Chapter 89: The Pig's Rush
The crowd walked forward quickly and found that the first few Yanwang hangings were intact, so they dispersed to look for the wild boar's traces.
But when they reached the sixth Yama Tower, several people in the distance were stunned.
“Ahhh~~”
A large black wild boar was hung up with its front legs tied up, and its two hind legs were still on the ground. The tree was bent, obviously because the pig was too heavy to be fished out.
The wild boar's snout is long and pointed, and its two protruding fangs show its ferocity and toughness.
"Damn, this thing must weigh 200 to 300 kilograms, it's a big one."
Lin Heng was shocked, then picked up the bow and arrow and began to aim.
"Attack quickly, don't talk nonsense, it's trying to break free!!"
Tian Baishun said something. He was the closest, so he picked up his gun and shot without saying a word.
He pulled the trigger, and with a crisp sound of nails, the front end of the trigger hit the cannon. The cannon burned with a dazzling light, and the gunpowder in the barrel below was ignited in an instant, and several ball bearings flew out of the barrel.
Bang!!
With a loud bang, the red flames carrying the balls flew towards the wild boar thirty meters away, and the balls hit its abdomen.
“Ahhh!!”
The wild boar, which was about to break free, broke free almost instantly amidst the severe pain and loud noise.
Unexpectedly, instead of running away, it rushed towards Old Man Tian, its eyes were red and seemed to be burning with flames.
"Shit, Li Baiquan, shoot now!!"
Old Man Tian was so scared that he turned around and ran, shouting as he ran.
With a ding sound, Li Baiquan also pulled the trigger, but the cannon fired but the gunpowder did not ignite. It took a while to replace the cannon again.
The other man, Lu Honghai, who was holding a gun, was still a hundred meters away. He couldn't shoot because the distance was not enough and he might hurt someone.
Lin Heng's hands were sweating, he was angry and anxious. He was angry that Old Man Tian shot first without looking at him, making him miss the best opportunity.
What was worrying was that he had no confidence in dealing with this moving target, but if he didn't take action, Old Man Tian would definitely die from being hit in the face.
call out!!
After roughly predicting the position, Lin Heng pulled the bow to its full extent, and a sharp black arrow flew out.
“Ouch!!!”
The next moment, the wild boar let out an even more miserable cry, turned around and ran towards Lin Heng, with the madness in its eyes even more intense than before.
“Oh my god!”
At this moment, Lin Heng deeply understood why there is a term called "pig rush". It would be terrifying to have such a big wild boar rushing towards you.
His arrow missed the target and hit the pig's butt, causing more pain than the bullet.
“Woof woof!!”
At this time, Xiongba rushed over from the side and bit the wild boar's belly.
"Woof!"
At the same time, the big spotted dog also bit the wild boar's tail from the side and back.
“Ah!!”
The big wild boar felt pain and turned around to pick up Xiongba. Compared to it, Xiongba was too light and could not win at all. He was picked up and fell to the ground five meters away. He was unable to get up at that time.
Then the big wild boar turned around and pointed its fangs at the big spotted dog. The big spotted dog didn't dare to resist and could only let go and retreat immediately.
Without the dog's restraint, the thing rushed towards Lin Heng again and was in front of Lin Heng in the blink of an eye. More than thirty meters was just a distance of a few seconds for it. Lin Heng had no time to escape.
So he made the best decision and didn't run away from the beginning.
There was a whoosh sound of an arrow breaking through the air. The two dogs held him back for enough time to take out the second arrow. Seeing the wild boar attacking again, he quickly shot it out.
Puff! The arrow pierced through the wild boar's ear and stabbed into the back of its neck, causing blood to spurt out.
“Oh my god!”
But what Lin Heng didn't expect was that it didn't die, and its speed didn't seem to slow down much. Looking at the wild boar rushing towards him and its huge fangs, his adrenaline surged.
“Ah!!”
With a howl, the wild boar charged directly at him. Lin Heng seized the opportunity and dodged to the side and fell behind a tree. After getting up, he turned around and ran without saying a word.
“Ah!!”
This wild boar was very aggressive and had poor turning ability. After being dodged by Lin Heng, it continued to rush forward for several meters before turning back and continuing to chase Lin Heng.
"Call the dog away or I'm going to shoot." Lu Honghai ran over with a gun in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Xiongba, get out of the way!!"
