Chapter 33

After hearing Feng Chengmin's explanation, Wang An was completely shocked!

This dog had fought with a wolf and actually managed to survive! How fierce must it be!

Normal dogs cannot defeat wolves, except for those few breeds with massive builds.

Like this kind of well-trained hunting dog, two working together to fight a wolf to a draw is already heaven-defying! Dogs and wolves are simply not on the same level!

It seems that the lady who sold the dog really didn't lie!

This dog was truly worth the purchase! Very good! Very good! His mood is absolutely fantastic!

Wang An recounted the process of buying the dog to his uncle-in-law, Feng Chengmin.

After listening, Feng Chengmin sighed endlessly! They were all mountain-roaming hunters; although they were accustomed to life and death, he still felt genuine sorrow for the stranger from the bottom of his heart.

After finishing his words, Wang An led Feng Chengmin to see the five puppies.

When he saw the little black dog, Feng Chengmin's eyes first lit up, then he squatted down and, ignoring the puppy's growls and threats, picked it up.

After checking its mouth, he pried it open to look at the teeth, then used his hands to feel the puppy's four legs, then looked at its back, and finally lifted its tail to check the puppy's anus!

After checking everything, he let out a deep breath and said, "A good dog! Compared to a wolf cub, it's not much worse!"

Wang An didn't understand dogs and was full of confusion, but after hearing Feng Chengmin's words, the smile at the corners of his mouth couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and he asked, "Uncle-in-law, how do you say that?"

Feng Chengmin rolled his eyes at Wang An and said, "If you want to be happy, just laugh! Don't hold it in and choke yourself!"

Wang An finally laughed out loud, chuckling "hehehe" non-stop!

Feng Chengmin ignored the silly-laughing Wang An and continued, "When looking at a dog, first look at the mouth. A dog's mouth should be wide. Although that kind of 'Mongolian hound' is a good hunting dog, its mouth is thin and long, and its bite strength is poor. It's quite useful for catching hares or pheasants! But if it encounters large livestock, it's a total failure, useless!"

After speaking, he looked at Wang An, and only after seeing Wang An nod did he continue, "After that, look at the teeth, look at the fangs. Wolf teeth are sharper than dog teeth, so the sharper the fangs, the fiercer the dog! Then look at the shoulders; only a dog with broad shoulders has strength! If a dog has no strength, it can't hold down livestock!"

After speaking, he seemed to be waiting for Wang An to understand. Wang An was also pondering over these few puppies, looking at them while poking them, and after a while, Wang An nodded again!

Feng Chengmin continued, "Wolves have copper heads, iron bones, and tofu waists; dogs are the same. The thicker the waist, the more the dog can endure; usually, it's fine even after being kicked a few times! Finally, look at the anus; the larger the anus, the bolder the dog! Aside from large beasts, no matter what livestock it encounters, it dares to go up; it just fights, and even if it can't win, it still fights!"

After thinking for a moment, Feng Chengmin added, "The dog's legs look about the same thickness, but the thicker they are, the better it can hold its ground; its endurance is quite sufficient, and when chasing livestock, it just keeps running!"

"Listening to you say that, I really bought a good dog!" Wang An said happily.

"Yeah, your luck is quite high! It's just that I can't tell what its sense of smell is like, but wolf-crosses usually don't have bad noses. At the very least, this dog must be a top-tier helper!"

Wang An couldn't stop his smile and asked again, "What about these four spotted puppies? Uncle-in-law, help me take a look."

Feng Chengmin scanned the four spotted dogs again and said casually, "These are just four ordinary 'big stupid dogs,' just like most hunting dogs, nothing special!"

Wang An had always wanted to find an experienced hunter to teach him. With his own amateur skills, hunting relied entirely on "luck," and he really didn't have much of a future!

After thinking about it, he said ingratiatingly to Feng Chengmin, "Uncle-in-law, my methods are really poor, and I don't understand anything. Could you take me under your wing?"

To tell the truth, no experienced hunter is willing to bring along a newcomer, regardless of whether they are a relative or anyone else!

They are useless, cause constant trouble, and you have to be distracted to protect them when encountering danger. When you catch prey, you still have to share it—what the hell is the point of that!!

