Carrying the wild boar, the two men walked back along the mountain road in the dark. The flashlight was weak, making it quite inconvenient to walk.
It took them more than an hour to get back home. Lin Heng took the key, opened the gate of the yard and walked in, then knocked on the door and called Xiulan.
“Here it comes!”
Da Zhuang, who was tied up in the backyard, cried out first, and soon Xiulan's voice was heard.
"Wife, it's me. We killed a big wild boar." Lin Heng heard Xiulan's voice and shouted with a smile.
The door light came on, and the main room light also came on. Then Xiulan opened the door, looked at the two of them and said, "You have been tired for three or four days, and finally you have gained something."
"And it's not small. This pig must weigh about 200 kilograms." Lin Heng said.
"There are two more people who were beaten and injured. Maybe we can find them tomorrow." Lin Yue also said.
Xiulan glanced at the big wild boar in the yard, gave a thumbs up and said, "You are really good. The food is in the rice cooker. I'll get it for you."
As she said that, she went to bring over the rice cooker, which contained a large bowl of stir-fried pork with sour shredded radish and half a pot of rice.
The two washed their hands, took the meal and started eating it with big mouthfuls. They were already hungry after guarding all night.
"What should we do with this wild boar?" Lin Yue asked after eating half full.
"Let's leave them here for now. Let's ask Dad to find someone to kill them tomorrow. Let's go to bed first and get up early tomorrow to chase those two wild boars." Lin Heng said after thinking for a while.
"That's fine." Lin Yue nodded. This was the only way. It was only three or four hours until dawn, so it wouldn't break.
After he finished his meal, he got up and went back. Lin Heng took a cold shower and quickly went into the house.
The two hundred kilogram boar was temporarily hung under the eaves.
"Finally we caught one." Lin Heng climbed onto the bed and hugged Xiulan with emotion.
"You, you beat yourself up and don't eat it, just to let Xiongba beat you up, is it that serious?"
Xiulan reached out and rubbed his face, speaking softly.
"Wild boar meat doesn't taste good, but you can braise the pig's head and other internal organs. And you like to eat pig's stomach, so wild boar's stomach is the best." Lin Heng said with a smile, looking at her face.
The starlight coming through the window allows us to vaguely see each other's faces.
"Then when the wild boar is killed, I'll braise it and we can all eat it." Xiulan said softly, feeling warm in her heart.
Her red lips showed a beautiful and attractive curve in the dim light. Lin Heng leaned in and kissed her, which was warm and soft.
"Go to sleep sweetly, you have to get up early tomorrow to chase wild boars." Xiulan kissed him and said softly.
"Okay." Lin Heng didn't argue any further. He took her left hand and put it into the quilt and slowly fell asleep.
The next morning, Lin Heng woke up at dawn. After washing his face, he ran to Hongfeng Mountain to inform his parents.
It was just dawn and his parents had just gotten up. Lin Heng opened the door and walked in. Several dogs ran over and surrounded him.
"Dad, come and help me kill the pig. We killed a 200-pound boar last night." Lin Heng said to his father.
"Did he really hit it?" Father Lin asked in shock.
Lin Heng nodded and said, "Yes, we are going to chase the other two. The other two are also injured. Go and kill the one in the house. It doesn't matter if you pluck its fur or not. I'm going to feed it to the dog anyway."
"Then you guys go, your mother and I will take care of it." Father Lin nodded.
"Okay, I'll go up the mountain with my brother when I get back."
Lin Heng left after he finished speaking, without having time to pay attention to the dogs circling around him.
When he got home, Xiulan had already prepared half of the breakfast. She looked at Lin Heng and said, "Let's go after we have dinner. It won't take too much time."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement, not being too anxious.
After helping to heat up the milk, he called Xiaoxia to get up and eat.
When his eldest brother came over and he was about to leave, his parents also came over and were shocked to see the hanging wild boar.
"It would be a waste to let dogs eat such a big wild boar. We can kill a good person and eat him." Mother Lin said while looking at the wild boar.
Lin Heng was speechless. This wild boar meat was indeed delicious in the past few years when there was no meat to eat, but it is really inedible now, especially the boar meat, the fishy smell is impossible to get rid of.
Damn, this is my old habit of saving money again.
"Just help me deal with it. We'll go up the mountain first." Lin Heng didn't argue with him. He said this and went into the mountain with his elder brother.
This time he brought Xiongba and the small dog Fengshou, and the eldest brother brought the big yellow dog Haoyun. The probability of finding the treasure if the three dogs work together in the mountains is greater.
"It's going to rain in this weather!" Lin Yue said on the way up the mountain.
