The next morning.
The whole family got up early and began to pack.
By about eight o’clock, they were already carrying their guns and leading their dogs up the mountain.
After all, their uncle’s previous instructions had not been revoked.
In the year before, the surrounding logging areas were all short of meat, even wild boar meat was in short supply.
Fifty cents a pound, they had to take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.
Save up some capital for their new home.
This time, Li Yu took Da Hu with him directly.
For years, they had not hunted, and many things may have been forgotten.
It was also quite troublesome to teach it, so it was better to just let it and Hua Hua go up the mountain together.
After chasing prey a few times, the hunting dog’s ferocity would return.
But today, for some unknown reason.
The first two times they had encountered wild boars and mountain goats in the surrounding woods, even sika deer.
Today, they had gone all the way to the deep forest on the Eagle’s Beak Cliff.
Hua Hua still hadn’t found any trace of prey.
It was really baffling Li Yu, and he was vaguely aware of something amiss.
“Brother-in-law, sister, let’s take a break, we’ve been walking for more than two hours.”
Li Yu and Xiu Xiu were both carrying guns.
All sorts of things had fallen on little Min’s back.
Seeing that they hadn’t encountered anything for so long, little Min was a little discouraged.
Panting, she sat down on a fallen log.
Li Yu nodded.
“Alright, let’s take a break, the path above will be harder to walk after we climb the ridge.”
As for the arrangements in the mountains, Xiu Xiu was completely obedient to Li Yu.
After all, she knew nothing, even though she had made up for it by cramming a lot of hunting knowledge in her spare time.
Ultimately, she was just a novice, Li Yu had to take charge.
The three of them sat on the trunk for a short rest.
Seeing this, Hua Hua and the other dogs also gathered around and crawled down to rest and recuperate.
“Brother-in-law, why is our luck so bad today, we haven’t encountered anything in so long?”
“Actually, normal hunting is like this.”
Li Yu casually took the hot pancake that Xiu Xiu handed over.
He took a bite and continued.
“Many hunters often spend a whole day in the forest, and in the end, they find nothing, they can only go home with their tails between their legs.”
“Like before when I brought you up, we encountered something before we even walked far, that was pure luck, do you think you can be so lucky every day?”
The little girl immediately pouted.
She also knew that if it were like the last two times every time.
Then many families in the village wouldn’t have to go without a bite of meat for months.
“Then brother-in-law, what if we can’t find anything?”
“Tough luck.”
Little girl:…..
“Just kidding, if we can’t find anything, I’ll take you to dig up bear dens, a bear gall bladder is worth over a hundred dollars, it’ll be worth the trip.”
Speaking of which.
The little girl was excited.
The first time she went up the mountain with Li Yu, she encountered a bear.
That time was the most exciting of her life.
“That’s good, that’s good.”
On the other hand, Xiu Xiu frowned and said.
“Yu Ge, bears are much harder to deal with than wild boars, why don’t we go back if we can’t find anything, and continue tomorrow.”
Wild boars are ultimately just strong and powerful.
Even if you’re scared, climb up a tree, they can’t do anything to you.
Of course, this is on the premise that you haven’t really angered them.
Otherwise, they won’t let you go easily, they can slowly dig up the soil at the base of the tree, until they uproot the tree.
But bears are different.
These things have sharp teeth and claws.
Any one of these things, no one could withstand it.
So Xiu Xiu didn’t want her husband and little Min to take the risk.
Li Yu could guess his wife’s worries.
He smiled reassuringly and said.
“Wife, don’t worry, compared to other times of the year, winter bears are the easiest to hunt, because they’ll all find a place to hibernate, which is what we call a den.”
“As long as we find its lair, we can lie in wait outside and kill it, it’s easy with a shotgun.”
Since her own husband had said so.
Xiu Xiu didn’t want to say anything else, she just hoped that everything would be alright.
However, at this moment.
The little girl’s eyes lit up and she said.
“Brother-in-law, do you think we can find something to block it in the hole, then light a fire and smoke it out, that way we don’t have to worry about it running out and hurting people!”
She thought this was a great idea.
However, Li Yu just rolled his eyes at her in response.
“Do you think the old hunters before didn’t think of this?”
“We kill bears for their meat, but more importantly, for the gall bladder, it’s valuable, once the bear dies, the gall bladder will soon be absorbed by its body, and then the gall bladder will be useless.”
This explanation enlightened the little girl.
She nodded and said.
“That’s right, if we trap it in the den, it won’t be able to get out for a while, um….”
The little girl propped up her head and continued to think of ways.
She didn’t believe that she, with her intelligence, couldn’t come up with a win-win solution.
“Let’s go, we’ve rested enough, let’s get going.”
The weather in the Xing’an Mountains changes quickly.
It can go from sunny to cloudy and snowing in just half an hour.
The sooner we find something, the sooner we can finish and go home.
“Stop thinking about it.”
Xiu Xiu pushed the little girl who was still racking her brains.
She gave a helpless laugh and said.
“If you want to keep thinking, you can do it later, for now, let’s get our spirits up, don’t tumble down the mountain later, it’ll be a big problem.”
“Alright.”
The little girl pouted, but still got up and followed the two of them.
The path in the snowy forest was not easy to walk, and it was easy to slip and fall.
Li Yu was afraid that the two girls would have an accident, so he held one in each hand.
It was only because his physique was good now, otherwise he might not be able to last long.
Once they climbed over the mountain ridge, the path became relatively flat.
Hua Hua, who was scouting ahead, finally smelled the prey’s scent.
“Woof woof woof.”
He barked a few times, which startled the little girl who was numb from climbing the mountain.
They had walked for so long, finally, they had found something, it wasn’t easy.
Hua Hua had no time to notice little Min’s expression.
After smelling the scent and notifying his master.
He took Da Hei and Er Hei and ran towards the source of the smell.
Da Hu hesitated for a moment, and he was hesitant at Li Yu’s feet for a long time.
Until Li Yu patted his head.
“Da Hu, go with Hua Hua.”
He then raised his head and responded, and then he rushed towards Hua Hua and the others.