Reborn in 1977

The two sisters were stunned for a few seconds before they came back to their senses when they heard Chen Fan calling back to them.

Immediately, they both spurred their reins and ran forward.

However, their speed was indeed a bit disappointing, not much faster than walking.

Jiang Tiantian bit her lip and suddenly said, "Don't overthink it. He probably doesn't have any other intentions. Although geese were ancient betrothal gifts, they had to be live geese, and a pair."

As she spoke, she was about to take the goose out of her bag, "I'll give you this one too."

Jiang Lili turned her head to look at her, her eyes full of clarity, and smiled, "I'm not overthinking it."

Looking at her sister's troubled face, Jiang Lili grinned, "Sis, you're the one who shouldn't be overthinking it."

She turned her head to look at Chen Fan's figure in front of them, "I've told you before, although Xiao Fan is very capable, he doesn't know anything about social customs. It just so happened that a flock of geese flew by today, so he shot two and gave us each one. This is just prey, so you can just take it.

Besides, we'll take it home and eat it together anyway, so what's the point of distinguishing between you and me?!"

Jiang Tiantian pursed her lips, blinked her eyes, and forced a smile, "Alright then, I'll keep this goose here for now and we'll talk about it when we get back."

She shook the reins a few times, speeding up forward, but she was muttering to herself.

Not understanding social customs was in the past. Doesn't he understand now?

Besides, a pair of live geese was a 'top-tier gift' that only wealthy families in ancient times could afford to give. In the betrothal gifts, even a thousand taels of gold and a hundred acres of fertile land would have to come after it.

And for ordinary families, being able to hunt two geese was already a stroke of good luck. Some even used goose wings as substitutes, let alone these two freshly shot geese?!

But she couldn't figure it out herself. Maybe it was really just like her sister said?

At this moment, she raised her head and saw Chen Fan stopping again and taking out his bow and arrow, so she didn't have time to think too much and quickly followed behind her sister's horse.

Chen Fan shot an arrow, and without even looking, he put away his bow. When Gouzi ran up to him, he flipped over and grabbed the prey, still plucking out the arrow first, and then held the prey high, smiling at Jiang Lili who was running over, "Good stuff, you guys are in luck."

Jiang Lili tightened her reins and stopped in front of him, looking carefully, "Is this a badger?"

Jiang Tiantian followed closely behind and asked curiously, "Is this delicious?"

"Badger meat is just so-so, the smell is quite strong, and the meat is also quite tough. It needs to be stewed with a lot of ingredients. If it's done well, you can only say it's okay."

Chen Fan nodded to Jiang Lili first, then answered Jiang Tiantian's question, while putting the badger into the bag hanging on his saddle. Only then did he explain to the two sisters, "Compared to the meat, badger oil is the real treasure. Externally, it can treat burns, scalds, frostbite, and other external injuries, and it's very effective. Even without injuries, it can nourish the skin. Internally, it can replenish qi and benefit vitality. People with poor constitutions or middle-aged and elderly people with weakened qi can all eat this."

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, turned to look at Jiang Lili, and smiled, "I also hunted two badgers when I went hunting at the beginning of the year, but the oil was taken away by the brigade headquarters. Today, no one saw me hunting, so I'll process the oil from this badger later, and you can take it back and rub it on your hands and face every day. It's better than any skincare product. I guarantee that before long, the calluses on your hands will disappear."

Jiang Lili's pretty face turned red immediately, but she was also full of joy, "Really?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she quickly said, "Thank you."

Chen Fan laughed, "Why are you thanking me for?"

Then he turned his horse around and continued forward, "Let's see how our luck is today, and if we can hunt two more to prepare more for you, so you can use it as a skincare product in the winter."

Prepare more?

The two sisters looked at each other again.

But this time they didn't guess too much, just couldn't help but smile at each other, and then rode forward together.

There were kestrels in the sky, Gouzi on the ground, and magpies fluttering from time to time. Before long, he really did hunt two more badgers.

There were no large animals in the Lujiawan area, but there were many small wild animals.

The main reason was that across the river from the Nanhugongshe was the Qingshan Gongshe, opposite Team 6 of Lujiawan.

There was a large stretch of rolling small earth hills there. These small hills were not high, the highest point was less than a hundred meters, but the terrain was rugged and uneven, with almost no flat ground, making it very suitable for small wild animals to hide. There were even large wild animals such as wild boars, but there were no reports of ferocious beasts.

Even so, it could be considered one of the only "mountainous areas" within a few hundred miles. The other place with mountains was next to Gufeng County, with a small mountain range of only eight or nine hills, the main peak being more than twice as high as the other hills, about two or three hundred meters, which could be called a unique peak. This was also the origin of the name Gufeng County.

