Chapter 71: Distributing the Prey

Three hours after dark is only around nine or ten in the evening. For people in the city, this time is not too late, but in the countryside, there is no entertainment, and people have to get up early to work in the morning, so everyone falls asleep at nine or ten.

However, today's Shunliang Brigade was an exception. The brigade's office was lit, and some people's homes also had torches lit.

"Can the team go out tonight?"

"There are mountains behind us. We will be very deep in the mountains after two or three hours of walking. Whether we can get out of the mountains or not depends mainly on whether we can hunt prey. The captain has already gone to the Anliang Brigade to ask for help. If we don't hunt prey, I'm afraid they won't come out."

"Do those people from the Anliang Brigade really know how to hunt? Not to mention the little girl, even the four young men, other than being handsome, I really can't see anything unusual about them."

"Don't worry, he must have some outstanding qualities, otherwise the captain wouldn't have asked him."

"I hope so. It's getting late. Should we continue to wait?"

"Wait another quarter of an hour. If you don't come back in quarter of an hour, we'll go back to bed."

"good."

"The captain is back——"

"The hunters who went into the mountains are back—"

Excited shouts echoed throughout the Shunliang Brigade.

The originally quiet village suddenly became noisy, and the dark night became brightly lit by countless torches.

The children who were originally sleeping were also awakened and climbed out of bed.

"Mom, the team is back from hunting, will we have meat to eat?" The child swallowed his saliva, his big eyes sparkling and full of anticipation.

"That's right. Once the captain and his men get some prey, we can have meat." With so many people, they should be able to hunt some prey. Even if there is little prey, she can leave her portion for the child, so the child can have a few more bites.

The child stretched out his hand to his mother, "Wow, that's great. Mom, please take me to see it. I want to know what the prey looks like."

"It's cold tonight, so mom will find you some clothes." The woman went to look in the wooden box beside the bed. Looking at the scattered pieces of rags, she sighed, "Mom will wrap you in a quilt and carry you to see it."

The quilt weighed only three or four pounds, and after years of use, it was very dry and shrunken. Even if she used it to wrap a child, she could still hold both the child and the quilt together.

"Oh my god, so many wild boars! Eight in total! I've lived for so many years and I've never seen so many wild boars at the same time!"

"I've seen live ones, but never dead ones. Even when hunting rifles were still around, no one had the ability to hunt so many wild boars at once!"

"Uncle, we not only hunted wild boars, but also pythons. Look at the backpack of the man in front. There is a big python in it!"

"Wow! There's a python!"

Everyone's attention was instantly diverted. Compared to the wild boar, the python was more mysterious to them.

"It really is a python, how did you catch it?"

"Isn't it said that the python's coiling force is very strong? Are you not hurt?"

"It was just a minor injury. Xiaoliu was bitten on the shoulder. But before the python could wrap around his body, Lin Qi smashed his head with a rock?"

"Smash the head?"

"Yes, a rock came flying over, and then the python's head exploded."

The team members danced and gestured.

The onlookers were all confused. Why did this sound like bragging?

"Not only pythons, we also encountered black bears, leopards and tigers today. The three beasts attacked us from three sides, but were finally chased away by Lin Qi." The team members are still shocked when they recall the scene at that time.

However, the onlookers retorted, "You are lying. Black bears, leopards and tigers are all here. How can you come back alive?"

"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, you can ask other people."

"............"

The scene was very noisy.

Lin Qi frowned and said to Lao Gao, "We are going back. Please arrange a car to take us back."

Lin Qi's request was justified and not polite at all.

"We have a lot of time, it's time to go back. How about having a meal before leaving?" Lao Gao invited hypocritically.

"No. Please arrange for an ox cart to come over now." Lin Qi urged him.

"Okay. I'll ask someone to do it right away." Lao Gao turned around and gave instructions.

"Lin Qi, what kind of prey do we want?" Luo Cheng leaned close to Lin Qi's ear and asked her in a low voice.

"Captain Gao and I agreed before that I would take two-tenths of the prey. It's getting late now, and I'm too lazy to divide them. I'll just take two wild boars, one big and one small. The rest, such as musk deer, pythons, pheasants, rabbits, etc., which I killed, will be taken away too." Lin Qi said.

Eight wild boars, and you only take one big and one small?

Luo Cheng disagreed, "These are all your prey. You only want one big and one small. Aren't you at a loss?"

"It's okay. Since we agreed on it before, we must keep our word." Lin Qi insisted.

Luo Cheng had no choice but to say, "Then let's pick the bigger one of the two smaller ones, and the biggest one of the other adult pigs?"

Lin Qi did not comment.

Captain Gao came back quickly and after listening to Lin Qi's request, he had no objection at all.

"You are honest." He was worried that Lin Qi would regret it, so he asked for a lot. If the other party wanted more, he could refuse, but he would lose face.

"We agreed to give it two-tenths, so that's two-tenths," Lin Qi said seriously.

"Okay, that's good. It's been a pleasure working with you this time. We'll work together again if we have the chance in the future." Lao Gao said happily.

