With a "bang," the wild boar staggered and fell to the ground, and Battalion Commander Xu and his men, who were still holding guns not far away, seemed to wake up from a dream.
Qin Qinghuai, who rushed over after hearing the gunshots and shouts, followed by Qin Yi, Zheng Aiguo, Jiang Dashan, and several others, all stopped abruptly.
Qin Qinghuai was the first to react, pulling Jian Dan to look her over from all angles.
"They've made their move?"
Are you injured somewhere? What happened to the blood on your arm?
Qin Yi jolted awake, glanced at the distance to Battalion Commander Xu, then at the familiar wood-chopping knife still lodged inside the wild boar's head, and swallowed hard.
"Sister-in-law, you...you did this?"
The people behind were dumbfounded.
"Did your sister-in-law kill this wild boar?"
Battalion Commander Xu and Lao Chen and the others finally recovered from their shock and weakness. Battalion Commander Xu, in particular, looked at Jian Dan with fervent admiration for the strong.
"Alright, that's enough. Quickly get the team together. Two of you stay here with us to clean up the battlefield. Battalion Commander Xu, you take the rest of the others and carry the game down the mountain. The smell of blood is too strong; it's not suitable to stay on the mountain any longer today."
In terms of fighting, Qin Qinghuai certainly didn't have the advantage, but he understood the theory behind it all.
"Hurry up, Xiao Yi, you two go ask Battalion Commander Xu for two men. Quickly, cover the bloodstains with snow."
Qin Qinghuai could also see that, in this situation, what was the point of patrolling the mountain? A group of wild boars had reduced their fighting strength to this extent, who knew what else they might attract in a little while?
Having just entered the deep mountains, they had already caught eight wild boars, three large and five small, which was quite a good harvest. Moreover, the soldiers were all injured, and the original intention for today was to have Jian Dan give them some pointers. If they insisted on going in, it would indeed be a bit unreasonable.
The lightly wounded carried their prey down the mountain, while the seriously wounded soldiers helped each other. The soldiers behind them kept turning back to look at Jian Dan and whispering among themselves, clearly still caught up in the excitement of the earlier encounter.
Not only them, but also Battalion Commander Xu was the same. The burning desire in his eyes did not subside, but he also knew that now was not the time, so he led his men down the mountain and back to camp quickly.
Qin Qinghuai's brows remained furrowed.
"Are you really not injured?"
It's mainly about simple expressions. From the moment the wild boar was killed until now, he hasn't uttered a single word, and the expression on his face is one of disgust.
Qin Qinghuai was blessed with good fortune.
"Are you disgusted by the bloodstains on this sleeve?"
".....Um,"
He simply gave a muffled reply.
"It's too fishy."
Qin Yi and Zheng Aiguo, along with two young soldiers, quickly covered the visible bloodstains in the snow nearby. They ran over, their foreheads steaming.
"Brother Huai, Sister-in-law, it's all over, let's go."
It was only a little past noon, but a breeze had picked up, rustling the branches and leaves in the woods. The ground grass and dry vines also made crisp sounds. Knowing that a fierce battle had just taken place behind them, the soldiers in front were relatively calm, but those behind were somewhat suspicious, and even Qin Yi felt uneasy.
"Is it just my imagination? Something feels off."
I briefly turned my head to listen, and there were quite a few things that had arrived.
However, seeing Qin Yi like this, he felt quite sorry for him, so he simply pointed to the side.
"Xiao Yi, do you trust me? There's something good to the right rear. You guys might as well go check it out, but keep your voices down."
"real?"
Before, he had some doubts about Jian Dan, but now he was filled with admiration.
"Hey, sister-in-law, I believe you. Come on, let's go take a look, Brother Zheng."
Without saying a word, Zheng Aiguo handed the basket to the young soldier behind him and followed.
Seeing this, Qin Qinghuai also stopped.
"Then let's rest for a while and wait for them."
The two young soldiers didn't know Jian Dan very well, but today they had actually witnessed him kill such a large wild boar with a single stroke. The wild boar, weighing several hundred pounds, was cleaved in two with a single blow to the head. They saw it, and the blood was still flowing for quite some time.
Now that they're closer, the way they look at Jian Dan is just as intense as the way they look at their unit's war god. But with Qin Qinghuai around, they all think they're being more discreet.
Qin Qinghuai sighed and teased in a low voice,
"Honey, you're more popular than me now. I wonder if they'll even remember I'm still their political commissar when we get back."
"What, are you jealous?"
Qin Qinghuai used his cotton-padded coat to block the view of others, lowered his head and kissed her fiercely for a while, only letting go when he heard her making noise.
"How could I not be jealous? So many people like my wife, I'm a little happy, but with so many people watching you, I feel like she's not really mine anymore."
"screw you,"
Simple's face turned bright red from the kiss.
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Just as he was about to say something more, he heard a commotion from the bushes ahead, and soon Qin Yi's cheerful voice came over.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"
You're amazing! How did you know there was something in there from so far away?
"Brother Huai and Sister-in-law, look at this, it's really good stuff."
Two people, each lifting one of the legs, carried out a roe deer. Jian Dan had caught one before, but this one wasn't big, only a little over a meter long and probably weighing around 60 or 70 kilograms.
I don't know if she's unaware of the danger or what, but her eyes are still darting around.
"Sister-in-law, look, look! We've caught it! Isn't it stupid? We've already walked right past it, and it still doesn't know how to run away."
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