Chapter 47 Yu Jiajia ran to where the two people had just...
Yu Jiajia ran to the place where the two had just been talking and carefully observed it. There was no hidden treasure or anything else amiss.
Yu Songchuan strolled around the neighborhood; there were only birds, no people. That Dr. Wu had indeed left.
He leaned closer to Yu Jiajia: "Do you also think those two are acting strange?"
Yu Jiajia whispered, "I'm a little curious about what they were arguing about here, and why they left as soon as they saw us."
Yu Jiajia trusted her sixth sense; that moment of danger felt very real.
Since there's nothing there, then forget it.
She said, "I'm going fishing!"
The group piled up the firewood they had collected along the way, lit it, and then placed two aluminum lunchboxes filled with water on top of the firewood to burn. The water quickly boiled, and they poured it directly onto the dead pheasant.
The water in the two lunchboxes was enough to thoroughly soak the pheasant, making it easy to pluck its feathers.
The lunchbox needs to continue boiling water; there's also a live pheasant waiting to be plucked.
Yu Songyan used scissors to gut the pheasant, removing the gizzard, liver, heart, and intestines, which he would later clean together with the offal from another pheasant.
Yu Songchuan picked up another pheasant, cut its throat with scissors, collected the blood in a lunchbox, added some salt water, and it coagulated quickly.
After processing the chicken, take both chickens and their offal to the pond to wash them thoroughly, especially the intestines, which need to be rubbed clean.
After processing the pheasant, there's still a three-pound grass carp to prepare.
That was fished out of the pond by Yu Jiajia.
Because Cheng Yongyi was also around, she controlled the number of fish she caught, and only managed to catch one fish in half a day. She didn't use the all-purpose fish bait again after that.
Two chickens and a fish is already a very generous meal.
This was enough to shock Cheng Yongyi. She had lived in these mountains for over ten years and this was the first time she had ever seen someone catch such a big grass carp! Her gaze towards Yu Jiajia became complicated.
Were the three fish in your house bought, or caught by fishermen?
If she caught it by fishing, then my little cousin is really amazing. She lives up to the old lady's words: she has great fortune and great luck!
Cheng Mingdong and Cheng Mingjun had too many eyes to see, unsure whether to watch the roasted pheasant, the killing of grass carp, or Yu Jiajia fishing.
The two brothers had never been so happy; it was like celebrating the New Year.
No, even Chinese New Year wasn't this lavish.
Whose family can afford to eat two chickens and a big fish during Chinese New Year?
My aunt actually caught a big grass carp using a fishhook made from a needle and an earthworm!
Seeing how much the two of them liked it, Yu Jiajia gave them the fishing rod and went to wash mushrooms and chives with her third sister.
Only wash the mushrooms you ate for lunch; don't wash the others, or they'll spoil easily.
Yu Songqing was roasting a pheasant. He skewered the pheasant on a piece of wood, stuffed its belly with wild scallions, and placed it on two wooden racks with charcoal underneath. He turned the pheasant occasionally to prevent it from burning.
The chicken fat dripped onto the charcoal, sizzling and releasing its aroma quickly.
Yu Songchuan was burning charcoal next to him, charring the wood for grilling. The fire wasn't going to go to waste; two lunchboxes were placed on top. One contained mushroom soup with only mushrooms and wild onions. The other contained braised chicken giblets with wild onions and spices. Eight wild eggs were buried in the charcoal ash, slowly roasting in the residual heat.
Everyone gathered around, chatting and eating sunflower seeds.
Yu Songyan peeled a handful of melon seeds and put them into Yu Jiajia's palm.
Yu Jiajia stuffed a handful of sunflower seeds into her mouth, her mouth full of kernels—they were so delicious! Then Yu Jiamin gave her a handful as well.
Yu Jiajia stopped peeling sunflower seeds and waited for everyone to feed her.
Once the pheasant is roasted, sprinkle it with salt and cumin, and it's ready to eat.
