Ning Liang nodded, but his eyes were still secretly glancing at Pang Shi. Only after seeing that Pang Shi knew how to use chopsticks did he pick up a bite of food.
After dinner, Ning Huan planned to go up the mountain early the next day. Because of Niu Dadan's mischief, she hadn't had time to check the traps she had set to see if there were any prey.
So tomorrow she plans to go up the mountain to check for traps first, and then collect some medicinal herbs to sell in town. She also wants to take this opportunity to go to Renjitang to tell Siyan that Zhou Jing'an can have surgery in town in the next few days.
Early the next morning, Ning Huan was about to go up the mountain with her medicine basket when Ning Liang called out to her from behind.
"Sis, wait for me, I'll go with you."
Ning Huan asked casually, "Do you want to come with me too?"
He nodded and said, "That's right. I've always heard my sister say that you can make money by gathering herbs in the mountains and you can also catch prey there. I want to go and see for myself."
Ning Huan nodded. She didn't mind. If Ning Liang wanted to train himself, he could come up the mountain with her.
Thinking of this, Ning Huan didn't say anything: "Then come with me."
And so the two of them went up the mountain together. The mountain path was rugged. Although Ning Liang would walk some mountain paths when he came to Wushan Village, it was nothing compared to Ning Huan's.
He was exhausted after walking only halfway and called out to Ning Huan from behind, "Sister, you're walking too fast. Can you slow down? I really can't keep up."
Ning Huan frowned as she watched Ning Liang walk slower and slower behind her: "How come you, a grown man, are walking slower than me?"
Ning Liang said, on the verge of tears, "It's clearly because you walked too fast! I couldn't keep up at all!"
He couldn't understand why his older sister walked so fast. He was trying his best to keep up with her, but he still couldn't.
Left with no other choice, Ning Huan and her brother had to rest on the spot for a while.
Ning Liang sat down to rest, while Ning Huan picked some herbs beside him.
Ning Huan discovered that the medicinal herbs in the vicinity were of very high quality, and their medicinal effects would surely be excellent. With this in mind, Ning Huan unknowingly gathered quite a few herbs.
After Ning Liang had rested enough, the two of them went to the place where Ning Huan had set a trap last time.
Before she even got close, Ning Huan heard a struggling sound coming from inside the trap.
What is that sound?
Ning Huan said, "There are sounds coming from the trap I set, so it must be prey that has fallen in. Be careful, judging from the sounds, the prey has only been in there for a short time."
"If the prey that just fell into the trap is in there, it is very likely to break free and hurt you."
Hearing this, Ning Liang quickly stood far away, not daring to approach, and said with an awkward smile, "Then you should do it, sister. I... I'm afraid of what's inside."
The prey's cries were quite loud; even Ning Liang, who had never hunted before, could tell that what was in the trap was definitely not a small creature.
What if there's a wolf or a bear inside? He'd just become their snack.
Just as Ning Liang was feeling scared, Ning Huan had already walked around the trap, ready to investigate.
She gripped the knife she used to cut herbs, then took a packet of anesthetic powder from the medicine box she carried at her waist. This anesthetic powder was specially made by her; a tiny dose was enough to knock out four burly men.
With this packet of anesthetic powder, even if there are jackals, tigers, or leopards inside, it's enough to put them to sleep for a while.
As Ning Huan slowly approached, she discovered that what was struggling in the trap was a large wild boar.
Several rabbits had strayed into the trap, and the wild boar, while struggling, was even attacking them.
One of the rabbits had large, bloody holes in its body, suggesting it had been killed by a wild boar.
The wild boar, which was ramming into the trap, struggled even more fiercely when it saw Ning Huan.
It's unclear whether it was trying to break free of the trap and knock Ning Huan to the ground, or whether it sensed impending death and was struggling in its death throes.
Ning Huan covered her mouth and nose tightly with a cloth, then sprinkled the anesthetic powder in her hand into it.
After struggling for a short while, the wild boar managed to stay upright and not fall down.
Ning Huan frowned as she looked at the dying rabbit beside the wild boar. She wanted to go in and save the rabbit, but the wild boar was still standing.
Seeing Ning Huan standing motionless beside the trap, Ning Liang assumed she had finished off her prey and hurriedly went over: "Sister, are you alright?"
Unexpectedly, Ning Liang startled the wild boar as he approached. The boar, which was about to fall, suddenly regained its senses and charged into the trap even more fiercely.
Ning Huan's trap was already somewhat flimsy from the time it had been set up. Combined with the wild boar's prolonged charging, the trap's gate had long since become loose and unstable.
As a result, Carmen was finally knocked away by the wild boar's powerful charge.
Ning Huan reacted instantly and pushed Ning Liang away.
The next second, the wild boar rushed out of the trap. If Ning Liang had been still standing in the same spot, he would probably have been knocked into the air by the wild boar.
However, the wild boar that broke out of the trap did not run away. Instead, it turned around and seemed to be about to charge at Ning Huan and the other person again.
Ning Liang swallowed nervously: "Sis, what is it trying to do? Is it trying to charge again?"
Before Ning Huan could answer him, Ning Liang said to the wild boar, "Brother Wild Boar! Grandpa Wild Boar! Please spare us! We didn't catch you on purpose, and besides, you fell into the trap yourself!"
"Now that you're out, you should hurry up and leave. Don't go..."
Before she could finish speaking, the wild boar charged at the two of them again. Ning Huan grabbed Ning Liang by the collar and pulled him to her side.
Ning Liang was terrified: "Sister, what are we going to do?! We must have angered it, and it's holding a grudge and wanting revenge! How about climbing a tree? This wild boar definitely won't climb a tree!"
"Sis, let me help you climb the tree by stepping on my back first, and then I'll climb up."
Hearing this, Ning Huan looked at her younger brother. He was clearly terrified, and the situation was so dangerous. Yet, he still thought of letting her climb the tree first.
Ning Huan was actually a little flustered. Although she knew self-defense techniques, they were all for defending against people, and she had never dealt with wild boars before!
In the blink of an eye, the wild boar charged at the two of them again. Ning Huan shouted, "Split up and run!"
This worked. Seeing that the two separated and he had missed again, the wild boar began to circle around them, looking them over.
Ning Huan frowned. Although she was a little scared, she remembered that she had a strong anesthetic powder in her hand. The wild boar had already inhaled a lot of it. If she sprinkled it again, it would probably collapse immediately.
Just as she was thinking about how to sprinkle the anesthetic powder on the wild boar, in a flash, the wild boar charged at her this time.
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