Who knows! As soon as I returned to the mountains to farm, I encountered a natural disaster.

Why is it said to be a tall figure?

Because it was standing up, it was raising its hand to reach for Zhao Yeqing's clothes that were hanging on the rope. It was a brightly colored bottoming shirt.

The brown bear is an animal that can distinguish colors. It was attracted and raised its hand, and looked at Mu Xi who came out of the door.

Brown bears are not necessarily brown. The fur color of this brown bear is black and gray, and the height of the brown bear is more than two meters when it stands up.

In the past, I always heard the old man say that the black blind man is scary and has extremely strong attack power. However, the black blind man is only about 1.8 meters tall at most, and this brown bear is more than a circle bigger than the black blind man in terms of size.

Mu Xi looked away slightly. Looking at the brown bear would make it think that he wanted to provoke it.

The brown bear's temperament is also much more irritable than the black bear. He didn't dare to turn around, but slowly stepped back. He only took one step just now, but now it seems to be extremely difficult and long to take back this step.

The distance between him and the brown bear was about ten meters. This distance was equivalent to no distance. As long as the brown bear was willing, he would be gone as soon as it pounced on him.

There's no point in pretending to be dead, the bear doesn't care whether you're dead or alive.

Zhao Yeqing felt the cool breeze behind him and turned his head in confusion.

Normally, Mu Xi would close the door as soon as he went out to ensure that the temperature in the room would not drop. At first, she thought it was because Mu Xi couldn't open and close the door with the stone pounder, but the cold air behind him continued for a long time and did not stop.

She stood up in confusion, and saw Mu Xi frozen at the door. Shi Tiao was not holding it in his hand, but was still placing it at his feet. Apparently he opened the door and stood still before bending down to pick it up.

Just as Zhao Yeqing was about to ask, Mu Xi moved his hands behind his back and gestured to her. She didn't understand, but she subconsciously didn't speak again.

She glanced outside. Even though Mu Xi's height blocked most of her field of view, the black figure outside was so tall and eye-catching that her breath suddenly stopped in her chest.

Maybe it was a matter of angle, but the bear didn't seem to see her. She stood up without causing the brown bear to do anything else.

She thought quickly about how to deal with it.

This bear was obviously the one by the lake, and it probably came after them after smelling the scent they left behind.

To find food?

Zhao Yeqing didn't know if it was hungry. Although bears would eat a lot before winter and then hibernate, they were almost the animals in nature that could go without eating for the longest time. They could go without eating for up to half a year.

But just because people can tolerate it, doesn’t mean they don’t like to eat it.

She could only pray that the ice-covered meat in the yard would not be discovered.

If it finds food, it may not attack the two of them for a while, but once it finds food here, it probably won't leave. Feeding bears is a taboo in the wild.

With the strength of the bear's arms, the brick house might be able to withstand a few blows, but those houses filled with hay and feed could not withstand a bear's slap of more than 1,000 kilograms.

The cattle and sheep in the yard are still there, which could attract bears to attack at any time.

After all, in addition to fruits and fish, bears also like to eat hoofed animals.

Her pen of cattle and sheep now seemed like canned meat waiting to be opened.

Zhao Yeqing's eyes were fixed on the gun in the room. The bear's defense was very high, and even if he hit it with a gun, he might not be able to kill it.

Its skull is too hard, unless you aim at the eyes or lungs and fire several times.

But if you can't kill him and become enraged, you'll be in even greater trouble.

Mu Xi had not yet retracted one of his legs, the brown bear's breathing seemed to be a little faster, and the sub-zero temperature forced beads of sweat to form on his forehead.

He pointed towards the corner with his hand behind his back——

That's the direction the shotgun was placed.

The finger pointing at the shotgun changed direction and pointed at the roof.

This is for her to go up to the rooftop and shoot.

Bears can climb trees, but when the family house was first built, because Mu Xi was tall, in order not to look depressing, the floor height was relatively high, nearly four meters.

The only way now seems to be to stand on the roof of a house where the bear can't get up and shoot.

The dogs had obviously smelled the smell, as Snow Cake and Rhubarb stood up warily. It was probably the first time for a few puppies to smell the smell of bears, and they hid behind them in fear.

Zhao Yeqing touched their heads, made a gesture to stop them from making any noise, hunched over and put on the gun and bullets, went out from the back door of the pet room, and climbed the ladder to the roof.

Thanks to the results of the exercises Mu Xi had taught her some time ago, the strength of her arms and core allowed her to turn over onto the roof without making a sound.

When she pointed the gun at the bear, the bear didn't seem to notice her yet.

