When she appeared on Old Cloud Cliff, panting and weak, she startled Xiaoman's grandmother and Xu Errui, who were just being discharged from the hospital.
"Errui's mother, why are you running away?"
"Mother, who's chasing us?" Xu Errui reached for the wood-chopping knife hanging at his waist. His first thought was that refugees had come up the mountain.
Jiang Zhi, breathless, waved her hand and said, "Nobody! It's a snake, a snake!"
Xu Errui was worried, so he chased after her to check. Sure enough, when he saw that no one was around, he asked, "Mom, the snake isn't chasing you, so what are you afraid of... Mom, what are you carrying in your hand? It's a wild boar!"
Jiang Zhi then remembered that she had been running all the way while holding a piglet in her hand.
She quickly looked down and saw that the little wild boar was still being held upside down by her, and it was already limp and motionless.
She quickly laid the pig on the ground and touched it; it wasn't breathing!
Oh no, the wild boar I risked my life to snatch from the snake's mouth is dead.
Let's do CPR!
Then, Xu Errui saw his mother holding the little wild boar's body with both hands, her thumbs rhythmically pressing against its chest.
"Mother, this pig is already dead. Why are you pressing on it? You should bleed it out quickly. By the way, Mother, where did you catch this wild boar piglet?"
Jiang Zhi didn't have time to explain in detail, so she simply told him about hearing the sound and finally snatching the wild boar from under the snake, as well as the location where she encountered the snake.
He was afraid of snakes, so he asked Xu Errui to kill them.
Upon hearing about the large python, Xu Errui immediately perked up and ran to the charcoal kiln to whisper a few words to Xiaoman.
Xiaoman was immediately delighted, and the two of them picked up their hoes and went off excitedly.
They want to eat snakes, because snake meat is the most tender, and people live on this mountain and raise chickens, so it's best if there are no snakes around.
Jiang Zhi didn't stop. Xiao Man's grandmother and Chun Feng, who came after hearing the noise, were watching from the side. Soon, the little wild boar, which had been silent, began to move.
Grandma Xiaoman exclaimed in amazement, "Wow! That's really strange, you can even bring a dead pig back to life!"
Chunfeng's lips twitched. This wild boar is lucky!
She saw several dead bodies on the road, but no one had even bothered to bury them; they were just left out in the open.
The little wild boar was still dazed when it woke up, and was held by Jiang Zhi for a physical examination.
Actually, the little wild boar was not only too scared to run away, but it also had an injury on its leg, which looked like it had fallen and was curled up and trembling.
Jiang Zhi touched it and found that the bones were not injured, but the tendons were. So she found some herbs, mashed them up, and applied them.
Grandpa Xiaoman also heard about the wild boar baby and came to see it. Seeing that the piglet was still covered in fine hair with spots, he said, "This piglet is probably not weaned yet. Even if you want to raise it, it won't survive. It's better to give it away quickly."
Jiang Zhi speculated that these were the piglets that had been separated during the capture of the wild boar the night before.
I've already killed its father and uncle, and the jars and pots are full. I don't need to eat this piece of its meat. I'll spare its life for now!
"That's it! Let's feed it this porridge first. If it can live, great; if not, that's its fate!"
Jiang Zhi's kindness has its limits; this guy will eventually reach the same conclusion.
It's like firefighters saving ducklings from a fire in a duck shed, turning them from roast ducks into near-roast ducks, from a death sentence to a suspended death sentence, just delaying their arrival at the table.
There was some porridge ready, and although Qiaoyun didn't understand why her mother-in-law wanted to feed the wild boar, she still scooped out a spoonful of vegetable porridge from the pot.
Jiang Zhi diluted the liquid with water and placed it near the little wild boar's mouth.
The little wild boar grunted but wouldn't eat. It was still a nursing baby, and apart from sucking, it couldn't lick. It just kept turning around and trying to bite Jiang Zhi's clothes.
If they can't eat it, they'll die right now. With no other choice, Jiang Zhi could only smear the paste on the little wild boar's mouth with her hands.
