“As for my strength, I have a master I learned from at school. The old man used to be a member of the old anti-Japanese coalition. He used to hunt bears barehanded in the Northeast old forests,”
Lin Yu simply attributed the hard-to-explain to his unseen master.
“These skills are what I learned from him over the years.”
“This isn’t my first time going into the mountains. My master has taken me into the mountains many times before, the longest one time was a whole week.”
Old Man Lin tapped his pipe and said, “He has passed on his legacy to you, my grandson. That’s a great favor. You must take care of your master in his old age.”
The three great graces of life are birth, nourishment, and the grace of teaching and guiding.
Especially in the past, it wasn't easy to live.
Your master passed on his secret skills to you, giving you a way to make a living. That is a great favor.
It is also the duty of a disciple to take care of their master in their old age. In some inheritances, the disciple’s position is even higher than that of their own daughter.
This is why so many people marry their junior sisters, and then regret it. It's too late to turn back.
There is no way around it. The master’s grace is too great, you can only make do.
Hearing Lin Yu’s words, Old Man Lin waved his hand: “Go home, sleep.”
Lin Yu and Lin Jiang led the way home.
Old Man Lin and Lin Bao Jia fell behind.
“Father, why didn’t you remind Xiaoyu?” Lin Bao Jia said quietly.
“Remind?” Old Man Lin squinted, “Would my reminder be of any use? What kind of bloodline does the Lin family have? Every one of them screams and charges into battle at the sight of blood.”
“Da Jiang, Da Shan, Xiao Hai, Xiao Chuan, they have all killed people. Would my reminder be of any use? Let Xiaoyu figure it out himself.”
Lin Bao Jia nodded. Old Man Lin’s words were irrefutable.
Which one of the Lin family’s men wasn't a good soldier on the battlefield? Which one hadn’t seen blood or taken a life?
Not to mention others, just take him, Lin Bao Jia, for example. If you count carefully, the number of Japanese devils and white dogs that died in his hands, would ten fingers be enough?
“You’re right. It’s like that. No matter what it is, when you kill too many, you get tired of it.”
“Cough…”
Hearing his eldest son’s words, Old Man Lin nearly choked on his smoke.
Damn it, the Lin family's bloodline is beyond saving.
There weren’t many entertainment options in this era. It was only right to go to bed early at night.
Lin Yu lay on the kang and secretly called out to the system.
“System-bro, if you’re not here, come out and chat for ten bucks.”
【Ding, chat about what? With a trashy host like you, you can’t even get a head... even a pig head, what’s there to chat about?】
“System-bro, you’re wrong. The fatal blow to that wild boar was mine. One shot to the head, one shot to the spine.”
【Fatal blow, my ass. Your grandpa shot first. That shot hit the wild boar's heart directly, went straight through the heart, shattered two ribs, and exited from the abdomen.】
Lin Yu was shocked when he heard the system's words.
At that time, Lin Yu had heard three gunshots at the same time. He hadn't expected his grandfather to be so fast at his age.
【Trash host, don't be discouraged. It's not that your grandpa reacted faster than you, but that your grandpa has more experience. He judged the size and direction of the wild boar's movement when it was charging.】
Lin Yu finally understood why there was no reward for killing the wild boar.
He couldn’t help but admire his grandfather’s skills. He truly was a man who had survived those dark turbulent times.
Old people who could survive from those times to this day weren’t simple people.
Forget it, go to sleep. I’ll know my own strength when I go into the mountains tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Lin Yu turned over and closed his eyes to sleep.
He couldn’t sleep a wink all night, and dawn broke.
People in the countryside were already getting up, house by house.
Life in the countryside is like this. In the dog days of summer, it’s too hot at noon. Only the early morning hours are cool.
So, every household gets up early, trying to get as much work done as possible.
The old woman and Lin’s mother warmed up the dumplings they had left over from the night before for Lin Yu.
While Lin Yu was washing up, the old woman kept nagging in his ear.
“My grandson, you must be careful. Let grandma say it, let’s not go up the mountain, it’s so tiring. We don’t need that much…”
Lin Yu could only smile wryly, “Grandma, don’t worry, I will be fine.”
He winked at his grandfather, signaling him to speak up.
His grandfather simply shrugged, took out a bottle of white alcohol and a bag of finely ground salt, and put them in Lin Yu’s backpack.
He then filled Lin Yu’s water bottle and loaded the magazine for the Type 56 rifle.
Salt at this time was all coarse salt.
For things like making cured meat, salted meat, etc., you need to grind the coarse salt beforehand.
Hunters who go into the mountains also carry fine salt.
This is not only convenient to eat, but can also be used to disinfect wounds.
The same goes for white alcohol, especially in winter when going up the mountain, you need to carry white alcohol for warmth.
But now it was the dog days of summer, Old Man Lin had Lin Yu bring white alcohol only for disinfecting wounds.
After breakfast, Lin Yu, under the old woman’s reluctant gaze, ran towards the mountains, his backpack slung over his shoulder.
“Woof woof...” Tiger, the four-eyed dog, followed Lin Yu closely at Old Man Lin’s command.
【Ding, detected a superior hunting dog. Does the host wish to adopt it as a hunting pet?】
Lin Yu was just at the foot of the mountain when a prompt appeared in his mind.
“Superior hunting dog, System-bro, are you talking about Tiger?”
【Correct. The four-eyed dog is an ancient native breed of China. They are adept at hunting, have strong resistance to disease, are intelligent, and have a high IQ, equivalent to a 7-year-old child.】
【Special notice: The four-eyed dog has a high learning ability and can be trained to master more skills.】
Lin Yu was taken aback, an IQ of a 7-year-old child? That’s pretty high. At least higher than Bang Geng.
And he can learn. That’s great.
Lin Yu thought of all the uncles and older brothers in Linjia Village, who often drank and played rock-paper-scissors.
He subconsciously said to Tiger, “Tiger, have you learned to play rock-paper-scissors?”
【Ding, danger, danger, host is transitioning to brain damage. Serious warning, serious warning. Host is brain damaged. Host is brain damaged.】