"It was Uncle Dashan who hit it, and that's how I managed to get away with it," Li Xiyue quickly explained when she saw everyone looking at her incredulously.
Xu Dashan said, "My shot didn't hit its vital point. It was your last stab that pierced its carotid artery and killed it."
He had been hunting for most of his life, and he could tell how his prey died at a glance. This wild boar was killed by Li Xiyue, and he wasn't going to steal her credit.
Xu Guoqiang was filled with admiration. "Li Zhiqing can cure diseases and save lives, capture enemy agents, and even kill wild boars. I've never seen anyone more capable than you!"
Even Xu Xiangyang, who is usually taciturn, gave her a thumbs up.
Li Xiyue smiled awkwardly. The situation was critical just now, and she hadn't thought that much about it, accidentally revealing her strength.
Xu Guoqiang called on everyone, and together they carried the wild boar down the mountain, boiled water to scald the hair, and divided the meat.
As Li Xiyue descended the mountain, she was surrounded by the village aunties and older women.
"Li Zhiqing, I heard you killed the wild boar?"
"You're amazing! You can even kill a wild boar!"
"Li, you educated youth, tell me, how did you kill the wild boar?"
"Aren't you scared? That wild boar weighs five or six hundred pounds."
Li Xiyue was embarrassed. Who said it weighed five or six hundred jin? In such a short time, how many versions have been circulating?
"Go away, don't bother Li Zhiqing." Suddenly, Wang Cuihua squeezed through, pushed the other person aside, and squeezed herself next to Li Xiyue, her face full of flattery, "Li Zhiqing, you must be tired from hunting wild boars. I have some mushrooms here, you can take them back to nourish yourself."
Li Xiyue looked at Wang Cuihua as if she were a monster. What was wrong with this old woman today? Why was she suddenly being so attentive to her?
Could it be that they're going to give her a basket of poisonous mushrooms to kill her?
“Li Zhiqing, don’t listen to her, her mushrooms are poisonous.” Liu Qingju pushed Wang Cuihua aside and handed over a basket of mushrooms as well. “Take mine back and eat, mine are all top-quality swan mushrooms.”
Li Xiyue blinked. Had she seen wrong? Why were these two both trying to be nice to her?
What wicked scheme are you plotting?
"Liu Qingju, you're talking nonsense! Mine isn't a poisonous mushroom, yours is!" Wang Cuihua retorted, pointing at Liu Qingju and yelling.
Liu Qingju put down her basket, rolled up her sleeves, and was ready to fight.
The two started fighting over a disagreement, and Li Xiyue quickly left. No matter what they were up to, she wouldn't dare take their things.
Liu Qingju and Wang Cuihua, who had just finished their fight, were furious when they discovered that Li Xiyue had already left. They stomped their feet in anger, their goal unfulfilled. They glared at each other and left with their mushrooms.
Back at the educated youth settlement, after taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Li Xiyue soaked the clothes stained with pig's blood in cold water, planning to wash them later.
The villagers were quick and efficient in their efforts to get food. The wild boar meat had already been divided up, with each family receiving three jin (1.5 kg) of meat. Li Xiyue and Xu Dashan, who were the ones who killed the wild boar, received more, five jin (2.5 kg).
The three educated youths at the settlement had a total of eleven jin of meat. With the weather getting hot, they were afraid they wouldn't be able to finish it all. Besides, there were two jin of meat that Chen Chunlai had brought that morning.
Wang Jiaxing suggested drying it into cured meat for better storage, and Li Xiyue and Huang Xinrui had no objections.
Huang Xinrui traded half a pound of meat for a pig lung.
Wang Jiaxing picked a bunch of garlic shoots from the vegetable garden. For lunch, he had stir-fried garlic shoots with pig lungs and also stir-fried bitter vegetables with lard. The three of them had two dishes and a pot of rice, and they were quite satisfied with their meal.
"By the way, why hasn't Deputy Commander Chu come these past few days?" Huang Xinrui asked curiously while washing the dishes.
Li Xiyue was taking charcoal out of the stove to store for use in the winter. She said, "I don't know, something must have delayed me."
He hasn't come back since he said he was going back to town to take care of some things. But he's a soldier and has missions to fulfill, so maybe he's busy with his own affairs.
But when he suddenly stopped appearing, Li Xiyue felt a little empty inside. When he was around, she always felt exceptionally safe. Although she could protect herself even when he wasn't there, she just felt uneasy.
In the afternoon, no one from the village went up the mountain. Wild boars had appeared in the mountains, and Xu Guoqiang was afraid that there might be other wild boars, so he told everyone not to go up the mountain anymore. Moreover, Xu Dashan had set up some traps around the mountain to prevent people from accidentally stepping on them.
Wang Jiaxing and Huang Xinrui planned to go to town, but Li Xiyue didn't go with them because she didn't have anything to buy.
Taking advantage of the fact that the educated youth settlement was rarely deserted, Li Xiyue went back to her room, closed the door, and entered her spatial dimension.
The pills in the alchemy furnace were ready. Li Xiyue took them out, put them into a medicine bottle, and shook the small white porcelain bottle in her hand. The pills inside collided with the porcelain bottle, making a crisp sound.
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