The Cheng brothers stopped fishing, packed up their rods, and ran over.
Everyone was fighting over a roast chicken; it smelled so good.
Yu Jiajia was very lucky to grab a chicken wing and half a chicken thigh. This is the time to test your eyesight! Whoever has the best eyesight will be able to grab the best!
Don't be picky about food, just grab whatever piece you can and eat it.
If you throw away the chicken's tail, you can eat the rest.
The pheasant meat is firm and very chewy, with a hint of pine aroma, and it's incredibly delicious! It would probably taste even better in soup.
The pheasant weighed just over a pound, and since it was roasted, it wasn't very filling; it was quickly devoured.
Cheng Mingjun slurped up the chicken bones, reluctant to throw them away, looking forward to eating grilled fish.
Be careful when eating grilled fish, lest you get a fish bone stuck in your throat.
After finishing the meat, there was braised chicken giblets, grilled mushrooms, and grilled leeks. Each person could also drink some mushroom soup, and finally peel a wild egg to eat. This meal was truly satisfying.
Yu Songqing felt that this was a really great life. He had a wonderful meal, and there would even be pig's head for dinner!
He touched his stomach and realized he had gained a little weight.
With so much oil in the food, who wouldn't gain weight? It's better to stay with Jiajia!
After eating and drinking his fill, he felt a bit sleepy and started to doze off.
Yu Songchuan: "Let's go find wild boar!" He then asked Cheng Mingdong, "Where do wild boars usually appear?"
Cheng Mingdong had only heard about it from adults and didn't know the exact location; he had never been deep in the mountains.
Cheng Yongyi continued to persuade, "Let's rest for a while longer. We can take a walk around the area. There's a waterfall nearby, it's very beautiful. If we go deeper into the mountains, what if we encounter wild boars, or a herd of wild boars? How are we going to escape with such a large group of people?" She prided herself on her strength, but she didn't have the ability to lead a large group of people to safety.
They were really heading for wild boars. Bringing Mingdong and Mingjun along would be much safer, as the two of them were too young.
Yongyi is a young girl, and she is also quite weak.
Yu Songchuan was extremely confident that he could take down a wild boar, but if it was a group, that would be a bit troublesome.
Then we'll split into two groups.
The question is who will take Yongyi and the others back. We definitely can't let Cheng Yongyi take his two younger brothers back. The way back is quite remote, and if they run into bad guys, no one will come to their rescue even if they scream their lungs out. That would be the end of them!
Yu Songqing suggested that Yu Songyan escort Cheng Yongyi and the other two back, since Yu Songyan had encountered a wild boar and could only run away.
Yu Songyan suggested that Yu Songqing escort the people back, so that if anything unexpected happened on the way back, Yu Songqing could protect Cheng Yongyi and the other two.
Yu Songqing then suggested that Yu Jiamin go back to deliver it, because Yu Jiamin had a higher level of combat skills.
Cheng Yongyi realized that he had become a burden.
She punched the tree trunk, which shook violently, leaving a fist-sized dent.
Everyone: ...
Yu Jiajia was genuinely envious; why was she the only one who hadn't inherited the genes for strength?
Yu Songyan is envious too!
Cheng Mingdong and Cheng Mingjun were stunned; they had no idea their aunt was so capable!
Cheng Mingdong: "Auntie, did you type this?"
Cheng Mingjun pointed to the side of the fist: "Auntie, let's do it again."
Cheng Yongyi didn't throw a punch, but Yu Songchuan punched her from the side, leaving an even deeper and bigger dent. "Cousin, are you taking them home? Or shall we go catch some wild boar together?"
Cheng Yongyi: ...
Wow, my cousin really can hunt wild boars? Is this bragging? Is she underestimating him?
Based on what everyone just said, Yu Songqing, Yu Jiamin, and Yu Songchuan must all be very powerful, so what's there to be afraid of? She said, "Hunting wild boars."
