When we got to the middle of the mountain, we finally saw mushrooms. There were some, but not many. There were footprints everywhere, and it was obvious that they had been picked by someone.
They walked up while looking for the fish that had escaped the net. Before they knew it, they had walked a long way. When they looked back, they did not see Su Weimin and his two sons following them. Xu Guixiang stood there, made a trumpet shape with her hands, and shouted loudly towards the bottom.
"Wei Min - Xiao Hua -"
"Hey, sister-in-law——"
The response sounded not far away, so Xu Guixiang felt relieved.
At this moment, Xu Guixiang suddenly heard Su Weidong, who was standing on a high ground, shout, "Ailian, where are the Weimin? Let the Weimin come over quickly. There is a wild boar in front."
When He Ailian heard about the wild boar, she turned around and tried to run away. But then she remembered that the man was still on top, so she shouted at Su Weidong, "Run! You don't want to die, do you?"
"Wanwan, go down! Go down quickly!"
Xu Guixiang urged Su Wan to let her go, while she took out a sickle from her backpack.
"Don't be afraid, it's a small one. Call the guards over. We'll have wild boar meat to eat today."
He Ailian slapped her heart which was beating wildly with fear when she heard this, and then ran down to take over Su Weimin's job of taking care of Cao Xiaohua.
When Cao Xiaohua heard He Ailian say there was a wild boar up there, she hurriedly urged He Weimin to go over and help.
If she caught a wild boar and brought it back, she wouldn't be able to sell it for much money, but she could make much more money from it than by working hard to dig mushrooms here.
"Well, sister-in-law, you take good care of Xiaohua, I'll go upstairs."
"I know. Go and help your second brother."
When He Weimin rushed over, he found that Mrs. Wu and Su Wan were also there. The three of them were holding sticks in their hands and were slowly moving towards the wild boar.
He also looked around and picked up a dead tree stick to go over. His participation gave the roundup a better chance of success.
This wild boar looked like it was not yet an adult, weighing about 20 kilograms. At this moment, the wild boar had not noticed them yet and was lying on the ground with a leisurely look on its face.
The circle formed by the four people was getting smaller and smaller. When it was about to get close to the little wild boar, he became alert and quickly stood up from the ground.
Then it looked around and found that there were people all around. It immediately sensed danger and howled and tried to run away. Su Weidong raised the stick in his hand and hit it on the head.
Unexpectedly, the wild boar was quite agile and turned its body to dodge the blow from 깊.
Normally, it should have broken through the enclosure and escaped, but for some reason this wild boar had such a stubborn temper that it turned around, roared, stretched out its neck, and attacked Su Weidong.
It was so fast that Su Weidong had no time to dodge and was knocked over by its mouth.
When it opened its mouth and was about to bite Su Weidong, Su Wan was quick-witted and hit it with a stick, knocking the wild boar unconscious.
Upon seeing this, Su Weimin quickly stepped forward, grabbed a handful of green grass, and tied up the wild boar's two front legs.
Xu Guixiang was afraid that the grass was not strong enough, so she quickly untied her belt. Su Wan watched from the side and laughed so hard that she fell backwards.
She smiled and gave Xu Guixiang a thumbs up, "Mom, you are so talented."
Xu Guixiang didn't care either. She went to pull out a long grass vine and tied it around her waist.
The Soviet Union and its people quickly followed suit, as few peasants, male or female, at that time could afford a leather belt with a metal head.
Those who are more particular will sew one on specially, while those who are not so particular will just tie it around the waist with some rag or rope and be done with it.
Su Wan laughed so hard that she could hardly stand up straight.
Several people were preparing to use two sticks to carry the wild boar to a secluded place to hide it first.
Because nowadays all production is collective, the wild products in the mountains also belong to the collective. If they are discovered, they will be taken away and distributed to the whole village for meat.
So we just had to wait until dark to bring the wild boar back and clean it so that we could sell the meat in the county town tomorrow morning.
They had just lifted the pig onto the wooden stick and secured it when they suddenly heard a pig squealing not far away.
Oh no! It looks like this little wild boar’s parent is here to see us.
Su Weidong and Su Weimin quickly lifted up the wild boar, calling Su Wan and Xu Guixiang, and prepared to run downstairs.
Their shouting immediately attracted the wild boar's attention and it ran towards them.
The four people did not dare to delay and retreated quickly. Su Wan originally wanted to walk behind and cover their retreat.
I don't know where Xu Guixiang got such explosive power from, she dragged Su Wan and ran desperately ahead of Su Weimin and Su Weidong.
This is probably because mothers are strong. When encountering danger, mothers become superheroes.
The little wild boar they captured was probably the wild boar's child. Its cry sounded very miserable, and it kept chasing after them relentlessly.
The wild boar was moving at an alarming speed, and was about to catch up with Su Weidong and the Su Weimin.
Su Wan kept looking back while running, and just in time she saw the wild boar suddenly leap forward with all its might.
This wild boar has a pair of sharp fangs. If those long and sharp teeth were to pierce a person's body, they would probably pierce through the bones.
The one walking at the end was Su Weimin. Su Wan was so scared that she screamed, "Second Uncle, Third Uncle, get out of the way."
Su Weimin also felt a cold wind coming from behind him, so he dropped the stick he was carrying, hugged a tree beside him with both hands, and jumped up to the middle of the tree trunk.
Almost all villagers living at the foot of the mountain, both men and women, can climb trees. They have been practicing climbing trees to pick bird eggs and wild fruits since childhood.
Su Weidong didn't care whether it was a wild boar or not at this moment. The most important thing was to escape. He threw away the stick on his shoulder and climbed up a random tree.
Su Wan and Xu Guixiang had also quietly hidden themselves under a tree each.
Originally Xu Guixiang was going to drag Su Wan down the mountain, because she had no idea that the city girl Su Wan could climb trees, and she was very good at it, even faster than she was.
This really opened Xu Guixiang's eyes.
The boar's purpose is to rescue its young, not to attack them.
Seeing them put the little wild boar down, it didn't care about anything else and used its sharp teeth to bite the rope tied to the little wild boar.
The little wild boar had woken up, and kept howling. I didn't know if it was scared or complaining to its mother.
Until the wild boar bit off all the ropes on it, the little wild boar stood up from the ground and followed its mother away quickly.
As the wild boar looked extremely aggressive, the Su Weimin brothers had no confidence in winning and could only watch the mother and daughter leave.
The four men broke three belts and didn't catch a single boar hair. They climbed down the tree in great disappointment.
Su Wan was the last one to come down. She tidied her clothes and was about to follow them to continue looking for wild animals when she suddenly heard a shout from below.
To be more precise, it should be a scream as if being frightened by something.
Several other people also heard it. Su Weimin suddenly felt his back tighten and turned around and ran downstairs.