Due to his injury, Chen Wanbai did not go up the mountain in the next few days.
Mrs. Liu felt a little strange about this and couldn't help but ask: "Xiao Bai, why haven't you gone to the mountain these days?"
Chen Wanbai pestled cassava in his hand. He kept moving, and said with a relaxed smile on his face: "Mom, it hasn't rained recently, and there are no fungi in the mountains. It's hard to catch prey when I go up the mountain every day. I processed these cassava at home and made it into cassava flour. I can also reserve more."
The sun was shining softly, and Chen Wanbai was sitting on the wooden pier, with two wooden basins, one large and one small, in front of him. She held a thick wooden pestle in her hand and was pounding the cassava chips vigorously.
Again and again, a "dong-dong" sound came from the small wooden basin. After some pounding, the cassava chips become finely chopped.
Pounding cassava chips into powder is a time-consuming and laborious task, but Chen Wanbai enjoys it.
As she tinkered, her thoughts began to wander, and her mind began to think about the wild boar that she had shot. That's a huge sum of money. Now that her health is much better, how can she let it go?
But when she thought about the ferocity of the wild boar, she was a little worried that she would not be able to do it alone.
Man perishes for wealth, and birds perish for food. She wants both money and food.
The big ones will be exhausted, and the timid ones will be starved to death.
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After much thought, Chen Wanbai could not give up this huge sum of money, so she decided to ask Wan Chaogui for help.
The mashed cassava chips finally turned into fine powder. Chen Wanbai stopped the wooden pestle in his hand and gently wiped the sweat from his forehead.
She said to Ms. Liu who was sewing clothes at the side: "Mom, this tapioca flour is almost done, please clean it up."
"Where are you going?"
p>Seeing Chen Wanbai pat the cassava flour on his body, Mrs. Liu went to the kitchen, carrying a basket of cassava and heading out.
"I'll go to Uncle Wan's house ahead of me and I'll be back soon."
Ms. Liu raised her head and looked at the sky, frowned, and said, "Why are you so anxious? You can't Wait until tomorrow?"
Chen Wanbai waved as he walked: "I'll be back soon."
When he arrived at Wan Chaogui's house, Chen Wanbai explained his purpose, and Wan Chaogui patted his thigh. He responded: "Okay, let's go early tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, the night was still too thick to melt away, and the whole world was still dark.
Chen Wanbai packed up early, took a bunch of belongings, and stood quietly at the door of his house.
Not long after, Wan Chaogui, who was also fully armed, came over with a torch.
The jumping firelight reflected his excited face, and he gasped and said, "Let's go."
His tone was full of uncontrollable excitement, After all, that is the coveted field.Pig.
Chen Wanbai led Wan Chaogui along the rugged mountain road based on his memory. The mountain forest was filled with mist, and branches and thorns scratched their clothes from time to time. Chen Wanbai carefully explored the path, and Wan Chaogui followed closely. Neither of them dared to be careless in the slightest.
The two of them trekked all the way, and finally, at dawn, they arrived at the place where Chen Wanbai met the wild boar.
The wild boar was not here, but the messy traces and the overturned land told them that there was no mistake.
Wan Chaogui relied on his rich experience as a hunter for many years and carefully observed the traces around him. The hoof prints on the ground and broken branches all became clues for them to follow.
"Look at the soil here." Wan Chaogui pointed to some of the hoofprints among the messy footprints on the ground and said, "These hoofprints are quite fresh and should have been left yesterday."
This means that this area may be the only way for wild boars to pass through, or it may be a place where wild boars often stay.
Chen Wanbai squatted down and carefully observed the hoof prints. She found some small footprints, obviously left by young wild boars.
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She said excitedly: "These marks are very clear. It seems that they are going there."
Wan Chaogui nodded in agreement, "Let's follow these hoof prints. , it is very likely that they will find their lair."
Chen Wanbai followed Wan Chaogui closely, not daring to be distracted at all.
The two followed the hoof prints and went deep into the forest. The hoof prints disappeared and reappeared in the dense trees. Chen Wanbai and Wan Chaogui followed them carefully.
They climbed up the hillside and passed through a dense forest, and finally found a wild boar's nest in a hidden valley. There were thick trees and bushes there, and there were several large wild boars scattered around.
Wan Chaogui suddenly stopped, pointed to a cave not far ahead, and whispered, "Xiaobai, look, that's the pig's nest."
"We What to do? There are so many wild boars." Chen Wanbai lowered his voice and asked nervously.
"Don't worry, let's observe it first." Wan Chaogui said.
Wan Chaogui made a gesture, signaling Chen Wanbai to hide behind a big tree.
They hid behind a tree and watched the wild boars.
There are about four or five wild boars, two huge sows are lying lazily in the mud, a few small wild boars are jumping happily in the mud pit, and a few boars Working hard to support the grass roots.
Chen Wanbai's sharp eyes quickly spotted the two wild boars that she had shot before.
One was lying at the entrance of the cave. The arrow on the hind leg had been broken, and only half of it was still stuck in the pig's leg. Blood seemed to be oozing from the wound.
Another wild boarThe arrow on the eye was gone, and the injured eye was dry and closed tightly, with still wet blood around it.
"Uncle Wan, those are the two." Chen Wanbai pointed at the two injured wild boars and said to Wan Chaogui in an extremely low voice.
"There are too many wild boars here, we have to find a suitable opportunity," Wan Chaogui said softly, "You go up the tree first, and when you see the opportunity, shoot them, shoot them in the eyes, I Responsible for finishing the attack."
Wan Chaogui knew that Chen Wanbai's archery skills were not bad now, and it would be easy to shoot a wild boar in the eye, and he was strong enough to compete with the wild boar. .
Chen Wanbai was very obedient, nodded, and quietly climbed up the tree.
Suddenly, a big sow’s ears moved, and she seemed to notice something strange.
Wan Chaogui and his two men had been staring closely at the wild boars. When they saw the big sow raising its head and looking around, they immediately became motionless and did not even dare to take a breath.
The sow looked around and found nothing unusual, so she lay down again.
Wan Chaogui saw that Chen Wanbai had climbed very high and was sitting firmly on a thick branch. Then he carefully moved forward, squatted down, picked up a big stone, and threw it in the other direction with all his strength.
This throw was like poking a hornet's nest, and several wild boars roared and rushed in that direction.
Chen Wanbai's heart suddenly rose to her throat, and she clenched the bow and arrow in her hand.
The big sow leader immediately stood up from the mud. The other adult wild boars also became alert and began to drive the young wild boars towards the sow leader.
"Kill the biggest sow first, she is the leader of these wild boars." Wan Chaogui said softly to Chen Wanbai.
Although his voice was low, Chen Wanbai understood what he meant from his lip movements and gestures, and nodded in agreement.
She took out her bow and arrow and aimed at the huge sow. She held her breath, waiting for the perfect moment.
Suddenly, Big Sow seemed to feel something and looked straight in Chen Wanbai's direction.
At the moment the sow turned her head.