Cheng Mingdong and Cheng Mingjun jumped up with joy, neither of them wanting to go down the mountain.
Before looking for wild boars, we went to the small waterfall that Cheng Yongyi mentioned. It was about two meters high, and the water flow wasn't too rapid, but the waterfall was still very beautiful. Standing next to it was especially cool.
Reaching out to catch the waterfall, my palms felt itchy from the water's impact. After playing for a while, my clothes were soaked.
Yu Songchuan suddenly shouted and looked at a large tree in the distance, "Who?" He picked up a stone and threw it at the tree.
With a 'thud,' the stone hit the tree, and something seemed to fall. When Yu Songchuan rushed over, he only saw bloodstains on the ground; the person had run away.
Yu Songchuan clicked his tongue, suspecting that it was the two people from earlier. Wasn't this obviously a problem on his part?
The people who came to Hongcheng Brigade with them were very stupid; if they had been following them, they would have been discovered long ago.
He and Yu Jiajia exchanged a glance, both seeing the same two words in each other's eyes: 'Honors!'
Regardless of whether the other party is good or bad, we must report them. As for the reason for the report... we need to investigate further.
If they were spies or something, that would be a great achievement.
Cheng Yongyi knew Dr. Wu quite well; he was a good doctor within a ten-mile radius. Everyone who had a headache or fever would go to Dr. Wu. It cost little and the treatment was effective.
If the family is particularly poor, Dr. Wu will not even charge them.
The county hospital saw his excellent medical skills and wanted to hire him there, but he refused. He said that if he left, it would be difficult for the villagers to see a doctor. He said he wanted to train his apprentices first.
Cheng Yongyi: "Don't doubt it. Dr. Wu's father was from the Dongwu Brigade, so he can't be a bad person. It's the other person who looks shifty and argued with Dr. Wu; he might not be a good person."
The Yu brothers felt increasingly uneasy as they listened. Besides Jiajia, who else could be so selfless and noble? There must be some ulterior motive! They wanted to settle down in the Dongwu brigade.
Asking Cheng Yongyi is pointless; let's ask Grandma instead.
This incident made everyone more vigilant and wary of being followed.
More and more good things were appearing in the deep mountains. They dug up two more astragalus plants, each weighing over a pound. They put them in their baskets. During this time, Yu Jiajia also saw a wild ginseng, which excited her greatly! There really was a wild ginseng! However, she didn't dig it up immediately.
After walking a little further, I saw a plant of astragalus.
She clutched her stomach and said, "I need to use the restroom, Third Sister, come with me, I'm scared to go by myself." She also gave Yu Songchuan a look.
Yu Jiajia and Yu Jiamin went to the restroom together.
Cheng Yongyi glanced at it, and Yu Songchuan exclaimed, "Holy crap, there's another astragalus root here! Cousin, where's the shovel? Can I use it?"
Cheng Yongyi handed over the shovel, and together they dug up astragalus.
Yu Songchuan: "This astragalus root must be quite large! Picking astragalus in the mountains can make a lot of money."
Yu Songyan: "It feels even better than going to work!"
Yu Songchuan: "The dry weight is 1.2 yuan per kilogram. Fourth Sister said that after drying, it should shrink by more than half. We dug up four or five kilograms, so we should get at least two kilograms. That's 2.4 yuan!"
Yu Jiajia pulled Yu Jiamin to the place where they had just seen the ginseng. "Third sister, it's ginseng!" She also wanted to secretly keep some for herself, but it was actually unlikely. Her older brothers and sisters almost never let her be alone, for fear that she would be in danger.
Yu Jiamin gasped, "Dig quickly!"
Yu Jiajia quickly took out the red rope, tied it to the ginseng, and together with Yu Jiamin, carefully dug the ginseng out. Thanks to Yu Jiamin's strength, they dug a large pit, took out the ginseng along with the soil, carefully crushed the soil, and took out the ginseng. It was very intact, with a body about ten centimeters long and two centimeters in diameter. The whiskers were sparse and fine, about twenty or thirty centimeters long.
