Chapter 74 Something happened at home?
The thick snow concealed the amazing movements in the mountains and forests.
As the trees shook, the giant's desperate struggle finally ended, and the huge guy weighing hundreds of pounds slammed down on the snow. Countless blood spots splashed on the snow, and the people who had been tense for several days cheered and laughed.
"Okay, okay! I finally got to squat!"
Wu Changgui rushed to the front with great joy, panting and saying, "This big wild boar must be over 400 kilograms, and the two small ones together must weigh at least 200 kilograms. We have made a lot of money in the past ten days of waiting!"
"Isn't that so?"
A man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a mixture of joy and surprise, "Thanks to Xu Yu's last two stabs, otherwise these two might have gotten away!"
Uncle Xu, who hadn't been able to help much, flushed with excitement. He patted Xu Yu's arm with pride and said, "Good boy! You're amazing!"
There were six of them in total, and they came just to see if they could round up a decent big guy. After all, it was the end of the year, and everyone was missing a piece of real meat in their pot. Whether they could have a good year depended on this.
After several days in the mountains, searching here along the tracks of wild animals on the snow, and even lying in a snow cave for three days, I finally got what I wanted today.
Xu Yu exhaled and smiled, still looking around with a vigilant look: "The smell of blood will probably attract other beasts. We can't delay here."
"Brother Wu, bring the prepared plank. Let's take the prey and get down the mountain immediately."
After working together for several days, the group had already developed a tacit understanding. After Xu Yu explained the division of labor, they quickly tied the still steaming wild boar to the board. Together, they pulled the hemp rope on the board and walked quickly down the mountain.
In order to hunt satisfactory prey, they went into the deepest part of the forest. In addition, they were dragging the heavy wild boar down the mountain. When they arrived at the foot of the mountain after crawling all the way, the sky was already blurred by the night.
Wu Changgui was exhausted. He sat on the snow and panted, saying, "Xu Yu, should we take all these to your house first?"
Xu Yu said with a smile, "Why are you dragging me home?"
"Where else can I send it to if not your house?"
Although it was the first time that Xu Yu joined them in a joint hunting trip, these people did not intend to take advantage of him by taking advantage of his lack of knowledge.
"We agreed before we left that no matter how much we earned, whoever contributed the most would get a bigger share."
"You led us to find these three wild boars, and you were the one who set the traps and slashed the deadly beasts. Of course, your share should come first!"
Another tired man stuffed a mouthful of clean snow into his mouth, his tongue curled with cold as he said, "That's what we have to do."
"Let's take it to your house first. The lion's share will be yours, and we'll divide the rest among us."
Xu Yu shook his head without thinking.
"How can that be possible?"
"Since we went together and contributed together, we should share the work equally."
He had no problem hunting pheasants and roe deer by himself, but he couldn't catch a prey as large as a wild boar without help.
He didn't care how much.
Xu Yu let out a breath and suggested, "While it's still light, why don't we pull them back in one go, divide them up, and then go home?"
It’s not a pleasant feeling to stay in the mountains. I have been able to survive these few days on my own.
If we don't deal with the aftermath in time, there will probably be further delays tomorrow.
Wu Changgui patted his palms that were rubbed by the hemp rope, stood up and said, "That's fine."
"Let's cook it a little longer tonight and get all the meat ready. Tomorrow my wife and kids at home can enjoy some delicious food while it's still hot!"
"Go, go, go, brothers, take action!"
The village is especially quiet in winter, except tonight.
These people dragged three wild boars from the foot of the mountain to the village, scaring many people out to watch along the way. Some of them even chased them all the way to the door of Xu's house.
Sang Zhixia felt as if she heard Xu Yu's voice in a trance.
She paused with a strange expression, subconsciously concentrating and holding her breath.
Outside the door.
Xu Yu exhaled a breath of white air and said, "Zhizhi?"
"ah?"
Sang Zhixia quickly put down what she was holding and walked out. When she looked up, she was shocked by the small mountain of meat piled up at the door and took a breath.
“Good fellow…”
Is the harvest so huge?
Xu Yu was pleased by the shock on her face. He said breathlessly, "Brother Wu and the others are here too. Can you help me boil some hot water?"
Sang Zhixia nodded hurriedly and said yes, and quickly opened the door to the left and right as far as possible: "Come in first, sit down and have a drink of hot water, and rest for a while before we talk."
