Chapter 540: The Fox with a Broken Tail

However, in order to increase the speed of smoking meat, the four of Wang An set up three three-legged supports, so the horizontal poles for hanging meat became three.

Oiling on one side and smoking meat on the other, the four of Wang An were truly quite busy.

However, soon, the oil pot started boiling, and the very tempting fragrance of fried meat also started to permeate.

To tell the truth, this kind of smell of oil and meat mixed together can be said to be the most attractive in this era.

Even if the families of the four Wang An people present were never short of meat to eat, after smelling this fragrance, they were all drooling.

After hanging all the meat that needed to be smoked, the cracklings in the oil pot were also cooked.

The four of Wang An didn't even use chopsticks; each person casually broke off two tree branches to use as chopsticks and started eating around the oil pot.

One must admit that these cracklings just out of the oil pot, although very, very hot, are also the most delicious time for cracklings.

Because at this time, the meat hasn't been fried dry, but the oil has already been removed; almost all the fragrance is locked inside the cracklings.

A bit earlier, it would be all meat flavor; a bit later, it would be all dried meat flavor.

One can say that the meat at this time is absolutely the peak of the meat's life.

Any roasted meat, stewed meat, braised meat, or red-cooked meat can't compare at all.

One must know that for cracklings, in terms of seasoning, there is only salt; there is nothing else.

Even the water added when starting to oil was just to prevent the meat from sticking to the pot and burning the bottom.

Just when several people were eating happily, Wang An suddenly noticed with his peripheral vision that on the hillside not far away, a gray fox was secretly looking here.

If there are no accidents, this fox was attracted by the fragrance of the oil.

The fox at this time is in the process of changing fur, and fox fur is also not valuable.

Furthermore, Wang An also has no interest in hunting foxes.

Wang An's attitude toward the Four Great Immortals of folklore, which are foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, and snakes, is: if you dare to provoke me, then I will definitely destroy you; as long as you are honest, then I will definitely not touch you.

Although Wang An doesn't believe in these things, Wang An also won't oppose them, because Wang An believes that existence is reasonable!

After all, this aspect is also something passed down by ancestors; no matter what, there should be its reason.

So after Wang An noticed that gray fox, he didn't pay attention to it and also said to Mu Xueli and Wang Li:

"There is a fox on the hillside to the north; Xueli and Old Five, don't touch it."

Mu Xueli and Wang Li, who were concentrating on eating cracklings, were stunned for a moment, but subconsciously nodded and said: "Yeah, brother-in-law (Got it, fourth brother)."

After the two finished answering, Feng Chengmin joked with Wang An with a smile:

"What's wrong, Xiao An? You mean you want me to hunt it?"

Wang An says with a smile:

"The fox at this time isn't valuable, and besides, Uncle, you don't usually hunt foxes or weasels, so now it's even more impossible for you to hunt it."

Feng Chengmin nods with a smile:

"Yeah, unless it insists on drilling into the rabbit snare I set, otherwise I definitely won't hunt that thing."

Wang Li asks subconsciously: "Uncle, is that thing really that strange?" One sees Feng Chengmin eat a piece of crackling and think for a while before saying: "It's mainly that I've discovered that those guys who specifically deal with fox and weasel skins, there isn't one who can live a good life."

Pausing, Feng Chengmin continues: "If you don't believe me, observe it; those guys who think about going to get this thing all day long always run into trouble; it's either this thing or that thing, or something happens at home, and the money from selling fur can't be saved; after selling it, they have to spend it."

After Feng Chengmin finishes speaking, the three Wang An people all fall silent; it is mainly because what Feng Chengmin said seems to have no problems at all.

Looking at the silent three, Feng Chengmin continues: "Then you say, is this thing strange? It's mainly that we don't need to."

Feng Chengmin's words indeed make sense, so the three also subconsciously nod.

But just after the three Wang An people nod, Wang An discovers that that gray fox is actually walking toward the four people!

To tell the truth, this makes Wang An feel very surprised; could it be that this fox understood what the four people just said?

Otherwise, how could this fox be sure that the four Wang An people wouldn't hurt it? One must know that the four Wang An people all have guns, and just a few hours ago, Wang An had killed a big bear.

Furthermore, as for the fox, even if people don't use guns, it is not an opponent.

When Wang An gets close and sees it, he discovers that the fox in front of him has a truly big life! Because on this fox's body, there are many crisscrossing scratches and bite marks, and these marks have no fur on them.

Most importantly, the fox's tail is also missing a section, clearly bitten off by some animal.

But even so, this fox with a broken tail can survive; one can see how big its life is!

To tell the truth, although the fox is a carnivorous animal, its combat power is truly not ordinarily low.

The animals it can bully are only rats, ground squirrels, sables, rabbits, and some small animals like poultry.

It can't even beat a yellow-throated marten; as for weasels, the two are basically an 80-20 split.

But don't misunderstand; the fox occupies 20, and the weasel occupies 80, and this 80-20 split must be in a situation where a big fox runs into a small weasel.

From this, one can see what kind of weak combat power the fox has! But one must admit that no matter how weak this thing is, it can live quite comfortably in the mountains where the strong prey on the weak and predators are everywhere; this is its ability.

One sees this fox with a broken tail walk over and sit there like a dog, not making a sound, just quietly watching Wang An eat meat.

To tell the truth, the eyes of a fox are really full of emotions just like a person's.

So it stares at Wang An eating meat, making Wang An feel a bit embarrassed.

Because Wang An always feels that the gaze of this fox with a broken tail reveals a meaning... the meaning is "You eat while I watch; do you think this is appropriate?"

Finally, Wang An can't stand it anymore!

One sees Wang An pick up a large piece of crackling with the tree stick in his hand and throw it toward this fox with a broken tail.

Feng Chengmin and the other two notice Wang An's action and immediately look in the direction Wang An threw the meat.

The three see this fox and their eyebrows all instantly jump, revealing very surprised expressions.

The fox notices the three people's gaze and doesn't pay attention to the meat Wang An threw, but subconsciously takes a step back.

Seeing the three people don't take action, the fox walks toward the meat.