Chapter 15

“Ah” Qiao Dongzhi suddenly became a deflated ball.

Qiao Xiazhi comforted her, “Don’t be discouraged. If you don’t know how to do it, your second sister will teach you. It’s not a bad thing to study hard. Opportunities to make money are reserved for people with ability. If you don’t work hard, you won’t be able to grasp the opportunities in front of you in the future.”

Qiao Qiping looked at Qiao Xiazhi with satisfaction and nodded: “Xiazhi’s words make sense. Opportunities are reserved for those who have abilities. You can’t go wrong by reading more books.”

Qiao Dongzhi pursed his lips and didn’t dare to say anything more, fearing that he might get beaten if he continued.

As soon as the weekend arrived, in order to earn extra money with Qiao Xiazhi, Qiao Dongzhi finished her homework carefully. Although she got two questions wrong, she quickly understood them under Qiao Xiazhi’s guidance.

“Sister Xiazhi, I heard from Sister Dongzhi a few days ago that you are going to take her into the mountains to dig herbs for money this weekend. Can you take me with you? I can also help you.”

In the evening, Qiao Moli came to find Qiao Xiazhi.

Following behind was Qiao Xiaohua.

When Qiao Xiaohua heard that there was money to be made, she also wanted to join in the fun, “I want to go too.”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was scolded by Qiao Moli.

“Why are you, a little kid, joining in the fun? If you run into a wild boar, you won’t be able to run away.”

When it comes to wild boars, Qiao Xiaohua is still a little scared.

“You don’t have to let me go. You have to share the candy you bought with me after you exchanged the money. Otherwise I will… otherwise I will…”

“What else are you going to do?” Qiao Moli looked at Qiao Xiaohua.

Qiao Xiaohua immediately became timid, “Forget it, I won’t tell you, I’ll go talk to Sister Dongzhi.”

“Little guy, I can’t cure you.”

Looking at the two sisters quarreling, Qiao Xiazhi didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Qiao Moli was still doing well at the moment. After I talked to her last time, she had slowly changed a little.

Although it’s not much, I can only take it slowly.

“Moli, then go back and ask your second brother if he is free. Then we brothers and sisters can go up the mountain together to take a look.”

As soon as Qiao Xiazhi finished speaking, Qiao Daguo said:

“If we want to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars, it’s probably not possible for Erguo and I alone. We have to call Dad and Second Uncle as well. The four of us men should be able to do it. If it’s safer, call a few more people.”

Qiao Daguo understood what Qiao Xiazhi meant. The last time they saw a wild boar, they didn’t dare to approach it because they didn’t have enough manpower. If they had more manpower, they should be able to catch the wild boar.

“Don’t you have to go to work tomorrow, uncle?” asked Qiao Xiazhi.

Qiao Daguo replied: “We have finished weeding and fertilizing the rice fields. We can rest for another two days, but we will be busy with the summer harvest in two days, so we may not have time.”

The winter wheat is about to mature, and we have to harvest it while the weather is good.

However, it still needs to be raised for two more days before it can be harvested.

It’s a good time to go into the mountains.

“Okay, then let’s call Dad and uncle to come along tomorrow. We don’t know if we can encounter wild boars, so we won’t need to call so many people. We can catch some pheasants and rabbits to eat.” Qiao Xiazhi said.

This is perfect for the family. When the time comes, she can just summon a similar wild boar over. With her around, there won’t be any problems.

After discussing this, Qiao Moli went home to inform Qiao Xiaoshan.

Qiao Xiaoshan didn’t have any objection. He had nothing to do tomorrow, so he might as well go into the mountains to see if there was any gain.

The next day, the two brothers Qiao Dashan and Qiao Xiaoshan took a group of children and went to the mountains.

The youngest child, Qiao Xiaohua, did not go because she was afraid of wild boars.

After going up the mountain, at first they just dug some herbs and picked up some pheasant eggs. Of course they also caught two pheasants and three rabbits.

Even so, everyone was very satisfied. Since there were so few people coming, they had never thought about actually hunting a wild boar and bringing it back.

When it was almost noon, everyone saw that it was time for dinner and prepared to pack up and go down the mountain to go home.

Just as they were about to go down the mountain, Qiao Daguo said, “Everyone, be quiet. Listen, what’s that sound?”

“It’s a wild boar.” Qiao Xiaoshan immediately recognized the sound as a wild boar.

“Keep your voice down.” Qiao Erguo reminded quickly.

Qiao Dashan: “It should be in the bush on the left. There’s only one of them. Are we going to go or not?”

Qiao Xiaoshan thought for a moment and said, “There’s only one. Why don’t we give it a try? If it doesn’t work, we can just find a place to hide.”

Qiao Dashan nodded, and then arranged: “Then you three sisters should find a stable tree to climb up and hide. Xiaoshan, Daguo, and Erguo, the four of us will surround them. Be careful.”

Several people nodded, and Qiao Xiazhi took Qiao Dongzhi and Qiao Moli to hide in the tree first.

Qiao Dashan and his four men chose to encircle the enemy from the front, back, left and right.

The wild boar we encountered today probably weighed more than 300 pounds and had a bad temper. Even after being surrounded, it did not give up looking for a chance to escape.

But no one knew what happened. The wild boar seemed to be possessed by a ghost. It was clearly rushing towards Qiao Dashan, but in the end it turned a corner and crashed into a big tree, causing it to become dizzy.

He was clearly rushing towards Qiao Daguo, but his feet slipped and he fell heavily.

