As Si Cheng continued to provoke him, the cobra gradually lost patience and launched an attack on him, who remained motionless. Its attack was incredibly agile; it first held its head in an S-shape, then forcefully tilted it back before lunging forward, the entire snake flying through the air while simultaneously spitting venom. If Si Cheng hadn't been quick enough, he might have been bitten.

On several occasions, the snake darted past Si Cheng's clothes, which made Si Cheng even more cautious.

The stalemate lasted for more than ten minutes. The cobra was probably exhausted and started to lie down on the ground from time to time.

Si Cheng knew his moment had arrived. Just as the snake's head continued to rise, he swung the wooden stick in his hand and slapped it down on the snake's head. Although the cobra tried to dodge, it was probably already exhausted, and its head was knocked to the ground.

However, he didn't go up to check immediately. Instead, he went around behind the snake and poked its tail with a stick. Seeing that the snake didn't move anymore, he walked to the snake's head and patted its head a few more times.

Yunqi and the others saw that the snake's body was limp under Sicheng's provocation, so they went forward to check.

"Brother Cheng, are you alright?" Yunqi asked with concern, seeing Sicheng covered in sweat.

"It's alright, it's just that this snake is a bit troublesome." After he finished speaking, everyone took a serious look at the snake on the ground. The snake was indeed huge, almost two meters long, and it was a real king cobra.

"I don't know where these snakes came from. This area has been cleared before, but there are still snakes this big. It seems we need to be more careful in the future." Yun Zhiming looked at the huge snakes in front of him and couldn't help but feel worried.

"Thank you so much for today. If it weren't for you, I might have died here." Ma Lan was still terrified when she thought about it.

"These are all relatives, why say such things?" Yun Zhiming felt there was nothing wrong with it; anyone would have stepped forward to help in this situation.

"So you're the only one who came here? Where are Le Jia and Jian Ying?" Yun Zhiming was very curious as to why only Ma Lan was with the couple who were usually inseparable.

Ma Lan smiled sheepishly: "The Le family went to help Le Ting's house. I was home alone and thought I'd go out and dig up some earthworms to take back. Who knew I'd run into a snake?"

Yun Zhiming didn't know what to say to his cousin's wife, so he could only tell her not to go up the mountain alone next time.

"What should we do with this snake? Should we take it back?" Si Cheng looked at Yun Qi, wanting to hear her opinion.

"Why don't we take it back?"

"What are you going to do with it? You don't mean you're planning to eat it, do you?" Yun Zhiming knew that some people in the village would still bring back snakes to eat when they caught them during this period.

"Isn't this ready-made bait? It's perfect for this purpose. But we should still bury its head. Oh, and we should also take out the snake gall bladder. We can give it to Uncle Nanyao for medicinal use. I heard he's been researching traditional Chinese medicine lately, so this is a good opportunity for him to try it out." Because of this, Yunqi even sent over all the traditional Chinese medicine books he had collected, hoping that a skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor would emerge from the village. Actually, in his previous life, Yunqi had even eaten rat meat, so he didn't care about eating snake meat at all. It's just that he has his own space as a backup, so he no longer wants to mistreat himself or force himself to eat it. In reality, the main reason is that his family doesn't know how to cook snake meat.

Upon hearing that Yunnan medicine needed it, Yun Zhiming quickly agreed: "Yes, let's also bring this snake head along, maybe the residual poison on it will be useful."

"Take them all back. We can see if anyone wants to eat snake meat later, and we can take them with us." Si Cheng simply used a stick to pick up the whole snake. Although his family didn't eat snake meat, it was because he didn't know how to cook it and didn't dare to. He had ordered spicy snake and similar dishes at restaurants before, so he wasn't against it.

Si Cheng reached out to hug his daughter, but Lele leaned her head directly on her grandfather's shoulder, looking very resistant.

When he turned his gaze to Junjun, Junjun quickly hugged her mother's neck, her face full of rejection.

"Oh, is she disgusted with her dad now?" Si Cheng asked sourly.

"You go first, keep that snake away from us. Didn't you see how scared my little darling is?" Yun Zhiming looked disgusted when he saw his son-in-law carrying a snake in one hand and trying to hold the child with the other. He patted the little Lele in his arms and said, "He was probably scared before. Let Grandma pat his head when we get back."

After saying that, he took two steps back to the side, signaling his son-in-law to go back first. Si Cheng could only take the bucket and hoe with his other hand and lead the way forward.

"Auntie, let's all go back first. We can have Jianying and the others come and get the tools later," Yunqi said to Malan beside him.

"Okay, let's go back." Ma Lan didn't want to stay here any longer. As for the tools, she didn't want her husband and son to make the trip again. She calmed herself down, picked up the hoe and bucket not far away, and followed Yun Qi and the others back.

"Brother Cheng, how did you catch such a big snake?" They hadn't gone far into the village when they encountered Yun Jianying walking towards them. Before Si Cheng could say anything, a gasp came from behind him.

"Son, I almost didn't get to see you and your father again." When Ma Lan saw her son, she put down the hoe and bucket she was holding and rushed over to him.

Yun Jianying was completely bewildered as his mother rushed towards him. Everything was fine, so how did it escalate to the point where he couldn't see her anymore?

Ma Lan pointed to the snake on Si Cheng's stick and recounted the whole incident to her son, Yun Jianying, who was stunned. Such a dangerous thing had happened in such a short time. Yun Jianying hugged his mother, still shaken, and Si Cheng immediately bowed deeply.

"Brother Cheng, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, my mother would have been in danger. If you ever need anything, just call me. My life is now yours, Brother Cheng."

"We're all from the same village, why are you saying all this? Hurry up and take your mother back, she's been terrified." Only then did everyone notice that Ma Lan, who hadn't said a word the whole way, had probably finally seen her son and was letting her emotions out; her lips were a little bluish, and she looked terrified.

"Thank you! I'll take my mom home now, and I'll definitely come to thank you in person later." After saying that, he picked up his mother and quickly walked home.

Yunqi and the others looked helplessly at the buckets and hoes left aside. Fortunately, they were already on the main road at the entrance of the village. Yunqi put Junjun down and handed his little hand to his grandfather.

"Dad, you guys go back first. I'll take these things to them." Yun Qi picked up the items Ma Lan had left behind and headed towards her house.