Qin Suyun has no shortage of meat. Almost every day, the family has fresh prey hunted by Dahei and his friends in the mountains. The refrigerator has long been filled to the brim with Dahei and his friends. The pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and other animals raised at home have grown up and gained weight after being fed for several months. Some of them can even be eaten now.
The weather was cold before, so even if the prey Dahei and the others caught couldn't be put into the refrigerator, it would not go bad if it was kept outdoors.
But the temperature has been rising rapidly recently. If the meat at home is not put in the refrigerator, it will go bad in a few days. It is really a waste. Therefore, after Qin Suyun packed a batch of bacon, she discussed with Dahei and others to go up the mountain to hunt less in the next few days.
Especially these days, with the rain and the occasional storm, Qin Suyun simply let Dahei and Xiaoqi play around in the yard, and by the way, they would refill the refrigerator, which was already full. This also prevented them from constantly eating the meat that had been sitting in the refrigerator for several days.
Before these natural disasters struck, many sophisticated families would eat fresh pork slaughtered that day every day. Some sophisticated families would even refuse to eat meat stored in the refrigerator even with their pet dogs.
But nowadays, in this environment, there are still cases of people being so hungry that they eat each other.
If Qin Suyun said this, those other hungry people would definitely think she deserved a beating. They could barely afford to eat wild vegetables, and this person actually ate meat until she vomited, and only wanted to kill fresh meat. This was really too much!
But in fact, this is the truth. When the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, even the best hunters in the village could not go up to hunt.
Only Dahei and the others can move around in the jungle as if they were moving around in their own backyard. Especially after their bodies become stronger, their hearing and sense of smell increase, making it easier for them to find prey in the mountains.
The taste of wild boar meat is not as good as that of domestic pig. The meat is tough and old, and there is not much oil. It cannot be fried and can only be stewed. In addition, the pork that has not been castrated has a strong body odor, and it has a very strange smell after being fried.
Qin Suyun herself doesn't like the taste very much, and Dahei and the others are just average about this wild boar meat and don't have any particular feelings towards it.
Seeing that the old lady of the Zhou family was injured by the wild boar, the little girl named Sun Tiantian was also covered in dirt and wounds because of the wild boar.
Qin Suyun couldn't bear to take the wild boar home directly. To her, the wild boar was a piece of junk and even a bit of a burden, but for everyone, it was the first time they had seen meat in the past one or two months!
"What?! You want to share this wild boar with us? What are you going to do? Didn't you kill this wild boar?" Zhao Xingguo had just heard the story of how this girl Qin became a pig-killing hero. He was quite envious of her strength. Why did she just turn around and give them the wild boar to share?
Could it be that the expressions on their faces just now made them feel awkward?
Zhao Xingguo frowned and subconsciously scanned everyone's faces, but didn't see anything that made him embarrassed.
Zhao Xingguo was puzzled, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he looked at Qin Suyun with a firm expression and refused, "Sister Qin, if this was a pheasant or a rabbit, we would have shared it among the group. But this wild boar is so big, it must be at least two or three hundred kilograms. You can take so much meat back with you to eat for at least one or two months. If you can't finish it, you can exchange it for food from other families. There's no need to share it with us... We just went up the mountain to help a little, why do we need so much? Not to mention now when food is scarce, even before the earthquake, there was no reason for us to take so much food from others... Don't you agree?"
As Zhao Xingguo spoke, he glanced at the people around him.
There were originally two young men in the crowd who were very happy to hear Qin Suyun say that she would share the wild boar meat with them. However, when they turned around and saw the look in the village chief's eyes, their necks shrank instantly and they immediately gave up their previous thoughts. Although they did not see that the dog Dahei looked thin and hungry, they still nodded along with the others around them, indicating that they should not take the wild boar meat.
"Yes, yes, yes, the village chief is right. We are just helping out a little bit. We are all from the same village. How can we take the wild boar meat?"
"That's right! Whoever kills these wild boars in the mountains owns them. Sister Qin, don't worry about us."
