Chapter 118 Wang Shuo Leads Militia to Hunt Wild Boars

They slept the same way as yesterday: Wang Yuqing slept on the bed, and Ji Xuening slept on the floor below the bed.

After last night, Wang Yuqing's embarrassment and nervousness had lessened considerably, though she still felt uneasy, after all, she was sharing a room with a vigorous and energetic young man.

Fortunately, this man had good character; he wouldn't touch her without her consent.

Wang Yuqing felt at ease thinking this way, and even felt a sense of security when she went to sleep, since strange things kept popping into her head.

She lay in bed, thinking about what happened between He Ruhua and Yang Hui during the day, and sighed a few times.

Lying on the ground, Ji Xuening, still tense, couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Wang Yuqing had hardly ever chatted with him about everyday matters. When he took the initiative to ask, she told Ji Xuening about what had happened during the day. Little did she know that Ji Xuening was very clever and immediately guessed what her boss, He Guangliang, was planning.

But what could they do? They couldn't do anything about it; they could only feel sorry for Teacher Yang Hui.

Wang Yuqing jokingly said, "If I hadn't gone home with you back then, the person you'd be marrying now would probably be He Ruhua..."

Ji Xuening's tone was clearly displeased: "Nonsense, impossible!"

He Ruhua is a bad person; he's not blind, he can see that.

Wang Yuqing smiled secretly, turned over, and closed her eyes to sleep with her back to Ji Xuening.

Ji Xuening forced herself not to overthink and went to sleep quickly, since she had stayed up all night yesterday and was exhausted from working all day today.

Although he was still somewhat hoping that the person on the bed would fall off like last night, he suddenly reached out and slapped his face, telling himself: Don't think nonsense, go to sleep.

That night, both of them slept soundly until dawn. Ji Xuening still got up early as usual, and after washing up, she sat at the door and began to make a wardrobe and bed for Yang Hui.

The first thing Wang Yuqing did after getting up was to change the water for the snails, then pick out the bad snails, crush them, and feed them to the piglets in the pigpen. After breakfast, she took Ji Meimei to collect snails.

That day, Commander He Guangliang watched Wang Shuo train the militia for several days. He suggested that Wang Shuo lead the militia to hunt wild boars in the back mountain. The back mountain was waiting to be dug into a tile kiln. Everyone was afraid of the wild boars in the back mountain, and no one dared to take action.

Actually, I was still thinking about how Ji Xuening killed a wild boar and sold it for over seventy yuan last time, and I was really envious.

Wang Shuo was also happy to accept. He had been there for a few days and had eaten at Wang Yuqing's house, which was a meal with some meat in it. He felt weak all over if he didn't eat meat.

Moreover, how wonderful it would be to get a big wild boar to show off in front of Tang Wan! He could already imagine Tang Wan looking at him with admiration and saying, "Comrade Wang Shuo, you are so fierce!"

These past two days, Tang Wan has been very cold to him, and even deliberately avoided him, which made him feel very down. But after all, she is now his daughter-in-law, so it's only right that she avoids him.

He felt that he was too naive and immoral to have taken a liking to Tang Wan, but then he thought about it carefully. So what if he took a liking to her? Her husband was dead. As long as he didn't mind, it was other people's business to gossip.

And why is it considered immoral for a widow to remarry? Why should a widow have to stay in her husband's house for the rest of her life? Widows also have the right to pursue their own happiness!

Thinking about it this way, he felt better. However, Zhang Guihua's words kept ringing in his ears: "Tang Wan, don't always wear that deadpan face, as if we've wronged you. Back then, you were the one who knelt on the ground and said that my son had sacrificed himself for the country, and that you would take care of him, serve the two of us old folks for the rest of your life, and never marry!"

Wang Shuo was having another headache. It wasn't about whether he should marry or not, or whether he cared about what others thought. The problem was that Tang Wan didn't even look at him, and besides, she was a fierce woman! She had deep feelings for her deceased husband.

He decided to stop thinking about it and led ten militiamen to hunt wild boars in the back mountains. Each of them carried a rifle with two bullets. After all, guns and bullets were limited, and the entire brigade was only equipped with one submachine gun, which was not allowed to be used unless it was absolutely necessary.

Along the way, they met many commune members who envied their prowess and cheered them on. After all, the militiamen were different from ordinary people; if the militiamen hunted a wild boar, the entire brigade would share the spoils.

They all felt proud to be carrying guns, especially Liu Huo, who walked in front and deliberately raised his voice, saying, "It's just a wild boar, right? Easy peasy. Does Ji Laosi think he can hunt wild boars? We can too."

Zhou Shan nodded to the militiamen: "That's right, that's right."

Liu continued, "Today, each of us will hunt one head to provide extra food for every household in the brigade."

Wang Shuo cursed in a gruff voice, "I haven't seen any other skills of yours these past few days, but all I've seen is that you can brag. One head each? I'm warning you, you only have two bullets in your guns, so use them sparingly and don't fire recklessly. Also..."

He glared at Liu Huo with a fierce expression: "Compared to Ji Xuening, he killed a wild boar with his bare hands, while you're carrying such a long gun."

Liu Huo turned pale from the scolding, touched his nose, and dared not utter a sound.

The further they went into the back of the mountain, the less Liu Huo dared to walk in front. Wang Shuo, on the other hand, led everyone directly into the deep mountains. He had a loud voice, full of vigor, and said to the people behind him, "Be bold when fighting tigers, be prepared when fighting boars. If a wild boar or a dog goes berserk after being wounded, hide and run away quickly. Don't rely on having two bullets. Wild boars are very resilient. Even if you hit it, it will still charge at you. Don't just stand there like an idiot. Quickly climb up a tree, understand?"

We are all people who grew up in the countryside, and we all know that wild boars are fierce and powerful, with strong limbs and a running speed of more than 40 kilometers per hour. If you are hit by one, you will be injured at best and die on the spot at worst.

Liu Huo had been spoiled since childhood. He had seen wild boars but had never hunted one. He chuckled lightly, "It's just hunting a wild boar. I can easily hit its head with one shot and its leg with the other. It's as easy as if I've never seen one before."

This mountain has the most wild boars, and you can't dig a brick kiln without killing them.

The deeper we went into the mountains, the more traces of wild boars we found.

Wang Shuo deliberately made a gurgling sound to lure out the wild boars, eventually attracting three of them, which thrilled everyone.

Liu Huo volunteered to split into three teams to catch wild boars, which was, frankly, selfish and overconfident. This way, the three teams would be three times nine, and there would be one extra person, Wang Shuo.

Wang Shuo didn't care and nodded in agreement: "Okay, but don't blame me if anything goes wrong."

Liu Huo chuckled and said, "Instructor, what could possibly happen to us? You'd better not get into any trouble. If anything does happen, remember to shout it out loud."

After everyone left, he was still enjoying his comfort, thinking he could catch a wild boar all by himself!