The clouds are very thick today, and there is a strong wind blowing in the mountains. The trees are rustling in the wind, and the leaves are turning white, like reflective fish scales.
"I don't think it will rain today. If it does, there's nothing we can do but run back." Lin Heng said with a smile.
It would be a shame not to track the injured wild boar, so we have to give it a try no matter what.
Lin Yue also nodded, and the two quickened their pace. They soon arrived at the sweet potato field and found the direction in which the wild boar escaped last night.
At this time, the three dogs came into play. They smelled the blood and chased after them immediately.
The chase lasted the whole morning. The dog was tired and there was some blood on the ground.
They were only chasing one of them now, as the other blood trail disappeared not far away. The two men judged that the wild boar was not seriously injured and should be difficult to chase.
The one with bloodstains is more seriously injured, so there should be hope.
Lin Heng took some instant noodles he brought with him and shared them with his elder brother, then continued tracking.
"Look! A wild boar!"
At around one o'clock in the afternoon, Lin Heng suddenly stopped and pointed at a wild boar lying under a distant tree.
“Woof woof!!”
“Woof!!”
The three dogs immediately chased after it and surrounded it from three directions.
However, the wild boar didn't even stand up, but just made a few grunts.
After being bitten by the dog, the wild boar died completely before Lin Heng and the others could get close.
"This is a little wild boar. It can run so far." Lin Yue looked at it and shook his head.
This wild boar looks to weigh about 80 or 90 kilograms and is no more than two years old.
"Of course, it escaped for its life." Lin Heng said with a smile, and went to pour the wild boar's blood for the three dogs to drink.
After the blood had dried, the two men tied the wild boar up with kudzu vines and carried it back with wooden sticks.
It was already 5:20 when the two returned home. The villagers saw that they had caught a wild boar and praised and envied them.
Lin Heng and Lin Yue smiled and said a few words before quickly returning home.
"You guys really got another one."
Xiulan was shocked when she saw Lin Heng and the other man carrying a wild boar in.
"Where are my parents?" Lin Heng asked, shaking off the sweat on his face as he left the wild boar.
"After they killed the wild boar, they went back to feed the cattle, sheep and shrimps." Xiulan said as she poured a glass of water for them.
"Okay then. I'll ask them to come and help later. You go boil some water and prepare the pork soup." Lin Heng nodded and said.
"You guys eat first. The臊子 is ready. I'll go get the noodles." Xiulan said.
"Yeah, I'm very hungry." Lin Heng nodded repeatedly.
He first went to the backyard to get some water and took a cold shower. When he came back, Xiulan's noodles were ready. He called his eldest brother over to eat the noodles, and then they began to process the pig.
After the water was boiled, Lin Heng called his parents over to help, and it was easy to catch and kill the monster with just a few people from his family.
"This little pig is okay." Lin Heng nodded and said that this little wild boar can still be eaten.
But the most valuable are the pig offal and pig head. They taste very fragrant after being braised and are more delicious than meat.
The two brothers divided everything equally. Lin Heng took more wild boar meat and fed it to the dog on the spot, and put the rest in the freezer to feed the dog later.
The internal organs have been processed and Xiulan will braise them tomorrow morning.
In the evening they fried some wild boar meat and drank some rice wine.
After the parents left, Lin Heng coaxed the child to sleep and couldn't wait to lie down.
I didn't get much sleep during the past four or five days of hunting wild boars, and now I feel very sleepy all over.
"Let me give you a massage."
Xiulan saw that he was tired, so she knelt beside him and massaged his body.
Lin Heng hummed, and soon fell asleep under Xiulan's comfortable massage.
"Well, tomorrow we..."
When Xiulan talked to Lin Heng and saw that he didn't respond, she realized that he had fallen asleep and a look of helplessness appeared on her face.
It took her a lot of effort to turn him over and put her hands in place to avoid getting them numb from the pressure.
After taking a look at the sleeping Lin Heng, she reached out to cover him with the quilt, then lay down beside him.
The next morning, when Lin Heng woke up, he heard the sound of water splashing outside. He walked to the window and saw that it had started raining outside.
The continuous autumn rain is like a big net that covers the entire world, and nothing living thing can escape.
"It's already half past nine." Lin Heng glanced at his watch, quickly put on his clothes and ran out to pee.
When he arrived at the main room, the aroma of marinade was already coming from the kitchen, and his two sons were playing with toys on the sofa.
"Wife, why didn't you call me?" Lin Heng walked into the kitchen and said with a smile.
Xiulan smiled and said, "It's nothing important. It's good for your health if you rest for a while. I've already sent Xiaoxia to school. Your breakfast is being heated in the rice cooker."
