it later.
"Xiping, what do we do now? Should we just open fire and kill these pigs?"
At this moment, Li Zhenggang and Guo Yongping also caught up with their men. When they saw the scene before them, they were completely dumbfounded.
What's going on? What's wrong with those pigs? Why are they all standing motionless in the snow?
"Why are you still firing at a time like this? Jianshe, hurry up and prepare the knife, go down and slaughter the pig."
Sheng Xiping laughed when he heard this. What a waste to fire at a time like this.
“When you’re slaughtering pigs, don’t forget about those that were beaten to death and trampled to death on that hillside over there. I’ll follow that big basket-running guy ahead and see if I can kill it.”
Actually, this kind of basket-running technique makes the food less tasty.
But most hunters are the same; deep down, they're all looking for thrills.
These pigs were too easy to kill, so Sheng Xiping wanted to go and challenge that big running basket.
Upon hearing this, Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo thought, "How can we let Sheng Xiping go after him alone?" So they went along too.
"Haining, Brother Li, you guys take some men to slaughter the pig, remember, hurry up and gut it."
It would be best to prop up the pig's belly with wood, and take all the offal back with you; don't leave it here.
Offering so many pig offal to the mountain god? That's a joke!
If someone were to carelessly wander by and see what kind of organs and entrails were hanging out of a tree, wouldn't they be terrified?
"Find someone to go back and report the news, and ask Secretary Wang to send a few people over to transport the pigs back."
This area is full of pigs. Just slaughtering them would take a lot of time, not to mention transporting them back. We need to find help.
"Alright, don't worry, leave this to us."
Gao Haining took out the dry rations he had brought from his pocket and threw them to Sheng Xiping. Zhang Zhijun and Pan Fusheng did the same, giving their dry rations to Sheng Xiping and the others.
This was to prevent the three of them from chasing too far and getting hungry.
Then, everyone drew their short knives, each cut a stick, placed the knife on it, and went forward to reap the rewards of their victory.
If a pig is stuck in the snow and doesn't move, isn't that just like being slaughtered?
Gao Haining raised his knife, stabbed it down, and pulled it out. A spurt of blood gushed out instantly, and the pig whimpered a few times before dying.
Gao Haining set an example, and the others followed suit, wielding sharp knives to slaughter wild boars.
Although the weather is warmer at this time of year, everyone is still wearing thick cotton-padded shoes when going into the mountains.
These days, cotton shoes are generally too big because you can't just wear a pair of socks and then put on shoes.
Most people would wear a layer of felt socks over their socks, and then put on black cotton shoes with five-eyed holes.
Some people even wear a wool sock inside their felt socks.
It's easy to imagine that these shoes must be at least two sizes larger than summer shoes, otherwise they wouldn't be able to fit into such thick felt socks or wool socks.
The shoes are large, and the layer of snow on top is also solid, so most people won't fall into the snow when walking on them.
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