"Yueyue, where have you been? We've been looking for you for so long." Not long after leaving the cemetery, Li Xiyue encountered Huang Xinrui and Wang Jiaxing, who had come looking for her.

Li Xiyue showed them her basket, "I picked some bitter herbs not far ahead."

“Wang and I picked half a basket of ferns and mushrooms, and we also found a wild bamboo forest over there and picked some bamboo shoots.”

Huang Xinrui whispered in her ear, "We also found a brood of pheasants, but they ran away and we couldn't catch them, but we collected seven or eight wild eggs."

Li Xiyue glanced at her overflowing basket and gave her a thumbs up. "Not bad, not bad."

She's returned with a full load; she should be happy now.

"Li Zhiqing, you've been gone for ages and all you've picked is some bitter herbs?" Wang Jiaxing asked.

Li Xiyue nodded somewhat guiltily; she had even found a turtle shell and kept it for herself.

“It’s good to have bitter herbs.” Huang Xinrui didn’t care at all that Li Xiyue hadn’t picked enough. Anyway, they had picked a lot, enough to eat. She fanned herself with her hand. “It’s so hot and humid. Let’s go down the mountain.”

Seeing that Wang Jiaxing's face was flushed from the heat, and that Li Xiyue was also covered in sweat, she felt fine and didn't feel too hot, but she still walked down the mountain with the two of them.

They hadn't gone far when they encountered Xu Dashan. "Li Zhiqing, don't go over there yet. There's a big guy over there; you're about to fall into a trap."

"Uncle Dashan, are you going hunting in the mountains today?" Li Xiyue remembered that he had said he wouldn't hunt anymore.

Xu Dashan shook his head, "Some villagers found it, but they were afraid of hurting people, so the brigade leader asked me to come up and take a look."

He was carrying a hunting rifle on his back and staring at the trap not far from the bushes.

Huang Xinrui walked over and touched the gun on his back. "Wow, it's a real gun."

“What’s so special about real guns?” Wang Jiaxing laughed and said, “Our squad has several militiamen, and each of them has one at home.”

Li Xiyue had heard that almost everyone was a soldier in this era, but she hadn't seen any militia training since she arrived, so she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Who are the militia members in our village?"

“Uncle Dashan is one of them,” Wang Jiaxing said, smiling at Xu Dashan.

Xu Dashan smiled and said, "There's also the brigade leader and Xiangyang. He used to be his uncle, but he took over after his uncle's accident. Each squad in our brigade has several militiamen, and our Chunfeng Commune has a militia company."

"Wow, then we're not very safe in the village?" Huang Xinrui exclaimed.

Xu Dashan took off his gun and said with a serious expression, "Anyway, if any bad guys dare to come here, we'll make sure they don't leave alive!"

Li Xiyue instantly felt a strong sense of security.

"They're here." Xu Dashan heard the noise and told everyone to be quiet.

Li Xiyue and the others followed him, crouching low as they peered into the jungle. They saw a wild boar, its entire body black, emerge, its long tusks sending shivers down their spines.

Huang Xinrui took a few steps back in fear.

Wang Jiaxing stood in front of her, signaling her not to be afraid.

"I put some bait in the trap," Xu Dashan said. "If it gets extremely hungry, it will definitely jump in to eat, and once it's in, it won't be able to get back up."

But the wild boar was very cautious, circling around the trap but refusing to go in.

Xu Dashan grew impatient and carried the gun on his back, saying, "I'll lure it into the trap."

"Uncle Dashan, this is too dangerous." Li Xiyue thought it would be better to just shoot it with a gun.

"The distance is a bit far, and I'm afraid if I miss, it will startle and hurt people," Xu Dashan explained. "There are many people on the mountain, and it would be bad if it rushed out and hurt someone."