Reborn in the 1980s: I made my fortune hunting wild game in Changbai Mountain

"Brother?" Xiao Tao called out softly to remind Yue Feng when he saw his expression change slightly.

"Ah! It's nothing! I was just lost in thought!" Yue Feng quickly snapped back to reality.

"Xiao Yue, will the information written on this medical record solve your problem? If it's still too brief, I'll call the surgeon over for you," Vice President Hu asked with a smile.

Yue Feng had initially intended to refuse out of habit, but he swallowed the words back: "Is...this convenient?"

Vice President Hu waved his hand and picked up the internal phone on the table: "What's inconvenient about this? Director Liu is on duty in the department today. Wait a moment, I'll call him on the internal phone!"

Soon, Vice President Hu dialed the internal phone and summoned Director Liu, who was performing surgery and suturing on the injured.

"Dean Hu, did you need something from me?" Director Liu, who looked to be in his forties, knocked twice on the door and entered the room very respectfully.

Vice Dean Hu looked up and nodded with a smile: "That's right, Secretary Yue has something to discuss with you!"
"You treated that injured man named Cui Dahai yesterday, didn't you?"

Director Liu glanced at Yue Feng and asked with a puzzled look, "Yes, it was me! The situation was quite serious, so I personally performed the debridement and suturing surgery!"

The injured person had external injuries and multiple fractures. Their condition was quite serious when they arrived. It was my team in trauma surgery, working with orthopedic surgeon Dr. Qian, who handled the situation!

After listening, Yue Feng politely asked, "Director Liu, I saw the case just now, but there are a few dimensions that I'm not quite familiar with. Could you help me recall them?"

"What size did you say?"

"This document describes the depth and length of scratch injuries. For bite injuries, it specifies the depth of the wound and the characteristics of the wound surface."
We are investigating a possible tiger attack on mountain hunters, and the details of these wounds are important to our assessment!

After listening to Yue Feng's words, Director Liu thought for a moment and replied, "The longest scratch is nearly eight centimeters long and about three or four centimeters deep. In the most serious part, the bone has been exposed!"

It looks like an injury caused by a large feline!
The bite wound was on the victim's arm, and the arm muscle was completely pierced. The wound caused by the canine bite was slightly smaller than that caused by the canine bite!
Based on these characteristics, I personally feel that it was not caused by a tiger!
A few years ago, I treated a ranger who was attacked by an Amur leopard, and I have also seen many cases of injuries caused by Siberian tigers!
I feel that the severity of this injury is similar to that of the Amur leopard!
However, there are some differences!

His fractures appeared to be caused by a combination of a tiger's paw strike, tearing, and dragging—something a large predator like an Amur leopard couldn't have done!

By the way, when I asked about his condition before the surgery yesterday, I heard the patient say that when he went out to urinate, he was carrying a short stick on his back, and it was this short stick that saved his life!
There were bite marks below the neck, near the shoulder, but thanks to the short stick, the bite wasn't fatal!

Upon hearing Director Liu's reply, Yue Feng frowned slightly.

These circumstances are quite objective, after all, the other party is the doctor who personally took charge of the treatment, and must have a good understanding of the size and characteristics of the wound.

However, according to his description, Yue Feng's image of his prey became very blurry.

If the injury is minor, it's most likely the leopard's doing.

If it were any heavier, it would definitely be a tiger!

The wound now combines features of both a leopard's and a tiger's attack that caused partial fractures. In Yue Feng's knowledge of the wildlife in the back mountains, there doesn't seem to be a feline with such diverse characteristics.

Could it be that the tigress is sick or has some other unknown cause that has made her so thin?

Female tigers are naturally smaller and weaker than male tigers, so the wounds inflicted by their claws and canine bites are relatively less severe.

From a logical analysis perspective, this is the closest possibility for the prey model to the target.

"Okay, thank you!" Yue Feng thanked Director Liu repeatedly without showing any emotion.

"Xiao Yue, should we call Director Qian over?" Vice President Hu continued to ask.

Yue Feng shook his head: "No need, Dean Hu! This is already enough trouble for you!"

Director Liu, I have remembered what you said. Please keep this information, including what I asked you about, confidential and do not tell anyone else!

The organization doesn't want to cause any further panic!

Upon hearing the use of terms like "organizational" and seeing how polite Vice Dean Hu was to Yue Feng, Director Liu immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll definitely keep it a secret!"

"That's all, you can go back now! I'll ask you for advice again if there are any special circumstances!"