"Yeah, we're just doing a small favor. How could we ask for anything from you? Everyone's short of food these days, and a wild boar this big will last us a long time!"
"What's more, Sister Qin, look at your dog. It has obviously become thinner and hungry these days. It must have not been well fed during this period!"
The few people who came with Zhao Xingguo kept refusing, and even said that Dahei had become thin due to hunger.
Zhao Chen and others declined, and Sun Tiantian and Old Lady Zhou naturally declined as well.
"Sister Qin, you saved me before, I can't take your wild boar!" Sun Tiantian's eyes widened. These days, everyone is short of food, so how could she accept so much wild boar meat for no reason? Moreover, the other party had just saved her, how could she take advantage of her like this?
"Yes, Miss Qin, my leg injury was caused by a wild boar, not by you. There is no need for you to share the wild boar with an old lady like me. You should take the meat back and eat it yourself." Old Lady Zhou also shook her head and refused. She really didn't deserve the wild boar meat.
Seeing that everyone rejected her proposal, Qin Suyun smiled, but she felt more and more that her previous decision to move from the familiar Lixi Village to the unfamiliar Wanxi Village was a wise choice.
"Don't refuse this matter, village chief. I came to the mountain today to pick some fresh mushrooms and wild vegetables. Look at this basket of mushrooms and bamboo shoots I have. I'm afraid I can't finish them in a week. So you should take this wild boar back." Qin Suyun said with a smile, and reached out to pat Dahei, who was said to have been obviously thin due to hunger recently.
The furry dog's head rubbed Qin Suyun's palm. Dahei looked at Qin Suyun innocently with a confused face.
How come it didn't know when it became thin due to hunger?
Seeing that everyone was still trying to refuse, Qin Suyun found an excuse that no one could refuse.
Qin Suyun smiled at Zhao Xingguo and said, "Village chief, if you don't take this wild boar back and divide it up, it will probably be wasted later... The weather is so hot now, the pork will spoil easily. If it were winter and the temperature was low, I would just carry it home and store it. But now the temperature is getting higher and higher every day. This wild boar is so big, I definitely can't finish it in two or three days. If the wild boar meat goes bad, I will be sad to throw it away. If I don't throw it away, I will get stomachache after eating it, which is terrible. It's better to share it with everyone in the village, so that everyone who hasn't tasted meat these days can have some meat."
The matter was settled. When Zhao Xingguo met Qin Suyun, he was very resolute. He then thought about the villagers who had been living a hard life these days.
Zhao Xingguo looked around again, and saw several young men around him looking at the wild boar with burning eyes. He sighed and finally nodded, "In that case, let's divide the pig after we carry it back. Divide it according to the number of people in the village. It will satisfy our cravings."
Upon hearing that they could share the meat, the young men who had originally gone up the mountain became excited, and their eyes looked at the wild boar as if they were about to burn.
This wild boar was clearly still a raw pig without any hair plucked, but the young men who had not eaten meat for a long time felt as if they could already smell the scent of meat!
Braised pork! Steamed pork with rice flour! Roasted pork belly!
Thinking of the taste and aroma, several people couldn't help but drool.
"Okay! I've packed up here, we have to hurry down the mountain!" He Guiping wiped the sweat from his forehead, put all the application tools in his hand into the backpack behind him, and said to the people next to him breathlessly.
While everyone was talking, He Guiping had already cleaned the wound on the old lady's leg again. He also found two wooden sticks to tie up the old lady's broken leg to prevent secondary injury. In order to make it easier for everyone to move forward in the mountains and prevent the old lady from being broken while lying on the stretcher, He Guiping also used a wide cloth strip to fix the old lady on the stretcher to facilitate everyone's journey.
Although the mountain road in their village is not rugged, it is not flat and has many ups and downs. If the injured person is not properly fixed on the stretcher, the old lady may fall off the stretcher when walking.
"Okay, let's go down the mountain quickly! On weekdays, the wild boars on this mountain like to appear in groups. When the herd finds that this wild boar is missing and comes back to look for it, it will not be good if they encounter other wild boars." Zhao Xingguo waved his hand and decided to deal with other things after returning to the village.
