Chapter 228 Chapter 228 Wild Boar Feast
"No, it won't matter if I, an old woman, run away alone." Although the woman was old, she had been doing farm work for many years and her legs and feet were quite nimble. At this moment, the woman's legs were trembling, she held her husband's hand, and didn't dare to look back, but the voice behind her was getting closer and closer.
The young man turned his head and looked back. When he saw the huge monster chasing him, his pupils shrank and his legs went weak.
Seeing that the wild boar was about to attack, the young man could no longer run and fell to the ground in fear. The woman who was pulled back suddenly turned her head and almost fainted from fright.
With a whoosh.
The young man had already closed his eyes in fear at the sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air. The pain he had imagined did not come, but instead he heard the wild boar's sharp and painful roar.
On the way here, Xu Yunfan had already made arrangements. The sixteen of them would each target one tiger, trying not to let the tiger go back into the mountains, but to kill the big one first.
As soon as they came down the mountain and entered the village, they heard someone shouting that a wild boar was coming.
Xu Yunfan and others didn't have time to rest and immediately ran over here.
Fortunately, as soon as some wild boars arrived at the field, they started eating without saying a word and overturned all the baskets to the ground. Only one wild boar was probably a vengeful person. They were eating well yesterday but were driven away. Today, they were so hungry that they went down the mountain to find something to eat, so they could take this opportunity to avenge their previous humiliation.
Xu Yunfan aimed for a long time, and only shot the arrow when he judged that he would not make a mistake. The arrow hit the wild boar's thigh with such powerful force that the wild boar howled in pain and spit out saliva.
Seeing that the wild boar was about to get up, Xu Yunfan hurriedly fired the second arrow. When Xu Yunfan made his move, Xu Yi and others followed suit and drew their bows and arrows. There was no other way, the wild boars were very vigilant. If they did not shoot arrows at the same time, the other wild boars would immediately run away when they saw their companions were injured.
Needless to say, Xu Yi and others, who had undergone special training, naturally had good accuracy. The sudden shooting made the other wild boars panic and want to run up the mountain. Xu Yunfan and others did not bother to check the spoils and immediately chased after them.
After the young man and the woman were out of danger, both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law breathed a sigh of relief, their hearts that had been in their throats fell back, and they both looked at the wild boar lying in front of them.
At this time, the villagers who had run back earlier to call for help came running, each holding a weapon. They thought they were going to have a big fight, but when they arrived, they found that their heroes were useless. They stared blankly at the dozen or so wild boars that were lying on the ground with their legs raised, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.
My goodness, these wild boars were killed just like that? ! !
How can this be so unbelievable?
Lin Dashan was barely catching his breath, "Aunt, what's going on?"
"It's Doctor Xu and his men." The woman, having grown up and experienced many things, had recovered from her shock. "It's Doctor Xu and his men who have come. They're the ones who shot these wild boars."
"Where are they?" the villagers asked hurriedly.
"Some wild boars got away and they chased them."
"Ah? Village chief, let's go and take a look. It would be bad if Doctor Xu and Manager Xu were injured."
The men who came with Lin Dashan were all anxious. The villagers in their village could now have a job and pocket dozens of copper coins every day. Who benefited from this?
People should not be ungrateful. Even if they were injured, they would never let Doctor Xu get hurt in the slightest.
Lin Dashan grabbed the hoe and said, "Let's go up the mountain quickly. Auntie, we won't send you back."
"Hey, hurry up and go and take a look."
When Lin Dashan and his companions reached the foot of the mountain, they heard the sound of branches dragging on the ground and Doctor Xu's delighted voice. "We've made a killing! We've made a killing lying here today. We'll have to ask Village Chief Lin to send some men to help us carry the wild boar out!"
"Master, your archery skills are really amazing. This guy ran so fast, but you were able to hit him. That's amazing." Xu Shiliu admired Xu Yunfan sincerely. You know, it's not easy to shoot wild beasts running around in the woods. Only those who have practiced can do it easily. But Xu Yunfan seemed to have predicted the distance the wild boar would move in the next moment. Every arrow hit the wild boar accurately and without error, truly achieving the goal of hitting the target with every arrow.
Xu Shiwu also followed suit, saying, "Our young master is truly amazing. He truly is someone who makes a big splash when he does."
Xu Yunfan felt very comfortable being praised. He waved his hands politely and said modestly, "No, no, my strength is just average. I haven't used it for a long time, so my hands are numb."
