Chapter 95: I Must Save Second Brother

As the male wild boar charged, a smaller female wild boar quickly emerged from the bushes behind it, and five piglets also charged towards Shen Zhengliang.

Shen Chuning: …

It’s over, what should she do!

She had seen Second Brother setting something up on the mountain, it should be traps for catching wild boars.

But they had only thought there was one wild boar, even if Second Brother was prepared, he probably only had tools for catching one wild boar.

But now…

It was a whole family!

“Second Brother, there… there are two big wild boars and five piglets!” Shen Chuning’s voice trembled, finally shouting.

As she shouted, she didn’t know where she found the courage, she ran towards Shen Zhengliang’s location with the wild boars.

She would try to bring Second Brother into the space.

Even if it exposed her secret, she had to save Second Brother.

Shen Chuning’s mind was filled with only one belief.

“Snap! Snap!”

At this moment, the sound of several traps snapping shut suddenly came, along with a wild boar’s wail.

The large male boar in the front, in pain, jumped wildly, finally falling to the ground.

But at the same time, the sow behind it was enraged.

It sped up and charged towards Shen Zhengliang.

Seeing the enraged sow, Shen Zhengliang also broke out in a cold sweat.

To ensure success, he had set up all ten or so traps he brought.

The male boar’s wild jumping triggered all the traps, regardless of whether they caught the boar or not.

Now, besides his homemade bow and arrow, a grass-cutting sickle, and a shovel for digging traps, he had no tools to attack the wild boar.

He took out the most lethal shovel, aimed at the wild boar’s attacking position, and slammed the shovel at the sow’s forehead.

But with a loud bang, the wild boar only stunned for less than a second before attacking even more furiously.

Meanwhile, Shen Chuning, in a moment of inspiration, picked up the traps that hadn’t caught the male boar.

Quickly opening and resetting them one by one.

“Second Brother, run this way, watch out for the traps!” She set up the traps, crying and shouting to Shen Zhengliang, who was blocking the wild boar’s attack with a shovel.

The sow hit the handle of the shovel Shen Zhengliang was holding, and Shen Zhengliang was instantly knocked away.

“Second Brother!” Shen Chuning shouted anxiously.

Subconsciously picking up a stone on the ground, she threw it at the sow.

The sow was thick-skinned, the stone hitting it was like scratching an itch, but Shen Chuning’s attack enraged it.

It turned around and charged towards Shen Chuning…

Shen Chuning was scared out of her wits, she didn’t care about anything anymore, crying and running frantically.

Shen Zhengliang, who had just gotten up from the ground, cried out inwardly.

Wild boars attacked in a straight line, Shen Chuning’s running direction was far away from the traps she had set, how could the wild boar be caught?

Ignoring the pain in his body, he quickly grabbed the shovel and prepared to help Shen Chuning.

Before he could move, he saw the wild boar suddenly seem to lose its direction and charge into the traps Shen Chuning had set.

“Snap! Snap…”

A series of traps snapping shut came along with the wild boar’s wails.

The sow fell to the ground, like the male boar, wailing and rolling down the mountain.

The five piglets also howled and chased after them.

Seeing that no more wild boars were chasing her.

Shen Chuning’s legs went weak, she sat down on the ground and began to cry loudly.

Shen Zhengliang used the shovel as a cane and quickly walked to Shen Chuning’s side.

Seeing Shen Chuning crying uncontrollably, he patted her back and comforted her, “Okay, okay, Ningning, don’t cry.

It’s alright now, both big wild boars are gone.”

Shen Chuning turned to Shen Zhengliang, crying without any image, “Woohoo… Second Brother, I was scared to death, woohoo…”

“Good, good, our Ningning is the bravest, if it weren’t for Ningning, Second Brother wouldn’t have been able to defeat that sow.” Shen Zhengliang patiently coaxed her.

Shen Chuning’s emotions calmed down a little, she sniffed and tried to stop crying, but she still couldn’t help sobbing.

Shen Zhengliang patiently waited for her sobbing to subside before helping her up, “Ningning, let’s go get those two big wild boars, the five piglets probably haven’t run away yet.

We’ll hand in one big wild boar, sell one ourselves, and keep the five piglets for ourselves.”

Shen Zhengliang didn’t want the big wild boar meat.

When the brigade organized the militia to hunt wild boars, the wild boars were distributed to the members.

The big wild boar meat was smelly, whether it was boiled or roasted, the smell couldn’t be covered.

In the past, their family, including him, his brothers, and his father, could only taste meat during the New Year, he was so hungry for meat, he could only hold his nose to eat the wild boar meat.

In the past few months, Shen Chuning often brought meat home, he wasn’t that hungry for meat anymore, and he didn’t want to eat wild boar meat.

Those piglets that hadn’t been weaned shouldn’t smell so bad, they should be delicious.

Hearing Shen Zhengliang’s words, Shen Chuning remembered why she came to the mountain to find Second Brother, she immediately sobbed and refused, “No, Second Brother! You can’t sell the wild boar meat, we’ll hand in both.”

Shen Zhengliang frowned, wanting to ask Shen Chuning what she meant.

He had almost been killed by the sow, and now he wasn’t allowed to sell even one of the wild boars!

“Second Brother, the authorities are strictly investigating the black market recently, you can’t go.” Shen Chuning continued to sob.

“Ningning, did you hear something at the commune?” Shen Zhengliang immediately asked.

Shen Chuning nodded, “Mm, the Revolutionary Committee came to the commune the other day, and the commune director held a meeting for us, saying they would strictly investigate.”

Hearing Shen Chuning’s words, Shen Zhengliang broke out in a cold sweat.

He had planned to take the game to the black market early tomorrow morning.

No wonder his heart had been beating so fast when he went up the mountain.

If Shen Chuning hadn’t come to find him today, and he had gotten the game, if he was caught in the black market tomorrow morning, he would be caught red-handed, and they might charge him with speculation or undermining socialism, he might be sent to labor reform or even executed.

Shen Zhengliang wiped the sweat from his forehead, “Ningning, Second Brother will help you down.”

When the siblings reached the first relatively flat platform down the mountain, they heard the two wild boars wailing in pain, and the piglets humming anxiously.

Shen Zhengliang asked Shen Chuning to rest far away, and he went to deal with the five piglets.

Dealing with piglets was easy for Shen Zhengliang.

He raised his shovel and knocked the five piglets unconscious with one shovel each.

He cut some vines and tied the five piglets together.

Then he hit the two big wild boars, whose feet were trapped in the traps, on the head with several shovels.

The wild boars wailed and fainted.

Shen Zhengliang picked up the tied piglets and returned to Shen Chuning, “Ningning, let’s go home.”

Shen Chuning’s legs weren’t so weak anymore, she stood up to go home with Shen Zhengliang.

But as soon as she took a step, she suddenly felt something was wrong on the mountain.

She subconsciously looked up at the mountain, it was pitch-black, and she couldn’t see anything clearly.

But she suddenly heard a faint “bang”, like a gunshot…

Her heart, which had just calmed down, was instantly in her throat again.

Her legs went weak again…