Chapter 99

Wang An felt that before he had run very far, he heard the roar of a black bear from behind!

He could confirm it was a black bear, not a brown bear!

How many roars exactly, Wang An couldn't tell; mainly because he was running a bit anxiously and was also a bit panicked!

This was damn near playing with his life; it was absolutely impossible not to be panicked!

When Wang An stopped, turned, and shouldered his gun, he saw a black bear crawling out of the Earth Den entrance, already halfway out.

This ash wood was truly strong! Only arm-thick, stuck in the crack of the entrance, it hadn't been broken by the black bear!

Before Wang An could shoot, his brother-in-law's gun went off, and he fired two shots in succession, both hitting the black bear's head.

He saw the black bear that was halfway out fall headfirst; after hitting the ground, its hind legs kicked forward, and then it lay there with its head toward the entrance, motionless.

This black bear didn't look big, only about 200 jin, seemingly just reaching adulthood and hadn't left the den yet.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, another one crawled out; looking at its head, it seemed about the same size as the previous one.

Again, just halfway out, Seeing Mu Xueli fired, still firing two shots in succession, one hitting the head and the other hitting the neck.

Then this black bear fell onto the previous one and also stopped moving.

Looking at their size, these two black bears were basically the same size; they must have been from the same litter!

Today, Seeing Mu Xueli's performance was truly quite good; his shooting was steady and accurate, and most importantly, he didn't flinch at all—that was the most important thing!

If a person flinches, their heart panics, and if their hand trembles even a little, they definitely won't be accurate!

The two waited for a while longer, but never saw the mother black bear crawl out.

This was very strange; both little black bears had come out, so it was impossible for there not to be a mother black bear!

Waiting for a while longer, there was still no movement; Wang An, emboldened, ran to the entrance again, took out firecrackers, lit them, and threw them inside.

After throwing one, he ran, and ran quite far! But after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement.

Wang An was confused; he ran over and threw two more, then ran again, but still no movement!

The two were staring intently at the entrance when they heard the three dogs tethered not far away start barking, barking very fiercely!

The two turned their heads, oh my god!

They saw a gaunt black bear running toward the cave!

But it was too damn thin; it didn't look like a black bear at all, so thin that its fur was bristling; if it weren't for the long fur covering it, it would be a skeleton!

Wang An hurriedly aimed and fired, but the Mosin-Nagant required pulling the bolt after every shot, so for a moment, he felt it wasn't as satisfying as the 56-semi!

After firing one shot, Seeing Mu Xueli followed closely and fired; Wang An pulled the bolt and fired another shot, and this black bear, thin as a skeleton, fell to the ground.

The two took a deep breath; they were finally safe!

The two immediately fired shots into the heads of the mother and her two cubs.

After finishing the shots, Seeing Mu Xueli couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked: "Brother-in-law, what's going on? Why is there a stray one with the three black bears?"

Wang An did know what was going on because his uncle-in-law Feng Chengmin had mentioned this situation.

Thus, as the two were taking the black bear gallbladders, Wang An explained it to his brother-in-law!

Before little black bears leave the den, they live with the mother black bear, living together for two or three years from birth.

And during these two or three years, in order to let the little black bears grow up as quickly as possible, whenever the mother black bear found food, the little black bears would eat first!

This led to the two little ones storing up enough fat—that is, energy for hibernation—before winter, so they could hibernate well!

But because the mother black bear didn't have enough food, the fat she stored wasn't enough to last the winter, so she would be woken up by hunger halfway through hibernation and have to come out to find food.

This resulted in some dens having only one or two black bears, and they were all underage or just reaching adulthood!

Others had one big and one small, or one big and two small!

Like the ones encountered today, the mother black bear had gone to find food, but hadn't gone far and was called back by the little black bears' roars; if she had gone far, there would be no mother black bear here!

Seeing Mu Xueli clicked his tongue in wonder after hearing this, but fortunately, he didn't show any mercy or get moved by maternal love.

Otherwise, Wang An would definitely have kicked him, and it would have been the kind where he was pinned to the ground and kicked with both big feet!

A hunter needs this kind of bullshit soft-heartedness the least; if your heart is that soft, why are you trekking in the mountains?

Must say, Seeing Mu Xueli was truly fast at taking the black bear gallbladders.

Wang An had just finished taking the iron gallbladder from one little black bear, and Seeing Mu Xueli had already finished taking the grass gallbladder from the other little black bear and came back happily, carrying a slightly larger gold gallbladder!

After Wang An packed the three black bear gallbladders into cloth bags and put them away, he didn't even dismantle the meat, but sat there, lost in deep confusion!

A litter of black bears, and three different kinds of gallbladders! Why is this?

The big black bear was thin as a skeleton, yet it produced a gold gallbladder.

The two little black bears were so fat, yet they produced an iron gallbladder and a grass gallbladder.

And when taking the gallbladders, he discovered that both little black bears had "bulls" (testicles)!

Each little black bear had one!

Not to mention the big black bear, these two little ones were clearly brothers!

But the color of the bear gallbladders was damn different!

Damn it! That's a difference of over a hundred yuan! That's over a hundred yuan!

After the confusion, Wang An was still very happy; three black bear gallbladders could fetch over a thousand yuan!

And what was split with Li Erlengzi was the money from the two little black bear gallbladders; this mother black bear didn't come out of the den!

Wang An smoked a cigarette, watching his brother-in-law dismantle the meat; it was quite interesting.

He saw the knife sliding left or right, up or down, and pieces of meat weighing over 5 jin were thrown onto the snow!

After Wang An finished his cigarette, he felt it wasn't good to do nothing, so he cut off the noses and kneecaps of the three black bears and put them into a sack.

By the time Wang An finished dealing with them, he discovered his brother-in-law had almost finished dismantling the second little black bear; this speed was truly fast!

By the time Wang An knocked off the big fangs of the mother and her two cubs, his brother-in-law had also finished dismantling the last mother black bear.

Wang An shamelessly said to his brother-in-law: "Working together is fast, huh? Working still requires more people!"

Seeing Mu Xueli heard this, nodded happily, and said: "Yeah, working, you hate having too few people; eating, you hate having too many!"

Wang An also nodded, expressing his agreement with his brother-in-law's words.

After the two finished cleaning up, Wang An checked his watch; it was already 11 o'clock.

Calculating the time, he estimated that if Niu Dali had gone into the mountains, he should be arriving at the place by now; Wang An decided to go take a look—if he could finish him off, great; if not, so be it!

He didn't dare tell his brother-in-law what he was going to do, just drove the sled and headed north.

On the way, Wang An took out a cigarette and suddenly remembered his brother-in-law was sitting right there, so he handed him one; he had thought his brother-in-law didn't smoke and was just being polite, but unexpectedly, his brother-in-law actually took it~!

Damn! The cigarette box was already stuffed in his pocket, and he had to take it out; he had only taken one cigarette just now!

The two sat on the bear skin, chatting, fiddling with their cigarettes; the journey was truly pleasant!

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