Chapter 239: The Militant

Unsurprisingly, Wang Li's big white horse did not eat meat.

Wang Li subconsciously turned his head to look at Wang An, opened his mouth as if to speak, but then shut it and turned his head back.

He stared at the horse's head, pondered for a moment, and then, catching the horse off guard, shoved the strip of meat directly into its mouth.

The movement was crisp and clean, without a hint of hesitation.

Immediately following, Wang Li hugged the horse's head and used his elbow to clamp its mouth shut.

The big white horse was startled by the sudden meat; perhaps afraid of the raw, bloody smell, it shook its head left and right, up and down, trying to shake off Mu Mu Xueli—or rather, trying to spit out the meat.

Generally speaking, a horse is a very powerful animal, but the strength of its bite is not particularly great.

Thus, although Wang Li was swung left and right, up and down, off the ground by the horse's head, the meat never managed to come out of its mouth.

After Wang Li had been swung around for a while, he noticed the big white horse had calmed down, and he carefully released its mouth.

Then, to his surprise, Wang Li discovered the horse was chewing the meat!

Wang Li immediately offered the next strip, and the big white horse ate it without hesitation.

Wang Li happily went back to cut more meat, but was stopped by Wang An, who asked, "What, are you trying to feed it until it's full?"

Hearing this, Wang Li looked at the big white horse, which was still wanting more, and put down the meat he had already cut.

Mu Mu Xueli, feeling itchy-mouthed, said, "Old Five, let's leave it at that for now. Next time your Brother Mu uses the box cannon to blast something else, we'll feed the horse meat again, alright?"

Wang Li, however, didn't even glance at Mu Mu Xueli.

The three of them worked busily, and by the time they had skinned the red dog and dismantled the bear, it was already nearly two in the afternoon.

They hurried to gather firewood to melt snow and boil water, using the water from scalding the bear gall to cook the meat and make a meal.

After eating, they loaded the meat onto their respective sleds; the large red deer was loaded onto Wang Li's sled.

The large red deer had been dragged onto the sled by the horse; naturally, the deer's head was facing backward, otherwise, the antlers would have been in the way.

They sped along, returning to Wang An's home, and by the time they arrived, the sky had already darkened.

When the whole family saw the large red deer on the sled, they were absolutely shocked.

In this day and age, there were hunters who caught live roe deer, some who caught sika deer, and catching a female red deer wasn't out of the question.

But to catch a male red deer—that was truly something not just anyone could do!

"Little An, are you planning to raise this deer or what?" Wang Wang Dazhu asked.

Wang An looked at the still-grunting red deer and said, "Not raising it. We'll slaughter it tomorrow and make some deer blood wine or something to drink."

Upon hearing this, Wang Wang Dazhu's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously glanced at Liu Liu Guilan, saying, "Deer blood wine, good stuff!"

Liu Liu Guilan, hearing this, blushed and rolled her eyes at Wang Wang Dazhu, seemingly blaming him for being an old man without dignity.

The efficacy of deer blood wine is actually similar to that of deer penis wine.

However, among the few extra benefits deer blood wine has over deer penis wine, the most important one is that it relaxes the tendons, promotes blood circulation, and fights fatigue.

Moreover, after drinking this stuff, the effect can be described as immediate.

Just imagine, a man who is already very capable on the kang, having endless stamina and not knowing what it means to be tired—what kind of result would that be?

He would definitely turn into a militant!

The most crucial part is that this stuff has no side effects!

Isn't that infuriating?

In any case, Wang Wang Dazhu was staring at the red deer's neck with glowing eyes, constantly licking his lips.

It made one suspect the old man was preparing to pounce and take a bite out of the red deer's neck.

After unloading the meat, Wang An agreed with Mu Mu Xueli and Wang Li to come over tomorrow to slaughter the deer, the most important thing being to bring something to hold the deer blood. After seeing off Mu Mu Xueli and Wang Li, Wang An went to check on the four yellow-furred cubs; two of them were the small ones caught earlier, and they now weighed fifty or sixty catties.

The roe deer trapped earlier was now kept with the Huang Yang; this creature had a good temperament and got along quite well with the Huang Yang.

At dinner, Wang Wang Dazhu mentioned that in the past two days, hunters had been attacked by wolves or red dogs one after another.

Niu Niu Dafei from the Tuntun, who was Niu Niu Dali's distant cousin, had been bitten by several wolves yesterday.

Niu Niu Dafei was still in the county hospital now; if his companions hadn't risked their lives to save him, Niu Niu Dafei might have been gone by now.

You have to know that rural people don't go to the hospital for minor injuries, so the fact that Niu Niu Dafei was hospitalized showed how serious the injury was.

Wang An frowned deeply after hearing this, because this situation was clearly abnormal.

Normally, within twenty or thirty, or even forty or fifty miles of Caoshan Tuntun, one might occasionally see a lone wolf or a pair of wolves.

But a pack of several wolves rarely appeared, because this was an area where most hunters were frequently active.

With few prey and many people, wolves wouldn't be stupid enough to hunt for food here.

Combining this with the fact that Mu Mu Xueli had blasted nine red dogs to death today, Wang An suddenly felt a bit uneasy.

He remembered Feng Feng Chengmin saying that there were only two reasons why fierce beasts like wolves and red dogs would appear on the edges of the big mountains.

The first reason: a more powerful beast had appeared deep in the mountains—that is, a "Big Claw," or a tiger.

Once a Big Claw arrives in a place, all the fierce beasts in that area will flee far away.

Even the red dog, the leader of the four fierce beasts, would retreat three times over!

Because the red dog only has the ferocity to fight a Big Claw, it doesn't mean it will actively look for trouble with one.

On the contrary, it is very afraid of the Big Claw, and with the red dog's cunning, it would flee early, trying to get as far away from the Big Claw as possible.

Wolves are the same; even a pack with a wolf king will stay far away from a Big Claw.

Although people often say that a pack of wolves can fight a fierce tiger, and a good tiger cannot withstand a pack of wolves.

But the actual situation is that ninety-nine percent of wolves dare not even face a tiger.

Of course, in the entire mountain range, the only one who might dare to clash with a Big Claw is the big bear.

There are also two situations for a Big Claw to appear deep in the mountains.

One is that the Big Claw's cubs have grown up, and a new Big Claw has appeared, meaning it's time to divide the territory.

The second is that it wandered over from the Daxinganling mountain range or the Mount Zhangbai mountain range.

The second reason is that the prey deep in the mountains has decreased.

And the decrease in prey deep in the mountains is generally because the mountain livestock—that is, the herbivores—have migrated.

During this period, the reason for migration is also very simple: the snow is too thick, and they cannot eat the withered grass beneath the snow.

Or it could be a year of disaster, severe drought or flooding, causing herbivores to migrate or their numbers to plummet, forcing the carnivores to run outward.

However, the Heilongjiang province has had favorable weather for the past few years, so the decrease in prey is not due to disaster.

But regardless, the mass appearance of wolves and red dogs is definitely not a good thing, because if they run out of the mountains, other animals will certainly run out of the mountains as well.

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