When the doe saw her children coming, her motherly love made her ignore the pain she was suffering and still stood upright, letting the two fawns suckle. When it noticed some movement on Zhang Shaofei's side, it raised its head, looked at Zhang Shaofei, and called him softly a few times. Its eyes and screams were pleading.
The two fawns seemed to have discovered Zhang Shaofei, but they did not abandon their mother in panic and run away.
"Ah, what a pitiful third mother and son!" Zhang Shaofei was deeply moved by the affectionate licking of the calf between the sika deer mother and her son. His throat felt itchy, his eyes kept blinking, and a layer of tears soon covered his eyes.
Faced with this situation, Zhang Shaofei's heart was churning: If the doe is caught by a hunter later and killed for cooking, even if the two poor fawns escape, they will lose their mother and mother's love. Losing the opportunity to breastfeed means losing the ability to survive. What awaits them in the end is death. This is a tragic event for a family of three!
Thinking of this, Zhang Shaofei couldn't stop the impulse in his heart, hurriedly walked forward and squatted down next to the doe.
The two fawns saw that Zhang Shaofei had no ill intentions towards their mother and son, so they just stepped back a few steps and stood by fearlessly stamping their feet to watch.
Zhang Shaofei opened the trap holding the doe with both hands, pulled out its right foot from the sharp teeth, and then pulled out the sharp arrow from the doe's body, threw it on the ground, and said friendly He caressed the doe's body and said, "Hurry up and run away with the baby."
The doe knew from Zhang Shaofei's series of actions just now that this young man had come to rescue her. At this moment, she seemed to understand Zhang Shaofei's words, looked at him with grateful eyes, nodded gently to him, and wanted to leave, but It staggered forward for a few steps, leaned to the side, lost its balance, and fell to the ground.
The two fawns next to them screamed involuntarily when they saw the doe falling to the ground.
Zhang Shaofei saw that the doe's two wounds were still bleeding and knew that it was seriously injured. Even if it can walk away, if the bleeding cannot be stopped, it will slowly bleed out and die in the mountains.
"No, the top priority is to inject blood into the doe's wound!" Zhang Shaofei stood on tiptoes and looked around, searching. Seeing that there were no mountain herbs nearby that could stop the bleeding, he thought about it and remembered that he had been there not far from here. After picking herbs from the mountain stream to stop bleeding, he raised his finger and pointed to the other side of the mountain stream and said to the doe, "Don't be afraid. I will take you there and collect medicine for you to stop bleeding." After saying that, he squatted down. He got down, picked up the injured doe, and walked towards the mountain stream.
The two fawns were quite sensible and followed Zhang Shaofei. In other words, they followed their mother and left the dangerous place where their mother almost died.
The sun is rising in the sky, the mountain wind is blowing, and the sound of the surrounding forest waves is rising and falling.
Not long after Zhang Shaofei left with the doe in his arms, a group of hunters hurried towards this side. They were hunter Zhong Hanqiang and his brothers from Honggang Village.
The arrow hit by the sika doe was shot by Zhong Hanqiang.
Zhong Hanqiang and the others were hunting in the mountains today. After wandering around for a long time, they were about to return empty-handed. Suddenly they found a sika deer walking in the bushes in the distance. They quietly walked forward, drew their bows and nocked arrows, and shot at the target. When the sharp arrow flew past, they heard the scream of the sika deer, and they knew that the arrow had hit.
After being hit by the arrow, the sika deer endured the pain and fled up the mountain quickly. Zhong Hanqiang and the people from Honggang Village followed the blood stains left by the sika deer when they fled, and chased them until they reached the grass on the hill. They saw a large pool of blood on the ground. But there was no sign of the sika deer.
The tall and thick man next to Zhong Hanqiang is Zhong Hanqiang's younger brother Zhong Hanwei. He stepped forward, bent down and picked up the arrow from the grass. After identifying it for a moment, he handed it to Zhong Hanqiang and said, "Brother Han Qiang, this is your arrow."
