klisemfg Chapter 556 The Fierce Wild Boar
Chapter 556 The Fierce Wild Boar
Lu Yao is very good at judging people. Not to mention simple-minded people like Tie Zhu, he has seen plenty of business elites and bureaucrats.
He knew exactly what kind of people were and what their intentions were.
Judging from Tie Zhu and Liu Shuangyan's expressions, you can guess half of the truth. After talking with Tie Zhu, you'll know most of it.
Then, after a trick, Tie Zhu told everything.
Lu Yao sighed after hearing this.
He reached out and grabbed Tiezhu: "Brother, you must never tell anyone about this, it could get you killed."
Now that Tie Zhu had told Lu Yao, he seemed to feel more at ease:
"Hey kid, no offense, but Xiao Meizi is so pretty, she's already got enough for you, why are you dragging Shuangyan into this!"
Lu Yao looked at him and saw that although he was in his twenties, he was still immature.
He doesn't understand the adult world yet; who would make a choice?
However, you can't teach him like that; there are thresholds to being a womanizer.
People like Tiezhu are better off being honest and straightforward.
Giving him a word of advice is both a way of comforting him and an excuse for my own infidelity.
After everyone had eaten, Lu Yao organized another encirclement and suppression operation.
They killed seven more antelopes.
Excluding the one that was eaten, there were a total of eighteen.
They skinned and gutted the animals, then chopped wood to make sleds, which were then pulled by horses to go back.
Around noon, we arrived at the Wild Boar Forest.
Then look for the condoms and nets that I downloaded here before.
Lu Yao told Cao Erdan to stop the horse-drawn sled.
On the snow, their footprints had become much shallower, and some had been covered by the wind and falling snow.
"Collect separately."
Lu Yao is the leader of the team, and he makes all the decisions regarding missions.
"Goushengzi, Tiezhu, those snares and traps on the east side are yours. Wangcai, Youtian, you two collect the ones on the west side. Uncle Laoba, Cao Erdan, come with me to collect that net down the slope. Watch your step."
The group dispersed.
Lu Yao led his men toward the slope where they had set up the net that morning.
Uncle Ba was overjoyed to see Lu Yao, who possessed the demeanor of a great general.
Thinking back to the winter of the previous year, Tuwazi begged me to take him into the mountains, and he still looked like a child at the time.
Unexpectedly, after being guided by me for a short time, he soared to become the king of the mountains.
It has to be said that Tuwazi is a talented child, but his own guidance must also play a significant role.
Being able to train such a talented apprentice makes the master proud.
Uncle Ba was an honest man who didn't compete for credit or show off, but he also thought that Tuwazi's success was inseparable from his own.
Keep moving forward and find the net you set earlier.
Before they even got close, they heard a dull "thump-thump" sound coming from below the embankment, as if something was desperately ramming against them.
Uncle Ba quickened his pace, ran to the edge of the embankment, peered out, and whispered:
"We've got it caught; it's a roe deer."
Inside the net, a grayish-yellow roe deer was kicking and struggling frantically, pulling the net rope wildly, and the four corners holding the stone were almost loosened.
Cao Erdan quickly slid down the embankment, pulled out the short wooden stick tucked behind his waist, and smacked the roe deer's ears several times.
After the muffled thud, the roe deer went limp and lay still.
Lu Yao squatted by the embankment watching Cao Erdan untangle the net.
The roe deer is not big, only about fifty or sixty pounds.
The leather was slightly torn by the netting, but it was still relatively intact.
Just then, Gou Shengzi's excited shouts came from the east:
"The trap's caught it! It's a rabbit!"
Lu Yao turned his head and saw Gou Shengzi walking over carrying a gray rabbit that was still twitching slightly.
A commune member followed behind, also carrying one in his hand, with a thin wire wrapped around his neck, which was used as a noose.
He Wangcai and Li Youtian also returned from the west end.
He Wangcai was carrying two rabbits, while Li Youtian was empty-handed and shook his head.
