Chapter 47: Splitting it Half and Half (Please keep reading and add to your collection)

Hearing Feng Chengmin say this, Wang An was extremely surprised!

He subconsciously looked toward Blackie's corpse, but Blackie had long hair, had already been disemboweled, and his nose had been cut off!

From head to toe, the whole body had been made a mess; it was a bloody disaster, and nothing could be distinguished!

Was it? Was that really the case?

It was just that at the time, his nerves were wound too tight, and his mind was in a state of extreme tension! He hadn't paid any attention to these details at all!

Furthermore, he had been busy learning while being constantly nagged and criticized by Feng Chengmin; he had been too busy swallowing his pride and holding his breath to even take a single glance!

Wang An thought about it and still felt that such a division wasn't quite right, so he said, "Then it wouldn't be appropriate for me to take half! After all, I'm currently an apprentice. If you divide it like this, Great Uncle, you're just looking out for me!"

Feng Chengmin said impatiently, "I have my considerations and I know what's what. I don't need you to teach me. When we go mountain hunting, I am the head hunter. I have the final say. It's half each!"

Although Wang An still felt this division wasn't very reasonable, he didn't speak up again!

Feng Chengmin rolled a dry tobacco cigarette and sat on the sled. The wind was strong, and he struggled to light it with a match before taking a puff.

He then explained, "Actually, by rights, I shouldn't have brought you today. You've seen how dangerous 'hollowing out the cache' can be, so this is what you've earned. I'm not doing this out of any intention to favor you."

Only then did Wang An feel relieved. He said with a smile, "Alright then, Great Uncle, I'll listen to you. But as for Blackie's meat, I'll take the smaller portion. Otherwise, it would be a bit shameless."

Feng Chengmin patted Wang An on the shoulder with a chuckle and said, "You kid, you're not nearly as much of a scoundrel as the legends say, haha!"

Just as Wang An and Feng Chengmin were driving the sled, heading home with laughter...

About six or seven li away from the outskirts of the mountains, opposite Sujiatun.

A young man nearly 1.8 meters tall was hiding behind a large tree.

Kneeling on one knee, he held his gun, aiming motionlessly at several pheasants forty to fifty meters away!

He maintained this posture for a full two or three minutes before finally pulling the trigger.

With a loud "bang," the pheasants cried out; those that could fly, flew away!

Only two pheasants with wounded necks were left, flapping on the ground.

The young man was very excited, seemingly wanting to jump up on the spot to vent his intense excitement!

Just as he was about to jump, he seemed to remember something, and his bent legs straightened back up!

Then, the young man ran quickly to the two pheasants. He delivered a swift knife stroke to each of their necks; his knife work was elegant and highly aesthetic!

He then stood to the side, watching the two pheasants continue to flap while bleeding out!

After watching for a while, the young man habitually scanned his surroundings, revealing a handsome face.

It was none other than Wang An's brother-in-law, Mu Xueli.

Mu Xueli had entered the mountains yesterday. He listened very obediently to his brother-in-law Wang An and only stayed on the outskirts of the mountains.

Yesterday, he had also spotted jumping cats and pheasants, but unfortunately, his marksmanship was unskilled. He fired two shots and didn't hit a thing!

Because he was protective of his ammunition, he didn't dare fire easily again.

After thinking it over all night, he was pondering how to make up for the loss of those two bullets.

This led to the scene just now: holding the gun for two or three minutes just so one bullet could hit two pheasants.

That way, he would only be at a loss of one bullet.

Because his brother-in-law had said that as long as one bullet kills one prey, it's not a waste—it's a profit!

He wondered if Wang An, upon learning of this, would feel very gratified and exclaim: "This brother-in-law is the real deal! He's obedient and knows how to manage resources!"

Mu Xueli put the two bled-out pheasants into a sack, slung his gun, and headed home carrying the sack!

However, his eyes seemed unfocused, appearing somewhat dazed.

His right arm was held in a gun-aiming posture, as if he were still carefully searching for that sensation he felt when he hit the pheasants just now...

Wang An and Feng Chengmin were heading home. Since it was still early, it was only a little after one in the afternoon.

The two of them didn't bother setting any more traps and just rushed home. Even when they encountered pheasants or jumping cats, they didn't bother with them. In Feng Chengmin's words, the traps were enough; bullets don't grow on trees!

Wang An didn't understand Feng Chengmin's logic; it was as if pheasants and jumping cats couldn't be sold for money!

However, Wang An was very honest and obedient, truly fearing Feng Chengmin's various scoldings!

Before two o'clock, the two arrived at Feng Chengmin's house. This time, Great Aunt Wang Yulian insisted that Wang An must finish his meal before leaving.

Moreover, after hearing Feng Chengmin describe his nephew's various performances last night, Wang Yulian felt a deep sense of relief in her heart!

This nephew, who had always been a cause for worry, was finally no longer fooling around and had grown into a man!

Wang Yulian prepared four heavy dishes for Wang An, all of which were meat: braised ribs, stewed jumping cat with pheasant, braised roe deer meat, and the final dish was the legendary Flying Dragon Soup!

Wang An basically ate nothing else during this meal; he only drank the soup!

Previously, when Wang An had gone visiting, he had eaten Flying Dragon meat and felt it was just so-so, not much different from pheasant!

Back at the market, he had wondered why Flying Dragon was so expensive at 5 yuan for such a small thing—how could anyone buy it?

Now he knew!

Flying Dragon stewed with cabbage and potatoes!

That is pure madness!

It's a complete waste of such delicious ingredients!

He suddenly remembered that he had brought two Flying Dragons home yesterday!

He had to keep a close eye on them when he got home. If his mother or wife had a sudden whim to make Flying Dragon with pickled cabbage, he would literally want to cry!

Tell me, if there was a plate of Flying Dragon with pickled cabbage for ten yuan, would you want it?

After finishing the meal, Wang An dazed for a moment, said goodbye to his Great Aunt and Great Uncle, and prepared to head home!

Before he left, Feng Chengmin tossed four jumping cats and one pheasant onto Wang An's sled.

He gave Wang An more than half of the prey obtained from the morning's trapping. As an elder, he wanted to avoid letting the younger generation suffer any loss!

He stopped Wang An and said, "Tomorrow we'll do a dog-surround hunt. A dog-surround is relatively simple. You can sleep in a bit tomorrow; no need to come too early!"

Wang An asked in confusion, "Great Uncle, we're doing a dog-surround so soon? Is there nothing else you want to teach me? Like trapping large pelts and such?"

Feng Chengmin froze for a moment and asked in confusion, "When did you hear that I trap those things?"

Wang An said, "It's not that I heard it, I mean, those things are so valuable, don't you go after them?"

Feng Chengmin sighed and said, "I want to, but I just can't catch them! Why do you think those things are so valuable? You might work all year and not even get one! It's too hard!"

Moving past the issue of the large pelts, Feng Chengmin asked, "How long has it been with those three dogs of yours?"

Wang An calculated the time and said, "It seems it's been 7 days. Can I take them into the mountains now?"

Feng Chengmin thought for a moment and said, "Better to be safe. Wait a few more days. Don't let them run off again, or it'll be a waste of money!"

Wang An nodded and then said, "Then I'm heading home, Great Uncle."

"Mm, take care!"

Wang An drove the sled on the road home!

On the way, Wang An actually discovered a Two-Headed Crow!

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