He tilted his head to look back, and happened to see Shen Mo looking at him sideways. Her eyes were as calm as water, without the slightest trace of fear.
The sled slid directly to the halfway point of the mountain. Shen Mo applied the foot brake and finally stopped safely.
"arrive."
Lu Qingyang breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up, he found that they had slid for a long distance.
"This will be much faster." Shen Mo looked quite proud, waiting for Lu Qingyang to praise her.
Lu Qingyang did not compliment her. Instead, he reached out and pinched her face under the mask.
"You are so brave! We have come down now, but the hunting team hasn't come down yet!"
Shen Mo muttered angrily: "They followed me, so I can't blame them."
She pulled Lu Qingyang's sleeve and pointed down: "The wild boar's den is right there."
"How do you know that?"
Shen Mo took out a potato from her pocket and started to chew it. "I've been here several times. I've never seen such a group of old guys being so troublesome and going around in circles."
"You are their old man?"
"He has a scruffy beard. What does he mean by old man?"
Having said that, he jumped down by himself and walked towards the wild boar's den.
Lu Qingyang followed her, and the two walked for a while and came to a sunken cave.
This must be a place that wild boars specifically look for. It is filled with all kinds of weeds and dead branches, but the middle is hollow, which is the wild boar's nest.
Lu Qingyang noticed a slight sound coming from the cave, and Mantou was barking towards it. He squatted down and looked down, and saw five or six wild boar cubs cuddling together inside.
There is more than one nest like this, so it seems that there are only a few wild boars living here.
The wild boar cubs have to be kept, as their target this time is large male wild boars.
Wild boars are generally social animals. Since this is their nest, it would probably be too far for them to stray away from here.
The slight sound attracted Lu Qingyang's attention, and Steamed Bun also barked back in one direction.
He had a hunch that the wild boars must have returned.
They knew how many wild boars there were. If there were a lot of them, the two of them would definitely be able to handle it, so it would be better to hide and check first.
Lu Qingyang took Shen Mo away quickly and hid in the bushes nearby.
Sure enough, after a while, a dozen wild boars came back in a mighty procession. They were fat and made gurgling sounds from their mouths.
The female wild boar went back to check on her cubs first, while the male wild boar sniffed around the nest, as if he smelled a stranger.
Then he looked towards the place where the two people and the dog were hiding.
Oh no, the boar must have discovered their presence.
Lu Qingyang quickly stood up and shouted, "Run!"
Shen Mo reacted quickly, found a sturdy tree and climbed up, and motioned Lu Qingyang to follow her.
"You go first, Mantou, go and attract the wild boar's attention."
Lu Qingyang made a gesture and Steamed Bun knew which direction to run.
Steamed Bun ran out in a flash, and while the wild boars were frightened, Lu Qingyang had already raised his hunting rifle steadily, his eyes cold and focused.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Three gunshots were heard, accompanied by the dull cries of wild boars, and one, two, and three huge bodies fell one after another.
The wild boars have realized that Lu Qingyang is their real enemy.
A wild boar with huge fangs was enraged and rushed towards Lu Qingyang. Two gunshots were heard above Lu Qingyang's head.
It turned out to be Shen Mo, who was hiding in a tree and shooting, and was afraid that the wild boar would attack her.
But this wild boar knew how to move, so even Shen Mo only injured one leg.
The wild boar was enraged by the gunshot and became more and more manic, with several slightly larger boars following behind him.
Lu Qingyang dodged but did not give up shooting. He quickly hid behind a sturdy tree.
His chest rose and fell slightly, and he took a deep breath, his ears focused on catching the heavy footsteps of the wild boar.
He carefully stuck his head out, lightly pressed the trigger with his finger, and there was a loud "bang".
The wild boar king fell to the ground, twitched several times in the snow, and finally died silently.
The larger ones were easier to deal with, and he and Shen Mo worked together to kill seven or eight wild boars. The remaining two non-aggressive boars ran away.
There are still lactating sows and wild boars drinking milk in the nests. We can leave them to grow up and hunt them next year. We will kill them all in the future.
Lu Qingyang's chest was pounding and his back was sweating. He put down his hunting rifle, touched the bullets hanging around his waist, and refilled the gun box.
The ears suddenly became quiet. Shen Mo jumped down from the tree, and Mantou also came down from the bushes.
Lu Qingyang found it incredible that the two of them, working together, actually killed most of the wild boars.
But he did not relax his spirit. Sure enough, a sow rushed out and rushed towards Shen Mo with great momentum.
Lu Qingyang shot and killed the sow without thinking.
At this critical moment, there is no room for hesitation.
Shen Mo turned around and saw the sow lying in a pool of blood, then looked at Lu Qingyang.
"Lu Qingyang, your shooting skills have improved a lot!"
"Master Shen Mo, you are a good teacher." He said jokingly.
"I taught you very little, you are the best!" She tilted her head and spoke very seriously.
At this time, Wang Dagang had already rushed over with several hunters. When he saw the wild boar carcasses scattered all over the ground, he was dumbfounded and asked in surprise: "This... did you kill all these?"
Lu Qingyang pointed at Shen Mo and said, "It was the result of their collaboration, not her."
Upon hearing this, Wang Dagang exclaimed: "Young people are indeed to be feared! Young people are indeed to be feared! It seems that my old eyes are dim and I have not seen your abilities."
He had been the captain of a hunting team for such a long time, and this was the first time he had seen such a tough guy.
Of course, I didn't expect that Shen Mo would actually hunt.
While Wang Dagang was excited, he sighed: "Did they come here for nothing?"
"This trip is not in vain. We still have to take this wild boar back."
"You two brats are really... newborn cows are afraid of tigers. This time you are lucky. Maybe you can act alone like this in the future!"
Sun Xiangqian was extremely anxious when he heard the gunshots, fearing that something had happened to the two men. He finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the wild boars all over the ground.
"I really worried about you two for nothing."
Uncle Tie has already started to bleed the wild boar with a dagger. If the wild boar is not bled in time, the meat will be unpalatable.
"They have always had good luck. I believe the mountain god will bless them."
The rest of the teammates also came over one after another, and after seeing the masterpieces of Lu Qingyang and Shen Mo, they couldn't help but praise them.
Still following the old rules, the wild boar meat is taken back after being cut open, the entrails are hung on a tree to honor the mountain god, and the rest is fed to the hunting dogs.
This trip was a great harvest. Lu Qingyang looked at the group of wild boars without their mother and said, "I just killed a sow. These piglets are motherless now. How about taking them back?"
Shen Mo brought a kudzu wood basket and put five or six wild boars into it.
Wang Dagang nodded and said, "It's better to take them back. There are sows in the team. They will starve to death."
After the meat was cut, the horses' backs were full, and even the two sleds were loaded.
Wang Dagang held the huge fangs and smiled cheerfully: "I'll give them to you as a souvenir!"
Shen Mo was very satisfied, having gotten so much meat, but her spot was taken.
"Lu Qingyang, where are you sitting?"
Lu Qingyang looked at the horses' backs, which were basically full, "I can only trouble Comrade Shen Mo to walk."