After the Year of Tofu, Gao Mingcheng took Black Tiger and went into the mountains with a blunderbuss.
He had been entangled in various chores before, which prevented him from displaying his true strength, so he never went into the mountains to hunt.
His goal today is to hunt a wild boar!
As the Chinese New Year approaches, traders come to the village to collect pigs. After the villagers sell the pigs they have raised for a year, they can earn a small sum of one thousand. If they raise more, they can sell more.
Of course, this is not a net profit. If you only calculate the net profit after removing the costs, a pig can only earn a few hundred yuan. The specific amount depends on whether the pig is raised well or not.
Gao Mingcheng had just separated his family and had nothing. He had to either buy the meat for the New Year or go into the mountains to get it.
Gao Mingcheng naturally chose the latter.
"Black Tiger, run!" Seeing no one around, Gao Mingcheng suddenly accelerated his speed and ran towards the oak forest deep in the mountains.
After his visit, the wild boars stayed there during the winter.
"Woof!" Black Tiger shouted, chasing forward with all his strength.
Working dog, working soul, start working!
A man and a dog quickly ran into the oak forest and then slowed down.
Gao Mingcheng waved to Heihu and said, "Go find the wild boar and disperse the wild boar herd."
The black tiger is very smart and understands human nature. However, the black tiger has never eaten wild boar meat, and the hunting dog will not be particularly excited about things he has never eaten.
Fortunately, there are scents left by wild boars everywhere in the oak forest. Through these scents, the black tiger can easily find a group of wild boars.
The weather is good today. The sun penetrates through the gaps in the leaves, and mottled beams of light fall on the ground.
There are dead leaves and grass on the ground, and on top of the dead leaves, there are a large number of acorns. These acorns are small and round, and are a toy that children in the village often play with.
At this time, the wild boars are resting in the leeward woodland. If they are hungry, they can just eat acorns on the ground.
There are also a few naughty little wild boars, playing on the side and making little noises.
Gao Mingcheng hid in a cluster of low bushes and reached out to comfort the black tiger.
He originally planned to let the black tiger disperse the wild boar herd, and then focus on a target to attack, but what! There are actually several wild boars here just lying on the ground motionless!
This is a bright target for a gun!
If you don't shoot now, you will be sorry for yourself!
After Gao Mingcheng signaled Hei Hu not to make any noise, he took out the gun, loaded it, took aim, and pulled the trigger!
Maybe animals are spiritual. Although he and the black tiger made very little noise, they were still noticed by the wild boars.
The alert wild boars made warning calls and ran towards a certain place, and the piglets immediately followed behind.
At this moment, Gao Mingcheng's bullet had already been fired!
"Bang!"
The bullet didn't miss, but it hit the wrong place.
Originally he aimed at the head of a wild boar, but at the critical moment the wild boar stood up and prepared to run away, and this bullet accidentally hit the wild boar's butt!
The injured wild boar let out a shrill cry, which frightened the wild boars in the entire forest and fled in panic.
Although the butt was injured, it was not a fatal wound. The wild boar still ran out.
"Black Tiger! Chase after me!" Black Tiger smelled the smell of blood and chased after the injured wild boar with a fierce look in his eyes.
In terms of speed, a wolf dog is no slower than a wild boar, but if it is one-on-one, a wolf dog is no match for an adult wild boar.
But if a group of wolves and dogs surround them, the wild boar has no chance of winning.
As the saying goes, more ants kill an elephant.
Although it is winter, there is still a lot of vegetation in the mountains. Even the deciduous trees still have branches competing for space.
Gao Mingcheng had also obtained a wild boar before. At that time, he had no guns or hunting dogs to help him, so he had to chase it all by himself.
If the ground is easy to walk on, it's okay, but if he encounters bushes that are difficult to walk on, it will be difficult for him to catch up.
But things are different now, he has helpers!
When the black tiger is chasing its prey, it does not bark. It is like a black arrow, chasing closely behind the wild boar.
The wild boar was injured, and as it ran, blood continued to flow from the wound, falling low on the withered yellow leaves.
The black tiger set his sights on the target, leapt forward, caught up with the wild boar, opened his mouth and bit the wild boar's butt.
The wild boar's skin is thick, but the black tiger's teeth are very sharp. With this bite, the teeth were embedded in the flesh, and the wild boar screamed in pain.
Gao Mingcheng followed behind. When he saw this, he put the gun on the ground and pulled out the dagger from his waist.
If a black tiger bites a wild boar, he can kill it with a dagger.
With the cooperation of one person and one dog, the injured wild boar reluctantly accepted its fate. After its neck was cut to bleed, it fell to the ground. Although it did not die immediately, it was unable to escape anymore.
"Woof woof!" Black Tiger yelled at Gao Mingcheng as if he was showing off his skills. He clung to Gao Mingcheng's body with his upper limbs, waiting for the reward to be touched.
"Well done! I'll give you a reward later!" Gao Mingcheng touched Heihu's head with satisfaction. It felt pretty good.
Black Tiger was in his prime and a ferocious male dog. If the original owner hadn't been desperate for money to treat his son, he might not have been willing to sell Black Tiger.
The family's puppy also got a new name, called Elf. The puppy was also very humane. After getting familiar with the environment, he acted extremely cute and won everyone's hearts.
It's a pity that it can only be cute at present, but cannot work.
After the wild boar died completely, Gao Mingcheng stepped forward and lifted the wild boar upside down to let all the blood in its veins drain away.
Killing pigs and chickens requires bleeding, but killing turtle doves does not.
Since there is no need to bleed, the living turtle dove’s mouth and nose are pinched with hands to directly suffocate it to death.
There is no need to boil the hair and soak it in water, you can just pull it out directly. Of course, it’s okay to soak it in hot water.
Only then did Gao Mingcheng have time to look at the wild boar carefully.
This is a sow, but judging from her physical condition, she probably hasn't given birth to a baby yet. She is very strong. If she is alive, she will definitely give birth to a group of little wild boars next spring.
Lifting the wild boar, Gao Mingcheng estimated that it weighed 180 kilograms. They had just experienced the autumn when food was abundant, and these wild boars were growing very well.
Gao Mingcheng picked up some dead branches from nearby and piled up some dead leaves, preparing to light a fire.
Before lighting the fire, he used a dagger to cut open a piece of flesh on the wild boar's upper right limb, and cut out a piece of fat and thin meat from the inside, about a kilogram.
He threw the meat on the ground and said: "Black Tiger, eat this reward for you!"
"Woof woof!" Black Tiger barked softly and happily lowered his head to eat the meat.
Gao Mingcheng then cut himself a piece of meat weighing about a kilogram, then took out the salt he brought with him to marinate and season it.
Then insert the stick with the bark off and put it on the fire to bake.
While waiting for the barbecue to be cooked, Gao Mingcheng took out a small bottle from the belt around his waist. This bottle was made of steel and was not large. It could hold about half a catty of wine.
Gao Mingcheng bought some wine from his father. Some of the wine was used to soak ginseng and made into ginseng wine, and some was made into twist wine.
What he carries with him now is ginseng wine. When he is tired, he can take a few sips to regain his energy quickly.
The heat of the flame cooks the meat bit by bit, giving off bursts of meaty aroma.
Gao Mingcheng took a sip of wine and ate a bite of meat, and the fatigue just now completely dissipated.
While he was drinking and eating meat, Gao Mingcheng paid attention to the movement deep in the dense forest with his peripheral vision.
There are wolves peeping over there!
(End of chapter)