"Thank you, wife." Lin Heng felt warm in his heart. He opened the rice cooker, which contained hot pure milk and two boiled eggs.
Lin Heng took it out and ate it, then prepared to go into the kitchen to help.
But before he went in, Xiulan came out and grabbed him and said, "Just braise the offal. Let's work together to clean up the two pig heads and braise them together this afternoon."
"Okay." Lin Heng nodded in agreement and took out his tempered steel dagger to peel the pig's head.
Today, Xiulan was wearing the black long-sleeved dress that we bought when we went to the city together a few days ago. She was wearing a pair of black sandals. Her hair was tied into two braids, one hanging down from each shoulder. She looked pure and fresh.
Lin Heng brought the pig's head over, first made a fire to burn the pig clean, and then peeled off the entire pig's skin.
The remaining pig skull and some meat were given to the dog. Now that there is no shortage of food, I am too lazy to deal with them.
Lin Heng was the leader, and Xiulan was pulling the pieces with her hands beside them. They were busy until noon before they finished cleaning up the two pig heads.
"The internal organs should be braised. I'll go take them out. You can go pick up your daughter from school and bring her back for dinner." Xiulan said while washing her hands.
"good."
Lin Heng wore rain boots and carried a big umbrella to pick up his daughter from school.
"dad!!"
As soon as Xiaoxia saw him after school, she rushed over.
"Don't step on the mud, Daddy will carry you back." Lin Heng held his daughter and said with a smile.
"Okay, I like it most when my dad carries me on his back." Xiaoxia jumped high with joy.
Lin Heng carried her on his back and went home holding an umbrella.
In the room, Xiulan had already cut a lot of braised pig offal and prepared the dipping sauce.
"Mom." Xiaoxia got off Lin Heng and hugged her mother's long legs again.
"Let's try the braised dishes first, and then I'll make you some braised noodles." Xiulan said, touching her head.
"good."
Xiaoxia was already hungry, so she sat down and started eating.
Lin Heng also picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, then nodded and said, "It's still just as delicious."
The braised pig intestines are fragrant and chewy, and taste very good.
"Then eat more, I'll go and prepare it for you." Xiulan said with a smile.
Lin Heng pulled her down to sit down, picked up three slices of pig stomach and fed them to her, saying, "You eat first, I'll do the rest, don't worry."
Xiulan ate the pork belly slices and didn't argue with Lin Heng. Lin Heng went to cook the noodles, and Xiulan came over and added a little braised soup to make braised noodles.
In the afternoon, Lin Heng sent Caiyun to school, and came back to braise the pig's head that was not braised in the morning with Xiulan.
It is still raining outside. It is obvious that this is a continuous autumn rain that will not stop for a while.
After braising the pig's head in the pot, Lin Heng burned some charcoal and put it in the ceramic stove to make tea.
He made some health-preserving Polygonatum tea for himself and made a cup of saffron tea for Xiulan.
After drinking tea, he completed the exercise he had not completed in the morning.
By the time Xiaoxia got home from school in the afternoon, the pig's head was ready. Lin Heng gave the portion that belonged to his eldest brother to them, and also gave his parents some of their favorite food.
The rain was still falling, and Lin Heng went back home after delivering the things.
This autumn rain only lasted for one day, but it quickly suppressed the summer heat.
"When it rains, all the chestnuts will fall. I don't expect to pick up mushrooms. Let's go pick chestnuts together then."
While resting at night, Xiulan hugged Lin Heng and said.
In this rain, they have covered themselves with quilts and huddled together to keep warm.
"Okay." Lin Heng looked at her and nodded in agreement, then leaned towards her red lips.
Seeing his actions, Xiulan quietly put her arms around his neck.
The intermittent autumn rain fell for seven days in a row. At first, it seemed fine, but gradually, I began to feel irritated.
Listening to music can't relieve it. I hate that everything in the world is wet.
Lin Heng was bored so he squeezed a lot of apple juice to share with everyone and also made some barbecue.
The two dogs, Xiongba and Dazhuang, have been eating well recently. They have meat for every meal, and their fur has become visibly smoother.
Time quickly came to October 29th, and the rain finally stopped that morning.
When Lin Heng got up in the morning, he couldn't wait to run to the front yard to feel the refreshing feeling of not raining.
He did fifty push-ups in one breath, and not satisfied yet, he did a hundred squats, and then started practicing the Eight Sutras Kung Fu.
Xiulan was also exercising nearby. She hadn't been outdoors for a long time and felt uncomfortable all over.
Humans cannot live without nature.
At noon, the sun finally came out, shining warmly on the earth, and people all brought their benches out to bask in the sun.
(End of this chapter)
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