Wild boars often wreak havoc on farmland during their active season, which is a real headache. However, wild boars often travel in groups, reproduce quickly, are highly aggressive, and the mountains behind the farmland are vast, making it difficult to find their whereabouts and often resulting in fruitless attempts to locate them.

Although anything important that is dug up must be handed over to the state, wild game, wild vegetables, and medicinal herbs can be distributed according to the number of people, which can be considered as an extra meal for families that are not well-off.

Therefore, when many educated youth signed up to go to the countryside, the people at the registration point would deliberately remind them to try to go to places with the sea or mountains, rather than barren deserts, which were truly not places for humans to live.

Whether you're beachcombing or hiking in the mountains, you can find some delicious food.

The desolate desert truly lives up to its literal meaning of "desolate," offering nothing but hardship and suffering.

At this moment, Ye Nian'an thought of Su Mingyue.

Su Mingyue's verdict came down on the same day that Chu Xin'er and Chi Xinyao passed the exam to become elementary school teachers.

Because of the burglary and accidental injury, the evidence was conclusive. The amount stolen did not meet the threshold, and Jiang Nuan's injuries were minor. She was sentenced to five years and sent to a farm in the Northwest for labor service.

It's safe to say that Su Mingyue's life is ruined, and it's virtually impossible for her to see him again.

However, the reason Ye Nian'an remembered this person was because of the thousand-year-old ginseng that Su Mingyue found.

It all started with this thousand-year-old ginseng...

Now, the thousand-year-old ginseng is being nurtured by Ye Nian in the black soil of the space, irrigated with spiritual spring water, absorbing the essence of the space, and growing strong.

But what Ye Nian'an was curious about all along was that Su Mingyue, who had been humiliated and unable to hold her head up in the brigade, had been keeping a low profile for the past few months, staying at the Bai family home and hardly ever appearing.

How come they discovered such a large, thousand-year-old ginseng in the back mountain and secretly went to dig it up?

If treasures like these were so easy to find, they would have been dug up long ago.

Ye Nian'an was incredibly lucky to discover Su Mingyue's footprints, her disguise, and her spatial ability, which allowed her to quickly take away the thousand-year-old ginseng.

If Su Mingyue truly is guided by a mysterious force, as I suspect, then if I could seize that mysterious guidance...

Just as Ye Nian'an was thinking, she suddenly caught something out of the corner of her eye.

He immediately gestured for Chu Xin'er and Ye Yao to be quiet.

"Shh!"

Chu Xin'er was just about to ask Ye Nian'an whether these mushrooms were edible.

Seeing his sister-in-law like this, he curiously stepped forward and whispered, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

"Look—"

Ye Nian'an pointed to a spot in front of the jungle.

A wild boar was lying there fast asleep.

Chu Xin'er and Ye Yao both saw it and were extremely surprised: "Sister-in-law, it's a wild boar... Why is it here?"

Wild boars usually move in groups.

However, no other wild boars were seen near this one.

Ye Nian'an deduced, "It appeared alone, probably because it failed in its struggle for power and was driven out of the clan..."

"Sister-in-law, what do we do now? It's just a wild boar, and it's much less active in winter..."

Chu Xin'er was eager to try.

Such a big wild boar, if we shoot it down, there will be a huge pile of meat!

That way, they won't have to worry about pork next year!

Wild boar meat may not taste very good, but it's still meat, and it's much better than nothing!

“Xin’er, you need a gun to hunt wild boar, otherwise it’s too dangerous. But none of us brought any. Only the captain has hunting rifles specifically for hunting wild boar.”

"Now that the weather is cold, wild boars sleep for long periods and move slowly, so it's a good opportunity to catch one that's alone."

"Okay, you and your older brother should hurry down the mountain to find the brigade leader, explain the situation, and ask for a hunting rifle so he can bring more able-bodied men up. Otherwise, we won't be able to transport these wild boars down the mountain."

Wild game like wild boar is usually shared among multiple people.

The Chu family alone couldn't possibly handle it all.

Moreover, if others find out, it could easily cause unnecessary trouble.

If Ye Nian'an had a gun, it would be fine if he secretly killed the wild boar and put it in his spatial storage. The problem is that he didn't have one, and there were people following him around.

The matter of space must never be exposed. In this era, Ye Nian'an was afraid that he would be arrested and used for research if he did something so supernatural.

It would be better to find someone to help kill the wild boar and do a favor for them.

Chu Xin'er and Ye Yao had the same idea as Ye Nian'an.

They quickly found Chu Yan and the others to prevent Ye Nian'an from being alone guarding the wild boar, as it would be too dangerous.

Ye Sheng said excitedly, "Niannian, I didn't expect you to find a lone wild boar. This is truly a great achievement!"

With such a large wild boar, even if everyone shares the meat, they'll all get quite a bit.

As the one who discovered the wild boar, Ye Nian'an could ask for more meat than he wanted, but no one would object to taking a larger quantity of offal, such as pig brains, tongues, snouts, and ears...

Ye Sheng used to dislike eating pig offal, thinking it was too dirty. But Ye Nian'an somehow got some pig offal and cooked it for him a few times, and he started to like the taste of animal organs.

Ultimately, it's Ye Nian'an's cooking skills that matter; he can even make pork offal taste delicious!

Chu Xin'er and the others quickly went down the mountain and told Shi Minghui and the others, who were at home preparing to visit relatives, about the discovery of the wild boar.

Upon hearing this, Shi Minghui was overjoyed.

This was a great opportunity to add some dishes to everyone's New Year celebrations. Forget about visiting relatives, they immediately gathered a lot of young and strong men to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars and bring them down.

It's rare for Shi Gandang to come back from the army for the New Year. He was incredibly excited to hear that Ye Nian'an was the one who found the wild boar. No wonder she's his idol's wife, she's amazing!

Shi Minghui and the others, carrying three hunting rifles, arrived at the place where the wild boars were sleeping, led by Chu Xin'er. Ye Nian'an and the others had been waiting for a long time.

"Captain, the wild boar is here, but it seems to have woken up and is starting to move..."

Shi Minghui frowned imperceptibly: "This is a bit troublesome. We have to kill it with one shot to prevent it from running around everywhere."

"Otherwise, it might dart into the jungle or go berserk and charge at us, causing unnecessary harm, which would be troublesome."

As the team leader, safety is always his top priority when sweeping the mountains.

Health is the foundation of everything.

If you don't even have a life, then what's the point of talking about life?

"Leave it to me, Captain Shi."

Chu Yan stepped forward and said, "I'm confident! One shot is enough to kill this wild boar!"

Shi Gandang quickly lowered his voice: "Dad, that's right. Brother Chu Yan's marksmanship in the army was so good that he could hit a target from a hundred paces away. He won awards and countless people were amazed!"

I never expected to run into Chu Yan using a gun here. What incredible luck on the first day of the new year!