Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 241 Give the mother-in-law a generous gift

Lan Qimei thought about it for a long time but still had no answer, but her attention quickly shifted to cooking.

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After dinner, Xu Jichang walked around the yard to make sure there were no wild animals left outside. He added some fodder and beans to the manger, and then returned to the house with confidence.

It's raining, snowing and freezing, so it's best to clean your gun at home.

Xu Jichang took out his large-caliber thick-barreled shotgun, took out the lubricant, and slowly wiped it back and forth with the gun cleaning cloth.

Haven't used a gun in a while.

Xu Jichang planned to wait for the heavy snow to stop and go out to hunt wild animals.

Wild animals are the best to hunt when the mountains are closed by heavy snow. Many people who cannot find food will run to the foot of the mountain or even to human activity areas.

Due to the severe cold weather, their reactions will slow down, and at that time, one shot will be accurate.

After cleaning the shotgun, Xu Jichang put it in the holster and went into the house to sleep.

The weather was so cold. Even though he was young and strong, it still took him several minutes to warm up the bed.

Fortunately, he had just given Chen Xiaoen an eiderdown quilt, otherwise she would have been frozen tonight.

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A few days later, it was a weekend.

Seeing that the weather was fine, Xu Jichang thought it was a good time for hunting. After breakfast, he carried a gun and rode out.

Feidian used to be locked in a stable most of the time, except for the occasional horse walk.

Now that it was able to escape, it immediately carried Xu Jichang and ran all the way, rushing to the countryside near his home in the direction Xu Jichang directed.

The sky is cloudless and snow-capped.Horse hooves stepped on the snow, making a rustling sound. Occasionally, one or two rabbits hiding in the snowdrifts were startled and fled quickly from Xu Jichang's field of vision.

The general was in a hurry and did not chase hares. Xu Jichang was too lazy to waste bullets to shoot these rabbits and drove Feidian all the way to the foot of the mountain.

It's great to have a horse, but you have to walk on two legs and it won't take you a whole morning to get there.

Now it only takes 10 minutes.

At the foot of the mountain, Xu Jichang reined in the reins and made Feidian slow down, while his eyes continued to wander around.

It has been sunny these past few days, and the snow at the foot of the mountain has melted a lot, revealing some grass.Due to the lower temperature, there is still snow on the mountain.

According to common sense, herbivores will usually come down the mountain to eat grass at this time.And predators will follow them, also coming down the mountain.

Xu Jichang took his time and found a slope at the foot of the mountain. He dismounted and bolted the flying bolt to the bottom of the slope. He went up the slope with his gun and leaned against a stone to wait quietly.

In front of him was the place where the snow had melted the most, and many withered grass blades were exposed, occasionally mixed with one or two yellow-green grass stems that had not completely withered.

In winter when forage is scarce, this is a rare delicacy for herbivores.

Xu Jichang held the shotgun and poked his head out to observe from time to time, feeling unusually quiet inside.

According to his experience, in this case, as long as you are willing to wait, you will always find prey.

Time passed by minute by second. Xu Jichang moved his stiff shoulders and legs twice, took out a meat bun wrapped in oil paper from his bag and started to nibble on it.

The Roujiamo was prepared by Lan Qimei when she was making breakfast. It was still warm and didn't feel cold after swallowing it.

Xu Jichang was chewing something sweet in the snow, and when he was halfway through chewing, there seemed to be movement from ahead.

Not caring to continue eating, Xu Jichang immediately stuffed the remaining half of the meat bun back into his bag, leaned to the side, and fixed his gaze forward.

Good guys, a large group of dozens of roe deer are walking down the slope, and they seem to be coming here to eat grass.

Xu Jixian saw this scene, and he felt extremely calm. He didn't have any trouble, and he just silently turned on the safety of the shotgun.

He had seen this scene many times in his past hunting career.

Experience told him that he should not be anxious at this time, because the roe deer was still far away, so he had to wait until it was close before attacking.

One is that it is more accurate when you get closer, and the other is that the shotgun bullets fire slowly and the long flight distance will cause the prey to be alert in advance and avoid the bullets.

Only when the distance is close enough can the prey have no time to react.

Xu Jichang held his breath and observed the scene on the hillside motionlessly.

I saw that these roe deer were extremely cautious. They did not rush down in a swarm after seeing the grass. Instead, the leading ones trotted downhill first and wandered around in place for several times.

After making sure everything was safe, one of the leading roe deer barked twice before the rest followed.

Really hungry, these roe deer walked to the grass and started eating immediately without even raising their heads.

Xu Jichang could hear their voices of rejection from a distance.

