"Oops." Gu Anran clenched his teeth, "You and the old couple in my uncle's family have already suffered enough. It's more painful than the white-haired man giving away the black-haired man, and the old couple sent three of them away in a row. Alas!"
Arnold nodded: "Yes."
"But I still don't quite understand." Gu Anran tilted her head and looked at Arnold, "Just because she feels pity for the two old people, she can't leave? She doesn't worry that her parents and relatives who gave birth to her and raised her will do it because of her.
Are you suffering from the disappearance?”
"She seems to have no other relatives. She has no place to go, so she might as well stay."
"Oh, that's right." Gu Anran nodded.
If she had no other relatives, it would be understandable if she chose to stay.
After resting under the tree for a while, Gu Anran gritted his teeth and continued walking down the mountain with Arnold.
Arnold stopped every time he passed a beast trap along the way to introduce it to Gu Anran.
Gu Anran also saw various animal traps under his introduction: pits dug in the ground filled with sharpened branches, food placed under suspended cages to attract small animals to take the bait, and overhead traps.
The big nets stretched out one by one, ready to pounce down and wrap up the prey at any time...
"Oh..." Gu Anran sighed: "There are so many traps, big and small, and they are all the kind of traps that will either kill or injure you, or make you unable to escape. This is because you want to kill all the big and small beasts on this mountain."
The rhythm of sweeping away everything! Even the little cubs are not spared!"
Arnold lowered his head in embarrassment and whispered: "We didn't catch cubs before, but not anymore. There are fewer and fewer beasts. Sometimes we can't catch one for several days. Now the cubs
Don’t let it go, the cub is also a mouthful of meat, so it’s a meal if it can be eaten.”
Gu Anran sighed and shook his head: "Even if you catch the cubs, the little beasts on this mountain will soon become extinct. Before long, you will be hungry. Have you ever thought about going down the mountain? Find a job?"
Arnold's expression was a little helpless and a little worried.
"I never thought about it. We are used to living in the mountains. What can we do when we come down from the mountains? Farm the fields? Or work in factories? We know nothing. We can only hold shotguns in our hands."
"You can't learn it. It's better than starving yourself in the mountains, right? Besides, it won't be long before you can't hunt any animals in the mountains."
Gu Anran pulled Arnold and said seriously: "Also, a very important point is that in a few years, all the hunting rifles in your hands will be handed over. Private firearms are not allowed in the hands of ordinary people. At that time, you will still give up hunting.
identity and integrate into the lives of ordinary people.”
Arnold raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his face, his simple face full of surprise.
"You said you would hand in all your shotguns in a few years? How do you know? Can you count?"
"..." Gu Anran raised the corner of his mouth and rolled his eyes, "I also heard what others said, but this news is very reliable, keep it true."
"Why?" Arnold took off the shotgun on his back, held it in his arms and said lovingly: "My grandfather passed this shotgun on to me! It has been modified by me and is very easy to use.
, my shotgun was not stolen, why should I hand it over?"
They were born hunters, and for them, the shotgun in their hands was the tool they relied on for survival. Without the shotgun, they would have nothing to eat and would not be able to survive.
So it was difficult for Arnold to understand that he had to hand over the gun. It was like tying his neck and leaving him without food.
Gu Anran patted Arnold's shoulder and said warmly: "Think, if you have shotguns in your hands, it will threaten the lives of others. Just like your father, who was shot and almost died. What if?
If no one has a gun, even if a fight breaks out, the other person will not be killed."
Arnold said straightforwardly: "Our shotguns are only for hunting prey, and will never be used to target people! We are not like the bad guys on Lingtuo Mountain! If you want to make friends, let them do it!"
"You have to pay it all!"
"This is not fair! It is obvious that they did not follow the rules of hunters and pointed their guns at people, causing panic, but they ask those of us who only use guns to hunt prey for a living to hand over our shotguns. It is unfair!"
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this topic for now."
For a person to change the lifestyle and philosophy of life that he is accustomed to, it cannot be done overnight.
Gu Anran stopped in front of another steep slope, and his legs began to tremble just by looking at it.
"After you go down this slope, the road behind you will be easier to walk."
"Really? Great!"
With hope, Gu Anran regained some strength, her feet were weak, and with the experience of the previous downhills, she climbed down this slope smoothly.
Just like Arnold said, after going down this slope, the road behind will be easier to walk.
After walking for about half an hour, they walked out of a forest and saw a crowd gathering at the riverside to watch the salvage operations in the river.
Gu Anran's eyes swept through the layers of people, and soon locked on the tall and lonely figure standing inside the crowd at the edge of the river.
Seeing that figure from behind, her heart tightened and her eyes immediately became hot.
It's Mo Bei.
During the past few days when she was recovering from her injuries in the mountains, he had been searching for her sleeplessly!
Gu Anran took out the warhead from his pocket and put it into Arnold's hand, pointing at the uniformed police comrades by the river.
"Arnold, take this warhead and report it to the comrades over there. Just say that someone on Lingtuo Mountain injured your father with a gun. Those comrades will help you punish the person who injured your father."
Arnold looked at the small warhead in his hand, frowned and asked, "Will they take care of it? My father said that as long as we don't argue with the villagers down the mountain, the police will not come to take care of us. Our people on the mountain
If there is a fight between the Hunter tribes, we will resolve it ourselves, and the police will not come to take care of it."
"Silly brother, you have stayed in the mountains for too long and you have become isolated from the world! Of course no one will take care of you if you don't call the police. As long as you go to the police with something, they will definitely take care of it."
Gu Anran pointed to the bullet in his hand, "Besides, this thing is definitely not for an ordinary shotgun. There may be a big conspiracy in it. Trust me, take this thing and report the crime and let your comrades help you. You
Don’t go to Lingtuo Mountain alone in the future to avenge your father.”
"I really think so!" Arnold clenched his fists and said angrily: "If I meet people from Lingtuoshan in the future, I will shoot at them to avenge my father!"
"Are you a tiger?" Gu Anran pushed him, "Now is a society governed by law! Your method of resolving personal grievances individually has long been out of favor! That is a crime! Remember, if you have any questions, go to the police! Go quickly