Chapter 379
Su Yu hurriedly rode his tricycle from home. Su Yuanzheng wanted to go with him but was stopped.
My second uncle said, "It's not a serious matter. Ayu just needs to take me to get some medicine. No one else needs to go.
It's already noon. Your fourth brother and seventh brother's families will be here soon. You and they will take Azhi to pay homage to the ancestors. I will be back soon.
On New Year’s Eve, we should be happy. "
"Okay, second brother, I'm at home, don't worry, just take care of your injury."
As if she was afraid that Second Uncle would throw a tantrum again and refuse to cooperate with the treatment, Second Aunt turned around and told Su Yu:
"Look after your dad! Whatever the doctor says is what you have to listen to!"
"I know, Mom, don't worry."
After Su Yu drove away, the group headed home. Many people had heard the gunshots and came out to check.
When they saw them coming to ask what happened, they were shocked to hear that a wild boar had come down the mountain and injured someone.
Before, their traces were only found at the foot of the mountain, but now they have come down the mountain.
The old people and children in the village often go to the fields to play or take a walk. It would be dangerous if you saw them doing this.
Before they returned home, Su Miao's fourth uncle and seventh uncle came running over. They lived on the other side of the village and took some time to get here.
When Fourth Uncle saw Second Aunt, he asked anxiously:
"Second sister-in-law! Were those two sounds just now gunshots? Did I hear them correctly? The child's mother even said it was firecrackers. I didn't sound right, so I ran home immediately, but there was no one there. Where's my second brother? Where did he go?"
"Don't worry, your second brother and Ah Hui just ran into a wild boar in the papaya garden and fired two shots. His leg was bitten, and Ah Yu took him to the hospital for treatment. He will be back soon."
Although the second aunt was also very anxious, she still comforted her.
By the time they came and went, it was already getting late, so the whole family hurried back to pack chickens, rice, and candles. Most of them went to pay their respects to the ancestors, leaving the second aunt, Su Miao, and several nephews and nieces to look after the house.
Because she was worried about her second uncle, her second aunt seemed a little restless. She was busy here and there, but she felt empty inside.
Su Miao comforted her and said, "Second uncle's injury is not serious. He will be fine after the doctor helps take care of it."
Second aunt nodded randomly, but her heart was still in pain.
An hour and a half later, the mountain-worshiping team returned and the family began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner. However, due to my second uncle's injury, the atmosphere was a little silent.
Su Hui's hand had been treated with medicine, and the elders didn't let her help anymore, so she took Su Miao and a group of nephews and nieces to play at the gate of the yard.
Hu Zi suddenly pointed to the end of the road and shouted, "Second Grandpa is back! Second Grandpa is back!"
Then several children came forward and ran beside the tricycle.
"Second uncle, how are you?" Su Miao asked with concern.
"It's okay. The wound has been treated and the injection has been given. I can just change the medicine a few times at home."
Seeing that Su Yuanan was safe and sound, the family could finally enjoy their reunion dinner in peace.
The topic of conversation at the dinner table changed from all sorts of things in previous years to wild boars. Even the children who finished their meals quickly stopped playing and squatted at the adults' feet to listen to them.
Fourth Aunt said, "Wild boars haven't come out for years. These past few months, the land near the foot of the mountain has been dug up every few days. I didn't expect one to run straight into the orchard today."
Su Miao sat next to her father and chirped. She loved listening to a group of people chatting together. "Wild boars reproduce very quickly. Sometimes when you find one wild boar, there might already be a whole herd of wild boars on the mountain.
If there are sows with piglets, it will be even more troublesome. They are more aggressive and will attack if you get too close and feel there is danger."
Fourth Aunt said with a worried look on her face, "It's just what Miaomiao said. The orchard is only a hundred meters away from the village, and it would be there in the blink of an eye. What if someone breaks in and hurts someone?"
Uncle Qi thought of something and said, "Hey! Didn't Brother Wu report this to the higher-ups a while ago? What did they say?"
"They said we can organize people in the village to hunt wild boars, or we can wait for them to send people, but there are a lot of things to do at the end of the year, so they may not come quickly. We have to wait, and we don't know how many wild boars there are. When they come, they will go up the mountain to explore first before making a decision."
"Oh no! It's been half a month and there's still no movement. I guess they just don't want to bother with it. By the way, if we really kill a wild boar, do we have to hand it in?"
"According to what they said above, if they sent people to hunt the wild boars, then they have nothing to do with us. If the villagers hunted them themselves, then the villagers will distribute the wild boars themselves."
"Ah... then... those damaged corn seedlings and vegetable fields were eaten in vain. My vegetables were growing so well, I was just waiting to take them to the county to sell them and make some money for the New Year. Good grief! They chewed them all up in one night!"
The fruits of his labor were destroyed and he had to consider himself unlucky. Uncle Si was very angry.
"Yes, a few days ago we wanted to drive the wild boars away, so we organized several people to go to the foot of the mountain, each holding a broken iron basin in their hands and banging it as they walked to scare away the wild boars so that they would not destroy the crops in the fields.
But the effect is not very big. These wild boars can actually fight guerrilla warfare. When people come, the wild boars leave. When people leave, the wild boars come again."
"Oh no! Could it be that we made them angry a few days ago, so they came in and bit people today? This is bad! We can't underestimate the revengefulness of animals!"
Su Miao turned around and asked his second uncle, who had just fought a fierce battle with a wild boar, "Uncle, is that wild boar really that strong? We can't defeat it by ourselves, right?"
After hearing this, my second uncle calmed down and thought for a moment, then said, "It's true that wild boars are difficult to hunt, but if we go with more people, we shouldn't be unable to defeat them.
If two people can't hold down one head, then three people can hold down one head. Anyway, what our Su family lacks the most is strong young men."
Hearing the second uncle's words, the men present were visibly excited. Going up the mountain to hunt wild boars! It was thrilling and exciting!
Uncle Seven came over and said to Uncle Two with a smile, "Brother! Who will own the wild boar we killed?"
The second uncle spat at him and said, "You are only thinking about yourself. It's not like I'm ruining your vegetables. This wild boar is on the mountain next to our village, so it's not easy for us to monopolize it.
So, after the New Year, I'll discuss this with Lao Wu. He's the village director now, so let him decide whether we, the Su family, should organize the pig hunt ourselves, or whether every household in the village should send someone."
"Don't wait until after the Lunar New Year! The kids working away from home will have to leave again after the Lunar New Year. It's better to go up and catch the wild boar while everyone is here and the atmosphere is lively. We can also add more vegetables."
"Okay! Today is New Year's Eve, let's enjoy it first. Tomorrow we will all go to Uncle Seven's house to pay New Year's greetings. Then we can talk to Old Five about this matter."
But before tomorrow, after the "village party" ended that night, my fifth uncle came to my second uncle's house.
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