Chapter 104 General Tao, a man who only messes with people

Yue Feng used the jump-eye ranging method to roughly estimate the straight-line distance.

The wild boar was at least 280 meters away from the human. At this distance, Yue Feng was not sure of hitting the target with the first shot, so he did not alarm the wild boar and returned the same way.

Hunting by slipping is different from hunting by dog. Any opportunity to face prey directly in the wild is very precious, just like the last time when I went into the mountains with Li Wen and took a detour to the shade of the mountain. Taking more detours will create better opportunities for yourself to shoot, and the cost-effectiveness is far better than relying on luck to take a shot.

Yue Feng is not a gambler. He prefers to follow a step-by-step approach, preparing all factors that increase the success rate of hunting before making a single strike to kill.

He led everyone to make a big circle on the shady slope, and finally went down to the bottom of Yanwangtiaogou, then passed through the bushes and climbed to the opposite ridge.

The downwind side is not easy to be exposed, and with the pine forest as cover, the wild boars could not find the people below. Yue Feng slowly approached a position a little over 100 meters away from the wild boars before stopping.

He built a shooting platform with accumulated snow, then took aim in a prone position. One second before firing, Yue Feng whistled softly.

A faint whistle suddenly appeared.

The wild boar, which was eating its food with its head down, immediately raised its head and looked in the direction of the whistle.

At this time, the wild boar’s head, half of its forelimbs and one-third of its torso were all within Yue Feng’s crosshairs.

Bang bang bang!
Yue Feng put the crosshairs on the wild boar’s trunk and fired three shots in succession.

The first shot hit the target and successfully entered from above the wild boar’s left front leg. The bullet went in through a small hole and came out through a hole as big as a fist. The wild boar did not move at all and was killed by a bullet in the heart.

The next two shots both hit the wild boar’s head, and the skull was ripped open by the bullets, killing the animal instantly.

“It’s been killed, everyone attack!!” Yue Feng climbed up from the snow very confidently, holding his gun and striding towards the wild boar.

Xiao Tao and the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu immediately followed, and the four of them soon arrived in front of the wild boar that had fallen to the ground.

This is a beast that is estimated to weigh at least 300 kilograms. The fangs in its mouth are like daggers, slightly curved and sticking out of the corners of its mouth.

There were two completely healed old gunshot wounds on the wild boar’s back and buttocks, which indirectly confirmed Li Wentong’s previous judgment of the pig. It was indeed a gunshot wound that would cause it to be so aggressive after hearing the gunshot.

At this moment, the big guy had no breath at all, and the area under his body was slowly dyed red by the dark red blood that was oozing out.

Yue Feng walked around the wild boar and his eyes fell on the pig’s hoof at the right rear.

This wild boar was also in trouble. Its entire hoof was shattered by the bullet. Now all that was left was a piece of white bone and some irregular flesh and blood.

“It was this pig that hurt my dad yesterday! Fuck you!” Xiao Tao’s pent-up anger came out, he picked up the knife in his hand and stabbed it into the pig’s belly.

“Don’t poke…”

Pfft!

Before Yue Feng could finish his words, Xiao Tao’s knife had already been completely inserted into the pig’s belly.

Immediately, a strong smell of feces mixed with blood spread from the pig’s stomach.

“Damn! Xiao Tao, you are responsible for gutting this pig and draining its blood!” Yue Feng threw down a sentence and immediately retreated at least ten meters.

Brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu also realized what had happened. To vent his anger, Xiaotao, the bastard, stabbed the bastard’s intestines with a knife.

Xiao Tao really relieved his anger, but cleaning up the mess made it difficult for the child.

He had also seen the slaughter of the New Year pig, but he had never done such work as how to open the boar’s stomach and how to take out the wild boar’s internal organs.

It was originally a hassle to clean up, and now the pig’s intestines have been punctured, and the abdominal cavity is full of undigested feces. The smell is so bad that anyone who smells it will know.

Fortunately, Xiaowen and Xiaowu had experience in following other hunters into the mountains to gut and bleed pigs. Seeing Xiaotao’s face full of despair, Xiaowen helped take down all the wild boar’s lanterns despite the stench.

“Shit, the knife I just stabbed hit a shit bun, it stinks so damn much!” Xiao Tao took a long time to recover.

While the three brothers were gutting the pig, Yue Feng had already picked up branches and built a small fire upwind: “Put the pig there first, come and eat! After you’re full, cut the pig in half, tie it up on the sled and pull it home!”

When the guys heard the greeting, they all came over. Xiao Tao scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.

“Brother Tao in the society, he goes in with a white knife and comes out with a yellow knife, he specializes in stabbing shit, he’s awesome!”

