You know, there are two sows on that other side. Even if there are many of them, their combined weight of about a thousand kilograms is enough to overwhelm them.
"Xiping, what should we do with this pig? Shall we take it back?" Chen Weiguo asked.
"This stuff doesn't taste good, why bother taking it back? It's such a hassle."
"If you listen to me, cut off two of their hind legs and take them back to feed the dogs. Leave the rest on the mountain; who knows what wild beast might come and eat them."
Sheng Xiping shook his head. "Such a big basket of meat, not only is it smelly and unpalatable, but the meat is also tough. It won't become tender even when stewed. How can we eat it?"
If there's sow meat, who would eat that stuff?
"Hey, let's not just focus on the hind legs. Let's butcher this pig. Take everything we can, and leave the head behind."
Chen Weiguo and the others looked at it, feeling somewhat reluctant.
So they discussed it and decided to butcher the pig on the spot, keeping the front and hind legs, and the good parts of the meat.
Especially the sac-like fat part, it's quite thick. If we take it back to render oil, it shouldn't have a foul smell, right?
These are all good things; ordinary people wouldn't be able to find them even if they wanted them.
Sheng Xiping declined to comment, after all, just because his family has plenty doesn't mean other families do.
If they don't mind, then let's take it home and eat it.
And so, the ram was chopped into eight pieces, with the best parts taken away and the rest left behind.
The crows flying overhead cawed loudly, waiting for people to leave so they could scavenge something.
After the dogs had eaten their fill and rested for a while, they finally regained some of their strength.
This time, none of them ran around wildly. They all obediently followed Sheng Xiping, walking slowly.
Sheng Xiping and the others were exhausted. If there were a place, they would want to lie down on the kang (a heated brick bed) and sleep soundly.
However, it was almost three o'clock, and they were still far from the village. Moreover, Sheng Xi'an and the others were waiting halfway there, and they were extremely anxious.
Despite their exhaustion, Sheng Xiping and his companions dragged their makeshift sleds back step by step.
Meanwhile, Sheng Xi'an, Gao Haining, and Zhang Zhijun stayed where they were, gutting the two wild boars, taking out lanterns and hanging them on tree branches to cool them down, and propping up the boar bellies with sticks to fill them with snow.
After finishing these tasks, the three of them gathered a lot of firewood and built a fire nearby, quietly waiting for Sheng Xiping and the others to return.
I never expected that this wait would last from noon until evening, from dawn until dusk.
"It's already dark, why haven't they come back yet? Could those dogs have gotten lost?"
As the sky grew darker, Sheng Xi'an became restless and paced back and forth around the fire, extremely anxious.
"It's probably just that the dog chased the pig too far. It's alright, don't worry."
They had three semi-automatic rifles and enough bullets; they could handle anything, even a tiger, let alone a pig.
Gao Haining felt dizzy from Sheng Xi'an's words, so she offered some words of comfort.
"Awoo!" Gao Haining had barely finished speaking when a tiger's roar echoed from afar, shaking the mountains and forests.
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