Chapter 239 Leopards can also use tricks
"Uncle, while the leopard carcass is still warm, let's light the lamp and peel off the skin? I have to trouble you to do it!" Yue Feng turned to Uncle Zhao for advice. road.
This top-quality skin will be more valuable if it is peeled off before the corpse of the prey has cooled down. The next best thing is to peel the corpse when it is cold, and the third is to freeze hard. Peel after thawing.
The half-grown leopard cub had already been frozen solid when it was found. One more day of freezing and one less day of freezing would have little effect, but now there is indeed a difference in the newly killed leopard.
The hair peeled off while hot will be less likely to fall off during subsequent tanning, and the texture of the leather will be more outstanding. This is a real improvement in the quality of the leather.
"Okay! Light all the oil lamps! Peel off the skin while it's hot! It's been many years since I last heard about the leopard. This time it should be a disaster for it!"
Uncle Zhao also knew the impact of different peeling methods on the cortex, so he readily agreed.
The old man agreed to peel off the skin while it was hot, and Yue Feng and Xiao Tao immediately started to light the oil lamps.
There were only two oil lamps in the house. After they were all lit, the brightness was still a bit dim. Yue Feng turned on the flashlight again, which was able to meet the lowest lighting requirements.
Uncle Zhao took out a wide-edged skinning knife from his bag in the house. Before he started, he rubbed the blade several times on a piece of old cowhide. After everything was ready, he moved his hands on the leopard carcass. .
I saw the skinning knife in Uncle Zhao's hand moving vertically from the leopard's chin, sliding down along the central axis of the lower abdomen all the way to the tail. The leopard carcass that was still warm was easier to skin. The old man used his fingertips to touch the skin. Little by little separate the skin from the underlying fat and muscle.
It can be seen when peeling off the skin that this female leopard is very healthy, and the fat layer under the skin is also quite thick. The white and yellow oil shines under the light of the flashlight.
The old man's technique is quite stable. After peeling off the skin bit by bit, he also scrapes off the scattered grease. During this period, he also uses some small techniques to remove the small structural parts where the skin and flesh are adhered. Give precise separation.
In almost half an hour, a complete leopard skin was peeled off.
"Huh... Time is not forgiving. As you get older, you can't accept it! Your eyesight is far worse than when you were young!"
Uncle Zhao stood up straight, and then wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeves.
"Hey, you still have a precious sword! Look at this leather board, how neat it is! Just keep the big leopard's skin! When daybreak, peel off the little leopard's skin and we will take it away. That’s fine!”
Yue Feng also raised the issue of prey distribution.
This time Yue Feng came to hunt. His goal before coming was to see if he could get two more deer to sell for money. The actual profit from this trip to Luming Valley has far exceeded expectations!
So this leopard-skinned Yue Feng has no idea.
This thing must be worth money, and it's still worth a lot of money.
But Yue Feng knew that only in front of Uncle Zhao could he have a chance to kill the leopard. Whether it was the deer sinew rope or the objective environment of the cellar, he could shoot it. Killing leopards provided geographical advantages.
The real contribution of Yue Feng and the others in the hunting was that they accompanied the old man to spend a day exploring the surrounding area and setting the noose.
As for the night shift, the job of shooting and killing the leopards was not that it had to be done by Yue Feng, but that the old man gave it to Yue Feng to gain his seniority due to his style.
Unprepared before, Uncle Zhao used the muzzle of his gun to open the window and fired hastily at night, and he could break off a section of the leopard's tail. If the window had been left open for shooting in advance, the old man's marksmanship would be incredible. Worse than Yue Feng.
Yue Feng is not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between good and bad, let alone thinking that he killed this leopard, just thinking that he can keep the precious leopard skin as his own, and divide the spoils objectively and fairly, which one can get it? The leopard cub has already taken advantage of the old man.
“I’m buried up to my neck in loess, why do I need this skin!”
After listening to Yue Feng’s words, Uncle Zhao had no obvious expression on his face, but asked lightly. One sentence.
"Uh..." Yue Feng really got stuck with these words.
Yue Feng knows that this question is not easy to answer. The old man was hurt by a blood relative when he was young, so he is very sensitive to this kind of relationship. If Yue Feng can't answer the question, he might just give the old man to him. I was so sad that I offended the old man.
"Then...what do you think about this leopard?" Yue Feng was unsure and threw the question back.
