Chapter 291: Especially Fragrant and Delicious

The black bears in the Heaven Granary are mostly black bears; the number of brown bears is smaller.

Because any adult brown bear is much larger than an adult black bear.

So if the tree hole isn't big enough, it simply can't hold a body as large as a brown bear's.

After Wang An ran more than ten meters away, he turned around and aimed his gun; he saw an extremely angry black bear at the tree hole entrance, baring its large fangs as it poked its head out.

The reason it is said to be very angry is because it was roaring as it crawled out.

And the three of them could clearly see that the long hair on the black bear's left ear had been burned off by the large firecracker.

And in the hair on the black bear's head, there were many paper scraps and yellow soil from the explosion of the large firecracker.

The explosion of a large firecracker is different from a double-bang firecracker.

Because a double-bang firecracker explosion leaves half a paper tube.

While the large firecracker explosion, except for the small cement block at the top, the entire paper tube, including the yellow mud at the bottom, is basically blown into fine pieces.

It must be said, a very ferocious black bear, with its head full of paper scraps and yellow soil, and the hair on its ear missing a chunk, still looked quite funny.

Although the black bear looks furry and fat, it is quite agile, and its speed is also very fast.

So when it poked out more than half of its body, Seeing Mu Xueli fired his gun with a "bang."

Immediately after, Wang Li also fired.

However, Wang An didn't fire, because both shots from Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li hit the black bear's head.

As the gunshots rang out, the black bear's roar came to an abrupt end.

The black bear's massive body fell directly from the nearly 4-meter-high tree hole, headfirst.

Because it was headfirst, it rolled once when it landed, and ended up in a lying position.

Only then did Wang An pull the trigger; after a "bang" gunshot, the already dead black bear's head took another shot.

Regardless of whether the black bear is dead or not, one must habitually fire a follow-up shot, because only then is it "stable" enough.

Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li didn't need Wang An to call them; they took out their hunting knives and walked over.

Wang Li looked at the black bear before him and said with surprise: "Fourth Brother, this black bear is truly big."

Wang An looked at the black bear, nodded with a smile, and said: "Yeah, pretty good, haha."

This black bear is truly not small; although it is a bit thin because it has been hibernating, it must weigh at least three hundred and forty or fifty jin.

Seeing Mu Xueli first stabbed the black bear in the neck, and the black bear's blood flowed out.

Immediately after, Seeing Mu Xueli touched the black bear's abdomen and then made a cut.

Seeing Mu Xueli's knife technique is becoming more and more impressive now.

Because this seemingly very simple cut is something most people cannot do.

One must know that after an animal dies, its stomach is in a bloated state, so cutting it open easily damages the intestines.

Normally, one carefully cuts a small opening first, then uses a hand to support the distance between the intestines and the skin.

Finally, using the dull side of the hunting knife facing down and the sharp side facing up, one carefully cuts the belly skin open.

But after Seeing Mu Xueli made his cut, the black bear's skin was perfectly opened, but the thin membrane between the skin and the internal organs remained intact.

From this, one can see how exquisite Seeing Mu Xueli's knife technique is.

Wang An saw this scene, and although he was very impressed, he didn't say a single word of praise.

Mainly because Seeing Mu Xueli is someone who can't handle praise; once praised, he gets cocky.

Of course, he gets cocky even without praise.

Seeing Mu Xueli looked at his perfect operation and said very proudly to Wang Li:

"Old Five, how is your Brother Mu's knife technique? Is it awesome?"

Wang Li didn't speak upon hearing this, because Wang Li was carefully poking a hole in the membrane.

Although Seeing Mu Xueli had already cut open the black bear's belly, the intestines were still in a bloated state, so they were pressed tightly against the membrane.

And if the intestines are punctured during the gutting process, it would be a huge mess. Although after half a winter of digestion, there is basically nothing in the bear's stomach, but "basically nothing" doesn't mean there is nothing at all in the intestines.

So as long as the bear's intestines are cut, the moment they burst, they will spray feces everywhere.

In that case, the black bear's meat would be completely ruined.

After Wang Li finished poking the hole, he pulled the bear skin and said without any hesitation:

"What's the use of awesome knife technique? It would be truly impressive if you could take out a gold gall."

Seeing Mu Xueli laughed and said while putting his hand into the bear's belly:

"Watch me take out a gold gall for you."

When Seeing Mu Xueli took his hand out, the three of them were stunned.

They saw a truly large bear gall being held in Seeing Mu Xueli's hands, glowing with a golden light.

After a while, Wang Li widened his eyes and said:

"Brother Mu, you are too awesome, Brother Mu, you are truly amazing."

Wang An also laughed loudly: "Xueli, well done, hahaha."

Seeing Mu Xueli held the gold gall, appearing even more spirited.

Whether it was luck or coincidence, what Seeing Mu Xueli said just now wasn't bragging at all, and it was fine for him to be cocky.

Wang An took out a cloth bag and carefully placed the gold gall inside.

According to the current purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative, after this bear gall is air-dried, it should be worth at least over 1100 yuan.

Wang An put away the bear gall and said to Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li: "You two unload the meat, I'll go drive the sled."

After Wang An finished speaking, he didn't wait for the two to answer and turned to leave.

The distance between the Heaven Granary and the sled wasn't far, so Wang An soon drove the sled back.

When Wang An returned, Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li had already finished unloading the black bear.

Wang An looked at his watch; it was almost 12 o'clock, so he called Seeing Mu Xueli and Wang Li to cook.

With squirrel meat, naturally no one would eat black bear meat.

So the three worked together to start killing and skinning the squirrels that were still alive in the sack.

As for the ones that were already dead, they were frozen stiff by now and could only be placed near the fire to thaw before being processed.

When shooting squirrels with a slingshot, if you don't hit the head, normally you can't kill the squirrel directly.

So after knocking the squirrel down, it is generally not processed but thrown directly into the sack.

Although this is a bit cruel, for such small animals, one really can't process them one by one as soon as they are killed.

One isn't afraid of the smell of blood; in the state of hunting, no one is afraid of attracting other fierce beasts.

The main reason is that it's too much trouble and not worth it.

It was also only then that Wang An discovered that Seeing Mu Xueli had caught more squirrels by himself than Wang An and Wang Li combined.

Because Seeing Mu Xueli had caught 13 by himself, while Wang An and Wang Li combined had only caught 9.

Squirrels are very small; after skinning and removing the internal organs, the entire squirrel carcass plus the heart, liver, and lungs only weigh about 3 liang.

After scalding the bear gall, the three tacitly agreed to only stew three squirrels and roast three squirrels and three sparrows.

Afraid it wouldn't be enough, they also roasted a lot of black bear meat.

Since it was their first time hunting this, they had to let their respective families taste it.

Just as they were waiting for the stewed meat and roasted meat to cook, the fragrance of the squirrel meat wafted out.

Before they could even eat, it made the three of them crave it terribly.

This flavor contained the aroma of meat, pine nut kernels, walnut kernels, hazelnut kernels, acorn flavor, almond flavor, etc.

These flavors mixed together smelled very strange, but one thing was certain: it smelled especially good and especially fragrant!

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