Just like when Wang An brought Li Biao into the mountains; although there are few people as poor as Li Biao, in the eyes of an experienced hunter, all newcomers are the same!

Seeing Feng Chengmin frowning, his face full of reluctance, he seemed to be thinking about how to appropriately refuse his nephew!

Wang An hurriedly recounted the prey he had caught in full, explained how he caught them, and patted his chest, indicating that his marksmanship was seriously impressive!

After listening to Wang An's babbling, Feng Chengmin looked at his nephew with a face full of suspicion, as if asking, how can you be such a braggart!

Seeing that Feng Chengmin still wouldn't agree, Wang An was truly helpless!

After thinking, he told Feng Chengmin about the leopard incident and led Feng Chengmin to the lower room to see the leopard skin and bones!

After seeing these, Feng Chengmin was completely convinced!

And he was shocked beyond measure! As an experienced hunter, Feng Chengmin knew all too well how difficult it was to hunt a leopard!

It could be said that if Feng Chengmin were to hunt a leopard now, he would be a genuine marksman, the kind that is publicly recognized!

Although Wang An had used an ambush, hunting is a game where, as long as you aren't stealing someone else's traps, it requires real skill!

All that talk about good luck, high chances, and good fate is just nonsense!

Feng Chengmin was shocked for a long time before slowly saying one sentence: "Your father didn't 'thunder' you?"

In the Northeast, disciplining children is graded: training, scolding, hitting, beating, slashing, hammering, and 'thundering,' increasing in severity; 'thundering' is the highest level!

"Ah?" Wang An was stunned for a moment and said.

He was bragging so happily! Being interrupted halfway, this feeling was really unpleasant!

Being interrupted like this, Wang An no longer had the desire to keep bragging!

He also lost his flattery and asked directly, "Uncle-in-law, will you or won't you? Give me a straight answer. Why are you being so wishy-washy?"

Feng Chengmin laughed and said, "You can't handle the pressure, so you're getting sour-faced, huh?"

Wang An saw Feng Chengmin laughing and knew he had agreed, so he said with a grin:

"Look at that! With your nephew's skills, I won't drag you down! Maybe I can even help you bag a big one!"

"Hahaha, just keep bragging! Fine, I'll take you for a while! I'll teach you everything I can!" Feng Chengmin laughed loudly.

"That's settled then, Uncle-in-law! I'm going to see my father-in-law tomorrow, and I'll come to your house to find you the morning after!" Wang An said happily.

"Fine! It just so happens that in a few days, in our village, a few of us with good relationships are going to organize a large dog-surround hunt; it'll be a good chance for you to see it!" Feng Chengmin said.

"Hahaha, then I must see it!"

A group of men were in the room drinking water and fiddling with tobacco, while a group of women were helping to tidy up in the outer room!

After they finished tidying up, everyone stood up one after another, preparing to go home. Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan took out the meat that had been frozen since yesterday from the vat.

Fair and square, each family got a large piece of boar meat, a piece of sow or yellow-haired boar meat, and a small piece of leopard meat!

The leopard meat was just for tasting; this stuff is fishy, gamey, and a bit sour, and the texture is really not great! But in this era, who would turn down meat!

The families of the eldest and second uncles in the same village also carried leftovers in basins; there were many people, so there wasn't much left!

It was just a gesture of heart; in this day and age, leftovers are still considered good things, unlike in later generations, where everyone dislikes them and no one wants them!

Just like when they arrived, everyone went home. Wang Dazhu drove the sled to send the eldest aunt's family, who lived further away, back.

Wang An also had nothing to do, so he drove the sled up the mountain to send his uncle's family back.

Staying over was impossible; every family needed people, and besides, Wang An's house didn't have the space!

When everyone was chatting, a group of relatives was also puzzled by the changes in Wang An's family in such a short time!

But they were all jointly brushed off by Wang Dazhu and Liu Guilan with excuses!

When asked about the two horses, Wang An's answer was even simpler: he said that when he was messing around in the county town, he helped a friend, the friend owed him a favor, and sold them to him cheaply!

Although the relatives had a pile of questions, who doesn't have a few secrets!!

Thank you to all the relatives who gave votes, thank you all!

Please add to your bookshelf, please vote, I'll take any kind of vote!

Just add it to your bookshelf!!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

(End of chapter)