Chapter 99: No Interest in Hunting Pigs
I saw four or five wild boars huddled together, grunting, as if they saw something scary over here, and they huddled together, not daring to get close.
Jingzhen looked at the wild boars and frowned.
He didn't expect that the cave he often visited was used as a shelter by these wild boars.
Baoya's father and uncle are outside taking shelter from the rain. It is very dangerous to leave these wild boars here.
"Brother Xiaojing, what is it?" Baoya saw that he had been silent, so she poked her little head out from behind him and looked over there.
Jingzhen took out a tinder from his body, picked up a piece of wood on the ground and lit it, then explored deep into the dark cave.
"Here, it's a wild boar."
When he took the photo, Baoya could see clearly that there were several huge and strong wild boars huddled together, grunting and making noises.
The firelight shone over, and they rushed into the crowd in panic.
"They seem very scared." Baoya was a little puzzled. "Are wild boars afraid of fire?"
Wild boars are indeed afraid of fire, but for someone like him, holding a thin stick with only a little flame in his hand would definitely be useless.
Especially for these four or five wild boars gathered together, two children and a burning stick should not be a threat at all.
Jing Zhen was also a little puzzled. Why were these wild boars acting so abnormally? Perhaps they were frightened by the thunder and rain?
He was just thinking about it when Yun Dalang and Yun Sanlang rushed over after hearing the noise.
"Baoya, what are you two doing? What takes you so long?" Yun Sanlang said.
When Baoya heard her father's voice, she immediately became happy: "Dad! Dad, come here quickly!"
Yun Sanlang didn't know what had happened, so he quickly pulled Yun Dalang over.
Baoya was pulled by Jingzhen to stand aside and pointed out the wild boars to Yun Sanlang and Yun Dalang.
When the two saw it, they were also shocked.
"This..." Yun Dalang opened his mouth wide and said after a while, "So many old wild boars? Why are they all stuck here?"
Yun Sanlang stared at the wild boars, frowning, and then suddenly said, "Brother! Could these wild boars be the ones that Brother Yang mentioned, the ones he saw this morning?"
"It was raining heavily, so he ran in here to take shelter, and ended up getting bumped into by us!"
Yun Dalang nodded: "Very likely!"
But he was a little worried: "Then...what should we do now?"
There are so many wild boars, and there are only three strong laborers among them, while the rest are children and injured. Can they defeat them?
At this time, Jing Zhen on the side said, "I'll help you. These wild boars are obviously scared out of their wits. As long as we block this place and prevent them from running to the caves outside, it should be easy to hunt them."
"You're just a kid, how can we ask you to help us?" Yun Dalang was obviously unconvinced. "I'll call my second brother over later. You can just take Baoya to the cave outside."
Jingzhen didn't say anything, but reached out and drew his soft sword from his waist.
The broken dust was extremely sharp, flashing coldly under the dancing firelight.
When Yun Sanlang saw his calm demeanor, he vaguely remembered what his mother Zhao Zhilan had said to them.
Baoya became a disciple of a hermit who lived in seclusion in the mountains. The hermit had a very capable little apprentice.
In that case...
"I see! You must be that master's apprentice, and now you should be... you should be Baoya's senior brother?!"
Jingzhen: ...
However, it is true.
He nodded with a stern face and said, "I'll have to trouble you to help stop these wild boars later."
"Okay! No problem!" Yun Dalang agreed immediately. "Baoya, go get your second uncle to come over. You go back and stay with your Uncle Yang and Aunt Wu. They're both awake now."
"Yeah!" Baoya nodded obediently, bent down and picked up the firewood that Jingzhen had dropped on the ground, "Then Daddy, Uncle, and Brother Jing, you have to be careful!"
Jingzhen nodded, and Yun Dalang and Yun Sanlang responded "Okay" in unison.
Baoya ran back with the firewood in her arms and called her second uncle over. Seeing that Yang Daguang and Wu Dongmei were awake, she talked to them.
Yang Daguang felt very ashamed as he looked at his woman leaning against him with a pale face. Liu Lizheng was still sleeping, and Bao Ya sensibly brought firewood to make a fire.
He hammered his head in frustration and walked over to help light the firewood.
He said to Baoya, "It's all Uncle Yang's fault. I thought finding a wild boar in the mountains was a good thing, but I didn't expect that you and I would have to suffer in this cave."
Bao Ya didn't care. She watched Yang Daguang skillfully light the firewood. The fire was warm and bright. She stretched out her little hands and put them on the fire to warm them. When they were warm, she ran over to cover the face and hands of the sleeping Liu Lizheng.
"Uncle Yang, don't be sad. We found the wild boar. The best thing is that you and the village head are both fine."
"Found it?" Yang Daguang was stunned when he heard this. "How...how is it possible?"
Baoya blinked her big watery eyes and pointed deep into the cave: "Maybe it's over there. Daddy, uncle and brother Xiaojing are hunting wild boars."
Yang Daguang opened his mouth wide and his eyes widened unconsciously.
In a cave? A giant wild boar? How did those wild boars he saw this morning end up here?
At this time, Jingzhen walked out from the depths of the cave and sat down next to Baoya.
He took out two clay bowls, some dried ginger slices and a few red dates from his arms, walked to a corner skillfully, fetched some spring water, and began to boil red date and ginger water.
Baoya stretched out her white and tender little hand to help: "Brother Xiaojing, you're back so soon? Where are Dad and Uncle? Did you hunt the wild boar?"
Jing Zhen nodded. "I killed a few wild boars, but they were too heavy, so they had to drag them here. I couldn't help, so I came back first."
"Oh~" Baoya nodded.
The red dates and ginger water was just cooked. Jingzhen gave one bowl to Baoya and the other bowl to Yang Daguang, asking him to feed it to the unconscious Liu Lizheng.
"Master and I live alone, so we don't have many utensils here. If there's not enough ginger soup, we'll just make this for now."
"No need to bother, no need to bother." Yang Daguang waved his hands repeatedly. After all, this matter was caused by him. How could he have the nerve to bother a half-grown child!
Baoya was also very sensible. She handed the ginger soup that Jingzhen had handed to her to the pale-faced Wu Dongmei: "Aunt Wu, here's yours. I warmed myself by the fire, and it's not cold anymore."
How could Wu Dongmei have the nerve to ask for it? She refused to drink it no matter what. Finally, Jingzhen said he would cook it later, and she reluctantly accepted it and shared it with Yang Daguang.
After drinking the hot ginger soup, Liu Lizheng started sweating and slowly woke up.
Yang Daguang had heard about the current situation from the three Yun brothers before. At this time, he and Wu Dongmei were taking care of Liu Lizheng together, and told him what had happened.
Jingzhen went to the spring water to wash the dishes, then continued to add dried ginger and red dates and cooked for the second time.
Baoya sat next to him, warming herself by the fire and talking to him.
The lonely king lay obediently at Baoya's feet, wagging his big wet tail.
"Brother Xiaojing, it's raining heavily, why are you going down the mountain?"
Jing Zhen raised an eyebrow: "Why did you go up the mountain when it was raining heavily?"
Baoya: ...
She pouted and told her father, uncle and Aunt Wu about going up the mountain to find Liu Lizheng and Yang Daguang.
After listening to this, Jingzhen was silent for a while.
He raised his hand, smoothed Baoya's wet hair, and whispered, "I'm sorry."
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