"Here! Come on, I found a rabbit hole! " Snerena shouted excitedly. "My sister and I will smoke it out. Just aim and shoot!"
However, after the receptionist lit up her cigarette, the rabbit did not come out. Just when she was feeling disappointed, she heard Zhang Heng say, "Three o 'clock, under that tree."
"I see it!" Snerena's brother-in-law was also a hunter in the forest. As soon as Zhang Heng pointed it out, he immediately spotted the target.
When a creature like a rabbit dug a hole, it would usually leave more than one exit. This was also the origin of the saying that a cunning rabbit had three burrows. The fire that the receptionist and her sister lit finally worked, but it only managed to smoke the rabbit out of the other hole.
Snerena's brother-in-law immediately raised the shotgun in his hand. He was a good marksman, and from the way he held the gun, one could tell that he had practiced a lot. Considering the tense relationship between the SL and the western world, no one knew when the war would break out again. Hence, it was never a bad idea to practice shooting.
This was also why Snerena's sister told Zhang Heng that her husband could teach him how to hunt.
But this time, his opponent was very alert. After it got out of the hole, it stood there for a moment. As if sensing danger, it immediately rushed out again.
Almost at the same time, a gunshot was heard.
The bullet grazed the rabbit's fur and hit a dwarf pine nearby.
"Damn it!" Snerenna's brother-in-law cursed under his breath. After the first bullet missed, he hurriedly reloaded. However, by the time he picked up his gun, the hare had already run quite a distance away. It seemed to have been startled by the gunshot and was still running for its life.
Facing a moving prey, Snerena's brother-in-law was at his wit's end, especially since the color of the rabbit's fur was very similar to the color of the snow on the ground. This made it almost impossible for him to aim properly.
And just when he was about to give up, he heard a gunshot.
"I hit it!" Snerena saw the running rabbit with her own eyes. Her body trembled, and she fell to the ground. "I haven't seen you in a few months. Vidas, your marksmanship has become so good?"
"I only fired one shot." Vidas was also puzzled. He turned his head and looked at Zhang Heng behind him. The latter had already put away the antique double-barreled shotgun in his hand.
"Ivan fired that shot just now." Snerenna's sister happened to be standing between Vitas and Zhang Heng, so she could clearly hear where the second gunshot came from. She then asked curiously, "Ivan, it turns out that you've practiced shooting before, and you're so accurate."
"Well, I met a hunter in the mountains, and she taught me how to shoot," Zhang Heng said.
Vitas found it a little unbelievable. "What kind of hunter can teach you marksmanship to this extent? Or are you talented in shooting?"
"No, she taught me well. Her marksmanship is much better than mine," Zhang Heng answered honestly.
From the expression on Vesta's face, it was obvious that he didn't believe Zhang Heng's words. According to Zhang Heng, the hunter who taught him how to shoot was probably invincible. However, since Zhang Heng was a guest, he didn't question him.
Snerena ran to fetch the hare which had been shot, and the four of them went on into the mountains.
Along the way, Zhang Heng chatted with Vitas and asked him about the white mare.
"A snow-white horse? I've never seen one before. " Vitas shook his head. "No one in the village owns horses at all. The only two families have pack horses for carrying goods. The horse you mentioned should be very expensive. It's not something the people here should keep."
"Okay."
Of course, Zhang Heng knew what Vitas said. However, he still asked again to be on the safe side. Zhang Heng couldn't figure out where the white mare came from, so he could only try his luck with Vitas. Also, he wanted to see if he could encounter the white mare again during the hunt.
Unfortunately, although the four of them managed to catch a lot of prey, including two hares and a deer, the white mare that Zhang Heng met once by the stream never appeared again.
After hunting the deer, the four of them looked at the sky and decided not to go any further. Vitas and Zhang Heng carried the prey into the trunk of the car.
"I know a way to get home faster, but …"
"But what?"
"You'd better slow down when you pass a place in the middle," Vitas said.
"Huh?"
"Is that where Aunt Sauk lives?" "She's always had a bad temper. I heard that her husband died a long time ago. After that, she lived alone and didn't interact much with the people in the village. She only kept a close eye on her vegetable field. I remember when some children went to her field to play when I was young, she rushed out with a gun, scaring the children and their parents. Mom even used her to scare me. How is she now? Is she better?"
"No, it's even more exaggerated. A week ago, a car passed by her door, and she shot and smashed the window. Luckily, the person inside was fine. After that, she said she heard it wrong and thought it was the villagers who drove a tractor to steal her vegetables," Wang Yao said.
"She's that scary? Then, we'd better not pass by her door, "Snelana said worriedly.
"It's okay. We just need to stay away from her. Although that old woman has a heart of stone and is eccentric, fortunately, her marksmanship isn't as good as Ivan's. If we go that way, we can get home before dark."
"Let's do that then," Zhang Heng finally decided.
About twenty minutes later, Zhang Heng drove the car to the edge of a field. Vitas pointed in a direction, "Look, that's where Aunt Sauk lives."
Zhang Heng looked in the direction where Vitas was pointing and saw a dilapidated house with half of its side collapsed. It looked like a cave, and it was hard to imagine anyone would be willing to live in it.
"Aunt Sauk's husband died when she was young, and she had no children. The villagers pitied her and wanted to help her repair the house for free. However, after the gun incident, they left it at that. She lives here alone. Speaking of which, she should be in her eighties now. Every winter, everyone thinks that she might not be able to make it through, but she still gets to see her the next year. It seems that at least she's in good health. "
"Is that so?" Zhang Heng looked at the small house again. Although it looked dark and dilapidated, the architectural design was quite impressive. Whether it was the floor area or the height of the building, it was bigger than the average house in the village. That was why Aunt Sauk could still live in it even though half of it had collapsed.
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