sinovels Chapter 1769 Black Tiger Saves the Emperor; Black Tiger Loses
Chapter 1769 Black Tiger Saves the Emperor; Black Tiger Loses
Chapter 1769 Black Tiger Saves the Emperor; Black Tiger Loses
In May, not only did people have little to eat, but bears also had little to eat.
With no other option, the mother bear led her cubs to knock down and rotten wood to find ants to eat.
It's like two bears eating wild vegetables together; otherwise, neither of them will be able to eat well.
So the two black bears, one large and one small, separated. They were not far apart, about two hundred meters apart as the crow flies.
At this distance, when Zhao Youcai shot and killed the mother bear, the little black bear wouldn't run more than 200 meters to attack Zhao Youcai with the gun pointed at it. Instead, it would be startled by the gunshot and run down the slope.
The two-year-old female black bear cub wasn't very big, weighing about 130 or 140 pounds, which is about the same weight as Zhao Jun.
But when it runs through the mountains, it can easily push aside thick, thorny branches, scraping all sorts of tree twigs to shreds.
However, even though they were two or three hundred meters apart, neither Zhao Youcai nor Wang Qiang could hear anything coming from this side.
At this moment, Zhao Youcai was sitting on a large blue stone smoking, while Wang Qiang was struggling to pull the female bear by the arm, trying to flip her onto her back.
Meanwhile, the black tiger at the bottom of the ditch started howling as it pulled on the rope.
"What the hell?" Xing San, who was squatting under the tree digging dandelions, was startled. Following the direction that the black tiger was facing, Xing San looked up at the hillside.
"Oh no!" Xing San thought of Wang Meilan, Ma Ling and others who had gone up the mountain, and immediately released Black Tiger.
On the hillside, Zhao Jun, Wang Meilan, and others scattered, each carrying a small sickle and a small curved stick, working together to break off the tough buds.
The wild prickly ash stalks in the mountains are neglected and grow taller than a person. At this time, you can use a sickle or a curved stick to hook and pull the prickly ash stalks to tilt them, and then break off the buds at the top.
Upon hearing the dog bark, Zhao Jun didn't hesitate; he instinctively grabbed his gun and headed down the mountain.
Because in Zhao Jun's view, with Zhao Youcai and Wang Qiang above him, there would be no danger coming down from here.
Therefore, Zhao Jun, who did not hear any gunshots, assumed that the barking of the dogs meant that there were some wild animals on the opposite slope.
After running down two steps, Zhao Jun suddenly sensed something was wrong and quickly turned around, shouting loudly, "Mom, Ling'er, Baoyu..."
Upon hearing Zhao Jun's shout, the group picked up their baskets, grabbed their tools, and headed towards Zhao Jun's location.
However, they were too far apart. Wang Meilan, who was furthest away from Zhao Jun, was about 180 meters away.
Women are not as good as men when it comes to mountain running. When Wang Meilan clumsily approached Zhao Jun, the little black bear, which was originally seven or eight hundred meters away from her, slipped and rolled down, and the blue stone next to it hit the bear's leg.
The little black bear cried out in pain. But thinking it was a strange noise coming from above, it immediately stopped and continued running downhill.
As the little black bear let out a shout and descended with the wind, Wang Meilan, who was carrying a basket on one shoulder, felt her whole body go numb instantly. Her entire face and scalp felt like they were being electrocuted, numb and tingling!
What's more troublesome is that Wang Meilan's body seems to be out of control. Her legs feel like they're stepping on cotton when they land, and she runs in an S-shape, swaying and staggering.
It's no wonder Wang Meilan was a coward; in that situation, it's a miracle she didn't wet her pants!
Similar to Wang Meilan are Ma Ling, Liu Mei, Xu Chunyan, Li Tongyun, and others.
Don't let Li Tongyun's usual boisterous and outspoken nature fool you; she treats people and bears differently. When a bear roars, people instinctively feel a chill, and their bodies react naturally.
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun sensed something was wrong as soon as he heard the sound. He didn't dare to run around, but shouted loudly to call the people on the slope to come and meet him.
Ma Ling, pale-faced, stumbled towards Zhao Jun, who quickly stepped forward to support her.
As soon as she put her hand on Zhao Jun's arm, Ma Ling collapsed instantly.