The old lady's leg injury was already serious, and now that it has been delayed for so long, she has to rush back to the village to treat it.
Tang Miaomiao's backpack was naturally carried by Zhao Chen, and the backpack behind Qin Suyun was also carried by a sharp-eyed young man. The young man smiled at Qin Suyun, and the smile on his face was particularly shy. The other party wanted to give them the wild boar meat as a reward, and their group took advantage of it. They couldn't let a woman carry such a heavy thing down the mountain.
Someone helped Tang Miaomiao and Qin Suyun carry the backpacks behind them, so Sun Tiantian's was naturally not left behind.
Seeing that the little girl Sun Tiantian was in a mess, covered in mud, grass debris and scratches, Zhao Dabao directly took the backpack behind the little girl.
"Let me carry this for you. I'll return it to you when we get back to the village." Zhao Dabao rocked the backpack on his back, feeling its weight. He then looked at the girl opposite him, whose face was covered in mud. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a towel. "Your face is covered in mud. This is my towel. I used it to wipe my sweat when I was working in the fields, but I haven't used it today. If you don't mind, you can use it to wipe yourself."
"Thank you..." Sun Tiantian lowered her head and took the towel handed to her by Zhao Dabao, looking a little embarrassed.
Sun Tiantian is a pretty girl on weekdays. When she was fighting with the wild boar before, she didn’t think too much. She just wanted to save her life. How could she care whether her whole body was dirty and covered with mud?
But now that she had escaped death, and heard a young man on the other side suddenly talking about the mud on his face, Sun Tiantian was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into!
Someone had already helped the three women carry their backpacks, and Zhou Wen and Old Lady Zhou's two backpacks were naturally picked up and carried by the villagers who were traveling with them.
Some people in the crowd even planned to carry Zhou Wen down the mountain.
Zhou Wen blushed and shook his head quickly. How could he trouble others at this time?
"Thank you, uncle. No need for that. Don't look down on me because I'm small. I'm actually quite heavy. I'm already very grateful that you helped me carry grandma. I can't trouble you any more." Zhou Wen waved his thin arms, which were as thin as a stick, towards Zhao Xingguo and several other people beside him and said with gratitude.
The man who offered to carry Zhou Wen down the mountain didn't say much when he saw that the child didn't want to be carried. Instead, he grinned heartily, revealing his big white teeth. "Since you don't want me to carry you, that's fine. But kid, if you can't walk anymore, just tell me and I'll carry you down the mountain again... I don't care about the two of you on your body, so you don't have to worry about other problems."
Although the weight of a child of eight or nine years old is not light, it is not heavy for a farmer like him who works in the fields all year round.
After packing up all these things, several people carried people, some carried baskets on their backs, and some carried wild boars, and a large group of people walked towards the village in a mighty manner.
When Zhao Xingguo led his men up the mountain, something urgent happened, so he called out to the people in the fields. Except for his two sons who came with him, the others were all villagers who were working in the fields at that time.
In addition, many of the big guys' lands were connected together, and many people saw Zhao Xingguo and others rushing up the mountain.
Zhang Cuifen stood at the door of her house, looking around, and didn't even have the heart to make lunch, for she was afraid that something might happen to her old man and son in the mountains.
Even though Zhang Cuifen knew that there would be no ferocious beasts like jackals, tigers and leopards in their mountains, and that these ferocious beasts could only be found in zoos, Zhang Cuifen, who had experienced the successive blows of earthquakes and snowstorms, always felt that she would not feel at ease unless her husband and son were by her side.
"Mom, don't stand there. Come in and have dinner... After dinner, I'll go up the mountain to see if Dad and the others have returned." Zhao Jinsheng placed the meal cooked by his wife on the table, walked to the door, patted his mother on the shoulder and said, "Sister Qin left a message on a piece of cloth saying it was a wild boar. Dad brought so many people up the mountain, how could he not be able to deal with a wild boar? So, Mom, don't worry. Come and have dinner quickly. Grandma is still waiting!"
