The fire in the stove was too big, which directly caused the kang next to it to be too hot. Every year, the kang was too hot and even burned the quilt. Liu Jingwen quickly reduced the fire so that the kang next to the bedroom would not be too hot.

Mother called from outside: "Jingwen, get up. We'll be leaving soon after we get ready. Hunting in this season has to start early. It's too cold in the afternoon. You have to come back early."

"Okay, got it."

"Your sister has cooked some porridge at the old house, you can just go over and eat."

Liu Jingwen crawled back into the big kang and slept for a while. He looked at his watch and it was almost eight o'clock. It was time to get up.

"Brothers, get up, it's getting late, let's get ready to go."

The wild boars and roe deer raised in the old house have all moved out, leaving only dozens of donkeys. Sister-in-law Guilan is responsible for breeding and inspecting the farms, which is equivalent to the chief supervisor of the farms.

Rural people won’t feel anything here, but city dwellers have sharp noses and will smell a faint odor of donkey dung. This is how farms are. No matter how clean they are, there will be some smell over time.

However, Liu Jingwen's three brothers were honest and straightforward. They each ate some porridge, sour beans, and roe deer meat. They packed and carried large pancakes and roe deer meat.

There weren't many people here today. Liu Xialian, Daya, Erya, and Li Daniu were carrying cold weapons and holding hunting rifles. The hunting dog Dahuang and its two younger brothers, the large spotted lynx, and the Gyrfalcon. As for Liu Jingwen, Guo Xing, Ye Fan, and Liu Chang, they were in a worse situation. Each of them held a hunting fork and a slingshot.

Ye Fan said with a bitter face: "Second sister, our equipment is too poor. What can this slingshot do? It's hard to shoot a pheasant. What can this hunting fork do?"

"Don't worry. Once we get into the mountains and see prey, I'll lend you my hunting rifle. The four of us are armed guards at the forestry farm, paid forest rangers. You don't have gun licenses, so it would be hard to deal with if someone reports you."

Liu Chang's father worked in the Forestry Bureau. He nodded and said, "Second sister is right. Although guns are not banned now, we should not use guns without training. We can ask for hunting rifles when we encounter prey in the mountains."

The four of them stopped trying to be brave and followed the team slowly forward. They left the village and headed straight for the black pine forest in the north of the village.

This is Lijiatun's exclusive economic forest. The village chief and militiamen often come here to patrol. It is strictly forbidden for any hunter to set traps or dig snares here, so the safety is relatively high.

Liu Xia Lian knew very well that these city kids came to experience hunting not to really go to the deep mountains and forests to fight wild beasts, but for the experience.

The black pine forest here is just right. The leaves of the black pine are needle-shaped, and they whistle when the cold wind blows. The snow in the pine forest has not melted at all. It has reached the ankles, and some are as deep as the knees.

Several pheasants gathered on the snow in front and were eating sorghum. The sorghum was spread by Li Daniu under the arrangement of Liu Xia Lian yesterday.

Liu Xialian pointed at the pheasant in front of her, took out her shotgun and asked, "Who will try it first?"

Ye Fan volunteered: "I'll go first, I'll go first."

Liu Xia Lian handed him the shotgun, taught him how to use it step by step, and then put the butt of the gun against his chest and fired.

Ye Fan hid behind a pine tree, aimed his gun, and fired.

After a gunshot, three pheasants fell on the snow twenty meters away.

Everyone exclaimed: "Great shooting, great shooting, it seems Ye Fan is also a sharpshooter."

Ye Fan scratched his head: "I guessed it, I guessed it."

Ye Fan took the lead, with three pheasants hanging on the hunting fork. Even the way he walked was different. He was a man who had seen blood. He killed three pheasants with one shot.

The group continued to move forward. The hunting dog Dahuang kept searching in front. After a while, he ran back to report to Liu Xialian, barking in a very urgent manner, probably because he had found some big prey.

Sure enough, a piglet weighing about fifty or sixty kilograms broke away from the main group near the bushes in front and came out to stroll alone.

Liu Xialian convened a pre-war mobilization meeting: "Brothers, we found a major prey, a wild boar. As the saying goes, one pig, two bears, and three tigers. This wild boar is the ceiling of combat power. This difficult task is handed over to you. Who dares to fight?"

Liu Chang said: "It's just such a small wild boar, weighing at most 50 kilograms."

"You can't say that. If you beat the little ones, the old ones will come. You can't beat wild boars without courage."

Guo Xing volunteered: "I'll do it, I'll do it. I fired a gun during military training. Watch me shoot a wild boar."

Liu Xia Lian arranged Daya and Erya to throw stones to scare the wild boar out, while Guo Xing and Li Daniu ambushed beside a big tree with guns.

The little wild boar was frightened and ran out from the bushes quickly, howling as it ran away. Guo Xing took aim and fired a shot, followed by another shot. The little wild boar rolled over and fell to the ground and never got up again.

Dahuang ran over happily, wagging his tail continuously.

Applause broke out: "Guo Xing is amazing. He actually hunted the fierce wild boars in Changbai Mountain, protected the crops, and eliminated harm for the people."

Liu Chang regretted not hunting this wild boar, wondering if there would be any more prey next time.

As expected, the two consecutive hunts scared the nearby prey. After searching for a while without finding any other prey, Liu Xialian said, "Don't be discouraged, don't worry, there will be prey. Let's eat and continue searching."

Everyone sat on the ground, eating flatbread and dried meat.

Not far away, Erya whispered to Daya, "Sister is just teasing them. This forest is so desolate that it's just like the village. There's not much prey."

Daya glared at her and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I just don't want to be in danger."

The Saker Falcon flew up and circled in the sky. We found that there were still some, a small group of gazelles in the North Valley. Usually the gazelles are in the grasslands and Greater Khingan Range. They come here to avoid the cold in this season. The temperature here is much warmer than in the north.

Liu Xia Lian said happily: "You are lucky. We found a group of yellow sheep in the northern ravine. Let's go hunt one. Yellow sheep meat is much more delicious than domestic goat meat."

Liu Jingwen licked his lips and said, "Yes, yellow mutton skewers, add more cumin, the taste is amazing, yellow mutton dumplings are fresh and delicious, very tasty."

The group had a snack, replenished their energy and continued heading north. Since the Saker Falcon looked close, the people walked slowly. It took them half an hour to reach the ditch beside the black pine forest. There was geothermal heat here, and there was a large area without any snow. The trickle was still steaming.

A small group of gazelles, about twelve or thirteen in number, were grazing on the withered grass.

Liu Xialian quickly found her target, the medium-sized ram in the herd. The largest ram was the leader, and it was smart and brave, and dared to fight against wild wolves, so it could not be beaten. The ewes needed to breed lambs, so they could not be beaten, but the medium-sized rams could be beaten, and they would be driven out in the spring.

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