"Father, look over there!"
As Yang Zhengshan searched for traces of wild beasts, Yang Mingzhi suddenly ran up to him, lowered his voice, and pointed at the bushes in the distance.
Yang Zhengshan looked up, and his eyes immediately lit up.
Wild boars!
Two large wild boars and four piglets—a whole family!
The piglets were only two chi long and had likely been born last year. The large boars were over one and a half meters in length, probably weighing three or four hundred jin.
Yang Zhengshan silently calculated.
At the price of pork in Anning County, those two large boars could sell for at least twenty taels of silver.
Wild boar meat should fetch far more than domestic pork. If he was lucky, they might sell for thirty taels.
Yang Zhengshan had not expected his luck to be this good. He had encountered a herd of wild boars so soon.
But wild boars were not easy to deal with. There was an old saying: first boars, second bears, third tigers. It did not mean wild boars were stronger than bears or tigers, but that boars were more hot-tempered. Once they encountered humans, they would charge at them like mad.
Moreover, wild boars were more numerous, while tigers and bears were comparatively scarce. Thus, to hunters, wild boars were even more dangerous than tigers and bears.
"I'll deal with those two large boars. Later, you go catch those piglets." Yang Zhengshan fastened his woodcutter's knife at his waist and pulled two Short Spears from his back.
"Father, wild boars are too dangerous!" Yang Mingzhi said worriedly.
"Don't worry. I'll be careful," Yang Zhengshan reassured him.
He was not stupid. Why would he face wild boars head-on? Even if he could take on two large boars, he would not risk it.