"How can I eat in peace when your dad is not back? A wild boar is still a wild boar! What if your dad gets hurt by a wild boar, I wonder what you, a bad boy, will do! Eat, eat, all you do all day long! Do you think you are a pig?!" Zhang Cuifen stared at her eldest son with anger, wishing she could give him a beating.
Zhao Jinsheng's father and his two younger brothers had all gone up the mountain, and this brat actually had the leisure to eat lunch! He really deserved a beating!
Zhao Jinsheng looked at his mother innocently and opened his mouth several times to speak, but after looking at his mother's expression, Zhao Jinsheng's desire to survive finally won out, and he decided to keep silent...
Never mind, whatever his mother said...
He should just listen attentively. After having lunch, he would go back and see if his father had come back. If his father had not come back yet, he would find a chance to go up the mountain to check, so that his mother would not have to worry here all the time.
Zhao Jinsheng thought of the bloody piece of cloth he had seen this morning. In fact, apart from the fact that it was written in blood, which was a bit creepy, the content inside was not scary. It was just a few words: "Wild boar 1", "injured 1", "sos".
With just three words, Zhao Jinsheng, Zhao Xingguo and others immediately knew the specific situation on the mountain.
This is also the reason why Zhao Jinsheng was not too worried.
There was only one wild boar on the mountain, and there were eight adult men who went up the mountain this time. Everyone had weapons in their hands. Although the wild boar in the mountain was not easy to deal with, the eight adult men could subdue the wild boar no matter what they said.
What's more, since the other party was able to ask Dahei to send the letter down the mountain, it was very likely that the wild boar had already left, otherwise the other party would not have had the time to write such a letter for help.
Zhao Jinsheng understood clearly in his mind, and he indeed told his family the same thing after returning home, so that they would not worry about the safety of the three of them.
But it was all in vain for him to say anything. Zhang Cuifen still couldn't feel at ease about the three people at home. She had been standing at the door of her house since morning, hoping that Zhao Xingguo, Zhao Heng and Zhao Dabao would come back soon.
Zhao Jinsheng saw this scene and thought about it, and did not try to persuade his mother any more, because the incident happened suddenly. After Zhao Xingguo gathered people, he went to He Guiping's house and went directly up the mountain, so he kept him and informed other people of the news, so that those who went up the mountain would not be unable to find anyone at home and think something had happened.
Old Mrs. Zhao was no less worried about her son and grandson than her daughter-in-law Zhang Cuifen, but she had experienced more. Although she was anxious about what was happening before her eyes, she calmed down and waved to her daughter-in-law, saying, "Cuifen! Stop pacing around the door. It's making me dizzy. Come sit here with me and wait for Xingguo and the others to come back. Cuifen, I'm talking to you! You weren't this nervous when the robbers broke into the village before. Why are you so nervous now?"
"Mom? How can this be the same? When the robbers came into the village before, Xingguo and I were all together. As long as our family is together, I am not afraid of any disaster, no matter how big it is. But the situation now... they are not under my nose, wouldn't I be nervous?" Zhang Cuifen walked up to her mother-in-law, sat down and said.
Zhao Jinsheng looked at the attitudes of his grandmother and his mother, scratched his head in confusion, and no longer mentioned the matter of eating. He just stood in front of the door of his house with his grandmother and mother waiting for his father to come back.
However, just as Zhao Jinsheng was thinking that he would have to wait another hour or two.
Suddenly, there was a noise coming from a distance, and a series of screams.
Zhao Jinsheng's heart trembled, and he quickly followed his grandmother and mother to look in the direction of the sound. He saw a large group of people gathered there, asking questions and hearing low exclamations.
…
Zhao Xingguo and his team carried the wild boar and Old Mrs. Zhou down the mountain, which immediately attracted the attention of many people in the village.
Walking along the road from the mountain all the way to the village, many people saluted Zhao Xingguo and his group, and some who were on good terms with him even came forward to ask what had happened.
Zhao Xingguo had no intention of concealing what had happened in the mountains before. After discussing along the way, Zhao Xingguo and others even agreed on a method to redivide the wild boar.
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