The little wild boar, which had been starving for two days, felt the wetness but couldn't find the familiar nipple. It frantically searched around and squealed, almost kicking over the small wooden basin containing the paste. Jiang Zhi, annoyed, slapped it on the head and scolded, "Stupid pig, open your mouth and eat!"
The little wild boar was in pain and opened its mouth to howl. Unexpectedly, the soup that Jiang Zhi had picked up from her hand slapped onto its face and flowed down its fur into its mouth.
I smacked my lips; it felt a little strange, but it still tasted a bit like breast milk…
So, the starving little wild boar began frantically nudging Jiangzhi's hand, its little head only knowing that the milk was given by her hand.
Jiang Zhi was both amused and exasperated, and could only slap the little wild boar repeatedly, leaving it covered in a smear of smears.
After struggling for a while, the little wild boar finally learned to eat the porridge on its own, and it finally earned itself a name: "Five-Flower".
Now it's a striped little piglet, later it will be a streaky pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat.
Having eaten and drunk his fill, Xiao Wuhua, whose head had almost been swollen from being slapped, dragged his injured leg and found a shady spot in the corner of the room to lie down and fall fast asleep.
These past two days it has been tired, sleepy, and scared. The poor thing, whose home was destroyed and whose pig died, can now finally get some sleep.
Jiang Zhi was afraid of snakes and didn't go to the cotton field, but Xu Errui and Xiaoman went with hoes.
When the two returned, they only brought back blooming cotton bolls, saying they hadn't seen the giant python.
I imagine they were frightened and have hidden away to digest their food.
Jiang Zhi's encounter with the snake has made everyone more cautious.
A few months ago, wildfires in this area killed most of the snakes that were hibernating, so we haven't encountered any since.
But with so much time passing, snakes from other places might inevitably migrate in with rabbits, mice, and birds, so you'll have to be careful when you walk around from now on.
Especially that big snake that can eat wild boar cubs; it's not so bad for adults, but it poses a great threat to children.
Snakes digest food very slowly. After eating a small wild boar, they will not reappear for at least half a month or even a month. If they are smart, they will stay away.
Two days later, the dried meat in the charcoal kiln was ready. The reddish meat slices were hard and glossy.
Since none of them had experience in drying meat, Xu Dazhu had been guarding the kiln day and night for the past few days. He couldn't be careless and could only rely on his intuition to control it.
Only Chunfeng could get a short nap for him, his eyes were bloodshot from staying up so long.
Looking at the two large baskets full of dried meat, both families were overjoyed. With so much meat, they could eat for a year.
Although exhausted from his great achievement, Xu Dazhu felt even more joy.
Everyone's joy and happiness, and the admiration in the eyes of his wife and brother, all indicated one thing: he was not a useless person!
The little wild boar, Wuhua, dragged its still-limping injured leg around the jerky, grunting and squealing as it looked, whether from the scent of its old father or the aroma of the meat. Its little tail kept wagging.
Jiang Zhi patted its head: "Pork belly, say goodbye to your family properly!"
If you're going to eat someone else's flesh, you should at least be more polite.
The little pig snorted, turned around, and waddled away.
Jiang Zhi found it funny.
They really are opportunistic; they dragged the little wild boar out of the snake's mouth as if it had grown a little tail.
These days, Xiao Wuhua has been following me around every moment, even sleeping on the ground next to me at night.
The massacre that day clearly taught the wild boars a lesson, and they never appeared on this side of the mountain pass again.
The farmland on the hillside was once again in a safe environment, but the shadow of the giant snake still loomed over the two families.
The snake could eat wild boars, and in her fright, Jiang Zhi didn't get a clear look at what it looked like.
Fearing it might be a venomous snake that could harm people, they always went out in pairs.
Not only do you need to carefully observe your surroundings to avoid encountering snakes, but you also need to pay attention to the traces left by snakes.
It wasn't until half a month later, when a complete snake molt appeared by the ditch, that the truth about the snake demon came to light.
After Xu Errui and Xiaoman found it, they measured it and found that the snake was as thick as an adult's arm and three meters long, making it a truly large snake.
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