Chapter 13 Chapter 13 (Xiao Xiu) "Wild boar...
"Wild boars are attracted to the smell of rotting mushrooms. As long as you find the location of mushrooms or bamboo fungus, there is a high probability that you will find wild boars. Bamboo fungus is best, as wild boars like the smell of rotting bamboo fungus."
This was the first time Wang Jiangang heard that mushrooms could be used to find wild boars. He gave the order without hesitation: "Look for mushrooms or bamboo fungus now. Wild boars are more likely to appear in places with a lot of bamboo fungus."
Chen Ying used a branch to push aside the rotten leaves and helped Wang Jiangang explain: "Wild boars love to dig up rotten bamboo fungi. If you can find the mushroom nest, you can find the boars."
The three men stood there motionless. They didn't believe that wild boars would eat mushrooms. If they really ate mushrooms, why would they come down the mountain and damage the corn fields?
Wang Jiangang kicked the tree stump impatiently: "Go find some mushrooms!"
The old bachelor held a grass stem in his mouth and refused to cooperate: "A wild boar digging for mushrooms? Who are you trying to fool? Could it be that your sister wants to pick mushrooms? I have never heard of wild boars eating mushrooms."
Wang Jiangang waved the sack containing the hunting rifle in front of him and said, "I told you in advance that if you follow me up the mountain, you must listen to me. If you want to get rich, just do as I say."
Chen Ying followed Wang Jiangang and three other men deep into the mountains. The three men were carrying hemp ropes, axes and sickles for chopping wood, and their trouser legs were stained with mud.
Wang Jiangang's hunting rifle was wrapped in a sack, and the barrel would occasionally hit branches, making crisp sounds.
I climbed two mountains and found nothing.
Everyone slumped on the hillside, the men's sweaty vests stuck with dead leaves.
Chen Ying was so tired that she was panting. Her pink cotton shirt stuck to her body and she didn't dare to unbutton it.
Wang Jiangang put his hands on his waist and squinted at the mountain ridge: "Is there really bamboo fungus on the mountain?"
Chen Ying quickly replied, "Yes, my cousin picked some and used them to make chicken soup yesterday."
Wang Jiangang wondered: "Why didn't I eat anything?"
Chen Ying hesitated to speak: "You left in a hurry yesterday, so my cousin specially used a clay pot to simmer mushroom and pheasant soup for three hours. The mushroom and chicken soup was very delicious, and Comrade Geng drank a big bowl of it. My cousin said that Comrade Geng helped catch pheasants and wild rabbits, so he needed to replenish his energy."
"Comrade Geng's bowl was filled with chicken thighs, and I saw my cousin secretly give him all the bamboo fungus in her bowl."
Wang Jiangang cursed a few words in a low voice, saying that the Cheng family was really ungrateful. His father was a cadre in the brigade after all, and he came to their house for dinner to give them honor.
Wang Jiangang felt a surge of anger in his chest, "Keep looking!" It was just a few pheasants and rabbits. Once he hunted a wild boar, Cheng Xin would probably cry and beg to marry him.
After they had a good rest, they stood up and climbed over two hills. They found a wild boar's den on a shady slope.
Wang Jiangang pushed aside the fern leaves that were blocking his way, and the smell of rotten fungi mixed with pig manure rushed into his nostrils, so strong that it was choking.
"Here it is!" he whispered.
A mud pit dug up by a wild boar could be seen vaguely between the shadows of the trees, and Chen Ying stumbled over it. Rotting bamboo fungi were mixed in the mud, and the milky white caps had long since turned into a sticky liquid, leaving only a few broken caps.
"It's all rotten..." She dug her nails into her palm.
After finally finding some bamboo fungus, they were all eaten by wild boars. Chen Ying wanted to cut the wild boar into pieces.
She reviewed the mushroom atlas she had memorized before leaving the house, and squatted on the ground to look for substitutes. She picked a few cream-yellow mushrooms, and found a few clusters of bright red ones. Judging from the color and smell, both were edible.
Since she couldn't find bamboo fungus and these two kinds of mushrooms were not cheap, she thought she couldn't come here in vain, so she picked them all and put them in her backpack.
In order to detect whether the mushrooms are poisonous, Chen Ying turned on the system light screen and compared the mushroom atlas, which showed that all varieties were edible, so she picked the mushrooms with confidence.
Wang Jiangang took out his hunting rifle and stood on the rock to look for traces of wild boar. The other three men squatted on the slope and watched Chen Ying picking mushrooms.
Zhang Mazi whistled: "This waist is more powerful than Ma Guafu's."
The old bachelor's Adam's apple rolled: "Did you see that when I bend down? It's white..."
They stared at Chen Ying, their eyes glued to the way her hips were raised while she was picking mushrooms and the vague outline of her clothes that swayed.
Chen Ying pretended not to hear. The most urgent task was to pick the valuable mushrooms.
Hearing the growl of a wild boar in the distance, Chen Ying immediately grabbed the backpack and hurriedly swept away all the mushrooms that she had not had time to pick, along with the roots and dirt.
Where she wasn't paying attention, the system screen flashed, and the words marking the toxicity of the red mushroom appeared after a delay of three seconds.
