bookrebus Chapter 417 Fire Fox, Snow Fox
Chapter 417 Fire Fox, Snow Fox
Qin Pao was famous for hunting in the Changbai Mountains and had a great reputation in the Xing'an Mountains. The once-glorious leader of the cannon is now in prison because of a mistake.
When Li Ju'an's visit to him ended, the police officers handcuffed Qin Pao and took him away.
Looking at Qin Pao's dejected and painful expression, and his face full of despair and guilt, Li Ju'an felt a surge of emotions, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.
As Lao Qin was led away in shackles, he kept repeating what he had heard, utterly bewildered.
"How did it go astray? Why did it go astray? How could the crosshair be so perfect?"
Qin Pao's marksmanship was incredibly accurate; he could shoot eagles across mountain peaks. At a distance of 800 meters, setting up a long-range rifle to shoot a ibex should theoretically result in a headshot, not a hit to the groin.
But it was such a coincidence. My childhood friend, Old Chen, was bending over to untie his harness, his head lowered. If it really was a argali, the shot would have hit the upper part of its forelegs, missing a vital spot. But as luck would have it, Qin Pao's shot went astray, blowing his friend's head off.
Li Ju'an returned to the village with mixed feelings and a heavy heart.
The villagers, including the Sun family, Old Zhang from the security department, and the people from the forest farm, were all saying, "Old Qin has been an accurate shot his whole life, how come he messed up at this moment?"
"Where can we go to seek justice? Old Qin is so unlucky. How much money will he have to pay to the deceased's family this time?"
"It's not about how much money you have to pay, it's about ruining a family."
The villagers sighed and shook their heads. Even if Qin Pao compensated the deceased's family, apologized, and begged for forgiveness, and Qin Pao served a few years in prison, the matter would be over. But for the deceased's family, losing a family member was a lifelong tragedy.
Someone came to find Li Ju'an that he never expected.
Sun Weimin was able to get out of bed; his ribs were healed, his legs were fine, and his headache was gone. He called out to Li Ju'an, "That wolf's eyes need to be knocked out. This whole thing is too strange."
Lu Zhiqiang and Lu Jinyang came to Li Ju'an to talk about this matter. After discussing it, the group of people also found the matter strange.
"Last time, Lao Qian was blinded by a scoundrel, and this time Lao Qin might be blinded by one too."
“Li Ju’an, don’t tell me you don’t believe in these things. These aren’t supernatural phenomena. We’ve been running around in the mountains for so long, everyone has a few inexplicable things about them. If you ask me, Lao Qin just ran into Wolf Eyes. Wolf Eyes is a spirit, and he’s scheming against him behind his back.”
The wolf with the eye is already an adult wolf, and the two black bears are not much different in size from adult bears.
If a cub is raised by its mother, it's at the age where it's roaming around with its mother, inexperienced and naive. But the little black bear cub that Wolf Eyes accompanies has traveled far and wide, making a living among various wolf packs. Its experience and knowledge far surpass that of a sub-adult cub raised by its mother.
As soon as Sun Weimin finished speaking, Lu Zhiqiang jumped up and shouted, "Let's go into the mountains right now and shoot the wolf's eyes! What the hell is this? Several of our hunting villages are full of hunters, how could we not take down this scoundrel? I, General Lu, am the first to refuse to believe it."
Lu Jinyang said, "This is indeed strange, but let's wait until Captain Chen of the forest farm initiates the attack on the wolf team before we talk about it."
Lu Jinyang became even more cautious. The second heavy snowfall was about to begin that day. When the snow closed the mountains, the blizzard-like weather would return, and the white-haired winds would be so fierce that even hunters who hunted bears wouldn't venture into the mountains, let alone hunt black sheep, due to the lure of profit.
Sun Weimin was about to speak when Lu Jinyang interrupted him, saying, "You know how to use a large firecracker to go into the mountains and hunt bears?"
"That's absolutely not possible."
"If you can't say that, just shut up. If you still have something to say, don't drag us into this and make us take the blame."
