Chapter 28: Critical Moment. His heart was moved.
There were many trees in the forest. Qiu Xuan found a tree that was easy to climb and asked Zong Anji to send Huai Xue up first.
As for Sandan, Qiu Xuan also found a place for him to hide. Although this child played with that group of people, he was not a bad person by nature. At least it was he who jumped into the water to save herself that day.
Qiu Xuan looked at him and couldn't help but wonder, is this a punishment from heaven?
Let those who watch the evil be punished?
"Are you...are you Hu Zi's sister?" Sandan looked up at her and asked timidly.
"Yes." Qiu Xuan handed him a broken branch and warned him, "Don't come down from the tree. Stay still."
Sandan obviously wanted to talk to her, but seeing her attitude of not wanting to be approached by strangers, he stopped talking again.
Zong Anji was very anxious when he saw Qiu Yun was taking a long time to come. He didn't dare to shout loudly, but he was afraid that Qiu Yun couldn't hear him.
"Second sister-in-law, quickly climb the tree."
Qiu Xuanzhe returned to the tree, but she did not climb up.
With Zong Anji guarding here, nothing will happen. What Qiu Xuan is worried about is Zong Xiao.
What if that good guy gets hurt while saving those bad-hearted kids?
"I'll go see your second brother. You stay here and take care of Huaixue." Qiu Xuan picked up the harpoon on the ground, weighed it and felt that it was handy.
Zong Anji panicked all of a sudden. He wanted to jump down from the tree right now. "Second sister-in-law, don't go over there. The wild boars in this mountain are very big. If they hit someone, they'll kill them."
Qiu Xuan naturally understood all this, but she was not a fool, so how could she allow the wild boar to charge at her?
Besides, she has a harpoon in her hand and can help if she goes over there.
"Don't worry." Qiu Xuan assured him, "Your second brother and I will definitely come back safely. Don't come down. Take good care of Huaixue."
After Qiu Xuan finished speaking, without waiting for Zong Anji to persuade her any further, she turned around and ran down the mountain, leaving only her back.
The deep mountains and tall trees blocked out the sun. Now that the sun was setting, the whole forest was dark.
Fortunately, this stream flows down the mountain, so Qiu Xuan won't get lost if she walks along the stream.
Not long after she left, a smell of blood hit her face.
Someone was really hurt... Qiu Yu held the harpoon tightly, not daring to slack off for a moment. She slowed down her pace and looked around every time she moved.
"Save...me." A very small voice came into her ears.
Qiu Xuan followed the sound and saw a boy covered in blood gasping for breath behind a big tree.
Blood kept flowing from between his legs, as if his tendons were injured.
Qiu Xuan couldn't just stand by and watch, so she used a harpoon to tear the man's clothes, tied the cloth together, and bound his bleeding legs tightly.
She wasn't a doctor, nor did she know any medical skills. This was all she could do. If he was lucky enough to survive, it would be his own achievement.
"Wait, I'll go call the doctor. Have you seen the other people? Where's the wild boar?" Qiu Xuan patted his face, trying to sober him up.
The injured boy was called Erniu. He raised his hand with great effort and pointed downwards. "They all ran down the mountain. That wild boar..."
"What happened to the boar?"
Erniu took a breath and said, "The wild boar cub was killed by Yongzi. The wild boar has been chasing him. It's dangerous down there, don't go."
Qiu Xuan hadn't expected this to happen. She soothed him, "Just stay here and don't move."
Erniu grabbed her clothes, tears in his eyes, and said, "Don't abandon me."
Qiu Xuan pried open his fingers and spoke slowly, "I'm not abandoning you. I'm going to find a doctor. You're seriously injured. Stay awake."
Qiu Xuan didn't look at him again, picked up the harpoon and continued walking down the mountain.
Along the way, she saw a lot of blood on the ground and fish thrown away by the children, but she didn't see Zong Xiao and the wild boar.
Where have all the people gone?
At this time, in the bushes half a mile away from Qiu Xuan, a wild boar was ready to attack.
