Zhou Cuimei scolded her: "Are you waiting to be killed by wild boars if you don't run? You don't let me shout, so why are you shouting?"

"You shouted first, and I had no choice but to follow suit. Then you suddenly ran away, scaring the wild boar!"

Zhou Cuimei: "It was the wild boar that scared me. How dare I scare it?"

Meng Tao said to Yu Xiaomin: "It was you who frightened the wild boar. Who told you to throw firewood at it? Did you think it was your own pig and it would go away if you threw some firewood at it? Don't do this in the future. If you encounter a wild boar, the best thing to do is not to alarm it. Find a big tree to climb up and hide!"

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As they talked, the three of them thought about their recent panic and embarrassment and started laughing again. It felt good to have survived a disaster and to have regained a life.

The "stupid wild boar" that was stabbed in the head by the hatchet thrown by Meng Tao accidentally hit a big tree stump after falling down the ridge, and then fell into a pit nearby. He was unconscious for a while, and was stabbed twice by the men who rushed over, and died.

An experienced old member estimated that the wild boar must weigh at least 500 to 600 kilograms, which is very rare. In those days, all large wild animals hunted in the mountains belonged to the public. This wild boar naturally belonged to the production team. Every household in the village would have a share. Today, after it was dragged down the mountain, it could be slaughtered and the meat could be divided.

Under Bao Shunfeng's arrangement, they would not carry wood today. Instead, everyone worked together to drag the wild boar down the mountain. When they reached dangerous sections, they had to lift the wild boar up and walk. This operation was several times more tiring than carrying wood, but thinking about the fact that they would soon have pork to eat, everyone was in high spirits and did not feel the hardship at all.

Meng Tao made the greatest contribution in killing the wild boar. The power and accuracy of her hatchet intimidated and subdued the group of men. They all flattered her and listened to her good words all the way. Even Yu Xiaomin and Zhou Cuimei benefited from it, as people helped them carry their wild hawthorns and pears down the mountain.

Zhou Cuimei was frightened by the wild boar and finally recovered. Yu Xiaomin didn't have the energy to chat, but she still had a smile on her face.

Meng Tao was very happy. She had not only killed a wild boar by chance, but also collected some medicinal herbs. Just now, when everyone gathered together to carry the wild boar and the two girls were busy mending cloth bags and weaving rattan nets, she said she wanted to go to the bathroom, and quickly ran back to collect all the wild Gastrodia elata under the thorn bush.

Gastrodia elata is a very expensive medicinal herb, and she made a small fortune from it.

When the wild boar was carried back to Linshui Village, the whole village was in an uproar. Men, women, young and old all ran to the village brigade's threshing ground, surrounded the wild boar with smiles on their faces, and some were drooling. No one laughed at it or was surprised. It was rare to eat meat all year round, and seeing that they could eat wild boar meat tonight, they couldn't help but salivate a little.

Upon learning that Meng Taohua had made the greatest contribution in killing the wild boar, the old ladies, aunties and grandmas in the village surrounded Meng Tao, praised her highly and said a lot of nice things to her.

Zhou Cuiling came back from get off work and ran to the drying yard. She found Meng Tao and slapped her on the butt without saying a word: "Don't you want to die? How dare you go hunt wild boars!"

Meng Tao was busy dodging: "How could I dare to hunt a wild boar? The wild boar came to me on its own."

"You won't run?"

"Who can outrun a wild boar? I wanted to climb a tree, but the wild boar had already rushed towards me. I was so anxious at the time that I didn't care about anything else and threw a hatchet at it, which hit the wild boar's head. The wild boar was running fast and had great momentum, so the hatchet pierced it deep. Then it just happened to rush into a pit and couldn't get up. I waited for the captain and others to arrive and stabbed it a few more times before it died."

When Meng Tao described the scene, Zhou Cuiling and the other aunties and wives nearby were extremely nervous. They kept saying, "It's so scary! God bless you!"

"That's right, it's all thanks to Taohua's cleverness and strength."

"Luckily I brought the hatchet with me, otherwise it would have been a disaster."

"Lucky, I have a good peach blossom fate!"

Zhou Cuiling asked: "With so many people going up the mountain, why did the wild boar come specifically for you? Are you the only woman?"

Meng Tao replied: "Today I am not the only woman here, your cousin Zhou Cuimei and Yu Xiaomin are also here. We left the group and wanted to pick some hawthorns, and then we ran into the wild boar."

"What about the two of them?"

"Everything is fine."

The aunties and grandmas congratulated them again: "Oh, they are so lucky."

He also warned Meng Tao: "Don't do this again in the future. You must stay close to the men in the forest and don't walk around alone!"

Meng Tao smiled and nodded to show that she accepted the instruction.

The wild boars are skinned and hair scraped off with boiling water, then the meat is cut into pieces and weighed roughly on a scale. The drying yard is cleaned and portions of wild boar meat are neatly placed there. Each household can take a portion of the meat by simply making a check with the accountant.

This wild boar was big enough and the amount of meat distributed was the largest in history, with each household receiving three and a half kilograms of meat.

Today, those who witnessed hunting wild boars and carrying them down the mountain were able to get more meat, and they could also get extra wild boar heads, large bones, ribs, and pig's trotters.

