There is a yard outside the house, which is not very big and is made of dirt. It is surrounded by a fence made of strips. There are five people sitting in the middle, two elders, a man and woman, and a child.
Next to the old man, a pile of mugwort lit up and smoke curled up, driving away mosquitoes in the courtyard.
The bright moon is in the sky above the head, casting down a sheet of pure white, like smoke and mist, dotting the mountains.
The surrounding mountains and rivers are connected, and a faint light appears in the jungle. It is the people living in the mountains far away.
Although it is such a harmonious place, there is a sense of heat in the air, and the cicadas on the surrounding trees are shouting day and night, as if they are scolding God.
The vegetable plot next to the courtyard had curled and yellowed vegetable leaves, and was dying. It had lost its former vitality, and the dry cracks on the ground were like fire, with cracks appearing.
"Answer, tomorrow you go to the Dragon King Cave to find some water and come back, and I'll find some herbs. This medicine can't be made without water."
After a brief silence, the man in his fifties said in a deep voice.
"Um……"
The old man seemed to be poor at words, so he just nodded and didn't say much.
"I heard that the sixth day of September is a good day. Several families in the mountains said they would go to the Dragon King Cave to pray for rain. Each family should bring some sacrifices. I will kill the chicken tomorrow. Then everyone will go together to see if they can pray for some rain.
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If it doesn’t rain, we will have to carry dry food on our backs and go to town.”
The old lady held a cattail leaf fan and kept fanning her grandson, her face full of kindness.
"Po, what will they do?
It’s been two days now and you haven’t woken up yet, will you starve to death?”
The child was eleven or twelve years old, with dark skin. His eyes looked into the room from time to time, but he was a little afraid.
"I don't know, you have been like that since you found them in the mass grave. We can only do our best."
The old lady looked at the back room with a different expression on her face.
"Hmph, hum..."
Suddenly, a strange sound came from the side of the yard, which made several people in the yard change their expressions and immediately stood up.
"It's a wild boar. The wild boar came to steal the vegetables again."
The little boy said anxiously.
"Answer, mother, come into the house quickly, quickly."
"Hmph..."
The only middle-aged man blocked the child and the old couple behind him and shouted anxiously.
"Boom..."
A large hole was broken through the fence made of strips, and a large wild boar more than two meters long appeared in everyone's sight.
After the big wild boar, two more wild boars actually appeared.
Seeing three big wild boars, the old man rushed into the room with his child in his arms, then picked up the hoe and rushed out.
The child's mother and his grandmother also quickly returned to the house, and the two men were the only ones left in the courtyard with weapons in hand to confront the wild boars.
"Huzi, you are no match for the wild boars. They are already crazy with hunger. Come back quickly."
The old lady stood in the room and shouted loudly.
"No, if this vegetable plot is ruined, we will have no vegetables to eat. We won't be able to dig wild vegetables for a month. We can't let them ruin the vegetable plot."
"Hmph..."
When the leading wild boar saw the two men in front of them provoking him with weapons in their hands, he couldn't help but scream, lowered his head, exposed two long tusks, and rushed over.
The big yellow dog in the yard was pulling the chain frantically, as if to help his owner.
The big wild boars in the mountains, not to mention one person, even three big men, are no match for them. There have been repeated incidents of wild boars injuring people in the news, and some even died.
"Go away..."
The man waved a pole and patted the leading wild boar.
As a mountain commoner, he knew that the wild boar was very hard, and if he slapped it head-on, it would definitely not cause any harm to the other person.
So this time he chose to slap from the side. As long as the pole hits the wild boar's face, its most fragile eye bones will be shattered, posing a threat to the other party.
But the two men ignored that there was not one wild boar opposite, but three.
So after the first wild boar rushed out, the other two wild boars rushed towards them like crazy.
At this time, the two men could no longer remain calm. After throwing away their hoes and poles, they ran directly into the house and closed the door tightly.
However, the wild boars were provoked and remained unyielding. The three wild boars kept hitting the door, making a rumbling sound, and even some soil on the beams began to float in the room.
"Dad, Dad, the house is almost collapsed, what should we do?"
The little boy hid behind the adults and shouted with a cry.
"You guys retreat, I'll do it..."
The middle-aged man shouted, turned around, picked up a torch from the wall, lit it quickly, then opened the door and jumped out.
At this moment, the middle-aged man was fearless. He knew that if he did not go out to lure the wild boars away, the mud house would soon be knocked down by three wild boars. At that time, his children and parents would have no place to stay.
After the man went out, the old man also ran out. The two held torches and illuminated the surrounding area of the yard even brighter. When the wild boars saw the flames, they couldn't help but retreat in fear.
"Go away, go back to your pig's nest, go away."
The man retreated to a pile of firewood next to the courtyard, picked up a bundle of dry firewood, placed it in the center of the yard, and then lit it all. For a while, the courtyard was filled with flames.
Several wild boars were frightened and fled backwards, but they did not leave. Instead, they swaggered directly into the vegetable garden and began to chew the cucumbers.
"come over……"
The man continued to approach the vegetable garden, trying to catch up and drive away the three wild boars.
But as soon as the other party reached half way, the three wild boars seemed to have gone crazy suddenly, turned around and rushed towards the man.
Therefore, I was closest to the vegetable garden. I dreamed that three wild boars were charging towards me, so I hurriedly retreated to the rear. However, the three wild boars charged very hard, and they arrived next to the man in the blink of an eye.
"father……"
The little boy cried loudly, and even his mother and the old lady began to cry.
Children in the mountains all know how powerful wild boars are. If his father was caught up by these three wild boars, he would definitely be gored to death.
"Huzi..."
The old man quickly moved forward, but he was old and frail. He stumbled and fell to the ground as soon as he took two steps forward, so he could only watch helplessly as three wild boars rushed to his son's side.
This kind of thing happens often in the mountains, but it mostly happens during the day and is rarely seen at night.
The middle-aged man quickly retreated to the pile of burning firewood, but the three wild boars seemed fearless and pushed all the pile of firewood away, and then approached the man again.
call……
There seemed to be a sudden breeze blowing in the courtyard. Just as the man was resisting desperately, a black figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
The black figure collided directly with the leading wild boar. There was a sound of broken bones, and the wild boar was thrown away and fell to the ground and died on the spot.
With one blow, the black figure rushed towards the other two wild boars again. Without any suspense, the heads of the other two wild boars were smashed flat, and their brains flowed to the ground.
At this time, everyone in the courtyard looked like the black shadow.