I also picked up the two broken roots from the soil, put them in my handkerchief, and tucked them into my small cloth bag.
Yu Jiajia: "This is over fifty years old! It would fetch a hundred or two hundred yuan if sold. But we'll keep it for ourselves, in case we need it in a pinch!"
Ginseng treats all deficiency syndromes in men and women... It nourishes the five internal organs, calms the mind, stabilizes the soul, stops palpitations, eliminates evil influences, brightens the eyes, and improves intelligence.
Many benefits!
Yu Jiamin was shocked that Jiajia had actually discovered the hidden fifty-year-old ginseng here, and even more shocked that she had prepared a red string: "You even brought a red string?"
Yu Jiajia: "That's right, what if we come across wild ginseng? If we don't tie it with a red rope, what if the wild ginseng runs away!"
Yu Jiamin reburied the hole she had just dug, and the two sisters went to the toilet while they were there.
Yu Jiamin was still shocked by Yu Jiajia's good fortune—a fifty-year-old ginseng! Who could find such a treasure on the mountain? Yu Jiajia just went up the mountain and found it?
Moreover, her naive and innocent younger sister is also quite shrewd; she even knows to dig ginseng behind people's backs.
When the two returned, Yu Songchuan and the others had also dug up the astragalus. Yu Jiajia ran over to look and exclaimed, "Wow! It's such a big plant!"
Yu Jiajia was very happy to find wild ginseng, but she wondered if she would ever find lingzhi.
After walking a while longer, we came across a wild jujube tree. The jujubes weren't ripe yet and were astringent. We noted the location down. In a little over a month, they would definitely be ripe. There wouldn't be any jujubes to eat, but there was a rabbit hole under the jujube tree.
No one was going to let the rabbit hole go unexploited.
I wanted to find a nearby rabbit hole, so I guarded it and then smoked out one of the important rabbit holes. I caught two fat rabbits, tied them up, and put them in a bamboo basket. We can have an extra meal tonight.
The bamboo basket is full of good stuff!
Cheng Yongyi was in a daze. There were so many good things on the mountain?
Yu Songchuan didn't even want this little rabbit anymore; he wanted to take on the wild boar!
Finally, some traces of wild boar activity were found, including pig droppings and hoof prints.
There's a saying in the village: "A hoofprint three inches deep means a boar weighing over 300 pounds." Some of the hoofprints are nearly three inches deep! Recently, a large adult wild boar weighing over 300 pounds was found here.
Yu Jiamin is mainly responsible for protecting Yu Jiajia, Cheng Yongyi is responsible for protecting his two nephews, and if wild boars are found, Yu Songqing and Yu Songchuan will be the main force, with Yu Songyan assisting from the side.
The more traces of the wild boar's activity there were, the more excited everyone became, just waiting to catch the wild boar!
The pine trees not far away began to shake violently, accompanied by occasional 'creaking' sounds.
Wild boar!
Yu Songchuan quickly picked up Yu Jiajia by the armpits, rushed to a tree so big that it would take several people to hug it, lifted her up, and placed her on the lowest branch. "Climb up quickly."
"Be careful!" Yu Jiajia also had the skill of climbing trees. She hugged the tree and climbed higher. The fact that she wasn't causing trouble was already helping. She climbed to a height of five meters and hugged a large branch to look down. Unfortunately, the leaves were too dense, and she couldn't see the movements in the distance clearly.
Cheng Mingdong and Cheng Mingjun also climbed up. Despite their small size, they were brave and not afraid at all. Their excited little faces turned red.
Yu Songyan found a relatively thick tree and climbed it. With his physique, he couldn't withstand the impact of the wild boar at all, so he shouldn't stand there as a stake.
Yu Songchuan rubbed his wrist and looked at the wild boar approaching from afar. Instead of dodging, he charged forward.
Everyone: ? ? ?
