Chapter 156 Wild Boar's Den

The two companies have already discussed it.

Every three days, the Liu family would send eight eggs and a pound of flour to the village chief's young daughter-in-law for nourishment.

She herself is happy about it.

Eggs and flour are very precious things even in normal times, not to mention in years of famine.

Most people would not refuse.

After settling down and taking care of Yanyan, the couple went up the mountain.

Liu Yinyin glanced at Gu Cheng, and finally couldn't help but ask again: "Don't you really need to find someone to help?"

Gu Cheng said: "Let's see what happens first."

Maybe...if there are a lot of wild boars, they really need help.

Not to mention anything else, they won’t be able to move back when the time comes.

Liu Yinyin took him up the mountain without knowing why.

Because of the drought in the fields, many people have no hope for this year's harvest.

All of a sudden, many more people went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables.

Most of them are old people, children and women.

The young people are busy with spring plowing in the fields. No matter what, as authentic farmers, they must not let the fields go to waste.

"Yinyin, are you going to the mountain?" An acquaintance of mine happened to be going up the mountain to pick wild vegetables. When she saw the young couple going out together, she asked curiously.

Liu Yinyin smiled shyly: "...Well, there is no vegetables to eat at home, so I went to the mountain to dig some wild vegetables to eat."

The old lady said, "Oh," and asked with some doubt, "How could your family run out of food?"

The daughter of the Liu family is really lucky. She married a good man and has a salary and food every month.

Unlike the people in their village, the harvest has been bad in the past two years. They have been working hard in the fields to earn work points, but they can't even earn enough to eat.

Liu Yinyin sighed: "Of course, the prices in the county are high now, so we have to be frugal with what we eat, otherwise we won't have enough food for the three of us at home."

Everyone thought her family was well-off, but Liu Yinyin didn't comment. However, she was still used to pretending to be poor outside.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, there is some truth in the saying that wealth should not be shown to others.

The old lady looked at the young couple and said half-doubtfully, "Yes, if God doesn't give us food, our lives will be hard."

The conditions of Liu Yinyin's family are indeed enviable, but... as she said, Liu Yinyin does not work, and the family of three depends on Gu Cheng alone to support them.

Although Gu Cheng is a leader with a good salary, the prices outside are really ridiculously high now, and it may not be easy to support a family of three.

If Gu hadn't been a grown man, why would he have gone up the mountain to dig wild vegetables?

The more the old lady thought about it, the more it made sense. The smile on her face deepened. She said, "I know where there are a lot of wild vegetables. How about you come with me?"

Liu Yinyin smiled awkwardly and said, "No need, Auntie. We... still have to go to the mountain to chop firewood for the fire."

At this time, people had big pots of rice to eat, and fewer people came to the mountains to chop firewood.

The old lady didn't need to chop wood, so she separated from the young couple.

After the two of them went up the mountain, they didn't meet anyone else.

"It's here. The wild boar was heading in that direction." Liu Yinyin took Gu Cheng to the place where they encountered the wild boar last time.

Last time, because Huang Xiaoyue was there, Liu Yinyin didn't dare to act rashly. Otherwise, she would definitely follow the wild boar, find its den and then go back.

Gu Cheng looked around and walked for a while in the direction the wild boar went.

He was experienced, and after a while they found a cave, but they didn't know if it was a wild boar's den.

"What should we do now?" Liu Yinyin asked.

Gu Cheng looked around and said to her, "I'm going to go take a look around. You stay here and watch to see if there are any wild boars around."

Liu Yinyin nodded and said, "Then be careful."

Liu Yinyin hid obediently behind the bushes, she didn't dare to walk around alone.

I don’t know how long it had been, but suddenly, not far away, I heard a few "bang bang bang" sounds.

Liu Yinyin's heart almost jumped out of her chest when she heard the sound. She didn't know if it was the sound of Gu Cheng hunting wild boars.

Not long after, Gu Cheng came back carrying a large group of people.

It was an adult wild boar, about the same size as the wild boar Liu Yinyin had seen before, but she didn't know if it was the same one.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Gu Cheng put the wild boar down and said in a startling tone, "There's another one over there. I'll carry it over."

It took only a short while to kill two big wild boars. Liu Yinyin was so surprised that she was speechless.

The second one is also a big guy.

The two pigs weigh an estimated six to seven hundred kilograms in total!

No matter how powerful Gu Cheng is, he is just an ordinary person. If he doesn't have some tricks, it would be difficult to deal with not only two wild boars, but even if there is only one.

Liu Yinyin looked at the hole in the middle of the two wild boars' heads, which was the same as the wild goats before.

Liu Yinyin opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end, she swallowed the words back.

It is important to deal with the wild boar issue first.

Liu Yinyin said uncertainly: "I didn't see any wild boars coming out of the cave. Could it be that there are only these two wild boars?"

Gu Cheng pondered: "These two wild boars, one male and one female, should be a mate, and they may have cubs."

Wild boars usually live in groups. Perhaps the two big wild boars are out foraging, and there may be small wild boars in the pigpen.

"Then what should we do now?" Liu Yinyin was a little worried. They couldn't wait here forever.

The temperature was high at noon and both pigs died. They had to be disposed of as soon as possible, otherwise the pork would become smelly.

Moreover, the two wild boars were bleeding all over the ground, and they were afraid that the smell of blood would attract other wild animals.

Gu Cheng put his hands on his waist and thought for a moment, then said, "Let's dig a few traps at the entrance of the cave. After we dig the traps, we can take the wild boar back."

However, two wild boars weighing six or seven hundred kilograms could not be carried back by just the two of them.

Liu Yinyin thought: "How about I go back and ask a few brothers to help?"

Gu Cheng was worried about her being alone, so he said, "Take a wild boar back first, and then ask the eldest, second, and third brothers to come and dig a trap."

Since there are more people, we can dig traps faster.

Liu Yinyin also thought this was a good idea, and after discussing it, the two of them took the wild boar down the mountain.

There is no way to hide such a big wild boar.

On the way, they met some people from the village. When they saw Gu Cheng carrying a big wild boar, they all widened their eyes in shock.

"Gu Cheng, did you encounter wild boars in the mountains?" a villager couldn't help but ask.

Gu Cheng said casually: "Well, when I was chopping wood, I encountered a wild boar. Fortunately, I killed the wild boar."

Some people were envious. Such a big wild boar must weigh more than 300 pounds. How long will it take to eat so much meat?

In a short while, everyone in the village knew that Liu Yinyin's family had hunted a wild boar.

Many people came to watch the fun and asked what she was going to do with the wild boars and whether they could exchange other things for the pork.

The villagers haven't tasted meat for several months.