Chapter 29: Heartache. He never knew.
The evening breeze brought a chill, and the children injured by the wild boars couldn't help shivering.
Seeing this, the villagers immediately sent their children down the mountain, and the remaining strong men followed Qiu Xuan and the others to carry the wild boar.
"Second brother, follow me down the mountain and take these kids directly to the town." Biao's brother glanced at his younger brother who had fainted and clenched his fists.
The man called Lao Er said unwillingly: "Brother, you should go, I'm afraid..."
"What are you afraid of? Just send the people to the clinic. I can calm them down here." What Biao's brother said was absolutely right. Among the few strong men who stayed behind, there were some who wanted to get a piece of the pie. If he left, these people would inevitably have bad intentions.
Besides, he also wanted to kill the wild boar that injured his younger brother himself.
Zong Xiao glanced at him again, and seeing that the children had all gone down the mountain, he led everyone back to the hunting pit.
"It's in there." Zong Xiao squatted at the edge of the pit and threw a stone down. The wild boar heard the noise and began to wander around below again.
The villagers had never been so close to a wild boar, let alone such a big one.
"Damn, why is it so big? It's scary."
"Yes, look at these fangs, they are still stained with blood."
"How can we get this thing back? It's still alive and can't get out."
Biao's brother stepped forward and pulled out a dagger from his waist, "I'll go down and let it bleed."
"No way." Zong Xiao stopped him. "This wild boar holds a grudge. If you go down, it will definitely hit you. Why don't we find a huge rock and knock it unconscious. We can kill it when it can't move."
There was no other way at the moment. Everyone looked at each other, and finally they separated into groups of three or four to go look for stones in the woods.
Qiu Xuan didn't get involved in this matter anymore. The scene of slaughtering the pig was bloody, and Huai Xue was with her, so it would be better for her to go home first.
Zong Xiao was worried about the two of them, so he asked Zong Anji to go back with him and take home the fish they caught today.
Before leaving, Zong Xiao warned, "Don't wait for me to eat when you get home. This wild boar won't be able to be lifted for a while."
"Second brother." Zong Anji seemed to want to say something, but at the last moment he changed his words, "Don't give them that wild boar."
Zong Xiao gave him a light kick. Even at this hour, his little brother was still thinking about this matter. He laughed angrily: "You're just thinking about it all day long. Go back quickly. I know what's going on."
Zong Anji shook his head, thinking that it would be great if he knew, but now his second sister-in-law was right next to him, and he couldn't say those words at all.
Qiu Xuan held Huaixue in one hand and carried a bamboo basket in the other. The three of them hurried home before it got completely dark.
As soon as they came out of the forest, they saw the clan mother standing at the village entrance waiting for them from afar.
"Mom." Qiu Xuan shouted.
When the clan mother heard the noise, she cried out, "Ouch!" and hurried over. She said anxiously, "You scared me. It was so late and you guys hadn't come back yet. I thought something had happened."
"No, where is Erlang? Why didn't Erlang come back with you?" The clan mother counted the people and found that one was missing!
Fearing that her mother might be worried, Qiu Xuan hurriedly explained, "A wild boar fell into a hunting pit, and he and a few others who had gone into the mountains were discussing how to get it out."
"Wild boar?" The clan mother covered her chest, panicking. "Are you hurt? The wild boars in these mountains are very fierce. If you get hit, it can be fatal."
"No, grandma." Huaixue turned around in front of the clan mother. "Look, nothing happened. But I'm hungry. Very hungry."
When she heard Huaixue was hungry, the clan mother's attention was no longer on the wild boar. She picked up Huaixue and said, "Let's go. Grandma has prepared the meal and is waiting for you to come back."
The door to the clan mother's courtyard was not closed, and as soon as they came in, they smelled the fragrance of food.
The grandmother said, "I dug some bamboo shoots today and made two stir-fries. Third brother, don't forget to save some for your second brother."
"Oh, I got it." Zong Anji took off the basket on his back and went into the kitchen without even throwing the fish inside into the wooden basin.
Too many things happened today, and Zong Anji was starving. Right now, he just wanted to have a full meal and wait for his second brother to come back before talking to him about that matter.
The grandmother washed Huaixue's hands first, and then looked at the basket. She was shocked to see so many fish in it.
"Why are there so many?" The clan mother added water to the wooden basin and poured all the fish into it.
Qiu Xuan was arranging bamboo chopsticks and replied, "Zong Xiao said to stir-fry the big fish hair and stew the small fish in soup."
