He sighed, looking in the direction the rabbit had fled. He couldn't blame anyone else for his own incompetence.
When good fortune comes your way, nothing can stop it. She hadn't walked far when she heard movement in the dry grass beside her. At first, Zhang Hongmei was quite scared, thinking it was a snake or something, but then she heard the clucking of chickens.
I approached quietly, and realized it was a pheasant nest with several pheasants inside.
Zhang Hongmei scratched her head, wondering how she could catch them. After thinking for a moment, she took out the basket from her storage ring and put the wild vegetables into it.
Just catch them, every one is a freebie. He banged the stick hard on the hay, startling several pheasants into flight. He grabbed one with his left hand and used the basket to trap them with his other. Two more! The remaining three escaped, but this was already quite good. At least three pheasants were his, plus the eggs from the nest.
In my past life, wild chicken eggs were worth thirty-one catties each. Looking at so many wild chickens, there must be plenty of eggs. We're rich! We're in for a treat!
He took out a rope from the ring, but didn't know how to tie it, so he could only tie it to the pheasant's feet. Then he tied its entire wing. The three chickens tied to one rope looked quite comical.
I put the chicken in the crate. After checking it over, I realized the chicken I'd finally managed to catch had escaped again; I was probably mortified.
He tapped the hay with a stick again, but there was no response. So he dug it open and found a bunch of eggs in the henhouse, probably more than twenty.
Zhang Hongmei's eyes crinkled with excitement at the haul.
The girl was excited about three chickens and twenty-odd eggs. It wasn't that she was stupid; she knew that the money she had just collected from an entire country was just money, and she might not even dare to spend it. But these chickens were different; she could eat them immediately. The difference in their status was immediately apparent.
He put the egg into the ring, grinned, and continued walking back.
She actually wanted to find ginseng as well, but she didn't even know what ginseng leaves looked like, and she might not even recognize them if she stepped on them.
The way back was a little different from the way we came, and we ended up by the water. It was a natural pit, and the accumulated rainwater over the years had formed this pool.
Several wild boars were found drinking water, and of course, the wild boars also spotted Zhang Hongmei.
Terrified, she stood there, too scared to move. Good heavens, this must be a family; the two larger ones weighed four or five hundred pounds each, and the three smaller ones weighed over three hundred pounds each. This was just her own estimate, because Zhang Hongmei had no concept of four or five hundred pounds; it was just a thought in her mind.
She figured she'd better say goodbye to the wild boar family, since she was so small. She wanted to leave, but the wild boar family wasn't going to let her go.
The largest wild boar stomped its hind legs a few times, trying to gain momentum to kill him. "How can I let that happen?" he thought frantically, entering the space. He saw the wild boar already at the spot where he had just been standing.
Since it's a life-or-death situation, I can't just let it go like this. Actually, I just wanted wild boar meat, so I made up an excuse to take the risk.
He pulled out a stun gun from his spatial dimension and shocked the wild boar on the head. The huge boar was instantly brought down. The impact was so loud that the ground shook.
The other four wild boars were bewildered. What was going on? Why were they all down? Another large wild boar rushed over, and Zhang Hongmei also electrocuted it. It looked defiantly at the three smaller ones, but in reality, it had no confidence at all.
If they all charged at the same time, she really wasn't confident she could dodge them. And just as she feared, all three charged at her simultaneously. Zhang Hongmei quickly entered her spatial dimension, found the right angle, and knocked down the three smaller ones as well.
I wanted to put them all into the ring, but they were only stunned by the electric shock, not dead, and you can't put living things in the ring.
There was no other way, so I used the stun gun on their heads again. I was afraid they might suddenly wake up and cause me trouble. But I didn't dare put them into my spatial storage like that; if they woke up inside, would I still be able to enter?
So they bled them out and killed them (how ruthless).
I've heard that blood sausage is especially delicious, but I've never tried it before. I can't lift a wild boar myself, so I'll take a basin out of my space and try it in a bit.
Zhang Hongmei held a stun gun for self-defense in her left hand and a sharp machete in her right, aiming it directly at the wild boar's neck and slashing down. She couldn't see her own condition; if she could, she would be devastated—this vicious person was definitely not her.
One slash and it really drew blood. The wild boar showed signs of waking up, so I gave it a stun gun, and only then did it obediently accept its death.
She tried it and this one fit into the ring. Quickly, she did the same with the second one. Practice makes perfect, and her movements became increasingly nimble; she managed to collect the entire family of five. Time to retreat! Didn't the book say that the smell of blood attracts ferocious animals?
I've had a great harvest today, I'm already very content with what I have, so I'd better hurry up and run.
Zhang Hongmei was really running like crazy; she ran for about half an hour before bending over, holding her knees, and panting for breath. It was so exciting!
Once I felt I was far enough away, I started walking back at a normal pace.
Unbeknownst to her, less than ten minutes after she left the water's edge, she attracted three wolves. However, they sniffed around and then left.
The pheasant didn't run away during our frantic run. Maybe we should just kill it on the mountain. But then I thought better of it and decided to bring it back alive. I'll give one to Liu Maocai, one to the old lady's family, and keep one for myself.
As for the wild boar, we'll release the smallest one later, but how to drag it back is another matter. The villagers all came to pay their respects at Zhang Aiguo and his wife's funeral, and everyone stood up for me when I was bullied in Zhanggezhuang. Today, I hunted a wild boar and wanted to improve everyone's lives and repay some of their kindness.
After more than half a month of strenuous physical labor, being able to eat pork would satisfy my cravings and also boost my energy.
But how do I get it down the mountain? I really can't solve this problem myself.
I suddenly remembered that in the novel, the heroine would drag the wild boar back using a makeshift stretcher made of branches. But thinking about it, she definitely couldn't drag such a big wild boar back by herself. The knife wound on the boar's neck is easy to explain, but getting it back is a big problem.
As I walked and pondered, I arrived at Zhang Aiguo's grave. I released a small wild boar. I tried pulling on its leg; it was still manageable to drag me down the mountain. That made things easier; I could just walk slowly on my own. But I needed to keep watch along the way, otherwise, it would be troublesome if someone came to investigate.
Looking at the time, it was already five o'clock, and it was getting dark. Resigned, I dragged the wild boar down the mountain, thinking that I could let the wild boar roll down on its own.
Zhang Hongmei looked extremely disheveled. Her clothes were covered in blood and dirt, and her hair was soaked with sweat. Her face was also covered in streaks.
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