Chapter 128 The big beast eats people
“Isn’t this gun expensive?”

"Well, not bad!"

Li Guoqiang reached out and picked up the gun and handed it over, then laughed and said, "I happened to shoot a blind bear some time ago, and then I used the bear's gallbladder and some money, and Uncle Tolu helped me buy it."

"Oh?"

Guan Changsheng was slightly stunned, then nodded in realization and said, "So it was Brother Guanglu who bought it for you!"

As he spoke, he reached out to take the gun, slowly stroked the cold gun body, and praised with envy: "What a good gun!"

"If I had a gun like this, I wouldn't have to be chased by that wild boar before!"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang chuckled, then asked in confusion, "Uncle Sheng, as the production team leader, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get a better gun, right? Why did you go into the mountains to hunt with a homemade musket?"

"Harmful!"

Guan Changsheng waved his hand, and then said with a depressed look on his face: "Don't say anything. I originally had a cavalry rifle, but I ran out of bullets a few days ago. I had no choice but to use the musket first. Who would have thought that I would run into a wild boar?"

"As the old saying goes, when a person is unlucky, even drinking cold water will cause a lump in his teeth."

"If I hadn't met a noble man like you, I would have lost my life long ago."

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he quickly spoke to comfort him: "As the old saying goes, those who survive a great disaster will surely have good fortune in the future. I believe that after this experience, you will definitely have smooth sailing and good luck in the future."

"Ah!"

Guan Changsheng chuckled, then said with some amusement: "Then I'll take your advice!"

"Come on, let's go first!"

"Got it!"

"Hey, drink slowly, this wine has a strong aftereffect, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it if you drink too much!"

"It's okay, this wine tastes pretty good. Where did you buy it?"

"Oh! This wine was bought by my old son from Wangjiujuzi Commune. If you like it, I will ask my old son to buy a few more jars next time!"

"That would be great! In this freezing weather, it would be so nice to be able to sit on the kang at home and drink some wine!"

"Haha! That's right!"

"Come, Uncle Sheng, I'll give you a bowl of this. If I catch something big around here in the future, I'll have to come over and trouble you to take the meat to Erdaogou Commune to sell it!"

"Oh, it's not a big deal. If you need me to do anything in the future, just ask. I will definitely help you get it done even if it costs me my life."

"Okay, then I won't be polite to you!"

Li Guoqiang couldn't help feeling happy when he saw Guan Changsheng being so active and enthusiastic.

In fact, the purpose of his going into the mountains this time, in addition to wanting to check the condition of the hundred-year-old wild ginseng and hunt some prey to add to the menu, he also wanted to see if he could find an agent in Fenghuang Ridge to sell prey, so as to avoid hunting too many prey every time he went into the mountains and arousing the envy of others in the Jinshanbao Production Team.

Unexpectedly, he happened to rescue Xu Guanglu's good friend Guan Changsheng, and thus achieved his goal naturally.

Now, with Guan Changsheng, the production team leader, as his agent, he can take time out from time to time to come over and give the various prey he has caught to Guan Changsheng in exchange for money, and then when he goes home to visit his family, he will go to the black market to buy large and small yellow croakers.

In this way, whether he keeps these yellow croakers and waits for them to appreciate in value, or secretly runs to Hong Kong and exchanges them for local currency to earn the exchange rate difference, it is a very good choice.

However, compared to his current hunting speed, one agent might not be enough, so he would have to find a few more agents.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "By the way, Uncle Sheng, are there any other villages nearby besides our Phoenix Ridge?"

"Yes, I have!"

Upon hearing this, Guan Changsheng immediately nodded and began to introduce: "More than ten miles southeast of our village, there is a small village called Xiejiagangzi. Their population is even smaller than ours, with less than seven or eight households."

"More than 20 miles southwest of our village, there is a large village called Liaohe Village. The population there is much larger than ours, with about 30 households. Your Aunt Yu's family is from Liaohe Village."

"These two villages, like our village, belong to the territory of Erdaogou Commune."