"Uh-huh!"

……

After Director Liu said goodbye and left, only three people remained in the office.

Vice Dean Hu looked at Yue Feng and his brother with a smile: "I heard from Xiao Hu that you're the village secretary! I didn't expect you to have other jobs too? Was this task entrusted to you by the Forestry Bureau?"

Yue Feng dodged the question and said, "I guess so! Besides being a village official, I also have a hunting team under my command!"

The wild animal attack happened not far from the hill behind our house. We need to be responsible for the villagers! I understand the situation now. Thank you for your help, Uncle Hu!

The address "Uncle Hu" made Vice President Hu extremely happy, a sign of Yue Feng's gratitude.

"It's no big deal. You know my office. If you need anything else later, just come find me! It's our own territory, so it's easy to find out anything!"

"Alright, then we won't bother you any longer, thank you!" Yue Feng thanked him again.

"Are you about to leave already? If you're not in a hurry, you can have some tea. I have some good tea that a friend sent over!"

"Maybe next time!"

"also!"

……

After exchanging pleasantries, Yue Feng emerged from the People's Hospital, looked at the hazy sky outside, and let out a long sigh.

"Brother, is it a tiger? What I heard Director Liu say just now, something didn't seem right!" Xiao Tao put on his hat and asked curiously.

Yue Feng: "I'm not sure either! Let's go home first, and then call Xiaowen and Xiaowu over for a meeting of our hunting team!"

Tomorrow morning, if the weather is alright, let's go up the mountain and check the tracks on the ground!

This dangerous creature shouldn't be a leopard!

"Why won't that old bastard Cui Qingshan tell us the truth? Does he have intelligence about the tigers but is keeping it from us and trying to contact other hunting teams to hog the spoils?"

Xiao Tao was extremely angry about Cui Qingshan's deception, and his tone and attitude became several degrees worse when he mentioned him.

Yue Feng nodded: "Possibly! From a geographical perspective, Kaoshantun is closer to the hinterland of the back mountain than our Xing'an Village! It's also closer to other villages in the outside world!"
Do you remember, at the last anti-corruption meeting, Cui Qingshan and Qiao Muzhou were very close?

Mentioning Qiao Muzhou ignited Xiao Tao's anger even more. "Damn it! That old bastard Qiao Muzhou has been quiet for the past year ever since you and Brother Hu dealt with him. I heard he went to his son's place in the city to enjoy his retirement? This can't be related to him, can it?"

Yue Feng shook his head: "It's hard to say! Cui Qingshan is just a village secretary, he probably doesn't have the influence to associate with doctors at the Municipal People's Hospital!"
But we went to his house and then came to the hospital only to find it empty – that can't be a coincidence! There must be someone inside the hospital coordinating things to make it happen so quickly!

"Or, why don't we go ask Vice President Hu again to find out who handled the paperwork? Or who answered the phone or something? These things should be easy to find out, right?" Xiao Tao asked.

Yue Feng shook his head: "No need! No matter who he is, we're not afraid!"
If we continue to pry into the details now, we might just alert them!
If Cui Qingshan really was in cahoots with someone, he would most likely tell them about it after we missed our target! That way, the other party wouldn't know our situation, which would actually be to our advantage!

If we find out the truth, the other side will definitely be on guard! We'll go from being in the shadows to being in the open again!

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say! Where to next? Home?"

"Okay, let's go home first!"

……

Xiao Tao started the motorcycle with one foot, then twisted the throttle, and the three-wheeled motorcycle quickly sped off towards home.

On the way, Yue Feng pondered various possibilities. Overall, the most likely explanation was that the information about the prey was kept secret. It was also possible that Cui Dahai had indeed led people to poach in the enclosed area, and Cui Qingshan lied to cover for his nephew in case Yue Feng investigated.

Upon returning to the village, he didn't even rush home. Instead, he went to Xiaowen and Xiaowu's house to gather everyone for a meeting.

At Yue Feng's home, the four brothers carefully analyzed all the possibilities. Based on the information they had, their judgment was basically consistent with Yue Feng's assessment after leaving the hospital.

Right then and there, Yue Feng made arrangements for the group: the entire hunting team would get up early the next morning, fully armed, and head up the mountain. Regardless of anything else, they would first find the site where Cui Dahai and the others had spent the night on the mountain and take a look around.

After the meeting, as soon as Xiao Tao and the Zhang brothers left, Yue Feng started busying himself at home.

