Chapter 105 Hunting
"I'm worried about you guys going there without any hunting experience, so your godfather and I will go together. We won't be afraid if we encounter a group of wild boars. Brother Qingcang?" Li Haoran said and looked at Du Qingcang.
Du Qingcang saw Li Haoran looking at him and nodded, "Okay! I'll go and help too. I'm really worried about these young people."
"Me! I want to go too." Yi Ke said anxiously, fearing that if he spoke too slowly he would miss out.
"Don't worry, I'll take you there this time." Ziyi picked a piece of chicken and put it into Yike's bowl.
'"Really? That's great! Don't worry, I promise I won't hold you back." Yike happily put the chicken into his mouth, feeling that the chicken was especially delicious tonight.
"Yeah! Eat more so you'll have strength to walk tomorrow." Ziyi calmly picked up a few more pieces of chicken and put them into Yike's bowl. Yike accepted all of them and put them into his mouth one by one without thinking at all about the relationship between eating chicken and walking tomorrow.
When Tang Jianguo and his companions heard that they could go hunting tomorrow, they began to discuss what tools to bring. Some said they carried bows and arrows, some said they carried spears, some said they carried machetes, some said they carried them on wheelbarrows, some said wheelbarrows were inconvenient and they couldn’t push them because there were no roads, and some said they carried them on their backs in baskets…
Everyone was arguing endlessly and was just about to resort to force. If Li Haoran, Zhang Yuling and others were not present, the dinner would have turned into a fight.
"Brothers, why don't we bring some nets?" Yi Ke, who was eager to watch the fun, also said.
The scene was silent for a moment. They all looked at Yike. Ma Youcai even asked the question that everyone was wondering: "Sister Yike, aren't we going to the river to fish? Why do we need a net?"
"Ah! You don't know? Didn't Brother Ziyi just say that there are a lot of wild boars there? Doesn't that mean that we might encounter a group of wild boars, and we can shoot them all to death with one arrow? If we don't use a net to catch them, where can we find them if they escape?" Yi Ke was also puzzled. Isn't this a common method used by ancient people to catch wild animals? How come they don’t seem to know?
"My sister is so smart! Why didn't we think of it? If we catch it with a net, then we can catch the turtle in the jar, no, we can catch the pig in the jar." Liu Bing figured it out at once and said happily.
“What a strong net that would require! Do we have one?” Ma Youcai suggested.
"Hey, you are so stupid. If one card is not enough, just use two or three. Besides, if we are caught in the net, let's poke it with spears." Liu Bing looked at Ma Youcai with an expression that said you are so stupid, and Ma Youcai was so angry that he wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight again.
"The method you mentioned is feasible. Let's do it tomorrow." Li Haoran made the final decision.
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The forest was a little chilly in the morning. In order to hurry on the road, we had no time to appreciate the scenery in the forest. In fact, there was no beautiful scenery. There were only towering old trees here. Big trees and small trees were closely entangled together, with branches and leaf crowns overlapping each other. You covered me and I covered you, and no one could enjoy the warmth of the sun alone; shrubs, weeds and some red, yellow and purple wild flowers could be seen everywhere; dead trees and rotten branches lay miserably on the ground; these dead leaves and rotten branches that had accumulated over the years silently shared the last bit of nutrients with the earth, nourishing the flowers, plants and trees in the forest.
The early birds were singing and laughing in the treetops; a hare rushed out in a panic, stayed for a few seconds, and then disappeared into the jungle in an instant, leaving no rabbit hair behind but only the exclamations of people. After walking for two hours, we finally arrived at the place Ziyi mentioned.
At this time, Ziyi, Yike, Du Qingcang and Li Haoran were used to trekking in the forest and were not breathing heavily. Tang Jianguo, Wang Hongjun, Ma Youcai and Dong Guoqing were all out of breath.
Everyone rested and had their meals in an open and flat area. They ate dried meat and pancakes and drank water from military canteens. These people were black market bosses, so why would they use bamboo tubes to store water? Whenever I think of the experience of using a bamboo tube to carry water last year, I feel so sad that I shed tears. After eating and drinking, several people packed their backpacks and were about to go to their destination, but Ziyi suddenly stood up and made a "hush" gesture to silence everyone, and everyone immediately quieted down. Ziyi rushed forward quickly, and then ran back quickly. It was so fast that it seemed as if he had not gone out at all and had been staying in the same place.
"There are seven or eight wild boars coming towards us. Let's encircle them as planned." Ziyi said quickly in a low voice.
Everyone quickly took their positions. Ziyi and Yike were in one group, Du Qingcang and Tang Jianguo were in one group, Dong Guoqing and Li Haoran were in one group, and Wang Hongjun and Ma Youcai were in one group. Everyone hid behind the trees, signaled to each other, and raised their arrows in the direction of the sound.
Just as everyone was hiding, they saw the trees shaking in the distance, and gradually they could hear the sound of a wild boar panting, accompanied by the creaking sound of branches being stepped on, and the sound of the wild boar rubbing against the trees.
The atmosphere suddenly became tense and everyone breathed softly, but Yike was not nervous at all. On the contrary, she was very excited as she could finally show her skills.
She looked at Ziyi beside her again and found that this guy was also not nervous, and even a little nonchalant. As the saying goes, "the more skilled you are, the more courageous you are", this guy is exactly the one.