"Hanako come back!!"
Lin Heng and Tian Baishun shouted at the same time. The two dogs stopped immediately after hearing the order. At this moment, a gunshot rang out.
The wild boar that was rushing forward suddenly slowed down after being shot by Uncle Lin Heng.
"Damn it, he's not dead yet!!"
Seeing the wild boar still staggering, Lin Heng was shocked. Just as he was about to pick up his bow and arrow to shoot it again, he heard someone shouting from behind: "I'm here, everyone get out of the way."
Li Baiquan changed the artillery and came over. With a bang, this time the gun fired, and the red bullets mixed with flames shot into the body of the wild boar.
“Ah!!”
With a final scream, the wild boar finally fell to the ground with a thud, blood gushing out of its mouth and its body still twitching violently.
"Old Man Tian, you are such a nuisance. I should have let you be killed by a wild boar. Why did you shoot first when you saw me draw my bow?"
Lin Heng turned around and cursed at Old Man Tian.
When the wild boar was still hanging, he was 80% sure that he could shoot an arrow through its throat, and the arrow was on the string. As a result, not only did Old Man Tian fail to kill the wild boar, but he also let the boar break free and go crazy, almost killing him.
"Fuck you, if it weren't for my quick reaction, at least two or three of my bones would have been broken by this collision." Lin Heng became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and he started cursing.
The scene just now was so thrilling that he really felt the feeling of being on the verge of death.
"You can't blame me for this. It's your first time hunting a wild boar. Who knows if you will miss? What if you miss and the wild boar runs away without getting hurt? How can we catch up with it?"
Old man Tian defended himself by saying that he did think so at the time.
We finally encountered a wild boar, so we must not let it run away. We should shoot it and injure it first.
"Why don't you just shoot him to death?" Lin Heng looked at him angrily: "You are an old hunter, but you shot him in the stomach and almost killed me."
"That's my problem, old man. I admit it. I didn't aim well and I couldn't kill it with one shot."
Old Man Tian nodded, turned around and knelt down in front of Lin Heng again: "Thank you for saving my life again. I don't want any meat from this wild boar. I'll give you my share."
Lin Heng: "...You only know how to kneel, right?"
"Alright, alright, stop arguing. It's best if no one is hurt after killing such a big wild boar." Li Baiquan pulled Tian Baishun up and acted as a peacemaker.
Lin Heng didn't say anything. He walked over to check Xiongba's injuries. He touched him and found that he didn't seem to be injured.
"Are you okay?" Lin Heng asked, looking at it.
“Ouch!!”
Xiongba turned around twice and it seemed like there was no big problem.
After watching Xiong Ba, Lin Heng felt a little calmer.
After thinking about it carefully, what Old Man Tian said was indeed right, but he still couldn't accept it. He was almost scared to death just now.
He had already made up his mind that he would never go hunting with the old man again, there were too many things to do.
Looking at this big wild boar, it is really huge, especially the two eggs behind its butt, which are terrifyingly large.
"It's not Old Man Tian's fault. His choice was right. It's just that this is a male wild boar. It's too ferocious, so it would attack people. Normally, female wild boars would just run away when they are injured."
Uncle Lin Heng walked over and said.
"Don't mind it, Old Man Tian. Lin Heng didn't mean to scold you. Anyone who was almost hit by a wild boar would be angry."
Li Baiquan spoke for Lin Heng.
"Of course I understand. I can't thank him enough. Without his arrow, I would have died.
With my old bones I would have definitely died if I had been hit. It's also my fault. I should have called Lin Heng to help me. I was too hasty at that time.
I thought I couldn't let the wild boar run away, so I could kill it and get some meat to repay him for saving my life."
Old Man Tian shook his head and said.
"Don't say we have nothing left. Let's quickly talk about how to divide the wild boar. Then the four of us can carry it back and kill it."
Lin Heng didn't want to say more about this issue.
The uncle glanced at the three of them and slowly said, "Normally, the one who hits the head can get 30%, the one who knocks down can get 20%, and the one who hits the head can also get some.
This time of hunting, it was definitely Old Man Tian, Lin Heng, and I who took the lion's share, 30% each. When you, Li Baiquan, fired that shot, the wild boar had already fallen, so it was pretty good to take 10%.
