This jungle cannot be considered a mountain in the true sense. It is only about half a meter higher than the field. There are no protruding peaks on it, not even abrupt mounds, except for waist-deep thorns, weeds and finger-like thorns. The large water bamboos are interspersed with masson pine trees, which are extremely green, with various flower-winged birds jumping and singing among the trees.
Ah Er said to his two male companions: I can't find the buffalo. I really want to shoot two birds to stop my hunting addiction.
The two male companions were about to argue about something when a cry suddenly came from the left side of the forest - help! The buffalo is going to kill someone!
not good. It was Li Jieshi who was calling. Ah Er and his two companions heard the sound and hurried over.
A'er ran ahead, bypassing a forest full of weeds and bushes. He was surprised to find Li Jieshi lying on a tall masson pine, and the buffalo coiled in a circle with a pair of bent horns was getting angry. The ground collided with the trunk of the Masson pine tree, causing the Masson pine tree to sway constantly.
Ah Er originally wanted to shoot at the buffalo, but he was afraid that the shot would be inaccurate and the bullet injured Li Jieshi on the tree. In his haste, he suddenly became wise and shouted loudly: "Kill the buffalo."
So the two companions also shouted, and they kept shouting all day long. Seeing that there were too many people coming, the buffalo gave up its attack on Li Jieshi and fled deep into the jungle.
Ah Er and his two companions chased after the buffalo. Li Jieshi also slipped down from the tree and followed, but his body was still trembling and he was breathing heavily.
The buffalo rushed to the edge of the jungle. It wanted to turn around, but when it saw Ah Er and the others chasing after them, it rushed out of the forest. Outside the forest was a vast white deserted lake. It then went into the water and swam towards the center of the deserted lake.
Ah Er chased the shore of the deserted lake with an earthen gun. The shore closest to the buffalo was more than thirty meters away. Ah Er aimed the mouth of the gun rod at it, and with a "boom" sound, a ball of sparks shot out. , I don’t know if I hit the buffalo correctly, but I saw it swimming towards the other side again. After a while, a little blood red appeared in the lake water it swam through, which proved that it had been shot.
Li Jieshi stared at it, and sure enough he found that blood was constantly flowing from the left back of the buffalo. He muttered in relief: Ah Er's shot was a good one, and he hit that damn buffalo.
Perhaps the people in the village on the other side of the lake heard the sound of the gunfire, and they came in droves, some wearing straw hats, some with bare heads, men and women, and soon they were standing on the lake shore.
Li Jieshi and the two men shouted at the same time: If you dare to get away, that buffalo is crazy, be careful it comes ashore and kills people.
The people on the other side were about to disperse, but they found that the buffalo turned around and swam to the other side of the deserted lake. It avoided people, obviously because it was afraid of people, and its back was still bleeding. The people on the other side calmed down and commented: It doesn't seem to be crazy.
It went crazy and killed my brother in the paddy field. Li Jieshi said: We are here to clean it up.
A'er had a cloth bag containing medicinal powder and a drill in his pocket, and he was taking it out and putting it into a gun, intending to use the second gun to kill it.
The buffalo was swimming on the other side of the lake, and would not climb up the uninhabited lake shore. It just wandered in the lake, bleeding gurglingly from the bullet wound on its back. Although the lake water dilutes its red color, it cannot relieve its pain. It knew that the god of death was approaching it, but it still struggled to fight to the death against humans, its natural enemies that it had already become enemies with.
Ah Er, who was holding the gun, came again, walked towards the shore nearest to it, picked up the gun and was aiming at it. A group of people were following behind Ah Er. The sun was so hot that some people squatted down leisurely and rubbed a handful of lake water on their faces to cool down, not nervous at all. But the buffalo was running for its life, and the water waves surged into a waterline behind it.
Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a ball of gunpowder hit the buffalo's body again. It turned its neck with difficulty on the lake bed, and then the water splashed with blood red; its body moved feebly. After a while, it slowly sank. A series of bubbles appeared on the lake surface, and the bubbles were floating with a faint blood red color.
The deserted lake returned to tranquility, with only small waves surging, and only Ah Er, Li Jieshi and others talking: the buffalo was killed.
Compared to other animals, buffalo is a giant and a delicacy, everyone knows this. Although the buffalo sank to the bottom of the lake, it still belonged to Master Li Jie's family. Master Li Jie was mauled to death by a buffalo, and when he was hosting a funeral, it was time to peel the buffalo's meat for cooking. Everyone thought so, and Li Jieshi kept saying: Thanks to Ah Er for avenging my brother, now the buffalo meat can be used for cooking and as a sacrifice to my brother's heroic spirit. Everyone laughed and said: The buffalo is still in the water, who is going to pick it up?
I go, I go. Li Jieshi replied excitedly.
Isn't the water buffalo so easy to get, weighing just three pounds? Ah Er tilted his head and expressed his opinion.
So how do you get it up? Li Jieshi originally thought of tying the buffalo carcass with a rope and dragging it to the shore, but he deliberately communicated with A'er and finally confirmed this method. But none of them came with a rope, so Li Jieshi asked a man accompanying him to go back and get it.
The man left here and didn't come back for a long time. Everyone was impatient to wait. The weather was hot and everyone was covered in sweat. A'er put the gun aside, squatted down, reached into the lake with both hands, and wiped his face with water to cool it down. Li Jieshi said: We might as well go down to the lake and drag the dead buffalo close to the shore. Besides, we can also enjoy the coolness in the lake.
Can. A man next to him agreed and was about to take off his clothes and get into the water.
A'er said: I can't swim, you two go into the water!
The key is that the buffalo is so huge, can the two of us drag it? The man shook his head and asked helplessly.
Do not worry about it. Ah Er said that things in water have buoyancy, and no matter how heavy they are, they will become lighter.
So Li Jieshi was also taking off his clothes and trousers when his feet were not steady. He slipped and fell to the ground. A sharp stone happened to hit his body. Fortunately, his hands instinctively and mechanically supported him. , it wasn’t that bad, but it still hurt, there was no bleeding, there was only a red lump on it. The man looked at him and said, "How come you can't even stand firmly and you fell down?" Then he suddenly discovered that his philtrum, which had a red mass sticking out of it, was very short, so he casually said: "A man's philtrum is short, and his life is short, so be careful!"
Nonsense, my longevity. Li Jieshi looked at him dissatisfied, and then he swam into the lake. When he reached the center of the lake, he stretched out his head covered with water drops, opened his eyes, let out a breath, and then went into the water to touch the buffalo. .
At this moment, the man who was naked except for a pair of underpants also swam over. He suddenly heard the cry of the old bird, looked up and saw that it was flying overhead. He was a little superstitious. Hearing that the crow of the old rook meant disaster, he turned around and swam towards the shore quickly.
After swimming to the shore, Ah Er asked him, why did you come here? He lied and said: I feel a little uncomfortable.
Li Jieshi, who was in the middle of the lake, messed around at the bottom of the lake for a while, and another water-stained head popped up. When he saw the man coming ashore, he asked him why he quit, but the man repeated what he had said to A'er. Li Jieshi smiled and said: I have found the buffalo sinking at the bottom of the lake, and I plan to lift it up.
You can do it! Ah Er and the man encouraged him, but he slipped into the water again. Even after a cup of tea, he didn't come out of the water. The people on the shore became anxious and the atmosphere became tense.
