At this moment, Luo Yonggang also saw Li Xiangdong's condition, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat!
Fortunately, Li Xiangdong was physically strong and remained calm in the face of danger, turning the situation around!
The largest wild boar died, and the remaining wild boars lost all will to fight.
The two men fired a burst of gunfire, killing almost all the wild boars; only a few managed to escape!
The muzzles of both men's Type 65 rifles were burning hot!
Luo Yonggang and Li Xiangdong huddled together, finally letting out a sigh of relief, and plopped down on the ground.
Li Xiangdong was suddenly parched, so he took out his water bottle, shook it, and drank all the water.
Luo Yonggang had finished his water. He took a breath, looked around, and suddenly noticed a tree with red fruits. The branches were covered with long, oval-shaped red fruits.
Goat milk fruit
"Xiangdong, your uncle will go pick some goat milk fruit for you!"
Luo Yonggang got up, went over and broke off several branches of goat milk fruit, handing them to Li Xiangdong, "Peel the skin before you eat! It's both sour and sweet..."
Li Xiangdong couldn't wait to pick one, peel it, and throw it into his mouth.
"Hmph—Pah—"
Li Xiangdong's face scrunched up like a steamed bun. "It's so sour!"
Luo Yonggang laughed heartily, "Now you're not thirsty anymore!"
Li Xiangdong was furious, but he was no longer thirsty. Just thinking about the sour taste from earlier made his mouth water!
After resting for a while, it got dark again. Using the light from the pine torches, the two gathered all the wild boars together.
After counting them, there were a total of 98 animals, including both large and small ones!
There are 28 wild boars weighing 200-300 jin each, and 70 wild boars of varying sizes, weighing around 100 jin or 70-80 jin.
"Uncle, these ninety-odd wild boars must weigh at least 20,000 jin! How are we going to get them back?"
Li Xiangdong was both happy and worried.
Luo Yonggang never expected that he could take down a herd of more than ninety wild boars!
He had no idea how to transport it out of the mountains.
With so many wild boars, it's impossible for just two people to drag them out. This is a dense forest in the back mountains, with big trees standing very close together, and all sorts of weeds and vines, making it impossible for vehicles to get in!
There are no more than sixty or seventy adult men and women in Liangpo Brigade. Even if all the members of the brigade were to go out, it would be difficult to carry them out even once or twice.
Moreover, Luo Yonggang hunted so many wild boars at once, he was afraid that others would have some reservations.
After all, the back hill is nominally collectively owned. If you take one or two, no one will say anything, but it's a different story with more than ninety.
As darkness fell, the calls of unknown birds echoed through the woods, and the roars of some unknown wild beast could be heard in the distance.
After much deliberation, Luo Yonggang realized he had no choice but to go down the mountain to find someone to help him.
He stood up, called Black Tiger and Black Leopard back, and threw a small wild boar weighing 100 jin into the bamboo basket. "Let's go east and go home first. We'll have the brigade leader send someone to collect the rest of the wild boars first thing tomorrow morning."
Li Xiangdong nodded, and also carried a small wild boar weighing over 100 pounds on his back. The two checked the route they had taken and prepared to go home.
Before he had taken two steps, Li Xiangdong suddenly stopped!
Luo Yonggang asked him, "What happened?"
Li Xiangdong's ears twitched. "Uncle, listen, what's that sound?"
Luo Yonggang frowned, his heart tightening. Could something big be inside?
He listened carefully, but there was nothing else besides birdsong, the sound of wind rustling through leaves, and the sound of water!
"What sound did you hear? It's not just the sound of wind and water..."
Li Xiangdong slapped his thigh. "That's it! It's the sound of water!"
A thought suddenly struck him, and he remembered a legend that the tour guide had told him when he visited the main hall before.
It is said that in the past, when a grand hall was to be built in Yanjing City, the pillars inside the hall needed to be over a hundred meters high and as thick as two people could hug!
There is no Phoebe zhennan in the north; it grows in the deep mountains of the south and takes thousands of years to mature.
The craftsmen worked incredibly hard to fell the golden nanmu tree, but how to transport it down the mountain became another problem. They couldn't disobey the imperial order, and the scheduled transportation time was approaching day by day. If they couldn't get it out, it would be a capital offense!
There were no large logging machines, cranes, or rigid booms in ancient times!
There are no roads in the deep mountains, and it is impossible to transport goods by manpower alone.
Just then, an old craftsman with white hair and a white beard suddenly appeared, pointed to the waterfall flowing down from the mountaintop, and threw in a branch.
The craftsmen watched as the tree branches disappeared into the rushing water. They suddenly realized that pushing the golden nanmu wood into the water and letting it float down the waterfall into the pool at the foot of the mountain would solve the transportation problem!
The foreman was all smiles, about to thank the old craftsman with white hair and a white beard, but he had vanished without a trace.
The foreman kept asking, but none of them recognized the old craftsman. They then realized that he was a celestial being who had come down from heaven to guide them!
After Li Xiangdong finished telling the story, he asked Luo Yonggang, "Uncle, Grandma said that the stream near our house flows down from the back mountain. Is this the one?"
Luo Yonggang scratched the back of his head. "There are so many branches in the streams on the mountain, I can't really say for sure."
"Then let's go down the mountain first, discuss it with Grandpa, and then we'll talk about it."
The two people and two dogs quickly descended the mountain.
It was already 11 p.m. when I got home, and there was still light coming from inside the house.
Luo Hongkai, Liu Jiangsu, and Zhao Sufang were all awake. The three of them sat around chatting, but they were all worried about the two people who had gone up the mountain. However, they were afraid that if they said it, the others would worry even more, so they kept it to themselves.
Suddenly, the sound of dogs barking came from outside.
"It's Black Tiger and Black Panther!"
Luo Hongkai suddenly stood up, pushed open the door and walked out. Two black shadows rushed into the room like arrows, barking loudly.
Luo Yonggang and Li Xiangdong were each carrying a wild boar on their backs, panting heavily as they walked.
Pushing open the courtyard gate, Luo Hongkai went out to greet them, with Liu Jiangsu and Zhao Sufang following behind. Seeing that Luo Yonggang and Li Xiangdong were both unharmed, without missing any limbs, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"What is this on your back?"
Luo Hongkai's old eyesight was failing, so he couldn't see clearly. But when he got closer, he exclaimed, "A wild boar?!"
Looking again at Li Xiangdong's bamboo basket, "Two wild boars?!"
...
"What? Ninety-eight wild boars?"
Luo Hongkai wondered if he was getting sleepy, since he couldn't understand what his son was saying as he opened and closed his mouth.
"Ninety-eight wild boars!"
He finally agreed, and Li Xiangdong and Luo Yonggang killed nearly a hundred wild boars in just half a day!
Liu Jiangsu and Zhao Sufang's reactions weren't much better than his; their mouths were wide open, big enough to fit an egg!
Li Xiangdong and Luo Yonggang devoured the rice bowls left for them, finally feeling satisfied.
Luo Yonggang sipped his loofah soup slowly, saying, "Dad, we have to go to the back mountain tonight and bring the wild boar down! Otherwise, it might be ruined by other wild animals tonight."
Wolves, crows, and eagles all particularly enjoy eating wild boar meat.
"By the way, Dad, does the stream in front of our house go straight up the mountain?"
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