A gap suddenly appeared in the bushes, and the tusks of an adult wild boar rushed out with rotten leaves hanging on them.
The four-hundred-pound black body knocked down two trees as thick as wrists, and mud mixed with broken branches splashed onto Wang Jiangang's face.
The old bachelor turned and ran, but he tripped over his own left foot, and the hemp rope and the axe rolled down the ravine.
Zhang Mazi swung the axe at the tree next to him, but he used too much force and the axe got stuck in the tree and couldn't be pulled out: "Fuck you, hurry up!"
Hu Gou Wa helped Zhang Mazi pull out the axe. When he kicked the tree, a nest of hornets fell down. The wild boar was attracted by the swarm of bees and turned around to rush towards them. The two men were so scared that they ran away.
The old bachelor lost his weapon for self-defense and tremblingly untied his belt: "Use this to trip the pig's legs!" His legs were shaking, urine was dripping down his trouser legs, and he picked up stones and threw them at the wild boar.
Zhang Mazi and Hu Gouwa used their hands and feet to climb up the tree. The more scared they were, the weaker their hands and feet became, and they slid down. They had no choice but to pick up the axe and fight back.
Zhang Mazi waved an axe to intimidate the wild boar: "Wang Jiangang, shoot me!"
Chen Ying hid behind the backpack and quietly crawled towards the bushes during the chaos, but unexpectedly she found an unexpected surprise.
Wang Jiangang raised his shotgun tremblingly, and finally aimed at the wild boar. He pressed the trigger several times desperately, but there was no response. The moment the shotgun jammed, the wild boar's tusks rubbed against his mouth, and he stumbled back and stepped on a pile of mushrooms, sliding into a pit filled with rotten fluid.
Wang Jiangang's palms were sweating and he could hardly hold the gun. He was breathing rapidly, his right shoulder against the butt of the gun, and his left hand was trembling as he opened the loading cap, only to find that he had forgotten to load the bullet.
The wild boar dug the ground, causing it to shake. It rushed along, knocking down a large number of trees wherever it went.
Wang Jiangang was sweating coldly and took out the bullets from his trouser pocket with weak hands and feet. In a panic, two bullets rolled into the mud.
"Fuck!" His eyes were bloodshot as he randomly stuffed three bullets into the gun. The moment he pulled the trigger, the damp gunpowder made a muffled sound in the barrel and the recoil made half of his body lose consciousness.
Wang Jiangang slumped to the ground, stunned for a long time before he came to his senses. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder, and only a dud bullet accidentally hit the wild boar's face.
At the moment when the old bachelor was knocked over by the wild boar, Chen Ying discovered a gray mass of flesh squirming deep in the bushes, and two piglets with their eyes still closed were burrowing under the dead leaves. She pushed aside the dead leaves with her hands, revealing the earth pit dug by the piglets. The bottom of the pit was stained with dark red blood, and the bloody smell rising from the rotten leaves suddenly made her stomach churn.
Chen Ying reacted with endless regret. They had entered the wild boar's territory. This violent sow had just given birth. The wild boar's aggressiveness would increase after giving birth. It would not give up until it saw someone.
The old bachelor's screams echoed through the wilderness. Chen Ying saw that the blood coagulated at the bottom of the pit was not from the injured wild boar, but from the amniotic fluid mixed with meconium left over from childbirth. The umbilical cord stump was still stuck to the piglet's belly.
Chen Ying understood that if she didn't do something, these losers would be killed by the wild boars, and it would be difficult for her to escape.
Wang Jiangang fired two more shots, and the exploded hunting rifle in his hand blew away branches and landed right near the wild boar den where she was hiding.
Chen Ying's hair stood on end, the bushes were torn apart by the fangs. The moment she stepped back and hit the tree trunk, she picked up the two piglets and pinched their necks with her backhand. The piglets, who had not opened their eyes, kicked their hooves and made weak groans.
"If you come any closer, I will kill your child." Regardless of whether the wild boar could understand her words or not, it stopped when it was only half a meter away from her.
The wild boar dug a half-foot deep mud pit with its front hooves, making a deterrent sound.
Chen Ying didn't dare to look back, and yelled at the men behind her: "Finish the fight, what are you waiting for!"
The old bachelor picked up the smoking gun barrel and smashed it at the pig's buttocks. Zhang Mazi and Hu Gou Wa chopped down the tree beside the wild boar. Branches as thick as bowls fell down with a bang, blocking the wild boar's route to attack Chen Ying.
Chen Ying pinched the piglet's neck, and the piglet's weak whimpering made the mother animal's muscles twitch.
No matter how the men attacked, the wild boar did not resist, but just stared at Chen Ying and the child in her arms.
Wang Jiangang took the opportunity to swing the machete and hit the pig's neck. The blade got stuck in the pig's shoulder blade and could not be pulled out. The wild boar howled and blood spurted all over his mouth. The rest of the men rushed forward to finish off the wild boar.
The wild boar fell to the ground with a bang. The piglet, whose eyes were still closed, twisted in Chen Ying's palm, and there was a sharp pain in the tiger's mouth. Chen Ying threw the piglet away, and the bloody hole in the tiger's mouth oozed out two lines of blood. It turned out that the piglet had bitten through it at some point.
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