"They're back! They're back!" For the past few days, several older children in the village had been waiting for Si Cheng and his group on the back hill. Before they even got close, the children had already run back into the village and were shouting loudly.
"Luckily we were prepared, otherwise it would have been really difficult to get these two wild boars out." For safety reasons, the two men brought the two large wild boars out at the corner ahead.
Besides this, Yunqi's backpack was also filled with honey and wild ducks.
The villagers who rushed over quickly took the large wild boar that Si Cheng was dragging. To prevent the wild boar from tearing its skin while being dragged along, they used a rattan sheet woven from vines found on the mountain to drag the wild boar back.
"You don't need to give these to the village anymore, just take them directly to Acheng's house." Second Grandfather blocked everyone's way.
"Second Grandfather, this is too much. Our family also has too much..."
Yunqi was silenced by his second grandfather's glare before he could finish speaking.
“Because the things you brought back before were too scarce, we decided to let each family share some. But since you two hunted the wild boar meat yourselves, you have to handle it yourselves. Our village can’t foster that kind of lazy, unproductive mentality.”
At this point, the second grandfather looked at the surrounding villagers. Everyone quickly nodded in agreement and chimed in with their own words of persuasion to Si Cheng and the others.
"Yes, our village has already received too much kindness from you, and you won this victory through your own efforts."
"We can't just take advantage of your family; we'd feel bad doing that."
“Our village is much better off than other villages, all thanks to you. We can’t let you always suffer losses.”
"Everyone, please help deliver this to Brother Cheng's house and take care of it while you're at it."
Without waiting for the couple's reaction, he dragged the two large wild boars and marched in a grand procession toward the Yun family.
Yunqi was both touched and devastated. He really didn't need any more meat. He had already hunted and processed over two thousand catties of wild boar meat in the space. Now, with these two big ones, how long would it take for his family to eat them all?
Yun Zhiming and his companions were completely taken aback by the sudden appearance of a large group of villagers. It wasn't until everyone dragged the wild boar into their house that they saw the young couple outside.
With so many people around, Yun Zhiming and the others couldn't say anything to them, so they could only call the villagers to the courtyard to start working.
The nearly 1,000 kilograms of pork gave Yun Zhiming a headache. He had just planned to cut it up and give some back to the people who came to help, but to his surprise, not a single person was willing to accept it. After he helped them tidy up the yard, they all ran away.
"Just send some to a few familiar families. There's plenty of time ahead. If necessary, we can have Brother Cheng take them for another walk up the mountain. Now that we know where these wild boars are, they won't have anything to say once we bring them back."
Yun Qi was at her wit's end. If all else failed, she would store the meat in her spatial storage or make it into cured meat, which she could then exchange for some supplies.
Since their last trip back from the deep mountains, Si Cheng and Yun Qi have been lectured by the village elders and Yun's parents until they promised not to act on their own again, at which point they were let off the hook.
Although Yunqi verbally promised not to act on his own again, he felt regretful, as these vacation-like moments between the two of them were becoming increasingly rare.
When Pinghe Village went out to chase Dong Ge and his gang last time, they found a large area of sugarcane in the land of the digital village that Dong Ge and his gang had occupied. The sugarcane was already ripe, but because Dong Ge and his gang didn't know how to manage it, they just left it in the field.
Although the distribution among several villages was not much for each village, they brought back all the sugarcane leaves. The few buds on the sugarcane leaves were enough for each household to plant some.
When Si Cheng and his group returned, the villagers had just sprouted sugarcane stalks and were preparing to plant some in every nook and cranny of the field, so that their family's sugar supply would come from these sugarcanes.
Si Cheng buried sugarcane seedlings while wondering what kind of plants were in that patch of greenery on the mountain, and whether that fertile land could be used to grow sugarcane.
While he was still thinking about the green space, someone came over and told him that Yunnan medicine was looking for him.
Si Cheng quickly finished his work, gave a briefing to Yun Qi who was not far away, then went to wash his hands at the nearby ditch and followed.
"The plant we brought back is practically natural fodder, with no medicinal value whatsoever. Look at these rabbits, they've been eating that plant all this time, and now they're much fatter than the other rabbits."
Although Yunnan Yao was somewhat disappointed that these plants weren't medicinal materials, he felt a little better about the few Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms that Si Cheng had sent over a couple of days ago. After all, not every new plant can have medicinal value.
"Are there any other problems with these wild rabbits?" Si Cheng did some mental calculations. It had only been a short time since they came back from the mountain, yet the rabbits had grown so big and strong. He was starting to worry.
"If you're really worried, let these rabbits continue eating for a while. They pulled up so many last time, roots and all, and these things grow very quickly; they can sprout new branches and leaves in just a few days."
Yunnan Medicine pointed to a corner of his yard with some dissatisfaction. He knew that every inch of this place had a purpose, and now that he knew this batch of plants had no medicinal effect, he had lost interest.
"Wait a moment, have someone move these rabbits and that patch of greenery away. You can find someone else to do the experiments later. Dr. Xia has already done some simple tests on these plants, and they are not toxic. However, the equipment is too basic to analyze them."
Looking at the several large, fat rabbits pushed in front of him, Si Cheng was momentarily at a loss as to who to hand over this task to.
If these plants are indeed natural fodder, then it makes sense why wild ducks would settle there. Moreover, they have tasted the wild ducks these past two days, and they are no worse than the local ducks that Yunqi used to store.
"If these plants really are fodder, then that would be wonderful for our village." The second grandfather was so excited that he didn't even take his cane and just paced around the house.
“Let’s not be afraid of this or that. Let’s use the wild boars in the back mountain to do an experiment. If the wild boars can continue to grow fat after eating these plants, then we can plant some in that area so that we don’t have to worry about feeding them until they are thin.”
"If it really can be fed, I will bring some more people into the mountains to bring some back. This plant is relatively easy to grow. I just heard Uncle Nanyao say that after we remove the leaves, it will continue to grow in a few days. This way, we can cultivate it on a large scale in the future."
The harvest from the fields is decreasing, and villagers are reluctant to even use the withered vegetable leaves to feed their poultry. Instead, they clean them and make them into salted vegetables.
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