Chapter 1736
Go Find Big Claw
After Wang An finished speaking, Wang Li immediately chimed in:
"Yeah, canned meat isn't enough. You have to simmer a big pot of meat and then roast a whole bunch of it. That way, you can really enjoy eating it in big bites."
As he spoke, Wang Li swallowed hard twice, clearly imagining the scene of eating meat in large chunks.
After Wang Li finished speaking, Mu Xueli rubbed her stomach and said with great agreement:
"We really need to eat some meat. We're getting really bored if we don't eat meat every day."
Huang Zhong looked at Wang Li's face, then at Mu Xueli's face, opened his mouth, but said nothing.
What Huang Zhong really wanted to say at that moment was: "We've only been eating our fill for a few years, and you all can't live without meat anymore. You're all so pretentious and effeminate!"
Unfortunately, Huang Zhong was the last to join the team, and many of his words would be inappropriate, so he simply kept quiet.
Wang An clearly sensed that Huang Zhong wanted to say something but didn't, so he smiled and asked proactively:
"Xiao Zhong, what were you trying to say? You held it back."
Huang Zhong scratched his head and said against his will:
"What I meant to say was that the food is actually pretty good now. Isn't this what we eat at home anyway? Hehe, hehehehehe."
Wang An gave Huang Zhong a meaningful look and smiled, but said nothing.
As they talked, the four of them, each carrying a burlap sack on their backs, and Wang Li and Mu Xueli each carrying an iron shovel, wandered around in the woods near the tent.
Hiding something in these vast, endless mountains is an incredibly simple task.
So in less than 20 minutes, the four sacks of stuff were hidden in a large tree hole and an abandoned wolf den, respectively.
After hiding their belongings, Wang An and the other three, along with Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei, wandered aimlessly around the mountain where Lao Anzi was located.
Choosing to wander around this place allows one to both search for prey and, incidentally, find the location of Old Zhao in Lao'anzi.
And once they find their prey, they can use the gunshots to scare away nearby wild animals, creating a relatively safe environment for ginseng digging the next day.
Half an hour later, Mu Xueli discovered a very ancient-looking omen. The four of them noted the location of the omen and then led the dog around again.
Despite searching the entire mountain area, the four still hadn't found any prey, and neither Xiaobai nor Xiaohei made a sound.
After exploring the entire mountain area, Wang Li frowned and muttered with a puzzled look:
"Holy crap, what the hell is going on? This mountain is so big, and there isn't even a single wild boar? That can't be right!"
Wang An glanced around, frowning as he spoke:
"Something's not right here. It's one thing that there aren't any wild boars or roe deer, but why isn't there even a quail or a pheasant?"
This situation is indeed very abnormal.
The deeper you go into the mountains, the denser the prey should be, but in this vast expanse of mountains, not a single animal has been found.
Mu Xueli nodded, her brows furrowed, and said:
"This is definitely not right. There can't be not even a rabbit or a pheasant."
Suddenly, Little White and Little Black started barking, but their barks were noticeably less powerful and fierce; instead, they sounded like they were bluffing and putting on a brave front.
Most importantly, they even tucked their tails between their legs!
Damn it, what does it mean when a dog and a wolf tuck their tails between their legs? Anyone with a little common sense knows that.
To put it bluntly, they knew very well that the other party was someone they couldn't afford to offend. After all, both Little White and Little Black were seasoned veterans of countless battles.
Whether it's a wild boar, a black bear, a wolf, or a brown bear, they've all fought with them, so these animals would never let them tuck their tails between their legs.
Furthermore, Xiao Hei, Da Hei, and the other dogs once surrounded a Siberian leopard and held it firmly in place.
Therefore, it's impossible for a Siberian leopard to make its cub tuck its tail between its legs.
If you calculate it this way, there is only one kind of animal in these mountains that can make Xiao Hei feel afraid: the tiger, which the locals call "Big Claw".
There's no way around it; this kind of bloodline suppression is something that dogs can't easily get rid of by eating tiger bones and meat or drinking tiger blood.
However, it must be admitted that the fact that Xiaobai and Xiaohei ate tiger meat and bones and drank tiger blood did play a significant role.
Because if a normal mountain dog smelled a tiger, it would probably be so scared that it would wet itself, but Xiaobai and Xiaohei just tucked their tails between their legs and still had the courage to bark.
They've already done an excellent job with this performance.
Seeing Xiaobai and Xiaohei's performance, Wang An's expression hardened, and he immediately took out his Big Five Four.
At the same time Wang An drew his gun, Wang Li made almost the same movement.
Both of them immediately drew their pistols instead of carrying their Type 56 rifles on their shoulders.
Only Mu Xueli and Huang Zhong took the Type 56 assault rifle off their shoulders and quickly put it back on.
Wang An has said countless times that when dealing with tigers and Amur leopards in the forest, which can easily kill humans with a single blow, you should always choose a pistol if you have one, rather than the more powerful Type 56 semi-automatic pistol.
Because visibility is poor in the woods, and given the speed and agility of tigers and Amur leopards, the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle simply wouldn't give you time to move the muzzle to aim. Furthermore, the continuous rate of fire of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle is not as fast as that of tigers and leopards.
Therefore, only handguns are relatively more flexible.
Of course, if you have a powerful weapon like the Type 56 assault rifle, that's a different story, because the Type 56 assault rifle has extremely strong suppressive firepower. The key is that you don't need to aim; you just need to hold the gun and fire a bunch of shots in the general direction.
With such a dense barrage of bullets, it's safe to assume that at least one or two will hit the target.
Four men, guns at the ready, stood tensely in the direction the dog was barking, waiting to riddle the tiger with bullets the moment it showed its face.
However, after the four of them waited for a long time, the tiger they had never seen before did not stupidly rush out, and Little White and Little Black returned to calm.
Clearly, the tiger not only didn't come over, but it also walked away.
After thinking for a moment, Wang An said:
"Damn it, this is troublesome. We need to hurry back to our lodgings. Our Marco is still grazing over in the tent."
Upon hearing this, Wang Li immediately looked worried and said:
"Yeah, what the hell are we going to do? I don't know if we can still make it back in time."
Wang An gripped the Type 54 pistol in his hand, his face fierce as he said:
"If we can't keep up, so be it. Let's chase after this big paw. Damn it, how did we run into this thing again?"
As he spoke, Wang An tugged at the rope binding Xiao Hei and said to Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai:
"Little Black, Little White, it's up to you two this time. Let's go find Big Claw." (End of Chapter)