Qi Ye nimbly turned his head, flipped twice on the ground to avoid the wild boar's tusks, and then scrambled up the tree in a few quick movements.
On another tree, He Jun quietly wiped the sweat from his forehead. "You little rascal, you were so careless, you scared me to death."
Qi Ye chuckled, "Little brat, you've become rusty since you stopped being a soldier."
Mentioning this, He Jun sighed a bit. Who could argue with that? Since retiring, his health had indeed become much more relaxed.
Looking at Qi Ye's skills now, it would be a lie to say I'm not envious, but thinking about his beautiful wife and young children, and his stable life, that bit of envy in my heart slowly dissipates.
He's a realistic person who just wants to enjoy the present.
Before they could even exchange a few words, the wild boar had already gone berserk. Unable to climb the tree, it could only futilely ram its head against the trunk at the base.
"Bang bang bang!"
The tree was trembling, its leaves rustling. He Jun watched Qi Ye shaking back and forth on the tree, his heart pounding. "Brother, can you really manage like this?"
Qi Ye grinned, clinging tightly to the tree trunk, and chuckled at He Jun, "It's alright, we've run out of bullets, we can't exactly go down and fight it hand-to-hand."
Besides, they were out of weapons, but the wild boars were. Their gleaming tusks were no joke; they could easily pierce someone through.
He must be out of his mind to go down and fight wild boar.
I thought I'd wear down the wild boar first, but it kept ramming against me for over ten minutes and wouldn't give up.
He Jun was stunned; he was really persistent.
At this point, he started to have some doubts. "Brother, will this work?"
Qi Ye's teeth ached a little; the wild boar's persistence had exceeded his expectations. "It has to work, even if it doesn't work."
He Jun: "..."
He looked distressed and asked, "So what exactly happened?"
"What else could have happened?" Qi Ye rolled his eyes. "He went out for a while and came back to find his wife and kids gone. Anyone would go crazy in that situation."
He Jun: "..."
When you put yourself in their shoes, hey! That's really how it is.
But no matter how crazy it was, Qi Ye still wanted to go back, after all, his wife and children were waiting for him at home.
Seeing the wild boar go berserk, Qi Ye seized the opportunity and jumped down from the tree when it was exhausted. He pulled out a dagger from his boot and hit it squarely in the bullseye. The wild boar squealed and cried out in agony, and collapsed to the ground in despair a moment later.
He Jun slid down from the tree, looking at the wild boar with some confusion. "That shouldn't be the case. Why isn't the wild boar struggling?"
Qi Ye smiled, strolled over to the wild boar's carcass, looked at its still slightly twitching muscles, drew his dagger, and raised an eyebrow, "How do you know it didn't struggle?"
"Isn't it obvious?" He Jun looked at Qi Ye, then glanced at the convulsing wild boar on the ground, and exclaimed, "Your skills are getting more and more impressive."
Qi Ye laughed heartily, then stabbed the wild boar's neck several more times to make sure it was dead. Only then did he smile and say, "It's not that I'm skilled, it's that the anesthetic on my dagger is pretty."
"You little brat..."
He Jun chuckled, "Why are you cheating?"
Qi Ye rolled her eyes at him, "Why are you talking like you're farting? This isn't a competition with your teammates, this is a life-or-death situation. It's either it or me who dies. And you're accusing me of cheating? I'd say you're joking."
Unable to win any argument, He Jun chose to mute himself, while Qi Ye picked up the whistle hanging around his neck and blew it.
Soon, people flocked over from all directions. Their eyes lit up when they saw the wild boar on the ground. Even the captain of the Qingshan Brigade looked at Qi Ye with admiration and spoke to him more politely.
"Platoon Leader Qi, so what do we do now..."
Qi Ye: "Captain, I think we should go back."
They've been out for quite a while, and they've caught a lot of prey. That's enough to report back, and also... they've gone deep enough. If they go any further, they might encounter a giant insect.
Compared to a tiger or a wild boar, it's nothing at all.
The latter is a truly deadly thing.
"Then let's go back."
Speaking of going back, the brigade leader was beaming with joy. This year's harvest was so plentiful that it made him go crazy. There was so much stuff that even if a large portion had to be handed over, the rest would still be enough for the villagers to enjoy a delicious meal and then distribute a few pounds of meat to each household.
Qi Ye had considered this carefully. He had only brought out so much equipment, and even if they used it sparingly, it would be almost used up in the five or six days they had been out. Going further in, there were dangers everywhere.
It would be a huge loss if we risked the lives of our comrades.
"Walk!"
At his command, everyone led the wild boars down the mountain.
Trekking through mountains and rivers takes time, and after three hours, everyone gathered at the foot of the mountain.
Bring water to a boil in a pot and cook the pork belly.
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In the darkness of night.
"Little Li, why are you leaving so late?"
Xiao Li was a beautiful young woman. Hearing the security guard's words, she smiled and said, "I still had some things to finish, so I'm a little late."
The shadows loomed large, and the young security guard from the security team frowned. "Are you all alone?"
"What else can I do?" she pouted. "I'm new here, and I haven't gotten the hang of things yet. It takes others half an hour to finish, but it takes me more than an hour. So, I'm the only one left. Oh well, never mind, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going home."
"Wait a minute," the security guard said, still worried. "Wait a little longer. I'll be changing shifts at eight. I'll walk you home on my way. It's not safe for a young girl like you to walk alone at night."
Xiao Li didn't take it seriously and rolled her eyes. "Okay, I know, I'll be careful when I walk. Besides, I'm starving, I'm not going to wait for you!"
As she spoke, she walked out, took a few steps, hopped on her bicycle, and pedaled hard, saying, "I'm going home now!"
The security guard couldn't stop him in time. "Wait a minute! Things have really been going awry lately!"
Xiao Li's voice drifted over from afar, "Don't worry, everything's fine! I'm leaving now, my mom's waiting for me at home for dinner!"
She was very fast; her figure was almost swallowed up by the darkness in an instant.
The next morning, Shen Fenghua opened her sleepy eyes and subconsciously sat up, only to suddenly see another figure lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Shen Fenghua: "!!!"
She was overjoyed, "Qi Ye! When did you get back?"
Qi Ye was still asleep when Shen Fenghua shouted loudly, and he woke up almost instantly. Looking at Shen Fenghua's smiling face, all his fatigue disappeared in an instant.
He opened his arms and lay down, encircling Shen Fenghua.
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