Chapter 23 Wild Boar
It was pitch black in the mountains late at night, and creepy cries could be heard from time to time.
After Zhao Yi fixed the flashlight, he began to dig the trap, aiming to dig it out before early morning.
Carefully observing the footprints of these wild boars, we found that they only come in one direction and leave in the same direction. It is easiest to catch them by digging traps along the path they must pass.
Zhao Yi dug two traps in total.
I was originally planning to dig three traps in the shape of a finished product, but looking at the sky, it was too late.
Each trap was one and a half meters deep and was filled with sharpened bamboo thorns. Bamboo strips brought from home were placed on the trap, and then fallen leaves were scattered on it. From above, it did not look like a trap at all. However, Zhao Yi still inserted a bamboo strip next to the trap to simulate someone accidentally walking into it.
People who often go into the mountains will know that there is a trap ahead when they see these new bamboo strips standing upright, and they will avoid them.
Zhao Yi found a big tree and climbed up. Once the wild boars were frightened, they would rush around recklessly. Zhao Yi was no match for them.
Leaning on the tree branch, he could just see the trap on this side, and Zhao Yi fell asleep in a daze.
Suddenly a scream woke up Zhao Yi who was sleeping soundly.
Zhao Yi opened his eyes and saw that the two traps covered with fallen leaves had now turned into empty pits. The ground shook violently and the frightened wild boars fled in all directions.
Zhao Yi was delighted, but he didn't dare to go down yet. The wild boar was very tenacious and its explosive power during its dying struggle should not be underestimated.
And the traps here are no longer of any use to wild boars.
These wild boars are very smart. Once they lose members in a place, they will never come back to that place again.
After waiting for about a few minutes, the howling finally stopped. Zhao Yi then carefully slid down from the tree trunk and went to the trap to check.
There was only a wild boar in the trap, and there was a pool of blood in the trap next to it.
Zhao Yi ignored the wild boar in the trap and followed the bloodstains on the road. After walking for four or five minutes, he finally found a big boar lying on the ground in the grass.
A wild boar weighing almost two hundred pounds.
There were as many as seven or eight wounds on his body, and he could still run so far with such serious injuries.
Zhao Yi didn't care much and took out the knife he carried with him and started to disassemble it.
It doesn't matter whether there is pig hair or whether it is handled cleanly. The most important thing now is to break them down and take them back to process them slowly.
I don’t know how long I have been busy in the mountains.
Zhao Yi found the nearest cave, fixed all the wild boar meat on a makeshift wooden frame, covered it with pine resin and started smoking.
By night, Zhao Yi had finished all the dry food he brought up the mountain, but he didn't dare to leave. He would be heartbroken if he lost so much meat.
I was standing by the cave watching the fire burning, and soon I heard shouting.
"Xiao Yi."
Zhang Fusheng shouted.
"dad."
Zhao Yi replied quickly.
This was also what Zhao Yi and Zhang Jing had agreed upon. As long as he didn't go home at noon, it would mean that he had made some progress, and he asked her to ask her father-in-law to come over for help.
The father-in-law was able to find Zhao Yi only because of the marks Zhao Yi left in the mountains, which were left when he was picking wild grapes. Otherwise, at this time in the deep mountains, unless there was a raging fire, this little smoke would not be visible at all in the dark night.
My father-in-law was still at the last mark. Although he had a flashlight in his hand, it could not reach very far in these mountains.
Zhao Yi hurried to pick up his father-in-law.
"so much?"
The father-in-law was surprised as he looked at the wild boar meat sizzling and dripping with oil on the wooden rack.
"Dad, you stay here first. I'll go fill the trap. When we're done, we can take the pork to the city to sell."
Zhao Yi said.
"OK."
The father-in-law nodded.
When Zhao Yi came back, the meat had been almost smoked. It had been smoked from noon to late at night. Zhao Yi was not making bacon, but if he didn't handle it this way in this weather, the meat would have become smelly that night.
Although this is troublesome, it won't become smelly for at least ten days.
In hot weather, meat will go bad if left for too long no matter how well it is handled.
It will take at least several days to completely dry it.
"Dad, there's no need to pack them all up. Let's hide some here and take them back after we sell the meat. There are a lot of people over there, so you can take these two pieces back and Xiaojing and I can keep one piece."
Zhao Yi picked out three larger pieces of meat as he spoke. As for the large intestines and stomach, they would definitely not be sent to the city. These things were not valuable, and people would not be able to offer a high price for them if they were sent there.
The two men hurried along the night road with flashlights in hand, and when they were almost at the black market, the sky was just beginning to turn pale.
Zhao Yi went straight to the black market manager and packed all the pork for him. Two pig heads were three yuan, and the rest were all weighed at 50 cents per pound.
"Are you sure it can be kept for more than ten days after being treated like this?"
The black market manager looked at Zhao Yi and asked.
"As long as it is not exposed to the sun, it can be kept in a cool place for more than ten days."
Zhao Yi nodded and said.
"OK."
After processing the two wild boars, there were only more than 200 kilograms of meat in total, which was sold for more than 100 yuan.
Zhao Yi immediately handed twenty yuan to his father-in-law.
"Dad, take this money and buy some things you need here and take them back. You don't need a ticket here, you can buy whatever you need here. Don't think the money is too little, consider this as my gift to you."
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
"What are you doing? I came here to help. If you do this, I won't come next time."
Zhang Fusheng immediately said with a stern face.
"Dad, listen to me. Xiaojing and I don't have much to spend. You just saw it. We sold it for a total of 120 yuan. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't be able to get it all in one go. You've been so sincere to Xiaojing and me, how could I pretend not to see it?
Buy some things and bring some back for mom. Isn’t it our duty to honor you now that we have money?
The cloth here does not require tickets. You can buy some and take it back to make clothes. ”
Zhao Yi said with a smile.
Hearing what Zhao Yi said, Zhang Fusheng nodded and took the money. He didn't expect that this random son-in-law would be so filial. Even many of his own sons couldn't match this kind of thoughtfulness.
Zhang Fusheng followed Zhao Yi's advice, and the two of them bought a lot of cloth, washed the backpacks with water, and then put the cloth into the backpacks and rushed to the village.
After returning to the mountain, the two of them leaned against a large rock next to the cave to rest. They waited until it was completely dark before they carried the meat home.
Zhang Fusheng and Zhao Yi separated at the foot of the mountain and did not choose to visit Zhao Yi's house.
"The head of the family."
Seeing Zhao Yi push open the gate and walk in with a piece of meat in his hand, Zhang Jing excitedly shouted in a low voice.
There was no news for more than a day after he left. It would be a lie for Zhang Jing to say that she was not worried, but she felt a lot more relieved since her father had gone with her.
Zhao Yi didn't say anything. He took Zhang Jing back to the house and handed the money hidden in his arms to Zhang Jing.
Zhang Jing looked at the big unity with her mouth wide open for a long time without saying a word.
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