Rebirth 78: Hunting for Treasure in the Mountains, Spoiling My Wife and Daughter to the Heavens

"Stray dogs? I guess you could call them that..."

Lu Weiguo listened to the direction from which the whistle came, searching for a place where he could break through.

After listening for a while, Lu Weiguo gave up, turned around, put his legs on the tree branch, leaned against the tree trunk, and lit a cigarette.

"You could say that? What's that thing?"

Li Xiuhe was not as bold as Lu Weiguo, and she still clung tightly to the tree trunk.

But her occupational hazard as a teacher is still ingrained in her bones.

When you encounter a problem, you must find out the answer.

This was also why Wang Guidian thought she was domineering at the time.

"Hey, your mouth is like it's been blessed." Lu Weiguo exhaled a smoke ring and said leisurely with his eyes narrowed.

"This is a jackal, the kind of jackal among jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards. It's the same species as a dog, also called a red dog, and it can be considered a kind of wild dog."

After Lu Weiguo finished speaking, Li Xiuhe finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She encounters dogs all the time, and they're not usually very aggressive.

However, upon seeing this, Lu Weiguo curled his lip and recounted the ferocity of the jackal.

Jackals live in packs and are extreme carnivores; don't be fooled by the fact that each one weighs only ten to twenty pounds.

But all that weight is pressing down on their brains.

Jackals are exceptionally intelligent animals, and the whistle is how they communicate with each other.

Other animals, when they encounter prey, will simply chase after it relentlessly, but this creature will communicate with each other depending on the situation.

This will achieve the best results.

As for why so few people in later generations have seen jackals.

It's because the 1980s marked the final chapter of the jackal's reign.

Before the 1980s, there were a lot of jackals, and they could be seen almost all over the country.

Jackals are also particularly prolific, with litters of seven or eight offspring. Before the 1980s, the mountains were rich in animal resources.

They have no shortage of food, so they keep reproducing.

But after the 1980s, there was a period when the sky was filled with black smoke.

Large-scale heavy industrial development and rampant resource extraction.

They are constantly squeezing the living space of mountain animals.

As food gradually became scarce, the breeding of jackals became a problem.

In less than ten years, the jackal became an endangered species.

To be honest, this was also the first time Lu Weiguo had ever seen a jackal.

However, in my previous life, I heard about what to do when a mountain dog encounters a jackal.

That's why he's so relaxed right now.

As Lu Weiguo continued to describe the situation, Li Xiuhe's face turned deathly pale with fright.

She never expected that this thing, which was about the same size as her family's stray dog, could be so fierce.

Even wild boars and wolf packs would avoid jackals if they saw them.

"Weiguo...brother-in-law..." Li Xiuhe began frantically trying to get close to Lu Weiguo, "Um...what should we do? Will we die here...?"

"Just wait. These things are smart, patient, and incredibly vengeful. If you're going to fight them, you have to kill them all, otherwise they'll come back to your house to take revenge."

If we offend this thing, we'll have to be careful when going up the mountain from now on. But even if it's patient, it's still a beast. Can it be more patient than us?

Lu Weiguo then explained his method for dealing with the jackals.

Being smart is both a good thing and a bad thing.

If we had encountered a pack of wolves today, even if we hid in a tree for a day or two, the wolves might not have dispersed.

But when this thing realizes that waiting like this is not worth it, it will discuss leaving.

Li Xiuhe felt that time passed incredibly slowly while she was in the tree.

Normally, a day flies by, but at this moment, my stomach is starting to rumble, and I can still hear whistles coming from nearby.

"Hehe, I have some steamed buns here, do you want some?"

Seeing that Li Xiuhe was so hungry that she kept swallowing her saliva, Liu Dazhuang took out a big, white steamed bun from his pocket.

The steamed bun was frozen solid, like a rock, but Li Xiuhe saw it as if it were a delicacy.

I grabbed it, didn't feel any firmness, and took a bite.

Then came a groan.

"Oh dear, why are these steamed buns so hard? Is this all you eat on this trip up the mountain?"

Li Xiuhe was puzzled. Shouldn't we bring a lot of food when we go up the mountain? If we get hungry, we can just find a place, make a fire, and go camping like we do with students?

"And this, do you want some?"

Lu Weiguo gave Li Xiuhe a disgruntled look.

They even found the steamed buns too hard; they were lucky if they could eat them with water and fill their stomachs.

Li Xiuhe looked at the dried meat, picked it up, and took a bite.

The jerky was as hard as a stick.

It was only then that he realized how difficult hunting was.

sunset.

The moon rose soon after.

Under the moonlight, the three watched as the pack of jackals dispersed in twos and threes to eat the food they offered as sacrifices to the mountain god.

On the other hand, their stomachs were rumbling loudly, clearly indicating that they had been enjoying too many good days lately.

If you eat too much oily food, your body will start to protest as soon as you hear you can't have it.

"Weiguo, I need to use the restroom..."

Li Xiuhe clung tightly to the tree trunk, her face flushed as she spoke.

She had been frozen in the tree all day and was almost numb, but luckily Lu Weiguo always gave her clothes that still had his body heat.

"Um... how about you squat on a tree and pee?"

Looking at the jackals not far away, Lu Weiguo really didn't dare to go down.

It's true he has a gun, but that kind of guy holds grudges.

As long as they aren't all killed, they'll definitely come back for revenge.

Moreover, the meat and fur of these things are worthless, so killing them is pointless except for wasting bullets.

"I'm afraid to stand up..."

After holding it in for a long time, Li Xiuhe finally managed to open her mouth and say something.

"Huh? What should we do then...?"

Lu Weiguo sighed inwardly that it was troublesome for women to go to the toilet, unlike men who could just pull down their pants and urinate directly.

"Here's what we'll do: you stand on these two tree branches, and I'll hold you up from this side. Don't worry, I won't peek at you."

Li Xiuhe couldn't stand it anymore.

Her face flushed, she glanced at Lu Weiguo, and then lowered her head, making a sound as soft as a mosquito's buzz.

"Then... then he can't peek."

Li Xiuhe wanted to say, "You can look here," but shame prevented her from speaking.

"No way, what would an idiot know? Besides, he has two wives at home; he's had enough of seeing them there."

Lu Weiguo shook his head and said.

Li Xiuhe exclaimed, and then, with Lu Weiguo's help, finally managed to stand up.

"Splash. Splash..."

The sound was continuous, clearly indicating that he had been holding it in for a long time.

Lu Weiguo held onto the tree trunk with one hand and pulled on Li Xiulian's arm with the other, all he could hear was the rustling sound.

"Holy crap!"

Lu Weiguo tilted his head back and cursed inwardly.

This is probably the first time the brother-in-law has helped his sister-in-law urinate.

Fortunately, he was a decent person.

The moonlight, like silk, slanted down.

A wisp of heat wafted through the air, creating a hazy effect on the silk.

Water droplets rolled back and forth on the ground.

There was a moment.

Lu Weiguo felt like he wanted to die.

A gentle breeze blew by, and the heat almost hit his face!