Chapter 49: One Person Gets Half (Please follow, please add to library)

Hearing Feng Chengmin say this, Wang An was extremely surprised!

He subconsciously looked at the black bear's carcass, but the black bear's fur was long, it had already been gutted, and its nose had even been cut off!

From head to toe, the whole body was a complete mess, covered in blood; you couldn't make out a thing!

Is that so? Is it really like that?

It was just that at the time, his own nerves were pulled too tight, and his mind was in a state of extreme tension! He hadn't paid any attention to these things at all!

Afterwards, he was busy learning while being scolded by Feng Chengmin for everything; he was just eating humble pie and holding back his anger! He hadn't even taken a single look!

Wang An thought for a moment, still feeling that splitting it this way wasn't right, and then said: "Wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to take half? After all, I'm currently just an apprentice; if you split it this way, Uncle, you're just taking care of me!"

Feng Chengmin said impatiently: "I have my own considerations, I know how things are, I don't need you to teach me. We two are mountain-trekking, and I am the lead trekker; what I say goes. It's half for each!"

Although Wang An still felt that this split wasn't very reasonable, he didn't say anything more!

Feng Chengmin rolled a cigarette and sat on the sled. The wind was quite strong, and he struggled to light it with a match before taking a puff.

Then he explained: "Actually, by rights, I shouldn't have brought you today. You've seen for yourself how dangerous it is to raid a den, so this is what you deserve; there's not the slightest intention of taking care of you."

Only then was Wang An relieved, and he said with a smile: "That's fine then, Uncle. I'll listen to you. But for the black bear meat, I'll take the smaller one, otherwise, it would be a bit shameless."

Feng Chengmin laughed heartily and patted Wang An on the shoulder: "You brat, you're not at all the good-for-nothing the legends say you are, haha!"

Just as Wang An and Feng Chengmin were driving the sled, laughing all the way home...

On the outskirts of the mountains, about six or seven li across from Sujiatun.

A young man nearly 1.8 meters tall was hiding behind a large tree.

Kneeling on one knee, he held his gun, aiming motionlessly at a few wild chickens forty or fifty meters away!

He maintained this posture for a full two or three minutes before the young man finally pulled the trigger.

With a "Bang!", the wild chickens squawked; those that could fly all flew away!

Only two wild chickens with neck injuries remained, flapping on the ground.

The young man was very excited, seemingly wanting to jump on the spot to vent his immense excitement!

Just as he was about to jump, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and his already bent legs straightened up!

Then, the young man quickly ran to the two wild chickens, delivering a knife strike to each of their necks. His technique was elegant and highly aesthetic!

Then he stood to the side, watching the two wild chickens continue to flap as they bled!

After watching for a while, the young man habitually looked around, revealing a handsome face.

It was none other than Wang An's brother-in-law, Seeing Mu Xueli.

Seeing Mu Xueli had entered the mountains yesterday, and very obediently followed his brother-in-law Wang An's words, only wandering on the outskirts of the mountains.

He had discovered jumping cats and wild chickens yesterday, but because his marksmanship wasn't skilled, he fired two shots and didn't hit anything!

Because he felt bad about the bullets, he didn't dare to fire easily again.

After thinking carefully all night, he pondered how to make up for the two lost bullets.

This led to the scene just now: holding the gun for two or three minutes, just so one bullet could take down two wild chickens.

In this way, there would only be one bullet's worth of loss left.

Because his brother-in-law had said that as long as one bullet could kill one piece of prey, it wasn't a waste; that was called profit!

One wonders if Wang An, knowing this situation, would sigh with great satisfaction: This brother-in-law is alright; he's obedient and knows how to live!

Seeing Mu Xueli put the two bled wild chickens into a sack, shouldered his gun, carried the sack, and went home!

It was just that his eyes didn't seem to be looking at the road, appearing somewhat dazed.

His right arm was still held in the posture of aiming a gun, as if he were still carefully searching for the feeling he had when he hit the wild chickens just now.

Wang An and Feng Chengmin were walking home all the way, as it was still early, only a little past one in the afternoon.

The two of them didn't even check the traps again, just hurried home. They encountered wild chickens and jumping cats.

But neither of them paid any attention to them. In Feng Chengmin's words, the traps were enough, and bullets didn't cost nothing!

Wang An didn't understand what was up with Feng Chengmin's way of thinking, as if wild chickens and jumping cats couldn't be sold for money!

However, Wang An was very honest and obedient, as he was truly afraid of Feng Chengmin's various scoldings!

Before two o'clock, the two returned to Feng Chengmin's house. This time, his aunt, Wang Yulian, insisted that Wang An must finish eating before leaving.

Moreover, last night, hearing Feng Chengmin talk about his nephew's various performances, Wang Yulian's heart was filled with pride!

This nephew who had always been a worry was finally no longer messing around and had grown into a man!

Wang Yulian made four hearty dishes for Wang An, all meat: braised pork ribs, wild chicken stewed with jumping cat, braised roe deer meat, and the final dish was the legendary dragon-bird soup!

Wang An basically didn't eat anything else during this meal, just drank the soup!

Before, when Wang An went out visiting, he had eaten dragon-bird meat and felt that it was just so-so, not much different from wild chicken!

Back then at the market, he had wondered, how could something as small as a dragon-bird cost 5 yuan? It was so ridiculously expensive, how could anyone buy it?

Now he knew!

Dragon-bird stewed with cabbage and potatoes!

That was damn well just cooking it blindly!

It was a complete waste of such a fresh and delicious thing!

He suddenly remembered that he had brought two dragon-birds home yesterday!

He must keep an eye on them when he gets home. If his mother or wife had a sudden whim and made dragon-bird braised with sauerkraut, he would literally feel like crying!

I ask you, a plate of dragon-bird braised with sauerkraut for ten yuan—would you want it?

After eating, Wang An stayed for a while, said goodbye to his aunt and uncle, and prepared to go home!

Before leaving, Feng Chengmin threw four jumping cats and one wild chicken onto Wang An's sled.

He gave Wang An the majority of the prey obtained from checking the traps this morning; as an elder, he tried his best not to let the younger generation suffer a loss!

He stopped Wang An and said: "Tomorrow we'll do a dog-surround hunt. A dog-surround is relatively simple; you can sleep in a bit tomorrow, no need to come too early!"

Wang An asked suspiciously: "Uncle, we're doing a dog-surround so soon? Is there nothing else you can teach me? Like how to trap big furs or something?"

Feng Chengmin was startled for a moment, then also asked suspiciously: "When did you hear that I've ever trapped that stuff?"

Wang An said: "It's not that I heard it, I mean, that stuff is so valuable, don't you do it?"

Feng Chengmin sighed and said: "I want to, but I just can't catch it! Why do you think that stuff is so valuable? You could work for a year and might not even catch one! It's too difficult!"

No longer thinking about the big fur issue, Feng Chengmin asked: "How long have you had those three dogs?"

Wang An calculated the time and said: "It seems like it's been 7 days already. Can I lead them into the mountains yet?"

Feng Chengmin thought for a moment and said: "Better be safe, wait a few more days. Don't let them run off, or it'll be a waste of money!"

Wang An nodded and then said: "Then I'm going home, Uncle."

"Mm, take it slow!"

Wang An drove the sled on the road home!

On the way, Wang An actually discovered a two-headed black polecat!

It's so hard after launching!

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