Chapter 155 Hunting
There was no wildlife protection law in those days, and tigers were still considered ferocious beasts.
In the early years, there was an incident in Hunan Province where hundreds of tigers surrounded a village for three days.
This incident caused quite a stir at the time.
In this era, hunting some tigers and making some tiger bone wine will be something that money cannot buy in the future and is extremely precious.
After work at noon, Wang Yuanchao and Wang Hua went to Wang Hua's house together. "Brother Hao, I heard from my sister-in-law that you are planning to go hunting in the mountains tomorrow?"
"Yes, Yuan Chao. Although the wild animals in the mountains are not fat this month, I called a few comrades to go hunting in the mountains. I will play with them for a while and see if I can catch some prey to improve the food for your sister-in-law and the girls."
"Hey, sure, let me be one of you. I have a meeting with the old ladies at the farm tomorrow morning. How about we go together?"
Lin Lao Er didn't think much about it and said directly:
"Haha, that's nothing. If you want to go, let's go together. I'll contact my comrades later and ask them to bring an extra gun. It's a small matter."
"Okay, Brother Hao, let's make this deal. I want to kill a tiger and drink tiger bone wine, haha."
"That depends on luck, you may not get it.
If you come across one, I’ll give you all the tiger bones.”
"Okay, then you guys eat, I'll go back first."
When Lin Lao Er heard this, he got a little angry and said:
"Yuan Chao, it's already dinner time, and you're still going back. Are you looking down on your brother Hao?"
Wang Yuanchao reacted, shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Hey, Brother Hao, what are you talking about? Food is precious these days, and I'm used to not eating at other people's homes. I didn't react right away. Sorry, sorry."
Lin Lao Er was happy at this and said:
"Come on, my family just stewed a chicken today, let's have a couple of drinks together, brothers."
"Okay, let's go. I'll have a couple of drinks with Brother Hao."
The next morning, Wang Yuanchao hurriedly held a meeting with the farm staff and handed the matter over to Wang Hua.
He hurried to Lin Laoer's house. When Lin Laoer saw Wang Yuanchao, he threw a 56-bar to him and said, "Yuanchao, take it. Here you go."
Wang Yuanchao caught the 56-bar thrown to him with one hand, touched it left and right with great admiration, and said: "Good fellow, Brother Hao, you are really lucky to have even got 56-bar."
"Haha, come on, Yuan Chao, let me introduce you to Chen Bin, my comrade-in-arms, a friend for life and death. You can just call him Brother Binzi. He is currently working in the county armed forces department.
This is Liu Chuan, also my comrade-in-arms. We are friends for life and death. He just retired this year and now works in the commune police station. You can just call him Brother Chuanzi. Binzi, Chuanzi, this is my younger brother, Wang Yuanchao. Please help take care of him when you are at home.
Yuan Chao, please get ready, we will set off soon."
Wang Yuanchao looked at Lin Laoer's comrade-in-arms and was a little shocked. He didn't know how this buddy had such a relationship with the local tyrants. How could his wife be bullied like this? So Wang Yuanchao immediately took out a pack of Daqianmen from his pocket, handed it to him and said:
"Brother Binzi, Brother Chuanzi, my name is Wang Yuanchao, and I am an educated youth who came to the countryside to work in the Hongqi Brigade.
You are Brother Hao's comrades-in-arms, and you will be my brothers from now on. We will visit each other frequently, and if you need my help, just tell me what to do."
Chen Bin and Liu Chuan took the cigarettes handed over by Wang Yuanchao with a smile, lit them up, took a puff, and said:
"Wang Yuanchao, little brother, since you are Lin Laoer's brother, you are my Binzi's brother.
But I seem to have heard the name Wang Yuanchao before?"
Wang Yuanchao took a puff of his cigarette and said:
"Brother Binzi is in the Armed Forces Department. It should be normal for him to have heard of my name. My parents are martyrs. I go to the Armed Forces Department every month to collect government subsidies.
Brother Binzi must have heard of me here, right? "
Upon hearing this, Chen Bin slapped his thigh fiercely:
"Oh, that's it! I was wondering why my name sounded so familiar to me. It turns out that you are the orphan of a martyr. I am so sorry for your disrespect."
Friendship between men sometimes comes inexplicably. With the help of Lin Laoer and Chuanzhen, and Wang Yuanchao's deliberate efforts to make friends with them, Wang Yuanchao soon became brothers with Chen Bin and Liu Chuan, and they became close friends.
Wang Yuanchao didn't have anything to prepare. He went back home, picked up a machete, a bundle of hemp ropes, and two sacks, and went up the mountain with Lin Laoer and the other two.
In the outskirts of the mountains near the Red Flag Brigade, apart from the tall trees and wild grass and flowers that can be seen everywhere, not to mention pheasants and rabbits, not even a single prey was seen. On the way, we did encounter a few jujube trees and apple trees, but they were still bare.
Everyone knows the principle of living off the land. In an era of scarcity, people try every possible means to obtain more materials.
Others would naturally think of going to the mountains to find some food. Once wild fruits and vegetables appeared on the mountains, they would be swept away by the adults and children in the village in a few days.
The outer area of the Red Flag Brigade mountain had been visited countless times by others, and there was basically nothing edible left.
Wang Yuanchao and his team were mentally prepared for this, so they had already prepared for no harvest outside the mountains, and no one was discouraged.
Some people were traveling together, and their speed was much faster than when Wang Yuanchao went into the mountains alone.
The group continued to go deeper into the mountain without any hurry. Everyone knew that the deeper they went, the more dangerous it would be, and they might encounter ferocious beasts such as wild boars, wolves, or even tigers.
Moreover, people near the Red Flag Brigade only dared to move around the periphery of the mountain, and basically no one dared to go deep inside.
In fact, even the relatively safe outer areas cannot guarantee 100% safety, and ferocious animals such as wild boars and wolves may occasionally appear.
Once, a villager from the Hongqi Brigade encountered a wild boar when he went up the mountain. He almost lost his life and also lost a leg.
Besides, the villagers of Hongqi Brigade can make a living now, and since then, no one dares to go into the mountains.
As the group went deep into the mountains, the awesomeness of Lin Laoer and his fellow soldiers began to show.
With 56 bars in hand, these three brothers could really hit whatever they pointed at. Any pheasants, hares, roe deer and wild ducks along the way would die if they were seen by these brothers.
This shooting skill really blinded Wang Yuanchao's eyes. He was too embarrassed to raise his gun. "Come on, Yuanchao, there's a stupid roe deer in front. Do you want to try it?"
"OK."
Just give it a try, who's afraid of who ?
One shot missed, "Bang,"
Two shots missed.
"Pah,"
Three shots missed.
"Pah,"
It turned out that this silly roe deer was about to escape from the shooting range and was shot down by Lin Laoer.
"Yuan Chao, you need to practice your shooting skills more, hahahaha."
Wang Yuanchao looked at the three brothers who were laughing at him, and said with a smug smile: "My shooting skills are nothing compared to yours.
You have to go to Brother Binzi to practice more in the future."
"Haha, OK, no problem. When you come to the county town next time, come find me and I'll teach you how to practice shooting."
(End of this chapter)
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