In the mountains, An Ding and An Mancang found a place to set up a trap. An Le looked around, scratched his head, and asked in confusion.
"Dad, didn't you say there were lots of wild animals in these mountains? Where are they? I haven't seen any."
An Ding said without turning his head, "We're in the mountains. There aren't that many wild animals outside, but there are plenty of wild animals running around inside."
Anle was bewildered. "Huh? The wild animal is inside, so why are they setting up traps outside? Let's go in and get it!"
An Ding shook his head. "That won't work. We won't be able to catch them even if we go in. They run so fast, and it's dangerous. If we catch them outside, any wild pheasants or rabbits that occasionally dart out can fall into our traps."
Anle's eyes lit up, and she couldn't wait to grab An Ding's arm and run inside.
"Brother, Dad, come on, let's go in. I came up the mountain specifically to hunt wild game, so we can't come back empty-handed. You guys won't do it. How long will it take to catch one by chance?"
An Ding hadn't finished his work when An Le dragged him up.
"Hey little sister, stop fooling around—"
Anle let go, glanced at An Ding with a smirk, pulled out a tranquilizer gun he had grown the night before from the basket, and grinned smugly.
"I'm not kidding. See this thing? I guarantee it will make us leave with a full load."
An Ding then looked closely at the object in An Le's hand and asked suspiciously, "Is this the treasure you were talking about that can hunt?"
An Mancang glanced at it, shook his head, and simply didn't believe that such a small gadget could be used for hunting.
“Le Wa Zi, hunting is no joke, this thing won’t do.”
Anle sighed, sometimes it's really difficult to communicate with these two.
But she still had to patiently start persuading the father and son, "Dad, even if you don't believe in me, don't you believe in the gods?"
Even the gods say it's okay, my darling. Father, how can you question the gods?
This is incredibly disrespectful to the gods! What if we anger them?
Anle's two sentences left the father and son staring at each other in disbelief, neither daring to utter another word.
Seeing the father and son's expressions of reverence for the gods, Anle continued to patiently guide them.
"Father, second brother, do you intend to betray the blessings the gods have bestowed upon our family? I went through so much trouble to ask the gods for this, and you're just going to squander this gift from the gods?"
An Mancang was moved. "Then, why don't we go in and give it a try?"
Hearing An Mancang's words of compromise, a sly smile of triumph flashed across An Le's eyes.
"Then Father, Second Brother, let's go now."
Once inside, Anle was thrilled to see the wild animals roaming around. It was like opening the door to the animal world; there were so many wild animals!
Just as I was getting excited, a pheasant flapped its wings and flew overhead.
Anle eagerly raised the tranquilizer gun in her hand, thanks to the fact that she had played a lot of CS games with her roommates and classmates in the school in her previous life.
She's quite adept at using these kinds of things.
Just as he got into position, a fully grown deer came into view in the distance. Anle reacted quickly and fired a shot, muttering, "One, two, three, down!"
The deer fell to the ground with a thud, and Anle grinned, "Dad, Second Brother, let's go collect the game."
An Mancang and his son were both dumbfounded. What had happened?
How did the deer collapse so suddenly?
However, they realized one thing deeply: this thing was truly a treasure!
Anle ran over happily, while the father and son were stunned for a moment and followed in a daze. When they heard Anle say that the deer was not dead, the two of them tied up the deer in a confused state.
"Second brother, you stay here and guard the deer. Father and I will go for a walk further inside."
An Ding stared blankly at the fallen deer, still unable to process what had happened: "..."
"Wild boars, damn it, wild boars!" Before they had gone more than a few steps inside, they saw five wild boars charging towards them from afar.
Holy crap, these wild boars are even teaming up?
Anle was startled and looked at the wild boars rushing around in the distance with lingering fear. With that kind of weight, if they were to rush over and hit someone, they would be seriously injured even if they didn't die!
After aiming, firing, and being startled, Anle hurriedly raised his gun in one smooth motion. Although he missed several shots, all five wild boars fell to the ground with the tranquilizer gun.
"Phew, that was close! The last three shots missed, and I almost pounced on it."
Anle stared at the wild boar lying three meters away, took a deep breath, and her heart was still pounding with lingering fear.
Hunting is indeed a dangerous job.
But my luck is just too good today, isn't it?
She encountered a herd of wild boars on her very first day in the mountains—she's incredibly lucky!
Anle patted her small chest, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her face was still pale.
"Dad, call Second Brother over and tie him up quickly, these wild boars aren't dead yet."
An Mancang stood frozen in place, not moving.
An called out a few more times to bring the person back to their senses.
After struggling to tie up the wild boars, Anle circled around a deer and five wild boars twice, rubbing his head in frustration. "Dad, Second Brother, even the three of us can't carry these things back. Dad, you have to go down the mountain and find someone to help carry them back!"
"This one pig will probably take four or five people to carry. My second brother and I will stay here and guard it. You go down the mountain and find someone."
Lost in a fog, An Mancang descended the mountain in a daze, feeling lightheaded and unsteady.
I don't know how I managed to get the villagers to come up the mountain. When I came to my senses, I was already up there with them.
The villagers were all brought back to their senses by being slapped on the back by a villager surnamed An.
"Hey Mancang, what kind of luck did you have? How did you manage to get so many wild boars all at once?"
"There's another sika deer over there!"
"Wow, the Mancang family has made a fortune."
"Hurry up, Mancang, stop standing there, get it down the mountain!"
An Mancang's cousin, An Manduo, with a ruddy complexion, urged him on excitedly. With the help of two of An's neighbors, he carried a wild boar on one end of a stick and walked out first.
"Huh? Oh!" An Mancang quickly joined in, helping the three of them lift up another wild boar and following closely behind his two cousins down the mountain.
The siblings An Ding and An Le, who were overlooked by everyone, carried a basket of rabbits and followed behind the group like little tails.
The An family, carrying five wild boars and a sika deer, marched into the village in a grand procession.
The entire village was alarmed and rushed to An's courtyard to watch.
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