Originally, the whole wild boar head was to be given to Meng Tao, but Meng Tao said she didn't know how to cook it and declined it, so they gave her more ribs and meat. She got five pounds of ribs, one big bone, and twenty pounds of wild boar meat. Meng Tao was satisfied. After all, she only threw away a hatchet. The real work was done by the young and strong men. It was hard work to get a wild boar weighing five or six hundred pounds down the mountain.

Every household received wild boar meat, and the whole Linshui Village was filled with joy, as if it were New Year's Day.

The Tian family naturally also had a portion of wild boar meat, which was collected by Tian Baoshan. The accountant originally thought that they were too embarrassed to ask for it, but they finally came anyway.

Tian Baoshan returned home carrying the pork. His two daughters were already waiting at the gate of the yard. When they saw the meat, their eyes lit up and they cried for some meat. Tian Baoshan coaxed the children into the yard.

Zhao Liulian sat under the eaves, holding her stomach with both hands, her face pale and her hair disheveled. She stared at the piece of meat that Tian Baoshan was holding, swallowed her saliva, and asked, "Boss, did the team really distribute the meat? How much did they distribute?"

Tian Baoshan showed off the wild boar meat to his wife and asked her to take a closer look: "How could I lie to you? I went to fetch water and saw people carrying meat home at the well. I asked the Luo family boy in front and found out that it was the wild boars killed by those who went up the mountain to carry wood! The accountant had previously rang the gong and called in the village to collect the meat. Mom came back from outside, she should have known about it, but she didn't go to collect it. Do you know why? Taohua participated in the hunting of this wild boar!"

Zhao Liulian's eyes lit up even more: "Does that mean that mom doesn't want to eat this meat? That's great, if they don't eat it, we will! Head of the household, you should quickly cook the meat. We drink porridge and eat vegetables every day, without any oil or water, and not even an egg. Poor children, I'm dizzy and my body is always not getting better..."

Tian Baoshan looked down at his two crying daughters, sighed, and told Zhao Liulian to go back to the house and lie down: "I'll light a fire and cook the meat right away. When it's cooked, bring it to our house so you and the children can have a good meal!"

"Master, you should cook it on high heat so it cooks faster and saves time..."

It just so happened that some of the people in the family went to the commune today, and some went up the mountain to chop firewood. When they came back, they saw the meat and they would grab it. There would not be enough to eat.

Tian Baoshan understood: "I understand, we can eat it right away!"

The door to the east room creaked open, and Wang Shuifeng walked out with a gloomy face: "What are you eating? You don't do any work in broad daylight, but you want to eat meat? The meat distributed by the production team belongs to the whole family, how can we let you guys eat it all by yourself? Give me the meat!"

Tian Baoshan said, "Mom, you also know that Taohua killed the wild boar. The whole village has spread the news. They say Taohua is lucky, strong and capable. She hit the wild boar's head with a hatchet, so she got more meat, 20 kilograms, and half a rib! Mom, don't you hate Taohua? You insisted on driving Taohua out just to marry a city woman. Now look, you don't get a share of the wild boar killed by Taohua. No one is working at home or outside. Are you comfortable? You definitely don't want to eat this little bit of wild boar meat, so you clearly heard that the meat was going to be divided, but you didn't go to get it. Then I will get it, and we should eat it!"

Wang Shuifeng stared at her eldest son, her lips trembling and her teeth gnashing: "I hate that bitch, I want to tear out her tendons, peel off her skin, eat her flesh and drink her blood! But this wild boar meat has entered my house, why shouldn't I eat it? Put it down, this family is not your turn yet!"

Tian Baoshan didn't waste any words. He put the wild boar meat on the chopping board and cut it in half with a kitchen knife. He looked at Wang Shuifeng and said:

"So it's not that you don't want to eat meat, but you're not willing to sacrifice your face to get it! Doesn't my face have any face? I got it back, so I should have the final say! You grabbed the money from the family, didn't give us food or water, cooked dry meals every day, and made my wife and daughter so thin? You are their mother, and I can't do anything about it. I'll give you half of this wild boar meat, and the other half to the four of us in my house, that's it!"

Wang Shuifeng was so angry at her eldest son that her face turned blue and she staggered and almost fell to the ground: She grabbed the money in the house? Where was there any money in the house for her to grab?

The third brother now only has 28 yuan a month to support a rich city wife, who can't count on him at all, and doesn't send a penny home; the 200 yuan "bride price" that Shi Datou got not long ago was used to buy wine, meat, candy, peanuts and melon seeds for the wedding banquet, and 30 yuan was spent. The fourth brother took 30 yuan and said he would use his connections to find a job; Xianglan borrowed 20 yuan to go to the sugar factory to see if Liang Tiezhu was honest; Yalan was in a bad mood and made a fuss all day long, so in order to appease her, he gave her 30 yuan to keep as pocket money, and spent another 30 yuan to buy her a fashionable tweed coat in the city, and also bought her some small toys... The remaining 50 yuan, the old and the young at home, and the old man lying there dying, shouldn't he keep some precautions? Who is she doing this for? What a heartless thing, he is the eldest son in the family! Wang Shuifeng covered her chest, and was about to have a heart attack.

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