Chapter 101

Wang An felt that before he had run very far, he heard the roar of a black bear from behind!

He could be sure it was a black bear, not a brown bear!

He couldn't tell exactly how many roars there were; mainly because he was running a bit impatiently and was also a bit flustered!

This was almost like playing with his life; it was absolutely impossible not to be flustered!

When Wang An stopped, turned around, and aimed his gun, he saw a black bear crawling out of the Earth Den entrance, already halfway out.

This ash wood was truly strong! It was only as thick as an arm, stuck in the crack of the entrance, and it hadn't been broken by the black bear!

Before Wang An could even fire, his brother-in-law's gun went off, and he fired two shots in a row, both hitting the black bear in the head.

He saw the black bear that had crawled halfway out fall headfirst. After hitting the ground, its hind legs fell forward, and then it lay there motionless with its head facing the entrance.

This black bear didn't look big, only about 200 jin; it seemed to have just reached adulthood and hadn't left the den yet.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, another one crawled out. Looking at its head, it seemed to be about the same size as the previous one.

It had just crawled halfway out when Mu Xueli fired again, firing two shots in a row, one hitting its head and the other hitting its neck.

Then this black bear fell onto the previous black bear and stopped moving too.

Looking at their size, these two black bears were basically the same size; they must have been from the same litter!

Today, Mu Xueli's performance was truly quite good; his shooting was steady and accurate, and most importantly, he didn't flinch at all, which was the most important thing!

If a person flinches, their heart gets flustered, and if their hand shakes even a little, they definitely won't hit the target!

The two waited for a while longer, but never saw the mother black bear crawl out.

This was very strange. Both little black bears had come out; it was impossible for there not to be a mother black bear!

They waited a while longer, but there was still no movement. Wang An mustered his courage, ran to the entrance again, took out a firecracker, lit it, and threw it inside.

After throwing it, he ran, and he ran quite far! But after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement.

Wang An was dumbfounded. He ran over and threw two more, then ran again, but still no movement!

The two were staring intently at the entrance when they heard the three dogs tied not far away start barking, barking very fiercely!

The two turned their heads, "Oh my god!"

He saw a skinny, skeletal black bear running toward the cave!

But it was just too damn thin; it didn't look like a black bear at all. It was so thin that its fur was standing on end; if it weren't for the long fur covering it, it would be a skeleton!

Wang An hurriedly aimed and fired, but this Mosin-Nagant required pulling the bolt after every shot, so for a moment, he felt it wasn't as satisfying as the 56-semi!

After firing one shot, Mu Xueli followed closely and fired. Wang An pulled the bolt and fired another shot, and this black bear, thin as a skeleton, fell to the ground.

Both of them took a deep breath; they were finally safe!

The two immediately went to give the mother and her two cubs a finishing shot in the head.

After finishing them off, Mu Xueli couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked, "Brother-in-law, what's going on? Why is there a 'walking skeleton' among the three black bears?"

Wang An actually knew what was going on, because his uncle-in-law Feng Chengmin had mentioned this situation.

So, as the two were taking the black bear gallbladders, Wang An began to explain to his brother-in-law!

Before little black bears leave the den, they live with the mother black bear, living together for two or three years from birth.

And during these two or three years, in order to let the little black bears grow up as quickly as possible, whenever the mother black bear found food, the little black bears would eat first!

This led to the fact that before winter, the two little ones had saved up enough body fat—that is, the energy for hibernation—to hibernate well!

But because the mother black bear didn't have enough food, the fat she had saved wasn't enough to last the winter, so she would be woken up by hunger halfway through hibernation and would have to come out to find food.

This resulted in some dens having only one or two black bears, and they were all underage or just reached adulthood!

Some were one big and one small, or one big and two small!

Like what they encountered today, the mother black bear had gone to find food, but she hadn't gone far and was called back by the little black bears' roars. If she had gone far, there wouldn't have been anything to do with this mother black bear!

Mu Xueli clicked his tongue in wonder after hearing this, but fortunately, he didn't show any mercy or get moved by the maternal love.

Otherwise, Wang An would definitely have kicked him, and it would have been the kind where he pinned him to the ground and kicked him with both big feet!

A hunter needs this kind of bullshit soft-heartedness the least. If your heart is that soft, why are you hunting in the mountains?

I have to say, Mu Xueli was truly fast at taking the black bear gallbladders.

Wang An had just finished taking the iron gallbladder from one little black bear, and Mu Xueli had already finished taking the grass gallbladder from the other little black bear and came back happily, carrying a larger golden gallbladder!

Wang An put the three black bear gallbladders into cloth bags and put them away. He didn't butcher the meat, but sat there, lost in deep confusion!

One litter of black bears, three different kinds of gallbladders! Why is this?

The big black bear was so thin it was just skin and bones, yet it produced a golden gallbladder.

The two little black bears were so fat, yet they produced an iron gallbladder and a grass gallbladder.

And when taking the gallbladders, he discovered that these two little black bears both had "bulls" (testicles)!

Each little black bear had one!

Not to mention the big black bear, these two little ones were clearly brothers!

But the color of the bear gallbladders was damn different!

Damn it! That's a difference of over a hundred yuan! That's over a hundred yuan!

After the confusion, Wang An was still very happy; three black bear gallbladders could fetch over a thousand yuan!

And what he would split with Li Erlengzi was the money from the two little black bear gallbladders; this mother black bear hadn't come out of the cave!

Wang An smoked a cigarette and watched his brother-in-law butcher the meat; it was genuinely quite interesting.

He saw the skinning knife sliding left and right, or up and down, and pieces of meat weighing over 5 jin were thrown onto the snow!

Wang An finished his cigarette and felt that doing nothing was a bit bad, so he cut off the noses and kneecaps of the three black bears and put them into a sack.

By the time Wang An finished dealing with them, he found that his brother-in-law had almost finished butchering the second little black bear. This speed was truly fast!

By the time Wang An knocked out their big fangs, his brother-in-law had also finished butchering the last mother black bear.

Wang An said shamelessly to his brother-in-law, "Working together is fast, huh? Working still requires more people!"

Hearing this, Mu Xueli nodded happily and said, "Yeah, when working, you hate having too few people; when eating, you hate having too many people!"

Wang An also nodded, expressing his agreement with his brother-in-law's words.

After the two finished cleaning up, Wang An checked his watch; it was already 11 o'clock.

Calculating the time, he figured that if Niu Dali had entered the mountains, he should be arriving at the place by now. Wang An decided to go take a look; if he could finish him off, that would be best; if not, then so be it!

He didn't dare tell his brother-in-law what he was going to do, just drove the sled and headed north.

On the way, Wang An took out a cigarette and suddenly remembered his brother-in-law was sitting right there, so he handed him one. He originally thought his brother-in-law didn't smoke and was just being polite, but he didn't expect his brother-in-law to actually take it~!

Damn! The cigarette box was already in his pocket, and he had to take it out; he had only taken one cigarette just now!

The two sat on the bear skin, chatting and fiddling with their cigarettes; the journey could be described as wonderful!

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