Chapter 155 Revenge
By evening, when Meng Yulan was collecting grass for cooking in the yard at the gate of the courtyard, she heard the story of the big black eagle raised by her son, which could catch bears and wild boars in the mountains, and could even fight with tigers if encountered.

During dinner in the evening, Meng Yulan told her family the gossip she had heard as a joke. Yue Feng and Yue Lei were relatively calm, but her third sister Jingjing, who used to be very well-behaved when eating and only argued about the food, looked up at Yue Feng with sparkling eyes after hearing what her mother said.

“Brother, can our big black eagle really catch wild boars and bears? Next time you go up the mountain, can you help me catch a bear cub to keep as a toy? Even a small one will do!”

Jingjing put down her chopsticks, tried to use both hands to measure a length of about forty to fifty centimeters, and asked with a look of eagerness.

“Silly girl, that’s just the villagers bragging, how dare you believe it! You’ve seen how big that blind bear is, one of its front paws is as big as your whole face! Even if our big black eagle sticks all its claws into the bear’s flesh, the bear won’t feel any pain at all!”

Yue Feng was somewhat amused and confused by his sister’s self-proclaimed “reasonable” request.

“I just want to raise a small one, a very small one would be fine!” Jingjing listened to her brother’s explanation but still did not give up.

Yue Lei, who was eating with a bowl nearby, put down his chopsticks and explained after hearing what his daughter said: “Where did the bear cub come from? It must have been born by a female bear! If we don’t beat the big bear, how can the bear give us the cub?
Besides, we have only been together for a few days, and we already have an eagle and a dog at home, aren’t they enough for you? Are you planning to raise a bear?
Even if we can catch a cub, we can’t afford to feed it. Bears have a big appetite. They eat at least… at least eight bowls of corn porridge in one meal!”

Yue Lei talked to his daughter with a doting look on his face.

Jingjing didn’t quite know how much Xiong ate, but when she heard her father say that he drank eight bowls of barley porridge in one meal, Jingjing finally had some idea. Her brother and father could only drink two bowls each, so the amount Xiong ate in one meal was more than the whole family combined.

“Forget it! We don’t want to raise a bear anymore. Liu Maochen in our class has a suckling bear cub at home. I’ve been thinking about raising one at home too!” Jingjing shook her head repeatedly and no longer insisted on raising a bear.

“What the hell? You must be kidding! This isn’t a kitten or a puppy. How can it be that easy to raise a bear?”

When Yue Feng heard what his sister said, he finally understood why Jingjing also wanted to raise a bear.

All children are like this. If their friends have something rare at home, they will also want it. This is normal.

Not to mention the bear cubs, in the past, if a child in the village had a few Galahas taken from sheep leg bones, he would be very proud among children of the same age.

Since the beginning of autumn in Yuefeng, Jingjing has been training kites, tying up eagles, buying dogs and getting guns. As the youngest member of the Yue family, her status in front of her friends in the village has risen rapidly. When the greenhouse was just built a few days ago, she would bring her friends in the village or class to her home every now and then to see the big eagle raised by her brother, and she received many envious glances from her friends.

Now one of her classmates has a bear cub in her family, and the little girl feels that her status has been affected.

Jingjing argued with her brother, “I’m not lying, it’s true! Liu Maochen’s father works in a forest farm, and the bear cubs were taken out from a hole in a big tree! There were two, one fell to death, and the other is left!”
My classmates went to his house yesterday to see the bear cubs. They were only this big, one size bigger than a puppy, and very furry and fun to watch! “

After hearing his sister talk about more details about the bear cub, Yue Feng suddenly felt that the credibility had increased a lot.

The breeding period of black bears is actually quite long. There is a certain probability that they will give birth to cubs while hibernating in tree holes after hibernation in October every year.

At this time, the mother bear with cubs will feel greater pressure to hibernate. The energy reserves in her body must not only supply her own consumption during hibernation, but also secrete milk to feed the cubs.

It would be better if it was an adult big bear. Big bears have strong foraging abilities and when they gain weight in the autumn, they have enough fat reserves. Even if they carry cubs with them, they will have no problem surviving the next winter.

The most feared thing is the mother bear who has just reached adulthood and is pregnant for the first time, and her cubs are born in the winter. She has just left her mother and started living alone for a short time, and she is still a baby. It is an extraordinary achievement for her to be able to fill her stomach. The first winter after adulthood is already difficult to endure. If she gives birth to cubs, the small amount of energy reserves in her body will not be able to withstand the harsh winter.

What to do at this time? The only thing to do is to end hibernation early, take advantage of good weather, crawl out of the hibernating tree barn, and move around to look for food.