He turned around a few times, slowed down, and dealt with the four men for a few times, and was hit by a hammer each of them.

Although he wasn’t knocked unconscious, he wasn’t in any better condition either.

Finally, the wild boar picked the weaker Qiao Erguo, thinking that it would pick on the weaker one to butt against, but it butted him head-on and hit a big rock the next second.

Then he fainted with a thud.

The four men were worried that the wild boar was not completely unconscious, so they each added a few more hammers.

After making sure that the wild boar would not wake up for a while, he quickly took out a hemp rope and tied it up.

After tying up the four men, he sat on the ground, panting tiredly, to rest for a while.

“This wild boar is so ferocious. I hid in the tree and didn’t dare to breathe, for fear of scaring it. Dad, uncle, big brother, second brother, are you all okay?”

Coming down from the tree, Qiao Xiazhi hurriedly said.

Qiao Daguo’s hands were still shaking: “He’s fine, but he was pretty scared.”

Qiao Erguo agreed: “Of course not, look at how my hands are shaking.”

Qiao Daguo warned: “If you encounter wild boars in the mountains in the future, if you don’t have enough people, you should stay away from them. Do you understand? Wild boars are too fierce. Today is the first time that four of us have caught a wild boar. I was also very scared.”

“I won’t be so reckless next time.” Qiao Xiaoshan was still frightened at this time.

Normally, if they want to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars, they usually call several brothers from the whole family to go up the mountain together.

It is indeed a bit reckless for the two brothers to take care of the two children today.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

In fact, all of this was controlled by Qiao Xiazhi.

If she let them think that wild boars were easy to catch, wouldn’t it be dangerous if they ran up the mountain on their own when she was not around?

“Let’s go, let’s go down the mountain and go home first. We definitely can’t finish eating such a big wild boar. After we process it in the afternoon, we can sell some to the villagers at a lower price. Then we can split the money in half.”

As Qiao Dashan spoke, he stood up and found a thick tree trunk to lift the wild boar.

“Sister Xiazhi, my legs are weak.” Even when they were getting ready to go down the mountain, Qiao Moli was still frightened. She was trembling all over and her legs were weak.

Qiao Dongzhi was not much better.

Qiao Xiazhi laughed and said, “Who was it last night who was saying that Xiaohua couldn’t run away after seeing a wild boar?”

Qiao Moli looked aggrieved: “This is the first time I’ve encountered such a big wild boar.”

Qiao Erguo laughed and said, “I didn’t ask you to catch me, but you hid in the tree and were frightened like this. You look so useless. Come on, let me carry you down the mountain.”

Only then did Qiao Moli grin and climb onto Qiao Erguo’s back.

Qiao Dongzhi looked at Qiao Xiazhi.

Qiao Xiazhi said: “Let big brother carry you. I can’t carry you.”

Qiao Dongzhi was waiting for this sentence, and immediately looked at Qiao Daguo and said coquettishly: “Brother”

Qiao Daguo looked helpless: “Okay, okay, I’ll carry you. I really owe you.”

Then Qiao Daguo carried Qiao Dongzhi on his back, Qiao Erguo carried Qiao Moli on his back, and Qiao Xiazhi carried a basket of herbs.

Qiao Dashan and Qiao Xiaoshan carried the wild boar, tied the pheasants and rabbits on it, and went down the mountain together.

Return with a full load.

After coming down the mountain and entering the team, the villagers saw them returning from hunting wild boars.

The team immediately exploded.

“Dashan, Xiaoshan, did you two brothers kill this wild boar?”

“You two brothers are so powerful now? Can you two fight wild boars?”

Qiao Dashan smiled and said, “We also have the help of the Great and Second Kingdoms. We were just lucky today. We had no intention of hunting wild boars. We encountered this wild boar when we were about to go down the mountain. It happened to be a lone wild boar, so we tried to surround it, but it hit itself on a rock and passed out.”

“No wonder, I thought you two brothers would dare to go up the mountain to hunt wild boars.”

“That really requires good luck. If you’re unlucky, you’ll end up with a lot of injuries. But these injuries are considered minor.”

“yes.”

“That wild boar is so big, you two brothers will definitely not be able to eat it all. Do you want to sell some to the villagers when the time comes?”

Qiao Dashan replied with a smile: “Okay, you can come and pick the wild boars after they are processed this afternoon. We all know the price anyway.”

During normal times when farming is not busy, if someone forms a team and goes into the mountains to hunt wild boars, they are allowed to sell the remaining boars to the villagers. The prices are also regulated, so there is no need for Qiao Dashan and the others to state it explicitly.

In fact, there is a reason why villagers are allowed to go into the mountains to hunt during the slack season, and one of the reasons is to eat meat.

Another reason is that if the villagers can form teams and go into the mountains from time to time, the wild boars, roe deer and other animals in the mountains will be afraid and cautious, and then they will hide in the mountains and rarely come out.

In this way, the villagers living at the foot of the mountain will be relatively safer and the crops in the fields can also be protected.

If we don’t feel the crisis, those wild boars and roe deer will often come down the mountain to destroy the crops, and then all our hard work throughout the year will be in vain.

However, the villagers also know how terrifying wild boars are and will not go into the mountains to provoke them.

This way, we can maintain a relatively stable way of getting along.

Don’t come to our territory to act wildly, and we won’t go to your territory to touch you.

But if you run away, you can’t blame us for catching you and eating you. It’s that simple.