Yue Feng grinned and looked at Xiao Tao and joked.

“Brother, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have operated on my own!” Xiao Tao didn’t argue. He admitted his mistake without any hesitation!

Yue Feng looked at the brothers Xiaowen and Xiaowu, who were also covered in the smell of pig manure, and said, “You two shouldn’t have helped him! People can’t teach people, but things can teach people. Correct it once and never do it again!!”

Xiaowu couldn’t help but laughed while covering his mouth. Xiaowen glanced at Xiaotao and pouted: “I will only help him this time. If this happens again, let him deal with it himself. I will definitely not help!”

Yue Feng continued, “We went up the mountain to hunt, we wanted its meat, and it wanted to survive, so there is no right or wrong.

So, the pig was killed, and that was it! Don’t do this kind of thing to vent your anger in the future!

This is a cannon fowl. If we stab it with a knife, it will at most be more troublesome to clean up and it will smell stronger. But have you ever thought about what if we kill a blind bear next time?
After finally knocking down a bear, you stab it again to vent your anger. What if you miss the target and pierce the bear’s gallbladder? How big a loss would that be?”

When Xiao Tao heard Yue Feng say this, his head was almost stuck in his crotch. He didn’t say a word, and just lowered his head like a quail with a bald tail.

“Okay, stop talking nonsense. Wipe your hands with snow and come over to eat! After we’ve finished eating, we’ll go back!” It was just a minor incident and Yue Feng didn’t want to make a big deal out of it. He relaxed his tone and invited everyone to eat.

Xiao Tao and his two brothers were cleaning pig offal, and their hands were covered with a strong smell that did not change even after rubbing them with snow many times.

Yue Feng saw this, took out his leg hook, cut a few thin branches and poked them on the fat cakes, and after they were heated, he used a stick to pick them up and eat them. After spending the whole morning to physically relieve the wild boar that hurt people, the four members of the team were quite relaxed at this moment. They sat together and ate the fat cakes with the aroma of fat. When they were thirsty, they took turns to drink the water they brought in the kettle. Soon, the meal was considered full.

The egg of the roe today is huge. After removing the internal organs, it weighs at least two hundred and forty to two hundred and fifty kilograms.

The meat from the wild boar’s eggs is the most unpalatable of all wild boar meat, but no matter how poor the quality is, it is still meat. In this era, meat is valuable. What’s more, the wild boar has gained weight in the autumn and it has just snowed and entered winter, which is the fattest time of the year. The fat is at least four fingers thick.

While eating, Yue Feng discussed with a few people that after returning, he would ask Secretary Wang to help shout a few words on the loudspeaker of the village office, and sell all the meat at a low price, including the boar meat that was still half buried in the snow the day before.

Part of the sow meat is sold, and the rest is eaten by the few families themselves, and the meat of the big boar is all exchanged for money.

It is just the beginning of winter now, and there are still two or three months before the villagers slaughter the New Year pigs in the twelfth lunar month. Wild boar meat is cheap, affordable and fat, so there is no problem selling it.

Even if he really can’t sell them, Yue Feng is not afraid. The worst that can happen is that he can ride his bicycle into the city early in the morning to sell them at the ghost market. As long as he puts in some effort, he will definitely be able to sell them.

After everyone had their fill and had a short rest, they set out on the road home in triumph. Yue Feng was in front, carrying a gun, and the three brothers were pulling a sled behind, crossing mountains and ridges, heading straight for Xing’an Village.

At 2:50 in the afternoon, Yue Feng’s group of four came down from the nearest ridge, and the four of them entered the village in a mighty procession.

This time, Yue Feng did not take the shortcut, but deliberately walked to the entrance of Li Yinhua’s grocery store.

As winter approaches, the flow of people at the village intelligence point is even greater than in autumn. At this moment, coal is burning in the house, and a group of people are playing cards and making money at the table.

Li Yinhua spotted from a distance that Yue Feng was carrying a gun and leading his men to drive a wild boar towards the village, and she immediately went out to meet them.

“Hey, Second Young Master of the Yue Family, did you guys go into the mountains and hunt a big wild boar?”

Facing the inquiry, Yue Feng grinned innocently: “Yes, auntie, we have discussed and decided to sell this pig cheaply. If you want to get some affordable meat, you can come to my house later when you hear the loud speaker of the village office. The meat after skinning and bone removal is 30 cents per pound, no ticket required. This pig is quite fat, with fat as thick as three or four fingers!”

“The meat of cannon roe isn’t tasty, but it’s still sold for only 30 cents a pound?” Li Yinhua was tempted after hearing the price, but as a shrewd businessman, she still muttered subconsciously.

