Chapter 79 Something Happened Down the Mountain
Chapter 79 Something Happened Down the Mountain
Lin Chunyi patted Taozi's head, then fed it a piece of melon rind. She said to her younger sister:
"The mushrooms have all sprouted, let's pick them first, we've already eaten the rest."
The ginseng is still there; we can dig it up again when we get back.
"Have you memorized everything in that book about wild mushrooms? Don't pick any poisonous ones."
Lin Lanshan swallowed the last piece of melon in her mouth, wiped her mouth, and
"Don't worry, we've read those books we brought countless times. We might not know them by heart, but we certainly wouldn't mistake them."
The two sisters tied ropes to their baskets and hung them on Taozi's back. Then, carrying bows and arrows and baskets, they began searching for mushrooms in a pine forest.
Lin Lanshan spotted several umbrella-shaped mushrooms, which were pine mushrooms.
She squatted down, picking mushrooms while humming a tune, "The little girl picking mushrooms, carrying a small bamboo basket~"
"Peach, may you be reunited and healthy. Look around here for these ground-growing mushrooms. If you find them, shout them out twice."
You are not allowed to bite it with your mouth, or you will turn into a dead mule, a dead chicken, or a dead goose!
Peach walked along one path, Tuantuan and Yuanyuan walked along another, and An'an and Kang Kang walked along yet another. Go on, but don't go too far.
At Lin Chunyi's command, they nodded and then dispersed.
"quack!"
"Here they come!" Lin Chunyi finished picking the ones at hand and headed towards the direction of the sound. Oh, there was another patch of pine mushrooms.
"Uh-huh!" "I'll do it, I'll do it."
Lin Lanshan also got up and walked towards the direction where the peaches were; there were a few red ones.
Oh my god, it's an amanita mushroom! This won't do, it's poisonous...
"Coo!" "Coo!" A large patch of hazel mushrooms grew on the withered tree roots...
With a few more helpers, the two sisters were having a great time in the woods.
In just over half an hour, the two sisters' baskets were full, and they had picked almost everything they needed to.
The two sisters carefully poured the mushrooms into their baskets, then called back a few of their chicks and headed elsewhere.
Walking through a thicket of bushes, stepping on damp broken branches and withered leaves, there were constant sounds of "crunch" and "rustle".
They walked along the path until they reached a stream, where they washed their hands and continued on their way.
As soon as we entered the woods, we heard "Woof woof woof!" in the distance, followed by several "humming humming."
Dogs and wild boars?
The two sisters quickly hid behind a tree, pushing Taozi and Tuanyuan Ankang back as well, and peeking out to look ahead.
Then came a series of rapid footsteps, mixed with the voices of many people talking.
Someone ran ahead and shouted, "Hurry up, it's just ahead, we must have found Big Yellow!"
"They're here! Everyone be careful!"
"Finally, we've made some progress!"
"I've been looking for days, thank goodness!"
Lin Chunyi and Lin Lanshan exchanged a glance, both of them frowning slightly: There was a voice just now, it sounded so familiar.
"Coo coo," Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were startled by the sudden barking and flapped their wings a couple of times, barking a few times in response.
The two sisters quickly crouched down in the woods, covered their mouths, and then comforted them.
Lin Chunyi whispered:
"Shh, don't make a sound! If you're caught, you'll be made into soup!"
A young man paused for a moment and said:
"I think I heard a chicken crowing."
Then he turned and glanced around the woods where they were.
"It's not unusual to have pheasants in the mountains. We'll deal with these big ones first, then we can go catch more."
Lin Lanshan glanced at Tuantuan and Yuanyuan and said, "See? If you get caught, you'll be forced to cook!"
They didn't dare to move at all.
For some reason, the two sisters took their pets and hid behind a denser patch of trees.
Then he quietly watched as the group of people arrived and began fighting with a group of wild boars.
There were eight wild boars in the open space by the stream, four large and four small.
On the other side, a large yellow dog barked and showed its teeth. A group of men dressed in coarse cloth shorts followed closely behind. They ranged in age from their twenties to their forties, totaling fifteen people.
Two of them were acquaintances.
Lin Lanshan gently tugged at her sister's sleeve and whispered:
"Sister, it's Uncle Lin and Brother Zhengmin!"
Lin Chunyi was a little puzzled. It was the harvest season, so why would Uncle Lin lead so many young laborers to the mountains to hunt?
There were quite a few people, but apart from Uncle Lin and an older man who looked like a hunter carrying a bow and arrows.
The others either carried hoes or long wooden sticks with knives and woodcutting knives tied to them; they didn't have many proper weapons.
With such equipment, hunting near the deep mountains would be futile if you encountered something even more ferocious; wouldn't you just be easy prey?
But the group didn't think too much about it. They were all tense, gripping their weapons tightly without backing down, and they started fighting the wild boars.
The scene was chaotic, with damage on all sides...
Suddenly, the lead wild boar was shot in the front hoof with an arrow.
It roared and charged into the crowd, about to bite the thigh of a young man who was startled and had no time to dodge.
Uncle Lin and the uncle next to him tried to nock an arrow, but at such close range, there was no time to do so.
They had no choice but to quickly pull out their machetes and rush forward, but were stopped by Zhengmin, who was standing nearby:
"Dad, Uncle Ning, it's too dangerous, let me go!"
Lin Zhengmin, holding his wood-chopping knife, quickly went up and kicked the wild boar away.
First, stop it from biting people, then use a wood-chopping knife to cut its body.
The wild boar wasn't seriously injured; it let out a scream, turned around, and charged at the attacker.
Uncle Lin's expression changed slightly, and he couldn't help but call out:
"Jeommin!"
Lin Chunyi and Lin Lanshan had already prepared their bows and arrows in the woods, ready to rescue anyone in danger.
Seeing that it was Jung-min who was in danger, they quickly aimed at the wild boar!
Before they could make their next move, Lin Zhengmin leaped up and kicked the wild boar in the head.
Then he climbed over it and stood behind the wild boar.
Just then, the man was ready and shot an arrow through the wild boar's neck.
This also gave Lin Zhengmin time to quickly slit the boar's neck with a machete, and then the wild boar collapsed to the ground.
The two sisters were somewhat surprised by what had just happened...
They taught it to Jung-min last time, so it seems he's been learning it very seriously.
The fifteen men sustained some injuries, but in the end, they managed to capture the wild boars without major incident.
The two sisters breathed a sigh of relief and put down their bows and arrows.
The uncle with the bow and arrow patted Lin Zhengmin on the shoulder and said, "You're quite skilled."
Lin Zhengmin smiled sheepishly.
Uncle Lin, who was standing next to him, also laughed heartily a few times, both for the great harvest and for seeing his son's heroic act.
The young man who had almost been bitten walked over, his legs trembling and his face pale, and bowed gratefully to Lin Zhengmin, saying:
"Jungmin, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would be dead here today."
"It's what we should do. As long as everyone is alright, that's all that matters."
Uncle Lin then shouted:
"Alright, everyone has been working hard lately."
We finally lived up to expectations and worked together to take down all these wild boars!
"Don't worry about your family. Quickly pack everything up, let's go down the mountain and go home!"
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