"You guys haven't even gotten married yet! These two pieces of leather are considered as red envelopes from the uncle for you children to get married in the future!
Selling this piece of leather will make you money. Brothers must be united and not be divided over money!
On the wedding day, you have to come and call me down the mountain to have a wedding banquet in advance!" Uncle Zhao's eyes were very calm! said.
"That's... okay! Thank you, sir!" Yue Feng agreed bravely.
"Thank you, uncle!"
"Thank you, uncle!"
The three Xiao Tao brothers immediately and solemnly thanked the old man.
The reason why the old man did not distribute the proceeds from the prey according to the hunting joint-stock method and asked Yue Feng to divide the money equally among his brothers was to remind Yue Feng that in addition to the rules for allocating prey, the brothers in the hunting team must also pay attention to the rules of distribution of prey. Brotherly friendship, the old man gave them this thing because he valued friendship more.
If you continue to push back and twist things at this time, it will be seen as an outsider in the eyes of the old man, and then the relationship will not be able to survive in the future.
"Hey! Hey! Okay! They are all good kids! This is more or less the same!
Xiao Feng and you guys have been here a few times. I have observed you guys when I have nothing to do. There are many in this mountain and forest. Valuable treasure, but no matter how valuable the treasure is, it is not as valuable as a caring brother!
Why? Because you have brothers, you can earn countless treasures, because at any time, you can Feel free to leave your back to the other party!
For the prey this time, you can keep the slugs of these five deer, and keep the remaining half of the deer calves, and the other four. Big deer, pull them all down the mountain!
I don’t need much food and drink here. The supplies you brought me up the mountain last time will at least be enough for the New Year!
Last time, the venison of the big buck was not touched very much, and there was an extra deer left, which was also buried in the snowdrift. When the weather gets better, I miss you, so I will come up again. You are always welcome here! ”
“Okay! Then listen to you! "Yue Feng nodded, and the matter was settled.
"It's not bright yet. I'm not going hunting today anyway, so I'll go back and lie down. I'll close the window and light the fire. Come on, get more sleep! When it's daybreak and you've had enough to eat and drink, you can go down the mountain! "
"Well! ”
In this way, after the brothers closed the doors and windows again, they returned to the floor to catch up on their sleep. This time, they felt at ease and slept until about 8:30 in the morning. The sun was tilted. After entering the house, I got up. The pot in the house was still heating up porridge. Uncle Zhao was not in the house. He must have gone out for a walk.
After Yue Feng put on his clothes, he also got out of the cellar door. When he went to bed at night, the dog and the blind doe were tied at the door. Yue Feng was a little worried.
In addition, the smell of blood outside the house last night attracted Red Gouzi and the Hound Dog Gang. Yue Feng also wanted to know what was going on.
Going out and looking around, behind the cellar, Yue Feng saw Uncle Zhao walking back carrying a headless roe deer that weighed about twenty or thirty kilograms.
"What's going on, sir, where did the roe deer come from?" Yue Feng asked.
"Don't mention it. Fortunately, I didn't let you go out to check last night! This headless roe deer was caught by the female leopard yesterday!" It's lying on a high place next to your aunt's grave!
"This..." Yue Feng was a little confused when he heard this.
This leopard is too smart, can he use tricks?
“You mean that the leopard deliberately caught the roe deer, bit off the head and placed it on the high slope of the back room, and then let the smell of blood blow to the ground in the northwest wind. Come on, let's go out to check the situation after the red dog barks and the dog gang starts making a fuss. Then the leopard will take the opportunity to lure the tiger away from the mountain?"
"Yes! This leopard knows that we are in the house and it has no chance of doing anything. That’s why I came up with this idea, but it didn’t work. It waited until it was almost dark, and then it took the risk to get close to the leopard cub and was shot by us with a gun!”
For a moment, Yue Feng felt that the hair on his back stood up.
If Uncle Zhao had not decided not to leave the house last night and Yue Feng had ventured out, there is no telling what would have happened.
At the very least, by mobilizing the tiger away from the mountain, the female leopard gets a chance to get close to the leopard cub and escape safely; at the most severe level, the female leopard is murderous and hides in the dark to launch a sneak attack on people who leave the house.
If you are really fighting close to each other in the dark at night, it is unknown how effective these 56 halves will be. There is a high probability that the leopard will have the upper hand, and the person will be injured or seriously killed.
