Dashan Makes a Living 1984

The mountains after the snow were shining white and dazzling under the sunlight. Wang Tianxiao reminded everyone not to keep looking at the snow, as it would easily burn their eyes.

When many southerners come to the north for the first time and encounter heavy snow, most of them are more excited and eager to enjoy the vast snow scene.

But often after appreciating for a while, the eyes will hurt or even swell, and in severe cases, even temporary blindness will occur. This is snow blindness.

The strong light of the sun is reflected by the white snow without any absorption and blocking, and inexperienced people are bound to be hurt by it invisible.

Wu Wenhua looked away obediently, but Wang Tianxin agreed with his lips, but he couldn't help looking around from time to time.

Previously, Wang Tianxin followed Wang Tianxiao into the mountains a few times, but they basically walked around the periphery, like stroking the mountains. He had never been to a slightly deeper place, so he naturally couldn't appreciate more beautiful mountains.

But today, their purpose is not to enjoy the snow scene, nor is it to collect the cage, but the real hunting activity.

So you have to go west for a distance into the mountain.

At least you must be able to meet the first wave of wild beasts.

This made Wang Tianxin very happy.

Hunting is much more fun than studying. Learning such a boring thing is not something people do. He thought to himself, the boyish habits were fully revealed.

Relatively speaking, Wu Wenhua is more honest. He carries a large ax for chopping firewood as a contingency.

Although Wang Tianxiao had already told him that under certain circumstances, he would not be able to use this big ax to make a move, and there was no chance at all.

Wu Wenhua shoulders the load of other tools at the same time.

Including a bundle of ropes, snakeskin bags rolled into bundles, some emergency hemostatic medicine, a thick blanket, a tent, and of course a water bottle, steamed buns and other food.

If you want to hunt in the mountains, you must respect the mountains, anticipate all possible accidents, and prepare some emergency supplies. In case of unexpected disasters, you can save lives.

At any time, an excellent hunter should take survival as the premise, and keep the green hills. He is not afraid that there will be no firewood to burn, and he will not be able to lose his life if the prey is not killed.

Many of Wang Tianxiao's experiences are summed up from personal experience, and they are also painful lessons.

It looks like a lot of things, but this weight is not worth mentioning to Wu Wenhua. He can carry two 200-jin sacks.

He thinks that Wang Tianxiao hired him anyway, so he can do whatever he wants. Compared with moving and unloading, this kind of life is not too pleasant.

Two dogs were exploring the way ahead, and the three of them followed the footprints of the dogs.

Special attention should be paid to snow caves in the mountains after snow.

That is, the kind of snow pit that is rolled into a pile by the cyclone.

There may be a few meters or even more than ten meters deep steps below, because the snow is slowly accumulating, and a void snowdrift is built on it.

If a person accidentally falls into the snow cave, the snow on it will collapse quickly and may be buried in it forever.

Just like quicksand.

This situation also occurs on flat ground, such as many right-angled wall corners, and sometimes even flat ground will be built up as an independent large snowdrift.

But there is no danger in the flat ground. If you go in, you can just walk out, unlike the mountains where you go and never return.

Dogs are very sensitive. Even if they encounter snow caves, they will jump out at the moment of collapse, so you must let them go ahead when entering the mountain after snow.

It was safe along the way and did not touch the snow cave.

Wang Tianxin was a little bored, gradually became impatient, and kept asking why he hadn't seen the prey yet.

Wang Tianxiao didn't directly teach him to be patient, he knew it was difficult to make Wang Tianxin serious with words, but facts and experiences would teach him everything.

"Wow!"

"Wow!"

Suddenly, a dog barked from ahead.

Wang Tianxiao looked around and found that this was one of his cage placements. Seeing Gouzi's excited look, maybe he caught something.

Speaking of which, he hadn't taken the cage for a few days, and because he was too busy two days ago, he was worried that Wang Tiancheng would go into the mountain alone, so he didn't take it.

Most of the cages are safe, but there are still a few cages a little further to the west in the mountains, and this cage is one of them.

"Go, go and have a look."

Wang Tianxiao took the lead and strode forward.

Wang Tianxin and Wu Wenhua hurriedly followed behind, and they exchanged glances, full of anticipation for each other.

Seeing Wang Tianxiao approaching, the two dogs stepped aside, leaving a gap for him.

The barking still kept on, grinning, full of vigilance and eager to try.

Before Wang Tianxiao arrived, he smelled a bloody smell, and he was already prepared.

Can.

When he really saw the situation in the cage, he still gasped.

It's just horrible.

Only "half", or less, mutilated hares were in the cage.

I don't know what beast can almost eat it through the cage. Only a small part of the rabbit's head was left, and the other parts were almost eaten away, and the bones were scattered everywhere.

The snow around the cage was sprayed with red spots everywhere, which shows that the scene was quite tragic.

"What's the matter, brother?"

Wang Tianxin felt a little nauseous, covered his mouth and ran to the side to retch a few times, but he didn't spit out anything.

It was the first time for him to see such a tragic scene, which refreshed his senses, and only then did he realize how cruel and terrifying a real carnivore is.

Wang Tianxiao signaled him not to speak, and stepped back a little.

"Did you find anything?"

Wang Tianxiao didn't draw a conclusion right away, he squatted on the ground and carefully observed the footprints on the scene.

Because I didn't expect this situation just now, the footprints of the few of them trampled the surrounding area into a mess. Adding the footprints of the two dogs earlier, the scene was even more messy.

But as an experienced hunter, Wang Tianxiao believed that as long as something appeared here, it would leave some traces, and what he needed to do was to find these traces.

He inspected the scene carefully, not sparing an inch of snow, and finally his hard work paid off, and he found two very small half-footprints next to a dog's footprint.

Judging from the remaining traces, the original shape of the two footprints was probably plum blossom-shaped. After restoration, the footprints were about the same size as the kitten's soles, but its toes were more concentrated, unlike the five toes of the kitten. in radians.

"Brother, what did you find, tell me, you're going to panic me to death." Wang Tianxin was so impatient that he almost jumped his feet.

"Be patient after I told you, and forget?" Wang Tianxiao said angrily, and pointed to the distance, "Speaking in the mountains after the snow should be controlled carefully, too loud may cause an avalanche, and we will all be wiped out by then. What can I do if I press it down?"

Wang Tianxin scratched his head and said with a smile: "Okay, I know, I listen to you, tell me quickly, what is it that killed the rabbit? A fox, a wolf, or a weasel?"

Wang Tianxiao saw that he had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, so he didn't continue to struggle, pointing to the two small footprints and said,

"Look, although there are only two and a half pairs of footprints, they are quite well preserved. I measured them with my hands just now. The distance between the footprints is about six or seven centimeters. Because there is no front-to-back span, I can't judge its length very accurately. , but actually we have enough information.”

"So, do you know what it is?"