"Come on, Miss!" Twenty meters away, Li Ruhai snatched the basket from Li Tongyun's arms and threw it aside. Then he grabbed the trembling Li Tongyun, supported her arm, and ran towards Zhao Jun.
At this critical moment, Li Ruhai gritted his teeth, overcame his fear, and didn't forget to lend a hand to his young lady.
"Big Brother!" Li Ruhai shouted in a broken voice when he saw Zhao Jun.
"Brother!" Almost at the same time, Li Baoyu, protecting Liu Mei and Xu Chunyan, rushed over from the east.
Zhao Jun glanced upwards, his heart skipped a beat: "Where's my mom?"
"Zhao Jun!" Ma Ling gripped Zhao Jun's arm tightly with both hands, her voice trembling with tears, "Mom seems to be hurting her head!"
"Which way up?" Zhao Jun asked urgently, and Ma Ling replied anxiously, "I don't know!"
"Oh my god!" Zhao Jun's eyes instantly turned red upon hearing this.
Just then, seeing Li Baoyu and Li Ruhai's two groups of five arrive, Zhao Jun hurriedly said to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, you protect them and go to the ditch."
The older folks are all digging for dandelions in the ditches and ponds; they can't do it without someone protecting them.
"Brother, then you..." Before Li Baoyu could finish speaking, Zhao Jun charged forward with his spear.
"Mom! Mom!" Zhao Jun shouted as he ran. The hillside was so big, like a giant fan, that Zhao Jun had no idea which side Wang Meilan was coming from. He could only call out to Wang Meilan to come and meet him.
Zhao Jun sprinted more than twenty meters in one breath, shouting at the top of his lungs.
At this point, the straight-line distance between him and Wang Meilan was about fifty meters. Wang Meilan had recovered her physical condition and was walking briskly down the slope.
Hearing Zhao Jun's call, Wang Meilan suddenly looked up, her lips trembling as she cried out, "Son...son...ah!"
That "Ah!" was Wang Meilan twisting her ankle.
Wang Meilan collapsed to the ground, weakly calling out, "Son, Mom's right here!"
She shouted from above, but with the wind blowing, Zhao Jun below couldn't tell where the voice was coming from at all.
"Awooo..." Just as Zhao Jun and Wang Meilan were extremely anxious, a strange dog barking sound entered their ears.
Among the Zhao family's dog gang, the one with the best bark is Green Tiger, whose bark is loud and domineering.
But at this moment, the black tiger's roar sounded like heavenly music to Zhao Jun's ears.
"Tiger!" Zhao Jun shouted at the top of his lungs, "Go! Go find my mom!"
The clever Tiger knew the relationships between the family members well, and also knew who Ergudong, Xiaoduzi, and the spendthrift woman were.
"Awooo..." Black Tiger roared as it charged towards Wang Meilan.
"Tiger! Tiger!" At this moment, Wang Meilan stopped calling for her son and started calling for Tiger.
"Awooo..." Black Tiger rushed to Wang Meilan's side, its mouth agape and tongue lolling out from its vigorous run.
When it approached Wang Meilan, the dog's foul stench wafted straight into her nose, but Wang Meilan showed no disgust whatsoever.
"Tiger!" Excited, Wang Meilan reached out to hug Black Tiger, but she caught nothing as Black Tiger turned and ran uphill.
"Tiger... Oh my god!" Wang Meilan shouted, reaching out to the back of the black tiger, but when she looked up, she saw a black bear charging down.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!" Black Tiger bravely charged towards the little black bear and forcefully intercepted it.
The little black bear had never seen much of the world. Startled by the black tiger, it let out a howl and ran down the slope.
"Awooo..." Black Tiger relentlessly pursued!
"Mom!" Zhao Jun chased after Black Tiger with his gun and rushed over, hurriedly helping Wang Meilan up.
"Son!" Wang Meilan cried, tears welling up in her eyes. She grabbed Zhao Jun's arm and said, "You scared me to death!"
"It's alright, Mom," Zhao Jun comforted Wang Meilan. "Don't be afraid, your son is here!"
Wang Meilan didn't say anything, only nodded repeatedly with tears in her eyes.
"Tiger, come back!" Zhao Jun shouted at the top of his lungs, supporting Wang Meilan.
Bringing out a bunch of women and old people, this battle is unwinnable.
