Chapter 5 Chop the palm and gouge out the gallbladder (1)
The dead thousand-year-old tree looks very strange. It is strange that the tree is not in harmony with the surrounding environment. Although it is not the middle of winter, the early snowfall has turned the entire forest into a silver-white world. Only there is no snow near this big tree, and the holes are filled with precious matsutake mushrooms and various kinds of soybean fruits. At first, when I saw the big hole on the trunk, I thought it was a bear cave, but it was close and I didn’t smell the fishy smell, so I couldn’t help but start to feel suspicious.
I was about to ask the swallow why there was no snow near the dead tree hole. When the swallow saw that I was about to speak, he waved his hand to me: "Let's say a little, this is the bear cave. Although human bears are stupid, they are good at camping nests. They are not as smelly and fishy as ordinary blind bears." Because the bear cave is hot, there is no snow around the old tree. There is a circle of dead tree holes without snow, and there are so many matsutake mushrooms piled up. This must be a bear nest on the surface. When I saw that the swallows had determined the location of the bear cave, they did not dare to speak. They made a gesture and pointed to a nearby grass nest. The three of them quietly sneaked over and started preparing for the guy hunting the bear.
Hunting a bear in the mountains is the most dangerous thing. You need to dare to face the courage and courage of killing a bear directly. Hunters usually dare not touch a bear, not because they are not brave enough, but just relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and hunting is entirely for survival. You can even make a living by shooting a rabbit. Why not do those things that can only be killed by death? It is really impossible to stand up and take risks.
Now we are going to take the risk of hunting bears. The method has been discussed. According to the old method passed down by the ancestors of hunters in the mountains, hunters must use the word "天" name to call the word "天" for various craftsmanship of hunting. The "天天天" with foxes and yellow skins is called "天天天"; hunting bears with sticky bean bags is called "天天天". Although the snow has not yet subsided, the climate in the mountains is not cold. The large number of yellow rice flour sticky bean bags we carried into the mountains were wrapped tightly with warm dog skin mattresses and were not frozen, which saves some unnecessary trouble.
I took out a few birch sleeves and handed them to the fat man, and said to him: "Comrade Wang Kaixuan, the time for the organization to test you, you should go." The fat man quickly refused: "In fact, looking at your performance in various historical periods and your own objective conditions, you are more suitable for completing this arduous and glorious task than me. I think you should go to Lao Hu, and I will cover you up behind."
Yanzi said: "Don't fight, this job can't be done by one person. The fat man is thick in flesh and strong in strength. He is suitable for bait. He has a steady beard. He takes an axe and looks for opportunities to start by the tree hole. Remember, don't panic. You must not be ruthless when you start. You have to do it as you die. If the momentum is not right, we will run away. We must not be straight when running..."
We were discussing how to do it in the grass nest far away from the bear cave, but as soon as we were halfway through, we felt the red pine behind us swaying violently. I quickly looked back and saw the deep mountains and forests, with grass and trees around them, and nothing else, but the tree was indeed shaking slightly. Is the earthquake a shaking? Just as I was thinking, the big red pine shook again, and the needles and the snow hanging on the branches fell down one after another, as if there was a huge object on the tree being ready to move.
Looking up, it was amazing. It turned out that a huge and long-haired human bear was lying on the red pine. It lowered its head and was also looking at us with blood-red eyes. The red eyes, long arms, and sharp claws all showed its identity. This is the most terrifying "killer bear" among human bears. It is said that after eating human brains, human bears will turn red, and then they don't want to eat anything. They want to eat human flesh all day long. In fact, the human bear with red eyes has become more violent and cruel than usual due to the confusion of the weather and seasons.
The human bear hugged the trunk tightly with his arms on the tree. The red pine that several people hugged together was trembling with the weight of the bear. The human bear probably wanted to slip down the tree directly, but the human bear in the mountains knew that it was up and down. It could only climb up and not down the tree, so it could only fall down with one hand. Usually it climbed to the treetops and then fell down from the tree, repeating over and over again. This is its usual entertainment, and it can also practice its simplicity and polish its thick skin.
We were shocked by this situation. We just noticed the movements in the dead tree bear cave. I never thought that although it was snowing in the mountains, the seasons were inconsistent. The human bear had not yet been in the cave day and night. The human bear suddenly found someone under the tree, and was eager to add to the brains of humans. He rushed, and seemed to forget how to get down the tree and keep wandering around with the treetops.
Although the red pine was thick, it could not withstand the human bear toss and struggled. After a few shaking, it broke out in the sound of "cracking shreds". Only then did the three of us come back from our shock and quickly spread out and dodge. The human bear was wrapped in pine branches and fell heavily to the ground. The snow on the ground stirred up a white snow mist. Although the human bear had rough skin and thick flesh, it fell off the tree and was tied up by the pine branches. It also felt painful. The roar sounded and vibrated the pine forest.
We were dressed very thickly, and we moved very heavily. We rolled down and dodged the broken pine trees on the spot. The equipment for hunting the bears was scattered all over the ground. The bear was born fierce and fell from a high place with the red pine branches without any injuries. He stood up and rushed towards the fat man closest to it.
The fat man was unprepared and was the first to face the murderous giant bear. His fearless spirit of "being in the five continents and looking at the whole world" on weekdays was not left at this time. He rolled and crawled in the snow and just wanted to escape. In a panic, he fell on the snow without taking a step.
When he got up again, the human bear had already pounced in front of him, and his claws fell down, and the cotton jacket behind the fat man bloomed. Fortunately, he still remembered the bear hunting technique in panic, so he grabbed the birch sleeve rolling beside him, but as soon as he turned around, he was immediately pressed by the human bear. After pounced on him, the human bear immediately narrowed his eyes with joy. The next move it habitually wanted to lick the human head with his tongue full of barbed to suck the brain plasma and blood of the living person.
Some hunters say that human bears do this, not because they are greedy and craving for human blood, but because they think that human things look so good-looking. They are smooth and smooth, so they smile and stick out their tongues to lick them. No matter what their motive is, they will be able to return to their positions after being licked by them. When I saw that the fat man was in danger, I grabbed the hunting fork on the ground and planned to rush forward to save the person.
At this time, the swallow also got up from the snow. Seeing the bear wrapped around the fat man, he quickly shouted and reminded him: "Get out with the birch sleeve!" The fat man was hugged by the bear, and his bones were almost broken. Seeing the bear squinted his eyes and opened his mouth, licking it with his tongue, almost half-smelled by the fishy aura in his mouth, but he knew very well that he was not worried about the stinking and painful moments at the critical moment of life and death, so he quickly blocked the birch sleeve between his head and the bear's tongue. The bear's big tongue licked the wooden tube at once, and a large piece of bark was immediately carried down by its tongue. The fat man handed it over and stuffed the entire birch sleeve into the bear's arms and took the opportunity to get out.
Chapter completed!