“The meat of old sows is delicious, but you can’t even buy it at 30 cents a pound! The meat at the market is now selling for 80 cents, and the public butcher shops require meat tickets! Anyway, I’m the first one to tell you the news, so I’m leaving first!!” Yue Feng was not angry. He replied with a smile and continued to rush home with his men.

After Yue Feng left, Li Yinhua couldn’t help but say, “Just now, the second kid of the Yue family, Yue Feng, brought Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, and pulled a cannon egg back on a sled!
I heard him say that he was planning to sell the meat. He would only sell it for 30 cents a pound after removing the skin and bones. If you want to get cheap meat, you have to go early. He also said that he would go to the village office to make a loud announcement later. There are only 200 to 300 pounds of pigs in total. If you go early, you can pick a fat one!”

Everyone knows that the meat of cannon roe is not delicious, but at only 30 cents a pound, it is cheap. When everyone at the card table heard the news from Li Yinhua, they couldn’t stay still.

Nowadays, there is almost no decent meat at home all year round. Only when the New Year pig is slaughtered in the twelfth lunar month will the food at home be better.

Almost every household of the mountain people in Xing’an Village raises pigs. At that time, the native pigs were caught in the spring and raised until the twelfth lunar month. They would only grow to about 100 kilograms a year. If they could grow to 170 or 180 kilograms, it was considered well raised by the owner.

People who lived in poverty would not keep all the meat for themselves even if they slaughtered a pig during the twelfth lunar month. Most of them would keep a small portion for the New Year and sell the rest to supplement the family income.

Now, Yue Feng spread the word that wild boar meat with eggs is sold at 3 cents per pound, which made many people instantly see the business opportunity.

Anyway, it’s snowing and the temperature has dropped, so there’s no need to worry about the meat going bad. If you buy more cheap meat, you can save the pork you raise for the New Year, whether it’s for animal oil or to eat during the New Year.

The market price of domestic New Year pigs is at least 70 or 80 cents per pound, and the difference in price can be as little as 50 cents per pound. Even if wild boar meat tastes bad, it is better than coarse grains.

In this age of meat shortage, we just need oil and water. Life is almost unbearable. We want all kinds of food, and taste has to take a back seat to affordability.

“No, I won’t play this card for now, I’m going home!”

“I’ll order some wild boar meat for three cents a pound. Add some oil, two peppercorns and some star anise, and it’ll be ready to eat like a stir-fry!”

“I have to go cut some meat, too!”

……

After hearing the news about Li Yinhua, a dozen people reacted quickly, said hello, and got up to go home.

On the other side, Yue Feng and others returned home in a mighty procession with their spoils, and placed the cannon egg directly in the middle of the yard.

“Dad! Mom! We are back and have successfully completed the mission!” Yue Feng called out in the yard. Whether it was the Li family, his neighbors, or Yue Feng’s parents, they would surely hear it.

Soon, Yue Lei and Meng Yulan came out of the house. After seeing the four people intact and the cannon egg that had been cut into two pieces lying on the ground, their hearts, which had been hanging in the air, were completely relaxed.

“I said my son is good. So, mother, are you convinced now?”

When Yue Lei saw his son coming back with a wild boar, he was happier than when he had killed any wild animal himself. The wrinkles at the corners of his eyes smoothed out.

“I’m convinced! My son has grown up and can take on responsibilities!” Meng Yulan also had a smile on her face, without any of the annoyance and frustration after losing the bet.

At the same moment, Li Wentong’s wife Chang Meijuan also came over. After seeing the cannon eggs on the ground, she also smiled. The clouds on her brows because of the injury of the head of the family had almost disappeared at this moment.

“Xiao Wen, you guys pull some thick pine wood from the wall and build a rack in the yard. Hang up the wild boars from today and the day before yesterday. I’m going to go out and do something and come back later!”

While speaking, Yue Feng took off the sharp knife from his waist, removed one of the front legs directly along the shoulder joint, found a urea bag from the warehouse, put it on, and carried it out of the house.

I had promised Wang Jianguo and others that I would send a pig leg to his family after I killed a pig. However, I haven’t done it yet because of Li Wentong’s injury the day before yesterday. I came back early today, and I definitely can’t be careless.

Wang Jianguo arranged for Yue Feng to get the letter of introduction for buying a gun, as well as a place in the village militia and the village hunting team.

If I go back on my word and act like a coward this time, I won’t be able to show any mercy the next time I want to ask for help from others.

Soon, Yue Feng arrived at the gate of Wang Jianguo’s house. Wang Mingyu was playing spinning tops with a few friends from the alley at the door.

(End of this chapter)