Wild Boars Were Plentiful, Which Was Also a Problem

Six wild boars had been killed outright.

Lin Yuan glanced at the only one remaining on the hillside. The moment their eyes met, the wild boar leaped into the dense forest.

With the danger gone, everyone climbed down from the trees, including Liu Shan, who had been hanging from one.

Han Fei eagerly rushed over. He ran both hands up and down Lin Yuan's body, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Tsk, tsk, A Yuan, you're way too badass."

Lin Yuan knocked his hands away. "Talk if you want, but stop feeling me up."

At that moment, everyone looked at Lin Yuan differently. Some were grateful, some admired him, and some were curious...

One man had killed six wild boars with his bare hands, including a Boar King weighing around seven hundred pounds. No one would believe such a feat if they heard about it.

Lin Yuan removed his gloves. After that battle, they were already in tatters.

On his exposed palms, one could faintly see wild boar bristles embedded in them.

Lin Yuan frowned.

It was not because they hurt. He was worried about whether wild boar bristles were poisonous.

While slacking off at work before, he seemed to have seen a self-media article explaining that wild boars could potentially carry the rabies virus.

Lin Yuan turned his gaze toward Xun Ruobing.

"Your name is Xun Ruobing, right?"

Xun Ruobing was stunned. Seeing Lin Yuan's serious expression, she assumed something major had happened and walked over. "What's wrong?"

"I want to ask you something. Wild boar bristles aren't poisonous, are they?"

Xun Ruobing looked at his palm. So that was what it was about—he had actually been asking about this.

"Of course they aren't poisonous, but you need to disinfect it promptly. Otherwise, the wound could become inflamed. Come with me."

The two of them walked beneath a tree, and Xun Ruobing gave him some basic treatment.

"There happens to be purslane growing here. It can reduce inflammation and kill bacteria."

After treating Lin Yuan, Xun Ruobing went to examine the injury on Han Housheng's leg.

"Uncle Han, this wound is a little large. Most of my medicine is still in my backpack, so I can only bandage it for now."

Han Housheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "It's nothing. Being able to keep my life today is already a huge win."

After saying that, he looked at Lin Yuan again. "A Yuan, thank you for today."

"A Yuan, you saved my brother today. I won't say anything else. If you ever need my help, just ask."

"We're all from the same place. There's no need to be so polite."

"But seriously, did you start practicing these skills in your mother's womb? They're unbelievably impressive. Even my brother Shusheng was dumbstruck."

Lin Yuan smiled but did not continue discussing the matter with them.

Instead, he asked, "Uncle Han, what are we going to do with these six wild boars? How do we transport them down?"

The question stumped Han Housheng.

The six wild boars weighed at least two thousand pounds in total. Even if they hurried back without resting through the night, it would take nearly a day.

Besides, there was no way these people could transport that much.

Han Housheng thought for a moment. "Then we can only call for help."

"All right, Uncle. Help me call some people over."

"Then..."

Lin Yuan looked at Han Housheng's hesitant expression and naturally understood what he wanted to say.

"Just tell them that everyone who comes to help will get thirty pounds of wild boar meat."

"Isn't that a little too much?"

"Not at all. We're all from the same village. There's no need to quibble over so much."

"All right, then. I'll call them over."

"Also, choose one of these six wild boars for yourselves."

Upon hearing that, Han Housheng hurriedly refused. "A Yuan, that won't do. We already took the guiding fees from those people. Besides, you killed all six of these wild boars. We can't take one."

"I told you to take it, so take it. It's settled. If you don't want it, I'll dump it at your doorstep."

Han Housheng could not argue with Lin Yuan and could only nod in agreement. He would remember this favor.

Just then, Liu Shan came over with a spring in his step.

Looking at Lin Yuan, he said, "Brother Yuan, could you give us some too?"

Lin Yuan showed no warmth toward him.

"You want some? Sure."

Liu Shan's face immediately lit up with joy, but the next sentence twisted that joy into a bitter melon expression.

"Pay for it. I won't overcharge you—fifty yuan per pound."

Since he could not get it for free, Liu Shan could only say, "Buy, buy, buy. I, Liu Shan, am not short of that little bit of money. But I want the Boar King."

"The Boar King is one hundred yuan per pound."

