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Chapter 7 Crocodile Hunting

Zhengjiazhuang goes west and north to the north, and it is easy to lose its direction when entering it. Various poisonous snakes and beasts live in deep mountains and dense forests, especially some strange beasts. The strange beasts can release the qi, so they are more than ten times stronger than ordinary beasts. The strange beasts have a strong sense of territory. They often attack and pursue creatures that invade their own territory. When encountering strange beasts in the dense forest, let alone ordinary people, those martial artists with great martial arts can only escape in panic and get buried in the belly of the beast if they are not careful.

Xiao Tianlei entered the mountains and forests to hunt and collect food. In fact, he was just wandering around the periphery of the mountains and forests. He didn't dare to enter the deeper mountains and forests, especially with a group of teenagers. Therefore, Xiao Tianlei wanted to hunt beasts, but he didn't have the idea to hit the beasts in the deep mountains. It was too dangerous and too far away. His first choice was a kind of beast in nearby rivers.

Crocodile is a common beast in the Lingzhou rivers. The crocodile in this world looks roughly the same as in the previous life, but it is bigger and more ferocious. It is said that some people have seen crocodiles that become strange beasts, which are twenty or thirty meters long. With a sweep of their tails, they roll up waves of water dozens of meters high, and can instantly drive a large ship into the bottom of the river.

Of course, there are only a few monster-level existences, most of which are ordinary crocodiles. However, even ordinary crocodiles are not easy to hunt. They are covered with strong scales, and their general knives are difficult to penetrate. Their strength is comparable to that of several adults. When launching an attack, they move extremely quickly and their biting power is even more terrifying. Chewing hard cow bones is probably similar to eating tricks. Crocodiles often gather in groups, and they will not be too far from the rivers, and they are not low in vigilance. When they encounter danger, they will immediately get into the water.

After observing the distribution and habits of alligators for a while, and doing some preliminary preparations, Xiao Tianlei's first hunting operation began.

"Brother Lei! Brother Lei!"

Early that morning, Xiao Tianlei and his family were still having breakfast, and saw a man shouting loudly outside the fence, saying that the person who came was Xiao Tianlei, a friend who had been playing with Xiao Tianfu since childhood, and Zheng Biao, the son of Zheng Baihu, Zheng Jiazhuang. A few days ago, he heard Xiao Tianlei say he wanted to hunt a big crocodile. Zheng Biao was very excited and ran over early to call Xiao Tianlei.

"Brother, hurry up!"

Xiao Tianfu couldn't wait, and while urging, he drank a bowl of porridge in a few mouthfuls, took the equipment to the mountain, a wooden stick, a hatchet, and a homemade hunting bow. Xiao Tianlei also brought a homemade gun. The tip of the spear was sharpened with a piece of sword tip that he picked up, and the gun body was made of a green hill wood on the mountain. It was processed by baking, soaking oil, and so on, and it was strong and tough.

"Fuwazi, Leiwazi, please make it more delicate and come back early." Jiang told her as usual that she didn't know that her son was going to do something dangerous today.

"I know."

After responding, the two brothers went out and reunited with Zheng Biao.

"Brother Lei, look, Russia also brought bows and arrows. It was found in the Russian warehouse!" Zheng Biao offered treasures and took a bow and arrow from his shoulders.

"The strength of this bow is a little short, it's not very useful." Xiao Tianlei shook his head slightly.

When dealing with crocodiles, bows and arrows are indeed good weapons, but ordinary bows are not strong enough at all. It is best to use the strong bows used by generals, with hundreds or thousands of pounds of force. However, the strong bows are not so easy to get, and ordinary people cannot pull that kind of strong bow.

"It's useless?! How can I kill crocodile?"

"Use this gun."

"How to do it?" Zheng Biao expressed doubts.

"You will know then."

"Brother Russia said it, it would definitely be done." Xiao Tianfu was full of confidence. If Xiao Tianlei had not allowed him to use the energy in front of others, he felt that he could also fight with the crocodile for 300 rounds.

While the three of them were talking, they walked to the settlement area of ​​Shanyue people in the north of Zhengjiazhuang. Several dark-skinned young men joined the team one after another. It was Xiao Tianlei's Shanyue cousins, each carrying some ropes, wooden sticks, hunting bows, and their clothes were relatively tattered. However, they were very strong and had bright eyes. Unlike most other Shanyue people, they had a vegetable face.

The group left the village and had just stepped across the stone bridge at the small river at the entrance of the village. Suddenly, a shout came from behind: "Wait for me, wait for me!" A young man with a tender face rushed over, Xiao Tianlei's cousin Xiao Tianbao, who was carrying a schoolbag.

