Chapter 123: The Greenhorn Kills Xiong Cangzi

At this time, if the remaining three people acted in unison and stabbed the black bear lying on the ground with a knife or a gun, they might be able to stab the bear to death if they were lucky.

After all, the blind bear had his back to the three men, and his vital parts such as his armpits, chest, lungs and heart were all exposed to them.

But Xiaonian was a weakling in combat, and Junqiang was frightened to the point of peeing his pants at the roar of the bear, so how could he have the courage to fight the bear with a spear in hand?

Just as he was distracted, Zhu Erhai rushed forward with a knife and stabbed Hei Xiazi in the ribs.

The bear’s ribs were equally thick, and the knife’s stabbing angle was wrong, so the blade was caught in the ribs and only penetrated to a depth of less than ten centimeters.

The subcutaneous fat of bears in this season is at least five or six centimeters. Considering the thickness of the bear skin, this depth basically only hurts the bear’s oily skin and does not cause any fatal consequences.

The attacked black bear turned around and pushed the spear out of Zhu Erhai’s hand, angrily gave up Zhu Xiaolong on the ground, and then chased after Zhu Erhai.

When Zhu Erhai saw the bear pouncing towards him, he immediately turned around and ran away. At this time, his body’s instinct took over his consciousness. Zhu Xiaolong’s reminder before he took action played a crucial role. Zhu Erhai frantically circled around the burning fire.

“Fuck! You two, come on!” Zhu Erhai’s heart rate was now at least over 200. He ran and shouted at his companions.

Just now, Zhu Erhai stabbed the bear with his knife, but the bear was still alive and well. How could Wang Xiaonian and Wang Junqiang have the courage to continue attacking? If they didn’t stab the bear well, the bear would chase them.

At this time, Xiaonian glanced at Zhu Xiaolong who was lying not far away, pulled Junqiang and said, “Brother Erhai, hold on for a while, let’s drag Brother Xiaolong away, and then come to help you!”

After saying this, the two brothers threw away their spears, one of them grabbed one of Zhu Xiaolong’s arms, and dragged him towards the woods.

Now Zhu Erhai was dumbfounded. Ma Dan had agreed to go together, but these two unreliable guys actually left the scene first under the pretext of rescuing the wounded.

The fire was so small that the branches would burn out in no time! Besides, the bear was not seriously injured and its physical reserves far exceeded those of ordinary people. How could it survive if it continued to walk around like this?
Otherwise, should I run in a straight line after the other three people? You all left me to escape anyway, so why not let my friend die rather than me? Zhu Erhai thought viciously for a moment.

However, this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and he quickly dismissed it. A man cannot outrun a bear if he runs in a straight line, and he was knocked down in just a few steps.

It’s better to wait a little longer. Running around the fire will at least ensure no danger in the short term. If Xiaonian and Junqiang don’t care about me, there is still Brother Xiaolong. He is my cousin within the fifth degree of mourning, so he definitely can’t ignore me.

Thinking of this, Zhu Erhai began to run circles with the bear, one circle, one circle, one circle, and before he knew it, he had run seven or eight circles.

At this time, Zhu Xiaolong, who was knocked down by the bear, came to his senses.

His arm was bitten through and his chest was scratched by the bear, leaving several deep bloody wounds. He looked extremely miserable, but at least the vital parts of his head and face were not injured, and his mind was still clear after he came to his senses.

“Put me down! You can’t run like this. Erhai can’t handle the blind bear by himself. If he runs too fast and gets caught up, he’ll die!”

“But the two of us don’t dare to stab the blind bear. The knife that the second child stabbed just now only went in halfway, but the bear was not hurt at all! The gun also fell under the tree! We can’t beat the bear!” Wang Xiaonian said in a panic.

“Use the bomb! Do you have any bombs in your pocket? Throw the bombs into the fire and scare the bear away!” Zhu Xiaolong said quickly.

“Yes, there’s more! There’s also half a hanging of firecrackers!”

“Junqiang, you run fast, go, throw it into the fire and run!” Zhu Xiaolong called out.

“I…I…” Junqiang was completely frightened. If he were to face the blind bear again, he would have already lost the courage to approach it.

“Fuck, it’s over. Xiaonian, you go. You and Erhai are buddies, you can’t just ignore him!”

Having said that, Xiaonian gritted his teeth, took the half-load of firecrackers and returned to the battlefield.

“Erhai, I’m here to save you!” Wang Xiaonian shouted from a distance, then walked forward a few steps and threw the firecrackers directly into the fire.