"Damn, you're raising the price on the spot! Is its meat somehow more precious? It's still a wild boar, isn't it?"

Although he was a rich second-generation heir and was not short of money, he could not stand losing out. He could spend hundreds of thousands of yuan on a game without blinking, but if someone sold him a three-yuan can of cola for thirty yuan, he would immediately turn around and leave.

"Japanese wagyu and an ordinary big yellow cattle are both cattle, aren't they? Why don't you complain about how expensive the former is? I'm only charging you fifty extra for the Boar King, and you still think it's expensive? Buy it or don't."

After hearing that, Liu Shan felt that Lin Yuan's words made perfect sense.

"Buy, buy, buy. I'll take the whole thing."

"Deal!"

After the transaction was completed, Liu Shan happily went over to the Boar King. He could not resist touching it a couple of times, as if he had hunted it himself.

He then took out his phone and snapped pictures from every angle. As soon as he finished, he posted them to his social feed.

His friends quickly replied.

"Holy crap, Liu Shan, where did you get that?"

"Brother Shan, awesome! This wild boar must weigh at least six or seven hundred pounds."

"My god, is a wild boar this big about to become a monster?"

"Send me the location! I want to be the first to get there."

Liu Shan looked at his phone screen, grinning nonstop.

This was a huge profit!

Two days later, on the open ground in front of the Lin Family Ancestral Hall in Songping Village.

Han Shusheng was butchering a wild boar with a butcher's knife. His eyebrows danced with delight, and his face was glowing with happiness.

His brother was still recovering from his leg injury, so Han Shusheng had taken over the task of slaughtering the boar. Although his technique was not as smooth as his brother's, he was still a first-rate butcher.

By then, the open ground was already packed with people, and a large pot was boiling nearby.

The women in Songping Village who had not gone out to work had all come over to help. Some were chopping vegetables, some were washing them, and some were helping carry the plates...

That was how the village was. Whenever anyone encountered a happy occasion, everyone would come over to lend a hand.

At its core, rural society was rooted in clan culture. Although the rapid acceleration of urbanization in recent years had changed many things, such deeply ingrained traditions were not so easy to alter.

Nowadays, many of the young people from each household had gone out to work. They only returned home at the end of the year, leaving the village quiet most of the time.

Now that they finally had such a lively occasion, everyone was delighted.

As if that were not enough, several older aunts carried over two buckets of fresh vegetables. A few elderly uncles who raised fish in their ponds even brought over a large basketful.

At that moment, Han Shusheng shouted loudly, "Today, Brother A Yuan is treating everyone to a Pig Slaughter Feast!"

The villagers responded one after another, their faces brimming with joy as if they were celebrating the New Year.

They had eaten feasts made from domesticated pigs before, but this was their first time eating a wild boar.

Li Xiuqing sat with a group of older aunts, helping wash vegetables.

"Xiuqing, A Yuan didn't wipe out an entire wild boar den in the mountains, did he?"

"Shusheng said there was even a Boar King. He said it was enormous."

"Where is it? Why haven't I seen it?"

"Hehe, you don't know? A rich second-generation heir from the city bought it."

"Oh, right. Xiuqing, does A Yuan have a girlfriend yet?"

"No."

"Why don't I introduce someone to A Yuan?"

"Sister-in-law, don't you know A Yuan? He's been stubborn since he was little. If he would listen to us, I'd have been holding a chubby grandson by now."

"Xiuqing, you still have to talk to him. A Yuan isn't young anymore. Look at all the people he grew up with. Even the one who married latest already has a child."

"By the way, where is Old Gen's son's wife from?"

"If I remember correctly, she's from Nanyue Province. Her family is very wealthy. They even gave them a house as part of the dowry."

That was how the women in the village were. Once they sat together, they always had endless things to gossip about.

"The pot's ready!"

With the cook's shout, the Pig Slaughter Feast officially began. Everyone drank and ate meat, chatted about family matters, gossiped about the village, and discussed whose child had made something of themselves and who had struck it rich outside...

The village dogs—black, yellow, and white alike—had been waiting for this too. They wandered around one table, then circled beneath another.

The children who finished eating early began playing and fooling around with their friends.

That was more or less what rural life looked like.