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Chapter 103 Finding a Wolf Cub

"Bang! Bang..."

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Scattered gunfire rang out throughout the day, mostly from other hunting groups in the distance.

The workers at Limin Flour Factory were also firing a shot into the air every ten or twenty minutes.

Unfortunately, apart from the three grouse that Su Yang caught at the beginning, he didn't get anything else!

The mountainous terrain was difficult to traverse, and the group's main task was to drive the prey, so they moved slowly, only managing to venture about ten miles into the mountains on the first day.

As darkness fell, the group set up camp on the spot.

Everyone was prepared to spend the night in the hunting grounds, and they all brought their own camp blankets.

The others set up the three tents they had brought, while Su Yang was in charge of cooking for everyone.

Everyone brought their own dry food and water bottles. All they had to do was heat up the hard bread slices and drink some water.

However, we caught three grouse today. According to the rules, to conserve energy, we are allowed to eat our prey during the hunt.

So Su Yang turned Three Pine Chickens into Beggar's Chicken!

"Su Yang, are you done?"

"That's enough, I think I'll faint from hunger if we wait any longer!"

A dozen or so people set up their tents and then gathered around the campfire, drooling.

Su Yang laughed and said, "That's about it!"

He used a twig to pull out the three large mud balls.

"I'll do it!"

Yu Feng had already picked up a handy stone and was waiting nearby. He picked up the stone and threw it at the mud ball.

"Snapped!"

The clods of earth shattered with a crackling sound, and a burst of steam, a mixture of the aroma of burnt earth and the rich scent of meat, erupted forth, instantly drowning out the smoke from the campfire and forcefully filling everyone's nostrils.

"Wow! It smells delicious!"

The sounds of swallowing saliva rose and fell.

Su Yang smiled knowingly when he heard their voices.

"Come on, don't just stand there! Let's help divide it while it's hot!"

Yu Feng laughed and said, "We're all family, no need to be so polite!"

After saying that, he used a tree branch to help pry open a mud ball.

Because there was no way to wrap the chicken in lotus leaves, and the trees here were mainly pine and cypress, Su Yang simply slaughtered the chicken and removed its internal organs without even plucking the feathers.

Now that it's roasted, the chicken feathers have blended in with the mud on the skin, and a gentle peel reveals the tender white meat.

Because the feathers weren't removed, very little moisture was lost from the chicken during roasting.

Yu Feng had already torn off a piece of meat with chicken skin on, and it was so hot that he kept switching it from his left hand to his right, blowing on it as he tried to put it down.

The golden-brown, glistening chicken was incredibly tempting, gleaming like amber in the firelight.

Under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen people, he couldn't wait to take a bite.

"Haha... Good job!"

He gave a vague "thank you" and even gave Su Yang a thumbs-up. Then, with astonishing willpower, he resisted the urge to continue eating.

As the team leader, Yu Feng naturally had to take on the responsibility of distributing the food.

Three chickens were divided among more than a dozen people, and it was impossible for everyone to eat their fill of chicken. Fortunately, there were enough roasted bread slices.

"Here you go, Su Yang, this is yours!"

Su Yang was given a large piece of chicken breast, complete with a large piece of skin, without any bones.

Without any hesitation, he took it and took a bite, the fresh and juicy sensation bursting on his tongue.

not bad!

Despite limited resources—the grouse hadn't been cleaned after slaughter and the seasonings weren't complete—the three beggar's chickens were still cooked to a high standard thanks to the help of the on-board cooking skills.

"tasty!"

"Su Yang's skills are unparalleled!"

A dozen or so people sat around the campfire, eating roasted bread slices and beggar's chicken, their faces beaming with anticipation and satisfaction.

The day's fatigue from searching seemed to be dispelled by the enticing aroma.

"Wow..."

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Just as everyone was enjoying their meal, they suddenly heard a soft cry.

"Um?"

Su Yang was the first to react and looked toward a pine tree where a tent was leaning against.

"Alert!" Yu Feng was the second to notice, stuffing the last bite of chicken in his hand into his pocket and reaching out to grab the Type 38 rifle that was lying to the side.