"My sheath came loose, and I caught a tuft of hair."
Before he could finish speaking, a short, alarmed "howl" suddenly came from the woods to the east, followed by the cracking sound of branches being violently struck.
Tie Zhu's shout changed tone:
"Pig! Big pig! You've got it caught!!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then grabbed their weapons and ran eastward.
Rushing closer, they saw a snare made of thick hemp rope and a wooden frame, tightly binding the hind leg of a wild boar under a tree as thick as a bucket.
The wild boar was enormous, with black bristles on its back like steel needles; it probably weighed over 300 pounds.
It was dragging its shackled leg, struggling frantically into the depths of the forest, and the wooden frame broke apart.
"Hold it down! Hold the wooden frame down!" Lu Yao shouted.
Gou Shengzi and He Wangcai rushed forward and used their bodies to hold down the wooden poles tied to the birch tree.
But the wild boar was too strong; with a sudden flick of its head, the wooden pole cracked with a "crack".
Dragging half a log and a rope, it howled as it smashed through the bushes blocking its path and charged toward the denser woods.
"Chase!"
Lu Yao was the first to chase after them.
The others followed closely behind.
Wild boars can't run fast dragging logs, but the snow in the forest is deep and the branches are haphazard, so even a person can't catch up.
Tie Zhu, young and vigorous, ran in the lead and was closest to the wild boar.
The wild boar seemed to sense someone chasing it closely. Suddenly, it stopped abruptly, turned around, and fixed its blood-red eyes on the iron pillar, which was only a dozen steps away.
Startled, Tiezhu tripped and fell into a snowdrift.
The wild boar let out a low growl, lowered its head, and charged forward, baring its two tusks.
"Iron Pillar! Get out of the way!"
Gou Shengzi shouted anxiously and picked up his small-caliber gun to fire.
Iron Pillar and wild boar were almost in a straight line, so a bullet could hit a person if it was slightly off-target.
He hesitated.
In the blink of an eye, the wild boar had already rushed to Tie Zhu's side.
Tiezhu scrambled to the side to avoid the boar, which rushed past him, its tusks tearing through his clothes and exposing the cotton inside.
Tie Zhu was so frightened that he scrambled to his feet and ran for his life behind a big tree.
The wild boar turned and gave chase again.
"Spread out! Don't stay in one line!"
"Lu Yao roared. He realized the wild boar had its sights set on Tie Zhu, and firing now would be too risky."
Uncle Ba had already raised his carbine, but Tie Zhu and the wild boar darted through the forest, their figures appearing and disappearing, making it impossible to find a stable angle to fire. The veins on his forehead were bulging, the muzzle of the gun moved with the wild boar, and his index finger was on the trigger, but he just couldn't pull it.
Gou Shengzi tried firing another shot. "Bang!" The bullet hit the tree trunk in front of the wild boar, sending wood chips flying.
The wild boar paused for a moment, but was instead provoked by the gunshot to become even more ferocious, chasing Tie Zhu even more closely.
Lu Yao picked up a hunting fork and gave chase.
He stopped chasing in a straight line and instead cut in from the side, trying to get to the side of the wild boar.
Tie Zhu was already out of breath from being chased, and he had even lost one of his cotton shoes. It looked like he was about to be caught by the wild boar.
In his panic, he ran around a big tree, slipped, and fell face-first into the snow.
The wild boar howled, pushed off with its hind legs, and pounced through the air.
Just as the wild boar was about to crush Tie Zhu, Lu Yao suddenly rushed out from the side.
He gripped the long handle of the hunting fork with both hands and swung it in a wide arc, aiming for the wild boar's face.
Wild boars have thick skin on their backs, so if you stab them with a fork while they're running fast, the fork might just be pulled away by them.
Therefore, you can't just take a step without careful consideration.
With a muffled "plop".
The fork was bent into an arc shape, and Lu Yao's arm trembled violently, almost causing him to throw the hunting fork away.