"Baowa, your baby skips school again, it would be strange if your mother doesn't smash your butt!" Zheng Biao teased.

"My mother is reluctant to beat me." Xiao Tianbao looked indifferent. His mother was very spoiled to him. The whole village knew that, but Xiao Tianbao's father Xiao Qingyun was the only bachelor of the Xiao family. However, he was generally not at home. Scholars in this world went out to study and socialize were common and cost a lot. Therefore, Xiao Tianbao had no control and often skipped school and hanged with Xiao Tianlei.

"Baowa, aren't you afraid of grandpa slapping you?" Xiao Tianfu kindly reminded Xiao Tianbao that his grandfather was studying in the village and was very strict with the school children.

"No matter, no matter, Russia is going to fight crocodiles all the way today, and it is not easy to be fooled at all in school! Russia also brought a knife today!" Xiao Tianbao said, taking out a kitchen knife from his schoolbag.

"Hahaha!"

The boys couldn't help laughing. Xiao Tianbao was a little dejected and put away the kitchen knife in disappointment. Then he discovered something new and shouted: "Brother Biao, you are so comfortable to pinch your bow, let's see it for Russia!"

Zheng Biao was not stingy and gave the bow to Xiao Tianbao.

He talked and laughed along the way, and went along the river to the habitat where Xiao Tianlei had found in advance.

People living in Lingzhou started hunting crocodiles a long time ago in order to obtain crocodile skins, but usually some warriors hunt, and most people dare not provoke such beasts in the river.

"So many crocodiles! So scary!" Xiao Tianbao exclaimed in a low voice, pointing to a beach where a group of crocodiles were basking in the sun.

The boys all bowed their bodies, hidden among the weeds, looking around from afar.

"Brother Lei, what should I do?"

Xiao Tianlei did not answer, searched the river beach, found a crocodile that seemed not very sociable, gestured a few gestures, and asked the others to wait in place. Xiao Tianlei quietly approached with the cover of the weeds, and arrived at a distance of about twenty meters. Xiao Tianlei raised his own gun over his shoulder, adjusted his posture, and concentrated the strength of his legs and waist on his arms.

When hunting, the Ice Sagittarius template that Xiao Tianlei usually uses is very useful for ultra-long-range vision. Because it is often used, the Ice Sagittarius template has already saved a lot of game coins. Of course, Xiao Tianlei wants to buy equipment, but he cannot call out the equipment purchase page.

Even without bows and arrows, the ice archer's skills can play some role. At this time, some virtual arcs appeared in Xiao Tianlei's eyes, which were the flight trajectory after the gun was shot out. As the crocodile moves, wind and other factors, the trajectory is constantly corrected. This is the effect of the ice archer's shooting skills.

Xiao Tianlei was not strong enough, so he could only make up for the Qi. The Qi was moving to his arm, and he saw the opportunity, and suddenly threw it with all his strength. With a hissing, the gun made a sharp sound of slashing through the air.

The teenagers behind were paying attention to Xiao Tianlei's every move. When the gun was thrown out, their eyes moved as well, but they could not keep up. They only saw a phantom. The gun had accurately pierced into the eye socket of the crocodile. The crocodile opened its mouth and roared silently. After struggling for a few times, its body slapped the ground and made a pong sound. Then they lost all their strength and stopped moving. Other crocodiles nearby were frightened and quickly retreated into the water.

"That's over?"

"It seems to be."

"Group Lei is so good... good... what's the awesome thing about Brother Lei is talking about?"

"Awesome!"

"Yes, that's awesome!"

"It's so easy for Russia to finish the crocodile if it doesn't even see clearly."

"Then you go and try it."

"When Russia learns this trick, I will shoot one of them at once."

While the teenagers were talking, Xiao Tianlei was observing the crocodile and confirmed that the crocodile was really dead. He waved to the people behind him. The teenagers stepped forward. Xiao Tianlei took the rope, tied it into a trap, and carefully approached the crocodile's corpse. The other crocodiles would not go ashore for a while. They stepped forward and quickly used the rope to snag the sharp teeth in the crocodile's mouth. Then, the teenagers tried their best to pull the crocodile's corpse away from the shore.

For Xiao Tianlei, hunting crocodiles is not difficult, but it is more troublesome to transport the crocodiles back. The size of this crocodile is only average, but it is 300 to 400 kilograms.

It is not wise to divide and deal with crocodiles in the wild. The bloody smell may attract some other beasts. Moreover, peeling crocodile skin is also a technical job, and it requires a dedicated person to do it. The complete crocodile skin is valuable.