Xu Yi, who kept an eye on Xu Yunfan, said: "..."
Is this modesty or self-boasting?
It is indeed the nature of a young man.
Several wild boars weighing dozens or even hundreds of pounds were placed on tree branches and dragged down the mountain. The villagers first praised Xu Yunfan and his group, and then hurriedly carried all the wild boars back to the village.
Xu Yitong talked to Lin Dashan and asked him to find some men to help them carry the wild boar out.
Of course, there was no problem with that. However, the problem was that Xu Yunfan actually wanted to leave them a wild boar weighing over 100 kilograms. Lin Dashan was embarrassed to accept it. "That's unacceptable. You guys killed the wild boars. We just helped carry them back. How can we accept them?"
Not to mention that Xu Yunfan and his men wiped out the wild boars and saved their food, Xu Yunfan gave them a job, so they couldn't keep the wild boars.
Xu Yi was not good at refusing, so he could only look at Xu Yunfan. When Xu Yunfan received Xu Yi's gaze, he couldn't help but frown.
It's so strange. Whenever Xu Yi looks at him, Xu Yunfan always has a strange feeling and feels embarrassed to refuse. He always has a premonition reminding him that this person is not easy to offend.
This premonition came out of nowhere, but Xu Yunfan's premonitions had almost never been wrong since he was a child. When he was thrown into the woods by his grandfather for training, he also relied on his premonition of danger to avoid several crises.
Xu Yunfan walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Xu Yi: "The village chief doesn't want the wild boar you left behind."
"Why not?" Xu Yunfan noticed Village Chief Lin's embarrassment. "These wild boars have eaten so much of your vegetables. Whether you keep the pigs for food or sell them, it will at least make up for the loss. Village Chief Lin, you don't need to worry about anything else. Let's deal with this matter separately. You have to keep the wild boar and share it with everyone else. No need to discuss anything else, okay?"
"Since Doctor Xu has said this, I would like to thank Doctor Xu on behalf of everyone." Lin Dashan bowed to Xu Yunfan, his eyes slightly warm.
Because Xu Yunfan gave them work and recruited people to make fish balls in their village, there were quite a few people in their family, but only he and his brother Lin Xiaoxi could really go out to earn money.
Lin Dahai needs someone to take care of him when he is lying in bed. The four children are still young. Lin Qing is busy enough taking care of the children every day and dealing with all the big and small chores at home. Only he and Lin Xiaoxi can go out to find work.
It was hard to find work as a man. Even the job of carrying heavy bags at the dock was highly competitive. The weather had been cold recently, and few people were willing to do the laundry. Lin Xiaoxi had luckily found a job, but he hadn't worked for a few days. Because the young master of the mansion was young and playful, his clothes were naturally dirty. The villagers only knew that dirty clothes had to be rubbed hard. As a result, the embroidery patterns on the young master's clothes were broken by rubbing them, as the threads had been pulled out. No matter what Lin Xiaoxi said, two days' wages were deducted and he was kicked out.
Lin Xiaoxi came back from the town crying, with forty cents tightly tucked into her red hands. It happened that Qin Run came to Dashan Village that day and learned about Lin Xiaoxi's situation. Qin Run then gave Lin Xiaoxi and Lin Qing a job.
Recently, the faces of the people in Dashan Village are filled with happiness, and they no longer sigh like before. Lin Dashan remembers these changes and keeps reminding everyone to work hard every day and not to be lazy or cheat.
Thinking of the troubles in life now, Lin Dashan couldn't help but lose control of his emotions. He wiped away a tear and said, "Doctor Xu, please wait a moment. I'll ask someone to find a rope. Go inside and have a cup of hot water. We'll go out together after we tie up the wild boar."
When they got to the main road, Sun Wu had been waiting for a long time.
Sun Wu brought them here this morning. After they got off the car, Sun Wu did not return to the village. Xu Yunfan told him to wait here. If they still hadn't come out in Youyang in the afternoon, he didn't have to wait any longer.
There was still half an hour left, and Sun Wu thought Xu Yunfan would not go back tonight, but it turned out that not only did they come out, they also carried out more than a dozen wild boars!
There were a few bangs. Sun Wu looked at the wild boar piled high and wiped his face fiercely. "My goodness, Yun Fan, you've wiped out the whole wild boar family!"
Xu Yunfan waved his hand. "No, didn't you notice that there are no adult boars among these wild boars? Adult boars are much bigger."