"Okay, then after dinner, mom will fry some fish hair for you. You've been tired all day, so don't bother working."
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In the mountains, the villagers found a big stone.
Several people threw stones directly into the pit, and as expected, the wild boar was knocked unconscious instantly.
Zong Xiao tied vines around Biao Ge's elder brother, and to prevent any accidents, he stuffed a harpoon into his hand.
"Be careful." Zong Xiao knew why he had to go down. After all, the beast below had hurt his brother.
"Okay. Just wait." After saying that, Biao's brother jumped directly into the pit and slashed the wild boar's neck with a knife. Blood gushed out and splashed directly on his face.
Fearing that the wild boar was not dead yet, he chopped it a few more times until it was completely dead.
When the people near the pit saw that the wild boar was dead, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
But the wild boar is so big, it’s still a problem how to move it up.
Or just chop it up here?
"Drag it up with a rope." Zong Xiao knew what they were thinking. If they chopped it off here, they could each take some meat back.
If it were in the past, he might really give it to me, but not today. Qiu Xuan said it cannot be divided, so it cannot be divided.
"This is a deep mountain, and the smell of blood will attract other wild beasts. Let's just drain the blood and carry the pig down the mountain. We also have to fill up the hunting pit." Zong Xiao's words made sense. Those people still valued their lives, and after hearing what he said, they all started to do things according to his words.
After the wild boar had bled dry, several people tied up the entire pig with vines and pulled it up.
With Biao Ge's brother present, no one mentioned the issue of dividing the pork. They carried the pigs on bamboo and slowly walked down the mountain.
Night gradually fell, and they didn't see anyone else in the mountains except them.
Zong Xiao led the way and brought them back to his home.
Qiu Xuan hadn't slept at all and had been waiting in the yard. When she heard the noise outside, she quickly opened the door for him.
"Thank you for your help." Qiu Xuan let them into the yard. It took a lot of effort for these people to carry such a huge pig back.
Qiu Xuan is not a hard-hearted person. Since these people have helped her, she naturally cannot treat them unfairly.
She poured water for a few people and brought some hot dry steamed buns with pickles.
Those people were really exhausted, and each of them had to eat two or three dry buns before they were full.
"Today's matter is all thanks to big brother. May I know your name?" Biao's brother put down the bowl of water and asked Zong Xiao.
"Zong Xiao."
"That's a good name, brother, just call me Fushun. If anyone from our village comes looking for trouble, just mention my name."
"good."
It was late at night, and these people all lived in Datun Village. They didn't delay any longer and left the yard holding torches.
Before leaving, Fushun glanced at Qiuyun. He raised half a dry bun in his hand and said thank you, "Thank you for the trouble."
In the next yard, Zong Anji was listening to the noise outside.
Seeing that those people had completely left, he opened the door and ran out.
"Second brother. Where's the wild boar?"
"In the yard." Zong Xiao pointed to him.
Zong Anji walked into the yard and took a look. The wild boar was even bigger than he had imagined. Its fangs were as big as his palm, which looked scary.
But he didn't come here to see the wild boar. He came forward and said jokingly, "Mom said to let you come back and check if you are hurt."
"Yeah." Zong Xiao looked at Qiu Xuan and said softly, "Then I'll go over there first and be back soon."
"Go ahead." Qiu Xuan waved at him and went back to the yard.
As soon as the gate was closed, Zong Anji, who had been smiling just now, suddenly became serious. He dragged Zong Xiao back to the next yard.
"Where's mom?" Zong Xiao asked.
"Mom has gone to bed a long time ago." Zong Anji dragged him to his room and closed all the doors and windows.
It was the first time Zong Xiao saw him like this, as if he was afraid that others would hear what he was saying.
"Brother, there is something I need to tell you."
"What?" Zong Xiao was puzzled.
"It's about my second sister-in-law." Zong Anji was afraid that he would be angry, so he repeated to Zong Xiao everything that Sandan had said to him today.
"That's what happened. Second Sister-in-law's brother Huzi deliberately pushed her into the water. The other kids followed suit and threw rocks into the pond to prevent Second Sister-in-law from getting out. In the end, it was Sandan who went down to rescue her. Second Sister-in-law was lucky enough to survive."
Zong Xiao's face lost all color, and his fingertips sank deeply into the flesh.
He never knew about these things, and Qiu Xuan never told him anything. He only thought that she was not favored in the Qiu family, but he never thought that the Qiu family almost took her life. Breaking off the relationship was really a good thing for them!
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