Hearing that the wild boar was coming down the mountain, Li Donglai's heart skipped a beat.
The wheat at the bottom of the mountain will be harvested in half a month. If the wild boars are plowing like this, the harvest will probably be reduced by more than half.
The food supply is not enough these days, so when the harvest season comes, some members may go hungry.
Without his reminder, the village chief Qin Sanmin realized the seriousness of the problem.
His face was so dark that it could drip with ink, his body was as tense as a bow, and his big palms were waving up and down.
"Quick, quick, ring the bell!"
The big bell under the big locust tree in the village.
Whenever something big happens in the village, this big bell will be rung.
"I'll go right away!" Qin Shou replied and ran towards the village entrance with one bare foot.
Looking at Qin Shou's back, Qin Sanmin paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, looking anxious: "How about this, how about this. We are about to have a good harvest, and our Qinjiagou can live a prosperous year.
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"It's all over now!"
Li Donglai, who had participated in several wild boar driving operations, understood that even if he summoned all the villagers and armed with old hunting rifles to drive away the wild boars, it would be too late.
It would take at least more than an hour for everyone to gather and get to the bottom of the hill.
Such a long time is enough for wild boars to destroy the few acres of land under the mountain.
However, there is no other way.
Those wild boars are like small tanks on land, and even an old shotgun can only scratch their itch.
If there are few people, wild boars are not afraid at all and may even charge towards people.
Now if there is someone who can take advantage of it, maybe he can carry it for a while and delay the wild boar's destructive activities.
Although it seemed very dangerous, Li Donglai decided to give it a try thinking that he could save a lot of food.
These days, food is life!
However, first of all, there needs to be a guy who can take advantage of him and face the wild boar with his bare hands, which is definitely looking for death.
Li Donglai suppressed his inner nervousness and looked around.
When his eyes fell on a long gun in the corner of the back room, he narrowed his eyes suddenly.
By the way, the red tassel gun in the village chief's family was handed down from his ancestors.
A pole made of alder wood, a sharp spearhead, and a circle of red tassels around the bottom of the spearhead.
It is said that the village chief's father used this red tassel gun to kill many little devils.
This red tassel gun is considered the treasure of the village chief's family.
When Li Donglai was a child, he and Qin Shou wanted to take it out to play secretly.
It turned out that the Hongying Gun was too heavy and even the three of us who were young at the time couldn't lift it.
He could only carry it on his shoulders, but Qin Sanmin's father discovered him before he could carry it out of the house.
However, the old man did not scold them, he just said that the red tassel gun is used to kill enemies, not a toy for children.
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Li Donglai strode into the room, holding the red tassel gun in both hands.
The red tassel gun weighed more than 30 kilograms, its head was rusty, and it smelled vaguely of blood.
Li Donglai waved it, it was neither light nor heavy, but it was a good move. The red tassels suddenly bloomed in the wind, which was really bright.
"Uncle Sanmin, I'll go to the fields to chase wild boars first!"
Before Qin Sanmin could react, he rushed towards the hill with the red tassel gun in his arms.
"Oh, how come this child is just like his father!" Qin Sanmin stamped his feet anxiously behind him.
As the village chief, he knows the power of wild boars better than all the villagers.
If Li Donglai went to chase wild boars alone, it would be no different than sending himself to death.
Qin Sanmin hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth, took out a hoe from the house and rushed out.
"His father died to protect collective property back then. I can't let anything happen to this kid again."
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The temperature in midsummer was so hot that by the time Li Donglai ran down the hill, he could hardly breathe.
He squatted on the ridge to take a rest and observe the situation in the field.
In the wheat field not far away, large tracts of wheat had fallen to the ground, and the golden ears of wheat were trampled into disgrace.
A wild boar was grunting and running around in the wheat field, leaving a mess wherever it passed.
Good guy, this wild boar looks like a calf, now we are in trouble.
Li Donglai rested for a while, gained strength, bent over and walked towards the small woods next to him.
When he was still in the village, he once commanded the militiamen to dig many traps here.
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Three or four minutes later, Li Donglai walked out of the grove and pointed the red tasseled gun at the wild boar, "Ula, uh, uh, uh!"
The wild boars that were destroying the grain suddenly raised their heads and stared at them with a pair of ferocious mung bean eyes.
“Ula uh uh uh”
Li Donglai also swung the red tassel gun with a clanging sound, and the bright red tassel spikes turned into a ball of fire.
This angered the wild boar, and it decided to give up the eating activity and take an intermission.
A violent howl suddenly sounded, and with the sound of heavy hooves, a huge black figure suddenly lowered its head and rushed toward Li Donglai.
Li Donglai turned around and ran as fast as he could into the woods.
The wild boar was very fast. Before Li Donglai could reach the trap, a thick, fishy breath sounded behind him.
Li Donglai swallowed hard and turned sideways without even looking behind him.
He felt a gust of fishy wind blowing towards his face, and the wild boar's yellowed tusks could have rubbed against his head.
The beast couldn't hit it with a single blow. It stamped on the ground with all four hooves, and the land looked like it had been plowed by cannonballs.
This fucking beast is a ferocious wild boar!
This wild boar is almost as tall as him. It has ferocious tusks and erect black mane. It is a beast covered in rough skin.
Li Donglai bit his teeth until they hurt, suppressing the fear in his heart.
Seeing that the ferocious wild boar was about to charge at him again, he stood up like a carp, turned around and ran towards the trap.
Considering that the wild boar has a strong ability to sprint in a straight line, but is unable to turn flexibly due to its huge size, Li Donglai alternated his feet this time and ran in an S shape.
Soon, the trap is right in front of you.
Li Donglai took a deep breath, jumped over the edge of the trap with all his strength.
But the wild boar, which knew nothing about it, still lowered its head and charged forward, and with a loud bang, it slipped into the trap.
A roar came from the trap.
Li Donglai was sweating profusely now, and his clothes looked like they had been washed.
He propped himself up with trembling arms and looked into the trap.
At the bottom of the trap, which was more than one meter deep, the wild boar had its thigh pierced by a wooden prong. It was struggling upwards with its teeth bared, as if it was trying to break free from the wooden prong.
After trying it twice, he collapsed to the ground again.
However, it seemed that it hadn't given up yet, and struggled to stand up again, this time with a larger effort.
The wooden prong inserted into the soil became a little loose and began to sway from side to side.
It can be seen that it may not take long for the wild boar to break free completely.
This trap is more than one meter deep, and a normal wild boar will definitely not be able to escape if it falls into it.
But it’s really hard to tell about this large wild boar.
Li Donglai cursed fiercely: "I'm sorry!"
His eyes flashed with a fierce light, he raised his red tassel gun, aimed at the wild boar's neck, and jumped down.
"Bah!"
The red tassel gun penetrated directly into the wild boar's neck, and a stream of blood spurted out, spraying Li Donglai's face.
"Let you destroy the food, let you attack the farmland." Li Donglai wiped his face stained with warm pig blood with his hands, and desperately checked the red tassel gun until he was exhausted.
The whole person lay down on the dead wild boar, with their eyes facing each other.
It is estimated that this wild boar weighs four to five hundred kilograms.
Although he almost died, he gained a lot.
Such a big pig, if cured into bacon, would be enough for the folks in Qinjiagou to live a prosperous New Year.
