Chapter 55: The Little Patriarch of the Hunt (I)
In the sorghum field, a small brown thing moved around.
Gui Chongyang's eyes immediately widened, and he tiptoed forward, and it turned out to be a small brown wild boar that was not much bigger than the Lantern Festival.
Gui Chongyang has eaten vegetarian for half a year, filial piety is filial piety, but after all, it is the time when a young man is greedy, when he sees this little wild boar and thinks of the golden roast suckling pig, he feels that his saliva is going to flow down.
Even if you don't eat it, it's good to watch the table with more meat.
Because he was afraid of scaring away the little wild boar, Gui Chongyang didn't dare to move, and stood there motionless.
Gui Chun had been paying attention to Gui Chongyang's side, and when he saw that he was motionless and didn't look right, he stopped what he was doing and walked over.
Gui Chongyang heard the movement, hurriedly made a silent action, and pointed out the little wild boar to Gui Chun with joy.
Seeing this, Gui Chun had no joy on his face, only fright, and took Gui Chongyang's arm and said, "Hurry up!" ”
Gui Chongyang was stunned for a moment, but he didn't struggle, and followed Gui Chun quickly.
After a while, the two brothers came out of the sorghum field, two or three hundred steps away, and Gui Chunfang put down Gui Chongyang's arm.
Although Gui Chongyang had never seen a wild boar, he had heard of it, and when he thought of the habits of wild boars, he couldn't help but be afraid.
Wild boars have always been in groups, and small wild boars appear, and large wild boars must be followed by them. In addition to ruining the dealer, wild boars can hurt people.
The sorghum stalks shook, and sure enough, other wild boars appeared inside.
"You have to tell the village, or this sorghum will be destroyed!" Gui Chun said with distress on his face.
Spring planting, summer ploughing, autumn harvesting, and winter storage, farmers work hard for four seasons in order to get the harvest from the field. Among them, the hardest is spring planting and summer ploughing, and every harvest is really "sweat drops under the soil, and the grains are hard".
In front of me, half of the sorghum field has been ploughed in the summer, and the ears have been drawn, and it will be harvested in two months, which is the ration of the Gui family for most of the year. At this time, he was plagued by wild boars, how could Gui Chun not feel distressed?
It's just that the ferocity of wild boars, coupled with the infestment of ethnic groups, is not something that a man can compete with, not to mention that with Gui Chongyang's younger brother by his side, Gui Chun doesn't dare to take risks.
Gui Chongyang naturally had no objections, and the two brothers rushed to the village.
When they entered the village, the two brothers were wheezing because of the hurry, and Gui Chongyang was even more pale because of his weak lungs. Gui Chun said: "You go home first, I'll go to Du's house, and gather everyone to hunt wild boars in a while!" ”
Even if Gui Chongyang is sensible, he is also a half-grown teenager, and he still wants to go hunting, where is he willing to go, he only said: "I'll wait for the eldest brother here, and I'll follow it later." “
Gui Chun disagreed, and he had to persuade again.
Gui Chongyang hurriedly said: "I'll just follow behind and take a look, don't go forward." ”
Gui Chun didn't say anything more, time didn't wait for anyone, let him wait under the shade of the tree, and quickly went to Lizheng's house.
At this time, there were already people walking around in the village, and there were also old farmers who were carrying hoes to go to the fields. Among them, there was a second grandfather of the Gui family who had eaten wine, and he knew Gui Chongyang, so he came up to ask, and when he heard that wild boars appeared in the field under the mountain, he was also shocked. However, the young man who followed behind couldn't help but be happy when he heard the words.
The village bell rang again, this time more quickly.
In less than two quarters of an hour, twenty or thirty villagers with hoes, machetes and other tools in their hands walked over with Gui Chun. Those who have crops under the mountain are frowning and worried about their crops; If the crops are not under the mountain, there is only the expectation and joy of hunting.
If you encounter a wild boar alone, it is naturally dangerous; However, when the crowd passed, there was only the excitement of hunting, not to mention that it was wild boar, which was not as fat as a domestic pig, but it was also a good thing to satisfy cravings.
Everyone is not well-off, and there is not enough oil and water in their stomachs, so they are naturally looking forward to opening meat.
Gui Chun was holding not a hoe, but a machete. To Gui Chongyang's surprise, Gui's second grandfather also followed behind the crowd, carrying a firewood knife on his back and a rope hanging from his shoulder.
