The old man chuckled,"Are you soft-hearted now?" Don't forget, the grassland was a battlefield. People who couldn't see blood weren't warriors. The wolf used a trick to kill a large herd of horses. Don't you feel sorry? Can a man defeat a wolf without using poison?
Chen Zhen calmed himself down and took a deep breath. His hands hardened as he cleared the snow and dug the pit. When it was time to put the trap down, his hand trembled a little again. This time, he was afraid that his fingers would be accidentally broken. After all, this was his first time putting the wolf trap down. As the old man taught, he put the thick horse stick into the mouth of the steel clamp. Even if the steel clamp was knocked over, it would first hold the horse stick and not Chen Zhen's hand. Chen Zhen felt his entire body heat up. With the old man's protection, his hands stopped trembling. His first attempt was a success. When Chen Zhen was wiping his sweat, he realized that the old man's head was sweating even more than his. The old man breathed a sigh of relief and said,"Child, I'll watch you play the next one. You can play the third one yourself. I think you can do it." Chen Zhen nodded. He followed the old man back to the carriage and took out two pairs of steel clips. Then, he picked out a dead horse, chose a spot, and carefully placed it. As for the remaining four pairs of clips, each person had two pairs and they split up. The old man asked Bayar to help Chen Zhen.
It was almost dusk, but it still hadn't cleared up. Old man Billig carefully checked the trap under the array and smiled." I really can't tell. If I were an old wolf, I would also be caught by you. The old man looked at Chen Zhen seriously and asked," It's getting late. What should we do now?
Chen Zhen thought for a moment and said,"Should we sweep away our footprints and count the tools we brought? We can't leave anything behind." The old man said with satisfaction,"You've learned too."
The three of them slowly swept the area from the northernmost side and checked it slowly. They only stopped when they reached the carriage. Chen Zhen asked while packing his tools," Abba, how many wolves can you catch with so many traps? The old man said: Hunting can't ask about the number. Once you say the number, you won't catch a single one. If a person did the first thing well, the next thing would depend on Tengri.
The three of them mounted their horses and led the carriage back.
Chen Zhen asked,"Are we going to collect the wolves tomorrow morning?"
The old man said,"No matter if you're caught or not, you can't come to collect the wolf." If he was caught, he would let the wolves see first. As long as they did not see anyone coming to collect the wolf, they would be suspicious and would circle around the dead horse to ponder. The task given by the field headquarters was not to catch a few wolves, but to lure the wolves over. If we don't catch the wolf, we'll have to wait. You don't have to come tomorrow. I'll come from afar.
The three of them walked home easily. Chen Zhen thought of the wolf cubs and planned to ask the old man for advice on digging out the wolf's den. Picking up wolf pups was a dangerous, difficult, and highly technical hunting project on the grasslands. It was also the most important method for the grassland people to suppress the development of vicious wolf packs. There were seven to eight wolf pups in a litter, and the wolf food in the Elun Grassland was abundant, so the survival rate of wolf pups was extremely high. Getting a pack of wolf cubs in spring was equivalent to eliminating a pack of wolves. In order to protect the wolf cubs, the wolf pack would use the highest intelligence of the wolf and all the fierce and desperate skills of the wolf. Chen Zhen had heard many stories about the dangers and luck of picking up wolf cubs, so he was already mentally prepared. It had been two springs, but none of the more than 100 educated youths had ever found a wolf pup by themselves. He didn't dare to expect that he could get a nest of them. He only planned to find an opportunity to learn from Old Man Billig. However, after the horse herd incident, the old man could no longer care about the wolf cubs. Chen Zhen could only ask the old man for advice based on his experience.
Chen Zhen said,"Abba, I was herding sheep a few days ago. A lamb was taken away alive by a she-wolf under my eyes and fled to the northeast of Black Stone Mountain." I think there must be a wolf den over there. There must be wolf cubs inside. I plan to look for it tomorrow morning. I wanted you to take us there…
The old man said,"I can't go tomorrow. The matter here is big. The field is still waiting for my letter." The old man turned back and asked,"Did the female wolf really go to the Black Stone Mountain?"
That's right. Chen Zhen said.
The old man stroked his beard and asked,"Did you chase them on horseback?" Chen Zhen said: No. It ran too fast and didn't have time to catch up. The old man said,"That's fine." Otherwise, that she-wolf would definitely lie to you. If someone was chasing it, it would not go straight to the wolf den.