The next second, huge explosions were heard. Bang, bang, bang, the continuous explosions caused the fire to fly with sparks. The blind bear who was angrily chasing Zhu Erhai was also frightened by the huge noise. He gave up chasing Zhu Erhai, turned around and fled into the depths of the jungle.

Zhu Erhai, who had already given up hope, saw that the blind black bear was scared away by the fire. He immediately sat down on the ground with his buttocks. He did not even feel the burning firewood under his buttocks until his cotton pants began to smoke. Then he struggled to get up and flickered away the sparks.

“Hu…Hu…Hu…” Zhu Erhai gasped for more than ten minutes before he felt a little better, with a look of fright on his face.

“How do you feel now? Are you injured?” Wang Xiaonian took out a water bottle from his bag, shook it to make sure the water inside was not frozen, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Zhu Erhai.

Zhu Erhai took the kettle and gulped down two big gulps of cold water. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve before he came to his senses.

“Damn it, that was so mysterious just now. I thought you and Junqiang had left me alone!” Zhu Erhai said with some dissatisfaction.

“We came here together, how can I ignore you! Aren’t we worried that something might happen to Brother Long? He was attacked by a bear, what if the bear can’t catch up with you and turns back to bite him? We have a fire while chasing you, at least we can deal with it!” Xiaonian said wisely and righteously.

Zhu Erhai could accept this explanation. After all, Xiaonian did come back and successfully rescued him.

“Where’s Brother Xiaolong? How is he now?”

“I didn’t have time to check carefully. I just saw that his arm was bitten through by the bear and his chest was scratched. There should be no damage to his vital parts. What should we do next?” Wang Xiaonian asked.

“Take your guns and knives, and let’s get down the mountain quickly! If you’re bitten by a bear, you need to stop the bleeding and suture the wound as soon as possible. Let’s meet up with Brother Xiaolong first!”

“go!”

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The group of four gave the wounded a simple bandage. After returning to the village, the Zhu family immediately went to the village office to borrow a horse carriage and drove the wounded straight to the town hospital.

Soon, the news that Zhu Xiaolong took a few green hands in the village to the mountain to kill a black bear and got injured spread in the village. When other people heard about it, their first reaction was to warn their children not to go up the mountain. The black bear that was chased out of the tree barn where it spent the winter was a very dangerous creature, and it was injured, so it was more aggressive.

But some people, after hearing the information, became restless.

In Xing’an Village, in the southwest corner of the village, a middle-aged man in his forties came out of Wang Xiaonian’s house empty-handed and quickly returned home. He then hurriedly went to the home of Wang Da Naotou, the village barefoot doctor, carrying a trapped dead rabbit. In less than ten minutes, he came out again.

This middle-aged man is called Zhao Yuanjie. He is also a hunter in the village. In terms of seniority, Zhao Yuanjie is the nephew of Uncle Zhao at the entrance of the village. He usually sets traps in the mountains all year round. In winter, he also goes into the mountains to hunt. However, he does not have his own gun. Every time he goes up the mountain to hunt, he will go to Uncle Zhao’s house to borrow the old No. 16 rifle with a hanging barrel.

He heard from his neighbors that Zhu Xiaolong was injured after killing the blind black bear Cangzi, so he went to Wang Xiaonian’s house immediately, wanting to find out where the blind black bear was, but Wang Xiaonian did not tell Zhao Yuanjie on the grounds of keeping it confidential.

Zhao Yuanjie was also a quick-witted man. After being turned away at Wang Xiaonian’s house, he turned around and went to Wang Da Nao Tou’s house.

Why did they go to Wang Da Nao Tou’s house? It was because Zhao Yuanjie was meticulous. When Zhu Xiaolong was carried back to the village, the first place they went to was the barefoot doctor Wang Da Nao Tou’s house. So Wang Da Nao Tou knew exactly where he was injured and where Xiong Cangzi was killed while he was examining his injuries.

Just like that, Zhao Yuanjie got the precious information about the black bear at the cost of a jumping cat, and left Wang Da Nao’s house and went straight to Uncle Zhao’s house to borrow a gun.

Uncle Zhao’s house is at the entrance of the village.

“Uncle, are you home?” Zhao Yuanjie pushed the gate and found that it had been blocked from the inside, so he had to shout at the door.

“Yuanjie? I’m home. Wait, I’ll open the door for you!”

Soon, the courtyard gate was opened, and Uncle Zhao, wearing a thick sheepskin coat, let Zhao Yuanjie into the house.

“Why aren’t you sleeping so late at night? Is there something wrong?” After entering the house, Uncle Zhao lit the oil lamp and asked casually in a seemingly calm tone.