Zhao Yeqing was as excited as beating a drum, but if he didn't beat the drum, he would have either sacrificed a cow or a sheep today.

It's definitely impossible to run away.

When a bear encounters other animals, it will stand up and appear very tall.

But this also completely exposed his chest!

She recalled the shooting movements that Mu Xi taught her, relaxed her shoulders and aimed at the brown bear.

'Bang! ——'

The bullet flew away quickly and hit the bear's chest!

The moment the gunfire rang out, Mu Xi retracted his legs, quickly retreated, and closed the door with force.

The bear was hit and roared in pain and anger!

Zhao Yeqing ignored his arm, which was numb from the recoil, and fired a second shot.

Both shots hit the chest, but the bear didn't fall down yet. He ran forward on all fours and was about to climb to the roof.

Mu Xi locked the door and rushed out of the back door. He stepped on the ladder and reached the roof in a few seconds.

Before the bear could climb up, Zhao Yeqing had already loaded the bullet.

The bear's angry roar was right in front of him. It couldn't climb up. The protruding eaves were made of cement and would be shattered by the bear's slap.

The cracking sound seemed to hit her tense nerves, and Zhao Yeqing's nose was already filled with the fishy smell of the bear.

He was too focused to notice that behind him, Mu Xi had climbed up to the roof, snatched the gun from her hand, and said loudly: "Get down quickly, go back to the room and close the door!"

One gun cannot be used by two people. Her shooting skills are not as good as Mu Xi's, and staying up there will be a hindrance.

Zhao Yeqing got off the roof without hesitation, returned to the room and closed the door. Only now did she feel that her back was soaked with cold sweat.

If you encounter a bear in the wild, the most effective method at present is bear spray. We don’t have that kind of thing at home now.

It was cold some time ago, so I ate in the room. Zhao Yeqing opened the bag in the corner, took out the peppers inside, cut them into pieces with scissors and put them in the water.

It also has a pungent smell, so it should be useful...

She was not sure, so she could only try to do what she thought would be useful. When she finished this set of actions, the gunfire above her head rang out again.

But the shooting angle was not that good. The first shot missed, and the bullet shot straight into the snowy ice in the yard.

Until the second gunshot, she heard the bear's howl again, and the cry was extremely tragic.

There was no movement in the sheep pen, and they were all probably scared out of their wits, but the cattle pen was in a frenzy. The cows inside wanted to escape and hit the wall of the cattle pen hard.

The window facing the yard was not big, and it was completely blocked by the brown bear. After this wailing, the brown bear climbing upright outside the window fell down.

The huge body fell down and hit the snow and ice in a corner of the yard, causing a splash of white.

Zhao Yeqing quickly opened the window and threw a large bowl of thickened chili pepper water into the bear's face.

Close the window immediately after splashing.

Mu Xi, who was on the roof, had also replaced the bullets in his gun. He fired two more shots at the brown bear that fell to the ground, loaded the bullets and fired two more shots.

Bullets were shot into the bear's body one by one, and he was slightly relieved when he saw the bear's movements gradually calmed down and stopped.

Zhao Yeqing looked out of the window and saw that the bear was almost motionless. If he looked closely, he could see very subtle fluctuations in his chest.

She opened the door carefully, and the dogs barked at the brown bear's body, but they did not dare to get completely close.

The door of the cattle pen was suddenly knocked open. The bull was not big enough. It was the bull that rushed out and was about to run out of the yard.

If the cow started running, she would definitely not be able to catch up.

Dahuang rushed out in one stride, and several other dogs followed behind, restraining the panicked cow in place.

Mu Xi climbed and jumped off the roof, took a rope and tied the cow back.

Guomu and Xuebing stayed at Zhao Yeqing's feet, their backs not yet relaxed, their eyes fixed on the brown bear that was slowly losing its breath.

The two leopards walked forward and tentatively touched the brown bear with their paws. After making sure that there was no movement, Zhao Yeqing dared to step forward.

Only now did she see that Mu Xi's second shot hit the brown bear's eye. No wonder it screamed so fiercely.

The brown bear's mouth was open, and he knew without any testing that he was completely out of breath, because in this weather, you could see the white mist when you breathed.

Zhao Yeqing was shocked to see the bloody holes on the brown bear's body.

He was shot six times in the body and once in the eye, and he barely died.

This is really resistant to beating.

Mu Xi tied the cow back. The door of the cow pen was broken, so he could only close the door reluctantly.

Walking over and looking at this oversized prey, the two of them were speechless for a moment.