The old man thought for a moment and said," This female wolf is really smart. In the spring of the previous year, the team had just dug out three wolf cubs there. This year, no one went there to dig wolves. I didn't expect that there would be a female wolf who dared to go there to give birth." Then go and look for it tomorrow. Bring more people and more dogs. You must find a few brave and experienced herdsmen to go. The two of you must not go alone. It's too dangerous.
What was the most difficult thing about digging out a wolf's den? Chen Zhen asked.
The old man said,"It's troublesome to dig out a wolf's den, but it's even more difficult to find one." I'll tell you a way to find the wolf's den. Get up before dawn tomorrow, run to a higher mountain at the bottom of the stone mountain, and lie down. When it's almost dawn, use your binoculars to keep an eye out. At this time, the mother wolf has been busy outside all night and should return to the cave to feed the wolf cubs. If you see a wolf going somewhere, there must be a wolf den there. If you look carefully and bring a good dog around, you will most likely find it. However, even if they found it, it would be difficult to dig out the wolf cubs. They were most afraid that there was a female wolf in the cave. You must be careful.
The old man's eyes suddenly dimmed as he said," If the wolf pack hadn't killed such a large herd of horses, I wouldn't have let you go and pick up wolf cubs. Picking up wolf cubs is the last thing the elders of the Elun Prairie want to do...
Chen Zhen did not dare to ask further. The old man was already furious about this large-scale wolf cub hunting event. Chen Zhen was afraid that the old man would stop him if he asked any more questions. However, the knowledge of picking wolf pups was too profound. His purpose of picking wolf pups was to raise a wolf pup. If he did not hurry up, it would be difficult to raise the wolf pup when it was weaned or opened its eyes. He had to transfer the wolf pup from the wolf world to the human environment before it could see the world clearly and distinguish between friend and foe. Chen Zhen was afraid that wolf pups with the strongest wild nature were harder to raise than sparrows. Chen Zhen, who loved animals since he was young, had caught and raised sparrows many times when he was young. However, sparrows were very temperamental. They closed their eyes in the cage and refused to eat or drink until they died. Wolf pups were not as easy to catch as sparrows. If they took the risk and spent a lot of effort to catch a wolf pup, but it died after raising it for a few days, it would be a big loss. Chen Zhen planned to ask Ba Tu again. He was famous for being an expert at fighting wolves. A few days ago, he had suffered such a huge loss from the wolf pack and was currently in a fit of anger. He would definitely succeed if he asked him for advice on picking out wolf cubs.
When they returned to the old man's yurt, it was already dark. After entering the yurt, the beautiful carpet had been restored to its original state. The three oil lamps lit up the wide yurt. On the short square table, there were two large pots of freshly cooked blood sausages and blood buns. The mutton belly, fat sausages, and meat were emitting steam and fragrance. After a busy day, the three people's stomachs were all growling. Chen Zhen hurriedly took off his leather robe and sat beside the table. Gasmail had already brought Chen Zhen's favorite sheep intestines to him in a meat bowl. He then brought another bowl to the old man's favorite sheep spine. Then, he handed Chen Zhen a small bowl of mushroom soy sauce made from Beijing solid soy sauce and grassland mushrooms. This was Chen Zhen's favorite seasoning when he ate pork. This seasoning from Beijing and the grasslands had now become a regular item in their yurts. Chen Zhen used a Mongolian knife to cut a section of sheep intestines and dipped it in seasoning before stuffing it into his mouth. It was so fragrant that he almost forgot about the wolf cubs. Grassland sheep intestines were the top quality of the grassland meat and were only one foot long. Although it was called a fat sausage, it was not fat at all. The intestines were stuffed with the most oily belly, small intestine, and chest muscles. The sheep intestines had almost absorbed all the waste from a sheep, but it matched with the unforgettable delicacies of Mongolian cuisine. It was tough and chewy, fat but not greasy.
Chen Zhen said," The Mongolians are really thrifty when it comes to eating sheep. They don't even want to throw away their breast membrane. It's still so delicious."
The old man nodded,"A hungry wolf eats sheep, even the sheep's wool and hooves." When a disaster occurred in the grasslands, it was not easy for humans and wolves to find food. They should eat all the sheep.
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