Chapter 163: Dealing with Wild Boars

When the people outside got ready, Nan Liu took out a fire stick and lit the dry firewood at the entrance of the cave.

He held a branch from a large-leaf tree and fanned it towards the entrance of the cave.

Thick smoke billowed into the cave, and the howling of the wild boar inside became shrill, but it still did not come out.

Logically speaking, it shouldn’t last that long.

They were wondering when suddenly the wild boar rushed out of the cave.

“Be careful,” Nan Wu reminded.

Nan Liu dodged and avoided.

The wild boar charged forward. The people blocking it were Su Yin and Nan Jingzhi, with Yang Dahe on the tree providing support.

As it barreled toward them, Yang Dahe’s arrow flew out. The arrow struck the wild boar’s neck but did not embed deeply.

When it swung angrily, the arrow feathers fell off.

Su Yin and Nan Jingzhi exchanged glances and understood each other.

Nan Jingzhi deliberately made a sound to attract the wild boar’s attention. As it rushed past, Su Yin sprang out from the side and rear, aiming her sharp long knife at its relatively soft belly and piercing it.

“Stab!” A cut was opened, and bright red blood spurted out.

But that didn’t make it fatal.

The wild boar was furious and turned its attention to Su Yin.

Regardless of the stab, Su Yin did not stop; she turned and ran away.

Yang Dahe, who was in the tree, immediately shot a second arrow at the wild boar to stop it and buy Su Yin time to escape.

Nan Jingzhi, who was hiding behind him, was waiting for the opportunity.

Blocked by Yang Dahe and Yang Dachuan’s successive arrows, the wild boar became even more agitated and charged toward the trees where Yang Dahe was hiding.

Nan Wu and Nan Liu rushed over immediately, but they were still a step too late.

The wild boar used its strong body to slam into the tree hard, causing it to shake violently. Yang Dahe clung tightly to the trunk.

At this moment, Nan Jingzhi emerged from behind and stabbed the wild boar in the back with the knife in his hand.

As it kicked its legs, he quickly jumped away to avoid being caught.

When Nan Wu and Nan Liu arrived, they took their positions to flank the wild boar.

The seven of them worked together, distracting the wild boar and trying to buy time for those below the tree to escape.

The five people attacking from below each found the right moment to strike. Regardless of whether their attacks were successful, they would retreat immediately.

They took turns attacking, wearing the wild boar down as it became increasingly exhausted.

The wounds on its body multiplied, and its strength dwindled.

As darkness fell and the forest grew dim, Yang Dahe on the tree narrowed his eyes when the wild boar paused to pant. He let the arrow fly instantly.

“Pfft”…

The arrow struck its eye, piercing it deeply.

“Ouch, ouch, ouch”…

The wild boar emitted a mournful cry.

Seeing this opportunity, Su Yin and the others sprang into action. Nan Jingzhi slashed its neck with his knife, while Su Yin turned to slash its abdomen.

Nan Wu and Nan Liu made two more cuts.

The wild boar could no longer hold on and fell heavily to the ground.

As soon as it fell, Nan Qi stepped forward and delivered a final blow to ensure that the wild boar was completely dead.

“It’s settled.”

Yang Dahe and Yang Dachuan climbed down from the tree.

“It’s getting dark. We have to go back quickly.”

“Okay.”

“Would you like to check out the cave?” Nan Wu suggested.

“Let me take a look,” Nan Qi said as he fashioned a simple torch and walked into the cave holding it.

The others went to drag the second wild boar.

When Nan Qi emerged from the cave, he was carrying seven or eight rabbits. The blood stains on the rabbit fur indicated that they had been killed by the wild boars not long ago.

“Oh, what a harvest!”

“Let’s go back quickly. The others must be waiting impatiently.”

They found two wooden sticks, tied the wild boar’s legs with tree vines, and then used the sticks to carry it back, making the task labor-saving and convenient.

Four people carried the two wild boars, while Nan Qi led the seven or eight rabbits.

Su Yin and Nan Jingzhi held simple ‘torches’ to illuminate the path for the group.

At the edge of the waterhole, as the sky darkened, everyone filled their water-filling tools. This was their last trip to deliver water.

“Why haven’t they come back yet?” Zhou Youcai said, looking very worried.

“Is something going to happen?” someone else expressed concern.

Old man Zhang replied, “Don’t talk nonsense. They are all capable people; nothing will happen to them.

Let’s wait a little longer. If they haven’t returned after one stick of incense, we will go look for them.”

“One stick of incense is too long. How about half a stick of incense instead?”

While they were discussing, someone noticed a faint flickering light in the woods.

“Look over there.”

“Are they back?”

Zhang Bingliang immediately shouted: “Miss Su, Mr. Nan, is that you?”

“Yes.” Nan Wu responded loudly.

After hearing their voices, everyone at the pool breathed a sigh of relief.

Both Su Yin and Nan Jingzhi are their leaders and spiritual pillars. If anything happens to them, the team will probably break up.

When everyone saw the seven people carrying things, their eyes widened.

“You, you caught those two wild boars.”

“Wow, two big wild boars.”

“You seven took them down.” There were many exclamations, especially from the people in Lijia Village, who looked towards Nanjingzhi.

The four of them were very impressed.

In their opinion, the four of them must be the main contributors.

“There is water here, so we will deal with it here.”

“Okay.”

Others came over immediately to help, setting up a fire next to the pool. Buckets and other items were readily available, and they were easy to clean.

Butcher Yang has long been eager to give it a try.

Everyone knew about Butcher Yang’s knife skills, but no one expected that Nan Wu’s knife skills were better.

The two of them were like a competition, handling the knife very quickly.

Others helped, peeling the skin and breaking the bones.

Let’s deal with the pig skin briefly first. Wild boar skin is a good thing and can be used to make many things.

Most of the wild boar meat is lean meat with very little fat.

On the way back, Su Yin and the others had already discussed the distribution of the two wild boars.

Although the two wild boars were hunted by them, they should belong to the seven of them. Su Yin found the wild boars, so Su Yin should get two shares.

Although this should be the case, they were all on the road together after all, and they couldn’t let everyone just watch them eat meat.

Therefore, they plan to distribute all the meat bones and pig offal to every household.

Meat bones stewed in soup, pork liver, pork kidneys and other pig offal are also delicious.

Farmers are not so particular about whether they eat this or that.

Especially in this time of food shortage, anything edible is welcome.

As for the meat, it was divided into eight portions, Su Yin got two portions, and the other six people each got one portion.

As for the rabbits, there was one for each person, and the extra ones were given directly to Nan Jingzhi.

There is strength in numbers, and with everyone’s help, eight rabbits and two wild boars were taken care of.

After taking care of it, Yang Dahe gave some pig water to the people who were helping today.

Old man Zhang waved his hands repeatedly, “No matter what, if I help you, I can’t take your stuff.”