Chapter Forty-Nine: Settling Accounts After the Autumn Harvest
After Lin Baozhu finished speaking, she jumped up by stepping on the jujube tree in her yard, and then stepped on the head of the wild boar. The wild boar screamed and fell to the ground with a thud. At this moment, someone stepped forward and slashed its neck. The second wild boar died!
The remaining wild boar, seeing that two of its brethren had died in no time, howled and ran toward the door...
Revenge is important, but my own life is more important. The boss is dead. If it goes back now, it might become the new king of the wild boars. Then it will not only have many sows, but also litters of piglets. How wonderful...
What revenge? Great days are waiting for me.
“I told you, you all have to stay…”
It had only taken a few minutes to deal with the three wild boars. Someone looked at the three wild boars on the ground and asked in confusion, "Baozhu, do you have a grudge against these wild boars? There were three of them coming in at once. If we brothers hadn't come over, Hu Zi and Tian Tian would have been in danger."
Upon hearing this, Lin Baozhu glanced at the wild boar on the ground and then scanned the yard. She found a small wild boar that had been crushed to death next to the toilet. The little wild boar looked to be only a dozen days old. Flies buzzed around the carcass, making people feel irritable.
She picked up the wild boar's carcass and examined it. The wild boar had been dead for less than an hour. As long as she could find out who had come down from the mountain an hour earlier, she could find the murderer who had harmed the Lin family.
"Baozhu, we didn't kill this wild boar..."
"These were dumped at my house beforehand, otherwise why would these wild boars have gone crazy and started rooting around my house like that?"
Someone looked shocked: "You mean... someone wants to harm you?"
"Who could be so vicious? At most, people in the village would just argue, and if they got really angry, men could fight each other, but this is something that could take someone's life..."
Lin Baozhu snorted: "I will definitely catch the mastermind behind this. Uncle, let's take a walk around the village and see if there are any wild boars running around."
“We’ve split into three teams. If there are wild boars, they’ll take care of them. Don’t worry about them. As for Guan Muyu, you must report to the brigade leader that someone is trying to harm your family. I don’t believe we can’t catch that damned beast.”
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An hour later, the villagers looked at the wild boar in the open space, some excited, some sad! Excited because the village would get to share the meat again, sad because someone in their family had been injured…
Looking at the large group of wild boars, the fear on Lin's mother's face disappeared, replaced by pride and joy. She stood in the crowd, recounting the thrilling experience with great enthusiasm.
"You didn't see it. Just as I was about to be gored by a wild boar, Qin's kid, Chua, suddenly tackled us to the side. Then my daughter grabbed two of the boars by their hind legs and started smashing them. Look, all of you, my daughter killed all four of these wild boars."
A chorus of praise rose from the crowd: "I knew Baozhu was a very capable girl, much better than those spineless men. Village chief, shall we still divide the wild boar meat according to the old rules?"
“That’s right. After the wild boars attacked the village today, everyone who participated in hunting them will get an extra pound of meat. Those who were injured by the big wild boars will get an extra five pounds. We hunted a total of six wild boars today, but Baozhu killed four of them by herself. The Lin family will get one whole boar, and the other one will be handed over to the commune. Does everyone have any objections?”
"No objection, no objection!"
"Alright, let's start dividing the meat now!"
The people at the educated youth settlement cheered. Jiang Meng, hiding behind the crowd, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Lin's mother was not going to hold it against her for closing the gate to the educated youth.
It's true that rural women can be loud and boisterous, but most of them are actually quite kind.
Before the smile on her face could fade, Lin's mother's resentful voice rang out from the crowd:
"Captain, I don't agree to give the wild boar meat to those wicked people at the educated youth compound. You didn't see it, but today the wild boar was clearly far away from us. As long as we entered the compound, we would be safe. Who knew those educated youths would be so hostile towards us? When they saw us running over, they just closed the door. They were just watching the three of us go to our deaths. I pounded on the door until my hands were swollen, but they still wouldn't open it. If it weren't for Qin, I'm afraid I would have been gored to death by the wild boar. Poor Qin, he even got a hole gored in his butt by the wild boar while saving me!"
From the crowd came the accountant's wife's exclamation: "My God, how could the people in the educated youth compound do this? If you ask me, these educated youth who came to the countryside are just here to freeload. They can't lift a finger or carry anything, but they still eat every last drop of food."
"Captain, it was Jiang Meng who closed the door. When we tried to open it, she blocked it and wouldn't let us. This has nothing to do with us. As for the meat, just don't give it to her alone..."
"That's right. It was clearly Jiang Meng's doing. She hates Lin Baozhu, so she might be retaliating on purpose."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Meng's expression changed drastically. She had indeed said a lot of bad things about Lin Baozhu in the past when she was in the educated youth compound, but she was just complaining because she felt uncomfortable that Qin Haifeng was getting too close to her. She really didn't mean to kill him.
Besides, she closed the gate today for everyone's safety. When she closed the gate, only one person spoke up for Lin's mother; the others merely echoed her sentiments. They were clearly beneficiaries, yet they had to bear the consequences themselves. Humph! They're all a bunch of hypocritical and selfish scoundrels. She disdains associating with them!
The brigade leader looked at the educated youth in the crowd with a sullen face, feeling extremely irritated. Since these educated youth had arrived, many more things had happened in the village. Thinking of this, his voice was not as gentle as before: "There is no meat in the educated youth courtyard this time. Jiang Meng refused to help and caused injury to a villager. She is to be punished by carrying manure for three months. In addition, Jiang Meng must also pay for Qin Haifeng's medical expenses."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Meng said, "Captain, I have deeply realized my mistake. I am willing to take care of Qin Tong and Zhi until they recover, and I am also willing to pay for their medical expenses."
Seeing that she was so nice, the captain's expression wasn't so bad anymore.
"Pah! Everyone knows what you're thinking. Besides, Qin was injured saving me, so it's none of your business to take care of him!"
"Oh dear, I saw this educated youth Jiang fawning over Shi Hanqiao before. It turns out he was after Qin Haifeng."
"Although Qin Haifeng has retired, I heard that the army gave him a job as compensation. These days, if a family has a formal worker, they are very proud. Just like Baozhu's family, the eldest brother is a soldier, the second brother is a formal worker, the third brother is incredibly strong, the fourth brother also has a good skill, and the fifth brother, well, let's not mention him. However, Qin Haifeng's butt was injured by a wild boar, so he will probably have to wait a while before he can work again."
And then, to conclude, "Those educated youth were truly despicable!!"
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