Chapter 66

The next day, just as the sky was beginning to brighten, the two of them drove the sled home!

On this morning so cold that even the dogs were baring their teeth, the temperature was much lower than at night, nearly 40 degrees below zero. Yet, every time they headed into the mountains in the morning, they felt nothing; but this trip down the mountain truly froze the two of them to the bone!

Passing by the place where they had set the large snares, they took a look. Although these six large snares were quite expensive and setting them was very complicated and troublesome, they were truly effective!

They had snared three silly roe deer, two of which were still alive. One was a yellow-haired one; it had likely been caught early, as its internal organs had already been pulled out and eaten by some animal, and a small piece of meat from its belly had been eaten too, but the overall loss was basically zero!

Although the harvest from this trip into the mountains was not small and they had suffered quite a bit, the two of them were still beaming with joy; they had lost one pig, but had now gotten one back.

Most importantly, there were two live roe deer. Live ones are worth more than dead ones, and since these were caught in snares, they could be kept and raised, ready to be slaughtered whenever they wanted to eat!

This kind of thing was still very worth being happy about! The remaining two large snares that hadn't caught any prey were also collected.

Silly roe deer are very afraid of wolf carcasses. When the two of them tied up the two roe deer and placed them on the wolf carcasses, the two deer kept bleating non-stop, the white fur on their rumps stood on end, and their tied legs struggled and kicked about—it looked particularly hilarious!

They arrived at the mountain range where those wire snares and traps were located, and there was another harvest: five lynxes, one hazel grouse, one pheasant, and two wild chickens. Wang An was already accustomed to such a harvest!

In fact, whether it's setting snares or traps, it all depends on quantity. With over 60 snares and more than 30 traps, as long as you learn the method and go around checking them every day, you won't return empty-handed!

It's just that for ordinary mountain folk in this era, both thin and thick wire are not cheap, so they fall into a vicious cycle!

It's like wanting to do a small business; you know it makes money, but you don't have a single cent in your pocket, and you're surrounded by a group of poor people, so you can't even borrow any—it's simply agonizing!

In the mountains of this era, there are simply too many wild chickens and rabbits! Even in later generations, rabbits exist in the small woods of the countryside!

However, if no one teaches you, the harvest definitely won't be great, just like Wang An before; no matter how many snares he set, he wouldn't catch a single one!

The two of them didn't delay any longer and drove the sled home.

When they returned to Feng Cheng's house, his aunt Wang Yulian had already circled the front gate who knows how many times. Her hair wasn't combed, her face wasn't washed, her hair was messy, and her eyes were red—one look and you could tell she hadn't slept all night!

Because Feng Cheng hadn't said he would be spending the night in the mountains before they left, Wang Yulian had been worried sick when he didn't come home last night!

Understandable; anyone could understand this kind of thing! In this day and age, it's all too normal for mountain-goers to die in the mountains!

Even if you aren't a mountain-goer, as long as you go into the mountains, it's a common occurrence for one or two people to die occasionally!

Otherwise, where would all those widows and widowers in every village come from?

Seeing Feng Cheng and Wang An return, Wang Yulian's eyes immediately moistened! She didn't say a word and didn't shed any tears; the worry was real, but the habit was also truly a habit!

The aunt didn't care about the sled full of wolf carcasses and live roe deer; she wanted to cook as soon as she entered the house. Wang An refused to stay on the grounds that his family was waiting anxiously, and surprisingly, the two of them didn't try to keep him.

As for the hunted prey, Feng Cheng again decided to split it half and half. Perhaps in Feng Cheng's heart, Wang An's Type 54 pistol had contributed the most to this trip, as it had, after all, saved both their lives!

Just as Wang An tried to decline, Feng Cheng immediately changed his expression. Wang An felt very bad about always taking advantage of him, but he had no choice but to accept it helplessly!

Therefore, Wang An was allocated six wolves, including the alpha, one live and one dead roe deer, six lynxes, one hazel grouse, one pheasant, and two wild chickens. Feng Cheng also told Wang An to take the tiger cub back and split the money after selling the fur!

This was because Feng Cheng had one extra wolf that had been bitten to death by the dogs and had damaged fur, and the weight of one yellow-haired roe deer was about the same as three silly roe deer.

Compared to roe deer meat, mountain people still prefer wild boar meat because wild boar has fat, whereas on a silly roe deer, apart from a thin layer of fat on the belly about as thick as kraft paper, the rest is all lean meat!

The tiger cub also weighed nearly 60 catties, much heavier than a roe deer, which could be considered compensation for Wang An! He just didn't know if tiger cub meat was tasty; mainly, Wang An had never eaten it before!

This time, except for the big paws, Wang An could consider himself to have eaten all three of the mountain's fierce feline beasts!

As he was leaving, Wang An suddenly asked Feng Cheng, "Uncle, are you keeping those wolf teeth?"

Feng Cheng was stunned upon hearing this, not knowing why his nephew-in-law was asking this, and then said, "What's the use of keeping that stuff? It's all trash."

Wang An was delighted to hear Feng Cheng say this and said, "Then when you skin the wolves, help me knock them out and keep them for me. I'm fond of that stuff!"

Although Feng Cheng was still puzzled, everyone has their own hobbies, so he nodded and said, "That's fine, I'll keep them all for you!"

Wang An said goodbye again and drove the sled home!

While still far from the courtyard, Wang An's big black dog seemed to have discovered something and started barking, and immediately after, the other two joined in!

However, in broad daylight, the family didn't pay much attention to it!

Before he even entered the courtyard gate, Wang An saw Mu Xueqing and Shen Wei chatting at the gate, and Wang An was momentarily stunned.

How did these two women look so harmonious? Didn't they have any desire to fight? Although he was the culprit, them being like this was truly a bit abnormal!

Seeing Wang An return, both women were very surprised, because Wang An hadn't returned last night, and the family thought he had stayed at Feng Cheng's house! The two women were chatting, and the topic was naturally Wang An, so Shen Wei also knew what was going on!

And at this time, shouldn't Wang An have already gone into the mountains?

However, when Wang An walked closer, the two women were even more surprised! A pile of wolf carcasses! What on earth was going on?

Wang An ignored the women's surprise and said with a smile, "Why aren't you two chatting inside? Isn't it cold at the gate?"

Mu Xueqing rolled her eyes at Wang An upon hearing this, and then her face was full of worry. With so many wolf carcasses, all killed by gunfire, one could imagine what her man had been through!

Shen Wei also frowned as she looked at the wolf carcasses, her face full of worry!

Although she and Wang An had only had one intimate encounter, in this era, many women were like this; as long as you had her body, you basically had her heart!

Moreover, many women had their bodies obtained by men through drugging or other dirty means, yet they wouldn't resist, but instead actively married the man who had obtained them through such dirty means! Regardless of what a jerk the man himself was!

It makes one mourn their misfortune and be angry at their lack of resistance! But most of all, it's just a feeling of helplessness!

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