Zhong Hanqiang took the sharp arrow and took a look: indeed, this was the arrow he had just shot. The bright red blood on the arrow had not yet dried. He shook the sharp arrow and said to Zhong Hanwei: "Brother Hanwei, I just shot this After shooting the arrow, I clearly heard the scream of the sika deer behind the bushes in the distance, and then I saw it running away desperately. Now, there is still blood on the arrow. Obviously, my arrow has hit the target. That sika deer’s.”
All the hunters in Honggang Village who followed Zhong Hanqiang’s brothers were all talking:
"Yes, I also saw Brother Han Qiang's arrow hit the sika deer directly."
"Why is it that only this arrow is left now, but the sika deer is missing here?"
"Could an injured sika deer fly into the sky and escape?"
"The prey that has been obtained is gone, which is like putting fat pork in your mouth but not eating it."
At this time, an attentive person discovered the bear trap hidden in the grass and shouted: "Be careful! Someone has installed a bear trap here!"
"Who installed this bear trap?"
"Did the people from Liangtian Village install this animal trap?"
Zhong Hanwei lowered his head to identify it for a while, thought for a moment, pointed at the animal trap and said, "This animal trap was installed by people from Liangtian Village."
Zhong Hanqiang asked: "You didn't see it wrong, right?"
Zhong Hanwei affirmed: "I can guarantee that you will not be mistaken. Except for the people from Liangtian Village who will do this, no one else will install a animal trap here."
Someone from Honggang Village made a judgment: "So, the sika deer must have been taken away by the people from Liangtian Village."
There was a look of contempt on Zhong Hanqiang's lips: "Humph, it's the people from Liangtian Village again?! They actually want to get something for nothing from me, it's not that cheap!"
Zhong Hanwei said loudly: "Whoever catches the prey in the mountains should own it. This has been the rule in our mountains for thousands of years."
Zhong Hanqiang vented his resentment: "They are shaving our eyebrows in vain by doing this."
The people next to him also followed suit and shouted, "Yes, the people from Liangtian Village are really bullying others by doing this!"
"We can't let this go!"
"We want them to return the sika deer we got from hunting!"
Facing the turbulent public sentiment, Zhong Hanqiang made up his mind, and his voice was like thunder: "I will settle all the grievances and grievances I had with them in the past with them face to face today."
Just when Zhong Hanqiang, Zhong Hanwei and others were aggrieved, Liang Zhenlian appeared from the mountain road over there with her father Liang Futian and brother Liang Zhenhui, followed by several young hunters.
Liang Futian was holding a rope and a bamboo pole, while Liang Zhenhui was holding a sharp hunting fork. It can be seen from their cheerful faces that they heard Liang Zhenlian's report and now came specifically to harvest the prey. As they walked, they talked happily about how the sika deer meat should be divided tonight and how it should be cooked.
Their voices seemed particularly noisy in the otherwise silent mountain forest.
After Zhong Hanwei heard the sound, he stood on tiptoe and looked over, pointing to the mountain road over there: "Ah, brother Han Qiang, look, the people from Liangtian Village are here."
Zhong Hanqiang said angrily: "Okay, they came uninvited this time, which saves us from going to their village to settle accounts with them."
Liang Futian also saw Zhong Hanqiang and others not far away. He turned his head and asked Liang Zhenhui: "What are the people from Honggang Village doing when they come to the place where we install the animal trap?"
Liang Zhenhui seemed to have something to say, and he said with substance: "Who knows what they are harboring? We will know when we get there."
Liang Futian speculated: "They saw that we caught sika deer and wanted to come and get a share of the pie, right?"
Liang Zhenhui said angrily: "Humph, they will do good things when they come? In the past, when we installed bear traps to catch prey, we only saw blood stains but no prey. I think this time they want to repeat their old tricks."
Liang Futian said disdainfully: "No, we have to settle the account face to face with them today!"
Liang Zhenhui made up his mind: "Yes, we can't let them continue to do whatever they want!"
As they talked, Liang Futian, Liang Zhenhui and others came to the animal trap and saw that there was nothing in front of them and no prey.
