Reborn in 80: Starting with hunting in the mountains to get rich

Chapter 318 The Search Team Enters the Mountains

Shivering, Song Desheng boarded the old train at the forest farm all alone, determined to find Li Ju'an. After a series of setbacks, he still hadn't found him. Song Lanhua told him that Li Ju'an had been in the mountains for many days and hadn't returned. Song Desheng couldn't help but wonder, two days had passed, why hadn't Li Ju'an come back yet?

With a hint of doubt, he asked Song Lanhua, "Aunt Song, Brother Li hasn't come back yet. What about Da Hu? Has the dog not come down the mountain yet?"

Mother Song Lanhua glanced at the doorway, her tone revealing a barely perceptible worry: "They're all still in the mountains, they haven't come back yet."

Upon hearing this, Song Desheng could only nod helplessly and turn around with heavy steps. Just then, Song Lanhua's voice suddenly called out to him gently, "Little Song, Ju An went in with you, why hasn't he come down the mountain alone? It's been several days!"

Before he could finish speaking, he seemed to hesitate. Song Desheng then explained in detail, "It's been about two days."

Song Lanhua pondered for a moment, unable to shake her unease. Li Ju'an used to go into the mountains in packs, sometimes for a week at a time. He could also go alone with his hunting dogs for four or five days without returning. Why hadn't we heard from him this time?

Song Lanhua was a little anxious. After Lin Mei came out wearing an apron, she wiped her hands on the apron and asked, she also became nervous and said, "Mom, I asked Jiadong to call people to go into the mountains to look for someone."

Song Lanhua was at a loss, so she hurriedly called out to Song Desheng, "Little Song, what happened last time? Tell us about it."

Lin Mei called Lin Jiadong and the Lu brothers over.

Several people sat in the hall of the self-built house listening to Song Desheng speak. When Song Desheng mentioned that he had beaten a pregnant she-wolf to death with stones, the Lu brothers all frowned. Even Lin Jiadong frowned and tightened his brows.

Seeing the reactions of the others, Song Desheng inwardly cursed his bad luck. He had initially thought it was nothing serious. But knowing what had happened in the past few days, he realized he had truly stirred up a hornet's nest.

He didn't even dare to tell anyone that the wolves had chased him into his backyard and killed the chickens.

After hearing this, the Lu brothers picked up their guns and prepared to go into the mountains. Lu Zhiqiang said, "I'll call Uncle Qian and Uncle Zhang, and we'll go in together to search the mountains for people."

Seeing Song Desheng trembling, Lu Jinyang said, "Little Song, why don't you come into the mountains with us?"

"I won't go, okay? I'm busy at the factory." Song Desheng blushed and could only say that. He was terrified of going into the mountains, afraid that the thugs would come looking for revenge, and he would really be followed by a pack of wolves.

Lu Jinyang glanced at his guilty look, suddenly realized something, and asked him warily, "Xiao Song, you killed the mother wolf, nothing else happened afterward, right?"

The more Song Desheng stammered, the more serious and solemn the Lu brothers' expressions became. How many hunters in the village had been hunted by wolves in the past, only to be retaliated against by them later?

He then explained the whole story. After hearing it, the Lu brothers and Lin Jiadong all became serious and solemn.

Lu Zhiqiang stood up, grabbed Song Desheng by the back of his collar, and said, "Quickly call Uncle Qian, Uncle Zhang, Jin Yang, go and call Li Guai Zi, let's go into the mountains together."

Song Desheng was still shaken and said guiltily, "You guys can go into the mountains to find Li Ju'an, I don't need to go. Uncle Qian and Uncle Zhang are here, aren't they?"

Lu Zhiqiang glared at him fiercely and said, "I'm not worried about Li Ju'an, I'm worried about you. What could possibly happen to Li Ju'an? He has so many dogs following him. With so many clever dogs, at least one of them will come down the mountain to report. But you, if you don't kill these wolves, do you think you'll have a peaceful life in the future? Do you think you can go back into the mountains?"

A near-obsessive flame of revenge burned within Qingpizi's heart, silently lurking for over a decade, all for that one fatal blow. Long ago, an old hunter lived in the village who provoked a wolf. In a fit of rage, he killed the wolf cubs and their mother. This act unfortunately drew the cold, unwavering gaze of the alpha wolf, and from then on, the old hunter's life in the mountains was doomed.

As night fell, the old hunter often heard the deep, rhythmic footsteps of wolves, the entire valley enveloped in a wave of vengeance. He lived in constant fear, keeping the doors and windows tightly shut, lest any light or sound become the trigger for wolves to enter. That endless terror, like the winter wind, pierced to the bone, sending chills down his spine.

Finally, the old hunter made his decision. He decided to lay down his rifle, leave behind the bloody hunting path, and instead devote himself to a peaceful and simple farming life. From spring planting to autumn harvest, from sunrise to sunset, he honestly cultivated the crops.

Miraculously, as the old hunter's identity changed, the wolves that had once roamed the night gradually faded from his world. They seemed to sense some change and never appeared again. An invisible reconciliation seemed to have been reached between the old hunter and the wolves, and the wolves never bothered him again.

Old Qian and Old Zhang also arrived at the Li family's self-built house. Upon hearing that Li Ju'an had not yet returned, they took their guns and went into the mountains to search for him. That's how the villagers are; in ordinary times, if something happens, one family helps another, and the other helps the other search for someone in the mountains. Just like when the Lu family suffered a disaster, all the hunters in the village helped search the mountains.

Old Qian meant that Song Desheng needed to go into the mountains. He said, "If you want to go into the mountains again in the future, you must go on this search today. If you pat your chest and say that you will never go into the mountains again in your life, then don't go, just stay at home."

How could Song Desheng swallow this insult? The thought of all the chickens in the yard being killed, and his mother's pug disappearing overnight, now being watched by wolves at the window, filled him with fear, which was overwhelmed by rage.

He jumped to his feet, blood rushing to his head, and shouted, "Let's go, search the mountains! I want to see how those bastards dared to mess with me."

Lu Zhiqiang also shouted, "With so many of us, are we afraid we can't handle a pack of wolves? If you ask me, Li Ju'an is probably trapped by wolves too."

Lu Jinyang asked if they should call on the Sun family for this search of the mountains. The Sun family in the village was also a family of hunters. In the past, when villagers went into the mountains and got lost, Captain Yang would organize each family to send able-bodied men into the mountains to search for them.

Old Qian shook his head and said, "Don't you know that Sun Weimin and Sun Quande also got lost in the mountains? The Sun family has been searching for them in the mountains these days, and they still haven't come out."

Song Desheng and his companions were surprised; they were unaware of this news. The Sun family had kept it a tight secret. He thought about it and realized it made sense. The best hunters and former members of the dog-hunting gang in the village were either from the Sun or Lu families. After the Lu family retired from hunting, the Sun family was naturally the backbone of the operation. If Sun Quande from the Sun family went missing in the mountains, and they were to call on other families to help search, it would be a laughingstock for the Lu family.

After figuring it out, Lu Zhiqiang sneered and said coldly, "They just can't find a way to back down. If you ask me, even if they really can't find anyone in the mountain, they'll have to quickly find a way to back down themselves."

Several people prepared dry food, tarpaulins, wire ropes and other equipment, stuffed wine jugs into their shoes, tied their leg wraps, and gathered at the entrance to the mountain, ready to go into the mountains.