It set its sights on the boy who killed its cub, and this time it came to seek revenge.
"Go to the tree." Zong Xiao looked into the bushes warily and said to the boy, "Don't make any noise. Be careful, it's still there."
Yongzi had already lost his soul. He witnessed his companion being knocked away by a wild boar and blood was flowing all over the ground.
"Don't waste time, climb the tree quickly." Zong Xiao had already sensed the danger, and the wild boar seemed to be about to move.
It was impossible for him to kill such a big wild boar with the harpoon in his hand, and he didn't bring a bow today.
"I can't climb up." Yongzi was so scared that he wet his pants. It was impossible for him to climb the tree by himself.
Just when Zong Xiao wanted to help him climb the tree, the wild boar finally couldn't bear it anymore and rushed over.
Unable to go up, Zong Xiao wanted to pick up the harpoon and fight the wild boar.
But at this moment, the timid Yongzi snatched his harpoon and ran away quickly.
"You." Zong Xiao didn't expect the kid to do such a thing, but now it was too late. He could only use his agility to shake off the wild boar.
Qiu Xuan happened to see this scene when she came. She was so angry that she wanted to push Yongzi in front of the wild boar.
But now is not the time to be confused. She had already noticed the road when she came. There was a hunting pit less than 50 meters away. As long as they could lure the wild boar there, they would have a chance to survive.
Qiu Xuan decided to go all out and threw a stone directly at the wild boar. Although she missed, she attracted the wild boar's attention.
Zong Xiao took advantage of this opportunity. He quickly ran towards Qiu Yu and angrily asked, "Why are you here?"
"Run to the southwest. I'll be the bait, and you drive it into the pit from behind." Qiu Xuan handed him the harpoon in her hand and had no time to say anything else.
In order to lure away the wild boar, the two of them made a lot of noise. Fortunately, their efforts were not in vain. The wild boar was so angry with them that it chased after them regardless of anything.
Qiu Xuan used all her strength and ran forward quickly, leading the wild boar towards the pit.
Zong Xiao followed behind her with a harpoon in his hand, protecting her from the wild boar while letting the wild boar follow him without stopping.
Qiu Xuan saw the pit covered by branches and leaves. She just needed to let the wild boar rush over at the last moment.
The wild boar would follow her wherever she ran. If she changed her route a little, the wild boar would change its route too. She had no choice but to slow down and wait for the wild boar to rush towards her at the last moment.
"Qiu Xuan." Zong Xiao noticed her movements, but unfortunately it was too late and he couldn't pounce on her at all.
With a "plop" sound, the huge wild boar fell directly into the pit.
Qiu Xuan let out a long sigh. She lay down at the edge of the pit and looked down. She thought the wild boar would be stabbed to death by the bamboo below, but she didn't expect it to be only slightly injured and was looking up at this moment.
When a pig looks at a person, it means it wants to eat him. Qiu Yu suddenly remembered this sentence and shuddered all over.
"It's okay." Zong Xiao hugged her from behind, raised his hands to protect her eyes, and said distressedly: "Why are you so reckless? If I hadn't dodged it, you would have gone down with me."
Zong Xiao was angry, but when he saw Qiu Yun, he couldn't show his temper anymore. He just kept feeling lucky that she was okay.
Qiu Xuan patted his hand and soothed him, "I've calculated everything. This wild boar is smart. If I move to the side too obviously, it will definitely not fall."
Qiu Xuan turned around, poked him on the forehead, and scolded him, "You're still blaming me. That bastard just now didn't care about your life or death. He took the harpoon and you almost followed him."
"Let's go and take a look. I must beat that bastard to death." Qiu Yu was furious. She stood up and dragged Zong Xiao towards the forest they had just been to.
Unexpectedly, someone arrived earlier than them. The only child who ran down the mountain had already called the adults and the doctor to come up, and a group of people were hugging each other and crying.
"You kid, are you trying to make your mother die of rage? How dare you come here?" Yongzi's mother slapped him hard twice, crying as she hit him.