"Let's talk about it later." Lin Qi did not agree directly. The scale of her planting area was already very large, and there would be more and more animals. She would never lack meat in the future. She couldn't say whether she would come to hunt or not.

The ox cart came over quickly, and Lin Qi and his companions carried the prey onto the cart. Then a member of the Shunliang Brigade drove the cart to take them back.

By the time the people of Shunliang Brigade finally believed that the hunting team had encountered black bears, leopards and tigers, and knew that it was Lin Qi who killed eight wild boars alone, Lin Qi was no longer at the scene.

"I didn't expect that the most powerful person is actually the one who looks the weakest. You can't judge a person by his appearance!"

Six wild boars, weighing more than a thousand pounds of meat.

That night, almost everyone in Shunliang Brigade stayed up all night.

Everyone remembered this night and the little girl named Lin Qi.

On the Anliang Brigade side, only a very small number of people knew that Lin Qi went to the mountains of the Shunliang Brigade to hunt today, so no one was waiting deliberately. Everyone had already gone to bed, except for the captain and the deputy captain.

The ox cart entered the village and the village was quiet.

"The captain and deputy captain should be waiting for us. Shall we go to the captain's office?" Luo Cheng asked.

"No, let's go to the cafeteria." Lin Qi said. She also wanted to bring the prey directly to her house, but there were not enough tableware in her house and she couldn't handle so much prey.

"Okay. Then you guys go to the cafeteria, and I'll go to the brigade office to inform the captain." Luo Cheng said, and walked quickly towards the brigade office.

The cafeteria was also pitch black, and only the Shunliang team member who was driving the car had a flashlight in his hand.

Lin Qi carried a wild boar out of the car with one hand, and her fierce appearance frightened the Shunliang team member. If there were no other people around, he would probably think that the girl in front of him was possessed by a ghost.

"Has she always been this strong?" the team member asked curiously.

Jane nodded and gave the other party an affirmative answer.

The team members were shocked, "I really can't tell."

Jian Yitong smiled and said, "It is indeed very deceptive."

Lin Qi took out a wild rabbit from the backpack and put it on the car. "Thank you for taking this trip. You can take this wild rabbit back and eat it."

"You're welcome. The captain told me to do this. It's the way it should be." The team member shirked his responsibility.

"Take it back. We don't need this hare." Lin Qi said, and urged the other party, "You should go back too, otherwise it will be dawn."

Seeing that she really didn't care, the team members stopped refusing, turned the car around, got in, and with a wave of the whip, the car started moving quickly.

As soon as the ox cart left, Luo Cheng arrived with the captain and deputy captain.

"Oh, two wild boars. Looks like a good harvest." The captain said with a smile. Luo Cheng had briefly told him about today's situation on the way. He didn't ask too many questions at this time. He started to assign tasks as soon as he arrived. "I have asked someone to invite two chefs. The prey must be processed tonight, otherwise it will taste bad tomorrow."

Lin Qi hummed, "Thank you for troubling everyone."

The captain waved his hand and said, "It's no trouble. As long as we have food, no matter how much trouble we have, it's not a big deal. I'll go open the canteen door now."

"Then I'll go light a few more oil lamps for everyone," said the deputy captain.

Lin Qi followed behind carrying a wild boar.

She carried the big wild boar, Jian Tongyi and Luo Qingbai worked together to carry the small wild boar, while Luo Dali and Luo Cheng carried the backpack. After Lin Qi put the big wild boar down, she came out and carried the remaining two backpacks in.

All the prey were put together: two wild boars, one big and one small, a big python, a musk deer, eight hares, and twelve pheasants.

Lin Qi thought about it and divided the eight hares among Luo Cheng, Luo Dali, Jian Tongyi, Luo Qingbai, the two captains and the two masters, one for each. Of the twelve pheasants, Luo Cheng, Luo Dali, Jian Tongyi and Luo Qingbai each got two, and the remaining four were divided among the two captains and the two masters, one each. There was still a mouse left in Jian Tongyi's backpack, which was not included in the distribution and was given to Jian Tongyi by default.

As for the rest of the meat, it will be kept for the banquet tomorrow.

The banquet that was supposed to be held five days later had to be moved to tomorrow because we went hunting today.

"Come on, you guys are tired after a day's work. Go back and eat something, take a shower and go to bed. Tomorrow, bring a stool and go to Lin Qi's new house to enjoy her new house wine." The team leader began to drive people away.

Luo Cheng and the other three responded with a smile. They put the prey given to them by Lin Qi into the backpack and walked out the door together.

"Lin Qi~"

Xu Hexiao appeared at the canteen door at some point, holding a basket with a set of bowls and chopsticks in it.

He didn't look at Luo Cheng and the other three who were approaching, but walked straight towards Lin Qi. "Are you hungry? I left you some dinner, which is still warm over the fire."

Lin Qi, who had been expressionless all the time, raised her lips and her eyes softened the moment she saw Xu Hexiao.

Luo Cheng and the other four: “…”

After a day of hard work, it’s better to have someone else’s dinner.