But it was you who set up the Yanwangdang. Without it, the wild boar would have run away long ago and would not have been so easy to fight. So you have taken the greatest credit.
So in my opinion, we should just divide it equally among the four of us, but based on contribution, you, Li Baiquan, have the first choice, Old Man Tian second, I third, and Lin Heng fourth."
There is naturally no problem with this distribution, and there is no doubt that Xia Yanwangdiao made great contribution in keeping the wild boar.
Injuring the first one hit makes it easier to track the next one, which plays a decisive role in capturing the prey and naturally accounts for the majority.
The third person who knocks the prey down and makes it unable to move is credited with the achievement.
Although Lin Heng shot two arrows, he did not make the enemy fall. According to general rules, this could only be considered a powerful assist, and would earn him more points than the people who were on guard duty and chasing the enemy on the mountain.
However, he saved Old Man Tian, so naturally he had to compensate Lin Heng a lot.
"I think it's fine. It's good to split it among four people." Li Baiquan nodded.
"I also agree to split it equally. I'll give my share to Lin Heng. I don't want the old man anymore." Tian Baishun said.
"What's yours is yours. Do I need this little bit of meat? If I want to thank you, I should at least give you something valuable."
Lin Heng glanced at him and said, "I agree to split it equally. I just ask that Old Man Hetian change the order of selection."
The so-called order of selection is that after the pig is cut up, one person picks a piece, and they take turns until they have finished picking, and then weigh it at the end.
For wild boar meat like this, the good parts are mainly the internal organs, ribs, and then the pork and pig head.
"Okay, let's go back and sit down and talk quietly. I'm going to finish it first. Does anyone have a bag of pig blood?"
Uncle Lu Honghai said something, took out a meat-cutting knife and walked over to ask.
"No, I have some plastic film here. I can dig a hole in the ground and use it as a basin."
Li Baiquan couldn't bear to waste the pig blood, it was a good thing, so he took out the film paper and dug the hole.
A pit with a diameter of 50 cm and a depth of 30 cm was dug under the wild boar's neck, and the film was laid inside.
"Be careful, or I'll spray you."
Lu Honghai said something and cut the wild boar's carotid artery with a knife.
Blood spurted out with a puff, first spraying a long way away, then slowing down after two seconds, and flowing into the pit.
"Woof woof~"
Xiongba and Dahuagou rushed forward and licked the blood that sprayed on the ground.
After the blood is drained, the wild boar is considered completely dead.
Lin Heng went to get a dry paulownia pole, which was light and strong.
His uncle, his uncle-in-law Tian Baishun and two others tied up the pig, put it on the pole and lifted it up.
"Oh my god, this must weigh 250 kilograms. It would be a strain on two people to carry it. How about cutting it open and splitting it into four people to carry it?"
Li Baiquan and Lu Honghai tried it, and then quickly put it down. It was so heavy that both of them could hardly lift it.
"But we don't have a knife to cut bones, how do we cut it?" Lin Heng asked with his hands spread out.
It is fun to kill such a big wild boar, but there is actually nothing you can sell for money, you can only eat the meat yourself.
Wild boar meat doesn't sell for much money, and not many people can afford it.
Unlike fur, it can be sold directly to buyers or state-owned stores.
"That's true, then let's carry it back. It's not impossible for four people to take turns to carry it."
Tian Baishun nodded and said.
"How about this, the three of us will walk slowly first, Lin Heng, you go to the shelter to get the things, and then come back to find us."
Li Baiquan spoke.
"Okay, I'll go back and get it." Lin Heng didn't refuse.
"Then it's decided. You can go back now and leave this to us."
Uncle Lu Honghai nodded and said.
"Xiongba, let's go."
Lin Heng called Xiongba and took it back to the shelter.
He still had to collect his noose trap. The big wild boar he caught here made him very excited about his trap.
He laid the foundation alone, so if he got anything, it belonged to him and he didn't have to share it with anyone else.
With anticipation, Lin Heng returned to the creek, took a look at the shelter, and then took Xiongba to the swamp wetlands.
It took a long time for the man and the dog to arrive at the trap site.
"Well, at a glance, all three are empty."
Lin Heng didn't know what to say for a moment, and silently untied the rope and took it away.
“Did I choose the wrong place?”
Lin Heng was a little unconfident. In summer, this kind of swamp wetland with lots of grass should be the place where prey hides best.