"Prey!"

"Splash!"

"Thud!"

Everyone stopped eating and drinking, and the entire camp was filled with the crisp sound of bullets being chambered.

The air suddenly became still, and all the gun barrels were pointed at the dark forest all around.

However, it was as if the sound of that beast had never been heard.

"What's wrong! What's wrong?"

Two guards who were assigned to patrol and keep watch around the camp heard the commotion and hurried over.

Although it is now certain that most of the prey has been driven into the inner perimeter, for safety reasons, Yu Feng still arranged for people to take turns patrolling and keeping watch.

"Ma Erxiao, Zhao Wu, have any wild animals approached our camp?" Yu Feng asked, frowning.

"No?"

"Captain, we didn't even stop to eat; we were patrolling the area the whole time."

Ma Erxiao and Zhao Wu wiped the oil off their lips from eating chicken and answered seriously.

Yu Feng thought to himself, "Could it be that I misheard? But surely not everyone could have misheard me?"

Su Yang, however, fixed his gaze on a pine tree a dozen meters away, where there was a pile of fallen leaves under the tree.

He carried the loaded Mosin-Nagant rifle and walked over step by step.

"Su Yang! Don't make any rash moves!" Yu Feng shouted.

Officer Wang, who had hunting experience, also warned, "Watch out for snakes!"

Su Yang ignored their voices. He vaguely sensed that there was something alive in the pile of fallen leaves, but it wasn't a snake.

He strode over to the pile of fallen leaves, ruffled it a few times with the barrel of his gun, and then he smiled.

By the faint light from the distant campfire, he could make out the little creatures there.

It was a small dog, curled up in a ball, trembling every now and then.

Su Yang grabbed the puppy by the scruff of its neck and lifted it up, laughing at everyone as he walked back, "It was just a puppy, what a scare!"

"Hey! I knew it, there's no prey left on the outskirts these days."

Seeing this, everyone relaxed, put down their guns, and continued to eat the leftover roasted bread slices and chicken around the campfire.

"Why are there dogs here? Did some family in the nearby village abandon them?" Yu Feng couldn't help but ask the question that had been bothering him.

These days, people don't have enough to eat, and not many families keep dogs.

Even if you keep one, you'll only keep one, just for guarding the house.

If a family dog ​​has puppies, people will wait until the puppies are weaned before selling them at the market or giving them away.

Dogs are intelligent and generally don't have a strong sense of human nature; in fact, not many people would choose to eat their own puppies.

However, the nearest village is at least several miles away, so it's really unreasonable for this bastard to be here.

"This isn't a dog, it's a wolf!" After observing for a while, Officer Wang concluded with certainty.

"Wolf?"

Hearing this, everyone curiously gathered around Su Yang, looking at the fluffy dumpling he was holding in both hands.

The dumpling was pure white, about the size of an adult's palm, and its eyes were not yet open.

Perhaps sensing the warmth of Su Yang's hand, the little thing let out a soft whimper, its little belly rising and falling slightly.

"Isn't that just a dog?"

Su Yang couldn't help but retort. In his previous life, he was from the countryside. Although his family had never kept dogs, they had seen them quite often in the village.

Aside from its unusually white fur, this thing looks exactly like a Chinese rural dog puppy.

Officer Wang smiled and shook his head, "Although there's an old saying that wolves are like a dog's uncle, meaning they're close relatives, it's still not difficult to tell them apart."

As he spoke, he reached out and tugged at the ear of the cub in Su Yang's hand.

"Look, the puppy has a round head, big ears, and a short muzzle; its whole head looks like a little ball."

"Wolf cubs have small heads, small ears that lie close to their scalps, and pointed muzzles, like foxes."

After saying that, he smiled at Su Yang and said, "This wolf cub looks like it's less than half a month old and hasn't been weaned yet. It's probably been dropped when the pack was startled and they fled towards the inner circle while we were herding in the mountains today. These unweaned wolf cubs will die within two days of being separated from their mothers, so let's just roast them and eat them!"