Rebirth in the 50s: The Couple with the Hidden Space novel Chapter 249

Chapter 249: Chapter 181: Up the Mountain (Part 2)

Seven or eight people looked at the wild animals on the ground, happily embraced each other and cheered. No one was prepared to chase the fleeing animals; they hadn’t noticed that some had already been killed by Xiao Wu with a single stone.

Zhang Guoqing saw everyone’s excitement and quickly arranged, "Everyone, don’t get too excited. Let’s move these things back first, to prevent any big creatures from being attracted by the smell of blood. Brother Qingshan, you make the arrangements. I’ll go chop some branches to make a frame to pull back." After saying that, he didn’t wait for them and hurried off to cut trees, tying them with rope to make a frame.

Zhang Qingshan looked at the wildlife scattered around, "Everyone, bring the ones farther away over here first, pile them together. When Xiao Wu brings the frame over, we’ll take turns carrying them. Qingya, you take two people to start moving, Qingling, Qingyan, deal with the smell of blood on the ground. There are six deer, three boars, and one mountain goat, it’s enough, let’s head back first. If you guys want to come back, it’ll have to be in a few days. I reckon by the way we hunt, even the deer might become extinct here."

Zhang Qingfeng was carrying a wild deer not far away and shouted, "If I’d known hunting like this was so effective, I would have gone hunting with Xiao Wu sooner. Look how much effort it saves us. What a loss, what a loss, how could I be so silly?"

Zhang Qingya rolled his eyes at him, "If it were that easy, would Daqing Mountain still have any wildlife? Xiao Wu had it all figured out long before. After this hunt, it’ll take at least a month for animals to come back. Don’t tell anyone about this place; in the future, we’ll come here to hunt ourselves. It’s so good here, you can see wild fruits in the cold deep forest, if others find out, there’ll be nothing left for us."

"I’m not stupid, Qingya, how about we set a few traps?"

"No. We won’t set traps; the wild animals will come here to drink water, it’s as if we’re raising them. If there are traps, there’ll hardly be any animals left. These creatures aren’t as foolish as people." Zhang Qingya shook his head, and seeing that the smell of blood had subsided here, grabbed a handful of herbs and went to the side.

Zhang Guoqing soon returned carrying two frames, "Brothers, hurry up, put everything on top, you carry them away, and I’ll use ropes to carry off the rest myself."

After everyone helped put things onto the frames, they hurriedly rushed off. Zhang Guoqing carried a wild deer and held a bag of stones, bringing up the rear. Every now and then, when he spotted a wild chicken, he would throw a stone at it. Seeing wild chicken eggs, he regretfully shook his head, realizing there was no way to take them this time, he’d have to come back again.

Before long, there were five or six wild chickens dangling in the bamboo basket hanging from his shoulder. His wife Jiao Jiao didn’t like dried wild game, so these were specially for her.

Not far from the outskirts of the mountain foot, Zhang Qingshan and the others quickly put down the frames, and sat down to rest on the side, too happy to care about the unmelted snow on the ground that could freeze them.

Everyone saw Zhang Guoqing carrying a wild deer effortlessly, with a pile of wild chickens in the basket, but not a single wild rabbit.

Zhang Qingfeng’s mouth hung open in surprise, pointing at the basket in astonishment, "Xiao Wu, were you specifically looking for hens? Where are the roosters? And the rabbits?"

Everyone burst into laughter, knowing that Xiao Wu was thinking of his young wife; otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that they were all wild hens?

After Zhang Qingshan finished laughing, he asked Zhang Guoqing, "Xiao Wu, did the deer herd happen to be over here? Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many; you see there are three bucks among them. Do you know where the wild boar herds are too?"

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