Seeing that the visitor had no ill intentions, Li Xuewu felt relieved.

Putting away the gun: "I have nothing to do on the weekend, so I went to the mountains to practice. Maybe I could encounter prey! Did you kill anything?"

The young man took out a pheasant from behind and raised it in his hand: "It took me a long time to kill this one. The main reason is that my gun is not good enough! By the way, my name is Qin Dazhuang, what's your name?"

"My name is Li Xuewu. Are you going into the mountains alone?"

"Well, it's just me. My father is in poor health, and the rest of the family are women. I want to buy something to nourish my father! Your gun is really good! Can I see it?"

Li Xuewu thought about it, unloaded all the bullets in the gun, and handed the empty gun to Qin Dazhuang: "Here!"

Qin Dazhuang took the gun in his hand and rubbed it up and down, obviously liking it very much: "It's a really good gun, better than the guns used by the village militia!"

"Of course not. This is a Mauser hunting rifle. It is produced by the same factory as the Mauser rifle. The Hanyang rifle used by our troops in the early years was an imitation of the Mauser rifle! It can hold five bullets at a time!" Li Xuewu introduced.

"Oh, if we had this gun, the wild boar wouldn't have been able to escape the day before yesterday!" Qin Dazhuang sighed.

"Are there wild boars in this mountain?" Li Xuewu asked excitedly.

"Of course not. There are not only wild boars, but also deer, wolves, and leopards. If you are unlucky, you might even encounter a bear!"

Li Xuewu's eyes became brighter after hearing this. With the gun in his hand, why should he be afraid of wolves and bears? Bear gall is worth a lot of money. Now it is not like the later generations. Anyone who comes out of the mountains is a protected waste and can only be watched but not touched.

"Have you seen any wild boars today? Why don't we go look for them?" Li Xuewu suggested.

"Okay, it's only noon now anyway, let's eat something first, and then walk around for two or three hours in the afternoon. With the two of us keeping each other company, and with you as a guy, maybe we can get something good!" Qin Dazhuang readily agreed.

The two of them lit a fire. Li Xuewu took out white flour buns from his bag, stuck them on tree branches and roasted them over the fire. Qin Dazhuang took out black buns.

After baking, Li Xuewu handed the steamed bun in his hand to Qin Dazhuang: "Here, give this one, let me taste yours!" He had already seen the expression of Qin Dazhuang staring at the steamed bun and swallowing his saliva.

"How embarrassing!"

"What's the big deal? Since we're hunting together, we have to share. I've never eaten a bun like yours before! It's a good opportunity to give it a try!"

Taking the black steamed bun from Qin Dazhuang, he took a bite and found it was slightly sweet: "What kind of flour is this made of? It's a little sweet!"

"This is made with sorghum flour, sweet potato flour, and some corn flour. The sweet potato flour is added to make it less unpalatable!"

"Is there not enough food at home now?"

"There are so many people in my family, and the production is limited. How can we not save some food? It's not like you people in the city who are all on rationed food!"

"I heard that the village is now having a big pot of food?"

"I don't know about other places, but in our village it's just a gesture. People hand over their own grain to eat. Whoever is willing can just have one meal with the grain from the village public warehouse. Most of the time, they still eat at home." Qin Dazhuang explained.

"Oh! So that's it!" Li Xuewu understood a little. It seems that not all places are the same.

After eating the steamed buns and drinking two sips of water from the kettle, the two of them extinguished the fire and walked deeper into the mountains.

The mountain roads are really difficult to climb nowadays. There is no decent road at all. Moreover, hunters have to walk on animal paths only. Wild animals generally do not go along the paths walked by humans.

After climbing the mountain for more than an hour, Li Xuewu was almost exhausted: "Hey Da Zhuang, we haven't found it yet!"

"We should be finding them soon. Look at these footprints. They were left not long ago! We should be very close to those wild boars!" Qin Dazhuang said, pointing to a series of footprints on the ground.

Li Xuewu went forward to take a look. Indeed, there were not only footprints, but also new soil that had been turned over. The soil was still wet, so it must have been not long ago.

Seeing this, he immediately became energetic again: "Go, go, go, hurry up and chase him!"

After walking another two miles, Qin Dazhuang suddenly stopped, pulled Li Xuewu down and squatted, and whispered, "Listen!"

Li Xuewu listened attentively, "Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum!"

He looked at Qin Dazhuang with surprise and said, "Found it!"

"Yes! It's in the ditch below. You ambush on the side against the wind, and I'll go around here and rush towards you! I'll start shooting when I see you!" Qin Dazhuang, who has a lot of hunting experience, made the arrangements.

"Okay!" Li Xuewu agreed, quietly moved to the place Qin Dazhuang pointed, and aimed his gun at the ravine.

Qin Dazhuang went around the ditch and quietly approached the wild boar. When the wild boar was about forty or fifty steps away, it spotted Qin Dazhuang and was about to run away when the gunpowder gun in Qin Dazhuang's hand went off.

"Bang!" The wild boars screamed and started running away, but not a single one was left behind.

Li Xuewu stared at the bottom of the ditch nervously. When he heard the gunshot, he also became nervous. Suddenly, a black shadow flashed out from the bottom of the ditch. He pulled the trigger decisively, not caring whether he hit the target or not. He quickly pulled the bolt to load the gun again and fired another shot at the running wild boar. By the time the third shot was fired, the wild boar had disappeared from his sight.

He put away the gun, held it in his hand, and quickly ran to the bottom of the ditch.

At this time, Qin Dazhuang also rushed over. The two met up and looked at the wild boar lying on the ground, and laughed.

"Not bad, not bad, your gun is still very powerful! Look, one shot went right through the head and knocked him down directly! Your gun skill is also very good!" Qin Dazhuang praised.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm confused!"

This shot was indeed fired by Li Xuewu. When he saw the black shadow, he fired without hesitation and actually hit it. The other two shots did not even hit a pig hair.

"This pig must weigh more than 100 pounds!" Li Xuewu asked as he looked at the wild boar which was quite big.

Qin Dazhuang took out a knife from his waist and bled the wild boar, saying, "With the skin and meat, there will be about 120 to 130 kilograms. After removing the internal organs, only the bones and meat will be left, and there will be 70 to 80 kilograms of meat."

"Not bad, not bad. Enough to eat for a while!"

The two men got some thick branches, made them into a stretcher, put the wild boar on it, and each carried one end of it down the mountain.

"Da Zhuang, didn't you say that if you hunt in the mountains, you should leave some for the wolves and other wild animals?"

"That's in their big forest. We can hardly see a wolf in our mountain even if we go eight or ten times. It's a waste to leave it here. Besides, we haven't seen meat for a long time, so why leave it for them?"

"That's right, why bother with them when people can't even eat them!"

The two men returned to Qinjia Village just before dark and caused a sensation as soon as they entered the village.

"Da Zhuang, did you hit me?"

"Yes, sir. My brother and I went into the mountains to hunt together!"

"You look unfamiliar, young man! Where are you from?"

"Oh, he's from the city, he has a proper job, don't make blind guesses!"

I have to say that people at that time were very aware of this and would inquire clearly if a stranger appeared in the village.

When they were almost at Qin Dazhuang's yard, his parents and sisters had already come out to greet them. They were so happy to see the two men carrying the pig that they couldn't stop smiling.

There was never a shortage of helpers in the village, and with everyone working together, the rack was set up and water was boiled in a large pot next to it to prepare pork soup.

At this time, a very pretty little girl came to Li Xuewu with a bowl of water and said, "Big brother, drink some water!"

"Thank you, what's your name, little sister?"

"My name is Qin Jingru!"

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