But why do most traps yield nothing?
Suddenly, Xiongba launched a sudden charge and rushed towards a bush in front of him.
“Gadada!!”
A pheasant was startled and flew up, and Xiongba jumped and bit off a mouthful of chicken feathers.
"Woof!"
It turned around, blinked embarrassedly, and spat out the chicken feathers in its mouth. It was too difficult for a dog to catch a pheasant.
"Damn it, this pheasant is right next to me in the bushes and won't fall into my trap."
Lin Heng was speechless. This was simply a huge insult. He walked over and saw that the noose trap was still intact.
After collecting seven or eight traps in a row, Lin Heng suddenly saw something hanging from the side of the devil. When it saw someone approaching, it immediately began to struggle frantically.
"No way, such a small badger?" Lin Heng was speechless. How could it be just a cub?
This fellow was obviously born not long ago, about the same size as a one-month-old piglet, twenty centimeters long and weighing seven or eight kilograms.
“Ah!!”
Its hind legs were hanging, and when it saw Lin Heng coming in front of it, it screamed continuously.
Lin Heng found an angle, grabbed its neck, untied the rope, and tied it around its neck again.
"Did anyone disturb the cubs' nest in the past two days? First it was a wild cat cub, and now it's a badger cub."
Lin Heng was quite speechless. The badger cub was so scared that it shit its pants after he caught it in his hands. Fortunately, he was on guard, otherwise it would have been terrible.
"Go catch it in the backpack first."
Lin Heng placed it at the bottom of his backpack and decided to catch it and raise it. The badger cub was not bad either. When it grew up, it could be eaten as meat and its fur could be sold.
The backpack was quite deep, and the badger had no claws, so it couldn't get out no matter what.
"Let's go check the other traps. If there's nothing there, we can catch two salmon and go home."
Lin Heng was quite happy. It was good to catch it alive. Although it was a little small, it could be raised.
"It would be nice if we had a musk deer or something like that."
Lin Heng felt that the trap behind him might yield some rewards.
However, reality dealt him a heavy blow. After a series of empty-handed attempts, he finally caught one, but it turned out to be a giant dead rat.
"What bad luck."
Lin Heng was speechless and kicked the damn mouse away. A squirrel would be fine, but what was the point of having a mouse?
What he didn't expect was that what just happened was just the beginning, and what followed was a series of three big rats.
"Okay, Xiongba, do you want to eat it? I'll make a fire and roast it for you." Lin Heng turned his head and looked at Xiongba.
“Ouch!”
Xiongba was a little excited and said that he wanted to eat more. He turned around and went back to pick up the mouse.
"I'll roast it for you later."
Lin Heng didn't want Xiongba to eat raw food. It would be a big loss if he got infected with a disease. Not only would it be difficult to treat, it could also be transmitted to others.
Especially since his daughter Xiaoxia often played with it, Lin Heng decided to get rid of the pests when he returned.
Following the last Yan Wang Diao's air force, Lin Heng couldn't help but laugh: "Absolute, it's really amazing."
It's really difficult without any big prey.
Shaking his head, Lin Heng walked to the pool under the waterfall, made a fire, and roasted a mouse for Xiongba.
Looking at the little badger in the backpack, Lin Heng said speechlessly: "Why are you walking in front? Why not let your mother walk in front? I really want to roast you."
He felt that the one who caught the little badger should have the best hope. He should have caught a big badger, but the little one ended up suffering the consequences for his mother.
I thought there would be greater gains, but the reality is so unsatisfactory.
He didn't expect that the first two days after arriving here were already the limit of this climb. Although this wild boar was big, in terms of value, it was not as valuable as a big muntjac.
But hunting is often like this.
After catching three individuals weighing one kilogram and a few large stream groupers, Lin Heng dismantled the maze.
The fish was caught and the four roasted mice were ready. Lin Heng threw them to Xiongba. The silly dog cried out in pain from the burn when he took a bite.
He spit it out because it was too hot, lay down and watched, waited for a long time, touched it with a claw, and found it was cold before he started eating.
"Stupid dog!"
Lin Heng glanced at Xiongba. His stream grouper was roasted in two minutes, which was enough to fill his stomach.
"Let's go back."
After eating and drinking well, the man and the dog put out the fire with two pees, then they put on their backpacks and started back.
Life is so hard.
(End of this chapter)
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