Lu Jinyang was a refined man, and it was rare for him to speak so bluntly. Sun Weimin was dumbfounded, never expecting that a scholar could be so fierce, even more imposing than Lu Zhiqiang.
After hearing this, Li Ju'an said, "Alright, let's wait a bit. Secretary Chen said that the forest farm is preparing to form a wolf-hunting team. It's estimated that the team will be ready by the end of the year, and then we can take them into the mountains to hunt wolves. In winter, when food is scarce, setting traps for wolves is the most effective method."
Heavy snow closes the mountains, and small animals burrow into their dens to hibernate. By the end of the year, the emaciated wolves are nearly starving, and their eyes light up at the sight of bait. They risk everything for a bite to eat, and snares become even more effective.
The others listened and realized it made sense. Sun Weimin's impulsiveness subsided. He nodded and said, "Alright, let's join the wolf-hunting team together. Who will lead this wolf-hunting team?"
Lu Jinyang was a full-time employee of the forest farm, and he knew quite a bit about the situation. He said, "Your father."
Sun Weimin, having been rebuffed, quickly shut his mouth.
He and Li Ju'an used to be at odds, and he always made things difficult for him. But this time, when it came to fighting the bandits and Wolf Eyes, he genuinely wanted Li Ju'an to lead the charge. Not for any other reason than that Wolf Eyes was difficult to defeat, and if anything went wrong, he could blame it on the lead.
Unexpectedly, Captain Chen of the forest farm felt guilty about the incident with Sun Quande last time, so he specifically asked Sun Quande to lead the team into the mountains to hunt wolf eyes this time, as a way of making amends to Sun Pao.
Sun Weimin's expression was complicated, and his smile was bitter. Lu Zhiqiang laughed triumphantly and said, "Didn't expect that, did you, Sun Weimin? Your dad's the team leader, hahaha! If we want to join the team, we'll just go find Uncle Sun. Even if we don't win, it won't be shameful, hahaha."
Sun Weimin was seething with anger and resentment. He saw Li Ju'an put his feet up on the edge of the kang (a heated brick bed) and tie his leggings. His eyes lit up and he said excitedly, "See? Li Ju'an can't hold back anymore! I told you Li Ju'an didn't have the patience. He'll definitely go find Wolf Eyes first and see if he can beat that bastard up."
Li Ju'an looked up at him strangely and said, "Don't you know why I'm going into the mountains? Isn't this a task your grandma gave me? I'm helping the old lady get rid of that fox spirit that's bewitched you. You'll have plenty of fur, but you'll have to sell it through me."
Sun Weimin's smile became even more bitter; he couldn't manage a smile no matter how hard he tried.
Li Ju'an, you little bastard!
No wonder you're laughing so happily, you've come here to get some benefits.
……
Li Ju'an played a lot of jumping cats last year.
The fox ate the jumping cat, and when the jumping cat population decreased, he started hunting foxes. Snow foxes are rare in the Xingan Mountains, meaning white foxes are extremely scarce; most are red foxes, or red foxes.
In the past, when he was a child, he would occasionally see one or two white foxes when he was herding wild ginseng with his grandfather. However, more than ten years later, he could not see any white foxes at all, only red foxes.
Chen Xiangqian had recently become close to Song Desheng and was very interested in Song Desheng's sheep farm, constantly pestering him to visit it. Song Desheng, annoyed, told him the farm had just been approved and was in a mess, telling him, young master, not to come and inspect. Song Desheng then casually suggested he go hunting foxes in the mountains, and upon hearing that Li Ju'an was going to hunt foxes, Chen Xiangqian eagerly rushed over.
Chen Xiangqian was still carrying a "foreign cannon" in his hand. It was the same foreign cannon that he had bought at a high price from Old Zhao in the barley field, the one that Old Zhao had ripped off.
Li Ju'an turned his head and saw the old antique in his hand. He laughed in exasperation and said, "If you're going to come into the mountains with me, you should at least bring the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. Didn't I bring the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle down the mountain for you last time?"