Beasts can also use tricks, which opened Yue Feng's eyes. Those who can survive in the cruel natural environment are elites! !
"Just in time, these red bastards have been howling for half the night. This roe deer has not been opened and the blood has not been drained. Let's not eat it and give the red bastard a tooth as a sacrifice!"
"Okay! "
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After a while, Xiaotao and his brothers also got up when they heard the noise. They are all young and strong young men. After catching up on their sleep, it was obvious that Much more energetic.
After breakfast, with the help of Uncle Zhao, the brothers packed up all the venison, leopard meat and skins they brought back. The brothers pulled four sledges and followed the road up the mountain. Down the mountain.
On the other side, the four brothers from the Yue Feng hunting team stayed on the mountain for two nights without coming down, which somewhat worried the old mothers of several families.
In the early morning, Xiaowen Xiaowu's mother called Xiaotao's mother, and then came to Yue Feng's house to wait.
Before leaving home, we agreed to stay one night in a cellar on the mountain and come back the next day. But now it’s a day late. No one has been seen and no news has been sent back. The adults in the family must be worried. ah.
"Xiaofeng, mother, how about we go find Jianguo and gather some people to go up the mountain to look for the child? It's already a day late, so don't let anything happen!" Xiaowen's mother couldn't help asking. .
"Yes, sister-in-law, how about asking Jianguo to take someone up the mountain to search? I was thinking about our children last night and didn't sleep all night!" Xiaotao's mother also agreed.
Although Meng Yulan was quite worried about the safety of her children, as the head of the hunting team, Meng Yulan was the backbone among the sisters, so she couldn't let Coward go unnoticed.
“I think we shouldn’t scare ourselves! Xiaofeng and his brothers have gone back and forth several times, and Shudi’er will definitely not get lost!
Besides, they They were walking with two guns and four dogs. Ordinary mountain animals could not help a few people!
They went to the Woniu Mountain to seek refuge with the old man named Zhao, who was an old hunter hanging out in the mountains! After a lifetime, nothing can go wrong with a few children!
I think the most likely reason is that they stayed one more night in the mountains because of some delay, and they should be able to come back today. ”
"Can you come back today? What if you can't come back today?"
After hearing Meng Yulan's analysis, Xiaowen's mother felt a little more relaxed, but she was still a little nervous.
After all, both of his sons went up the mountain. Lao Zhangtou died early, and she raised her son to adulthood with all the hard work. If they both died on the mountain, she would not be able to explain to her husband even if she died. .
"If I can't come back, I will go find Wang Jianguo and ask him to organize people to go up the mountain to find someone! Just don't worry, I will definitely come back!" Meng Yulan said firmly.
“Then I’ll listen to you and wait one more day!”
Seeing that the two sisters were comforted, Meng Yulan looked around and said, "The child will go up the mountain for two days. He will not be able to eat or drink well in the mountain. He must be suffering badly!
We all happen to be at home. , don’t be idle, let’s make some dumplings and eat dumplings when our son comes back!”
Women, once they are free, it is easy to think too much, so let’s arrange some work for everyone! If you do it, time will pass faster.
So, several old sisters got busy, mincing meat fillings and kneading noodles. After the preparations were completed, they sat around the kang stove and made lively bread makings. Dumplings were served.
As soon as the dumplings stuffed with venison and green onions were wrapped, the sound of dogs barking came from the yard.
Meng Yulan's heart moved when she heard the noise. She didn't care that her hands were still stained with white noodles. She got up and walked out of the house first.
Heilang, Dahuang, Dahei, Xiaohua, all four dogs came back with their beards and tails intact. When they saw the mistress of the family, they immediately came up with their tails wagging and took Meng Yulan's hand. All the flour was licked clean.
"The dog at home is back! Their brothers must have entered the village too! I said they will definitely come back today! Xiaowen's mother, please boil the water in the big pot in the east room. The sons are back Come on, try to cook the dumplings and eat them warmly!”
“Hey! I’ll go ahead and boil the water!” Xiaowen’s mother responded and immediately added water to the pot for six people. dumpling.
"I'll go to the alley entrance to greet you!!" There was no room for two people in the kitchen, so Xiaotao's mother said hello and went straight to the alley entrance.
Soon, Yue Feng took his brothers and returned home in a grand manner.
After seeing clearly the prey brought back by her son and the others, even Meng Yulan, who had seen a lot of things in the world, couldn't hold it any longer.
(End of this chapter)