Yu Songqing was speechless: "You have energy but nowhere to use it?"
Yu Jiajia watched nervously. Although she knew Yu Songchuan was strong, it was a wild boar that charged around recklessly, like an out-of-control tractor. Its tusks, which were more than ten centimeters long, were like two large curved knives. When it scraped across a tree, it could leave a deep mark on it.
So how did Yu Songchuan go to greet him?
The already enraged wild boar became even more furious upon seeing a human approaching, and charged straight at him.
Yu Songchuan assumed a horse stance, raised his hand, and punched the wild boar in the face. The boar was abruptly stopped from charging, completely stunned. The bristles on its neck stood on end like a brush. The next moment, the boar's head swept horizontally in a fan shape, dodging Yu Songchuan's punch. The plump boar nimbly turned around and charged away.
Yu Songchuan shouted, "Don't run away, leave the pork behind!" He rushed forward and grabbed the wild boar by the tail.
I dare not touch it anywhere else, the sideburns are prickly.
The wild boar preferred to detach its tail to survive rather than stop, and ran away even faster than it had come, charging wildly and recklessly.
Yu Songchuan kicked the wild boar in the stomach, sending it flying sideways several meters into a tree. It grunted and groaned for a while before finally getting up from the ground.
Yu Songqing also caught up.
Unable to escape, the wild boar, perhaps determined to take someone down with it, charged towards Yu Songqing.
Yu Songqing smashed a stick into the wild boar's head, breaking the thick stick in two and stunning the boar once again.
The wild boar squealed and stomped its front hooves on the ground, the frequency increasing, and charged forward again, trying to pierce Yu Songqing's skin with its tusks.
Yu Songchuan kicked the wild boar again, knocking it to the ground. He rushed over, raised his scissors, and stabbed the boar in the neck.
Wild boars have thick skin, but they couldn't withstand Yu Songchuan's strength. The scissors went in, and blood spurted out.
He used the downward-sliding scissors to cut half of the wild boar's head open. The wild boar trembled violently, trying to fight back, but it could no longer stand up.
Before Yu Songchuan could rejoice, shouts came from afar from Yu Jiajia and the Cheng brothers, Cheng Mingdong.
"Big brother, Matsukawa, help me! Aaaaaaah!"
"Cousin, come back soon!"
Yu Songchuan and Yu Songqing ignored the wild boar's carcass and ran back.
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Yu Jiamin and Cheng Yongyi did not chase after them, but stayed where they were.
Yu Jiajia craned her neck to look ahead, eager to see how Yu Songchuan would kill the wild boar. He was so fierce, like a human cannonball, with such explosive power.
One punch is enough to make a wild boar cough up blood and run away.
Unfortunately, it's too far away to see anything.
Just as she was lamenting that she couldn't see anything anymore, she noticed that three more wild boars had arrived, one of which was carrying piglets and followed by eight adorable baby wild boars.
The baby wild boars were cute, but when the mother boar saw humans, she went berserk, and the three wild boars attacked Yu Jiamin.
Cheng Yongyi hit the wild boar on the head with a stick, but the wild boar ignored her.
Yu Jiamin suspected that she had been exposed to ginseng, which was why the wild boar kept attacking her.
Yu Jiajia was terrified. "Third sister, climb the tree quickly!" she cried. Then she shouted, "Big brother, Songchuan, help me! Ahhhhhh!"
Why are there so many wild boars suddenly appearing again?
Yu Jiamin is indeed strong and agile, but she is only one person. She can easily deal with one wild boar, but it is difficult to deal with three.
Moreover, all three attacked her.
Yu Songyan raised his slingshot and shot it at the wild boar's eye. Blood gushed from the boar's eye, and it went berserk, crashing into the tree where Yu Songyan was. In the crash, it didn't see the baby boar and instead sent the baby boar flying into the air...
The sow became even more agitated.
Yu Jiamin and Cheng Yongyi climbed the tree one after the other, waiting for Yu Songqing and Yu Songchuan to return.