Just think of it as a decapitation meal.

Xu Jichang thought to himself, quickly stood up from behind the boulder and fired a shot forward.

"boom!"

In the midst of lightning and flint, a roe deer was shot and fell to the ground, and the smell of gunpowder smoke filled the air in front of Xu Jichang's nose.

The other roe deer were frightened and immediately ran up the slope frantically.

Without saying a word, Xu Jichang pulled the trigger again and knocked down another roe deer.

At this time, the group of roe deer had disappeared without a trace. Xu Jichang quickly ran forward and took two roe deer into the space one after another.

The place where the grass was lush just now was soaked with the blood of the roe deer in the blink of an eye.

After cleaning up the roe deer, Xu Jichang turned around and walked towards the place where Feidian was tied.

Animals are not stupid either. Gunshots were just heard here, and no more prey is likely to appear in the short term. He is going to try the next place.

The place where Feidian was bolted was some distance away. It took Xu Jichang nearly half an hour to reach the place by stepping one foot deep and one foot shallow in the snow.

Untying Feidian's reins, Xu Jichang rode his horse to the right.

According to his visual inspection, there seemed to be more places on the right where the snow had melted, and there might be better harvests there.

"rustle,"

"rustle……"

The only sound left in Xu Jichang's ears was the sound of horse hooves trampling into the snow. He was concentrating on observing every environment around him.

When hunting, you need to keep an eye on all directions and an ear on all directions. There may be a deer hidden behind a bush.Maybe by following the sound of stepping on dead leaves, you can find a blind bear.

Xu Jichang looked and looked, and soon he discovered something strange in the grass.

The grass was rustling and shaking, obviously hiding something.

Xu Jichang immediately tightened the reins and dismounted from his horse after Feidian stopped to check.

"bass……"

When he was still dozens of meters away from the grass, a fat, snow-white rabbit rushed out and ran deep into the dense forest.

That's it.

Xu Jichang thought to himself.

He had not originally planned to hunt rabbits, but then he thought about it and a new idea appeared in his mind.

Without saying a word, Xu Jichang bent down to pick up a stone when the rabbit had run away for 30 meters, and threw it forward.

"Pfft..."

The rabbit, which had run with all four hooves flying, fell heavily on the snow and made no sound.

Xu Jichang quickly ran forward, grabbed the rabbit's ears, pulled out a short knife, skinned it, and broke it into several pieces.

The smell of blood wafted in the air. Xu Jichang threw a bloody piece of rabbit meat into the snow and retreated a long distance while holding the shotgun.

When passing by Feidian, Xu Jichang grabbed the reins, pulled the horse back, and tied it to the tree.As for himself, he was lurking in the snow, his eyes fixed on the level of rabbit meat just now.

During the snowy season, a piece of fresh rabbit meat must be an irresistible delicacy for carnivores.

He wants to use this piece of rabbit meat as bait to get his prey to take the bait.

Soon, there was movement ahead.

A falcon circled in the air several times, made a piercing cry, then landed next to the rabbit meat, stepped on the rabbit meat with its paws, and started eating.

Xu Jichang did not fire.

This falcon is so small that it may not even be enough for a bowl of soup.

Wait a minute, wait for a big one.

Xu Jichang continued to lurk in the snow, even breathing gently, regardless of the cold air coming from underneath him.

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The hard work paid off, and after ten minutes of waiting, a gray shadow appeared on the horizon.

Moreover, this shadow is still moving in the direction of the bait, obviously smelling the smell of blood and wanting to come over and have a feast.

As the animal continued to approach, Xu Jichang saw clearly that it was a lone wolf that had strayed from the pack.

Wolves live together, especially in the cold winter, and can even form large groups of dozens or hundreds of animals.

Lone wolves are often the previous generation wolf kings. After being expelled from the pack, hunting will become extremely difficult and the only way out is death.

I saw this lone wolf rushing to the remaining rabbit meat as quickly as possible, driving away the falcon that was eating the meat, and feasting alone.

It can be seen that it is obviously hungry, so much so that it has lost the minimum vigilance of wild animals.

Without saying a word, Xu Jichang set up his shotgun in the snow and shot it in the head.

"boom!"

After the lone wolf was shot, propelled by the powerful kinetic energy of the ammunition, he somersaulted backwards and twitched crazily on the ground.

Xu Jichang stepped forward with his gun in hand, and was hesitating whether to refill the gun, when Lone Wolf himself lost his movement.

This is a quite large wolf, almost as tall as Xu Jichang when he stands.

It's just that it's obviously getting older, and its fur has turned a little white.