In the Jiangnan area, where there are mountains, there are animals. Many wild animals, such as badgers and muntjacs, can swim. Many of the wild animals in Lujiawan ran over from across the river, so despite the annual hunting and sweeping, they can't be completely eliminated.

Before long, in addition to the two geese, Chen Fan had harvested 3 badgers, two hares, and a muntjac, a very fruitful harvest.

But the two sisters were not happy.

Jiang Lili raised the shotgun in her hand, rode her horse to Chen Fan's side, and pouted, "You've hunted all the prey, we haven't hunted any yet."

Chen Fan looked at her, then at Jiang Tiantian who followed closely behind, and smiled, "I couldn't help it just now. How about this, I'll find you another prey."

He pulled the reins and looked around, but unfortunately, apart from small animals such as hares, raccoon dogs, and weasels, there were no suitable targets for the two sisters.

Looking back at the muntjac draped over the horse's back, Chen Fan also had a headache. He scratched his head in distress, "I acted too fast just now, otherwise this thing would have been suitable for you to hunt."

Jiang Tiantian rode on her horse and looked around, in her eyes, the surroundings were silent, with no signs of any animal activity.

Hearing Chen Fan's words at this time, she couldn't help but say, "Do you mean that there are animals here, but they are not suitable for us to hunt?"

Chen Fan drove the small mare to her side and pointed to a place in the woods on the outer river embankment, "Look over there, there's a hare in the bushes, do you see it?"

Jiang Tiantian tried hard to open her eyes wide, "Where is it?"

Jiang Lili also looked in the direction he was pointing. After all, she had lived in the countryside for four years. After a while, she finally found a gray shadow, immediately took off the shotgun, released the safety, and raised the gun to aim.

Jiang Tiantian immediately held her breath, watching that direction with a nervous face.

With a gunshot, a large piece of bark was blasted off a thick poplar tree, a large pit appeared on the trunk, and a gray shadow swooshed into the bushes.

Jiang Lili puffed out her cheeks with a face full of regret, but before she could react, she heard a gunshot.

Turning her head, she saw Chen Fan returning the shotgun to her sister, smiling at her, "This is your first prey, how could we let it run away?"

Jiang Lili looked at her own gun, then at the gun in her sister's hand, so who exactly shot this rabbit?

Before long, Gouzi came back with the rabbit in his mouth.

Unfortunately, the power of the shotgun bullets was too great, and this poor hare was left with only a body, half of its head was gone.

The two girls didn't understand what this meant. If Zhang Wenliang were here, he would definitely be shocked by Chen Fan's marksmanship.

To hit a running hare with one shot and accurately target only the head to preserve the rabbit's skin intact was a feat only heard when Captain Xiao was bragging.

No, it should also be noted that he grabbed the gun on the spur of the moment, without even taking the time to aim, just raised the gun and fired.

It was even more exaggerated than the sharpshooter comrades Captain Xiao boasted about!

But the two sisters didn't understand; they just felt a little creeped out looking at the rabbit in Duo Duo's mouth.

They weren't afraid of dead prey, but the fact that it was missing its head… was indeed a little scary.

Chen Fan looked at them, chuckled twice, beckoned to Duo Duo, took the rabbit, casually stuffed it into his bag, and said with a smile, "I'll find you guys a bigger one."

Having hunted so much prey, it actually didn't take long. It was now noon, the time for family reunion dinners. From the village entrance to the end, the entire Lujiawan Brigade was filled with the sound of firecrackers, and surprisingly, no one noticed the gunshot.

This was also the main reason Chen Fan dared to bring the gun out today; otherwise, he would have to report to the brigade headquarters, and the brigade headquarters would have to notify each team, which was too troublesome.

After what happened just now, the two sisters were no longer anxious, or rather, their butts were starting to hurt from riding horses, so they could only walk slowly.

Chen Fan also slowed down and walked alongside them.

Snowflakes drifted in the dim sky, and the whole world was shrouded in white. From time to time, gusts of northerly wind blew, stirring up a few leaves or snowflakes, scattering them in the river at their feet.

Only at this time of year was the river water most clear and transparent, resembling a jade belt winding into the distance under the reflection of the white snow.

The two sisters beside him were wrapped in sky-blue cloaks, sometimes whispering to each other, sometimes laughing continuously. Chen Fan accompanied them, occasionally chatting a few words, and felt that this was not bad.

There was a kind of hunting for survival, and there was also a kind of hunting for life. Obviously, the latter was the case now.

After walking for a while, Jiang Lili saw that her sister was a little uncomfortable and asked in a low voice, "Does it hurt?"

