Chapter 76

I don’t know if there are no beasts on the island or if they are just lucky. Qiao Sheng was in a state of nervousness the whole night, fearing an accident.

The visibility was too low. Chu Wanyou was lucky that they had finished digging bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest before dark, otherwise, with such visibility, they might not even be able to find the bamboo shoots.

The four of them did nothing else all night, just cut trees and collect supplies. Qiao Sheng collected barley, and after consulting with Li Mu, he realized that it was very useful, and could be used to make wine, vinegar, and maltose. However, the land was very small, and the three families didn’t have much.

Qiao Sheng thought that he could try to plant some winter wheat when he returned home at dawn. Since he was not afraid of the cold, he could try not to plant it on the kang.

Other ingredients he collected included wild garlic and snow mulberry. The former can be used as a seasoning or fried with eggs and dumplings. The latter is also a kind of mustard, which is different from the ones they collected before. This one is for eating leaves, while the previous one is for eating roots. He had to make a note of the seeds when he went back, because the ones he planted were all different.

This time, Qiao Sheng didn't dare to be so arrogant as to send them back by himself. The four of them went back together and came out together. The key was to go in and out together, gather together after putting things away, and then head out to the woods.

When it was daybreak, the four of them had chopped down almost all the trees that could be cut down on the island. They also found a wild boar den built in a cave on the island, which actually contained more than a dozen wild boars.

The situation was quite urgent at the time. Li Mu and Wen Yizhou stood in front and asked Qiao Sheng and Chu Wanyou to evacuate quickly. The two girls also reacted quickly. When they heard the pigs grunting, they turned around and ran towards the cave entrance.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, he called out to Li Mu and the others to run to their right side. Qiao Sheng had already added crossbows to the entrance of the cave on their left. Chu Wanyou ran out of the cave and disappeared. Qiao Sheng didn't care about her and was busy shooting the wild boar in the cave. For a while, the cave was filled with wailing.

When Li Mu and the others ran out, he asked Wen Yizhou to stay behind. Li Mu stood at the entrance of the cave, took out his bow and started shooting. When he saw the wild boar in the front with two arrows stuck in its body and running all the way, and was about to rush out of the cave, Chu Wanyou, who had just disappeared, appeared.

Yelling at them to get out of the way, he rushed to the front of the cave. Qiao Sheng was pulled to the back by Li Mu's collar. The arrow in her hand had just been shot out, and her left hand holding the crossbow was still stretched out to hold Chu Wanyou who was rushing forward.

It really was just a second. Chu Wanyou rushed to the front of the cave, and the charging wild boar inside also ran to the entrance of the cave. Just when the two sides were about to engage, a huge rock suddenly appeared in front of Chu Wanyou, blocking the entrance of the cave. The wild boar running wildly inside broke its neck.

For this sudden situation, the other three people were a little unresponsive, and Chu Wanyou, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, placed three huge rocks in succession to block the wild boars' path.

After making sure that the cave entrance was blocked, they called on Qiao Sheng and the others to shoot arrows inside. With the huge rock blocking the entrance, the space left was just right, and the wild boar couldn't jump out, so there was no obstacle to shooting arrows inside. It was simply perfect.

This one-sided killing lasted less than half an hour. Later, when there were not enough arrows, Chu Wanyou and Wen Yizhou were replaced to swing machetes inside. Li Mu retreated to the side and took the wooden board to make arrows. After the arrows were made, the two continued.

After the battle, Chu Wanyou took the lead in moving the huge rock blocking the entrance of the cave. Qiao Sheng thought this method was pretty good. Usually, she used her backpack to move a planting pot or other large items. She really didn't expect that in this situation, she could move the huge rock and complete the hunt.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu were busy picking up all the arrows that had been shot, except for those that were broken when the wild boars were struggling, and the rest were all put back into the quiver. Wen Yizhou and Chu Wanyou put all the wild boars that had been pulled out of arrows into the bag. There were more than 30 wild boars in total.

Several people were discussing that there should be no problem in the coming winter. This pile of wild boars would be enough for everyone to eat for a whole winter. Now they only need to worry about vegetables and staple foods. Eating meat every day is not a big deal.

After collecting the wild boars at the entrance of the cave, there was still a slight humming sound in the depths of the cave. The four people held machetes and moved inside. When they got to the innermost part, they saw seven small wild boars lying on the straw. They were not big and were humming.

They didn't think much about this situation. Wen Yizhou and Li Mu took off the hemp rope and cotton bag from their waists respectively, tied the four slightly larger ones with the rope, put the three slightly smaller ones in the cotton bag, and hung them on their bodies to discuss going back to the shore to divide the spoils.

They would wait until the things were divided and the boat was floating on the sea to make up for the sleep. When they returned to the shore, the sun had risen, and Grandma Chu and Ji Ya were all up. The two were making breakfast in the kitchen on Grandma Chu's boat. I don't know what they talked about, but they were laughing happily.

The four of them first took out the thirty-odd wild boars they had hunted. When Grandma Chu heard them coming back, she saw the wild boar carcasses on the ground as soon as she got out of the cabin. The bloody smell was a bit strong, and

Ji Ya, who followed her to the door, felt a bit nauseous. "Xiao Ji, go watch the breakfast in the pot. It smells bad here. I'll help them." Grandma Chu was quick to support Ji Ya and took her back to the stove.