The villagers from Dashan Village who were helping to carry the pigs were frightened when they heard this. Fortunately, there were no adult boars among the wild boars. If there were, they would probably have injured more than just a few people yesterday.
A cart full of pigs was a bit too conspicuous, so the villagers padded the cart with several layers of straw and covered it with another layer to ensure that it would not be seen at a glance. Then they tied it up.
After returning to Dali Village, Xu Yunfan asked Xu Yi and the others to get off the bus, while he ran to the village chief's house.
Seeing Xu Yunfan coming over, the village head's husband quickly made him a bowl of sugar water and said, "Why are you running so fast? You look sweaty."
"Uncle, where's the village chief?" Xu Yunfan didn't bother to be polite with the village chief's husband. After all, they were too familiar with each other to be polite. He gulped down the sugar water and looked around to see if there was anyone. "Uncle, I need help from my uncle. Go over and help Run'er tomorrow. I made a big profit today. Tomorrow, all of us from the Qin family are going to the threshing ground to eat meat."
"What's going on? What did you do?"
"Today I have... a dozen wild boars. Tomorrow everyone needs to go over and help. Otherwise, we'll just have to rely on a dozen inexperienced men. That's not going to work for us."
Xu Yi and his team can peel the pork and remove the tendons, but cutting the pork and cleaning the pig intestines are professional tasks that require professionals.
Xiao Qin's yard is big, but no matter how big it is, it would smell too bad if he had to deal with more than a dozen wild boars in the yard. Xu Yunfan didn't want to make the yard dirty. Moreover, more than a dozen wild boars needed to have their hair scalded, so at least seven or eight large pots of boiling water would be needed.
The threshing ground is large, and there is a small river outside, so it is convenient to get water. When the time comes, it will be more than enough to build a few simple stoves, put up a few pots, and set out a dozen tables.
He kept the wild boar meat as a bonus, but he would cook the offal and bones tomorrow so that everyone could have a meal together.
In the past, basically no one liked these things that went into the water, but Xu Yunfan had capable people like Aunt Qin and Grandpa Fang, so was he still worried that the things he made would be unpalatable?
On the way back, Xu Yunfan had already planned how to eat and divide the food.
The village chief's husband was so shocked that his voice lost control. "More than a dozen wild boars?"
The village chief, who had returned at some point, asked as he entered the house, "What wild boar?"
Xu Yunfan then told them about the dozen wild boars he had hunted and how he planned to invite several families from the Qin and Sun families to work and eat together tomorrow. "Uncle, please go door to door and tell them to bring pots if they have them. I don't know how to do this kind of thing, so please help organize it."
The excited village chief patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, leave this matter to me. I, your uncle, will handle it. Don't worry."
Just like that, one night, everyone in the Qin family knew that Xu Yunfan had killed a group of wild boars, and men, women, young and old all came to watch the fun.
There was no way. They had seen many people kill a wild boar by chance before, but they had never seen a whole group of them being killed at once in their entire lives.
The Qin family was bustling with activity. Qin An and his children were very happy and gathered in the crowd to play with other children. Qin Run followed a group of young men and talked about something. With Xu Yi and others around, Xu Yunfan became the most idle person.
Qin Run didn't expect that Xu Yunfan actually brought him back several thousand kilograms of meat. Now, which man in the village doesn't envy him?
The Qin family, who used to not eat meat for three months, now has meat for three meals a day, and there is so much meat that they can’t finish it all. It’s only been half a year. Who wouldn’t be envious?
With the organization of the village chief, the threshing ground became busy early the next morning. Eight large pots were boiling water, and the young men were responsible for carrying the wild boar from Xiao Qin's house. Everyone divided the work and cooperated to shave the hair, open the belly, clean the pig intestines, chop the bones, etc., all in an orderly manner.
Three large pots were used to stew large bones, and the other two were reserved for Master Fang to cook. The villagers who were washing vegetables and setting up tables and chairs by the river were suddenly surrounded by a strong aroma, and they couldn't help but look at Master Fang.
Xu Yunfan wanted to keep the wild boar meat and invite everyone to eat the pig's offal. Naturally, the villagers would not say anything, even though they thought pig's offal was smelly and dirty. But since Xu Yunfan called for it, they were happy to come.
But now, smelling this aroma which is more fragrant than stewed bones, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva in anticipation.
A group of people were working and chatting at the same time, it was very lively.
The Li and Sun families looked over from afar, and they were filled with envy. Now that the Qin family had the evil spirit Xu Yunfan, they would never dare to provoke them again.
