Chapter 164: Three Blue Dogs

Wang An rode his large stallion, running fast on the road, looking dashing and quite cool. In fact, only those who ride horses know the discomfort of riding in winter.

Normal local Northeast horses, if traced back to their roots, are called "Sanhe Horses." In China, they belong to the larger breeds of horses and are considered quite excellent even among warhorses.

When a Sanhe Horse runs with a person on its back, its top speed can reach about 100 li per hour, which is a top speed of 50 kilometers per hour!

However, although a horse's endurance is long, it is ultimately limited. So, for normal riding, running 40 or 50 li per hour is enough; otherwise, it's too damaging to the horse.

And the feed—that is, the grain—must be fed fully at every meal. If they only eat grass, then even the best horse is wasted, and no matter how much ability it has, it can't be displayed.

As for Wang An's large stallion and large mare, he didn't know the breed, but these warhorses from the horse farm were indeed different. At the very least, they were bold, unafraid of ordinary wild beasts, and even dared to fight wolves!

The speed was fast. Although Wang An hadn't truly tested it, for a warhorse, speed was an important assessment standard.

And the body size was large, a circle bigger than Mu Xueli's local blue horse.

Most importantly, the endurance was sufficient, and the strength was great. You have to know that when Wang An and the others went into the mountains, they often walked long distances, and every time they came down, the game they needed to pull was not small.

The longer Wang An used this large stallion, the more satisfied he was with it. And although this large stallion hadn't been gelded, its temperament was very gentle, and it was becoming more and more human-like, as if it could really understand human speech, and it was absolutely obedient to Wang An!

Now, this large stallion and those three dogs were the closest comrades-in-arms to Wang An. Although they weren't human, to Wang An, they were much more important than many people!

A few minutes later, Wang An arrived at his father-in-law's house.

Just arriving in the courtyard of his father-in-law's house, he actually saw three large blue dogs added to the yard.

But these three dogs only barked after Wang An had already entered the yard, which made Wang An quite puzzled, because when he came down from the mountain yesterday, his father-in-law's house didn't have any dogs yet!

Hearing the dogs bark, Mu Xueli walked out of the house holding an unfinished wooden board trap, and when the three dogs saw Mu Xueli come out, they immediately stopped barking.

Wang An knew at a glance that these three dogs were already trained mountain-going dogs, because only trained hunting dogs would act like this. The three dogs at home were the same; they would never bark blindly without end.

"When did you get the dogs?" Seeing his brother-in-law come out of the house, Wang An asked casually.

"Just this morning. It's from Old Xiao Pao in our village. He fell and injured his leg quite seriously when he went into the mountains the other day, and he probably won't be able to go mountain-going in the future, so he sold the dogs to me," Mu Xueli explained.

"How much did you buy them for?" Wang An continued to ask casually.

"80 yuan. Mainly because these three dogs are quite familiar with me, and besides, Old Xiao Pao taught me how to unload meat and such," Mu Xueli said.

"Yes, that's quite good. 80 yuan isn't expensive; it's the normal price," Wang An said.

"Yes, it's just that this lead dog, Big Blue, is a 'low-head scent' dog, but that's okay. Where would you find so many 'high-head scent' dogs?" Mu Xueli said, not feeling any regret, but rather very happy.

Wang An couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled. Are 'high-head scent' dogs really that rare?

Mountain-goers name their dogs very casually. According to Mu Xueli's introduction, these three dogs were called Big Blue, Second Blue, and Third Blue.

Wang An walked up to the three dogs and, according to the method his uncle-in-law Feng Chengmin taught him, began to study the three dogs, discovering that these three dogs were indeed slightly different, just as Feng Chengmin said.

Big Blue was the lead dog. Whether it was the sharpness of the canine teeth or the width of the mouth, it was quite good.

This Big Blue had broad shoulders, thick waist and legs, and a large anus. After observing the whole thing, he felt that compared to his own Da Hei, there was basically no difference.