"The other one is your Jinshan Fort, which is just northwest of our village, about forty miles away!"

"That's it!"

After listening to this, Li Guoqiang frowned slightly, and then immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for agents in those two villages.

After all, even if he found an agent in those two villages, he would eventually sell the prey to Erdaogou Commune like Guan Changsheng, and it might even cause Guan Changsheng to misunderstand him.

In that case, he might as well wait until later and bring the unsold prey back to Sijiu City, where he might be able to sell it for a higher price.

At this time, Guan Changsheng didn't pay much attention to Li Guoqiang's reaction. He stretched out his hand, picked up a fried peanut and put it into his mouth, then suddenly said, "By the way, it is said that if we cross the mountain northeast of our village, we can reach the border of Jilin Province. In addition, there are some desperate bandits living in the mountains. You must be careful when you go into the mountains to hunt."

"Oh?"

When Li Guoqiang heard about the bandits, he felt a little surprised, but then he thought about it and quickly understood.

Although we have entered a new society, no matter which era, there are always some people who become bandits.

At the same time, because you need a letter of introduction to go anywhere these days, those desperate criminals can only hide in the mountains and live a miserable life.

Just when he was about to ask Guan Changsheng if he had ever encountered these bandits before, he suddenly heard a panicked and anxious shout coming from outside the house.

"Captain, Captain, something happened!"

Then, a thin, pale-faced woman ran in hurriedly, grabbed Guan Changsheng's arm, and said with a gasp, "Captain, something happened. Ergou, Daniu, Laifu and others went hunting in the mountains early this morning, and on the way back they encountered two big insects."

"what?"

Guan Changsheng was shocked when he heard this, and the drunkenness in his mind disappeared instantly. Then he asked hurriedly: "Mrs. Lin, how are they now?" "They."

Mrs. Lin's eyes turned red, and she said with some sadness: "They said Lai Fu was bitten to death by a big insect, and only Er Gou and Daniu escaped. Moreover, Er Gou seems to be dying too. You should go and have a look at him quickly!"

"Sigh~"

When Guan Changsheng heard the result of two deaths and one injury, he couldn't help but gasp. Without bothering to ask any more questions, he immediately got off the kang and ran outside.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly followed behind with Zhou Xiaoyu, who had heard the news, and Mrs. Lin, who was wiping her tears.

After a while, they arrived at Ergouzi's house, and as soon as they entered the house, they saw a young man lying on the kang surrounded by people, coughing up blood.

Next to the young man, there was an old lady with white hair and a young wife in her twenties. They were each holding a child of three or four years old in their arms and crying with their faces covered.

In addition, there was a burly young man with a simple face, lying on the other side of the young man, crying and shouting.

"Brother Ergou, Brother Ergou, you will be fine. The captain will be here soon. He will definitely find a way to save you!"

Hearing this, Guan Changsheng paused for a moment, then hurriedly pushed through the crowd and walked forward, asking in a deep voice, "Danniu, what happened to Ergou?"

"Captain, Captain, you are finally here, please find a way to save Brother Ergou, please find a way to save Brother Ergou!"

When Daniu saw Guan Changsheng coming, he immediately grabbed Guan Changsheng's hand as if he had found a savior, and cried out with a pleading look on his face.

However, before Guan Changsheng could say anything, Ergouzi, who was lying on the kang and coughing up blood, slowly raised his hand and tightly grabbed Guan Changsheng's sleeve.

"Ahem~Captain, please, please, cough, help me look after it. Ahem, look after it. Ahem, cough, cough. Uh, ho, ho."

Before he could finish his words, Er Gouzi suddenly made a sound of a leaking bellows from his throat, then his eyes widened and he soon died.

Seeing this situation, the atmosphere in the room fell into silence in an instant, and then was soon broken by the crying of Da Niu.

"Ah~ Brother Ergou, Brother Ergou, don't die, don't die!"

Immediately afterwards, Ergouzi's mother and wife also burst into miserable cries.

Guan Changsheng looked at Ergouzi's young face and his eyes that were still open as if he died, and was stunned for a long time. Then he soon couldn't hold back his tears.