Zhao Yeqing looked at the prey that came to his door with a complicated expression.

It was only now that she could say that this was prey. Ten minutes ago it was unclear who was the prey.

"How to deal with this thing?"

Mu Xi squatted down and said, "There are many bullet holes in the bear skin. Let's peel it off first and see if anything can be done. I don't have any experience."

You can only try it according to the treatment methods for cattle and sheep.

Brown bears usually give birth during hibernation. When I saw this brown bear, there were no cubs behind it.

This brown bear looked very big, and the two of them used their strength to turn the bear's body over.

It was indeed a male bear.

The size and weight of male bears is one to two times that of female bears. This one is estimated to weigh nearly 500 kilograms.

The first thing is to skin the bear while it's still warm.

Mu Xi went to prepare the tools for skinning and dividing, while Zhao Yeqing took a broom to sweep away the gravel and debris on the floor.

The large and small pieces of gravel fell down after the bear smashed the eaves into pieces.

Sweep them together and stack them in the corner. Even if they are broken, they can be used later and cannot be wasted.

The bear skin took more than an hour to peel off, revealing the flesh and fatty tissue beneath the skin.

In order to survive the winter, this bear has obviously made adequate preparations, and has very thick fat on its body.

If the previous cows were considered relatively high if they produced more than 100 kilograms of oil from more than 1,000 kilograms, the fat rate of this bear is extremely high.

The super-thick fat coats the muscles, which allows the bear to survive in this kind of weather and remain energetic enough to go without eating for half a year.

Bear meat is red meat, and the smell is even worse than the previous wild boar meat. The texture of the meat looks a bit rough, and I don't know how it tastes.

There are also four oversized bear paws, something that was unthinkable before.

Cut the meat into pieces and freeze it outside for a while. After the surface hardens, put it in a natural cold storage. Fortunately, bears haven't discovered this place.

If a bear is discovered and starts eating, not only will the family’s cattle and sheep be saved, but all the food they have hoarded will be eaten away.

In this weather, the house and food were taken over by the bears. The two of them were not far away from death if they were not killed by the bears.

After stuffing the frozen bear meat inside, the space in the cold storage was filled to the brim.

Mu Xi had a headache while handling the bear skin, while Zhao Yeqing took the remaining bear meat into the kitchen.

I cut a fresh piece first and fed it to the paste and snow cake next to it.

Wait until the dog's food is cooked before feeding it.

This bear meat has such a strong taste, Zhao Yeqing thought of cooking it in a strong-flavored way, just like wild boar meat.

There is a lot of blood and water in the bear meat, so you have to put the bear meat into the water and soak it for a while.

Boil water in a pot, blanch the bear meat with cooking wine, white wine and ginger slices, then take it out.

Add various sauces and water to the pot, then simmer the bear meat in the rich miso soup.

Leave a portion that has only been blanched, cut into small pieces and put them into the dogs' rice bowls.

I just finished the cowhide some time ago, and this bearskin is here again.

The cowhide last time was too big, the processing method was relatively unfamiliar, and the tanning method was not very good.

This time for the bear skin, Mu Xi learned from the experience last time and improved the ratio of the technique and salt water in order to make the fur softer this time.

Zhao Yeqing returned to the room and hugged Shi Tiao, who had been forgotten by both of them, by the door.

As soon as Mu Xi finished finishing the bear skin, he hurriedly stepped forward to take the heavy stone pounder from her hand, put it into the kitchen, and started the fire on the other stove.

Put a pot of water on the stove, wait until the water boils, and adjust the flavor of the beef, then the two of them sit on the chairs and start making the meatballs.

Hold the battered beef in your hands, squeeze the meat out of the tiger's mouth, turn it into a round meatball, and then put it into the boiling water.

As soon as the beef balls are put into the water, the red surface turns to gray.

Zhao Yeqing played with the meatballs slowly, and the thrill just now seemed to still flash before his eyes.

"It's too scary."

She suddenly remembered that the sweaty clothes on her back had not yet been changed.

Mu Xi blamed himself a little, "When I took my dog ​​out, he might have peed on the road. The smell left behind was probably too strong, so I didn't notice it."

Zhao Yeqing sighed, "I didn't pay attention at all."

The two of them had been on the meadow for so long, and except for the wolves they encountered last time, there were almost no dangerous animals.

It is inevitable that I will feel a little slack mentally.

Zhao Yeqing's tense nerves hadn't completely relaxed yet. She turned her head, returned to the room, and took out the unfinished bucket of goat's milk.

"I'll make something delicious to relax my mind."