Yunxi carefully took out the peach flesh she had used yesterday, grabbed it in her palm, pointed it towards the wild boar, paused for about five seconds, and then put it into her spatial storage.
After noticing that some wild boars had taken notice of this area and were walking over, they were slowly lured into the trap.
Surprisingly, some wild boars still fell for it. Yunxi would take out the peach meat every few dozen meters to show it off, and then put it back after a few seconds, gradually luring them over.
If there are too many, wait a while and then slowly disperse them. Once four large wild boars are following behind, stop dangling them and put the peach meat in your palm and run towards the trap.
Once we reached the location of the trap, we quickly put it away, as we were worried about attracting other wild animals.
As the wild boar appeared before him, a layer of vines sprouted on the trap, and he threw the small amount of fruit onto the vines.
Satisfied, he watched as the four wild boars charged over to snatch the small amount of fruit. Once he was sure they were all standing above the trap, he retracted the vines, and they instantly fell into the trap.
The wild boars were positioned as if it had been precisely measured; they were perfectly positioned below, just enough for four wild boars to stand on, but climbing up was impossible.
Even after they've all fallen, they're still searching for that last bit of fruit; they're really risking their lives for food.
The fruit pulp was still outside, which made me feel a little unsafe, so I quickly used the vines to pick it up and put it directly into my space before I could breathe a sigh of relief.
They quickly found some longer branches, placed them over the trap, covered it with some leaves, and prepared to go down the mountain to look for someone.
Anyway, I didn't see anyone else going up the mountain in the dead of winter. Even if someone saw these wild boars after I left, it wouldn't be so easy to bring them up. By then, I would have already led the villagers up.
The descent was exceptionally smooth, without any obstacles. We quickly made our way down the mountain and headed straight for my great-grandfather's house.
The door to my great-grandfather's house was never closed. It seems that the men in the village like to visit each other. When I entered the main room, the whole room was filled with smoke. If you didn't know better, you would think there was something burning inside!
After Yunxi went inside, she saw many familiar faces and quickly greeted them one by one, "Great-Grandpa, Fifth Grandpa, Seventh Grandpa, Eldest Uncle, Fifth Uncle, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, you're all here? It's good that you're all here, I need to talk to you about something."
Seeing his grandniece covered in sweat, Yun Deguang thought something had happened. "What's wrong? Tell me quickly. Is something wrong at home?"
"Grandpa, it's nothing serious. I dug a trap on the mountain, and when I went up to check this morning, I found a wild boar in the trap, so I came to tell you."
Those who were worried about Yunxi immediately became anxious, thinking how dare the little girl be so bold as to put herself on someone else's body; she was simply courting death.
I wanted to say a few words, but then I felt it was a bit inappropriate. They're all grown men, and I was afraid of saying anything too harsh. It seems I'll have to go back and remind my wife to talk to Yunxi properly.
"Yunxi, are you hurt?"
Yunxi quickly shook her head, knowing they were worried about her, and since she wasn't injured, there was nothing to hide.
"He's not injured. The wild boar is still howling in the trap; he's not dead yet."
"Everyone hurry home and grab your weapons, let's take that wild boar down first."
After checking Yunxi's body and finding that she was indeed unharmed, the captain was relieved and quickly told the other men nearby to go home and get their things.
Everyone inside rushed out of the house, each going home to get their belongings and looking for help.
Because they weren't sure if the wild boars were dead, they called for a few more people. Yunxi forgot to tell them how many wild boars were inside. Seeing that they had a lot of people searching, she felt relieved, thinking that with so many people, they should be able to carry the wild boars back.
Yunxi followed behind the brigade leader and Fifth Grandfather, and the three of them headed straight up the mountain, leading the way for the brigade leader.
The two of them were already moving quite fast, but they were still overtaken by their uncles who went back to get their tools.
Yunxi led them to the location of the trap. The captain looked at the place, which was even further than the usual pig feed cutting area, and his expression darkened. He thought that Yunxi was too daring to go to such a far place.
He had already forgotten about the prey and started lecturing Yunxi, "Yunxi, you can't run so far away again. If something happens, how am I supposed to explain it to your grandmother?"
Yunxi quickly nodded obediently, "Grandpa, I understand. I won't run so far anymore. It's just that I see everyone rarely gets to eat meat all year round, and everyone has been very helpful to me. So I thought I'd dig a trap to see if I could catch some prey so that everyone could have an extra meal of meat. You can just have someone watch over the trap from now on, I won't come myself. That should put your mind at ease, Grandpa!"
The captain nodded. What else could they do?
If it were one's own granddaughter, one would probably have already prepared a dish of stir-fried bamboo shoots and pork. But since it's a distant cousin's granddaughter, who is all alone, how could one bring oneself to do such a thing?
The others had already surrounded the trap when they saw it, and they were all very excited to see the wild boars inside.
Occasionally, you can hear wild boars howling. It seems their skin is really thick enough that they survived falling from such a height without dying. They are truly lucky.
However, judging from the weak and feeble howl, one could tell that the person was not without injury, at the very least suffering severe damage.
"Yunxi is really amazing. There were actually four wild boars in the trap she dug. She's so lucky."
"Yes, we dug traps on this mountain too, so why weren't we so lucky?"
Although I envy Yunxi's luck, I have no other intentions; I'm just envious.
Yunxi felt embarrassed listening to their praise. She wasn't very lucky; she just had a lot of good stuff, which lured them over.
Since she had already brought them to this place, Yunxi didn't plan to stay any longer.
The rest is up to them to get the wild boar up there and then back.
I originally wanted to say hello to my great-grandfather, but seeing him directing everyone on how to deal with the wild boar, I decided not to bother him. Instead, I said to my fifth grandfather, "Fifth grandfather, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now. I can't really help anyway, so I won't trouble you."
Despite his fierce appearance, Fifth Grandfather was quite kind to the younger generation. He nodded and said, "There are so many grown men here, why would we need a little girl like you? Go back now. We'll call you when it's time to distribute the meat. You deserve the most credit, so I'll make sure your grandpa gives you a bigger share of the meat too."
"No need, Fifth Grandfather. Just have the same amount as everyone else in the village. I still have two rabbits at home that haven't eaten, so we won't lack meat. Everyone, please eat more. By the way, Fifth Grandfather, I have a few rabbit skins at home, but I don't know how to process them. Can you tell me how to process rabbit skins?"
Grandpa Wu thought it was something serious, but it turned out to be just a small matter. He was very cheerful and generous, and besides, it wasn't a secret method; everyone in the village knew about it.
"You can tan it. Clean off the oil stains on the surface of the rabbit skin, then soak it in soapy water for a day and a night. After washing it clean, you can dry it in the sun. You can also smoke it, just like smoking meat. Hang it on the skin and smoke it. It's waterproof, insect-proof, and has a good warmth retention effect. You can choose whichever method you want to use."
Yunxi hadn't expected that something that sounded so simple would be even simpler to do.
"Thank you, Fifth Grandfather, for telling me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have known. I'll head back now and try to get those rabbit skins out as soon as possible so I can make a scarf."
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