“I heard that Zhu Xiaolong and his gang went into the mountains to kill a bear, but they didn’t kill the bear and injured some people! I just went to Wang Da Nao’s house and found out the location of the bear, so I came to borrow a gun. Tomorrow I plan to take Da Hei with me and go up the mountain to try our luck and see if we can take down this ice-cold beast!”

Zhao Yuanjie didn’t dare to lie to his uncle and told him everything he was thinking.

Uncle Zhao frowned slightly after hearing this, and after a moment of contemplation, he asked, “It’s not so easy to deal with this ice bear. Is the bear injured?”

“It seems that he was injured. Zhu Xiaolong shot him with the old Hanyang rifle that Wang Junqiang’s grandfather had, but he missed the vital part!”

“I don’t recommend you to fight the bear on the ice! It’s too dangerous! Your family lives a good life, there’s no need to take the risk!” Uncle Zhao shook his head when he heard that the bear was still injured.

“It’s brighter over at Forest Farm No. 19. I can bring Dahei with me to give him a reminder. It should be okay, right?” Zhao Yuanjie was a little unconvinced when he heard that the old man didn’t let him go.

“Any bear that walks on the ice will have its hibernation disturbed, and will have a very bad temper. Many times, they would rather risk getting injured than attack and retaliate, and may even hurt passers-by!
Now the bear has been shot and is even more dangerous! If you go alone and fail, what will happen to Wen Qian and the child?”

“Then…how about that, I call for help again?” After hearing this, Zhao Yuanjie proposed a new plan.

“If Wenming is willing to go with you, we can give it a try. He also has a barreled gun. You can take the gun from my house with you, and let Wenming take his spotted dog. It will be safer and there will be someone to take care of him!”

Seeing that his nephew was determined to go up the mountain, Uncle Zhao simply gave him a compromise suggestion.

The Wenming mentioned by Zhao Yuanjie is also a member of the Zhao family. His nickname is Wenming, and his real name is Zhao Junhe. Zhao Junhe has been a soldier, and his reaction speed and marksmanship are much better than ordinary people. He also has a hunting dog named Xiaohua at home. Even if he encounters a bear and something unexpected happens when killing the bear, with the two dogs to help, there will be some room for him to maneuver and he will not be doomed.

In the end, Zhao Yuanjie borrowed the old barreled gun from Uncle Zhao’s house, and went to find Zhao Junhe. The two brothers made an appointment to go up the mountain early the next morning and take the dog to chase the blind bear that was walking on the ice.

Seeing this, some people may be curious. A blind bear is just a blind bear, why is it called “walking on ice”?

In fact, the reason is very simple. In Northeast China, many words have literal meanings.

Normally, blind bears hibernate in tree holes in the winter. If they are accidentally driven away and awakened by hunters during hibernation, they will come out of the tree hole where they live.

Now that the hibernation tree hole has been exposed, the blind bear will most likely not return to hibernate, but will look for another tree hole to make do.

In this process, the bear inevitably has to move in the icy and snowy environment. People walk in the snow with shoes on their feet, but the bear relies on its paws. As it walks, its paws will melt the snow, and some of the ice will freeze on the hair next to the soles of the bear’s feet. The farther the bear walks in the icy and snowy environment, the more ice will freeze around its feet, and finally it will turn into a lump of ice.

Because of this, bears that come out of hibernation are called “ice blocks” by hunters.

What Grandpa Zhao said is very right. The bear, which should have been hibernating, has now been awakened by someone. It is really angry and extremely aggressive. If the bear has gunshot wounds on its body, its aggressiveness will be even higher. It will definitely be at its maximum.

The next morning, just after dawn, brothers Zhao Yuanjie and Zhao Junhe gathered early, carrying guns and leading dogs, and left the village of Jinshan, heading straight for Forest Area No. 19.

After wandering around the forest area for a while, before nine o’clock, we found the tree hole where the blind bear was hiding.

It had snowed and there were footprints left after the bear left. The two men followed the footprints with their dogs for more than three hours before they found the bear walking on the ice at the bottom of a ditch near Chaiji Road in Forest Area No. 19.

At this moment, the blind bear, who was injured and frightened by Ma Leizi, found a fallen tree that was so thick that two people could hug it, and hid in the trunk.

From a distance, the dog that Zhao Junhe was holding started barking. Zhao Junhe and Zhao Yuanjie, both brothers, held their guns and were on alert.

When they were less than fifteen meters away from the fallen tree, Zhao Junhe let go of the leash for his spotted dog.

The next second, the spotted dog rushed directly towards the fallen tree and stood beside the tree barking wildly.

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