They said they'd give him three days to think it over, and they kept their word. Aside from keeping him locked up in the house, there was nothing wrong with that.
However, looking at the large open window in front of him, Li Sheng felt that the bolt on the door was meaningless. There were freshly picked wildflowers on the windowsill, with morning dew hanging on them, which were obviously Sang Sang's handiwork.
Ada was polishing Li Sheng's large axe with a pink bow in the yard, and two pink polka-dot underwear, one large and one small, were hanging on the hemp rope next to her.
Now it has been washed clean and looks brand new; the filth that used to be on it is long gone.
Naituan sat on a small stool to the side, listening to the sound of sharpening an axe and speaking to Grandpa Ada through Sangsang's translation.
Ada: "Little kid, have you ever been to school? Isn't it true that everyone outside has been to school? The more educated a person is, the more successful they are and the more money they can make?"
...
They were like a family, the kind old man interacting with his grandchildren.
This room was originally supposed to be the old man's room, but after he arrived, the old man went outside to sleep on the floor.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a commotion outside. Several people carrying hoes or sticks hurriedly walked over. Ada and Sangsang also became anxious, went to another small earthen house to get hoes, and disappeared from sight.
Sangsang quickly carried the baby into Li Sheng's room.
"The wild boars have come down the mountain and ruined our crops. This is the third time this month. Sometimes they even sneak down at night. If they ruin our crops, we'll go hungry. Brother Sheng, keep an eye on Naituan. I'm going to help too."
There's plenty of wild game in the mountains, and he's very familiar with wild boar, but he doesn't have the right tools.
At this moment, the milk ball explored on its own and came to a wooden box, which it then opened.
"It's impolite for milkballs to rummage through other people's things."
He took a bow and arrow...
No, this thing should be called a crossbow...
"Dad, we can't let the wild boars ruin the crops, otherwise it will be hard for everyone to get through the winter if there's no harvest."
"Holy crap! How did you know there was a crossbow in the box?"
Naituan said innocently, "Grandpa Ada told me that. He's really good at making all kinds of crossbows and Luban locks, and the Nine-Bend Chain Lock. Grandpa Ada is chopping wood in the morning to make a little wooden cart for Naituan."
"Grandma Xiga is also amazing. Sangsang said that Grandma Xiga is omnipotent and the most powerful witch doctor in the world. She knows the contents of several medical books, just by looking at a page. She knows every acupoint on the body and can use the Sunflower Acupoint Pressing Technique to make people numb and unable to move, just like she used to relieve Dad's pain. Grandma Xiga also has a lot of picture books."
Li Sheng picked up the crossbow and tested it. It weighed about four or five pounds and was very finely handmade. Its power was more than ten times that of the bamboo arrows he made, and it could easily pierce half of a wild beast.
Furthermore, this crossbow is made entirely of the most primitive materials. As long as one understands the structure, it can be made even in the wilderness using locally sourced materials.
If he had a crossbow with enough power in the wild, the entire wilderness would become his hunting ground. He wouldn't be afraid of wild boars or wolves. He became very interested in it.
Li Sheng's thigh still hurts, but it doesn't prevent him from walking. However, his left hand is broken and his right hand is also injured, making it difficult for him to lift it up and aim.
A loud shout was heard outside. Ada and the villagers were trying to strangle the wild boar. Li Sheng got up and went outside with a crossbow and bolts.
What a ferocious wild boar!
This wild boar was larger than the one he had killed before, with a body full of muscles. Looking down at its rear end, it was a male, and a male wild boar in its breeding season.
The attack power is considerable.
The wild boar is now surrounded, but no one dares to approach. Although they all have weapons, if the boar really goes berserk and charges at someone, they might lose their lives.
Just as a group of elderly men, whose teeth were not all intact, were locked in a stalemate with a wild boar, Sangsang saw Li Sheng coming this way.
If a wild boar were to run over, Brother Sheng, in his injured state, wouldn't have a chance to escape.
His tone was anxious and slightly reproachful: "Brother Sheng and Naituan, hurry back, or we'll be doomed if the wild boars charge over."
The wild boar's cries terrified Sangsang.
Li Sheng was itching to try out the crossbow, so he decided to practice on this wild boar. He was worried that his two hands couldn't hold the crossbow properly, but now he had someone to hold the crossbow stand.
"Sangsang, tell your grandfather and the others to disperse. I'll try using the crossbow."
Is this going to work? But seeing that Brother Sheng was not afraid of the wild boar at all and was very confident, she chose to believe him without hesitation.
However, Sangsang's belief did not mean that the rest of the village believed it, and she was immediately reprimanded.
Ada: "Nonsense! Sangsang, take him back quickly. If the wild boar comes, the man our village has been waiting for will be gone."
Sangsang stamped her foot: "Grandpa, just step aside. You're all too scared to go up anyway. Let Sheng-ge give it a try. When Sheng-ge was in the mountains, he killed more than ten wolves by himself, and he even killed a tiger with an axe. Sheng-ge can do it."
Despite Li Sheng's incomprehensible words, Sang Sang told a white lie in order to make Li Sheng's wish come true. When Ada saw Li Sheng raise the crossbow, he half-believed and told everyone to stay away so as not to get hurt by the crossbow.
They couldn't handle such a big wild boar even with twenty or thirty men, how could an injured young man manage?
Wild boars can't be killed by a single crossbow bolt. Even if you do manage to hit one, it will only make the boar go berserk and charge at people, which would put these old men in danger.
It just so happens that several able-bodied men from the village went to town before dawn to help everyone sell their mountain produce.
However, seeing that Li Sheng had already raised his crossbow, the old men, fearing they would be accidentally injured, instinctively parted to create an opening, and while holding hoes to guard against the wild boars, they also hurled insults at Li Sheng.
If this wild boar goes berserk and injures someone today, I'll put this city man in a pigpen for a year and send him to eat pig feed with the other pigs.
Since no one was going to let him pass, he just went ahead anyway. Giving a heads-up beforehand was just to be polite and avoid scaring everyone.
"Sangsang, my hands are not in good condition, can you hold the crossbow for me and I will aim?"
Sang Sang held the crossbow, and Li Sheng adjusted the crossbow's firing position little by little, just like teaching a child who had just started learning to write. There were always some unavoidable physical contacts. Sang Sang felt Li Sheng's hot body temperature, and her heartbeat involuntarily quickened. She felt like she couldn't breathe, but she was extremely excited.
Li Sheng realized that this time he wasn't aiming for the eye, but rather for the wild boar's carotid artery.
call out!
The arrow pierced the wild boar's carotid artery with perfect accuracy.
However, bringing down a wild boar is not an easy task. He also wanted to test his skills and quickly get Sangsang to continue firing. He could fire five arrows in a row, and each time an arrow was fired, another one would automatically rise up.
This time, the target is the wild boar's knee, requiring extremely high speed; four shots must be fired in quick succession.
Before anyone could react, they heard the wild boar let out a mournful cry and it collapsed to the ground, its knees pierced by arrows, howling in pain.
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