At the same time, everyone else standing in the room, including Li Guoqiang, silently lowered their heads and wiped their tears.

Although he had heard from Guan Changsheng before that the villagers of Fenghuangling often encountered accidents when they went into the mountains to hunt, resulting in many widows in the village, he did not feel too deeply about it.

It was not until now, when he witnessed such a tragedy with his own eyes, that he truly experienced the sadness and despair.

After crying for a while, just as Guan Changsheng was trying to suppress the sadness in his heart and wanted to say something, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the house, and then he saw a young woman of eighteen or nineteen years old, holding a child who was not even one year old, running in with a panic on her face.

"Laifu, where is our Laifu? Why hasn't he come back? Why hasn't he come back?"

Faced with this series of questions, everyone was silent for a while.

Compared to Ergou who was able to die at home, they knew that Lai Fu's fate of being bitten to death and eaten by a big beast was obviously more miserable, and it could be said that no trace of his body was left.

Seeing that no one said anything, Li Jinhua immediately set her sights on Daniu, then quickly walked up to him, grabbed Daniu's sleeve, and asked in a trembling voice, crying, "Where is our Lai Fu? Why didn't you bring our Lai Fu back? Why?"

"I'm sorry, sister-in-law, I'm sorry, it's my fault, it's my fault!"

At this time, Daniu did not dare to look up at Li Jinhua. He just kept apologizing and blaming himself. A strong man who was at least 1.9 meters tall cried like a child.

Hearing his words, Li Jinhua's face showed a look of disbelief, and then she slowly collapsed to the ground.

Fortunately, Guan Changsheng was quick-witted and immediately reached out to help, so that no accident happened to the child in Li Jinhua's arms.

Afterwards, he hurriedly asked the surrounding villagers to help take care of Li Jinhua and her child, and then immediately called Daniu out and prepared to take people to the mountains to look for Lai Fu's body.

Soon, under his organization, all the people in the village who were able to enter the mountains were gathered together and then quickly rushed to the scene of the incident.

Li Guoqiang also followed Guan Changsheng and Zhou Xiaoyu silently, intending to help.

It wasn't long before they arrived at their destination, and soon discovered pools of blood, claw marks, and a trail of dragging on the snow.

Immediately, they followed the traces and finally found some broken clothes and some leftover bones on a big rock.

Looking at the bones still covered with blood and flesh granulations, Guan Changsheng, Zhou Xiaoyu and others were all very sad, but Li Guoqiang suddenly felt nauseous and almost vomited on the spot.

Fortunately, he had a good foundation in martial arts and a high degree of control over his body. In addition, his mental state was not that fragile. After forcing himself to endure it for a while, he finally adapted to it.

Then, he couldn't help feeling sad and angry, and secretly decided that he must kill those two man-eating tigers.

It stands to reason that no matter what kind of beast it is, under normal circumstances, it will not actively attack humans.

The only explanation for why these two vicious tigers took the initiative to attack Da Niu and others is that these two tigers had eaten humans before.

Like other carnivores, once a tiger has tasted a human, it means that in its eyes, humans have become its meal and can be preyed on just like other animals.

In other words, after a tiger preys on the first person, there will definitely be a second, a third, and even more, because they will not stop their hunting activities on their own initiative.

What’s even more terrifying is that if the tiger that hurts people is a female tiger, it will pass on the information of hunting humans to its offspring.

Therefore, if tigers are allowed to eat people, there will be endless troubles.

After collecting Lai Fu's body, Guan Changsheng led his men to search the nearby area, but they could not find any trace of the evil tiger at all.

Seeing that it was getting dark, he had no choice but to take his people back to the village to deal with the funeral arrangements for Lai Fu and Er Gou.

Moreover, when asked by Li Guoqiang, he also told about a tragedy that happened seven or eight years ago.

It was this tragedy that caused Phoenix Ridge to gradually become a village of widows.

　Thank you to my boss Hengjun for the reward of 10,000 points!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)