"Mom, look, I'm fine, aren't I? I'm fine." Before Yongzi could finish his words, Qiu Xuan slapped him in the face.
Yongzi's mother scolded him, "You bitch, why are you hitting my son?"
Qiu Xuan didn't listen at all and slapped him twice more. "He knows what good things he did."
Qiu Xuan originally wanted to talk about how Zong Xiao saved him but ended up hurting him, but before she could finish her words, another child who was slightly injured stood up and pointed at Yongzi, saying, "It was Yongzi. He deliberately pushed Biaoge and Erniu onto the wild boar. Erniu was hit by the wild boar and his whole body was covered in blood. Biaoge..."
"What?" The adults around looked over.
Brother Biao had just fainted from excessive blood loss, and it was still unclear whether he could survive. Now seeing the culprit standing there crying pitifully, how could Brother Biao's family not be angry.
"You bastard, how dare you do this to me when my brother Biao treated you in the past?" Biao's brother kicked Yongzi directly, knocking him to the ground. He kicked him three times in a row, and with a click, Yongzi's leg was broken.
Only Erniu's mother came to his house. At this moment, she was hugging Erniu and crying. She had no time to care about anything else.
As for the others, they were all relieved that their children were fine.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd realized that the children had been found, but where was the wild boar?
"Girls, have you encountered a wild boar? That wild boar?"
Qiu Xuan sneered, "If my husband hadn't come to rescue them, they would all have died. Instead of asking where the wild boar is, it's better to ask them how it got there."
"What do you mean? It's not unusual to have wild boars in the mountains."
Qiu Xuan glanced at the man and said calmly, "It's normal for wild boars to appear, but it's not normal for wild boars to chase a person."
"this?"
"I know." Sandan followed Zong Anji down the mountain slowly. He pointed at Yongzi and said, "Yongzi dug out a piglet a few days ago and roasted it by this stream."
No wonder! No wonder the wild boar insisted on hurting people, it turned out to be his doing!
"Second brother, second sister-in-law." Zong Anji ran over holding Huaixue. Even though he was so old, he still shed tears.
"Why are you crying?" Zong Xiao wiped his tears away with disdain, "We're fine."
Zong Anji: "What about the wild boar? Is it dead?"
People around looked over. Even if a wild boar that big was dead, it should be nearby. How come they didn't see it?
Qiu Xuan spoke first: "Your second brother took it to the hunting pit. It's still alive. We'll kill it and bring it back to our house later."
Qiu Xuan deliberately said it in a decisive way. She knew very well how greedy the villagers were. With such a big wild boar, these people would definitely want to get a piece of the pie.
But why? They were the ones who brought the wild boar in, so she would not give it to them.
"Girl, why did the wild boar go to your house? We should share it among ourselves."
"that is."
As Qiu Yu expected, many of these people began to think about wild boars.
Qiu Xuan was already angry, and her words were even more ruthless. She sneered, "Give it to you? Did you catch that wild boar? If you didn't catch it, why are you thinking about it? If you really want it, go catch it yourself in the mountains. I don't think you can come back alive."
The few people who had just spoken fell silent for a moment. Asking them to catch a wild boar...how is that possible?
"But that wild boar..." someone said unwillingly.
"Gouzi, you should have a conscience. If they hadn't distracted the wild boar, the kids would have been even more seriously injured. The wild boar should have been theirs." Biao's brother stepped forward, bowed to Zong Xiao and Qiu Yun, and thanked them, saying, "Thank you so much for today. I'll have everyone help carry the wild boar home for you later. Don't worry, we won't touch it."
"Fortunately, there are some understanding people." Qiu Xuan glanced at everyone and said, "I believe everyone knows how this disaster came about. Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Everyone, please stop wasting time here."
Qiu Xuan hinted at something, and everyone shifted the topic from wild boars to Yongzi.
Zong Xiao looked at her blankly. This was the first time he saw Qiu Xuan like this.
Courageous, wise and fierce.
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