In order to prevent the lone wolf from pretending to be dead, Xu Jichang hit it on the head several times with the butt of his gun, then bent down to pick up the still warm wolf corpse and put it into the space.

When he picked up the wolf carcass, he walked to the rear of the wolf specifically to prevent the wolf from pretending to be dead and bite his throat when he bent over.

After taking care of the wolf, Xu Jichang turned around and walked towards Feidian through the snow.

"Drive, go back!"

Xu Jichang untied the reins and galloped the horse across the snowy field.

In one morning, we harvested two fat roe deer and a wolf. It was definitely a bumper harvest day.

Now that I'm back home, I can still have a hot and sumptuous lunch. It's really nice.

Xu Jichang galloped all the way. The journey that previously took 10 minutes on horseback was completed in less than a quarter of an hour.

Returning to his yard, he took out the carcasses of the roe deer and wolf from the space, and shouted into the house: "Sister Seven, come and pack things together."

"What did you hit?"

Lan Qimei's reply immediately came from inside the house, followed closely by the sound of footsteps.

Not long after, she walked to the door and was stunned: "Two roe deer and an old wolf. You are so powerful."

"I'll boil the water right away."

After saying that, she went back into the kitchen, replaced the stove with new briquettes, filled the kettle with water and put it on the fire to burn.

Du Xiaojing, Zhu Wei, Shen Danrui and Yu Yingzi were also attracted. Only Gu Zhijun took little Kapok to see his grandma today, so he did not show up.

"What a big wolf. He is taller than me when he stands up."

Du Xiaojing clicked his tongue and exclaimed.

"How did you do that when you hit so many in one go?"

Shen Danrui took a breath and said.

Yu Yingzi hid behind Zhu Wei in fear: she was afraid of seeing blood.

"Come up and help, don't just stand there."

Xu Jichang urged while looking at the horns on the roe deer's head with his short knife.

"I'm going to help Qimei boil water."

Yu Yingzi was afraid of seeing the bloody scene when it was decomposed later, so she quickly slipped into the kitchen.

Du Xiaojing and three other people gathered around and helped Xu Jichang with his work.

Not long after, Lan Qimei and Yu Yingzi each came out carrying a basin of boiling water.

Xu Jichang slid the wolf in and Du Xiaojing and others also worked together to lift the two roe deer and put them into a basin filled with boiling water.

The prey had been scalded for easier skinning. After the roe deer and wolf had been in the water basin for a while, Xu Jichang picked up the dagger again and patiently cut them apart.

Peeling is a technical job. Only with sufficient experience and patience can we ensure that the skin is not damaged and the bedding and clothes produced are beautiful and flawless.

While Xu Jichang was peeling the skin, Shen Danrui went into the kitchen and took out a lot of seasonings.

She knew that there was so much meat that she couldn't finish it, so most of it must be marinated and eaten later.

Du Xiaojing and Zhu Wei also had their own division of labor and got busy around the hot water basin.

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In less than an hour, Xu Jichang completely peeled off all three pieces of skin.

Du Xiaojing and Shen Danrui had marinated the roe deer and wolf meat in two large pots with salt, star anise, chili and other seasonings.

Yu Yingzi and Zhu Wei were busy in the kitchen helping Lan Qimei make lunch. Xu Jichang went out hunting for so long today, so he had to make up for it when he came back.

They planned to cook an extremely sumptuous meal for Xu Jichang.

"Add two vegetables, roe deer meat stir-fried with green onions, and wolf ribs soup."

At this time, Du Xiaojing walked into the kitchen with freshly cut pieces of meat in a small plastic basin taken out from the house.

"Okay, let's eat wolf meat to keep everyone away from the cold."

Lan Qimei took the plastic basin.

Another half hour later, a sumptuous lunch table appeared in front of Xu Jichang.

In addition to his own prey today, there are also fish soup, stir-fried yellow beef and other hard dishes on the table, which made the gods unsteady when they smelled them.

After dinner, Xu Jichang went to deal with the fur again.

Wolf skins are made into mattresses to fill the gap left after the previous wolf skin mattress was given away.

Two pieces of roe deer skin were made into quilts, one was given to mother-in-law Shen Mu, and the other was given to Chen Xiaoen.

Xu Jichang asked Du Xiaojing and others to wash the skin again and again, and only after making sure that there was no smell of blood, hung it in the yard to dry.

Drying is only the first step, and there is tanning and other steps later.

Xu Jichang plans to outsource the tanning work this time to an outside state-owned garment store.

After all, tanning requires chemicals, and he has a very full wallet now, so there is no need to touch it himself.

(End of this chapter)