Xiao Tianlei thought of hunting crocodiles, and one factor was to make some money. He had thought a lot about making money over the years, but if he really wanted to realize it, he had to wait until he had a certain strength and had some capital. This is the case with doing business. The first pot of gold is often the most difficult to make.

The crocodile corpses were heavy. Fortunately, there were many young people, strong bodies, and they all had some strength. They tied the crocodile corpses with some ropes, used sticks to make a shoulder pole, and carried them together slowly forward. After sharing the burden, each person was only a few dozen kilograms, which could bear it. Xiao Tianbao gave the order and wanted to pull the crocodile tail. There was no road here, which added a lot of difficulty to transport. He had to walk a distance and rest for a while. After almost an hour, he finally got the crocodile onto a dirt road.

"Hey, hey..."

Maybe it was the excitement of hunting crocodiles, and no one complained about being tired, and shouted a call to go to Zhengjiazhuang.

When we arrived at the river outside the village, a woman carrying a wooden basin came towards us. When we saw a group of boys holding a crocodile, we were stunned, screamed, threw the wooden basin and ran away.

"Zheng San'er's mother was frightened and her face turned blue! Haha!" Zheng Biao was just a naughty child. The woman was still a relative of his family. He didn't feel bad at all, but he felt very happy. The boys burst into laughter and carried the crocodile to the village, watching the strange behaviors of the villagers after seeing the crocodile along the way.

The villagers were no longer surprised by the strange behavior of Xiao Tianlei and his group of wild children, but when they saw a few boys raising a big crocodile, they were still scared. The originally quiet village became noisy and messy.

The news in the village was very fast. After a while, many people knew that the wild boys in the village were back with a big crocodile.

By the time the crocodile was carried to the yard of Jiang Wu Doctor's house, a large group of onlookers had already come, most of whom did not dare to approach, for fear that the crocodile would come back to life, and pointed at the crocodile.

Xiao Tianlei and his gang hunted a crocodile. Doctor Jiang was not very surprised. Doctor Jiang had known from Xiao Tianlei's mother Jiang that Xiao Tianlei had a strange phenomenon when he was born. Originally, people from Shanyue had always believed in various gods. The two of them were engaged in special professions and secretly thought that Xiao Tianlei might have been a god from heaven. Therefore, Doctor Jiang did not ask much.

Doctor Jiang Wu asked someone to call the butcher in the village, cut the crocodile into its belly, peeled and boned it. The scene was noisy, and the families of the boys who participated in the hunting of crocodile arrived one after another.

When Xiao Qinghe and his wife learned that their son had beaten a big crocodile, they were also shocked. They were afraid that their son would be damaged, so they threw the friend down and rushed over. They felt relieved when they saw that their son was not in trouble, but they couldn't help but scold and warn. Zheng Biao was bragging, and Xiao Tianbao was grabbed by his mother. The families of several Shanyue cousins ​​were happy, looking forward to the divided crocodile meat, and other old stories about crocodiles and gossiped about them, all of which were all over the place.

Finally, apart from the crocodile meat that was paid by the butcher, the boys each handed over dozens of crocodile meat. As for whether to exchange it for other things or eat it at home, Xiao Tianlei would not ask.

In addition to the wounds of the eyes, there is no trauma on the crocodile's body. When the butcher peels the skin, he still praises it. The butcher is not bad at craftsmanship. The peeled crocodile skin is of excellent quality. If you sell it in the city, you can sell it at least hundreds of taels of silver. However, it depends on who sells it. If a child takes it, even if he is not blinded, the price will be reduced. Judging from some things that Xiao Tianlei heard, merchants in this world have some background in doing business. Clan gangs, local tyrants and bullies often monopolize a certain industry in a place. Things like big shops bully customers are not uncommon. Things like people from Shanyue are cheated when selling things.

However, Xiao Tianlei had already thought about selling the crocodile skin to the Zheng family. The Zheng family ran some business and asked Zheng Biao, the son of Zheng Bai's family, to sell the crocodile skin. It should not be too much of a loss. Although Zheng Biao was a bear, he was a very loyal guy.

Nothing happened. Zheng Biao took the crocodile skin and sent thirty-five taels of silver the next day. For Xiao Tianlei's family, it was a huge sum of money. An ordinary farmer spent only a few taels a year.

After getting the money, Xiao Tianlei went straight to the iron shop in the village and bought several good waist knives, some daggers, and the remaining silver to his friends. He only left a part of it and handed it to Jiang's part when he went home.
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