Counting the time he spent in Beijing, Yue Feng hadn't been hunting in the mountains for at least a month or two. Since he was planning to go into the mountains, he needed to organize all his equipment and tools.

Maintain firearms, load bullets into magazines in advance, and take stock of small items such as knives, ropes, leg wraps, etc. All kinds of things needed for going up the mountain must be prepared in advance.

Seeing Yue Feng so focused on organizing equipment in the outer room, Wang Xiaona happily came over.

"What are you doing? Going into the mountains to hunt?"

Yue Feng nodded: "That's right! It's been a while since I've been to the mountains! I've made plans with Xiao Tao, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Wu to go for a walk in the mountains tomorrow!"

"I overheard you saying inside that another tiger has attacked someone in the back mountain?"

"Unsure, I don't know what!"

Wang Xiaona said with a serious expression, "Our family is doing quite well now, so you have to be careful when you take people into the mountains! That tiger is the king of the mountains, so we can't let our guard down!"

"Hehe, don't worry! Have you forgotten how strong your husband is? Let alone an ordinary tiger, even the black tiger from last time, we still couldn't capture it alive with our men!"

There's not much to do in the village in winter, and staying home all the time is getting boring! I promise you, I'll be careful!

"Alright then! What time do you get up tomorrow? I'll get up early to cook for you!"

"We have motorcycles, so we don't need to go too early! The place we're going to is near the Shidingzi Mountain area in our circle! We'll eat at six and leave at six-thirty, which will definitely be enough time! The dog is with my master, and leaving early will disturb his rest!"

"Okay, I get it!"

……

In the afternoon, Yue Feng packed all the things he needed for the hunting trip in the mountains. Then he rode his snowmobile to the mountain farm to greet the master and tell him that he would feed the dogs early the next morning.

On the mountain, Yue Feng briefly mentioned to the old man that there had been wild animals attacking people, and the old man seemed quite interested in what he thought was either a tiger or a leopard.

In the old man's words, this thing that looks like a tiger is a bit strange; it might be a heretic.

When his master reminded him, Yue Feng grinned and didn't take it too seriously.

He captured a black tiger, which is much smarter than an ordinary tiger, alive. How much skill can this animal, which couldn't even kill someone in a sneak attack, possibly have? It's not worth mentioning!
After coming down from the farm, Yue Feng ate dinner and went to bed early. Nothing happened that night.

The next morning, Wang Xiaona got up at around 5 a.m. to get things ready.

The food for the four members of the hunting team was prepared in advance. Yue Feng got up to wash his face and was just about to eat when the pot was turned on.

All three were well-coordinated members of the hunting team. They arrived just in time, assembling within two minutes of each other. Afterward, the four men ate in silence.

After eating and drinking their fill, Yue Feng slung his gun and hunting bag over his shoulder, and then brought out the Black Eagle and the White Spear. The four of them rode three motorcycles (one snowmobile) out of the village and up the mountain along the Chaiji Road through the mountain pass.

The dogs were being managed at the breeding farm. When Yue Feng arrived at the farm, Zhao Dashan had already fed the dogs to his apprentice.

"You all rode motorcycles to Shidingzi?" Zhao Dashan asked as he was leaving.

"Yeah, there's a road over there called Chaiji Road, you can drive right up to it!"

"If it's a big claw, drive the car further away. It was windy this morning, and it heard the noise and smelled the scent, so it hid in advance!" Zhao Dashan instructed with some concern.

"Okay, let's get off the bus early and walk!" Yue Feng nodded in response to his driver's instructions.

"Let's go. Don't take risks if you're not sure. You're a father now, be careful!"

"it is good!"

……

The four people got into the car, took the dog, and headed straight for Shidingzi.

With a mountain ridge separating them from their destination, the group parked and locked their vehicle, then proceeded on foot towards the area near Shidingzi.

It had been a while since I'd taken Canglong and the others into the mountains. As soon as the four dogs got out of the car, they were incredibly excited, running around everywhere.

"Xiao Tao, tie up all the dogs and keep them on a leash! Don't let them run around!" Yue Feng gave a heads-up beforehand.

"What's wrong, bro? With so many of us and the dog, what could possibly happen?" Xiao Tao asked curiously while calling to the dog.

"No, it's not that. The main concern is that the dog might run around and bark wildly, startling people and animals!"

"Who's there? Who could it be?"

"I don't know who it is, or maybe we're just overthinking it and there's no one else! We need to stay alert once we're in the mountains!"
Let's try our best to get a clear picture of the situation in one trip! (End of Chapter)