Chapter 44: Entering the mountains, traps catch two big wild boars
This time, Xia Juanjuan still went straight into the mountains.
If she happened to have wild mushrooms and wood ears on hand, she would pick them up, but she didn't look for them deliberately. Instead, she focused her attention on finding traces of large animals such as wild boars.
Although there are wild ducks, pheasants, rabbits and the like in her dimension, wild boars were rare in the world before she traveled through time, and there are none in her dimension.
Xia Juanjuan was lucky. After a while, she found some pig hoof prints similar to those of wild boars. There were two large ones, followed by a series of small ones. It should be a family of wild boars.
She was filled with joy and followed the pig's hoof prints carefully, going further and further away. After a while, after going around a lot of slopes, she unexpectedly came to a spacious area with abundant wild mushrooms, berries and so on!
Some of the wild mushrooms and berries still had signs of having been chewed.
Xia Juanjuan looked around and guessed that this should be the secret back garden found by the wild boar family.
Wild boars, like domestic pigs, are omnivorous animals.
In winter, everything withers and wild boars are short of food. They eat wild mushrooms, berries, fruits and grass roots. I'm afraid they are just like humans, eating everything!
If you don't eat all the wild mushrooms, a large number of them will sprout up again early the next morning.
Judging from the fact that these wild mushrooms have not been eaten up, the wild boars will definitely come again!
Xia Juanjuan observed for a long time, then chose the most suitable place, took out a small hoe from the backpack, and began to dig a trap.
The soil in the deep mountains was very soft because it had not been stepped on often. In a short while, she dug a pit more than one meter deep!
Xia Juanjuan climbed out of the pit, wiped the sweat from her forehead, rested for a while, and was just about to get some small branches from the space to place on the pit, and then cover it with leaves and soil to make a trap, when suddenly, a low roar came from behind her.
Xia Juanjuan's back tensed up suddenly as if she had received an electric shock, and her hair stood on end because of the instinctive fear!
She turned around mechanically and saw two wild boars standing behind her. They were more than one meter long, with long curved fangs and arrow-like manes on their backs. They were furious!
Behind them, there are a dozen tiny wild boars protecting them!
Xia Juanjuan's guess was correct, this was indeed a family of wild boars, and they came here to look for food again!
But, she came too early! She hadn't set the trap yet!
Xia Juanjuan's heart rose to her throat as she stepped back cautiously.
In this winter when food and clothing are scarce, wild boars will rush over and use their fangs to rip open your stomach, regardless of whether you are a human or other small animal, leaving nothing but bones!
The two adult wild boars stared at Xia Juanjuan with murderous intent, as if they were measuring the lethality of the human in front of them and whether they would have a chance of winning if they launched an attack!
Xia Juanjuan swallowed her saliva, made up her mind, and made a dangerous and bold decision!
She stepped back step by step, and suddenly she screamed "Ah", pretended to slip, and fell into the pit she had dug!
Upon seeing this, the two adult wild boars immediately roared and rushed over with all their might!
Even though they are wild animals, they live in the mountains and forests so close to humans, so they have seen many of these big pit traps!
They can detect many well-pretended traps set by experienced hunters, which are covered with dirt and dead leaves!
An amateur like Xia Juanjuan has dug a 'trap', and no matter how stupid they are, they won't fall into it!
But now, this stupid human has fallen into the pit she dug herself! Why don't they rush over and tear her apart and eat her?
With such a big prey, the family can spend this winter safely!
Unfortunately, when they opened their bloody mouths and were about to pierce Xia Juanjuan's chest with their fangs, Xia Juanjuan at the bottom of the pit suddenly disappeared, leaving only an empty pit!
"???" Two adult wild boars screamed like slaughtered pigs and fell heavily into the pit which was more than one meter deep. The fangs of one of them were broken and pierced directly into its throat. It bled profusely and died immediately!
Another wild boar's belly was also pierced by its companion, and it lay at the bottom of the pit groaning and unable to get up!
Xia Juanjuan waited for a long time before she dared to come out of the space. Then she stepped on the bodies of the two wild boars and crawled back to the ground.
A dozen or so little wild boars were pacing around the pit anxiously and sadly, obviously feeling sorry for their parents.
Xia Juanjuan squatted on the ground and reflected for a long time why she was so kind to the snow wolves last time, but was so cruel to the wild boar family today.
Then he cursed himself in his heart for his hypocrisy, cruelty and cold-bloodedness, stood up and started to fight.
First, he put one of the big wild boars caught in the trap into the space. Then, he quickly caught a dozen small wild boars, and put eight of them directly into the space. The remaining two had their four hooves tied with straw ropes and thrown into the backpack.
The strong prey on the weak. If you want to blame someone, blame the cruelty of the food chain.
Then, she broke off some branches and some dead leaves and threw them into the pit to pretend to be the scene.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw the snow wolf she had rescued last time with its four cubs. They had appeared out of nowhere and were now standing in the bushes, looking towards her.
A few wolf cubs obviously recognized her as the human who gave them delicious food. They ran over happily, raised their furry heads and called out to her.
Snow Wolf was probably also bribed by that big fat pig of hers last time, so he did not stop it.
Xia Juanjuan squatted down and gently touched the heads of the wolf cubs. Then she thought for a moment and released a big fat pig from the space. She said to the snow wolf:
"Here's one for you. Please help me keep an eye on this wild boar and make sure it doesn't get eaten by other prey..."
The wild boar trapped in the trap was injured and bleeding, and it would probably attract other carnivorous animals in a short while. For example, the snow wolf might be attracted by the smell of blood.
She stole other people's food, so she should compensate them with a big fat pig.
After saying this, Xia Juanjuan didn't care whether the snow wolf could hear or understand her words, so she left the mountains with the bamboo basket on her back and walked towards the village.
When she arrived at the village, the villagers she met on the road heard the screams of the little wild boar coming from her bamboo basket and asked her with envy:
"Wow! The Li family's daughter-in-law is so capable! Did she catch a wild boar after going into the mountains? How big is it? Can I take a look?"
"Li's wife, you caught the wild boar, but you can't keep it all to yourself! You have to hand it over to the village and share it equally among the villagers!"
Xia Juanjuan simply greeted him and continued walking forward without saying anything else.
The people behind her started to say sarcastic things with resentment: "Humph! What are you so proud of! How can a woman catch a wild boar? I'm afraid she must have secretly found some wild man to help her catch it!"