Xu Wenxiu and the others who were embroidering in the house also came out upon hearing the noise. Seeing the huge wild boar with terrifying fangs and an ugly face tied to a board, they were both frightened and delighted: "Oh my! There are so many prey this time!"
"Xia Xia, the rice wine is still warm in the pot. I'll go get some bowls and scoop it out for everyone."
Aunt Xu couldn't bear to see the horrible sight of pig blood flowing everywhere, so she quickly pushed Xu Yanran into the house and hurried to get a bowl and a kettle.
The old man was woken up by the noise, with two little tails following him with curious expressions.
Xu Mingyang and Xu Mingxu really didn't feel scared at all. They even ran over excitedly and tried to poke the wild boar's long fangs.
The old man looked at Uncle Xu and Xu Yu, who were in a mess but looked very energetic, and smiled with emotion: "Thank you for your hard work. There's charcoal burning in the house. Come in and warm up first."
"Don't be polite to us, old man!"
Wu Changgui was relatively familiar with the old man. He grinned and waved his hand: "We haven't been home for more than ten days. We have to hurry back after we finish our work here, so we won't delay any longer."
"grandfather."
Xu Yu cautiously stepped a few steps away from the pot of fermented rice wine and explained, "We hunted this prey together and should have divided it up today, so I'm afraid we'll have to wait a little longer tonight."
"It's as it should be."
The old man stroked his beard and said happily, "Then I'll go get the big scale out back there so you can divide it up!"
"Just getting the scale isn't enough, we also have to boil water!"
Uncle Xie drank the whole bowl of hot fermented rice wine in one gulp, savoring the aftertaste on his tongue and saying, "Boil some water to remove the pig hair, drain the blood, and cut the meat. Just the few people in your family are definitely not enough to handle it. I'll go back and call the others in my family to help."
"I'll go get some help too!"
Wu Changgui put down the bowl with a reluctant look on his face and said hurriedly, "Tonight we need a lot of water and a lot of work. More people will help, so we can finish it sooner and call it a day!"
He hurried away to call for help, and Sang Zhixia took the opportunity to stuff a bowl into Xu Yu's hand.
Xu Yu instinctively shook his head as if struck by lightning: "Zhizhi, I can't make fermented rice wine..."
“It’s not fermented rice.”
Sang Zhixia laughed narrowly: "Who would dare to let you touch that stuff?"
"This is just hot water, nothing added."
Her eyes fell on Xu Yu's clothes, which were twisted like dried pickles, and she said with a smile, "It will take a while to boil the water. Why don't you go change your clothes first?"
Xu Yu held the bowl of hot water and said, "No rush."
"Let's talk about it after this is done."
Changing it now won't help.
Sang Zhixia thought so too, rolled up her sleeves and said, "Then you sit by the fire and rest for a while, I'll go boil some water."
The two iron pots at home are full of water. If you open the water tank, there won’t be much left, which is definitely not enough.
Sang Zhixia was about to grab the bucket when Uncle Xu, grinning from ear to ear, ran over and said, "Niece-in-law, give me the bucket. I'll go get some water!"
She looked at the stolen bucket with amusement: "Uncle San has been working hard for many days, why not take a break?"
"Well, most of the credit goes to Xu Yu. I just followed along to help. How could it be that hard?"
"You guys boil water at home, I'll go get some water now."
Uncle Xu walked out with the bucket in his hand. After drinking the water, Xu Yu also picked up the hatchet on the ground.
Aunt Xu went in and out and carefully covered the oil lamps in the house with windproof covers, and took them out one by one to hang in front of the door and on the stove.
"Let's just build a fire at the door."
Sang Zhixia added a few pieces of chopped firewood to the stove, squinted her eyes and said, "The work at the door won't be done in a short time. Building a fire will both light us up and keep us warm."
"I think it's OK."
Xu Wenxiu, feeling both amused and helpless, pushed Xu Mingxu away and walked out with the firewood in her arms, saying, "I'll go set up the firewood pile. By the time the others are done, the fire should be almost ready."
The old man also followed him out quickly. Except for Xu Yanran and Xu Jinxi who were too timid to look and stayed in the house, Xu Mingyang and Xu Mingxu also followed him to carry firewood with great interest.
Xu Yu glanced at the closed door with an ambiguous expression, and said in a voice that only Sang Zhixia could hear, "Is there something wrong at home?"
If something hadn't happened that she wasn't aware of, why wouldn't the old lady show up?
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