At this time, if the forest farm cuts down trees in the winter and the trees are cut down for bears, it is really possible to encounter a situation where there are only cubs in the tree hole, but the mother bear is out looking for food and is not in the den.

This situation is relatively rare, but it does exist objectively. It is not caused by human factors. The blind bears walk on the ice. Because they wake up from hunger in winter and come out to look for food, they will be very aggressive.

If, for example, a mother bear comes back from foraging and finds that her home and cubs are gone, then the aggressive buff will be fully stacked.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng immediately asked, “Didn’t Liu Maochen’s father meet the baby bear’s mother? Did he kill the mother bear?”

Jingjing shook her head: “I asked him before, and he said there was no mother bear. Maybe she went out to find food!”

Well, now it totally fits the idea.

“Are you thinking about going up the mountain to hunt a blind bear again? This mother bear that lost her cub is not easy to deal with. She is more dangerous than the bear that hurt people before!”

Yue Lei became nervous immediately after hearing his son being particularly concerned about the bear and questioning his sister.

Yue Feng grinned: “Dad, you are a little too nervous, we have dogs, eagles, guns, and people!

What kind of waves can a blind bear cause? I have led people to kill a 500-jin giant bear, so why should I be afraid of a small female bear?
Judging from the information Jingjing provided, this female bear was most likely a three-year-old bear that gave birth to her first litter of cubs just as they went into hibernation. She became a mother herself right after leaving her mother!

Any bear with a little bit of intelligence would give birth to cubs in this season!

Even if there is a big mother bear whose birth date is in winter, the two cubs will not be able to drink much milk in the whole winter, so they will not have to go out of the barn in the cold wind and snow to find food! “

This is the truth. After Yue Feng finished his analysis, Yue Lei hesitated.

His son has proven his ability several times in his previous performances, so although Yue Lei feels that the risk is too high and is unwilling for his son to take risks, he has to admit that the logic of his son’s analysis is correct.

“Do you really have to try? You must gather enough people and make sufficient preparations first! No matter how valuable the bear gall is, it is not as valuable as my son’s life! There must not be any mistakes!” Yue Lei said after a moment’s silence.

“Don’t worry. After dinner I will go to Liu Maochen’s house to ask my brother Liu what’s going on. If it’s appropriate, we will take people up the mountain to look for the bear tomorrow!”

It is true that there are many wild animals in the mountains in this era, but this number is only relative.

Predators like black bears, which are at the top of the food chain, can’t be seen everywhere like rabbits and pheasants, even if their density is relatively high. Now that Yue Feng has obtained useful information about a blind black bear, he definitely doesn’t want to let it go. Not only can he bring back a blind bear, but also the most precious bear gallbladder. Even if it is a three-year-old female bear’s gallbladder, the value of one gallbladder can be equivalent to the price of many wild boars sold in the city.

Now we have a strong army and horses, we have the people and guns we need, there is no reason for us not to be tempted when we hear the news.

After dinner, Yue Feng cut a piece of wild boar meat from the cellar, carried it with his clothes tucked in, and walked out of the house, heading straight for the home of Jingjing’s little friend, Liu Maochen.

The Liu family is also a small family in Xing’an Village, but Liu Maochen’s father, Liu Fendou, is a veteran. After retiring from the army, he was given a job as a front-line safety officer in a forest farm. He is responsible for safety work in the area under his charge, and all the workers have to listen to his orders. It is a lucrative job that does not require much physical effort and has a good income.

Yue Feng brought wild boar meat to the door, and Liu Fendou received the second boy of the Yue family very politely.

After some questioning and conversation, Yue Feng saw the bear cub his sister mentioned and got general information from Liu Fendou.

The bear cub was dug out by the workers in charge of logging at Forest Farm No. 27. Liu Fendou was a safety officer, and everyone was looking after him, so they gave the bear cub, which had just opened its eyes, to him to take home and play with his children.

The Liu family worked at the forest farm and ate commercial grain. In addition, Liu Fendou had real power and could make some extra money on a regular basis, so they lived a relatively comfortable life. That’s why he brought the bear cub home to comfort his children.

Yue Feng looked at the bear cub, who looked even smaller than a month old. He was so skinny that it was obvious that he had never eaten enough. After this verification, all his previous speculations at home were proven wrong.

After some polite thanks, Yue Feng left Liu Fendou’s house and went straight to Zhang Xiaowen’s house to call people to gather.

After all the team members had gathered, Yue Feng told them the general situation. The four of them were all eager to try, and they couldn’t wait to set out that night to go up the mountain and beat the blind bear back.