But why do I always feel so uncomfortable and uneasy?
In the past, they were the ones he envied in Dali Village, but now, they have become the ones he envied the most.
Xu Yunfan didn't know what the Sun and Li families thought. Today, his husband asked him to bring two jars of wine.
Since the noodle factory was established, Qin Run asked people to buy sweet potatoes from all over the place. The sweet potatoes are not only used to make sweet potato flour, but some of them are also used to make wine.
But later Xu Yunfan told him that sweet potatoes can be used to make wine, and so can corn. The corn wine made from corn has a mellow aroma and sweet taste, and sells as well as sweet potato wine. Now Yunrun Restaurant can sell several large jars every day.
The wine jars that Qin Run had people buy were very large, each of which could hold fifty kilograms of wine.
Xu Yunfan asked someone to move the wine jars to the threshing ground. One hundred kilograms of wine was definitely enough for these men to drink.
"Hey, something's wrong. Are there so few people in our Qin family?" Xu Yunfan sat by the fire, grilling meat and eating. When he looked out at the threshing ground, he realized something was wrong. "Why aren't there any children or old people?"
Grandpa Fang, who was waving a spatula, responded, "They are all at home."
"The dish is almost ready, why haven't you come yet?"
Xu Yunfan's words were heard by several people nearby. "Ah, are they coming over too?"
Everyone in the Qin family thought that Xu Yunfan was asking them to come over to help, so he invited them to dinner.
Just like during the Chinese New Year, when people come to help you slaughter the New Year pig, the host will definitely invite them to dinner. But if the relationship between the people who come to help is not that close, they will definitely not bring their whole family to dinner.
Xu Yunfan asked, "Aren't they coming over? There are so many dishes and so much meat today, can we finish them all? Besides, didn't I call everyone?"
Grandpa Fang looked at the cleaned pig offal spread out on a few large wooden boards under a tree by the river. "The village chief said there were only so many people here today, so Guozi and I only fried this much."
If all the Qin family members came, two pots of offal would definitely not be enough.
Xu Yunfan chuckled, "Then hurry up and call people to continue working. All the work needs to be done today. The Fang family and the Sun family are working for the Qin family. Uncle, remember to send someone over to call them."
"Won't you leave some?" asked the village chief.
Even though the weather is cold now and meat can be stored for a long time, there are New Year's goods prepared by Qin Run at home, and Xu Yunfan is a meat lover, so Qin Run naturally left a lot of meat. There is so much at home, it's too much for them to eat all of it.
Xu Yunfan: "Why should I stay? It's all done. I'll make a few more ribs. I'll ask An Ge'er to go back and get some sugar. Uncle Fang, could you please make us some sweet and sour ribs later?"
"Okay, I love cooking the most." Uncle Fang hadn't cooked for two days and he felt like he had endless energy.
The village chief had misunderstood last night, so Xu Yunfan didn't need to make any arrangements now. He called a few men to go back and call for help, and also move stools and tables over.
It was lively, it was really lively today. Qin Er and Qin San brothers had the best relationship with the Qin family. They went door to door with the village chief to call out. Although the old people of the Qin family felt sorry for Xu Yunfan because he had to spend a lot of meat on this meal, they wanted to come but were afraid to come. However, they had to give him face for Xu Yunfan.
The children knew that they could also come and eat meat, so they all ran to the threshing ground chattering.
When the old people came over, they saw the tribesmen busy in the threshing ground, and their faces were full of smiles.
It’s incredible!
Having lived for a long time, they think that the most lively times are the festivals and the most festive weddings. But now, seeing the situation in the threshing ground, they realize that there is no most lively time, only more lively times.
Xu Yunfan was also chatting happily with the elderly people in the village. He waved to Qin Mu to signal him to come over. Qin Mu, who was having fun with Xiaobao and other children, saw Xu Yunfan calling him and immediately ran over. "Brother, what's the matter?"
Xu Yunfan: "Go back and get a few bags of pumpkin seeds. They're in the sixth large jar on the left side of the entrance. Remember, seal them after you get them. Can Brother Mu complete this difficult task that Brother Gefu has given you?"
"able!"
Qin Mu responded loudly, clacking his feet together and standing straight with a serious expression on his face, "Don't worry, brother-in-law, I will complete the task!"
After saying that, Qin Mu turned around and ran home.
When several old people saw it, they couldn't help but feel curious.
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