When Ziyi saw Yike looking at him, he quietly leaned towards Yike and made a relieved expression. Yike smiled slightly and turned his eyes to look in the direction of the wild boar.
The most nervous people at this moment were Tang Jianguo, Wang Hongjun, Ma Youcai and Dong Guoqing. They had gone into the mountains to hunt before, but those were only small animals. Unlike these large animals in groups, and wild boars that were more powerful than tigers, everyone was fully focused, with beads of sweat on their foreheads.
Why are wild boars more powerful than tigers? It’s because tigers are smart, while wild boars are stupid and dull. Wild boars like to rub against tree trunks, getting covered in oil from the tree trunks. They also like to roll on the ground, getting covered in sand and stones, as if they were wearing armor. It is difficult to shoot an arrow through their armor-like skin. The two fangs on the side of its mouth were pointed and sharp, pointing upwards.
If you mess with a wild boar, it will fight you to the death. Its two little eyes stare at you viciously, and it bites and bites you with its teeth, trying to make you lose a layer of skin if you don't die.
A tiger's skin is not as thick as a wild boar's skin. An arrow can penetrate a tiger's skin, but not necessarily a wild boar's skin. Moreover, the stupid and dumb wild boar will charge towards you fearlessly regardless of whether it can win or not. The tiger is smart and will decide based on the situation.
Every animal has its shortcomings, and wild boars are no exception. A single pig can be very powerful, but a group of pigs are very cowardly and will be frightened and run away at the slightest noise.
Everyone agreed to shoot the wild boar's eyes first, so that the wild boar would not be able to see and would not run fast, and they could then kill all the wild boars. Ziyi and Yike decided to each catch one wild boar. After discussing it, everyone focused their attention on the direction where the wild boar was coming from.
The wild boars were getting closer and closer. Ziyi made a gesture to start and everyone started shooting arrows together. Each group was responsible for one wild boar. Three of the wild boars were blinded and two of them were shot on the spot with their legs injured and could not run away. These two wild boars were shot by Ziyi and Yike respectively.
Ziyi and Yike both shot several arrows in succession, but the wild boar was caught off guard, and as a result, its four short legs were undoubtedly pierced by arrows, and it fell to the ground with a plop.
The three wild boars that were blinded by the other three groups ran around in the woods, and the remaining two turned around and fled. Ziyi and Yike chased after one of the fleeing wild boars, shooting arrows as they chased, specifically at the pig's legs. Soon the pig could no longer run, so the two men tied up the pig with a rope and walked back.
Li Haoran also chased after the other escaped wild boar and quickly tied it back. The rest of the people worked together to knock down and tie up the wild boars that had been shot blind.
"It's too easy to catch!" Ma Youcai exclaimed.
"Sister Yike, I didn't expect your archery skills are so powerful!" Wang Hongjun came up to Yike and praised.
"Hehe! You are not surprised by what you see. Our sister Yi Ke is very capable. Do you know who got the cow for us brothers? Let me tell you, it was our sister Yi Ke who got it in the forest alone." Ma Youcai boasted, looking very proud of himself.
"Really? When I asked you guys, you guys acted as if it was a secret. I thought it was bought by sister Yike for you. It turns out it was hunted. Sister Yike, you are amazing." Wang Hongjun's eyes sparkled. "Sister, can you teach me how to hunt in the future? We went hunting before, but we couldn't find such large animals at all."
"What are you learning? If you find the beast, that's your death. You're stupid." Ziyi walked over and slapped Wang Hongjun on the back of the head.
"That's right. My kung fu is OK against ordinary people, but I'm just a piece of cake when it comes to dealing with wild beasts." Wang Hongjun touched the back of his head and said embarrassedly.
"You still have some self-awareness, why don't you go and help?" Ziyi said.
"Oh! Okay! I'll go right away!" Wang Hongjun obediently went to help deal with the wild boars. When Ma Youcai saw that Wang Hongjun had taken the lead, he quickly went over to help.
"Hey, Red Army, wait for me, I'll go help too."
"Brother Ziyi, they seem a little afraid of you?" Yike covered his mouth and laughed.
"It's good that you're afraid. Don't always be with them in the future. Girls should keep their distance, otherwise people will gossip about them." Ziyi looked at Yike and said seriously. What he really thought in his heart was that he couldn't stand the way Yike smiled so sweetly at them, but of course he wouldn't admit that he was a little jealous.
"Oh! But they are all brothers now!" Yike was a little confused. Although she knew that relationships between men and women in this era required special attention, hadn't she already acknowledged them as her relatives? Do brothers and sisters also have to... "Although you have acknowledged each other as siblings, you are not real siblings after all. Those with dirty thoughts will inevitably have wild thoughts." Ziyi blushed as he spoke. Was he also a person with dirty thoughts?
"Oh! Okay!" Yi Ke answered weakly. Damn it, time travel god, how unlucky it was for him to travel back in time to this age where people can't even speak freely.
The Great God of Traveling: I haven’t been scolded for a long time, I thought…
"It's okay here. You can do whatever you want. Just be happy. Just be careful after you get out of the mountain." Ziyi saw Yike's listless look and felt that he was too selfish. There were few people to talk to in the mountains. Alas! As long as she is happy, just be patient. Those brats can't stay in the mountains for a few days anyway.
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