The scent head was already said to be a "low-head scent," which was slightly worse.

Second Blue was the same. Except for the color being different from Second Black, there was no difference.

But when it came to Third Blue, it was different. The size was not small, but the obvious difference was that the shoulders were narrow and the waist was thin. In Feng Chengmin's words, this dog had little strength and its waist couldn't withstand a beating.

It's just that this Third Blue seemed to know where its shortcomings were, so its canine teeth, legs, and anus were all superior to Big Blue's or Da Hei's.

This meant that this Third Blue was definitely very fierce, and its courage was very sufficient. Running, it might also be the fastest among these dogs. In fact, the scars on its body could also explain some problems.

The scars on Third Blue's body were much more numerous than those on Big Blue and Second Blue. It could be seen that every time this dog chased prey, as long as it saw the prey's shadow, it was definitely the first one to go up.

This might also be the reason why that Old Xiao Pao kept this Third Blue in the first place.

To be called "Pao" and be recognized by everyone, this Old Xiao Pao must definitely be a person with real skills in mountain-going!

After looking at the dogs, Wang An said to Mu Xueli: "Not bad, your eye for this is quite good. These three dogs are okay; they've definitely hunted hard goods!"

Wang An's praise made Mu Xueli grin and laugh foolishly, seemingly happy for his wise decision.

After a while, Mu Xueli said smugly: "Mainly because these three dogs are very familiar with me, so I don't even need to tie them up at home to take them directly into the mountains. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bought them."

Wang An looked at his brother-in-law's smug look, smiled, and didn't answer, but walked toward the house.

Because seeing Mu Xueli holding a semi-finished trap, Wang An knew his brother-in-law was making wooden board traps. It was only after entering the house that he discovered Mu Xueli had already made quite a pile, a full forty or fifty, and he didn't know how many springs and thick iron wires Mu Xueli had bought in total.

Seeing Wang An come, his father-in-law's family was very happy, especially Mu Xueting, who threw herself directly into her brother-in-law's arms. Wang An took a few pieces of candy from his pocket, peeled one, stuffed it into his sister-in-law's mouth, and asked with a smile: "Xueting, is it sweet?"

Mu Xueting said happily: "Brother-in-law, it's really sweet."

Wang An laughed loudly with joy and teased his sister-in-law: "Then shouldn't you give brother-in-law a kiss?"

Mu Xueting kissed Wang An on the face without hesitation with a "pop" sound.

Wang An smiled and picked up Mu Xueting. After drinking malted milk to supplement nutrition every day during this period, and having meat at every meal, Mu Xueting seemed to have grown a little taller, but she was only about 90 centimeters, definitely less than a meter.

A 7-year-old child growing to this size is actually a normal situation in this era; Mu Xueting is not an exception.

Sitting on the kang and chatting for a while, it was mainly to coax his sister-in-law. A child of this age is just at the age when she is sensible and pestering adults to play every day. In fact, it is also the age that people in the countryside often say "Grandma doesn't love, Uncle doesn't love."

Little girls are still okay, but little boys can simply annoy people to death, and from then on, they can cause more trouble day by day.

Wang An threw the 600 yuan he had prepared on the kang and said to his brother-in-law: "This is the money for the tiger cub's fur. It sold for 1,200, so I'm splitting 600 with you."

Mu Xueli didn't take the money, looked at his brother-in-law suspiciously, and then said: "Brother-in-law, that supply and marketing cooperative..."

Wang An knew what Mu Xueli wanted to say, so he didn't wait for his brother-in-law to finish speaking, interrupted him, and told him about Wu Dong helping to sell the fur and Wu Dong taking a portion of the money.

Mu Xueli was very happy after hearing this, took the money happily, turned around and handed it to Liu Ruxin, saying that saving the three of them that day was not a mistake, and this fur sold for much more money.

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