The two sows rammed into a tree together, and summoned another boar to join them.
Yu Jiajia and the others clung tightly to the big tree. Fortunately, the tree was particularly thick and strong, so although it was swaying, it was still safe. And as long as Yu Songchuan and Yu Songqing came back, everything would be fine.
Two young men arrived even earlier than Yu Songqing.
The two men, holding hunting rifles, shot at the boar from a short distance away. The boar crashed to the ground, its thick head exploding, blood and brain matter splattering everywhere.
But Yu Jiajia didn't even have time to see who had saved them! The strap of her cloth bag broke, and the bag fell to the ground.
The sow picked up the cloth bag from the ground and rushed out, with the little wild boars squealing and running after her.
Yu Jiajia:! ! !
My ginseng!!!
My fifty-year-old ginseng!!!
Yu Jiajia's heart was breaking.
A wild boar is not as valuable as a fifty-year-old ginseng.
Its medicinal value is extremely high!
Yu Jiamin flipped down from the tree and chased after it, shouting, "Songchuan, my bag has been snatched by a wild boar!"
She was filled with regret. She should have kept the ginseng in her spatial backpack; it would have been so much easier to access it whenever she needed it.
Yu Songchuan didn't know what his third and fourth sisters had done, but the fact that his fourth sister could say that meant the things in the bag were very valuable and had to be retrieved.
As he passed the young man in blue, he called out, "Brother Expedition, I'll thank you later!" The man disappeared, but his voice still echoed.
Yu Jiajia hurriedly got down and reached out to Yu Songqing, who was passing by: "Big Brother!"
After Yu Songqing reached out, she jumped down from the tree and fell into Yu Songqing's arms, whereupon Yu Songqing pulled her forward.
Yu Jiajia ran very fast, no slower than Yu Songqing! Her speed increased by three points!
If you lack strength, make up for it with speed.
Yu Songyan also climbed down the tree to catch up, only to find that he couldn't catch up with Yu Jiajia!
Grass!
He needs to exercise more and run more!
Cheng Mingdong and Cheng Mingjun scrambled down the tree and chased after them. Cheng Yongyi wanted to stop them, but staying behind wasn't necessarily safe. Staying with everyone would be safer, so she jumped down and followed them.
She didn't know what was in the bag, but it must be very precious to have made Yu Jiamin and Yu Jiajia chase after wild boars.
He Yuanzheng held the hunting rifle in one hand, the barrel gleaming coldly in the sunlight. He narrowed his eyes, his gaze like that of a hawk locking onto the departing figures of the Yu family. A smile played on his lips as he rubbed his thumb against the trigger, turning to the young man in black beside him. "Chen Zhou, saw that kid covered in blood? That's Yu Songchuan I told you about." He paused, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes. "His speed is no less than yours back then."
Before he finished speaking, He Yuanzheng had already chased after the gun like an arrow released from a bow. The hunting rifle felt weightless in his hand, the barrel swaying slightly with each step, drawing a cold arc in the sunlight.
Lu Chenzhou followed. He stood tall and walked at a leisurely pace, his steps seemingly casual, yet he always maintained a just-right distance.
The wild boar carrying the cloth bag ran incredibly fast, reaching the lakeside in the blink of an eye. Just when everyone thought it had nowhere to go, the boar plunged into the water without hesitation.
"Thump!"
Amidst the splashing water, the wild boar moved like a fish entering water, its four hooves paddling nimbly, even faster than on land. Its thick neck was held high, the cloth bag firmly gripped in its mouth, leaving a clear ripple on the water's surface.
Immediately afterward, another sow leaped into the water. Even more surprisingly, the seven piglets, like a string of gourds, each biting the tail of another, were pulled forward by their mother. Their short legs paddled frantically, splashing up tiny droplets of water, yet they remained close to their mother.
Yu Jiajia was dumbfounded. Wild boars can swim? And they swim so fast and so well?
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