frightfiction Chapter 211 Bear Infestation
Chapter 211 Bear Infestation
After Gu Qingqing left, Qiao Lei called Qiao Liang and the others over to talk about collecting agricultural products.
Now that we are in a period of famine, many families have run out of food, but some families still have surplus food.
After some thought, Qiao Lei decided to buy the agricultural products at a high price. Only those with surplus grain would sell if the price was high.
Then Qiao Liang and Xu Yuefei were given separate expenses, for example, five cents for a pound of fine grain, eight cents for a pound of eggs, and two cents for a chicken.
As for the losses in the middle, she will bear them herself.
Xu Yuefei had no objection. He didn't dare to go to the black market for the time being and he had nothing to do now.
The fee Qiao Lei paid was quite high, so he could make a lot of money.
Qiao Liang refused and said, "Third sister, I don't want the money. How can we be so distant as siblings?"
Qiao Lei would definitely disagree. She gave the money because she wanted Qiao Liang to learn to be self-reliant.
However, this cannot be said in front of Xu Yuefei, and I know that Qiao Liang will not listen.
She simply said, "I appreciate your kindness. I didn't ask you to collect these agricultural products. Someone asked me to ask you for help. It doesn't benefit me whether you accept the money or not."
Qiao Liang said thoughtfully, "Sister, I'll give you my share of the money. I don't have much money to spend."
Qiao Lei pretended to be fierce and said, "Do you want to give me your money for safekeeping so that I can pay for your betrothal gifts and build a house for you in the future? Don't even think about it. Keep your own money. And let me tell you, if you don't receive as much as Xu Yuefei, I will show you how I will deal with you."
When he heard about getting married, the young boy blushed all of a sudden. With Xu Yuefei laughing at him, he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Qiao Lei once again instructed the two to purchase agricultural products at the agreed price, and made them promise not to cheat people before letting them leave.
Their plan to collect agricultural products has not yet started!
The brigade notified everyone not to run around unless necessary, saying that there were wild boars and bears in the mountains behind the educated youth site that had come down the mountain and were about to injure people.
Six people were injured in one day, three of whom were children who were herding sheep and cattle in the brigade, and three were adults who came from nearby brigades to hike in the mountains.
The place where the people were attacked was only two miles away from the brigade.
At first everyone was very excited because wild boars were coming down the mountain, which meant they could eat meat again!
The brigade immediately organized hunters and militia to go hunting, but when they arrived at the destination, their legs were so weak with fear.
These wild boars are so huge! The smallest one weighs 400 to 500 kilograms! As soon as we set out, we encountered two brown bears. You can tell with the naked eye that they are at least two meters long!
Whether it's a wild boar or a brown bear, the bigger it is, the more invulnerable it is to swords and guns.
The hunting rifles used by the militia were still old-fashioned muskets, which did not contain enough gunpowder to hurt brown bears and wild boars.
In the end, not only did everyone fail to kill the wild boar, but they were also chased everywhere by wild boars and brown bears, and some people were injured.
The brigade cadres quickly reported to the commune and asked the commune to apply to the Forestry Bureau for the forest police to come and help drive away these wild animals with armed forces.
The Forest Police Bureau was also surprised when they received the news. They patrolled frequently but hadn't spotted any large wild animals, not even a few roe deer.
How come this mountain and water brigade had wild boars coming down the mountain and injuring people not long ago, but now there are not only wild boars but also brown bears.
It was strange, but now that someone had been injured, the Shanshui Brigade would definitely not lie about military intelligence. They were all veteran hunters and couldn't solve the problem. The request for support must be true.
However, the people from the Forest Public Security Bureau have been seconded to do other things, and there are not enough people now.
They sent a retired soldier with two younger brothers, and the main force still had to rely on the brigade's militia.
Six wild boars were found very quickly. The smallest one weighed more than 400 kilograms, and the largest one weighed over 700 kilograms. This time, the wild boar team did not keep any of them and handed them all over.
Everyone's legs went weak when they saw such a big wild boar. In addition to the wild boar, they also found many bear footprints.
What’s even more terrifying is that a body was found that was fanned to death by a brown bear!
No one knew the other party, and there were no missing persons in the nearby brigades! No one knew the deceased, so the case had to be handed over to the Public Security Bureau.
According to the judgment of the forest police, the wild boar and brown bear must have run out from the deep mountains in search of food.
Because along the way, there were almost no traces of wild animals except for wild boars and brown bears.
No one knows how many wild boars are left, and the brown bear that injured people has not been found.
Secretary Wang would use the loudspeaker to remind everyone whenever he had free time throughout the day not to run around, and that it was best not to act alone even during the day.
The brigade tried to arrange for men and women to work together. In the past, except for educated youth and their families, men and women worked separately.
Despite this, despite the militia's 24-hour patrols, two pigs were still lost from the brigade's pig farm, a three-month-old calf from a member's home was also missing, and there were even more chickens, ducks, and geese.
When these poultry and livestock were found, their internal organs had been gutted!
There is no doubt that it was the work of a brown bear. The crops near the mountain were badly damaged and there were bear footprints everywhere.
Moreover, during the years of famine, several people disappeared in the neighboring commune, and when they were found, their internal organs were missing.
The police thought it was a perverted serial killer, so they dispatched many police officers to stake out and capture him every day, and finally caught a big brown bear.
After forensic identification, it was confirmed that the previous victims were indeed killed by brown bears.
Now that the internal organs are missing, everyone’s first concern is the brown bear.
However, it is the rainy season now and there have been heavy rains recently, so we have no way of finding the bear's whereabouts based on its footprints and traces.
This scared everyone so much that the whole team was in a panic.
Even if Secretary Wang didn't notify us, no one would dare to run around, let alone travel alone.
Every household quickly reinforced the fences in their yards, and those living at the foot of the mountain even built walls with stones or earth bricks.
Gu Qingqing has been in a bad mood these past two days. She originally wanted to teach those who followed her a lesson that day, but now not only the police have been dispatched, but someone has also died.
She never expected that she had released the wild boars and brown bears into the deep mountains, so how could they run to the team?
No one knew better than her that the wild boars and brown bears were too big and she didn't dare to kill them and sell them.
She was already in a bad mood because she had been cheated time and time again in the black market. Now those people were chasing the team. In a moment of impulse, she released the wild boar and brown bear without considering the consequences.
Now that she has implicated innocent people, she feels very guilty.
Especially the old lady whose calf was lost fainted from tears after hearing the news.
In the past, she might have thought it was no big deal and just taken some money as subsidy.
But after two years in the countryside, she realized very well the importance of cattle and horses to a farmer.
To put it simply, they are the strong labor force of the farmers. To put it more broadly, they can be said to be their endless cash cow, who earns more work points than others.
The calf is already quite big in these three months. After some time of raising it, it can be used to plow the fields and pull trucks. It was suddenly killed by a brown bear, which is a big loss for the family.
She also wanted to find brown bears and wild boars and put them into the space.
But only three brown bears were found, and no one knew where the other two brown bears and the remaining wild boar had disappeared.
She was worried all day long, and couldn't eat or sleep well at night.
Whenever she closed her eyes, she would see two brown bears slaughtering members of the brigade. She was often startled awake, and sometimes the bear's head would turn into her face.
I've looked much more haggard these past few days.