Wen Yizhou, who saw that his wife was not feeling well, did not have time to move before Grandma Chu took care of everything. The four of them were scalping at the thirty-five wild boars.

"Although the wild boars are good, there are too many of them. Cutting down the pork meat is the big task in the later stage." Qiao Sheng began to worry when he saw the wild boars all over the ground. Especially when he looked over his shoulder and saw the shark that had not been cut down yet on the bow of the boat, he suddenly felt that there was too much work and too few people.

There was no point in talking too much nonsense. The four people began to divide the pigs. Thirty-five cannot be divided by three, so Qiao Sheng and his family got eleven, and the remaining two families got twelve. The wild rabbits also got more than twenty each.

Bamboo shoots, barley, bamboo, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and snow mulberry were all divided equally among the three families. The planks that were cut before were all kept by whoever cut them, so there was no need to divide them.

There were seven little wild boars. Because raising them required a lot of food, Chu Wanyou and Wen Yizhou didn't ask for more. They got two each and Qiao Sheng got three.

After putting the food into their bags, Qiao Sheng and Li Mu declined Grandma Chu's invitation to have breakfast. They were too tired. They decided to leave the island and continue drifting on the sea. Before

leaving, they went to see Wen Ning. The little girl had woken up. She lay on the bed and called Qiao Sheng sweetly, "Sister." Qiao Sheng brought her some brown sugar and Panax notoginseng powder. She had lost a lot of blood. Even if there were medicines, she had to drink something sweet to sweeten her mouth. After all, this game was short of supplies.

Before leaving, the little girl looked at Qiao Sheng reluctantly and said goodbye to her sister. She turned her head and saw Li Mu saying goodbye to uncle. Uncle Li's expression was full of doubts. Does he look very old? Why was he given an extra generation? Seeing

that Li Mu was going to go back and argue with the little girl, Qiao Sheng pulled him out and whispered that the little girl was ignorant and only knew how to call her sister sweetly. You have grown up and can't argue with children. Hurry up and give Grandma Chu a bottle of Panax notoginseng powder, and we will go home to catch up on sleep.

Maybe going home once soothed Uncle Li's heart. He even gave Grandma Chu a bottle of Panax notoginseng with a smile. Grandma Chu couldn't see it anymore. After all, she had hardly seen this man smile so brightly in the past few days. Suddenly, this expression made people a little overwhelmed.

After delivering the medicine and saying goodbye, the two boarded the boat, collected anchors and set sail. They had a simple breakfast before going to bed, and simply penned up the three newly-distributed wild boars. They added food to the troughs of all the animals, and then went to sleep. It

was already afternoon when they woke up. They were awakened by the low roars of quarreling. After getting dressed and going downstairs, they saw that it was the monk cub who had rolled out of the bear's den and climbed into the pig's den, fighting with people one on two.

When Qiao Sheng and his men passed by, the battle was intense. The monk was slightly outmatched and was pushed against the wall by the piglets. The wild boar was also small and had very little combat experience. It could only use its buttocks to butt the monk's belly. The monk was

also a weakling. He was pushed by the two wild boars that didn't even have fangs. He was so stupid that he raised his paw high and didn't know how to swing it down to catch the two pigs.

"Li Mu, what should we do? I feel like we have raised a bunch of little rubbish. They don't seem to be very smart. This little wild boar can only use its paws to push and doesn't even have the ability to bite. This bear is even more stupid. It surrendered to the pig and didn't even try to fight back. With this fighting ability, it's only fit for the dining table. It's better to tie them up. The last time they were tied up, Lin Haiyang almost broke their cotton pants." Qiao Sheng frowned and shook his head as he watched the battle. What a bunch of little losers.

Li Mu went over and took the cassock cub out from the corner. He received a grateful look from the cassock cub, and the next second he threw it back to his den, and threatened it that if it went over to fight again, it would have no shark meat to eat today.

After understanding that he was about to be punished by food, the cassock cub immediately became obedient and lay down in his nest with grievance. His small black eyes moved around, looking at Qiao Sheng and Li Mu from time to time. He looked so pitiful.

Qiao Sheng poked his head and said that a black bear was not good at fighting against a weakling. The only thing he could show off was his appetite and cuteness.

Since they were woken up, they were not going to continue sleeping. They got up and did some work now so that they could continue sleeping at night. Otherwise, if they woke up in the middle of the night, they would only have time to light a lamp and stay awake.

When putting the supplies in the storage room, Qiao Sheng saw the barley that was distributed to him. Considering that it was winter barley, he planted it directly in the planting pots. Because there were animals in the cabin and the fire pot, the temperature was not too low. If the barley could survive, they could find a cold-resistant plant to plant. The snow red seeds collected this time were also planted.

After doing all this, Qiao Sheng went to make lunch. He had been busy outside for the past two days and was exhausted physically and mentally. Qiao Sheng took a pheasant from the storage box, cut ginseng slices, and cooked a pot of ginseng chicken soup. It would be unjust if he didn't make up for the situation.

Following Grandma Chu and the others, the meals for the past two days have been mainly meat. After all, it is winter and vegetables are hard to come by. Qiao Sheng fried some spicy potato shreds, fried duck eggs with tomatoes, braised cabbage with pork, and stir-fried tripe shreds. It was just four dishes and one soup. After finishing

this meal, the two of them didn't know whether it should be considered lunch or dinner. In the end, Qiao Sheng defined this meal as afternoon tea. Others drank tea and ate small biscuits, but they sat down and had a solid meal.