Chapter 563
Early the next morning
When it was still dark, the horses in the farm yard became lively and the horses were neighing. Bian Shoutian was holding a shiny Winchester rifle in his hand and shouted;
"Erhu, hurry up and put the horse on it. Don't forget to beat a few eggs in the feed. Hunting today is not easy, so how much effort the horse will eat."
"Big Tiger, did your rifle be maintained yesterday?"
"Where is Chunhua girl, go and see if your brother gets up. When will it be time to get up?"
"Here, come..."
While putting on his clothes, Bian Chunsong went downstairs and walked to the porch to see that his father, second mother, big tiger, and second tiger were all dressed up, carrying bullet belts filled with bullets, holding a rifle in his hand, preparing to hang out saddles, serving the pedals to eat some concentrated feed, drink some water, and set off when they are ready.
He asked in a daze, "Dad, are you going to hunt rabbits today?"
"Of course, today all the nearby farms and armed militias in the town were dispatched to hunt rabbits in the surrounding fields. These bad things that harm the crops were reproduced too quickly. They had to be sorted out once a month. You should hurry up and prepare to go down together."
"Babe, I'm going back in the afternoon."
"I know, don't be too long. I have time. I quickly find your gun. Don't be stupid when I study all day long. I just happen to go out for activities."
"Oh, okay."
Bian Chunsong couldn't resist his father, so he could only run back and take out the rifle in the bedroom, bring a kettle and some dry food that had been prepared long ago, and follow his family on a horse and set off.
In Australian farms, there are almost no one who can’t ride horses and shoot guns.
Bian Chunsong learned to ride a horse and shoot guns at the age of 13, and his marksmanship was pretty good. However, he later lost his skills when he went to school and did not make much progress in recent years.
In the hazy morning light
A family of five rode a horse to meet with the surrounding farmers, and gradually formed a larger team. When they arrived in Hejia Town, they were filled with black cowboys riding horses and holding guns. There were thousands of people, and there were barking horses and dogs everywhere.
Bian Shoutian was originally a grassroots officer of the Dragon Cavalry Guard. He had a lot of prestige in the local area. After a while, he met some people in charge of the town, and assigned a hunting team of more than 100 people, responsible for driving forward along the Qiguai River and driving the group of hares to a valley far away to hunt.
The hares in Australia are huge and very fierce. There are even examples of kicking greyhounds to death. Once they rush up, they run very fast and turn quickly. Even ordinary sheepdogs can't catch up, and only greyhounds can compete.
The frightened rabbits are running around in the wild, and it is really hard to hit when running, and they require excellent shooting skills.
Therefore, the cowboys use shotguns for Winchester lever guns. Once the lead is shot, a large area of the lever gun is fired fiercely. More than ten rounds of bullets can be loaded in the chamber. Pull the bolt and shoot one shot. If you touch it, you will die and get injured when you wipe it. The effect of hitting the rabbit is very good.
The most famous battle for Winchester's continuous rifles was the 10th Russian-Turkish War in 1877. At that time, the Ottoman army used this new leverage rifle to severely defeat the Tsarist Russian army that was facing the army in the battle to guard the Fortress of Plevin.
The Russian army, which was scattered with three consecutive hand-to-hand attacks, killed and injured in the rain of bullets with continuous leverage guns in Winchester, causing a total of about 20,000 Russian soldiers to suffer major casualties, and became famous for a while.
Today's era
Winchester fired guns are a lever rifle that cowboys, sheriffs and gangsters love during the development of the western United States. The same is true in Australia. They are widely popular with cowboys and farmers and are a top-notch weapon for fighting hares.
"Asses my orders... Team C sets off."
Bian Shoutian shouted, and set out first with more than 100 cowboys and dozens of dogs under his command. The other teams behind him left the town one by one and hunted in all directions.
At this time, the sky was getting brighter. The hare nests in the suburbs were alarmed by a large group of people and fled everywhere in panic. The gunshots of hunting cowboys kept ringing, and slowly drove forward in a semi-arc shape along the Qiguai River.
Because it was a large group of people, the cowboys could only shoot at the targets ahead, and it was strictly forbidden to shoot left and backwards. Even if there were hares that had leaked the net, they could not fire to prevent the bullet from accidentally injuring people.
Bian Chunsong was riding a horse in the queue. He saw a young woman wearing a wide-edged cowboy hat and a circle of yellow and orange bullets on her belt. She looked pretty and heroic. Unexpectedly, women also liked this kind of wild hunting activity.
"Well... I'm promiscuous. I'm Bian Chunsong from Bian's Farm. How dare I ask the lady whose surname is? I've never seen her before. Is she a new immigrant who has moved in?"
The young woman did not answer his question, but quickly raised her gun and aimed it and fired it.
After a gunshot of "bang..."
Among the dozen or so wild rabbits running around seventy or eighty meters, a fat big hare was beaten to the air and threw out a clear bloodline and fell on the grass. The rabbit kicked his legs twice and died.
"Baoba..." After several consecutive shots, the rabbit almost fell down when the gunshots. This woman's shooting skills are very impressive.
It was not until the hares in front of him were all killed by the cowboys that the young woman lowered her gun with a calm expression and replied, "Well... I heard of Bian Family Farm, what do you want to know?"
"Ahem...I'm fine." Bian Chunsong coughed twice and answered a little embarrassedly.
