Sheng Xiping and the others came out quite early in the morning, before Zhang Shuzhen had even had time to feed the dogs.

Just yesterday, we were cooking roe deer at home. We gave the bones to the two dogs, and Sheng Xitai even secretly threw two pieces of raw spine bone with meat on it to the dogs.

This morning was a fierce battle, and I was exhausted. One pig's heart was not enough.

The two dogs finished eating in no time and came back to Sheng Xiping, wagging their tails for more food.

Upon seeing this, Sheng Xiping removed the pig lungs and gave them to the two dogs to eat separately.

After finishing the pig's heart and lungs, the two dogs had finally eaten their fill, so they obediently lay down to one side and watched Sheng Xiping work.

Sheng Xiping picked out all the other pig offal and hung it on a tree to cool.

Then I went elsewhere and cut some branches, and made a simple sled using rope and wire.

Once the sled was ready, they stuffed all the pig's offal back into the pig's belly.

Pig offal is also a good thing. Today, we're having a housewarming party, and these offal dishes can make several more dishes.

"Brother, don't we need to pay respects to the mountain god?" Sheng Xi'an asked, puzzled by his elder brother's actions.

Didn't my older brother tell me before that after hunting in the mountains, we should hang the offal on tree branches as an offering to the mountain god?

Why didn't you do what you always say today, brother?

Sheng Xiping glared at his own foolish son, took a deep breath, and didn't get angry with him.

"I can do whatever I want, why are you so concerned about me?"

There is indeed a custom of going into the mountains to hunt prey to worship the mountain gods.

In reality, it's just to leave some food for other predators, to prevent wolves and other wild beasts from following the scent of blood and causing an accident.

Of course, this is not mandatory; it's random and depends on how the hunter handles it.

If the prey is too large and heavy to handle, most people will leave it unloaded to reduce their load.

Normally, Sheng Xiping would just leave the intestines and such behind; it wouldn't make a difference.

But since the family needed it today, Sheng Xiping didn't worry about that and planned to take it all back with him.

Sheng Xi'an was a little confused after being scolded by her brother. Had he said something wrong?

Over there, Sheng Xikang tugged at his second brother's sleeve, "We came with our eldest brother, so we should just listen to what he says. Why ask so many questions?"

His second brother has really gone crazy from reading too much. He's a bit slow-witted. As long as he has food, he's fine. Why bother with anything else?

Sheng Xi'an was still a little confused, but he didn't press the matter further.

The three brothers loaded the pig onto the sled, and then Sheng Xiping, carrying a gun, dragged the sled with his younger brother, traversing mountains and valleys to return home.

Erlang Shen and General Hei, having eaten their fill, couldn't run off this time. They followed Sheng Xiping and the others, one in front of the other, and happily made their way back.

Summer is different from winter; there is no snow on the ground.

This makeshift sled, made of tree branches, had a pig weighing about 200 pounds on it, and the ground was covered with dry branches, leaves, and weeds, creating a lot of friction.

The three brothers got up early and left without eating, so their stomachs were empty. They still had to work hard to drag the pig back, which was quite tiring for them.

The three brothers struggled to drag the pig back home, while at the Sheng family home, Zhang Shuzhen had already prepared the meal, but she couldn't see her sons returning anywhere.

"It's almost 8 o'clock, why aren't the three boys back yet? There's still a lot of work to be done today for the house roof-raising ceremony."

Zhang Shuzhen went in and out several times, but couldn't find her sons at all. She was so anxious that she went back into the house and kept muttering to herself.

"They said they were going out for a walk this morning, but who knows what they might have run into again?"

If not, let's eat first. After we eat, I'll go to the new house and get people to work.

Put the food in a pot to keep it warm for them. When they come back and eat, they can go back to work.

Sheng Liancheng was also anxious. His eldest son was only twenty, and the other two were seventeen and fifteen. What if they encountered some danger on the mountain?

But there's no use in being anxious. If a grown man is running around like a cat on a hot tin roof, wouldn't his wife be even more flustered?

Therefore, Sheng Liancheng forced himself to remain calm and pretended to be unhurried.

Zhang Shuzhen glared at her husband, then turned around and went out to look around again.

From a distance, I could see something running towards me, and as it got a little closer, I realized it was my two dogs.

Zhang Shuzhen clearly remembers that when her three sons left home, the dog was on a leash.

If they run back now, their son must be alright; he's right behind them.

"Erlang Shen, Black General, come here quickly." Zhang Shuzhen waved to her two dogs.

The dog ran up to Zhang Shuzhen, panting heavily with its tongue hanging out.

When Zhang Shuzhen saw that the dog's belly was bulging, she immediately understood that it must have been hunting something on the mountain and had eaten its fill.

Having guessed the truth, Zhang Shuzhen breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the child was safe, it didn't matter whether he hit something or not.

"Mom, it's my brother and the others. They're back."

Sheng Yunfang and the others had no appetite for food, so they all came out of the house and stood on the road looking around.

Seeing her three older brothers walking back heavily in the distance, Sheng Yunfang and the others took off running to meet them.

"Brother, brother, why are you only just getting back? Mom was getting really worried."

The two girls ran and shouted, and when they got closer, they found that their three older brothers were dragging a wild boar behind them.

"Wow, we caught something big today, a pig!"

The two girls jumped for joy when they saw the pig.

"Mom, Mom, my brother and the others hunted a wild boar!" Sheng Yunfei turned around, waved to her mother, and shouted loudly.

They were still two or three hundred meters apart when Zhang Shuzhen vaguely heard what was happening and quickly turned around and went back into the house.

"Old Sheng, Old Sheng, come out quickly, our son killed a pig today."

Sheng Liancheng couldn't sit still at home. Upon hearing his wife's words, he took two steps and came out of the house.

"What the hell? Did you hit a pig?" Sheng Liancheng said as he ran towards the gate.

Looking west from the gate, I saw three sons and two daughters dragging something back home.

Sheng Liancheng hurried forward and saw a wild boar lying on the sled made of tree branches.

"Wow, this guy is quite big, he must weigh at least 250 or 260 pounds."

How did we run into each other? Didn't you guys say you were just going to "walk the condom" (a euphemism for a prostitute)?

While asking questions, Sheng Liancheng took over from Sheng Xi'an and the others, and together with Sheng Xiping, dragged the Wild Boar King's house away.

"Hmm, I'm thinking of going to check out the traps. If I don't find anything, I'll remove them all to avoid hurting anyone."

Unexpectedly, the second brother let the dog go, and Erlang Shen rushed out after smelling the wild boar.

The two dogs immobilized the big guy, and I shot him dead.

Sheng Xiping smiled. Today's incident was purely accidental. If the second brother hadn't let go of the rope, Erlang Shen wouldn't have been able to run off to catch the pig.

"Oh dear, thank goodness it's a sow; if it were a boar, it would have been quite risky."

You'd better be careful from now on; this is no joke.

Hunting wild boar is certainly good, but my son's safety is more important.

Sheng Liancheng didn't want anything to happen to his son over a meal.