In the evening, Zhang Shuzhen fried the cooked lynx meat with chili peppers, stewed some sorghum rice, and stewed some cabbage and potatoes.
The lynx meat and garlic clove meat are particularly firm, and the meat is slightly sour.
Stir-fried with chili peppers, the taste is really special, and the whole family ate it deliciously.
After dinner, Sheng Xiping chatted with his parents for a while before returning to the collective household.
At this time, there was no stove in the collective house, but the kang was quite hot.
Everyone was lying on the warm bed, chatting nonsense about all kinds of things. I don't know when I felt sleepy, and fell asleep in a daze.
On the morning of the 19th, Sheng Xiping and others ate something casually, then took their guns and dry food and set out to go up the mountain again.
This time, they just went to walk with the condoms. If there was any harvest, it would be best. If there was no harvest, they would take back all the condoms they had laid before.
Hanging leg covers are easy to injure people, and steel wire covers are difficult to get, so they cannot be left in the mountains in vain.
Today's harvest is not as good as yesterday's. After walking for a long time, we only found one hare and one pheasant.
This situation is normal and there is nothing to be discouraged about, so several people took the condoms apart while searching.
I planned to go home soon, and happened to go to help Gao Haining.
"Xiping, look, the oil silk rope cover we put down is no longer in its original place, and the wood is gone too."
I have used many kinds of snares before, including wire snares specially designed for hunting wild boars.
When hunting large animals such as wild boars, you need to use a steel wire rope. Because the outside of this thing is covered with oil, most locals call it an oil wire rope.
The day before yesterday, Sheng Xiping brought several steel wire nooses up and lowered them to areas with many oak trees and walnut trees.
In this season, wild boars are crazy about grabbing fat. Wherever there are calves and walnuts, wild boars will go.
If you put the trap in these places, there is a high chance of trapping a wild boar.
To tether a wild boar, a wire harness is usually tied to a wood or stone.
If an animal gets into the cover, it will drag the wood away. It will get stuck after it cannot go very far, so it can only be polished in place.
So when everyone saw that the wire sheath was gone and the wood was gone, they knew that some wild beast had gotten into the sheath.
The temperature has been quite low these days, and the snow on the ground has not melted much, so the traces of the wild boar dragging the wood are quite clear.
Judging from the hoof prints on the ground, the wild boar should weigh more than two hundred kilograms, not too big.
Wang Jianshe and Sheng Xiping hurriedly took off their guns, pulled down the safety, and followed the traces on the ground.
After chasing for about a mile, everyone was stunned by the scene in front of them.
The log with the sleeve tied to it was placed between two trees. Looking forward, there was nothing there.
The surrounding area was in a mess, with traces of people fighting with animals, and there were bright red blood stains on the ground.
Further forward, there are two lines of footprints and drag marks.
Obviously, someone rushed ahead of Sheng Xiping and the others, found the dying wild boar in the quilt, killed the wild boar and took it away.
"Holy shit, what kind of evil spirit did this?
Not only did he steal our wild boar, he didn't leave us anything, even the condom was taken away."
Wang Jianshe and others couldn't bear it anymore and jumped up in anger.
Anyone who sees a mountain roe deer or a wild deer will have a share. This is the rule for running in the mountains to fight for siege.
When you go into the mountains, no matter who sets the trap, as long as you see a prey, kill it and take it away, there is nothing wrong with that.
However, a part must be left to the original owner.
Like wild boars, most of them are left with their hind legs, so there is no reason to take them all away.
But today I met this man. He was so careless. He dragged away all the pigs without leaving any behind.
In fact, even the wire sheaths were taken off and taken away. This is not unethical, it is immoral.
It was precisely because of this that Wang Jianshe and others became angry and cursed.
"Xiping, what should we do now?"
Everyone cursed for a while and felt that they could not understand their hatred, so they turned to look at Sheng Xiping and asked him.
"What should I do? Follow the footprints and look for it.
I have been hunting in the mountains for so many years, but I have never seen someone so shameless.
Let's go, I want to see which unscrupulous guy stole our pig." Sheng Xiping was also very angry.
The key is that there is no way to do things like this. As long as this person leaves a pig leg, it is considered in compliance with the rules, and Sheng Xiping will not argue with him.
But no one could bear to hear someone so blatantly steal someone's prey and leave nothing behind.
Sheng Xiping didn't want to think about anything else right now, he just wanted to know who did this.
There are no other villages around here, except for the Qianchuan Forest Farm, which is the Great Alkali Farm.
They live in a ravine and can't see each other without looking up. There is still someone who can do such a thing. No matter where he is, he has to find out who it is.
Judging from the blood stains on the ground, those two people should have arrived not long before Sheng Xiping and the others.
It was probably Sheng Xiping and others who came over to kill the wild boar and take it away while they were walking their condoms elsewhere.
The 200-pound wild boar is not too heavy, but it is quite difficult to drag it all the way down the mountain. Sheng Xiping and the others should be able to catch up if they travel lightly.
"Yes, go find him. No matter who he is, don't even think about stealing our pig and not saying a word."
Wang Jianshe and others were very angry. When they heard Sheng Xiping said that they were going to find each other, what else could they say? Just follow the footprints.
Just like that, everyone took a deep breath and quickly followed the footprints in front of them.
But after chasing him for more than two miles, Sheng Xiping suddenly realized something was wrong and said, "Wait a moment, don't move yet."
Sheng Xiping raised his hand and motioned for everyone to stop. "Don't say anything. It doesn't sound right to me."
Wang Jianshe and Chen Weiguo all followed Sheng Xiping. When Sheng Xiping stopped, they also stopped.
Everyone felt strange and didn't understand what Sheng Xiping meant, but Sheng Xiping didn't let them speak, so these people didn't ask.
Sheng Xiping stopped and listened attentively.
Now they were halfway up the hillside, and the cold wind blew through the treetops, making a rustling sound.
But along with the sound of the wind, there was also the faint howling of wild animals.
Hunters not only have good eyesight, but also excellent hearing.
Sheng Xiping is an excellent hunter, and all the sounds in the mountains cannot escape his ears.
"Come on, let's go up and have a look."
Sheng Xiping had a vague guess in his mind, so he waved his hand, led Wang Jianshe and others, and turned around to walk up the hillside.
Wang Jianshe and others were quite puzzled and didn't understand what Sheng Xiping was doing.
Didn't you just say that you were going to chase the thief who stole their wild boar? Why did you go up the mountain again now?
However, these people were accustomed to listening to Sheng Xiping, so no one asked any questions and just followed Sheng Xiping up the mountain.
The further we walked up the mountain, the clearer the sounds mixed in the wind became. Eventually, Wang Jianshe and others also understood it.
Several people looked solemn, no one dared to be careless, let alone make a sound. They all followed Sheng Xiping silently and carefully climbed over the hill.
When they climbed over the hill and looked to the other side, they were all shocked.
Just below this hillside, about four to five hundred meters away from them, three wild boars and a black blind man were fighting and howling, wandering around the hillside.