Just when Yue Feng heard the news and organized his men to prepare for a big fight, on the other side, at Guileng Factory, less than three kilometers away from Forest Area No. 27 on the mountain, bad news was happening.

The mother bear, who had gone out to forage for food during the day, returned to her hiding place in a tree hole to find that not only her cubs were gone, but her home was gone as well. Only a tree stump as thick as several people could hug was left.

The angry mother bear had almost filled up her buffs. She had lost her cubs and her home, and her rage for revenge was instantly ignited.

Black bears are actually very smart, and their sense of smell is many times stronger than that of ordinary hounds.

After her cub was lost, the mother bear sniffed the surrounding area carefully, following the scent of the lumberjacks, and finally chased them to the lodge where the workers stayed overnight in the mountains.

The so-called timber factory is actually a place where timber is temporarily stored.

After the timber in the mountains is cut into certain lengths by simply pruning, the farmers use livestock to drag the wood to the sawmill, where it waits for the mill’s gaugers to measure and list the wood before taking it away. After a series of processing, it is transported to various parts of the country by train to support national construction.

The lumberjacks working in the woodcutting factory need the strength of livestock to drag trees to work. Livestock that do heavy physical labor cannot be fed only coarse feed on weekdays like the production teams. They have to be fed concentrated feed at two or three o’clock in the middle of the night to fatten them up. Therefore, the lumberjacks and loggers do not go home at night.

That night, there was something wrong with the dog guarding the factory. It barked abnormally a few times. Before the gatekeeper on night shift could respond, the dog was pounced on by a dark shadow. In the blink of an eye, the dog let out a scream and was bitten to death on the spot.

When the doorman heard the noise, he immediately turned around and went to the duty room to take the hunting rifle behind the door. However, this hunting rifle was an old-fashioned earth rifle filled with iron sand. It was usually enough to shoot jumping cats and pheasants, but it was not good enough to deal with large prey.

After biting the guard dog to death, the angry mother bear pounced directly on the doorman who was holding a homemade rifle.

With a gunshot, the angry mother bear’s upper limbs near the shoulders were smashed into a bloody mess by the power of the close-range explosion of black powder.

The bear was injured, but instead of being scared away, it became even more aggressive. It knocked the doorman to the ground, sat on him, and started biting him.

When the doorman stopped moving, breathing more than exhaling, the black bear that came to take revenge did not run away. Instead, it followed the scent trail and came to the low dormitory where the farmers and workers from Guileng lived.

The accommodation conditions at the Shanshang Lengchang were very poor. Eight people slept on one big kang. Not only was the house low, but the ventilation and insulation were also poor. The workers were all rough men who did heavy physical labor, and the house was filled with a strong smell of stinky feet.

The gunshots in the middle of the night woke up the sleeping workers, and the horses tied in the backyard were also scared to death by the bear.

The worker who put on his clothes and stood up to see what was going on, just as he opened the door, he felt a gust of foul and fishy wind blowing, and was slapped in the face by the black bear, and fainted on the spot.

The blind bear, which had been shot, broke into the workers’ dormitory and launched a relentless biting attack.

He didn’t leave until no one in the house dared to move.

People from other dormitories heard the noise and bravely came out in groups. They found that the bear had left and hurried to check on their fellow workers who had been attacked.

After working for half the night, a total of one person died, five were seriously injured, and three were slightly injured at the factory that night.

This is the first time that a black bear has attacked a person with such serious consequences in all the years since the forest farm was established. When the news reached the leaders of the forest farm, there was an uproar.

That evening, the leader in charge of production safety at the forest farm made an important instruction that all injured workers, whether they were outsourced households or regular forest farm employees, should be sent to the municipal hospital for treatment, with the expenses to be borne by the forest farm.

In the face of this kind of incident where wild animals seriously damage production and injure people, we organized the forest protection team to deal with it quickly and severely and shoot the black bear that caused the accident to ensure the normal production order of the workers! !
That night, the forest ranger team of the main area of ​​the forest farm was organized. Twelve members of the ranger team, each holding a 12-and-a-half rifle, searched the mountain with flashlights, hoping to find the black bear that had injured people as soon as possible.

Logically speaking, the forest farm has organized a special team to encircle and suppress the black bear that injured people. With only 56 and a half people, they shouldn’t be able to cause any trouble.

Not to mention the bear, as long as there is organization and planning, even the big claws can be killed. It’s just a matter of wasting manpower and material resources, time and extra costs.

But unfortunately, in the second half of the night, a strong wind blew on the mountain and white snow began to fall.

(End of this chapter)