Early the next morning, when Li Shiqiang got up and came to the main room, he saw the five and six half hanging on the wall.
He walked over, picked up the gun, checked it, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that no shot had been fired.
At this time, my mother Chen Xianglan also came to the main room from the kitchen with a bowl of sweet potato porridge, and said softly: "I came back in the middle of the night last night. After asking a few questions, I said I didn't see Xiong Xiazi."
Li Shiqiang nodded and started eating breakfast.
When he was just halfway through eating, Xu Sheng also entered the room a little tired.
"What's wrong? I didn't call you to keep vigil last night. Why are you so sleepy?"
Xu Sheng yawned and said slowly: "Mei Lian heard that a blind bear had entered the village. She was so scared that she couldn't sleep last night. I talked to her most of the night before letting her fall asleep."
Li Shiqiang smiled while holding the bowl and said, "If you didn't tell me, I would have thought you were too scared to sleep."
"What are you afraid of? There are so many people in the village. Just shout and someone will come!"
After Xu Sheng said disdainfully, he picked up the rice cake on the table and took a bite: "I thought your mother and the old man were afraid that you would encounter a blind bear and wouldn't let you go into the mountains!"
Li Shiqiang was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and said directly: "Eat quickly and leave after eating."
After the two had breakfast, they took the dry food as usual and headed straight to Laowu Mountain.
The two of them chatted about what happened last night while walking on the road.
"Fortunately, when Blind Xiong entered the house, Aunt Zhao and Sister Chen were not in the house. Otherwise, not only two dogs would have died."
Li Shiqiang shook his head and said: "It's not that they are lucky that their two families are not at home, but that they are unlucky and no one is at home."
When Xu Sheng heard this, he immediately stared in confusion and asked, "What do you mean by that? Is that the opposite? You are obviously lucky, how did you become unlucky?"
He had not had much contact with the blind bear and did not understand the habits of the blind bear. However, Li Shiqiang had come into contact with the blind bear in his previous life and explained to him at this time: "The blind bear looks fierce, but in fact he is very timid. If there is someone in the house, If it does, it won’t dare to enter the house at all.”
"However, although Blind Bear is timid, he will still become very ferocious if stimulated. The two dogs that died last night probably frightened Blind Bear and were killed."
"If you encounter a blind bear in the mountains, be sure to stay calm and don't scare it, and don't shoot it easily. Just back away slowly, as its eyesight is not good."
Black bears are called blind bears, naturally because of their poor eyesight.
Xu Sheng nodded thoughtfully and asked, "Can I climb a tree and pretend to be dead?"
"No way! The blind bear can also climb the tree, and once he climbs the tree, there is no chance to escape. It is only temporarily safe for a while. As for pretending to be dead, that won't work. If the blind bear is hungry, he will eat directly Drop you, or take you back to eat."
"If it is in a good mood and not hungry, it may attack you halfway and let you go, but then you probably won't survive."
"It's so troublesome!"
After Xu Sheng sighed lightly, he turned to Li Shiqiang and smiled: "Anyway, I will follow you when I go into the mountains. If I encounter a blind bear, I will just leave it to you to deal with it. What do you say, I will Just do whatever you want!”
After Li Shiqiang told Xu Sheng some things to do when encountering a blind bear, he also took Xu Sheng into Laowu Mountain.
After entering the mountain, the two of them continued up the mountain as usual, heading to the location of the Eucommia trees.
After some time and the busy work of the eldest brother-in-law, more than half of the bark of this Eucommia tree has been scraped off by them, and a small half has not been scraped off.
When Li Shiqiang went to the mountains this time, he wanted to scrape off all the eucommia bark as soon as possible, and then take it to the county supply and marketing cooperative to sell it.
If he sees some deer on the way, he will also take action for the "whip" that Uncle Zhou wants.
But when Li Shiqiang and Xu Sheng came to the Eucommia trees, they discovered that some of the Eucommia barks had been damaged.
"Damn it, a wild boar must have eaten the bark!"
After Xu Sheng cursed, he quickly checked to see if there were any traces of wild boars nearby.
But Li Shiqiang squatted in front of the Eucommia tree and looked at it carefully, frowned and said: "Sheng Wa, this is not eaten by a wild boar, this is eaten by a takin!"
Although the takin is called a cow, its face is like a horse, its tail is like a sheep, its hooves are like a cow, its horns are like a wildebeest, its back is like a brown bear, and its hind legs are like a hyena.
The combination of characteristics of so many animals creates a unique takin.
In the Bachuan area, it also has a very appropriate nickname: Liudang.
These six different looks are very strange, and they always have a sullen face.
It looks like someone else owes it money.
"Really?"
When he heard that the damaged bark was rubbed by takin, Xu Sheng's eyes immediately lit up and he looked greedy.
In the past, when we had big pot meals, the village would often hunt takin from the mountains and bring them back to improve the food.
A takin weighs several hundred kilograms, and one kill can feed the whole village for several days.
Moreover, takin beef is very delicious. Even if he has not eaten it for many years, Xu Sheng became extremely excited just by hearing about the existence of takin.
"What do you mean, Erba, do you want to fight or not?"
Li Shiqiang had naturally eaten antelope beef before, and he knew its taste very well. It was even better than plateau yak meat.
He glanced at the area nearby and said, "Get the Eucommia bark first. If you see it, hit it."
Takin, like wild boar, are omnivorous animals. Although it looks a bit honest on the outside, it is actually very bad-tempered and aggressive.
Especially male takin in estrus are easily irritated.
They rub the bark of trees to polish the horns on their heads to make them smoother and sharper, giving them an advantage in battle.
Another reason is that, like wild boars, takin are family animals that live in groups and are not as easy to fight as some animals that like to live alone.
"Fine!"
Xu Sheng sighed and began to pick up the bark of the tree.
Li Shiqiang also started working in the same way.
But while the two were working, they also paid close attention to their surroundings, hoping that the herd of takin would arrive again.
This wait was just after lunch.
After the two had eaten dry food and rested for a while, they were about to continue working when they saw a group of yellowish takin coming toward them.
"Er baby, look!"
Xu Sheng quickly picked up the gun he brought and pointed at the seven or eight takin of different sizes.
Without too much reminder, Li Shiqiang also picked up his five-six-and-a-half.
Since they have already hit the door, there is no point in not fighting.
Even if you sell such delicious antelope beef, you can still get a good price.
He slowly squatted down and raised his gun, aiming at the largest takin in the herd.
Before shooting, he did not forget to remind Xu Sheng beside him: "I count three two one, let's shoot together."
"three..."
"two..."
"one..."
"boom!"