After shouting several times, Zhao Jun didn't even have time to look after the dog and started to walk downstairs with Wang Meilan in his arms.
"Son, Mom twisted her ankle." Wang Meilan's ankle injury wasn't serious, but she definitely couldn't walk right now.
"Mom, I'll carry you!" Zhao Jun squatted down, picked up Wang Meilan, and quickly walked down the slope.
Zhao Jun carried his mother downhill for forty or fifty meters when he heard Li Baoyu's voice calling, "Brother! Brother!"
"Baoyu!" Zhao Jun quickly met up with Li Baoyu. Seeing Zhao Jun carrying Wang Meilan on his back, Li Baoyu hurriedly asked, "What happened to my aunt?"
"Baoyu!" Zhao Jun hurriedly said, "Go up quickly, and after walking forty or fifty meters, fire your gun and call Huzi back!"
Li Baoyu agreed and left with his gun.
Zhao Jun carried Wang Meilan down the ditch, where they found Zhang Yuanmin and the others who had gone up the north mountain also in the ditch.
Zhang Yuanmin and Xie Chen stood guard on either side with their guns, protecting the elderly and women in the middle.
Upon seeing Zhao Jun carrying Wang Meilan down, everyone rushed forward to help Wang Meilan down.
Zhao Jun left Wang Meilan behind and took his gun and headed back up the mountain.
"Baoyu!"
"elder brother!"
The two brothers reunited, and Li Baoyu said anxiously, "I've run out of bullets, and Tiger hasn't come back yet. Which way did it run off to?"
"Go!" Zhao Jun shoved a magazine into Li Baoyu's hand, then led Li Baoyu up the slope and chased after them to the east.
Zhao Jun fired his gun as he walked, taking a shot every ten or twenty meters, but by then Black Tiger had already left Zhao Jun two miles behind.
Zhao Jun stopped and gazed at the vast expanse of yellow pine forest in the distance.
Zhao Jun knew that Black Tiger had run far away; by now, it had probably crossed mountains and ridges, and firing a shot wouldn't bring it back.
"Brother!" Li Baoyu chased after Zhao Jun and asked, "What should we do now?"
"Let's go back." Zhao Jun led Li Baoyu back to where Wang Meilan had sprained her ankle. If the black tiger could return, it would either be here or in the ditch.
The two brothers had just stopped when they heard someone shout from above, "Who's down there?"
"Uncle!" Zhao Jun responded, and then Wang Qiang said, "Nephew, you guys go upstairs, your dad's hunting a bear, and he wants you to carry the meat!"
"My dad fought a black bear?" Zhao Jun frowned upon hearing this and asked, "When did he fight it?"
Zhao Jun wondered if it was possible that Black Tiger had chased Black Bear up the mountain, allowing Zhao Youcai to take advantage of the situation.
“We’ve been shooting for ages!” Wang Qiang said. “I’ve been opening up the chest for ages.”
After saying this, Wang Qiang urged, "Hurry up, nephew. Your dad is cutting meat up there. You guys carry baskets and stuff up there to carry the meat down."
"Uncle!" Zhao Jun said in frustration, "What's the point of me carrying meat anymore? I've even lost my dog!"
"Huh?" Wang Qiang quickly walked up to Zhao Jun and asked, "What happened? How did Tiger get lost?"
Hearing what Wang Qiang had just said, Zhao Jun roughly guessed what had happened. He immediately waved his hand and said, "You guys were hunting a bear, and you startled one of them down. It was a close call that my mother almost fell over!"
"Huh?" Wang Qiang's expression immediately changed upon hearing this: "What happened to my sister?"
“Tiger saved it,” Zhao Jun said. “My mom said Tiger chased that bear away, and we tried to call it back, but we couldn’t.”
At this moment, Wang Qiang was worried about Wang Meilan, and subconsciously walked downstairs, asking as he went, "Did my sister say how big the black bear was?"
Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu followed Wang Qiang down the mountain without realizing it. Zhao Jun pursed his lips and said, "My mother said... it must weigh four or five hundred jin."
Wang Qiang and Li Baoyu: "..."
When people are surprised, they are prone to exaggeration and incoherent speech.
The three of them went down the mountain to see Wang Meilan, while Zhao Youcai, who was near the top of the hill, was busy butchering bear meat.
(End of this chapter)