Chapter 202 Dalang, it’s time to take medicine (12)

"Da Lang, you caught another wild boar? How come you are so good at hunting? You never come back empty-handed?" Neighbor Zhou Dahu asked enviously as he looked at Wei Qi carrying a wild boar weighing two or three hundred kilograms back.

Wei Qi smiled and said, "I risked my life on the battlefield to achieve this."

When Zhou Dahu heard this, he remembered that Wei Qi had been a soldier for nearly ten years and had suffered countless injuries to acquire such skills. The envy in his heart immediately disappeared a lot, and he said embarrassedly: "You are also very capable, Dalang. You have learned the skills of hunting after returning from the army. You won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future."

Indeed, hunting these days is a technical job, and wild beasts can really eat people, so most people don't dare to go too deep into the mountains. They only dare to chop some firewood and pick some wild vegetables and fruits on the outskirts. If they can catch one or two pheasants, rabbits, etc., they are already very lucky.

If you encounter wild wolves or wild boars, I'm sorry, humans are their prey. So when you encounter these beasts, it's good enough to be able to survive, and don't think about catching them.

Only experienced hunters in their prime can occasionally hunt this kind of ferocious beast, but they have to fight hard and get injured to do so. It's not like Wei Qi, who was unscathed and caught it easily.

Therefore, Wei Qi became one of the most powerful people in the village. Countless people envied him for always returning with a full load every time he went up the mountain.

"I want to build my own house. The old house we live in now is too dilapidated. When it rains, the whole house leaks. I don't know when it will collapse if I continue living there. So I have to rely on hunting to save some money." Wei Qi revealed his plan to build a new house.

"Build a new house?" Zhou Dahu then remembered that Wei Dalang was kicked out of his home and now lived in someone else's old broken house. He suddenly realized, "No wonder you work so hard. You really need to build a house. After all, you have a wife now. In a few years, your children will be born one after another. You can't live in a broken house anymore."

"Yes, that's right. I should work harder now to save money and build a house, so that it will be easier to raise children in the future." Wei Qi agreed without blushing or beating his heart. There was no sign of having children, and Huo Shichu didn't seem to want to have children with him. They were just making do with each other, just like roommates in later generations.

But even if they were sharing a house, they should live in a more comfortable house, right? Although Wei Qi had lived in many bad environments during the last years of the apocalypse, he was born into a wealthy family and had lived a life of luxury since childhood, so as long as he had the conditions, he would of course want to live more comfortably.

Doesn’t this mean we have to save money to build a house?

Wei Qi leisurely carried the wild boar back home, and Zhou Dahu went to chat with others about this fresh news. Men are no worse than women when it comes to gossip.

It happened to be evening, and the men in the village had returned from working in the fields. They were enjoying the cool under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, bragging, chatting and gossiping.

Zhou Dahu walked over, sat down, winked at a few men, and said, "Guess who I just met?"

"Who is it?" Liu Shitou asked, and said in a loud and teasing voice, "Hey, could it be some young widow in the village?"

"Bah! Can't you think of anything else except the young widow?" Zhou Dahu rolled his eyes and said, not wanting to keep the secret any longer, "I met Wei Dalang!"

"Tsk! What's there to say when we meet him?" Liu Erguo said disdainfully, "He has no temper at all and is as cowardly as a man. If I were kicked out of the house like this, I would have come to his house and smashed up the whole family after my injuries healed!"

Zhou Dahu choked. He didn't expect Liu Ergou to say that. He spoke up for Wei Dalang, "That old man is his biological father after all. If he hits him, people will just say he's unfilial!"

Then he changed the subject and said, "But Wei Dalang is doing pretty well now. He killed a wild boar today. It weighs two or three hundred kilograms. It will definitely sell for a lot of money... Wei Dalang said he wants to save money to build a new house."

"A big wild boar weighing two or three hundred kilograms? How much would it sell for? Wei Dalang is so lucky!" Liu Erguo said sourly.

"It's not just luck, he also has skills. If you don't have the skills, you will be injured or even die if you encounter a wild boar. If you were in their place, you'd be lucky if you could escape if you encounter a wild boar!" Zhou Dahu said.

"I guess those who survive a disaster will be blessed in the future. Look, not only has Wei Dalang recovered from his injuries, he also has a lovely young wife and is now planning to build a new house. I'm so envious of him." Liu Shitou said with emotion.

"Hey! Wei Erlang, your elder brother is building a new house, will you go to help?" Liu Erguo looked at a gloomy-faced man outside the crowd and asked.

The man was none other than Wei Erlang. When Wei Erlang heard Zhou Dahu say that Wei Dalang had hunted another wild boar and was planning to build a new house, he felt jealous and sour in his heart. He secretly hated this man for being so lucky that he didn't die even though he was so badly injured, and now he came out to get in his way.

Although he is Wei Dalang's younger brother who is only five or six years older, he has never regarded Wei Dalang as his elder brother because of the influence of Wei Po. He only regards his younger siblings who are born to the same mother as family members. He hopes that Wei Dalang will be in trouble. How could he have any feelings for him?

When Liu Erguo asked him about this, he rolled his eyes and said, "He's not my eldest brother. He was adopted out a long time ago. Why should I help him?!"

Seeing him like this, Liu Erguo sneered and said nothing more. Although he also couldn't stand Wei Dalang's foolish filial piety, he looked down on Wei Erlang even more. He was a typical ungrateful and ungrateful person.

Zhou Dahu hurried to ease the atmosphere, but before they had talked for long, there was a sudden loud thunder and heavy raindrops fell on their heads.

"It's raining! Go home quickly!" No one cared about enjoying the cool air or chatting, and they all dispersed.

Not long after everyone went home to hide from the rain, they suddenly heard a sharp cry: "It's struck by lightning! It's on fire!"

People who heard the howling were terrified, wondering whose house was struck by lightning. They wanted to go out to see, but there was thunder and lightning outside, covering the sky like a net that would catch and kill everyone. It was very scary, so who would dare to go out to see?

So no matter who was shouting, everyone just huddled in their own homes.

The house that was struck by lightning was none other than Old Man Wei's. His large blue brick and tiled house was completely destroyed by the lightning. After being struck by lightning, somehow, it caught fire. The fire was so strange that even with heavy rain, it could not be put out. Instead, it burned down the Wei house without a single tile left, turning it into a ruin.

Fortunately, the Wei family escaped quickly and were not killed by lightning or fire. However, Old Man Wei and Old Wife Wei felt sorry for their hidden family property and ran back to rescue them, but they were burned. Old Wife Wei's hair and eyebrows were burned and half of her face was burned; Old Man Wei had both arms burned.

(End of this chapter)