Jiang Tiantian pursed her lips and nodded lightly, glancing at Chen Fan across from her sister, a blush flashing across her face.

Mainly because the place that hurt was not right.

Before coming out, her sister had reminded her that people who didn't ride horses often were prone to chafing on their thighs, but she didn't expect it to hurt so much.

Even without deliberately listening, Chen Fan's hearing clearly picked up what Jiang Lili said.

However, he didn't want to bring it up proactively, so he just pulled the reins to slow down even more.

Then he saw Jiang Lili turn around and smile at him, "Xiao Fan, we've hunted so much prey today, it's about enough. Why don't we go back first?"

Chen Fan nodded, "Okay."

As he said that, he turned his horse around and said with a smile, "I'll take care of the prey later and bring it back to you."

Jiang Lili quickly said, "No need, you sent so many things a few days ago, we can't finish eating them all. You should keep these for yourself."

Chen Fan smiled, about to speak, when suddenly his eyes lit up, pointing to a dark shadow in the river ahead and saying, "Look, there are wild boars there."

If he hadn't turned around, he wouldn't have noticed it. At this time, the Eurasian sparrowhawk was still staring at the field ahead, looking for small animals.

The two sisters followed his gaze and saw a black animal laboriously swimming towards them in the river.

Jiang Tiantian's eyes lit up instantly, "Is that a wild boar? Can wild boars swim?"

Jiang Lili nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I've seen it before."

She quickly took off the hunting rifle and held it in her hand, "Sister, let's go over there quickly. Wild boars are so big, we'll definitely hit it!"

Jiang Tiantian didn't bother to speak, flicked the reins, and rushed out behind her sister's horse.

Chen Fan clicked his tongue, wasn't her leg hurting just now? Doesn't it hurt now?

The two sisters ran forward for a while, and seeing that the wild boar had come ashore, they immediately reined in their horses, dismounted, and aimed with their hunting rifles.

Chen Fan rode over, stood aside to watch, and didn't say much.

It's just that he wasn't too optimistic about the two sisters' results.

Although the firepower of the hunting rifle was very strong, its effective range was very short, generally only about 20 to 50 meters. These two guns were high-end hunting rifles from Europe, and with qualified hunting rifle bullets, they could hit 50 meters without any problem.

But now the distance between the riverbank and the water surface had exceeded 50 meters, and this big wild boar seemed to have become alert, standing on the riverbank, staring at the enemy, just not knowing whether to prepare to attack or to run away.

After a moment of confrontation, Jiang Tiantian glanced at Chen Fan, and seeing him riding on his horse leisurely and calmly, she felt confident.

Then she aimed with the three-point alignment and decisively fired.

With a "bang," the wild boar was startled.

But then it realized that nothing had happened to it, so it roared and charged towards the riverbank.

Seeing that she hadn't hit the target and the wild boar was charging at her, Jiang Tiantian couldn't help but feel a little flustered, but she didn't panic. Instead, she took a deep breath and fired another shot at the wild boar.

At the same time, Jiang Lili beside her also fired a shot.

Chen Fan could see clearly from his high vantage point. Well, both of them had terrible marksmanship, and they couldn't even hit such a big target.

Although they didn't hit it, they did startle the wild boar, which stopped in place for a moment and decisively charged again.

At this time, Jiang Tiantian's gun was out of bullets, so she quickly reloaded. Jiang Lili also quickly reloaded after firing her last shot.

Unfortunately, with the first experience, the wild boar didn't wait for them this time and still roared as it charged upwards.

It was only because the water level was shallow in winter and the distance to the riverbank was lengthened, otherwise the wild boar would have charged up long ago.

Even so, the wild boar had already reached two-thirds of the way up and would only need ten seconds to charge up.

But Chen Fan was still sitting motionless on his horse.

The two sisters quickly reloaded their bullets. Jiang Tiantian took a deep breath and glanced at Chen Fan again, and her tense mood was instantly relieved.

Then she raised her gun, aimed at the wild boar that was close at hand, and decisively fired.

With a "woof," a stream of blood spurted from the wild boar's head, and it couldn't help but stagger in place.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Lili's hunting rifle also sounded, adding another serious injury to the wild boar's head.

The wild boar finally couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground with a thud.

The snow on the riverbank was of no use at all. The wild boar showed no signs of sliding down, only blood gurgling out.

Watching the wild boar being killed, after a long while, the two sisters came back to their senses, exhaled a long breath, stood up, hugged each other, and cheered while holding their guns, "Hahaha, we killed a wild boar."

Chen Fan touched his chin, silently put his pistol back, cleared his throat, and said with a smile, "I was saying, shouldn't you turn off the safety first, otherwise it's easy for it to go off."