He has never seen such a tough woman as old as he is. His good shooting skills are really like a rabbit, which is completely incompatible with her elegant and intellectual style.
It turned out that I thought this beautiful woman was taking advantage of the hunting to relax and was a soy sauce. I didn’t expect that she was a master of gun playing.
There are certainly many cowboys with good marksmanship, but not everyone can shoot one hare running around at a scattered rabbit. He feels that he can't afford to offend, and he feels in his heart.
Bian Chunsong's answer made the young woman look at him carefully, frowned and thought for a while, "There is a young man from Bian's Farm to study at Honghe Valley University, can't it be you?"
"It's just me, how can the girl know?"
"No..." the young woman raised her chin and said with a teasing smile; "Captain Bian of our hunting team bragged in the town tavern every few days, saying that his eldest son was motivated and studious, and he was really the Wenquxing, who was one in a million. In the past few years, there has been almost no one in the He family town who didn't know. I know it's strange?"
"This... made the girl laugh." Bian Chunsong felt a red face.
He also knew about this. His father was very proud of him and he kept Bian Chunsong on his lips wherever he went. The old guys' ears were calloused and he was so annoyed.
With the current population of tens of millions of Queensland and the number of millions of people in Shanghai's foreign territories, the proportion of young and middle-aged people has almost reached more than 90%. The top Red River Valley University enrolls only two or three thousand students every year, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is one in a thousand.
Bian Chunsong is from a mainlander, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He has always been a prosperous literary style here. There are many people who know and write. He just finds about 10 people on the street, and there are always one or two people who can recognize words. This is already amazing in today's era.
In comparison
There are many immigrants in the northern and inland areas, and 99% of them do not recognize the words. This is the gap.
Therefore, in Bian Shoutian's heart, he was very satisfied with this son who shined his family. He kept showing off all day long. There was no imperial examination in Queensland, and he was almost a scholar who could go to the top Red River Valley University. This is not an exaggeration.
"I didn't laugh at it. There are only a few people who can go to Red River Valley University in this area around Hejia Town. Local students have to compete with outstanding students from the Chicken Eagle School. It is really not easy to be able to go to Red River Valley University for further studies. Mr. Bian is also a top student." The young woman smiled and said cheerfully, "Oh... By the way, let's meet, I am He Pannan."
Why do you want a man?
This name flashed through Bian Chunsong's heart and was shocked;
Isn’t this the second daughter of Sir He (Major General He Fang)’s family?
The biggest public secret of Hejia Town is not that Bian Chunsong was admitted to the Red River Valley University, nor any other news, but that Sir He has been desperate for men for many years but has not been able to get it. This is almost an open secret, everyone knows it.
In terms of age, Sir He is already over forty years old, and he is almost at the age of knowing his destiny. However, the wife of the Zhengfang gave birth to four daughters in a row, which made Sir He, who had serious Confucianism, unable to sleep day and night, and felt ashamed of his ancestors.
There are three things that are said to be unfilial, and there is no descendant.
Although several minority families gave birth to two illegitimate sons, Sir He was still deeply dissatisfied. He believed that it was difficult for a illegitimate son to inherit the title and incense of the He family, and would be looked down upon in the upper class, with a bad reputation and a bad word.
Therefore, Sir He wanted a son. His eldest daughter was named He Bingxin, which meant that she felt cold and felt that she had a money-lossing product.
The second daughter is called He Pannan, the third daughter is called He Qiunan, and the fourth daughter is called He Liannan, which means that he is pitiful to the He family, let's have a boy.
It was not until three years ago that the wife of the wife finally gave birth to a son of Lin, which made Sir He very happy.
He rushed back from Borneo to celebrate his birthday for the 100th day of his life. He named him He Tianbao, which means that the treasure given by God finally got a big heart disease and explained it to his ancestors and family.
Sir He was a big banquet for guests in Red River Valley City and invited guests and friends. At that time, the Earl all came to congratulate him in person, and there were also a group of big bosses who came to support him. The scenery was really unreasonable.
So Sir He’s eldest daughter He Bingxin was 23 years old, her son was 5 years old, and her younger brother He Tianbao, who was the same father and mother, was only three years old.
These thoughts flashed in his heart instantly, and Bian Chunsong immediately clasped his fists and said, "Oh... it turned out to be the second lady in the Lord's Mansion. Please forgive Chunsong for his unaware of the crime."
"No need to be polite." He Pannan stretched out his slender hand and waved it for a moment. Then he didn't know what he thought of, and his expression was depressed. He didn't want to talk more and walked forward silently.
The team hunting hares does not need to be fast, and it mainly ensures a tight and complete queue, and drives them over in a net-like manner.
The cowboys were all experienced and rode their horses slowly. When they passed by a hilly bush, the large group of shepherds and greyhounds were released alarmed the hare's nest. Hundreds of hares flew around the mountains and fields like nests, and gunfire sounded loudly for a moment.
Only then did Bian Chunsong have the chance to show his marksmanship. "Baoba..." After firing seven or eight consecutive shots, he didn't even catch a rabbit's hair, which made him blush.
On the other hand, He Pannan next to him seemed to be like a god's help, and the gunshot of the rabbit as if he had called him, as if he had vented all the speechless depression in his heart on the hare, but he was completely disappointed.
Such a woman really makes men ashamed!
Chapter completed!