Chapter 113: One Man and One Dog Hunting Wild Boar
After the Tofu Year, Gao Mingcheng took Hei Hu and a bird gun into the mountains.
He had been busy with various trivial matters before, which prevented him from displaying his true strength, and he had never gone into the mountains to hunt.
His goal today is to kill a wild boar!
As the Chinese New Year approaches, dealers come to the village to buy live pigs. After the villagers sell the pigs they have raised for a year, they can earn nearly one thousand yuan. If they raise more, they can sell even more.
Of course, this is not the net profit. If you deduct the cost and only count the net profit, you can only make a few hundred yuan from a pig. The specific amount depends on how well the pigs are raised.
Gao Mingcheng had just separated from his family and had nothing. For the meat to be eaten during the New Year, they had to either buy it with money or get it from the mountains.
Gao Mingcheng naturally chose the latter.
"Black Tiger, run!" Seeing that there was no one around, Gao Mingcheng suddenly sped up and ran towards the oak forest in the deep mountains.
According to his scouting, wild boars stay there during the winter.
"Woof woof!" the black tiger shouted and chased forward with all his strength.
Working dog, working soul, get to work!
The man and the dog ran quickly into the oak forest and then slowed down.
Gao Mingcheng waved his hand to Hei Hu and said, "Go find the wild boars and disperse them."
The black tiger is very smart and understands human nature, but it has never eaten wild boar meat. A hunting dog will not show any special excitement about something it has never eaten.
Fortunately, there were scents of wild boars everywhere in the oak forest, and Black Tiger could easily find a group of wild boars by following these scents.
The weather is nice today. The sunlight shines through the gaps between the leaves, and dappled beams of light fall on the ground.
There were dead leaves and dead grass on the ground, and on top of the dead leaves there were a lot of acorns. These acorns were small and round, and were a kind of toy that the children in the village often played with.
At this time, the wild boars were lying in the leeward woods to rest. If they were hungry, they could just eat the acorns on the ground.
There were also a few naughty little wild boars playing around, making some noises.
Gao Mingcheng hid in a cluster of low bushes and reached out to calm the black tiger.
He had originally planned to have Black Tiger disperse the herd of wild boars, and then target one to kill, but there were actually several wild boars lying on the ground motionless!
This is a glaring target!
If you don't shoot now, you will be doing yourself a disservice!
After Gao Mingcheng signaled Hei Hu not to make any noise, he took out the musket, loaded it, aimed, and pulled the trigger!
Perhaps animals are spiritual. Although he and the black tiger made very little noise, they were still noticed by the herd of wild boars.
The alert wild boars gave warning cries and ran towards a place, and the little pigs immediately followed behind.
At this moment, Gao Mingcheng's bullet had already been fired!
"Bang!"
The bullet did not miss, but it hit the wrong place.
Originally he was aiming at a wild boar's head, but the wild boar stood up at the critical moment and prepared to escape, and the bullet hit the wild boar's butt by accident!
The injured wild boar let out a shrill cry, scaring all the wild boars in the forest away in panic.
Although the buttocks were injured, it was not a fatal wound, and the wild boar still ran away.
"Black Tiger! Chase after it!" Black Tiger smelled the blood and chased after the injured wild boar with a fierce look in his eyes.
In terms of speed, wolfdogs are not slower than wild boars, but in a one-on-one fight, a wolfdog is no match for an adult wild boar.
But if the wild boar is surrounded by a group of wolfhounds, it will have no chance of winning.
As the saying goes, a swarm of ants can kill an elephant.
Although it is winter, there is still a lot of vegetation in the mountains. Even those deciduous trees still have branches taking up space.
Gao Mingcheng had caught a wild boar before. At that time, he had no musket and no hunting dog to help him, so he chased it all by himself.
If the ground is easy to walk on, it will be fine. But if he encounters bushes that are difficult to walk on, it will be difficult for him to catch up.
But now it’s different, he has help!
The black tiger does not roar when chasing its prey. It follows the wild boar closely like a black arrow.
The wild boar was already injured, and as it ran, blood continued to flow out of the wound and drip onto the withered yellow leaves.
The black tiger aimed at the target, leaped up, caught up with the wild boar, and opened its mouth to bite the wild boar's butt.
The wild boar's skin was thick, but the black tiger's teeth were very sharp. When it bit down, its teeth embedded into the skin and flesh, causing the wild boar to scream even more miserably in pain.
Gao Mingcheng followed behind and when he saw this, he put the bird gun on the ground and pulled out the dagger from his waist.
If a black tiger is biting a wild boar, he can easily kill it with a dagger.
With the cooperation of the man and the dog, the injured wild boar had no choice but to accept its fate. After its neck was cut and bleeding, it fell to the ground with a bang. Although it did not die immediately, it was no longer able to escape.
"Woof woof!" Black Tiger barked at Gao Mingcheng as if to show off his merit, with his upper limbs climbing on Gao Mingcheng's body, waiting for the reward of being touched.
"Well done! I'll give you a reward later!" Gao Mingcheng touched Heihu's head with satisfaction. The feel was quite good.
Heihu was in his prime and was a ferocious male dog. If the original owner had not been in a hurry to get money to treat his son's illness, he might not have been willing to sell Heihu.
The puppy at home was also given a new name, Elf. The puppy was also very human-like. After becoming familiar with the environment, it behaved extremely cutely and captured everyone's hearts.
Unfortunately, it can only be cute at present, but cannot work.
After the wild boar died completely, Gao Mingcheng stepped forward and held the wild boar upside down, allowing all the blood in its veins to drain out.
Killing pigs, chickens, etc. requires bleeding, but killing turtledoves does not.
Because there was no need to bleed the living turtledoves, they would be suffocated to death by pinching their mouths and noses.
You don't need to boil water to pluck the hair, you can just pluck it directly. Of course, soaking it in hot water is also fine.
It was only at this time that Gao Mingcheng had time to take a closer look at the wild boar.
This is a sow, but judging from its physical condition, it has probably never been pregnant or given birth. It is very strong, and if it is alive, it will definitely give birth to a group of little wild boars in the early spring of next year.
Gao Mingcheng picked up the wild boar and estimated that it weighed about 180 kilograms. Having just experienced an autumn with abundant food, these wild boars were growing well.
Gao Mingcheng picked up some dead branches from nearby and gathered some dead leaves, preparing to make a fire.
Before making a fire, he used a dagger to cut open a piece of skin and flesh on the wild boar's right upper limb, and cut out a piece of fat and lean meat, about one pound in weight.
He threw the meat on the ground and said, "Hei Hu, this is your reward, eat it!"
"Woof woof!" The black tiger barked softly and happily lowered its head to eat the meat.
Gao Mingcheng then cut himself a piece of meat weighing about one pound, and then took out the salt he brought with him and marinated it to season it.
Then insert a wooden stick with the bark peeled off and roast it over the fire.
While waiting for the barbecue to be cooked, Gao Mingcheng took out a small bottle from his belt. The bottle was made of steel and was not big, capable of holding about half a pound of wine.
Gao Mingcheng bought some wine from his father. Some of it was used to soak ginseng to make ginseng wine, and some was made into ginseng wine.
What he carries with him now is ginseng wine. Drinking a few sips when he feels tired can help him regain his energy quickly.
The heat from the flames cooked the meat little by little, emitting bursts of meaty aroma.
Gao Mingcheng took a sip of wine and a bite of meat, and all his fatigue disappeared completely.
While drinking and eating meat, Gao Mingcheng kept an eye on the movements in the depths of the dense forest.
There, there are wolves watching!
(End of this chapter)
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