Seeing this, Gui Chongyang hurriedly stepped forward to take the rope from Gui's second grandfather.
Gui Chongyang came back for a little half a month, and Gui Er's grandfather knew that he had some strength and was not as thin as it seemed, so he also accepted his filial piety and handed the rope over.
Gui Chongyang hung the rope on his shoulder, followed Gui's second grandfather, and embellished it behind everyone.
"Second grandfather, why are you here too?" Gui Chongyang said curiously.
Gui's second grandfather was lame, and it was inconvenient to walk, and he rarely walked with others because he was lame, and he rarely walked with others.
Second Grandpa Gui was more energetic than usual, and said: "That's a wild boar, how can I rest assured if I don't come over, young people are just messing around, if they are really arched by wild boars, it's not fun." ”
This is the confidence of an old hunter.
But two or three miles away, at the foot of the mountain, everyone walked there in a short time.
Just as Gui Chun worried before, it was really a group of wild boars coming down the mountain, and more than a dozen acres of sorghum fields at the foot of the mountain had been almost ruined.
Wild boar meat is delicious, but everyone has heard about wild boars hurting people, and the previous excitement has finally calmed down.
Led by Gui Chun, Zhang Da and Zhang Er, everyone gathered around Gui's second grandfather.
Even if the thirty or so people came, but when they saw a dozen wild boars, no one dared to come forward, and among those wild boars were a few small wild boars, and there were seven or eight big ones. The two largest male wild boars were half a man tall, and they seemed to be facing each other, which was very scary to look at.
"Second Uncle Gui, how should this be done? Your old man gives me a charter. Zhang Da asked.
Zhang Da's hunting skills were learned from Gui's second grandfather, and the two did not have the name of master and apprentice, but they had the reality of master and apprentice, so Zhang Da greatly respected and trusted Gui's second grandfather.
Second Grandpa Gui said softly: "Be quiet, don't startle the wild boar!" ”
Everyone immediately followed with bated breath and concentrated.
"Don't move, just wait and see!" Second Grandpa Gui commanded in a low voice.
Whether it is a family that is familiar with Gui's second grandfather, or a villager who was not close to "Xigui" before, they are all honest and obedient. Grandpa Gui was the best hunter in the village before he was lame, and he once hunted bears when he was in his prime.
The boars also seemed to sense the crowd in the distance, and the two leading boars of the confrontation stopped and turned to look in the direction of the crowd.
The timid villagers were all relieved, and their breathing became heavier.
"Afraid? They're not done yet. Grandpa Gui said it easily, but he had already held the firewood knife behind his back in his hand, staring at the wild boar herd in front of him, not daring to be distracted.
Just as Gui's second grandfather expected, because these people didn't move, the two male wild boars turned their heads again and confronted each other, one of them was larger, with a scar on his neck.
Rushing and biting, with the screams of the wild boars, after nearly a quarter of an hour of confrontation, the slightly smaller leader wild boar was defeated, and left the crops with several wild boars, large and small, and retreated into the mountains and forests.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
These are obviously two litters of wild boars, and if they were both, even if there were twenty or thirty of them, they would not dare to come forward; But half of them were left, four big, three small and seven wild boars, and everyone couldn't help but rub their hands.
Gui Chongyang was also infected by everyone, looking at the wild boar in front of him with great expectations.
Second Grandpa Gui's expression became solemn.
Gui Chongyang saw it and said curiously: "Second grandfather, but what's wrong?" Why don't you do it yet? ”
The three little wild boars were fearless, the big one was no bigger than a sheep, and the smallest one was the one that Gui Chongyang first discovered, which was about the same size as the Lantern Festival. There were four wild boars left, two boars, one with a scar on the neck, half a man tall, and the other slightly smaller, a newly grown boar.
In front of him, except for Gui Chongyang and Gui Er's grandfather, the rest are all young and strong people in the village, and they naturally feel that it is more than enough to win a few wild boars in more than twenty to four.
"The scar on the neck of that pig is less than three months, when it is the head of the arch in Tiejia Village, Shandong, everyone should be careful!" Second Grandpa Gui said.
The wild boars in the mountains have a very different attack power from those who have not seen human blood. Those who have not seen human blood can retreat and do not take the initiative to attack people; If you have seen human blood, you will take the initiative to attack, doubling your lethality.
When everyone thought of this, their faces changed.